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THE TIME IS 5:30 AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
[A. CALL TO ORDER]
DR. STINSON, WHEN YOU CONFIRM THE MEETING WAS DULY CALLED AND A NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.YES, MR. DAVIS. WE DID POST AND ADVERTISE THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.
[C. CLOSED SESSION]
0.071 CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY AND 0.076 SECURITY.[D. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
TIME IS 7 P.M.WILL NOW RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.
TONIGHT FOR DESSERT FOR US, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORTING BISD.
AND I ALSO LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR PRESIDENT IS NOT HERE TONIGHT.
HE'S NOT FEELING WELL. SO I'M SURE HE'S SITTING AT HOME WATCHING US.
SO I HOPE YOU GET BETTER, MR. DILKS REAL SOON.
[E. INTRODUCTION OF MEETING]
MR. DRYSDALE.GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT DAVIS.
IT'S MY PLEASURE. IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE.
WITH THEM TODAY IS MATTEO'S GRANDMOTHER.
AND THIS IS SAMANTHA'S FATHER, ERIC MUNGER, AND AMBER BRADLEY, HER MOM.
THESE ARE TWO OF OUR BEST TIGERS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
THREE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
OF THE STATES OF AMERICA 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 INDIVISIBLE.
GOOD EVENING. BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND DR.
STINSON FOR ALL YOU DO FOR ME AND ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS IN BIRDVILLE.
WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH CARING INDIVIDUALS.
FOR BEING THERE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
THANKS IS WHAT TODAY IS ABOUT.
THANK YOU. STUDENTS. MOMS! DAD. MR. DRYSDALE.
NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS.
[F. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS]
MR. THOMAS, YOU'RE UP.IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME JUST A SECOND.
I WAS JUMPED AHEAD TOO FAR ON MY AGENDA, SO LET ME MOVE UP TO THE PODIUM.
I'M GOING TO WALK. BRENDA GAVE ME SO I KNOW I'M RIGHT.
WELL, I KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. AND MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS A AS A MEMBER OF THE STAFF OF BIRDVILLE ISD, JUST WANT TO HONOR YOU THIS EVENING.
THIS IS THE MONTH IN WHICH WE HONOR OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AS VOLUNTEERS.
AND SO IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME JUST A SECOND, DAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP ME AND FREEZE THAT.
LET ME ASK OUR PRINCIPALS IF THEY WILL STAND HERE THIS EVENING.
THESE ARE OUR 32 CAMPUS PRINCIPALS.
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SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A VIDEO MESSAGE TO YOU FROM OUR STUDENTS.WE ALL WANT ANSWERS FOR OUR SUPER HARDWORKING PEOPLE SKILLS FOR CALMLY TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS.
H IS FOR HELPING 22,673 STUDENTS WHOSE ALWAYS, ALWAYS WERE OPEN SINCE 1858 HOURS FOR OVER 5500 VOLUNTEERS.
L IS FOR LEARNERS ARE PREPARED FOR SUCCESSFUL IN COLLEGE AND WORK.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS SEVEN FANTASTIC MEMBERS.
WAS FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOOLS A IS FOR ALL 32 CAMPUSES SUPPORTED BY OUR BOARD THEY BISD SCHOOL BOARD FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND YOU SCHOOL BOARD HAPPY SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR HELPING US MAKE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
THEY REMEMBER. DO YOU REMEMBER TO SAY THANK YOU? HEY, YOU GUYS WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO MAKE OUR DISTRICT DATE? THE REASON I THANK THE BOARD FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED AND IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
IT FEELS GREAT COMING TO SCHOOL AND HAVING THE RESOURCES TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
STOP THIS SO IT DOESN'T PLAY AGAIN.
THERE WE GO. TO OUR PRINCIPALS.
WE HAVE MANY MORE VIDEOS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, AND SO I WILL BE SHARING A LINK TO THE BOARD HERE IN A FEW MINUTES IN YOUR EMAIL SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND SEE ALL THE THE MESSAGES. SO OBVIOUSLY WE WERE JUST ABLE TO TOUCH A FEW OF THOSE THIS EVENING, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT YOU TO MISS THE MESSAGES FROM THE STUDENTS ACROSS THIS DISTRICT.
SO BE LOOKING FOR THAT EMAIL FROM ME HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH, MARK.
I CAN'T PASS UP THIS CHANCE TO TALK TO THE PRINCIPALS WHEN YOU'RE ALL IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME.
YOU'RE THE ONES THAT MAKE BIRDVILLE SHINE.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES US A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
I PROMISE YOU THIS BOARD THANKS YOU FOR THAT.
IT'S A GREAT, GREAT TEAM EFFORT.
WE'RE SEVEN OF US AND EIGHT WITH DR.
FOR THAT, I'LL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL.
I HAD A MRS. MULLEN DOOR AS A PRINCIPAL.
I HAD MR. LEON HAGMAN AS A PRINCIPAL AND MR. BIN CHILCOTT AS A PRINCIPAL THAT ALL HAD GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH AT W T FRANCISCO.
AT RICHLAND JUNIOR HIGH WASN'T MIDDLE SCHOOL THEN AND RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU MAKE AN IMPACT EVERY DAY ON YOUR TEACHERS, ON YOUR AND YOUR STAFF AND YOUR STUDENTS.
FOR THAT, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO MAYBE OUR MONTH, BUT YOURS EVERY DAY.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. APPRECIATE IT.
YOU TAKE TIME NOW. YOU CAN GET UP AND LEAVE.
WE'LL WAIT FOR YOU. YOU NEED TO LEAVE NOW.
GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. TELL THEM TO GO HOME.
GO HOME. YOU KNOW, AND I THINK AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU IT TRULY IS AN HONOR FOR ALL OF US.
AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL OF THEM, TOO.
AND THE WAY WE MAKE A DECISION IS TO ASK OURSELVES WHAT IS BEST FOR KIDS.
AND YOU AS A BOARD SUPPORT THAT MANTRA AND THAT AND THAT.
THAT'S THAT'S OUR THAT'S WHAT THAT'S OUR CODE.
THAT'S WHAT WE LIVE BY AS ADMINISTRATORS AND PRINCIPALS, AND YOU GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
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HAVE A GOOD. WE HAVE ONE MORE AWARD TONIGHT.WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING OUT FINANCE TAMBO AWARD OF EXCELLENCE.
I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS MR. THOMAS, KATIE'S UP THERE.
KATY'S GOING TO TAKE THAT ONE.
I CAN GET ANOTHER COUPLE MORE MINUTES.
WE'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF LADIES HERE TONIGHT, AND THEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
AND I WANT TO JUST READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT.
SO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, LED BY DR.
IN DECEMBER. THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE WAS CREATED TO RECOGNIZE TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, BEST PRACTICES AND INNOVATIONS IN FINANCIAL REPORTING.
THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS PROCESS.
AS MS.. BOWMAN SAID, THIS IS THE AWARD AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF EXCELLENCE.
AND IN 2022, ONLY 13 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS HAD ACHIEVED THIS AWARD.
SO WE WERE NOTIFIED IN DECEMBER THAT WE WILL BE A RECIPIENT OF THE 2023 AWARD.
OUR TEAM CAME TOGETHER AND THEY SUBMITTED LARGE AMOUNT OF DOCUMENTATION IN TEN DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND APPLAUD THEIR EFFORTS.
I'M SO PROUD OF THEM. SO I'M GOING TO ANNOUNCE THEM BY NAME AND THEIR ROLE IN THE DISTRICT.
DORA THRASH IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.
ALICE HAMRICK, SURGERY'S DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING.
KINSEY MORGAN MILOT, OUR COORDINATOR OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS. GISELLE REYEZ, OUR ACCOUNTING COORDINATOR.
OUR POSITION CONTROL AND BUDGET COORDINATOR.
TIFFANY MENDEZ OUR FEDERAL AND STATE FINANCIAL COORDINATOR.
CHRISTINA SORIANO CASH AND BUDGET SPECIALIST KAYLA M SOPH.
S A SPECIALIST AND AARON GRIFFIN, OUR FINANCE DATA AND NOW ANALYST.
THEY ARE A FANTASTIC TEAM AND I AM HONORED TO WORK ALONGSIDE OF THEM.
SLIDE OVER SO I CAN SEE. THERE WE GO.
HOW MANY OF YOU ALL THAT JUST CAME UP YOUR OR BIRDVILLE ISD PRODUCTS WENT THROUGH BIRDVILLE SCHOOLS? ONE AND TWO.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE INTEGRITY, THE ACCURACY, THE REPUTATION.
THIS IS ONE DEPARTMENT I NEVER WORRY ABOUT.
NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE FORUM FOR AN OPEN FORUM FOR SPEAKING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
[G. OPEN FORUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD]
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REGARDING GENERAL TOPICS, PLEASE NOTE THAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THIS OPEN FORUM BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO FOR EACH SPEAKER TONIGHT WILL BE GIVEN 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT GOVERNMENT CODE 551.42 AND LOCAL BOARD POLICY BED PERSONAL TAX ON STAFF OR STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.THE BOARD SHOULD NOT DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION REGARDING ANY SUBJECTS NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
THE ONE I SIGNED UP TO. NOT FOR US IF I GET HER NAME RIGHT IS SHERRY ROSENBACH.
SURE. IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND ADDRESS THE BOARD.
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I'M TERRY GROSS.AND I TEACH AT NORTH RICHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
OH, GOOD. VICE PRESIDENT DAVIS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
AND DR. STINSON, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION FOR BIRDVILLE ISD.
AND I'M REALLY GLAD YOU LIKE THE COOKIES.
THEY WERE GREAT. WE SENT THOSE WITH GREAT APPRECIATION.
JANUARY IS SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, AND THIS YEAR'S THEME IS FORWARD TOGETHER AT MY CAMPUS.
WE WERE PLAYING OFF OF THAT WITH BETTER TOGETHER, AND WE REALIZED IT TAKES ALL OF US FROM OUR STUDENTS TO THEIR PARENTS, TO THE TEACHERS AND STAFF, TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE SCHOOL BOARD TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN FROM UEA.
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE APPRECIATIVE FOR THE WORK YOU DO AS A BOARD.
APPRECIATE IT. NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
[H.1. Facility Naming Subcommittee Recommendation [Board Subcommittee Chair]]
ITEM H. ONE IS FACILITY NAMING SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION.I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TRUSTEE MR. JOE TOLBERT. THAT'LL GIVE A LITTLE INTRODUCTION SINCE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND GET A PRESENTATION BEFORE US.
MR. TOLBERT. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT.
WE'VE GOT SOME EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES, OBVIOUSLY.
SHANNON HIGH SCHOOL. WE'VE GOT THE SITE ON DENTON HIGHWAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE.
AND SO NOW SHANNON HIGH IS GOING TO GET TO BE ITS OWN STANDALONE CAMPUS.
AND ALONG WITH THAT, WE WERE WE WERE HOPING FOR A NEW IDENTITY AND FOR IT TO HAVE ITS OWN STAND ALONE CONCEPT AND TO LOSE SOME OF THAT CONFUSION WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE THE, THE GREAT HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO MERGE TWO FINE CAMPUSES, DAVID E SMITH AND FRANCISCO INTO ONE AND ALONG THE SAME MODEL AS WE DID WITH CHANEY HILLS. SUCH A GREAT SUCCESS OF MELDING THESE TWO GREAT AND LONG STORIED CAMPUSES INTO ONE AND GIVING THEM A NEW IDENTITY THAT 50 OR 60 YEARS FROM NOW WILL HAVE ITS OWN STORIED HISTORY.
SO TO DO THAT, PRESIDENT KEVIN DILKS PUT TOGETHER A GREAT PANEL.
EXCEPT FOR ME, I WAS ONLY I WAS THE ONLY SLACKER ON THE COMMITTEE.
BUT ONE OF OUR ONE OF OUR LEADS WAS SOMEBODY WHO IS WELL KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SHE'S HERE TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS.
DR. STINSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND LEADERSHIP TEAM.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE ASKED TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAD LEFT THEIR MARK ON BIRDVILLE ISD BECAUSE IT IS BIRDVILLE ISD.
WE HAD NO LACK OF TALENT, NO LACK OF NAMES TO TALK ABOUT.
IN JUNE OF 1993, A TALL MAN IN A RED CADILLAC DROVE INTO BIRDVILLE ISD.
I THINK I'D SERVED ONE YEAR AT WATAUGA.
IT WAS MIDDLE SCHOOL BACK THEN AND BUT WE KNEW IMMEDIATELY SOMEBODY DIFFERENT WAS IN THE DISTRICT.
I HAD SERVED UNDER FOUR SUPERINTENDENTS ALREADY, ALL OF WHOM WERE EXCELLENT.
BUT BOB GRIGGS WAS KIND OF GUY THAT LIKE E.F.
HUTTON. IF HE SAID SOMETHING, EVERYBODY WANTED TO LISTEN.
HE WALKED INTO A ROOM AND IMMEDIATELY DREW THE ATTENTION OF THE ROOM.
HE IMMEDIATELY TOLD US ALL THE STAFF AND PERSONNEL THAT HIS GOAL WAS THAT BIRDVILLE BE A PREMIER SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION, EXCEPT MAYBE FOR A COUPLE OF PRINCIPALS WHO'D BEEN TO MEXICO.
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WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION, AND WE'RE REALLY KIND OF SURPRISED THAT THIS.HIS GOAL FOR US, BUT HE WAS VERY SERIOUS.
AND FROM DAY ONE, HE IN FACT, I FOUND A NOTE THAT HE SENT ME A LONG TIME AGO THAT EVERY ONE OF HIS NOTES SAID IT IS FEBRUARY, WHATEVER, AND BIRDVILLE IS INFLUENCING HISTORY TODAY.
EVERY MESSAGE TO US WAS, WE ARE GOING TO BE A DISTRICT WHO IS NUMBER ONE IN THE AREA.
AFTER HE HAD BEEN WITH US FOR NINE YEARS, WE HAD OUR FIRST NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS, OUR FIRST TEXAS BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS, TWO BONDS PASSED, ONE OF WHICH ENABLED US TO OPEN THE FINE ARTS CENTER AND BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WENT FROM ONE EXEMPLARY CAMPUS TO 17 EXEMPLARY CAMPUSES AND THEN TEN RECOGNIZED CAMPUSES.
SO HE WAS VERY SERIOUS ABOUT HIS EXPECTATION.
WE ALL WE ALL KNEW THAT IF YOU INTERVIEWED WITH HIM FOR PRINCIPALS, JOB OR BAND DIRECTOR OR ANYTHING, HE HAD WHAT WE REFERRED TO AS THE KILLER QUESTION.
DR. TRIBBLE, IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BECOME THE PRINCIPAL OF BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, WILL YOU GUARANTEE ME AN EXEMPLARY CAMPUS WITHIN THREE YEARS? AND IF YOU DO NOT, WILL YOU TENDER YOUR RESIGNATION? HE ASKED THAT SAME QUESTION TO EVERYONE.
I DON'T REALLY THINK YES OR NO.
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU SAID YES OR NO.
HE JUST WANTED TO SEE YOUR REACTION TO TURNING IN YOUR RESIGNATION.
IF YOU WEREN'T AN EXEMPLARY CAMPUS.
BIRDVILLE WAS EXEMPLARY IN ITS FIRST YEAR, SO I NEVER HAD TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE WITH HIM.
HE DID EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO.
HE TOOK US FROM A SMALL DISTRICT TO A AT LEAST STATEWIDE, NATIONALLY KNOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
DURING MOST OF THE YEARS OF HIS SUPERINTENDENCY.
HE MADE SURE THAT WE HAD THE NUMBER ONE SALARY AND STARTING SALARY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THAT WAS A POINT OF PRIDE WITH HIM, AND I HAVE KNOWN HIM TO SCHEDULE THE BIRDVILLE ISD BOARD MEETING A LITTLE LATER THAN THE H-E-B ISD BOARD MEETING BECAUSE HE WANTED TO HEAR WHAT THEIR STARTING SALARY WAS, SO OURS COULD BE $5 HIGHER.
SO HE EXPECTED A LOT, BUT HE GAVE A LOT AND HE REALLY DID LEAVE HIS MARK ON BISD. SO WE REALLY THOUGHT THAT ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES SHOULD BEAR HIS NAME.
AFTER HE RETIRED, HE WENT TO AUSTIN FOR THE 78TH AND 79TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
HE WAS A PASSIONATE BELIEVER IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
HE MADE US VERY PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF BIRDVILLE ISD AND I'M JUST LUCKY ENOUGH TO REPORT OUT.
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS BOARD APPRECIATION WEEK, BUT PLEASE LET ME TELL YOU, AS A CITIZEN OF THIS COMMUNITY, I'M STILL VERY PROUD TO BE IN BIRDVILLE ISD AND I THANK YOU, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, FOR THAT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK VERY FAR TO SEE DISTRICTS THAT ARE QUICKLY DISINTEGRATING.
WE WANTED SOMEBODY WHO HAD HAD WORKED IN SPECIAL ED, WHO HAD DEVOTED THEIR LIFE IN SPECIAL ED, AND AT LEAST ONE WAY LINDA KUNKEL COULD NOT BE MORE DIFFERENT THAN BOB GRIGGS IN THAT BOB WAS SUCH A TALL MAN AND LINDA KUNKEL IS A TINY LITTLE LADY. BUT EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS TINY, SOFT SPOKEN, VERY GENTLE AND VERY GRACEFUL, SHE COULD COMMAND A CLASS, SHE COULD DISCIPLINE A CLASS, AND SHE COULD DISCIPLINE TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE RIGHTS OF SPECIAL ED KIDS WERE MET.
LINDA I MET AT WATAUGA MIDDLE.
SHE WAS MY DIAGNOSTICIAN THERE.
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AND BECAUSE I LOVE TO TAKE TALENT WITH ME, WHEN I LEFT, I TALKED HER INTO GOING TO SHANNON LEARNING CENTER, AND SHE WAS THE FIRST DIAGNOSTICIAN THERE. LINDA.AND I'M SURE SHE DIDN'T REALIZE AT THE TIME WHAT A BIG JOB THAT WAS.
NEARLY EVERYBODY HAD AN IEP, SO IT DEMANDED A LOT OF PAPERWORK AND A LOT OF PRECISION.
BUT LINDA NEVER, NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT WHAT A BIG JOB SHE HAD AND SHE TOOK CARE OF IT IN THE MOST PROFESSIONAL AND PRECISE WAY, WHICH I WAS EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR BECAUSE SHE WAS MUCH MORE PROFESSIONAL AND PRECISE THAN HER PRINCIPAL WAS.
AND I REMEMBER ONE ARD MEETING WE HAD HAD A KID PING PONG BACK AND FORTH TO CHALLENGE FROM ONE OF THE TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS, AND IT HAD ALREADY HAPPENED ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES.
SO WE HAD THE ARD MEETING AND AT ONE POINT AND I'M SURE I CAN NO LONGER BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, BUT AT ONE POINT IN THE ARD MEETING, I SAID, THE ONLY WAY YOU ARE GOING TO ENROLL ANYPLACE BUT SHANNON LEARNING CENTER AS A HIGH SCHOOL IS IF YOU CALL YOU HALL PACK UP AND MOVE OUT OF THIS DISTRICT.
WELL, THE PARENT FINALLY AGREED AND THE KID WAS SUCCESSFUL AND GRADUATED FROM SHANNON.
BUT I KIND OF WENT, OH, I REALLY WISH I HADN'T SAID THAT.
AND I SAID, LINDA, WOULD YOU READ ME THE MINUTES FROM THAT ARD MEETING? AND AT THE CRUCIAL POINT, SHE SAID, DR.
TRIBBLE DISCUSSED SEVERAL DWELLING OPTIONS WITH THE PARENT.
THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT LINDA, THOUGH, IS HER MINISTRY WERE SPECIAL ED KIDS, BUT IT WAS A MINISTRY BECAUSE SHE WAS ALWAYS, ALWAYS A POWERFUL WITNESS FOR HER SAVIOR.
THE ONLY REASON SHE RETIRED IS THAT SHE HAD PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
EVENTUALLY, WHEN LINDA PASSED, I THOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 25TH CHAPTER OF MATTHEW THAN LINDA, BECAUSE I COULD JUST IMAGINE HER STANDING IN THE PRESENCE OF HER SAVIOR WHO SAID, THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL MANSION I HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU FED ME WHEN I WAS HUNGRY.
YOU GAVE ME DRINK WHEN I WAS THIRSTY.
FATHER, WHEN DID I EVER DO THAT? AND HE SAID, INASMUCH AS YOU'VE DONE IT, THE LEAST OF THESE MY BROTHERS, YOU'VE DONE IT UNTO ME.
LINDA SPENT HER LIFE SERVING THE LEAST OF THESE BOTH OF THESE PEOPLE.
DR. GRIGGS AND LINDA KUNKEL, SPENT THEIR CAREERS LEAVING A MARK ON BIRDVILLE THAT SAID, IT DOESN'T MATTER THE SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND THAT YOU COME FROM, IT DOESN'T MATTER THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN.
SO I AM PROUD AND REPRESENTING THE COMMITTEE TO PRESENT THE NAMES OF BOB GRIGGS AND LINDA KUNKEL TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
I WANT TO THANK ALSO OUR OTHER TRUSTEES, MR. KELVIN DILKS, JOE TOLBERT AND BRENDA SANDERS.
WYCHE, WHO SERVED WITH YOU ON THAT COMMITTEE AND DID A GREAT, GREAT JOB.
WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF. MR. DAVIDSON. ONE MORE THING.
DR. GRIGGS HAS A LOT OF FAMILY HERE AND I WOULD LOVE TO TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
IF YOU'RE A GRIGGS OR LOVE GRIGGS OR MARY DEGREES.
AND MR. KUNKEL. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S HERE ABOUT YOU ARE.
[J.2. Consider Naming Facilities as Recommended by the Board's Facility Naming Subcommittee [Board Subcommittee Chair]]
NAMING SUBCOMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER THREE SEPARATE MOTIONS ON THIS ITEM TO HEAR MOTION ON THE FIRST ITEM REGARDING DAVID E SMITH ELEMENTARY AND FRANCISCO. YEAH, MR.[00:30:03]
PRESIDENT. MR. VICE PRESIDENT, FORGIVE ME.I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO NAME THE NEW PARTNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DAVID E SMITH ELEMENTARY AND NAME THE CAFETERIA FRANCISCO CAFETERIA. THE SCHOOL COLORS WILL REMAIN RED AND BLUE.
AND THE MASCOT FOR THE NEW PARTNER SCHOOL WILL BE THE LIONS.
HAVE MOTION. MR. DREES, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? SIGNIFY BY I RAISED HAND MOTION JUST CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT ITEM IS REGARDING THE NAMING OF SHANNON HIGH SCHOOL.
IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THE BOARD.
UPON OPENING THE SCHOOL IN THE NEW LOCATION, THE SCHOOL MASCOT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE SHAMROCK MOTION BY MR. TOLBERT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MR. WOMBLE, ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? SIGNIFY BY I RAISED HAND MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.
THEIR MOTION. MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO NAME THE NEW SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER ON DENTON HIGHWAY.
LINDA KUNKEL SPECIALIZED LEARNING CENTER.
THERE'S MOTION, MISS SANDERS, WAS THERE A SECOND? YOU CAN MAKE A SECOND AT YOUR MOM, BUT YOU CAN STILL DO IT.
SECOND. MR. KUNKEL, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY RAISED HAND? YES. LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING.
I'M SURE I WAS ELECTED TO THE BOARD JUST AS DR.
BUT HE THE TIMES THAT I'VE INTERACTED WITH HIM, HE'S JUST A GIANT OF A MAN IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS.
AND IT'S A GREAT RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COMMITTEE.
THAT'LL BE A GREAT NAME FOR THAT HIGH SCHOOL THAT WE CAN SEE FOR YEARS.
AND DAVID E SMITH WAS MY PRINCIPAL WHEN I WAS AT BROWNING HEIGHTS.
HE'S HE'S STILL DOING PRETTY WELL FOR AS OLD AS HE IS.
REGARDING THE SPECIALIZED LEARNING CENTER, YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY, VERY PROUD IN MY FAMILY GROWING UP THAT I GOT TO GO TO COLLEGE. NOBODY ELSE IN MY FAMILY EVER GOT TO GO TO COLLEGE.
AND SO I WENT OFF TO COLLEGE AND WAS GOING TO BE THE FIRST COLLEGE GRADUATE IN THE FAMILY.
AND I REMEMBER THE WEEKEND WELL, IT WAS A DECEMBER WEEKEND AND I GRADUATED ON A SATURDAY NIGHT AT NORTH TEXAS IN MOM'S, WAS GRADUATED ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT TEXAS WOMEN.
SO WE GRADUATED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF EACH OTHER.
BUT I STILL WAS THE FIRST GRADUATE.
AND HER HER HER CEREMONY WAS RIGHT BETWEEN RIGHT AMONGST THE EAGLES COWBOYS GAME STILL UPSET.
I GOT TO MISS THE COWBOYS GAME, BUT WHO KNOWS WHO EVEN WON.
I HAD NO IDEA Y'ALL WERE EVEN DISCUSSING THIS.
BUT THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING HER.
AND WHEN SHE PASSED IN 2011, THERE'S NO WONDER THAT YOU, DR.
TRIBBLE, WE ASKED YOU TO COME AND SPEAK AT HER, AT HER SERVICE.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? WELL, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
SURE. FIRST OF ALL, THOUGH, I DIDN'T WORK HERE AT THE TIME, BUT DR.
GRIGGS WAS ACTUALLY VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING ME AND MY GET STARTED IN MY CAREER.
HE MAY NOT REMEMBER IT, BUT HE SPENT DAYS UPON DAYS WITH ME AS A BRAND NEW SUPERINTENDENT, MAKING SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD SCHOOL FINANCE AND AND I GOT PROBABLY TWO OR THREE YEARS WORTH OF SCHOOL FINANCE AND ABOUT THREE DAYS BECAUSE THE MAN WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL I COULD ANSWER EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HIS QUESTIONS.
BUT IF SHE'S A REFLECTION OF YOU, I MEAN, MY GOODNESS, WHAT A GREAT DECISION.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND MY MOTHER'S NAME WAS LINDA AS WELL.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT DECISION ON THAT PART.
SO ANYONE ELSE? AGAIN, THANKS TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WORKED ON THAT AND PASS ON OUR THANKS TO MR. DILKS LATER ON.
ON THE LAST ITEM REGARDING THE LINDA'S KUNKEL SPECIALIZED LEARNING CENTER.
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ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY RAISED HAND.MOTION IS CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TONIGHT FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.
I DOUBT IT. BUT GO AHEAD AND GO HOME IF YOU NEED TO.
DONNIE BARTLETT, PRINCIPAL, THANK YOU FOR SERVING US.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BRAVEST MEN THE WORLD HAD BOUGHT TO DATE.
YOU KNOW, THAT HAD TO BE INTIMIDATING.
[H.2. Homeless Transportation: EverDriven Alternative Transportation Solutions [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
NOW, WE'LL CONTINUE ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION REGARDING HOMELESS TRANSPORTATION.YES, SIR. OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, SHERRY WYNNE, IS HERE TONIGHT TO TELL YOU ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO ASSIST US WITH THE GROWING POPULATION OF HOMELESS STUDENTS IN THE IN THE DEMAND FOR TRANSPORTATION.
SO I'LL LET MS.. WYNNE TAKE OVER.
STINSON AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
BIRDVILLE ISD HAS EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN STUDENT STUDENTS THAT ARE HOMELESS AND PROTECTED UNDER THE MCKINNEY VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANT ACT, WHICH PROVIDES SERVICES INCLUDING TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION, TO FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN A TEMPORARY SITUATION DUE TO LOSS OF HOUSING.
BELOW, THE NUMBERS REFLECT THE HOMELESS DATA OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
THE FIRST NUMBER REPRESENTS THE TEAM'S NUMBERS, AND THEN THE YEAR ENDED ARE OVER 200 FOR EACH YEAR.
AND CURRENTLY THIS YEAR WE'RE ALREADY AT 235 FAMILIES OR STUDENTS.
AND SO DUE TO THAT INCREASE IN IDENTIFIED STUDENT REQUIRING TRANSPORTATION, BISD IS CONSIDERING AN ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTION THROUGH EVER DRIVEN FOR SEVEN MCKINNEY VENTO FAMILIES TOTALING 13 STUDENTS, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE FOR THEM A MORE EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICE, AS WELL AS RELIEVE SOME OF THE BURDEN THAT WE'RE FEELING IN TRANSPORTATION.
CURRENTLY. BISD UTILIZES FOUR SUBURBANS, 11 SCHOOL BUSSES CARRYING 60 MCKINNEY VENTO STUDENTS.
I DID CHECK OUR NUMBERS TODAY.
WE'RE UP TO ALMOST 76 STUDENTS.
SOME OF THEM ARE PENDING RIGHT NOW WAITING SERVICE.
WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR ABOUT 37 IN FAMILY DISTRICT STUDENTS AND ABOUT 39 OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, MORE AND MORE DISTRICTS ARE LOOKING AND MOVING INTO UTILIZING THIS SERVICE TO HELP RELIEVE THE DEMAND OF THIS EVER INCREASING POPULATION.
EVER DRIVEN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE VERY BUSY AND THEY DON'T JUST SERVE THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THEY'RE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES SERVING MANY, MANY DISTRICTS.
THE COST ESTIMATE IS HERE GIVEN BY EVER DRIVEN.
THEY HAVE GIVEN US WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR THE 13 STUDENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVE GREAT ROUTING OPTIMIZATION.
THEY ONE THING I REALLY LIKED ABOUT THEM IS THAT THEY TRY TO LEAD THE SAME DRIVER WITH THE FAMILIES.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS DON'T ALWAYS LEAVE THE SAME DRIVERS AND KIDS NEED THAT CONSISTENCY AND IT'S HARD ON THEM WHEN YOU'RE HAVING DIFFERENT DRIVERS, BUT THEY COMMIT TO LEAVING THE SAME DRIVER WITH THE FAMILIES, WHICH IS REALLY A GOOD THING.
THEY ALSO VET DRIVERS MUCH LIKE WE DO OUR DRIVERS.
SO IN ORDER TO MEET THE SAFE RIDE STANDARD EVER DRIVEN DRIVERS MUST SATISFY UP TO 18 SCREENING REQUIREMENTS BEFORE BECOMING A SAFE RIDE CERTIFIED DRIVER. AND THAT INCLUDES ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SEE BELOW.
AND THEN JUST OTHER LITTLE THINGS THAT THEY DO PROVIDE.
MUCH LIKE WE DO, THEY HAVE STUDENT TRACKING.
AND OF COURSE, THEN WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT TOO.
AND OF COURSE WE UPLOAD ALL THE INFORMATION INTO THE PARENT OR THE DISTRICT PORTAL AND THEN THEY TAKE IT OVER AND BEGIN PROVIDING THAT TRANSPORTATION FUNDING SOURCE FOR THESE FOR THIS SERVICE WOULD COME OUT OF THE TITLE ONE FEDERAL FUNDS.
IT WOULD NOT BE GENERAL FUNDS.
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ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? IT'S LIKE IT'S A WIN WIN FOR US, I THINK FREES UP SOME BUSSES AND MANPOWER AND FOR SURE, HOW IT'S BE FUNDED IS EVEN BETTER.YES. YOU KNOW, IF YOU TAKE A PIN POINT MAP AND WE HAVE AROUND 13 STUDENTS WHO WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF OUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO THESE ARE THE 13 STUDENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THERE ARE DAYS WHEN STUDENTS MIGHT BE ON A BUS OR SUBURBAN FOR OVER 2 HOURS.
AND SOME AND SOME OF THESE FAMILIES, I MEAN, WE CAN BE OUT THERE AT 6 A.M.
THEY'RE GETTING THEM AT 6 A.M.
AND THEN THESE KIDS HAVE TO RIDE THE WHOLE ROUTE.
DEPENDING ON THE CAMPUS WILL DEPEND ON HOW LONG THEY'RE ON THE BUS.
YEAH. ANY QUESTION, MR. WOMBLE, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND.
IT HELPS THEM. BUT FOR US AS WELL.
THESE STUDENTS VERY, VERY LIKELY DEPENDING IF THEY'RE MORNING OR AFTERNOON, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE RIDING A FULL ROUTE AND THEN BEING TAKEN HOME OR THEY'RE PICKED UP AT 6 A.M. AND THEN RIDING A FULL ROUTE TO COME TO SCHOOL.
IT ALLEVIATES THAT HAVING TO RIDE THAT EXTRA ROUTE FOR A COUPLE HOURS A DAY.
FIRST ONE ON THE BUS, LAST ONE OFF.
OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO ITEM ONE, APPOINTING THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
[I.1. Appointing the 2022 Bond Oversight Committee [Mark Thomas, Chief Communications Officer]]
MR. THOMAS, THINK YOU HAVE THIS PRESENTATION, SIR? I DO. AND I WILL BE BRIEF.MR. DAVIS. DURING THE 2022 BOND CAMPAIGN, THE BOARD EXPRESSED HIS INTENT TO CONTINUE THE PRACTICE OF OF APPOINTING A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
I'VE ALSO EMAILED THAT DOCUMENT TO YOU IF YOU CHOOSE TO NAME THIS AT THE FEBRUARY 23RD BOARD MEETING, WE ASK THAT YOU SUBMIT YOUR NAMES, INDIVIDUAL NAMES, ONE FROM EACH BOARD MEMBER TO MR. DILKS PRIOR TO THAT MEETING.
SO WE CAN HAVE THAT IN THE DOCUMENTATION FOR YOU AHEAD OF TIME.
THANK YOU. IF WE CAN BOARD HAVE THOSE TO MR. DILKS WITH THE IF YOU HAVE IT OR SOME NOTES, ONE PAGE RESUME OF WHO YOU'RE APPOINTING BY FEBRUARY THE SIXTH, IT'S LIKE A MONDAY TO SIX JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY. WELL, THE SAME THAT MUCH IS IT WEEK FROM MONDAY.
SO ABOUT TEN DAYS. YOU HAVE 11 DAYS.
YOU ALL KNOW SOMEBODY THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO OR IT'S INTERESTED IN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAS AN INTEREST AND IT'LL BE ABOUT A FOUR YEAR COMMITMENT, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS TO GET THEM ALL BUILT.
SO IF WE CAN HAVE THEM BY THE SIXTH, THAT'D BE VERY HELPFUL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. THOMAS. QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
[I.2. Proposed 2023-24 District Calendar [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]
NEXT ITEM IS 2023 24 DISTRICT CALENDAR.STINSON. AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, WE ARE TASKED WITH CREATING A LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR.
AND THIS IS A TASK THAT OUR DISTRICT DOESN'T TAKE LIGHTLY AND INCORPORATES A LOT OF MINDS AND A LOT OF PIECES TO BUILD THIS THIS CALENDAR PROCESS. AND I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THINK MANY PEOPLE, TOO MANY NAMED FOR FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, BUT NONETHELESS STILL APPRECIATE THE INPUT FROM SO MANY PEOPLE ON THIS CALENDAR.
START THIS PROCESS BACK IN NOVEMBER AT OUR FIRST MEETING, AND WE INVITED 53 COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, CAMPUS AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS.
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AND WE RECEIVED BY THE WAY, WE RECEIVED COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FROM JANUARY 10TH TO THE 16TH ON THE TWO CALENDARS, AND WE'VE LANDED ON ONE THAT WE'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.OK AN INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR HAS, AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME REQUIRED COMPONENTS TO IT, ONE BEING THAT TEACHERS MUST WORK 187 DAYS ON A CONTRACT.
CONVERSELY TO AND IT'S WISDOM ACTUALLY HAS STUDENTS ATTEND FOR 75600 MINUTES DIDN'T PUT THAT IN DAYS SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PIECES THAT WE HAVE TO FIT TOGETHER AMONG OTHER THINGS, AS A INCLEMENT WEATHER.
WE'VE HAD HAVE TO HAVE TWO DAYS OF THAT REQUIRED BUILT INTO THE CALENDAR AS WELL AS PROVIDE SOME PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND SOME TEACHER WORKDAYS.
AND SO WE HAVE THAT WINTER BREAK EXCUSE ME, WE HAVE A FALL BREAK BEEN BUILT IN A WINTER.
WE HAVE THE WINTER BREAK AND THEN SPRING BREAK AND THEN THE END OF SCHOOL.
WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT AND GRADUATION IS ON MAY 24TH THIS YEAR.
EXCUSE ME. NEXT YEAR. I'M SORRY.
AND WE'VE CONSIDERED IN THE PAST.
SO WE INCORPORATED THAT INTO OUR CALENDAR AND ALSO A WINTER BREAK.
NOW I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO.
OPTION A WAS THE WINTER BREAK STARTING ON A FRIDAY THE 15TH, WHICH IS TEN DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
AND THEN OPTION C WAS STARTING FEBRUARY 22ND, A WEEK LATER, WHICH IS THREE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
SO WE WANTED TO FIND A SWEET SPOT IN THAT IN THAT TIMELINE.
SO WE CHOSE A DATE BETWEEN THE 15TH AND THE 22ND AND PUT THOSE OPTIONS OUT THERE.
AND THEN WE ASKED FOR REPRESENTATION OF HOW MANY PEOPLE, WHAT PART OF BISD ARE YOU ASSOCIATED WITH? AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAD A NICE REPRESENTATION OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, BISD EMPLOYEES AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS.
NO MATTER IF A ELEMENTARY HAD FIVE PEOPLE, EVERY VOTE IN EVERY COMMENT WAS TAKEN IN CONSIDERATION.
YOU'LL SEE THE EVIDENCE OF THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
AND THAT REQUIRES A FLEX DAY AND THE THIS CURRENT YEAR.
THE SECOND TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER WAS ELECTION DAY.
SO WE BUILT A DAY IN FOR THAT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN CONCERT WITH THE SPRING BREAKS OF OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AND WE ARE AND WE CONSIDER TCC, WHICH ALL DISTRICTS, CONTIGUOUS DISTRICTS AND TCC HAVE SPRING BREAK DURING THAT THAT MARCH 11TH AND 15TH.
BUT WE WANTED TO NOW, WITH THE TRAINING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOLKS TO DO AND PROVIDE THAT TIME.
SO IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING OF, YOU KNOW, CLICK AND LET IT RUN.
SO WE PROVIDED A DAY FOR THAT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.
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WELL, THERE'S A THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A IT'S A GREAT A GREAT THING TO THINK ABOUT, BUT IT HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR ATTENDANCE.IT ALSO CAN AFFECT SOME OF OUR USUAL EVENTS BECAUSE THOSE TAKE PLACE ON A FRIDAY EVENINGS.
WE BUILT IN THE BAD WEATHER DAYS AS LATE AS POSSIBLE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET THROUGH THE BAD WEATHER AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST WE CAN. THERE WERE SOME YEARS AGO WHERE IT GOT AS LATE AS MAY THAT THERE WAS SOME FLOOD ISSUES.
YOU CAN'T PLAN THAT FAR THAT LATE IN ADVANCE, BUT I MEAN THAT LATE IN THE YEAR.
SO IT GIVES SOME NICE TRAVEL TIME.
I WANT TO POINT TO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ON THE LEFT IS THE ACTUAL SCHOOL CALENDAR WITH THE DAYS REPRESENTED AND THE ACTUAL REASON THAT THAT DAY IS HIGHLIGHTED AND THEN THE ACTUAL CALENDAR ON THE RIGHT, IT'S HARD TO READ AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH MONTH OF WHAT THOSE HIGHLIGHTED DAYS MEAN.
SO WE PUT THE AGAIN, THE EXPLANATION ON THE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
WHEN I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WHICH WOULD BE ON A WEDNESDAY AND THAT'S AUGUST 16TH ALSO THAT YOU WILL NINE EXCUSE ME SIX WEEK CHECK, BECAUSE REMEMBER, WE MOVED TO NINE WEEKS, BUT YOU WILL REQUIRE STILL A SIX WEEKS CHECK AND THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED RIGHT THERE ON SEPTEMBER 22ND. THE PARENT STUDENT HOLIDAY PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE DAY, NOVEMBER 1ST.
AND THEN ALSO THIS WAS WHERE THE CALENDAR'S KIND OF DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN OPTION ONE AND TWO.
TODAY REQUIRES AGAIN THAT WE HAVE 75600 MINUTES FOR INSTRUCTION.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN ELEMENTARY IT'S 445 AND MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL IS 440 PLUS SUCH MINUTES GIVES US A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE SOME DAYS AS YOU CAN SEE AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE HAVE MORE THAN 6.5 DAYS BANKED, 4.54 MIDDLE AND 4.25 FOR HIGH SCHOOL.
IN CASE WE NEED THOSE TIMES IN CASE FOR EARLY DISMISSAL IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, IF WE NEEDED TO DISMISS SCHOOL EARLY OR HAVE SCHOOL START LATE. WE HAVE THESE MINUTES BUILT IN HERE SO THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE TO IMPACT THE CALENDAR.
ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT I CAN TRY TO ADDRESS AS FAR AS ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
I KNOW YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THANKLESS JOBS, THOUGH.
I KNOW THAT NEXT YEAR SOMEBODY WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT SOME OF THESE DAYS.
WE GET PLENTY OF FEEDBACK. SURE.
PLENTY OF FEEDBACK. THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT.
BUT SO MUCH THOUGHT IS PUT INTO THIS AND SO MUCH INPUT FROM ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS.
AND AND JUST JUST KNOW WE SUPPORT YOU EVEN THOUGH WE GET SOME OF THOSE COMPLAINTS AFTER THE FACT.
SO IT'S A GROUP EFFORT FOR SURE.
AND AND MR. BASKERVILLE, I'M GOING TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME AND TAKING MY INPUT BECAUSE TOO OFTEN THIS IS A THIS IS A 2 TO 3 MONTH PROCESS THAT THE COMMITTEE LED BY MR. BASKERVILLE AND HIS TEAM GO THROUGH.
AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, MR. TOLBERT IT IS IT IS A PAINSTAKING PROCESS.
AND THEN VERY OFTEN MR. BASKERVILLE WILL BRING A RECOMMENDATION BACK.
AND I DO HAVE A TENDENCY TO SAY, WELL, DID YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? AND HE VERY POLITELY LOOKS AT ME AND SAYS, YES, ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.
SO HE THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
AND AS AS PAINSTAKING AS IT IS, WE HE DOES DESERVE A VERY PUBLIC.
THANK YOU. SHE WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION AS A MOM, NOT AS A SUPERINTENDENT.
YES, SHE WAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SKIP.
THIS IS PROBABLY AS A THOROUGH AS A PRESENTATION WE'VE EVER HAD ABOUT THE CALENDAR.
WHAT'S GOING ON? A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
I DON'T LIKE I DON'T LIKE GRADUATION ON THE FRIDAY, BUT WE'VE LOST THAT AND WE'LL GO FORWARD.
YES, SIR. WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THAT SUNDAY AGAIN, AS THE OPPORTUNITY BECOMES AVAILABLE.
SOMEBODY STUBBED THEIR TOE. WE'RE BACK IN.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU, SIR. NETWORK EQUIPMENT REFRESH AS PART OF THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM.
[I.3. Network Equipment Refresh as Part of the 2022 Bond Program [Dave Lambson, Chief Technology Officer]]
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MR. LAMBSON, YOU'RE UP AND BREVITY WOULD BE APPRECIATED.ALL RIGHT. THIS IS GOING TO BE A RECORD.
SO WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU PRETTY QUICKLY.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
WE'VE SEEN QUOTES OF 200 DAYS, 300 DAYS.
WE'VE EVEN SEEN SOME CUSTOMERS IN RIOTING, GET THEM IN 430 DAYS AS THEIR TURNAROUND TIME.
AND SO WE WANTED TO GET IN THE LINE AS EARLY AS WE COULD.
WE MAY HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS THAT WILL BRING THROUGH CONSENT TO BE ABLE TO FINISH THAT PROJECT OUT BECAUSE WE'RE SPLITTING IT UP INTO A FEW DIFFERENT PURCHASES TO MAXIMIZE OUR E-RATE OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET AS MUCH FUNDING AS WE CAN THROUGH THAT THAT AVENUE.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, THAT IS MY RECORD, I BELIEVE ANY QUESTION.
MR. TOLBERT. THAT IS A CONTINUAL COMPLAINT AMONG OUR STUDENTS THAT OUR WIFI IS NOT VERY GOOD AND THEY JUST GO ON LG OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO.
SO DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO IT WILL SOME OF THAT MAY BE LEARNING THAT WE NEED TO HELP THEM WITH TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT ON OUR GUEST NETWORK? BECAUSE OUR GUEST NETWORK, WE TEND TO LIMIT ON PURPOSE.
SO I'D LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY STUDENT LISTENING TO PUT IN A TICKET AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DIG INTO THOSE DETAILS AND HELP THEM THROUGH OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MR. LAMBSON. HOW ARE WE FAST FINISHING ALL THE FUNDING SOURCES FROM THIS? WAS IT 16 TO OUR LAST ONE THAT ALL BOND? SO WE'VE HELD ON TO SOME OF THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT 22 BOND WAS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
WE'RE PUTTING IN SOME OF THOSE PURCHASES NOW THROUGH AV, BUT EVERY DOLLAR IS ALLOCATED FOR I KNOW WE HAD THE BOND RATING AND WE SOLD BONDS AND THE INTEREST RATE WAS KATIE, WHAT'S THE DATE YOU TOLD US WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE FUNDING FEBRUARY SOMETHING.
I MEAN, THE MONEY HAS MONEY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
SO IS THAT WHAT YOU MID FEBRUARY THE MONEY WILL HIT OUR ACCOUNT? YES, SIR. YES, SIR.
AND HE CAN'T WRITE PURCHASE ORDERS TILL THAT MONEY'S IN OUR ACCOUNT.
WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THE SALE.
WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE CASH AT THIS POINT.
THANK YOU, DAVE. WE'LL GO TO ITEM FOUR.
[I.4. Box Truck Rentals Bid [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
BOX TRUCK RENTALS.WE HAVE GONE OUT FOR BID ON OUR BOX TRUCK RENTALS.
THESE ARE THE BOX TRUCKS WE USE TO HAUL ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT, BAND EQUIPMENT.
WE IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN USING THE BOB BOARD AND A LOT OF THOSE VENDORS HAVE LEFT THE BOB BOARD.
FREEMAN TOLD ME THERE'S ONE LEFT AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY RUN OUT.
SO SINCE THIS WAS KIND OF NEW, WE DECIDED WE WOULD JUST BRING THAT AS INFORMATION.
WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BID RESULTS BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH.
[I.5. Purchase Ten Additional Regular Buses [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
THANK YOU. GOING TO THE NEXT ONE ABOUT THE BUSSES OR THOSE EARLY WHILE YOU'RE THERE? YES, SIR. WE DID BRING TO THE BOARD LAST MONTH AN INFORMATION ITEM TO PURCHASE.I BELIEVE IT'S SEVEN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ONE REGULAR EDUCATION BUSSES.
WE'D ALSO COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT ADDING AIR CONDITIONING TO SOME OF OUR OLDER BUSSES.
THAT'LL HELP GET RID OF A LOT OF WHEN THOSE COME IN NEXT FALL.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO FINALLY PUSH SOME OF THOSE OLDER BUSSES OUT AND WE THINK WE'LL BE AT THE PLACE WHERE WE HAVE ALL AIR CONDITIONED BUSSES, WHICH WILL BE GREAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW FIELD TRIPS AND SOME OF OUR ATHLETIC TEAMS END UP GOING ON BUSSES IN AUGUST THAT ARE AIR CONDITIONED DEPENDING ON THE TIME BECAUSE THE ROUTE BUSSES HAVE GOTTEN PRIORITY ON AIR CONDITIONING. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ON AN AIR CONDITIONED BUS.
MR. CUOMO HAS A QUESTION JUST FOR MY MORBID CURIOSITY.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE OLD BUSSES? DO WE SEND THEM TO AUCTION? DO WE SEND THEM TO THE WE AUCTION THEM.
SOME OF THEM WE TAKE PARTS OFF, BUT TYPICALLY WE WILL PUT THEM IN AUCTION.
WE DO KEEP SOME OLD SPARES JUST IN CASE A BUS BREAKS DOWN.
BUT TYPICALLY SOME OF THE REALLY OLD ONES, WE DO STILL HAVE SOME.
WELL, I HATE TO SAY THAT 98, THAT WAS HER FAVORITE.
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SO SIXES AND SEVENS.SO CAN I ASK A FOLLOW UP? TOTALLY UNRELATED QUESTION.
ABSOLUTELY. SO YOU SAID WE SAVE SOME BUSSES, MAYBE FOR SPARE PARTS.
DO WE HAVE AN IN-HOUSE BUS AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN OR DO WE FARM IT OUT? WE HAVE MECHANICS, WE HAVE FIVE MECHANICS AND WE DO MOST OF THE WORK IN HOUSE.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE DO SEND OUT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART WE DO THAT IN HOUSE.
WOULD THAT BE CORRECT? WE DO HAVE ONE VACANCY IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYONE, SO NEED A GOOD MECHANIC.
KATIE I APPRECIATE THE THE FORWARD THINKING ON THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NO IDEA OF PREDICTING WHAT THE COST OF A BUS WILL BE A YEAR FROM NOW.
KUNKEL SO THE NOVEMBER BOND ELECTION, THERE ARE $5 MILLION FOR BUSSES.
BUT THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS LEFT OVER.
WE'RE SPENDING THE SPACE THAT WE HAD PLANNED ON SPACING THE PURCHASES OUT OVER FOUR YEARS.
SO WE'LL BE PROBABLY LOOKING SOMETIME NEXT YEAR AT OUR NEXT LEVEL OF GROUP OF PURCHASE.
THAT'S RIGHT. I'VE WONDERED ABOUT A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT THAT HAD PRIVATIZED THEIR TRANSPORTATION AND THEY BROUGHT IT BACK IN HOUSE AND HAD A BOND ELECTION AND THEY BOUGHT HOW MANY BUSSES? IT WAS A LOT. AND I KEEP THINKING IN MY BRAIN, I'M THINKING, HOW IN THE WORLD ARE YOU GOING TO DO A REPLACEMENT CYCLE ON THAT MANY BUSSES? SO CERTAINLY WE NEED TO DO THE BEST WE CAN ON THOSE REPLACEMENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BUSSES? OUR LAST INFORMATION DISCUSSION ITEM ALSO, MS.
[I.6. Report of Flood Damages to Technology/Special Education Building and Denton Highway Property Building [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
BOWMAN REPORTED FLOOD DAMAGE TO THE TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL ED BUILDING AND THE DENTON HIGHWAY PROPERTY.COULD YOU GIVE US A VERBAL WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON WHERE WE ARE? JOHN HUGHES IS HERE WITH ME.
SO JUST A LITTLE UPDATE ON ON WHAT WE DID, ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING THE 21 WEEK OF FREEZE WE 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE FREEZING EVENT OVER.
CHRISTMAS. WE DID START RUNNING THE HEATERS 24 HOURS A DAY.
WATER WAS TURNED OFF TO PORTABLES.
WE HAD CERTAIN FAUCETS RUNNING.
WE DID ALL THE PREPARATION WORK THAT WE TYPICALLY DO BACK IN 21.
WE HAD HAD A PROBLEM IN THE TECHNOLOGY, THE MEZZANINE.
AND SO AS A RESULT OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAD IN 21, WE ADDED HEATERS INTO THAT SPACE.
SO WHAT JOHN HUGHES HAS DONE SINCE THEN, HE'S MET WITH THE CITY AND THEY'VE GIVEN US PERMISSION SINCE THERE'S NOTHING UP THERE AND WE DON'T STORE ANYTHING THERE TO LET US SHUT DOWN THE WATER SPRINKLERS IN THAT AREA SO WE WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT AGAIN.
WE'LL HAVE FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS THERE, BUT WE'LL WE HAVE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN THE WAREHOUSE.
IT'S JUST IN THIS TOP MEZZANINE AREA, SO WE WON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
THE REPAIRS ARE PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED DOWN AT THE TECHNOLOGY BUILDING.
WE'LL GET SOME TYPE OF A SETTLEMENT OFF OF THAT.
SO BOTH INCIDENTS ARE CONSIDERED ONE INCIDENT, ONE WE HAVE ONE DEDUCTIBLE, 100,000 IN THE MONEY COMING IN OFF THE WISDOM CENTER CAN EITHER GO AGAINST THAT 100,000 OR WE CAN PUT IT TOWARD THE PROJECT.
WE'VE SHUT OFF THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. WE STILL HAVE FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS AT THE WISDOM CENTER.
SINCE IT'S NOT OCCUPIED, IT'S COST PROHIBITIVE TO RUN HEAT IN THAT BUILDING.
AND SO AS A RESULT, I WILL SAY ONE BENEFIT THAT CAME OUT OF IT WHEN THEY HAD TO DO SOME CUTTING AWAY OF SOME SHEETROCK AND ALL, THEY DID FIND A PROBLEM THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED UNTIL THEY STARTED DEMOLITION.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF IN THE THE PLANS FOR THE WISDOM CENTER.
I WANT TO THANK JOHN, HIS STAFF.
THEY WORKED REALLY HARD THAT WEEK.
AND AS SAD AS WE WERE THAT WE DID HAVE TWO INCIDENCES, WE HAD NO PROBLEMS AT OUR CAMPUSES.
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AND SO THE PROCEDURES THAT WE PUT IN PLACE ACTUALLY WERE WORKING.JOHN, THAT WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS EVE THAT NOT A GROUP OF US.
WE WALKED ALL 40 BUILDINGS AND I DRAGGED MY HUSBAND OUT.
I TOLD HIM HE HAD HE NEEDED TO GO WITH ME.
I DIDN'T WANT TO WALK BUILDINGS BY MYSELF.
SO HE AND I WALKED WALK BUILDINGS AS WELL.
GOT I THINK EVERYBODY GOT HOME AROUND MIDNIGHT.
BUT I WANT TO THANK MARK THOMAS.
AND WE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT CUSTODIANS THAT WERE OUT HELPING THAT NOT AS WELL.
AND THEN OVER THE REST OF THE BREAK, MR. HUGHES WAS WORKING THE ENTIRE TIME WITH OUR RESTORATION COMPANY, BALFOUR.
IT WAS THERE WERE A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY STAFF THERE AS WELL, HELPING PROTECT OUR EQUIPMENT.
DAVE LAMBSON WAS IN ROUTE FROM ANOTHER CITY AND HE HE CAME IN AS WELL.
AND THERE WAS JUST A REALLY BIG GROUP EFFORT.
AND SO WE BRING THIS AS INFORMATION TO NOT BECAUSE NEXT MONTH WILL BE COMING BACK WITH A RETROACTIVE APPROVAL FOR THE SERVICES THAT BALFOUR WILL BE FINISHING UP AND THE EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS ACCOUNTANTS, WE HAVE TO REPORT A REVENUE.
SO WE'LL HAVE A REVENUE COMING IN WITH THE ESTIMATE THAT WE'LL BE GETTING OFF OUR INSURANCE CLAIM.
SO THE NET AMOUNT SHOULD BE AROUND 100,000.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR KATIE OR FOR JOHN? VERY THOROUGH REPORT.
WE GO TO SEPARATE ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT BEFORE WE CONSIDER PERSONAL ITEMS.
[J.1. Consider Personnel Items]
ONE, ANNOUNCE THAT DR. STINSON HAS ACCEPTED 20 RESIGNATIONS AND TEN RETIREMENTS.OR HERE, MOTION FOR THE PERSONNEL ITEMS. I MOVE THE BOARD, APPROVE AND ADOPT ALL THE PERSONNEL ITEMS AS PRESENTED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
MOTION. MR. KUNKEL, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND. MR. DREES, ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY RAISED HAND.
ITEM THREE WE'VE ALREADY DONE ITEM TWO.
ITEM THREE CONSIDER ORDER FOR THE 2023 BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
[J.3. Consider Order for the 2023 Board of Trustees General Election for Places 1 and 2 [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]
GENERAL ELECTION FOR PLACES ONE AND TWO.IS THERE A MOTION? MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE ORDER FOR THE BIRDVILLE ISD GENERAL TRUSTEE ELECTION TO FILL PLACES ONE AND TWO TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY SIX, 2023. THANK YOU, MS..
SANDERS. WAS THERE IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND? MR. KUNKEL, ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY RAISED HAND.
MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.
CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.
[J.4. Consider Recommendations from the School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]
THEIR MOTION.SECOND. BY MR. TOLBERT A DISCUSSION BOARD, IF NOT SIGNIFY APPROVAL BY RAISED HAND.
MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM FIVE CONSIDER NEW COURSE OFFERINGS FOR THE 2023 24 SCHOOL YEAR.
[J.5. Consider New Course Offerings for the 2023-24 School Year [Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]
ZERO MOTION FROM THE BOARD.APPROVE THE NEW COURSE OFFERINGS FOR THE 2023 24 SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED.
THANK YOU, MR. TOLBERT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, MR. WOMBLE IN DISCUSSION FOR THE BOARD ONLY.
I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD TAKE A COUPLE OF THESE COURSES AND LOOK PRETTY INTERESTING.
HOCK YEAH, YEAH, THAT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING THAT THEY HAD FINANCIAL LITERACY.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL, TOO. I KNOW.
I'LL TAKE THE MOTION. SIGNIFY BY RAISED HAND.
MOTION IS CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
[J.6. Consider Initial Bond Bus Purchases as Presented in December [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
ITEM SIX FOR THE INITIAL BOND BUS PURCHASES AS PRESENTED IN BACKS IN DECEMBER.IS THERE A MOTION BOARD? YEAH. MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF ONE REGULAR EDUCATION BUS.
BUS 72 PASSENGER AND SEVEN SPECIAL EDUCATION BUSSES WITH WHEELCHAIR LIFTS.
THANK YOU, MR. DREES. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY MR. SANDERS WAS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY RAISED HAND.
MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER WAR TWO BLUE SHIELD SECURITY AND PROTECTION FOR SECURITY GUARD SERVICES.
[J.7. Consider Award to Blue Shield Security & Protection, Inc. for Security Guard Services [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
THERE MOTION BOARD A MOVE.THANK YOU, MR. KUNKEL. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND BY MR. TOLBERT ANY DISCUSSION BOARD? THERE'S NOT MUCH DISCUSSION. WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST MONTH.
WE'VE ALREADY HEARD IT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND NOW WE'RE DOING THE FINAL ACTION.
SO WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO PROMISE.
ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY.
RAISED HAND. THE MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.
[J.8. Consider Award to Indeco for Cafeteria Replacement Furniture at Snow Heights, W.A. Porter, and North Ridge Elementary Schools [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
[01:10:01]
ITEM EIGHT CONSIDER WAR TO INDICO FOR CAFETERIA REPLACEMENT FURNITURE AT SNOW HEIGHTS TO BE A PORTER AND NORTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.IS THERE A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT. MR. VICE PRESIDENT. EXCUSE ME.
THANK YOU, MR. MOSIER. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
MR. KUNKEL, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION FOR MY RAISED HAND MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[J.9. Consider Approval of Construction Manager-at-Risk Selection and Award of Contract for the 2022 Bond Program [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
ITEM NUMBER NINE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK SELECTION AND AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM.THIS IS NEW ITEM. KATIE, YOU WANT TO GIVE US A BRIEF SUMMARY HERE? YES, SIR. THE BOARD ALLOWED US TO GO THROUGH THE CMR INTERVIEW IN A BID PROCESS, AND WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS TONIGHT. I APOLOGIZE.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH FIRMS WITH US HERE TONIGHT.
THERE WE GO. WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION.
AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE EMBARKING UPON.
AS THEY WENT THROUGH THE VETTING PROCESS, THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
I TALKED TO PRESIDENT DILKS ABOUT COMING IN AND LISTING.
AND THAT'S NOT REAL EASY FOR ME TO DO.
BUT WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THESE TWO TEAM MEMBERS NOW, AND THEY ARE TEAM MEMBERS.
WE HAVE DONE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK BEFORE.
WE'VE GOT THE TWO OF THE BEST THAT ARE GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH THE VERY SUCCESS WE GOT $300 MILLION JUST WELL, NOT QUITE THAT MUCH FOR ALL CONSTRUCTION, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE A VITAL PART OF THIS.
SO THANK YOU, LEE LEWIS CONSTRUCTION.
AND THANK YOU, BETSY, FOR BEING A PART OF THAT.
AND NOW GO GET A CONTRACT DONE AND WE'LL GET TO WORK.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR KATIE OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS, DR.
THANK YOU. JUST JUST A VERY, VERY QUICK COMMENT.
YOU KNOW, AS THEY'VE ALLUDED TO THIS, THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY A PRIORITY FOR US TO GET STARTED.
AND WE AND WE TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE TOOK THE PROCESS EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY AS AS WE KNOW YOU DID AS WELL.
THEY CAME ACROSS CLEARLY AND I ACTUALLY RAN ACROSS SOMETHING YESTERDAY THAT THAT I WROTE DOWN BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT IS IT IS JUST SO TIMELY FOR THIS MEETING. AND IT WAS A STATEMENT THAT SAID, THIS IS NOT A TRANSACTION, IT'S A RELATIONSHIP.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I FEEL.
I FEEL LIKE I'M ALMOST FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING MARRIED.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A THIS IS A HUGE COMMITMENT FOR US.
AND WE I APPRECIATE AND APPLAUD THE COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE WAS VERY THOROUGH.
AND YOUR YOUR EXPERTISE REALLY SHINED THAT DAY.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO TO THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, MANY YEARS WITH EACH OF YOU.
IT IS A MARRIAGE AND DIVORCES ARE VERY UGLY, SO WE DON'T WANT ANY OF THOSE.
ALL RIGHT. DO I HEAR A MOTION REGARDING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, RISK SELECTION AND AWARD OF CONTRACT? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE SELECTION OF BTCC CONSTRUCTION AND LEE LEWIS CONSTRUCTION AS CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS AT RISK FOR THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM TO APPROVE THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE SEYMOUR PACKAGES ONE AND TWO AS PRESENTED AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE CONTRACTS UPON THE COMPLETION OF NEGOTIATIONS. YOUR MOTION.
MR. TOLBERT. THANK YOU FOR A SECOND.
SANDERS WISE AND HE MENTIONED THESE PACKAGES ONE AND TWO PACKAGE ONE BE BY LEE LEWIS CONSTRUCTION, WILL DAVID E SMITH, FRANCISCO, THE REPLACEMENT SCHOOL THERE, HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS, TURF AND PRESS BOXES AT THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS IN PAINTING AND FLOORING AT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS AND PACKAGE NUMBER TWO BETSY WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF IS MELANDER ELEMENTARY REPLACEMENT HVAC UPGRADES AT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS, COURTYARD RENOVATIONS AT BIRDVILLE HIGH AND NORTHRIDGE ELEMENTARY, AND ELEVATOR UPGRADES AT MULTIPLE FACILITIES.
SO THEY GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF THEM.
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TO DO. WHO'S VICE PRESIDENT IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO GET MARRIED TO DR.STINSON, I'LL GIVE YOU A TRENT STINSON'S NUMBER BEFORE YOU SIGN THE CONTRACT.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW SOME OF THE INS AND OUTS OF THAT MIGHT TURN ME OVER.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY RAISED HAND MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.
[K. CONSENT ITEMS]
BEFORE WE CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, I WANT TO MENTION TWO DONATIONS THAT WE'RE BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT FOR ACCEPTANCE.PORTER ELEMENTARY ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED 25,009, 64 AND 26 TO PORTER ELEMENTARY AND LIBERTY PACKAGING COMPANY, DONATED $5,000 TO DEPUTY FRANCISCO.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, WE THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR THESE DONATIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE ALL ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
THANK YOU. MS.. SANDERS WAS THERE SECOND? OF A SUDDEN. MR. TOLBERT SECONDS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION FOR MY RAISED HAND CONSENT AGENDA JUST PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
[L. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD]
BOOK TO THE BOARD.THE SUPERINTENDENT OR SUPERINTENDENT HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE ITEMS? THE OPEN ENROLLMENT REPORT IS PRETTY INTERESTING TO HOW WE'VE KIND OF DROPPED OFF A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE BUILDING MY BILL BACK UP.
SHOWELL AND GREG BICKNELL DO A GREAT JOB KEEPING UP WITH THAT FOR US.
IT TELLS US TELLS US THAT WE'RE IN DEMAND.
[M. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS]
AS WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO, I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.SANDERS WAS SECOND BY MR. DREES. ALL IN FAVOR.
STAND UP. WE ADJOURNED AT 816.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.