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THE TIME IS 5:30 AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
DR. SIMPSON, WHERE YOU CONFIRMED THAT THE MEETING WAS DULY CALLED AND A NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT? YES, WE DID POST AND ADVERTISE THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.
[C. CLOSED SESSION]
WE WILL NOW CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551 SPECIFICALLY .074 PERSONNEL .072 REAL PROPERTY .071 CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY AND .076 SECURITY.TIME IS 7:00 AND WE WILL NOW RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING.
[D. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
TONIGHT, WE WOULD LIKE TO START BY THANKING ATP, THE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS, FOR PROVIDING THE BOARD AND LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH A WONDERFUL DINNER BEFORE THE MEETING TONIGHT.THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF BISD.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CALL ON MR.
[E. INTRODUCTION OF MEETING]
BILLY NEAL, RICHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE WITH US TONIGHT.PRESIDENT DILKS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.
PLEASE RISE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF RICHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IN MY CLOSING REMARKS, THE ATHLETES ARE RICH AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, ARE PROUD AND HONORED TO BE PROUD OF BIRDVILLE ISD AND THE ASTONISHING CHANGES THEY ARE MAKING TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE AND HAPPY EVERY DAY.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
OKAY. NOW MOVING ON TO AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS, MARK THOMAS.
[F. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS]
THANK YOU, MR. DILKS. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK PHIL BECKMAN TO COME HELP WITH OUR INTRODUCTION THIS EVENING.[00:05:13]
THANK YOU, MR. THOMAS.AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK OH STOWE PRINCIPAL CHARLI LOKEY TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.
STINSON, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU TONIGHT.
AND WE ARE PLEASED AT OH STOWE TO RECOGNIZE STATE FARM INSURANCE AGENT RICARDO RIVERA.
HIS WIFE IS ALSO AN EDUCATOR, AND SO IT'S AWESOME TO HAVE ONE OF OUR OWN SUPPORTING US.
MR. RIVERA HAS SUPPORTED OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF BY PROVIDING FOOD, OTHER ITEMS AND HE'S ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR CAMPUS BY PROVIDING A GRANT FOR LANDSCAPING WHICH INCREASED THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTION.
SO HE IS GENEROUS, ALWAYS OPEN TO HELPING US OUT AND IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE YOU TONIGHT.
AS FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OH STOWE.
OKAY. MOVING ALONG TO THE OPEN FORUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON GENERAL TOPICS, WE HAVE MR.
[G. OPEN FORUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD]
CHRIS MCDONNELL.SORRY FOR THOSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REGARDING GENERAL TOPICS.
TONIGHT, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK PART OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT GOVERNMENT CODE 551.042 AND LOCAL BOARD POLICY BED PERSONAL TAX ON STAFF AND STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.
THE BOARD SHALL NOT DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION REGARDING ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHRIS MCDONNELL.
I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD, DR.
STINSON ADMINISTRATORS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE FOR A FEW MINUTES, HAD SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON THE UPCOMING BOND THAT'S GOING TO BE VOTED ON ON NOVEMBER 8TH. AND I'D LIKE TO READ THE FOLLOWING.
INVESTING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS NOT ONLY IMPROVES EDUCATION, IT CREATES A STRONG LOCAL ECONOMY.
ALSO, THE A4LE, WHICH IS THE ASSOCIATION OF FOUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, CITES CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IMPROVES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND HIGH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ATTRACTS NEW BUSINESSES BECAUSE IT OFFERS A BETTER SKILLED WORKFORCE AND EMPLOYS CHILDREN GET AND THE EMPLOYEE'S CHILDREN GET TO ATTEND GREAT SCHOOLS.
THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE HERE.
AND NEW BUSINESSES HELP KEEP TAXES LOWER FOR HOMEOWNERS.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS AGREE THAT STRONG SCHOOLS MAKE AN AREA MORE ATTRACTIVE TO COMPANIES AND THAT ARE EXPANDING OR RELOCATING TO A SPECIFIC AREA. AND THAT IS HAPPENING IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH, ESPECIALLY THIS COMMUNITY HERE.
OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS ARE PROFOUNDLY BETTER.
SINCE VOTERS APPROVED THE BOND PROGRAMS OF 2014 AND 2018, I'VE BEEN, I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN ABLE TO WITNESS THAT ON HOW THOSE THE BOND FUNDS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND HOW OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN ABLE TO GROW AND IMPROVE AND MOVE FORWARD INTO 21ST CENTURY, LEARNING TO TURN OUT A 21ST CENTURY STUDENT.
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THEY HAVE EARNED MY TRUST AND I AM IN COMPLETE SUPPORT OF ALL THREE PROPOSITIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS PROPOSED IN THE 2022 BIRDVILLE ISD SCHOOL BOND ELECTION.MOVING ALONG TO PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD.
[H.1. Delinquent Tax Collection Report]
KATIE BOWMAN. YES, SIR.WE HAVE OUR DELINQUENT TAX ATTORNEY HERE FROM LINEBARGER, GOGAN AND BLAIR AND SAMPSON, MR. CORY FIGGAS. SO IF YOU WILL COME UP, CORY, AND HE WANTS TO JUST GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR DELINQUENT TAXES.
THANK YOU, KATIE. YEAH, MY NAME IS CORY FIGGIS.
I'M ONE OF THE PARTNERS AT THE LINEBARGER LAW FIRM.
AND THEN SO HE'S OFF IN SAN ANTONIO, I THINK, OR SANTA FE, HAVING A GOOD TIME.
OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, AS EVERYONE HAS SEEN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT GOING ON.
AND SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE LAST YEAR, BUT THEN PUT THAT IN CONTEXT.
SO TO START OFF, JUST A QUICK KIND OF OVERVIEW OF THE PROPERTY TAX CYCLE.
AS WE KNOW IN APRIL AND THEN EARLY MAY, TAX VALUATIONS COME OUT.
THAT'S WHEN PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROTEST AND CHALLENGE THEIR VALUE.
THOSE VALUES ARE ULTIMATELY CERTIFIED AND THEN TAX RATES ARE APPLIED AND BILLS COME OUT IN OCTOBER.
IN OCTOBER, YOUR BILL IS DUE, BUT IT'S DELINQUENT IF PAID AFTER JANUARY 31ST.
SO FEBRUARY 1ST AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE START TO GET INVOLVED.
WE START WITH BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR FURNITURE, FIXTURES, INVENTORY AND EQUIPMENT IN ANY BUSINESS.
AND THEN IN JULY, THE REST OF THE REAL PROPERTY COMES OVER TO US IN THE LAST YEAR.
THIS YEAR, IT DROPPED TO 1.3%.
SO A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PROPERTY OWNERS ARE UNABLE TO MAKE IT BY THE TIME JULY ROLLS AROUND.
BUT IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PERCENTAGE, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE NUMBERS HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
SO IT'S NOT REFLECTED IN HERE.
BUT THE INTERESTING THING HERE IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE PIE CHART, BLUE IS LAWSUIT OR LITIGATION.
RED IS CLEAN AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE, TOO.
ALL OF THOSE ARE TYPES OF ACCOUNTS THAT CAN'T BE PURSUED AT THAT MOMENT.
SO IT MAY BE THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE INDIVIDUAL IS OR WE CAN'T FIND THEM.
THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD OWNER.
IT MAY BE THAT IT'S PAST THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS OR THEY HAVE A DEFERRAL.
IT COULD BE ANY ONE OF THOSE CASES UP THERE.
SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT ARE THE CLEAN AND LITIGATION ACCOUNTS.
THE CLEAN ACCOUNTS ARE WHAT WE JUST GOT.
BASICALLY EVERYTHING IN THAT RED SECTION IS MORE OR LESS WHAT WAS TURNED OVER.
LAWSUITS ARE GOING TO BE ACCOUNTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND THAT'S BROKEN UP INTO LAWSUITS THAT WE'RE TAKING TO TAKE A JUDGMENT SO WE CAN PULL IT OFF A TAX ROLL BECAUSE IT'S LEGALLY UNCOLLECTIBLE OR PHYSICALLY UNCOLLECTIBLE OR LAWSUITS THAT WE'RE WORKING THAT ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO WORK IN RESOLUTION.
THIS CHART SHOWS JUST THE TAXES THAT WERE TURNED OVER THIS YEAR.
SO THE 2021 TAXES THAT WERE TURNED OVER FOR COLLECTIONS, AS YOU CAN SEE.
BUT I CAN'T WITHOUT MY GLASSES.
ABOUT 330,000 OF THAT'S BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND THEN 1.1 MILLION IS REAL.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A NOMINAL AMOUNT OF MINERAL AND MOBILE HOME.
I WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT EACH OF THESE AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE CONTEXT ON THOSE.
A SMALLER COMPANY AND THIS IS VERY COMMON, A SMALLER COMPANY THAT IS NOT EVEN AWARE OF BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES AND DOESN'T REALIZE THAT THERE'S A SEPARATE TAX ACCOUNT FOR THEIR DESK AND THEIR COMPUTERS AND ALL THE ASSETS THEY HAVE IN THEIR OFFICE.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO REACH THE BIG ONES.
WHEN YOU CONTACT THEM, THEY NORMALLY FOLLOW UP.
WE CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT RENDERING AND NOTIFYING TAT OF THEIR VALUE.
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ANY INFORMATION. AND SO THEY USUALLY CAN GIVE A MORE ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THAT ON THE REAL PROPERTY.THIS IS WHERE ALL A LOT OF THE WORK GOES BECAUSE IN BIRDVILLE ISD REAL PROPERTY IS HAS SUCH AN INTRINSIC VALUE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET THEIR TAXES PAID, WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL.
ON THE REAL SIDE, THERE'S ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET HELP THAT OUR OFFICE WORKS WITH YOUR TAXPAYERS ON TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING TO LITIGATION AND THEY'RE GETTING EVERY OPPORTUNITY AT RESOLUTION BEFORE WE GET THERE.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING FURTHER THAN THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS LAST I GUESS IT WAS THE END OF LAST YEAR, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DID THAT WAS THE $1.6 TRILLION STIMULUS PACKAGE THAT INCLUDED THE ARP FUNDS. WELL, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS CAME TO THE STATE OF TEXAS, A PORTION OF THEM TO THE TDHCA, WHICH IS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR MORTGAGE AND TAX RELIEF.
SO TDHCA PARTNERED WITH OUR LAW FIRM AND ASKED US IF WE COULD HELP SPREAD THE MESSAGE ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE THERE WAS ABOUT, I THINK IN THE TAX SIDE, THERE WAS ABOUT 80 MILLION, AND IN THE MORTGAGE SIDE, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO WE SENT A NOTICE IN WE STARTED ONE IN APRIL TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS DELINQUENT THE YEAR BEFORE.
AND IT WAS JUST A NOTICE ABOUT THIS.
THIS IT'S CALLED THE HALF HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE FUND.
AND IN THE LAST I THINK SIX MONTHS, WE'VE THE STATE HAS SENT OUT OVER 360,000 TO HOMEOWNERS IN BIRDVILLE ISD ALONE TO HELP THEM PAY OFF THEIR MORTGAGE OR TAXES THAT THEY WERE BEHIND ON.
SO WE THINK THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, BUT THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, IS TRYING TO GET INDIVIDUALS RESOLUTION THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR AND GET THEM ON PAYMENT PLAN SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD.
DO THEY SEND THOSE MONEYS TO THEM? THE MONEY GOES STRAIGHT TO THE TAX OFFICE.
THAT WAS I THINK THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THEM OF THAT PROGRAM.
AND THEN FINALLY, THIS IS THE COLLECTION SITE PICTURE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SO THE GREEN NUMBERS IS GREEN MONEY.
THAT'S HOW MUCH MONEY WAS COLLECTED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
THAT'S TAXES, PENALTIES AND INTEREST WITHIN A 12 MONTH CYCLE.
AND THIS IS A JULY ONE THROUGH JUNE 30TH CYCLE.
AND THEN THE BLUE LINE IS WHAT WAS TURNED OVER.
AND SO GENERALLY COLLECTIONS WILL FOLLOW TURNOVER.
IF COLLECTIONS GO UP TURNOVER OR IF TURNOVER GOES UP, COLLECTIONS GO UP AND VICE VERSA.
IN 2020, THE 2019 TAX YEAR, WE SAW A BIG SPIKE AND A LOT OF THAT WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT WERE DELINQUENT IN FEBRUARY DIDN'T HAVE THE NORMAL TIME THEY WOULD TO RECOVER AND GET THEIR TAXES PAID BY JULY BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN.
AND SO ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THOSE ACCOUNTS GOT COLLECTED AND PAID.
AND SO WE SAW A BIG UPSWING IN RESOLUTION.
NOW, WHAT WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR IS A DROP IN TURNOVER.
AND WHAT I THINK WE'RE SEEING IS A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT WERE STRUGGLING BEFORE THE PANDEMIC MAY NOT HAVE MADE IT THROUGH WHEN THEY COULDN'T OPERATE FOR SO LONG, THEY COULDN'T TRANSITION.
AND SO THOSE STRUGGLING BUSINESSES ARE NOW NO LONGER PART OF THAT CYCLE OF DELINQUENCY.
WE'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF COMPANIES BECAUSE DURING 2020 WE.
DIDN'T WE DIDN'T DO A LOT OF STRONG COLLECTION ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN WE CONTINUED THAT INTO 2021.
NOW WE'RE BACK TO A NORMAL PROCESS AND WE'RE FINDING THAT IT'S ALL SORT OF LEVELING OFF.
AND SO THIS YEAR THE TURNOVER WAS JUST SLIGHTLY INCREASED A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST YEAR.
WE SAW A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, BUT ALL THAT FEDERAL STIMULUS SEEMED TO KIND OF LEVEL THAT OUT.
WE DID SEE A RISE LAST YEAR AND THEN IT ALL LEVELED OFF AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, LARGE BANKRUPTCIES IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND DELAWARE, WHICH ARE WHERE SOME OF THE MAJOR NATIONAL BANKRUPTCIES OCCUR, HAVE SPIKED.
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SOMETHING THAT SETTLES OUT.BUT BASED ON FINANCIAL NEWS AND WHAT'S GOING ON, THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE.
I WANTED TO LEAVE SOME SPACE FOR QUESTIONS, BUT I WAS ALSO TOLD TO MAKE IT QUICK DOWN HERE.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. FIX. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING.
DO YOU DO ENTERTAINMENT AT PARTIES WITH THAT SPEECH, TOO? I MEAN. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU.
I HAVE A LITTLE WORK, TOO. NOW, KATIE WILL COVER THE FACT WATERPROOFING.
[H.2. FAAC Waterproofing]
YES, SIR. WE HAVE JOHN HUGHES AND JOHN KLEIN HERE THIS EVENING.BACK IN THAT 21-22 BUDGET PROCESS, THE BOARD APPROVED THE WATERPROOFING PROJECT AT THE FAC.
AT THAT TIME WE HAD ESTIMATED THE BUDGET AT ABOUT 1.4 MILLION AND SO WE HAD A BID ON THE STREET AND THE LOWEST BID CAME BACK, $1,000,000 OVER BUDGET. AND I THINK AT THAT TIME WE FIGURED OUT THAT WITH THE CHALLENGES IN THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET AND IT WAS A SUCH A LARGE JOB TO DO BOTH SIDES IN ONE SUMMER, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY BID WERE GENERAL CONTRACTORS, WHICH CERTAINLY DRIVES THE COST OF.
SO WE'VE COME KIND OF BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND JOHN KLEIN HAS LAID THIS OUT AS DOING ONE SIDE AT A TIME AND BREAKING IT UP SO THAT WE GET A TRUE WATERPROOF OR THAT WILL ACTUALLY DO THEIR PART OF THE JOB AND THEN GET A CHAIR.
CERTAINLY WE'VE GOT TO TAKE ALL OF THE BENCHES.
THERE'S A LOT OF BROKEN SEATS AND DAMAGE UP THERE.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOHN AND JOHN.
AS FAR AS THE PROJECT SCOPE, LIKE KATIE HAD MENTIONED, GO TO THE NEXT ONE HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE RE-WATERPROOFING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE ON THE HOME SIDE OF THE STADIUM.
AND SO IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR THAT TO BE REPLACED.
AND WHEN THAT OCCURS, IT'S THE BEST TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TO TAKE THE SEATS OFF.
THEY NEED TO BE TAKEN OFF IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE WATERPROOFED CORRECTLY.
AND PART OF THAT IS ALSO THE HOME SIDE SEATING.
THEY HAVE BASICALLY REACHED LIFE CYCLE.
ALSO, THEY'RE 20 SOMETHING YEARS OLD.
AS KATIE HAD MENTIONED, THE ESTIMATED BUDGET IS $1.4 MILLION.
SO AS FAR AS THE STADIUM SEATING, ACTUALLY LET ME GO BACK TO THE ALTERNATES.
AND THEN AS PART OF ANOTHER ALTERNATE, THE EXISTING GALVANIZED STEEL HANDRAIL PIPE, THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS AT THE CONNECTIONS OF THE RAILS, THEY'RE STARTING TO RUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE TO DO A COLD GALVANIZED COATING ON THAT.
SO AS FAR AS THE STADIUM SEATING, THIS IS A VIEW OF THE EXISTING STADIUM AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW.
OF COURSE, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT TEAMS THAT PLAY IN THIS STADIUM.
AND SO WE'VE COME UP WITH A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.
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WE HAVE A LIGHT GRAY AND WE HAVE A MEDIUM GRAY OPTION.AS FAR AS THE COLOR FOR THE SEATS.
I'LL MOVE ON. THERE'S A SHOT WITH THEM BOTH KIND OF NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
MOVING ON, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE AS FAR AS FOR LED LIGHTING AT THE FRONT ENTRY OF THE STADIUM.
THE DISCUSSION WAS THAT WE MIGHT DO SOMETHING TO EMPHASIZE THE HOME TEAM WITH LED LIGHTS AND SO HAVE A FEW SHOTS HERE SHOWING BEING ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ENTRY PLAZA HERE WITH ORANGE FOR THE HALTOM BUFFALOES OF COURSE, BLUE FOR RICHLAND AND THEN GREEN FOR BIRDVILLE.
THERE'S A SHOT OF KIND OF ALL THREE OF THOSE.
AND FINALLY, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
IT'S BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THESE STEPS AND KIND OF I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KIND OF UNDERSTAND THIS, THAT THIS OVER HERE ON MY LEFT HAND SIDE WHERE I HAVE THE POINTER, THE EXISTING STAIR CONDITION, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME DOWN THESE STAIRS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S CROWDED ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, THEY'RE COMING DOWN TOWARDS THE LAVATORIES.
PEOPLE SOMETIMES WILL CUT THIS CORNER IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE WALKING A LITTLE BIT SLOW.
AND OF COURSE, THEY'RE DROPPING MORE THAN JUST ONE STEP THERE.
AND SO THERE IS A PROPOSED SOLUTION OF EXTENDING A STEP IN ORDER TO HELP REMEDY THAT SITUATION.
THEY DON'T JUST WALK, SO THEY STOP RIGHT THERE BECAUSE OF COURSE, YOU'RE RIGHT, FOR SOME REASON, JUST PSYCHOLOGICALLY, THEY STOP RIGHT THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE AT THE START OF WHERE EVERYBODY COMES AND GOES IN THAT ENTRANCE.
YES. EVERYBODY JUST STOPS RIGHT THERE.
SO. YEAH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALSO BIDDING.
AND AGAIN, IT'S AN OPPORTUNE TIME WHEN WE'RE COMING IN, WE'RE WATERPROOFING THE CONCRETE THERE.
WE'D BE ABLE TO TO HAVE THAT NEW CONCRETE WATERPROOFED WITH THE EXISTING CONCRETE.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JOHN, THE OTHER JOHN.
THANK YOU. AND WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO HEAR BACK FROM THE BOARD THEIR COMMENTS ABOUT THE SEATING COLORS, WHICH I'LL BACK UP TO THOSE THAT SLIDE THE TWO COMPARATIVE SLIDES.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS. YOU SAID THERE WAS PROS AND CONS TO THE LIGHT GRAY VERSUS MEDIUM GRAY.
AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT? PROS AND CONS? SO THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY ON THAT IS THE LIGHT, DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF YEAR, IT'LL BE COOLER AS FAR AS THE SUN.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT EITHER ONE IS A DEAL BREAKER, BUT IT'S JUST THINGS TO CONSIDER.
WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF YOU DID EVERY OTHER ROW? MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT THAT OPTION ALSO.
I THINK IT LOOKED PRETTY COOL.
YEAH. I MEAN, AS WE BID IT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COLOR SELECTION WILL BE PART OF THE BID, BUT THAT DECISION DOES NOT HAVE TO BE MADE, OF COURSE, TONIGHT.
SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A, I DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THIS HUNT.
WELL, I PERSONALLY LIKE THE DARK GRAY BECAUSE IT MAKES THE STADIUM POP A LITTLE BIT MORE AS PEOPLE ARE DRIVING BY, THEY WOULD SEE THAT IT WOULD BE MORE DISTINCT.
THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION AS A THEATER PERSON.
YOU WANT A LITTLE POP IN THINGS.
WE'LL SEND IT OUT IN A FRIDAY MEMO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN HEAR FROM YOU AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
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SPOKE WITH OUR CHAIR SEATING JUST THIS EVENING OR THE REP THAT WE USE.AND IN FACT HE WAS THE ONE THAT HELPED US THE LAST TIME WE WATERPROOFED.
BUT HE WAS SAYING IT'S 4 TO 5 MONTHS AND THAT IF WE PUSH TO THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING FOR APPROVAL ON THE SEATS, WE WOULD MAYBE BE GETTING A LITTLE TOO CLOSE.
SO WE'RE WORKING BACK AND FORTH.
HE'S GOING TO CHECK WITH HIS MANUFACTURER ABOUT TIMING ON THAT TOMORROW.
AND THEN WE MAY BE MAY END UP BRINGING YOU SOMETHING ON THE SEATING AS EARLY AS NOVEMBER SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ORDER THE ALUMINUM, RIGHT? I MEAN. OH, YES.
YEAH. IT'S JUST THE RESERVED SEATS? RIGHT. THE SEATS.
WE'RE NOT REPLACING ALL OF THE THE BENCHES? ONLY DAMAGED. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
BUT YOU THOSE YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ORDER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ON US; RIGHT? I DON'T THINK THEY'RE, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE A PROBLEM, PARTICULARLY ON THE HOME SIDE.
I THINK WE'RE MOSTLY IN GOOD SHAPE.
THE DELAY'S ON THOSE RESERVED AREAS? YEAH. OKAY. YES.
SO RIGHT NOW, I'LL SCROLL HERE.
OKAY. CAN WE GET SOME INPUT ON THE LED LIGHTS? ARE THOSE SOMETHING THAT I GUESS WE'D WANT TO SEE THE BID ON THOSE, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT ARE YOU GOOD WITH US PUTTING THOSE AS AN ALTERNATE IN THE BID? WELL, YEAH, I'M VERY PRO THAT, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, MY FEELINGS ON THIS.
WITH MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE DOING THE NEW TURF WITH THE FAAC NEXT YEAR, I BELIEVE, AND I'M HOPING IT'S NOT JUST A BIG GREEN FIELD LIKE YOU TURN YOUR COWS OUT TO PASTURE, THAT WE CAN MAYBE PUT SOME PIZZAZZ INTO THAT AS WELL.
AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME A LEVEL OF COORDINATION AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE FIELD, WHETHER IT STILL BE GREEN AND WE DO A LIGHT SHADE OF GREEN AND THEN A DARK SHADE OF GREEN EVERY TEN YARDS, JUST DO SOMETHING TO MAKE IT POP.
BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LIGHTS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S IN THIS PROJECT OR SOMETHING ELSE, BUT ALMOST LIKE WHAT GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE DID, WHERE WE PUT OUR SCHOOL'S LOGOS AND ABOVE THAT BIRDVILLE ISD AND AND GO ALONG WITH THE SCHOOL COLORS EACH NIGHT TO MAYBE HAVE OUR SCHOOL LOGOS ATTACHED TO THE FACT AND MAYBE HAVE IT LIT UP AT NIGHT WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT.
MY IDEA, AND I'VE SHARED THIS BEFORE, IS LIKE FROM SMALL TOWNS WHEN I GO UP TO AMARILLO, THE SMALL TOWN WATER TOWER THAT HAS THE HIGH SCHOOL MASCOT ON IT, WE'RE A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH FIVE, SIX, SEVEN TOWNS.
BUT THE SAME THING WITH THE FAAC IS THAT WE HAVE OUR SCHOOLS VERY PROUDLY DISPLAYED ON THE FACT, BECAUSE WE CAN DO WAY BETTER THAN WHAT GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE DOES AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER THAN THEM.
AND SO WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF OUR SCHOOL'S LOGOS AND STICK THEM UP THERE.
SO I RANT AND RAVED A LITTLE BIT.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, ACTUALLY IT FEELS A LITTLE I KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT THIS FEELS A LITTLE DARK WHEN I WALK UNDERNEATH THAT LIKE THAT ORANGE AREA IS ONCE I GO INTO THAT CONCOURSE AREA, IT ALWAYS FEELS A LITTLE DARK TO ME.
AND THERE I DON'T KNOW IF IT DOES TO OK SEE SOME OTHER HEAD SHAKES AND I DON'T KNOW.
THAT MIGHT JUST BE A SIMPLE MATTER OF REPLACING THOSE WITH BRIGHTER BULBS.
I THINK, JOE, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED CURRENTLY.
AND KATIE, HAVEN'T THEY BEEN CHANGING OUT SOME OF THE LIGHTS UNDER THE CONCOURSE WE HAVE NOW? THAT WAS ON THE VISITOR SIDE, WASN'T IT? ON THE VISITORS SIDE, WE DID. AND IT MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE.
AND SO THEY'RE IN THAT PROCESS.
GREAT OBSERVATION. WE'LL EXPLORE THE HOME SIDE AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE.
IT'S CERTAINLY WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT BETTER.
RIGHT. RIGHT. AND MOVING AWAY FROM THE OLD LIGHTING TO LEDS SAVES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY; CORRECT? CORRECT. RIGHT. AND MAINTENANCE.
SO TRUE. SO, MATT, I LOVE SEEING THE SCHOOL SPIRIT, SO IT'S FUN.
IT LIFTS THE ATMOSPHERE AND CHANGES THE WHOLE PERSONALITY OF IT.
SO IT GIVES IT PERSONALITY FOR EACH FOR EACH SCHOOL THAT'S PLAYING THERE.
AND WE'LL CONVEY TO COACH NORTON AS HE WORKS ON THE TURF PORTION AND BECOME WITH SOME OPTIONS FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT THE TURF IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, SO I'LL BE SURE TO CONVEY THAT TO HIM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GO OUT FOR PROPOSALS HERE OVER THE NEXT MONTH AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, DEPENDING UPON OUR SEATING SITUATION, MAY BRING YOU SOMETHING ON THAT AS EARLY AS NOVEMBER.
WE ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO START THE WATERPROOFING AS EARLY AS FEBRUARY SO THEY CAN BE RELEASED TO ORDER THEIR SUPPLIES, HAVE ALL THAT TOGETHER SO THAT WHEN MARCH ROLLS AROUND, THEY'RE HITTING IT FOR REAL.
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MENTIONED THE TURF, WE'RE UP TO SPEED ON THAT.I MENTIONED THE CONTRACTOR AND SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE HANDLING THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE HANDLING THE CHAIR SEATING PURCHASE AND THE LED LIGHTING, IF SOUNDS LIKE THE BOARD WISHES TO DO THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. YOU BET.
[H.3. 2021-22 State Assessment Performance and HB3 District Level Board Goals]
THANK YOU. PRESIDENT DILKS, MONICA UPHOFF, DR.AND NOW THIS IS A REQUIREMENT THAT WE PRESENT THIS INFORMATION AS WELL AS AN UPDATE ON THE BOARD GOALS REQUIRED BY HOUSE BILL THREE.
SO, DR. UPHOFF? WE DON'T HAVE ANY PRETTY LIGHTS TO SHOW, BUT WE DO HAVE.
WE NEVER HAVE ANY PRETTY LIGHTS TO SHOW, I'M SORRY.
SO JUST SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLAN.
WE WERE 100% ONLINE LAST YEAR, EXCEPT FOR SOME STUDENTS WHO QUALIFIED OR STILL NEEDED PAPER.
BUT BASICALLY WE WERE ONLINE, SO WE'RE VERY READY FOR THIS YEAR.
AND OF COURSE, IT'S STAAR AND EOC.
AND THEN WE HAVE SPANISH IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE.
THROUGH GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT, WE HAVE READING, MATH, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES.
AND THEN TELPAS HAS THE TWO COMPONENTS AS WELL.
IT HAS TELPAS FOR GRADES K THROUGH 12.
THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THAT K THROUGH 12 IS COMPLETELY HOLISTIC AND TELPAS ALT, WHEREAS IN TELPAS YOU HAVE K-2 HOLISTIC AND THEN 2-12 IS GOING TO BE A MIX AND YOU SEE THAT YOU HAVE PROFICIENCY LEVELS RANGING FROM BEGINNING TO ADVANCED HIGH.
SO THIS IS AN OVERALL COMPARISON OF THE STATE VERSUS BISD.
THIS IS ALL GRADES AND ALL SUBJECTS.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE TREND ANALYSIS FROM 27 TO 2022.
THIS IS BIRDVILLE ISD, ALL GRADES, ALL SUBJECTS.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE ARE TRENDING UP.
AND THIS IS BROKEN UP BY SUBJECTS.
SO THEY HAVE THE READING ALL THE WAY TO SOCIAL STUDIES.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
PLEASE IGNORE WRITING BECAUSE REMEMBER, WRITING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AND IT'S COMING BACK INTO PLAY THIS NEXT YEAR, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE WOVEN INTO THE LARGER ASSESSMENTS.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT FIRST COLUMN FOR STAAR IS GRADES 3-8 COMBINED.
WHEREAS THE OTHER SUBJECTS ARE BASICALLY ONE GRADE LEVEL.
SO AN ENGLISH I WOULD BE PREDOMINANTLY YOUR NINTH GRADERS.
SO THOSE STUDENTS, WE'RE SEEING GROWTH.
AND THEN THIS IS THE ACADEMIC GROWTH THAT'S MEASURED WITHIN ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT 2020 AND 2021 ARE MISSING BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE FORMAL STATE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS IS THE DECEMBER 2021, SO PREDOMINANTLY IN DECEMBER YEAR.
WE'RE ADDRESSING STUDENTS WHO FAILED.
SO WE CAUGHT QUITE A FEW IN DECEMBER.
TELPAS. SO WE BROKE THIS INTO TWO PIECES K-2 AND 3-12.
SO ON K-2, WE HAD A LITTLE UNDER 1300 STUDENTS AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAD ABOUT 8% ADVANCED HIGH.
SO REALLY YOU'RE ONLY LOOKING AT FIRST AND SECOND GRADE THAT WE'RE MATCHING WOULD OCCUR.
SO YOU HAVE JUST UNDER 800 STUDENTS THERE, BUT 43% PROGRESSED, AT LEAST ONE PROFICIENCY LEVEL.
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AND THEN IN THREE THROUGH 12, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 37, A LITTLE OVER 3700 STUDENTS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT 8% ON THAT ADVANCED HIGH.AND THEN ON THE MATCHING, WHAT THEY DID THIS FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF TESTING THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THEY WENT BACK SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL THEY COULD FIND A MATCH FOR THAT STUDENT.
AND THEN THIS IS TELPAS PERFORMANCE.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND HERE IS THAT THE ASSESSMENT HAS CHANGED.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN 2018 WHEN LISTENING AND SPEAKING WENT ONLINE.
SO IT WILL MIRROR THE STAAR ASSESSMENT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME CHANGES AGAIN IN THIS PERFORMANCE TO HELP US OUT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN IN LISTENING, SPEAKING, WRITING, READING AND THE COMPOSITE.
AND THIS WOULD BE A SIMILAR TO THE ADVANCED HIGH.
HERE'S AP, SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'RE ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY TESTERS AS WE DID IN 2020 AND 2019, WE ARE RUNNING AT 50% OF OUR ASSESSMENTS ARE THREE OR HIGHER.
STATE ACCOUNTABILITY WAS PRESENTED LAST MONTH.
AGAIN, YOU CAN FIND THAT AT TXSCHOOLS.GOV.
AND THEN THE HOUSE BILL 3 BOARD GOALS.
ORIGINALLY WE HAD SET 50% AS THE TOP GOAL.
SO THE ORIGINAL WAS 43% FOR 2022.
SO THEREFORE THOSE HAVE MOVED TO 55 AND 60.
AND SO IT WAS SET AT 54% FOR 2024.
AND THEN CCMR. SO WE REALLY TOPPED OUT IN 2020.
WE HAD JUMPED TO 77% AND WE HAVE DIPPED THE LAST TWO YEARS.
WE HAVE THINGS WRITTEN INTO THE DIP.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
PLUS WE HAVE SOME EXTERNAL HELP THAT WILL BE COMING IN AND REVIEWING CLASSROOMS AND LOOKING FOR CCMR WAYS TO INCREASE THAT AS WELL, ALONG WITH ALLISON VINSON AND HER TEAM WHO ALSO MONITORS THE CTE PIECE OF THIS.
AND THEY JUST ANNOUNCED THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THE MILITARY.
SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE'LL BE WORKING ON AS WELL.
REFRESH MY MEMORY ON CCMR? CAREER AND COLLEGE MILITARY READINESS.
AND THE MILITARY HAS BEEN KIND OF ABSENT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BECAUSE, YES, IT WAS A SILENT PARTNER AND NOW IT'S BACK.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.
ANY QUESTIONS DOWN HERE? QUESTION. ALL RIGHT.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM DAVE LAMBSON ABOUT ESPORTS UPDATE.
[H.4. Esports Update]
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DILKS.SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE NATION ARE EMBRACING EA SPORTS, WHICH IS SHORT FOR ELECTRONIC SPORTS AS A WAY TO ENGAGE THEIR STUDENTS AND TO FOSTER JOB SKILLS.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE BENJAMIN BENTON AND CONNOR GORMAN WITH US.
AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM UP TO THE PODIUM TO EXPAND ON OUR ESPORTS PROGRAM HERE IN BIRDVILLE ISD AND THE SUCCESSES THAT WE EXPERIENCED IN OUR FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY OTHER THAN I WILL SAY THIS.
I WAS OUT WALKING THE DOG IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I SAW ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS.
HE KNOWS MY JOB IS PRINCIPAL AT THE BCTAL AND HE HAD ONE OF THESE COMMENTS.
HE CALLED ME COACH BECAUSE I COACHED A LONG TIME, SO I KNOW WHAT THESE GUYS DO.
HE SAID, HEY, HOW'S THE TEAM LOOKING THIS YEAR? AND I SAID, AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND I WAS PROUD TO SAY THAT HE KNEW HE WAS KIND OF BEING FUNNY, BUT WE HAVE A TEAM AT THE BCTAL AND IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
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THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR FOR ESPORTS.IT'S PHENOMENAL WHAT THE KIDS DO.
FINDING A SENSE OF BELONGING IS ONE OF MASLOW'S NEEDS, AND WE ARE PROVIDING THAT.
THESE GUYS ARE PROVIDING THAT WITH ESPORTS FOR A UNIQUE SET OF STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOL.
SO I'LL GIVE IT TO THESE GUYS.
WE'RE BOTH COACHES AT THE BCTAL.
SO WHAT IS ESPORTS? HAS ANYONE HERE PLAYED A VIDEO GAME BEFORE? COOL. A COUPLE OF HANDS.
SO. SO ESPORTS IS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES COMPETITIVELY AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON.
AND WE TAKE THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO WE PLAY AGAINST OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA ALL THROUGHOUT TEXAS.
WE PLAYED SOME SCHOOLS IN DIFFERENT STATES, NOT A WHOLE LOT, BUT WE'RE GROWING.
SO. HERE IS A LITTLE VIDEO OF THE ESPORTS ARENA IN ARLINGTON RIGHT NEXT TO THE ESPORTS.
NO, SORRY. RIGHT NEXT TO THE RANGER STADIUM.
SO THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE VIBE FOR ESPORTS.
IT'S WHAT ALL THE KIDS ARE INTO RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A HUGE, MASSIVELY GROWING INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE, MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR.
THEY'RE INVESTING SO MUCH MONEY, ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN ESPORTS.
SO VIEWERSHIP JUST IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE.
ESPORTS ALREADY HAS TOPPED MOST MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS EXCEPT FOOTBALL.
BUT THAT SLIDE ON THE RIGHT THERE, JUST ONE EVENT FOR ONE OF THE GAME'S LEAGUE OF LEGENDS.
THEY TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO JUST BE TOGETHER AND EXPERIENCE THIS THIS PHENOMENON.
AND IT'S NOT JUST HIGH SCHOOLS AND IT'S NOT JUST KIDS IN THEIR MOM'S BASEMENT.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR STUDENTS AND THEY OFFER FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIPS.
AND WE'RE HERE TO KIND OF GIVE A ROAD FOR THOSE KIDS THAT HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN INVOLVED WITH ANYTHING ELSE TO GET A SHOT AT GOING TO COLLEGE, JUST PLAYING VIDEO GAMES, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY COOL.
WELL, AND THE UNIQUE THING IS THOSE 225 OFFERED FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIPS.
YEAH, RIGHT. IT'S NOT JUST NICKEL AND DIME MONEY.
THEY HAD FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIPS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WAS TEN YEARS AGO, BUT IT WASN'T THERE FOR ME.
SO WE'RE HERE TO PASS THAT ON AND GIVE BACK TO THE KIDS TODAY.
HERE'S SOME OF THE COMPETITION THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA.
SOME FAMILIAR NAMES, DALLAS, DENTON, GRAPEVINE KIND OF STARTED IT FOR US.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WANTED BIRDVILLE TO GET INVOLVED SO THAT WE COULD BE A COMPETITOR.
AND WE WERE WE BEAT THEM LAST YEAR.
PROSPER ISD RICHARDSON, ALL BIG PLAYERS IN THE GAME.
YEAH. AND I MEAN, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THERE'S JUST A TON OF BENEFITS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I KNOW WE'RE A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT PRIDES OUR SELF INNOVATION.
THIS IS STILL SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF DISTRICTS AREN'T IN ON AT THE MOMENT.
IT'S STILL SOMETHING WHERE A LOT OF THE STANDARDS, A LOT OF THE NORMS ARE STILL BEING FORMED.
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT LEAGUE TO PARTICIPATE IN BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT EA SPORTS WORK THERE'S AND THE RELATIVE NEWNESS OF IT, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT LEAGUES HAPPENING, LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
ANOTHER BENEFIT IS THERE'S A RELATIVE LOW COST FOR PARTICIPATION RELATIVE TO OTHER SPORTS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TO COMPETE AND OUR EQUIPMENT DOESN'T REALLY REQUIRE REPLACEMENT VERY MUCH.
AND WE CAN FIELD A LOT OF TEAMS WITH THAT EQUIPMENT.
IT'S NOT JUST A SINGLE TEAM, BUT WE'RE COMPETING IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT GAMES.
YEAH. AND THEN BECAUSE OF HOW NEW ESPORTS IS IN HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE WE HAVE A HIGH POSSIBILITY FOR SOME REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND EVEN WORLDWIDE PRESTIGE AS WE START TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THESE BURGEONING COMPETITIONS.
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AND THEN YOU MIGHT ASK YOURSELF LIKE, WELL, LIKE WHAT OPPORTUNITY IS THE KID GOING TO HAVE PLAYING VIDEO GAMES? RIGHT NOW WE ARE RUNNING THE CLASS AS AN EIGHTH GRADE CLASS OUT OF THE BCTAL AND IT'S BEING THE KIDS ARE GETTING AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, A CREDIT FOR AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLASS BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TEACH THEM.SINCE WE'RE FIELDING SO MANY TEAMS, WE DON'T HAVE LIKE WE CAN'T LIKE DO THE SAME KIND OF COACHING.
WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM HOW TO LEAD THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM HOW TO LEAD THEIR OWN TEAMS BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE NEEDED TO LIKE DO TRADITIONAL COACHING FOR EACH OF THE TEAMS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF SELF LEADERSHIP THAT THE STUDENTS START TO LEARN THROUGH THIS AND THERE'S JUST A TON OF RELATED INDUSTRIES.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT ESPORTS ARENA HERE IN THE AREA, THERE'S LOTS OF INDUSTRY HERE IN THE AREA THAT WE CAN START TO CONNECT KIDS TO AND GET THEM INVOLVED IN BEYOND JUST PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.
THAT WAS THE GRAPEVINE INVITATIONAL FOR ROCKET LEAGUE.
SO THAT'S HOW THEY HAD THEIR STAGE SET UP, KIND OF LIKE MOCKING WHAT IT WAS IN THAT ARLINGTON ARENA.
THEY HAD A BUNCH OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS THERE.
AND THE FINAL TEAMS PLAYED ON THAT STAGE.
IT'S JUST A SUPER COOL EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE KIDS.
100-ISH TEAMS, WE CAME IN SIXTH PLACE FOR THAT FOR OUR FIRST EVER COMPETITION.
I WAS SUPER PROUD OF THOSE KIDS UP THERE.
AND THEN THE TOP THREE PICTURES IS THE TEX-F STATE THE STATE COMPETITION.
WE PLACED THIRD IN ROCKET LEAGUE IN THE STATE.
SO WE DID REALLY WELL THERE, TOO.
AND WE ALSO COMPETED IN PLAY VERSUS WE'RE NOT DOING THAT THIS YEAR.
BUT LAST YEAR WE PLAYED IN THEIR SPRING SEASON AND THAT IS A STATEWIDE COMPETITION.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO PLAY THOSE GAMES, YOU HAD TO PLAY THROUGH PLAY VERSUS.
SO IT HAD A PRETTY BIG NUMBER OF TEAMS AND WE ENDED UP WE MADE THE PLAYOFFS IN EVERY GAME AND WE MADE IT TO LIKE THE THIRD ROUND IN THE PLAYOFFS, FINISHING TOP TEN IN ALL THE GAMES WITH ROCKET LEAGUE FINISHING EIGHTH OR NINTH PLACE.
I THINK AT THE END OF THAT YEAR.
WE HAD DREAMS TO LIKE IF A TEAM MADE IT TO THE FINALS THAT WE WERE GOING TO HOST A BIG WATCH PARTY AT THE AT THE BIG BOWL WITH USING THE THEATER JUST INVITE A BUNCH OF KIDS JUST HAVE A LOT OF THERE'D BE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND THAT.
RIGHT, THE KIDS WERE JUST SO PUMPED AND THAT WAS JUST WITH A CLUB LAST YEAR.
SO THERE WAS NO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THERE.
THEY CHOSE TO SPEND THEIR TIME AFTER SCHOOL FOR NO CREDIT OTHER THAN THEY GET TO COME IN, BE WITH US, BE WITH EACH OTHER AND PLAY THE GAMES THERE ON OUR EQUIPMENT, WHICH WAS IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THAT LIKE ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE STUDENTS.
CAN I TAKE IT? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, 72. WE HAVE ABOUT 35 KIDS IN THE CLASS THIS YEAR.
72% OF THEM WEREN'T INVOLVED IN ANYTHING BEFORE THEY GOT TO OUR CLASS.
SO WE'RE HITTING A POPULATION OF STUDENTS THAT'S RELATIVELY UNREACHED BY TRADITIONAL LIKE HIGH SCHOOL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, WHETHER THAT'S SPORTS OR FINE ARTS.
THIS IS JUST A THIS IS A NEW POPULATION OF KIDS THAT HASN'T FOUND THEIR NICHE ELSEWHERE.
YEAH, I LOVE THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL THESE KIDS.
THAT'S A PICTURE FROM PRACTICE EARLIER THIS WEEK OR MAYBE LAST WEEK.
AND IT'S JUST, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE WHOLE CLASSROOM FILLED UP EVERY COMPUTER IN USE.
THEY'RE ALL PLAYING GAMES ON A TEAM TOGETHER.
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YEAH. WHERE VIDEO GAMES CAN SOMETIMES BE AN ISOLATING EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TAKE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ISOLATING AND MAKE IT CONNECTING.MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT'S MORE ABOUT COMMUNITY.
NOW THEY CAN COME IN AND ORGANIZED FASHION WITH THIS NEW LEAGUE, VANTA. THEY HAVE A COLLABORATION WITH UIL AND THEY HAVE A COLLABORATION WITH COLLEGES THAT THEY CAN HOOK YOU UP WITH SCOUTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I DO WANT TO TALK, I FORGOT TO MENTION ON THIS LAST SLIDE, SO LAST YEAR, SO WE HAVE A NO PASS, NO PLAY POLICY, WHICH IS REALLY BIG FOR ME.
RIGHT. YOU'RE NOT THERE'S NO POINT JUST PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND JUST FORGETTING EVERYTHING ELSE.
YOU STILL NEED, THEY'RE STUDENT ATHLETES, STUDENTS FIRST.
SO I HAD ONE STUDENT WHO WAS, I'D HAD HIM FOR THREE YEARS IN ONE OF MY OTHER CLASSES.
SO I'D KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME AND HE JUST WASN'T REALLY FEELING SCHOOL ANYMORE.
AND WHEN WE STARTED THIS ESPORTS CLUB, HE WAS A SENIOR AND HE WASN'T REALLY PASSING HIS CLASSES.
AND SO WE TOOK THE TIME DEDICATED AFTER SCHOOL TUTORIALS TO MAKE SURE THAT HE COULD PRACTICE, BUT ALSO THAT HE COULD PASS ALL OF HIS CLASSES BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT HE WOULD HAVE PASSED HIS SENIOR YEAR IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE HE REALLY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT SCHOOL ALL THAT MUCH UNTIL ESPORTS CAME AROUND.
AND IT GAVE HIM SOMETHING TO STRIVE FOR, SOMETHING THAT MADE HIM FEEL LIKE HE BELONGED TO A GROUP.
AND IT'S SUCH A PERFECT AREA TO HOST AN E-SPORTS TOURNAMENT, RIGHT? YOU'RE PLAYING GAMES ON THE BIG SCREEN WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS, OR MAYBE MAYBE WE'RE STREAMING THE GAME ON THERE AND EVERYONE CAN WATCH SOME POPCORN, GET SOME CONCESSIONS GOING. GRAPEVINE HAD AN INVITATIONAL LAST YEAR THAT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL AND I THINK WE CAN DO ONE EVEN BETTER THAN THAT.
I'D ALSO LOVE TO COMPETE AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, AND THAT'S WHAT VANTA IS GOING TO PROVIDE FOR US.
AS VANTA GROWS, SO THAT'S A NEW LEAGUE THAT WE'RE JOINING AND THEY'RE NEW THIS YEAR BUT IF THEY'RE IN WITH UIL I KNOW THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GROW AND EXPAND AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE LEAGUE TO GO WITH AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY GO NATIONAL.
I'VE BEEN IN TALK WITH A FEW OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ABOUT STARTING UP ESPORTS CLUBS THERE TO GET SOME FEEDER PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE OF A POOL OF PLAYERS TO PULL FROM AS THEY AS THEY GET OLDER, BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF LIMITED TO JUST HOW GOOD THE PLAYERS ARE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE CAN'T COACH FIVE PLUS GAMES.
IT'S JUST NOT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
SO AS THEY'RE PREPARED EARLIER, LIKE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EVEN THEN, WE'LL BE MORE COMPETITIVE ONCE THEY GET INTO HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN THERE'S THE CROSS CURRICULAR COMPONENT.
SO AT THE BCTAL, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF AMAZING TEACHERS AND CTE PROGRAMS LIKE MARKETING.
WE NEED LOGOS AND SHIRTS AND ADVERTISEMENTS, AUDIO, VIDEO.
I'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING WITH THAT TEACHER TO SET UP A STREAMING SO THAT WE CAN LIVE STREAM ALL OF OUR GAMES SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE IT AND EVERYBODY CAN SEE HOW AWESOME WE'RE DOING SO THAT EVENTUALLY THIS WHOLE PRODUCTION COULD BE TOTALLY STUDENT RUN.
THE STUDENTS ARE MANAGING HOW THE STREAMING HAPPENS.
THE STUDENTS ARE THE ANNOUNCERS, THE STUDENTS ARE THE ATHLETES.
THIS COULD REALLY GO IN SOME REALLY COOL DIRECTIONS.
THAT AFFECTS NOT JUST OUR PROGRAM, BUT ALSO A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL.
ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT STAY PLUGGED IN IS IS LIKE A COLLEGE RECRUITMENT SCOUTING WEBSITE THAT VANTA SHOWED US ABOUT THAT KIDS CAN MAKE A PROFILE. AND THIS IS THE WEBSITE THAT COLLEGES USE TO SCOUT STUDENTS.
IT HAS A SMALL MONTHLY FEE IF YOU WANT TO LIKE MEGA PACKAGE, BUT IT'S A REALLY AWESOME PROGRAM.
STAY PLUGGED IN. AND THAT'S MY MAIN GOAL.
AND I THINK STAY PLUGGED IN IS THE KEY FOR THAT.
I THINK THE ONE IMPORTANT NOTE TO MAKE IS THAT ESPORTS IS CURRENTLY NOT A UIL SANCTIONED SPORT.
VANTA, THAT LEAGUE IS WORKING WITH THE UIL.
UIL ANNOUNCED THEM AS THEIR OFFICIAL SPONSOR JUST WEEKS AGO IN JULY.
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AND SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED TO SEE IT ENGAGING STUDENTS THAT AREN'T TYPICALLY ENGAGED IN SOME DIFFERENT SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.GREAT SUCCESS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CLUB.
IT'S ALL ATTRIBUTED TO THESE TWO GENTLEMEN HERE AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES AND BIRDVILLE ISD ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF A QUESTION IT IS.
I'M JUST THRILLED YOU GUYS ARE HERE AND THIS PROGRAM'S HERE.
I TOLD DR. STINSON EARLIER ABOUT MY SON'S EXPERIENCE AT OU AND I SAID, WE REALLY NEED THIS.
AND SHE GOES, WE'VE HAD IT FOR A YEAR OR SO.
YOU'RE A LITTLE KNOWN NUGGET OF GOLD OUT THERE.
YOU ALL ARE REACHING YOU ALL ARE REACHING A TARGET GROUP THAT PROBABLY IS NOT GOING TO GET TAGGED IN TO SPORTS OUT ON THE FIELD AND SOME OF OUR OTHER MORE TRADITIONAL AND MY SON MADE SECOND TEAM OUT AT OU ON THE HALO TEAM SO HE DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT.
HE'S MADE FIRST TEAM ON THEIR FORTNITE TEAM THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT.
THE WINNER WAS GOING TO COLLECT 45,000 AND OU ALLOWS THE STUDENTS TO KEEP THAT MONEY AND THEN NEXT YEAR THEY'VE GOT A FULL TIME FACULTY MEMBER THAT WORKS WITH THEIR ESPORTS TEAM THERE. AND NEXT YEAR THEY HAVE PROMISED TO HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HOPING THAT THAT OUR SON, IF HE DOES WELL WITH FORTNITE, WHICH HE'S ONE OF THEIR TOP FOUR PLAYERS, WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THEIR SCHOLARSHIPS MAYBE NEXT YEAR, UNLESS THAT JUST GOES TO INCOMING FRESHMEN.
BUT WE NEED GREAT GUYS LIKE YOU THAT PLUG THEM IN AND COACH THEM UP.
BUT MAN, WE CAN GET ENGAGEMENT FROM PEOPLE THAT OTHERWISE WOULDN'T BE ENGAGED.
YOUR EXAMPLE YOU GAVE OF THE SENIOR THAT WAS KIND OF READY TO UNPLUG FROM SCHOOL HIS SENIOR YEAR.
HE FINDS SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND WOW.
YOU KNOW, THE EXCITING PART, TOO, IS AS MOST ACTIVITIES TAKE THAT DOWN TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND EVEN LOWER AS WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE YOU GROW.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE US WITH VANTA.
I THINK THAT YOU REALLY WISE IN TEAMING UP WITH THAT GROUP BECAUSE THEY HAVE TEAMED UP WITH UIL SO IT WON'T BE LONG THAT IT'S A UIL SANCTIONED SPORT AND AS A MATTER OF FACT I THINK UIL IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BEHIND NOT HAVING IT DONE YET.
SO IT'S EXCITING THAT WE HAVE THE PROGRAM.
SOME PEOPLE THINK THIS IS JUST AN ISOLATION THING.
SOMEBODY JUST OFF IN THE ROOM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU WALK BY MY SON'S ROOM ALL THE TIME AND HE'S YELLING AND SOMETIMES SAYING NICE NOT NICE THINGS, BUT YEAH, IT'S A TEAM SPORT. EVERYBODY HAS TO WORK TOGETHER.
THEY KNOW THE ROLE. YOU'RE THE LEADER.
YOU'RE NOT. IT'S PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
THEY JUST THINK IT'S SOME KID IN MAMA'S BASEMENT ALL ALONE.
THESE LEAGUES DON'T ALLOW THAT ANY LANGUAGE.
THERE ARE RULES. SPECIFIC RULES.
THAT'S JUST WHAT I OVERHEARD THROUGH A DOOR.
WE DIDN'T TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY VANTA IS AS WELL.
BUT THERE ARE VERY STRICT RULES ABOUT HOW TO PLAY, WHAT TO SAY, WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T.
MY SON MIGHT HAVE GOT A 15 YARD PENALTY, BUT HE WAS ENGAGED.
I'LL JUST ADD TOO, AS WELL, IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION BUT A COMMENT JUST TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD ON THIS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT REALLY IS GOING TO BLOW UP WITH UIL AND ALL THAT AND WHATNOT.
DON'T LET ANYTHING STOP YOU IN TERMS OF BRINGING AN INVITATIONAL HERE, BECAUSE WHEN IT DOES BLOW UP, IF YOU'RE ON THE MAP, I MEAN, I ALWAYS RESORT BACK TO MAINLY BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL OR AND THEN BASKETBALL.
I MEAN, THERE ARE CERTAIN BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS OUR HIGH SCHOOLS GO TO EVERY YEAR, WAXAHACHIE AND OTHERS, OR CERTAIN BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE BASKETBALL TEAMS DO EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THE MAP AND YOU'RE IN THE INFANCY STAGES OF THIS.
SO IF YOU CAN PUT BIRDVILLE ON THE MAP IN TERMS OF HOSTING AN INVITATIONAL EVEN THIS YEAR, THESE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND THE RAMP UP THAT'S REALLY EXPLODING, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALREADY HAVE A FOOTPRINT ESTABLISHED IN THIS AREA WHERE PEOPLE COME TO BIRDVILLE FOR THESE INVITATIONALS.
I WOULDN'T ACCEPT NO FOR AN ANSWER.
I'D KEEP KNOCKING DOWN DOORS UNTIL WE HAVE A, AND AGAIN I'VE ALREADY HARPED ON IT ONCE AND NO OFFENSE ANY GRAPEVINE PEOPLE, BUT IF GRAPEVINE ALREADY BEAT US TO THIS, THAT'S NOT UNACCEPTABLE, TOO, SO.
YES. THAT'S I THINK MORE LIKE THE COLISEUM.
I MIGHT ADD THAT OUR PORTRAIT OF GRADUATE HAS INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEUR.
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THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR MR. MCCANDLESS OR MS. VINSON.WHAT'S OUR CAPACITY TO GROW THIS PROGRAM AT THE BCTAL? WELL, WE'D NEED MORE ROOM.
RIGHT NOW, THEIR CLASSROOM IS FULL.
IT IS MORE THAN FULL. ANOTHER CLASSROOM OR TWO, I THINK.
I THINK ONE THING, TOO, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. MCCANDLESS, CURRENTLY THE STRUCTURE IS FOR ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS TO FEED INTO ONE TEAM.
CORRECT? YEAH, BUT IT IS TRUE ISN'T IT, ALLISON, THAT WE COULD DO THIS AT THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS? SO. AND THEN WE HAVE.
AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING TO THE ROOM ACROSS THE HALL.
WE JUST PLACED THE ORDERS LITERALLY TODAY TO GET THE RIGHT KIND OF MONITORS.
THE COMPUTERS ARE ALREADY THERE.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DOUBLE IT HERE VERY SHORTLY.
AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU HAVE THE GAMING CHAIRS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
YEAH. AND I'LL JUST ADD ONE MORE TIME IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME TO BE ON MY SOAPBOX REAL QUICK .
WHEN WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO FIND THEIR PEOPLE, SCHOOL SAFETY INCREASES.
AND YOU'RE CREATING A CULTURE AMONGST THEM.
AND THAT IS KIND OF A PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT THAT.
AND THOSE ARE GREAT THINGS, RIGHT? BUT ONE THING THAT WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS.
THAT'S WHY I HARP ON EXTRACURRICULARS SO MUCH.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT WAS THAT WAS ONE OF OUR GOALS FOR LAST YEAR.
SO I REALLY LOVE THE COMPETITION.
BUT WHEN WE CREATED THIS PROGRAM, WE REALLY WANTED TO HAVE A HOME FOR KIDS THAT DIDN'T HAVE A HOME THAT WAS ONE OF OUR OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY .
. YOU GENTLEMEN ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR FULFILLING OUR KIDS NEEDS.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU IMMENSELY FOR STARTING THE PROGRAM AND AND SEEING IT GROW.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU, MR. BENTON, ESPECIALLY.
SO ONCE THAT IS, STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON THAT AND IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY COOL.
SO WE'LL, OF COURSE, LET YOU GUYS VOTE ON THAT MASCOT.
A BUFFALO THAT CAN FLY LIKE A HAWK? CORRECT? YES. YES, PRETTY MUCH.
YEAH. SO THE CROWN WITH THE CROWN.
YES. SO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY COOL.
IT IS ALL I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW ALL THE TEAMS. THEY HAVE REALLY COOL UNIFORMS, BRIGHT NAMES ON THE BACK, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.
WE WILL HAVE THE COOLEST UNIFORMS, I CAN PROMISE THAT.
I'M HOPING THAT THIS EXPANDS ENOUGH WHERE THESE KIDS, THESE ATHLETES LIKE LEATHER JACKETS, LIKE OTHER THAT'S THE GOAL THAT'S GOT TO BE GIVEN. YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED MONEY.
DR. CLARK HAS PLENTY IN HER BUDGET.
GREAT THINGS. WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT I HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER? HE WOULD HAVE GONE TO HARVARD IF THEY'D HAD THIS BACK, YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS AGO, BECAUSE HE WAS REALLY GOOD AT IT.
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YOU KNOW, HARVARD HAS A TEAM.THEY DO. IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME ONE BIT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS.
[I.1. Fuel Purchase through TASB Energy Cooperative]
KATIE BOWMAN? YES, SIR. SHERRY WYNN, OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, IS HERE TONIGHT.SO CURRENTLY WE FUEL OUR BUSSES AND OUR VENDOR IS MANSFIELD ENERGY.
THEY COME OUT TWICE A WEEK AND FUEL OUR BUSSES.
WE FUEL APPROXIMATELY 94 BUSSES.
WE UTILIZE ABOUT IN A YEAR ABOUT 118,000 GALLONS OF DIESEL.
AND WHEN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN PER MONTH, DEPENDING ON THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE SPENDING OR UTILIZING BETWEEN TEN AND 14,000 GALLONS OF DIESEL PER MONTH.
SO WE'RE VERY ACTIVE AND DEFINITELY UTILIZE THE FUEL.
LOOKING AT THE COST PER FUEL DELIVERY, IT IS A RACK RATE PLUS THE DELIVERY FEE.
WE WERE BEING CHARGED 150 PER HOUR FOR DELIVERY FEE.
THEY HAVE JUST INCREASED THAT TO $200 PER HOUR FOR DELIVERY FEE.
IT USUALLY RUNS THEM MAYBE THREE AND A HALF HOURS TO FUEL OUR BUSSES IF THEY DO IT RIGHT.
SO WE'RE SPENDING MAYBE BETWEEN SIX AND $800 EVERY TIME THEY COME OUT.
SO THAT COULD BE ABOUT 1600 DOLLARS EVERY TIME THEY COME OUT.
FUEL RATES VARY PER FUELING, OBVIOUSLY.
YOU KNOW, THE MARKET IS UP AND DOWN.
THE LITTLE CHART THERE SHOWS THE MONTH OF AUGUST WHAT WE'VE BEEN PAYING PER GALLON FOR FUEL.
I DID GO AND LOOK IN THE NOVEMBER I MEAN, NOVEMBER THE SEPTEMBER 4TH AND THE SEVENTH COST AND WE'RE DOWN TO 3.89 PER GALLON COMPARED TO 412.
SO IN JUNE THROUGH DECEMBER 2021, THE AVERAGE WAS 2.58 AND THEN IN JANUARY OF 2022 THROUGH JUNE, THE AVERAGE WAS $3.64. AND THEN I THOUGHT, WELL, I'M GOING TO GO LOOK AT JUNE JUST TO SEE WHAT WE WERE DOING IN JUNE.
AND IN JUNE WE WERE ACTUALLY PAYING $4.60 THAT WHOLE MONTH, ALTHOUGH IT HAS COME DOWN.
AND WE'VE BEEN FUELING FOR ABOUT 4 TO 5 YEARS DURING THAT TIME WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THREE FENDERS.
PART OF THE REASON IS POOR SERVICE.
THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THEY COME OUT AND ONLY FEEL HALF OF HER FLEET.
AND SO YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THAT DOES TO US IN THE MORNING WHEN WE GET THERE AT 6 A.M.
AND EVERYBODY IS LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, I NEED FUEL.
AND WE STARTED OUT REALLY WELL AND WE KIND OF HAD SOME ISSUES STARTING IN MAY, BUT WE CAME TOGETHER AND THEY PROVIDED A SOLUTION AND HAD A THIRD PARTY COME IN TO ASSIST IN THE WET FUELING.
ONLY MAYBE A COUPLE OF DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA DOES THAT.
AND ALL THAT MEANS IS THEY ARE FUELING ONE BUS AT A TIME VERSUS COMING IN AND JUST LOADING OFF FUEL IN A CONTAINER OR UNDERGROUND CONTAINER BECAUSE A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS HAVE THEIR OWN FUELING.
SO BUT SINCE WE MADE THAT CHANGE IN JUNE, THAT'S THAT CHANGE STARTED.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING REALLY WELL.
AND SO WE HAVE NOT YET HAD TO FUEL IN THE MORNINGS.
AND SO THAT HAS MADE MADE US VERY, VERY HAPPY.
SO KIND OF WITH SOME OF THE CONCERNS WITH FUEL BEING VOLATILE AND THEN SOME OF THE LIABILITY CONCERNS, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT TASB TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD OFFER THROUGH THE ENERGY COOPERATIVE.
AND SO THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.
TASB USES MANSFIELD ENERGY ALREADY, SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO CHANGE OUR VENDOR.
WE WOULD STILL USE THE MARKET PRICING, WHICH IS UP AND DOWN, WHICH IS NORMAL.
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OR WE COULD LOOK AT A FIXED RACK RATE, WHICH MEANS WE COULD LOCK IN A RATE FOR A SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF TIME, FOR AN EXAMPLE, UP TO 18 MONTHS. AND SO THE FURTHER OUT WE GO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE BETTER THE COST SAVINGS TO TO US.AND THEN WE WOULD ONLY LOCK IN BETWEEN 75 AND 80% OF OUR FUEL AND THE REMAINING 20 TO 25% TO BE PURCHASED LIKE NORMAL THROUGH THE MARKETS.
AND BOTH OPTIONS, THE LOCAL DELIVERY PROVIDER RATES WOULD ALL BE THE SAME AND NOTHING CHANGES THERE.
BUT WE HAVE A GUARANTEE THAT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPPORT FROM TASB WOULD BE THERE IN CASE WE NEED THE ASSISTANCE MAINTAINING OUR CONSISTENCY WITH OUR VENDORS.
SO TONIGHT WE ARE PRESENTING TO THE BOARD TO ITEM ACTIONS.
AND THEN THE SECOND CONSIDERATION IS TO ESTABLISH AUTHORITY FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND FINALIZE A CONTRACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT USING THE TASB ENERGY COOPERATIVE.
STINSON, PRESIDENT DILKS, THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US COME AND TALK TO YOU TONIGHT.
WE REACHED OUT AND HAVE BEEN TALKING TO SHERRY AND TALKING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM WITH YOU ALL WITH THEM FOR A WHILE NOW TO GET THEM COMFORTABLE WITH IT. AND SO WE WANTED TO START OUT TONIGHT JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND WHAT IT HAS.
MOST OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE BUY BOARD.
DO A LOT OF BUSINESS WITH YOU ALL.
YOU ALL RECEIVED SOMEWHERE OVER 89, AROUND $80,000 LAST YEAR IN REBATES THROUGH BUY BOARD.
THE ENERGY COOPERATIVE WAS DESIGNED TO HELP SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH THEIR FUEL AND WITH THEIR ELECTRICITY PURCHASING SO THAT WE COULD HELP YOU SIMPLIFY THAT PROCESS. IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IN A FIXED RATE PROGRAM, AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TONIGHT.
AND SO THIS FIXED RATE PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER, YOU CAN DO IT FOR WHATEVER LENGTH YOU NEED IT TO DO TO MATCH UP TO TO YOUR FISCAL YEAR OR YOUR BUDGET TIME PLANNING AND THAT SORT OF THING.
WE CAN SET THAT TIME AND WE THESE TERMS ALLOW YOU TO SET A RATE AND BUDGET YOUR BUDGET.
IT'S ABOUT SETTING YOUR BUDGET RATES SO THAT YOU'RE NOT CAUGHT WITH A HUGE FLUCTUATION AND YOU'RE OVER BUDGET AT THE END OF THE YEAR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO DO IT. AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SOMEWHERE AROUND 50 ENTITIES THAT PARTICIPATE.
GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE.
JUST SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HEARING THAT ALL NIGHT ABOUT DOING THAT.
BUT THE ONES THAT WE DO HAVE DOING THAT, I BELIEVE KELLER IS IS.
WHO WAS THE OTHER ONE? THAT'S THE MCKINNEY.
MCKINNEY DOES WET HOSING LIKE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PROGRAM, TOTAL PROGRAM.
WE HAVE OVER 10 MILLION GALLONS OR AROUND 10 MILLION GALLONS WORTH OF FUEL.
WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH THESE COMPANIES, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE SAVINGS WITH THE FIXED RATE.
WHAT WE DO GUARANTEE IS BUDGET CERTAINTY BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE THERE.
THERE COULD BE SAVINGS BECAUSE IF YOU LOCK IT IN AT THE RIGHT TIME, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME DISTRICTS THAT WERE LOCKED IN DURING ALL THIS, RAISING PRICES AT $1.50 TO $2 A GALLON BECAUSE THEY HAD LOCKED IN BACK BEFORE IT HAPPENED.
I WOULD HATE TO EVEN GUESS SO.
WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND HERE, THE MINUTE WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT SOME OF THOSE QUOTES ARE THAT HAVE COME IN FOR YOU ALL, THAT WE'VE BEEN PRICING THIS NOW FOR ABOUT THREE, ABOUT THREE MONTHS NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR TWO MONTHS AND WE'VE GOTTEN A FEW PRICES OUT THERE FOR YOU.
PROCESS. YOU JOIN THE COOPERATIVE JUST LIKE WHAT SHE TALKED ABOUT.
SHE'S ALREADY GONE THROUGH MOST OF THIS YEAR.
HE HAS WITH THE BOARD RESOLUTION.
IT'S JUST THAT YOU'RE PART OF THE COOPERATIVE.
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WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THE GALLONS THAT YOU USE.WE'VE LOOKED AT THE TERMS, THREE DIFFERENT TERMS. AND YOU HAVE QUOTES FOR THOSE THREE DIFFERENT TERMS IN THIS.
AND WE'VE ALREADY BEGAN RECEIVING QUOTES.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS TO EXECUTE THE PRICING CONTRACT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE FUEL PRICES ARE.
IT MAY BE AN HOUR, IT MAY BE 30 MINUTES DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MARKET AT THAT TIME.
AND THEN YOUR DELIVERY STILL REMAINS LOCAL WITH THE SAME PERSON THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH AND YOUR PRICING REMAINS CONSTANT DURING FOR THOSE 75 TO 80% AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO ADAM AND LET HIM TALK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE HE'S GOT ANOTHER SET OF QUOTES THAT HE CAN GIVE YOU ON THERE TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT THE MARKET'S BEEN DOING. BUT THESE ARE THE QUOTES WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT.
AND SO NOW IT'S GONE TO MORE OF A NOVEMBER START DATE TO GET YOU GOING.
MADAM PRESIDENT DILKS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE DO IT ALL THE TIME WITH ELECTRICITY CONTRACTS AND OTHER CONTRACTS, BUT THE REALITY OF ON THE DIESEL UNLEADED SIDE, IT TAKES AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF GALLONS TO CONSIDER LOCKING IN A FIXED RATE.
SO TO PAINT PER YEAR, PER MONTH, TYPICALLY PER YEAR, IT'S GROWN TEN.
I DID SOMETHING. I DID TEN, BUT ABOUT 10% A YEAR SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
SO WHAT WE TO TRY TO LAYER THIS CANVAS IS TO TO START ENGAGING IN CONVERSATIONS, IDENTIFYING HOW MANY GALLONS THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY USES.
WHAT PERCENTAGE DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT? BALL PARKING, 75 TO 80%.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, OCTOBER THROUGH JUNE, OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER.
AND THEN HOW FAR OUT IS OUR SUPPLIER AND PARTNER WILLING TO GO IN THE MARKET JUST TO TEST THE WATERS? AND SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW AND GOING TOP DOWN, LEFT TO RIGHT, WE HAVE THE DATES IN WHICH WE QUOTED THE DISTRICT, OUR MARKET PRICE, THOSE MARKET PRICES, THOSE WERE INDICATIVE OF THE DFW AREA, NOT NECESSARILY BIRDVILLE ISD QUOTE.
SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO LINE UP THAT MARKET PRICE WITH WHAT YOU ACTUALLY PAID, WHICH IS I THINK IN SLIDE NUMBER ONE OR TWO, THOSE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OFF BECAUSE THOSE MARKET PRICES ARE INDICATIVE OF DFW.
BUT THEN THE THE DARKER GREEN COLUMNS LEFT TO RIGHT, THOSE THREE TERMS, NINE MONTHS, 14 MONTHS, 31 MONTHS, THOSE WERE INDICATIVE QUOTES ON THOSE DAYS FOR 80% OF THE DISTRICT'S NEEDED USAGE OVER THOSE NINE, 14, 31 MONTHS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE VOLATILITY.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS, AND JUST UNTIL ABOUT A YEAR AGO, NEVER HAD THE FUEL MARKET BEEN BACKWARD DATED, MEANING THE LONGER THE TERM, THE LOWER THE PRICE.
AND SO IN TERMS OF BUYING OPPORTUNITIES, OBVIOUSLY COST IS IS ALWAYS A CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WE ARE IN FOR DIESEL AND UNLEADED FUELS, BECAUSE NORMALLY THE FURTHER OUT YOU GO, THE HIGHER THE PRICE. THAT MAKES LOGICAL SENSE.
THE LONGER OUT WE GO, IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE THAT LAST COLUMN, OCTOBER THROUGH MAY OF 25, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A 50-60 CENT SAVINGS ON SOME OF THESE TERMS COMPARED TO WHAT THE DAILY MARKET PRICE WOULD BE HAD YOU ORDERED AN ORDER THAT DAY.
THE LONGER OUT WE GO IS NOT ALWAYS A 50-60 CENT GALLON SAVINGS.
BUT WHAT DOES THE PICTURE LOOK LIKE? THE TERMS ARE FLEXIBLE ALIGNING WITH A FISCAL YEAR, BUT CERTAINLY HAS DONE MENTIONED THE ABILITY TO STABILIZE 75 OR 80% OF YOUR BUDGETS.
SO THAT FIRST HALF A YEAR, YEAR YOU'RE NOT SPENDING 250 IN THE LAST HALF, YOU'RE NOT SPENDING $4.
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THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE PROGRAM.YES, SIR. I KNOW OUR USAGE GOES DOWN IN JUNE AND JULY AND THE FIRST A LITTLE BIT OF AUGUST.
DOES THAT MATTER OR DO YOU HAVE TO BUY SO MUCH PER MONTH NO MATTER WHAT OR JUST LOOKING FOR A YEAR AVERAGE OF USAGE? GREAT QUESTION. GREAT QUESTION.
MS. WYNNE AND HER TEAM, WE'VE IDENTIFIED HISTORICAL MONTHLY USAGE FOR THE DISTRICT BECAUSE YES, IT ABSOLUTELY DOES MATTER THE CONSUMPTION PER MONTH FOR THESE TERMS OR ANY TERM THAT WE DECIDE ON.
AND SO THE 80% IS NOT IS NOT APPLIED TO ALL 117,000 GALLONS.
IT'S APPLIED TO 80% IN JUNE, 80% IN JULY, 80% IN AUGUST.
DID THAT THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS? DID YOU HAVE SOME RATES THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT TODAY? I THOUGHT DON MENTIONED? I DID, YEAH. SO THE MARKET'S INCREDIBLY VOLATILE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SHORT TERM PRICES.
AS OF YESTERDAY, THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE POWERPOINT APOLOGIES.
THE MARKET PRICE YESTERDAY WAS $3.90.
THE PRICE FOR THE FIRST TERM, THAT NINE MONTH TERM WAS $3.70.
THAT ONE THAT ONE DROPPED $0.25.
AND THEN THE LAST 31 MONTH TERM WAS $3.28.
WOW. SO AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE THE THE CONSIDERATION OF THE THE THE ASK THIS EVENING IS AUTHORIZING AUTHORITY TO TO EXECUTE OR NEGOTIATE IN THE DISTRICT'S BEST INTEREST.
WE CAN SEE THE VOLATILITY EVEN IN A DAY.
WE MIGHT SEE A 10 OR 15 OR 18 CENT SWING.
AND I WOULD THINK THAT LONG TERM, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO PAY ABOUT THE SAME DOLLARS LONG TERM, BECAUSE AS YOUR NEXT CONTRACT COMES UP, IT'LL GO UP AND DOWN BASED ON WHAT THE MARKET'S DOING.
AND BUT WHAT IT DOES, IT LOCKS IN YOUR CERTAINTY FOR EACH YEAR IN THE BUDGETS.
AND SO THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA FOR THAT REASON.
IT HELPS YOU SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT TYPE OF DECISION; RIGHT? CERTAINLY MITIGATES A LOT OF RISK.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT IT FOR US.
THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY.
WE'RE GOING TO TRUST YOUR EXPERTISE TO HELP US.
YOU KNOW, TASB DOES A LOT OF THINGS, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME MORE TASB POLICY STUFF LATER ON.
BUT THIS IS ANOTHER, I DON'T KNOW, OVER THIS LONG, 14 YEARS.
WHY AREN'T MORE DOING IT? YOU KNOW, IT'S ANOTHER GOOD SERVICE THAT WE NEED TO BANK TASB FOR, YOU KNOW.
I TRUST TASB'S EXPERTISE AND THEIR GUIDANCE.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GUESSING GAME.
BUT IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS AND THE TIME OF THE YEAR, I THINK IT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIME OF THE YEAR FOR US VERSUS, YOU KNOW, END OF SCHOOL YEAR WHERE PRICES OBVIOUSLY ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE HIGHER GOING INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS FOR EVERYONE.
SO I THINK WE'RE CATCHING IT AT A DECENT TIME TO MAKE THESE NEGOTIATIONS.
YOU NEED FUEL FOR THOSE NEW BUSSES, WE HOPE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST A REMINDER TO THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE DONE THIS SAME THING WITH OUR ELECTRICITY.
I THINK WE'VE GONE OUT PAST 2030 AT THIS POINT.
WE WERE ABLE TO LOCK THEM IN, THOUGH, AT THOSE REALLY LOW PRICES.
SO IF THERE'S SOME WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THE 2020 223 BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR CAMPUS 2021-22 ROLL OVER
[I.2. 2022-23 Budget Amendment for Campus 2021-22 Rollover Funds]
FUNDS. KATIE BOWMAN? YES, MR. PRESIDENT.WE ALLOW OUR CAMPUSES EACH YEAR TO ROLL OVER 20% OF THEIR ORIGINAL BUDGET FROM THE PRIOR YEAR OR WHATEVER IS LEFT, THEIR UNSPENT DOLLARS, WHATEVER NUMBER IS LOWER.
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WE DO THAT TO ENCOURAGE THEM NOT TO WASTE SPENDING AT THE END OF THE YEAR.IT ALSO GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN FOR PROJECTS.
AND WE'RE PROPOSING ABOUT A 309,000 ROLLOVER.
AS PART OF THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST FROM THE BOARD THAT WE USE 50,000 OF THE DOLLARS THAT WERE NOT SPENT BY CAMPUSES LAST YEAR TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SOME ATTENDANCE INCENTIVE FUNDS IN OUR BUDGET CUTS THIS PAST YEAR, WE DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS CUT WAS ATTENDANCE INCENTIVE FUNDS THAT WE PROVIDED TO CAMPUSES IN THE PAST.
SO WE'D LIKE TO NOT ONLY DO THE ROLLOVER FOR THE CAMPUSES OF 309,000, BUT ALSO ADD ANOTHER 50,000 FOR ATTENDANCE INCENTIVES FOR THE CAMPUSES. AND WE CALCULATED AN ALLOCATION.
SO THOSE WITH HIGHER POVERTY ARE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY.
KATIE, WOULD YOU REMIND ME HOW MANY DAYS WHO WOULD HAVE TO RECAPTURE IN ORDER TO GET THIS 50,000 INVESTMENT BACK? HOW MANY DAYS OF.
WE DIVIDE. I THINK WE DIVIDED THAT IT WAS ABOUT 1200 DAYS, I BELIEVE IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
SO IF WE SPEND THIS MONEY AND GET STUDENTS TO SHOW UP FOR 1200 DAYS.
RIGHT. OR 1200 STUDENTS TO SHOW UP ONE DAY.
ONE DAY WE CAN COVER THE 50,000.
THAT'S ABOUT 40 STUDENTS PER CAMPUS FOR ONE DAY, FOR ONE DAY, FOR ONE DAY, SOMETIME DURING THE YEAR.
YEP. AND HOPEFULLY IT'S MORE THAN THAT.
THIS WAS AN IDEA THAT CAME ABOUT OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION, LOOKING AT WHAT CAN WE HELP? AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST MONTH AND THEN THEY COME UP WITH A PLAN AND I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT THESE SCHOOLS COME UP WITH.
WHAT IS WHAT IS AN INCENTIVE FOR ATTENDANCE FOR STUDENTS? BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON TO ASK IS THE STUDENT.
AND SO THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TALKING TO STUDENT GROUPS.
AND DR. SCHOLLS IS HELPING OUR PRINCIPALS LEAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND FIND OUT FROM THE STUDENTS EXACTLY WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED FROM US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND COME TO SCHOOL? AND THE INCENTIVE FOR AN 11 YEAR OLD FIFTH GRADER OR WHATEVER IS SO TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM A KID THAT'S JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.
YEAH. DIFFERENT WANTS, DIFFERENT DIFFERENT MOTIVATION TOOLS.
SO I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE THE POSITIVE RESULTS.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS GETTING THE KIDS THERE SO WE CAN TEACH THEM.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. LET'S HEAR ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY PLAY GROUND UPDATE.
[I.3. Elementary Playground Update]
KATIE BOWMAN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DILKS.SO DURING THE 2223 BUDGET PLANNING AS ONE OF OUR ONE TIME PROJECTS, THE BOARD APPROVED TWO PLAYGROUNDS TO BE REBUILT INSIDE THE DISTRICT.
AND I WANTED TO REMIND THE BOARD OF KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO WE HAVE NEW DISTRICT STANDARDS.
THESE ARE THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN AT ALL OF OUR BRAND NEW CAMPUSES.
EACH CAMPUS GETS TWO PLAYGROUNDS, ONE FOR THE OLDER AND ONE FOR THE YOUNGER STUDENTS.
WE ARE NOW USING CANOPIES AND THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THESE PLAYGROUNDS.
WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING ARTIFICIAL TURF DOWN CONCRETE BORDER AND THEN THE APPROXIMATE COST HAS BEEN RUNNING AROUND $200,000 BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A LOT OF CIVIL WORK WITH THE ELEVATION LOOKS LIKE AT EACH OF THESE CAMPUSES.
SO IN THIS PROCESS, JOHN WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE CONDITION OF EACH PLAYGROUND, THE CANOPY BORDER AND THE LOCATION EVALUATION.
SO JUST REMINDING THE BOARD AND I THINK WE HAD MOST OF YOU HAD BEEN ON THE BOARD AND SEEN THIS.
AND SO IT'S THE OLD TIMEY THINGS WITH JUST THE BARS, LIMITED ADA ACCESS.
THERE'S NO YOUNGER STUDENT EQUIPMENT AND OF COURSE NO CANOPY.
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KATIE, I HATE TO. YES, SIR.YOU MIGHT KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT JUST FOR VERY BRIEFLY.
YES, SIR. I'M GONNA LET JOHN HUGHES TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE HAD DONE THAT AT A FEW CAMPUSES AS WELL.
WELL, YOU REALLY HAVE IT TWO DIFFERENT PLACES.
YOU HAVE IT ON THE PLAYGROUND ITSELF AND THEN GETTING TO THE PLAYGROUND.
RIGHT. AND THAT'S THE PART THAT I OVERLOOKED.
SO OFTENTIMES WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WITH THESE BORDER SYSTEMS, THEY HAVE PRE MOLDED RAMP SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW YOU TO SORT OF CREEP UP OVER THE TOP OF IT IF YOU HAVE TO. THE MULCH ACTUALLY, THAT ENGINEERED MULCH, IT'S A HARDWOOD MULCH AND IT SORT OF INTERLOCKS TOGETHER AND IT DOES MAKE A FIRM SURFACE.
NOW, I'VE NEVER TRIED TO ROLL A WHEELCHAIR OVER IT.
SO THE WHEELCHAIR CAN, RIGHT? YEAH. I JUST DIDN'T THINK ABOUT ALL THAT IF YOU'RE NOT ADJACENT TO IT.
BUT THE TURF IS IT IS THE WAY TO GO ON PLAYGROUNDS.
THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.
THE SECOND RANKED WAS BINION ONCE AGAIN IN 2008.
THEIR EQUIPMENT WAS RELOCATED.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THEY'VE GOT SOME PRETTY OLD EQUIPMENT.
SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT NUMBER THREE.
YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT IN ONE OF YOUR DONATIONS OR MAYBE IT WAS LAST MONTH.
I THINK IT WAS. WE'RE GREEN VALLEY.
PTA HAS BEEN TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO PURCHASE SOME ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
AND SO AS WE STARTED TALKING INTERNALLY, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE PRE 1998 EQUIPMENT AND THERE ARE SOME SOME REAL ISSUES, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE ELEVATION AROUND EVEN THE OLDER KIDS PLAY AREAS.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TONIGHT IS AS WE'RE STARTING ALL OF THE PLANNING AND GETTING READY TO DO ALL THE DESIGN WORK WITH THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND COME UP WITH QUOTES FOR THE OTHER TWO PLAYGROUNDS, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD GREEN VALLEY INTO THE MIX AND GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE THEM.
AND AS WE KIND OF SCRAPE TOGETHER LEFT OVER BUDGETS OVER THE YEARS, WE BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO COVER ADDING GREEN VALLEY TO THAT MIX.
AND SO WE'D LIKE TO GET PERMISSION TO DO THAT THIS EVENING.
AND I WOULD LIKE FOR JUST AS A JUST AS A NOTE AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS MENTIONED, BUT JUST JUST TO POINT OUT THAT ALL THREE OF THESE PLAYGROUNDS HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT IS 25 PLUS YEARS OLD. SO I THINK IT'S MUCH NEEDED FOR THESE THREE.
WELL, AND I'M SORRY, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY I KNOW ON GREEN VALLEY AND PROBABLY TRUE OF THE OTHERS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR OUR MAINTENANCE FACILITIES BECAUSE THOSE PARTS AREN'T MADE ANYMORE MORE.
AND WE WANT OUR KIDS TO BE SAFE.
SO I HATE TO SEE PLAYGROUNDS LIKE THIS WHERE THAT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR THEM.
AND THAT CREATES SOME SAFETY HAZARD FOR OUR CHILDREN.
I WILL SAY WE HAVE HAD A RECENT PLAYGROUND INSPECTION.
WAS IT THIS SUMMER, WASN'T IT? AND THERE WERE ONLY A FEW AREAS IN THE IN THE DISTRICT WHERE WE HAD TO DO A FEW THINGS.
MAYBE SOME BARS WERE TOO FAR APART, SOME THINGS, BUT WE HAD A CONTRACTOR GO AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE ITEMS. SO. BUT THAT DOESN'T FIX THE ADA ACCESSIBILITY AS WELL.
WELL, AND ISN'T ADA COMPLIANCE, IS IT? I'M SORRY, IS IT AN ISSUE THAT WE COULD BE SUED UPON? IS THERE LIABILITY ISSUES INVOLVED IF WE'RE NOT COMPLIANT? I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BECAUSE IT'S GRANDFATHERED IN.
YOU START THE MODIFICATIONS, THEN IT KICKS IN.
YOU GOT TO DO IT RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
ARE WE GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD? OH, MOVE FORWARD. YEAH.
I THOUGHT I HAD. I JUST WANTED TO JUST SEE THAT THE NEXT ONE IN LINE.
THIS IS SPICER. JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW.
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SO WE'LL PROBABLY BE HAVING THAT AS PART OF OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN WE GET INTO THE FALL.SO THESE ARE OUR TOP FOUR THAT ARE STILL PRE 1998 EQUIPMENT.
WOULD YOU LIKE US TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN FIT THEM IN AS WELL, JUST AS WE'RE WALKING DOWN THIS PATH? OR WOULD YOU PREFER THAT WE WAIT TILL BUDGET TIME? BUT ALL THREE, IT'S ABOUT ALL THREE AND GET THEM DONE.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS WILL BE A SUMMER PROJECT.
THAT SHOULD BE THERE MIGHT BE MAKE IT AN ALTERNATE OK.
AND I WOULD JUST ADD, JUST I KNOW WE ALL KNOW THIS, BUT LET'S ANYBODY THINK PLAYGROUNDS ARE TRIVIAL AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH I'VE BEEN GUILTY OF BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE MY KIDS HAVE BEEN AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
BUT WE MADE THIS POINT EARLIER.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT AN ELEMENTARY OR A PLAYGROUND, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IS EVERY BIT AS VITAL AS A TURF FOOTBALL FIELD IN A HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THAT COMMUNITY IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEY THRIVE ON THAT.
IT'S A SUMMER GETAWAY. IT'S A SPRING GETAWAY AND FUN FOR THE FOR THE DAY AND THE CLASS DAY.
AND SO IT'S NOT A TRIVIAL MATTER.
AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE.
WE'LL MAKE THAT ONE AN ALTERNATE.
MATT, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. RESEARCH IS VERY CLEAR.
AND SO THESE THESE PLAYGROUNDS, I AGREE WITH YOU, THIS IS NOT A TRIVIAL CONVERSATION.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, BISD WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OF WHAT WE PRESENT.
AND I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR KIDS.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ALONG HERE, WE'LL HEAR FROM DR.
[I.4. Proposed 2022-23 Campus Improvement Plans]
CLARKE ON THE PROPOSED 2020 223 CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.THANK YOU. TONIGHT, WE ARE PRESENTING THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND THEY'VE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU IN YOUR BOARD PACKET AS A SEPARATE INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEM.
THESE PLANS HAVE BEEN ALIGNED WITH OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN WITH TARGETS ESTABLISHED BASED ON EACH CAMPUS'S PARTICULAR DATA RESULTS.
AND THEY HAVE ARE THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS.
MANY OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN REVIEWED, BUT OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS DIRECTORS ARE REVIEWING THOSE CAMPUS PLANS AND REALLY LOOKING AT THE ACTIONS AND STRATEGIES THAT DISTRICT I MEAN, THE CAMPUSES ARE USING AND THEY DO THAT FOR COMPLIANCE PURPOSES BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT MUST BE INCLUDED IN THOSE PLANS AND ANY RECOMMENDED CHANGES THAT ARE SEEN NECESSARY FOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE SPECIAL ED BILINGUAL, YOU KNOW, OUR AT RISK POPULATION 504 DYSLEXIA, ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE INCLUDED, WELL, THOSE DIRECTORS WILL GET WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CORRECTIONS ARE MADE AND WE'LL BRING THAT THOSE CORRECTIONS BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH WHEN IT MOVES TO A ACTION ITEM. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ATTENDING THE BOARD CAROUSEL TO LISTEN TO THE SELECTED SEVEN CAMPUSES THAT DID PRESENT THINGS THAT THEY WERE DOING ON THEIR CAMPUS THROUGH THEIR CAMPUS.
IMPROVEMENT PLANNING ARE JUST THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AT THOSE CAMPUSES.
AND ALSO TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE DO HAVE A VERY METICULOUS PROCESS THAT DR.
UPPAL AND HER STAFF ARE WORKING WITH CAMPUSES, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT HAVE SOME AREAS WHERE WE KNOW THAT NEEDED IMPROVEMENT NEEDS TO OCCUR AND THEY ARE WORKING AND MONITORING AND REALLY WORKING WITH THEIR PLACES IN THEIR CAMPUS LEADERSHIP.
AND THEN I HAVE TO MENTION THAT DR.
OMB AND MR. SIMMONS ALSO WORK AND ARE VERY INVOLVED IN WORKING WITH THEIR CAMPUSES TO ENSURE THAT CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANNING IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THOSE PLANS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS.
JUST I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE CAROUSEL AND I WANT TO TRY TO CHOOSE MY WORDS CAREFULLY.
THEY WERE ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE AND THEY WERE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT PRE-K.
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NOBODY WAS COMPLAINING, EVERYBODY WAS EXCITED, BUT IT HAD BROUGHT SOME CHALLENGES.I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FULLY SUPPORTING THEM.
THEY'RE ALL HAPPY. NOBODY WAS COMPLAINING.
BUT BUT BUT IT WAS A IT WAS SOMETHING NEW FOR THE CAMPUS AND.
AND I'VE BEEN OUT ON SOME CAMPUSES AND OBSERVED THREE YEAR OLDS AND AND BUT HONESTLY, THEY'RE DOING VERY WELL. BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'LL LEARN FROM THIS EXPERIENCE.
BUT MAYBE IT'S JUST REFRESHING.
AND BUT I THINK THAT I KNOW KATY WAS SHARING WITH ME THAT WHEN SHE WAS AT THE HOSPITAL THAT A NURSE THAT WAS THAT WORKED THERE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT HER CHILD BEING IN PRE-K AND SHE WAS EVEN IN THE PRE-K PROGRAM WHERE SHE WAS PAYING.
BUT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS WONDERFUL.
AND AND IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT SHE WAS JUST ECSTATIC ABOUT.
SO I THINK THAT WE'VE MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, ON OUR PARENTS.
AND AND I FEEL VERY SECURE IN SAYING THAT IT IS GOING TO BE JUST LIKE WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT THE EA SPORTS AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ATHLETICS. YOU GET THEM IN AND YOU TAKE CARE OF THEM.
THEY'RE GOING TO STAY WITH YOU.
THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT SUMMARY, DR.
CLARK. I THINK THE THE BENEFITS CERTAINLY OUTWEIGH THE GROWING PAINS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT IF YOU CAN IF A STUDENT COMES TO YOUR DISTRICT, 80% LIKELY THEY'LL STAY WITH YOUR DISTRICT. AND SO ADDITIONALLY, WE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THE THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS WITH US INSTEAD OF AT HOME OR MAYBE IN A DAYCARE THAT DOESN'T OFFER THE CURRICULUM.
AND SO IT'S TO OUR BENEFIT BECAUSE THEY WILL BE OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY'RE FIVE.
AND SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE THEM TO BE READY FOR KINDERGARTEN, PARTICULARLY THOSE STUDENTS WHO DON'T COME TO US WITH A GREAT AMOUNT OF EDUCATIONAL CAPITAL IN THOSE EARLY YEARS.
AND THAT KIND OF LEADS ME INTO SOME SOME NUMBERS.
I NEGLECTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AS OF I BELIEVE AS OF TODAY, YES, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 22,727 STUDENTS, AND THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL 219 FROM WHAT WE PROJECTED AND AN ADDITIONAL 154 STUDENTS OVER WHAT WE HAD ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR.
AND SO A LOT OF THOSE NUMBERS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO PRE-K.
HOPEFULLY THOSE STUDENTS AND RESEARCH SAYS THEY WILL STAY WITH US.
SO THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US.
WE DO HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO LOGISTICALLY PREPARE FOR THREE YEAR OLDS.
AND AND THAT IS THAT'S A DIFFERENT BALLGAME FOR SURE.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S A IT'S A GREAT IT'S A GREAT GAME TO BE PARTICIPATING IN.
CLARK. NOW WE'LL GO ON TO SKIP BASKERVILLE.
[I.5. Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Proposed Policy Update 119, Affecting Local Policies (First Reading)]
AND THE FIRST READING OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD HAS BEEN PROPOSED POLICY UPDATE 119 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICY.I BELIEVE THE BOARD HAS BEEN PROVIDED LOCAL POLICY OVERVIEW, EXPLORATORY NOTES, POLICY MANUAL UPDATE AND POLICY COMPARE SHOWING THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES THE ADMINISTRATION HAS REVIEWED THE PROPOSED POLICIES OF UPDATE 119 EACH DIRECTOR HAS REVIEWED THE PROPOSED UPDATE FOR ANY CHANGES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.
ANY QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A CONFLICT IN THEIR STATEMENTS IS HELLO.
COSBY'S NOT BEING VERY HONEST THERE.
I MEAN, I TRY TO READ MOST OF IT.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK DONE ON THE PART SINCE WE FINISHED 119.
[01:50:01]
THEY'LL BE A NUMBER 120 COMING UP AFTER THAT, I'M SURE.SO. BUT RICHARD, THIS ONE IS BRIEF COMPARED TO MANY OF THESE.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK.
AND YOU'RE HOW YOU MAKE NOTES FOR US TO REVIEW IS HELPFUL.
THAT'S A DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? WE'LL MOVE ON TO SEPARATE ACTION ITEMS.
[J.1. Consider Personnel Items]
NUMBER ONE, WE'LL CONSIDER PERSONNEL ITEMS BEFORE WE CONSIDER PERSONNEL OUT OF.SO I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT DR.
STINSON HAS ACCEPTED FOUR RESIGNATIONS.
DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR THE PERSONNEL ITEMS, A MOVE TO APPROVE AND ADOPT ALL PERSONNEL ITEMS AS PRESENTED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT? I HAVE A MOTION BY RALPH TO HAVE A SECOND.
A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO CALL FOR A VOTE.
MOVING ALONG, CONSIDER THE 2022 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
[J.2. Consider the 2022-23 District Improvement Plan Goals and Objectives]
I HAVE MOTION. I MOVE.THE BOARD APPROVED THE 2020 223 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AS PRESENTED A MOTION BY JO TOLBERT, A SECOND BY BRENDA WISE.
ANY DISCUSSION, CALL FOR THE VOTE.
[J.3. Consider the TASB Energy Cooperative Interlocal Agreement and Board Resolution]
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ALONG.CONSIDER THE TASMAN ENERGY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND BOARD RESOLUTION.
MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVED THE BOARD, APPROVED THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TAMPA ENERGY COOPERATIVE AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED A MOTION BY RICHARD DAVIS TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY JOE TOBER OK NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE. IT IS UNANIMOUS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE FUEL PURCHASE THROUGH TISBURY ENERGY COOPERATIVE TO HAVE MOTION.
[J.4. Consider Fuel Purchase through TASB Energy Cooperative]
YEAH. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVED TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT.AM I DOING THE WRONG ONE? THE RIGHT ONE? THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH. I MOVED TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SUPERINTENDENTS DESIGNATE TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE FUEL PROVIDER FOR RACK RATE AND AUTHORIZE TO SWITCH TO A FIXED RATE BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. DREES TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND VOTE WITH RALPH.
OH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE. IT IS.
DID YOU VOTE, BRENDA? UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE USE OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
[J.5. Consider Approval of the Use of the Construction Manager-at-Risk (CMAR) Project Delivery Method for Construction Projects]
SEEMA PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.PRESIDENT I MOVE TO APPROVE THE USE OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AS APPROPRIATE AS A TERM BY STAFF PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION OF THE PROJECT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. DAVIS TO HAVE A SECOND A SECOND MOTION SECURED BY JOE TOLBERT IN DISCUSSION.
THIS IS NEW FOR US COMPARED TO OTHER PREVIOUS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WE'VE DONE.
IT'S BECOMING MORE POPULAR BECAUSE THERE'S MORE THINGS AT RISK.
AND AS FAR AS THE VOLATILITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET OF MATERIALS AND DESIGN.
AND IF YOU CAN SAVE DISTRICTS MONEY AND CUT DOWN SOME OF THE HEADACHE, HAIR WON'T GET MORE GRAY.
SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A PLUS.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT AND SEE IF IT HAPPENS IN THIS NEXT BOND PROJECT PROJECT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? GRANDFATHERS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE GRAY HAIR.
I UNDERSTAND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION.
SECOND, THIS VOTE I WAS FAVOR UNANIMOUS.
TONIGHT, THE BIRDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION DONATED $121,792 TO THE BISD TO BENEFIT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AT ALL CAMPUSES.
AND NUMBER TWO, THE GREEN VALLEY PTA DONATED $3,805 TO GREEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
[K. CONSENT ITEMS]
ALL ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED WITH ONE MOTION UNLESS THEY ARE REMOVED BY CONSENT AGENDA BY A TRUSTEE FOR DISCUSSION. DO I HAVE A MOTION PRESIDENT?[01:55:03]
THE MOTION APPROVAL ITEMS AND THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENT.I HAVE A MOTION BY BRENDA WISE SO I'LL SECOND AND A SECOND BY CHRIS DREES ANY DISCUSSION? OK. LET'S VOTE AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.
[L. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD]
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS REPORT? ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, AT 530 AT THE PLAZA FOR THE ANNUAL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT TEAM BUILDING SESSION.[M. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS]
AND THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, IN THE BOARDROOM WITH OPEN SESSION STARTING AT 7 P.M..AS WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING? MOTION TO ADJOURN. DAVIS.
SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
IT'S UNANIMOUS AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 855.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.