I.1. FAAC Home Side Stadium Chair Seating Replacements, Color Selection Options, and Waterproofing Project Update [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]

[I.1. FAAC Home Side Stadium Chair Seating Replacements, Color Selection Options, and Waterproofing Project Update [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS. NUMBER ONE, THE FAAC HOME SIDE STADIUM CHAIRS SEATING REPLACEMENTS, COLOR SELECTION OPTIONS AND WATERPROOFING PROJECT UPDATE.

MS. BOWMAN.

YES, SIR. WE HAVE JOHN HUGHES HERE TONIGHT.

WE'VE PRESENTED SOME OF THE FAAC UPDATES ON THE WATERPROOFING.

WE DO HAVE THE CHAIR APPROVAL THAT WILL OR CONSIDERATION THAT WILL BE IN ACTION TONIGHT.

AND JOHN'S GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE BECAUSE THERE'S THREE PIECES TO THIS PROJECT.

SO HE'S GOING TO BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE.

MR. KUNKEL, I BELIEVE IT WAS HAD ASKED FOR A COUPLE OF OTHER SCENARIOS ON THE CHAIRS.

AND SO WE HAVE THAT INCLUDED FOR TONIGHT.

SO I'LL LET MR. HUGHES MOVE ON WITH THAT.

SURELY. GOOD EVENING.

AND MARK, DO I USE THIS CLICKER? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO AS KATIE EXPLAINED, WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU FOR ACTION TONIGHT ON THE CHAIRS REPLACEMENT, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING SOME INFORMATION, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WATERPROOFING PROJECT TO YOU TONIGHT SO WE CAN BRING AN ACTION ITEM TO YOU ON THAT PART OF THE WORK NEXT MONTH.

SO WE, YOU MAY RECALL THAT THESE PROJECTS WERE MOST RECENTLY APPROVED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET THAT WE'RE BACK AGAIN TO YOU, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE TRIED THIS, IT DIDN'T GO WELL, WENT WELL OVER BUDGET AND WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, RESCOPED IT, REPACKAGED IT AND THINK WE'VE GOT A WINNER THIS TIME.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BASE PRICING LAST TIME WAS ATROCIOUS, SO WE KNEW WE HAD A PROBLEM.

SO WE'VE ELECTED THIS TIME TO GO WITH WITH A JOCK WATERPROOFING CONTRACTOR COMBINATION.

AND OUR, IN THE MIDST OF WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.

ADDITIONALLY, THE DISTRICT IS, AND THERE'S A LITTLE TYPO THERE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT BUT THE DISTRICT IS PLANNING TO HANDLE THE CHAIR SEATING SEPARATELY, ALTHOUGH THE TWO DO WORK TOGETHER AS A SINGLE PROJECT UNDER A COMBINED BUDGET OF $1.2 MILLION.

VERY LITTLE IMPACTS ON THE ON THE ON THE FAAC OPERATIONS I GUESS UNLESS YOU'RE A BLEACHERS RUNNER AND THEY'LL BE TURNED AWAY FOR A WHILE FOR SAFETY REASONS.

CAN THEY RUN ON THE VISITOR'S SIDE? I GUESS THEY PROBABLY CAN IF MANAGEMENT WANTS TO DEAL WITH THAT IN SOME WAY.

BUT WE WILL BE HAVING THE TURF REPLACEMENT GOING ON TOO PENDING YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT.

THEY'RE OUT THERE ALMOST EVERY DAY.

SO. YES, RIGHT.

SO THAT'S PROBABLY, AS I SEE IT, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST IMPACT TO THE SITUATION.

WE WILL RELOCATE THE SOCCER SPECTATORS TO THE VISITOR'S STAND SO WE CAN HAVE AN EARLY START ON THE WORK OF REMOVING THE SEATS AND THEN THEREAFTER, THE WATERPROOFING.

SECOND FLOOR MEETING ROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS WILL CONTINUE OPERATING NORMALLY.

WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ATHLETICS COOPERATION IN ALL OF THIS.

THEY'VE TOLD US THAT YOU KNOW, THEY CAN, WE CAN UP THE SCHEDULE IS WHAT WE, STARTING SCHEDULE TO DECEMBER 12TH, BASED ON THE PLAYOFFS AND SUCH.

SO, THAT WAS THAT WAS A BOOST BECAUSE EVERYONE'S CONCERNED ABOUT COMPLETING PROJECTS THESE DAYS AND SUPPLY CHAIN AND ALL THAT WONDERFUL STUFF THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH BUT HAVE HAD GOOD ASSURANCES.

JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE FROM THE CHAIR SEATING VENDOR THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S US MADE, HE HAS NO CONCERNS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GET THAT DONE.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE APPROVAL OF THE CHAIR SEATING CONTRACT AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW NEXT MONTH WITH THE SAME FOR THE WATERPROOFING.

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DECEMBER 12TH REALLY IS THE FIRST DAY THE VENDOR CAN START REMOVING THE STADIUM SEATING SO THE WATERPROOFER CAN DO HIS WORK. AND THEN ABOUT DECEMBER 15TH, HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLACE HIS ORDER, HAVE HIS PAPERWORK TOGETHER TO DO THAT.

ACTUALLY, THE WATERPROOFING CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO START JUST AHEAD OF THE 19TH.

WE'LL PROBABLY, WITH YOUR APPROVAL OF THE WORK, ISSUE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED TO HIM ON THE 12TH AS WELL.

ANTICIPATING SHIPMENT OF THE SEATS IN APRIL.

HOPEFULLY BETTER THAN THAT.

AND THEN WE ARE CONTRACTUALLY TYING THEM TO JUNE 15TH ON COMPLETING THE CHAIR SEATING, INSTALLATION . AND WATERPROOFING WORK WILL BE COMPLETE EVERYWHERE BY AUGUST 1ST.

SO LOOKING AHEAD TO DECEMBER MEETING, CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF WATERPROOFING PROJECT.

ALSO BRINGING TO YOU, AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU MAY RECALL THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A MASCOT DISPLAY ON THE FAAC.

SO WORKING WITH VLK ON THAT AND WE'LL BE BRINGING SOME PRETTY NICE CONCEPTS TO YOU AT THAT MEETING AS WELL AS SOME INFORMATION ON THE LED ENTRANCE.

YOU MAY RECALL THE THE MASCOT COLOR OR THE SCHOOL COLORS LED LIGHTING AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT LED LIGHTING REPLACEMENTS INSIDE THE CONCOURSE.

KATIE MENTIONED THE THIRD ITEM.

OK. I THINK WE'VE COVERED THAT WITH THE MASCOT.

EXCUSE ME. AND THEN SO, IN REVIEW TONIGHT, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF OUR CHAIR SEATING CONTRACT, AND THEN WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK WITH YOU AT THE STADIUM CHAIR SEATING COLORS, ASKING IF YOU WOULD TO MAKE A SELECTION TONIGHT ON THAT SO WE CAN GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO THE VENDOR WITH HIS CONTRACT.

SO HERE'S THE LIGHT GRAY OPTION.

I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE SEEN BOTH THE LIGHT AND THE MEDIUM.

WE WERE, AND WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED SOME ALTERNATING GRAYS OPTIONS.

THERE'S YOUR MEDIUM GRAY.

AND THEN WITH ALTERNATING NARROW ROWS AND I'LL CLICK THESE BACK AND FORTH SO YOU CAN JUST KIND OF GET A LOOK AT THEM.

THERE THEY ARE. SO YOU ALL CAN THINK ABOUT THAT.

KEEPING IN MIND TOO, JOHN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT'S LIKELY THAT THE TURF WILL HAVE ALTERNATING COLORED GREEN.

YES. GO AHEAD.

PARDON ME. SO HERE'S THE CONTRACT AMOUNTS.

TURNED OUT PRETTY WELL.

AND HAVE A LITTLE LEFT OVER TO MOVE OVER TO THE WATERPROOFING SIDE OF THINGS.

AND ANY QUESTIONS? SO THAT PRICE, THE PREVIOUS PRICE, IS THAT FOR ANY OF THESE FOUR OR.

YES. GOOD QUESTION.

NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR EITHER, ANY.

OF COURSE, MATT SHOWS UP AT THE TIME THAT, STADIUM ISSUES.

YEAH. [LAUGHTER] ARE WE STILL HAVE THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE DARKER COLOR GETS WARMER IN THE SUMMERTIME? SO I DID PITCH IT TO THE TEAM THE OTHER DAY AND THERE WAS THERE WAS UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT THAT THE DARK GRAY WOULD BE WARMER TO SIT ON, THAT THE LIGHTER YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE REFLECTANCE AND A COOLER SEATING.

MOST OF OUR FOOTBALL GAMES ARE PLAYED IN WARM WEATHER.

MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THE SOCCER GAMES ARE PLAYED IN COLDER WEATHER.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE KIND OF BALANCING IT PERHAPS WITH HAVING BOTH COLORS AVAILABLE? I DON'T KNOW.

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JUST FLIP THROUGH THEM AGAIN.

209, I BELIEVE.

206.

SO IS THERE A $15,000 CONTINGENCY OR SOMETHING THERE OR WHAT? WE DID PUT SOME CONTINGENCY IN THERE.

BEFORE IT WAS $194,889.

RIGHT. THE CONTINGENCY IS IN OUR CONTROL.

SO IT'S JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT WE WEREN'T EXPECTING.

SO. PROBABLY NOT MUCH CAN GO WRONG WITH SEATS, BUT.

I WOULD THINK THE CONTRACT AMOUNT WOULD BE $194,889.

YOU APPROVE ANY CONTINGENCIES WITH A CHANGE ORDER AFTER THAT.

WE DID INCLUDE THE CONTINGENCY IN THE CONTRACT AFTER HE HAD GIVEN US THE INITIAL PRICE.

TYPICALLY, WHEN WE BRING SOMETHING TO YOU AND YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE COVER SHEET IT IS SEPARATED, WE DO THE CONTINGENCY SO THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE NEED TO COME BACK TO WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND STOP OUR WORK.

SO WE TYPICALLY WILL HAVE SOME TYPE OF A SMALL CONTINGENCY IN ALMOST EVERY PROJECT, BUT WE ALWAYS DELINEATE THAT ON THE COVER SHEET THAT WE PROVIDE TO YOU GUYS.

AND IF IT'S NOT SPENT, THEN IT GOES.

IT DOES NOT GO TO THE CONTRACTOR.

THOSE ARE REALLY, IT'S AN OWNER CONTROLLED CONTINGENCY.

AND I THINK IF YOU'LL GO BACK, YOU'LL NOTICE WE DO THAT ON JUST ABOUT EVERY SMALL PROJECT WE BRING BECAUSE WE JUST ALWAYS WORRY THAT SOMETHING'S GOING TO POP UP THAT WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING. AND I WILL SAY THIS AND I DON'T KNOW, JOHN CAN CORRECT ME, BUT YOU KNOW, AS WE START WORKING ON, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THOSE BENCH SEATS OUT.

AND SO THERE MIGHT BE A FEW BENCH SEATS THAT HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THAT COULD BE PART OF WHAT THAT CONTINGENCY IS FOR.

IT COULD BE. WE CERTAINLY HOPE IT WON'T.

BUT THEY WILL BE HAVING TO MOVE THE SEATS BACK AND FORTH, BLEACHERS AS WELL.

DO YOU KNOW THE PRICE OF A ALUMINUM BENCH SEAT TODAY? I DO NOT. YOU PROBABLY OUGHT TO KNOW THAT BEFORE YOU START SIGNING A CONTRACT.

YOU SAY YOU MAY USE YOUR CONTINGENCY UP WITH ONE BENCH SEAT.

WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE.

UNDERSTOOD. WE TRIED TO PUT JUST SOMETHING WE THOUGHT WOULD BE A REASONABLE AMOUNT.

IT WAS ABOUT 6%.

FRIENDS STAY FRIENDS LONGER IF IT'S IN BLACK AND WHITE.

IF YOU KNOW UP FRONT THAT IT COST $800, WHATEVER THE DOLLAR NUMBER IS, TO REPLACE ONE THAT WAS DAMAGED OR IT'S NO GOOD, I CAN'T PUT IT BACK YOU'RE NOT HAGGLING WITH THEM LATER ON.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, SIR. WE HAVE UNIT PRICES FOR, IN OUR WATERPROOFING FOR SUCH THINGS, BUT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY THAT ARE DAMAGED ON THAT SIDE.

SO THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS DIDN'T ENCOUNTER ANY ISSUES, NOT ANTICIPATING ANY AT THIS TIME.

IT'S NOT THAT BIG DOLLAR AMOUNT.

BUT YOU'RE BUILDING THE CASES THERE'S NO REASON TO HAVE A CONTINGENCY THEN.

FIGURE IT OUT. UNDERSTOOD.

DOES STAFF HAVE A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE COLORS.

OPTION ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.

WE WOULD GO WITH THE MEDIUM GRAY.

I MEAN, THE LIGHT GRAY.

THE LIGHT GRAY. SO OPTION ONE IS Y'ALLS RECOMMENDATION? YES, SIR. OKAY.

YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO I'M HAVING FLASHBACKS TO WHEN I WAS A PASTOR AND ONE OF THE CHURCHES I PASTORED WE WERE PAINTING THE WALLS LIGHT GRAY, DARK GRAY.

ENDED UP COMPROMISING WITH A MEDIUM GRAY THAT WAS HIDEOUS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I SAID THAT. IT WAS JUST I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY.

I LIKE THE LIGHT GRAY.

I'D ADVOCATE FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S COOLER DURING THE HOT, SO.

MIGHT ALSO TEND TO RESIST FADING OR THE NOTICEABLE ASPECTS.

MIGHT COULD GET A FEW MORE YEARS OUT OF IT.

MM HMM. ALL RIGHT.

OKAT.

[I.2. FAAC Turf Replacement [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

LET'S MOVE ON TO FAAC TURF REPLACEMENT NOW.

KATIE BOWMAN. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

WE ARE DOING LOTS OF FAAC THINGS THIS EVENING.

SO BARRY NORTON, OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, HAS BEEN WORKING ON QUOTES.

THE BOARD APPROVED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FAAC TURF IN THE BUDGET FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE BUDGET WAS AROUND $700,000.

AND SO BARRY HAS BEEN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PRODUCTS AND IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO WITH HELLAS.

SO HELLAS WILL BE A SOLE SOURCE START TO FINISH.

THEY ARE THE MANUFACTURER AND INSTALLER.

AND BARRY'S GOT SOME GREAT FACTS UP HERE.

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THEY'RE A LOCAL COMPANY, SO WE ALL HAVE LOCAL CREWS THAT CAN COME IN TO DO THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.

THEY HAVE ABOUT 75% OF THE MARKET IN TEXAS AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THE LARGER ENTITIES AND VENUES THAT THEY HAVE DONE WORK FOR.

THEY USE A HIGHER QUALITY RESIN IN THEIR YARN (C8).

OTHER COMPANIES USE C4-C6.

I DON'T KNOW. DID YOU BRING THE SAMPLE TONIGHT? WELL, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SAMPLE, WE'LL SEND BARRY TO HIS TRUCK TO PICK IT OUT TO GET IT, AND Y'ALL CAN PASS IT AROUND.

SO IT HAS THE STRONGEST UV AND DURABILITY FOR FOOT TRAFFIC, AND IT'S A TWISTED YARN THAT WILL STAY UPRIGHT.

IT DOESN'T FLATTEN OUT.

HE'S GOT, THEY'VE ALSO GOT THIS CUSHDRAIN POROUS PAVED E-LAYER PAD THAT HAS A 25 YEAR WARRANTY.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THEY USE A HALF INCH STITCH.

NOW, LET ME SEE IF THIS HAS THE.

I'M GOING TO GO BACK ON HERE.

THERE'S ALSO, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT ON THE FAAC FIELD RIGHT NOW, THERE'S THESE LITTLE BLACK RUBBERY PIECES THAT TEND TO GET WARM.

AND SO HELLAS HAS A, WHAT'S IT CALLED BARRY, THE LITTLE THINGS THAT THEY PUT IN THERE.

DO YOU KNOW THE NAME? PELLETS. THEY'RE PELLETS, BUT THEY'RE A COOLING PELLET.

SO IT, I THINK BARRY HAD MENTIONED THAT IT'S ABOUT A 20 DEGREE REDUCTION OF THE GROUND.

SO WHEN STUDENTS ARE OUT THERE PERFORMING, PLAYING, IT TENDS TO ABSORB SOME OF THAT HEAT AND COOLS THE SURFACE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE PALATABLE.

WHERE THE BLACK, I DON'T KNOW ANY OF YOU ALL HAVE HAD KIDS ON THE FIELD.

I HAD A BAD STUDENT AND I FOUND THOSE LITTLE BLACK THINGS ALL OVER MY HOUSE.

EVERY TIME PAULA CAME HOME FROM THE FOOTBALL GAME, I HAD LITTLE PELLETS.

BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF WHAT HELLAS PROVIDES.

SO WE HAVE SOME SCENARIOS TONIGHT, JUST AS SAMPLES FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT WHAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER.

THESE ARE STILL IN THE WORKS.

SO HERE'S ONE THAT SHOWS THE MASCOT EMBLEMS IN THE INFIELD HAS THE BISD EMBLEM WITH THE FULL BIRDVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE WE'VE GOT SOME SCENARIOS TO HAVE SOME DIFFERENCE IN COLOR ON THE FIELD, WHICH GIVES IT A NICE PIECE.

I WISH WE COULD HAVE HAD THAT KIND OF WITH THE SEAT PICTURE SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

THERE'S THE FIRST ONE.

THE SECOND ONE? WELL, THERE WAS ONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT.

THERE WAS ONE THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE BIRDVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN IT.

SO SOMEHOW WE GOT THE SAME ONE IN THERE.

BUT WE HAD BEEN SHOWING ONE THAT DID NOT HAVE THE FULL WORDS.

I KNOW THAT WITH THE BISD THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AMONG STAFF THAT IT WOULD BE NICE IF, ESPECIALLY IF SOMETHING WAS ON, BEING WATCHED ON TV.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT FIELD THEY'RE IN AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE BIRDVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE FIELD.

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S THE EXACT SAME ONE AGAIN.

LET'S SEE. THERE WE GO. THERE'S A DIFFERENT ONE.

BISD IN THE END ZONES.

AND THEN HAVING THE NAMES OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS ON THE SIDES.

MAYBE A SECOND TO LOOK AT THAT ONE.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF JOHN CLARK'S STADIUM IN PLANO, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DRAWINGS, BUT THE EMBLEMS WOULD BE PRETTY LARGE AND THEY REALLY STAND OUT, YOU CAN SEE ON THE FIELD.

NOW, THESE ARE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT CURRENTLY USE THE HELLAS TURF.

SO WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW IN THE AREA, WHICH MAKES IT NICE THAT THEY HAVE THE MAINTENANCE TEAM AROUND.

AND THEN FINALLY, LOOKING AT THE AT THE BUDGET.

SO WE HAVE AN APPROVED BUDGET OF $700,000.

THE HELLAS COST PROPOSAL IS $943,000.

SO WE WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS OF $243,000.

AND AT THE OFFICER MEETING THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO CONSIDER USING THE REMAINING 2018 BOND INTEREST EARNINGS, WHICH WE'VE EARNED AROUND $4 MILLION ON THOSE FINAL DOLLARS.

SO THAT IS, WE WOULD LIKE INPUT FROM THE BOARD THIS EVENING.

WE'D LIKE TO BRING THIS BACK AT THE DECEMBER MEETING FOR APPROVAL SO THAT WE CAN GET MOVING.

THEY WILL ACTUALLY START IN APRIL.

IS THAT NOT RIGHT, BARRY? THEY'LL START IN APRIL.

SO AT SOME POINT WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON AT THE FACT WITH THE WATERPROOFING THE SEATS AND THE TURF.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE '23 FOOTBALL SEASON.

SO. QUESTIONS.

YEAH. REMIND ME WHY WE THOUGHT IT'D BE $700,000.

CHRIS FERRIS HAD RECEIVED A QUOTE FROM PARAGON LAST YEAR, AND SO THAT WAS WHAT WE DID.

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YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN YOU GO BACK UP TO JUST THE SPECS.

LET ME GO BACK TO THAT.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE WITH THE HELLAS, WITH THE HIGHER QUALITY YARN.

I BELIEVE ANOTHER PIECE OF THE COST IS RELATED TO THE COOLING PELLETS THAT GO INTO THE TURF.

AND THEN THE BIGGEST, ONE OF THE BIGGER DIFFERENCES IS CHRIS DID NOT THINK THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE PADDING UNDERNEATH.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT PUSHED THE COST UP SOMEWHAT.

AND SO WITH HELLAS, AS THEY'VE LOOKED AT OUR FIELD, THEY FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO REPLACE THE UNDER PADDING.

IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL IT, THE UNDER PADDING? DID THEY DO THAT DROP TEST THAT THEY DO OR HOW DID THEY? BARRY, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SAY, TELL THEM WHAT THEY'VE DONE, PLEASE.

I'M UP HERE WITHOUT ANY NOTES SO DON'T HOLD ME TO BEING EXACTLY RIGHT.

THE THING THAT THEY'VE DONE, AND THIS TURF IS 12 YEARS OLD.

THERE'S A PAD UNDER IT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S LIKE PUTTING A CARPET DOWN.

AND THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN WE GET UNDERNEATH IT.

WHAT IS GOING TO NOW WITH THE CUSHDRAIN PAD THAT THEY DO NOW IS LIKE POURING PAVEMENT.

IT'S LIKE POURING ASPHALT, ALMOST AS POROUS.

I'VE GOT A PIECE IN THE OFF, THAT'S IN MY TRUCK ALSO.

I MEAN, YOU JUST POUR WATER AND IT GOES RIGHT THROUGH IT, BUT IT'LL BE THERE FOR 25 YEARS AND YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO REPLACE IT AGAIN.

I MEAN, FOR 25 YEARS YOU WON'T.

CAN YOU PUT A DIFFERENT PRODUCT OVER THAT? BECAUSE IF THIS WILL GIVE US, THIS WILL GIVE US ANOTHER WHAT, 10 OR 12 YEARS? YES. YES.

AND THEN. IN 12 YEARS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PULL IT RIGHT UP AND PUT ANOTHER, PUT IT DOWN.

THE TURF WILL STILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN 12 YEARS.

YES. RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

BUT COULD YOU LIKE GO WITH PARAGON THEN AND.

YES. AND MY DEAL WITH PARAGON.

GREAT COMPANY. A GREAT COMPANY.

THEY LAY TURF.

THEY DON'T MAKE THE TURF THE TURF IS WITH SHAW OUT OF SOMEWHERE IN GEORGIA.

IT'S WHERE MOST ALL THE TURF IN THE WORLD IS MADE AND THEY BUY IT FROM SHAW.

THEY'VE NOT BEEN THROUGH A FULL CYCLE.

THEY'VE NOT BEEN THROUGH, I THINK THIS IS THEIR FOURTH TURF COMPANY.

IF WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE TURF, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SHAW TO GET SHAW TO FIX THE TURF IF THEY'RE NOT DOING IT.

THE ONE THING WITH HELLAS IS, HELLAS IS STATIONED, I THINK AT THE STAR IS WHERE THEY'RE OFFICED OUT OF.

THEY'RE GOING TO, EVERYTHING THAT TOUCHES THIS PLACE IS GOING TO BE HELLAS.

THE PROBLEMS YOU RUN INTO MOST OF THE TIME IS YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO, WELL, THAT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAULT.

THEY HAVE THE ENGINEERS, THE ARCHITECTS, EVERYBODY DOES THE WHOLE WORK FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.

AND YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT DOES IT.

IT'S IN PROBABLY 75% OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

TURF IS HELLAS.

THEY'VE DONE THE LAST FOUR INSTALLATIONS IN THE NFL.

THE NFL RIGHT NOW IS GOING, FIELD TURF IS ANOTHER BIG ONE.

FIELD TURF'S IN METLIFE STADIUM.

METLIFE STADIUM FOR THE NEW YORK GIANTS, I THINK THEY'RE FIXING TO RIP IT UP AND PUT IT DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE USING FIELD TURF, WHICH IS A SPLIT FIELD, AND THE PLAYERS ARE SAYING IT'S UNSAFE. THIS ONE IS I THINK YOU SEE IT WITH A HALF INCH STITCH.

THEY DO THEIR STITCHING EVERY HALF INCH RATHER THAN THE THREE QUARTERS.

IT MAKES IT TIGHTER. IT MAKES IT SAFER.

IT IS THE, IN MY OPINION, IS BY FAR THE BEST TURF ON THE MARKET TODAY.

AND IT'S THE SAFEST.

IT'S THE BEST. AND AND I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE ARGUE THAT FACT OTHER THAN ANOTHER COMPANY.

YEAH. WHEN WE WERE GETTING TO REPLACED, RICHARD WILL REMEMBER THIS.

WHEN WE'RE GETTING REPLACED LAST TIME THEY HAD SOME KIND OF THEY WERE SAYING, THIS IS A PARAPHRASE OBVIOUSLY, BUT THEY HAD A LITTLE MACHINE THAT DROPPED A WEIGHT AND IT SAW WHAT KIND OF BOUNCE IT HAD.

YES. THERE'S ALWAYS TESTING THE IMPACT AND WHAT IT'LL DO, THE G FORCE AND WHATEVER THE.

RIGHT. AND THEY WERE SAYING BASICALLY AT THEIR 50 YARD LINE IN THE CENTER, IT WAS JUST DEAD BACK THEN.

THEY WERE SAYING, HEY, THIS IS GOING TO HURT SOME PLAYERS IF WE DON'T GET THIS.

WELL, THE E LAYER ON THIS THING IS AND THEY WILL ALWAYS COME BACK ANNUALLY TO COME BACK AND CHECK AND SEE WHERE THEY ARE AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GOOD.

OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, BACK TO WHAT COACH NORTON WAS SAYING ABOUT PARAGON, GREAT COMPANY ITSELF AS AN UMBRELLA.

BUT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH FOUR TURF COMPANIES AS WELL.

SO THEY ACTUALLY CURRENTLY ARE WITH SHAW CARPET COMPANY.

AND SO IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM, AGAIN, LIKE HE SAID, WE'RE DEALING WITH SOMEBODY IN GEORGIA THROUGH SHAW, NOT THROUGH PARAGON, WHEREAS WE HAVE ANY ISSUE, WE JUST GO STRAIGHT TO HELLAS. SO TEXAS BASED COMPANY TAKING CARE OF TEXAS FIELDS.

ANY, THE LAST THING, ARE WE GOING TO GET ANY, SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME MORE TURF ON SOME OTHER FIELDS, ISS THERE ANY KIND OF WAY TO LEVERAGE THAT? IS THAT. ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE HEARD 12 YEARS AGO, OR WHATEVER IT WAS, IS TO MAINTAIN THE FIELD, THE MACHINES THAT BRUSH IT.

YES. I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFERENT MACHINE HERE MAYBE.

ARE WE GETTING ONE OF THOSE MACHINES? YES. DON'T YOU NEED THAT. ABSOLUTELY.

IT COMES WITH THIS PACKAGE.

YES, IT COMES WITH THIS PACKAGE.

I HAD THAT, I ASKED THAT QUESTION THE OTHER DAY.

VERY GOOD QUESTION TO ASK.

NOW WHEN WE START DOING ALL SOME OF THESE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS, SAME TYPE OF MACHINE CAN BE USED ON THOSE.

ABSOLUTELY. IN BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL WILL REQUIRE MUCH MORE MAINTENANCE THAN A FOOTBALL FIELD WILL ON KEEPING THEM BRUSHED AND CLEANED AND EVERYTHING.

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ABSOLUTELY THEY WILL. OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND.

KATIE, DID YOU NEED ANY DIRECTION FROM US ON BISD LOGO OR YOU JUST.

WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE INPUT.

I PREFER JUST BISD, BUT THAT'S JUST ME.

I'M, NOT A HILL, I'M AT A DOWN.

OKAY. WELL, I LIKE THE END ZONE HAVING THE MASCOTS AND THE NAMES.

YOU KNOW, PLANO THAT JUST HAD THE MASCOTS ONLY.

I LIKE HAVING THE HIGH SCHOOL NAMES WITH THE MASCOT.

UNDERNEATH THEM? KIND OF LIKE THAT LAST PICTURE WAS SHOWING.

SEE HERE? OH. SOMEBODY TOOK IT AWAY.

OH, MY STUFF'S GONE.

I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE UP HERE.

SORRY. HERE WE GO.

WE WEREN'T THROUGH YET, MARK.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL NAME.

THAT'S RICHLAND.

SO IS THE BIRDVILLE HAWKS.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? YEAH. I LIKE IT IN THE END ZONE THERE RATHER THAN ALONG THE END LINE.

RIGHT. SO IT WOULD HAVE THE RICHLAND ROYALS, THE HALTOM BUFFALOES AND WE ARE TWEAKING THE HALTOM ONE.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE AN ANIMAL THAT WE'RE TWEAKING THE BUFFALO SO WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, THE BUFFALO IS A LITTLE TOO CLOSELY RESEMBLES ANOTHER BUFFALO SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE BUFFALO. BISD IS GOOD.

I LIKE THAT. WE'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT BUFFALO.

AND GOSH THE TWO DIFFERENT COLORS I, THAT WOULD BE.

DOESN'T COST YOU ANY MORE. COULD I SUGGEST INSTEAD OF, I LIKE JOE, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

I'M SORRY, MR. TOLBERT.

FORGIVE ME. I LIKE JUST THE BISD ON THERE, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE BIRDVILLE ON THERE.

COULD WE DO BIRDVILLE ISD INSTEAD OF BIRDVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT? I MEAN, JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE SHORTER AND EASIER? WE CAN. I'M JUST, AS AN IDEA.

WE DON'T HAVE TO. WE'RE NOT ON TV THAT MUCH.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE STREAMING EVERY WEEK, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT ON TV THAT MUCH.

I LIKE JOE'S COMMENT, JUST THE LOGO ONLY.

AND THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION ABOUT THE HALTOM, ADDING THAT WORD THERE.

I'D GO WITH THE, IN THE END ZONES.

OKAY. YEAH, ISD IS BETTER THAN SPELLING IT OUT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

I THINK THE RICHLAND ROYALS, THE NAME IS KIND OF HARD TO READ BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUTLINED.

OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT SHOULD BE WHITE AND MAKE IT POP THAT WAY.

I LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WAS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT THE BIRDVILLE MASCOT.

IT LOOKS MUCH BETTER IN THIS ILLUSTRATION THIS TIME THAN IT DID WHEN WE SAW IT BEFORE.

BUT I THINK THE RICHLAND ROYALS GETS LOST.

AND I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAD THIS PICTURE.

JUST TO SHOW YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO LOOK A LOT BIGGER WHEN IT'S IN THERE, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE VENDOR TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING POPS SO YOU CAN READ IT.

AND ALSO, MR. DILKS ON THE LOGO FOR RICHLAND ROYALS, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS THE TRADEMARK GUIDELINES IN THERE.

WE WERE JUST TRYING TO MOCK UP SOME EXAMPLES JUST SO WE COULD SEE WHAT THIS SOME OF THESE ARE HOMEMADE AND THEY LOOK REALLY GOOD.

SO. ALL RIGHT, WE APPRECIATE THE INPUT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[I.3. Student Information System Upgrade [Dave Lambson, Chief Technology Officer]]

NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO DAVE AND HIS STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM UPGRADE.

WELL, I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A SYSTEM THAT WE USE QUITE A BIT OVER AT THE FAAC, IN ADDITION TO EVERY OTHER CAMPUS AND BUILDING IN THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR OVER A YEAR.

IT'S DEFINITELY TIME TO CONSIDER THIS.

AND SO THIS IS SKYWARD.

THIS IS THE LOGIN PAGE TO OUR CURRENT STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.

THIS IS THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO AS A DISTRICT, TRACKING OUR STUDENTS, THEIR PROGRESS, THEIR ATTENDANCE.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE SCREENS THAT WE USE INSIDE THAT SYSTEM.

NOW, I BLURRED OUT ALL THE STUDENT INFORMATION TO KIND OF KEEP THAT PRIVATE, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT THIS SYSTEM WENT IN IN 2005.

AND IF YOU THINK BACK TO ATM MACHINES IN 2005 AND WHAT THEY ARE NOW, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS IN TECHNOLOGY.

AND THE SAME IS TRUE OF STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. AND SO YOU SEE AT THE TOP, THIS IS WHAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF ARE USING EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, AS THE HEART OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

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THAT LEFT MENU WITH KIND OF THAT FOLDER STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, MENU, IT'S A BIT DATED.

AND SO THERE ARE CURRENTLY 11 SYSTEMS THAT ARE LISTED ON TEA'S TEXAS STUDENT DATA SYSTEM WEB PAGE, WHERE TEA SAYS THESE ARE COMPATIBLE WITH SOME PORTION OF TSD, ONE OF THE SUBSYSTEMS. AND SO THERE'S 11 SYSTEMS THAT THE STATE SAYS ARE COMPATIBLE.

AND OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM HAS BEEN REVIEWING THESE FOR OVER A YEAR.

IN ADDITION, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR COLLABORATIVE GROUP TO OUR TECH STEERING COMMITTEE.

NOW, OUR TECH STEERING COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF ABOUT 80 MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT, OF WHICH OVER HALF ARE TEACHERS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT REPRESENTATION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY, AND THEN THERE'S VARIOUS POSITIONS ALL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AT ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS IN EVERY CAMPUS IS REPRESENTED. WE'VE GOT A GOOD GROUP OF DEPARTMENTS AS WELL, BUT WE DIDN'T LIMIT IT TO JUST THESE 80 MEMBERS.

WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED ADDITIONAL COLLABORATORS IN THIS PROCESS.

AS WE'RE EVALUATING THESE SYSTEMS, YOU CAN SEE THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT IS INVOLVED WITH STUDENT INFORMATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO THIS PROCESS.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN DOING VENDOR DEMOS, WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING FEEDBACK, RUNNING SURVEYS, AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ THESE WORD FOR WORD, BUT I'M GOING TO LET THESE POP UP WHERE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK, THANKING US FOR INVOLVING THEM IN THIS PROCESS, ALLOWING THEIR VOICE TO BE HEARD, ALLOWING THEM TO REVIEW THE DIFFERENT FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITY.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGH HERE, IT'S TIME, RIGHT? THIS IS JUST A SUBSET OF THE RESPONSES, BUT THIS IS A SAMPLE OF RESPONSES THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM TEACHERS DEPARTMENT MEMBERS, PEOPLE ACROSS THE BOARD SAYING THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THESE NEW USER INTERFACES, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THESE NEW FEATURES THAT ARE THERE.

AND SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE TIMELINE.

RIGHT? WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE LARGE VENDOR DEMOS WITH GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT IN THE FALL.

OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO BRING SOMETHING TO YOU FOR APPROVAL IN DECEMBER.

WE WOULD START IMPLEMENTATION IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY.

NOW, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE USING OUR CURRENT VERSION OF SKYWARD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHAT TEACHERS ARE TAKING ATTENDANCE ON OR DOING GRADES IN FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THE REST OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR TO BRING UP THAT NEW SYSTEM, START TRAINING THEM, START GETTING THEM USED TO SEEING WHAT THOSE SCREENS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND SO WE'LL HAVE OUR POWER USER TRAINING HAPPENING IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, TEACHER TRAINING HAPPENING MARCH, APRIL, MAY.

YOU KNOW, PARENTS WILL START HAVING A NEW MOBILE APP.

THEY'LL HAVE A NEW PARENT INFORMATION CENTER THAT WOULD ROLL OUT AROUND JUNE.

AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME TO REGISTER NEXT YEAR, WE'RE REGISTERING IN A NEW SYSTEM INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT VERSION OF SKYWARD THAT HAS 18 FORMS AND DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT SOME OF YOU THAT ARE PARENTS HAVE HAD TO USE.

SO THIS IS THE TIME THEN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THE BUDGET IS IN OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGY BUDGET, THE WE'VE GOT IT DOWN RIGHT NOW TO THREE VENDORS THAT WE'RE MEETING WITH.

AND SO OUR AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU AT THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING, A FINAL RECOMMENDATION ON A FINAL VENDOR.

IF WE RUN INTO ANY ISSUES OVER OUR NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS, THAT MIGHT BUMP TO JANUARY.

BUT AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS THAT DECEMBER MEETING AND WE'D LOVE TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROCESS.

DEFINE POWER USERS FOR ME SO POWER USER IS GOING TO BE LIKE OUR COUNSELORS, OUR ATTENDANCE CLERKS, PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT SYSTEM EVERY DAY, RIGHT? PEOPLE THAT ARE DEALING WITH STUDENT ATTENDANCE, DEALING WITH DISCIPLINE, THAT ARE DOING THINGS LIKE REGISTRATION, THE HEAVY, HEAVY, BIG USERS.

THEIR JOB IS USING THIS SYSTEM ALL DAY LONG.

I'VE HEARD SOME GOOD THINGS ABOUT SOME OF THESE SYSTEMS, AND SOME OF THESE SYSTEMS CAN ACTUALLY DO AWAY WITH SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TO CORRECT CURRENTLY LEASE EACH YEAR.

YEP. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SKYWARD AND THEN THERE'S OTHER SOFTWARE PACKAGES THAT ARE USED FOR DIFFERENT PIECES IN THE DISTRICT.

AND SO IF THIS TIMELINE WERE TO CONTINUE, THERE'D BE ANOTHER YEAR WHERE THEN WE START TACKLING SOME OF THOSE OTHER SYSTEMS. AND OUR GOAL, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN CABINET, IF THIS SYSTEM WILL DO IT, THEN WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROCESS IN THIS SYSTEM.

BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT BASE PACKAGE IN FIRST BEFORE WE START LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE ADD ONS IN DIFFERENT PIECES.

BUT THAT'S ALL BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THAT BUDGET PROCESS.

LONG TERM, WE DO ACTUALLY EXPECT THIS TO RESULT IN SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS FOR THE DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER YEAR OUT IN OUR PROCESSES.

SO SYSTEMS LIKE SUCCESSED AND SYSTEMS LIKE CARDONEX THAT WE USE FOR SCHEDULING, THERE'S THINGS THAT WE DO FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT THAT AS AN ADD ON THAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW WITH ANOTHER COMPANY.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ON OUR RADAR AND OUR ROADMAP, BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET THE BASE PACKAGE IN FIRST.

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SO IT WOULD BE MORE USER FRIENDLY AND EVENTUALLY WOULD SAVE US SOME MONEY WITH ALL THE ADD ONS? CORRECT. THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

AND IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE MR. LAMBSON WAS SAYING, IT BRINGS IT UP INTO THE 21ST CENTURY OF TECHNOLOGY.

RIGHT. I'M VERY PROUD OF MIKE CHARLAND, OUR DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, WHO'S HERE TODAY.

HE'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR PROBABLY 18 MONTHS.

HE'S BEEN SAYING, DAVE, WE GOT TO CHANGE THIS SYSTEM.

CAN I START NOW? MR. TOLBERT. YEAH, IT'S NOT USER FRIENDLY.

SO AND ALSO, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE TRAINING.

YOU'VE PROVEN OVER THE YEARS THAT THAT YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT THAT AND THAT NO SYSTEM GETS IN WITHOUT EVERYBODY BEING TRAINED AND HAPPY.

SO I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, THAT MAYBE, AGAIN, SINCE JACK'S NOT HERE, HE COULD ASK YOU SOME REAL GREAT QUESTIONS.

BUT JUST TELL ME ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE OLD DATA AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO ALL OF THAT DATA IS GOING TO BE NEED TO BE MIGRATED IN BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO DO TRANSCRIPTS.

RIGHT? WE'LL STILL GET TRANSCRIPT REQUESTS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND SO ALL OF THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, INTO THIS PROCESS.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION.

AND IT'S AGAIN, THIS IS EASILY PORTABLE FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE. SO THAT'S THAT FIRST TWO MONTHS THERE OF DATA MIGRATION IMPLEMENTATION WHERE OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM, WE'VE GOT 14 PEOPLE IN TECHNOLOGY THAT WEREN'T REFLECTED IN THESE NUMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE COMPANIES DOING THAT PROCESS.

THE COMPANY HAS THEIR OWN DATA MIGRATION TEAMS THAT THEY BRING ON, A PARTNER WITH A PROJECT MANAGER THAT HELPS THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO THAT BASE FIRST WITH THAT CORE TEAM, AND THEN THIS SYSTEM FEEDS HUNDREDS OF OTHER APPLICATIONS IN THE DISTRICT.

AND SO THERE'S OTHER SOFTWARE PACKAGES THAT WE INTEGRATE DATA WITH.

WE TAKE ALL THAT INTO ACCOUNT SO THAT WHEN A STUDENT GETS ADDED INTO THIS SYSTEM, A CAMPUS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A STUDENT ENROLL, WE WANT THAT DATA TO AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER TO THE OTHER SOFTWARE PACKAGES WHERE WE'RE ELIMINATING DUAL ENTRY AND AND A LOT OF THOSE PROCESSES.

WELL THAT'S VERY GOOD IMITATING JACK THERE.

[LAUGHTER] GREAT JOB. SO YEAH ALL OF THAT DATA HISTORY HAS GOT TO BE BROUGHT IN BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO DO TRANSCRIPTS.

WE'RE GOING TO GET TRANSCRIPT REQUESTS TEN YEARS FROM NOW FOR PEOPLE THAT WILL STILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE.

SO, I'M HEARING IT'S MORE USER FRIENDLY.

DOES THAT MEAN YOU SAID CARRY DATA OVER TO OTHER SYSTEMS? HOPEFULLY IT'LL CARRY IT OVER FROM ONE STUDENT TO ANOTHER.

I'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH ENROLLMENT FOR FOUR NOW.

IT USED TO BE FIVE AND IT WAS EVERY SINGLE.

RIGHT. SO WE'RE IT'S A HUGE UPGRADE.

SO JOE WAS NICE.

SKYWARD IS IS ONE OF THE LEAST FRIENDLY.

WELL AND EVEN SKYWARD.

SO SKYWARD, IF I GO BACK TO THAT LIST OF 11 COMPANIES, SKYWARD IS ONE OF THEM.

BUT THEY RELEASED A NEW PRODUCT IN 2016 AND SO WE'RE ON THEIR OLD PRODUCT.

IN 2016, THEY ANNOUNCED A NEW PRODUCT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE VENDORS ON THE LIST THAT WE'RE VETTING.

MADE IT DOWN TO OUR TOP THREE.

RIGHT. WE'RE ON THEIR OLD, OLD VERSION.

THEY ANNOUNCED A NEW ONE IN 2016, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE EVALUATING, A WHOLE NEW LOOK AND FEEL.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T GOT IT DOWN TO OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION YET.

WE'RE HOPING TO BRING THAT IN DECEMBER AND BE ABLE TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND.

SO I'M EXCITED. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I LIKE THE PROCESS THAT YOU BROUGHT IN SO MANY PEOPLE TO VIEW THIS AND FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

AND LIKE I SAID, THE COUPLE OF TEACHERS I'VE TALKED TO HAVE BEEN VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT'S AHEAD OF US.

AND USUALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY, TEACHERS AREN'T REALLY EXCITED.

CHANGE CAN BE HARD, BUT THIS IS VERY COLLABORATIVE.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS TECH STEERING COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE CHANNELS AND TEAMS AND WE REACH OUT TO THEM REGULARLY.

I DON'T MAKE THE DECISIONS ANYMORE ABOUT WHICH WEBSITES ARE BLOCKED AND UNBLOCKED IN THE DISTRICT.

RIGHT. WE'LL HAVE TEACHERS THAT'LL COME AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO USE THIS WEBSITE.

AND I SAY, GREAT, LET'S ASK THE TECH STEERING COMMITTEE.

THEY'RE YOUR PEERS. LET'S LET THEM MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION AND THEY VET IT AND THEY GIVE US THAT FEEDBACK.

AND SO IT'S NOT ME SAYING YES OR NO, IT'S THIS COMMITTEE EVALUATING OF THEIR PEERS.

AND IT'S A VERY POPULAR COMMITTEE TO BE ON BECAUSE THEY TEND TO GET TECHNOLOGY FIRST.

THEY TEND TO TRY THINGS OUT FOR US, AND IT'S BEEN VERY POPULAR IN THE DISTRICT.

SO.

ANYTHING ELSE? ONE QUICK STATEMENT.

YOU MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE COVER SHEET THAT THE TOTAL COST IS NOT FINALIZED, BUT SO FAR, ARE YOU WITHIN YOUR BUDGET? ABSOLUTELY. IT'S GOOD ENOUGH.

YEAH. YEAH. ONE ONE SYSTEM IS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN OUR CURRENT, ONE SYSTEM IS A LITTLE BIT LESS EXPENSIVE.

ONE OF THEM IS THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT, BUT WE'LL SHOW THAT ON THE FINAL SHEET FOR YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

[J.1. Consider Personnel Items [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

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NOW WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER SEPARATE ACTION ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER PERSONNEL ITEMS. BEFORE WE CONSIDER PERSONNEL ITEMS. I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT DR.

SIMPSON HAS ACCEPTED SIX RESIGNATIONS AND THREE RETIREMENTS.

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

MS. WISE HAS MADE A MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

MR. TOLBERT MADE THE SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

IT IS UNANIMOUS.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ALONG.

AS OF 5 P.M.

TODAY, TARRANT COUNTY ELECTIONS HAD NOT RELEASED THE OFFICIAL RESULTS FOR THE NOVEMBER 8TH ELECTION.

AND THEREFORE WE WILL NOT BE VOTING TO CANVASS THE ELECTION RETURNS DURING THE MEETING TONIGHT.

THE BOARD WILL HOLD A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND, TO CANVASS THE OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS.

NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER THE REVISIONS TO THE BOARD POLICY.

[J.3. Consider Revisions to Board Policy CKC (LOCAL) Safety Program/Risk Management: Emergency Plans [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

CKC (LOCAL) SAFETY PROGRAM RISK MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY PLANS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO THE BOARD POLICY.

CKC (LOCAL) SAFETY PROGRAM RISK MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY PLANS AS PRESENTED.

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

FOR MR. DREES.

VOTE. SORRY.

WE DIDN'T DISCUSS THAT, BUT IT'S UNANIMOUS.

[J.4. Consider Revisions to Board Policy DH (LOCAL) Employee Standards of Conduct [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

ALL RIGHT. CONSIDER REVISIONS TO THE BOARD POLICY DH (LOCAL) EMPLOYEE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? YEAH, MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY DH (LOCAL) EMPLOYEE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AS PRESENTED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND NOW? I'LL SECOND.

MR. DAVIS.

ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR A VOTE. IT IS UNANIMOUS.

[J.5. Consider Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Policy Update 119, Affecting Local Policies Listed (Third Reading) [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

CONSIDER THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TAX POLICY UPDATE 119 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES LISTED.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADD, REVISE OR DELETE LOCAL POLICIES AS RECOMMENDED BY TASB POLICY SERVICE AND UPDATE 119, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL REVISIONS RECOMMENDED BY BISD TO POLICIES CPC (LOCAL), DMA (LOCAL) AND FFH (LOCAL) AS PRESENTED.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. KUNKEL. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. FROM MS. WISE, MRS. WISE. ANY DISCUSSION? LET'S VOTE.

AND IT'S UNANIMOUS.

[J.6. Consider the 2021-22 Annual Financial Report [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

CONSIDER THE 2021-22 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE 2021-22 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND AUDIT AS PRESENTED.

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

FROM MR. KUNKEL.

ANY DISCUSSION? JUST A COMMENT TO TO THANK KATIE AND HER STAFF FOR ALL THAT THEY DO, ALL THAT THEY'VE DONE.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR, AND SO WE REALIZE THAT THE TIME AND EFFORT HAS GONE INTO IT KATIE, SO THANK YOU AND MISSY AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

AND I MEAN THAT SINCERELY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE OFF OUR PLATE.

WE DON'T WORRY ABOUT. YOU DO IT WELL, PROFESSIONALLY.

AND THE AUDITS PROVE IT TO US EVERY TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO YOUR ENTIRE STAFF.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S CALL FOR A VOTE.

IT'S UNANIMOUS.

[J.7. Consider Approval of Architectural Design Contracts [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONTRACTS.

MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE ARCHITECT SELECTIONS AND PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS AS PRESENTED IN EXHIBIT A AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACTS UPON THEIR COMPLETION.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. DAVIS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND FROM MR. TOLBERT. ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR A VOTE. IT'S UNANIMOUS.

LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

[J.8. Consider Contract for FAAC Home Side Stadium Chair Replacements and Selection of Seating Color Options [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

CONSIDER THE CONTRACT FOR THE FAAC HOME SIDE STADIUM CHAIR REPLACEMENT AND SELECTION OF SEATING COLOR OPTIONS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. CHAIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH LONE STAR FURNISHINGS LLC FOR FAAC, HOME SIDES STADIUM

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CHAIRS SEATING REPLACEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $206,889 AS PRESENTED UTILIZING COLOR OPTION ONE.

WHICH IS THE LIGHT GRAY, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. KUNKEL. MR. KELVIN, CHAIR, I SECOND THAT.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION FOR A SECOND FROM MR. TOLBERT. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

IT'S UNANIMOUS.

[K. CONSENT ITEMS]

NEXT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL ITEMS ON THE 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? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.