Jan 25, 2024 Regular Board Meetings

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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THE TIME IS 5:30 AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

DOCTOR STINSON, WILL YOU CONFIRM THAT THIS MEETING WAS DULY CALLED, AND A NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 0THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT? YES. MR. DAVIS, WE DID POST AND ADVERTISE THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.

WE WILL NOW CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551 SPECIFICALLY .074 PERSONNEL .072

[C. CLOSED SESSION]

THE TIME NOW IS 531.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO.

[D. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION ]

WE WILL NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL ON MARSHA PERRY, THE PRINCIPAL OF WALKER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TO INTRODUCE A STUDENT WHO'S WITH US TONIGHT TO LEAD OUR PLEDGE IN STUDENT

[E. INTRODUCTION OF MEETING]

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

STINSON. I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE MADELINE BATES, WHO IS HERE WITH HER PARENTS, JASON AND JULIE BATES.

MADELINE WILL BE LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE, AS WELL AS THE STUDENT EXPRESSION.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND.

OF ALLEGIANCE] PLEDGE] I WISH MY TEACHER KNEW THAT.

SOMETIMES I FEEL BLUE.

SOMETIMES I GET UPSET.

SOMETIMES MY FRIENDS DO TOO.

I WISH MY TEACHER KNEW THAT.

SOMETIMES I FEEL HAPPY, AND I JUST WANT TO EAT SOME TAFFY.

SOMETIMES MY FRIENDS DO TOO.

I WISH MY TEACHER KNEW THAT SOMETIMES I WANT TO HUG HER.

SOMETIMES SHE MAKES ME LAUGH.

DEAR TEACHER, I LOVE YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT.

WE HAD SOME PICTURES HERE.

MOM AND DAD. YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO TAKE SOME PICTURES, TOO.

MOM, DAD, YOU WANT A PICTURE? HOLD ON. RALPH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADELEINE.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE AWARDS AND PRESENTATION RECOGNITIONS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT DUE TO SOME UNFORESEEN DELIVERY ISSUES, ITEM F.3, WHICH IS THE US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT RECOGNITIONS WILL BE MOVED TO THE FEBRUARY 22ND BOARD MEETING.

[F. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS ]

MR. THOMAS, YOU'RE UP.

THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS, I WOULD LIKE TO KICK OFF THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION AND CALL ON OUR PRINCIPAL FROM RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL.

EXCUSE ME, MR. KYLE POKORNY.

DR. STINSON, PRESIDENT DAVIS, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.

ONCE A YEAR. WE GET TO HONOR OUR SCHOOL BOARD.

MISS THOMAS, APPRECIATE YOU INTRODUCING ME AS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE SEVEN OF US UP HERE.

I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT.

STOP RIGHT NOW. OKAY.

WE DO. WE LOVE TAKING THIS TIME, AND WE ARE REPRESENTING.

THERE'S ONLY SEVEN OF US UP HERE.

WE'RE REPRESENTING NOT ONLY THE PRINCIPALS, BUT ALSO THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, THE TEACHERS, AND ALSO ALL THE KIDS AND THE PARENTS.

YOU GUYS DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR US.

WE'VE BEEN MEETING QUITE OFTEN, A LITTLE BIT FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS OR SO TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT EVERY YEAR.

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WE'VE SEEN MUNICIPALITIES AROUND OUR AREA.

JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SEVEN OF YOU DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING RUNS SMOOTH.

AND YOU SEVEN HAVE KEPT THIS THING RUNNING SMOOTH.

YOU'RE ONE VOICE, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU OPERATE.

SO, WE'VE KIND OF PICKED THEMES OF SEVEN.

WE'RE GOING TO GO OFF OF SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY SERIOUS.

SOME OF THEM ARE KIND OF FUNNY.

AND THEN YOU HAVE JASON.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO.

SO, BUT WE'RE ALL GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR DIFFERENT POWER OF SEVEN.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU AS INDIVIDUALS, BUT WE ALSO APPRECIATE YOU OF WHAT YOU GOT.

YOUR WHOLE IS DEFINITELY EQUAL OR GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO THE SUM.

WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT, YOU GUYS.

THE SEVEN OF YOU MAKE A GREAT, GREAT TEAM.

WE APPRECIATE YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU DO.

THE SEVEN VIRTUES.

WITH ROOTS SPANNING THOUSANDS OF YEARS, EMBODIED QUALITIES WE ALL ASPIRE TO LIVE BY.

THE BIRDVILLE PRINCIPLES AND THE ENTIRE BISD COMMUNITY EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.

WE TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

YOUR EMBODIMENT OF SEVEN VIRTUES WISDOM, JUSTICE, COURAGE, TEMPERANCE, FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY HAS BEEN TRULY INSPIRING. YOUR WISDOM AND DECISION MAKING HAS PAVED THE WAY FOR OUR DISTRICT'S SUCCESS, ENSURING THOUGHTFUL AND STRATEGIC PLANNING.

JUSTICE IS EVIDENT IN THE FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY YOU BRING TO EVERY SITUATION, CREATING AN INCLUSIVE AND HARMONIOUS ENVIRONMENT.

THE COURAGE YOU DISPLAY IN FACING CHALLENGES HEAD ON MOTIVATES US ALL TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE.

YOUR TEMPERANCE, MAINTAINING BALANCE AND FAIRNESS FOSTERS A HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE CULTURE.

THROUGH YOUR ACTIONS, YOU INSTILL FAITH IN OUR COLLECTIVE GOALS AND A HOPEFUL VISION FOR OUR FUTURE.

YOUR ACTS OF CHARITY, BOTH IN TIME AND RESOURCES, DEMONSTRATE A GENUINE CONCERN FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE BISD COMMUNITY.

TOGETHER, YOU EMBODY THE ESSENCE OF THESE VIRTUES, CREATING A POSITIVE AND IMPACTFUL LEGACY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND THE VALUES YOU BRING TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS ARE TRULY VALUED AS A SYMBOL OF OUR APPRECIATION.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE THIS LION TO MR. DREES, WHICH SIGNIFIES THE COURAGE IT TAKES TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE IMPACTFUL AND ARE ALWAYS BEST FOR STUDENTS.

PERFECT. TODAY WE HONOR YOU, OUR NAVIGATORS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF SEVEN, WE CAN'T HELP BUT RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE NOT JUST 1 OR 2 CITIES THAT MAKE UP OUR BELOVED BISD.

BUT THERE ARE.

HOW MANY? SEVEN.

SEVEN, RICHLAND HILLS, COLLEYVILLE, FORT WORTH, HALTOM CITY, HURST, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, AND WATAUGA.

MR. KUNKEL MIGHT TELL YOU THAT LEADING A SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SEVEN CITIES MUST BE LIKE JUGGLING FLAMING TORCHES WHILE RIDING A UNICYCLE.

CHALLENGING BUT IMPRESSIVE.

WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR YOUR DEDICATION.

NAVIGATING THE DIVERSE CHALLENGES AND THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THESE UNIQUE SEVEN CITIES IS UNDOUBTEDLY A DAUNTING TASK.

YET YOU EMBRACE IT WITH GRACE AND COMMITMENT, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR GUIDING FORCE THAT SHAPES THE EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE FOR OUR CHILDREN, PROVIDING THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND TO THRIVE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE TO GUIDE US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

MR. KUNKEL, I HAVE A PEDOMETER FOR YOU AS YOU GUIDE OUR STEPS.

THAT'S GREAT.

GREAT CHEFS.

WOW. HAVE THE DIFFICULT TASK OF FOLLOWING THOSE TWO.

ALL RIGHT. IN THE BIBLE, THE NUMBER SEVEN OFTEN SYMBOLIZES COMPLETION OR PERFECTION.

WE ALL KNOW THAT PERFECTION IS SOMETHING WE CONTINUE TO STILL ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN.

HOWEVER, IT IS UNOBTAINABLE.

THEN WE HAVE SEVEN LOCALLY ELECTED AND COMMUNITY CONNECTED, WELL-ROUNDED INDIVIDUALS THAT ATTEMPT TO CONNECT OUR STUDENTS BISD FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.

I THINK I TOOK THE MOST DIFFICULT TASK OF TYING THAT INTO THE SEVEN DAYS OF THE WEEK.

SUNDAY REST.

MONDAY, TUESDAY TO SHINE.

WEDNESDAY. CLARITY.

THURSDAY. THURSDAY.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ON HIS GOAT DRAWN CHARIOT WIELDING HIS HAMMER, FRIDAY IS LOVE.

SATURDAY IS THE FIRST HOUR.

HOW OUR SEVEN PLUS ONE DEDICATED BOARD MEMBERS TIED TO THE SEVEN DAYS OF THE WEEK.

WELL, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED.

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THE DAYS ARE CONSISTENT, JUST LIKE OUR BOARD MEMBERS.

THE DAYS ARE CONNECTED JUST LIKE OUR BOARD MEMBERS.

THE DAYS HAVE MEANING, JUST LIKE OUR BOARD MEMBERS, FROM THE COURTROOM TO THE STAGE, FROM THE HALLS OF JUSTICE TO FIGHTING FOR EQUAL RIGHTS, SERVING IN RETIREMENT. YOU ALL HAVE MEANING.

AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I GET TO WORK ALONG EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

LET'S NOT FORGET OUR PLUS ONE.

DOCTOR STINSON. YOU SHINE JUST AS BRIGHT FOR MY GIFT, MRS. BRENDA SANDERS. WISE SHINING.

WHICH THESE FLOWERS I HOPE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO FOR A LONG TIME.

IT JUST GETS TOUGHER WITH EACH PERSON.

YOU KNOW, AS AN OLD HISTORY MAJOR, TO ME, THERE'S NOTHING MORE SACRED IN OUR NATION THAN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD.

I THINK I FEEL LIKE IS THE PUREST FORM OF GOVERNMENT OUT THERE.

WE HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE.

THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A MAJORITY.

THE MAJORITY IS GOING TO RULE.

BUT YOU'RE NOT LIKE OTHERS WHO GET TO GO TO AUSTIN AND GET OUT OF TOWN TO GOVERN OR GO TO DC AND GET OUT OF STATE TO GOVERN.

RATHER, NO, YOU HAVE TO COME RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF YOUR DISTRICT ONCE A MONTH AND MEET OPENLY AND COME TO A CONSENSUS.

AND THEN GO HOME, GO TO THE BALL GAMES AND GO EVERYWHERE ELSE AND SEE ALL YOUR CONSTITUENTS IMMEDIATELY.

NOT SOMETIME WHEN THE SESSION IS OVER.

I'VE ALWAYS LOVED GOVERNMENT, AND PROBABLY THE FIRST FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT I EVER LEARNED TO APPRECIATE ON THE LOCAL AND SELF-GOVERNMENT LEVEL WAS BACK IN THE 1960S.

SOME OF US WERE AROUND WHEN THERE WERE SEVEN STRANDED CASTAWAYS, AND THEY ENDED UP ON AN ISLAND CALLED GILLIGAN'S ISLAND ON GILLIGAN'S ISLAND.

IF YOU WATCHED IT, AS I DID EVERY EPISODE, MANY TIMES, MANY TIMES OVER, THE ONE TRUE THING ABOUT IT IS THAT THEY AGREED IMMEDIATELY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. WE'RE GOING TO USE A COCONUT FOR A RADIO, BUT WE CAN'T GET OFF THIS ISLAND.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO SURVIVE, AND WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE PEACEFULLY AT THE END OF EVERY EPISODE AND 30 MINUTES AT THE VERY END OF EVERY EPISODE, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED.

THEY ENDED IN CONSENSUS BECAUSE THEY WERE SELF-GOVERNING, AND THEY KNEW THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO PEACE.

WE, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE PRINCIPALS, ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS, WE APPRECIATE BEING A PART OF A HARMONIOUS BOARD.

JUST LIKE ON GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, YOU ALWAYS COME TO CONSENSUS, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT EVERYONE COMES FROM THEIR OWN HOMES, WITH THEIR OWN IDEAS, THEIR OWN BACKGROUNDS, THEIR OWN VALUES. THANK YOU FOR LAYING THAT OUTSIDE, COMING TO THE TABLE AND DOING THINGS ON BEHALF OF THE VERBALIZED KIDS, TEACHERS AND STAFF.

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE NUMBER ONE, THE NUMBER ONE EVERY DAY.

MR. DAVIS.

YES, SIR.

CAPTAIN. OH, CAPTAIN. THANK YOU FOR BEING THE SKIPPER OF OUR SHIP.

LOOKS GOOD ON YOU. I'M GOING TO BRING A LITTLE BALANCE TO TONIGHT.

BUT KEEPING WITH THIS THEME OF SEVEN.

THE OTHER NIGHT, I WAS ACTUALLY WATCHING A MOVIE.

IT'S THE GREAT MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.

AND AS I WAS WATCHING THAT MOVIE, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT OF YOU SEVEN.

AND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS, YOU ARE BESIDES MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.

JUST LIKE THE MOVIE, YOU ALL OF YOU HAVE BANDED TOGETHER FOR A COMMON AND NOBLE CAUSE TO WORK FOR US.

AND NONE OF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH SELF-INTEREST.

YOU DO IT FOR ALL OF US.

AND AS GOOD AS THOSE CHARACTERS ARE, AND THEY'RE HARD TO BEAT, THEY CAN STILL LEARN A FEW THINGS FROM YOU ALL.

SO, MR. KUNKEL, YOU HAVE A YOUTHFUL SPIRIT ABOUT YOU THAT KEEPS YOU CONNECTED WITH KIDS.

JUST LIKE THE YEARS THAT I SPENT WITH YOU IN YOUTH CAMP, ALL OF THE CHARACTERS COULD HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING FROM YOU.

MR. DAVIS, YOU COMMAND RESPECT AND ATTENTION BECAUSE OF YOUR COMPETENCE IN LEADING OUR SCHOOL BOARD, YOU WOULD HAVE HAD THE TOWNSPEOPLE IN THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN WHIPPED INTO SHAPE ON THE FIRST DAY.

MR. DREES, YOU POSSESS A SERVANT'S HEART AND LOYALTY TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

BEING A FATHER OF FIVE, I KNOW YOU PASS THOSE SAME VIRTUES ON TO YOUR KIDS, I BELIEVE YOU.

I BELIEVE IF YOU WOULD HAVE BROUGHT YOUR POSSE THAT THE FIGHT WOULD HAVE ENDED BEFORE IT EVEN REALLY BEGAN.

MR. TOLBERT, YOU ARE KNOWN FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF LAW AND THE.

AND BEING A MASTER COMMUNICATOR, YOUR RESOLVE BRINGS SOLUTIONS DURING TIMES OF DIFFICULTY.

IF YOU HELP THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, YOU WOULD HAVE.

YOU WOULD HAVE HAD MR. BOGUE SETTLE BEFORE THEY EVER GOT INTO A FIGHT.

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AND OUR GREAT GENERALS.

WHETHER IN THE CLASSROOM OR AT A BOARD MEETING, YOU HAVE WISDOM TO GIVE.

AND HECK, YOU WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY DEVISED A PLAN FOR ALL SEVEN OF THE CHARACTERS TO HAVE SURVIVED THE END OF THE MOVIE.

MRS. SANDERS-WISE, YOU WOULD HAVE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO PERSEVERE THROUGH ANY OBSTACLES, AND NOT TO ALLOW ANYTHING TO STAND IN THEIR WAY.

AND THE QUOTE YOU YOU HAVE MADE IT YOUR LIFE'S MISSION TO DO JUST THAT.

AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP BLAZING THAT TRAIL.

MR. WOMBLE, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU POSSESS COURAGE IN YOUR LINE OF WORK, AND YOU BRING THE SAME COURAGE TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS, DURING THE DIFFICULT TIMES.

AND EVEN GOOD MATT ROBSHAW WOULD HAVE LEARNED COURAGE FROM YOU.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US, ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE TIME THAT YOU GIVE EVERY SINGLE DAY AND ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

NO. THAT'S GREAT.

SO, KEEPING WITH OUR THEME OF SEVEN, I THOUGHT IMMEDIATELY OF THE SEVEN DWARFS.

WHY WOULD I NOT? RIGHT. IT'S LOGICAL.

YEAH. OKAY, GOOD. WHY DON'T YOU, BUT THESE WOULD BE THE SEVEN EDUCATION DWARFS, OUR VERY OWN MAGNIFICENT SEVEN WHO HAVE TRANSFORMED OUR DISTRICT INTO A KINGDOM OF KNOWLEDGE.

THANKS. LET'S EXPLORE HOW THE SPIRIT OF EACH OF THE SEVEN DWARFS MIRRORS YOUR LEADERSHIP IN BISD.

BUT DON'T WORRY, I'M NOT GOING TO ACTUALLY LABEL YOU GUYS AS ANY OF THE DWARFS, SO YOU'RE SAFE FOR THAT.

BUT FIRST, LET'S TALK ABOUT SLEEPY.

I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS AREN'T TAKING ANY Z'S DURING MEETINGS OR ANYTHING, BUT I DO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS, GO THROUGH COMMENDABLE EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EDUCATIONAL DREAMS ARE ANYTHING BUT DROWSY.

YOU SUPPORT BISD TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 100% GRUMPY.

THE EVER-WATCHFUL GUARDIAN OF HIGH STANDARDS, MUCH LIKE OUR BOARD MEMBERS, ENSURING THAT EXCELLENCE IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.

YOUR DEDICATION TO MAINTAINING A HIGH BAR IS BOTH IMPRESSIVE AND CRUCIAL IN OUR ACADEMIC TALE.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT DOPEY, THE ONE WHO MAY SEEM A LITTLE LESS CAFFEINATED THAN THE REST OF THEM.

THE FEAR NOT DOPEY BRINGS A UNIQUE CHARM AND INNOCENCE TO THE GROUP.

YOUR ABILITY TO FIND HUMOR AND CHAOS IS WHAT SETS US APART.

EMBRACING THE OCCASIONAL DOPEY MOMENT WITH A SMILE MAKES OUR JOURNEY ALL THE MORE ENJOYABLE.

HAPPY, THE ETERNAL OPTIMIST, SPREADING JOY WHEREVER HE GOES.

YOUR INFECTIOUS POSITIVITY, MUCH LIKE HAPPY'S, TURNS EVEN THE GLOOMIEST OF MONDAYS INTO A CELEBRATION.

LAUGHTER TRULY IS THE BEST MEDICINE, AND YOU SUBSCRIBE IT GENEROUSLY.

SORRY. TURN TO PAGE TWO.

FAST, BASHFUL, THE SHY AND RESERVED ONE.

NOW, MANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WOULD NEVER BE ACCUSED OF BEING AN INTROVERT OR BASHFUL, BUT YOUR QUIET STRENGTH AND THOUGHTFUL APPROACH SHAPE OUR DISTRICT FOR THE BETTER. SNEEZY, A CHARACTER WHO KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES.

YOUR RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF UNFORESEEN OBSTACLES IS TRULY ADMIRABLE.

WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE A TEAM THAT KNOWS HOW TO WEATHER ANY STORM.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DOC THE WISE LEADER OF THE DWARFS, YOUR GUIDANCE AND EXPERTISE MAKES YOU THE DOC OF OUR EDUCATIONAL KINGDOM.

WHETHER IT'S SOLVING COMPLEX ISSUES OR OFFERING WORDS OF WISDOM, YOUR LEADERSHIP KEEPS OUR SHIP SAILING SMOOTHLY.

AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE SEVEN DWARFS WITHOUT MENTIONING SNOW WHITE.

WHAT WOULD THE DWARFS BE WITHOUT HER? OUR VERY OWN SUPERINTENDENT IS LIKE OUR SNOW WHITE OVERSEEING THE MAGIC THAT HAPPENS IN OUR KINGDOM OF LEARNING.

SNOW WHITE WORKED HARMONIOUSLY WITH THE SEVEN DWARFS, EACH CONTRIBUTING THEIR UNIQUE STRENGTHS.

SIMILARLY, DR.

STINSON COLLABORATES WITH THE DIVERSE TALENTS OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD.

TOGETHER, YOU FORM A COHESIVE TEAM, BRINGING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO ENRICH THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO, HERE'S TO OUR MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.

MAY YOUR JOURNEY CONTINUE TO BE FILLED WITH LAUGHTER, WISDOM, AND A TOUCH OF FAIRY TALE MAGIC.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND MR. DILKS, I KNOW YOUR PASSION FOR BOOKS FOR KIDS, SO I BROUGHT YOU A BOOK.

IRONICALLY ENOUGH, DURING OUR MEETING, THE ARGUMENT OF WHO WAS DOPEY OF OH, Y'ALL WAS REALLY ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

IT TOOK US TO AND I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THE ANSWER.

CONGRATULATIONS, JOE.

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BUT GETTING INTO IT, WE REALLY KIND OF FIGURED OUT WHO YOU WERE AS A PERSON.

AND TO WRAP IT UP DURING THIS RESEARCH, IT KIND OF BROUGHT ME BACK TO MY DAD.

MY DAD SAID ON THIS BOARD ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO, AND I REMEMBER I JUST GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, MY BROTHER WAS ALREADY OUT, AND DAD WAS UP FOR REELECTION.

I SAID, DAD, WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AGAIN? YOU DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY INTEREST ANYMORE.

ROD AND I ARE MOVING AWAY, AND IT WAS INTERESTING.

AND A LOT OF Y'ALL, MOST OF Y'ALL DON'T HAVE KIDS ON THE BOARD ANYMORE OR DON'T HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT ANYMORE.

AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT.

MY DAD TOLD ME, HE SAID, SOMEDAY I'M GOING TO HAVE GRANDKIDS.

AND THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN DAD WAS JUST ABOUT LEAVING IT, THE CONVERSATIONS WERE JUST STARTING TO HAPPEN.

AND NEXT YEAR, DAD WILL SEE HIS SECOND GRANDSON GRADUATE FROM BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO, WHAT YOU GUYS DO NOT ONLY AFFECT THE KIDS WE HAVE NOW, BUT IT ALSO KIND OF AFFECTS THE KIDS IN THE FUTURE AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT KIDS THAT.

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT 40 YEARS AGO A THING THAT DAD STARTED WORKING ON WOULD BENEFIT HIS GRANDCHILDREN.

SO, I WANT TO CLOSE IT WITH A POEM TODAY.

DOCTOR CLARK, YOU SHOULD LOVE THAT.

IT'S A POEM.

OKAY, I KNOW SHE'S GOING TO GRADE YOU.

WELL, WE'RE ALL IN A WORLD OF HURT, THEN.

SO, IT'S CALLED "THE BRIDGE BUILDER." AN OLD MAN GOING DOWN A LONE HIGHWAY CAME IN THE EVENING, COLD AND GRAY.

A CHASM VAST AND DEEP AND WIDE.

THROUGH WHICH WAS FLOSSING A SULLEN TIDE.

THE OLD MAN CROSSED IN THE TWILIGHT.

DIM THAT SULLEN STREAM.

HELD NO FEARS FOR HIM.

BUT HE TURNED WHEN SAFE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

AND BUILT A BRIDGE TO SPAN THE TIDE.

OLD MAN, SAID A FELLOW PILGRIM NEAR, YOU'RE WASTING YOUR STRENGTH WITH BUILDING HERE.

YOUR JOURNEY WILL END WITH THE ENDING DAY.

YOU MUST NEVER AGAIN PASS THIS WAY.

YOU HAVE CROSSED THE CHASM DEEP AND WIDE.

WHY BUILD THIS BRIDGE? AT THE EVENING TIDE? THE BUILDER LIFTED HIS OLD GRAY HEAD.

GOOD FRIEND, IN THE PATH I HAVE COME, HE SAID, THERE FOLLOWETH AFTER ME TODAY A YOUTH WHOSE FEET MUST PASS THIS WAY, THIS SWOLLEN STREAM WHICH HAS NOT FOR ME TO THAT FAIR HEADED YOUTH.

MAY A PITFALL BE.

HE TOO MUST CROSS IN THE TWILIGHT DIM.

GOOD FRIEND, I'M BUILDING THIS BRIDGE FOR HIM.

THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS DO.

YOU BUILD A BRIDGE FOR OUR KIDS.

NOT ONLY THE KIDS WE HAVE NOW, KIDS THAT AREN'T EVEN BORN YET, YOUR GRANDKIDS AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

MR. TOLBERT, THIS COPY GOES TO YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW PROUD I AM TO BE A PART OF THE BIRDVILLE FAMILY.

I'M A BIRDVILLE PRODUCT, STARTING AT WT FRANCISCO ALL THE WAY THROUGH RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

AND IT IS A FAMILY.

THE PRINCIPALS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, YOU'RE OUR BACKBONE.

WE LEAN UPON Y'ALL SO MUCH.

YOU HAVE THE MOST CHALLENGING, CHALLENGING JOB IN WHAT YOU DO FOR.

SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BUT TO GIVE THE EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION FOR US, IT IS MANY TIMES THOSE UGLY PHONE CALLS, THE NASTY EMAILS WE GET THIS TONIGHT MAKES UP FOR ALL THAT, I PROMISE YOU.

AND FOR THAT, I KNOW THIS BOARD APPRECIATES IT.

WE HAVE GREAT CHALLENGES AHEAD, BUT WE DO HAVE A GOOD TEAM.

WE DO WORK HARD FOR OUR KIDS.

WE WORK HARD FOR YOU AS STAFF MEMBERS.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? BIRDVILLE IS A SPECIAL PLACE, AND I'M GLAD TO BE A PART OF IT.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE A PART OF IT.

AND I'M GLAD SNOW WHITE IS STILL WITH US, TOO.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECOGNITION TONIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I WANT TO ECHO THAT TOO.

SO, THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO STOOD UP HERE AND DID WHAT YOU DID.

BUT IF YOU ARE A PRINCIPAL OR AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL THAT IS HERE TONIGHT, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A ROOM FULL.

I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO THANK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU FOR COMING TO SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL BOARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF COURAGE TO LET COPPER KEARNEY HAVE A MICROPHONE, MR. DAVIS. MR. DAVIS, I WOULD LIKE TO, IF WE CAN, SINCE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING TO BRING YOU ALL DOWN FRONT AND DO A GROUP PICTURE.

SO CAN WE. WE DON'T GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT.

WE DO NOT. SO, IF Y'ALL, IF OUR PRINCIPALS WILL COME DOWN AND JOIN US.

COME ON.

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COME ON. CAN YOU GET US ALL IN? YES. I'M SURE IT'S QUITE ENOUGH.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FEW.

HOLD ON. ONE MORE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S GOOD. WE DON'T NEED IT.

THERE YOU GO.

I MUST WARN THE BOARD TO PUT THE CAP ON.

THAT MEANS I NEED YOUR ATTENTION, YOU KNOW.

ALL RIGHT, MR. THOMAS, YOU HAVE ITEM F.2 RECOGNITION OF OUR VOLUNTEER DRIVER.

WE WILL CONTINUE THE GREAT CELEBRATIONS THIS EVENING.

I'D LIKE TO CALL ON MR. DANNY DIETRICH TO DO OUR NEXT RECOGNITION FOR US.

THAT'S RIGHT WHY DON'T YOU COME STAND RIGHT NEXT TO ME, OKAY.

PRESIDENT DAVIS AND BOARD MEMBERS.

DOCTOR STINSON AND CABINET MEMBERS.

EACH SCHOOL YEAR WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BANDS IS INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS FOOTBALL GAMES AS WELL AS MANY COMPETITIVE MARCHING CONTESTS.

THESE BANDS RELY ON A LARGE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS TO FUNDRAISE, SERVE AS CHAPERONS, BUILD PROPS, AND MOVE A MYRIAD OF THINGS.

OUR HIGH SCHOOL BAND PROGRAMS ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE A VERY LONG HISTORY OF ROBUST VOLUNTEERISM, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE MANY PARENTS AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE DONATED THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO HELP US.

MARCHING BANDS HAVE A VAST NUMBER OF INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT THAT HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED TO EVENT LOCATIONS, REQUIRING BOX TRUCKS AND SEMI-TRAILERS . TO ACCOMPLISH THESE MOVES, THE BANDS RELY HEAVILY ON VOLUNTEERS TO DRIVE THOSE VEHICLES.

PROBABLY THE MOST UNIQUE VOLUNTEER NEED WE HAVE IS FOR SEMI-TRAILER DRIVERS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CDL, A DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT INVOLVES A LOT OF EXTENSIVE TRAINING, FINDING A CDL-A LICENSED DRIVER WHO IS WILLING AND AVAILABLE TO DEDICATE HUNDREDS OF HOURS TO A HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND'S PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE, IS DAUNTING, TO SAY THE LEAST.

WITH THE UNIQUE NATURE OF A CDL DRIVER, WE THANK THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREDIBLE SERVICE OF MR. BOBBY AMADOR.

MR. AMADOR BEGAN HIS VOLUNTEER SERVICE WITH THE RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL BAND PROGRAM ALL THE WAY BACK IN 2007, WHEN HIS SON, CHANDLER WAS A FRESHMAN. BY THE TIME HIS OTHER SON, DRAKE, WHO WAS HERE, WAS A FRESHMAN IN 2011, MR. AMADOR WAS COORDINATING THE TRANSPORTATION VOLUNTEERS FOR THE NEWLY ACQUIRED SEMI-TRAILER WE HAVE ALL AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS BIG BLUE.

WITH ENCOURAGEMENT FROM HIS BROTHER, MR. AMADOR GOT HIS CDL-A LICENSE IN 2013 AND HE BEGAN DRIVING BIG BLUE HIMSELF.

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LONG AFTER HE AND HIS WIFE ALLISON, WHO IS HERE, HAVE HAD THEIR SONS IN A BISD SCHOOL.

HE HAS ALSO VOLUNTEERED HIS SERVICES TO THE HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL BAND, AS WELL AS THE BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BAND.

WHEN HE'S NOT COMMITTED TO THE RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL BAND EVENT, WE ESTIMATE MR. AMADOR HAS AT LEAST 10,000 SERVICE HOURS, AT LEAST INVOLVING EVERY ASPECT OF ORGANIZING, LOADING, UNLOADING, AND DRIVING THESE SCHOOLS' VALUABLE EQUIPMENT ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IN ADDITION TO DRIVING, MR. AMADOR'S HELP WITH MAINTENANCE AND ATTENTION TO THE TRAILERS HAS TRULY SAVED THE DISTRICT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

WE ARE DEEPLY INDEBTED TO AND THRILLED TO HONOR THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE OF MR. BOBBY AMADOR.

WELL, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT, MR. AMADOR TO YOUR SON. DRAKE IS ONE OF OUR FANTASTIC TECH EMPLOYEES.

HE'S OUR HELP DESK, ONE OF OUR HELP DESK GUYS, AND HE'S SO FUNNY.

AND LET ME TELL YOU HOW I PERSONALLY KNOW DRAKE FROM CONVOCATION, SO HE KEPT IT LIGHTHEARTED, KEEPS US FROM GETTING NERVOUS, GETS US TO WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, AND TAKES CARE OF ACTUALLY TELLING US HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BEHAVE ON CAMERA.

SO, ANYWAY, SO GREAT FAMILY, AND WE SURE DO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR STREAK.

THANK YOU, MR. AMADOR.

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU; IT IS NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED IN PUBLIC.

I GET THAT, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW, AT CHURCH THIS PAST SUNDAY, I'VE GOT A HUGE CONTINGENT OF RICHLAND BAND PARENTS THAT ARE IN MY SUNDAY SCHOOL.

I STILL CALL IT SUNDAY SCHOOL.

WE LIKE TO CALL IT BIBLE FELLOWSHIP GROUP, BUT IT'S ALWAYS SUNDAY SCHOOL TO ME.

SERIOUSLY, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE TELLING ME, HEY, THE BUS DRIVER YOU GUYS ARE RECOGNIZING THIS THURSDAY NIGHT IS AWESOME.

THEY SING YOUR PRAISES. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TELL YOU THAT THAT, EVEN PRIVATELY AND NOT JUST IN A PUBLIC FORUM.

YOU'RE BELOVED AT RICHLAND, AND I KNOW THAT YOU JUMP IN AT BIRDVILLE AND HALTOM WHEN IT'S TIME TO AS WELL, BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES A SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNCTION IS VOLUNTEERISM AND YOU STEPPING UP. SO, WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

AND IT'S NOT JUST US THAT APPRECIATE YOU.

IT'S ALL THOSE RICHLAND BAND PARENTS AND EVERYONE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

IT'S JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT MAKES BIRDVILLE SPECIAL.

OUR LAST RECOGNITION, MR. THOMAS, RECIPIENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS INTERNATIONAL PATHWAY TO THE MERITORIOUS BUDGET AWARD.

IT'S A LONG ONE, AND WE HAVE MISS BOWMAN HERE TO LEAD THIS RECOGNITION.

COME ON OUT HERE.

I'M GOING OVER THERE.

WELL, PRESIDENT DAVIS, DR.

STINSON AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING FINANCE OFFICE STAFF.

AARON GRIFFIN AND HER SIDEKICK THERE, KENZIE MORGAN MALOTT.

DID I SAY THAT? RIGHT, OKAY.

SHE SAID IT WAS LIKE, I LOVE YOU A LOT, A LOT.

SO THAT'S HOW I REMEMBER IT.

VERONICA JENKINS, BETTY HOWELL AND DR.

MISSY GLENN. SO, DR.

GLENN AND I HAD DISCUSSED, PROBABLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, MAYBE LONGER, EXPLORING THE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS ASBO MERITORIOUS BUDGET AWARD. SHE THEN CHALLENGED HER STAFF, TO INVESTIGATE THE REQUIREMENTS INSTEAD OF JUST INVESTIGATING, THOUGH, THEY ACTUALLY DECIDED THEY WOULD TACKLE IT THIS YEAR FIRST TIME.

SO, I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT BIRDVILLE ISD HAS RECEIVED THE PATHWAY TO THE MERITORIOUS BUDGET AWARD FOR THE 2324 BUDGET YEAR.

THIS AWARD EXISTS TO PROMOTE AND RECOGNIZE BEST BUDGET PRESENTATION PRACTICES IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

PARTICIPANTS SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS AND BUDGET DOCUMENTS TO A PANEL OF SCHOOL FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS WHO REVIEW THE MATERIALS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE MBA CRITERIA, CHECKLIST AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN PROVIDE EXPERT FEEDBACK DISTRICTS CAN USE TO IMPROVE THEIR BUDGET DOCUMENTS.

DISTRICTS THAT SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATE THEY HAVE MET THE NECESSARY PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS MAY EARN THIS AWARD.

AS I SHARED AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, AND I THINK ALL OF YOU RECEIVED YOUR BUDGET BOOKLET.

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SHE WALKED INTO MY OFFICE A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH THESE PEOPLE IN TOW AND SURPRISED ME WITH THE NEWS THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED THE AWARD.

I AM SO PROUD OF DOCTOR GLENN AND HER STAFF.

THEY EXHIBIT EXCELLENCE IN ALL DISTRICT FINANCIAL MATTERS.

ONE OF OUR GOALS IN THE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT IS TO INCREASE FINANCIAL RECOGNITIONS RECEIVED BY VERBALIZED, TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE INCREDIBLE STEWARDSHIP OVER OUR DISTRICT ASSETS PROVIDED BY YOU AS THE BOARD AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR ENDEAVORS AS WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE.

ALL RIGHT. PICTURE TIME.

BUT YOU. I KNOW ONE OF THESE.

AARON GRIFFIN IS A RICHTON HIGH SCHOOL BIRDVILLE GRAD, SO SHE'S HOMEGROWN BACK WITH US.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THEM.

YEAH. OTHERS. YOU, TOO.

GOOD JOB.

OUTSTANDING. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TONIGHT FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE BOARD MEETING.

BUT PRINCIPALS GO HOME.

YOU'VE HAD A LONG DAY.

FEEL FREE TO LEAVE AT THIS TIME, PLEASE.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

YEAH.

AT THIS TIME. WE'LL GO TO THE OPEN FORUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

[G. OPEN FORUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD]

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

PERSONAL ATTACKS ON STAFF OR STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.

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

AND TONIGHT, WE HAVE ASKING TO SPEAK.

MISS SONJA BOWMAN, IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING. I'M LIKE YOU SAID, MY NAME IS SONIA BOWEN.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU.

I THANK, ALL THE BIRDVILLE ISD EMPLOYEES AND NORTH RICHLAND HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FBI FOR HANDLING THE BOMB THREAT THAT OCCURRED AT RICHLAND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND WHILE THEY WERE TRYING TO DECIDE IF IT WAS A VIABLE THREAT OR NOT, OUR KIDS WERE LEFT IN THE BUILDING.

SO, MY FUTURE REQUEST IS THAT ALL KIDS ARE EVACUATED UNTIL THEY DETERMINE IF IT'S A VIABLE THREAT, AND PARENTS ARE NOTIFIED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE, I MEAN, THESE ARE OUR GIFTS FROM GOD.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER YOU ON THE SIDE OF SAFETY THAN HAVE THOSE KIDS LEFT IN THE BUILDING TRYING TO DETERMINE IF IT'S VIABLE OR NOT.

I KNOW THAT THEY SAID IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS VIABLE, BUT JUST THE IDEA THAT THEY GOT AN EMAIL ABOUT A BOMB IN THE BUILDING AND THEY LEFT OUR CHILDREN INSIDE WHILE DETERMINING IF IT WAS VIABLE OR NOT, I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

LET'S THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU, MISS BOWEN.

DR. CHERWELL, WILL YOU RAISE YOUR HAND BACK THERE? THERE'S A GENTLEMAN RIGHT THERE THAT'LL PROBABLY GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION.

BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU BEFORE THE NIGHT'S OVER.

BE GLAD FOR HIM TO TALK TO YOU.

OKAY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS BOWEN.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE DOWN TO ITEM H PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.

[H. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD]

LOOKS LIKE MR. MCDONNELL IS COMING FORWARD FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

AND I BROUGHT A CREW WITH ME HERE.

GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DR.

STINSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATORS AND GUESTS.

MY NAME IS CHRIS MCDONALD, AND I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BISD BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

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WE MET FOR OUR FOURTH QUARTERLY MEETING AS A COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 18TH, LAST THURSDAY TO RECEIVE UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THE 2022 BOND ELECTION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE, SHARE OBSERVATIONS AND HIGHLIGHTS AT THIS TIME.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR OTHER BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT, AARON MORGAN, AARON POWELL AND CURTIS BERGTHOLD.

THEY WILL ALSO BE CONTRIBUTING IN THE REMARKS HERE TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MARK. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE FIRST COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE THAT I'M GOING TO SHARE ON.

I GET TO SHARE ON THE, BOB GREIG'S, THE NEW BOB GRIGGS HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH USED TO BE THE OLD WISDOM CENTER ON DENTON HIGHWAY.

IT'S MOVING FORWARD AND ON TARGET.

THERE ARE NO MATERIAL SUPPLY ISSUES AT THIS TIME.

THE SHEETROCK IS GOING UP AS WELL.

YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES THERE, FROM, LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER AND THE CURRENT STATE THAT WE'RE THAT IT'S IN RIGHT NOW, THE SHEETROCK IS GOING AS WELL AS THE PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL. A SECOND STORY WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE OLD SANCTUARY AREA.

WE HAVE THAT PICTURE, MARK.

I DON'T THINK WE DO. OKAY.

AND THERE WERE A FEW CHALLENGES WITH THE TASK OF DIGGING THROUGH THE EXISTING FOUNDATION, WHICH I'M TOLD BY, SCOTT THAT THAT IS A IT'S A DOUBLE PORT.

IT'S TWICE AS THICK AS IT NORMALLY WOULD NEED TO BE.

SO MAYBE ALMOST A FOOT THICK, BUT THOSE WERE SOME CHALLENGES.

AND BUT THEY DUG TO PREPARE THE COLUMNS THAT SUPPORT THE SECOND STORY.

BUT THOSE PROBLEMS ARE NOW SOLVED.

ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE, PRESS BOXES AND THE TURF FIELDS, IF YOU CAN, SEE, THE FINANCE IS UNDER BUDGET AND THE FIELDS ARE READY FOR PLAY.

EVERY FIELD IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT ALL NEEDS INDIVIDUALLY ARE BEING ADDRESSED.

THE TURF IS THE TURF.

AND AROUND THE BASES IS REINFORCED AT THE BASIS FOR SLIDING AND WILL NOT WHERE THERE'S A PICTURE OF IT RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S THE RICHLAND BASEBALL FIELD.

AND MARK THOMAS PROMISED ME THAT AT THE, WHEN WE HAVE OUR FIRST GAME, HE'S GOING TO DEMONSTRATE HOW TO SLIDE INTO SECOND BASE.

OKAY. AND THEN ALSO, THE, I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE WHEN I WAS WITH SCOTT, WE WERE WALKING ACROSS THE FIELD.

WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE RIGHT THERE.

AND I SAW SOME PICTURES OF WHERE THE PRESS BOX IS GOING TO BE, AND I GOT TO STAND THERE, BUT WE GOT TO WALK ACROSS THE FIELD.

I GOT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU EVER GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, WALK ACROSS THAT FIELD.

IT IS IMPRESSIVE.

IT'S NOT LIKE ANY OTHER EXPERIENCE YOU WOULD HAVE.

AND, I MEAN, JUST THE, THE CLEAN, SOLID PRESENTATION OF THE PRODUCT, I'M THRILLED TO BE A PART OF IT.

I ACTUALLY, I GET TO ANNOUNCE ON PART OF THIS, RICHMOND'S FIRST GAME IS, I BELIEVE IT'S MARCH 16TH AGAINST ARGYLE, AND YOU GUYS ARE INVITED.

WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE.

AND, WITH THAT NOW, OUR, NEXT COMMITTEE MEMBER, CURTIS BERGHOLT, WILL SHARE SOME COMMENTS ON MOLANDER.

GOOD EVENING. THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET FOR MULLENDORE ELEMENTARY IS 47,448 802.

AND THE GNP BY LEE LEWIS IS 44,000 OR $44,363,942.

WELL, THERE'S AVAILABLE MONEY, SO THEY'RE UNDER BUDGET.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING ABOUT A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION.

SO THAT'S AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE OTHER NEEDS THAT COME UP DURING THIS PROJECT.

THERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF.

THE PROJECT SITE NOW SO IT'S ALL CLEAR AND GETTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SO, THANK YOU.

WAIT. HOLD ON. DOES ANYBODY KNOW THERE WAS A PART OF.

APPARENTLY, THERE'S A TIME CAPSULE BURIED ON THIS CAMPUS SOMEWHERE.

OH, DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHERE THAT IS? THERE'S THE, OH, I WAS THERE, BUT IT WAS RIGHT OUT FRONT SOMEWHERE.

BY THE TREE. BY THE TREE ON THE TREE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SCOTT, IS IT? WHO'S IT ON? OKAY. THERE'S TWO.

THERE ARE TWO. RIGHT. PATSY KELLY HAD ONE OF THEM.

I KNOW 1 IN 1976 BECAUSE IT WAS THE BICENTENNIAL.

SO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

SO, AND IF ANYBODY HAS A METAL DETECTOR VOLUNTEER THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. HELLO, I'M ERIN MORGAN, AND I, I'M TASKED WITH SHARING WITH YOU ABOUT SOME PROJECTS THAT WE HAVEN'T QUITE STARTED YET.

SO, SOME OF THESE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANY DATA ON, AND THAT'S OKAY.

WE'LL WALK THROUGH IT REALLY QUICKLY.

FIRST IS SMITH ELEMENTARY, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE GNP WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD BACK IN NOVEMBER.

THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'VE SEEN.

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HOWEVER, WE'VE HAD AND HIT SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE CITY.

THEY'RE SAYING THAT THOSE PROBLEMS ARE BEING, RESOLVED KIND OF AS WE SPEAK, BUT NO CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN YET.

IT SHOULD BE, COMPLETED BY MAY OF 2025 AND READY FOR, THAT FALL SCHOOL YEAR.

THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL COURTYARD RENOVATIONS.

THESE YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE MEETING, THE GNP WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU.

THIS ONE'S EXCITING BECAUSE IT WILL BEGIN RIGHT AWAY.

IT'S GOING TO BEGIN OVER SPRING BREAK, AND THEN IT WILL BE READY FOR THE FALL.

IT WILL BE OPEN FOR STUDENTS TO BE EATING OUTSIDE IN THE FALL.

WE'RE LOTS OF WORK BEING DONE THERE FOR DRAINAGE.

GET RID OF THE WATER, CREATE MORE SPACES FOR KIDS TO EAT OUTSIDE.

THERE'RE SOME ACTIVITIES THAT KIDS CAN BE INVOLVED WITH DURING THE DAY TO KIND OF BREAK UP THE MONOTONY OF THE DAY.

THERE, THERE'S SEATING AND THE PICTURES ARE REALLY, REALLY GREAT, SO I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU ALL TO SEE THEM.

HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATIONS.

THIS YOU WON'T SEE THE GNP UNTIL, NEXT BOARD MEETING IN FEBRUARY.

BUT THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMPLEX OF THE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

WE'RE DEALING WITH A RENOVATION OF THE LUNCHROOM.

WE'RE ADDING ONTO THE BUILDING FOR THE DANCE ROOMS AND THINGS.

AND THEN THAT FIRST PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS THE COURTYARD.

THAT'S GETTING A FULL OVERHAUL.

THE PICTURE ON THE FAR RIGHT IS THE LUNCHROOM.

AND THE WAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO WORK IS ONCE THE GMP IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD, AS LONG AS YOU APPROVE IT, WE WILL BEGIN WORK IN APRIL, AND THEN THE WORK WILL BE COORDINATED BETWEEN WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WHEN KIDS ARE GONE AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WHEN KIDS ARE THERE.

SO, IT TAKES A LOT OF MOVING PARTS FOR THIS PROJECT, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT'S LITERALLY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS, ASIDE FROM THE FULL REBUILDS THAT THAT WERE, WERE OVERSEEING.

IT WILL BE COMPLETE BY AUGUST.

AND THEN THESE LAST PROJECTS, AGAIN, YOU WON'T SEE THEM UNTIL, NEXT MONTH ON, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED TO YOU.

AND ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE THERE'S ROOFING, THERE'S GUTTERS, THERE'S PAINTING, THERE'S FLOORING, ALL AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE DISTRICTS.

YOU CAN SEE THEM LISTED THERE AND THEIR SUMMER PROJECTS.

SO, THESE PROJECTS ARE DONE.

THEY BEGIN IN JUNE.

WE WRAP THEM UP IN AUGUST READY FOR SCHOOL TO START THAT SECOND WEEK OF AUGUST.

AND READY FOR KIDS TO, YOU KNOW, USE THE BUILDINGS THESE PROJECTS DO, DO REQUIRE SOME MOVEMENT AS FAR AS SUMMER SCHOOLS REQUIRED.

BUT I MEAN.

YOUR STAFF HAS IT FIGURED OUT.

THAT'S SOMETHING. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

HEY, AARON. YES, MA'AM.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE COMPLETION DATES OF EIGHT ONE ON SOME OF THOSE FLOORING AND PAINTING PROJECTS.

AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TEACHERS COME BACK IN THE BUILDING, LIKE MAYBE THE FIFTH OR SIXTH.

COULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE? SURE. OKAY. SHE'S ON IT.

SHE'LL HAVE THAT DONE FOR YOU.

I HAVE THE FINAL TWO TOPICS TONIGHT.

OH, DID I DO THAT? BUSSES AND TECHNOLOGY.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SLIDE FOR BUSSES, BUT THE BUSSES THAT WERE ORDERED LAST FALL THAT WERE EXPECTED IN DECEMBER HAVE BEEN DELAYED UNTIL THE SUMMER, UNFORTUNATELY.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL ARRIVE IN TIME FOR AUGUST TO THE HEAT OF AUGUST.

SO, OUR DRIVERS AND STUDENTS CAN ENJOY THE AIR CONDITIONING, NEW BUSSES.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

AND THEN TECHNOLOGY WE CAN REPORT DOES NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE SUMMER.

THE STUDENT DEVICES THAT WERE APPROVED UNDER PROPOSITION B ARE BEING REFRESHED ON AN ANNUAL CYCLE, SO ONE GRADE LEVEL AT A TIME AT ELEMENTARIES THIS YEAR, SECOND GRADE. AND ALL THE SIXTH GRADERS WILL RECEIVE NEW CHROMEBOOKS, AND ALL NINTH GRADERS RECEIVE NEW LAPTOPS TO HELP WITH THEIR STUDIES.

AND WE'RE ALSO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT A LOT OF THE OLDER DEVICES THAT WERE IN GOOD CONDITION ARE BEING REFURBISHED AND RECYCLED, TO BE USED AS CAMPUS BACKUPS AND LOANERS.

IF SOMEONE FORGETS ONE.

SO, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE DISTRICT FOR DOING THAT RECYCLING PROJECT AND USING STILL GOOD MATERIALS.

AND THEN PROPOSITION A, THE NETWORK UPGRADE PROJECTS, THEY'RE ALSO UNDERWAY.

ALMOST ALL CATEGORY ONES ARE FINISHED.

CATEGORY TWO THE NON-E-RATE NETWORK UPGRADES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

ALMOST ALL THAT INCLUDES THE ADMIN BUILDING, COLISEUM AND PLC.

THE FACT TRANSPORTATION AND BASQUE, THEY'RE ALL IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN THE CATEGORY TWO E-RATE FUNDED TECHNOLOGY.

THOSE ARE FOR NETWORK UPGRADES INSIDE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES.

WE ARE WAITING ON FCC APPROVAL BECAUSE IT'S A LARGE PURCHASE.

THEY NEEDED SOME ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION.

DAVE EXPLAINED IT ALL TO US AND I DO HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU.

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SO, WE'VE BEEN E-RATE APPROVED FOR ALL THOSE PROJECTS.

EXCELLENT. SO THAT WILL SAVE THAT WAS LIKE AN 80% DISCOUNT.

CORRECT. 80% DISCOUNT, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

SO, WE'RE REALLY GLAD WE WAITED FOR THAT.

SO, THANK YOU. WE WERE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.

SO, THAT'LL BE DONE.

THAT'LL BE STARTED RIGHT AWAY WHEN THAT SINCE THAT WAS APPROVED GREAT.

I CAN UPDATE MY NOTES.

SO, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHRIS.

THANK YOU. IN CONCLUSION, THAT DOESN'T CONCLUDE OUR REPORT.

AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 16TH, 2024.

I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU HOW THRILLED I AM TO SEE, THAT NOW THAT ALL THE HUSTLE, ALL THE HARD WORK, ALL THE SWEAT THAT WE PUT OUT TO, GET THE BOND PROMOTED TO GET IT VOTED ON, TO GET IT APPROVED.

NOW, THE, I'M GOING TO BE POETIC DR.

BROWN, I HOPE I AM OKAY.

I'M GETTING TO SEE THE CATERPILLAR BECOME A BUTTERFLY.

OKAY. SO, AGAIN.

AND I'VE GOT GREAT PEOPLE TO WORK WITH HERE ON, ON OUR OWN BOND COMMITTEE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

IT WAS GREAT THAT WE SAW SOME IMMEDIATE THINGS, THAT SOME THINGS THAT WOULD IMMEDIATELY IMPACT THE, THE COMMUNITY BY HAVING THOSE FIELDS, BALL FIELDS DONE.

AND I REALLY, I'LL GO BACK TO THAT AND JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO WALK ACROSS THEM SOMETIME.

THEY'RE REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

AND WITH THAT, THIS CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. AARON CURTIS, BACK IN 2006, WE HAD A BOND ISSUE.

ONE OF THE GREATEST IDEAS WE CAME UP WITH AS A BOARD WAS TO HAVE THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

YOU REPRESENT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO.

WE'RE GOING TO SPEND YOUR DOLLARS LIKE WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO SPEND THEM.

AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

IT GIVES US CREDIBILITY.

I THINK WE'VE HAD SUCH GREAT SUCCESS IN ALL OF OUR BOND PROGRAMS, IS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WILLING TO GIVE YOUR TIME AND TO REALLY DIG IN AND ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO MAKE EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE DOLLARS.

IT DOESN'T GO OVERLOOKED.

I PROMISE YOU; THE COMMUNITY APPRECIATES THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE COURT REPORT.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK IN APRIL, I GUESS.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. MR. DAVIS, IF YOU'LL GET IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST A SECOND.

JUST NOT A STORY, BUT JUST A VERY QUICK FYI, GROWING UP, GREW UP WITH A SINGLE PARENT, AND I HAD AN UNCLE THAT WAS VERY MUCH A FATHER FIGURE TO ME. AND HE WAS A 40-YEAR BOY SCOUT LEADER FOR 40 YEARS.

AND SO, ALL OF THOSE 40 YEARS, ALL THE WAY THROUGH, HE HAD MOST OF THE TIME THE OLDER BOYS IN, WORKED THROUGH, GUYS THAT WERE WORKING ON THEIR EAGLE SCOUT.

SO, I'VE JUST BEEN TOLD THAT WE HAVE A SCOUT IN OUR PRESENCE ON THE BACK ROW.

OUR ESTEEMED PRINCIPAL AT GREEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY, KATIE MORAN, AND HER SON IS HERE WORKING ON HIS SCOUTING BADGE.

SO, I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM AND TELL HIM, GREAT JOB AND HOW PROUD WE ARE OF WHAT HE'S DOING.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE NEXT ON OUR AGENDA HERE.

ITEM I.1 PROPOSED 2024-25 INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR.

[I.1. Proposed 2024-25 Instructional Calendar [Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]

WELL, IT IS, AND THEN IT ISN'T.

THIS YEAR WE TRIED, SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT.

AND WE COINED THE PHRASE THAT A CALENDAR IS REALLY AN INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR, AND YET IT IS ONE THAT WE ALSO USE TO, FOR CONTRACT PURPOSES FOR OUR TEACHERS AND, AND THEN TO REALLY CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY, ABOUT WHAT DAYS WILL BE HOLIDAYS AND WHEN SCHOOL STARTS AND WHEN SCHOOL ENDS AND WHEN WE HAVE GRADUATION, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO, WE KIND OF PARTNERED, AND SKIP AND I DID THIS TOGETHER.

AND WE STARTED THOUGH WITH LOOKING AT THE OVERARCHING GOALS, AND WE ASSEMBLED A VERY DIVERSE, COMMITTEE OF, ALL STAKEHOLDERS. WE HAD PARENTS, WE HAD TEACHERS, WE HAD ADMINISTRATORS, WE HAD CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF, EVERYONE THAT HAD A, AN INTEREST IN AND HAD SOME KIND OF FACET OF CONNECTION TO A CALENDAR.

AND SO OUR OVERARCHING GOALS WERE, NUMBER ONE, IT'S AN INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME FOR, FOR US TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND WE KNOW FROM THE DATA THAT WE HAVE ACADEMIC, GAPS, AS A RESULT OF COVID.

AND SO WE'RE STILL, LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE UTILIZE A CALENDAR AND OUR TIME TO, REALIZE THE GAINS THAT WE

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AND THEN THE SECOND GOAL THAT WE WANTED TO ADDRESS WAS THAT WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR TEACHERS NEED TIME.

AND OUT OF ALL THE RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN DONE, WITH, WITH OUR TEACHERS ACROSS THE STATE AND EVEN THE NATION, TEACHERS TELL US TIME IS IMPORTANT, THAT MORE AND MORE THEY NEED TO HAVE TIME TO COLLABORATE.

THEY NEED TO HAVE TIME TO LEARN.

THEY NEED TO HAVE TIME TO PLAN.

AND IT'S PLANNING THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE OF WHAT HAPPENS, THE MAGIC THAT HAPPENS IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO, ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT THAT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PARENTS ARE CERTAINLY INTERESTED IN IS, OKAY, WHAT ARE THE BREAKS? WHEN, WHEN DO WE HOW DO WE USE THE CALENDAR SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN TO PLAN FOR SPRING BREAK OR FOR THE WINTER BREAK OR FOR THANKSGIVING? SO THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT THINGS.

SO, WE TRIED TO KEEP OUR COMMITTEE FOCUSED ON THOSE OVERARCHING GOALS.

THEN, AS WE KNOW THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE NEED 187 WORKDAYS, CONTRACT DAYS, THAT WE HAVE MINUTES THAT WE ARE REQUIRED.

AND THIS IS, THE PERSON THAT REALLY LOOKS AT THOSE MINUTES AND I LEAN ON HIM FOR THAT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.

AND IT'S REALLY STRANGE THAT WE STUDENTS ARE, GAUGED BY THE NUMBER OF MINUTES, IN A YEAR, TEACHERS, THE NUMBER OF DAYS, TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT MAKES IT CONFUSING.

AND THEN WE ALWAYS HAVE TO THINK ABOUT BAD WEATHER DAYS.

WE ALSO HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP THIS NEXT YEAR, ELECTION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THAT OUR SCHOOLS, OUR BUILDINGS ARE UTILIZED, BY OUR GOVERNMENT ENTITIES FOR VOTING.

SO, WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND THEN OF COURSE, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, WHEN DO TEACHERS WORK HAVE WORKDAYS? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAYS? HOLIDAYS. WE LOOK AT SEMESTER.

WHEN IS THE BEST TIME FOR.

WE WANT OUR SEMESTER TO END AT WINTER BREAK.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT GRADUATION ENDS THE.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME BACK AFTER WE GRADUATE STUDENTS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UTILIZE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO FALL SHORT OF LOSING FUNDING WHEN KIDS AREN'T IN SCHOOL.

AND THEN, SO, THOSE ARE MEMORIAL DAY IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT HOLIDAY THAT THAT KIND OF IS A BOOKEND AS WELL. SO, THOSE ARE ALL THE CONSIDERATIONS.

IT'S A LOT. WE HAVE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, A CALENDAR.

EVERYONE HAS A PREFERENCE.

TRYING TO REACH CONSENSUS IS KEY.

AND I WANT TO THANK SKIP AND THE, HIS HELP AND, HE AND I HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT LENS.

I'M JUST GOING TO ADMIT THAT, BUT MY LENS IS LOOKING AT IT THROUGH.

HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE AND ALL THAT WE NEED FOR OUR TEACHERS AND FOR OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN AND FOR OUR TEACHERS TO HAVE PLANNING TIME.

AND HE'S GOING TO LOOK AT IT FROM THE ASPECT OF CONTRACTS AND, MEETING TIME REQUIREMENTS AND, AND THE, THE GRADUATION IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING. SO, WITH THAT, HE HE'S GOOD AT THIS.

I'M NOT. SO, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND LET YOU TALK ABOUT THE CALENDAR ITSELF.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING? COME ON BACK.

IT'S A PARTNER THING.

I REALLY WANTED DR.

CLARK TO STAY UP HERE BECAUSE, HONESTLY, IT IS A TWO-PART CALENDAR.

AS YOU KNOW, DOCTOR CLARK IS ALWAYS TRYING TO MAXIMIZE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.

AND THIS CALENDAR IS SOMETHING THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO DO.

THAT'S WHY I WANTED YOU TO STAY UP HERE.

OKAY? IT'S A JOINT, A JOINT VENTURE.

AND A LOT OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I MEAN, MEMBERS BEING PARENTS, DR.

CLARK MENTIONED HAD A LOT OF INPUT.

SO, THIS IS THE CALENDAR THAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH.

THERE'S A COUPLE. THERE'S MAYBE ONE CHANGE WE MIGHT LOOK AT BEFORE BRINGING IT BACK BUT TOOK A LOT OF FEEDBACK IN THIS CALENDAR.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD ARE TO REMOVE THE HALF DAYS.

THEY REALLY THOSE WERE NICE COMING OUT OF OUT OF THE PANDEMIC TO GIVE US SOME PLANNING TIME.

BUT AS WE LOOK AT THINGS, THE HALF DAYS WERE CAUSING SOME, CONSTERNATION, BECAUSE REALLY, A HALF DAY WAS NOT BEING AFFORDED TO OUR ELEMENTARY AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE FED OUR STUDENTS, THEY ENDED UP STAYING LONGER.

AND AGAIN, REMEMBER, REMEMBER, ONE OF THE TENETS OF THIS CALENDAR IS TO INCREASE INSTRUCTION TIME.

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IT ALSO CAUSED, DAYCARE ISSUES.

SO, WE MAXIMIZE THAT AND THEN TRY TO EVERY MONTH, HAVE AT LEAST ONE DAY OFF FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF, JUST TO KIND OF REFRESH AND KEEP GOING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SPRINKLED OUT THROUGH HERE.

SO, FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WOULD BE AUGUST 14TH.

AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IS STAFF DAYS.

AND, YOU KNOW, SOME PD WORKDAYS BEFORE THEN.

AND THEN WE GO THROUGH TO SEPTEMBER, HAVE LABOR DAY ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO OCTOBER.

AND LET ME BACK UP ON SEPTEMBER 20TH WILL BE OUR UIL GRADE CHECK DAY, BECAUSE WE REMEMBER WE MOVED TO NINE WEEKS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT YOU'LL STILL REQUIRES US THAT A SIX-WEEK INTERVAL TO CHECK GRADES.

SO, THAT WILL BE IN THE 20TH.

THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT LITTLE UIL SYMBOL ON THAT.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH.

LET ME GET INTO OCTOBER AND BLESS YOU.

AND YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE THAT THAT NICE BREAK THERE FROM THE 11TH TO THE 14TH.

THAT'S THAT THAT 11TH MAY BE A DAY WE CHANGE AS FAR AS WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT DAY THAT WILL STILL BE A STUDENT HOLIDAY.

BUT ONE OF THE REQUESTS WE RECEIVED IS A A FULL WEEK IN OCTOBER.

SO, THIS IS SOME OF OUR, TO ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT DID NOT WORK WELL FOR US, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE IN THINGS OF DAYCARE AND AGAIN, INCREASING THAT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO FIT IN A NICE LITTLE BREAK THERE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

THEN WE MOVED TO NOVEMBER AND THAT 4TH OF NOVEMBER AND THE 11TH OF OCTOBER, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT MAYBE CHANGING WHAT HAPPENS ON THAT DAY.

NOT THAT IT STILL BE A STUDENT HOLIDAY, BUT WHAT OUR STAFF DOES FLEX THAT DAY.

MAYBE SWITCH IT, BUT IT'LL STILL BE THERE.

THERE'S JUST SOME GREAT FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT.

NOVEMBER 5TH, AS DOCTOR CLARK MENTIONED, IS A IS A ELECTION DAY, AND WE EXPECT QUITE A BIT OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THE SCHOOLS THAT DAY.

SO, WE WANT TO KEEP OUR GIVE THE STUDENTS A HOLIDAY THAT DAY AND HAVE OUR STAFF REPORT AND ALLOW OUR COMMUNITY TO USE OUR SCHOOLS TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE. GOING TO NOVEMBER LATER LAST WEEK IN NOVEMBER WILL BE, THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.

AND THEN WE MOVE TO OUR WINTER BREAK, RIGHT IN DECEMBER.

AND THAT 20TH IS THE IS THE STUDENT HOLIDAY BUT WILL BE A TEACHER WORKDAY FOR THEM TO FINALIZE ANY GRADES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE SO THEY CAN ENJOY THEIR BREAK BEFORE THEY LEAVE, COME BACK IN JANUARY ON THE SIXTH, HAVE A WORKDAY OR A PD DAY THAT'S STILL BEING DETERMINED.

AND THEN WE GO TO JANUARY 20TH, WHICH IS DR.

MLK DAY. MOVING TO FEBRUARY.

ANOTHER SLIGHT BREAK IN THERE.

THE 14TH WILL BE STUDENTS WILL BE OFF AND THE 17TH WILL BE A STUDENT HOLIDAY.

WITH PRESIDENT'S DAY MOVING INTO MARCH, OUR SPRING BREAK COINCIDES WITH OUR MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS.

THE ONLY DISTRICT, WELL, ALL OF THEM.

FORT WORTH IS STILL WORKING THROUGH THEIRS.

BUT OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS OF KELLER, NORTHWEST, EAGLE MOUNTAIN, HEB, GRAPEVINE ALL HAD THAT SPRING BREAK.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT INDICATES THAT THAT'S WHEN TCC FOR OUR DUAL CREDITS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN LINE WITH THEM.

WE GET TO APRIL.

AND SO, THOSE ARE TWO BAD WEATHER DAYS.

IF WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM UP WITH THE 18TH AND THE 21ST.

AND TEA HAS NOT RELEASED OUR TESTING CALENDAR, BUT WE'LL TRY TO MAKE THOSE WORK AROUND THOSE DAYS.

AND THEN WE GO TO THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, WHICH WILL BE MAY 22ND, WHICH IS A HALF DAY, OUR ONLY HALF DAY IN THE CALENDAR, AND THEN GRADUATION ON THE 23RD.

SO, OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS WILL BE DONE BY, MEMORIAL DAY AND ON MAY 26TH.

SO THAT'S OUR CALENDAR WE BUILT.

WE WILL BUILD OUR 236-DAY CALENDAR OFF OF THIS.

THAT IS FOR OUR STAFF.

THAT WORKS 236 DAYS.

BUT I'VE GOT, POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, AND FROM THE COMMITTEE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED, LAST WEEK ENDING ON MONDAY.

THIS IS A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT.

BUT WE BELIEVE WE'VE PRESENTED A DOCUMENT THAT, AS DR.

CLARK MENTIONED, THAT SERVES ALL AND BRINGS THE CONSENSUS OF OUR STAFF, COMMUNITY AND BISD AS A WHOLE.

ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? ANY QUESTIONS? MR. DILKS, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.

AS A FORMER EDUCATOR, THIS LOOKS GREAT BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BREATHING ROOM, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. WE TRIED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN EVERY MONTH.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT, THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US TO ADDRESS TEACHER AND STUDENT NEEDS AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH TO JUST HAVE, WHETHER IT WAS A THREE-DAY WEEKEND OR WHAT HAVE YOU, AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.

THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO CATCH THEIR BREATH.

I THINK YOU SAID IN YOUR LAST PRINCIPALS MEETING IT WAS RECEIVED FAVORABLY ALSO.

YES. WELL, THEN I WANTED A FEW SHAKING THEIR HEAD.

YES. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO SAY AS A PARENT, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU KNOW, HALF DAYS IS AMAZING.

I LOVE IT HAVING FOUR KIDS, I HAVE TO TAKE TWO AND FROM FOUR SCHOOLS.

IT REALLY RUINS YOUR DAY TO HAVE TO DO THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

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I KNOW HOW COMPLEX. WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW COMPLEX IS.

I CAN IMAGINE HOW COMPLEX IT IS TO DO THIS.

SO, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DOING IT, I LIKE IT.

THANKS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I GOT ONE REALLY QUICK. IF YOU CAN THROW THE CALENDAR BACK UP REALLY QUICK, THIS IS.

THIS COMMENT IS NOT IN REGARD TO THIS CALENDAR BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY THAT I'VE HEARD FROM IS ECSTATIC ABOUT THE NON-HALF DAYS, AND I KNOW ELECTION DAY KIND OF THROWS A WRINKLE INTO NOVEMBER MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN SAID TO ME A LOT THAT I THINK AND IT KIND OF IS A THROWBACK TO YESTERYEAR, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. I'M JUST THROWING THIS OUT.

THERE IS THE CHRISTMAS BREAK TIME THERE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUT THAT CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS DAY AND NOT GETTING MAYBE A FEW MORE DAYS BUILT IN AND THAT LIKE THE 18TH AND 19TH.

AND AGAIN, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS CALENDAR.

THIS IS SOMETHING FOR LATER IF IT WORKS OUT, AS THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES TALKED ABOUT IS MAYBE BUILDING A FEW MORE DAYS BEFORE ACTUAL CHRISTMAS DAY SO THAT FAMILIES THAT ARE GETTING OUT OF TOWN FOR CHRISTMAS SKI TRIPS, WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY DO, INSTEAD OF BUTTON UP RIGHT NEXT TO THAT DECEMBER 25TH.

VERY GOOD. AND, YES, SIR.

GO AHEAD. NO, NO, THAT WAS IT.

OKAY. IT'LL BE IT'LL ACTUALLY BE A LOT MORE FAVORABLE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE LEAP YEAR THIS WILL THAT'LL PUT THE 25TH OF DECEMBER ON A FRIDAY.

SO, IF I HAD TO BUILD A CALENDAR FOR LIKE AT THIS TIME FOR NEXT YEAR, YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THAT FRIDAY, BUT IT'LL BE ALMOST A FULL WEEK.

SO, IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU TAKE THE HITS A LITTLE BIT EARLY, BUT THEN YOU NEXT YEAR THIS WILL DEFINITELY, I THINK ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.

AND ONE JUST ONE LAST COMMENT.

THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU START, WE LOOK TO HAVE A BALANCE IN BOTH SEMESTERS.

AND THAT'S ESPECIALLY NEEDED, BECAUSE THE MORE YOU HAVE, STUDENTS TAKING DUAL CREDIT AND COURSES, THAT COULD BE A SEMESTER. YOU WANT THOSE, THOSE TWO SEMESTERS TO BE AS EQUAL AS YOU CAN IN A NUMBER OF DAYS.

SO THAT'S IT'S JUST THE WAY IT FALLS SOMETIMES.

THANK YOU. SKIP. DR.

CLARK, ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

THANK THE COMMITTEE THAT ALL WORKED ON THAT TOO.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK THERE'LL BE ACTUAL VOTING ITEM NEXT MONTH.

CORRECT. ALL RIGHT.

ITEM I.2 PAVILION WITH CANOPY FOR CHENEY HILLS BRIDGE PARKING LOT, STUDENT PICKUP, MISS BOWMAN.

[I.2. Pavilion with Canopy for Cheney Hills Bridge Parking Lot Student Pickup [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

AND I BELIEVE OUR PRINCIPAL, MR. POPE IS ALSO HERE.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

GOOD EVENING. VERY HAPPY TO BE BRINGING THIS PROJECT TO YOU ALL TONIGHT AS AN INFORMATION ITEM.

WE INTEND TO BRING IT AS ACTION NEXT MONTH.

LAST, LAST FALL, IT WAS VERY QUICKLY DISCOVERED THAT, THERE WERE BECOMING A LARGE NUMBER OF, OF DROP OFFS. I WILL SAY LARGE.

IT'S BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WE'VE SEEN.

AND THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BRING, A GREAT DEAL OF SAFETY AND COMFORT TO THE KIDS WHO ARE WAITING OUT THERE FOR THEIR PARENTS TO PICK THEM UP.

SO, YOU SEE THERE THE, THE TENT THAT WE HAVE AS A, AS A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE AND WE WILL HAVE THAT THROUGH MAY OF THIS YEAR.

SO, THIS IS JUST A SLIDE OF SHOWING THE CONNECTION OF THE PROPOSED PAVILION, WITH THE BRIDGE HAVING A CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK COVER FROM THE OPENING OF THE BRIDGE TO THE PAVILION ITSELF.

ANOTHER SHOT OF THE TENT.

AND SO, HERE'S WHAT, HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE THE PAVILION, THE SIDEWALK CANOPY AND THE BRIDGE WILL BE INSTALLED SUCH THAT THEY, THEY THE COMPONENTS OVERLAP EACH OTHER.

SO, IT WILL BE CONTINUOUS COVER FROM THE BRIDGE INTO THE PAVILION.

SOME INFORMATION YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN.

MR. POPE SHARED WITH ME THAT THERE IS APPROXIMATELY, IT'S ABOUT EVEN AT THE FRONT PICKUP OF THE MAIN SCHOOL AND OVER ACROSS THE BRIDGE THEY SERVE 131 CARS AND, AND A NUMBER OF THOSE HAVE MULTIPLE CHILDREN IN THOSE, AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE.

SO, HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE OF WHAT WE WILL BE HAVING.

IT'S A PRE-FINISHED STEEL PAVILION HAS A SYSTEM WARRANTY OF TEN YEARS.

THE METAL ROOF WARRANTY HAS A COATING THAT'S 40-YEAR WARRANTY.

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SO, WHEN THEY ATTACH THE METAL ROOFING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE SCREW HOLES COMING THROUGH.

I THINK IT'S AN INCH AND AN EIGHTH, AN INCH AND A QUARTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THICK.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CONCRETE SURFACE BELOW.

KIDS WON'T BE TRACKING MUD AND, AND SUCH AND THE MOM'S CAR.

SO, THAT'S GOING TO BE IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A NICE PROJECT.

GOING TO HAVE LIGHTING, IN THE, IN ON THE DECK AREA.

AND THE ARCHITECTS HAVE PROMISED ME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO INSTALL THOSE SUCH THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PIGEON PROBLEMS INSIDE THERE.

AND WE'RE TAKING, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TAKE CARE TO SEAL THE ENDS OF THE METAL DECK AND SUCH AS THAT.

SO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HAVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WASPS AND JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT AS SUSTAINABLE AND MAINTAINABLE AS POSSIBLE COST SLIDE.

SO, ALL IN CONSTRUCTION 308,105.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE ITEMS. I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED THE SECURITY CAMERAS, BUT IT WILL HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF SECURITY CAMERAS THERE, AS WELL AS SOME CONTINGENCY FOR ANYTHING UNKNOWN THAT WE HAVE MISSED.

YOU SEE THE DESIGN FEES THERE AND THE SITE SURVEY.

SO, ALL IN, 331,000 AND SOME CHANGE AND, SCHEDULE. WE WANT TO GET BRING IT TO YOU IN FEBRUARY.

SO THAT EARLY MARCH, WE'RE ABLE TO GET A CONTRACT IN THE HANDS OF THE CONTRACTOR.

THEY CAN GET THEIR 12-WEEK LEAD TIME MATERIALS ORDERED AND BE READY IN JUNE JULY TO CONSTRUCT IT AND HAVE IT READY FOR THE KIDDOS WHENEVER THEY ARRIVE. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOHN OR THE VLK GUYS? MR. TOLBERT, IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION.

I JUST REMEMBER WHEN WE PUT THAT BRIDGE IN, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN THAT WAS GOING TO BE A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE THAT NOBODY WAS REALLY GOING TO USE.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT HALF THE STUDENTS WERE USING IT.

THAT'S GREAT NEWS, MR. POPE.

YEAH. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL LOOK FOR AN ACTION ITEM IN FEBRUARY.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. BASKERVILLE, YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE SECOND READING OF BIRDVILLE 60 PROPOSED LOCAL POLICY UPDATE POLICY?

[I.3. Birdville ISD Proposed Local Policy Update (Second Reading) [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

DUE TO STUDENT PRIVACY CONCERNS, THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING ADDING TO POLICY FNC LOCAL THAT WE'RE REQUIRING LISTENED IN, EXCUSE ME, LISTENING TECHNOLOGY TO BE DISABLED WHILE THE DEVICE IS IN ON A CAMPUS AND PROHIBITS THE TRANSMISSION OF AUDIO OR IMAGES OF OTHER STUDENTS, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES FROM THIS LAST READING. THE POLICY WAS PRESENTED IN DECEMBER.

AS FOR INFORMATION TONIGHT FOR DISCUSSION AND WILL BE BROUGHT BACK IN FEBRUARY FOR POSSIBLE ACTION.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BASKERVILLE OR STAFF? MR. TOLBERT, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MR. BASKERVILLE AND OTHERS THAT ARE WORKING ON IT.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT TOOL.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THE HOW WE'RE GOING TO LET THE STUDENTS KNOW THAT VIDEOING PEOPLE WITHOUT THEIR APPROVAL AND THEN TRANSMITTING THAT IS, IS A NO-NO. NOW IT'S IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN AS IT, DR.

SHOWELL, THIS JUST MAKES IT POLICY.

BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO LET THEM KNOW OF EXACTLY OF DISABLING THAT.

IT IS. AND ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO EDUCATE OUR PARENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT'S NOT DONE.

AND THE WAY, YOU KNOW, THIS CAME ABOUT, NOT IN IN A SURREPTITIOUS WAY, BUT BASICALLY JUST SOMEONE TRYING TO MONITOR SOMETHING, AS FAR AS THEIR STUDENT, IT WASN'T, BUT IT DID BRING THE LIGHT.

WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THIS, MORE, SUCCINCTLY AND A BOARD POLICY.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN, BEEN ADDRESSED IF THERE'S AN ISSUE OF SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

NOT SAYING WE ALWAYS, BUT WE DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT THAT HAPPENING IN OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

BUT NOW PUTTING SOME TEETH INTO IT FOR OUR POLICY, BECAUSE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT DEALS WITH STUDENTS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE AND MAKING SURE OUR COMMUNITY DOES NOT START USING THOSE DEVICES.

I GOT YOU I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS ALREADY IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

AM I CORRECT IN THAT DR.

SHERWELL? YES.

OKAY. OKAY. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.

THANKS. GOOD QUESTION, MR. TOLBERT. ANYONE ELSE? MR. WOMBLE? MR. BASKERVILLE, WHEN I READ THE POLICY HERE, LET'S SEE, TO BE DISABLED WHILE THE DEVICE IS ON A CAMPUS.

AND MAYBE IT'S A LEGAL QUESTION.

THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF CAMPUS HERE, DOES THAT EXTEND TO OUR ATHLETIC FACILITIES AND THEN OUR SCHOOL BUSSES? DOES THAT CONSTITUTE A CAMPUS OR.

NO, YOU CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT, TIGHTENING THAT UP SO THAT BECAUSE THE CAMPUS I COULD SEE HOW SOMEONE COULD SEE THAT AS MEANING A PHYSICAL PRESENCE ON THE CAMPUS.

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SO, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

SO, WE CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK AND LOOK AT INCLUDING THE LANGUAGE OF ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.

YES. IT'S A GREAT POINT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. GOOD POINT, MATT.

ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, MR. BASKERVILLE. WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM IS SECOND READING OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD'S PROPOSED POLICY UPDATE 122.

[I.4. Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Proposed Policy Update 122, Affecting Local Policies Listed (Second Reading) [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

MR BASKERVILLE? YES, THIS IS SECOND READING OF TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD'S PROPOSED POLICY UPDATE 122, AFFECTING CHANGES TO LEGAL AND LOCAL POLICIES.

IN UPDATE 122, WE HAVE TEN POLICY UPDATES BRIEFLY GOING TO TOUCH UPON A COUPLE THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD, CSA LOCALS, A NEW POLICY THAT WE'RE ADDING TO ADDRESS AUDITS OF BUILDINGS TO COMPLY WITH OUR COMMISSIONER'S NEW SCHOOL SAFETY AUDITS.

WE'VE ALWAYS COMPLETED OUR AUDITS, ACTUALLY, I THINK MORE THOROUGHLY THAN, THE STATE.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR LANGUAGE IS THE SAME SO THAT WE'RE ALIGNED WITH TEA.

WON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING THAT BEFORE TO REQUIRED IT FOR LOCAL, INCLUDES SB 68 THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO BE EXCUSED FOR TWO DAYS DURING JUNIOR OR SENIOR YEAR TO VISIT PROFESSIONAL WORKPLACES TO EXPLORE THE STUDENT'S INTEREST IN PURSUING A CAREER IN THAT FIELD.

THAT'S IN LINE WITH OUR CC MR AND ALLOWING STUDENTS IN THE PAST COULD DO THAT TO GO TO A COLLEGE OR A UNIVERSITY VISIT.

WELL, NOW IT'S EXPANDING THAT SCOPE SO THAT.

INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT POSSIBLY NOT GOING TO COLLEGE CAN VISIT A VOCATIONAL OR A CAREER PLACE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEXT STEP WILL BE AFTER GRADUATION.

FFA LOCAL INCLUDES PROCEDURES FOR OPIOID ANTAGONIST NARCAN.

BISD ALREADY HAS A PREVIOUS I MEAN ALREADY HAS MADE THE CHANGES TO INCLUDE AND TRAIN ALL DISTRICT NURSES ON THE USE AND STORAGE OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS ON ALL CAMPUSES.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, WITH THE BOARD'S DIRECTION, WE WE ACCOMPLISHED OVER A YEAR AGO WHEN WE SAW THE FENTANYL CRISIS START TO CREEP UP.

OUR SROS HAVE THEM AND OUR CAMPUSES HAVE HAD THEM FOR ALMOST A YEAR, ABOUT A YEAR OVER A YEAR, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE FIRST AID ON HAND IF WE'RE EVER FACED WITH THAT CRISIS.

SO THIS IS JUST PUTTING IN POLICY SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DOING ALREADY.

I BELIEVE THE BOARD HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH LOCAL POLICY OVERVIEW, EXPLANATORY NOTES, POLICY MANUAL UPDATE AND THE POLICY COMPARISON SHOWING THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES.

ADMINISTRATIONS REVIEWED THE PROPOSED POLICIES OF UPDATE 122.

EACH DIRECTOR HAS REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL UPDATE FOR ANY CHANGES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.

THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NO RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO UPDATE 122.

UPDATE 122 IS PRESENTED AT THE DECEMBER MEETING FOR INFORMATION PRESENTED TONIGHT FOR DISCUSSION, AND BROUGHT BACK POSSIBLE FOR POSSIBLE ACTION IN FEBRUARY.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BASKERVILLE? THANK YOU. SKIP WILL ALSO HAVE THIS FOR ACTION IN OUR FEBRUARY MEETING.

WE WANT OUR SEPARATE ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT TO CONSIDER PERSONAL ITEMS AS DISCUSSED IN OUR CLOSED SESSION.

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

DOCTOR STINSON HAS ACCEPTED 11 RESIGNATIONS AND SEVEN RETIREMENTS.

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

MR. DREES. THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? MR..

TOLBERT, ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY RAISED HAND.

MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM J TO CONSIDER ORDER FOR THE 2024 BOARD OF TRUSTEES GENERAL ELECTION FOR PLACES THREE, FOUR AND FIVE.

[J.2. Consider Order for the 2024 Board of Trustees General Election for Place 3, 4, and 5 [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

THANK YOU, MR. DILKS. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND MISS SANDERS, WAS ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL. NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

SIGNIFY BY RAISED HAND.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER J THREE.

[J.3. Consider Resolution Regarding Senate Bill 763 [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT A RESOLUTION REGARDING SENATE BILL 763.

THANK YOU, MR. TOLBERT.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. DREES. DISCUSSION.

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

MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM J4.

[J.4. Consider the New Course Offerings for the 2024-25 School Year [Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]

IS THERE A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE NEW COURSE OFFERINGS FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU, MISS WISE.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. DREES. YEAH.

A LOT OF INTRODUCTION TO AEROSPACE AND AVIATION, TOURISM, AGRIBUSINESS, A LOT OF UNIQUE THINGS, ALMOST ALL OF THEM IN OUR CTE PROGRAMS.

[01:20:08]

WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY RAISED HAND MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERED PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENTS FOR NORTHRIDGE, SPICER, WATAUGA AND THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

[J.5. Consider Playground Replacements for North Ridge, Spicer, Watauga, and Thomas Elementary Schools [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

THE BOARD APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH LEE PARK AND PLAY INCORPORATED AND THE CONTINGENCY FOR PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENTS AT NORTHRIDGE, SPICER, WATAUGA, AND THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU, MR. DILKS.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, MISS SANDERS WISE ANY DISCUSSION? WE HAD TWO.

WAS IT LAST YEAR? WE HAD OH EIGHT STOW AND GREEN VALLEY, AND THOSE WERE ONE OF THE MOST FUN, I GUESS.

GROUNDBREAKINGS RIBBON CUTTINGS, WE'RE GOING TO CALL THEM.

THE KIDS WERE EXCITED, THE PARENTS WERE EXCITED.

AND IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THESE FOUR SCHOOLS HERE GET THAT SAME BENEFIT.

SO PLAN ON WHEN SCHOOL STARTS.

WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER RIBBON CUTTING FOR THOSE WOULD BE A GREAT DEAL FOR OUR KIDS TO PLAY ON AND GET TO PLAY OUTSIDE.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY ONE OR MORE DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY RAISED HAND MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER SIX CONSIDERED BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL COURTYARD PROJECT.

[J.6. Consider Birdville High School Courtyard Project [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. WOMBLE. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND THAT MR. DILKS. WE HAD A MEMO IN OUR PACKET THAT KIND OF CAME OUT BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED JUST YESTERDAY.

I THINK THAT THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT WAS MORE THAN OUR BUDGET.

BUT THEY SAID WE THINK THEY FEEL FOR SURE BEFORE OUR FEBRUARY MEETING.

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WHITTLE THAT DOWN.

WE'VE HAD 3.5 MILLION BUDGETED FOR THAT.

I THINK YOU HEARD PRETTY COMPLEX, PRETTY FAST TRACK PROJECT.

DOCTOR NIVEN IS BACK THERE.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT, SCOTT, OTHER THAN WE BUDGETED 3.5 MILLION, WOULD IT HELP TO GIVE STAFF AND DOCTOR STINSON SOME DIRECTION? WE'RE AUTHORIZING HER TO DO IT TO SAY MAYBE ONLY 10% CONTINGENCY ON TOP OF THE THREE AND A HALF TO WORK WITH? YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD ADD CONTINGENCY.

I KNOW THAT THERE WERE 4.4.

NOW WE'LL HONE THAT DOWN.

BUT WITHIN THAT 10% CONTINGENCY, WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN MAKE ALL THAT HAPPEN.

AND DON'T FORGET THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT HE'S ALREADY FOUND WHERE HE SAVED US MONEY.

SO THE BUDGET'S 3.5.

IT CAME IN AT 4.4.

THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IT DOWN.

BUT WE'RE SAYING GIVE THEM 10% OVER WHAT THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS TO WORK WITH.

AND I DON'T WANT TO SLOW IT DOWN BY $300,000.

AND IT'S SORELY NEEDED.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE BEEN HERE IN AROUND BIRDVILLE HIGH FOR A WHILE, AND THAT THAT COURTYARD IS PRETTY DILAPIDATED.

IT'S ALWAYS HOLDING WATER.

IT'S AN EYESORE BACK THERE.

AND JUST THE IF YOU EVEN GET HALFWAY DONE WHAT THE PICTURES SHOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A 200% MARKED IMPROVEMENT AND BOARD.

WE WILL GET ONE MORE VOTE IN FEBRUARY OF THE FINAL NOT TO EXCEED PRICE.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S A RETROACTIVE.

SO IT'S BASICALLY JUST BRINGING IT OUT SO WE CAN HAVE THE PUBLIC DISPLAY OF THE BIDS.

BUT WE WILL HAVE ALREADY AWARDED IT BECAUSE THE AUTHORITY HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

OKAY. WELL WE'RE GIVING THEM DIRECTION 3.5 PLUS A 10% CONTINGENCY ONLY GOAL IS 3.5.

WITHIN THAT 10% CONTINGENCY, I FEEL 100% CONCERNED WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK.

AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK.

JUST FINALS FOR YOUR OKAY IN FEBRUARY.

MR. TOLBERT HAS A QUESTION.

SORRY. I'M SORRY. SOME PEOPLE SOME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE CONTINGENCY IN THE BUDGET AND SOME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT A CONTINGENCY ON TOP OF THE BUDGET.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ON TOP OF THE 3.5, ON TOP OF THE BUDGET, OUR GOAL IS TO GET IT DOWN TO 3.5 MILLION.

BUT. BUT YOU'RE WANTING ANOTHER, 350,000 350,000.

OKAY. IF WE CAN'T GET IT DOWN, WE'LL BE WORKING THE BIDS DOWN.

THE BIDS JUST CAME IN YESTERDAY, AND SO WE NEED TIME TO SCOPE THEM AND PUT THEM DOWN.

TYPICALLY WE GET A LITTLE MORE TIME, BUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT KIND OF LAID OUT, WE'RE TRYING TO GET ALL THIS DONE.

AND IN LEGALLY, WE'VE GRANTED HER ALL THE AUTHORITY.

YES. YOU'RE JUST SAYING, HEY, GIVE HER SOME GUIDELINES.

WE WOULD BE SUPER HAPPY IF YOU COULD GET THIS IN.

IT WOULD MAKE IT. IT WOULD IT WOULD MAYBE TAKE SOME OF THE ANXIETY OFF OF US BECAUSE AGAIN, WE JUST RECEIVED IT YESTERDAY.

OKAY. SO WE JUST NEED WE JUST NEED SOME TIME TO SCOPE IT OUT.

OKAY. THE MOTION IS TO GIVE HER THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.

BUT JUST MAKING THESE COMMENTS, UNLESS THE MOTION TO WANT TO SAY TO INCLUDE AN EXTRA 10% CONTINGENCY IN THE MOTION, WHATEVER IS THAT NECESSARY.

IT IS I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S GOOD LIKE IT IS.

WHAT'S THE TIMELINE AGAIN? THE TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION WAS SPRING BREAK.

MARCH SPRING BREAK TO BE DONE WITH SCHOOL START, RIGHT? THEY'RE GOING TO TEAR IT UP. MARCH 11TH WHEN SPRING BREAK STARTS, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THAT CAFETERIA IS READY.

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AND AS WE SAW IN THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WE'RE THREE AND A HALF, 4.5 MILLION UNDER BUDGET ON THE TWO ELEMENTARIES.

SO WE'VE GOT SOME WIGGLE ROOM.

AND THIS WAS ALWAYS A PRETTY TIGHT PROJECT.

AND IT FELT LIKE WHERE OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO GET IT TO BUDGET.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL GIVE US JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY AND BREATHING ROOM SO WE CAN KEEP THIS THING MOVING, BUT THE LIKE.

MR.. WOMBLE SPOKE TO THE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THAT COURTYARD ARE ARE SIGNIFICANT AND A LITTLE MORE OF A PROJECT THAN THAN I'M NOT GOING TO SAY A LITTLE MORE OF THE PROJECT THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED, BUT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT.

IT'S EXPENSIVE. YEAH, IT'S ALSO VERY HARD TO ESTIMATE THAT.

YEAH. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THEY TOLD US THAT A LONG TIME AGO.

THE MOTION WILL ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.

BUT WE'VE GIVEN HER SOME GUIDELINES.

I THINK THERE'S ANY REASON TO CHANGE THE MOTION UNLESS YOU JUST REALLY THE MOTION I THINK HAS A NOT TO EXCEED 3.5 MILLION, DOES IT NOT? SO I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE IT WITH THE MOTION INCLUDE.

NO, IT DIDN'T SAY THAT. NOT IN OUR MOTION.

IT SAID AND ANALYZE AND AWARD THE BIDS AND EXECUTE ALL CONTRACTS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE PROJECT SCHEDULE.

YEAH. OKAY.

WHAT IS THAT? WE HAVE BRENDA IN THE MOTION THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS AS PRESENTED, WHICH I THINK ON THE COVER SHEET, THE COVER SHEET SAYS THREE AND A HALF.

OKAY. SO WITH THE MOTION INCLUDE ADDING A 10% CONTINGENCY ON TOP OF THE 3.5 MILLION WE CAN I WOULD LIKE SORRY I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT.

MY MOTION OKAY.

I MOVE THE BOARD, APPROVE THE BIDS FOR THE BIRDVILLE HIGH COURTYARD PROJECT AS PRESENTED, AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ANALYZE THE AWARD BID.

THIS IS MY, NOT MY MOTION.

CAN I MAKE THIS MOTION? NO, I THINK IT'S ALREADY.

SECOND. AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.

NO. HE CAN MAKE AN AMENDMENT. YOU DID.

HE CAN HOLD ON ONE WHO MADE THE MOTION, BUT ANYBODY CAN.

I'M SORRY. HE CAN AMEND IT EVEN AFTER YOU'VE SECONDED.

IT'S OKAY. NO, HE HAS HE HAS TO.

YEAH. HE HAS TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT.

DO YOU ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT YES OR NO? OH, YEAH. LET'S ACCEPT IT.

OKAY. AND HE GAVE THE SECOND.

YOU ACCEPTED. HE DIDN'T FINISH THE SECOND HE DIDN'T FINISH.

GO AHEAD. FINISH. YEAH. LET HIM FINISH.

AND THEN I'LL ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT.

GO AHEAD AND FINISH IT. OKAY.

I MOVE THE BOARD, APPROVE THE BIDS FOR THE BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL COURTYARD PROJECT AS PRESENTED, AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ANALYZE AND AWARD THE BIDS AND ALLOW A 10% CONTINGENCY CONTINGENCY FUND AND EXECUTE ALL CONTRACTS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE PROJECT SCHEDULE.

YOU ACCEPTED THE AMENDMENT, AND HE MADE THE SECOND ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION, CORRECT? YEAH. SO THAT SECOND, YOU AGREED TO THE AMENDMENT? YES, I ACCEPT THEM. SO THE MOTION AND THE SECOND HAVE AGREED TO THAT AMENDMENT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING, VOTING ON ONE AMENDED MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY RAISED HAND.

AYE. MOTION DOES CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.

NOW, ALSO, I JUST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF ARCHITECTS HERE.

LEE OSBORNE. EDWARD. GOOD LUCK.

YEAH, IT'S A TOUGH PROJECT.

TOUGH PROJECT? BEFORE WE CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, I WANT TO MENTION TWO DONATIONS BEING MADE TONIGHT.

PRESENTED FOR ACCEPTANCE AS PART OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

TONIGHT, THE BIRDVILLE UNITED BAND BOOSTERS DONATED $7,000 TO SMITHFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND A 2002 TOYOTA TOYOTA TUNDRA WAS DONATED TO BECHTEL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.

WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR THESE DONATIONS.

NOW WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[K. CONSENT ITEMS]

UNLESS THEY'RE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA BY A TRUSTEE FOR CONSIDERATION IS DO I HAVE A MOTION? PRESIDENT DAVIS, MISS BOWMAN ASKED ME TO PULL TWO A SHE'S GOT A 30 MINUTE PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FUNCTIONAL CODING CHANGE.

I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. I MOVED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE ALL ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU, MR. TOLBERT, FOR THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND ACCEPT THE REMOVAL.

SECOND BY MR. DREES. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY RAISED HAND.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS THE BOARD REPORTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AS INFORMATION TO THE BOARD BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND BOARD BOOK.

[L. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD]

[M. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS]

DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

IS THERE A MOTION, MISS BRENDA? MISS, WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND, MR. DREES. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. MOTION TO THE TO ADJOURN IS APPROVED AT 8:28 P.M..

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VERY GOOD.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.