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>> [NOISE] THE TIME IS NOW 5:30 PM AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
[A. CALL TO ORDER]
DR. STINSON, WILL YOU CONFIRM THAT THIS MEETING WAS DULY CALLED AND A NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT?>> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. WE DID POST AND ADVERTISE THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.
>> WE WILL NOW CONVENE IN THE CLOSED SESSION AS
[C. CLOSED SESSION]
AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551, SPECIFICALLY 0.074 PERSONNEL, 0.072 REAL PROPERTY, 0.071, CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY, AND 0.076 SECURITY.[D. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
WE WILL NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON DR. NATHAN FRYMARK,
[E. INTRODUCTION OF MEETING]
GREEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE WITH US TONIGHT.>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT DILKS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR. STINSON.
IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TWO OF OUR SCHOLARS, SARAH SWIFT AND REIS COPELAND.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HERE, AMY SWIFT, VANESSA COPELAND, AND ROBERT COPELAND. COME UP HERE.
THESE ARE TWO OF OUR SCHOLARS THAT LAST YEAR WERE ON OUR FIRST-PLACE REGIONAL DESTINATION IMAGINATION TEAM.
WE HOPE TO GO BACK TO STATE THIS YEAR AND MAYBE EVEN TO NATIONS.
SARAH WILL LEAD US WITH THE PLEDGES AND THEN FOLLOWED BY REIS WITH THE STUDENT EXPRESSION.
>> BE KIND BY ALICE JOYCE DAVIDSON.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF KINDNESS CAN GO A LONG, LONG WAY.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TENDERNESS CAN BRIGHTEN UP A DAY.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PRAISE WHERE IT'S DESERVED CAN BRING A HAPPY GLOW.
JUST A HAND HELD OUT CAN GIVE SOME HOPE TO SOMEONE FEELING LOW.
A FORGIVING WORD, A HANDSHAKE, A PAT UPON THE HEAD CAN TAKE AWAY A HEART AND BRING A SMILE INSTEAD.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF KINDNESS CAN GO A LONG, LONG WAY IN REFLECTING THE KINDNESS GOD SHOWS US EVERY DAY. [APPLAUSE]
>> REIS I HEAR YOU HAVE A PRETTY AWESOME GRANDPA. IS THAT RIGHT? [LAUGHTER].
>> WAIT, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT HE DECIDED IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO FLY OFF TO A CRUISE IN ALASKA THAN TO BE HERE FOR HIS GRANDDAUGHTERS SINGING. [LAUGHTER] I'M KIDDING.
>> WHEN YOU TALK TO YOUR GRANDPA, TELL HIM WE WERE ALL SAD HE WASN'T HERE.
>> I DID SHOOT HIM A GOOD PICTURE THOUGH.
[G. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS]
>> NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO AWARD SOME RECOGNITIONS. MARK THOMAS.
WE'RE GOING TO START THIS EVENING WITH ALLISON VINSON DOING OUR CTE RECOGNITION.
THE ANNUAL EDUCATORS RISING NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN ASSOCIATION WITH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS WAS HELD IN WASHINGTON DC, JUNE 24TH TO THE 27TH, WITH MORE THAN 1,300 STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHER LEADERS COMING TOGETHER TO NETWORK,
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LEARN, COMPETE, AND CELEBRATE EDUCATION TOGETHER.MEMBERS OF BIRDVILLE ISD EDUCATORS RISING CHAPTERS ATTENDED AND COMPETED IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION.
JOELIZ CRUZ RAMOS, SENIOR FROM BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, PLACED SECOND IN THE TEACHER CREATIVE MATERIALS COMPETITION.
IN THIS CONTEST, STUDENTS SHOWCASED AND CREATED THEIR OWN MATERIALS FOR A LESSON OF THEIR CHOOSING AND PRESENTED IT TO JUDGES.
JOELIZ AMAZED THE JUDGES WITH HER TEACHER-CREATED MATERIAL, WHICH WAS CALLED MARVELOUS MATH MAGIC.
SHE WAS USING WOODEN BLOCKS FROM A STACKABLE GAME, AND SHE CREATED A MATH GAME THAT FOCUSED ON FIVE SPECIFIC AREAS, INCLUDING ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION, DIVISION, AND ORDER OF OPERATIONS.
SHE COLOR-CODED THE SECTIONS, DESIGNED EACH MATH PROBLEM, AND HAND-PAINTED IT ON THE BLOCKS.
MARVELOUS MATH MAGIC INCLUDES OVER 4,000 DIFFERENT MATH PROBLEMS PER EACH OF THE FIVE AREAS.
JOELIZ CREATED HER MATH GAMES SPECIFICALLY FOR 5TH GRADE, BUT IT IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR ENRICHMENT FOR 4TH GRADERS, AND OR REMEDIATION ACTIVITY FOR 5TH THROUGH 7TH GRADERS.
JOELIZ ALSO EMPHASIZED HOW HER ACTIVITY WOULD BENEFIT TACTILE LEARNERS AND PROVIDE A GREAT CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR THE EARLY FINISHERS WHO LOVED THE CHALLENGE.
WE ATTRIBUTE OUR STUDENTS' SUCCESSES NOT ONLY TO THEIR HARD WORK, BUT TO THE DEDICATION OF OUR OUTSTANDING TEACHERS.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE EDUCATION AND TRAINING TEACHER KAREN KALLAS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO JOELIZ AND MRS. KALLAS FOR ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST LEVEL AS NATIONAL WINNERS.
YOU HAVE BROUGHT RECOGNITION TO YOUR CTE PROGRAMS AND TO BIRDVILLE ISD.
WITH US TONIGHT, WE HAVE JOELIZ'S MOTHER AND MR. WELLS AND MS. KALLAS, MR. WELLS AND MRS. KALLAS WOULD YOU JOIN US FOR THE PHOTO? [APPLAUSE] WE ALSO SHARED WITH YOU OUR CTE SUCCESS BOOK WHICH EACH OF YOU HAVE AND JOELIZ'S PICTURE IS IN THAT SUCCESS BOOK AMONG WITH ALL THE OTHER CTE COMPETITORS.
>> DR. STINSON, I TRIED TO GET JOELIZ UNDER CONTRACT, AND WOULD YOU, [OVERLAPPING]
>> WELL, YOU BEAT ME TO IT. I WAS JUST THINKING.
"OKAY, SHE'S A SENIOR, THAT MEANS SHE GRADUATES IN 23, SO TYPICALLY, THAT MEANS IN 2027 WE CAN HAVE YOU BACK HERE IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHING.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.
[LAUGHTER] OKAY. [BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE]
>> MS. PRESIDENT, SOON AS RALPH HEARD THERE WAS A MATH GAME, HE'S ALREADY TRYING TO ORDER IT ON AMAZON OVER HERE.
[LAUGHTER] DON'T GIVE ME PROBLEMS. OKAY, BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR AND A LOT HERE, I'D LIKE TO INVITE JENNIFER MILLER TO COME AND DO HER NEXT RECOGNITION.
>> GOOD EVENING. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE ZANE SHEFFIELD, A BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR FOR BEING NAMED STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION 2022 STUDENT HEROES AWARD RECIPIENT FOR DISTRICT 11.
HE IS ONE OF ONLY 15 STUDENTS SELECTED STATEWIDE FOR HIS ACTS OF KINDNESS, CHARITY, AND SERVICE HE OFFERS OTHERS.
AS A SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMITHFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL, ZANE BEGAN ORGANIZING CHARITABLE EFFORTS AS HIS PASSION PROJECT.
HE STARTED THE BACK THE HOMELESS PROJECT, AS HE IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE LESS FORTUNATE.
ZANE'S FAMILY WHO IS HERE TONIGHT WITH US, HAD VOLUNTEERED SERVING THE HOMELESS DURING THE HOLIDAYS, AND HE KNEW THAT IF WE ALL DID A LITTLE, TOGETHER WE WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
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UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE BACK THE HOMELESS SLACKATHON WAS STARTED THAT RAISED MONEY TO PROVIDE 200 SPECIALLY MADE BACKPACKS FOR THE HOMELESS.IN ADDITION, EACH YEAR THE PROJECT GIVES OUT EMPTY, DAPPLE BAGS TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING.
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, FILL THE BAGS WITH MUCH NEEDED ITEMS AND RETURN THEM TO BIRDVILLE ISD.
THESE FILLED BAGS ARE GIVEN OUT ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
ALSO, INSTEAD OF A TRADITIONAL 5K, HE ORGANIZED A 0.5 K, WHERE HE HAD SNACKS, DRINKS, ETC, ALONG THE SHORT PATH.
THIS YEAR'S EVENT RAISED AROUND $4,000, WHERE HALF OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO HELP STUDENTS WITHIN VERBAL VETERAN HOMELESS SITUATIONS.
THE BACK THE HOMELESS PROJECT IS PARTNERED WITH A NON-PROFIT CALLED TARRANT TO THE WORLD, SPONSORED BY AND AS THEIR DIRECTOR, MARY HADLEY, ALSO HERE TONIGHT AND AGAIN, AS ALISON SAID, WITHOUT OUR EDUCATORS TO SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR HARD WORK, IT JUST MAKES IT GO A LOT FASTER AND FARTHER ALONG.
WITH THAT, WE CONGRATULATE ZANE SHEFFIELD, AND HIS PARENTS, AND GRANDPARENTS HERE TONIGHT FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS HONOR.
>> ZANE SNAPPED A PICTURE OF THE SLACKATHON ON MAY THE 7TH.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS UNTIL TONIGHT.
>> WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL THE STUDENTS THAT RECOGNIZE THAT BOTH THE LEADNESS AND THE PRAYER, AND THE PLEDGES, AS WELL AS THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS THAT THESE TWO STUDENTS HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR DISTRICT.
SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE BOARD MEETING OR FEEL FREE TO LEAVE IF YOU WANT TO DO SO.
ROBERT DOES SERVE ON OUR EDUCATION BOARD FOUNDATION.
>> WE'RE ALSO ACCEPTING A VERY GRACIOUS DONATION FROM THE GREEN VALLEY PTA DENIED, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THAT GROUP IS WALKING OUT THE DOOR TOO.
>> FOR THOSE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REGARDING GENERAL TOPICS,
[F. OPEN FORUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD]
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THE OPEN FORUM.BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNED UP TONIGHT, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PERSONAL ATTACKS ON STAFF OR STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.
PART OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, GOVERNMENT CODE 551-0.042, 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 DANIELLE RUSSELL MANNY, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
>>ALL RIGHT. SHOULD I START WHEN MY TIME TICKER GOES OFF.
>> IT WILL GO OFF ONCE YOU START.
MY NAME IS DANIELLE RUSSELL MANNY.
I'M A COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PTAS.
THE COLLECTIVE VISION OF THE 27 PTAS THAT MAKE UP OUR COUNCIL IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD'S POTENTIAL IS A REALITY.
I'M JOINED TODAY BY SEVERAL COUNCIL BOARD MEMBERS, KATHY LANGSTON, CHRISTINE GARZA, MICHELLE MINHAN, AND ANGIE MCKEON.
BECAUSE WE VALUE THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, COMMUNITY AND PTA, AND BECAUSE WE COUNT ON YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST A QUICK BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR WORK.
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT CLOTHES CONNECTION, WHICH HOPEFULLY I THINK ALL WE ALL KNOW.
BUT CLOTHES CONNECTIONS IS AN AMAZING RESOURCE THAT PROVIDES CLOTHES TO STUDENTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED AN EXTENUATING EVENTS SUCH AS HOUSE FIRES, TPS PLACEMENT, OR HOMELESSNESS.
TWICE A YEAR, EACH STUDENT IS PROVIDED WITH A WEEK'S WORTH OF GENERAL USE CLOTHES AS WELL AS NEW SOCKS AND UNDERWEAR.
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ARE ALSO PROVIDED WITH TWO JACKETS AND A PAIR OF SHOES EACH YEAR.
CLOTHES CONNECTION MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THOSE THAT SERVES.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE DOESN'T RUN ON GOOD KARMA ALONE.
WE NEED YOUR HELP. PLEASE HELP US IN ENSURING THAT EACH ELIGIBLE FAMILIES ARE MADE AWARE OF THIS AMAZING RESOURCE AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO LEVERAGE IT.
WE'RE ALSO ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP CERTAIN AND HELP MORE CUSTOMERS.
OF COURSE, DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
IF YOU HAVE NOT VISITED CLOTHES CONNECTION BEFORE PLEASE COME VISIT SO THAT WE CAN SHOW YOU HOW THE VOLUNTEERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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WE HAVE A SUPPLY DEPOT WHICH STOCKS SCHOOL SUPPLIES THAT EACH DISTRICT CAMPUS TO PROVIDE TO STUDENTS IN NEED OF TO ENSURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED FOR LEARNING.THIS YEAR, WE DELIVERED 363 SCHOOL SUPPLY KITS TO OUR SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS IN NEED.
BUT THAT WAS JUST TO COMPLEMENT THE EFFORTS OF REFRESH, AND WE'VE ALREADY SOLD 444 STUDENTS SO FAR AT CLOSE CONNECTION.
WE'VE ONLY OPEN FOR FIVE DAYS, SO THANK YOU.
>> I'M ANGIE MCKEON HERE TO PRESENT ABOUT REFLECTIONS, WHICH IS AN AWESOME PROGRAM TO SHOWCASE THE ARTS.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET PROJECTS FOR PRE-K UNTIL 12TH GRADE AND THERE'S A SPECIAL ARTISTS CATEGORY AS WELL.
THERE'S ONE AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL, THE BIRDVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE THEME THIS YEAR IS SHOW YOUR VOICE, AND IT INCLUDES THESE SIX AREAS, VISUAL ARTS, LITERATURE, FILM PRODUCTION, DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY, MUSIC COMPOSITION, AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHY.
SO IT STARTS ON A LOCAL LEVEL AT EACH SCHOOL, ADVANCES TO THE COUNCIL LEVEL, THEN TO STATE, AND THEN ONTO NATIONAL.
SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THESE STUDENTS.
>> OUR GOAL FOR THIS COUNCIL, THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN REACH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THOSE THAT NEED SUPPORT, THOSE WHO NEED A LITTLE LOVE, THOSE THAT NEED ENCOURAGEMENT.
WE NEED A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE THERE FOR THEM.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 132 LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS THAT SERVE AT 27 LOCAL PTAS.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, PTAS HAVE NOT ALL BEEN ESTABLISHED TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.
SO PLEASE HELP US CHANGE THAT AND SPREAD THE WORD THAT THE PTAS ARE HERE FOR THEM AND I HOPE I CAN COUNT ON YOU TO ALL ACHIEVE THIS GOAL FOR US. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WE, AS A BOARD, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO, HONESTLY.
>> WE WOULD NOT FUNCTION THE SAME WAY WITHOUT PTA.
[H.1. Safety & Security Update]
>> NOW PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD, SAFETY AND SECURITY UPDATES.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DUKES.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE DR. JOSEPH SHOWELL TO COME FORWARD AND PRESENT ON SAFETY AND SECURITY AND BISD.
>> PRESIDENT DUKES, SCHOOL BOARD, DR. BENSON.
THIS SAFETY AND SECURITY PRESENTATION, WE'LL START WITH US EXPLAINING WHO WE ARE AS A STUDENT SERVICES TEAM.
I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO WORK WITH THIS STUDENT SERVICES TEAM.
WE OFFER A LENS OF EXPERIENCE IN BIRDVILLE ISD WITH DR.
CAMP AND GRAY BUCKNELL THAT HAVE SERVED MULTIPLE YEARS IN THE DISTRICT AND LEADERSHIP.
THEN OFFICER BROWN AND OFFICER WATKINS BOTH REPRESENT THE HALTOM CITY PD, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS PD, AS WELL AS SRO EXPERIENCE.
WE HAVE MILITARY EXPERIENCE, THE US EMBASSY GARDENING EXPERIENCE.
THEN MY EXPERIENCE COMES FROM AN URBAN SCHOOL SETTING.
BETWEEN EVERYBODY ON OUR TEAM, WHEN WE VIEW SAFETY AND SECURITY, WHEN WE SIT DOWN AND TALK SOLUTIONS, WE HAVE MULTIPLE LENSES THAT WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH.
I THINK THAT THAT ADDS VALUE FOR OUR DISTRICT.
OUR DISTRICT ALSO HAS AN AMAZING COUNSELING TEAM WITH LEANNE CARROLL, THE DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING SERVICES, AND MICHELLE BROADWATER THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
WHAT WE REALIZE WHEN YOU TALK SAFETY AND SECURITY, YOU CANNOT MAKE ANY PLACE HARD ENOUGH.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE COUNSELING SOLUTIONS TO HELP TAKE PEOPLE OFF PATHWAYS OF DESTRUCTION.
WHEN PEOPLE HAVE IDEAS, WHEN PEOPLE HAVE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, OUR COUNSELING TEAM IS VERY RESPONSIVE AND THEY HELP US WITH OUR SAFETY EFFORTS.
THIS PICTURE IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR TEAM AT OUR STATE CONFERENCE AT THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTERS CONFERENCE.
YOU HAVE IN THIS PICTURE, COUNSELORS, SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, ADMINISTRATORS, STUDENTS, SERVICES TEAM.
WE'VE ACTUALLY PRESENTED AS A GROUP AT THE STAKE CONFERENCE OVER REUNIFICATION AND WHAT OUR DISTRICT IS DOING IN RESPONSE TO SAFETY AND SECURITY.
THIS IS A NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE CHOSEN AS A GROUP TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF OUR DISTRICT WHAT WE DO WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY.
OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE USE IN THIS DISTRICT AND RESPONSE TO SAFETY AND SECURITY, ALL COME FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, WHICH IS OUR GOVERNING BOARD.
YOU WILL SEE THE, IN AN EMERGENCY TAKE ACTION POSTERS ALL AROUND OUR DISTRICT.
THIS IS OUR STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL.
THESE ARE THE ACTIONS, HOLD SECURE LOCKOUT, LOCK DOWN, EVACUATED, AND SHELTER.
THESE ARE THE ACTIONS THAT WE TRAIN EVERYONE IN OUR DISTRICT ON HOW TO RESPOND IN AN EMERGENCY.
THAT'S OUR REPORTING SYSTEM THAT'S ON OUR DISTRICT WEB PAGE AND EVERY CAMPUS'S WEB PAGE TO HELP STUDENTS AND PARENTS COMMUNICATE CONCERNS OR ISSUES THAT THEY MAY HAVE DIRECTLY WITH THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION, THE COUNSELORS OR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
OUR INFORMATION FROM THE AVERTING TARGETED SCHOOL VIOLENCE SECRET SERVICE REPORTS.
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WE REVIEW THOSE EVERY YEAR AND OUR TEAM THROUGH THOSE VARIOUS LENSES THAT I SHARED, LOOK AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN PREVIOUS YEARS, SCHOOL THREATS, TO MAKES SURE WE HAVE SOLUTIONS IN BIRDVILLE ISD.THE GO GUARDIAN TOOL IS A TOOL THAT WE USE TO HELP MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE APPROPRIATELY WORKING ON THEIR CLASSWORK AND WHEN THEY'RE ON OUR DEVICES.
THEN WE HAVE OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SUITE AND OUR BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT TO HELP US AS EDUCATORS KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HELP THEM.
OUR BISD SAFETY COMMITTEE IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR GOVERNOR.
WE HAVE THREE MEETINGS A YEAR.
THE LAST MEETING WE HAD WAS ON AUGUST 11TH.
IN THIS PICTURE, YOU SEE DR. STINSON PRESENTING TO OUR COMMITTEE, AND YOU SEE THE REPRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE OF ALL OF OUR REPRESENTATION.
YOU SEE WE HAVE BOARD PRESIDENT, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.
WE HAVE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, AND OUR ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT.
WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS SERVICES AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE.
WE HAD PARENTS AT THE MEETING, PRINCIPALS, COUNSELING SERVICES.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP THOUGH WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL CITIES.
BIRDVILLE, ISD, AS A DISTRICT AS YOU KNOW, SERVING NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, HALTOM CITY, RICHLAND HILLS, WATAUGA AND HURST, AND TO HAVE THOSE REPRESENTATIVES SUPPORT US IN OUR SAFETY EFFORTS IS CRITICAL.
THIS WAS A ROBUST TRAINING SCHEDULE THAT OUR STUDENT SERVICES TEAM WENT OUT AND WE WENT TO ALL OF THE HOST CAMPUSES.
THOSE HOSTS CAMPUSES HAD MULTIPLE SCHOOLS THERE, AND WE CONDUCTED TRAININGS OVER STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL GIVEN THE UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE FELT THAT IT WAS CRITICAL THAT OUR SAFETY MESSAGE THIS YEAR CAME DIRECTLY FROM STUDENTS SERVICES.
AGAIN, I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM WITH GREAT PRESENTERS.
THIS IS A TRAINING FOR NEW TEACHERS.
DR. PERRY AND HER TEAM HAD A NEW TEACHER INDUCTION.
WE SPOKE TO OUR NEW TEACHERS, AND THIS TRAINING COVERED OUR STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL.
THIS SLIDE IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION IS WHERE WE RECEIVE OUR STANDARD RESPONSE LANGUAGE FROM.
JOHN-MICHAEL KEYES AND HIS WIFE UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR DAUGHTER IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING, AND THE LAST TEXT MESSAGE THAT SHE SENT TO HER PARENTS SAID, "I LOVE YOU GUYS." FROM THEIR PAIN, FROM THEIR TRAGEDY, THEY CREATED THE I LOVE U GUYS FOUNDATION, WHICH IS WHERE WE RECEIVED THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL LANGUAGE FROM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRAIN WITH.
THIS IS OFFICER WATKINS WHO'S THE STAR OF THE SHOW.
HE WAS TRAINING OVER THE LOCKDOWN BUTTON, AND HOW YOU CAN, AS A TEACHER, AS A FACULTY MEMBER PUT A SCHOOL OR A BUILDING INTO LOCKDOWN.
THIS WAS A TWEET, MISS KARA SIMCOX, WHO'S A NEW ADMINISTRATOR WITH OUR DISTRICT ACTUALLY TWEETED THIS IS THE TRAINING AT HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT AND TO HAVE IT WELL RECEIVED.
WE APPRECIATE MISS SIMCOX TWEETING OUT ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY.
TWEETING OUT OUR SESSION WITH THE NEW TEACHERS.
YOU SEE MR. GRAY BUCKNELL WHO DOES AN AMAZING JOB AS WELL.
OFFICER WATKINS AND MYSELF PRESENTING TO THE NEW TEACHERS.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DID THIS AT THAT MOMENT BECAUSE THERE WERE ADULTS IN THE BUILDINGS.
EVEN THOUGH WE DID NOT HAVE STUDENTS, WE HAD ADULTS, THERE WERE TRAININGS GOING ON.
WE DID NOT WANT TO WASTE TIME INDOCTRINATING OUR NEW PEOPLE TO BE ISD AND HOW THEY CAN STAY SAFE.
WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE IN THE SECURITY TEAM.
THIS YEAR, WE BROUGHT THE SECURITY TEAM BACK UNDER BISD AND MS. HATTIE GRATTS IS A VETERAN OF THAT SECURITY TEAM.
SHE'S AT BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB THERE, AND SO SHE WAS A LEADING PART OF OUR TRAINING SESSION WITH OUR SECURITY TEAM.
THIS IS A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE CAMERAS FOR EVERY CAMPUS AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE CAMERAS ONGOING AND THEN OUR POLICE OFFICERS THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE CAMERAS AS WELL AT THE VARIOUS CITIES AS WELL AS OUR SROS.
THIS EXERCISE WAS A POWERFUL EXERCISE.
THIS WAS NORTH RICHLAND HILLS ACTIVE SHOOTER TABLETOP EXERCISE.
THIS WAS LED BY THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS EMERGENCY MANAGER RAELYN DARNELL.
WE CHOSE ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES AS THE ACTUAL SITE OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTING, AND MS. DARNELL TOOK US THROUGH WHAT OUR RESPONSE WOULD
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BE MINUTE BY MINUTE IN THE EVENT OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, AND THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF THE PEOPLE.BUT IN THIS MEETING, YOU HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FROM THEIR DISPATCH.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY WARD.
WE HAVE THE CHIEF OF POLICE THERE, WE HAVE THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE, AND YOU HAD THE STUDENT SERVICES TEAM.
WE BELIEVE IN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
AGAIN, I'M FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH THESE GENTLEMEN, THE EXPERIENCES THAT THEY BRING AGAIN FROM THE MARINES, FROM HALTOM CITY POLICE, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS EXPERIENCES PRINCIPLES EXPERIENCE IN THIS DISTRICT, OUTSIDE OF THIS DISTRICT.
WHEN WE TABLETOP AND EXERCISE, WHEN WE LOOK AT IT THROUGH OUR VARIOUS LENSES, WE REALLY LEARN A LOT FROM EACH OTHER.
THEN THIS IS OUR REUNIFICATION TRAINING.
IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO BE READY TO MOVE, AND SO EVERYBODY THAT HAS A ROLE IN OUR REUNIFICATION WILL GET UP AND THEY WILL SHARE WHAT THEIR ROLE IS AND WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
YOU SEE, WE HAD OUR SECURITY TEAM THERE AND YOU SEE, WE HAVE THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS FROM HALTOM CITY AND NORTH RICHLAND HILLS SITTING AT THE FRONT RIGHT HERE.
THEY HEAR WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY AND THEY PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GROWING.
THIS IS THE TOUR OF OUR FACILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THEIR PLACE AND THEIR ROTATION AND THEIR STATION IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE TO PUT OUR PLAN INTO ACTION.
BEFORE YOU UVALDE, WHAT WERE WE DOING? WELL, BIRDVILLE ISD WAS NOT NEW TO SAFETY AND SECURITY.
THERE ARE DECADES OF SAFETY AND SECURITY SOLUTIONS HERE.
WE HAVE WEEKLY STUDENTS SERVICES MEETINGS, MONITORING POLICE RADIOS, STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS, AFTER YOU DO A DRILL, WHAT HAPPEN? WHAT COULD BE DONE BETTER? SCHOOL SAFETY AUDITS WERE IN PLACE.
CAMPUS SAFETY WALKS, NAVIGATE THROUGH 60 ANONYMOUS ALERTS MONTHLY MEETINGS.
AGAIN, VERBAL ISD WAS NOT NEW TO SAFETY AND SECURITY THESE SOLUTIONS WERE IN PLACE.
SINCE YOU VALIDATE THE GOVERNOR HAS CAME UP WITH NEW SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, AND WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS WERE ALL IN PLACE AS WELL.
THE WEEKLY DOOR SWEEPS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEW.
EACH EXTERIOR DOOR IS BEING CHECKED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT DID AN AMAZING JOB THIS SUMMER, GOING AND CHECKING ALL OF THE DOORS, MAKING SURE THAT ANY REPAIRS NEEDED WERE DONE PRIOR TO THE STAART OF SCHOOL, AND THEN NOW WE DO WEEKLY DOOR SWEEPS.
JUST IMAGINE 500-1,000 DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF KIDS PER SCHOOL GOING IN AND OUT OF THE DOORS.
WE CHECK THOSE DOORS WEEKLY TO MAKE SURE THOSE DOORS ARE STILL FUNCTIONING AS THEY SHOULD BE.
FINALLY, IN BIRDVILLE ISD, SAFETY ISN'T JUST A PROGRAM, IT'S A CULTURE.
WE APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP, DR. JENSEN, AND THEN MR. BASKERVILLE AND OUR TEAM, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.
EVERYBODY HAS TO BE THE ONE TO CHECK THE DOORS.
MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE.
IT'S NOT JUST STUDENTS SERVICES, IT'S NOT JUST A SECURITY OFFICERS, BUT IT'S OUR CULTURE, IT'S WHAT WE DO. THAT IS IT.
>> I'LL JUST MAKE A STATEMENT. FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANKS DR.
SHOWELL FOR YOU AND WHAT YOUR STAFF HAVE DONE.
I WANT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AND THEN THE PEOPLE THAT MAY BE GLUTTONS FOR PUNISHMENT AND WATCH BOARD MEETINGS ON YOUTUBE.
TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN BE CONFIDENT IN WHAT BIC IS DOING BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK AND YOU GUYS BEING COMPETENT LIKE YOU ARE.
I'VE BEEN EMPLOYED AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR 18 YEARS.
I'D REALLY LIKE [NOISE] TO PUT THAT ASIDE BECAUSE SPEAKING MORE SO I'M ALSO A FATHER OF NOW TWO KIDS IN THE DISTRICT, AND I THINK THAT CARRIES MORE WEIGHT AS A FATHER, AND I SEE BEHIND THE SCENES OF WHAT YOUR STAFF DOES TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS.
THAT MAKES ME FEEL SAFE, THAT MAKES MY WIFE FEEL SAFE TO GO TO WORK IN THIS DISTRICT, AND IT MAKES US BOTH SAFE TO DROP OUR KIDS OFF IN THIS DISTRICT.
I'M APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR STAFF AND WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE LAID OUT HERE, AND EVEN SO MUCH MORE THAT FOR SECURITY REASONS WE DON'T TALK ABOUT.
BUT YOUR KIDS ARE SAFE IN BIRDVILLE ISD AND IT'S ATTRIBUTABLE TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE STILL THERE THIS SIDE?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS VERY PLEASED THAT OUT OF
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THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE GOVERNOR GAVE US AFTER UVALDE, WE WERE ALREADY DOING SIX OUT OF SEVEN OF THEM AND WE ADDED THE ONE WEEKLY DOOR SWEEP, AND WHEN THEY DO THOSE DOOR SWEEPS THEY CHECK THE STABILITY OF ALL THE LOCKS TOO, DON'T THEY?>> MAY I ADD ONE THING TO THAT, PRESIDENT DUCKS THAT KATIE BOWMAN HAS MADE IT A PRIORITY WHEN SOMETHING IS REPORTED TO FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND IT INVOLVES A DOOR OR A SAFETY ITEM, IT GOES TO THE TOP OF THE LIST.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED ALONG WITH MR. LAMPSON AND AND MS. BOWMAN HAS MADE THAT A PRIORITY FOR OUR FACILITIES TEAM THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THAT GOES TO THE TOP OF THE LIST AND IT'S NOTED TO PUT THAT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
BUT I WANT TO COMMEND THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS FOR HELPING US FACILITATE THAT PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU ALL. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW
[H.2. Report on STAAR/EOC District Performance]
TO THE REPORT ON THE STAAR EOC DISTRICT PERFORMANCE. ELIZABETH CLARK.>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DUKES.
IT'S CERTAINLY OBVIOUS THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED TO FEEL SAFE IN ORDER TO LEARN IN OPTIMAL LEVELS, AND THAT IS THE CULTURE, BUT IT'S ALSO A CULTURE OF RESPONSIVENESS.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM DR. UPHOFF TO PRESENT OUR 2022 STAAR EOC PERFORMANCE DATA, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON HOW DATA ARE USED BY THE TEA TO DETERMINE OUR ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS.
SHE'LL EXPLAIN THAT PROCESS AND WILL ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE CHANGES THAT WILL OCCUR IN 2023 STAAR EOC REDESIGN, WE'RE CALLING THAT 2.0.
LAST WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND WE'LL USE THE TERM CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MR. BASKERVILLE.
PARTICULARLY IN MATH AND THE 8TH GRADE AMERICAN HISTORY ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE HAVE CHOSEN TO HIGHLIGHT TONIGHT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DR. JULIE HAMMOND, TEACHING AND LEARNING, SHE'S AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND THEN DR. BRENDA MEZA, WHO HAS BEEN CHALLENGED BY A LOT OF US TO COME UP WITH SOME OF THE MATH IMPROVEMENTS, PARTICULARLY AS WE LOOK AT SHE'S A SECONDARY MATH COORDINATOR FOR THE DISTRICT.
HER EXPERTISE HAS CERTAINLY HELPED US IN HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING. DR. APUN.
>> GOOD EVENING. ONE TIME I'M GOING TO BRING SOMETHING FUN.
[LAUGHTER] AS WE MOVE ON, VERY QUICKLY, I WANTED TO JUST GO OVER HOW ACCOUNTABILITY IS CALCULATED.
FOR STATE ACCOUNTABILITY, WE HAVE THREE MAIN DOMAINS.
WE HAVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, WE HAVE SCHOOL PROGRESS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY BROKEN INTO TWO COMPONENTS, ACADEMIC GROWTH AND RELATIVE PERFORMANCE, AND THEN WE HAVE DOMAIN III, CLOSING THE GAPS.
IT'S 70 PERCENT OF THE BEST ONE OF EITHER DOMAIN I, DOMAIN IIA OR IIB, AND THEN 30 PERCENT OF DOMAIN III CLOSING THE GAPS.
THEN FOR FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY, IT'S 100 PERCENT OF CLOSING THE GAPS.
JUST REAL QUICK, JUST PICTURE ON THAT.
WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FOR THE DIFFERENT LEVELS? FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT DOMAIN I IS 100 PERCENT STAAR PERFORMANCE, AND THEN WHEN YOU GET INTO GROWTH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOURTH TO FIFTH, FIFTH TO SIX, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THOSE TWO YEARS.
THEN YOU HAVE IT IN READING AND MATHEMATICS, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO STAAR PERFORMANCE AGAIN, AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT CLOSING THE GAPS, YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF EACH THING SO YOU HAVE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, WE HAVE ACADEMIC GROWTH, EL PROFICIENCY, AKA TOPOS, AND THEN YOU HAVE STAAR PERFORMANCE.
NOW LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT.
NOW YOU HAVE DOMAIN I AS 40 PERCENT STAAR, BUT NOW YOU HAVE 40 PERCENT CCMR AND 20 PERCENT GRADUATE.
YOU REALLY HAVE THIS COMBO PACKAGE IN DOMAIN I.
YOU CIRCLE BACK TO GROWTH IN DOMAIN IIA, AND THEN YOU HAVE PERFORMANCE AND THEN CCMR COMES BACK IN AGAIN, AND THEN OF COURSE, FOR CLOSING THE GAPS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT ACADEMIC, YOUR GRAD RATE, YOUR EL PROFICIENCY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THAT TOPOS AGAIN AND THEN CCMR AGAIN.
ONE OTHER DISTINCTION I WANT TO MAKE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT GRAD RATES.
FOUR, FIVE, SIX-YEAR RATE IN THE STATE ALSO HAS A CONTINUOUS AND THE OTHER COMPONENTS IN THERE.
THE FEDERAL FOUR-YEAR RATE IS DIFFERENT.
WHEN YOU COME IN AS A 9TH GRADER AND YOU START, YOU NEED TO GRADUATE IN FOUR YEARS IN ORDER TO BE IN THAT COUNT.
THAT ONE IS JUST A VERY PURE GROUP THERE AND WE GET A COHORT REPORT EVERY YEAR ON THAT.
BASED ON THAT, THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY IS A B AND 84, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT DOMAINS, AND DOWN BELOW, SCHOOL PROGRESS, YOU CAN SEE THE TWO SEPARATE ONES, ACADEMIC GROWTH AND RELATIVE PERFORMANCE.
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YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR HIGHEST OUT OF DOMAIN I, IIA, AND IIB IS GOING TO BE THAT RELATIVE PERFORMANCE, AND THEN CLOSING THE GAPS WAS OUR DOMAIN C. THIS IS A LITTLE BREAKDOWN OF THE AS, BS, CS, AND NOT RATED IN THE DISTRICT.YOU HAVE ALL CAMPUSES AND THEN YOU HAVE RATINGS BY SCHOOL TYPE.
THEN YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN BY POVERTY LEVEL.
YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN NOW, ALL CAMPUSES, AGAIN, THOSE WITH HIGH POVERTY, MODERATE AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY LOW POVERTY SCHOOLS.
THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE PERFORMANCE.
AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT THE APPROACHES, MEETS AND MASTERS, AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL SUBJECTS, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SPECIFIC SUBJECT, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE COMPARISON TO THE STATE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT AND YOU NOTICE IN COMPARISON TO THE STATE, WE'RE HOLDING OUR OWN.
AREAS OF STRENGTH, THE GROWTH DOMAIN WAS A DRIVING FORCE FOR 15 OF OUR CAMPUSES AND ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT FOLLOWS THE TREND.
WE'RE NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE.
IN THAT GROWTH DOMAIN, IT FLOAT OVER INTO CLOSING THE GAPS, WHICH YOU CAN SEE AT THE MEETS AND MASTER'S LEVEL FOR READING, WE HAD A SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE FROM 2021 TO 2022.
WHERE DO WE HAVE AREAS OF NEED? MATHEMATICS. WE ARE NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE ACROSS THE STATE OR THE NATION.
MATHEMATICS GOT TO HIT THE WORST WITH THE COVID BECAUSE OF THE OBVIOUS WAY THAT MATH IS TAUGHT IN THE SPIRALING, THE ABILITY TO KNOW THOSE SKILLS AND TO TAKE THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL, AND THEN, OF COURSE, SOCIAL STUDIES TOOK A DIP AS WELL AND I'LL GET INTO WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR THAT.
SO AN AREA OF IMPROVEMENT ALSO AS OUR PARTICIPATION RATE IS BACK UP.
IN 2021, COMMISSIONER MADE THAT COMMENT ABOUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO COME AND TEST SO WE BOUNCED DOWN TO 95 OR BACK UP TO 99 PERCENT, WHICH IS ABOUT NORMAL, AND OUR ATTENDANCE RATE, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE A LITTLE INFLATED IN 2020 AND 2021 AND IN 19 AND 20 BECAUSE OF THE HOLD HARMLESS SO THAT'S REALLY QUITE ELEVATED.
BUT WE WERE SITTING AT 92.7 PERCENT.
IF THEY'RE NOT HERE, WE CAN EDUCATE THEM.
YOU WILL ASK YOURSELF, WHY DID WE HAVE THIS DIP? WELL, AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE HISTORY BEHIND THE NUMBERS SO ON 2020, WHAT HAPPENED IT WAS DURING COVID AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE WAS STUDENTS WHO HAD FIVE, UP TO FIVE FAILURES SO ALL FIVE SUBJECTS TO THE EOC COULD GRADUATE VIA IGC VERSUS THE NORMAL TOO SO WHAT DID THAT DO? THAT INFLATED THAT GRADUATION RATE QUITE A BIT ACROSS THE STATE, MATTER OF FACT.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR FOUR-YEAR PURE RATE, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE TAKEN A DIP.
WE'RE ABOVE THE 90 PERCENT, BUT WE WENT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION BECAUSE IT WAS ELEVATED.
IN GRADUATION, DATA IS LAGGING DATA SO IT'S ALWAYS A YEAR BEHIND OF THE ACCOUNTABLE YEAR. NEXT STEPS.
SO I'LL LET YOU LOOK AT THAT FOR JUST A MINUTE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF TRAINING.
MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD ANOTHER TRAINING TODAY OVER STAAR RENAISSANCE, OUR SCREENING WITH OUR ELEMENTARY TEAM.
WE'RE DOING DATA MEETINGS WITH CAMPUSES.
WE HAVE COURSE THE DIP, THIS STEP.
WE HAVE SPECIFIC CAMPUSES IDENTIFIED.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH GRANT ALONGSIDE DANA CENTER AND ESC 11, WHERE YOU'RE PURCHASING THE MATH FACTS FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH EDGE ANNUITY.
WE HAVE, OF COURSE, CONTINUED JUST A RE-CALIBRATION AROUND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, COACHING, ETC.
WE'VE HAD DIANE SWEENEY IN AND OTHERS AND THEN OF COURSE WE'RE PURCHASING TUTOR.COM.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY FOR STUDENTS WHO STRUGGLE IS FOR ALL KIDS SO IF A CHILD IS ALGEBRA TOO, WE CAN GET ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS FOR SIXTH-GRADE MATHEMATICS.
I THINK WE HAD SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU IN YOUR PACKET AND THAT TUTOR.COM ALSO WILL ALLOW OUR STUDENTS 24/7 ACCESS.
YOU CAN HAVE A LIVE TUTOR WHEN YOU SCHEDULE IT AND ALSO YOU CAN HAVE TUTORING.
YOU CAN SUBMIT A PAPER AND THAT THEY WILL GIVE YOU FEEDBACK ON A WRITTEN PAPER, AS WELL AS TUTORING ON YOUR COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS SUCH AS SAT, PSAT THINGS I THINK.
THE BEAUTY OF THAT PROGRAM, JUST TO TAG ALONG, LIKE DR. CLARK SAID, IS 2/47 AND SO IT ACCOMMODATES OUR STUDENTS TO 75-80 PLUS PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL THAT ARE INVOLVED IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND MAY OR MAY NOT BE HOME DIRECTLY AFTER SCHOOL OR HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO TO TUTORIALS SHOULD THEY WANT TO AFTER-SCHOOL
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IMMEDIATELY SO IT PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.THE NEXT CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE UP AGAINST IS THE STAAR REDESIGN AND THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL PACKET WITH ALL SAMPLES.
I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS.
BUT THIS IS JUST A REAL QUICK HISTORY.
WE STARTED WITH TABS AND WE'RE ALL THE WAY TO THE STAAR 2.O OR STAR REDESIGN HOWEVER YOU PREFER TO CALL IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WAS THE TRANSITION TO ONLINE.
SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO JUMP OVER THIS YEAR OR PLAN, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY ON BOARD AND THAT'S GOING WELL.
SO WE CAN HAVE NO MORE THAN 75 PERCENT OF THE POINT VALUE OF THE ASSESSMENTS COME FROM MULTIPLE CHOICE AND SO THAT WAS RECENTLY RELEASED SO WE'RE STUDYING OVER THAT, THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY ACTUALLY, THE STANDALONE AND WRITING IS GONE FOR 24/7.
SOME PEOPLE ARE EXCITED, SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT.
HOLD ONTO THAT FOR JUST A MINUTE BECAUSE AS WE MOVE INTO READING, IT HAS MOVED INTO AN RLA TEST.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS WRITING NOW IS IN EVERY GRADE FROM THREE THROUGH EIGHT AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE A SHIFT FROM THE STANDALONE PROMPTS TO THIS RESPONSE READING, AND I'LL SHOW YOU ONE OF THOSE REAL QUICK AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THIS HUGE INCREASE IN CROSS-CURRICULAR, WHERE YOU HAVE A LINE TEACH FROM ANOTHER SUBJECT AND YOU'RE ASSESSING, PERHAPS READING COMPREHENSION.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE ITEMS, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES AND THEN THERE'S COLOR-CODING AS FAR AS THE POINT VALUE, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AT YOUR LEISURE.
HERE'S A SAMPLE AND STAAR, SAYS THIS IS 5TH GRADE.
I VERIFIED THIS TODAY BECAUSE IT WAS WOW.
THE ONE ITEM IS THE PREVIOUS STAAR ITEM.
YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS POINTS ON A GRID ON AN X-Y AXIS AND THEY HAD TO CHOOSE WHICH ONE WAS APPROPRIATE AND NOW YOU HAVE TO GO OVER THERE AND PLOT THEM ACCORDING TO THE EQUATION.
THIS IS AN INLINE CHOICE, GIVING YOU, AGAIN THE PREVIOUS AND THE CURRENT OR WHAT'S COMING.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A HOTSPOT SO STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE ENGAGING WITH US ONLINE SYSTEM.
IT'S DEFINITELY VERY INTERACTIVE AND THEN MOVING ON TO READING LANGUAGE ARTS AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ONE OR TWO POINTS DEPENDING UPON, WE CALL THEM PARTIAL PLUS THEY CONSTRUCT A RESPONSE IN THE TWO POINTS.
HERE'S A MULTI-PART, SO THEY HAVE AN A AND A B AND AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT PARTIAL CREDIT IS GOING TO LOOK YET, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT IN THE FALL.
THIS IS THE OLD EXTENDED CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE AND SO MOVING FORWARD, THEY REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE THIS MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO WRITING THAT CARRIES ACROSS LIKE APSAT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND SO THIS IS WHAT IT WILL LOOK WHERE THEY'LL HAVE IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE THE SPELLING TEST, IT'S A PLAY AND THEN THEY HAVE TO WRITE AND RESPOND TO THAT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE TEXT ENTRY HOTSPOT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE WITH DIFFERENT POINT VALUE AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAUGHT THAT BECAUSE I DID GO FAIRLY QUICK.
FIFTH GRADE HAS AN EXTENDED CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE SO THAT MEANS YOU CAN HAVE SHORTER OR LONGER RESPONSES IN THERE AS WELL SO THERE'S A LOT OF WRITING THROUGHOUT THESE DIFFERENT TESTS AND THEN THE BIOLOGY.
HERE'S A HOTSPOT. AGAIN, ANOTHER MULTI-SELECT FOR BIO.
SOCIAL STUDIES AGAIN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HOT TEXTS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT AND SITE.
HERE'S CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT THAT WRITING SO NOW WRITING IS NOT JUST IN THAT ROA DESK, IT'S REALLY BEING EXTENDED ACROSS.
WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE'RE GOING BACK TO THAT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL.
BUT AS DR. CLARK LOVES TO SAY, RANDOM VARIATION IS OUR ENEMY.
IS THE ENEMY OF THE SYSTEM AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE'VE GOT REVISED TIER 1 PRIORITIES.
WE HAVE COORDINATION WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING MULTILINGUAL.
WE'VE GOT TARGETED CAMPUS WALKS, IT JUST GOES ON AND ON ALL OF THE THINGS AND ALL THE PLANNING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, AND THEN FOR 8TH GRADE, YOU'LL SEE SOME SIMILAR TRENDS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE DEEP CONVERSATIONS AND PLCS ABOUT DATA AND THE PDSA AND TEAR WHEN PRIORITIES.
SO WHAT DO WE NEED? WE NEED SUPPORT AROUND THIS IDEA ABOUT DEVELOPING MATH ACADEMIES, WHICH WOULD MIRROR THE READING ACADEMIES, BUT IT WOULD BE FOR THE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS AND HAVING THAT SAME FOCUS SO THAT WE CAN REALLY GROW A STRONG MATH MODEL WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, AND THEN CONSIDER BUYING MATH FACTS FOR THE ELEMENTARY SO WE HAVE THAT AUTOMATICITY LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IN CLOSING, I KNOW YOU'RE HAPPY, I'LL BE BACK.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH A DEEPER LOOK IN SEPTEMBER AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL GET
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INTO THE DIPS AND SIPS AND ALL OF THAT. ANY QUESTIONS?>> YOU HAD MENTIONED THE SOCIAL STUDY.
I MEAN, WE WERE STILL ABOVE THE STATE, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WAS THE LOWEST DELTA.
COULD YOU ADDRESS THAT A LITTLE BIT?
>> SURE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO [OVERLAPPING] DO?
>> THOUSAND FOOT LEVEL, SORRY.
>> SURE. JULIE, DID YOU WANT TO COME IN WITH SOCIAL STUDIES AT ALL?
>> I LOVE TO SHARE THE PAIN, I MEAN THE FUN. [LAUGHTER]
>> I THINK THAT ONE OF THE KEY PIECES OF THE SOCIAL STUDIES TEST IS THAT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TEST OVER MANY STANDARDS.
MR [INAUDIBLE] CAN TESTIFY THAT THERE ARE MANY STANDARDS IN SOCIAL STUDIES AND THE KNOWLEDGE BASE THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE TO DEVELOP IN ORDER TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS IS EXPANSIVE AND ALSO IT'S A READING TEST.
BECAUSE THE VOCABULARY IS NOT JUST THE TAUGHT VOCABULARY OF THE SUBJECT, BUT THEY DO ENCOUNTER THE DIFFICULTY OF THE VOCABULARY OF THE QUESTION.
I CAN GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THIS FROM EIGHTH GRADE, WHICH IS THERE WAS A QUESTION ON THE LAST TEST THAT ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN ACTION? THE ANSWER HAD TO DO WITH AN EVANGELICAL GATHERING, BUT EVANGELICAL IS NOT NECESSARILY A WORD THAT WOULD BE IN OUR DIRECT INSTRUCTION.
IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A BACKGROUND, YOU COULD NOT ANSWER WHAT IS AN EVANGELICAL IF YOU DID NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT.
THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF VOCABULARY CHALLENGES THAT THE SOCIAL STUDIES TEST BRINGS.
ALSO, I THINK IT IS AN AREA IN WHICH AN ELEMENTARY, BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS, WE DON'T ALWAYS BUILD A STRONG FOUNDATION.
ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS ABOUT THAT READING LANGUAGE ARTS TESTS IS THAT NOW THEY WILL BE USING PASSAGES AND PROMPTS THAT ARE SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE ORIENTED SO STUDENTS WILL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY AT ELEMENTARY TO BUILD DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE.
WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER WITH ALL OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE.
>> IF I MIGHT JUST ADD ONE THING ABOUT SUPPORT AND I THINK THIS GOES STATEWIDE.
KEEPING TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM SO THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE.
WHEN YOU HAVE TEACHERS LEAVING THE PROFESSION AND BEING REPLACED WITH NEW TEACHERS, WE HAVE A CHALLENGE OF A BUILDING THEIR CAPACITY.
I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING THINGS THAT WE HAVE IS NOT ONLY FINDING HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS, BUT RETAINING THEM AND THEN PROVIDING THEM WITH THE TRAINING BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW TEST AND WE'RE STARTING BACK AT ZERO.
WHAT WE DO THIS YEAR, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THOSE TEACHERS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE DON'T WANT TO START OVER, HAVING TO TRAIN A NEW BATCH, SO TEACHER RETENTION IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
THIS YEAR, WE HAD SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT HAD AS MUCH AS 69 PERCENT TURNOVER JUST IN MATHEMATICS.
IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE REALLY NOT ONLY RECRUIT WELL, BUT THAT WE RETAIN WELL.
>> I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT DR. CLARK SAID AS WELL.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR TEACHING STAFF FOR THE RATING THAT OUR STUDENTS DID RECEIVE, I HATE TO SAY IT BUT COMING FROM PANDEMIC.
THE PANDEMIC TIMES, WE WERE ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE IN ALMOST EVERY CATEGORY AND SO I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE HARD WORK THAT WAS PUT IN BY OUR TEACHERS.
THAT BEING SAID, DR. CLARK IS SPOT ON WHEN SHE SAYS THAT ATTENDANCE IS CRITICAL HERE.
ATTENDANCE OF OUR STUDENT BODY, ATTENDANCE OF OUR STAFF, ATTENDANCE OF ALL OF US IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS NOT JUST ON ONE TEST ONE DAY OF THE YEAR, BUT IN TOTALITY OF THEIR CAREER.
AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO BACK TWO YEARS AND OVER 50 PERCENT OF STUDENTS STATEWIDE WERE VIRTUAL, WHICH WAS AN OPTION ENFORCED BY TEA AND THE GOVERNOR, AND SO MANY STUDENTS WERE LEFT TO THEIR OWN AT HOME AND SO WE'RE ON THE BACKEND OF THAT.
COMING BACK LAST YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ATTENDANCE AND AS THEY STATED,
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OUR ATTENDANCE RATE WAS LOWER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST AS IT WAS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS BECAUSE MANY STUDENTS, THEY HAD THE OPTION TO STAY HOME IN THIS DISTRICT FOR 12 WEEKS.ATTENDANCE RATES LAST YEAR WERE NOT WHAT WE WANT THEM TO BE.
WE ARE STARTING OUT STRONG THIS YEAR, WE HAVE 22,000, A LITTLE OVER 22,500 STUDENTS IN OUR DOORS AS OF TODAY AND ACTUALLY OUR MEMBERSHIP IS BACK ON TRACK AND IT'S OUR JOB TO ENSURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
BECAUSE AS DR [INAUDIBLE] WAS SAYING, THE SPIRALING, PARTICULARLY MATH, THE SPIRALING IS CRUCIAL FOR INSTRUCTION.
IF THEY'RE NOT HERE TO LEARN DIRECTLY FROM THAT TEACHER, THAT'S A DETRIMENT TO THE STUDENT AND TO THE LEARNING PROCESS.
THAT'S OUR CHALLENGE THIS YEAR IS TO GET THE STUDENTS TO SCHOOL AND SO FAR WE'RE OFF TO A GREAT START.
AS DR. CLARK ALSO STATED, WE'RE GOING BACK TO GROUND ZERO WITH A NEW TEST.
WE DON'T HAVE A STANDARD FOR THAT, THIS WILL BE A NEW YEAR FOR IT, BUT I THINK WITH SOME OF THE IMPLEMENTATIONS THAT THEY ARE PLANNING, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGE.
>> [NOISE] ANYONE ELSE DOWN THERE?
>> REAL QUICK, YOU MENTIONED, I'M READING AT THE TERMINOLOGY WRONG, SO FORGIVE ME, BUT I THINK YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING.
>> WITH THE REGRESSION AND THE MATH, YOU TALKED ABOUT MATH FACTS OR MATH LABS LIKE BEING IMPLEMENTED READING, NUMBER 1, HOW LONG AGO DID WE DO THE READING LABS AND THEN WHAT WAS THE PERCENT IMPROVEMENT THAT YOU SAW FROM INTRODUCING THAT? DO YOU THINK THAT CORRELATES THAT DOING THE SAME THING WITH MATH?
>> THE READING ACADEMY IS FOR SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF THIS STATE AND AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY IN JULIE'S GROUP, SO I WILL SAY WE PROBABLY HAVEN'T HAD THEM LONG ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO [OVERLAPPING].
>> THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD YEAR OF THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING, TEXAS READING ACADEMY, WHICH IS REALLY TARGETED AT PRIMARY TEACHERS TO REALLY BUILD A FIRM FOUNDATION OF PHONICS, PHONEMIC AWARENESS, AND REALLY TARGETING ON FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAS HAD A CORRELATION YET, BUT I DO BELIEVE IT WILL BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT STRONGER FOUNDATION IN READING.
BUT THE READING DID IMPROVE AT A FASTER RATE THAN THE MATH.
I HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT WHY, BUT I DO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES PARENTS AT HOME ARE EVEN MORE COMFORTABLE READING TO THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME THAN DOING MATH.
EVEN IN THE TIME THAT WE WERE OUT OF SCHOOL DURING THE PANDEMIC, THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD MORE EXPOSURE AT HOME TO A READING THAN THEY WOULD HAVE TO MATH.
>> THE READING ACADEMIES WERE A TIERED FOCUS OF THE STATE AND SO AS SHE SAID, STARTING WITH PRIMARY GRADE LEVELS AND MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY LEVELS.
WE ARE IN THE THIRD YEAR OF BEGINNING OUR LAST COHORT OF READING ACADEMY TEACHERS AND SO I THINK WE WILL START SEEING THE BENEFITS OF THAT HOPEFULLY ON THIS NEXT ROUND OF TESTS.
>> IF I'M THINKING RIGHT, ALL THOSE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS WENT THROUGH EXTENSIVE TRAINING.
IT WAS PRETTY TOUGH BECAUSE I KNOW ON FACEBOOK, I WOULD SEE SOMEBODY SAY, I FINISHED MY [LAUGHTER] READING ACADEMY TRAINING AND IT WAS LIKE, I'M GOING OUT AND CELEBRATING.
>> THE READING ACADEMIES HAVE BEEN EQUATED TO A MASTER'S LEVEL COURSE AND IT IS NOT JUST THE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS AT THOSE GRADE LEVELS, THE PRINCIPALS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THAT TRAINING, SO VERY RIGOROUS TRAINING INDEED.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS RIGHT.
I MEAN, WE ALWAYS WANT TO DO AND TO ELEVATE, BUT THAT PUT A LOT OF BURDEN ON OUR TEACHERS AND SOME PEOPLE THAT I KNOW VERY WELL FOR SINCERE, THEY LOVED THIS PROFESSION, THEY THEY'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN, THE STATE CAME IN AND MADE THEM DO A LOT OF WORK LIKE.
WE CAN LAUGH ABOUT IT, BUT IF IT'S YOUR WORK AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IN ALL THAT TIME AND DO ALL THAT STUFF AND NOBODY GIVES YOU A DIME EXTRA BECAUSE YOU DID IT.
>> IN BIRDVILLE E, WE DID PAY US STIPEND.
>> GOOD. WHAT WAS THE STIPEND?
>> IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND IT WASN'T FUNNY TO THOSE TEACHERS.
I MEAN, I KNOW THEY LEARNED AND I KNOW WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER.
BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, THERE'S ALWAYS A BALANCING ACT.
PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT WE'RE HAVING MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO BE IN THIS PROFESSION BECAUSE IT'S YOU GOT TO STOP PUTTING ALL THESE THINGS ON ME. THERE'S A BALANCING ACT.
YES, WE WANT THE BEST, BUT CAN WE REALLY DEMAND AT THESE PRICES THAT WE'RE PAYING TEACHERS FOR THEM TO JUST DO ALL THIS WORK? THIS IS OVER AND ABOVE GRADING PAPERS, TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOM.
I MEAN, JUST DON'T IGNORE THE FACT THAT ALL THIS TIME THEY DID THIS READING ACADEMY WAS OUTSIDE OF WHAT THEY NORMALLY DO.
>> I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING YOU'VE JUST SAID.
I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THAT IS NOT A BISD MANDATE,
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THAT WAS A MANDATE COMING DIRECTLY FROM COMMISSIONER MORATH OF TEA.>> WE WOULD NOT DESIGN OURS LIKE THAT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. WE DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU AND I AGREE THAT OUR TEACHERS DESERVE THE VERY BEST IN TERMS THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM SPECIFICALLY WITH TIME, TIME IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, TIME WITH THEIR STUDENTS, AND TIME FOR THEMSELVES.
A HEALTHY TEACHER MAKES A GREAT TEACHER AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT IN THE CLASSROOM AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THAT THE MANDATES FROM TEA HAS BEEN BURDENSOME.
>> I WILL SAY THIS, AS AN OLD SCHOOL TEACHER, I WAS PART OF THE CURRENT LETTER AND MARK WHITE WAS THE GOVERNOR THAT GOT US ON THE CURRENT LETTER.
WE WENT TO CLASSES EVERY SUMMER AND IT WAS TAKING OUR TIME, BUT I WILL TELL YOU AS AN EDUCATOR, THOSE CLASSES I TOOK REVOLUTIONIZED MY ABILITY TO TEACH.
I FEEL SORRY FOR THOSE TEACHERS THAT HAVE TO SPEND THAT TIME, BUT MANY TIMES, YOU APPRECIATE YOUR EDUCATION SO MUCH MORE AS AN ADULT, AS A WORKING PROFESSIONAL THAN YOU DID WHEN YOU WERE A COLLEGE YOUNGSTER.
ANYBODY ON THIS SIDE? DR. CLARK, WITH 85 FIRST-YEAR TEACHERS, YOU ALL GOT YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU.
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WE'LL MOVE ON TO KATIE BOWMAN WITH THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM SCHEDULE.>> THANK YOU, MR. DILKS. OUR MASS ENDS HERE TO GO OVER SOME INITIATIVES WE HOPE TO DO WITH OUR UPCOMING BOND.
>> WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF ANOTHER BOND AND EACH TIME THAT COMES ALONG, IT'S TIME TO THINK ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS ONE TO SUCCESS AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE THE LAST TIME AND WHAT CHALLENGES ARE YOU FACING NOW.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IN THE WAKE OF COVID AND THE TSUNAMI OF THINGS IN THE WORLD THAT ARE COMING SINCE THEN, WE REALLY ARE GOING TO NEED TO DO SOME THINGS VERY DIFFERENTLY THIS TIME AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SEE AS I PRESENT THAT TO YOU HERE.
I'VE GOT A THREE-PRONGED STRATEGY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE, THE WAY WE APPROACH THE DESIGN, AND THEN THE MANNER IN WHICH WE HIRE GENERAL CONTRACTORS.
I THINK THOSE THREE THINGS ARE REALLY CRITICAL THIS TIME.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS ALL OF THEM IN ORDER TO SET OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS.
PROJECT DURATIONS ARE A HUGE THING RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW MR. DAVIS HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH US MANY TIMES, AND PROJECT DURATIONS ARE JUST GROWING AND GROWING AND GROWING.
I CAN REMEMBER MY DAYS AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, I USED TO BUILD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN NINE OR TEN MONTHS, WHICH SEEMS ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS NOW, BUT, WE SETTLED INTO ABOUT A TWELVE-MONTH DURATION THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE.
THAT'S A JOKE NOW. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT SOME INCREASED DURATIONS.
COVID-19, THE FACT THERE'S SEVERE INCREASING LABOR SHORTAGES.
THOSE HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A DECADE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T GONE AWAY IN A SENSE, OR WORSE, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE QUITE A CHALLENGE.
THERE ARE SEVERE, THERE'RE UNPRECEDENTED MATERIAL SHORTAGES, DELAYS, AND THERE'S JUST REALLY NO END IN SIGHT TO IT.
THEN IT'S LED TO SOME CONTRACTOR APATHY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT WE WORK IN WITH OUR CURRENT DELIVERY METHOD, WHICH IS BASICALLY HARD-BID CONSTRUCTION.
WE DESIGN IT, WE PUT IT ON THE STREET, THEY BID IT AND THEY DO IT. THEY'RE FRUSTRATED.
I KNOW IT'S EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO BE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR THESE DAYS, AND I'M JUST SEEING THAT DRIVE TO FINISH THE PROJECT ON TIME SLIPPING AWAY AND BECOMING LESS OF A MANDATE IN THEIR LIFE.
AND IF THE DAY IT'S NOT A MANDATE, MY LIFE, I'M DONE DOING THIS.
THERE JUST AREN'T A LOT OF CONSEQUENCES FOR WHEN THEY FINISH LATE, UNFORTUNATELY.
I LOOK BACK AT HISTORICAL DURATIONS; I LOOK BACK AT THE 2014 BOND WHERE WE DID WEST BIRDVILLE AND BIRDVILLE ELEMENTARY.
WE HAD THE BASICALLY 12-MONTH DURATION IN BLUE THERE.
LITTLE BIT MORE FOR BIRDVILLE ELEMENTARY BECAUSE IT WAS A MORE COMPLEX PROJECT WITH THE DEMO.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE GAVE THEM THAT TIME, BUT THE RED DELAY, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, THERE ARE CUSHION TO GET MOVED INTO THE BUILDING, GET THE FURNITURE IN, GET ALL SET UP AND READY.
WE WERE BARELY DONE THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL.
AND THAT'S BEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING.
YOU CAN SEE IT WAS RIGHT UP TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WE WERE FINISHING.
ON THE 2018 BOND, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO ADAPT TO THAT? WE INCREASE THOSE DURATIONS TO 15 MONTHS BECAUSE THAT WAS HISTORICALLY WHAT THEY HAD DONE.
AGAIN, THEY ATE INTO OUR SUMMER AND JAMMED US UP AGAINST THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS GOING WELL.
WE JUST CAN'T KEEP PUSHING OUR DURATIONS OUT INDEFINITELY BECAUSE THAT COSTS MONEY AND WE PAY OVERHEAD AND PROFIT TO THESE CONTRACTORS FOR THAT DURATION.
WE DO WANT TO INCREASE THOSE AGAIN,
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BUT WE'RE GOING TO STOP IT AT A POINT, AND WE'VE INCREASED THAT TO 17 MONTHS AND THEN BUILT IN A SPECIFIC SCHEDULE CONTINGENCY OF A COUPLE OF MONTHS THERE AT THE END FOR WHATEVER MIGHT HAPPEN.AND THAT BELONGS TO US. THEN THE PUNCH LIST, THAT'S A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF TIME BECAUSE WHAT WE KEEP SEEING IS THEY FINISH AND THEN THEY'RE DOING PUNCH LIST WORK IN THE SCHOOL WHILE WE'RE HAVING SCHOOL, AND THAT'S NO GOOD.
WE JUST DON'T WANT TO BE DOING THAT, ESPECIALLY TODAY.
THEN THAT FF&E AND MOVE-IN PERIOD WHERE WE GET THE TIME TO MOVE IN PROPERLY TO A BUILDING INSTEAD OF SCRAMBLING IN THERE AND THROWING FURNITURE AROUND AND DAMAGING THINGS, AND JUST NOT THE WAY TO DO IT.
IN DOING THAT, WE'VE HAD TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT AND WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH THIS TIME AND START DESIGN ABSOLUTELY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MEANING THE DAY AFTER THE BOND WOULD PASS, WE WANT TO BE STARTING DESIGN AND GET BUSY AND HAVE THE TIME TO BUILD THOSE DURATIONS INTO THIS BOND TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE APPROACH WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO THE BOARD THIS TIME BECAUSE WE REALLY FACE A THREAT TODAY OF FAILING TO COMPLETE A SCHOOL ON TIME, WHICH AGAIN IS UNACCEPTABLE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO SET THINGS UP WHERE WE DON'T SEE THAT HAPPEN.
WE HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, START DESIGNING IN NOVEMBER.
BUT TO DO THAT, WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE PROCUREMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN AFTER THE BOND PASSES.
WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE IS TO ENGAGE THE ARCHITECTS AND PRE-DESIGN CONTRACTS, JUST A VERY SMALL NOMINAL FEE TO GET THEM UNDER CONTRACT AND START THINKING ABOUT THE PROJECT, DOING SOME REALLY HIGH-LEVEL PRELIMINARY CONCEPTUAL PLANNING, THINGS LIKE THAT, TAKE UP SOME TIME ON THE FRONT END, BUT CAN HAVE THEM READY TO GO RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE WITH ACTUAL DESIGN OF THE PROJECT.
WE ALSO, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT SCHEDULE CONTINGENCY, THE PUNCH LIST AND FF&E PHASE IS PUTTING THOSE IN, AVOIDS DAMAGES TO OUR FURNITURE, AVOIDS THIS PUNCH LIST DRAGGING ON FOREVER IN THE WARRANTY WORK.
LESS STRAIN ON OUR RESOURCES HAVE BEEN PURCHASING A FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.
WE WOULD START BIDDING IN SPRING, SUMMER, AND THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT AND COMPLETE THESE NEW SCHOOLS IN YEAR THREE OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS AGGRESSIVE AS WE CAN GET, BUT THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WHAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO DO IS REALLY SEEK SOME INPUT FROM THE BOARD.
THE NEXT PHASE IS ABOUT DESIGN.
AGAIN, GETTING THOSE ARCHITECTS STARTED.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD AND EVALUATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT ARCHITECTS AND WHO THOSE MIGHT BE AND WHAT PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM.
HOPEFULLY, THE BOARDS HAD SOME TIME TO MOVE THAT OVER AND WE'RE LOOKING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, HOPEFULLY, TONIGHT FOR SOME DIRECTION ON THAT IN THE HOPES THAT WE COULD AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, BRING YOU SOME ACTION ITEMS TO AWARD THOSE CONTRACTS TO THOSE ARCHITECTS FOR THE PREDESIGN CONTRACT TO JUST GET THEM ON BOARD, AND THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS UPON THE PASSAGE OF A BOND, WHEN WE'RE READY TO GO WITH DESIGN, WE COULD JUST MODIFY THEIR CONTRACTS TO INCLUDE THE FULL DESIGN AND INCREASE THEIR FEED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S CREATIVE, BUT I'VE SEEN IT DONE BEFORE, AND IT WOULD HELP US A LOT TO GET THAT PLANNING CONCEPTUAL DESIGN GOING.
THEN WE'D BE READY TO GO IN NOVEMBER, WITH THAT FEE ADJUSTMENT MODIFICATION.
HERE'S WHAT OUR TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE.
THERE'S REALLY GOING TO BE, I SEE TWO PHASES TO THIS BOND PROJECT PHASES.
PHASE 1 IS WHAT CAN WE GET DONE BY FALL OF 24, AND PACKAGING THE PROJECTS TOGETHER FEELS LIKE THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT AND THAT WOULD BE THE PREDESIGNED PHASE YOU SEE GOING FROM SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER.
THEN THE FIRST PACKAGE WOULD BE THE HIGH-SCHOOL ACTIVITY CENTERS.
THE PRESS BOX IS ARTIFICIAL TURF.
ALL THOSE ATHLETIC PROJECTS COULD BE ONE PACKAGE THAT COULD GO OUT.
ANOTHER PACKAGE WOULD BE THE HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL DANCE AND CHEER EDITION, THE AUDITORIUM SEATING, AND THE COURTYARD RENOVATIONS, ALL JUST ONE BIG PACKAGE FOR A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
THAT COULD ALSO GO RIGHT OUT THE DOOR.
THESE WOULD ALL BASICALLY BE ON THE SAME TIMELINE.
THEN COURTYARD RENOVATIONS AT BIRDVILLE HIGH AND NORTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY.
THAT COULD BE ANOTHER PACKAGE.
THEN FINALLY, SHANNON HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATIONS WOULD BE ITS OWN PACKAGE TOO.
YOU CAN SEE SHANNON'S THE ONE WHERE THE THREE BLOCKS AT THE END REPRESENT THAT SCHEDULED CONTINGENCY, THE FF&E PERIOD, AND ALL THAT.
WE CAN BUILD THAT ON THE END OF THAT.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TIME FOR THAT ON THE THREE ABOVE IT.
BUT THEY'RE NOT AS CRITICAL BECAUSE THEY AREN'T NEW FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN; WE WANT THEM IN.
BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPEN, WE'D BE OKAY BECAUSE THEY'RE NEW AND ADDITIONAL FACILITIES.
THAT JUST LAYS IT OUT IN DETAIL FOR YOU AND I WON'T GO INTO REAL DETAIL ON THAT.
THEN PHASE 2 WOULD BE THE NEW SCHOOLS AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALL THE HVAC, ROOFING, PLUMBING, PAINTING, FLOORING, GENERAL RENOVATIONS LIKE THAT.
MULLENDORE AND DAVID E COULD FOLLOW BASICALLY THE SAME EXACT SCHEDULE,
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GET RIGHT OUT AND GET BUSY AND HAVE THAT DURATION WE TALKED ABOUT TO FINISH FOR FALL OF 25.AGAIN, THAT'S JUST THE SPECIFIC DETAIL ON HOW THE DATES WOULD LINE OUT FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
>> [INAUDIBLE] MULLENDORE, GO BACK. THE DEMO AND ABATEMENT, WOULD YOU DO A SEPARATE CONTRACT FROM A GENERAL CONTRACTOR THEN?
>> YEAH. WE COULD GET RIGHT ON THAT.
>> I MEAN, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
>> BECAUSE THERE'S NO MATERIAL TO ORDER.
>> IT'S TEAR IT DOWN AND GET IT OUT OF HERE.
>> THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
>> THAT WILL SAVE SOME TIME THERE, BIG TIME.
>> IT WILL. WE'RE VERY HAPPY WE CAN DO THAT IF THAT'S COOL.
AND THEN THE HVAC PLUMBING, ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE LAST BOND.
WE WOULD JUST IDENTIFY THOSE AS WE GO ALONG.
THEY WOULD STRETCH FROM DAY ONE OF THE PROGRAM ALL THE WAY TO THE END.
BECAUSE OFTENTIMES IT'S BETTER TO PUT THOSE OFF SO WE'LL GET THE MAXIMUM LIFE OUT OF THINGS AND DON'T DO THEM TOO SOON WITH LIFE CYCLE.
THE NEXT THING, THE NEXT PRONG OF THAT SUCCESS STRATEGY IS THE METHOD IN WHICH WE HIRED GENERAL CONTRACTORS, AND SO MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK DELIVERY METHOD.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T IT REALLY, THE NAME IS WEIRD AND DECEIVING, BUT IT'S BASICALLY JUST A GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT OPERATES UNDER A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CONTRACT IN A DIFFERENT SCENARIO.
UNLIKE WHERE WE DESIGN THE PROJECT, WE PUT IT OUT TO BID, THEY BID IT.
THIS GETS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR AT THE TABLE WITH US DURING DESIGN FROM DAY ONE, THERE ARE PARTNER WITH US.
IT'S A METHOD I USED TO DO WHEN I WAS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND I REALLY LIKED IT.
THE MAIN BENEFIT IS JUST GETTING THAT CONTRACTORS BUYING IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE CONTRACTORS BETTER THAN I BETTER THAN OUR ARCHITECTS KNOW WHAT THINGS COST, WHAT MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE, WHAT'S NOT AVAILABLE, WHAT PHASE WE SHOULD, WHAT ORDER WE SHOULD BUILD THINGS IN PACKAGING OF THE PROJECT.
THEY CAN JUST GIVE US SO MUCH VALUABLE INPUT DURING DESIGN AND STEER THAT DESIGN THE WAY IT NEEDS TO GO IN.
AND REALLY FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT TOO.
WE AND THE ARCHITECT COULD THINK THIS IS A GREAT STRUCTURAL SYSTEM.
THE CONTRACTOR CAN SAY IT USED TO BE.
NOW THERE'S THIS OR THAT MATERIALS TOO HARD TO GET.
LET'S DO THIS SO THERE'S A HUGE BENEFIT FROM THAT.
I SEE THE PHASING BECAUSE WITH CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO PACKAGES.
YOU CAN DO A SITE PACKAGE ONLY WHERE YOU ONLY GO OUT AND DO EARTHWORK, THEN YOU CAN DO A FOUNDATION-ONLY PACKAGE WHERE YOU JUST BUILD THE SLAB OF THE BUILDING AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF THE ULTIMATE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE CONTRACT THAT WE SETTLE UP ON THE CONTRACT WITH SO AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS, THE CONTRACTOR GIVES US A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE WHERE THEY SAY, THAT'S THE AT-RISK PORTION.
WE CAN BUILD THIS PROJECT FOR THIS AND THEY'RE BASICALLY WILL BE NO CHANGE ORDERS UNLESS WE GO AWAY.
I WANT YOU TO ADD A WING TO THE BUILDING.
WELL, OF COURSE THAT'S A COMPLETE SCOPE CHANGE SO IT'S A GOOD PROTECTION FOR US BUDGET-WISE BECAUSE THERE'S NICE, HEALTHY, WELL-ASSEMBLED BUDGETS RATHER THAN A HARD BID SITUATION WHERE EVERYBODY'S BEING SUPER COMPETITIVE AND MAY HAVE UNDERBID AND THEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GET CHANGE ORDERS TO BE PROFITABLE.
CURRENTLY, WE USE COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS, WHICH IS FINE.
IT'S LIKE HARD BID, BUT IT WAS CHANGED A WHILE BACK WHERE OWNERS CAN EVALUATE QUALIFICATIONS AS WELL AS PRICE, AND WHILE IT WORKS WELL, TYPICALLY THE LOW PRICE IS THE WINNER OF THAT PROCESS, WHICH ISN'T A BAD THING.
BUT SOMETIMES, I MEAN, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHO'S THE BEST VALUE FOR THE DISTRICT AND THAT'S THE GOAL OF IT.
IT'S A FINE PROCESS, BUT REALLY WE NEED MORE.
WE NEED THE BENEFITS OF CM AT RISK TO HELP US DEAL WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING AT US, JUST NO ONE'S EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH BEFORE, AND IT GETS THAT PLAYER AT THE TABLE AT THE START RATHER THAN COMING LATE TO THE DANCE AND GOING WELL, YOU ALL INVITED ME AND YOU SET THIS TABLE AND I'M JUST HERE TO EAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE WAY IT WORKS IS THE CONTRACTORS RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND THEY GIVE US A STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND THEN THEY'RE EVALUATED BASED ON THAT, NOT THEIR PRICE.
WE'RE HIRING THEM BASED ON WHAT CAN THEY DO AND WHAT'S THEIR EXPERIENCE.
THEY LITERALLY BRING US THE TEAM WHO'S GOING TO BUILD THE BUILDING AND WE GET TO MEET THEM AND THEY WILL DO THAT PROJECT.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT TO KNOW, AND YOU CAN LITERALLY ASK THEM THE HARD QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO KNOW AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE THEY ARE, AND SO YOU SHORTLIST THEM TO THREE, YOU INTERVIEW THEM, AND THERE'S A COMMITTEE SETUP OF WHOEVER WE ALL IN THE BOARD DECIDES NEEDS TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE TO SELECT THOSE FROM THOSE THREE, AND THEN THERE'S A TOP-RANKED FIRM WHO SELECT THEM AND THEN YOU MOVE INTO PRICE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM AND IT'S BASICALLY A COST-PLUS PROJECT.
THEY CHARGE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FEE ON TOP OF THE COST OF THE WORK.
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THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.AND IF FOR WHATEVER REASON WE CAN'T WORK OUT A PRICE WITH THAT CONTRACTOR, YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT RANKED AND SO ON.
THE REASON WE LIKE THAT, LIKE WE SAID, CSPS, THE PERFORMANCE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE LATELY HAS NOT BEEN GOOD.
IT'S BEEN RATHER ADVERSARIAL BECAUSE FOR ALL THE REASONS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
LIKE WE SAID, IT TYPICALLY RESULTS IN THE LOW BIDDER, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE WHAT'S THE BEST VALUE FOR THE DISTRICT.
CMARS INVOLVED IN THE BEGINNING.
CMARS IS RELATIONSHIP DRIVEN VERY MUCH SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A RELATIONSHIP, AN ONGOING WORK WITH THE DISTRICT, AND NOT JUST A ONE-AND-DONE AND HOW MUCH MONEY CAN THEY MAKE? WE HAVE MORE INPUT IN THE PROCESS, EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF WHAT SUBCONTRACTORS END UP INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT, WE HAVE SOME INPUT ON THAT AND THEN YOU ARRIVE AT THAT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, AND I KNOW THAT'S A LOT, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY THE THREE-PRONGED APPROACH THAT I'D RECOMMEND.
AND SO BASICALLY WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT IS LETTING YOU ABSORB AND DIGEST THAT PROPOSED SCHEDULE.
[NOISE] YOU REALLY DO NEED THE INPUT ON THE ARCHITECT SELECTION SO WE CAN GET THEM SIGNED UP, AND THEN WE WOULD LOOK FOR ALSO AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING TO BRING AN ACTION ITEM FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THAT CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK DELIVERY METHOD.
>> TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT AND WHERE DO YOU SEE THE ARCHITECT IN A CMAR.
>> VERY SIMILAR. THEY DON'T HAVE AS PROMINENT OF A ROLE AS THEY USUALLY DO, BECAUSE TYPICALLY IT'S US AND THE ARCHITECT AT THE TABLE AND THE CONTRACTORS WORKING FOR US, WHERE IT'S MORE OF AN EQUAL PARTNERSHIP IN THE SENSE OF HOW WE CARRY OUT THE PROJECT.
BUT THE ARCHITECTS STILL HAS ALL THE SAME AUTHORITY THAT THEY DO IN THE CONTRACT AND BASICALLY SERVES IN THE SAME ROLE.
IT'S JUST THERE'S A PARTNER AT THE TABLE THAT IT'S TYPICALLY.
>> BUT IS OUR ARCHITECTS STILL REVIEWING THE PAY-UPS?
>> OH, YEAH. OKAY. EVERYTHING I DO I DO EXACTLY THE SAME AND EVERYTHING ARCHITECT DO, THEY DO EXACTLY THE SAME.
>> THEN MAYBE WAY TOO EARLY FOR THAT.
BUT WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCED AS FAR AS PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION OF THE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS BEFORE YOU GO HARD WITH THE G MAX?
>> YEAH. THAT'S HOWEVER WE WANT TO DO IT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S 75 PERCENT PHASES, THERE'S 95 PERCENT PHASE.
I USUALLY I THINK YOU USUALLY SEE THE G MAX NAILED DOWN AROUND 95 PERCENT DRAWINGS IS PRETTY TYPICAL.
SOMETIMES EVEN 90. YOU'D LOVE A 100, BUT THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF IT AS YOU CAN GET DIALED INTO THAT SOONER THAN YOU WOULDN'T BE.
>> OKAY, AND THEN, I MEAN, THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO EVERY METHOD THAT EXISTS UNDER THE PLANET.
BUT IT DOES HAVE ITS BENEFITS AND SOME DOWNSIDES.
IT IS A COST-PLUS UP AND UP UNTIL JUST SO YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU DON'T CMAR DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL COST IS GOING TO BE, OR THEY CALL IT G MAX AND GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE SO IT'S COST-PLUS BUT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COST-PLUS AND G MAX IS, IS ONCE YOU HIT, YOU HIT A CAP WHICH G MAX.
>> BUT YOU DON'T SET THAT CAP UNTIL THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS OR LIKE HE SAID, ANYWHERE FROM 70 TO 75 TO 95 PERCENT COMPLETE.
I MEAN, IF THEY SPEND MORE THAN THE CAP THAT'S ON THEM AND NOT ON US.
YEAH, I REALLY WANT A VERY ACTIVE ARCHITECT INVOLVED IN THIS ONE.
WHERE I SEE HIM GO WRONG IS WHERE THE ARCHITECT GETS OUT OF THE LOOP AND THEN YOU'RE BASICALLY RELYING UPON THE CHICKEN THE HEN HOUSE ANALOGY AND IT'S LIKE NO, NO, NO, NO.
I NEED A THIRD PARTY OUT THERE GOING. I DON'T THINK SO.
>> YEAH. THAT'S MY ONLY THING.
WE'VE HAD AND I THINK THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SELECTED DOWN TO A REALLY HIGH ACHIEVING ARCHITECTS WHO HAVE PROVEN TRACK RECORD SO I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S WHERE I SEE IT GOING OFF TRACK.
>> I HAVE TALKED TO THE ARCHITECTS WE WORK WITH AND JUST FILL THEM OUT ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT CMAR AT RISK AND THEY'RE ALL FINE WITH IT.
DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH IT.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT HAS PROS AND CONS.
IT'S NOT PERFECT AND I DON'T MEAN TO IMPLY THAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE ITS PROS WILL HELP US A LOT.
>> I DO THINK YOU'RE POINTING OUT A GOOD POINT IS THAT WE ARE HITTING A POINT.
WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE TYPICAL DESIGN TO BUILD, AND SO YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND SO I AGREE WITH YOU.
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I THINK DONE RIGHT, IT COULD BE A POSITIVE.>> I CONCUR YOU CAN SAVE SOME MONEY ON THE FRONT END DURING THAT DESIGN STAGE.
I HADN'T TALKED TO A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CONTRACTOR HOW MUCH MONEY THEY SAVED ON SOME PEERS EARLY IN THE PROJECT.
BUT WHAT STRUCTURAL GUYS HAD DESIGNED, THEY JUST DRAW IT ON PAPER THEN THEY SAID NO, YOU DO IT THIS WAY AND THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SAVINGS THERE.
THEY CAN ALSO SAVE YOU SOME MONEY, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT PARTICULAR PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE OR IT'S TOO LONG OF A LEAD ATOM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT HERE'S WHAT WE'RE USING NOW.
THAT'S SHORTER LEAD TIME, WE CAN GET IT, IT'S RELIABLE.
WE'VE USED IT TO HAVE SOME HISTORY THERE.
YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF THEIR FAST GROWTH DISTRICTS, WERE NOT ONE OF THOSE, BUT STILL THE FAST GROWTH DISTRICTS ARE USING THIS BECAUSE THERE IS SWITCH INPUT FROM THE GC AT THE TABLE.
THE SAINT WITH EQUAL FOOTING WITH ARCHITECTS.
I MEAN, I TELL ARCHITECTS THAT I TALKED TO, I'LL HELP YOU DESIGN A PROJECT WAY AHEAD OF THE GAME.
I'LL LOOK AT IT WITH YOU EARLY IN THE GAME.
I CAN SAVE YOU SOME TIME, MONEY, AND ENERGY IF WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT WAY.
I FEEL THERE ARE SOME COMPETENT COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT CAN DO THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
I'VE WORKED BOTH WAYS AS A SUBCONTRACTOR.
IF I KNOW WHO SOME OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS AREN'T RISKS ARE AND HOW DEMANDING THEY CAN BE, BUT HOW FAIR AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BEAT YOU OVER THE HEAD WITH IT.
THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE TOO.
THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE UP THAT EXTRA NICKEL.
THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD YOU A GOOD QUALITY PRODUCT IN A TIMELY MANNER.
I'M 100 PERCENT ON BOARD WITH YOUR TIMELINE.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS TREMENDOUSLY.
YOU CAN'T JUST GO BUILD A 12-MONTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANYMORE. JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE REALLY BECAUSE OTHER WORKFORCE AND BECAUSE THERE'S STILL THAT MUCH CONSTRUCTION WORK GOING ON IN DALLAS, FORT WORTH AREA.
GO EVEN WEST OF HERE, GO JACKSBORO HIGHWAY.
YOU'LL BE SURPRISED HOW MUCH CONSTRUCTION IS STILL GOING ON IN SCHOOLS.
FOLLOW ALL THAT. A LOT OF IT'S HAPPENING.
I LIKE JOE'S COMMENT ABOUT THE ARCHITECTS.
WE KNOW WHO THE QUALITY ONES ARE.
THEY'VE BEEN A PART OF OUR TEAMS BEFORE AND THE MEMO YOU SENT US AND GIVES ME INFORMATION.
I THINK WE CAN FOLLOW THAT WITH CONFIDENCE AND TO KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE SITTING AT THE TABLE REPRESENTING US, BUT ALSO GIVE US A GOOD PRODUCT, WE'VE HAD GOOD TRACK RECORD THERE DOING THAT.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK DOESN'T SCARE ME AT ALL.
I THINK IT'LL SAVE US SOME MONEY IN THE LONG TERM, BUT ALSO SAVE US A LOT OF HEADACHE.
BUT IT WILL ALSO ENABLE YOU TO MEET SOME DEADLINES.
>> YES. YOU TOUCHED ON AN IMPORTANT THING MR. DAVIS IS THE SUBCONTRACTOR INVOLVEMENT.
TYPICALLY WITH CSP, THERE'S NO SUBCONTRACTOR INVOLVEMENT, BECAUSE THE GENERAL THEY DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.
>> THAT'S WHAT COULD FILL IN YOUR PRICING.
WOULD BE THE SHEETROCK INSTALLATION OR THAT GOD IS PROVIDING CONCRETE FOR THE JOB.
IT'S A WIN-WIN AND WE'RE DOING TWO NEW SCHOOLS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A FACTOR IN SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WOULD BE FINE TOO, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD DIRECTION.
NOW, WE MAY GO THROUGH THE NEXT BOND PACKAGE AND SAY IT'S DIFFERENT PACKAGE, WE MAY DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT I THINK IT'S TIMELY.
THE COST OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE TIMELINE, THE MATERIAL SHORTAGE, THE LABOR SHORTAGES, AND ALL OF THE ABOVE, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE ARE SOME GOOD QUALITY, LARGER GENERAL CONTRACTING FIRMS OUT THERE THAT CAN DO THIS.
>> I ECHO EVERYTHING HE JUST SAID.
I JUST REMEMBERED ONE OTHER THING.
PRICES. I MEAN, THEY HAVE STABILIZED SOMEWHAT.
WOW, TALKING TO SOME OF MY CLIENTS IN THE WILD CIRCUS.
THEY'LL BID SOMETHING AND SO IN 30 DAYS LATER THEY CAN'T EVEN DO THE JOB FOR IT BECAUSE THE PRICES HAVE ESCALATED, OUT OF CONTROL.
>> MATERIALS ARE UP, MATERIALS HAVE SOMEHOW STABILIZED?
>> WHAT HASN'T STABILIZED IS OUR SHIPPING COST.
>> TO GET MATERIALS SHIPPED TO US WHENEVER THAT HAS NOT STABILIZED.
I THINK BECAUSE OF YOUR COST OF FUEL COST AND LABOR COST AND LACK OF TRUCKS.
>> IF I'VE GOT 10 TRUCKS AND KEEP THEM BUSY 24/7, MY PRICE IS GOING TO GO UP AND THAT'S HAPPENING.
ONE OF MY MANUFACTURER JUST ADDED ON THIS STARTING NEXT WEEK, GUESS WHAT? GET EIGHT PERCENT INCREASE ON YOUR FREIGHT COST. IT'S LIKE THAT.
WELL, I EAT THAT AND THAT'S TOUGH, BUT YOUR LABOR IS A BIG FACTOR STILL TOO, TO GET PEOPLE TO GO TO WORK FOR 15 TO $20 AN HOUR AND TOUGH WORK.
THEN GO WORK 15 BUCKS AN HOUR AT WHATABURGER.
NOW, MAYBE A DEAD IN RELATIONSHIP THERE FOR US, LONG-TERM WORK.
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BUT GOT IT STARTS OUT AS AN APPRENTICE AT 15, 16 BUCKS AN HOUR.KEEP HIS NOSE CLEAN, PASSES DRUG TESTS, AND KEEPS WORKING.
HE'LL BE GOING THESE GUYS MAKING 30 BUCKS AN HOUR REAL SOON.
CONCRETE, ELECTRICAL, FRAMING, SHEETROCK, PAINTER, ROOFER, YOU NAME IT AND THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR THEM.
THE DEMAND HAS NOT SLOWED DOWN IN DALLAS, FORT WORTH METROPLEX.
IT JUST HASN'T. [OVERLAPPING] THIS IS THE WAY TO MANAGE IT.
>> YES, I BELIEVE SO AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
IS IT FAIR TO SAY WE, AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING COULD BRING THIS AN ACTION ITEM FOR THIS FOR APPROVAL FOR CM AT RISK? AS FAR AS THE ARCHITECT SELECTIONS FOR PROJECTS, WHAT WE'VE PUT FORWARD OR IS THERE ANY FURTHER THOUGHTS THE BOARD HAS ON MATTER?
>> ANYONE DOWN HERE ON THIS END? GO AHEAD AND BRING IT FORWARD
>> GREAT. APPRECIATE IT. WELL, I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND WE'LL HOPE FOR THE BEST. THANKS.
>> NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM KATIE BOWMAN ABOUT THE 2022-23 BUDGET TAX UPDATE, KATY.
[H.4. 2022-23 Budget and Tax Update]
>> WELL, GOOD EVENING. IT IS TIME AGAIN TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THE TAX RATE FOR THE DISTRICTS.
I'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF MATERIAL JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON WHAT YOU'LL BE EXPECTING IN YOUR ACTION ITEMS COMING UP.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO A NUMBER OF TAX AND BUDGET PUBLICATIONS.
OF COURSE, WE ADOPT OUR BUDGET IN JUNE.
WE DID A PUBLIC HEARING AT THAT TIME ON JUNE 23RD.
FOR THIS PARTICULAR MEETING, WE WERE NOT REQUIRED TO DO ANOTHER HEARING BECAUSE OUR TAX RATE IS NOT HIGHER THAN IT WAS IN JUNE.
BEFORE THAT MEETING, WE PUBLISHED OUR NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT HAS TO BE THERE BETWEEN 10 AND 30 DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS POSTED ON JUNE THE 10TH.
WE'VE ALSO POSTED OUR ADOPTED BUDGET SUMMARY AND THE TAX CALCULATIONS THAT I COMPLETED FOR THE TAX ASSESSOR.
THOSE ARE ALL ON OUR WEBSITE AS REQUIRED.
THEN WE HAVE ALL OF OUR TAX NOTICE IN A CALCULATION INFORMATION POSTED ON OUR TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT WEBSITE.
THEN ONCE THE BOARD HAS COMPLETED THEIR ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT, I WILL PUT ALL OF THE OTHER NECESSARY ITEMS ON THE TAX APPRAISAL DISTRICT SITE AND OUR TAX ASSESSORS.
IN REGARD TO OUR TAX RATE, WE DID RECEIVE PRELIMINARY VALUES IN APRIL.
OUR CERTIFIED VALUES CAME IN ON JULY THE 21ST.
AS YOU KNOW, WE DON'T CALCULATE OUR OWN M&O TAX RATE ANY LONGER.
THE STATE DOES THAT AND SO TEA CALCULATED OUR RATE ON AUGUST THE 5TH, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR BOARD ADOPTION CONSIDERATION ACTION TONIGHT.
THEN JUST A NOTE THAT THE TAX RATE ALWAYS MUST BE ADOPTED AFTER THE BUDGET ADOPTION.
LOOKING AT SOME HISTORY OF OUR VALUES, THE TAX VALUES THAT CAME IN IN JULY, WE'RE ABOUT $14.2 BILLION, WHICH ARE UP JUST UNDER 10 PERCENT.
WE HAD ESTIMATED, I BELIEVE, SIX PERCENT IN JUNE.
THE ACTUAL VALUE CHANGE WAS 13.1 PERCENT, BUT WITH THE LEGISLATIVE INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THAT DROPPED DOWN TO 9.9 PERCENT.
IN JUNE, WE HAD ESTIMATED OUR TAX RATE AT 89.78 FOR M&O 4139 FOR I&S WITH A TOTAL OF $1.3117, WHICH WAS A LITTLE LESS THAN A THREE-CENT DECREASE, BUT WITH THE INCREASE FROM SIX PERCENT TO ALMOST 10 PERCENT IN VALUES.
OUR PROPOSED RATES FOR 2023 WILL BE FOR THE M&O RATE, IT'S 8659.
REMEMBER, THOSE RATES ARE CALCULATED BY OUR LEGISLATURE, OUR TEA, WITH OUR GOLDEN PENNIES ADDED IN, WE HAVE OUR I&S RATE OF 4139.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE KEPT THAT RATE FLAT, HAVE NOT INCREASED IT IN A NUMBER OF YEARS.
THE PROPOSED TOTAL RATE IS 1.2798.
OVERALL, FROM LAST YEAR WE ARE PROPOSING LOWERING OUR RATE, 5.82 CENTS.
THIS IS A HISTORY OF THE LAST 10 YEARS OF OUR RATES.
YOU CAN SEE THAT SINCE 2019 WE'VE DROPPED OUR M&O RATE OVER 17 CENTS.
WE'RE HAPPY THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.
GENERAL FUND REVISED BUDGET, THIS IS THE M&O WHERE THE M&O TAX RATE COLLECTIONS COME IN.
I WANT TO POINT YOU UP TO THE LINE THAT SAYS PROPERTY VALUE ESTIMATES.
YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR VALUE WENT UP 3.36 PERCENT SINCE BUDGET ADOPTION IN JUNE, $461.62 MILLION.
BUT THE CHANGE IN ACTUAL TAX REVENUE WAS ONLY $234,000 AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF TAX COMPRESSION FROM HOUSE BILL 3.
WE HAD A CORRELATING NEGATIVE REDUCTION OR REDUCTION OF STATE FUNDING OF AROUND 219,000.
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THE NET CHANGE IN OUR M&O REVENUE OVERALL WAS AROUND 15 MILLION.NOW, I WANT TO POINT OUT, AS YOU LOOK AT THIS BUDGET HISTORIES, AS OUR VALUES GO UP, EVEN WITH TAX COMPRESSION, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE STATE CALCULATES OUR TAX RATE, OUR COLLECTIONS DO GO UP, SO OUR TAX LEVY DOES INCREASE WITH VALUES.
BUT WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS IF YOU LOOK IN THAT COLUMN THAT SAYS 2021 AUDIT, WE WERE RECEIVING ABOUT $84 MILLION THAT YEAR IN STATE REVENUE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT HAS CONTINUED TO DROP TO WHERE NOW WE'RE BELOW 73 MILLION.
THAT BOTTOM LINE THAT SAYS TOTAL REVENUES, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAD A DECREASE IN OVERALL REVENUE, EVEN THOUGH OUR TAX COLLECTIONS HAVE GONE FROM ABOUT A 110 MILLION TO ABOUT A 116 MILLION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TAX CALCULATIONS THAT THE COMPTROLLER REQUIRES US TO DO IN A MOMENT, I WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT OUR REVENUE IS NOT CALCULATED LIKE OTHER ENTITIES.
OUR TAXES HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IMPACT ON OUR OVERALL M&O REVENUE.
IF OUR TAX COLLECTIONS GO UP, OUR STATE FUNDING GOES DOWN.
YOU'LL SEE WHY I'M SAYING THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
DEBT SERVICE FUND, WE HAVE THE SAME 4139 WITH THE 3.3 PERCENT INCREASE FROM JUNE.
WE WILL HAVE AN INCREASE IN THE TAX REVENUE THERE TO HELP US WITH OUR BOND PAYMENTS.
WE HAVE A SMALL CHANGE IN STATE FUNDING.
THE BUDGET AMENDMENT PROPOSED TONIGHT WILL BE FOR ABOUT TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE.
WE DID PROPOSE A $5.3 MILLION BOND PREPAYMENT IN JUNE AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT GO TO $7.5 MILLION.
THAT WILL BE PART OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.
WITH THE REVENUE CHANGE AND THE INCREASE IN PREPAYMENT, WE ARE PROJECTING ABOUT A $600,000 DEFICIT.
YOU CAN SEE AFTER OUR AUGUST PAYMENT, WE ALWAYS DO THAT BECAUSE OUR TAX RATE IS BASED ON THE PAYMENT THAT'S MADE IN FEBRUARY AND AUGUST.
WE ALWAYS HAVE TO PICK UP THAT OTHER AUGUST PAYMENT.
WE'RE STAYING RIGHT IN THE LOW 30 PERCENTILE ON OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE.
WE WANT TO KEEP THAT HEALTHY FOR OUR TAX RATINGS THAT WE HAVE EACH YEAR.
WE'RE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE THERE ON OUR FUND BALANCE.
THIS IS AN UPDATE FROM OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, JUST SHOWING YOU WHAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.
WE HAVE HAD SOME BOND REFUNDING, SO TO SAVE THE TAXPAYERS $18.3 MILLION.
SINCE 2014, THE BOARD HAS APPROVED, WITH TONIGHT'S PIECE AS WELL, ALMOST $29 MILLION OF BOND PREPAYMENTS, SAVING OUR TAXPAYERS $20.2 MILLION, WHICH IS REALLY A GREAT THING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE TO GET THAT DEBT DOWN AND SAVE MONEY FOR OUR DISTRICT TAXPAYERS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TAX CALCULATIONS THAT I AM REQUIRED TO PERFORM EACH YEAR.
LOTS OF PAGES FROM THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR TAX COLLECTIONS, TAX VALUES HAVE ZERO IMPACT ON OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
BUT THE CALCULATIONS THAT ARE RUN FOR THE STATE ARE ALL ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU COLLECT IN TAXES.
UNDERSTAND THAT AS I GO THROUGH THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT.
ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I NEED TO HIGHLIGHT TONIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GIVE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS ON HOW YOU ADOPT THE TAX RATE IS THE NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE.
BASICALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS I HAVE TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL CALCULATIONS TO GET TO A LEVEE CALCULATION, A TAX COLLECTION CALCULATION FOR THE PRIOR YEAR.
THEN I TAKE THAT PRIOR YEAR AMOUNT AND DIVIDE IT BY THE NEW YEAR VALUES.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT IF YOU'RE USING LAST YEAR'S NUMBER, DIVIDING IT BY A LARGER DENOMINATOR, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A BIGGER PERCENTAGE OF TAX.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS.
NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE FOR 22/23.
THIS IS ONLY BASED ON TAX COLLECTIONS.
IT'S NOT BASED ON WHAT WE GENERATE IN THE GENERAL FUND, IS 1.20612.
NOW, REMEMBER THAT A GENERAL FUND RATE IS CALCULATED BY OUR STATE.
WE CAN'T GO ABOVE THAT RATE THAT WE HAVE.
WE ARE OVER IN THE NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE, EVEN THOUGH OUR OVERALL REVENUE DID NOT CHANGE.
NOW, ALSO HAVE TO CALCULATE THE M&O RATE, THE NNR, WHICH THERE ARE NO CALCULATION WORKSHEETS.
I HAVE TO DO THIS ONE BY HAND.
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A LITTLE OVER $0.83, RIGHT UNDER 84, PROPOSED RATE IS 8659, WHICH REMEMBER IS CALCULATED BY TEA AND WE ADD OUR GOLDEN PENNIES IN.WE'RE OVER IN THAT ONE AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TONIGHT THAT ARE ONLY BASED ON TAX REVENUE.
I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING THAT HOPEFULLY FOR ANYONE THAT MIGHT BE LISTENING.
NOW, TAX COLLECTIONS, SO IF OUR GENERAL FUND TAX COLLECTIONS ARE HIGHER THAN THE PRIOR YEAR, IT REQUIRES SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS WHEN WE ADOPT THE TAX RATE.
BUT THE OVERALL GENERAL FUND REVENUE WILL NOT INCREASE WITH ADDITIONAL TAX COLLECTIONS.
HERE ARE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS.
THE RESOLUTION THAT THE BOARD WILL BE CONSIDERING TONIGHT, IN ALL CAPS AND LARGER FONT, WE HAVE TO SAY, THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.
WE HAVE TO SAY THAT THE RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 3.2 PERCENT.
WE'LL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $26.95.
THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE RESOLUTION.
AFTER TONIGHT, ON THE WEBSITE, WE WILL PUT THE SAME INFORMATION.
NOW, HERE'S THE NEXT ONE, THE MOTION LANGUAGE.
NOW, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD TWO CALCULATIONS ON THE NNR.
WE HAD A TOTAL TAX RATE WHERE WE WERE OVER BY ABOUT SEVEN CENTS AND WE HAD THE M&O RATE WHERE WE WERE OVER BY AROUND THREE CENTS.
THE MOTION LANGUAGE IS GOING TO SAY, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED.
NOW, OUR RATE IS GOING DOWN $5.82.
I MOVE THAT THE RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 1.2798 PER 100 VALUE OF PROPERTY, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 6.1% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
I WILL REITERATE, OUR RATE IS GOING DOWN $5.82.
>> BUT YOU'RE COMPARING IT TO THE NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. WHICH ONLY LOOKS AT TAX COLLECTIONS.
CITIES, COUNTIES, WHEN THEIR TAX VALUES GO UP, THEY DON'T HAVE A CORRESPONDING REDUCTION IN THEIR BUDGET.
IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.
THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT I THINK WE KEEP THAT IN MIND.
NOW, THE OTHER PIECE THAT WAS GOING TO BE TRIGGERED TONIGHT BECAUSE WE EXCEEDED THE M&O, NO NEW REVENUE RATE, IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE.
AT LEAST FIVE OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF OUR TAX RATE.
THEN OTHER COMMENTS, THE ACTUAL PROPOSED RATE, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, OF 1.2798 IS $5.82 LESS THAN LAST YEAR.
ANY CHANGE IN TAX COLLECTIONS ARE OFFSET BY EITHER AN INCREASE, DECREASE IN STATE FUNDING.
THE DISTRICT WILL NOT GENERATE ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE BASED ON TAX COLLECTIONS.
ALL REVENUE IS GENERATED BY STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE CHANGES ONLY.
>> CAN YOU PUT THAT ON THE WEBSITE, THAT STATEMENT.
>> WE'D HAVE TO PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE PROBABLY, BUT WE COULD POSSIBLY, [LAUGHTER]
>> IT IS FACTUAL. THE ACTION ITEMS FOR TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH I SHOWED YOU THE CHANGES THERE.
WE HAVE THE BOND PREPAYMENT, WHICH IS 7.545 MILLION.
THEN WE HAVE OUR TAX RATE ADOPTION, THE M&O AT 0.8659, THE I&S AT 0.4139 AND THE TOTAL TAX RATE OF 1.2798.
NOW, I HAVE ONE MORE STATEMENT TO SAY.
DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS RATE IS THE LOWEST RATE THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THIS DISTRICT SINCE 1993? WE ARE CONTINUING AS YOU SAW, WE'VE DROPPED OUR RATE OVER 17 CENTS.
CAN YOU TELL HIM ON A SOAPBOX TONIGHT?
>> QUESTIONS DOWN. LISTEN. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> JUST A COMMENT. BASICALLY THE STATE HAS STOLEN OUR ABILITY FROM US TO SET OUR TAX RATE.
WE HAVE TO SAY AND TAKE THE BLAME FOR INCREASING THE TAXES.
>> EVEN THOUGH IT WENT DOWN 5.826.
>> WHICH HAS GOT A 14 PERCENT DECREASE FROM WHAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY.
>> YOU'D A 14 PERCENT DECREASE IN YOUR TAX RATE.
5.82 DID THE MATH, I THINK I SHOULD LET RALPH DO IT.
BUT IT'S ABOUT 14 PERCENT DECREASE IN YOUR TAX RATE.
BUT WE DON'T GET CREDIT FOR THAT.
>> WELL, LET'S JUST SAY, OH, YOU DID A 6.1 BECAUSE IT'S BACK TO THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.
THAT'S REALLY DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
>> OTHER THAN TO MAKE THEM SAY, SHAME ON YOU SCHOOL DISTRICT KEEP ON RAISING THOSE TAXES.
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>> YOU SAID IT AND I WANT TO PUT AN UNDERLINE ON IT IN ALL CAPS FONT.
IS THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES DO GET THAT MONEY.
>> IT'S A LITTLE MORE ACCURATE FOR THEM TO HAVE TO SAY THAT.
>> I AUDITION MONEY TO AN AUSTIN, NOT US.
>> IT'S JUST LESS MONEY COMING FROM AUSTIN.
>> IT BUILDS UP THE RAINY DAY FUND.
>> AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN ON THE SAME FUNDING FORMULA FOR FOUR YEARS.
>> AT THE SAME TIME, INFLATION IS GOING UP.
WE'RE HAVING TO PAY TEACHERS MORE.
WE'RE HAVING TO PAY ALL OF OUR WORKERS MORE. WE'RE HAVING TO PAY [OVERLAPPING]
>> WELL, IT'S FUNNY BASED ON WHAT MR. DAVIS WAS SAYING.
I WAS TALKING TO A PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TODAY AND WE HAVE SOME VERY INTENSE FEDERAL PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.
I HAD ASKED HOW WE'RE DOING GETTING PAPER PRODUCTS AND THINGS FOR CHILD NUTRITION AND THEY SAID, "WE CAN'T EVEN GET THE VENDORS TO HOLD THE BIDS FOR THREE DAYS AND BASED ON THE LAW, IF THE PRICE GOES UP A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, WE HAVE TO KILL THE BID AND START OVER." IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THINGS PURCHASED UNDER THE STATE AND FEDERAL PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS THESE DAYS.
>> WE ALONG WITH A LOT OF DISTRICTS, HAVE A LOOMING BUDGET CRISIS AND THE STATE HAS CAUSED IT.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
>> ANYTHING ELSE FOR KV? KV, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL YOUR INFORMATION AND YOU EXPLAIN IT VERY WELL.
>> WELL, THANK YOU. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT EXPLAINING THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOLO SOMEHOW I GOT THAT ACROSS, SO THANK YOU.
>> IT TOOK ME 16 YEARS TO LEARN IT.
[I.1. Proposed 2022-23 District Improvement Plan]
>> MOVING ALONG NOW OR TO INFORMATION DISCUSSION ITEMS. NUMBER 1 IS THE PROPOSED 2022/'23 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN WITH ELIZABETH CLARK.
HOWEVER, THE MINISTRATION IS REMOVING.
>> GO AHEAD. ELIZABETH. SORRY.
>> GO AHEAD. WITH ALL THE TALK ABOUT TAXES.
MONICA, YOU GET TO FOLLOW AGAIN.
[LAUGHTER] EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO WRITE A NEW DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND IT'S BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE HAVE ALREADY REVIEWED WITH YOU.
SHE'S HERE TO PRESENT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE BASE ALL OF OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT IN DEPARTMENT PLANS ON.
MONICA, IF YOU DON'T MIND TAKING IT FROM THERE.
[LAUGHTER] REALLY WE HAVEN'T MADE A LOT OF CHANGES, YOU'LL SEE IN STRATEGIES IN THAT.
BUT OF COURSE, WE'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE THIS IT'S IN STATUTE AND IT INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
YOU CAN SEE OUR OVERARCHING GOALS.
BUT AS YOU GET INTO THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE, YOU WILL SEE SOME AREAS THAT ARE VERY SPECIFIC, LIKE CLOSING THE GAPS OF THIS SEMESTER, WHICH AGAIN GOES BACK TO THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE GROWTH PIECE.
WE HAVE GROWTH COMING IN, BUT WE STILL HAVE MORE TO DO, ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA OF MATHEMATICS.
THEN AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT MORE CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS FOR UNDER-PERFORMING GROUPS AND THAT'S THROUGH OUR SCREENERS.
THESE ARE THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, REDUCING THE MTS, WHICH IS YOUR BEHAVIOR AND THE TIERS INCREASING CCMR. AGAIN, YOU SAW THAT CCMR. YOU CAN SEE THIS TIE IN VERY NICELY INTO WHAT OUR AREAS OF NEED ARE.
OF COURSE, WE'RE THE DAILY ATTENDANCE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
THAT IS A CONTINUAL THING THAT WE WORK ON.
THEN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IS THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT.
IT'S IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO FROM OUR ABILITY TO GROUNDS AND TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOLS.
THEN OF COURSE, THE 10 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE SCHOOL SAFETY REDUCE COSTS, VACCINES, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO BE SAFER AND DO THINGS BETTER.
THEN OF COURSE, MEET ALL THE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENT PLANNING.
WE STARTED THIS WORK BACK IN MARCH AND WE EVOLVE MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH MULTIPLE MEETINGS TO GAIN THE INFORMATION.
WE TAKE THE DIP, WE TAKE OUR CAMPUS OR OUR DISTRICT NEEDS ASSESSMENT ROLE THAT IN, GET FEEDBACK AND THEN WE CONTINUE THIS PROCESS THROUGHOUT INVOLVING THE PRINCIPLES AND OF COURSE LOL IN DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP.
THEN THE PRINCIPALS START THEIR ROLE AND START REALLY GETTING INTO TAKING THE INFORMATION INTO THEIR CIPS AND DOING THE CNA.
WE'RE AT THAT POINT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE TURNING THEM IN.
THEN THE CENTRAL OFFICE WILL REVIEW THEM, PROVIDE FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE WILL TURN THEM BACK OUT SO THAT THEY COME TO YOU NEXT MONTH.
THEN OF COURSE, IN SEPTEMBER, THIS IS WHERE THEY FINALIZE, GET THEM TO YOU AND THEN PRESENT THEM.
THEN OCTOBER WE WILL GET THE FINALIZATION AND THEN WE WILL HAVE EVERYTHING POSTED BY THE END OF OCTOBER.
WE DO QUARTERLY REVIEW PROCESS WHICH AGAIN IS PART OF THAT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR MONTHS AND THOSE ARE THE STRATEGY,
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THE SCALES FOR THOSE FROM ACCOMPLISHED AND DISCONTINUED.THAT'S PROBABLY THE QUICKEST I'VE DONE A DIP IN AWHILE.
>> COMMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IN OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING WAS POTENTIALLY, HOW DO WE IMPROVE THIS ATTENDANCE ISSUE? LOOKING AT IS THERE ARE SOME INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, INCENTIVE PLAN TO MAKE IT HAPPEN? DIDN'T SAY YES, DIDN'T SAY NO.
BUT I'D LIKE TO DO SOME PILOT PROGRAM.
I THINK THAT A PILOT AT LEAST TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE ONE, AT LEAST IN ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO SEE IF THE RESULTS MAY MATTER.
WE ALL THINK THAT IF STUDENTS ARE THERE, IF WE GO FROM 93 PERCENT ATTENDANCE TO 98, IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER.
WELL, WE KNOW THAT IT IS, BUT DATA AND FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
IT'S EASY FOR ME TO SHIFT MONIES TO THOSE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. IT'S TERRIBLE YOU GOT TO GIVE THEM AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL TO BE ABLE TO COME TO SCHOOL.
BUT IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES, GUESS WHAT? WE'LL BUY SOME ICE CREAM BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
NOW ALSO HAVE FORGOTTEN, WE GET THOSE TEACHERS THERE.
THAT'S GOT TO BE A BIG PART OF OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
HOW DO WE HELP THE ATTENDANCE OF OUR TEACHERS? DON'T GET ME WRONG.
WE HAVE SOME THAT HAD BEEN FAITHFUL.
THERE ARE RETIRED TEACHERS THAT COME BACK.
BUT IT'S A FACTOR FOR US OF RECRUITING ENOUGH SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, QUALITY SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. COME ON, ADMIT IT.
WHEN WE'RE BACK IN SCHOOL, THAT WAS A DAY OFF.
WE DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR THAT DAY OFF ANYMORE.
GET THE TEACHERS THERE, GET SOME INCENTIVES, GET SOME INCENTIVES FOR THESE KIDS, AND I TAKE TRAP PILOT PROGRAM, WHETHER THE FOUNDATION PARTICIPATES OR NOT FINANCIALLY.
SEE IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE AND TRY IT FOR A COUPLE OF NINE-WEEK PERIODS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S AN IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE THINK WILL GET US RESULTS.
GO TRY IT. WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
KIDS LEARN ONLY WHEN THEY'RE HERE, WITH THEIR TEACHER.
FIGURE OUT A WAY, AND I DON'T CARE IF IT'S THIS ONE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOLS HAD MOVING TARGET AND THERE'S SO MANY MOVING IN AND OUT.
THAT'S NOT REALLY A GOOD QUALIFIER MY MIND.
BUT ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'RE GETTING SOME CORE SUBJECTS.
WE'VE GOT TO GET THEM ON TARGET, THE MATH, THE READING.
WE'RE DOING SOME SOCIAL STUDY.
ALL OF THESE, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
FIGURE OUT A WAY, GIVE US A PILOT PROGRAM. TRY IT.
SHOW ME A RESULT, DR. CLARK, I'LL GIVE YOU MORE MONEY.
I'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FUND IT.
>> WELL, I DO KNOW THAT DR. SHOWELL TEAM IS WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPALS TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP INCENTIVES THAT ARE UNIQUE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY, FOR THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
I DO KNOW THAT WORK IS HAPPENING.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS ON IT, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
>> DIFFERENT THINGS WORK WITHIN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
>> YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT AND DR. APOTHES IS CORRECT. I AGREE WITH YOU.
THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT IN COMMITTEES AND ALSO INVOLVING STUDENT INPUT BECAUSE THE KIDS NEEDS TO TELL US WHAT IT IS GOING TO MOTIVATE THEM.
>> WHAT'S GOING TO MOTIVATE THEM.
>> WHAT'S GOING TO MOTIVATE. ALSO PARENTS, WE'RE GOING TO MOTIVATE THEM.
THEY GET A LITTLE BIT LAZY WHEN WE WERE DOING ONLINE LEARNING AND EVERYBODY'S AT HOME, IT'S CONVENIENT, EASY, WELL SUITED TO GET THE SNIFFLES TODAY.
WELL, YOU CAN SAY HOW MUCH, OKAY.
WELL, THERE'S STILL MISSING THAT DAY.
THEY DON'T GET TO GO ONLINE AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
MY WIFE, BEING A TEACHER AND KEVIN BEING A TEACHER, THEN YOU TRY TO CATCH THAT KID UP THAT'S BEEN GONE 2, 3 DAYS, YOU LOSE THE TIME YOU'RE SPENDING WITH THE OTHER KIDS. ALL THE ABOVE.
WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, HOW WE'LL HAVE A BIG UPTICK OF KIDS ENROLLED FOR SCHOOL THE DAY AFTER LABOR DAY.
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT HAPPENS, BUT IT HAPPENS.
NEVER MISS THREE WEEKS OF SCHOOL.
HOW DO YOU CATCH THEM UP IN THAT SIX WEEKS LEFT IN THAT PERIOD? WE GOT TO EDUCATE PARENTS.
YOU GOT TO GET THEM HERE IN AUGUST WHEN SCHOOL STARTS.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE DAY AFTER LABOR DAY, JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO TAKE A VACATION OR THAT'S A GOOD DEAL OR THAT'S WHAT YOU USED TO DO IT.
I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE. WELL, I NEVER STARTED SCHOOL TO AFTER LABOR DAY.
THAT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TOO FOR ME.
>> MUST BEEN A NORTHERNER IS WHAT I WAS THINKING.
SORRY, I'M A NORTHERNER AND SO WE NEVER STARTED UNTIL AFTER BUT THEY'VE SHIFTED, SO FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
>> ANYBODY ON THIS SIDE? ADMINISTRATION IS REMOVING THE NEXT INFORMATION ITEM FROM THE AGENDA FOR FURTHER REVIEW.
WE WILL NOW GO ONTO SEPARATE ACTION ITEMS.
[J.1. Consider Personnel Items]
BEFORE WE CONSIDER THE ITEMS, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT DR. STINSON HAS ACCEPTED LEBRON RESIGNATIONS AND ONE RETIREMENT.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.
>> OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. TOLBERT. A SECOND.
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>> MR. DREZE, ANY DISCUSSION? WELL, LET'S VOTE.
[J.2. Consider Change for Board Meeting Dates in November and December 2022]
CONSIDER THE CHANGE FOR THE BOARD MEETING DATES.NOVEMBER, DECEMBER IN 2022. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE CHANGE FOR BOARD MEETING DATES IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AS PRESENTED.
NOVEMBER MEETING, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, DECEMBER MEETING, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8.
> I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. KUNKEL. A SECOND?
>> BY MRS. BRENDA SANDERS WISE.
[LAUGHTER] THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. LET'S CALL FOR THE VOTE.
IT'S UNANIMOUS. CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT
[J.3. Consider all Matters Incident and Related to the Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Official Intent to Reimburse Costs of Projects]
RELATED TO THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION EXPRESSION OFFICIAL INTENT TO REIMBURSE COST OF PROJECTS?>> MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OFFICIAL INTENT TO REIMBURSE COSTS OF PROJECTS AS PRESENTED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. DREZE. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE.
UNANIMOUS. CONSIDER THE REVISED 2022/23 GENERAL FUND
[J.4. Consider Revised 2022-23 General Fund and Debt Service Fund Budgets]
AND DEBT SERVICE FUND BUDGET. DO I HAVE MOTION?>> MR. PRESIDENT, [NOISE] I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2022/23 REVISED GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND BUDGET CHANGES AS PRESENTED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY BRENDA WISE. SECOND?
ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE.
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE PORTION OF
[J.5. Consider a Resolution Calling a Portion of the Birdville Independent School District Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series for Redemption Prior to Maturity; and Enacting Other Provisions Relating to the Subject]
THE BIRDVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT UNLIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS SERIES 2019 FOR REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY, AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.>> MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION CALLING A PORTION OF THE BIRDVILLE ISD UNLIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS SERIES 2019 FOR REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY.
ALWAYS GLAD TO PAY OFF DEBT EARLY.
>> MR. DAVIS MADE THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> MR. WAMBLE. ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. IT'S UNANIMOUS.
CONSIDER RESOLUTION ADOPTED IN THE 2022/23,
[J.6. Consider a Resolution Adopting the 2022-23 Ad Valorem Tax Rate including the Maintenance & Operations (M&O) Tax Rate and the Interest & Sinking (I&S) Tax Rate]
AD VALOREM TAX RATE, INCLUDING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS M&O RATE, AND THE INTERESTS AND SAVING TAX RATE.>> MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 1.2798, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 6.1 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION SET THE TAX LEVY FOR THE YEAR 2022 ON ALL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION WITHIN BIRDVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AT A TOTAL TAX RATE OF 1.2798 PER $100 OF PROPERTY VALUE.
WHICH 0.8659 IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, AND 0.4139 IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON DEBT AS PRESENTED.
>> IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE TO SAY THAT WE'RE INCREASING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE SO WE CAN SEND THAT MONEY TO AUSTIN AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO GET THE MONEY.
BUT WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE HAVING TO SAY WE'RE RAISING THE PROPERTY TAX, NOT AUSTIN, I SECOND HIS MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OVER HERE?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A TAX DECREASE AND THAT IT'S LOWER 17 ON SOMETHING CENTS OVER THE LAST HOWEVER MANY YEARS AND THE LOWEST SINCE 1993. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> I'D JUST LIKE TO STATE FOR THE RECORD, AS A GOOD FISCAL CONSERVATIVE, THAT THIS IS A TAX DECREASE DESPITE THE LANGUAGE.
>> IT'S JUST TOO MUCH LEGAL LANGUAGE TO MAKE SOMEONE ELSE LOOK GOOD AND MAKE US LOOK BAD, AND IT'S NOT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY LOWERING IT LIKE SAY 5.82 CENTS LESS.
BECAUSE WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS, WE COMMIT IF WE COULD LEAVE THAT MONEY THERE AND OFTEN DIDN'T PENALIZE US FOR IT, BUT THEY WILL PENALIZE US FOR IT.
NET DOLLARS FOR US DON'T CHANGE.
>> WELL, IN A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE POLICY, IS LOCAL CONTROL NOT STATE CONTROL.
WE SHOULD HAVE CONTROL OVER THIS, NOT THE STATE. FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT BIRDVILLE STATE HAS NOT
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GOTTEN ANY NEW FUNDS IN FOUR YEARS.>> THEREFORE, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
CONSIDER THE REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY,
[J.7. Consider Revisions to Board Policy CDA (LOCAL) Other Revenues: Investments]
CDA, LOCAL AND OTHER REVENUES INVESTMENTS. DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY, CDA, LOCAL OTHER REVENUES INVESTMENTS AS PRESENTED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. DREZE.
CALL FOR ANY DISCUSSION. CALL FOR THE VOTE? IT'S UNANIMOUS.
[J.8. Consider Resolution for Continuance of COVID-19 Relief Leave]
CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF COVID-19 RELIEF LEAVE.>> I MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION FOR CONTINUANCE OF COVID-19 RELIEF LEAVE AS PRESENTED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. WAMBLE. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> I'LL THIRD IT, IF IT'S THE LAST TIME WE HAVE TO DO THIS.
>> KATIE, THIS IS A REDUCTION IN WHAT WE'RE GIVING ON LEAVE AS OPPOSED TO LAST YEAR, CORRECT?
>> IT WAS 10, IT'S FIVE THIS YEAR, RETRO FROM JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR THROUGH THE END OF JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.
>> WE'RE WORKING TO PHASE THIS OUT?
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
CALL FOR THE VOTE. IT'S UNANIMOUS.
CONSIDER THE ACTION REGARDING DISTRICT SECURITY SYSTEM,
[J.9. Consider Action Regarding District Security System, Security Infrastructure, and/or Security Personnel]
SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE, OR SECURITY PERSONNEL.>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ACTION REGARDING DISTRICT SYSTEM SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR SECURITY PERSONNEL AS DISCUSSION ENCLOSED SESSION.
>> I HAVE MOTION FROM MR. TOLBERT. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE.
IT'S UNANIMOUS. CONSIDER REVISIONS TO THE BOARD POLICY,
[J.10. Consider Revisions to Board Policy EIA (LOCAL) Academic Achievement: Grading/Progress Reports to Parents [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]
EIA, LOCAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GRADING PROGRESS REPORTS TO PARENTS.>> MR. PRESIDENT, GO AHEAD BRENDA.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY EIA LOCAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GRADING PROGRESS REPORTS TO PARENTS AS PRESENTED.
>> OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION FROM MS. WISE DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> MR. WAMBLE. ANY DISCUSSION DOWN HERE?
>> JUST QUICKLY, MR. BASKERVILLE.
INSTEAD OF THE THREE-WEEK, THEY'RE GOING TO GET A SIX-WEEK, THE FIRST SEMESTER, AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S A FOUR-WEEK?
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT UIL FORUM?
>> THE UIL, IT'LL BE THE ONLY TIME THAT THIS ACTUALLY DOESN'T FALL IN A NINE-WEEK PERIOD, IS THIS FIRST.
>> IN SIX WEEKS, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 24TH.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. AFTER THE FIRST SIX WEEKS, IT FOLLOWS THE UIL CALENDAR PERFECTLY.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UNANIMOUS. BEFORE WE CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, I WANT TO MENTION A DONATION THAT'S BEEN ACCEPTED AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.
GREEN VALLEY PTA DONATED AB $500 TO GREEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THIS DONATION.
[K. CONSENT ITEMS]
ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED WITH ONE MOTION UNLESS THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA BY A TRUSTEE FOR DISCUSSION.DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA?
>> MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. DREZE. A SECOND?
ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. IT'S UNANIMOUS.
[L. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD]
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD.OUR REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AS INFORMATION TO THE BOARD AND HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE BOARD REVIEW IN THE BOARD BOOK.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THESE REPORTS?
>> JUST ONE OTHER QUICK THING AT YOUR PLACE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO YOU TO KNOW YOUR HOMECOMING EVENTS.
YOU DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT YOUR PLACE BECAUSE IT STARTS VERY QUICKLY.
WE HAVE HOMECOMING GAME ON SEPTEMBER THE 9TH.
BIRDVILLE HIGH VERSUS RL TURNER WITH THEIR PARADE BEGINNING THAT NIGHT.
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ONCE YOU KNOW, THAT'S UPON US QUICKLY AND YOU HAD TO SCHEDULE AT YOUR PLACE.>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING ON MONDAY,
[M. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS]
SEPTEMBER 12TH AT 5:30 PM AT THE PLAZA FOR OUR CAMPUS CAROUSEL.OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, IN THE BOARDROOM WITH AN OPEN SESSION STARTING AT 7:00PM.
AS WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING?
>> A MOVE FROM WAMBLE. A SECOND.?
THE MEETING IS OVER AT 8:56.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.