[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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OKAY IF MR. DILKS WILL BE QUIET, WE'LL GET GOING HERE.
JUNE 26TH, 2025 REGULAR BOARD MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
THE TIME IS 5:30--5:31, ACTUALLY, AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
[B. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS]
DR. STINSON, PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED AND A NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.THAT'S RIGHT, MR. KUNKEL. WE DID POST AND ADVERTISE THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.
[C. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
WE DO HAVE TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE WE GO TO CLOSED SESSION, AND SO OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS REGARDING OUR 2526 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE. DR. GLENN, ARE YOU UP? DR. GLENN IS UP. SO. THANK YOU, MRS. BOWMAN. THANK YOU.PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. STINSON AND CABINET.
TONIGHT IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR BUDGET. THAT IS ON THE AGENDA AS AN ACTION ITEM.
WE DID POST THE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING IN THE TARRANT COUNTY COMMERCIAL RECORDER ON JUNE 10TH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW. THE BUDGETS THAT WILL BE UP FOR ADOPTION TONIGHT ARE THE GENERAL FUND 199 BUDGET, OUR INTEREST AND SINKING DEBT SERVICE BUDGET FOR 5.99 AND OUR CHILD NUTRITION FUND BUDGET.
WE'LL ALSO PRESENT TO YOU OUR ACCELERATED LEARNING BUDGET.
OUR BUDGETS ARE BASED ON OUR TAX RATE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED ON APRIL 25TH.
SO AS WE DISCUSSED IN BUDGET WORKSHOPS, OUR BUDGET IS BASED ON A PROJECTED DECREASE OF 131 STUDENTS, A PROJECTED TAX VALUE GROWTH OF 5.36%, AND WE DID REDUCE OUR PAYROLL PROJECTIONS BY APPROXIMATELY 1% BASED ON OUR TREND OF UNDERSPENDING DUE TO VACANCIES. WE ALSO INCLUDED COMPENSATION INCREASES AS REQUIRED BY HOUSE BILL TWO, AS WELL AS A 3% OF BASE SALARY OR MIDPOINT, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER FOR THE REMAINING STAFF.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE INCLUDED THE HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WAS APPROVED AT THE BOARD WORKSHOP LAST WEEK FOR OUR CLERICAL AND MANUAL TRADES LEVELS THAT ARE LISTED. HERE IS A SUMMARY OF OUR GENERAL FUND THAT DOES INCLUDE THE COMPENSATION INCREASES THAT WERE APPLIED. FOR THE DEBT SERVICE, WE USE THE TAXABLE VALUE FROM APRIL 25TH AND WE WILL NEED TO REASSESS THAT BEFORE ADOPTING OUR TAX RATE THAT WILL BE BASED ON THE JULY VALUES WILL RECEIVE AT THE END OF JULY.
CHILD NUTRITION FACTORS ARE BASED ON FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT OR PRICE OF STUDENT MEALS, WHICH IS REMAINING CONSTANT FOR NEXT YEAR, AS WELL AS OUR NUMBER OF STUDENTS, AND THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND IS BALANCED FOR NEXT YEAR.
HERE ARE ALL THREE BUDGETS SIDE BY SIDE, AND HERE'S OUR AFFIRMATION FROM ADMINISTRATION. WE BELIEVE THIS ADDRESSES THE EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, PROVIDES FAIR AND MARKET APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES, AND REFLECTS A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUDGET FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE YEARS.
IN ADDITION, THESE ARE THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE APPLIED FOR ALREADY AND WILL BE APPLYING FOR FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF LEGISLATION, A LOT OF CHANGES MORE THAN EVER BEFORE IN OUR BUDGET IS PUT TOGETHER THIS TIME OF YEAR, KIND OF ON THE GO, AND Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU. IN OUR IN OUR WORKSHOPS, WE'VE DEALT WITH A LOT OF THESE ISSUES AND WE KNOW IT'S TRYING.
WE KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE SPENT 16 HOUR DAYS DOING A LOT OF THIS.
A LOT OF THE TIME. WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? THAT WAS A GOOD SUMMARY PRESENTATION OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT DURING OUR WORKSHOPS.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK CONCERNING THE 25-26 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE? AS THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK CONCERNING THIS ITEM, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC HEARING.
TO DISCUSS AND HEAR COMMENTS ON THE 24-25 STATE COMPENSATORY FUNDING.
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THE PURPOSE IS TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK REGARDING THE COMPENSATORY FUNDING.THERE ARE A LOT OF ROLES IN BIRDVILLE ISD THAT FACTOR INTO OUR STATE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAM.
DAVE LAMBSON AND HIS STAFF ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CODING THOSE AT RISK NUMBERS.
MIKE CHARLAND IS THE DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS.
MARYCRUZ POLIT IT IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF C&I.
OUR HIGHEST PERCENTAGE IS EMERGENT BILINGUAL, AND IN 24-25, WE DID RECEIVE OVER $20 MILLION IN STATE COMPENSATORY FUNDING. AT LEAST 55% OF THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE SPENT WITHIN THE PROGRAM INTENT CODES YOU SEE THERE IN DIRECT EXPENDITURES.
THIS WILL CHANGE IN FUTURE YEARS, AS HOUSE BILL TWO DID.
RELAX THAT LAW. 24-25 13,522 OF OUR STUDENTS AT SNAPSHOT WERE CODED AT RISK, OR JUST OVER 60%. LOOK AT THAT PERCENTAGE BOARD OVER 60% OF OUR DISTRICTS AT RISK, AND HERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STATE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION FUNDED PROGRAMS. MOST OF OUR FINANCES ARE SPENT ON SALARIES FOR THE POSITIONS YOU SEE THERE, BUT WE DO ALSO USE SOME OF THE FUNDS FOR RESOURCES, PROGRAMS, SOME SOFTWARE THAT YOU SEE THERE AND OUR AVID PROGRAM, OF COURSE, AND OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR IS TO CONTINUE TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS IN A SIMILAR FASHION AS WE DID IN 24-25, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO PERSONNEL.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? YES, ON THE PRE-K FUNDING, YOU'RE ONLY PAYING FOR HALF A DAY, RIGHT? THERE WAS DISCUSSION DURING THE SESSION THAT THEY MAY TRY TO FUND THAT FULLY.
DID THAT HAPPEN? YES IT DID. SO THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THE FUNDS WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING FOR EARLY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT, AND THEY ARE GOING TO CALCULATE THEM AND HOLD THEM BACK, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO FUND THE OTHER HALF OF THE PRE-K FUNDING, AND THEN IF THERE'S MONEY LEFT OVER, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ALLOCATE THAT OUT TO THE DISTRICT.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO TRADE MONEY WITH US, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY LOSE A LITTLE BIT IN THAT, BECAUSE THE EARLY ALLOTMENT IS BASED ON BILINGUAL AND FREE AND REDUCED, AND SO SINCE OUR NUMBERS ARE SO HIGH WE PROBABLY WILL NOT BE A WINNER IN THIS, IN THIS PROCESS.
SO THAT'S HOW THEY'RE FUNDING IT. SO THE NET RESULT FOR US IS NOT GOING TO BE IT WON'T BE MONEY, IT WON'T BE HUGE NUMBERS, BUT WE WILL PROBABLY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A SLIGHT DECLINE.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE HOLDING OUR AMOUNT IN DOLLARS AND THEN GIVING US BACK IN EUROS, AND SO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF SHUFFLING OF MONEY, YOU KNOW WITH THE HOUSE BILL, FINANCE BILL. SO MANY TIMES IF SOMETHING WAS SEEN AS MONIES ALLOTTED, THERE WAS MONEY TAKEN AWAY FROM ANOTHER CATEGORY.
TRUE. I MEAN, THEY DID NOT FULLY FUND WELL, THEY'RE FUNDING IT.
THEY'RE JUST TAKING IT FROM ANOTHER POT OF MONEY, FROM ANOTHER SOURCE THAT WE ALREADY HAD.
OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. GOOD OBSERVATION. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M SO THANKFUL WE HAVE THIS MONEY. WE'RE AVID. I'VE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING FORMER STUDENTS OF MINE WHO ARE SUCCESS STORIES, AND THIS LAST WEEK, I HIGHLIGHTED DR. FELIX, AND DR.
FELIX WAS AN AVID STUDENT AT HALTOM, AND NOW HE'S AN OB/GYN IN COLORADO, AND I'M SURE I MEAN, FELIX'S PARENTS WERE JUST HARDWORKING PEOPLE TRYING TO SURVIVE, AND I THINK THOSE AVID SKILLS REALLY HELPED HIM ACHIEVE HIS STATUS OF BEING A FULL FLEDGED DR.
TODAY. THAT'S A GREAT POINT. MR. DILKS. HAVE YOU? DID YOU MEET THE YOUNG MAN WHO JUST GRADUATED? WHO IS AN AVID STUDENT IN OUR DISTRICT, AND HE WORKED HIS LAST TWO YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WORKED PART TIME JOB AT DFW AIRPORT, AND THAT'S RIGHT, AND SO JUST BEFORE HE
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GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, HE BECAME AN OWNER. HE ACTUALLY WROTE THE BUSINESS PLAN AND SUBMITTED FOR THREE STORES IN DFW AIRPORT BASED ON HE SAID, BECAUSE HE LEARNED HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLAN IN OUR AVID CLASS AND SUBMITTED IT WAS ACCEPTED.HE'S NOW THE OWNER OF THREE STORES IN DFW AIRPORT BEFORE HE GRADUATED HALTOM.
IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE IT.
ONE LAST QUESTION. THE 15 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, CAN WE AT ANOTHER DAY GIVE US LIKE THE TOP FOUR THAT 60% OF THEM ARE OF THAT 60%. WHAT OTHER PERCENTAGE IS BREAKING THAT DOWN IS BECAUSE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING HAS TO BE NUMBER ONE.
IT IS, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE.
THERE'S 15 CRITERIA TO BE CONSIDERED AT RISK.
YOU KNOW, NOT ALL OF THEM PARENTS ARE IN JAIL.
OKAY. SO JUST A CALCULATION TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT THOSE ARE.
YEAH, WE CAN BRING THAT. THANK YOU. SO IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK CONCERNING THE 24-25 STATE COMPENSATORY FUNDING? YEAH. MR. WOOD IS IS HERE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOU IN A BIT IN CLOSED SESSION.
[D. CLOSED SESSION]
BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT. 551 SPECIFICALLY 0 74 PERSONNEL 0 72 REAL PROPERTY 0 71 CONSULTATION WITH BOARD'S ATTORNEY AND SECURITY 0 76. THE TIME IS 5:42.[E. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION ]
TIME IS 7:02 AND A HALF AND WE'LL NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE DONATION THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED FOR ACCEPTANCE AS PART OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA LATER THIS EVENING, LIBERTY DIVERSIFIED INTERNATIONAL DONATED $2,500 TO CARRIE THOMAS ELEMENTARY, THE ACADEMY.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THIS DONATION.
IS ANYBODY FROM LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL HERE TONIGHT? OKAY, WELL, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK THEM. SO CAN I CALL ON PRINCIPAL OF CHENEY HILLS SUMMER ACADEMY,
[F. INTRODUCTION OF MEETING]
MICHAEL CASTELLAN. I'M SORRY. CAN WE REALLY CALL IT SUMMER ACADEMY? WE HAVEN'T HIT 100 DEGREES YET. IS IT EVEN SUMMER YET? I DON'T KNOW, BUT CERTAINLY IS ON THE CALENDAR.PLEASE COME AND INTRODUCE OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.
PRESIDENT KUNKEL, DR. STINSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING LUNA JAVIER, WHO IS ACCOMPANIED BY HER MOTHER, MARIA SOTO.
SHE WILL BE SHARING HER STUDENT EXPRESSION, AND RAFAEL MUNOZ, WHO IS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, YASMIN RANGEL GONZALEZ, AND HE WILL BE DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND. RIGHT HERE.
CARING HEARTS IN EVERY HEART. HELPING HANDS TO CATCH A FALL.
EVERY STUDENT FINDS THEIR WAY. NEVER GIVING UP EACH DAY.
EAGER MINDS THAT STRIVE TO GROW. YEARNING ALWAYS MORE TO KNOW.
HOPE AND KINDNESS LIGHT OUR PATH. INSPIRED BY EACH TEACHER'S CRAFT.
LEADERS RISE WITH VOICES STRONG. LEARNING WHERE WE ALL BELONG.
SUCCESS. SUCCESS BEGINS WHERE WE ALL START. TOGETHER.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT PART OF OUR AGENDA ARE AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS.[G. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS]
THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LETTER G AS WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE GATEWAY CHURCH AND SOME GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONS.YES. SO MARK THOMAS, I'M NOT SURE I CAN TOP THAT.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO INTRODUCE JOHN DELEON FROM BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WILL LEAD OUR FIRST RECOGNITION THIS EVENING? HELLO, MR. BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, ONE OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
I'LL BE FILLING IN FOR MR. DRYSDALE THIS EVENING. WHY IS THAT? WHERE IS MR. DRYSDALE? I BELIEVE HE'S IN SWEDEN.
I BELIEVE HE IS, TOO. HE COULD NOT MAKE IT, BUT I AM PROUD TO SERVE IN HIS PLACE.
THEIR WEEKLY PRESENCE HAS BECOME A VALUED PART OF OUR SCHOOL CULTURE, HELPING FOSTER A WELCOMING, WELCOMING, AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
IN ADDITION TO THEIR ONGOING MENTORSHIP AND ENCOURAGEMENT, GATEWAY CHURCH IN NORTHWESTERN HILLS DONATED 300 PAIRS OF SOCKS TO BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL THIS PAST FALL. SOME OF THESE WERE DISTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO STUDENTS IN NEED ON THE CAMPUS, WHILE THE REMAINING STOCKS WERE PROVIDED TO CLOSE CONNECTIONS FOR FURTHER SUPPORT. TO FURTHER SUPPORT FAMILIES THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, GATEWAY CHURCH OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS HAS ALSO GIVEN THEIR TIME AND RESOURCES TO HELP FUND A CELEBRATION RECOGNIZING BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, A MEANINGFUL EVENT THAT BROUGHT GREAT JOY TO OUR STUDENTS AND TO THEIR FAMILIES.
PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHENEVER A NEED ARISES ON THE CAMPUS, PASTOR CRENSHAW AND HIS TEAM ARE ALWAYS THERE, OFFERING THEIR SUPPORT, TIME, AND RESOURCES TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
ON BEHALF OF BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO PASTOR CRENSHAW AND GATEWAY CHURCH OF NORTH RICHMOND HILLS FOR THE CONTINUED DEDICATION TO BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. THEIR GENEROSITY AND HEART FOR SERVICE ARE MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF STUDENTS AND IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
ONCE AGAIN, I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TONIGHT.
OPPORTUNITIES TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR ATHLETIC SUCCESSES, AND TONIGHT'S A LITTLE UNIQUE.
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WE'RE RECOGNIZING SCHOOLS FROM ATHLETES, STUDENT ATHLETES FROM ALL THREE SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATED IN GYMNASTICS AND COMPETING IN GYMNASTICS THIS LAST YEAR. WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT THAN EVERYTHING ELSE IS IT NOT BEING A UIL EVENT, IT BEING A MORE OF A CLUB THING, THESE KIDS WORK TOGETHER FROM ALL THREE SCHOOLS, AND THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM SOMETIMES, BUT NOT WITH THESE GUYS, THIS PROGRAM. SO THAT'S REALLY A NEAT THING FOR US TO DO.WHEN WE CALL YOUR NAME IF YOU'LL STEP FORWARD AND WE'LL PRESENT TO PRESENT TO YOU FROM BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, THE BOYS WERE THE TEAM DISTRICT CHAMPIONS. RYAN RICHARDS WAS A REGIONAL ALL AROUND CHAMPION.
STATE QUALIFIER. JAMARI MCARTHUR, STATE QUALIFIER AND ALL AROUND. BHS GIRLS GRACIE WEBSTER. AUBREY BUFORD.
RILEY GOODWIN. ABBY MCDOWELL. REGIONAL QUALIFIERS.
AUBREY BUFORD WAS ALSO A STATE QUALIFIER. Y'ALL GO THAT WAY JUST A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE Y'ALL CAN'T STEP FORWARD IF I'M IN YOUR WAY. ALL RIGHT RICHLAND GIRLS ANNABELLE [INAUDIBLE].
YEAH. GOOD GOOD. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THAT ONE.
ALEX HERRERA. MASON ALLRED, FAITH [INAUDIBLE] THEY'RE ALL QUALIFIED.
THEY ALL QUALIFIED FOR REGIONALS. ALEX HERRERA ALSO QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE MEET IN THE ALL AROUND.
RICHLAND BOYS WE HAVE ROLAND CONNIFF, AND JARON JACOB IF I SAY THAT CORRECTLY.
YES, SIR. OKAY, GOOD, GOOD. THAT WAS A STRUGGLE ALL DAY TODAY ON THAT ONE.
ROWAN ALSO QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE MEET HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAVE GIOVANNI RAMIREZ, REGIONAL QUALIFIER.
CONGRATULATIONS, AND NOW I'M BETTING WE'RE WANTING PICTURES.
HOW DO WE WANT TO DO THAT? I'M GOING TO LINE YOU UP.
WAS THAT MR. KLEIN'S PHONE? GONNA HAVE TO WRITE A MYSTERY BOOK ABOUT THAT.
MARK, ARE Y'ALL DOING A BACK TUCK PICTURE AFTER THIS ONE? HOLD ON. OKAY, Y'ALL HOLD ON.
ONE OF THE LAST THINGS COACH NORTON SAID WAS COACH OF THE YEAR, DUSTIN CONNIFF.
COACH CONNIFF, WE KIND OF GLOSSED THAT OVER. CONGRATULATIONS.
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS, AND AS YOU RETIRE LATER THIS YEAR AND YOU HAVE YOUR REPLACEMENT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN NAMED.THIS MAY BE YOUR LAST NIGHT TO DO THIS. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I T VERY WELL COULD BE. IT COULD BE. SO I'LL FIND A NEW SEAT IN THE ROOM, AND I'M EXCITED.
WELL, I'VE BEEN TO 34 YEARS OF BOARD MEETINGS IN BIRDVILLE ISD, SO YOU DESERVE A STATUE.
MAYBE YOU ALREADY ARE A STATUE. I DON'T KNOW.
SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM TO THE PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD.
[I. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD]
WE HAVE BOND CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, MRS. BOWMAN.WE HAVE IRENE NIGAGLIONI FROM IN TWO HERE TONIGHT TO DO AN UPDATE FOR YOU.
TO DATE SOME OF THESE ARE ALREADY MOVED SINCE THEN, BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE.
THE FIRST ONE WAS THE GRIGGS HIGH SCHOOL IN THE LINDA KUNKEL SPECIALIZED LEARNING CENTER, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD OUR RIBBON CUTTING, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL AND SUCCESSFUL.
THEY'RE INSTALLING EXTERIOR BOLLARDS IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS WHAT'S GOING TO DIRECT THE BUSSES TO GO THROUGH, AND THEN THEY'RE FINALIZING THE STRIPING, INCLUDING THE FIRE LANE STRIPING.
THEY'RE FINALIZING THE WINDOW FILM INSTALLATION INSIDE THE BUILDING, MAINLY IN THE KUNKEL SIDE AND THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE ELEVATOR INSTALLATION AND HAVE RECEIVED THE APPROVALS FOR IT, AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES.
THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO GRIGGS HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS THE COLLABORATION SPACE AT GRIGGS.
THE GYMNASIUM AND STORM SHELTER FOR BOTH CAMPUSES.
THIS IS A COLLABORATION SPACE AT THE KUNKEL CENTER.
THE NEXT UPDATE THAT WE HAVE IS THE CLOTHES CONNECTION, WHICH IS BEING COMPLETED AT THE BISD PLAZA.
SINCE WE PUT THESE PICTURES THEY'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THE PUNCH LIST.
WE'RE FINALIZING THE FIRE ALARM INSTALLATION.
THE CITY HAS GIVEN US A PERMIT, SO WE SHOULD BE COMPLETE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, AND THEN WE'RE WORKING NOW CURRENTLY ON SOME SIGNAGE FOR THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PICTURES. THE FLOORING IS COMPLETE, THE WINDOWS ARE COMPLETE, AND THERE'S ALREADY SOME OF THE MATERIALS FROM THE CLOSE CONNECTION THAT ARE STARTING TO COME IN.
ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE HAVE AT THE PLAZA IS A CHILD NUTRITION WAREHOUSE, WHICH IS BEING INSTALLED IN THE BACK OF THE PLC, AND WE HAVE APPROVED THE COOLER AND FREEZER SHOP DRAWING.
SO THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERED. THAT'S THE BIG LONG LEAD ITEM.
SO THAT'S ALREADY MOVING. WE HAVE A PERMIT INTERIOR DEMOLITION TO BEGIN PROBABLY NEXT WEEK.
WE'RE DOING THE SLAB DEMOLITION AND POUR BACK IN LATE JULY.
THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR THE COOLER FREEZER TO SIT DOWN AND GIVE US MORE CAPACITY IN THE SPACE, AND WE'RE WE'RE SLATED TO COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO AGAIN, THE LONG LEAD ITEM IS THE COOLER FREEZER IS ABOUT A FOUR MONTH LEAD.
AS FAR AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLEX AND THE PURCHASING WAREHOUSE ON THE WAREHOUSE, OBVIOUSLY, THESE ARE ALSO LEE LEWIS'S PROJECTS. WE HAVE THE PERMIT, IT SAID, BEING FINALIZED.
SUBMITTALS ARE ONGOING, AND WE HAVE SLAB REPAIRS TO BEGIN THE SECOND WEEK OF JULY.
AS FAR AS BUILDINGS ONE THROUGH FOUR, WHICH IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE, WE HAVE PERMITS FOR BUILDINGS ONE, TWO, THREE, THE CARPET, THE EXISTING CARPET AND THE CUBICLES HAVE BEEN CLEANED AND BUILDING ONE AND THE CUBICLES ARE BEING REINSTALLED AS WE SPEAK.
PAINTING IS COMPLETE AND BUILDING ONE AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO START BUILDING TWO.
WE HAVE COMPLETION OF BUILDING ONE AND AUGUST SO THAT WHOLE STAFF CAN MOVE IN.
COMPLETION OF BUILDINGS TWO AND THREE WILL BE IN OCTOBER, AND BUILDING FOUR WILL COMPLETE BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR AND THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S MISSING PERMIT. WE JUST RECEIVED SOME MINOR COMMENTS FROM THE CITY FENCING.
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WE HAVE PERMITS. IT'S LEE LEWIS DOING IT TOO.RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL BOTH OF THEM ALL THE MATERIAL IS ON SITE HAS BEEN DELIVERED.
IT'S ON SITE. WE HAVE PERMITS. SO THEY'VE STARTED THE FOUNDATION OR THE POST INSTALLATION.
I THINK THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS. ANYONE FROM MY RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ANYONE TO MY LEFT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU IRENE. OUR INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS.
[J.1. Homeschool Student Participation in UIL Activities and Programs [Barry Norton, Executive Director]]
OUR HOMESCHOOL STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN UIL ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS. COACH NORTON, HOMESCHOOL OR I GUESS UNENROLLED STUDENTS, I THINK IS WHAT I'VE HEARD.DR. STINSON REFERRED TO THEM, AND YOU'RE CORRECT. IT'S HOMESCHOOL OR UNENROLLED STUDENTS CURRENTLY.
WHAT WE DO IS I GUESS IT WAS JUST LAST YEAR IS AS A DISTRICT, IF WE WANTED TO ALLOW UNENROLLED HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT, THE SCHOOL BOARD COULD SAY, AND WE OPT IN WITH THIS LAST LEGISLATURE, SENATE BILL 401 SAID, YOU HAVE TO OPT OUT. WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TO OPT OUT BY SEPTEMBER 1ST, WHICH SPEED YOU ALL'S PROCESS UP A LITTLE BIT.
SEPTEMBER 1ST IS A GOOD DATE, BUT PROBLEM IS, WE'RE GOING TO START SPORTS VOLLEYBALL OR VOLLEYBALL? FOOTBALL, CROSS COUNTRY, WILL START THE FIRST PART OF AUGUST.
SO WE WILL PROBABLY NEED TO MAKE A DECISION QUICKER.
SENATE BILL WITH IT MAKING THAT PART OF IT. SO WHAT HAPPENS IN IT? CURRENTLY THE DISTRICT CAN CHOOSE. NOW WE HAVE TO SAY YES, WE WANT TO BE OR NO WE DON'T.
WE HAVE TO OPT OUT OF THE THING AND MAKE A DECLARATION.
IF WE OPT OUT, A STUDENT, A HOMESCHOOL UNENROLLED STUDENT MAY GO TO THE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL NEAREST HIS RESIDENCE IN THE DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS IT THAT ALLOWS HOME SCHOOL.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE DONE A STRAW POLL ACROSS THE AREA.
I'VE TALKED TO MOST ADS. I WAS AT THE ADS CONFERENCE IN ROUND ROCK EARLIER IN THE MONTH.
KELLER ISD IS GOING TO THEY WILL NOT OPT OUT AT THIS POINT.
NO FINE ARTS, JUST ATHLETICS. WHY, I DON'T KNOW.
I TALKED TO THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TODAY. I SPOKE WITH HIM TODAY TO FIND OUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW STUDENTS, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T. YOU IF THEY WERE GOING TO ALLOW STUDENTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THEIR DISTRICT TO COME IN, THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM A TRANSFER STUDENT THAT WAY.
SO HE SAID THEY'RE UNINSURED. THEY'LL COME BACK TO WORK.
I SPOKE WITH THEIR AD TODAY, AND HE SAID THEY WOULD BE OPTING OUT, AND THE ONLY OTHER PERSON, THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT WAS UNDECIDED OR HADN'T MADE A DECISION AT THAT POINT WAS GRAND PRAIRIE.
THE TIMELINE AGAIN IS SEPTEMBER 1ST ON WHEN YOU HAVE TO ACT OR MAKE A DECISION.
IF WE DO NOT DO ANYTHING, THEN IT IS ASSUMED THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR SCHOOLS.
OKAY. THIS IS INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT WILL BE AN ACTION ITEM IN JULY.
THAT'S CORRECT. TO MY LEFT. ANY DISCUSSION, ANY QUESTIONS? OH I WAS JUST I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SINCE WAY BACK.
WE'VE HAD THE NO PASS, NO PLAY BECAUSE WE TIE THAT TO THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE, AND I MEAN, WE'VE ALL WITNESSED THE TEAM THAT COMES OUT OF THE GATE.
GREAT, AND AFTER THE SIX WEEKS, SCORES COME AND SCORES COME OUT, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE NOT SO GREAT, AND SO THAT'S FOR BETTER OR WORSE, THAT'S A HEY, YOU NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON CLASSROOM BEFORE YOU CONCENTRATE ON THE GRASS.
SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE HOMESCHOOLER AND THE OLD STUDENT, RIGHT? IT'D BE , I GUESS, BASED ON THE WHAT? MOM AND DAD'S GRADES WERE FROM THAT DAY BUT NO, YOU WON'T, AND THOSE ARE THE INEQUITIES THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH. I MEAN, JUST THINK ABOUT THE ISSUES OF IF YOU HAVE AN ALTERCATION AT SCHOOL AND A KID THAT GOES TO
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SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE WILL BE OVER HERE AT SHANNON, AND THE OTHER KID WILL BE HOME WITH MOM AND DAD, AND THEY'LL JUST KEEP GOING.OH, NO, YOU MAY NOT BE IN SPORT, BUT THE PUNISHMENT WILL BE DIFFERENT, BUT NO, I DON'T THINK THERE'S THE EQUITY, AND IT'S NOT NOT GOOD. YES, THERE ARE CERTAINLY, AS YOU PUT IT IN YOUR PACKET, THERE ARE ELIGIBILITY CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR ACADEMIC [INAUDIBLE] AND WE CAN'T CONTROL THOSE, AND I WOULD BE AFRAID AND I WOULD BE AFRAID THAT MAYBE THAT KID THAT STARTS HAVING ACADEMIC PROBLEMS AND SAYS, I'M GOING TO HOMESCHOOL AND JUST PLAY, I'M NOT GOING TO GO BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE RIGOR OF THE CLASSROOM. I'LL START.
SO I'D HATE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN TO KIDS AND THAT END OF IT.
THE REASON WE HAVE ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS AS A DISTRICT IS TO ENHANCE EDUCATION.
ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS DOESN'T HELP THAT I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
THEY GET THAT RIGOR. THEY KNOW I'VE GOT TO PASS SO I CAN PLAY.
SO I CAN MARCH IN THE BAND, OR I CAN BE IN THAT MUSICAL AT MY HIGH SCHOOL.
SO IT'S AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THESE ATHLETIC AND FINE ARTS PROGRAMS, AND THESE KIDS WORK HARD THAT ARE INVOLVED IN IT, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THEM.
YEAH I WOULD ADD AS WELL THAT I LOVE OUR HOMESCHOOLERS.
I LOVE OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS WHOLE SYSTEM, IS THAT YOU HAVE CHOICE, AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN HOMESCHOOL AND PRIVATE SCHOOL, AND WITH THAT BECOMES A CONSCIOUS DECISION THAT YOU HAVE OPTED OUT OF EVERYTHING THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFERS, AND IT'S THE WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE.
YOU DON'T GET TO HAVE YOUR CAKE AND THEN EAT IT TOO, AND SO, SO MUCH OF IT GOES TO CULTURE.
WE TALK ABOUT CULTURE HERE AND ATHLETICS AND BAND FINE ARTS GO TO THE CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL AS WELL, AND I THINK THAT UNDERMINES THE CULTURE IN SCHOOL.
THAT UNDERMINES CULTURE AT SCHOOL. IT'S NOT BEHOLDEN FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO HOMESCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL IF THEY IF THEY HAVE CONSCIOUSLY MADE THE DECISION, WHICH IS THEIR RIGHT TO OPT OUT.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE I KNOW WE'RE NOT VOTING, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A PRETTY UNIFORMED VOICE UP HERE AND WHAT HOW WE VIEW THIS, BUT IT'S A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE IDEA. IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA, AND PLUS, I DON'T EVEN NEED TO TELL YOU, COACH. I MEAN, YOU'RE BORDERING ON NIL TYPE STUFF FOR HIGH SCHOOL.
WE KNOW SMART COACHES OUT THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT THE CAMPS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE RECRUITING AND BE LIKE, WELL, HEY, JUST HOMESCHOOL WITH, YOU KNOW, MA AND PA AND THEN COME IN AND PLAY FOOTBALL FOR ME, AND BECAUSE I NEED A LEFT TACKLE.
THAT'S A FEAR THAT WE HAVE AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS KIDS GO, OKAY, I'M UNHAPPY HERE.
I'M JUST GOING TO GO HOME SCHOOL. YEAH, AND THE PARENTS CAN ALWAYS OPT.
THE KIDS CAN ALWAYS OPT BACK IN OR OPT IN BY ENROLLING IN OUR CAMPUSES.
THE UIL, I THINK IS GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON WHEN SOME OF THESE SCENARIOS START POPPING UP AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE, AND BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT 100% CLEAR ON EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK THE THING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THE KID OPTS OUT. THE ONE GOOD THING IS, IS THEY ARE RESTRICTED ON WHERE THEY CAN GO.
I MEAN, IT'S THE IT HAS TO BE A DISTRICT, AND IT'S THE CLOSEST ONE THE HIGH SCHOOL CLOSEST TO YOU.
SO THAT DOES HELP A LITTLE BIT ON THE RECRUITING PIECE OF IT. TO ME, IT'S A CRAZY THOUGHT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CLASS VERSUS REHEARSAL VERSUS BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL, I MEAN, TO ME, THEY WOULD BE ALL THEY WOULD BE DOING IS IN THEIR CAR ALL DAY, GOING BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH. IT'S JUST, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD EVEN WANT THEIR KID TO BE DOING THAT KIND OF A SCHEDULE.
THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COACH NORTON.
SO, SPEAKING OF CULTURE AND BUILDING CULTURE YOU'RE YOU'RE ONE OF THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN IN DOING THAT AND I HATE TO BRAG ON YOU PUBLICLY HERE BECAUSE , YOU KNOW, BUT YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY BUILT GREAT CULTURE IN YOUR HOME.
COACH NORTON IS SPENDING HIS 32ND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WITH US TONIGHT.
SO THANK YOU FOR SPENDING THAT WITH US. WELL.
COACH, WE HAVE ANOTHER ACCOLADE. I KNOW WE FINALLY THE CONDITION OF THE FIELDS AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND AT THE STADIUM SINCE YOU'VE TAKEN THAT OVER. IS NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE? THE ATHLETES ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, JUST GET THE GREAT BENEFITS OF THAT, AND IT'S GOING TO LAST A LOT LONGER.
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THE GRASS, WE'VE BEEN THERE. SO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOU'RE MAKING A PRIORITY.IT'S NOT GOING UNNOTICED. THANK YOU. SPEAKING OF NOT GOING UNNOTICED, DR.
[J.2. Birdville ISD Proposed Local Policy Updates Affecting Local Policy Listed (Second Reading) [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent & Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]
CLARK, THE SECOND READING OF THIS POLICY UPDATE.THANK YOU. PRESIDENT KUNKEL. REALLY BASED UPON THE DISCUSSION LAST MONTH, THE POLICY JUST EXPANDS THE DEFINITION OF CURRICULUM, MAKES IT DELINEATES THAT NOT ONLY IS IT WOULD IT BE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE DEVELOPED BY THE DISTRICT, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THOSE REQUIRED RESOURCES THAT TEACHERS ARE TO USE IN THE CLASSROOM, AND WITH RECENT LEGISLATION THERE, THERE THERE IS A BILL THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHERS USING THOSE RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY THE ONES THAT WHEN THE BOARD ADOPTS THAT AND WE TRAIN TEACHERS ON THE USE OF THOSE RESOURCES.
WE NEED THE TEACHERS TO HAVE FIDELITY TO THAT.
SO THIS POLICY JUST CLEARLY DELINEATES THAT TEACHERS ARE EXPECTED TO DO THAT AND THAT THE DISTRICT INVEST A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN TRAINING TEACHERS. THOSE THOSE RESOURCES ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, AND THEY COME WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THEY WILL BE USED. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THIS WILL BE AN ACTION ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU.
[J.3. Proposed 2025-26 Budget Amendment for 2024-25 Incomplete Projects [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
KATIE BOWMAN. YES, SIR. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL ESTIMATE OF PURCHASE ORDERS, PROJECTS, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING THIS MONTH. WHAT WE DO IS WE KIND OF MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER, AND THEN AS PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED, PRODUCTS ARE DELIVERED AT THE END OF JUNE.BECAUSE FROM AN ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVE, WHEN THE SERVICES ARE RENDERED OR THE SUPPLIES ARE RECEIVED, THEY HAVE TO BE RECORDED IN THAT FISCAL YEAR.
ANYTHING THAT IS NOT WE'LL ROLL THOSE PURCHASE ORDERS OVER AND BRING YOU THAT LIST NEXT MONTH.
SO THERE'LL BE NO IMPACT ON NEXT YEAR'S FUND BALANCE.
SO WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR YOU NEXT MONTH.
THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? LOOK FORWARD TO THAT ACTION ITEM NEXT MONTH AS WELL.
SO WE'LL MOVE TO OUR SEPARATE ACTION ITEMS. BEFORE WE CONSIDER PERSONAL ITEMS.
[K.1. Consider Personnel Items as Discussed in Closed Session]
I WANT TO ANNOUNCE DR. STINSON HAS ACCEPTED 20 RESIGNATIONS.DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR PERSONNEL ITEMS? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE AND ADOPT ALL PERSONNEL ITEMS AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION AND RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY, SO CHRIS DREES MADE THE MOTION.
BRENDA SANDERS WAS MADE THE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY RAISED HAND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[K.2. Consider Endorsement of the Candidate for the Texas Association of School Boards, Board of Directors, Region 11, Position A]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE ENDORSEMENT FOR A CANDIDATE FOR TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGION 11 POSITION A, IS THERE A MOTION? GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD ENDORSE CANDIDATE JULIE COLE, H-E-BISD FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, REGION 11 POSITION.A THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SO KELVIN DILKS MADE THE MOTION.
JOE TOLBERT MADE THE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW JULIE A LOT.
[K.3. Consider the 2025-26 Accelerated Learning Budget [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
BUDGET. IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE PROPOSED 2025-26 ACCELERATED LEARNING BUDGET AS PRESENTED, SIR. SECOND. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. TOLBERT.[K.4. Consider the 2024-25 General Fund, Debt Service Fund and Child Nutrition Fund Revised Budgets [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND AND CHILD NUTRITION FUND.REVISED BUDGETS. IS THERE A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE 2024-25 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND AND CHILD NUTRITION FUND. REVISED BUDGET AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, MR.
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DILKS. MR. DREES, ANY DISCUSSION? JUST VERY QUICKLY.I THINK THIS IF SOMEBODY GOES BACK AND LOOKS INTO THE GUTS OF THIS, YOU THINK YOU SEE HOW FRUGAL THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AND THAT WE DIDN'T SPEND OUR EXPENDITURES WERE LESS THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE, AND THAT'S FROM BELT TIGHTENING AND DOING, DOING THE MOST WE CAN WITH THE LEAST, LEAST WE'RE GETTING.
SO ANYWAY, KUDOS TO OUR STAFF AND, AND THANK YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE WITH A RAISED HAND IT IS UNANIMOUS.
NUMBER FIVE IS THE SAME TYPE OF MOTION, ONLY THAT THE 25-26 BUDGETS.
[K.5. Consider the 2025-26 General Fund, Debt Service Fund, and Child Nutrition Budgets [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
IS THERE A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE. THE BOARD APPROVED THE 2025-26 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND AND CHILD NUTRITION FUND BUDGETS AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. SECOND, MRS. SANDERS WISE DISCUSSION ON THIS. SAME COMMENT THAT JOE MADE CAN BE MADE HERE.IT CAN WITH ONE WITH ONE CHANGE FOR THIS ONE, I GUESS, IF YOU WILL.
IT IS ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGHOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN GENERAL, BUT PUBLIC FINANCE, SCHOOL FINANCE HAS SEEN JUST A DRAMATIC CHANGE, AND YOU I IT GOES AGAINST ANY STEREOTYPES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OF OF WHAT THEY WOULD CALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, BUT THE STAFF AND OUR BUDGET HAVE THEY'VE BEEN STAYING WEEKENDS, THEY'VE BEEN GIVING UP FAMILY TIME. THEY'VE BEEN DOING ALL THIS. THEY'VE BEEN GOING TO SEMINARS, THEY'VE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING, TRYING TO CALCULATE WHAT EXACTLY HOW TO BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR IN A IN A TIME THAT WOW TRYING TO FORECAST THROUGH THIS BLIZZARD OF OF BILLS IS AMAZING, AND WOW, WE'RE REALLY GIFTED TO HAVE TO HAVE OUR TEAM THAT WE HAVE, AND I KNOW THERE MAY BE SOME MAY HAVE TO HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS THROUGH THE YEARS, THROUGH THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR SINCE SINCE THERE'S SO MANY UNKNOWNS, BUT TO KNOW THAT THE LEGISLATURE JUST PASSED ALL THAT IT TO HASN'T EVEN WEIGHED IN ON SOME OF THIS STUFF, AND YOU GUYS ARE GIVING US A REALLY GOOD, SOLID BUDGET, IT REALLY IS SOMETHING JUST SOMETHING JUST SHORT OF AMAZING.
THANK YOU. MR. DAVIS, HOW MANY TIMES THE LEGISLATURE IS BRAGGING OF HOW THEY'VE INCREASED ALL THE SCHOOL FUNDING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION? YES. THEY'VE DONE SOME THINGS.
THEY DIDN'T CHANGE OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT, BUT $55.
WE HAD TO COME INTO OUR FUNDS TO MAKE UP FOR MANY OF THE OTHERS, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, OUR CLERICAL STAFF, OUR BUS DRIVERS, OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BECAUSE THEY'RE BASICALLY ALLOTMENT THERE STILL DID NOT CATCH UP AT ALL. SO THEY'RE BRAGGING ABOUT HOW THIS GREAT, YOU KNOW, BUDGETS, THEY'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY.
I THINK THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SAID MORE THAN ONCE WE'RE SPENDING MORE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION THAN WE DID, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS AGO. THERE'S MORE PEOPLE HERE TODAY THAN THERE WERE TEN YEARS AGO.
THERE'S STILL A BATTLE THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE FINDING WITH THE VOUCHERS.
THEY'RE NOT BUYING IN FUNDING LIKE THEY SHOULD PROPERLY.
WE DO OUR VERY BEST, BUT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO OPERATE THIS ON A LONG TERM.
WE'RE BEING FRUGAL. WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE NEEDS WE'RE MEETING OUR STUDENTS NEEDS.
IT'S A CHALLENGE. IT GETS HARDER AND HARDER AND HARDER ON OUR STAFF, WHETHER IT BE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT TO THE CAFETERIA WORKER THERE AT CHENEY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT'S A CHALLENGE. EVERY DAY WE RISE UP.
I'M TELLING YOU WHAT. THANKFULLY, THIS BOARD HAS HAD SOME GOOD DECISIONS FISCALLY IN YEARS PAST.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS.
I'M TOO OLD FOR IT TO BE, BUT SOMEONE'S GOT TO GO OUT AND GO TAKE A FIGHT IN AUSTIN AS A LEGISLATOR FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN TEXAS, OR WE'RE GOING TO GET FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND AS TIME GOES ON.
I HEARD IT SAID MORE THAN ONCE AT THE CONFERENCE THAT THE THREE OF US WERE AT LAST WEEKEND, THAT ALL OF THE NEW LAWS JUST MEANS THAT YOU CAN KIND OF WRAP IT AROUND AS A SCHOOL LAW, YOUR C ONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT ACT.
YOU'RE RIGHT. AREN'T YOU GLAD TO HEAR? ALL IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY A RAISED HAND.
IT IS UNANIMOUS. NEXT, WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA.
[L. CONSENT ITEMS]
ALL ITEMS AND CONSENT WILL BE ADOPTED WITH ONE MOTION.UNLESS SOMEONE REMOVES ONE FOR DISCUSSION. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT A BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM CONSENT? MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM TWO TO SEE.
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I'M SORRY TO SEE. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? SARAH, DO I NEED TO GET A SECOND ON THAT? NO ONE PERSON CAN REMOVE AN ITEM. IT'S OKAY. OKAY.SEE? THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. SECOND, MRS. SANDERS-WISE.
ANY DISCUSSION ON MOST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE. I INDICATE BY RAISED HAND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
OKAY, SO ITEM TWO C IS LEFT. THAT IS TO CONSIDER THE CONTRACT WITH TARRANT COUNTY TAX OFFICE.
[L.2.c. Consider Contract with Tarrant County Tax Office (Collection of Taxes for the 2025 through 2027 Tax Years)]
THE TAX IS COLLECTED FOR 25 THROUGH 27 TAX YEARS.OKAY. DO I HEAR A MOTION REGARDING TWO C. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO APPROVE ITEM TWO C. THANK YOU, MR. DREES. SECOND.
I NEED A SECOND SO WE CAN DISCUSS. THANK YOU, MRS. SANDERS-WISE HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
JUST. THIS IS MORE OF OBSERVATION FOR OUR TIME.
I WAS ON CITY COUNCIL ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN ON SCHOOL BOARD, THE ATTORNEY COUNTY DISTRICT WAS AN AFTERTHOUGHT AND NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW IT WORKED, THE MECHANISMS, HOW IT WAS FUNDED THINGS OF THAT NATURE BECAUSE AND SO BUT THAT'S CHANGED RECENTLY.
IT'S BECOME VERY POLITICAL AND IT'S THE WHOLE THING HAS CHANGED.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND IS ACTUALLY THIS ALL COMES FROM A STATE LAW THAT SAYS THAT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY HAS TO BE APPRAISED, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO STATE PER LAW.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOOD OR BAD, I'M JUST SAYING WHAT THE LAW IS. THE LAW SAYS THAT JANUARY 1ST OF EACH YEAR, ALL PROPERTIES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AT FAIR MARKET VALUE.
THAT'S WHAT THE LAW SAYS, AND THE REASON YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER, THE REASON THE SCHOOL, I MEAN, AUSTIN GETS THE MONEY TO FUND SCHOOLS BY PROPERTY.
SO THERE WERE SOME LOCATIONS OUT THERE THAT WOULD UNDERVALUE THEIR PROPERTY, WHICH MADE THEIR BUSINESSES HAPPY, BUT THEN THE STATE GOT UPSET BECAUSE. BECAUSE THEN THEY WEREN'T GETTING MONEY TO PAY SCHOOLS.
SO THUS THUS THE THUS THE LAW THAT SAYS, HEY, ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPERTY HAS TO BE APPRAISED AND IT HAS TO BE DECLARED FAIR MARKET VALUE ANNUALLY. SO THAT'S ONE THING. THE SECOND THING IS, IS HOW DO THEY GET PAID? WHAT WILL YOU PAY THEM? WE HIRE THEM AND THEY WORK FOR US.
TAD ACTUALLY WORKS FOR ALL THE TAXING AUTHORITIES.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GO OUT THERE AND LEVY AND GET OUR TAXES.
THEY THEY DO IT THROUGH CONTRACTS WITH US. THEY'RE HIRED.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE HIRED TO DO IS GO OUT THERE AND APPRAISE PROPERTY, AS THE LAW SAYS, AND THE TAX RATE THAT'S SET PRETTY MUCH FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS BY THE STATE AND GO OUT AND COLLECT THAT. NOW, THAT'S BORING, I UNDERSTAND, AND IT SHOULD BE BORING, BUT IT'S NO LONGER BORING ANYMORE. TAD CHANGED THE POLICY RECENTLY TO SAY THAT IT WAS.
SHE'S NOT GOING TO DO IT. WELL IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE SAYS NO WAY.
IF YOU USED TO DO A JOB FOR US THAT WE HIRED YOU TO DO AND FOR ALL PROPERTIES, YOU SET THE VALUE ON JANUARY 1ST, AND WE PAID YOU SO MUCH MONEY, BUT YET YOU'RE COMING BACK WITH A BUDGET THAT'S MORE THAN LAST YEAR, BUT YOU'RE NOT FOR MOST PROPERTY. YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR JOB.
YOU'RE NOT SETTING THE VALUE AT JANUARY 1ST. WHY AM I WHY ARE YOU STILL EMPLOYING ALL THOSE PEOPLE AND WHY AM I STILL PAYING? YOU KNOW, MORE FOR LESS SERVICES. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I DON'T GET IT. I MEAN, IF BEFORE THEY HAD TO STAFF A PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD TO EMPLOY TO DO ALL THIS SO THAT THEY COULD APPRAISE PROPERTY ON JANUARY 1ST, NOW WE'RE EXPECTED TO PAY MORE, AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO DO THAT FOR MOST PROPERTY.
I JUST IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME AS A CONSERVATIVE.
WHY, WHY, WHY THAT WOULD HAPPEN. IT WOULD SEEM, CONSERVATIVELY, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THEIR JOB, THAT WE DON'T PAY THEM AS MUCH, AND THEY GIVE US A STRIPPED DOWN BUDGET TO WHERE THEY'VE LET PEOPLE GO, AND MAYBE THEY HIRE THEM EVERY OTHER YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY KEEP A FULL STAFF WHEN THEY'RE NOT DOING THE SAME JOB.
[00:55:06]
WELL, I GUESS IT IS PART OF THIS. THEY'VE INCREASED THEIR FEES ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGE US FOR COLLECTING THESE TAXES, WHICH AGAIN, DOESN'T SEEM VERY CONSERVATIVE THAT ANOTHER TAXING UNIT IS RAISING, BASICALLY IT'S A TAX ON US AND THEY'RE TAXING US MORE MONEY, AND WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO NOTHING.SO ANOTHER TAXING UNIT IS RAISING ITS TAXES, AND NOBODY'S COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT.
THEY'RE EATING UP OUR TAX MONEY TO GO TO THE TAD.
IT'S NOT GOING TO PROVIDE ANY SERVICES TO ANYBODY ELSE.
THEY'RE RAISING FUNDS FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S NOT DOING THEIR JOB.
THE WHOLE THING JUST IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME, AND THAT'S WHY I CAN'T I CAN'T VOTE FOR THIS, BUT I UNDERSTAND IF OTHERS DO. I DON'T SEE WHY WE'RE GETTING WHY WE DIDN'T GET A BUDGET.
THAT WAS PROBABLY HALF OF WHAT THEY HAD THE PRIOR YEAR.
SO IF I WERE TO VOTE NO ON RENEWING THIS CONTRACT, WHERE DO WE GO FROM THERE? THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. WE HAVE TO DO THEM OURSELVES. WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? NO, NO, NO, BUT, SO HOLD ON. THEIR BUDGET NEEDS A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES OF THE TAXING AUTHORITIES.
IT'S LIKELY THEY'LL GET THAT. SO THIS ONE. THIS ONE.
SO SO IF THIS BOARD WERE TO VOTE NO. IT'S MORE OF A PHILOSOPHICAL SHOW VOTE SAYING WE DON'T APPRECIATE WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IT'S GOING TO CARRY WITH ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS. I HATE TO SAY IT THAT WAY, BUT IT'S UNLIKELY THAT OTHER TAXING AUTHORITIES WOULD AGREE.
I JUST I THINK IT'S A WASTE OF OUR MONEY. SORRY.
THEY DO MENTION IN THEIR LETTER THAT THE RATE CONTINUES TO BE THE LOWEST COLLECTION FEE RATE OF THE FIVE LARGEST COUNTIES IN TEXAS. DO WE KNOW THAT AS A FACT? I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA.
SO, AND I THINK IT IS VERY CONFUSING. SO THIS IS THE TARRANT COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE CONTRACT AND THE CHIEF ASSESSOR, THE THAT'S VOTED IN. HE IS ACTUALLY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
SO WHILE WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT THAT BUDGET YET, MR. TOLBERT, THIS IS THE FEE FOR COLLECTING OUR TAXES.
SO THIS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THAT BUDGET, BUT .
SO THIS IS THE AVENUE THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS USED TO COLLECT TAXES.
I WILL SAY I HAVE BEEN IN A DISTRICT WHERE WE COLLECTED OUR OWN TAXES, AND IT CAN BE COSTLY.
WE ACTUALLY PULLED IN OTHER ENTITIES TO COLLECT TAXES IN, IN THE HOUSTON AREA, BUT I BELIEVE BECAUSE TARRANT COUNTY IS SUCH A LARGE, YOU KNOW, COUNTY AND MOST ENTITIES DO USE THEM, THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF EFFICIENCIES THERE, BUT I DO THINK, MR. TOLBERT, I DO AGREE WITH YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE TAX ASSESSOR RAISING FEES, BUT HE'S AGAINST DOING LESS WORK. WE 'RE STILL COLLECTING.
THEY'RE STILL COLLECTING EVERY YEAR. THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S CONFUSING BECAUSE TWO YEARS AGO, THE TAX ASSESSOR WAS MORE OF AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT, BUT NOW HE'S ACTUALLY HEAD OF THE BOARD.
SO IT GETS VERY CONFUSING. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CONFLICT, IT APPEARS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO ME WHEN YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS TO NOT FULLY APPRAISE PROPERTIES, BUT YET YOU'RE OVER HERE IN YOUR ENTITY COLLECTING TAXES AND RAISING YOUR FEES TO COLLECT TAXES.
SO WHEN DO WE VOTE TO FUND TAD VERSUS THE ASSESSOR? WE HAVE GOTTEN A BUDGET. WE JUST GOT [INAUDIBLE] LAST WEEK, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO SEE WHEN WE HAVE TO BRING THAT TO THE BOARD.
PROBABLY. MAYBE NEXT MONTH. ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THEN OR WE CAN PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT IT FOR FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION FOR SURE, BUT THE BIG KEY ON THIS ITEM HERE, THEY'RE GOING UP 10%. THINK ABOUT IT. GOING FROM $0.98, IF I ADD CORRECTLY, IF MY MATH'S RIGHT, TO A DOLLAR SEVEN. THAT'S A NINE CENT INCREASE.
10% INCREASE THEY'RE DOING, AND I'M TELLING YOU, ALL THEY'RE DOING IS PUSHING THE BUTTON AND THE TAX, YOU KNOW, STATEMENTS GO OUT. RIGHT. WE'VE PAID MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS TAXPAYERS, AND WE PAY THIS FEE $161,000 PLUS EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY'RE DOING THIS.
I THINK WE JUST WE HAVE TO SOMEONE COLLECT OUR TECH.
IS THAT RIGHT? SO THEY COULD GO UP $0.03 NEXT YEAR, THEN THREE MORE CENTS THE NEXT YEAR AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A VERY CONSERVATIVE COUNTY RUN GOVERNMENT THAT DOESN'T SHOW ME THAT?
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WELL, THIS IS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT. I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT FOR THREE YEARS, I UNDERSTAND.NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS. NO, THE RATE IS SUBJECT TO THE RATE IS SUBJECT TO A CAP OF 3%.
INCREASE OF 3%. YEAH, YEAH. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DOING 10%, YOU KNOW, BUT MY POINT IS SOMEBODY OUGHT TO JUST TELL THEM, HEY, WE'RE NOT REAL HAPPY. YOU GO UP 10% ON US.
WHAT REALLY CHANGED? DO YOU HAVE A BETTER PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE PUSHING THE BUTTON AND THE TAX STATEMENTS GO OUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER OR HOW YOU'RE PROCESSING PAYMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE? THE BIG FIGHT AND I AGREE WITH MR. TOLBERT, HE'S KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT, TAD, YOU'RE NOT DOING THE WORK THAT THE LAW SAYS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
IT COULD AFFECT US EVENTUALLY DOWN THE LINE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT BUDGET REAL HARD.
WE'LL BRING IT. DOES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PAY ALL OF THIS, OR DO WE SHARE THAT WITH OUR WITH OUR DELINQUENT ATTORNEY? WE DO SHARE IT. I BELIEVE IT'S 40,000 THAT THEY CONTRIBUTE OKAY, CORRECTLY, AND THAT'S AN UNUSUAL ARRANGEMENT.
I WILL SAY THAT IT'S BEEN A GOOD ARRANGEMENT FOR US WITH OUR DELINQUENT TAX ATTORNEY.
CAN I REQUEST THEN FORMALLY AT THIS POINT, THAT THE NEXT ONE WE DO AS A SEPARATE ACTION, A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ACTION ITEM, NOT IN THE CONSENT AGENDAS. OKAY. OKAY, BUT THIS IS A SEPARATE ACTION ITEM.
NOW WE'VE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND SOME DISCUSSION.
IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION. DO WE HAVE TO MAKE IT A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.
I UNDERSTAND. SO IT COULD BE A ONE YEAR CONTRACT UNTIL WE HAVE CONTRACTS IN OUR HANDS.
OR DO THEY ACCEPT ANY AMENDMENTS? WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK.
IS THERE A LANGUAGE IN THAT CONTRACT FOR US TO.
I MEAN, YOU'RE ASKING ALL THIS $160,000. COME TELL US WHY IT'S GOING UP 10%.
THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION WE OUGHT TO ASK AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. HE'S AN OFFICE HOLDER.
IF I RAISE YOUR TAXES JUST FOR 10%, I SHOULD BE TO ANSWER W HY? NOW I'M NOT, BUT IF I DID DO THAT, I NEED THE A BILITY TO ANSWER W HY.
SO, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO ASK MR. BARNES TO COME AND SPEAK TO THE BOARD? WHY'D THEY GO UP 10%? WHAT CAUSED IT? IN MORE OF A CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF? OR WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO COME TO THE BOARD MEETING? TELL HIM TO COME HERE.
COME HERE. OKAY, I'LL INVITE HIM. HE AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO DO.
SO WE HAVE TO DO IT BY AUGUST 15TH, YOU SAID.
IT'D BE MY ASSUMPTION, RIGHT? YEAH. OR WE COULD AMEND THE MOTION TO TABLE IF YOU'D ACCEPT AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION THAT WE DELAY THIS TILL OUR JULY BOARD MEETING. YEAH, I BELIEVE YOU COULD TABLE IT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ME ACCEPTING IT. I THINK IT WOULD BE ALL OF US IF WE.
IF WE TABLE IT, THEN HE AIN'T GOING NEAR IT. WHAT IF WE TABLE IT? IT'S LESS INCENTIVE FOR HIM TO COME IN HERE AND TELL US TO OUR FACE WHY IT WENT UP 10%.
YEAH, IT'S MORE INCENTIVE, RIGHT? I DOUBT IT.
OKAY. IF WE VOTE NO NOW ON APPROVING IT, WE COULD ALWAYS VOTE YES TO APPROVE IT LATER.
CORRECT. BRING IT AGAIN AND VOTE. YEAH. WE CAN BRING IT BACK.
OKAY. OKAY. DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL FOR THE MOTION? CALL FOR THE VOTES. THAT'S UP TO YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
IS THAT YOUR CALL? IS DISCUSSION ENDED THEN? THAT'S MY NEXT STEP.
SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE? THAT'S RIGHT.
TWO C . TWO C THAT WAS UNDER CONSENT THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT OUT AS A SEPARATE ACTION ITEM.
INDICATE BY RAISED HAND. OKAY. THAT'S TWO. THREE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF SAYING NO TO THE APPROVAL OF THAT? AND IT'S FOUR. SO THE MOTION FAILS 4 TO 3 AND THE CONTRACT IS NOT GOING TO BE APPROVED AT THIS TIME. OR I SHOULD SAY THE CONTRACT IS NOT APPROVED.
OKAY. THERE ARE SOME SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS TO THE BOARD THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.
[M. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD]
ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THOSE ITEMS?[N. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS]
OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, JULY 24TH HERE IN THE BOARDROOM.CLOSED SESSION 5:30 OPEN SESSION 7 P.M.. NO FURTHER BUSINESS THAT I KNOW OF.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I'LL SECOND MR. DAVIS, MR. DREES. ALL IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY PUSHING YOUR CHAIRS BACK.
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IT IS 7:55.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.