May 25, 2023 Regular Board Meetings

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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QUORUM IS PRESENT. DR.

STINSON, WILL YOU CONFIRM THAT THE MEETING WAS DULY CALLED AND THE NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT?

[B. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS]

OKAY. OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO OUR RECENTLY ELECTED TRUSTEES.

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

NOTARY NOTARY PUBLIC, BRENDA RYAN DOWN IN FRONT FOR OUR OATH OF OFFICE.

OKAY, SO YOU HAVE BOTH READ AND SIGNED THE STATEMENT OF OFFICER SO WE CAN START IN THE NAME.

AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE WILL NOW ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE BIRDVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR PLACE ONE.

MR. JOE TOLBERT SORRY, AND PLACE TWO MR. KELVIN DILKS. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

I WILL READ THE OATH AND AT THE END YOU GUYS CAN ANSWER.

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

I WILL. EXCELLENT.

YAY! THANK YOU.

RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] THIS IS YOUR OATH OF OFFICE.

YOU NEED TO SIGN.

NEXT, WE WILL HAVE THE ELECTION OF THE OFFICERS.

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

I MOVE TO ELECT RICHARD DAVIS AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

OKAY. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR RICHARD DAVIS TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BY MR. DREES. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY MISS WISE.

ALL RIGHT. CALL FOR THE VOTE.

IT IS UNANIMOUS.

DO I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT? I NOMINATE KRIS DREES.

OKAY. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR KRIS DREES TO BE THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BY MR. TOLBERT. AND I THINK A SECOND WAS BY MR. KUNKEL. WAS THAT RIGHT? OR WAS IT BY MR. DAVIS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

CALL FOR THE VOTE.

IT IS UNANIMOUS.

DO I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE.

WE ELECT RALPH KUNKEL SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

OKAY. I HAVE A NOMINATION BY MR. DAVIS FOR MR. KUNKEL TO BE THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MISS WISE.

CALL FOR THE VOTE.

THE VOTE IS UNANIMOUS.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551 SPECIFICALLY .074

[E. CLOSED SESSION]

REAL PROPERTY 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD ATTORNEY AND 0.076.

THE TIME IS 5:34.

[F. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]

WE'LL NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.

WHEN THE BOARD OPENED THEIR MEETING EARLIER TODAY AT 5:30 TWO OF OUR RECENTLY ELECTED TRUSTEES, MR. JOE TOLBERT AND KEVIN DILKS, WERE SWORN IN IN PLACES ONE AND TWO.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MR. TOLBERT AND WISH MR. DILKS THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE.

LET'S GIVE HIM A BIG HAND [APPLAUSE]. THEY WERE REELECTED WITH NO OPPONENT.

SO IT WAS REALLY A CLOSE RACE FOR THEM.

ALSO, WITH THE ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS HAPPENED AT THAT TIME WHEN THE NEW BOARD OFFICERS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, 2023-24 ARE AS FOLLOWS.

MR. KRIS DREES BE VICE PRESIDENT.

MR. RALPH KUNKEL BE SECRETARY AND I'LL BE SERVING AS PRESIDENT FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR OUTGOING PRESIDENT, MR.

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STINSON FOR A QUICK PRESENTATION.

AS I MENTIONED, MR. DILKS WAS REELECTED.

HE'S FINISHED SIX YEARS ON THE BOARD MEMBER, AND HE SERVED AS THIS LAST YEAR AS PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT.

IT'S A LOT OF ACTIVITIES IN THE [INAUDIBLE] YOU GO NOT JUST TO ONCE A MONTH MEETING THAT WE HAVE HERE WHERE YOU'RE PRESIDING, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

I WANT TO, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICT WELL THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT AND ALL THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

KELVIN HAS BEEN A PART OF VERBALIZED NOT ONLY AS A STUDENT BUT AS AN EDUCATOR AND NOW ALSO AS A BOARD MEMBER.

AND HE DOES REPRESENT US WELL AND OUR BOARD WAS WELL REPRESENTED WITH HIM AS A PREJUDICE CASHIER.

AND OF COURSE WE'LL SAY THANK YOU FOR HIM.

DID A GREAT JOB [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] DR.

[G. INTRODUCTION OF MEETING]

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DAVIS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. STINSON, I AM HONORED TO INTRODUCE JOSHUA POSTON HERE TONIGHT WITH HIS PARENTS, WESLEY AND SHERRI POSTON.

AND HE IS GOING TO BE DOING OUR PLEDGE AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENT EXPRESSION.

PLEASE RISE.

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

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

LET'S PRAY. DEAR GOD, I PRAISE YOU BECAUSE YOU LISTEN TO US.

WE CONFESS THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS MAKE THE BEST CHOICES.

PLEASE GIVE THE SCHOOL BOARD WISDOM WHILE THEY LEAD OUR DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. THAT YOU PROMISE THAT IF WE ASK FOR WISDOM, YOU'LL GRANT IT.

IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SOME OF US NEED MORE WISDOM THAN OTHERS.

I APPRECIATE THE PRAYER.

[H. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS]

MR. THOMAS. YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW ITEMS THAT RECOGNIZE SOME STUDENTS TONIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY. WE'VE BEEN IT'S BEEN EXCITING.

MR. DAVIS, JUST TO WATCH OUR LOBBY FILL UP WITH STUDENTS THIS EVENING AND THEIR FAMILIES.

AND WE APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO START THE EVENING OFF BY RECOGNIZING ONE OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS.

AND I'LL LET MR. PHIL BECKMAN LEAD US OFF ON THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. THOMAS.

TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION, I INVITE RICHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL BILLY NEIL TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

[SPANISH] I WANT TO START BY TELLING YOU WHAT A BLESSING IT IS TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

RICHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE BALLET FOLKLORICO THE FORT WORTH BALLET BALLET.

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EVEN THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, CARMEN WAS ABLE TO SEND US A VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE TO ADDRESS RAM NATION, TO LET OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES KNOW THAT PRIDE, PERSEVERANCE AND CULTURE WERE STILL STRIVING THROUGH THE DANCE.

CARMEN AND THE FOLKLORICO DANCERS INSPIRE OUR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND FAMILIES EVERY YEAR WITH THEIR COLORFUL DRESSES AND LATIN MUSIC.

WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THE EXPERIENCE THEY BRING TO OUR CAMPUS AND RECOGNIZE THEIR DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY [APPLAUSE].

MIC] THANK YOU ALL.

SO TO OUR BOARD.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS LINED UP BECAUSE OF THE CROWD.

WE WANT TO GIVE OUR THEIR PARENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE ROOM SO THERE BE PROCEEDING IN MUCH LIKE WE DO WITH OUR STUDENTS IN APRIL.

SO AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. MARK MCCANLESS AND ALLISON VINCENT TO COME TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION OF OUR STATE WINNERS FROM OUR BCTAL.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE OUR BIRDVILLE ISD STUDENTS WHO WON AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COMPETITION AT THE TEXAS PUBLIC SAFETY ASSOCIATION STATE CONFERENCE, APRIL 3RD THROUGH 5TH IN ALLEN, TEXAS.

THIS STATE COMPETITION CONSISTED OF 55 SCHOOLS, INCLUDING 690 STUDENT CONTESTANTS FROM THROUGHOUT TEXAS COMPETING IN DIFFERENT EVENTS.

BCTAL HAD A THIRD PLACE WINNER IN THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS EVENT.

THIS STUDENT REVIEWED A CRIMINAL CASE FILE AND PROPELLED, PREPARED A COURTROOM CLOSING ARGUMENT AND PRESENTED IT TO THE JUDGES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ELLA PURSLEY.

BIRDVILLE HIGH FOR PLACING THIRD IN STATE [APPLAUSE].

AND BCTAL HAD A FOUR PERSON TEAM WHEN THIRD IN THE FELONY TRAFFIC STOP EVENT.

THE TEAM CONDUCTED A STOP OF AN EXCUSE ME, AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE SUSPECTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME, EXTRACTED ALL THE SUSPECTS SAFETY SAFELY OUT OF THE CAR AND INTO HANDCUFFS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HANNAH CLEARFIELD, SHENOUDA YOUSSEF AND SAMUEL BUSH BIRDVILLE HIGH AND ADRIANNA RETANA HALTOM HIGH FOR WINNING THIRD IN STATE [APPLAUSE].

TWO BIRDVILLE ISD STUDENTS WON FIRST PLACE IN THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE DESIGN EVENT.

THE TWO PERSON STUDENT TEAM DESIGNED A JAIL FACILITY, CREATED A 3D MODEL, PREPARED A PRESENTATION AND A PORTFOLIO OF THEIR PROJECT, AND PRESENTED IT TO THE JUDGES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRISTIAN ALI.

HE COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT, BUT GAGE WITH GAGE WHITE IS HERE FROM HALTOM HIGH.

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BCTAL HAD A FIRST PLACE WINNER IN INMATE PROCESSING EVENT.

THE STUDENT SAFELY HANDCUFFED AND PATTED DOWN A SUSPECT LOCATED ANY CONTRABAND OR WEAPONS ON THEIR PERSON.

FINGERPRINTED THE SUSPECT, AND THEN COMPLETED AN INVENTORY OF ALL THE SUSPECT PROPERTY IN 20 MINUTES.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS TO JASMINE DELACRUZ OF BIRDVILLE HIGH FOR WINNING FIRST IN STATE [APPLAUSE].

SIX BISD STUDENTS WON FIRST PLACE IN THE SWAT EVENT.

SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS BOTH IN REGIONAL AND STATE.

NOT ONLY DID THEY WIN, THEY ALSO EARNED A PERFECT SCORE IN BOTH EVENTS.

THEY SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVED A DYNAMIC TOP SECRET SCENARIO WITH WITH A PROFESSIONAL.

THE BCTAL TEAM COMPETED AMONG 23 OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.

THEY ACHIEVED THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT THROUGH HOURS OF RIGOROUS AFTER SCHOOL PRACTICES.

WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE LINDSEY EASTMAN, THOMAS VAUGHAN, WHO COULDN'T BE HERE, AND MADDIE VANCE FROM BIRDVILLE HIGH, ERICA BAKER AND COURTNEY DOLLARHIDE OF RICHLAND HIGH AND ALEE CAMERENO OF HALTOM HIGH FOR WINNING FIRST PLACE IN THE STATE COMPETITION [APPLAUSE].

AND OF COURSE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TEACHERS WHO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES PROVIDING QUALITY INSTRUCTION EACH AND EVERY DAY TO THE TWO AND DEVOTING COUNTLESS HOURS TO ASSURE THEIR STUDENTS THEY ARE THE BEST THEY CAN BE.

IT'S BECAUSE OF THESE TEACHERS THAT BISD STUDENTS ARE RECOGNIZED AS STATE WINNERS.

THESE OUTSTANDING LAW, PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS AND SECURITY TEACHERS ARE ROY BURNS, ROB MOORE, GINA RILEY AND MICHAEL SANDERS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS FOR ACHIEVING ACHIEVING TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.

YOU HAVE BROUGHT HONOR TO YOUR FAMILIES, AND IF YOUR FAMILIES HERE, PLEASE STAND.

YOUR SCHOOL TO BISD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE].

OKAY. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO.

IF YOU'RE OVER SIX FEET TALL, GET IN THE BACK ROW.

SCRUNCH IT A LITTLE BIT. MOMS AND DADS WILL GIVE YOU TIME ALSO TO GET PICTURES IF NECESSARY.

TAKE ALL THE TIME WE NEED.

HOLD ON.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE].

AND WHILE WE'RE CHANGING GROUPS HERE, MR. MCCANLESS, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND BIRDVILLE FAMILY, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 35 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HE ANNOUNCED HE'S RETIRING, SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR WHAT MARK HAS DONE.

THANK YOU, MARK [APPLAUSE].

ALISON'S RETIRING TOO.

HOW MANY YEARS ALISON? 35. 35 ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. I'M ASSUMING WE'RE READY.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT? I KNOW THESE BOARD MEETINGS CAN GET LONG AND SHORT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT WHAT A GREAT REASON TO CELEBRATE ALL THESE THESE KIDS FROM ALL DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR ATHLETES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE STATE MEETS IN FRONT OF YOU HAVE FROM RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL HEAD COACH KIRBY CROMWELL. WE HAD A PHENOMENAL YEAR IN TRACK, AND IF YOU MAKE IT TO THE STATE MEET, YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING.

I MEAN, SOME STATES, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

IN TEXAS, IT'S BIG.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BIG.

100 METER DASH. JAYDEN FINLEY, HE'S UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S UNABLE TO BE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.

HE FINISHED HE WON THE BRONZE MEDAL WITH A TEN FOUR, I THINK TEN FOUR ONE.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH TRACK, THAT IS REALLY, REALLY FAST.

SO HE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE WITH US, BUT ALSO QUALIFYING THE REGIONAL SILVER SILVER MEDALIST FOUR BY ONE RELAY TEAM RAN FORTY ONE FOUR FOR THE YEAR WAS OUR FASTEST TIME JEAN HUNGA, DOMINIQUE JOHNSON, JAYDEN FINLEY AND MICHAEL TURNER WITH THE ALTERNATES BEING

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AND WE ALSO HAD A STATE QUALIFIER THAT WAS A SILVER MEDALIST AT REGIONALS IN THE LONG JUMP DOMINIQUE JOHNSON [APPLAUSE].

GUYS, GREAT YEAR. COACH, CONGRATULATIONS.

YEAH. HEY, GET A BIG, PRETTY SMILE.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, GUYS.

YOU. COME ON.

ALSO IN TRACK FROM HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL.

COME ON, GENTLEMEN, QUIT BEING SHY.

MIKE SWAN, TRACK COACH.

AND, OF COURSE, JUST JASON.

EXCUSE ME. UH, COACH TUCKER IS OUR CAMPUS COORDINATOR AND ATHLETIC OF THE CAMPUS.

JEREMIAH I GUESS WANTS ALL THE GLORY HERE BECAUSE HE'S DONE.

HE WAS THE GUY. HE QUALIFIED IN TWO EVENTS.

HE QUALIFIED IN THE TWO EVENTS.

AND IT WAS A TOUGH DAY.

WE GOT OUT THERE AND START UPS WILL START AT 9:00.

HE TURNED TO TEN BECAUSE OF RAIN.

IT CONTINUED TO RAIN AND RAIN.

WE JUMPED AND WE GOT I THINK WE GOT PROBABLY SIX TWO BEFORE THE RAIN.

THEN THE RAIN SET IN FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

BUT HE CAME BACK, HE FINISHED AND HE FINISHED FOURTH IN THE STATE IN THE HIGH JUMP AT SIX FOUR.

IS THAT CORRECT? SIX FOUR.

AND HE ALSO QUALIFIED IN THE LONG JUMP.

SO QUITE AN ATHLETE AND GREAT JOB REPRESENTING HALTOM HIGH.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. ALSO STATE QUALIFIERS AND PEOPLE AND WE HAD TWO FROM IN GYMNASTICS THE COACHES COURTNEY YANCEY AND DUSTIN CUNNIFF FROM RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL. AND I'M GOING TO READ JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU, I KNOW ALL ABOUT GYMNASTICS, BUT I DON'T, BUT I'M GLADLY LEARNING.

JACOB DICKMAN, REGIONAL QUALIFIER, SIXTH ON THE FLOOR, 11TH ON THE VAULT.

FIRST BOY FROM RICHLAND IN 15 YEARS TO QUALIFY FOR STATE THREE YEARS IN A ROW MADE THE NATIONAL TEAM FIRST BOY FROM RICHLAND IN 18 YEARS TO QUALIFY FOR THE NATIONAL TEAM.

SO PHENOMENAL JOB.

ALSO FROM BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, RYLAN RICHARDS, REGIONAL QUALIFIER.

FIRST ON THE FLOOR, THIRD ON THE POMMEL HORSE, EIGHTH ON THE RINGS, SEVENTH ON THE PARALLEL BARS, FIFTH IN ALL AROUND FIRST BOY FROM BIRDVILLE AND TEN YEARS TO QUALIFY FOR STATE. TWO YEARS IN A ROW AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS WAS FOURTH ON THE RINGS, 10TH ON THE PARALLEL BARS AND 11TH IN THE ALL AROUND [APPLAUSE].

GOOD. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

AS THEY LEAVE THE ROOM.

I'D LIKE TO CALL ON DR.

JENNIFER PERRY AT THIS TIME TO COME LEAD US IN OUR RECOGNITION OF OUR NATIONAL MERIT AND COLLEGE BOARD NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM STUDENTS.

THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING.

I'M HONORED TO INTRODUCE AND PRESENT TO YOU SOME OF THE TOP RANKING STUDENTS IN THE NATION.

TONIGHT, WE HAVE FIVE GROUPS TO RECOGNIZE FOR THE NATIONAL MERIT AND COLLEGE BOARD NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM.

FAIR WARNING. THIS IS A FABULOUSLY LONG LIST OF STUDENTS.

THE FIRST GROUP THAT WE'RE PRESENTING IS OUR NATIONAL INDIGENOUS RECOGNITION AWARD.

GOING TO AIDEN GRAHAM [APPLAUSE].

LEILANI HOFF [APPLAUSE].

JASMINE PETER [APPLAUSE].

LANDYN ROSS [APPLAUSE].

AND EMILY SMAY [APPLAUSE].

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A GROUP PHOTO WITH THEM? [INAUDIBLE] I WILL EXPLAIN TO THE BOARD WHY THEY TAKE THIS PICTURE.

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AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO STEP OUT AND DO A GROUP PICTURE WITH EVERYBODY OUTSIDE.

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT GROUP IS OUR NATIONAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN RECOGNITION AWARD.

GOING TO MAALIYAH GREER [APPLAUSE].

SASHA NORWOOD [APPLAUSE].

NAYLA SINGLETON [APPLAUSE].

AND BRENDIN THOMAS [APPLAUSE].

YOU GET A PICTURE. GO AND TAKE IT ALL.

GOT IT? ALL GOOD.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITION AWARD.

ASHANTY AGUAYO [APPLAUSE].

DANIEL BELTRAN, WHO COULD NOT MAKE IT WITH US TONIGHT.

JAMES BENAVIDES [APPLAUSE].

BRIAN CONTRERAS [APPLAUSE].

CHRISTIAN ESQUIVEL [APPLAUSE].

RACHEL EWING [APPLAUSE].

HANNAH FIGUEROA [APPLAUSE].

ANTONIO FLORES [APPLAUSE], WHO'S ABSENT TONIGHT, BUT JAVIER GALLEGOS [APPLAUSE].

LAYLA GARCIA [APPLAUSE].

SELINA GARCIA [APPLAUSE].

CARLA GARCIA LEYVA [APPLAUSE].

I BELIEVE ETHAN GONZALEZ IS ABSENT TONIGHT.

CARTER HENSLEY [APPLAUSE].

ALANA HERNANDEZ [APPLAUSE].

KAREN HINOJOS MARMOLEJO [APPLAUSE].

NATALIA HOODENPYLE [APPLAUSE].

COME BACK HERE A LITTLE BIT.

YES. CONGRATULATIONS TO MARISSA JUAREZ [APPLAUSE].

CADENCE KELLEY [APPLAUSE].

ARYRINA LOPEZ [APPLAUSE].

SEBASTIAN MANZANO [APPLAUSE].

LINETTE MEDRANO [APPLAUSE].

JOSHUA MORALES JR, WHO IS ABSENT TONIGHT.

BUT SASHA NORWOOD IS NEXT [APPLAUSE].

EVELYN ORTEGA PEREZ [APPLAUSE].

I BELIEVE JOSHUA PENA IS ABSENT TONIGHT.

SO WE'LL MOVE TO AVA PEREZ [APPLAUSE].

KARYME PEREZ [APPLAUSE].

KIRSTIN PEREZ [APPLAUSE].

ARIEL QUISTIANO [APPLAUSE].

CHRISTIAN REYNA IS ABSENT [APPLAUSE].

NAYLA SINGLETON [APPLAUSE].

BRENDIN THOMAS [APPLAUSE].

JIMI VALENZUELA IS ABSENT.

JOSE ZAYAS QUINONES IS ALSO ABSENT [APPLAUSE].

LET ME TURN MY PAGE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS GROUPING.

YES [APPLAUSE].

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ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT GROUP IS OUR NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED STUDENTS.

I BELIEVE MADELYN ALLRED IS ABSENT, BUT WE'LL STILL GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE].

ETHAN ANDERSON [APPLAUSE].

LUKE DEARMOND [APPLAUSE].

HARRISON GIST [APPLAUSE].

TAN HA [APPLAUSE]. LAUREN HUDKINS [APPLAUSE].

ALYSSA NGUYEN IS ABSENT.

SEBASTIAN SOHN [APPLAUSE].

Y'ALL STAY THERE TILL PARENTS GET THROUGH.

OKAY? ONE MORE. ALL RIGHT.

GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. SORRY.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. GOOD JOB.

AND TONIGHT, WE ARE RECOGNIZING TWO NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS FROM RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE MATTHEW BARNETT [APPLAUSE].

AND FROM BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE SONYA DEMAREE.

OH, MY GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS [APPLAUSE].

WAIT, DAD. DAD DIDN'T GET IT.

DID DAD GET A PICTURE? I DON'T THINK YOU DID. YEAH.

COULD Y'ALL. WOULD Y'ALL MIND RECREATING THAT MAGIC MOMENT? YEAH. AND I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHERE THESE TWO HAVE CHOSEN TO GO TO SCHOOL.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING? OKAY. AND WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO? AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL ON MR. JASON WELLS TO LEAD OFF IN OUR INTRODUCTION OF OUR VALEDICTORIAN AND SALUTATORIAN FROM OUR THREE HIGH SCHOOLS.

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THERE'S ONLY ONE AWARD PER STUDENT.

GOOD JOB, PRESIDENT DAVIS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

STINSON, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR VALEDICTORIAN AND SALUTATORIAN FROM THE CLASS OF 2023 AT BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE WILL START WITH OUR NUMBER TWO OVERALL GPA RANKING GRADUATE.

OUR SALUTATORIAN IS LAUREN HUDKINS [APPLAUSE].

LAUREN IS GOING TO ATTEND TEXAS A&M TO STUDY BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND IS GRADUATING WITH AN OVERALL GPA OF 109.971.

AND SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF BARTLEY AND CARRIE HUDKINS.

CONGRATULATIONS, LAUREN.

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU [APPLAUSE]. AND NEXT WE HAVE OUR NUMBER ONE RANKING GRADUATE, SONYA DEMAREE, OUR VALEDICTORIAN [APPLAUSE].

SONYA, SHE SHARED EARLIER, IS GOING TO ATTEND HARDING UNIVERSITY AS A DOUBLE MAJOR IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND APPLIED SPANISH, AND SHE IS GRADUATING WITH AN OVERALL GPA OF 110.869 AND SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF DANIEL AND KRISTIN DEMAREE.

CONGRATULATIONS, SONYA [APPLAUSE].

HERE WE GO, PARENTS. HOLD ON, JOE.

OUR NEXT INTRODUCTIONS WOULD BE DONE BY DR.

KRISTY STRICKLAND FROM HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL.

WHILE THEY'RE COMING UP.

MR. WELLS, GOOD LUCK IN BLUFFDALE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED, BUT GOOD LUCK TO YOU [APPLAUSE].

PRESIDENT DAVIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. STINSON IT IS INDEED MY HONOR.

AND I ECHO MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES OF HOW MUCH WE ENJOY THAT YOU ALLOW US TO BRING OUR GRADUATES BEFORE YOU AND LET YOU SEE THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN PLACE AND WHERE IT ALL ENDS UP.

THESE ARE OUR TOP TWO GRADUATES FOR HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL.

FIRST, OUR NUMBER TWO OVERALL GRADUATE WITH A GPA RANKING IS LINETTE MEDRANO, OUR SALUTATORIAN [APPLAUSE].

LINETTE IS GRADUATING WITH AN OVERALL GPA OF 110.401.

SHE IS A DAUGHTER OF LEONEL MEDRANO AND HILDA DEL VALLE GONZALEZ.

SHE WILL ATTEND TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY TO STUDY BIOCHEMISTRY [APPLAUSE].

AND I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE A VALEDICTORIAN FOR HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT IS CHELSI LAM [APPLAUSE].

CHELSI IS GRADUATING WITH AN OVERALL GPA OF 111.027.

CHELSEA IS THE DAUGHTER OF TOM LAM AND KIM PHAN.

CHELSEA WILL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TO MAJOR IN NEUROSCIENCE OR BIOCHEMISTRY [APPLAUSE].

SEE IF MOM AND DAD NEED ONE.

GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB [APPLAUSE].

AND FOR OUR LAST RECOGNITION.

MR. KYLE MCCARTY FOR RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT DAVIS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

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IT'S BEEN A GREAT TWO WEEKS FOR ME BECAUSE THE THREE OF US HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER LATELY PRACTICING ON OUR SPEECHES FOR TOMORROW MORNING.

SO I THINK WE'VE BEEN IN THE IN THE AUDITORIUM ABOUT SEVEN TIMES TOGETHER.

MY SPEECH IS MUCH BETTER THAN THEIRS.

BUT YOU ALL CAN JUDGE TOMORROW WHEN WE GET THERE.

THESE ARE GETTING TO KNOW THESE KIDS THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAS BEEN GREAT.

BEING SMART AND HAVING THE HIGHEST GPA IS WONDERFUL.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND REALLY GETTING TO KNOW THESE KIDS, THEY ARE YOUNG MEN OF GREAT INTEGRITY AND A LOT OF DEPTH TO THEM AS WELL.

SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM, NOT ONLY FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE TODAY.

SO IT GIVES ME GREAT PRIDE TO INTRODUCE OUR NUMBER TWO OVERALL GPA RANKING GRADUATE.

OUR SALUTATORIAN IS MR. ETHAN ANDERSON [APPLAUSE].

ETHAN IS THE SON OF MARK AND KATHY ANDERSON.

ETHAN WILL BE ATTENDING TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY TO STUDY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.

CONGRATULATIONS, ETHAN [APPLAUSE].

AND THE LAST HONOR GRADUATE BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT IS OUR NUMBER ONE OVERALL GPA RANKING GRADUATE, OUR VALEDICTORIAN, MR. MATTHEW BARNETT [APPLAUSE].

MATTHEW IS GRADUATING WITH AN OVERALL GPA OF 112.30.

MATTHEW IS THE SON OF DAVID AND ANNA BARNETT.

MATTHEW WILL BE ATTENDING MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TO STUDY CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.

CONGRATULATIONS, MATTHEW [APPLAUSE].

VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE.

WE'LL SEE ALL THESE KIDS TOMORROW STARTING AT 10 A.M.

AND YOUR PARENTS AND FRIENDS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY, BUT YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO LEAVE.

IF YOU'D LIKE AT THIS TIME, FEEL FREE TO DO SO.

WE'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER MINUTE OR TWO TO GET OUT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FOR THOSE OUR NEXT ITEM IS OPEN FORUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REGARDING GENERAL TOPICS, PLEASE NOTE THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THIS

[I. OPEN FORUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD]

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK PER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND LOCAL BOARD POLICY.

PERSONAL ATTACKS ON STAFF OR STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.

THE BOARD SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO DELIBERATE OR ACT REGARDING ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

OUR SPEAKER, WHO HAS SIGNED UP TONIGHT IS MR. J.R. MARTINEZ.

PLEASE COME FORWARD. GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS THIS TIME.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD. J.R.

MARTINEZ WITH THE TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR.

VERY PROUD OF ALL OF THE STUDENTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M A FORMER RESIDENT OF HALTOM CITY.

MY PARENTS LIVED HERE FOR 54 YEARS.

SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT TAD.

I FEEL LIKE I OWE IT TO YOU GUYS.

SO ONCE AGAIN, IN 2022, TAD APPRAISED THE APPRAISAL ROLL EARLY ON JULY 21ST DESPITE A RECORD NUMBER OF PROTEST.

TAD HAS CERTIFIED THE ROLL ON TIME FOR OVER THE PAST 14 YEARS.

TAD RECEIVED IN 2022 188,000 PROTEST.

THAT WAS A 22% INCREASE OVER 2021.

THE REASON FOR THAT HIGH NUMBER OF PROTEST WAS DUE TO EXTREMELY ACTIVE REAL ESTATE MARKET.

TAD ESTIMATED THAT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES WOULD INCREASE ON AVERAGE OF 20% IN 2022.

HOWEVER, THE REAL ESTATE MARKET WAS STRONG ALL OVER THE STATE THAT YEAR AND THE AVERAGE INCREASE WAS 24%.

SOME COUNTIES, SUCH AS SUMMERVILLE, SAW AN INCREASE OF UP TO 60%.

DEMAND CONTINUED TO OUTPACE SUPPLY, RESULTING IN HIGHER HOME PRICES.

HIGHER HOME PRICES ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO MORE INTEREST FROM INVESTORS IN THE APARTMENT SECTOR.

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TAD ACCURATELY AND TIMELY TRANSMITTED MONTHLY DATA SUPPLEMENTS TO TAX OFFICES IN TARRANT JOHNSON, DENTON, DALLAS AND PARKER COUNTIES.

TAD IMPLEMENTED AN ONLINE HOMESTEAD APPLICATION PROCESS AT THE END OF 2021.

THIS ALLOWS PROPERTY OWNERS TO FILE FOR EXEMPTIONS ELECTRONICALLY WITHOUT THE NEED TO COME TO THE OFFICE.

TAD HAS SEEN GREAT SUCCESS WITH THE UTILIZATION OF THIS CONVENIENT APPLICATION PROCESS.

THE TOTAL ONLINE APPLICATIONS WAS OVER 24,000.

WE'LL PROBABLY SEE AN INCREASE THIS YEAR TOO.

TAD CONTINUES TO IMPROVE THE ONLINE PROTEST PROCESS AND VALUE NEGOTIATION TOOLS, WHICH HELP FACILITATE RESOLUTIONS AND VALUE DISPUTES.

TAD HAS BEEN WORKING TO ENHANCE ITS WEBSITE TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY FOR TARRANT COUNTY TAXPAYERS.

RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO WORK FOR IN FORT WORTH BY FORT WORTH INC MAGAZINE IN 2021 TAD WAS RECOGNIZED AGAIN IN THE BEST PLACES TO WORK, AND THAT WAS IN 2022.

THIS HONOR IS THE RESULT OF EMPLOYEES RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS VIA AN ANONYMOUS SURVEY PRODUCED AND CONTROLLED BY FORT WORTH INC MAGAZINE.

OVERALL, IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ISSUES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.

I'M HERE FOR YOU GUYS. THANKS SO MUCH.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MR. MARTINEZ. THAT MAY BE A FIRST.

A BOARD MEMBER COMING AND GIVE US INFORMATION.

WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

ITEM J. PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.

[J. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD]

MS. BOWMAN.

YES, PRESIDENT DAVIS.

WE HAVE IRENE NIGAGLIONI WITH IN2 HERE TONIGHT.

AS WE'RE STARTING ON A ROTATION, WE'LL HAVE AN ARCHITECT.

FIRST MONTH WE'LL HAVE OUR CONTRACTOR THE NEXT MONTH, AND THEN OUR BOND OVERSIGHT.

AND SO OUR FIRST PRESENTATION WILL BE FROM MS. NIGAGLIONI. SHE WILL ALSO BE GOING OVER THE BID INFORMATION FOR OUR GRIGGS HIGH SCHOOL.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

STINSON. WHAT A GREAT NIGHT TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

IT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW HERE, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO GIVE YOU THE UPDATE.

SO IN2 HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE.

WE'RE WORKING ON THE GRIGGS HIGH SCHOOL AND LINDA KUNKEL SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER, WHICH I WILL SHARE THE CURRENT STATUS.

HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD AFTER TONIGHT WITH APPROVAL OF A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, WE WILL HAVE OUR CONTRACTOR READY TO GO TO START CONSTRUCTION.

THE OTHER PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON, WE HAVE SOME MISCELLANEOUS PAINTING AND FLOORING CONTRACTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AT BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, PORTER, NORTH RIDGE, WATAUGA ELEMENTARY, CARRIE THOMAS.

SO WE'VE DONE THE PRELIMINARY RESEARCH ON THOSE.

WE'VE [INAUDIBLE] BUILT THE INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE AND DEVELOP SOME CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION NEXT SUMMER.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GRIGGS HIGH SCHOOL AND KUNKEL CENTER.

SO I WANT TO GO OVER THE PROPOSALS.

I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT IT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU SAW WHEN WE WERE HERE IN OCTOBER DURING DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, AND WE HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

SO WE RECEIVED TWO COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS FROM QUALIFIED OFFERORS.

WE DID EVALUATIONS BASED ON THE SELECTED CRITERIA FROM THE DISTRICT.

WE CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS OF BOTH THE OFFERORS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE SCOPE WAS COMPLETE AND TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE COST DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE TWO PROPOSERS.

WE CONDUCTED ADDITIONAL REFERENCE CHECKS BASED ON WHO WE DEEM TO BE THE BEST VALUE PROPOSER AND BASED ON THE FINDINGS, WE'RE BRINGING THAT RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TODAY.

I'M GOING TO POINT OUT THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEGRITY CONTRACTORS ARE HERE WITH ME, ROGER ROULETTE, RICK AND CALEB BEETS SO OUR BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION BUDGET WAS $21,609,825.

THE BASE PROPOSAL, WHICH INCLUDES A ONE STORY FACILITY, WHICH IS AGAIN, THE DIFFERENCE THAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER.

WE ISSUED A POST PROPOSAL ADDENDUM WHICH HAD SOME CHANGES AND SOME HARDWARE UPGRADES, AND THEN RECOMMENDATION ALTERNATE NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS A RESTORATION OF THE EXISTING FLAT ROOF IN THE BUILDING.

AND I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT WAS NEVER IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE AFTER THE BUDGET WAS ESTABLISHED.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT FOR YOU, WHICH GIVES YOU A RESTORATION.

ALTERNATE 6A IS THE HVAC SYSTEM BY DAIKIN.

WE HAD NO SYSTEMS IN THE BASE PROPOSALS, SO WE HAD TO INCLUDE ONE HERE.

SO WHEN YOU ADD THOSE THREE ITEMS TO THE BASE PROPOSAL, YOU'RE AT 21,601 108, SO JUST $8,700 UNDER THE BUDGET.

WE ARE BRINGING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY ALTERNATE NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS TO CONSTRUCT A SECOND FLOOR CLASSROOM AREA TO EXPAND THE CAPABILITIES OR THE CAPACITY OF THE BUILDING.

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AFTER WE PRESENTED IN OCTOBER, WE RECEIVED INITIAL ESTIMATES FROM OUR ESTIMATORS LATE IN THE FALL THAT SHOWED THAT WE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER BUDGET.

SO WE TOOK THE INFORMATION AND FIGURED OUT HOW WE COULD COMPRESS THE SPACE INTO THE BUILDING SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE BUDGET THE BEST WE COULD.

SO WHAT WE CREATED WERE TWO OPTIONS, A BASE PROPOSAL, WHICH IS A ONE STORY SOLUTION FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT REDUCES THE INITIAL NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS BY THREE.

SO YOU RESULT IN 18 CLASSROOMS, TWO CTE LABS, TWO SCIENCE LABS AND ONE FINE ARTS ROOM.

IT ALSO REDUCES SUPPORT SPACES LIKE TEACHER WORKROOMS AND COLLABORATION SPACES.

ALTERNATE PROPOSAL GOES BACK TO A TWO STORY THAT INCLUDES THE SAME NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS THAT WE STARTED WITH AND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THAT HIGH VOLUME SPACE IN THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING. HOWEVER, THE OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE HAVE IN THE ALTERNATE IS ALSO STILL LESS OF WHAT WE SHOWED DURING DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

SO THIS WAS THE BASE PROPOSAL AND THE WAY WE BID IT.

SO SOME OF THE BIGGER DIFFERENCES, IF YOU RECALL BEFORE WE HAD EXTRA SPACE, SO WE HAD CREATED AN OMNI ROOM BECAUSE WE HAD EXTRA SPACE WE WERE GOING INTO THE SECOND FLOOR.

WE COMPACTED EVERYTHING INTO THE BUILDING AGAIN, WE LOCATED THAT WE CHANGED THE ORIENTATION OF ADMINISTRATION AREA.

SO IT'S NOW VERTICAL. IT USED TO RUN HORIZONTAL AT THE TOP.

WE BROUGHT THE SCIENCE LABS DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR.

WE ELIMINATED THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.

THERE'S A SHED THAT WAS AN ATTACHED PIECE TO THE EXISTING BUILDING THAT WAS IN EXTREMELY POOR SHAPE.

AND ACTUALLY DURING YOUR FREEZE, THAT WAS THE AREA THAT HAD THE MOST DAMAGE.

SO WE DECIDED NOT TO BUILD THAT BACK AND JUST TAKE IT DOWN AND NOT REBUILD.

BUT THE AREA OF THE GYM AND CAFETERIA ALL STAYED THE SAME.

AND THEN THE CLASSROOMS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE REDUCED THE COLLABORATION SPACES AND WE'RE ABLE TO FIT THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS IN THAT SPACE.

IT STILL MAINTAINS A SECURITY SEPARATION.

IT KEEPS MOST OF THE STUDENTS IN ONE LOCATION.

THE ALTERNATE PROPOSAL SPREADS OUT A LITTLE BIT, THAT AREA IN THE CENTER.

SO IT GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE FIRST STORY CLASSROOM AREA TO OPEN IT UP AND TO THE COLLABORATION SPACE AND ALLOW THE LIBRARY TO SPILL OVER INTO THAT SPACE.

ALL THE OTHER SPACES TO THE LEFT ARE THE SAME, BUT NOW IT ADDS A HALF OF A SECOND FLOOR IN THAT AREA.

SO AGAIN, IT CREATES MORE WORK ROOM AND OFFICE SPACES FOR SECURITY AND MONITORING AND ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS IN THE SECOND FLOOR.

SO IT'S STILL A REDUCED VERSION OF WHAT WE ORIGINALLY SHOWED YOU, BUT IT GIVES YOU SPACE TO GROW IN THE BUILDING.

ALTERNATE PROPOSAL NUMBER TWO WAS TO PROVIDE WINDOWS IN THE OFFICE AREA FOR THE LINDA KUNKEL SPECIALIZED LEARNING CENTER.

WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT FOR APPROVAL TODAY.

THOSE ARE WINDOWS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OUTSIDE OF THESE OFFICES RIGHT HERE.

THERE'S OTHER GLAZING AROUND THE AREA.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE DID NOT SEE THE VALUE IN THAT.

ALTERNATE NUMBER THREE WAS TO DELETE THE PROVISION FOR THE METAL ROOF COATING AT THE EXISTING ROOF.

AND WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT.

IF YOU RECALL, THE BUILDING IS THE COPPER HAS A COPPER ROOF COLOR.

WITH THE ALTERNATE WITH THE BASE PROPOSAL THAT WE HAD WE WERE CHANGING THE COLOR OF THE EXTERIOR TO THE GRAY AND ALSO PROVIDING A ROOF COATING TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY OF YOUR ROOF. ALTERNATE NUMBER FOUR WAS TO PROVIDE THE WOOD FLOORING AT THE GYM.

WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT FOR APPROVAL AT THIS TIME.

WE HAVE A SPORT COURT FLOORING THAT EVERYBODY FEELS IS SUITABLE FOR THE ACTIVITIES AT THIS GYM.

ALTERNATE NUMBER FIVE, WHICH I MENTIONED, IS THE EXISTING ROOF RESTORATION.

SO IT WOULD TAKE THE FLAT ROOF AND WHICH IS IN POOR CONDITION AND WE WILL DO A 15 YEAR RESTORATION.

SO YOU'LL GAIN A NEW WARRANTY IN THE BUILDING FOR 15 YEARS ON THE ROOF.

THE ALTERNATE 6A AND 6B WERE THE TWO AIR CONDITIONING MECHANICAL MANUFACTURERS.

SO WE INCLUDED NOTHING IN THE BASE PROPOSAL TO A LITTLE BIT OF A MEANS TO KEEP VENDORS HONEST SO THAT WE COULD SEE THE NUMBERS AGAINST EACH OTHER AND WE SELECTED THE LOWEST PROPOSAL.

SO AGAIN, WE HAVE OUR BUDGET AND THESE ARE THE ALTERNATES WE'RE RECOMMENDING.

IF YOU TAKE EVERYTHING EXCEPT ALTERNATE NUMBER ONE, YOU ARE UNDER THE BUDGET BY $8,000.

IF YOU ACCEPT ALTERNATE NUMBER ONE, I UNDERSTAND THAT WOULD BE OVER THE BUDGET.

BUT THERE'S KATIE.

[LAUGHTER] SHE HAS THE MONEY SOMEWHERE.

SO FUNDING FOR THAT ALTERNATE WOULD COME FROM INTEREST EARNINGS.

RIGHT NOW, TEXPOOL IS OVER 5%.

IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS SINCE THE CASH CAME IN FROM THE BOND SALE, WE'VE GENERATED A LITTLE OVER $1.3 MILLION DOLLARS.

WE'RE GENERATING ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SPENT A LOT OF THE MONEY YET.

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SO WE WILL ONLY NEED TWO MORE MONTHS.

SO BY THE END OF JULY, WE WILL HAVE GENERATED ENOUGH INTEREST EARNINGS TO COVER THE COST OF THIS IF THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD.

YEAH. ONE THING I FAILED TO MENTION IF YOU DON'T BUILD IT NOW, YOU CAN'T COME BACK TO BUILD IT.

AND YOU COULD, BUT IT WOULD COST YOU.

THAT WE'RE BUILDING. SO WE EITHER DO IT NOW OR NOT DO IT.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN WE DID, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS BUILDING, ALL THE DATA THAT WE HAD WAS 95,000FT², WHICH IS WHAT THE BUDGET IN THE BOND WAS BASED ON.

AND IF YOU SEE THAT IRENE WAS SPOT ON WITH WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.

GOING TO THAT SECOND STORY, WE WERE HOPING TO DO IT, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME WE WERE DESIGNING IT IF WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT OR NOT.

SO THAT INITIAL DESIGN WAS PUT IN BECAUSE WE WERE HOPING THAT WE COULD AFFORD TO DO IT.

BUT I THINK THE BUDGET THAT SHE PUT IN PLACE LAST YEAR WAS RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH ON THE MARKET, WHICH WAS GOOD NEWS.

KATIE? YES, SIR? WHAT IS THE BRAND OF HVAC SYSTEM WE HAVE AT BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL? IT IS NOT THAT ONE.

OKAY. DAIKIN IS WHAT WE HAVE IN A NUMBER OF OUR OTHER BUILDINGS AND WE HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH DAIKIN IN THE FACILITIES THAT WE'VE REPLACED THE HVAC SYSTEMS. WE WILL NOT BE DOING THE BRAND THAT WE HAVE THERE.

OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. TOLBERT? YES. IS IT STILL DUCTLESS, THOUGH? IT'S A YES.

I'M SORRY. YES, IT IS.

OKAY. AND I THOUGHT AT ONE POINT YOU HAD SAID THAT BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WAS NOT ONLY A DIFFERENT BRAND, BUT ALSO WAS LARGER THAN MOST APPLICATIONS.

MOST PEOPLE WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THIS.

SO BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IT WAS A DIFFERENT BRAND THAN WHAT WE'VE COMPLETED AT ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT I KNOW. I KNOW.

BUT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS ALSO.

AND SO THAT'S NOT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD.

BUT THAT'S FINE IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

I THOUGHT YOU HAD SAID THAT IT WAS THE LARGEST PROJECT LIKE IT WAS. IT WAS THE FIRST.

OKAY, WHY AM I GETTING THE HEAD SHAKE? SORRY. NO, I THINK I THINK THE SYSTEM THAT IS INSTALLED AT BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IS ADEQUATE FOR A LARGE HIGH SCHOOL.

IT JUST IT WAS TOO MUCH TO BE DONE DURING ONE SUMMER.

OKAY.

I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER GOTTEN MY QUESTION OUT.

LET ME TAKE A CRACK AT IT.

LET'S LET HIM FINISH THE QUESTION.

YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS PRESENTED TO HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S HOW IT WAS PRESENTED.

HOW UNDERSTOOD IT WAS, WAS THAT OTHERS WERE LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE DID.

WHEN THIS CAME TO US ORIGINALLY, I WAS NOT TOLD THAT THIS WAS A LARGE PROJECT FOR A PROJECT FOR A DUCTLESS SYSTEM.

WHAT I HEARD LAST TIME WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT THIS WAS THAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT US TO SEE HOW THIS CAME OUT, TO SEE IF THEY WOULD ALSO DO DUCTLESS FOR SUCH A LARGE PROJECT.

DID I MISUNDERSTAND THAT? WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT NOW, BUT I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT AT THE TIME.

I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS AWARE OF IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS WAS THAT LARGE FOR THAT MANUFACTURER OR WAS IT LARGE FOR JUST DUCTLESS SYSTEMS? I THINK IT WAS LARGE FOR THE VENDOR.

OKAY. TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU.

HOW DOES HOW DOES THIS DUCTLESS FOR DAIKIN COMPARE TO THE SIZE? WELL, THE LG IS WHAT THE SYSTEM IS NOW IN PHASE ONE AT BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS THE ISSUE WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH.

RIGHT. THAT WAS A NEW GENERATION, IT'S GENERATION FIVE, I BELIEVE.

AND THAT WAS JUST FRESH OFF THE THE FLOOR OF COMING TO US IN NORTH AMERICA, DAIKIN THAT WE'RE USING HERE AT THE BOB GRIGGS HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S A VERY REPUTABLE SYSTEM, PROBABLY WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER IN THE TOP TWO BETWEEN THAT AND MITSUBISHI ARE THE TOP TWO SYSTEMS AND LG IS THE ONE THAT'S HAD THE PROBLEMS WITH AND NOW WERE NOT GOING TO USE THOSE IN THAT PARTICULAR BRAND ANYMORE.

THE PROBLEM YOU HAD IS YOU HAD SOME ISSUES WITH IT WAS A FAST INSTALLATION AND THEY WERE TRYING TO GO BACK AND REDO SOME OF THE INSTALLATION NOW AND CLEAN UP SOME OF THEIR ISSUES, WHICH QUITE FRANKLY WE'RE PROBABLY AROUND 90% RIGHT NOW GETTING THEM CLEANED UP.

BUT THEY'VE HAD TO GO BACK AND DO QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO GET THEIR SELVES BACK UP TO WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.

SO WE'RE CLEAR THAT THIS IS APPROPRIATELY SIZED.

YES. AND WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TIME NOW.

WE'RE NOT UNDER CONSTRUCTION OF A SUMMER.

THAT'S RIGHT. IT WAS REALLY THE SPEED OF THE, I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT DIFFERENTLY.

IT WAS THE SPEED OF THE PROJECT, NOT THE SIZE.

OKAY. SO THE SIZE WAS FINE BECAUSE HARDEMAN WE REPLACED IT.

HARDEMAN I THINK WATAUGA HAS DAIKIN AND WE'VE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES.

AND I HATE TO DO THIS TO YOU, BUT COULD YOU FLIP BACK? COULD YOU SHOW ME WHERE THE FLAT ROOF IS AGAIN? WHERE'S THE FLAT ROOF SECTION.

SO BEHIND ALL THESE.

SO THESE COPPER FRONTS, THEY'RE JUST MANSARD ROOFS.

IT'S JUST.

OH. IT'S LIKE THIS AND EVERYTHING ELSE BEHIND IT IS FLAT.

OH I'VE NEVER BEEN UP THERE.

I ALWAYS ASSUMED.

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NO, IT'S JUST LIKE THIS.

AND THEN THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS ARE HIDING BEHIND THAT.

THE ONLY AREA THAT GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS IS THAT CENTER PIECE.

THAT'S A METAL ROOF ALL THE WAY ACROSS.

OKAY. SO. SO THE MAJORITY OF THE ROOF IS A FLAT ROOF.

IT'S FLAT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS. OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. DILKS? NO ONE.

QUESTION ON THIS END? I HOPE, BECAUSE, ONE, YOU GAVE US A FUNDING SOURCE, WHICH IS VERY EASY TO DO, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT ON OUR PART TO INCLUDE THAT ALTERNATE.

WE'LL ALWAYS USE THE ROOM.

WE'LL GROW INTO IT.

OUR PROGRAM IS DOING GREAT THERE AT NEW BOB GRIGGS HIGH SCHOOL, SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SOURCE TO DO IT.

IT'S OUR INTEREST EARNINGS AND IT WILL CONTINUE FOR QUITE A WHILE.

AND I'D SAY YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND IT'S PROBABLY WORTH EVERY BIT OF IT.

WHAT IS THE TIMELINE IF WE AWARD CONTRACT TONIGHT? WHAT'S THE TIME THEY'RE GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION JUNE 1ST I'M ASSUMING? IT WOULD BE COMPLETE BY AUGUST 1ST OF 2024.

THAT'S THE GOAL. 15 MONTHS.

14 MONTHS. WE'RE WORKING INSIDE SO THE WEATHER DOESN'T PLAY.

WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATION AND EVERYBODY FEELS STRONGLY THAT THEY CAN DO THIS.

EXCEPT THE ROOF. YEAH THE ROOF WILL BE.

GET THAT DONE THIS SUMMER WHEN IT NEVER RAINS.

AND ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IS WE'LL TAKE ALL THE PRECAUTIONS FOR TO AVOID ANYTHING TO HAPPEN DURING THE FREEZE TIME SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANYTHING OUT. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE.

HOW MUCH MONEY DID WE GET FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY FOR SETTLEMENT ON THE FREEZE DAMAGE? NOTHING YET. WE ARE IN A BATTLE WITH THEM RIGHT NOW, SO WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM THEM.

IN FACT, DR. GLENN WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THE ADJUSTER TODAY.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THEM.

WE JUST ARE STILL WORKING ON A SETTLEMENT.

WHAT'S THE LOW? WHAT'S THE HIGH? WE DO NOT HAVE ONE YET.

SO DO WE? HAVE NONE? NO. NO, SIR.

WE HAVE SUBMITTED. THEY HAVE NOT MADE AN OFFER TO US AT ALL? NO, SIR, THEY HAVE NOT.

THEY HAVE NOT YET. MR. PRESIDENT. DO WE EVER HIRE PUBLIC ADJUSTERS? CAN SCHOOLS DO THAT? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER HAD A CLAIM TO HIRE ONE, BUT NO, SIR, WE HAVE NOT SO.

WE MAY HAVE JUSTIFICATION NOW IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PAY A CLAIM.

THE BATTLE RIGHT NOW IS WHETHER OR NOT THAT, THAT BUILDING WAS CONSIDERED VACANT.

THAT'S THE BATTLE WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW.

SO VACANT BUILDINGS ARE.

WE HAVE PROOF THAT WE'VE HAD PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THAT BUILDING FOR MONTHS.

BUT IF THE BUILDING UNDER SOME IF YOU REMEMBER, WITH OUR INSURANCE AND YOU'LL SEE ALL THAT NEXT MONTH, WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROVIDERS FOR OUR PROPERTY BECAUSE NOT ONE PROVIDER WILL DO IT.

AND SOME OF THE PROVIDERS HAVE CLAUSES THAT OUR INSURANCE AGENT DID NOT REVEAL TO US WHEN WE GOT THE POLICY LAST SUMMER THAT THERE WAS A VACANCY CLAUSE. SO NOT EVERYONE DOES.

WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET MAYBE 75% OF THE OUT OF POCKET THAT WE'VE HAD.

BUT WE'RE STILL WAITING.

WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR THAT.

SO HOW MUCH IS OUR OUT OF POCKET TO DATE? DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER ON THAT? I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

$100,000 OR $500,000.

YEAH, I REALLY.

I JUST DON'T REMEMBER.

SO DO YOU MIND IN A REPORT, JUST EMAIL US WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.

I WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. AND GOOD.

HOW WAS IT PRESENTED TO THE AGENT? I MEAN, WE KNEW IT WAS A VACANT BUILDING WHEN WE BOUGHT IT.

I ASSUME WE WENT OUT TO PROCURE INSURANCE FROM THE AGENT.

YES. AND WE WERE NEVER TOLD THAT WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.

SO I.

OKAY. BUT SO THE AGENT DIDN'T.

THAT'S NOT AN UNCOMMON CLAUSE, IS WHAT I'M TELLING YOU.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S UNCOMMON.

WE'LL SEE WE HE WOULD HE WOULD HAVE HE WOULD HAVE PROCURED INSURANCE THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE CLAUSE WHICH WOULD HAVE DRIVEN UP THE PREMIUMS, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED.

RIGHT. SOME OF THE SOME OF THE COMPANIES THAT ARE ON OUR PLAN DO NOT HAVE THAT CLAUSE.

RIGHT NOW WE THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE, WHICH IS ABOUT 75% OF OUR INSURANCE.

SO WE'RE STILL BATTLING THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS VACANT.

WE HAD PEOPLE IN AND OUT. WE HAD FISH LIVING THERE THAT WE WERE TAKING CARE OF ON A DAILY BASIS.

TRUE, TRUE STORY.

AND SO I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WAS VACANT.

AND SO WE'VE PROVIDED THEM EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION TO TRY TO SHOW THAT THAT BUILDING WE THOUGHT BY LAST FALL WE WOULD ALREADY, WHAT, MAYBE BY DECEMBER, BECAUSE OUR INITIAL WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO ALREADY BE IN CONSTRUCTION IN JANUARY.

IN JANUARY. SO BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER TO GET THE BIDS READY.

SO THAT WAS REALLY THE DELAY.

BUT WE'VE HAD CONTRACTORS, WE'VE HAD ARCHITECTS, EVERYTHING IN AND OUT OF THAT BUILDING FOR MONTHS.

AND SO THAT'S JUST THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE HAVING.

SO. ANY QUESTIONS FOR IRENE REGARDING WHAT WE'RE FIXING TO APPROVE LATER ON IN THE CONTRACT OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING.

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YES, SIR MATT. JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE ROOF.

ARE WE PAINTING THE ROOF GRAY OR ARE WE LEAVING IT? WE'RE GOING TO PAINT IT IN GRAY.

WE ARE PAINTING. YEAH, WE'RE PAINTING IT GRAY.

WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING THAT ALTERNATE TO TAKE THAT OUT OF THE JOB.

WE HAD THAT IN THE BASE PROPOSAL.

AND THAT, AGAIN, IT GIVES YOU THE NEW COLOR AND IT GIVES YOU AN INCREASED WARRANTY AS WELL.

SO WE'RE REPLACING THE FLAT ROOF AND PAINTING THE FACADES GRAY.

WE'RE ACTUALLY COATING OVER.

WE'RE COATING OVER THE WE'RE DOING A COATING RESTORATION OF THE FLAT ROOF THAT GIVES YOU A 15 YEAR WARRANTY.

OKAY. MR. TOLBERT. I'LL KIND OF MAKE IT A QUESTION, BUT I'M NOT LEANING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

BUT INTEREST IN THE PAST HAS HELPED US TO COVER OVERAGES ON OTHER PROJECTS AND ALSO HAS HELPED US IF THERE'S ON THE BASE BID, IF THERE WAS A CHANGE LIKE THEY GOT IN THERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A CHANGE ORDER THAT NEEDED TO BE EXECUTED AND WE WERE ABLE BID. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE THAT, YES, IT'S A FUNDING SOURCE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN RELIED UPON AS A FUNDING SOURCE IN THE PAST AS A WAY OF COVERING UNANTICIPATED NOT ONLY HERE BUT ON OTHER PROJECTS, BECAUSE WE CAN USE BOND FOR ALL CONSTRUCTION.

RIGHT. SO ANYWAY.

IF I MAY REMIND YOU, WE DO HAVE 8 TO $9 MILLION DOLLARS REMAINING IN THE 2018 BOND FUNDS.

IF WE WERE TO NEED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO FILL OUT.

CATEGORIZED AS JUST OUR OWNERS CONTINGENCY.

IT'S LEFT OVER, YES SIR. RIGHT.

UNCOMMITTED.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND COST SAVINGS AND COST SAVINGS ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

SO I MEAN, SOME WOULD SAY SPEND THAT MONEY BEFORE YOU SPEND.

THAT'S WHY WE HELP. WELL, WE WANT TO HANG ON.

IF YOU REMEMBER THAT WE'VE GOT NEW BOND RULES NOW.

AND SO THE 18 MONEY IS THE ONLY MONEY THAT'S REALLY OPEN FOR ANY USES.

AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO HOLD OFF ON THAT MONEY AND USE WHAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE OTHER PROJECTS THAT COME IN UNDER BUDGET THAT WE CAN BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF REPAIRS AND ROOFS AND HVAC AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

AND SO THE 18 BOND MONEY IS A LITTLE MORE UNIVERSAL AND FLUID.

RIGHT? SO, OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL GO TO FINE ARTS AND ATHLETIC COMPLEX RENOVATION UPDATE.

OKAY. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECTS GOING ON AT THE FAAC.

SO WE HAVE FIELD TURF AND LIGHT REPLACEMENT.

SO TURF WORK IS ACTUALLY COMPLETE AT THIS POINT.

THE FIELD LIGHTING SHOULD ARRIVE IN EARLY JULY WITH AN ESTIMATED THREE WEEK INSTALLATION, SO WE FULLY ANTICIPATE TO HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO GO BY FOOTBALL SEASON.

SO THIS IS YOUR BEFORE PICTURE, SO I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IT REAL CLOSELY SO YOU CAN GET A GOOD LOOK AT IT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE LATER.

THIS IS THE FIELD THERE ARE SOME DURING PHOTOS.

AND ARE YOU READY? THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

ONE END. AND I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE.

IT'S GOING TO LOOK FANTASTIC.

THEN THE WATERPROOFING AND CHAIR REPLACEMENT.

SO THE WATERPROOFING IS 99% COMPLETE.

WE'VE GOT TOUCH UPS REMAINING.

THE OTHER WORK AROUND, WE'RE DOING SOME PAINTING ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IS ABOUT 98% COMPLETE.

WE ARE REDOING THE FRONT LETTERS.

WE'RE HAVING THOSE REPAINTED WITH THE FACTORY PAINT THAT WILL BE HOLDING UP.

THE REMAINING BLEACHER INSTALLATION SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY NEXT WEEK.

ALL THE FIXED SEATING IS IN PLACE.

THE ONSITE LED LIGHTING IN THE CONCOURSE AREA HAS NOT STARTED YET, BUT WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO AUGUST 1ST.

THE WATERPROOFING CONTRACTOR SHOULD BE DEMOBILIZED BY MID JUNE AND WE ARE HOPING TO GO AHEAD AND START IN JUNE, BEGINNING THE WATERPROOFING FOR THE FINAL VISITOR SIDE.

SO HERE ARE SOME PICTURES AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS TOO, SO THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO COMPARE WITH.

YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE HOME SIDE OF THE STANDS AND THEN YOU CAN SEE JUST SOME UP CLOSE.

SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

BIG CHANGE, ISN'T IT? HERE'S THE SEATING.

AND HERE'S ALL OF IT.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT LOOKS WITH ALL OF THAT COMPLETED.

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AND THEN ONCE WE GET THE VISITOR'S SIDE, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE A MUCH NEW AND IMPROVED STADIUM.

IT'LL BE GREAT. I THINK THEY'RE DOING IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY'RE DOING THE TESTING OF THE LIGHT POLES THIS WEEK AND LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK.

SO THAT SHOULD BE IN PROGRESS.

SO SHOULD HAVE IT ALL, AS SHE STATED BY AUGUST WITH THE LIGHTS.

MR. TOLBERT? IS MR. NORTON STILL HERE? IS HE, DID HE GO? IS HE GONE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I REALLY DO WANT YOU KNOW, THIS WAS ADVERTISED.

LOOK, IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE MORE SAFE FOR THE KIDS REGARDLESS.

BUT IT WAS ADVERTISED AS COOLING GELS AND THEY SAID UP TO 20 DEGREE DIFFERENCE.

WOULD YOU MIND JUST HAVING HIM FROM TIME TO TIME, TAKE A TEMPERATURE CHECK OF IT? I'D REALLY LIKE TO JUST SEE IF IT REALLY IS REDUCING SOME OF THE? WE CAN PROBABLY ASK HELLAS EXACTLY HOW TO DO THAT WITH FIDELITY AND GET YOU SOME INFORMATION.

YEAH, I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF THAT WAS SALES TALK OR IF THE KIDS REALLY ARE GOING TO BE COOLER WHEN THEY PLAY.

THERE'S UNDOUBTEDLY THE TYPE OF MATERIAL USED A DECADE AGO VERSUS THE TYPE OF MATERIAL TODAY.

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.

AND SO. WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, THOUGH.

WE'LL ASK HELLAS EXACTLY HOW WE COULD COLLECT THAT DATA AND GET IT TO YOU.

SURE. OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS SUBJECT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KATIE.

OKAY. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM K1 INFORMATION DISCUSSION ITEM DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF DAVID E SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN

[K.1. Design Development Phase for the Replacement of David E Smith Elementary School in the 2022 Bond Program]

I SEE WAYNE WALKING THIS WAY.

WE HAVE OUR HKS ARCHITECTS HERE THIS EVENING AND THEY'LL BE GOING OVER SMITH ELEMENTARY.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT DAVIS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. STINSON. HOW ARE YOU? GREAT. IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EVENING HERE.

I COULDN'T AGREE WITH MY COHORT, MS. NIGAGLIONI ANYMORE.

WHAT A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.

BUT WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SEE YOU LIVING OUT THE MISSION OVER THERE ON THE WALL.

FANTASTIC. RIGHT.

WE ARE. MY NAME IS WAYNE REYNAUD AND I HAVE WITH ME TONIGHT MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM FROM HKS, CHANCE HOWE, OUR PROJECT MANAGER, AND PATRICK NEDLEY, OUR PROJECT ARCHITECT.

A LOT OF YOU KNOW THIS TEAM.

WE HAVE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS AT HOME WATCHING ON THE LIVE STREAM.

AND WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW IT'S OUR HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

THEY'RE AT HOME WATCHING HOCKEY GAME OR WATCHING US.

I DON'T. THEY'RE WATCHING YOU GUYS.

OKAY. YEAH, WE TOLD THEM THERE WOULD BE A POP QUIZ.

IT'S INTERMISSION AND A MUST WIN RIGHT NOW. I THINK.

[LAUGHTER] IT CERTAINLY IS.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.

WE ARE REALLY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU A LOT OF WORK THAT THE STUDENTS, THE STAKEHOLDERS AND STAFF AT BOTH W.T.

FRANCISCO AND DAVID E.

SMITH AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND YOUR STAFF HERE HAVE PUT INTO THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT.

AND WE BASICALLY JUST GET TO SHOW OFF THE COLLABORATION OF OUR TEAM AND YOUR TEAM.

WE WANTED TO SHOW SOME SCHEDULE BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO SHOW YOU THAT WE'RE ON SCHEDULE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH TWO DIFFERENT SITES THAT ARE MERGING TOGETHER.

OUR FIRST PHASE IS ALREADY OUT THERE BEING PERMITTED, BEING PROCURED AND READY TO CREATE OUR TRANSITION ONTO W.T . FRANCISCO WITH THE PARTNER GROUPS, THE COHORTS OF BOTH SCHOOLS.

WE'LL START ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY THIS COMING UP SCHOOL YEAR, FALL OF 23 AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE ON TARGET TO ISSUE A GMP TO THIS BOARD AND AT THE END OF OCTOBER.

ONE THING WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR, WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT THESE DAYS, AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE HIGHLY ENGAGED IN UNDERSTANDING YOUR TEA SCHOOL FACILITY COMPLIANCE METHOD FOR CAPACITY.

AND WE USE THE QUANTITATIVE METHOD, INCLUDING ALL CLASSROOMS, COLLABORATIVE AREAS FOR SQUARE FOOTAGE.

AND YOUR FLEXIBILITY LEVEL IS 4.

THE MOST IMPACTING.

HERE'S A SITE OF THE EXISTING CAMPUS.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT WE WANT TO TAKE A NOTE OF REAL QUICK.

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AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BUILDING WAS BUILT ON A HILL.

WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO BALANCE THAT SITE AND UTILIZE AS MUCH OF IT AS POSSIBLE.

BUT THAT BUILDING MASS IS MUCH SMALLER THAN WHAT WE NEED.

AS WE JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.

I WANT TO MOVE BACK TO THAT.

BUT AGAIN, SOME OF OUR ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS WERE JUST INCREDIBLY FUN AT BOTH CAMPUSES.

THE STUDENTS WERE VERY HELPFUL AND YOU CAN SEE JUST THE HUNDREDS OF POST-IT NOTES AND IDEAS AND THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF.

AND WE CAME UP WITH SOME IDEOLOGIES HERE AND WE FOUND COMMON GROUND.

AND YOU CAN ALWAYS DO THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE EDUCATORS ARE INVOLVED AS THEY ARE, AND ESPECIALLY FROM STUDENTS.

THEY ARE JUST GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO HELP THEM LEARN.

AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WORDLE THAT'S PRODUCED FROM SOME OF THE EFFORT.

BUT WE CAME UP WITH FIVE MAJOR GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT I THINK ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

AND OF COURSE, THE BIGGEST PART OF COMMUNITY IS ITS UNITY.

AND WE ARE UNIFYING IN THIS PARTNER SCHOOL, AS YOU SO APPROPRIATELY CALLED IT IN THE BOND LANGUAGE, THESE TWO CAMPUSES, WE FOUND A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR EACH OF THESE STUDENTS IS SO IMPORTANT.

WE FIND THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE, THAT STUDENTS NEEDING A PLACE TO BE, A PLACE TO BE WANTED, A PLACE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, A PLACE TO BE SEEN, COLLABORATION IS SO VERY IMPORTANT.

WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, BUT LIVING IT AND MAKING IT WORK AND SEEING THE RESULTS THAT ANYONE CAN HAVE A GOOD IDEA.

IT CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT AND OUR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES BECOMING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT AND PROMINENT THESE DAYS.

A TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

WE HAVE LEARNED THAT SPACES CAN BE SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST ONE THING, AND SUSTAINABILITY IS IMPORTANT.

AND I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A BUZZ WORD.

IT'S A MARKETING WORD.

BUT ENDURING RELEVANCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY IS A PART OF SUSTAINABILITY, RESILIENCY, RELEVANCE TO THE IDENTITY OF WHAT THE DAVID SMITH SCHOOL IS GOING TO BECOME WITH THE W.T.

FRANCISCO CAFETERIA BUILT ON THE INSIDE.

AND OF COURSE, SCHOOL SAFETY, A RESPONSIBLE, HOLISTIC APPROACH THAT EVERYONE IN THAT COMMUNITY CAN BE PLEASED WITH.

SO WHAT DID WE COME UP WITH AS A CONCEPT? WE SEE DAVID E.

SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECOMING A NEST THAT SUPPORTS LEARNING, FOSTERS GROWTH.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN CONNECT.

AND WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT A NEST IS IT GATHERS INDIVIDUAL PIECES INTO ONE LOCATION, RIGHT? AND IT HAS A PURPOSEFUL ARRANGEMENT.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE NEATEST THING IN THE WORLD, BUT IT REALLY HELPS STRENGTHEN AN ENVIRONMENT.

IT CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF SAFETY, A PLACE OF COMFORT AND GROWTH AND CREATES LITTLE MOMENTS OF POSSIBILITY.

JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND AS AN OVERALL CONCEPT, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PRACTICUM OF WHAT WE HAVE DESIGNED.

OKAY. ON SITE, BACK TO THE ISSUES, SOME THINGS THAT WE FELT WERE VERY IMPORTANT AS SOME OF YOU HAVE, THAT SAW SOME OF THE EARLIER CONCEPTS, TRAFFIC IMPACT WE HAVE SEEN QUEUING AT THE MAIN INTERSECTIONS OF THEIR EXISTING CAMPUSES THAT JUST CLOG UP TRAFFIC IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO QUEUE ON SITE AT EITHER CAMPUS, FRANCISCO OR SMITH AND PEOPLE JUST PARKING ALONG THE STREET AND WAITING FOR THEIR STUDENTS TO COME TO THEM.

SO THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT RIGHT, WE ENGAGED A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR BOTH THE TRANSITION YEAR AT FRANCISCO AND FOR DAVID E.

SMITH. ALL OF THESE POINTS ARE RELEVANT, BUT YOU CAN SEE THEM IMPLEMENTED HERE IN THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

TWO SEPARATE DROP OFF LANES EACH ABOUT 1500 LINEAR FEET, WHICH GETS QUEUING OFF THE STREET AND ONTO THE SITE.

SEPARATE BUS DROP OFF, OFF OF FIELD STREET, WHICH KEEPS THAT TRAFFIC SEPARATE FROM PARENT DROP OFFS IN TWO LOCATIONS. AND I THINK THAT'S RELEVANT FOR SAFETY AS WELL, TO KEEP THE PARENTS OUT OF THE BUS TRAFFIC.

ALSO, YOU HAVE JUST THE FACT THAT THE SERVICE YARD IS OUT OF THE WAY OFF OF FIELD STREET AND YOU CAN QUEUE FROM TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ON TWO

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RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE TO SEE HOW THEY WANT TO MANAGE IT.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE EVEN OPTIONS WITH THE MAIN PARKING LOT.

NOW, SOME OTHER FEATURES OF THE SITE THAT I THINK ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEST CONCEPT.

IF YOU FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ON THESE CORNERS AT STEPHANIE AND HALTOM, THE ROAD INTERSECTION, WE HAVE THESE NODES THAT CAN ACCEPT OR GATHER, IF YOU WILL, STUDENTS OR PARENTS FOR MEETING PLACES, FOR OPPORTUNITIES, FOR SAFE QUEUING OFF THE ROAD, IF YOU WILL.

AND THERE ARE POINTS THAT I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE COMMUNITY WILL SEE AS SAFE HOLDING POINTS.

AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE RENDERING IN JUST A MINUTE HOW RELEVANT THEY CAN BE TO THE SITE DESIGN.

OKAY. ANOTHER STRONG POINT THAT I WANT TO MAKE IS THIS MAIN ENTRY.

I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TAUGHT IN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY PLANNING MY ENTIRE CAREER IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF ENTRY AND, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS FROM LONG AGO JUST KIND OF LOOK THE SAME ALL THE WAY AROUND.

AND PEOPLE COULD WALK UP TO ANY DOOR AND PULL ON IT.

WE KNOW THAT CAN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE.

SO A STRONG SENSE OF ENTRY AND IT BEING AN IDENTITY FOR THE COMMUNITY, SOMETHING THAT THEY APPRECIATE, JUST GIVES AN AWARENESS TO WHERE THE PUBLIC SHOULD GO AND ENTER THE BUILDING.

AND THAT HELPS YOU MANAGE THAT, RIGHT? THAT MAKES THAT SCHOOL SAFER.

SO THOSE ARE IMPORTANT PARTS.

OKAY. PUBLIC SPACES THAT HAVE ACCESS TO PARKING LIKE YOUR BASKETBALL AREA AND YOUR GYM THAT THE COMMUNITY MIGHT GET TO USE AND IT CAN BE SEALED OFF FROM THE REST OF THE SCHOOL.

AND I MIGHT MENTION ALSO IS USED AS A STORM SHELTER FOR THIS ENTIRE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

OKAY. I'LL JUST MOVE RIGHT ALONG.

NOW, HERE'S A RENDERING WHERE ACTUALLY I BELIEVE THAT W.T.

FRANCISCO IS OFF TO THE RIGHT HERE.

RIGHT. SO WE FLIPPED IT.

SO SOUTH IS UP, RIGHT? AND WE DID THAT SO YOU CAN SEE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE BUILDING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET THERE ON STEPHANIE.

AND YOU COULD SEE HOW THESE NODES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THESE CORNERS OF THE SITE CAN GATHER THE COMMUNITY WALK UP, OR HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN QUEUE THERE SAFELY IF THAT'S WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO AND HOW IT RELATES AND DRAWS THEM INTO THIS MAIN ENTRY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THIS IDENTITY OF THE SITE, THIS SEPARATE STAFF AND VISITOR PARKING LOT THAT CAN SAFELY ACCESS THAT.

THE APPROACHES TO THE PARKING LOTS THAT ARE INWARD FROM THE INTERSECTIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SO THEY CAN NOT PROMOTE THE TRAFFIC STICKING THERE IN THOSE INTERSECTIONS.

ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN STUDIED IN TRAFFIC STUDIES AND IMPLEMENTED IN THIS DESIGN.

I THINK ALSO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PRE K WING BEING IN FRONT.

IF YOU CAN SEE THIS LITTLE ONE STORY PART RIGHT HERE, OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE MAIN ENTRY.

THIS IS YOUR ADMIN AREA OVER HERE TO THE RIGHT OF IT.

SO WHAT'S I THINK APPROPRIATE AND NICE ABOUT THE PRE K AREA IS IT'S SAFE, IT'S INWARD TO THE SCHOOL WHERE IT CAN BE MANAGED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF.

BUT IT MAKES A NICE BALANCE OF, I WOULD SAY A ONE STORY MASS TO KIND OF BUFFER THE ENTIRE BUILDING AGAINST THE SCALE OF THE HOUSES.

RIGHT. IT'S JUST NOT A BRUTAL DESIGN UP AGAINST THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES.

AND I THINK THAT HELPS MAKE IT VERY COMFORTABLE IN THIS SETTING.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FIRST FLOOR PLAN.

IT'S PRETTY EASY TO FOLLOW.

AND I THINK SOME OF THE BEST SCHOOL FLOOR PLANS ARE EASY.

IT'S SIMPLE. AND YOU WALK IN THE ENTRY HERE AND YOU SEE ALL THE THE AREAS IN RED ARE YOUR ADMINISTRATION AREAS IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WHERE YOUR PARENTS MIGHT NEED TO GO, WHERE THEY CAN BE CONTAINED, IF YOU WILL, WITHOUT FEELING LIKE THAT.

YOUR BLUE, ARE YOUR CLASSROOMS. YOU CAN SEE THE CIRCULATION.

I'M GOING TO SAY TO MY RIGHT, GOES BEHIND ANOTHER SET OF DOORS THERE.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PRE-K WING HERE AND YOU CAN SEE THE KINDER WING, SPED, SCIENCE FIRST AND SECOND GRADE ALL ON THE FIRST FLOOR. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE DEVELOP THESE TEAMING AREAS.

AND THAT'S A MODEL THAT YOU'VE USED BEFORE SUCCESSFULLY IN BIRDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BY THE WAY.

AND WE GOT THAT FEEDBACK.

WE DIDN'T DO BIRDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT WE SORT OF JUST SAID, IF IT WORKS, WE CAN MAKE IT AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR DESIGN.

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COMING DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HALLWAY, I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE CALL THE LEARNING COMMONS AND WHAT A PIVOTAL, [INAUDIBLE] WHAT A CENTRALIZED POINT THAT IS.

[LAUGHTER].

I DID NOT GO TO MIT.

I TRIED.

BUT YOU CAN SEE SORT OF THE PUBLIC SPACES, IF YOU WILL, OR THE NOISY SPACES ARE CONTAINED ON THIS END OF THE HALLWAY AND THEY CAN BE SEALED OFF AND SECURED IN THAT MANNER TOO, FOR WHATEVER USES YOU HAVE, BE IT COMMUNITY USES OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND THE SECOND FLOOR IS A REPEAT OF THE ACADEMIC WING AND IT HAS ALL THE GOOD ACCESS TO THE OUTDOORS.

YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN IS MUTED, BUT WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE IDENTITY OF THE DAVID E.

SMITH PARTNER SCHOOL WITH THE W.T.

FRANCISCO CAFETERIA OR DINING SPACE NEEDS TO REALLY REFLECT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS COMMUNITY.

AND WE THOUGHT REALLY HARD ABOUT HOW TO REPRESENT, I THINK, THE ENERGY IN THIS COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN'T DRIVE THROUGH THERE OR SPEND A DAY THERE WITHOUT APPRECIATING THE ENERGY THAT THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS AND THE TEACHERS, THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS HAVE.

IT'S INFECTIOUS.

THIS WHOLE DISTRICT IS TO BE COMMENDED FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE.

AND THEN SOMETHING THAT, LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, APPROPRIATELY SCALED AND JUST REPRESENTS THE ACTIVITY IN A SAFE WAY AND A SAFE ENVIRONMENT THAT GATHERS THAT COMMUNITY INTO THIS BUILDING WITH THIS NEST CONCEPT. THIS IS THE IMAGE WE SEE RIGHT ACROSS FROM STEPHANIE THAT WOULD BE THE MAIN ENTRY.

IT'S NOT OVERSTATED, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY ATTRACTIVE AND APPROPRIATE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD USING A LOT OF MAINTENANCE FREE MATERIALS, USING A LOT OF WHAT I WOULD CALL TEXAS NATIVE PLANTS.

LOOKING AT THE BACKYARD, IF YOU WILL.

SAFELY FENCED IN, IN ITS ENVIRONMENT, SECURED.

YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE PARKING LOT OFF HALTOM AND IT'S A SECOND PARKING LOT.

YOU SAW EARLIER THAT IT QUEUES ALSO AND THEN IT HAS AN AWNING HERE TO GATHER THAT QUEUING SPACE.

RIGHT. AND THEN A SAFE SEPARATE ENTRY DOOR HERE THAT'S CARD ACCESS AS WELL.

ONE OF THE THINGS AND ALL OF THIS AREA, YOU SEE, THIS IS A LINE I KNOW IT'S NOT PROJECTED UP IN 3D, BUT THE FENCING COMES AROUND FROM HERE.

RIGHT? LIKE THAT. SO ALL OF THIS IS SECURE.

AND WAYNE HOW DOES THE FENCE OVER THERE BY THE GYM, WHAT DOES IT DO ON THAT PARKING LOT? LET ME GO BACKWARDS.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO IS WE CAN BRING IT ON THIS SIDE OF THE DETENTION POND.

SEE WHERE I TOLD YOU THE LOW SPOT IS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A LARGE DETENTION POND THERE.

THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IN TERMS OF GATHERING MORE OF THAT AS YARD.

IF WE CAN AFFORD AN ALTERNATE FOR UNDERGROUND DETENTION, WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO TRY TO DO THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO STRESS THE BUDGET OVER IT.

BUT IF WE COULD GATHER THAT AS BACK AS YARD, IT WOULD COME AROUND THIS WAY.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE OFF OF THIS CORNER OF THE GYM.

YOU KNOW, IT COULD FUNCTION JUST AS WELL UP TO MAYBE WHERE THAT EXIT DOOR IS BUT.

JUST TRYING TO VISUALIZE THAT, IS THAT LIKE A VEHICLE GATE THAT COULD BE OPENED? ABSOLUTELY.

AND IT'LL HAVE TO HAVE A KNOX BOX ON IT, TOO, BECAUSE OUR LITTLE OUTDOOR PAVED PLAY AREA HERE, WHICH MEETS YOU KNOW YOUR PROGRAM IS ALSO A FIRE LANE.

OH. RIGHT.

SO THIS LITTLE PIECE RIGHT HERE, THIS GRASS PAVER OR WHATEVER THIS ENDS UP BEING, THIS IS ALSO FIRE LANE.

SO YOU'D HAVE ANOTHER GATE RIGHT HERE.

BUT THE FACILITY GROUNDS PEOPLE LOVE THEM BECAUSE THEY CAN USE THAT AND THEY CAN DRIVE THEIR TRUCKS IN THERE AND THEY CAN ACCESS THE YARD WHEN THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN THE YARD.

SO. I'M SORRY, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE DETENTION? SO YOU'RE THINKING IT'S GOING TO BE ABOVE GROUND? AND THEN HOW? YES, SIR. HOW DEEP WILL IT GET? IT COULD BE UP TO 3 OR 4FT DEEP.

OKAY. I THINK SIMILAR TO NORTH RICHLAND MIDDLE.

YEAH, THAT'S EVEN MORE REASON TO FENCE IT OFF.

KEEP THE KIDS FROM GOING OVER THERE.

YES, SIR. OH, I'M SO SORRY, DR.

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I'M SORRY. I WAS KIND OF.

I WAS JUST, I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU COULD READ MY THOUGHTS.

RIGHT. I MIGHT MAYBE. [LAUGHTER] SO I WAS GOING BACK TO MR. TOLBERT'S QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T STEPPED AWAY FROM EXPLORING UNDERGROUND DETENTION, SO THAT'S STILL PART OF THE PROGRESS. AND IT'LL HAVE AN AMOUNT OF MONEY MORE ASSOCIATED TO IT.

BUT I ALWAYS SAY, AND SOMETIMES THOSE PRICES AREN'T THAT BAD, BECAUSE IF YOU CAN GAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE OF YARD BACK, THAT'S USABLE LAND. I MEAN, I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT ONE OF THE BEST ASSETS YOU CAN GAIN BACK IS LAND IS PROPERTY.

SO. THERE'S A LOT OF BANG FOR THE BUCK THERE SOMETIMES.

SO I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

I WAS YOU WERE READING MY MIND, MAYBE.

ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND THAT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION QUICKLY IS, WE FIRMLY BELIEVE WE CAN CREATE A SPACE THAT'S NOT JUST A SPACE YOU WALK AROUND IN.

THAT'S A USABLE OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT IT HAS SENSORY PATH INTEGRATION.

WE'VE SEEN SO MUCH BENEFIT FROM THAT ON OTHER PROJECTS, EVEN SMITHFIELD HERE ALREADY.

AND I THINK IN THIS ONE IT'LL BE FUN TO SEE HOW MUCH OF THAT WE CAN INTEGRATE THROUGH THE BUILDING AROUND THE PLAYGROUNDS, INTO THE SITE AND BACK INTO THE BUILDING AND THROUGH AND AROUND.

I THINK IT COULD BE A GREAT EXPRESSION TO TELL THE STORY OF OUR CONCEPT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE OUR ACCESSIBILITY AND OUR PLAYGROUND SPACES, OUR UNITS.

AND WE'VE GOT ONE SHOWN HERE AND ONE SHOWN HERE.

AND THERE'S A REALLY COOL FEATURE THAT THEY WANT TO PRESERVE.

AND IT'S A SMALL FISH POND, BUT THEY TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE OF IT AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO THEM.

AND TO HEAR THE STUDENTS, ALMOST ALL OF THEM THAT CAME AND TALKED TO US THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THEM, THEY HAVE SO MUCH EMPATHY.

IT JUST IS AMAZING TO LEARN.

AND WE ALL KNOW NOW MORE THAN EVER HOW IMPORTANT EMPATHY IS THAT THESE STUDENTS LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT EMPATHY WHEN THEY'RE TALKING TOGETHER, TAKING CARE OF SOMETHING. AND THAT'S A PRETTY COOL LESSON THAT IF WE CAN BRING THAT OUT AND MAKE A FEATURE OF IT SOMEWHERE OUTDOORS, WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THAT IDEA.

AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK.

I HAD GONE BACKWARDS A LITTLE BIT TO TALK ABOUT THE FENCE AND YOU HAD SAW THE MAIN ENTRY.

OKAY. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE OUTDOORS.

YOU CAN SEE THE PLAY SPACES ARE PROJECTED UP THERE AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT WORKS.

AND ALL THE TECHNICAL DESIGN GUIDELINE ELEMENTS AND SPEC ELEMENTS ARE HERE, YOUR PLAY FIELDS, YOUR PAVING AREA FOR OUR PLAY SPACE.

AND THIS IS LOOKING AT A RENDERING.

THIS IS THE LEARNING COMMONS AREA FROM ONE OF THE PLAYGROUND AREAS ON THE IN THE BACKYARD AND THE PLAY SPACE, IF YOU WILL, LOOKING BACK TOWARDS THE LEARNING COMMONS. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT IS LIKE A LITTLE EYEBROW THAT LOOKS OUT AT THE KIDS AND VICE VERSA.

SO WE THINK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSFORMATIVE SPACES, WE THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO GLEAN THE OUTDOORS FROM THE INDOORS AND VICE VERSA. AND WE THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE ARE STUDIES THAT PROVE THAT THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT NATURAL LIGHT, IT'S ABOUT QUANTITATIVE BIOPHILIA OR JUST EXPERIENCING NATURE.

IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.

AND THEN HERE'S A PERSPECTIVE OF OUR COVERED DINING AND OUR LEARNING COMMONS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT PATHWAY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT COMING BACK AROUND INTO HERE AND THEN IT GOES BACK INTO THE SCHOOL.

OR YOU CAN GO BACK INTO HERE, BACK INTO THE LEARNING COMMONS AND ALL THAT WOULD BE MANAGED, YOU KNOW.

REAL QUICK, LET'S TALK ABOUT SECURITY DIAGRAMS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I AM A MEMBER OF CPA CPTED ASSOCIATION, AND WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY WHEN IT COMES TO ANALYZING SCHOOL FLOOR PLANS IN SECURED AND SAFE ENVIRONMENTS.

SO IF YOU JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE BLUE DOTS OR THE PURPLE DOTS, HOWEVER, YOU'RE SEEING THAT ON YOUR SCREEN.

THESE ARE KEY CARD ACCESS SECURITY CAMERA POINTS.

AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES.

RIGHT. WE NEED TO HAVE CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE THOSE ARE.

AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THOSE IN THE SCHOOL ALSO THAT YOU'LL SEE IN JUST A MINUTE WHEN WE DO AN ENLARGEMENT OF THE TRANSACTIONS AS YOU ENTER THE BUILDING. BUT HERE THE SECURED OUTDOOR PLAY, THIS ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION A LITTLE BIT BETTER, MR. TOLBERT, ABOUT THE FENCING AND THE DETENTION AREA AND THEN SECURED GATE ACCESS.

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AND THEN I THINK THE SAFETY OF JUST THE TRAFFIC IS IMPORTANT AND HOW PEOPLE COME ONTO YOUR SITE AND HOW WE CAN HAVE CLEAN LINES OF SIGHT TO MANAGE AND LOOK OUT AND SEE THEM COMING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR ADMINISTRATION AREA PROVIDES A WINDOW SIGHT FROM THE RECEPTION AREA DIRECTLY, INDIRECTLY.

AND THEN THE OFFICE STAFF CAN LOOK OUT AND SEE THAT.

AND THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE WOULD CALL PASSIVE OR HOW YOU MANAGE A CAMPUS.

BUT SOME OF THE PHYSICAL TRANSACTIONS HAPPEN INTO THE VESTIBULE.

RIGHT? YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT YOU DO.

YOU'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH AN A PHONE AND THEN YOU GET INTO A VESTIBULE THAT'S SECURED.

AND NOW THERE'S AN EXTRA LAYER RIGHT HERE AT A TRANSACTION WINDOW BEFORE ANYONE HAS TO DECIDE IF THEY LET YOU INTO RECEPTION.

AND THESE BLUE ARROWS REPRESENT WHERE TEACHERS OR DISTRICT PERSONNEL CAN WALK THROUGH WITH A CARD ACCESS.

AND THESE COLORS REPRESENT SORT OF THE TIER LEVELS OF SAFETY THAT WE'VE GONE OVER IN THE PAST.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S OUTDOOR TO INDOOR, THERE'S TRANSACTION WINDOW, THEN THERE'S ALLOWANCE IN THE RECEPTION, AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE IF THEY GO TO A CONFERENCE ROOM THAT'S RIGHT HERE FOR THEIR ARD MEETING OR THEIR PTA MEETING OR WHATEVER KIND OF MEETING IT IS.

AND THEN WE COULD BRING THE STUDENTS IN FROM THIS AREA AND THEN INTO THERE TO MEET THEM.

SO THAT CAN BE MANAGED VERY WELL AND VERY SAFELY.

THE SAME TYPE SCENARIO WOULD APPLY TO THE NURSE'S CLINIC AND THE SAME EXTRA TIER WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR THE LEARNING COMMONS IF THAT IS USED FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT SEALED OFF THAT THAT CAN BE SEALED OFF HERE AND HERE.

AND THEN WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE CAFETORIUM AND THE GYM AND THE PUBLIC SPACES COULD NEVER GO PAST THAT POINT.

WE COULD EVEN PUT ANOTHER LAYER IN THERE IF WE WANTED TO.

SO YOU'RE ALREADY INTO A FIFTH TIER BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE ACADEMIC WING.

AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY AND ENCOURAGE IS THAT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE ACTUAL CLASSROOM DOORS NOT TO HAVE TO BE LOCKED CONSTANTLY LIKE THEY ARE IN SOME OF THE EXISTING SCHOOLS NOW BECAUSE THAT CLASSROOM IS ACTUALLY THE ACTING THIRD TIER OF SECURITY, BECAUSE YOU COME TO A HALLWAY AND THEY'RE JUST IN THE ROUND.

SO ANYONE THAT GETS PAST THE SECURITY VESTIBULE AND THE CURRENT BUILDINGS COULD WALK AROUND.

RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ALL HAVING TO LOCK THEIR CLASSROOM DOORS THE SECOND THE KIDS GO IN AND THE KIDS GO OUT.

WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS DOOR WOULD KIND OF ACT LIKE THIS WHOLE WING IS A BIG, GIANT CLASSROOM.

WAYNE, I THINK WE'RE 25 MINUTES IN, SO YOU GOT TO WRAP IT UP.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. YOU READ MY MIND TWICE.

QUESTIONS THIS WAY? ANY THIS WAY, MR. KUNKEL? HOW ARE WE GOING TO RECOGNIZE FRANCISCO IN THE CAFETERIA? WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THAT YET, BUT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

WE'VE HEARD IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

GOOD.

MR. DILKS.

CAN YOU TAKE ME BACK TO A DIAGRAM OF THE BUILDING? WHAT I SEE IS THE GYM, WHICH IS OUR STORM SHELTER IS THE FARTHEST THING AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOMS. AND YOU'VE GOT 800 KIDS NOW THAT WE'RE HAVING TO TAKE DOWN THE HALLWAY AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GYM AT THIS END OF THE BUILDING. AND IN FRONT OF THEM, YOU HAVE THE PRE-K AND THE KINDERGARTNERS.

I JUST WONDER I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S THE SAFEST USE OF THE FACILITIES OR LOCATION OF THE FACILITIES.

I WOULD SAY THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTES OTHER THAN THE TIMING REQUIRED FROM WHEN A TORNADO ALARM GOES OFF.

AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT THIS SET UP CAN EVACUATE AND STORE INTO THAT STORM SHELTER IN WELL UNDER THE TIME REQUIRED.

I WOULD ALSO ASK TO CONSIDER WHAT TIME OF DAY DOES THE EVENT HAPPEN? DO YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW.

400 KIDS MAY BE IN THE CAFETERIA WHEN THE EVENT HAPPENS.

SO THE WHOLE 800 IN THE CLASSROOM WING IS KIND OF AN ERRONEOUS THOUGHT UNLESS IT'S THE MORNING, RIGHT? WELL, THEY COULD BE AT BREAKFAST OR THEY COULD STILL BE IN THEIR BUSSES.

YEAH, WELL, OR IN THE GYM.

EAT BREAKFAST AND THEN THEY GO TO CLASS.

SO THERE'S LIKE 3 OR 4 HOURS BEFORE PEOPLE GO DOWN TO THE CAFETERIA.

[01:40:02]

AND THE SECOND FLOOR HAS PLENTY OF TIME TO GET INTO THAT GYM AND SECURE THAT GYM.

AND THE WALLS HERE ON THE CLASSROOM, ARE THEY GLASS? ARE THEY OPAQUE? THE WALLS ARE MADE OUT OF FACE BRICK FOR A VENEER.

AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER PANELS AND THEY HAVE WINDOWS.

YEAH, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE INTERIOR, THE HALLWAYS.

THE HALLWAYS. SMITHFIELD.

OKAY. GLASS YES, BUT THEY HAVE.

IT'S NOT NEAR WHAT IT IS OH, OKAY. LIKE BIRDVILLE.

OKAY. I GOT YOU.

SMITHFIELD ELEMENTARY.

YES, SIR. THEY HAVE SLIDING DOOR OPENINGS TO CREATE THE TRANSFORMATIVE ENVIRONMENT, BUT THEY'RE JUST STANDARD UNITS.

SO CAN YOU SEE THROUGH THEM? WE PUT FROSTING FILM ON THEM.

IT'S IN YOUR. YEAH.

HOW HIGH? ABOUT THREE FEET OR 3.5FT.

I'M TELLING Y'ALL, WHEN PEOPLE WALK BY, THAT'S WHERE THE KIDS ATTENTION GOES.

AS A TEACHER, A FORMER EDUCATOR, 31 YEARS.

THAT'S WHY I SAID THEY'RE MORE LIKE WHAT IF YOU'LL REMEMBER WHAT THE BIRDVILLE THEY'RE SECLUDED MORE AND THOSE LEARNING COMMON AREAS ARE OFF OF THAT MAIN HALL.

AND IT'S NOT WHERE YOU WALK DOWN THE MAIN HALL AND THE LEARNING COMMONS IS OFF WITH A WALL AND THAT PROTECTS YOU FROM SEEING IT. YEAH. SO HERE'S THE MAIN CORRIDOR.

AND THEN HERE ARE THE GLASS UNITS HERE, HERE, HERE AND HERE.

SO YOU HAVE TO GO INSIDE.

IT'S LIKE YOU GO INSIDE TO WHERE THE CLASSROOMS ARE FROM THE MAIN HALL.

RIGHT.

WELL, I HATE THE GLASS WALLS.

I HATE THEM. BUT DIDN'T WE DO SOME POLLING OF TEACHERS OF THE EXISTING SCHOOLS AND SOME LIKE THE CURTAIN ISSUE, SOME LIKE BOTH.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

YES, SIR. WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH IT, MR. DILKS, BUT SOME TEACHERS LIKED IT.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY WE'RE FOLLOWING YOUR GUIDELINES TO THE T, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S UNSAFE. OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS WOULD BE AN ACTION ITEM LATER ON.

ITEM K2 RENOVATIONS FOR BOB GRIGGS HIGH SCHOOL AND LINDA KUNKEL SPECIALIZED LEARNING.

ARE WE GOOD? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, WAYNE. ANYTHING TO ADD TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD.

NO, SIR. THIS WAS AN INFORMATION SINCE IT'S ACTION ON THE AND I JUST IF ANYONE HAS ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT GRIGGS, IF NOT, WE CAN JUST MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

[K.3. 2022 Bond Program and Other Routine Easement Requests]

MS. BOWMAN.

OUR CURRENT COST ESTIMATES IF YOU WANT TO.

SO PRIOR TO EACH BOND PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD, WE'VE ALWAYS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY SMALL EASEMENTS THAT MAY POP UP IN THE MIDDLE OF CONSTRUCTION TO GIVE THE AUTHORITY, THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE, TO APPROVE THOSE SMALL UTILITY EASEMENTS OR SOMETHING SMALL.

ANYTHING THAT'S LARGER WE'LL BRING TO THE BOARD.

THIS IS JUST AN INFORMATION ITEM WE HOPE TO BRING FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ACTION NEXT MONTH.

THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS WAS IN 2019, RIGHT AFTER THE 2018 BOND.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THERE HAVE BEEN JUST A HANDFUL OF TIMES WE'VE EVEN NEEDED TO USE THIS AUTHORITY.

QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

ALL RIGHT. GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.

ALSO, TEMPORARY MODULAR.

NO, EXCUSE ME. GENERAL FUND BALANCES.

[K.4. General Fund Balance]

YOU'LL HAVE CONSIDERATION AT THE JUNE BOARD MEETING.

AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY.

THIS IS THE UPDATE THAT WE'VE TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT BEFORE WITH GASB 54.

IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE HAD THE LAND PURCHASE AND THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY MOVED THOSE DOLLARS INTO COMMITTED FUND BALANCE.

SO WE'RE ADJUSTING WITH SOME PARAMETERS AROUND WHAT WILL BE IN COMMITTED, ASSIGNED AND JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP US IN COMPLIANCE WITH SCHOOLS FIRST.

SO THESE ARE JUST THOSE UPDATES THAT WE'VE VISITED WITH YOU ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS? BE AN ACTION ITEM NEXT MONTH.

WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS TEMPORARY MODULAR ADDITIONS FOR FRANCISCO.

[K.5. Temporary Modular Additions for Francisco Elementary School]

[01:45:03]

HE'S GOING TO GO OVER THE LAYOUT.

WE DO HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR AN ACTION ITEM THIS EVENING, SO I'LL LET SCOTT GO OVER THIS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

WANT TO KIND OF GO OVER THE LAYOUT FOR THE TRANSITION PLAN FOR FRANCISCO.

AND WHAT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS, ONE, IT PREPARES IT TO MOVE THE STUDENTS OVER THERE.

SO IT'LL BE APPROXIMATELY 750 STUDENTS IN ALL.

AND THERE'S BEEN EXTENSIVE WORK WITH THE CITY, HALTOM CITY.

THERE'S BEEN EXTENSIVE WORK WORKING WITH ENGINEERS FOR DRAINAGE ISSUES, TRAFFIC, AND WE'RE WORKING ON FINISHING UP THE PERMIT NOW.

BUT I THINK WE'RE OVER THE MAJOR ISSUES TO GET THIS DONE.

SO JUST I'LL JUST TAKE YOU THROUGH THIS FOR JUST A MOMENT.

YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SITE LAYOUT THAT THE WAY THIS IS SET UP TO WORK IS IN A CLOCKWISE FASHION.

THIS WILL BECOME A ONE WAY STREET COMING UP HUNTER, LAYTON AVENUE AND DOWN JERRY IN THE SCHOOL HOURS OR IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON TIME.

SO WE'LL HAVE THREE DROP OFF POINTS SET UP THERE AND SO WE CAN TRY TO GET THE TRAFFIC IN AND OUT IN A REASONABLE FASHION.

WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE PRINCIPAL THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER TO MAKE SURE THIS IS THE MOST EFFICIENT METHOD POSSIBLE.

IF YOU LOOK, YOU HAVE THE NORMAL THE EXISTING BUILDING, YOU ALSO HAVE THE PORTABLES THAT ARE IN PLACE NOW.

WE WILL HAVE TWO MODULAR BUILDINGS PUT IN PLACE HERE AND HERE WE'LL HAVE A NEW ASPHALT PLAYGROUND, PLAY COURT AREA WITH BASKETBALL GOALS. AND THE OTHER PLAY AREA RIGHT HERE WILL HAVE EXTENSION OF THE PARKING LOT.

THIS WILL GIVE US 120 SPACES TO PARK.

WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 105 STAFF MEMBERS FOR PARKING EVERY DAY.

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM, BUT IT'LL BE A COMPACT SPACE THROUGHOUT.

WE'VE HAD TO WORK THROUGH ISSUES SUCH AS DRAINAGE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A CONCRETE FLUME THAT'S GOING TO BE PLACED HERE TO HELP WITH DRAINAGE ISSUES AND KEEP FROM THE CITY HAD A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF CONCERN ABOUT THE DRAINAGE THROUGH THE PROPERTY. SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE ENGINEERS GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM AND WORKING THROUGH THAT.

AND WHEN WE MOVE IN THE MODULARS, WE'LL ALSO BE DOING QUITE A BIT OF FLAT WORK, DEMOLITION, FLAT WORK AS WELL AS WE'RE BRINGING IN ELECTRIC SERVICE, PLUMBING.

AND SO IT'LL BE A BASICALLY A CAMPUS SET UP AND THAT'S KIND OF AN OVERALL LOOK AT THAT.

IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR PARTS OF THIS YOU'D LIKE TO TALK MORE ABOUT? OH, IT'LL BE TIGHT.

YOU'RE RIGHT, CHRIS.

QUESTIONS ON THIS END, MR. KUNKEL? SO THE CAFETERIA IS STILL THE SAME SIZE? YES, IT'S STILL IN THE EXISTING BUILDING.

IS THE KITCHEN BIG ENOUGH TO FEED DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF KIDS? YES, IT'S GOING TO BE.

I'M SURE. IT'S GOING TO BE AS I SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE A TWO YEAR TRANSITION AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TEMPORARY, BUT THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH ALL THE ISSUES. SO THERE'LL BE MORE PER LUNCH PERIOD, BUT THEY'LL HAVE TO EXTEND THE TIME AS WELL TO MAKE IT WORK.

WE MAY ALSO BE FEEDING SOME OF THE YOUNGER CHILDREN IN THE CLASSROOMS. SO WE'RE STILL TALKING THROUGH THAT ABOUT WHAT JUST TO KEEP US FROM HAVING TO HAVE SUCH A LONG EATING PERIOD.

SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH CHILD NUTRITION.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE BRINGING IN, I'M SORRY, ANOTHER FREEZER AND OTHER STORAGE FOR ALL THE FOOD WE'LL NEED.

I APOLOGIZE, MR. KUNKEL.

THE TWO ADDITIONAL BIG CLASS MODULAR BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS. YES. YES, THEY HAVE RESTROOMS. THEY'RE SPRINKLED JUST LIKE ANY CLASSROOM WOULD BE.

SO THEY'RE FULLY EQUIPPED.

AND THEY ALSO HAVE TECHNOLOGY PUT IN PLACE AS WELL.

ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS DOWN THIS WAY? THE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT HAVE ALL HAD INPUT.

CHILD NUTRITION, TRANSPORTATION, ETCETERA.

IN ADDITION MONTHS OF MEETINGS WITH THE CITY.

I WANT TO COMMEND AND THANK THE CITY FOR WORKING WITH US AND MAKING THIS THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE.

IT IS A TRANSITION. IT IS TWO YEARS MAX.

AND SO I THINK ALL HANDS HAVE BEEN ON DECK FOR THIS PROJECT FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE CITY, AND ALL DEPARTMENTS HAVE HAD INPUT AND BEEN INVOLVED. AND I THINK THAT THEY'VE COME UP WITH A GREAT PLAN FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

YOU MENTIONED CAFETERIA AND KIDS HAVING TO START EARLY.

YOUNGER KIDS USUALLY EAT FIRST.

CAN WE LOOK INTO THAT WE SOMEHOW FIGURED OUT A WAY TO PROVIDE AN AFTERNOON SNACK.

I KNOW I'VE GOT A GRANDSON THAT'S THREE AND A HALF, FOUR YEARS OLD.

YOU FEED HIM AT 10:45.

HE'S HUNGRY AGAIN AT 2:00.

SO LOOK INTO THAT VERY CAUTIOUSLY AS NOT JUST A NEED, BUT IT'S A REQUIREMENT.

WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THERE.

YOU CAN'T EXPECT A KID TO GO TO LUNCH AT 10:30 OR 10:45.

WE HAD THAT PROBLEM YEARS AGO AT WATAUGA ELEMENTARY UNTIL WE RENOVATED IT AND MADE IT BIGGER AND EVERYTHING.

[01:50:04]

BUT FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GIVE THESE KIDS A SNACK OF FRUIT, MILK, COOKIE.

I MEAN SOMETHING IN THE AFTERNOON? YEAH. HEY, MY GRANDDAUGHTER LOVES STRAWBERRIES.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT POINT.

WE WILL. THANK YOU.

OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING W.T.? ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE WE'RE KATIE'S DUE FOR A LITTLE BIT.

CAN I MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT ABOUT IT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE ACTION ITEM.

AS YOU KNOW, WE NEVER KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS WHEN WE WERE DOING THE BOND BUDGET.

SO OUR BUDGET IN THE ACTUAL PROJECT WAS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PORTABLES WE WERE GOING TO PUT AT SMITH.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT $2.5 MILLION DOLLARS WITH THE LEASE OF THE PORTABLES AND ALL THE INSTALLATION.

AND ALSO RIGHT NOW THAT MONEY IS COMING OUT OF THE PROJECT BUDGET.

WE ARE PROJECTING TO BE UNDER BUDGET.

OF COURSE, OUR CONTRACTORS HERE.

[LAUGHTER] HE MAY I DON'T KNOW IF HE AGREES WITH THAT YET, BUT IF WE DO HAVE TO COME BACK BY THE TIME THE BIDS ARE BROUGHT IN, WE WILL HAVE MORE INTEREST EARNINGS THAT WE CAN TAP INTO, POSSIBLY EVEN SOME OF THE 18 BOND MONEY IF WE HAVE TO.

SO JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.

AND THEN ONE OTHER QUICK THING.

THE SPRINKLING OF THE BUILDINGS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT LAST WEEK.

WE'RE STILL GETTING PRICING.

THE CITY IS GOING TO WORK WITH US TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THAT COST.

THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS.

WE THINK IT'LL BE, WHAT, ANOTHER $170,000 WHICH WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR AN AMENDMENT ON THIS AT THE JUNE MEETING.

SO AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TODD PARSONS WITH LEE LEWIS IN THE BACK.

SO BEEN WORKING WITH HIM A LOT ON OUR GETTING READY FOR THE PROJECTS.

LEE LEWIS, A GREAT COMPANY, ENJOYING THE WORK WITH THEM.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

[K.6. Discussion of Districtwide Intruder Detection Audit Report Findings]

YES, SIR. REPORT FOR US SIR.

THE TOP PRIORITY OF BIRDVILLE ISD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS KEEPING STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE EVERY DAY.

THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER RECENTLY CONDUCTED AN INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT AT ONE OR MORE OF OUR CAMPUSES.

THE AUDIT IS A TOOL TO GIVE FEEDBACK TO OUR DISTRICT ON OUR POLICY AND PRACTICES.

THIS AUDIT IS CONDUCTED AS PART OF TEA SAFETY DIRECTIVES FOR ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THE AUDIT SEEKS TO HELP DISTRICTS IDENTIFY HOW CAMPUSES CAN IMPROVE SAFETY FOR STUDENTS, SUCH AS ENSURING EXTERIOR DOORS ARE LOCKED.

THE AUDIT PROVIDES US FEEDBACK TO ENSURE A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS.

DURING ONE OF THE AUDITS, THE CAMPUS FOUND TO HAVE ONE INTERIOR CLASSROOM DOOR THAT WAS NOT CLOSED OR ACTIVELY MONITORED, WHICH IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DISTRICT POLICY OR WRITTEN ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES.

BIRDVILLE ISD WOULD CONDUCT ALL CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ALONG WITH THE DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE, TO ENSURE THAT ALL CAMPUS STAFF ARE TRAINED ON THE SAFETY AND SECURITY PROTOCOL.

AN IN-PERSON TRAINING HAS BEEN CONDUCTED TO REVIEW THE FINDINGS OF THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT AND WILL ALLOW AND HAS ALLOWED PARTICIPANTS TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON HOW TO IMPROVE SCHOOL SAFETY PROCEDURES AROUND CLOSING AND LOCKING CLASSROOM DOORS.

BISD IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A SAFE AND SECURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BASKERVILLE? SEEING NONE.

WE'LL GO TO ITEM.

I HAVE ONE COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND DR.

SHOWELL AND HIS DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL AUDIT FINDINGS THIS YEAR WITH SCHOOL SAFETY.

YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AS WELL AS THE STAFF ON THE CAMPUSES.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GUIDING US, TEACHING US AND HELPING US THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES.

THANK YOU, DR. SHOWELL AND YOUR TEAM.

[L.1. Consider Personnel Items as Discussed in Closed Session]

CONSIDER PERSONNEL ITEMS AS DISCUSSED TONIGHT IN CLOSED SESSION.

BEFORE WE CONSIDER THOSE PERSONNEL ITEMS, WE'LL ANNOUNCE DR.

STINSON HAS ACCEPTED 29 RESIGNATIONS AND TWO RETIREMENTS.

DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR PERSONNEL ITEMS? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD, APPROVE AND ADOPT ALL PERSONNEL ITEMS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. DILKS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

SECOND BY MR. DREES.

ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY A RAISED HAND.

MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM 2 CONSIDER BUDGET TRANSFER FOR SUMMER PROJECTS.

[L.2. Consider Budget Transfer for Summer Projects]

THANK YOU. MR. TOLBERT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY MRS. WISE? ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY A RAISED HAND.

MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM THREE CONSIDER DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF DAVID E.

[L.3. Consider Design Development Phase for the Replacement of David E. Smith Elementary in the 2022 Bond Program]

IS THERE A MOTION? YEAH, MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE, INCLUDING THE TEA FACILITY STANDARDS DESIGN APPROACH FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF DAVID E SMITH

[01:55:05]

THANK YOU. MR. DREES. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. GO AHEAD, MR. KUNKEL SECONDS.

ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? I THINK I'D LIKE TO ADD HE MENTIONED IT JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING TEXAS FRIENDLY.

HE TALKED ABOUT.

I HOPE WE REALLY, TRULY GET AWAY IN ALL OF OUR DESIGN PHASES.

I'M TIRED OF US PLANTING GRASS AND TWO YEARS LATER ALL WE GOT SOME WEEDS AND WE'VE DONE THAT I DRIVE BY BINION AND I CRINGE AT TREES THAT HAVE DIED AND WEEDS ARE THERE.

WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON LANDSCAPING, BUT THERE'S BETTER WAYS NOW, NOT AS MUCH WATER, A LITTLE MORE FRIENDLY TO TEXAS LANDS.

BUT ALL OF OUR NEW FACILITIES OUGHT TO BE LOOKING AT THAT REALLY, REALLY HARD.

HE MENTIONED IT BRIEFLY, BUT I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TAG HIM.

HE ALREADY LEFT TOO LATE.

ALL RIGHTY. BUT OUR CHILDREN GROW LIKE WEEDS.

THEY DO GROW LIKE WEEDS.

[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY A RAISED HAND.

ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED.

ONE OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM FOUR CONSIDER CONTRACT FOR BUILDING RENOVATION OF BOBBY GRIGGS HIGH SCHOOL AND LINDA KUNKEL SPECIALIZED LEARNING CENTER.

[L.4. Consider Contract for Building Renovation of Bob E. Griggs High School and Linda Kunkel Specialized Learning Center]

THANK YOU, MR. KUNKEL, FOR THAT.

IS THERE A SECOND.

SECOND. SECOND BY MR. DILKS? ANY DISCUSSION BOARD? HE JUST HE MISREAD.

HE MISREAD IT. HE SAID IT JUST CALLED IT THE KUNKEL.

IT'S THE LINDA KUNKEL.

I JUST. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

I SAID GRIGGS AS WELL.

[LAUGHTER] AND THIS WILL INCLUDE THE ALTERNATE OF THE SECOND FLOOR THAT WE'LL HAVE.

OKAY. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND BEFORE US.

NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY A RAISED HAND.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM FIVE CONSIDER TEMPORARY MODULAR BUILDINGS FOR FRANCISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[L.5. Consider Temporary Modular Buildings for Francisco Elementary School]

MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM SIX CONSIDER REQUESTS FROM CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS FOR A DRAINAGE EASEMENT ALONG A SEGMENT OF THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE AT SMITHFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL.

[L.6. Consider Request from the City of North Richland Hills for Drainage Easement along a Segment of the Southern Property Line at Smithfield Middle School]

THANK YOU, MR. DILKS.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY MRS. WISE.

ANY DISCUSSION FOR THE BOARD.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY A RAISED HAND.

MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.

BEFORE WE CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA I WANT TO MENTION TWO DONATIONS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED FOR ACCEPTANCE AS A PART OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.

[M. CONSENT ITEMS]

AND IN2 ARCHITECTS.

THANK YOU, IRENE DONATED $2,500 TO BISD FOR THE 2023 TEACHER OF THE YEAR EVENT.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THESE DONATIONS.

WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

NOW FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

ANYONE NEED TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE ALL ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. MR. DILKS.

IS THERE A SECOND? MS. WISE.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY RAISED HAND.

MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.

[N. REPORTS TO THE BOARD]

DOES THE BOARD OR SUPERINTENDENT HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS CONCERNING THOSE ITEMS?

[O. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS]

HERE IN THE BOARD ROOM, AND OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JUNE 22ND.

ALSO HERE IN THE BOARD ROOM.

OPEN SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 5:30.

IF WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

MOVE TO ADJOURN. I'LL SECOND.

I'LL SAY DREES.

AND WHO WAS THE OTHER ONE?

[02:00:01]

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO STAND UP AND LEAVE.

IT'S TIME TO GO. SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW MORNING FOR GRADUATIONS.

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:56.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.