Jul 24, 2025 Regular Board Meetings

WAIT FOR. JULY 24TH 25 REGULAR BOARD MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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[B. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS]

THAT'S RIGHT, MR. KUNKEL. WE DID ADVERTISE AND POST THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.

OKAY, WELL, WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM REGARDING A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND HEAR ANY COMMENTS ON THE OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL

[C. PUBLIC HEARING TO HEAR AND DISCUSS THE OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY PROGRAM APPLICATION]

CLARK TO GET ORGANIZED, OR MR. BASS. DR. CLARK IS ON HER WAY.

AND I KNOW THAT THE JUST AS SHE'S AS SHE'S COMING IN THE GOAL OF THE OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY PROGRAM, AS YOU KNOW, IS TO PROVIDE THAT OPTION FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL OR HAVE DROPPED OUT OR FOR SOME REASON ARE BEHIND IN THEIR CORE SUBJECTS AND THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL ON A REGULAR FULL FIVE DAY WEEK SCHEDULE.

BECAUSE IN PART THEY HAVE TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.

AND SO THIS IS AN ANNUAL ITEM AND AN ANNUAL HEARING.

AND SO, DR. CLARK, YOU CAN TAKE IT AWAY. SORRY I'M LATE.

GOT CAUGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT. WE WANT TO HAVE THIS OPTION FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE ON AN OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE LAST YEAR.

SO IT IS RARE THAT IT IS USED. BUT YOU HAVE TO DO THIS IN ORDER TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE IF YOU DO NEED IT.

AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT ANY OF OUR STUDENTS TO DROP OUT BECAUSE OF ISSUES THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE, PERSONAL, FAMILY. EXAMPLES COULD BE CARE FOR A FAMILY MEMBER THAT, WHERE WE ARRANGE OUR SCHEDULE, WHERE THEY CAN ATTEND SCHOOL, GET THEIR CREDITS AND STAY ON TRACK, AND YET TAKE CARE OF ISSUES THAT MIGHT COME UP.

SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CERTAINLY THINK IT'S A VALUABLE OPTION TO HAVE, AND IT PROVIDES THAT FLEXIBILITY THAT'S MUCH NEEDED.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO IF WE HAD A STUDENT THAT WANTS TO GO THIS ROUTE, DO THEY TALK TO THEIR CAMPUS PRINCIPAL OR. IT GOES THROUGH THE COUNSELOR. THE COUNSELOR.

AND THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS TO BE, WE TRY TO WORK WITH IT WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THIS, BUT IF IT IS NEEDED, IT'S AVAILABLE. AND WE HAVE DISTRICTS ALL AROUND THAT HAVE THIS AS WELL.

BUT LIKE I SAY, IT'S RARE THAT IT'S USED BUT IT'S THERE IF WE NEED TO USE IT.

YES. THIS IS A IT'S A GOOD POINT, DR. CLARK. THIS IS A SAFEGUARD THAT ALL DISTRICTS HAVE AND USE.

IT'S JUST REQUIRED THAT WE ADOPT ADOPT IT ANNUALLY.

AND THE GOOD THING IS WE NOW HAVE VIRTUAL OPTION TO HELP US OUT WITH THIS AS WELL.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK CONCERNING THE OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY PROGRAM, IF SO PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. SEEING NONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS ITEM, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. SO WE WILL NOW CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE

[D. CLOSED SESSION ]

[E. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. BOY, IN SEVEN DAYS AND FIVE HOURS, IT'S GOING TO BE AUGUST.

[F. INTRODUCTION OF MEETING]

AND BUSY, BUSY, BUSY MONTH. BUT THIS TIMES ARE BUSY RIGHT NOW.

DR. STINSON, SOMETHING IS HAPPENING SATURDAY THAT OUR COMMUNITY JUST GOES OVERBOARD WITH AND WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE.

WELL, WE, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT AT REFRESH BISD, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, IT'S PHENOMENAL. AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, UPWARDS OF OVER 3000, 4000 STUDENTS. AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY RECEIVE FROM ALL ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, ALL ACROSS THE TARRANT COUNTY AREA.

IT'S SOMETHING TO BEHOLD AND IT'S HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS HOW THANKFUL WE ARE FOR THE SUPPORT.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT HAPPENING SATURDAY MORNING RIGHT HERE IN THE COLISEUM.

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A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN GOING ON AT THE PLAZA AREA AND OPENING UP A BRAND NEW LOCATION FOR CLOSE CONNECTION, MR. DILKS, WILL YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YES, ACTUALLY, I WANTED TO SHOW EVERYBODY. SO I ASKED DAVE TO PUT IT UP HERE FOR US.

IS IT UP THERE? I HAVE IT ON MINE. YEAH. OH, IT'S ON MINE, I RUN IT.

OH, THERE IT IS. ALRIGHT, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE READY TO GO WITH OUR CLOSE CONNECTION HERE.

WE HAD A GROUP OUT. WE HAD ABOUT 35 OUT AND THEN A GROUP OF ABOUT 22 OUT THE NEXT DAY THIS WEEK, AND WE PUT UP ALL THESE CLOTHES. THE SHOES WERE DONE EARLIER.

WE GOT THESE NEW RACKS. WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND LESS THAN $200 ON THESE RACKS, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF EQUIPMENT.

WE HAVE STORAGE ROOM. THIS IS ACTUALLY OVERFLOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON HERE, AND THAT'S SOME MORE OF OUR OVERFLOW THAT WE BOXED UP.

AND WE DIDN'T HAVE RACKS TO HANG IT ON YET. AND OUR SHOE SUPPLY, THESE ARE OUR BACKUP SHOES, NOT THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE BUT BACKUPS.

AND SO WE'RE JUST DOING GREAT THINGS AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING THE STUDENTS IN A MORE VISIBLE SPOT.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE BETTER PARKING FOR PEOPLE TO COME.

AND THIS I'M VERY PROUD OF. THIS IS OUR SUPPLY DEPOT.

NOW. IN THE PAST, SUPPLY DEPOT HAD ABOUT HALF OF THE BACK ROOM AT THE CLOSE CONNECTION BECAUSE WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY ROOM.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO THIS NEXT YEAR IS OPENED IT UP AFTER SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS TO COME GET THINGS THAT THEY NEED AND USE IN THEIR CLASSROOM.

THERE'S ONE MORE PICTURE OF THE SUPPLY DEPOT THERE, SO WE SENT A BUNCH OF STUFF TO REFRESH TODAY.

ERIN AND HER CREW WERE TAKING STUFF TO REFRESH, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

AND MAYBE SOME OF THE OLD EQUIPMENT OUT OF WTI WHICH, WHICH IS DAVID E RIGHT NOW.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE OLD BUILDING OR THE OLD RICHLAND ELEMENTARY.

MAYBE WE CAN BRING SOME OF THAT IN AND LET TEACHERS GET SOME OF THAT.

AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ERIN IS HERE, ERIN POWELL, AND ERIN IS THE, SHE'S NOT THE OFFICIAL LEADER, BUT SHE DOES AN AWESOME JOB LEADING US IN THE CLOSE CONNECTION AND HAS DONE SO FOR YEARS.

THANK YOU ERIN. [APPLAUSE] GOOD REPORT KELVIN.

SO THAT THAT MAY BE OPENED AS EARLY AS MAYBE NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER.

JUST ALL WE'RE WAITING ON FIRE MARSHAL APPROVE, AND THEN WE CAN SET A SCHEDULE.

SO LOOK FOR THAT COMMUNICATION COMING OUT. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE DONATION THAT'S BEING PRESENTED FOR ACCEPTANCE AS PART OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA LATER THIS EVENING. MERCHBIRDS DONATED DISCOUNTS VALUED AT $2,500 TOWARDS OUR ANNUAL SECRETARY TRAINING.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THIS DONATION.

SO NOW, DR. NATHAN FRYMARK, PRINCIPAL, RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING TO COME AND INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS THAT ARE WITH US TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT KUNKEL, DR. STINSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING TWO WONDERFUL ROYAL STUDENTS.

WE HAVE KODI LESTER, OUR JUNIOR CLASS VICE PRESIDENT, WHO WILL BE RECITING THE PLEDGES.

SHE'S ACCOMPANIED BY COACH MARK ASHLEY FOR MORAL SUPPORT.

AND THEN REGAN WILSON, OUR STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT, ACCOMPANIED BY HER MOTHER, JESSIE KELLER, AND HER SISTER, REESE WILSON AND REGAN, WILL BE GIVING THE STUDENT EXPRESSION.

SO PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGES. FIRST IS THE US PLEDGE.

ALLEGIANCE] NOW IS THE TEXAS PLEDGE.

PLEDGE] I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND CAN EVERYONE PLEASE BOW THEIR HEADS AND CLOSE THEIR EYES? DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TOGETHER TODAY TO HONOR AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER AND SERVE OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

AS WE COME CLOSER TO THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, STRENGTH,

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MAY YOU HELP EQUIP THEM WITH ENDURANCE, WISDOM, AND COMPASSION NEEDED TO FACE EACH DAY WITH COURAGE AND PURPOSE.

WE ESPECIALLY LIFT UP OUR SENIORS WHOSE FINAL YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL LIES BEFORE THEM.

MAY YOU WALK CLOSELY WITH THEM, GUIDING THEIR STEPS, CALMING THEIR ANXIETIES, AND PREPARING THEM FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER OF LIFE. LORD, WE ASK YOUR PROTECTION OVER EVERY SCHOOL AND EVERY CAMPUS IN OUR DISTRICT.

WATCH OVER OUR BUILDINGS, OUR BUSSES, OUR CLASSROOMS, AND ALL WHO WALK THROUGH THEIR HALLS.

WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE FAITHFUL SERVICE OF OUR JANITORS, LUNCH PERSONNEL AND CUSTODIANS.

THEIR WORK, OFTEN UNSEEN, IS ESSENTIAL AND DEEPLY APPRECIATED.

MAY THEY FEEL VALUED AND ENCOURAGED. WE PLACED THIS SCHOOL YEAR IN YOUR HANDS, TRUSTING IN YOUR PROVISION AND LOVE IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. THANK YOU. DR. OH.

GOOD JOB. WELL, THANK YOU. OUR MEETING IS OFF TO A GREAT START.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE OUR AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS.

[G. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS]

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT KUNKEL, DR.

STINSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE HERE IN BIRDVILLE ISD.

AND WE DO HAVE SOME GREAT RECOGNITIONS TO CONTINUE OUR CELEBRATIONS TONIGHT.

SO TO START US OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MISS TAMMY DILLER TO THE PODIUM TO HONOR OUR 2025 SPECIAL OLYMPIANS WHO COMPETED IN THE STATE MEET.

SO. [APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT KUNKEL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

STINSON. TONIGHT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE NIGHTS OF THE YEAR BECAUSE TONIGHT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE ATHLETES WHO PARTICIPATED AND MEDALED AT THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS STATE GAMES HELD IN MAY. THE ATHLETES THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT ARE BRITTANY GALLEGOS.

[APPLAUSE] NATALIE HILL. [APPLAUSE] ADDIE OLIVARES. [APPLAUSE] ELI BRONICO. [APPLAUSE] BETSY FLORES.

[APPLAUSE] GARRETT HALE. [APPLAUSE] EDWARD HARRIS.

[APPLAUSE] BRILEY RUFFIN. [APPLAUSE] IVAN DUNLAP.

[APPLAUSE] NICK HIDROGO. [APPLAUSE] TREVION SANDERS.

[APPLAUSE] ALAN MARQUEZ. [APPLAUSE] AND ETHAN MOODY-WOOTEN.

[APPLAUSE] AND OF COURSE, NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR COACHES WHO SPEND TIRELESS HOURS AFTER SCHOOL AND ON THE WEEKENDS.

JACKIE GARRETT, SHELLY LOFLAND, TIM WALDMAN, STACEY WALDMANN, BRIAN DUNLAP, IVAN MARQUEZ, GARY WOOD, AND BRADY JOHNSON. [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO MOVE UP AND TURN AROUND SO PEOPLE CAN GET A PICTURE. YEAH, GO AHEAD AND MOVE UP. SO TURN AROUND SO PARENTS CAN SEE THEM.

MISS DILLER, I THINK I NOTICED SOME SPELLERS IN THAT GROUP, TOO.

YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU SURE DO. YEAH, SURE.

Y'ALL BACK GOING UP TO THE TO MR. DAVIS HERE.

HEY, ELI. YEAH. THANK YOU. I LIKE THAT. OKAY.

THAT'LL WORK.

OKAY. IF YOU WANT. NO, NOT THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK.

IN THE CORNER, IF YOU WILL. OH, NO. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOU, TOO.

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YOU'VE SEEN THEM BEFORE. PARENTS, TEACHERS, GUARDIANS, WHOEVER.

ELI, DON'T COVER YOUR FACE. HEY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

[APPLAUSE] THE BIRDVILLE BLAZERS AND THE NRH HEAT. I LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO THOSE AMAZING ATHLETES. AND YOU COULD HEAR THEIR MEDALS CLANGING.

SO I'VE NEVER WON MORE THAN ONE AT A TIME TO GET THEM TO CLANG.

SO THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. SO CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT, WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME MISS GINA LOCKE FOR OUR PARTNERS IN EDUCATION RECOGNITION OF 6 STONES.

NEW DOCTOR, RIGHT? NEW DOCTOR, YEAH. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

AND IS IT DR. DEAN NOW? IS THAT RIGHT? YES. YES.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT KUNKEL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

STINSON. GOOD EVENING. WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK 6 STONES FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS AT GRIGGS HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH THEIR GENERATIONS MENTORING PROGRAM. FOR SEVEN CONSECUTIVE WEEKS, DEDICATED MENTORS FROM 6 STONES HAVE MET WITH OUR SENIORS, OFFERING GUIDANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT AS THEY PREPARE FOR LIFE BEYOND GRADUATION.

THESE MENTORS INVEST THEIR TIME AND THEIR HEARTS INTO HELPING STUDENTS DEVELOP ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS, FROM TIME AND MONEY MANAGEMENT TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND BUILDING A GROWTH MINDSET.

THE GENERATIONS PROGRAM IS MORE THAN MENTORING.

IT'S ABOUT TRANSFORMATIONS. IT EQUIPS THE NEXT GENERATION WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED NOT ONLY TO SUCCEED TODAY, BUT TO THRIVE IN THE FUTURE. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO 6 STONES AND EACH OF THE MENTORS WHO HAVE MADE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING A TRUSTED PARTNER IN HELPING OUR STUDENTS STEP INTO ADULTHOOD WITH CONFIDENCE, PURPOSE, AND HOPE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DR. LOCKE. GOOD PRESENTATION. THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR PARTNERS AT 6 STONES AND YES TO DR.

LOCKE. OUR NEXT TWO RECOGNITIONS WILL BE LED BY MISS ANDREA ANDERSON.

FIRST, OUR EDUCATORS RISING NATIONAL WINNERS, FOLLOWED BY OUR SKILLSUSA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION NATIONAL WINNERS.

OKAY. WELL, PRESIDENT KUNKEL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

STINSON AND CABINET. IT IS TRULY AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE OUR EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING STUDENTS THIS EVENING.

EDUCATORS RISING IS A NATIONAL CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION AND IS THE CO-CURRICULAR STUDENT ORGANIZATION FOR THE EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH IS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE SET THEIR SIGHTS ON BECOMING TEACHERS.

BIRDVILLE CENTER OF TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED LEARNING'S TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS, TAFE CHAPTER MEMBERS WON AT THE STATE LEVEL AND ADVANCED TO THE NATIONAL EDUCATORS RISING COMPETITION.

THE EDUCATORS RISING 2025 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA FROM JUNE 26TH THROUGH JUNE 29TH, AND THE COMPETITIONS INCLUDED OVER 3300 STUDENTS NATIONWIDE.

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OLIVIA'S OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION WITH HER IN-DEPTH RESEARCH EARNED HER FIRST-PLACE WIN AT NATIONALS, AND OLIVIA WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE HER FOR HER OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT.

[APPLAUSE] WE'RE HIRING HER RIGHT? WHEN SHE GRADUATES.

YES, YES. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE AVALON LIDSTROM, RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL WHO COMPETED IN THE SAME EVENT, EXPLORING NON-CORE SUBJECT TEACHING CAREERS COMPETITION.

AND AVALON CHOSE ART AS A CAREER FOR HER PROJECT DUE TO HER PASSION FOR THAT SUBJECT.

SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHADOW AN ART TEACHER, CONDUCTED FORMAL INTERVIEWS WITH THE TEACHER, AND RESEARCHED THE CAREER. AVALON WON FOURTH PLACE WITH HER EXCEPTIONAL PRESENTATION AND WILL BE ATTENDING TEXAS TECH THIS FALL TO MAJOR IN EDUCATION WITH PLANS TO BE AN ART TEACHER.

[APPLAUSE] AND NOW REAGAN WILSON, RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND MADILYNN COE. RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL DELIVERED A QUALITY TEAM PRESENTATION IN THE INTERACTIVE BULLETIN BOARD EVENT.

AND THE TITLE OF THEIR CONTENT, OR THEIR TITLE OF THEIR ENTRY WAS CALLED HOMOPHONE HOEDOWN, WHERE THEY IDENTIFIED STATE STANDARDS THAT THEIR BOARD WOULD SHOWCASE.

RAEGAN AND MADILYNN'S OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION EARNED THEM THIRD PLACE.

[APPLAUSE] WOW. INCREDIBLE. AVA COOLEY, RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND AVA ROCHA HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL ALSO COMPETED IN THE INTERACTIVE BULLETIN BOARD CONTEST, WITH THEIR ENTRY ENTITLED SCOOPING UP SYNONYMS, AND CREATED A TACTILE KINESTHETIC LEARNING EXPERIENCE ON A TRIFOLD DISPLAY BOARD WHERE STUDENTS COULD INTERACT.

THEIR EXCEPTIONAL PRESENTATION EARNED THEM THIRD PLACE.

INTERACTIVE BULLETIN BOARD IS EDUCATOR'S RISINGS MOST POPULAR EVENT, AND THE TOP 3% ARE RECOGNIZED DUE TO THE HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANTS AT AREA, THEN STATE, AND FINALLY AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

[APPLAUSE] LILLIANA PERRIN, BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, AND ELYSE GRIERSON BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL COMPETED IN THE RESEARCH LEARNING CHALLENGES EVENT.

THIS EVENT INVOLVED RESEARCHING CEREBRAL PALSY IN RELATION TO THE LEARNING ISSUES THAT IT MAY CAUSE, AND WRITING A PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH PAPER ABOUT THE TOPIC.

LILIANA AND ELISE PRESENTED STRATEGIES TO OPTIMIZE LEARNING FOR STUDENTS WITH CEREBRAL PALSY.

THEIR OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION RESULTED IN A FIFTH PLACE WIN.

[APPLAUSE] AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE KAREN KALLAS OFFICIALLY JUST RETIRED BIRDVILLE ISD EDUCATION TRAINING TEACHER.

WHO I CAN BETTER DESCRIBE AS A TRUE TEACHER LEGEND FOR HER DEDICATION TO STUDENTS AND CREATING A LASTING POSITIVE IMPACT FOR BLACK STUDENTS. MISS KALLAS, HERE YOU ARE. AND NOW WE WANT TO DO A PICTURE.

OKAY, I KNOW I SAW MR. DRYSDALE AND DR. FRYMARK AND MR. SHEASLEY COME ON UP. WITH ALL THREE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

RIGHT? YES. THAT'S AWESOME. AND TO AVA'S. AVA AND AVA.

OH. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

I KNOW WHAT YOU WORRY ABOUT. I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.

CARE? SURE. OKAY.

OKAY. [APPLAUSE] WE'RE NOT DONE. AND NOW IS ON OUR SKILLSUSA STUDENTS.

Y'ALL COME ON FORWARD. OKAY.

NOW, IT'S ALSO AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR OUTSTANDING GAME DESIGN STUDENTS WHO COMPETED.

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RIGHT HERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHO COMPETED AND WON AT SKILLSUSA STATE LEVEL AND ADVANCED THE NATIONAL SKILLSUSA COMPETITION. THE SKILLSUSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA FROM JUNE 23RD THROUGH JUNE 27TH WITH OVER 6500 STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES COMPETING IN 114 SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP COMPETITIONS.

SKILLSUSA IS A CO-CURRICULAR CTE STUDENT LEADERSHIP NATIONAL ORGANIZATION PREPARING STUDENTS TO BECOME SKILLED PROFESSIONALS, CAREER READY LEADERS, AND RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

BIRDVILLE CENTER OF TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED LEARNING (BCTAL) GAME DESIGN STUDENTS, MICHAEL HODGE, BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND DRALON COOPER, BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL COMPETED IN THE INTERACTIVE APPLICATION AND VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT EVENT.

THE COMPETITION WAS BASED ON A PROJECT THAT DRALON AND MICHAEL TIRELESSLY WORKED ON THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR.

THEY POURED THEIR ENERGY, CREATIVITY AND TECHNICAL SKILLS INTO BUILDING THEIR GAME USING THE UNITY ENGINE, WHICH WAS ENTIRELY BUILT FROM SCRATCH. THE NAME OF THE GAME THAT DRALON AND MICHAEL CREATED IS CALLED B SIDE BUFFOONERY.

SAY THAT THREE TIMES FAST, WHICH IS A FAST PACED AND ROGUELIKE.

BY THE WAY. MR. BENTON TAUGHT ME THIS. THIS IS A TECHNICAL GAME DESIGN TURN, WHICH MEANS THAT THE GAME CONTINUOUSLY CHANGES.

THE PLAYERS TAKE ON THE ROLE OF CLONE GUY OR FRAIL GUY BATTLING THROUGH A MYSTERIOUS, EVER CHANGING CLONE FACILITY, WHAT MAKES THE GAME SO COMPELLING IS THAT NO TWO PLAYTHROUGHS ARE THE SAME.

THE ROOM LAYOUTS, ENEMIES, AND POWER UPS ARE ALL PROCEDURALLY GENERATED, KEEPING EVERY RUN FRESH AND UNPREDICTABLE.

THE GAME IS ACTUALLY A SEQUEL AND A SPIN OFF OF A PROJECT THEY PREVIOUSLY CREATED CALLED BOUNTY BUFFOONERY.

HOWEVER, THIS NEW GAME IS A MAJOR LEAP FORWARD IN DESIGN AND GAMEPLAY.

MICHAEL AND DRALON PRESENTED THEIR VIDEO GAME TO THE JUDGES AT NATIONALS, WHO WERE EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY.

THEIR OUTSTANDING PROJECT AND PRESENTATION EARNED THEM GOLD AND FIRST PLACE IN THE NATION.

[APPLAUSE] AND TO TOP THIS OFF, AND THEY'RE PROUDLY SPORTING THEIR GOLD MEDALS.

LOVE THAT. AND WHAT IS EVEN MORE EXCITING IS THAT DRALON AND MICHAEL ARE NOT STOPPING HERE.

THEY ARE IN EARLY TALKS WITH A LOCAL ARCADE TO BRING B SIDE BUFFOONERY TO THE PUBLIC, AND THEY'RE PLANNING TO LAUNCH THEIR OWN GAME DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS TO CONTINUE GROWING THIS PROJECT AND CREATE EVEN MORE GAMES IN THE FUTURE.

MICHAEL AND DRALON PLAN TO ATTEND TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE THIS FALL AS THEY PURSUE THEIR CAREERS AS ENTREPRENEURS.

STUDENTS ACHIEVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION BECAUSE OF DEDICATED TEACHERS, AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO ALSO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUR OUTSTANDING GAME DESIGN TEACHER, MR. BEN BENTON. NOW FOR A PICTURE. MR. BENTON, MR. DRYSDALE, COME FORWARD FOR A PICTURE. YOU'RE UP HERE ALREADY? YOU'RE A NATIONAL CHAMPION. NATIONAL CHAMPION. THOSE ARE SHINY MEDALS.

I SEE THAT THERE. IS SOME REALLY COOL PART OF THIS. THE NICE PART. THE VIDEO GAME BUSINESS.

YEAH, WE GOT SOME AWESOME KIDS THAT CAN PROBABLY GIVE A BUSINESS.

THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, THEY GOT IT FULL CIRCLE, RIGHT? BIRDVILLE ISD HAS IT COVERED. DOING IT EVERY DAY.

I BELIEVE MR. BENTON CARRIES A ON A FAMILY LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE IN THIS DISTRICT.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD PRESENTATIONS. LET'S TAKE A MOMENT HERE NOW FOR OUR OPEN FORUM TO

[H. OPEN FORUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD]

I BELIEVE IT'S THE VERY NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA AFTER THIS.

AND SO WE WILL ALLOW MR. ERIC CREEL TO COME FORWARD.

AND WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN HE BEGINS.

WELCOME, MR. CREEL. YOUR ADDRESS IS 11325 GAIL RIDGE, TERRACE, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76052.

SO I'VE READ THAT SO YOU CAN BEGIN NOW. BOARD, DR.

STINSON. GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE BOARD'S DISCUSSION FROM LAST MONTH'S MEETING.

DURING DISCUSSION ABOUT THE AGREEMENT WITH THE TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE REGARDING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES, THERE WAS SOME COMMENTARY ON THE TOWN APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND I CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE CAN GET THEM CONFUSED, SINCE MR. BARNES IS THE CHAIR AND THE TAX ASSESSOR.

AS WE ALL KNOW UNDER THE CURRENT TAD BOARD. TAD WILL NOT BE APPRAISING EXISTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY UNTIL 2027.

THEY WILL CONTINUE TO APPRAISE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION YEARLY.

THIS POLICY WAS PRESENTED AS AN EFFORT TO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES, BUT WHAT THE POLICY FAILED TO ADDRESS WAS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN A DECLINING REAL ESTATE MARKET. LET'S TALK ABOUT BIRDVILLE PROPERTY VALUES.

THESE NUMBERS ARE ACCORDING TO ZILLOW OVER THE LAST YEAR.

ZIP CODE 76117, DOWN 4.6%. 76180, DOWN 3.4%. 76148 DOWN 3.3%.

76111 DOWN 3.9%. IN FACT, THE ONLY ZIP CODE I COULD FIND WERE PROPERTY VALUES INCREASED OVER THE LAST YEAR WAS ZIP CODE 76034, WHICH IS PART OF COLLEYVILLE. THESE VALUES ARE UP 1%.

BY FREEZING THE MARKET VALUES AT 2024 LEVELS, THE DECLINE IN VALUE IS CAUSING RESIDENTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PAY TAXES ON OVERVALUED HOMES. AND SINCE INCREASED LOCAL VALUES REDUCE THE STATE'S PORTION OF SCHOOL FUNDING, YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF HOW THIS IS GOOD FOR YOUR RESIDENTS.

FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES, I SPOKE WITH THE CHIEF APPRAISER TWO WEEKS AGO, AND HE STATED PEOPLE WHO PROTESTED THEIR PROPERTY VALUES, ON AVERAGE, ARE SEEING A REDUCTION IN VALUE OF 10%, BUT FOR SOME, THAT NUMBER IS AS HIGH AS 25% TO 30%.

NOW, TO TIE THIS TOGETHER, MR. BARNES HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE MARCH TAD MEETING TO VOTE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO REAPPRAISE PROPERTY VALUES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE IN DANGER OF FAILING THE PROPERTY VALUE STUDY. THE VOTE FAILED 4 TO 4, WITH MR. BARNES VOTING NOT TO REAPPRAISE. SO FORGIVE ME IF I FIND IT IRONIC THAT THE TAX ASSESSOR, WHO CHAMPIONED POSSIBLY CUTTING FUNDING TO SCHOOLS IN HIS APPRAISAL DISTRICT ROLE IS OVERSEEING A TAX INCREASE FOR COLLECTION EFFORTS.

THAT'S WHAT THE CONTRACT UNDER CONSIDERATION TONIGHT REPRESENTS A TAX INCREASE OF $13.608 ACCORDING TO YOUR NUMBERS.

WHEREAS IF MR. BARNES AND HIS APPRAISAL DISTRICT ROLE HAD THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT PERFORMANCE FUNCTION THIS YEAR AND APPRAISED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, THEN THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS DISTRICT WOULD HAVE SEEN A REDUCED TAX BURDEN THROUGH LOWER PROPERTY VALUES.

SO KEEP THIS DATE IN MIND. SEPTEMBER 15TH. IT'S THE DATE THAT TAD MUST APPROVE ITS BUDGET.

TAD'S PROPOSING A 1.1% INCREASE IN ITS BUDGET, WHICH IS ROUGHLY $370,000 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THE TAXING ENTITIES HAVE 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE TAD PASSES ITS BUDGET TO PASS A RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL IF THEY CHOOSE, IF A MAJORITY DISAPPROVE OF IT. TAD IS REQUIRED TO DRAFT A NEW BUDGET FOR APPROVAL.

IN THIS CASE, ONE ENTITY EQUALS ONE VOTE. AND MR. TOLBERT, TO YOUR COMMENT AT THE LAST MEETING, THERE ACTUALLY IS SIGNIFICANT CHATTER AMONG THE TAX ENTITIES OF PUSHING BACK ON TAD'S BUDGET THIS YEAR. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING US AND GIVING US THAT INFORMATION.

I THOUGHT WE HAD A SENTENCE IN HERE WHERE I SAID SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I DON'T SEE IT.

[I. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD]

SO, MRS. BOWMAN, TARRANT COUNTY TAX COLLECTION UPDATE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS EVENING WE DO HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

WE HAVE DANIEL TAYLOR WHO IS THE ACCOUNTING DIRECTOR, AND WE HAVE AMELIA RICE WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY TAX.

AND THE BOARD HAD REQUESTED WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEM TO COME AND MAYBE HELP OVERVIEW AND UNDERSTAND THE INCREASE IN FEES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO THE BOARD TONIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. COME FORWARD. DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION TO SHARE OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE QUESTIONS? NO PRESENTATION, WE'LL JUST TAKE QUESTIONS. OKAY.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE OUR TAX COLLECTION I GUESS CONTRACT.

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AND WE DID SEE THAT THE CALCULATED RATE HAS INCREASED QUITE A BIT FROM THE PRIOR TIME.

AND YOU'VE GIVEN US A CALCULATION OF HOW YOU ARRIVED AT, I GUESS, THE $1.07.

AND WHAT ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD HAVE TURNED OUT HAD YOU DONE THAT IN LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE? I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF NEW. IS THERE ANY INFORMATION AS TO WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD YOU GONE THROUGH THE SAME CALCULATION LAST YEAR THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS YEAR? DO YOU HAVE THAT? SO I DON'T HAVE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT IT WAS LAST YEAR WAS CLOSER TO THE $0.98. BUT THE YEAR BEFORE THAT WAS CLOSER TO THIS YEAR'S COMING UP.

OKAY. AND SO I'LL ASK THIS QUESTION. AND THEN THE REST OF THE BOARD CAN ASK QUESTIONS.

WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THE INCREASE TO? FOR WHETHER THE DECREASE WAS IN PART DUE TO SALARY SAVINGS WITH PEOPLE LEAVING EARLY IN THE YEAR. WHAT DECREASE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AND DECREASE FROM ONE YEAR WAS CLOSER TO THIS NUMBER.

LAST YEAR WAS CLOSER TO $0.98. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE INCREASING AGAIN.

MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION? WHEN YOU SAY. YES. WHEN YOU SAY THIS NUMBER, CAN YOU BE SPECIFIC? AND SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE IF YOU CAN. SORRY.

THIS IS BEING RECORDED. SO WE HAD THREE YEARS THE YEAR THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE IT TO 1.07.

IT WAS LOWER CLOSER TO $0.98. AND IT WAS HIGHER CLOSER TO $1.07.

SO THE DIP WAS IN PART DUE TO SALARY SAVINGS BECAUSE WE HAD THREE HIGHER LEVEL PEOPLE IN PROPERTY TAX.

SO, YOU EMPLOYED MORE PEOPLE THIS YEAR, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S HIGHER.

NOT EMPLOYED MORE PEOPLE. WE HAD PEOPLE RETIRE AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A SALARY SAVINGS.

WE DID NOT FILL THOSE POSITIONS FOR ALMOST A YEAR.

WE WERE GOING THROUGH A REORGANIZATION. AND SO WE HAD A SAVINGS THERE.

WELL, THAT TO ME MEANS THAT THE RATE WOULD BE LESS THIS YEAR THEN.

NO, NO, NO, I WAS EXPLAINING THE DIP FROM HIGHER TO LOWER BACK TO HIGHER.

OKAY. OKAY. SO WHAT WAS IT 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO? WAS IT.

IT'S BEEN THE $0.98. SO $0.98. THAT'S CORRECT.

AND IT'S BEING CALCULATED IN A DIFFERENT WAY, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. JUST THE 18% FOR, JUST THE PERCENTAGE OF MOTOR VEHICLES PARTICIPATION.

I SEE THE 18% ON THE CHART THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE EXACT SAME. OKAY. ARE THERE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? HOW ABOUT TO MY LEFT HERE? YES. YES. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING YOUR SHEET.

SHALL WE PUT THE CHART UP? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IT? THAT WOULD HELP. PLEASE STAY. [INAUDIBLE] I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD IT.

WE DO. YES, SIR. YEAH. FIRST WERE YOU ABLE TO COLLECT ALL THE TAXES THE YEAR THAT YOU DIDN'T FILL THOSE POSITIONS? WAS THERE WAS THERE. PROPERTY TAX? YES. BUT YOU WENT AHEAD THE NEXT YEAR AND FILLED SOME POSITIONS, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT THE TAXES WITH LESS PEOPLE, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. IS THERE A REASON THAT WE ADDED MORE HEADS OR FTES WHEN WE HAD ALREADY WERE COLLECTING ALL THE TAXES? NO, IT'S NOT THAT WE ADDED MORE PEOPLE. IT'S JUST THAT THERE WERE STAFF THAT HAD RETIRED.

NO, YOU SAID YOU WENT A YEAR WITHOUT FILLING THOSE POSITIONS.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID. THAT IS CORRECT. I'M ASKING YOU, DURING THAT YEAR, DID YOU COLLECT 100% OF THE TAXES THAT YOU WERE COLLECTED AND DIDN'T GO TO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? NO. THERE'S ALWAYS SOME LEFTOVER THAT GOES TO YOUR ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

YOU DID YOUR JOB WITH THOSE POSITIONS NOT FILLED RIGHT FOR THAT YEAR? YES, BECAUSE WE HAD PEOPLE SITTING THERE AS INTERIM.

OKAY, BUT YOU SAVE MONEY USING INTERIM HEADS.

YEAH, YES. OKAY. SO WHY DIDN'T YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT? BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT WE NEEDED THOSE POSITIONS.

THESE WERE MANAGERIAL POSITIONS. AND SO WE WERE JUST TRANSITIONING THE NEW PEOPLE INTO THE POSITIONS.

STILL NOT FOLLOWING YOU. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD SOME INTERIM PEOPLE IN THERE DOING SOME OF YOUR WORK, AND YOU GOT IT ALL DONE. AND THEN AND YOU SAID YOU FOUND THAT YOU NEEDED THEM.

YOU HAD THEM. THEY WERE THERE INTERIM FOREVER.

WHAT? THEY CAN'T BE INTERIM FOREVER. AND I'M ASKING, WHY NOT? YOU FILL THE POSITION, YOU'RE SAYING THEY WERE INTERIM.

THERE WAS SOMEBODY SITTING IN THAT POSITION. I KNOW, BUT WHY DON'T YOU JUST HIRE SOMEBODY ELSE AFTER THAT IF YOU CAN GET YOUR.

I GUESS IT'S SOUNDING LIKE YOU'RE SAYING AN INTERIM IS LESS PAY THAN A FULL TIME.

OTHERWISE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE PAYING THE INTERIM THE SAME AS A FULL TIME PERSON.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THEY WERE DOING TWO JOBS.

THE INTERIM PERSON WAS DOING TWO JOBS. THEIR JOB AND THE JOB THAT THEY'RE FULFILLING.

Y'ALL ARE JUST NOT. LET ME ASK. LET ME ASK IT ANOTHER WAY, MR. TOLBERT, IF I MAY, FOR JUST A SECOND. SO WHEN YOU HAD PEOPLE RETIRE AND, SO I'M ASSUMING THEY RETIRED AT A MAXIMUM CAPACITY.

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WHEN YOU REHIRED, DID YOU REHIRE SOMEONE AT THAT SAME MAXIMUM SALARY? THEN WHY WOULD THE RATE BE CALCULATED THE SAME? IF IT'S BASED ON PERSONNEL. IT'S NOT, THE RATE IS BASED ON ACTUAL EXPENSES.

NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT. OKAY, THEN MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE MORE.

BECAUSE IF I, IF SOMEONE RETIRES AGAIN THAT'S AT A TYPICALLY AT THE HIGHEST SALARY.

SO WHEN YOU REHIRED THOSE MANAGERIAL POSITIONS, DID YOU REHIRE ENTRY LEVEL OR DID YOU HIRE SOMEONE ELSE AT MAXIMUM SALARIES? THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE ALREADY IN PLACE, AND SO THEY WERE ALREADY AT CLOSE TO THAT AMOUNT TO WHAT THEY WERE MAKING.

THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE WERE TENURED. SO, YES, THEY'RE MAKING MORE AND THEN THE NEW PEOPLE THAT CAME IN OR FILLED THOSE POSITIONS WERE ALREADY THERE. THEY JUST RECEIVED A BUMP UP.

SO THOSE FOLKS WERE NOT IN THE INTERIM POSITIONS? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. YOU YOU ALSO REALIZE THAT THE VOTERS LOOK AT US FOR NO NEW TAX REVENUE. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, RIGHT? YES. AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE TAXING US AND THAT MONEY IS IS GOING FOR NEW REVENUE FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. YOU'RE GETTING NEW REVENUE FROM US, RIGHT? YES. YOU'RE NOT DOING IT FROM THE TAXPAYERS. YOU'RE GETTING IT FROM ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, RIGHT? IS IT? YES. AND SO YOU ONLY COLLECT WHAT IT COSTS US TO COLLECT.

WE CAN ONLY CHARGE Y'ALL WHAT IT COST US TO COLLECT.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, I DON'T EXACT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS, BECAUSE THE CHART THAT WE HAVE UP HERE FIRST.

HOW MANY HOW MANY FTES DO YOU HAVE IN THE MOTOR VEHICLE DEPARTMENT? WHAT'S AN FTE? A FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. 140. AND HOW MANY FTES DO YOU HAVE OVER IN THE PROPERTY TAX? ABOUT 45. OKAY. AND SO SO WE START OFF AND YOU'VE GOT 45 FTES AND PROPERTY WHICH IS ONLY HANDLING 6 BILLION. YOU'VE GOT 140 OVERDOING 16 BILLION.

AND YOU DIVIDED THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS BY HALF.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. IT LOOKS LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'D BE DOING.

WHAT IS THAT, 50 OVER 250, 25% FOR PROPERTY TAX AND 75% FOR MOTOR VEHICLE.

YEAH, AND THEY'VE GOT 140 PEOPLE THEY GOT TO MESS WITH OVER IN MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEY GOT 40 THEY GOT TO MANAGE OVER IN PROPERTY TAX.

YOU CANNOT TELL ME IN ANY UNIVERSE THAT THAT ADMINISTRATOR IS GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME AMOUNT OF.

MONETARILY, WE TAKE IN, WHAT, $6.5 BILLION A YEAR.

FIVE AND A HALF OF THAT IS PROPERTY TAX. I'M SITTING THERE LOOKING A,T I'M SITTING THERE LOOKING AT THE CHART YOU GAVE ME, AND YOU TOLD ME THAT 40. THE CHART YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS COST.

THAT'S OUR WHAT IT COSTS US TO OPERATE. OKAY.

BACK UP FOR A SECOND. THIS IS NOT THAT HARD. THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR MANAGERS, RIGHT? EVERYONE IN THE OFFICE AND YOU, YOU GOT 45.

OH, SO IT'S NOT MANAGEMENT. YOU CALL IT ADMINISTRATIVE COST.

AND THAT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS INCLUDE. SURE, EVERYBODY IS, AS MR. BARNES IS MR. NGUYEN THE CHIEF OF STAFF? WELL, THEN HOW DO HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY DOING THE SAME HALF FOR 45 UNITS AND A HALF? THIS IS WORSE THAN I THOUGHT. I THOUGHT YOU WERE DIVIDING THE MANAGEMENT BY HALF.

HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU JUST HOLD ON? HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY PUTTING 50% ON 45 PEOPLE WHEN YOU'VE GOT 50% FOR 140 PEOPLE? BECAUSE, BY THE WAY, LET'S POINT OUT HERE, Y'ALL AREN'T GETTING FROM LOCAL TAXING ENTITIES TO SUBSIDIZE YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE COST YOU. THERE'S A BENEFIT FOR YOU GUYS TO PUT MORE COSTS ONTO OUR CATEGORY TO RAISE THIS DOLLAR SEVEN.

SO HOW DO YOU JUST HOW DO I JUSTIFY WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME THAT YOU'VE GOT 25% OF YOUR WORKFORCE, BUT YET YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S HALF OF YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

IT'S HALF OF THE BUSINESS. PROPERTY TAX IS HALF OF THE BUSINESS.

NO IT'S NOT. LOOK AT THAT CHART. IT'S GOT. IT'S GOT 25% OF THE PEOPLE AND IT'S GOT 30, IT'S GOT.

IT'S GOT A THIRD. IT'S GOT A THIRD. WHAT WE BRING IN 90% OF WHAT WE BRING IN, PROPERTY TAX.

YEAH. YOU'RE JUST NOT SHOWING THOSE NUMBERS. THAT IS COST.

THAT IS NOT WHAT WE BRING IN. THAT IS WHAT IT COSTS US TO WORK.

BUT YOU'VE GOT 45 UNITS OVER THERE. THAT'S WHAT I'M TELLING YOU.

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AND SO I'M TRYING. AND I KNOW THAT THE BENEFIT FOR YOU GUYS IS THAT LOCAL ENTITIES LIKE US WHO ARE TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL TO OUR TAXPAYERS AND TRYING TO KEEP UNDER NO NEW TAX REVENUE, IT'S MORE BENEFICIAL FOR YOU GUYS TO GET THE INCOME FROM US THAN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.

SO I'M ASKING WHAT WHAT JUSTIFICATION DO WE HAVE? HOW WOULD YOU PREFER WE HANDLE? 25% AND 75% FOLLOW THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.

[INAUDIBLE] SAY WHAT? 75 TO MOTOR VEHICLE OR 75 TO PROPERTY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? I'M ASKING. OKAY. TO MOTOR VEHICLE.

SO THEN AFTER WE GET THROUGH THAT, WE COME DOWN.

GUYS, YOUR MATH DOESN'T. YOUR MATH DOESN'T WORK IN ANY FORM OR FASHION.

IF THE COST FOR PROPERTY TAX COST, YOU DON'T GO OVER AND GET COSTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE AND MULTIPLY THAT TIMES 18%.

THAT'S APPLES AND ORANGES. THE APPLES ARE OVER IN MOTOR VEHICLE.

NO, NO. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. THIS IS HOW YOU WOULD DO IT.

YOU WOULD TAKE THE 7.5 MILLION THAT YOU SHOW THERE.

AND YOU'RE DIVIDED BY 0.82. THAT'S APPLES TO APPLES.

AND IF YOU DO THAT, THAT NUMBER FROM 3 MILLION THEN GOES DOWN TO 1.65 MILLION BECAUSE THAT'S THE COST IF THEY WERE COLLECTING ALL OF IT, YOU CAN'T GO OVER TO AN APPLE AND TRY TO COMPARE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

OUR MOTOR VEHICLE CLERKS COLLECT PROPERTIES. I UNDERSTAND THAT, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

WHAT I'M SAYING, WHAT I'M SAYING IS I CAN FIGURE OUT AND IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE COST PER UNIT IS TO COLLECT ON PROPERTY TAX CODE COSTS.

THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO TAKE 7.52. DIVIDE THAT 0.82 AND YOU'VE GOT TO YOU SHAVE 01,000,000.6 OFF THAT NUMBER.

THAT'S INFLATED. IT'S CLEARLY INFLATED. YOU WENT OVER TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE WHERE YOU HAVE 140 PEOPLE.

[INAUDIBLE] ON PROPERTY TAX. IF YOU SHOWED THIS CHART, I'M TELLING YOU, IF YOU SHOWED THIS CHART TO ANYBODY IN BUSINESS SCHOOL, IT WOULDN'T PASS. IT WOULDN'T PASS MUSTER. NONE OF THIS MAKES SENSE.

IT JUST DOESN'T. IT'S CLEARLY GETS TO A RESULT THAT WAS DESIRED.

AND THAT IS A DOLLAR SEVEN. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE MATH RESULTS, [INAUDIBLE] IT'S ACTUAL COST.

OKAY. I'M SORRY. WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE 9 MILLION 936 THAT'S IN THE DENOMINATOR THERE AT THE VERY BOTTOM.

THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS. NUMBER OF TAX ACCOUNTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. OKAY. IT'S JUST NOT LABELED AS SUCH.

SO DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. RIGHT ABOVE THEIR. CALCULATED RATE.

TOTAL COST TO. TO COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES DIVIDED BY TOTAL NUMBER.

OKAY. OKAY. RIGHT ABOVE BY NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS.

SO THE TOTAL COST DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS 1.07.

BUT THAT'S A 9% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. AND YOU CAN ONLY ATTRIBUTE IT TO ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL UNITS.

NO SIR. WHAT ELSE. OKAY I THINK THAT'S WHERE I STARTED.

LET ME GO BACK A LITTLE BIT. IT'S BEEN AT $0.98 FOR EIGHT YEARS.

EIGHT YEARS. AND PART OF THAT WAS GOODWILL FROM THE PRIOR TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTORS.

RIGHT. NOT GOING UP. NOT NOT CHARGING Y'ALL WHAT THEY.

JUST THE REAL ANSWER IS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TICKING UP OVER TIME AND MAYBE GIVING US A BREAK.

WOULDN'T THERE BE GOODWILL? NOT TO US. AND IT WOULD BE GOODWILL TO THE TAXPAYERS.

AND NOW YOU'RE TAKING IT AWAY FROM THE TAXPAYERS.

THAT'S WHAT THIS INCREASE IS. IS THAT AN INCREASE TO THE TAXPAYERS, NOT JUST TO US, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE IT FROM THE TAXPAYERS TO PAY IT.

I UNDERTSTAND THAT EVERYBODY FEELS A PINCH RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, RIGHT? WE ARE TO WE'RE ONLY CHARGING Y'ALL WHAT IT COST US.

EXCEPT YOU WERE DOING IT UP UNTIL THIS YEAR AT THE $0.98.

WE HAVE A NEW TAX ASSESSOR. YEAH. AND AT SOME TIME.

YOU HAVE A NEW WHAT? IT'S GOT TO CHANGE. OKAY.

I THINK THAT WAS THE KEY. COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? WE HAVE A NEW TAX ASSESSOR.

I'M SORRY. COULD YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC? WE HAVE A NEW TAX ASSESSOR.

NEW TAX ASSESSOR? OH, OKAY. AND SO THIS IS THIS IS A REAL COST.

AND MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN REAL IN THE PAST.

IT'S 100% REAL COST. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN REAL COST.

BUT MAYBE THEY WEREN'T PUSHING FORWARD MORE OF THAT.

THEY DIDN'T USE THE SAME FORMULAS. THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED ABOUT THIS FORMULA WAS HOW WE DERIVE MOTOR VEHICLES, INPUT MOTOR VEHICLES, WHAT THEIR INPUT IS INTO COLLECTING PROPERTY TAXES.

FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PAY THIS. WE HAVE TO GO WITH ONE LESS SPECIAL ED ASSISTANT, OR ONE LESS JANITOR, OR ONE LESS CAFETERIA WORKER, OR ONE LESS BUS DRIVER.

WE'VE GOT TO HIRE LESS. WE'VE GOT TO CUT SOMEWHERE TO PAY WHAT THE NEW TAX ASSESSOR IS ASKING US TO PAY.

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AND YOU GUYS GET TO HIRE ONE MORE AT A HIGHER SALARY IN A MANAGERIAL POSITION.

THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. NOBODY AT BIRDVILLE IS GETTING RAISES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NUMBER OF FTES. NUMBER. AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER.

YOUR ANSWER, YOUR ANSWER WAS THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW TAX ASSESSOR.

CAN YOU EXPOUND UPON THAT A LITTLE BIT? THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THAT IT HAPPENED BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW TAX ASSESSOR.

THE NEW TAX ASSESSOR WAS NOT WILLING TO EAT ANY OF THE MONEY THAT IT COST US TO COLLECT.

I'M SORRY, I DID NOT HEAR YOU. THE NEW TAX ASSESSOR WAS WHAT? THE NEW TAX ASSESSOR WAS NOT WILLING TO ABSORB ANY OF THE COST, THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PUSHING OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT COSTS US TO COLLECT.

WOULD YOU WOULD, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO HAVE AN ACTUAL BUSINESS PERSON COME IN AND CALCULATE THESE COSTS THAT GO TO THE LOCAL PROPERTY TAX AND MOTOR VEHICLE.

WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO HAVE A COMPANY COME IN AND DO AN ACTUAL ADMINISTRATIVE COST BREAKDOWN AND ALSO HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO COLLECT AND THEN AND THEN BUILD A BUDGET BASED OFF THAT. THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE UP TO MR. BARNES.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD PRESENT TO HIM, MR. DAVIS. UNDER MOTOR VEHICLE COST. FIRST OFF, HERE'S THE FIRST QUESTION.

YOUR TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE COST BUDGET IS 2.569 MILLION.

WHAT WAS IT LAST YEAR? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT STARTS AT ALL. THE TOP OF THE PIE.

TOP OF THE CHART STARTS AT ALL. IF IT'S INCREASED 5%, 6%, WHATEVER.

THAT TRICKLES DOWN TO THE COST PER UNIT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CHARGE THE TAXING ENTITIES.

AND IT'S NOT JUST BIRDVILLE. THIS IS EVERY TAXING ENTITY IN THE COUNTY.

CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, WHERE I LIVE, TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE.

ALL OF THEM ARE DOING THAT. I DO. I DO AGREE WITH MR. TOLBERT THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW ALMOST THREE TIMES AS MANY EMPLOYEES GET THE SAME COST AS THE OTHER AS FAR AS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, BECAUSE THEY'RE ONE, ARE THOSE 140 EMPLOYEES IN THAT 2.569 MILLION? YES. OKAY. AND ALSO THE 40 IN PROPERTY TAX COSTS ARE IN THE SAY AGAIN, THE 140 EMPLOYEES ARE IN THE 15.9 MILLION.

WELL. I THOUGHT YOU SAID ADMINISTRATOR WAS EVERYBODY? NO. ADMINISTRATIVE IS MOSTLY. YOU'RE SAYING YOUR TOTAL BUDGET IS 2.569 PLUS 15.9 PLUS 62, SIX MILLION TWO. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SO. OKAY. THAT'S STILL A CRAZY BUSINESS MODEL.

OF THE 15909 AND YOU HAVE 140 EMPLOYEES THERE, SO IT'S NOT QUITE EVEN.

IT'S NOT THREE TIMES AS AMOUNT AS PROPERTY TAX COSTS FOR AS EMPLOYEES.

BUT DO THEY SPEND 18% OF THEIR TIME COLLECTING PROPERTY TAXES? ABSOLUTELY. YOU TRACK THEIR TIME. THEY SPEND NOT DOLLARS THAT THEY COLLECT, BUT THEY SPEND 18% OF THEIR TIME COLLECTING PROPERTY TAXES.

YES. THAT'S HOW YOU JUSTIFY THAT? YES. YOU'RE SURE ABOUT THAT? YES. SHE'S NOT. YES. OKAY. LOOKING AT HIM. YES.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO. OKAY. SO IT IS. IT IS TRUE THAT THEY THEY PUNCH IN TIME WHEN THEY'RE WORKING ON A PROPERTY TAX COST AS OPPOSED TO MOTOR VEHICLE.

NO. WE HAVE A QUEUING SYSTEM CALLED NEMO QUEUE, AND WE CAN TRACK THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES PER CUSTOMER AND WHAT THAT CUSTOMER WAS PROCESSED. AND THEN WHAT DOES TARRANT COUNTY PAY FOR THEIR COLLECTIONS? WE DON'T CHARGE TARRANT COUNTY BECAUSE IT'S A DUTY OF THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR TO COLLECT FOR THE COUNTY IN THE COUNTY.

AND ALSO, IF WE WERE TO COLLECT. THAT'S THE BIGGEST.

AND ALSO, IF WE WERE TO COLLECT FOR TARRANT COUNTY, WE'D TURN AROUND AND GIVE THE MONEY BACK TO TARRANT COUNTY. THAT'S DONE.

SPEAKERS] IT WOULD GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. DONE. ALL THE TIME. WHY DOES THAT THEN WHEN TARRANT COUNTY PAYS US, WE PUT IT RIGHT BACK IN THE GENERAL FUND. THEN IT WOULD BE LESS ON US BECAUSE THEN THE TARRANT COUNTY WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO THESE 102.

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WE DO NOT HAVE TO COLLECT IT ALL BY LAW. I, DON'T SEE WHAT THAT DISTINCTION IS.

IS THAT DISTINCTION WITHOUT MERIT? WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS IF TARRANT COUNTY, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST TAXING AUTHORITY.

I SUPPOSE IN THIS AREA DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY. THAT MEANS EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO PAY THEIR SHARE OF THESE 200 EMPLOYEES.

TARRANT COUNTY IS COLLECTING FOR TARRANT COUNTY.

RIGHT. AND YOU'RE COLLECTING FOR US TWO, AND YOU'RE COLLECTING FOR JP, AND YOU'RE COLLECTING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR POINT IS. WHY DON'T. WHY DOESN'T TARRANT COUNTY HAVE TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE, WHICH WOULD LOWER OURS AGAIN, TOO? WOULD YOU PAY YOURSELF TO COLLECT FOR YOURSELF? YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY TRANSFER THE MONIES.

BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN. YOU CAN CREDIT AGAINST A DEBIT AGAINST WHAT YOU GIVE THEM.

AND THEN THAT GOES TO YOUR BUDGET. I'M NOT TRYING TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS FOR YOU, BUT YOU'VE YOU'VE EXCLUDED YOURSELF FROM HAVING TO FOOT THE BILL FOR THIS.

THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THE REST OF US. I DON'T GET IT.

CAN I? MAY I ASK A MATH QUESTION HERE? CAN CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT WHAT IS THE 3 MILLION OR THE ASSUME 18% OF THE, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ON THE PROPERTY TAX COSTS.

YOU'VE ADDED THE 3 MILLION TO THE. THAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF MOTOR VEHICLE COST THAT IT COSTS.

THEY'RE JUST SHOWING A TOTAL COST. THEY'RE. 7.5 IS 12, 1 MILLION.

284 PLUS 6236. THEN THE 3.095 IS WHEN THEY CALCULATE [INAUDIBLE] THAT ASIDE.

AND ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING IT IS IT COSTS 7.5 MILLION IF YOU ADD IN THESE BOGUS NUMBERS, BUT IT COSTS 7.5 MILLION TO COLLECT 82%. SO IF YOU JUST FLIP THAT AROUND TO FIGURE OUT WHAT 100% WOULD BE, THAT'S APPLES TO APPLES, THEN IT THEN IT FALLS DOWN TO IT FALLS DOWN BY 1.65 MILLION.

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME EXTRA COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MOTOR VEHICLE THAT FOR SOME REASON, THEY'RE THROWING OVER TO THE PROPERTY TAX COST SIDE DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

YEAH. SO MR. BARNES WAS INVITED TO COME HERE LAST BOARD MEETING.

HE CLEARLY GOT THE MESSAGE BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE STANDING HERE AND HE'S THROWN YOU TO THE WOLVES. IS HE JUST BUSY TONIGHT? I THINK HE'S OUT OF. HE'S OUT OF TOWN TODAY. OKAY.

WELL, HE'S MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TO THE NEXT ONE, THOUGH. WELL, THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE CONTRACT TO BE SIGNED BEFORE THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING, AND IT DOESN'T SOUND GOOD.

WE WOULD HAVE A HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING IF THAT WERE TO TAKE PLACE.

WE'RE, THE ONLY WAY TO DO ANOTHER IS TO GO OUT AND HIRE SOMEBODY ELSE.

AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME PLANNING AND TIME IF WE WANT TO DO THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HOBSON'S CHOICE. ONE LAST COMMENT.

YOU DID GIVE US A PIECE OF PAPER THAT SHOWS ABOUT HOW YOU COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTIES.

GOOD. I WANT THEM TO COME TO YOU. I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO TO THEM.

SEEM LIKE YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION. I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR ACTUAL COST YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, BUT TRAVIS COUNTY 238. COLLEAGUE DALLAS COUNTY 290.

IS THAT WHAT IT'S SHOWING? YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT MORE. SO YOU'RE EFFICIENT.

OKAY. AND WHAT YOU DO COMPARED TO THE BIG BOYS, AND Y'ALL ARE PROBABLY IN THE TOP FIVE OF THE COUNTIES IN THE STATE, RIGHT. NUMBER THREE. SO LET THEM COME TO YOU.

THAT'S DON'T BE GOING TOWARDS THEM, YOU KNOW IN THE FUTURE AND STUFF.

SO THAT'D BE MY ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE TAX ASSESSOR.

AND NOW WHEN I SEE HIM AGAIN I'LL TELL HIM LET DALLAS GET MORE EFFICIENT, LET BEXAR COUNTY GET MORE EFFICIENT, LET TRAVIS COUNTY GET MORE EFFICIENT THAT, YOU KNOW, HARRIS COUNTY GET MORE EFFICIENT.

BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE DO OUR MOST EFFICIENCY.

THE BUSINESS MODEL IS WEAK. I THINK IT'S GOT SOME FALLACIES IN IT, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO HEAR IF SHE COULD SEND TO OUR STAFF SOMEWHERE. WHAT'S YOUR TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

THAT'D BE REASONABLE TO HAVE THAT NUMBER. AND, AND AND WITH THAT ALSO, WHAT HAS YOUR BUDGET DONE IN THE TOTAL BUDGET? NOT JUST ADMINISTRATIVE, BUT YOUR TOTAL BUDGET IN THE LAST THREE YEARS? HOW MUCH THAT'S INCREASED BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO ANOTHER 10% INCREASE NEXT YEAR.

NOT NOT QUITE TEN 9.4 SOMETHING. YEAH. THE CONTRACT THAT THEY HAVE BEFORE US TALKS ABOUT A MAXIMUM OF 3%.

YEAH I ONLY WANT 3%. I WANT YOU TO, I WANT YOU TO USE THE EFFICIENCY THAT WE DEPEND UPON.

THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON ALL THESE TAXING ENTITIES STARTED GOING TO ONE FOR EFFICIENCIES.

RIGHT. AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT. AND I DON'T WANT TO GET WHERE YOU'RE SO EXPENSIVE IT'S MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR ME TO BE EFFICIENT, TO GO DO IT SOMEWHAT ALONE. THAT'S THE BIG KEY.

SO IF YOU CAN GET US THE LAST THREE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND ALSO THE LAST THREE YEARS TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTORS,

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WE DON'T HAVE REALLY A CHOICE TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE TO APPROVE IT.

I DON'T LIKE IT. I'LL DO IT WITH GRITTED TEETH, BUT I THOUGHT THE TAX ASSESSOR WOULD BE HERE.

I UNDERSTAND HE HAS TRAVEL. THAT HAPPENS, BUT I THINK YOU CAN CONVEY BACK.

WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS. I THINK THE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS.

AND I THINK WE DESERVE SOME ANSWERS AS ONE OF YOUR BIGGER CLIENTS.

WE'RE PRETTY GOOD SIZE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THIRD LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT, PROBABLY IN THE COUNTY BESIDES FORT WORTH AND ARLINGTON.

WE'RE THE NEXT BIGGEST RIGHT OR CLOSE TO IT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF YOU WOULD ADD ONE OTHER THING.

QUITE FRANKLY, I GOT SEVERAL CONFLICTING ANSWERS. IF YOU COULD TELL US EXACTLY WHAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE COST, I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BECAUSE I'M LOST. THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE ADMINISTRATOR.

THERE ARE THREE COST CENTERS. IF YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT NOW BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO FOLLOW YOU IF YOU IF YOU WOULD JUST INCLUDE THAT AND INFORMATION THAT MR. DAVIS ASKED, I'D APPRECIATE THAT ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING DOWN HERE, MR. DILKS. SO FOR EIGHT YEARS IT WAS 98. CORRECT.

DURING THOSE EIGHT YEARS, DID Y'ALL NOT GET ANY NEW RAISES? YES, SIR. YES. THE COURT APPROVED 3% EVERY YEAR.

EVERY YEAR? YES. SO WHERE DID THAT MONEY COME FROM? IF YOU'RE ONLY GETTING THE 98, IS IT GROWTH? I DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHERE IS IT? IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN PUSHED TO THE ENTITIES.

IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN. SO IT CAME OUT OF.

MR.. DILKS I'M SORRY. SORRY. SORRY. I DON'T WANT TO OVERCOMPLICATE THIS, BUT BUT THEY GET PAID AS THE NUMBER OF COUNTS GO UP, THEY GET MORE MONEY. THAT $0.98 IS ON A BIGGER PIE.

OKAY. GOT IT. AND THE COUNTY IS STILL GROWING.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS HERE? OKAY. I THINK THAT I HAVE TO THANK YOU. OH, INDEED.

FOR FOR FOR STANDING UP HERE AND AND ANSWERING OUR OUR VERY DIFFICULT AND TOUGH QUESTIONS.

WE DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MR. BARNES IS NOT HERE.

AND SOMEONE SENT YOU TO US. AND I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S , WELL, I'LL KEEP MY OPINION TO MYSELF ABOUT WHAT I THINK ABOUT SOMEONE NOT STANDING UP AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS TO A BOARD. BUT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THAT.

AND FOR ME PERSONALLY, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE YOU'VE COME INTO THIS ROOM AND SPOKEN TO US.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THIS WILL BE BEFORE US FOR ACTION ITEM LATER IN OUR AGENDA.

OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE IN THE ROOM.

GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. DOCTOR STINSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

PRESIDENT KUNKEL. ADMINISTRATORS, CITIZENS AND GUESTS.

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

WE ARE A BOARD APPOINTED GROUP OF SEVEN CITIZENS TASKED BY FOLLOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE 2022 BOND PROGRESS.

WE MET THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE TIME, SINCE 2023, IN QUARTERLY MEETINGS, AS A COMMITTEE AND THROUGH THE PROCESS TO RECEIVE AND PROVIDE UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THE 2022 BOND ELECTION.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE, SHARE FINAL OBSERVATIONS.

THIS IS OUR LAST ONE AND HIGHLIGHTS AT THIS TIME.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR OTHER BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE PRESENT HERE TONIGHT.

THIS IS MAYOR CURTIS BERTHOLD FROM RICHLAND HILLS.

AARON POWELL RIGHT HERE. AND AARON MORGAN, AND THEY HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THE REMARKS THAT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

SO I WROTE AT THE TOP OF MY PIECE OF PAPER, VICTORY LAP.

OKAY. I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE.

AND I'LL GO OVER THIS BRIEFLY. YOU HAVE A REPORT HERE.

YOU HAVE A REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU THERE. AND I'M JUST GOING TO SUMMARIZE THIS.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME CLOSING REMARKS. BRIEFLY.

IN EARLY 2023, THE BIRDVILLE ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPOINTED OUR COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AUTHORIZED BY BSD VOTERS IN THE NOVEMBER 22ND BOND ELECTION. IN THAT ELECTION, VOTERS APPROVED A $300.8 MILLION PACKAGE FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES AND BUSSES. I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE PROPOSITION A BRIEFLY,

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WE REBUILT MULLENDORE ELEMENTARY. WE BUILT A NEW PARTNER SCHOOL BETWEEN W.T.

FRANCISCO AND DAVID E SMITH. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RIBBON CUTTING ON AUGUST 7TH.

WITH THAT WITH MR. SMITH. RENOVATIONS TO THE DENTON HIGHWAY PROPERTY, WHICH IS NOW GRIGGS HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE KUNKEL SPECIALIZED LEARNING CENTER. RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO HALTON HIGH SCHOOL.

GENERAL REPAIRS AND UPGRADES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

THE PURCHASE OF BUSSES AND THE PRESS BOXES AT ALL THREE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS.

SO AND AND THE ADDITION OF ARTIFICIAL TURF AS WELL.

SO AND AS FAR AS TECHNOLOGY GOES DISTRICT WIDE NETWORK UPDATES.

BRIEFLY, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU THE MAJOR PROJECTS AND MILESTONES.

THE TURF FIELDS ARE COMPLETED, THE PRESS BOXES ARE COMPLETED.

THE BUSSES ARE NEW BUSSES THAT WERE DELIVERED IN SPRING OF 2024, AND THE BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL COURTYARD WAS COMPLETED AND RENOVATED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024.

THE GRIGGS HIGH SCHOOL AND KUNKEL SPECIALIZED LEARNING CENTER. THE RENOVATION WAS MOST WAS THE MOST COMPLEX PROJECT DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE RENOVATION NEEDS.

THEY'RE WORKING KEY CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN.

BUT IT IS, AND IT IS NEAR, IT IS COMPLETE WITH THE ROOF REPLACEMENT OF THE METAL ROOF PORTION.

MOVING ON TO MULLENDORE AND SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

THE CONSTRUCTION BEGAN AT MULLENDORE IN OCTOBER 23RD AND AT SMITH IN DECEMBER 2023 AND THOSE ARE NOW COMPLETE.

THE HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATIONS. THIS PROJECT SPANNED TWO SUMMERS AS WAS STATED IN THERE IN THE IN OUR INITIAL IN THE INITIAL PRESENTATION FROM THE CONTRACTORS AND A MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE, AND THEN THE DISTRICT WIDE CAMPUS UPGRADES INCLUDED 17 CAMPUSES THAT UNDERWENT ROOFING, GUTTERING, GUTTERS, FLOORING AND PAINTING PROJECTS, ALONG WITH HVAC REPLACEMENTS, PLUMBING REPAIRS, AND ELEVATOR UPGRADES, AS WELL AS HOW MANY? HOW MANY CAMPUSES? 17. THAT'S MOST OF OUR CAMPUS.

THAT'S IT. THAT'S RIGHT. SO ANYWAY THE LAST REMAINING HVAC WORK WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE SUMMER OF 2026 AT SMITHFIELD MIDDLE.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO AARON TO GIVE US THE TECHNOLOGY UPDATES.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE TECHNOLOGY UPDATES THE BOND TASKED US WITH IMPROVING THE CONNECTIVITY FOR STUDENTS AND CONTINUING THAT 1 TO 1 RATIO AND THE BOND, THE BOND COMMITTEE WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO A LOT MORE WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE WERE GIVEN. WE DID THE REPLACEMENT. FURTHER, THE REPLACEMENT CYCLES OF STUDENT AND TEACHER DEVICES.

THERE WERE NETWORK UPGRADES, AS WELL AS THE DATA CENTER REFRESH.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST COMPLETION PROJECTS THAT WAS COMPLETED, AS WELL AS NEW STUDENT AND STAFF DEVICES.

NEW CHROMEBOOKS FOR INCOMING SIXTH AND NINTH GRADERS, AS WELL AS SECOND GRADERS WE HAVE.

THE DISTRICT HAS A A PROCEDURE THAT WE GO THROUGH THAT WE REFRESH THOSE DEVICES EVERY YEAR.

AND SECOND GRADE WAS OUR OUR GROUP THIS TIME.

AND THEN DISTRICT WIDE GUIDELINES FOR DEVICE REPLACEMENT, REPAIR INSURANCE OPTIONS AND USAGE POLICIES.

WE'RE KIND OF PART OF THIS. THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE, THERE'S BEEN SOME SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS KIND OF EXCITING. US MOMS KIND OF GEEK OUT ABOUT ALL THE BELLS AND THE DOORBELLS AND ALL THE SECURITY BUTTONS AND ALL THE THINGS.

BUT UPGRADED SECURITY CAMERAS. THERE'S 2200 ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT WERE INSTALLED.

AND THE SECURITY AND SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY WORK OR ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY WORK WAS INSTALLED BY OUR ISD STAFF.

SO IT WAS, ENABLED US TO SAVE SOME MONEY ON THAT INSTALLATION, LETTING OUR STAFF HAVE HANDS ON THE DEVICES THEY WERE THAT WAS BEING INSTALLED ON THE PROPERTIES. AND THOSE ARE CAMERAS WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE.

YEAH. UNLIKE THE OLD. YEAH. YEAH. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THEY'RE FILMING.

YEAH. AND HE EVEN SHOWED US, I THINK IT WAS LAST SUMMER.

IT WAS A DARK HALLWAY, AND HE WAS LIKE, LOOK, THIS IS A LIVE FEED.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A GREEN BOX THAT RAN ACROSS THE FLOOR, AND WE WERE LIKE, OH, LOOK AT THAT. THERE'S MOVEMENT. LIKE, YOU CAN SEE THE MOVEMENT IN THE ROOM.

WHEN YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE IT WITH YOUR EYE. LIKE, THE TECHNOLOGY IS INCREDIBLE.

AND THERE'S MANY MORE IN THE CAMPUSES AND THE DOORS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DOOR LOCKS AND KEY CARDS.

LOTS OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS HAVE MADE BEEN MADE ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO THE BOND HAS REALLY ENABLED US TO IMPROVE IN THOSE AREAS.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF KEYS. NO MORE KEYS ON CAMPUSES.

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TO KEEP KEEP THE FACILITIES SAFE, KEEP OUR DATA SAFE.

SO IT'S VERY LIKE, LIKE CHRIS SAID, IT'S BEEN A VICTORY LAP, SO THIS IS EXCITING TO SEE.

THE LAST SMALL PORTION AT THE END OF THE REPORT IS JUST THE REMAINING PROJECTS THAT ARE KIND OF LINGERING THINGS THAT HAVEN'T WRAPPED UP QUITE YET.

YOU'LL SEE THE NORTHRIDGE ELEMENTARY COURTYARD THAT HAS NOT STARTED YET.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE BOND, BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE SHEER NUMBER OF PROJECTS THE DISTRICT WAS WORKING ON AT ONE TIME, WE COULDN'T GET TO THAT ONE, SO THAT ONE WAS PUSHED OFF FOR NEXT SUMMER.

HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL DANCE AND CHEER BUILDING. WE'LL BE KIND OF CUTTING IT CLOSE RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL STARTS IS WHEN THAT BUILDING WILL BE OPEN AND THEN THE RICHLAND AND ELEVATOR UPGRADES, THOSE ARE COMPLETE BEING COMPLETED NOW HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME SCHOOL STARTS, BUT NOT QUITE YET. FIRE ALARM SYSTEM UPGRADES WILL BE DONE BY SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN LIKE CHRIS MENTIONED EARLIER, SMITHFIELD MIDDLE HVAC, IT'S A TWO PHASE PROJECT.

THIS SUMMER'S FIRST PHASE NEXT SUMMER WILL BE THE SECOND PHASE ONCE SCHOOL IS OUT, WE'LL FINISH IT BEFORE THE FALL OF 2026.

HAVE YOU HAVE YOU BEEN OVER TO SMITHFIELD LATELY? I HAVE NOT BEEN OVER THERE YET. OKAY. OKAY. NOW.

MEET THE TEACHERS. STILL. STILL SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF. THAT'S I,I TALKED WITH THE TEACHER ACTUALLY TODAY AND SHE SAID, I HOPE WE'RE READY. I HOPE WE'RE GOING TO BE READY. SO I WAS GOING TO ASK AFTERWARDS.

YEAH. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF STILL IN THE PARKING LOT. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S ALL STUFF. WE'RE JUST GOING TO CALL IT OFF. ANYBODY ELSE WANT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? OKAY. GO AHEAD. I JUST I WANT TO COMMEND THE STAFF THAT WE WORKED WITH TO DAVE AND SCOTT AND MORK AND KATIE TOO.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL SO MUCH. EVERY TIME WE HAD QUESTIONS, THEY HAD ANSWERS AND WE GAVE SUGGESTIONS TO AND THEY LISTENED.

AND IT WASN'T JUST A STAFF. JUST A GROUP OF US THERE JUST TO SIT AND LISTEN AND OKAY, YOU DID YOUR JOB.

GO AWAY. NOW THEY LISTEN. AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL SO MUCH.

AND IT IMPRESSES ME VERY MUCH TO KNOW THAT THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS RUN THIS WAY.

SO THANK YOU. JUST TO WRAP UP, I JUST WANT TO SAY EXCUSE MY PERSONAL REFLECTION HERE.

THIS WAS FUN. I REALLY ENJOYED THIS. I LOVE TO LEARN AND TO SEE SOMETHING THAT STARTS OFF AS JUST A, A CONCEPT OR A DISCUSSION. AND WE ACTUALLY THERE WERE 30 OF US AT ONE TIME THAT PARED IT DOWN AND DECIDED WHICH TASK WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO TO SEE HOW FAR WE'VE COME AND TO SEE BUILDINGS AND TO SEE HALLWAYS AND ARTIFICIAL TURF AND, JUST RESULTS. THIS IS A LOT OF FUN TO BE A PART OF IT, AND I KIND OF A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR, AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO BE A PART OF IT.

WELL, THANK YOU. AARON. AARON. MAYOR. CHRIS. CHRIS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO FALL COMING AND HEARING YOUR VOICE AGAIN THIS YEAR IN BIRDVILLE EVENTS.

MORE THAN I CAN SAY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO TO THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUANCE THERE. AN AMAZING COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH.

WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH. AND JUST LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, THE GIVE AND TAKE.

WE WE REALLY ADMIRE IT AND APPRECIATE IT FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, BUILDING WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING A CAMPUS OR A BUILDING. AND THAT'S A BIG, BEAUTIFUL, VISIBLE PROJECT.

BUT SO MANY OF THE PROJECTS ARE INTERNAL AND THEY CAN'T BE SEEN.

AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU STUCK WITH US THROUGH THAT AND HELPED US WORK THROUGH THAT IT'S COMMENDABLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT, IF I COULD MAKE A COMMENT FOR THE COMMITTEE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IDEA OF AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CAME ABOUT IN 2006 WHEN A BOND ELECTION WAS DONE THEN.

AND TO TELL THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO, AND YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF THAT.

YOU WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE YOU HAVE INPUT TO THE DISTRICT.

YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO YOU HAVE CREDIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'M PROUD TO SAY IF YOU DON'T THINK WE DID IT RIGHT.

HERE'S PEOPLE THAT LOOKED AT IT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, AND THAT DOES GIVE THE DISTRICT CREDIBILITY.

WE SPENT THE DOLLARS WISELY. WE DID WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO.

SOMETIMES WE DO EVEN MORE WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO.

BUT THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE TIME OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

I GUESS IT'S BEEN THREE, THREE YEARS, I GUESS.

BUT IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. WE'LL BE GOING BACK OUT FOR ANOTHER BOND, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE I WAS ON THE LAST BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

BIRDVILLE DOES WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO, AND THEY DO IT WELL.

AND WE LOOK AFTER YOUR TAX DOLLARS. SO THAT GIVES US CREDIBILITY BUT ALSO GIVES ME A PEACE OF MIND.

I SLEEP REAL WELL AT NIGHT KNOWING THERE'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT I TRUST THAT ARE LOOKING OVER WHAT'S GOING ON AND TO SEE THE GREAT SUCCESSES WE'RE HAVING IN THE FINAL LAPS.

PRETTY FUN, ISN'T IT, CHRIS? IT IS PRETTY FUN. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

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[J. TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS SUMMER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE RECAP]

I WANTED TO SHARE JUST A BRIEF RECAP OF SOME OF THE SESSIONS THAT WE ATTENDED.

CALVIN, WOULD YOU GO FIRST AND THEN BRENDA AND THEN? THEN I'LL GO. WELL, I REALLY LIKED ONE OF THE, THEY HAVE SESSIONS WE GO INTO, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THESE HIRED SPEAKERS.

AND AS WE FACE THIS NEXT YEAR, I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHAT SHE SHARED WITH US.

AND SHE SAID, WHEN YOU'RE DOING A BUILDING, A RELATIONSHIP, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING ON A PROJECT, SHE SAID, YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF THREE QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL YOU NEED TO SHARE YOUR GOAL. WHAT IS ON OUR LIST? WHAT ARE WE WANTING TO DO? THEN YOU HAVE TO SHARE THE TRUTH.

AND THE TRUTH IS, WHILE WE'RE ABOUT TO ATTACK, THIS YEAR IS HARD.

IT'S HARD. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SHARE THE ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND THE ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO ALWAYS ASK THOSE ENTITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.

WHERE DO YOU NEED THE SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? NOT JUST ONE TIME, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND WHEN YOU TALK, THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW DO YOU MAKE THE CONNECTION WITH THE PEOPLE? YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND YOU SAY, I SEE YOU.

I HEAR YOU AND I'M WITH YOU. AND IF YOU PUT THOSE THREE IDEAS, I SEE YOU, I HEAR YOU, I'M WITH YOU.

YOU WILL BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. AND I KNOW THAT WHEN AN ADMINISTRATOR ACKNOWLEDGES YOUR BEING, WHEN THEY APPRECIATE YOU, THE PAYOFF IS SO MUCH GREATER THAN ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD ACCOMPLISH BY HARASSMENT.

BUT ANYWAY IT WAS PRETTY POWERFUL. AND THEY TALKED ABOUT TURNING TO ME, TO YOU, TO US, USING US AS YOUR WE USING RATHER THAN SAYING TO YOU, WE YOU NEED TO DO THIS.

WE NEED TO DO THIS. AND ACTIVE LEADERSHIP IS ACTIVE WORK.

CREATE A SHARED VISION. GIVE EVERYONE A RATIONALE FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEN PUSH TOGETHER.

AND THIS IS SO FUNNY BECAUSE WHAT THEY SAID WAS WE STAND, WE MAY STAND ALONE, BUT WE ARE TOGETHER. AND I THINK THAT'S FUNNY BECAUSE OUR BIG THING IS AS ONE THIS YEAR, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY POWERFUL SESSION. THE SPEAKER WAS INCREDIBLE.

KEPT MY ATTENTION. MY FAVORITE SESSION WHERE WE BREAK OUT IN THE SESSIONS WAS THE POSITIVE IMPACT, AND IT WAS ABOUT HOW HEB ISD HAS TWO COMFORT DOGS AND THE COMFORT DOGS ARE TRAINED DOGS, JUST LIKE YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE DOGS FOR LIKE, WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ATTACK OR SOMETHING.

BUT THESE DOGS ARE TRAINED FOR COMPASSION. AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WAYS THESE DOGS HAVE BEEN USED.

AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT ONE OF THE GIRLS I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH IS A COUNSELOR AT ONE OF THESE HIGH SCHOOLS, AND SHE TALKS ABOUT HER DOG AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT CAMPUS.

AND THEY USE THE DOG. THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW A MUTE STUDENT WOULDN'T TALK TO ANYBODY, BUT YOU LEAVE THAT STUDENT ALONE WITH THAT DOG IN THE ROOM, AND THAT CHILD BEGINS TO TALK TO THAT DOG. AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW ONE DAY, THIS LITTLE BOY, DAD DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AND THEY BROUGHT THAT CHILD TO SCHOOL, AND THEY JUST LET THE KID GO INTO THE ROOM AND LAY WITH THE DOG AND HOLD THE DOG AND CRY. AND THEY ALSO USE THIS DOG FOR POSITIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

LIKE IF YOU READ SO MUCH, YOU GET TO READ TO THE DOG.

AND THE KIDS JUST LOVE READING TO THE DOG. AND IT JUST IT MOTIVATES THEM.

AND TO GET THEY HAVE TO REALLY SCHEDULE THIS DOG GET SO BUSY GOING AROUND THE CAMPUS.

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AND SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW WHEN SHE BROUGHT IT IN CLASS, HOW MUCH BETTER THE KIDS WERE, AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE LITTLE SESSION WHEN WE GOT TO MEET THE DOG AND PET THE DOG, AND IT WASN'T A CHIHUAHUA, IT'S A BIG DOG.[LAUGHTER] AND SO ANYWAY. CHIHUAHUAS. YEAH. AND THEY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE DOG WAS COLLARED UP, IT BEHAVED A CERTAIN WAY.

BUT AS SOON AS THEY GOT THE DOG HOME, THEY DID IT STILL AND BECAME A DOG AND JUST JUMPING AROUND AND PLAYING.

AND BUT IT KNEW ITS BUSINESS COST ABOUT $10,000 TO GET A DOG.

THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THEIR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION WOULD DO IT.

THEY EVEN GOT ONE OF THEIR FORMER STUDENTS WHO'S A VETERINARIAN TO VOLUNTEER ALL THEIR VET COST.

AND SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. AND WHEN I PUT THAT, WHEN I PUT THAT ON MY FACEBOOK, BOY, THERE WAS SOME PRINCIPLES OUT THERE THAT SAID, WE VOLUNTEER, WE VOLUNTEER.

SO IT'S INTERESTING, BE SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO MAYBE AS ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE CAMPUSES THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO HAVE AN EXTRA TOOL IN THEIR TOOL BELT. SO IT'S INTERESTING THAT THAT SESSION WAS ONE OF THE FRESHEST SESSIONS I HAVE BEEN TO IN YEARS.

AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY PRESENTATION. BUT THAT'S OKAY.

BUT IT'S OKAY. SO I THINK WE NEED ONE HERE. SO ANYWAY, SO THESE, THESE REPORTS HAVE GONE TO THE DOGS, THE GODS OF THE DOGS. BUT THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL DOGS.

THEY WERE HUGE NICE FLUFFY WHITE DOGS, BUT THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL.

ANYWAY, I ATTENDED 11 SESSIONS. I'M NOT GOING TO REPORT ON ALL OF THEM.

I'M GOING TO DO THREE. I HAVE FOUR, BUT WE WERE IN THE SAME SESSION.

SO ANYWAY, THE GENERAL SESSION, THE FIRST ONE WAS ON JUNE 18TH.

JUNE 19TH [INAUDIBLE] WAS THE PRESENTER AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE POWER OF PURPOSE, POWER AND CONNECTION AND WHAT I GOT OUT OF IT AND WHAT HE STATED WAS CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORLD AND GIVE SOMETHING BACK.

DON'T ALWAYS BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FROM THE WORLD, BUT PASSION.

IF YOU'RE PASSIONATE, YOU INSPIRE PASSION. OKAY.

OKAY. ANOTHER SESSION THAT I ATTENDED WAS CHANGED THE DIRECTION OF YOUR DISTRICT BY BUILDING A ROCKSTAR CULTURE.

WE ALL THINK WE'RE ROCK STARS RIGHT AT ONE POINT, BUT CULTURE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE.

SUSTAINABILITY. THE ROCK STAR PARADIGM INCLUDES SKILLS, ATTITUDE, RELATIONSHIPS, EXPECTATIONS AND COMMITMENT.

ALSO, CHANGE THE WORLD ONE CHILD AT A TIME. THE CORE VALUES INCLUDE BEING INTENTIONAL, BEING CONSISTENT.

BEING REVERENT. BEING RESOLUTE. BUT THE LEADERSHIP STARTS AT THE TOP.

THIS IS WHAT I GOT OUT OF IT TOO. THIS IS WHAT WAS STATED.

ADMINISTRATORS ARE SERVANTS. WHO,[INAUDIBLE] THESE VERBS, REMOVE OBSTACLES FOR TEACHERS.

THEY ARE NOT MANAGERS WHO PUSH ADDITIONAL WORK ON TEACHERS.

WE HAVE A GREAT EXAMPLE IN OUR DISTRICT OF THIS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE.

SO I THINK WE DO A GREAT JOB. ANOTHER SESSION THAT I ATTENDED WAS THE LAUNCH FOR TRUSTEES.

I'VE ONLY BEEN A TRUSTEE FOR THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR, SO I'VE LEARNED QUITE A BIT AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO ALL THESE SESSIONS.

BUT EVERY YEAR THAT I GO, I TEND TO LEARN SOMETHING.

I SAY MORE POWERFUL AND MORE MEANINGFUL. BUT IT SAYS CELEBRATE TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TELL A GOOD STORY.

AND I THINK WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT THAT ARE TELLING GOOD STORIES.

AND I THINK YOU'VE ALWAYS TOLD A GOOD STORY. WE NEED TO TELL BETTER STORIES.

TRUSTEES ARE AMBASSADORS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND YOUR ISD.

WE ARE A TRUSTED SOURCE. THAT'S WHY WE ARE. WHAT? TRUSTEES. RIGHT. MY NICKNAME NOW BY MY FAMILY.

I'M TRUSTEE. THAT'S MY NAME. HERE COMES TRUSTEE.

YOU BETTER WATCH OUT. YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE SAID THIS.

YOU KNOW, PROMOTE YOUR DISTRICT, CONNECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, MAKE THE MESSAGE STRONG.

KEEP IT SIMPLE. PROVIDE AMAZING VISUALS. I'M VERY VISUAL.

I DON'T WANT TO READ A LOT OF WORDS. I WANT TO SEE IT.

LEVERAGE. CROSS. LEVERAGE. CROSS. PROMOTE AND CREATE PARTNERS AND GET YOUR MESSAGE OUT.

I THINK WE DO THAT TOO. OKAY. LET'S SEE. THREE.

NUMBER FOUR. WITH MY DOGS AGAIN, I WENT BACK TO THOSE DOGS.

AND THOSE DOGS ARE GREAT. I HAD A GREAT TIME.

WE ALSO ATTENDED OUR PRESIDENT'S SESSION AS WELL, SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SUPPORT HIM.

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RIGHT. ONE OTHER THING, BRENDAN. I WENT TO ONE SESSION WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS TALKING.

IT WAS LIKE BILLY JACK DOES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

LONGVIEW, TEXAS. LONGVIEW. AND THEY WERE IN THEIR COWBOY HATS AND JEANS AND JACKETS, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD HOOP THEM INTO SHAPE.

LIKE WHAT. YOU'RE SHOWING. YOU'RE SHOWING YOUR AGE BY THROWING A BILLY JACK REFERENCE THERE.

BUT WE HAD A GREAT TIME. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR SUPPORTING US IN THAT EFFORT AT THIS.

I AGREE WITH YOU. THAT SAID, TERRY, I GUESS WAS THE VERY FIRST THING AND WHEN WHEN HE SAID PASSION INSPIRES PASSION.

I'M THINKING ABOUT ALL OF OUR CLASSROOMS WHERE THAT'S TRUE.

DOCTOR CLARK, I THINK, HAS USED THAT PHRASE, THAT PASSION INSPIRES PASSION IN THE CLASSROOM.

TEACHERS DO THAT. I GUESS THE BEST SESSION I WENT TO WAS A SESSION ON PARENTS RIGHTS, AND KIND OF A WORD THAT PEOPLE THROW OUT ALL OVER THE PLACE NOW AND BEGINNING ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, THERE'S THERE'S BRAND NEW SCHOOL BOARD TRAINING ON PARENT PARENTAL RIGHTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ATTEND.

I GUESS THEY'RE WRITING THAT TRAINING NOW. BUT YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE NOVEMBER BALLOT MEASURES.

THERE'S LIKE 17 OF THEM THAT ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE IN THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION INCREASES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM WITH PARENTAL RIGHTS LANGUAGE ON THEM.

AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR LEGISLATORS AND AND THERE WAS JOY BASKIN.

SHE ALWAYS DOES A GREAT JOB WITH TASK [INAUDIBLE] TASKS.

I FORGET WHICH ONE SHE'S WITH. BUT YOU KNOW, BOTTOM LINE, PARENTS, I MEAN, THEY KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO GET THE BEST EDUCATION FOR THEIR KIDS, THEY HAVE TO BE PARTNERS WITH THE EDUCATORS, PARTNERS WITH THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND SO FORTH.

AND SOME, SOME PARENTS GET THAT, SOME PARENTS DON'T AS MUCH AS THEY SHOULD.

BUT THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT PARENT RIGHTS AND YOU KNOW, CAN YOU OPT OUT OF STANDARDIZED TESTING OR NOT? DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO WITH YOUR STUDENT INTO A CLASS.

I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S LAWS ON ALL OF THAT. YOU KNOW, YOUR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW, JUST LITTLE THINGS, LIKE OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.

NOW, BECAUSE OF THE PARENTAL RIGHT INITIATIVES, WE CAN'T HAVE ANY FUTURE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS THAT ARE NOT OUTSIDE OF THE BUSINESS DAY.

YOU KNOW, NO MORE. WE CAN'T HAVE A NOON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ANYMORE BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T HELP THE PARENTAL RIGHTS.

AND MAYBE, MAYBE THAT'S FOR THE BEST. I GUESS THE SECOND BEST SESSION THAT I ATTENDED.

ONE LAST THING THAT I'LL SHARE WAS THAT GENERAL SESSION ON THAT FRIDAY.

THE LADY I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO, KELVIN.

THAT WAS THE CHIEF OF THE POLICE STATION POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ILLINOIS FOR A LONG TIME.

NOW, LIVES IN FLORIDA AND IS RETIRED FROM THAT.

BUT SHE TALKED ABOUT LEADERSHIP. SHE USED THIS PHRASE THAT I NEVER HEARD BEFORE.

LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT DISAPPOINTING PEOPLE AT THE RATE THAT THEY CAN ABSORB.

SO TO BE A LEADER, YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYONE ALL THE TIME.

YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO DISAPPOINT PEOPLE, BUT ONLY AT THE RATE THAT THEY CAN ABSORB.

AND THIS LADY NAMED KRISTEN ZIMMER HAD HAD HAD A GOOD TALK ON THAT.

SHE SAID THAT HUMAN CONNECTIONS MATTER THE MOST.

SO NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO EDUCATION, BUSINESS WORLD, WHATEVER, IT'S THE HUMAN CONNECTIONS THAT YOU MAKE THAT MATTER THE MOST.

AND WE ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN OUR IN OUR THOUGHTS AS WE DO BUSINESS OR WHATEVER.

AND SHE, SHE CAME WITH THE CONCLUSION TO THE MEANING OF LIFE, SHE SAID, WAS TO NOT LIVE, NOT TO LIVE FOR OTHERS JUST TO PLEASE THEM.

AND SHE TALKED A LOT ABOUT JUST IF YOUR DESIRE IS TO PLEASE PEOPLE.

THAT'S GOOD. WE SHOULD PLEASE PEOPLE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT WE HAVE TO TO CONTINUE WITH OUR GOALS THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AND SO FORTH.

BUT GOOD, GOOD USE OF TIME THERE. WE'RE GOING A LITTLE BIT LATE HERE.

[K.1. Proposed Change for Board Meeting Dates in November and December 2025 [Gayle Stinson, Superintendent]]

DOCTOR STINSON. YOU BET. I'LL. MEETING CHANGES.

THAT'S RIGHT. I'LL TAKE THE FIRST ONE. SO AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, OUR MONTHLY REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER CONFLICT WITH THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. AND SO OUR OUR DISCUSSION AND REQUEST WILL BE TO RESCHEDULE THOSE BOARD MEETINGS,

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THIS ONE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. TYPICALLY WE WOULD WE WOULD MOVE IT TO THE WEEK BEFORE.

HOWEVER, THE LAST DAY OF THE FIRST SEMESTER IS DECEMBER THE 18TH.

I MEAN, YES, DECEMBER THE 18TH. AND THAT WOULD BE THE BOARD MEETING DATE THAT WE WOULD MOVE IT TO.

HOWEVER, THAT THURSDAY WE TYPICALLY HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO PERFORM FOR YOU, AND, ARE RECOGNIZED AT A BOARD MEETING. AND SO FOR THAT REASON, WE, WE PROPOSE IT TO MOVE IT TO THE WEEK BEFORE TO DECEMBER THE 11TH.

WE WANT THOSE STUDENTS TO BE HERE, TO BE RECOGNIZED.

AND WE'RE WORRIED THAT IF WE HAVE THAT BOARD MEETING ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, MAYBE FAMILIES WOULD LEAVE TOWN OR WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE.

SO OUR PROPOSAL WILL BE FOR DECEMBER 11TH, AND WE WILL BRING THESE ITEMS TO YOU FOR ACTION DURING THE AUGUST BOARD MEETING.

OKAY. SO IN NOVEMBER WE ALWAYS DO THE THIRD THURSDAY IN DECEMBER, WE ALMOST ALWAYS DO THE THIRD THURSDAY.

BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT'S AT THE VERY END OF SCHOOL FOR THE YEAR.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO DO THE SECOND THURSDAY IN DECEMBER.

CORRECT. EVERYBODY GOT THAT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS.

LET'S LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO THE FIRST READING OF TASB PROPOSED POLICY UPDATE 125.

[K.2. Texas Association of School Boards Proposed Policy Update 125, Affecting Local Policies Listed (First Reading) [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

UPDATE 125 CONSISTS OF THREE LOCAL POLICIES. THIS UPDATE COVERS POLICIES THAT ADDRESS BOARD OPERATIONS, SUCH AS BOARD OFFICERS DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS.

IT ALSO ADDRESSES THE UNSAFE SCHOOL OPTION ALIGNMENT AND DATA UPDATE.

I BELIEVE THE BOARD HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH LOCAL POLICY OVERVIEW, EXPLANATORY NOTES, POLICY MANUAL UPDATE AND THE POLICY COMPARISON SHOWING THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES. ADMINISTRATION HAS REVIEWED THE PROPOSED POLICIES OF UPDATE 125.

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

ALL POLICIES PRESENTED TONIGHT OR FOR INFORMATION DISCUSSION IN AUGUST AND POSSIBLE ACTION AT THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? OBSERVATIONS.

[K.3. Birdville ISD Proposed Local Policy Update Affecting Local Policy (First Reading) [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

MEDICAL TREATMENT IS TO REPLACE THE POLICY. CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK THAT HAVE TO THAT HAVE TO BE REFLECTED IN THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES RULES ON MAINTENANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION FOR RESPIRATORY DISTRESS.

DIRECTOR MICHELLE PROVINCE IS AVAILABLE TONIGHT FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE CHANGES TO THIS POLICY.

IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT BISD BOARD POLICY FFAC LOCAL IS SCHEDULED FOR, EXCUSE ME, FOR INFORMATION TONIGHT, DISCUSSION IN AUGUST AND POSSIBLE ACTION IN SEPTEMBER.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD. LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

OUR SEPARATE ACTION ITEMS. BEFORE WE CONSIDER PERSONNEL ITEMS, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE DOCTOR STINSON HAS ACCEPTED 25 RESIGNATIONS AND TWO RETIREMENTS.

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

[L.2. Consider Appointing the Official Voting Delegate and Alternate Delegate to the 2025 Texas Association of School Boards Delegate Assembly [Gayle Stinson, Superintendent]]

DO I HEAR A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION THAT MR. RALPH KUNKEL, OUR PRESIDENT BE THE SORRY, OFFICIAL.

THE OFFICIAL DELEGATE. AND THEN, MR. DREES, ARE YOU UP FOR BEING FILL IN? IF HE'S. AND THEN MR. DREES WOULD BE AN ALTERNATE VOTING DELEGATE.

THANK YOU, MR. TOLBERT. I GUESS [LAUGHTER]. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS. KEEP MY 19 YEAR CLEAN RECORD OF NOT HAVING TO DO IT.

I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT RALPH IS ALWAYS THERE AND I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

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OR IF YOU HIT A WIRE OVER IT, PEPPA PIG OR SOMETHING.

YEAH. OKAY, SO ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE A RAISED HAND, AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.

SO THAT'S DONE. NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER VERBALIZE THE PROPOSED LOCAL POLICY UPDATES AFFECTING LOCAL POLICY LISTED IN CURRICULUM

[L.3. Consider Birdville ISD Proposed Local Policy Updates Affecting Local Policy Listed (Third Reading) [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent & Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent] EH (LOCAL) Curriculum Design [replace]]

THANK YOU, MR. DREES. I'LL SECOND AND SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR THE QUESTION.

RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THAT. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.

[L.4. Consider Birdville ISD Proposed Local Policy Updates Affecting Local Policies (Final Reading) [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

ADMISSIONS, FM STUDENT ACTIVITIES, AND FNCE STUDENT CONDUCT PERSONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONIC DEVICES AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU, MR. TOLBERT. I'LL SECOND. SECONDED BY MR. DREES. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS IT'S FASCINATING TO ME WHEN MR. DAVIS, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD CELL PHONES AND SUCH WERE REALLY ENTERING THE, THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND AND ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN AROUND, I KNOW, KATIE HAS WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, THEY SAID, HEY, THIS IS THE WORLD THAT OUR KIDS WILL BE LIVING IN.

WE'VE GOT TO ADOPT THESE. WE'VE GOT TO GET THEM IN THE CLASSROOM. WE'VE GOT BECAUSE THIS IS THE WORLD THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE IN. SO WE GOT TO TRAIN THEM. AND THEN AND THEN THE FIRST THING THAT CAME OUT WITH DAVID, YOU'LL LIKE THIS.

THE FIRST SAID THERE CAN'T BE ANY LIMITATIONS ON.

YOU CAN'T HAVE FILTERS. THE WORLD IS. THE WORLD IS THEIR OYSTER.

THEY GET THEY GET TO EXPLORE THE WORLD. AND THEN AFTER ABOUT THE NEXT YEAR, WE WENT TO THE NEXT TASK AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED PUTTING FILTERS ON OUR INTERNET.

AND SO YOU COULD YOU COULD START SEEING IT SLOWLY CHIP AWAY.

BUT IT WAS FUNNY. I EVEN IF ANYBODY REMEMBERS ONE CONVERSATION WE HAD A WHOLE THERE WAS A WHOLE SERIES, THERE WAS A WHOLE ACT. SOME STUDENTS WERE UP THERE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME TALKED TO THEM ABOUT REMEMBER THAT DOCTOR CLARK, YOU WEREN'T AROUND. NO, THAT WAS THAT WAS BEFORE YOU.

THAT WAS THAT WAS BEFORE HAD STUDENTS UP THERE TALKING ABOUT HOW CELL PHONES AND IN THE CLASSROOMS AND HOW THOSE GOING TO EXPAND THEIR HORIZONS.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE THAT WE'VE GONE ALL THE WAY TO THE LEGISLATURE COMES AND SAYS, YOU CAN'T HAVE A CELL PHONE ON ANYWHERE, ANYPLACE IN THE SCHOOL.

SO IT'S INTERESTING TO TO WATCH THE RIVER FLOW AND SEE WHERE IT GOES.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CURRENT POLICY IN PLACE REGARDING TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES.

WE HAD A CALLED MEETING IN THIS ROOM TUESDAY NIGHT AND DISCUSSED THESE DIFFERENT POLICIES.

AND I HOPED THAT WE COULD KEEP CURRENT POLICY, BUT IT WOULD BREAK STATE LAW.

I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO LET A CLASSROOM TEACHER NOT ALLOW CELL PHONES IN THE CLASS.

AND IF THEY HAPPEN TO USE THEM WHEN THE TEACHER DOESN'T WANT THEM USED, THEY GET TAKEN UP AND AND SO FORTH TO LET THE CLASSROOM TEACHER CAN CONTROL HIS OR HER CLASSROOM, AND THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

BUT NOPE. STATE LAW NOW SAYS THEY ARE NOT TO BE ON AND USED AT ALL DURING THE CLASSROOM DAY.

AND SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT POLICY UNTIL THE POLICY GETS CHANGED, PERHAPS SOMEDAY BY THE STATE.

MR. PRESIDENT, SORRY, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY ONE OTHER THING.

IF I WAS KING FOR THE DAY, WHICH I'M NOT. NOBODY'S GOING TO LET ME BE BECAUSE YOU SHOULDN'T.

BUT IF I WAS, I WOULD ALLOW KIDS TO USE IT AT LUNCH.

I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S A BIG DEAL TO ALLOW A KID TO CHECK AND SEE WHAT MOM HAD TO SAY, OR SEE WHAT THE COACH HAD TO SAY, OR THE BAND DIRECTOR HAD TO SAY. AND AND ALSO, I THINK YOU'D LEAVE A LITTLE SORRY, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND A TEENAGER AND WHO'S GROWN UP WITH PHONES, THEY ARE ADDICTED TO THEM. AND SO THE FIRST SECOND THEY GET A CHANCE TO SEE THEIR PHONE.

THAT'S ALL THEY DO. AND SO I THINK THAT WOULD LEAVE A LITTLE PRESSURE IF THEY COULD JUST KNOW THAT THERE WASN'T SOME CRAZY THING HAPPENING ON THE.

BY THE WAY, DON'T JUST COMPLAIN ABOUT KIDS. I SEE ADULTS DRIVING AROUND IN THEIR CARS AT 65 MILES AN HOUR STARING AT THEIR PHONE.

SO IT'S NOT JUST KIDS. I'M NOT PICKING ON THEM.

BUT I JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE A NICE THING. MAYBE IN THE FUTURE THAT THE LEGISLATURE MAY ALLOW THAT.

BUT FOR NOW, THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. I, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, I AGREE WITH YOU.

AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE MADE CLEAR THAT TONIGHT WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADOPT A LOCAL POLICY.

AND WE'VE BEEN FORCED TO DO THAT BY THE LOCAL LEGISLATURE.

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HOWEVER, THE LEGISLATURE HAS MANDATED THAT THIS POLICY BE ADOPTED PRIOR TO THE START OF SCHOOL, YET THEY HAVEN'T WRITTEN IT. THEY DID WRITE THE LAW.

AND SO TO TONIGHT, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS WHAT WE WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT TUESDAY NIGHT, WHICH IS A POLICY THAT THAT EXACTLY INTERPRETS IT'S NOT AN INTERPRETATION IS THE EXACT LAW THAT WAS WRITTEN.

AND UNTIL TEA AND OR TASB CREATES A, A LEGAL POLICY AND SENDS TO US.

THAT'S, OUR ONLY CHOICE BECAUSE SCHOOL STARTS EARLIER THAN THEY WOULD GET ANYTHING TO US.

AND SO THE SYSTEM IS A LITTLE BACKWARDS THIS TIME AROUND.

AND I DO LIKE YOU, MR. TOLBERT HOPE THAT THERE'S SOME RECOGNITION, MAYBE IN THIS SPECIAL SESSION THAT THERE WERE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, YOU KNOW, IN THE WAY THEY, THEY WROTE THIS LAW HOUSE BILL 1481, WHICH IS MANDATED.

WE HAVE NO CHOICE. SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

SPEAKING OF NO CHOICE, I DID WANT TO ADD THAT I.

SO MR. DILKS YESTERDAY MADE A VERY GOOD CASE THAT IT'S NOT IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS TO HAVE CELL PHONES IN CLASS.

I FULLY AGREE WITH THEM. I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.

WHAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THIS IS AUSTIN IS FORCING US INTO A POLICY AGAIN.

ESSENTIALLY WE ARE, IT IS EASIER FOR THE POPULATION, THE PARENTS, TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE THAN IT IS THE REPRESENTATIVES IN AUSTIN.

THEREFORE, LOCAL CONTROL SHOULD RULE HERE, I BELIEVE, HONESTLY, THAT AUSTIN IS TAKING THAT LOCAL CONTROL AWAY FROM PARENTS, IN SPITE OF PREACHING PARENTAL RIGHTS OR TAKING THE CONTROL AWAY FROM PARENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING THAT AWAY FROM US, THAT THEY CAN HOLD ACCOUNTABLE MORE EASILY. SO I VOTE FOR THIS.

I'LL SUPPORT IT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, BUT I DON'T LIKE HAVING TO.

IT SHOULD BE OUR DECISION. YEAH. THIS IS A THIS IS A POLICY THAT'S DEFINITELY A VERY SPECIFIC.

AND THOSE SPECIFICITIES WERE MANDATED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

AND WE DON'T SEE IT TO THAT DEGREE THAT OFTEN.

BUT WHEN THEY MANDATE THAT STUDENTS HAVE TO FOLLOW A CERTAIN RULE AND THEY TELL US WHEN, WHERE AND HOW THAT RULE IS TO BE MADE.

I AGREE THAT THAT TAKES LOCAL CONTROL AWAY FROM US.

BUT THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH HOUSE BILL 1481.

I THINK IT TAKES LOCAL CONTROL AWAY FROM THE PARENTS, NOT JUST US, THE PARENTS, BECAUSE THEY CAN MORE EASILY HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE AND WE'LL PROBABLY GET SOME OF THE HEAT AND COMPLAINTS.

YOU KNOW, AS LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THEY CAN FIND US, THE GUYS IN AUSTIN THERE.

WELL, THEY'RE DOWN THERE AGAIN. WE CAN'T CAN'T HIDE IN REGARDING THE FNC LOCAL POLICY THAT IS BEFORE US.

THERE'S NO CHANGE UP THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE. WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE, RIGHT? YEAH. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

BISD HAS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW IMPLEMENTED OUR OWN CELL PHONE POLICY UP THROUGH THE EIGHTH GRADE AND EVEN TO SOME EXTENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND SO YOU KNOW, IT'S THE UPPER GRADES THAT WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE, BUT WE'LL WORK THROUGH IT TOGETHER.

MR. BASKERVILLE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ABOUT THIS POLICY? YES. AND IT MOVES ON TO OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT UNDER NUMBER FIVE.

WHEN THE POLICY, EXCUSE ME, WHEN THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND WORKING THROUGH IT WHAT WAS POSTED AND BEFORE THE BOARD ON PAGE 11 AND ON PAGE EXCUSE ME, PAGE 13 AND PAGE 15. THERE'S A SENTENCE THAT READS BRING OR USE PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE, INCLUDING A CELL PHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT STATEMENT. IT SHOULD SAY USE OF A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING A CELL PHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. SO BRINGING IN IS NOT GOING TO BE AN OFFENSE.

AND IT'S LISTED IN THE BOARD BOOK AS AN OFFENSE ON LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE OFFENSES.

SO THE BRINGING IS NOT, IT'S THE USE OF IT. WE HAVE IT CLEARLY STATED IN OUR FN EXCUSE ME, FNCE, AS WELL AS IN OUR CODE OF CONDUCT THAT WE WILL ALLOW WE WILL ALLOW THE LAW ALLOW STUDENTS TO BRING THEM, BUT THEY MUST BE SECURED. AND WE HAVE A PRACTICE WHERE THEY'LL BE SECURED IN A BACKPACK SO THEY CAN BRING THEM.

JUST CAN'T USE THEM FROM BELL TO BELL. IS THAT AN AMENDMENT ONE OF US HAS TO MAKE SO.

SO A MOTION IS BEFORE US AND BEEN SECONDED. DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION? ARE YOU SAYING THE POLICY ALREADY INCLUDES THAT? IT'S A CODE OF CONDUCT. IT'S THE CODE OF CONDUCT THAT OKAY.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT'S NEXT. THAT THAT'S NUMBER SIX.

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OKAY. YEAH.

CONSIDERING FOR THE NEXT ITEM. OKAY. THANK YOU.

IT'S ON PAGE 13. NUMBER 11. AND THERE'S TWO ELEVENS.

IT'S THE FIRST 11 UNDER LEVEL TWO DISCIPLINE I MEAN OFFENSES ON PAGE 13.

THAT'S ITEM FIVE RIGHT? THAT'S NOT THE ITEM FOR THAT.

WE'RE ON. YES I'M SORRY. IT'S IN NEXT. YES OKAY.

AND ALSO ON PAGE 15. NUMBER 15. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR? MR. DILKS, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M A BIG OPPONENT OF PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM, ALTHOUGH, LIKE MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THEM BEING OUT AT LUNCH.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE LAW, WE WILL FOLLOW THE LAW.

I JUST I'M PUTTING THAT ON OUT BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, AS A FORMER EDUCATOR, I SAW I FOUGHT THAT BATTLE AND I SAW TOO MUCH USAGE OF PHONES IN SO MANY CLASSROOMS. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT JUST TO GET THAT OUT.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION ON ITEM FOUR.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND. OKAY. WELL. THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MR. TOLBERT MADE THE MOTION.

MR. DREES SECONDED. RIGHT. OKAY. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. OKAY. SO, ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY RAISED HAND.

AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. ITEM FIVE. THE 25-26 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND EXTRACURRICULAR HONOR

[L.5. Consider 2025-26 Student Code of Conduct and Extracurricular Honor Code [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. SECONDED BY MRS. SANDERS-WISE.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? I'LL MAKE IT. I'M SO SORRY.

JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON USE. USE ONLY CONSTITUTES THE SCHOOL DAY.

SO THE MINUTE FINAL BELL RINGS, WHETHER IT'S BELL TO BELL.

YES. BELL TO BELL. SO AFTER BELL RINGS, THEY CAN PULL EVEN IN EXTRACURRICULARS AND THE BUS RIDE TO THE KELLER FOOTBALL STADIUM OR GRANBURY.

THEY'RE FINE. THEY ARE FINE. OKAY. YES, SIR. MR. TOLBERT. YES. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, MR. WOMBLE, STEPPING ON YOU.

AT SOME POINT I WANT TO, AND THE WORK'S NOT OVER BUT EVERYBODY THAT'S IN EDUCATION HAS REALIZED THAT WHAT HAPPENED AT THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS THE MOST REGULATIONS, RULE STATUTES THAT PROBABLY HAVE EVER COME DOWN THE PIKE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND WE'RE OUR STAFF IS SWALLOWING THIS AS IF THEY OPENED A FIRE HYDRANT AND THEY'RE HAVING TO DO IT.

AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT SAID THEY'RE TAKING IT IN CHUNKS. HOWEVER, SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REALLY TAKE IN CHUNKS BECAUSE SOME OF THE LAW HAS SAID IF YOU DON'T DO IT BY SEPTEMBER 1ST, THEN IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO GO INTO PLACE.

SO NOT GIVING PEOPLE TIME. ALSO WE DON'T GET GUIDANCE, AS SHE MENTIONED EARLIER.

ALL THAT TO SAY, OUR STAFF HAS BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

YOU GUYS ARE UP ON IT. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE WORKING LATE, WORKING HARD BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT IT. I SEE, I SEE ALL THE WORK AND AND ON TOP OF INCORPORATING ALL THESE NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS, STATUTES, YOU STILL GOT TO HAVE 22,000 STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO SHOW UP HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND WE'VE GOT TO EDUCATE THEM. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, NOT JUST ON THIS, BUT ON OTHERS AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER CHUNKS THAT YOU'LL BE BRINGING TO US IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. OTHER DISCUSSION. OKAY, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY A RAISED HAND AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.

[L.6. Consider Resolution to Establish Alternative Standards for Campus Security Personnel [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

IS THERE A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS FOR CAMPUS SECURITY PERSONNEL AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU, MRS. SANDERS-WISE. SECOND. SECONDED BY MR.

[01:50:01]

ALL IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY RAISED HAND AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.

[L.7. Consider Contract with Tarrant County Tax Office (Collection of Property Taxes for the 2025 through 2027 Tax Years) [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO, I'M SORRY.

I MOVE THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH TARRANT COUNTY TAX OFFICE FOR THE 25 TO 27 TAX YEAR AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU, MR. TOLBERT. I'LL SECOND SECONDED BY MR. DREES. ANY DISCUSSION? IT'S, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, I WOULD.

I WOULD WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY TO TALK TO OTHER TAXING ENTITIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THIS CONTRACT RUNS OUT.

TO SEE IF US DOING IT BY OURSELVES WOULD NOT MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY ILLUSIONS ABOUT THAT. BUT IF WE JOINED WITH OTHER TAXING AUTHORITIES, MAYBE SOME OF THESE THINGS COULD BE DONE ONLINE AND WOULDN'T NEED TO BE WOULDN'T NEED AS MANY HEADS DOING THIS. THIS WORK, I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH SOMETHING EXPLORING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO SEE IF MAYBE WE COULD SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY. I THINK IT'S WORTH IT TO AT LEAST EXPLORE THAT IDEA.

I AGREE. WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE CANNOT DO THIS OURSELVES FOR THE COST THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO CHARGE US FOR, AND THEY KNOW IT. AND SO THEREFORE WE'RE PAYING MORE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM SEVEN, INDICATE BY RAISED HAND.

TEN. AND IT APPEARS TO BE UNANIMOUS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

[L.8. Consider 2025-26 Budget Amendment for 2024-25 Incomplete Projects [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

DO I HEAR A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE. THE BOARD APPROVED THE 25-26 BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE 24-25 INCOMPLETE PROJECTS AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU, MR. DILKS. SECONDED BY MRS. SANDERS-WISE. DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE, LET'S CALL FOR THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY RAISED HANDS AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.

[M. CONSENT ITEMS]

ANYTHING THAT A BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM CONSENT AGENDA.

SEEING NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR CONSENT? I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE ALL ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU, MR. TOLBERT. SECOND. SECONDED BY MR. DILKS. ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY RAISED HAND, AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.

SUPERINTENDENT EACH MONTH GIVES US REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO US FOR OUR REVIEW.

[N. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD]

[O. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS]

AUGUST 28TH HERE IN THE BOARD ROOM. CLOSED SESSION 5:30.

RECONVENE OPEN SESSION AT 7 P.M.. WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.

THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. I WILL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE HAND, AND WE ARE UNANIMOUS. SO THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:49 P.M.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.