Sep 24, 2026 Regular Board Meetings

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THE SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2026, REGULAR BOARD MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

DOCTOR STINSON, AS ALWAYS, WILL YOU CONFIRM THE MEETING WAS DULY CALLED AND NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. YES,

[B. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS]

[C. PUBLIC HEARING TO HEAR AND DISCUSS THE 2026 ANNUAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT – FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS REPORTS AND REQUIRED DISCLOSURES [Dr. Missy Glenn, Executive Director]]

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS TO HEAR AND DISCUSS THE 2026 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT, FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF THE TEXAS REPORTS AND REQUIRED DISCLOSURES.

AND DOCTOR MISSY GLENN IS GOING TO KICK US OFF.

THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE PRESIDENT TOLBERT, DOCTOR STINSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, TONIGHT, I'M PLEASED TO COME BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION FOR OUR 2026 SCHOOL FIRST RATING.

THIS RATING IS BASED ON OUR FINANCIAL DATA FROM THE 24-25 FISCAL YEAR.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH SCHOOL FIRST, IT STANDS FOR THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS, AND THIS SYSTEM WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY TO EVALUATE THE QUALITY OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC REGARDING HOW DISTRICTS MANAGE OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

SCHOOL FIRST EVALUATES THE QUALITY OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOW RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED, AND THE DISTRICT'S OVERALL FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING AND TRANSPARENCY. ULTIMATELY, IT'S ABOUT RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC RESOURCES AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, TAXPAYERS, AND COMMUNITY. THERE ARE FOUR POSSIBLE RATINGS UNDER SCHOOL FIRST, A, B, C, AND F. A SCORE OF 90 TO 100 IS CONSIDERED SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT.

BIRDVILLE ISD RECEIVED A 100 OUT OF 100 WITH A RATING OF SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT.

THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE ARE VERY PROUD OF.

WE HAVE RECEIVED A TOP RATING EACH YEAR SINCE THE SCHOOL FIRST SYSTEM WAS ESTABLISHED MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.

THIS RECORD OF SUCCESS SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S LEADERSHIP AND VALUES.

FIRST, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, OVERSIGHT, AND COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF THE RESOURCES ENTRUSTED TO OUR DISTRICT. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE DOCTOR STINSON FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF SOUND FINANCIAL PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

AND OF COURSE, KATIE BOWMAN AND THE ENTIRE FINANCE TEAM, LED BY SENIOR DIRECTOR ALICE HAMRICK, WHO ALSO JOINS US TONIGHT. THIS RATING REFLECTS THE WORK THAT HAPPENS EACH AND EVERY DAY TO ENSURE OUR FINANCIAL RECORDS ARE ACCURATE.

OUR PROCESSES AND CONTROLS ARE STRONG, OUR REPORTING IS TIMELY, AND OUR RESOURCES ARE MANAGED RESPONSIBLY.

KATIE, THANK YOU TO YOU AND THE ENTIRE FINANCE TEAM FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT TO FINANCIAL INTEGRITY.

THERE ARE SEVERAL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL FIRST RATING, INCLUDING THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND THE NEWSPAPER NOTICE THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.

WE DID POST THIS HEARING'S DATE IN THE TARRANT COUNTY COMMERCIAL RECORDER ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2026. WE'VE ALSO COMPLETED THE FINANCIAL MANAGER REPORT THAT'S REQUIRED, AND IT IS POSTED ON OUR BIRDVILLE ISD WEBSITE AT THE LINK PROVIDED. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE FIVE REQUIRED DISCLOSURES RELATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, INCLUDING COMPENSATION, GIFTS AND BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS.

THESE DISCLOSURES ARE ALSO PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AS PART OF THE SCHOOL FIRST REPORTING ON OUR WEBSITE.

AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD, DOCTOR STINSON, KATIE, AND THE ENTIRE FINANCE TEAM FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THIS HEARING.

ONE OF THE MANY WAYS YOU CONTINUE TO PROGRESS MONITOR IN OUR DISTRICT FOR FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THE PRIOR SLIDE HAD 24-25 YEARS THERE. ARE WE REALLY LAGGED BEHIND? YES.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, MR. KUNKEL WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE AUDIT FOR THE 25-26 YEAR.

AND SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE AUDIT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, WON'T BE SUBMITTED TO TEA TILL MARCH OF 27.

SO THAT'S THE DATA THAT WILL GO INTO NEXT YEAR.

SO IT'S THERE'S A VERY LONG LAG FOR ALL OF THIS DATA JUST BECAUSE IT TAKES SO LONG FOR TEA TO GET IT.

THAT MAKES SENSE? I JUST, I JUST WANT TO THANK KATIE AND DOCTOR GLENN FOR DOING SUPERIOR WORK AND KEEPING AN EYE ON THE MONEY AND HELPING US AND. Y'ALL TWO ARE INCREDIBLE AS IS YOUR TEAM.

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WE JUST TAKE FOR GRANTED HOW GREAT KATIE AND HER TEAM AND HER PREDECESSOR WAS TO KEEP US AT THIS RATING FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

I'LL JUST BE VERY BLUNT. DURING OUR LAST BOND, WE WERE COMPARED TO A DISTRICT TO OUR NORTH THAT SAID THAT, YEAH, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AT THEIR FINANCIAL HOUSE.

AND SO WHY SHOULD WE VOTE FOR YOUR BOND? IN FACT, THEY SCORED 82.

THEY'RE BARELY ABOVE A B. AND SO THIS IS A REAL THING THAT WE'VE GOT 100 AND WE'VE DONE IT FOR 20 YEARS.

AND WE DO KEEP OUR FINANCIAL HOUSE IN ORDER. AND PART OF THIS IS, ARE YOU KEEPING ENOUGH RESERVES THAT BOND COMPANIES ARE HAPPY WITH YOU AND YOUR DEBT RATIO AND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE WITHIN PROPER RATINGS.

AND THEN YOU GUYS HAVE GOT ALL THE ACCOUNTING, YOU'VE GOT ALL THE BACKUP. IT'S A BIG DEAL TO GET 100.

AND WE JUST GET SO USED TO IT BECAUSE YOU'RE BECAUSE OF THE GREAT QUALITY WORK YOU'VE DONE.

BUT AFTER I LEARNED THAT HERE'S A DISTRICT THAT'S RUNNING 82 ON THEIRS, IT'S A REAL DEAL.

AND YOU OUGHT TO BE CONGRATULATED. AND THIS IS THIS IS Y'ALL ARE THE ALEDO OF FOOTBALL.

AND YOU'RE THE ALEDO OF FINANCIAL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALEDO GOT BEAT THIS YEAR ALREADY. [LAUGHTER]. IF I COULD ADD TO THAT ONE, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY.

TRANSPARENCY IN WHAT WE DO. AND THIS IS AGAIN, LIVING PROOF OF WHAT WE DO, HOW WE LAY IT OUT THERE.

WE TELL PEOPLE, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, HERE'S HOW YOUR MONEY IS BEING SPENT, AND TO GET THIS KIND OF RATING OVER 20 YEARS IS DOESN'T SURPRISE ME, BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE JOE SAID, WE KIND OF TAKE IT FOR GRANTED IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT DON'T EVER THINK WE DON'T REALIZE HOW MANY HOURS GO IN BEHIND THAT WITH YOUR STAFF, YOUR STAFF AND YOUR STAFF.

SO, MISSY, YOU'VE GOT A GREAT BIG SHOES TO FILL.

THE PATTERN'S BEEN SET FOR THE LAST 20 WITH YOUR PREDECESSOR.

SO FOR THAT, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND CONTINUING.

GLAD YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF THAT TEAM TO GET ALL THAT DONE ANYWAY, BUT TRANSPARENCY AND INTEGRITY IS IMPORTANT, AND THE VOTERS KEEP TELLING US THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM.

I THINK WE'RE PROVING TO THEM AGAIN, WE'RE THE PROOF'S IN THE PUDDING WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD WORK. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU DOCTOR GLENN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK CONCERNING THE 2026 ANNUAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT? YES THERE IS. THERE WILL BE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT PER SPEAKER.

THERE WILL BE A TIMER DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN TO KEEP THE TIME.

AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON LISTED. PHYLLIS GRISSOM, IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

MADAM PRESIDENT BOARD. MY NAME IS PHYLLIS GRISSOM.

MY ADDRESS IS 36. ADDRESS? FULL ADDRESS? 3661 JOCKEY DRIVE, FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

I AM A CANDIDATE FOR TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT, PLACE 1.

SO I HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

I'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT DISTRICT IN THE NORTH THAT YOU REFER TO. IN FACT, A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO, I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH FACEBOOK AND SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE MENTION WHAT A GREAT JOB BIRDVILLE DOES. SO I WANTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS FIRST RATING INDICATOR 12 DID CATCH MY ATTENTION, THOUGH. IT MEASURED MEASURES FUTURE DEBT REQUIREMENTS AGAINST ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE AND BIRDVILLE EARNED A TEN OUT OF TEN, WHICH IS GREAT. THAT MATTERS TO ME BECAUSE TAXPAYERS SOMETIMES HEAR THAT PROPERTY VALUES HAVE TO BE HIGH TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE RIGHT CHOICE TO PUT BEFORE PEOPLE. THE GOAL SHOULD BE ACCURATE APPRAISALS AND STRONG SCHOOLS VALUES SHOULD REFLECT THE MARKET.

DISTRICT SHOULD BUDGET RESPONSIBLY, AND SOME TAXPAYERS SHOULDN'T BE ASKED TO CARRY AN INFLATED VALUE SIMPLY BECAUSE THE SYSTEM FINDS THAT CONVENIENT.

I DON'T WANT ARTIFICIALLY HIGH APPRAISALS, AND I DON'T WANT ARTIFICIALLY LOW APPRAISALS.

I WANT ACCURATE ANNUAL APPRAISALS. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR TAXPAYERS.

BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR BIRDVILLE ISD AND ALL TARRANT COUNTY SCHOOLS AND TAXING ENTITIES, FRANKLY. THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THE ANSWER ISN'T FREEZING VALUES OR MANIPULATING VALUES IN ANY DIRECTION.

IT'S DOING THE HARD WORK EVERY YEAR OF GETTING THE VALUES RIGHT.

TAXPAYERS DESERVE ACCURATE APPRAISALS. SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEED RELIABLE VALUES FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING AND TO MAINTAIN THE KIND OF TRANSPARENCY AND THE KIND OF SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE HERE IN BIRDVILLE. TAXING ENTITIES, NOT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE TAX RATES AND THE BUDGETS THEY ADOPT.

SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MISS GRISSOM.

AS THERE IS NO ONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

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[D. CLOSED SESSION]

[E. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION ]

AND WE WILL NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION. AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR DONATIONS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED FOR ACCEPTANCE AS PART OF THE

[F. INTRODUCTION OF MEETING]

JACOBS ENGINEERING DONATED ITEMS TO NORTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY.

THE BIRDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION DONATED FUNDS TO HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL BAND, AND THEY ALSO DONATED FUNDS FOR GRANT TO BISD TEACHERS FOR USE IN THE CLASSROOM. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THESE DONATIONS.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL MICHELL SHEASLEY HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE WITH US TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MADAM PRESIDENT, DOCTOR STINSON, MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.

WE'VE GOT LOTS OF OUR HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL KIDS HERE TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH TWO WONDERFUL LEADERS HERE ON OUR CAMPUS, MISS HAILEY RAZO, WHO IS OUR STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND SHE'S ACCOMPANIED BY THE STUDENT COUNCIL SPONSORS, MISS LISA SANDOVAL AND KONG TRAN AND CHEENA RACCA, AND SHE IS OUR SENIOR CLASS SPONSOR, AND SHE'S ACCOMPANIED BY THE SENIOR CLASS SPONSOR, LISA SANDOVAL, HERE TONIGHT. SO, HAILEY, WILL YOU COME FORWARD AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

NOW FOR THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

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

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, DOCTOR STINSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS CHEENA RACCA AND I AM THE SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT AT HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENT BODY, TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, EFFORT AND COMMITMENT YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE OUR SCHOOL AND OUR STUDENTS THE WORK YOU DO HAS A MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON OUR EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE AS STUDENTS.

FROM PROVIDING IMPORTANT RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORTING PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW US TO EXPLORE OUR INTERESTS ARE.

YOUR DECISIONS HELP CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN LEARN, GROW, AND FEEL SUPPORTED.

YOUR EFFORTS TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL A SAFE AND WELCOMING PLACE FOR EVERYONE ARE ALSO SOMETHING WE TRULY APPRECIATE.

BECAUSE OF YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, WE HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT MAKE OUR EDUCATION MORE ENGAGING FOR.

AND HELP US PREPARE FOR OUR FUTURES. YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO STUDENTS NEEDS AND ADVOCATE FOR WHAT WILL BENEFIT OUR SCHOOL SHOWS US HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT OUR SUCCESS, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES YOU HAVE COME WITH DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND A GREAT DEAL OF DEDICATION.

EVEN IF STUDENTS MAY NOT ALWAYS SEE EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THESE DECISIONS, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOUR EFFORTS MATTER AND DO NOT GO UNNOTICED.

THE SUPPORT YOU PROVIDE TODAY IS HELPING CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN MAKE LASTING DIFFERENCES IN OUR LIVES.

ON BEHALF OF ALL STUDENTS OF HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN US, SUPPORTING OUR EDUCATION, AND CONTINUING TO INVEST OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL AN EVEN STRONGER AND BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE].

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AND THEN CHEENA, YOU GOT A GREAT VOICE GIRL [LAUGHTER] YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING WHERE YOU CAN USE THAT.

IT'LL BE NICE TO SEE YOU GUYS AT GRADUATION. AND YOU'LL BE ON THE PODIUM, I BELIEVE.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU CHEENA. THANK YOU HAILEY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE AWARDS AND RECOGNITION.

[G. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS]

SO I HAVE THE BEST JOB OF THE NIGHT IN INTRODUCING SOME OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND CAMPUSES AND CELEBRATING OUR VALUABLE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

SO OUR FIRST RECOGNITION ACKNOWLEDGES A KEY PARTNER IN OUR MISSION HERE IN BIRDVILLE ISD.

SO PRESENTING TONIGHT IS MR. PHIL BECKMAN, OUR BIRDVILLE ISD MANAGER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.

PHIL. THANK YOU MEGAN. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT SANDERS-WISE, DOCTOR STINSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, BIRDVILLE ISD IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE THE BIRDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR ITS LONG STANDING PARTNERSHIP AND GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS. WITH US FROM THE FOUNDATION TONIGHT, OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, DOCTOR MIKE DELGADO, ALONG WITH BILLY PARKS AND TROY DUNN. IF YOU GENTLEMEN WILL JOIN ME UP FRONT, PLEASE.

FOR MANY YEARS, THE BIRDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION HAS INVESTED IN OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.

THIS YEAR ALONE, THE FOUNDATION WILL AWARD $180,000 IN INNOVATIVE TEACHING GRANTS, PROVIDING EDUCATORS WITH RESOURCES TO BRING CREATIVE AND ENGAGING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OUR COUNSELING DEPARTMENT AND ITS PEER TO PEER HELPER PROGRAM, HELPING STUDENTS BUILD CONNECTIONS AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.

AND THROUGH A $10,000 CONTRIBUTION TO HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL'S FEED THE BAND INITIATIVE.

THE FOUNDATION IS HELPING PROVIDE MEALS FOR STUDENTS ON GAME NIGHTS, ENSURING OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE NOURISHMENT THEY NEED WHILE REPRESENTING THEIR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS ITS SUPPORT OF THE ANNUAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR GALA, WHERE THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES MONETARY AWARDS TO OUR CAMPUS TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS OUR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.

THIS SUPPORT ALLOWS US TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY.

BIRDVILLE ISD IS DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE BIRDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR ITS CONTINUED GENEROSITY, LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN BIRDVILLE ISD AND INVESTING IN THE PEOPLE AND PROGRAMS THAT HELP OUR STUDENTS THRIVE.

[APPLAUSE].

US. NEXT, WE TURN RECOGNITIONS, TURN TO RECOGNITIONS IN ACADEMICS, CELEBRATING THE DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE OF BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK PRINCIPALS TIM DRYSDALE, MICHELL SHEASLEY AND DOCTOR NATHAN FREIMARK TO JOIN ME.

BACK UP FRONT, PLEASE. AS THEY COME FORWARD, I AM EXCITED TO OFFICIALLY REPORT TO THE BOARD THAT FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR, ALL THREE BIRDVILLE ISD COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE EARNED A SPOT IN THE U.S.

NEWS AND WORLD REPORT'S RANKINGS OF BEST HIGH SCHOOLS FOR 2026.

[APPLAUSE] SO THESE RANKINGS ARE BASED ON RIGOROUS CRITERIA AND A THOROUGH REVIEW OF MORE THAN 24,000.

24,000 PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACROSS ALL 50 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EARNING RANKINGS AMONG THE BEST PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS REFLECTS BIRDVILLE ISD STRONG COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, AS WELL AS A DEDICATION TO NURTURING STUDENTS PASSIONS AND EFFORTS TO GUIDE THEM TOWARDS THEIR COLLEGE AND CAREER ASPIRATIONS.

OUR PRINCIPALS ARE HERE TO RECEIVE THE OFFICIAL PLAQUES ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, STAFF MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS AS WELL OF ALL OF US HERE IN BIRDVILLE ISD.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE PLAQUES IN OUR BOARDROOM LOBBY.

WE DID THAT EARLY. SO THE PRINCIPALS, YOU GET TO TAKE THESE OFFICIAL PLAQUES BACK TO YOUR SCHOOLS THIS YEAR AND HANG THOSE UP FOR ALL TO ENJOY.

YOU ALSO WILL BE RECEIVING LARGE BANNERS AS SOON AS I GET THEM BACK FROM THE PRINTER.

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PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING BIRDVILLE HALTOM AND RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOLS.

[APPLAUSE].

OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS ALSO A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW AWARD.

WE HAVE ANOTHER NATIONAL MATH STAR. THIS YEAR, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ELEAZAR YOUNG FROM STOWE ELEMENTARY AS ONE OF ONLY 600 STUDENTS NATIONWIDE TO EARN THE DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MATH STAR.

HE EARNED THIS HONOR OUT OF NEARLY 9,000 OF THE TOP ELEMENTARY MATH STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

TO RECEIVE. TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION, ELEAZAR COMPLETED A MULTI-STAGE EVALUATION PROCESS THAT ASSESSES MATHEMATICAL APTITUDE, EAGERNESS FOR DEEPER STEM EXPLORATION, AND HOW THIS PROGRAM COULD POSITIVELY IMPACT HIS EDUCATIONAL TRAJECTORY.

AND THERE'S MORE. IN ADDITION TO THIS EVALUATION PROCESS, ELEAZAR ALSO SCORED IN THE TOP 2 TO 3% ON A NATIONALLY NORMED MATH ASSESSMENT.

SO HE'S A WHIZ KID. IN EARNING THIS RECOGNITION, HE WILL RECEIVE TEN YEARS OF SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL MATH STARS ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING ADVANCED MATH LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, MENTORSHIP AND GUIDANCE, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, STEM ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCES, AND MORE. SO WE'VE STARTED A TREND HERE WITH THE ANNUAL NATIONAL MATH STARS.

AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF ELEAZAR. STRONG STUDENT SUCCESS GENERALLY COMES WITH STRONG SUPPORT AT HOME.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK HIS MOM AND FAMILY TO STAND THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT AND BE RECOGNIZED.

SO ELEAZAR AND FAMILY. [APPLAUSE].

PHOTOS. THERE YOU GO.

CONGRATULATIONS ELEAZAR, PLEASE HELP ME THANK HIM.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. I TOLD YOU THIS IS THE BEST JOB OF THE NIGHT. SO THE FUN ALSO CONTINUES.

YES, MA'AM. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIS. HIS SWEET BIG SISTER WHO CAME TO SUPPORT HIM TONIGHT.

TABITHA. TABITHA.

HER NAME IS TABITHA. SHE'S A VERY SUPPORTIVE BIG SISTER THERE.

THANK YOU, TABITHA, FOR BEING HERE NEXT, PLEASE WELCOME MR. MARK MCGAHEY. HE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS AND WE HAVE MORE RECOGNITIONS FOR YOU, MARK. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT SANDERS-WISE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AS WELL AS DOCTOR STINSON AND CABINET MEMBERS.

WE HAVE A BIG NIGHT OF FINE ARTS RELATED ACHIEVEMENTS.

THE FIRST OF THOSE IS GOING TO GO BACK TO SOMEONE YOU'VE SEEN EARLIER TONIGHT, MICHELL SHEASLEY, PRINCIPAL, HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WAS NAMED THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION DISTINGUISHED ADMINISTRATOR IN RECOGNITION OF HER SUPPORT FOR QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION.

THE TMEA DISTINGUISHED ADMINISTRATOR AWARD RECOGNIZES SCHOOL LEADERS WHO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PRESERVING AND STRENGTHENING MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS. RECIPIENTS ARE NOMINATED BY TMEA MEMBERS WHO HAVE WITNESSED THEIR COMMITMENT TO MUSIC EDUCATION FIRSTHAND, AND THAT WAS MR. DONNIE HALL AND MR. AUSTIN HEATHERLY.

MISS SHEASLEY'S RECOGNITION COMES FOLLOWING ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR FINE ARTS AT HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL.

HALTOM SYMPHONIC WINDS PLACED SEVENTH IN THE 2026 TMEA CLASS 6A HONOR BAND COMPETITION, PLACING THE ENSEMBLE AMONG THE TOP CONCERT BANDS IN TEXAS.

MISS SHEASLEY'S LEADERSHIP REFLECTS BIRDVILLE ISD'S COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES IN FINE ARTS.

MORE THAN 9,000 BIRDVILLE ISD MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN ART BAND, CHOIR, DANCE, AND THEATER. WE'RE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE PRINCIPAL MICHELL SHEASLEY FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO MUSIC, EDUCATION AND FINE ARTS AT HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL AND ACROSS BIRDVILLE ISD.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS

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THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION HOSTED A COMPETITION TO SELECT THE STATE'S TOP BANDS IN CLASS 6A EVERY OTHER YEAR.

THE HONOR BAND CONTEST CONSISTS OF HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTORS SUBMITTING RECORDINGS OF THEIR UIL CONCERT PROGRAM FROM THE PREVIOUS SPRING, AND JUDGING PANELS ANONYMOUSLY EVALUATING THESE RECORDINGS.

WITH A TOTAL OF 251 6A HIGH SCHOOLS IN TEXAS, 113 OF THOSE BANDS ENTERED THE CONTEST, WITH ONLY 23 ADVANCING THROUGH A REGIONAL AND AREA AUDITION TO THE STATE SEMIFINAL ROUND.

THOSE 23 BANDS RECORDINGS WERE JUDGED THIS PAST JULY AT THE TEXAS BANDMASTERS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION IN SAN ANTONIO.

BIRDVILLE ISD HAS A RICH HISTORY OF HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BANDS THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED A FINALIST FOR THE TMEA HONOR BAND COMPETITION, AND HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUES THIS TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE BY PLACING 7TH IN THIS YEAR'S CONTEST.

THIS PLACES THEM IN THE TOP 3% OF 6A BANDS IN TEXAS.

ACCEPTING TONIGHT'S AWARDS ON BEHALF OF HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL, SYMPHONIC WINDS ARE SENIORS.

BRANDON NGUYEN, TROMBONE SOLOIST. COME ON UP.

GENESIS RUBIO, FLUTE SOLOIST. DELANEY FITE, ENGLISH HORN SOLOIST AND CALEB SIEN, OBOE SOLOIST. AND WE'RE SO FORTUNATE.

TONIGHT, WE HAVE HALTOM STUDENTS IN TONIGHT'S AUDIENCE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE SYMPHONIC WIND SUCCESS.

COULD YOU STAND AS WELL? ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU THE DIRECTORS OF PRIDE OF HOULTON BAND PROGRAM ARE DONNIE HALL, TERRY CLEMONS, JACOB KLEIN, SARAH CHANG AND BROOKE STURR. I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. IT'S DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE THESE OUTSTANDING DIRECTORS.

[APPLAUSE]. HERE WE GET A PICTURE WHY DON'T WE GET THEM ALL UP HERE FOR A BIG PICTURE? [APPLAUSE]. I THINK THE DIRECTOR TOO.

THEY'LL PROBABLY STAND IN HEIGHT ORDER TOO, IF YOU ASK THEM TO. THEY PROBABLY COULD, THEY COULD FIGURE THAT OUT. I THINK THEY, I THINK THEY KNOW HOW TO LINE UP.

JUST LIKE.

YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB. PERFECT. ALRIGHTY, Y'ALL.

AND RIGHT HERE ON THREE, PLEASE. ONE. TWO. THREE.

PERFECT. THANK YOU ALL [APPLAUSE]. GREAT JOB. GOOD JOB. CONGRATULATIONS.

SEE? WHAT A GREAT NIGHT. IS IT NOT? I DO THINK WE ALSO HAVE.

MISS SHEASLEY'S FAMILY IS HERE. IF Y'ALL WANT TO WAVE FROM THE AUDIENCE.

THERE. SHE'S HERE. THEY'RE HERE WITH HER TONIGHT AS WELL. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, GRANDSON AS WELL DOWN THERE HAVING SOME FUN ON THE FLOOR.

SO WHAT A GREAT NIGHT OF SHOWCASING OUR STUDENT AND STAFF GROWTH, OUR PERFORMANCE AND THEIR SUCCESS.

MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION PORTION OF THE MEETING.

THANK YOU, MEGAN OVERMAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

AND THANK YOU, MISS SHEASLEY.

[H. PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD]

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SO IF YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT FOR THOSE WHO SIGNED UP REGARDING GENERAL TOPICS NOT POSTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION, PLEASE NOTE THAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THIS MEETING BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNED UP.

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP. MISS SHARMA OR AMBIKA SHARMA? ARE YOU HERE? ALL RIGHT. PLEASE COME FORWARD.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. I WROTE MY ADDRESS.

IS THAT OKAY, OR DO I HAVE TO SAY IT ON YOU TOO? YES, PLEASE. [LAUGHTER]. OKAY. MY NAME IS AMBIKA SHARMA.

I LIVE IN FORT WORTH. WHISTERWHEEL 7736. I, I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO YOU BECAUSE I DID ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THE FREEZE RESIDENTIAL FREEZE THAT TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT IMPLEMENTED.

AND THERE ARE 21 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TARRANT COUNTY AND 41 CITIES, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OUR COUNTY.

SO AMONG THE 21 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 70% OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE SEEN A TAXABLE DECLINE OR DECLINE IN THEIR TAXABLE VALUE.

UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE THE TOP OF THE LIST. SO YOUR TAXABLE VALUE DECLINED BY ALMOST 7.5% LAST YEAR.

YOUR TAXABLE BASE WAS $15 BILLION. THIS YEAR IT'S ALMOST $1 BILLION LESS.

SO I DECIDED TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU ALL BECAUSE A, I FEEL VERY BAD THAT YOUR TAXABLE BASIS HAS DECLINED BY $1 BILLION. WHEN OUR COUNTY INCREASED IN POPULATION BY 1.6%.

SO WE'VE ADDED ALMOST A MILLION MORE PEOPLE LIVING, LIVING IN OUR COUNTY.

AND YET YOU ARE SEEING A TAXABLE DECLINE. SECOND, SOMEHOW YOU'VE ACTUALLY DONE VERY GOOD IN TERMS OF YOUR FISCAL MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT'S THAT'S DECREASING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.

SO KUDOS TO YOU. AND YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIVE HERE, I WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATIVE IF THAT HAPPENED TO ME.

I, I STAND FOR ANNUAL APPRAISALS. WHEN I SAW SO IN MY ANALYSIS, I SAW THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATES ACROSS THEIR 73 TAXING ENTITIES AND MORE THAN 50% OF THEM ARE INCREASING THE TAX RATE.

I LIVE IN FORT WORTH. MY CITY IS INCREASING THE TAX RATE.

TCC HAS INCREASED TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT, COLLEYVILLE, BEDFORD.

IN TERMS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. EAGLE MOUNTAIN SAGINAW HAS INCREASED THE TAX RATE ABOVE THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE BALLOT.

SO VERY OPPOSITE OF YOU GUYS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO UNDERSTAND HOW PROPERTY TAXES ARE DONE.

WE'VE MADE IT VERY COMPLICATED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT THERE ARE ACTUALLY JUST TWO NUMBERS THAT COME UP WITH A PROPERTY TAX.

SO THAT'S YOUR APPRAISAL. WHAT IS THE HOUSE VALUED OR WHAT IS THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUED AT.

AND YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY THE TAX RATE. THESE INDIVIDUALS HERE DECIDE THE TAX RATE.

AND TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT DECIDES WHAT IS THE VALUE THAT SHOULD BE MULTIPLIED BY THE TAX RATE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS MADE IT A VERY POLITICAL MECHANISM POLITICAL ACT. THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE IS EQUAL AND UNIFORM APPRAISALS, AND WHAT THEY PUBLISHED IN AUGUST 2026 IS THAT HOMES THAT ARE UP TO $200,000, THEY WERE APPRAISED AT 106%. SO THEY'RE APPRAISED TO HIGHLY FROM THEIR MARKET PRICE.

AND THOSE PEOPLE THEREFORE WILL PAY MORE IN PROPERTY TAXES.

BUT IF YOU GO DOWN TO $1 MILLION PLUS. THOSE HOMES WERE ONLY APPRAISED AT 71%.

AND THAT IS WHY THE TAXABLE BASE ACROSS THE COUNTY HAS DECLINED.

THAT, PLUS ALL OF US ARE PROTESTING AT UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS.

OUR APPRAISAL VALUES. SO AGAIN, MY NAME IS AMBIKA SHARMA.

I LIVE IN FORT WORTH AND I'M A CANDIDATE FOR TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR EQUAL AND UNIFORM APPRAISALS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS SHARMA.

ADAMS, IS HE HERE TONIGHT? PLEASE COME FORWARD.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

JOHN ADAMS, 1816 EAGLE DRIVE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN ADAMS. LIKE THE PRESIDENT, I'M A TARRANT COUNTY HOMEOWNER RESIDING ON THE EDGE OF FORT WORTH AND HALTOM CITY.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE INFORMED ON HOW THE ACTIONS AND DECISIONS OF THE CURRENT TARRANT APPRAISAL

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I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT THIS BOARD BIRDVILLE ISD SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR ITS OVERSIGHT AND BUDGET PLANNING, IN SPITE OF THE RECENT IMPACTS RESULTING FROM THE EXISTING TAD BOARD'S DECISION TO FREEZE VALUES IN 2024.

THAT DECISION, MADE BY THE EXISTING ELECTED TAD BOARD MEMBERS TO FREEZE VALUES FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, HAS CAUSED BUDGET CHAOS AMONG CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL ACROSS TARRANT COUNTY.

DURING THE RECENT ROUND OF BUDGET HEARINGS, A SYMPTOM WHICH I BELIEVE COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED OR AT LEAST MITIGATED IF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAD FOLLOWED ITS MANDATE TO DELIVER FAIR AND ACCURATE VALUATIONS FOR TAXPAYERS AND TAXING ENTITIES EACH YEAR.

THAT'S THEIR ONE PRIMARY JOB TO DETERMINE TAXABLE VALUES OF PROPERTIES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU HAVE ONE JOB TO DO, YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT ONCE A YEAR.

FULL DISCLOSURE I'M A CANDIDATE IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION FOR TARRANT COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD, AND I'M IN FAVOR OF ANNUAL REAPPRAISALS. I'M JOHN ADAMS, LIKE THE PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TIME TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW DOWN TO PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD.

[I. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD]

YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE DOCTOR DELGADO HERE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION, AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER TWO MEMBERS ARE STILL HERE SOMEWHERE. BUT DOCTOR DELGADO, IF YOU'LL COME UP, WE'LL HAVE YOUR PRESENTATION UP AND READY TO GO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, KATIE. GOOD EVENING BOARD.

EXCUSE ME. GOOD EVENING. BIRDVILLE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES.

HONORED AND WELCOME GUEST. MY NAME IS DOCTOR MIKE DELGADO AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE BIRDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

THIS YEAR I AM HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE FOUNDATION'S ACTIVITIES THIS PAST YEAR.

FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FOUNDATION CONSIDER THIS AN INTRODUCTION.

THE MISSION OF THE BIRDVILLE EDUCATION IS TO ENHANCE INNOVATIVE LEARNING AND SUPPORT AND TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE OF BIRDVILLE ISD.

IN SHORT THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR STINSON, AND THE PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS OF ALL 33 ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS, AND SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS. THE FOUNDATION IS A 501(C)3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, SUPPORTIVE YET SEPARATE OF THE BIRDVILLE ISD.

IT IS GOVERNED BY A VOLUNTEER BOARD OF CORPORATE, COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERS DEDICATED TO THIS MISSION.

THESE ARE OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 2026 AND 2027.

YOU'LL PROBABLY RECOGNIZE MANY OF THESE NAMES.

BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO THEY SERVE AS BOARD MEMBERS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO VERY ACTIVE WITHIN THE BIRDVILLE COMMUNITY.

IN ALL EITHER SCHOOL OR AS COMMUNITY LEADERS.

THE HISTORY OF THE, OF THE BOARD. AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THIS, BUT BASICALLY IN 1996.

SEVERAL BUSINESSES APPROACHED THE BIRDVILLE ISD REGARDING AT THAT TIME, WHICH WAS A FREE PORT EXEMPTION THAT WAS AVAILABLE AS A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.

MY UNDERSTANDING AS I DELVED INTO THE HISTORY WAS THAT THE STATE LEGISLATION AT THE TIME PASSED LAWS CREATING INVENTORY TAXES AS A BUSINESS COULD.

SOME BUSINESSES COULD APPLY FOR A WAIVER. BUT ULTIMATELY, AS A RESULT, THIS INVENTORY WAIVER CAUSED A DECREASE IN THE TAX BASE AND THUS A DECREASE IN REVENUE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME, DOCTOR BOB GRIGGS A FORWARD THINKING INDIVIDUAL, CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND CREATED A 501(C)3, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BIRDVILLE ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INITIALLY FUNDED BY 17 COMPANIES WHO AGREED TO DIVERT MONEY THAT WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. INSTEAD, THEY AGREED ON A THREE-YEAR PLAN TO FUND THE FOUNDATION.

SO AFTER THREE YEARS, THIS BECAME THE SEED MONEY AND ULTIMATELY THE CORPUS, THE INITIAL CORPUS OF THE ENDOWMENT.

SINCE 2002, THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS AND MINDFUL STEWARDSHIP OF THE BIRDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION,

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THIS IS THESE ARE THE GRANT AWARDS FOR THIS YEAR.

I WANT TO ADD THAT WE, THERE WERE FOUR GRANTS THAT WERE CONSIDERED, BUT INITIALLY DENIED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR VARIOUS THINGS, EITHER A REDUNDANCY IN THE CURRICULUM OR PERHAPS DIDN'T MEET THE CRITERIA OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE SCHOOLS FROM WHICH WHERE THE GRANTS REQUEST CAME FROM.

BUT ULTIMATELY AS OF THIS AFTERNOON THREE OF THOSE GRANTS HAVE BEEN RECONSIDERED.

TWO ARE BEING FUNDED IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 EACH.

SO THIS ISN'T A TOTAL. THIS ISN'T THE FINAL FIGURES, BUT THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD INDICATION OF, OF THE MONIES THAT THE FOUNDATIONS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THE SCHOOLS AND ADMINISTRATION THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. AND THIS IS A FURTHER LIST.

NOW IF YOU DON'T SEE YOUR SCHOOL ON HERE PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME, LET ME KNOW OR YOU CAN EITHER REACH OUT TO YOUR, THE MYSELF OR REACH OUT TO THE PRESIDENT OR EXCUSE ME, THE PRINCIPAL OR VICE PRINCIPAL OF THAT SCHOOL.

BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WHEN THESE GRANT REQUESTS GO OUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORD GOES OUT TO THE, TO THE EACH AND EVERY EDUCATOR WITHIN THE DISTRICT SO THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE FUNDED.

SOME OF THIS THESE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. OKAY.

THIS, THIS IS THE, WE RECEIVED 44 GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR THIS YEAR, TOTALING AN AMOUNT REQUESTED OF $213,187, 40 WERE ULTIMATELY AWARDED IN THE AMOUNT OF 190.

BUT WITH THE TWO THAT ARE HAVE BEEN RECONSIDERED THAT FIGURE IS NOW JUST OVER $200,000. AND THAT'S JUST IN ONE YEAR. THAT'S JUST FOR THIS YEAR.

NEXT YEAR THE AWARDS CUMULATIVE AWARDS GO. WE HAVE THE BOARD VOTED TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT TO $250,000. WE ALSO AWARD ANNUAL TEACHERS OF THE YEAR AWARD, AMOUNTING TO $1,500 EACH, AND ANNUAL CAMPUS TEACHERS OF THE YEAR GIFT CARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 EACH.

AND WE ALSO SUPPORT THE PTA IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000 EACH AS WELL.

AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE FACES THAT YOU'LL SEE PASSING OUT CHECKS, BIG CHECKS LIKE THIS IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO.

ALSO IN ADDITION, WE ALSO TWO YEARS AGO VOTED TO FUND A PROGRAM CALLED PEER HELPERS PLUS.

AND THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO THE DISTRICT.

THERE WAS A STUDENT NAMED. IT'S IN MEMORY OF A STUDENT NAMED JORDAN ELIZABETH HARRIS.

IT'S CALLED THE IT'S PART OF THE JORDAN ELIZABETH HARRIS FOUNDATION.

SHE WAS A STUDENT VALEDICTORIAN WHO GRADUATED FROM RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL IN 2008.

SHE WAS A TREMENDOUS, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, A TREMENDOUS INDIVIDUAL HEART AS BIG AS TEXAS AND A VERY LIKED AND VERY SMART INDIVIDUAL. ULTIMATELY, SHE GOT A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.

UNFORTUNATELY, SHE SUCCUMBED TO A SEVERE BOUT OF DEPRESSION AND COMMITTED SUICIDE DURING HER FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE AS A, AS A MEMORIAL TO THEIR DAUGHTER, THE HARRIS'S STARTED THIS FOUNDATION, AND WE HAVE COMMITTED $77,000 THIS YEAR ALONE FOR A GRANT TO BENEFIT.

THIS PROGRAM ADDRESSES THE SUICIDE PREVENTION STARTING IN EVERY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS DURING THIS FIRST

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AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS, WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

THIS IS A TREMENDOUS PROGRAM THAT HELPS STUDENTS WHO MAY BE AT RISK FOR SUICIDE OR UNDER, UNDER GOING TREMENDOUS DEPRESSION IN THEIR LIVES.

WE HOPED THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP SAVE THOSE, THOSE CHILDREN'S LIVES.

AND THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND TIME THIS EVENING.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT US, AND WE HOPE AND LOOK FORWARD TO, TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDING NEEDED SUPPORT IN THE YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, DOCTOR DELGADO.

THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'RE UP TO BOND CONSTRUCTION UPDATE KATIE.

YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE SCOTT NIVEN HERE TONIGHT AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM LEE LEWIS.

I'LL LET SCOTT MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS. GOOD EVENING. HOPE EVERYONE'S DOING ALRIGHT. ALL WELL, TONIGHT I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON OUR HARDEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT KIND OF SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'RE FACING IN REGARD TO STEEL AND A FEW THINGS LIKE THAT.

WELL, I HAVE WITH ME TONIGHT, DEVIN SHERMAN. HE'S VICE PRESIDENT OF LEE LEWIS PRECONSTRUCTION.

AND ALSO IN OUR AUDIENCE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ARCHITECTS SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THEM AS PART OF OUR TEAM.

AND HERE TONIGHT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEN HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD FROM HERE.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DEVIN TO KIND OF TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

MADAM PRESIDENT, DOCTOR STINSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T GOT TO DO YET IS ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED TRUST AND SUPPORT AND US SUPPORTING YOU AND ALL OF YOUR CONSTRUCTION ENDEAVORS.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT AND TRULY VALUE IT.

SO AS YOU MAY BE AWARE THE HARDEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THAT WAS THE FIRST PROJECT AS PART OF THE NEW BOND DUE TO AN ABRUPT SURGE IN STEEL ORDERS ACROSS THE NATION.

AND I'LL GET MORE INTO ACTUAL DATA SPECIFIC ELEMENTS.

OUR SCHEDULE HAD TO, UNFORTUNATELY PUSH ON OUR HARDEMAN DELIVERY, THE ORIGINAL SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE.

OUR GOAL WAS TO BE ABLE TO HIT JULY 2027. THAT WAS WITH A STRUCTURAL STEEL DELIVERY.

THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN ON DECEMBER 2026, ALLOWING US TO DRY THE BUILDING IN BY FEBRUARY 27TH TO HIT THAT JULY 2027 DATE.

THE UPDATED STEEL DELIVERY SCHEDULE BASED ON MARKET IMPACTS WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE ON SITE UNTIL MARCH 2027.

THAT WOULD THEN PUSH OUR DRY END DATE A KEY MILESTONE FOR OBVIOUSLY GETTING THE PROJECT DONE TO JULY 2027.

SO NOW OUR PROJECTED SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE IS FOR OCTOBER 2027.

SO JUST TO EDUCATE ANYBODY THAT MIGHT NOT BE TOTALLY IN THE LOOP WITH REGARDS TO CONSTRUCTION, HOW TO STEEL AFFECT OUR SCHEDULE. WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN ARE A LIST OF MILESTONES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

YOU'LL NOTE THAT HALFWAY DOWN THE LEFT HAND COLUMN IS OUR STRUCTURAL STEEL DELIVERY.

IT IS A VERY EARLY MILESTONE THAT WE HAVE TO HIT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TOP OUT THE BUILDING.

MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS DRIED IN. ONCE WE CAN GET THE BUILDING DRIED IN. SIMILAR TO THIS FACILITY THAT WE WERE BLESSED TO BE A PART OF. GET ALL YOUR FINISHES IN MEP ROUGH-IN.

SO WITHOUT STRUCTURAL STEEL, NOTHING ELSE CAN HAPPEN.

SO WHY IS STILL SO HARD TO GET. OUR TYPICAL LEAD TIMES FOR STEEL BASED OFF FROM APPROVED SUBMITTAL DRAWINGS IS 10 TO 20 WEEKS.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN AS A RECENT UPDATE, AND AGAIN, THIS HAPPENED VERY ABRUPTLY IS CHANGED TO 30 TO 40 WEEKS.

AT THE TIME OF ME MAKING THIS PRESENTATION LAST WEEK, I ACTUALLY GOT AN UPDATE LAST NIGHT AT 10:30 FROM ONE OF OUR TRUSTED TRADE PARTNERS THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY INCREASING WHAT'S HAPPENING GEOPOLITICALLY TO ACTUALLY DRIVE ALL OF THIS? WELL, WE'VE SEEN ALL THE POLITICS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

THERE'S TARIFFS OUT THERE. IMPORTS OF STEEL HAVE ACTUALLY DECREASED TO THE UNITED STATES BY ALMOST 15% WITHIN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, AS COMPARED TO LAST. ALSO, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN DEMAND.

WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT THE DATA CENTER SURGE THAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE.

THOSE FACILITIES ARE MASSIVE FACILITIES THAT UTILIZE A LOT OF STEEL.

SO DOMESTIC DATA CENTERS HAVE INCREASED IN THE AMOUNT OF STARTUPS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR BY 33%.

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SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE ASKED IS THE STEEL ISSUE GOING TO IMPROVE.

THAT RIGHT NOW IS UNCLEAR. LET ME JUST GIVING YOU AN HONEST ANSWER.

WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE FORECAST FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS MOST MARKET SECTORS.

HERE YOU SEE A GRAPHIC. THIS IS ACTUALLY, PER THE AGC ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS REPORT AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION OUTLOOK JUST FOR TEXAS.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT, DATA CENTER, POWER GENERATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, WATER, SEWER, ALL OF THESE SECTORS, THEY'RE PROJECTING TO INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

SO WHILE A BIG PORTION OF THAT IS DATA CENTERS, OTHER MARKET SECTORS ARE CONTINUING TO INCREASE AS WELL.

SO THEREFORE THERE'S NO OFFSET. SO MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WE WANT TO REASSURE YOU IS THAT FRIENDS CONSULTING, VLK AND LEE LEWIS, WE'RE LOOKING PROACTIVELY INTO EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN ON ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES THAT ARE COMING OUT.

WE'RE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY EXPLORING RIGHT NOW A CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE STRUCTURES SO UTILIZING MUCH MORE CONCRETE THAT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW IN OUR EARLY INVESTIGATIONS.

IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO SAVE US TIME THAT WAY.

A, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE OPENING YOUR FACILITIES ON TIME.

THAT WAY KIDS HAVE A PLACE TO GO TO SCHOOL. OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S OUR PRIMARY FOCUS HERE IS THE CHILDREN, BUT ALSO WITH THE INCREASE IN STEEL DEMAND. SIMPLE ECONOMICS, SUPPLY AND DEMAND COST FOR STEEL ARE ACTUALLY INCREASING.

AND SO BY GETTING AHEAD OF THIS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY FORECASTING THAT BY THE TIME THESE NEXT PROJECTS BID CURRENT ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS THE SMITHFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL ADDITION AND RENOVATION, THAT THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COST WILL BE LESS THAN WHAT IT WOULD BE IF WE STUCK WITH STEEL AND TRIED TO MANAGE OUR WAY THROUGH ALL OF THE DELAYS THAT MIGHT COME ALONG WITH IT. SO WE ARE BEING VERY PROACTIVE IN OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DELIVERING YOUR PROJECTS AGAIN, WITHIN AN ECONOMICAL PRICE POINT AND ALSO ON TIME.

AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAD. SO OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.

YES, SIR. IS THAT GOING TO BE AS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AS THE STEEL WOULD BE? ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR. YEAH. SO SAFE FOR THE CHILDREN? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SO I GUESS TO MAYBE PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT OUR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS HERE, BUT OUR STORM SHELTERS THAT WE BUILD IN ALL OF OUR FACILITIES THERE, THE ICC 500 RATED FACILITIES, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY CAST IN PLACE, CONCRETE WITH CONCRETE LIDS ON THEM.

SO FOR ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING HOW THOSE BUILDINGS ARE BUILT, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE, I DON'T KNOW. DUNAWAY IS NOT HERE. SO I'M NOT A LICENSED ENGINEER.

I DID STUDY ENGINEERING, GOT MY ENGINEERING DEGREE. IT IS AN EQUALLY, IF NOT MORE ROBUST STRUCTURE.

AND DOES IT LAST AS LONG? ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? MR. DAVIS. LONGEVITY. AND HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO LAST AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE IN THE FUTURE IS REAL CRITICAL TO US BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING BUILDINGS THAT ARE 50 YEARS OF USE THAT WE'RE NEEDING TO HAVE CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE IS KIND OF DIFFERENT FOR US, CHANGING SOME OF OUR DESIGN CRITERIA THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IN THE PAST.

I'M DEFINITELY NOT IN FAVOR OF HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION.

WE'VE SEEN SOME OTHER BUILDINGS IN OUR AREA BUILT THAT WERE SCHOOLS WHEN THEY WERE GOING UP.

I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WERE EVEN DOING THAT. BUT CAST IN PLACE MAY WORK.

IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE YOUR TIMELINE THOUGH. ON HARDEMAN.

IT ONLY BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING YOU'VE ALREADY GOT STEEL ORDERED, EVEN IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DELIVERED TILL MARCH, IT'S ORDERED, RIGHT? CORRECT. YES, SIR. YEAH.

BECAUSE THOSE PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, APPROVED BY THE CITY THEY'RE.

YOU GOT YOUR PERMITTING. CORRECT? YES, SIR. SO YOU'RE THINKING THE NEXT PROJECT IS SMITHFIELD MIDDLE.

YES, SIR. THAT'S WHERE YOU MAY FIND OUT. THERE'S A COST BENEFIT TO GO WITH THE CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE.

JOHN AND HIS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TELL US STRUCTURALLY, THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS GET INVOLVED.

ALL THESE THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN. NOW. BACK IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN WE WERE BUILDING ALL THESE HIDEOUT BLOCK BUILDINGS, SCHOOLS, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE HAD WHEN WE STARTED TO COME IN AND TRY TO DO SOME RENOVATION, BUT WE CAN'T GET COMMUNICATION LINES, WE CAN'T DO THIS.

AND IT'S AN ISSUE WITH THAT. WITH CONCRETE STRUCTURES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS THAT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE IN THE FUTURE? IF WE GO THAT THE CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE? BECAUSE THAT WAS A VERY EVIDENT THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT.

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WE CAN'T DO THIS. WE CAN'T RUN CONDUIT. WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, EVEN ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, EVEN ONE OF OUR NEWER SCHOOLS, WE GOT IN TROUBLE WITH SOME COMMUNICATIONS WITH, WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

OKAY. NOT ABLE TO HAVE THESE EXTRA BOOSTERS OR WHATEVER ON THAT.

SO MAKE SURE ALL THOSE THINGS ARE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE YOU MAKE THIS FINAL DECISION.

HEY, CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE IS THE WAY TO GO.

YEAH. IF YOU CAN SAVE US MONEY HALLELUJAH. IT'S GREAT.

BUT WE DON'T WANT TO SAVE MONEY AND LOSE QUALITY OR LOSE A FUTURE ISSUE OF MAINTENANCE, ADAPTABILITY TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND THAT GUY IN TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING EVERY DAY.

AND YOU'RE PROBABLY HEARING IT FROM HIM HOW IT'S CHANGING EVERY DAY. SO DON'T CREATE A ROADBLOCK.

WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE. CAN BE A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

YEAH. WE WANT THIS TO BE A 4 TO 5 YEAR PROGRAM.

RIGHT? BUT IF IT TAKES US 6 YEARS INSTEAD OF 5.

SO BE IT. IF WE DON'T LOSE THAT QUALITY AND WE KEEP OUR COSTS IN LINE.

AND ON THAT NOTE, WOULD IT BE A GOOD IDEA TO COME UP WITH A MASTER SCHEDULE.

I KNOW HE STAYS ON TOP OF IT, BUT THAT WE'VE GOT SOME MAJOR PROJECTS OF HARDEMAN ELEMENTARY WE ALREADY KNOW THAT'S STARTED AND STARTED DIRT SMOOTHING AND ALL THE ABOVE, BUT SMITHFIELD MIDDLE. THE JOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE TRANSPORTATION OR THE SERVICE CENTER IS ANOTHER MAJOR PROJECT.

AM I MISSING ONE OR IS? OH, WE HAVE A BAND HALL ADDITION.

WE HAVE. YEAH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SUMMER PROJECT. I GOT THAT ONE. YEAH, THE JOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL. I SAID THAT ONE. YEAH. BUT ANYWAY, IF WE COULD COME UP WITH A FOR THE BOARD'S BENEFIT AND MY BENEFIT HERE'S THE, WE'RE, WE'RE PROJECTING PLANS ARE GOING TO BE SUBMITTED AND, YOU KNOW, TO THE CITY HERE THEY ARE THEN PERMITTING SHOULD HAPPEN HOPEFULLY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMELINE.

AND THEN HERE'S OUR PROJECTED TARGET DATE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO START MOVING DIRT, A CONSTRUCTION START DATE, A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE, AND THEN AN OCCUPANCY DATE FOR THOSE MAJOR ONES OVER THE NEXT 4 OR 5 YEARS.

ONE, LIKE THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, CAN'T HAPPEN UNTIL HARDEMAN'S OCCUPIED AND THE OLD ONE'S TORN DOWN.

RIGHT FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. SURE.

IF IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE BOARD KIND OF THE WAY I SEE THIS PLAYING OUT IS WHAT YOU'RE COMING TO YOU NEXT MONTH IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE THEATER PROJECT FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE THE DEMOLITION OF OLD ADMIN.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT STEP. AND SO HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME PROBABLY ANOTHER MONTH, WE MAY HAVE ALL THESE ISSUES WORKED OUT OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH VLK AND THEIR CONSULTANTS, AS WELL AS LEE LEWIS.

AND SO IF IT'S ACCEPTABLE, I THINK BY OUR NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING, WE COULD HAVE ALL THIS LAID OUT IN THE TIMELINE THAT WORKS.

I WOULDN'T BE PUSHING THAT FAR. I WAS SAYING, AT LEAST BY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS ANYWAY. YES. AND THAT'S FIXED ALREADY. BUT BY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, WORK IT OUT.

HERE'S WHERE OUR PROJECTIONS FOR 27, 28, 29. AND HERE'S OUR TARGET POINTS BECAUSE MY THEORY IS, IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR TARGET POINT, GUESS WHAT? YOU WON'T MEET IT. YES, SIR. YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO I WANT US TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE AS WE GO DOWN THE LINE OF WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.

YEAH. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN SWITCHED GEARS WERE HARD TO GET.

AND WHAT WERE SOME OF THEIR LEAD TIMES? 18 MONTHS AT TIMES? SO WE'VE LIVED THROUGH THIS BEFORE AND WE CAN LIVE THROUGH THIS AGAIN.

BUT IF THERE'S SOME LONG LEAD ITEMS AHEAD OF TIME, DON'T BE AFRAID TO COME AND TELL US.

I'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING. YEAH. THIS SCHOOL IS NOT BREAKING GROUND FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS OR EIGHT MONTHS, BUT I'VE GOT A LONGER LEAD TIME FOR A SWITCH GEAR OR FOR STEEL.

WE CAN DO A PARTIAL CONTRACT, I'M THINKING. YEAH.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING, OKAY, EARLY PACKAGES TO GET THOSE THINGS OUT VERSUS, YOU KNOW. OKAY WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM VLK'S TEAM AND LEE LEWIS'S TEAM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OPTIONS FOR THIS, TO MAKE IT WORK IN A TIMELY FASHION AND TRY TO KEEP YOU GUYS IN THE DISTRICT AS BEST ON SCHEDULE AS WE CAN.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND SO SURE, WE SHOULD HAVE IT LAID OUT AND BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS OUR PLAN FORWARD. YEAH, I MEAN, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, FRIENDS STAY FRIENDS LONGER IF IT'S IN BLACK AND WHITE, WE KNOW WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE OF YOU AND YOU KNOW WHAT EXPECTATIONS ARE OF US.

TO DO BECAUSE IT'LL JUST GIVE US A GOOD, YOU KNOW, ATTACK OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ATTACKING THESE ISSUES OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

WELL, WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM IN PLACE AND.

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HOUSE BILL 120. DISTRICT LEVEL BOARD GOALS. DOCTOR CLARK.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT SANDERS-WISE, WE ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT THE 2026 STATE ASSESSMENT DATA, ALONG WITH OUR TELPAS STUDENT PERFORMANCE DATA AND OUR AP PERFORMANCE DATA.

AND CCMR THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESS IS VERY HELPFUL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR DISTRICT AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND IN PROVIDING PERTINENT INFORMATION TO YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

TONIGHT, BRIAN ALLEN, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND HB3 GOALS.

AND THEN DOCTOR JOHN FAHEY, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND CCMR, WILL PRESENT THE UPDATE OF CCMR DATA.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SANDERS-WISE DOCTOR STINSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THIS EVENING WE WILL SHARE OUR 25-26 STATE ASSESSMENT RESULTS. WE'LL REVIEW PROGRESS TOWARD OUR HOUSE BILL 3 BOARD GOALS AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE NEW HB 120 REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO CCMR. STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 8 ARE ASSESSED IN READING, LANGUAGE, ARTS AND MATH, AS WELL AS SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES AT SPECIFIC GRADE LEVELS.

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN FIVE END OF COURSE ASSESSMENTS ALGEBRA I, BIOLOGY, ENGLISH I, ENGLISH II, AND U.S. HISTORY.

WE ALSO HAVE STAAR ALT 2 THAT'S PROVIDED FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT COGNITIVE DISABILITIES.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AS YOU. I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD THAT THIS IS THE FINAL YEAR OF STAAR IN ITS CURRENT FORMAT AS.

BEGINNING WITH 27-28, THE STATE WILL TRANSITION TO THE NEW STUDENT SUCCESS TOOL, WHICH WILL INCLUDE BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 8.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS WILL BE THE FINAL YEAR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKE THE ENGLISH II EOC.

TELPAS MEASURES THE PROGRESS EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS MAKE IN ACQUIRING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACROSS LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING AND WRITING. STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE ARE ASSESSED HOLISTICALLY, WHILE STUDENTS IN GRADES 2 THROUGH 12 COMPLETE ONLINE ASSESSMENTS.

AND AGAIN, TELPAS ALTERNATE IS ADDITIONALLY PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.

NOW, MOVING INTO OUR ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE, WE'LL BEGIN WITH MATHEMATICS.

OVERALL, BIRDVILLE DEMONSTRATED STRONG PERFORMANCE ACROSS OUR MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENTS.

THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT COMBINES RESULTS FROM ALL TESTED GRADE LEVELS, PROVIDING A DISTRICT WIDE VIEW OF PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO THE STATE AND REGION.

I ESPECIALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ALGEBRA I, WHERE OUR STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCE.

88% OF STUDENTS APPROACHING GRADE LEVEL, 63% MEETING AND 35 MASTERING, OUTPERFORMING BOTH THE STATE AND THE REGION AT EVERY PERFORMANCE LEVEL. GRADE 7 MATH WAS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STRENGTH, EXCEEDING THE STATE AND REGION AT ALL THREE LEVELS, INCLUDING A 12 PERCENTAGE POINTS ABOVE THE STATE AT MEETS GRADE LEVEL.

WHILE MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH, PARTICULARLY GRADE 8, REMAINS AN AREA OF FOCUS.

OUR OVERALL MATHEMATICS RESULTS REFLECT A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT STRENGTHS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

WE SEE SIMILARLY STRONG OVERALL PICTURE IN RLA.

AGAIN, THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT COMBINES PERFORMANCE ACROSS THE TESTED GRADE LEVELS AND PROVIDES DISTRICT WIDE COMPARISON WITH THE STATE AND REGION.

BIRDVILLE'S OVERALL READING PERFORMANCE WAS VERY STRONG, GENERALLY OUTPERFORMING OR REMAINING CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THE STATE AND REGION.

OUR ELEMENTARY READING RESULTS WERE A PARTICULAR STRENGTH, WITH BIRDVILLE OUTPERFORMING THE STATE AND REGION ACROSS GRADES 3 THROUGH 5.

IN NEARLY EVERY PERFORMANCE MEASURE, GRADE 7 ALSO STOOD OUT, EXCEEDING THE STATE AND REGION AT ALL THREE PERFORMANCE LEVELS AND DEMONSTRATING SOME OF OUR STRONGEST YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH, INCREASING 6% AT MEETS AND 7% AT MASTERS.

SCIENCE WAS ANOTHER STRONG AREA OF PERFORMANCE FOR THE DISTRICT, WHICH ALSO REFLECTED OUR OVERALL RESULTS ON THE RIGHT.

GRADE 8 SCIENCE WAS PARTICULARLY STRONG, WITH BIRDVILLE OUTPERFORMING BOTH THE STATE AND REGION AT ALL THREE PERFORMANCE LEVELS, AND BIOLOGY CONTINUED TO PERFORM VERY WELL 94% APPROACHING, 72% MEETING AND 36% MASTERING MEETING AND EXCEEDING THE STATE AND REGION AT ALL THREE LEVELS. MOVING INTO SOCIAL STUDIES, OUR STRONGEST PERFORMANCE WAS IN U.S.

HISTORY, WHERE BIRDVILLE EXCEEDED BOTH THE STATE AND REGION.

AGAIN, IN ALL THREE PERFORMANCE LEVELS, 94% OF STUDENTS APPROACHING 73% MEETING, 41% MASTERING, COMPARED WITH 37% MASTERING STATEWIDE. GRADE 8 SOCIAL STUDIES REMAINED CLOSE TO STATE AND REGION PERFORMANCE AND CONTINUES TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH FOR THE

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OUR TELPAS RESULTS PROVIDE A MEASURE OF THE PROGRESS OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS ARE MAKING AND ACQUIRING ENGLISH.

IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 2. 32% OF STUDENTS ADVANCED AT LEAST ONE PROFICIENCY LEVEL, WHILE 27% OF STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 12 ADVANCED AT LEAST ONE LEVEL. OUR CONTINUED FOCUS IS ON SUPPORTING STUDENTS AS THEY PROGRESS TOWARD ADVANCED AND ADVANCED HIGH PROFICIENCY LEVELS.

AS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, ADVANCED PLACEMENT CONTINUES TO BE A SIGNIFICANT STRENGTH FOR THE DISTRICT.

IN 2026, BIRDVILLE ADMINISTERED OVER 3,000 AP EXAMS, THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

OF THOSE EXAMS, 1,884 EARNED A SCORE OF THREE OR HIGHER, REPRESENTING 63% OF ALL AP EXAMS ADMINISTERED.

SO NOT ONLY ARE MORE STUDENTS ACCESSING ADVANCED COURSEWORK, WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS EARNING SCORES THAT MAY QUALIFY THEM FOR COLLEGE CREDIT. NOW WE'LL TRANSITION FROM OUR OVERALL ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE TO OUR HOUSE BILL 3 BOARD GOALS.

HOUSE BILL 3 REQUIRES THE BOARD TO ESTABLISH AND MONITOR MEASURABLE, MULTI-YEAR GOALS FOR EARLY LITERACY, MATH, AND COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.

BEGINNING WITH EARLY LITERACY, OUR BOARD GOAL IS FOR PERCENTAGE OF 3RD GRADE STUDENTS SCORING MEETS GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE ON STAAR RLA TO INCREASE FROM 52% IN 2025 TO 64% IN JUNE BY JUNE OF 2029. FOR 2026, OUR ANNUAL TARGET WAS 55% WITH ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF 53%. WHILE WE FELL TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS SHORT OF THE ANNUAL TARGET, PERFORMANCE INCREASED FROM OUR 2025 BASELINE OF 52%.

WHILE WE CONTINUE MONITORING PROGRESS TOWARD THE 64% GOAL THROUGH OUR ANNUAL DISTRICT TARGETS, AS WELL AS CAMPUS SPECIFIC AND STUDENT GROUP TARGETS ESTABLISHED UNDERNEATH THE DISTRICT GOAL.

FOR MATHEMATICS OUR BOARD GOAL IS FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF 3RD GRADE STUDENTS SCORING MEETS GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE TO INCREASE FROM 47% IN 2025 TO 65% BY JUNE 2029. FOR 26, OUR ANNUAL TARGET WAS 53% WITH ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF 47%.

PERFORMANCE REMAINED AT OUR 2025 BASELINE, MAKING EARLY MATHEMATICS AN IMPORTANT AREA OF FOCUS AS WE WORK TOWARD OUR 2029 GOAL.

AS WITH LITERACY, WE'VE ESTABLISHED ANNUAL DISTRICT, CAMPUS AND STUDENT GROUP TARGETS THAT ALLOW US TO CLOSELY MONITOR PROGRESS AND RESPOND AS NEEDED. OUR 3RD BOARD GOAL FOCUSES ON COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.

THE PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES MEETING CCMR WILL INCREASE FROM 59% IN 2025 TO 83% BY AUGUST OF 2029.

CCMR REMAINS AN IMPORTANT DISTRICT FOCUS AS WE CONTINUE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO GRADUATE WITH DEMONSTRATED READINESS FOR COLLEGE CAREER OR THE MILITARY.

NOW FOR 2026, OUR CCMR TARGET WAS 66% WITH ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF 59%.

NOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT CCMR IS LAGGING DATA.

THE RESULTS I'M REPORTING TODAY REFLECT PREVIOUS GRADUATING CLASS, WHICH MEANS THE IMPACT OF THE WORK AND THE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED DURING LAST YEAR, 25-26 WILL NOT BE REFLECTED UNTIL OUR CCMR DATA THAT'S PROVIDED TO YOU IN FALL OF 2027. WHILE WE DIDN'T MEET THE 2026 TARGET, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN OUR CCMR SYSTEMS, EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND MORE CLOSELY MONITOR THE INDIVIDUAL INDICATORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OVERALL CCMR PERFORMANCE.

THIS WORK TAKES ON ADDITIONAL IMPORTANCE WITH HOUSE BILL 120, WHICH EXPANDS THE CCMR GOAL SETTING REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDES A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL MEASURES OF COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THOSE REQUIREMENTS OUR CCMR ACTION PLAN AND THE ADDITIONAL GOALS WE'LL BE MONITORING.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DOCTOR JOHN FAHEY, DIRECTOR OF CCMR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.

THANKS, SIR GOOD EVENING. IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO GET TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL THE HOUSE BILL 120 UPDATES TO THE HOUSE BILL 3, WHICH REQUIRES A MORE IN-DEPTH LOOK AT CREATING GOALS FOR CCMR. SPECIFICALLY FOR EVERY INDICATOR OF CCMR. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO REMIND US OF, THOUGH, IS WHERE CCMR ACTUALLY TAKES EFFECT IN OUR ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EACH DOMAIN OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM MEASURES A DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF HOW CCMR WILL COUNT FOR THAT HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE UP HERE SHOWING THAT IF A SCORE IS GIVEN IN DOMAIN ONE TO A HIGH SCHOOL,

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IN ADDITION TO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER CCMR IS CALCULATED BY THE MEMBERS THAT WALK ACROSS THE GRADUATION STAGE, NOT THE STUDENTS WE HAVE IN SNAPSHOT IN OCTOBER.

SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR STAAR ACCOUNTABILITY AND CCMR. THE INDICATORS THAT WE ARE CREATING GOALS FOR THAT WE HERE AT BIRDVILLE HAVE PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR UNDER COLLEGE READINESS IS GOING TO BE THE SAT ACT TSIA. WE'LL CALL THOSE NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS, OUR AP PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY THE EXAMS, DUAL CREDIT STUDENTS WITH ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES, ADP, WHICH IS ADVANCED DEGREE PLAN AS WELL AS COLLEGE PREP.

BUT MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE THERE IS NO MATH APPROVED COLLEGE PREP COURSE BY TEA.

SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO SET A GOAL FOR THAT THIS YEAR.

CT COURSE OR CTE COURSEWORK, WHICH GETS OUR CAREER READINESS AS WELL AS WORKFORCE READY IEP GRADUATES ALL COUNT FOR THE CAREER READINESS AND THEN MILITARY READY. IS MILITARY ENLISTMENT SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT NEW FOR THIS YEAR IS STUDENTS WITH THREE OR MORE YEARS IN THE JROTC PROGRAM WITH AN AFQT SCORE OF 31 OR MORE. ALSO COUNTS AS MILITARY READY NOW WITH CCMR. THINGS THAT WERE REALLY FOCUSING ON RIGHT NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO CAREER READINESS, THERE IS A HYPER VIGILANCE WHEN IT COMES TO NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS. SO WE SEE TSI LISTED THERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT TSI DOES NOT MEAN JUST TSIA, IT ALSO INCLUDES SAT AND ACT. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH STUDENTS.

WE ARE PROVIDING TEST PREP. WE HAVE SCHEDULES TO HELP OUR STUDENTS BECOME SUCCESSFUL ON THESE NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS.

IT'S A BIG PART OF COLLEGE ADMISSIONS AS WELL AS A LOT OF SCHOLARSHIPS TIED TO IT.

CAREER READINESS. WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT MORE TIER ONE AND TIER TWO CERTIFICATIONS.

ONE OF THE NEW RULES PUT INTO PLACE THIS YEAR WITH TEA IS THAT FOR OUR CAREER READY GRADUATES, WE CAN ONLY GRADUATE 5% WITH TIER THREE IBCS AND HAVE THEM COUNT TOWARDS CCMR. SO THERE'S NEWER REQUIREMENTS THAT CAME INTO PLACE THIS YEAR THAT LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO HELP KIDS MEET CCMR. AND THEN OF COURSE I'VE EXPLAINED MILITARY READY.

SO WHERE HAVE WE BEEN AND WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF COLLEGE READINESS? OUR GOAL BY 2029 IS TO GET 60% OF OUR GRADUATES COLLEGE READY.

THAT HAS A MULTITUDE OF WAYS OF DOING IT. WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THOSE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BREAK THEM DOWN MORE SPECIFICALLY.

WHEN WE LOOK AT TSI SO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT, THIS YEAR'S GOAL IS GOING TO BE 35%.

BUT OUR ULTIMATE GOAL BY 2029 IS THAT 40% OF OUR GRADUATES ARE MEETING STANDARDS ON SAT ACT TSIA OR A COMBINATION OF MATH AND ENGLISH ON THOSE TESTS. SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY JUST PASS BOTH THE MATH AND ENGLISH OF THE SAT, THEY COULD PASS THE MATH ON SAT AND THEN PASS THE ENGLISH ON TSIA AND IT COUNTS FOR CCMR. SO 40% OF OUR GRADUATES IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO BY 2029 THERE.

FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT. TAKING THE AP CLASS DOES NOT GET A STUDENT CCMR MET.

IT'S TAKING THE TEST AND EARNING A THREE OR HIGHER.

NOTE THAT THE GOAL IS CONSISTENT ALL FOUR YEARS.

THE REASON WHY IS WE'RE LOOKING AT TREND DATA.

WHAT IS OUR PERFORMANCE BEEN IN THE PAST? WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION GOING FORWARD.

BUT KNOWING THAT WE'RE ALSO PUTTING MORE OF A FOCUS ON DUAL CREDIT.

AND I'M GOING TO CLICK TO THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU CAN SEE THE GOAL FOR DUAL CREDIT IS THE SAME.

BUT OUR HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN BELOW THAT 25 SO THE THEORY OF THOUGHT IS THAT IF WE FOCUS ON GETTING MORE STUDENTS IN DUAL CREDIT, THEN IT'S GOING TO BALANCE WITH AP AND OVERALL BETWEEN THE TWO PROGRAMS, WE'LL HAVE 50% OF OUR KIDS DOING ONE OR THE OTHER.

ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES MAINLY COME FROM THE CAB.

BASED ON ENROLLMENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT 3% OF OUR OVERALL GRADUATES BY 2029 GETTING AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.

HOW CAN WE INCREASE THAT NUMBER? ARE YOU GOING TO EXPAND HOW MANY KIDS ARE IN CAB? YES, SIR. THAT'S ONE WAY OF DOING IT. WE HAVE A FEW STUDENTS, I THINK, ON THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA CREDITS THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH DUAL CREDIT, THAT THEY'RE WORKING THEIR WAY TOWARDS AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.

BUT ON AVERAGE, THAT MIGHT BE 1 OR 2 KIDS ON A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE ALSO HAVE HAVE STARTED THE PTECH PROGRAM AND THAT IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

THE WHOLE INTENT IS LIKE THE CAB THAT THEY COULD EARN AN ASSOCIATE'S THROUGH PTECH AT OUR BCTAL HEALTH SCIENCE.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS ON THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, WE'RE KIND OF CAPPED BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KEEP AT A CERTAIN MAKEUP DEMOGRAPHICALLY, CORRECT. SO WE CAN'T NECESSARILY BRING IN EVERYBODY WE WANT.

BUT DOCTOR CLARK, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THE OTHER METHOD THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY INCREASE EVEN MORE CORRECT.

THAT'S TRUE. THROUGH THE PTECH THAT GIVES. ANOTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT ONE CAPPED THE SAME WAY.

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NOW THAT WE HAVE. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN INCREASE THE NUMBERS.

TARRANT COUNTY IS ON BOARD WITH THAT INCREASE.

YES, SIR. OKAY, MR. DAVIS. WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS I THOUGHT THERE WAS WE HAVE TO KEEP A BALANCE OF MALE, FEMALE AND VARIOUS DEMOGRAPHICS. YEAH. THE BLUEPRINT OF THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY IS THAT IT SHOULD CLOSELY MIRROR YOUR DISTRICT DEMOGRAPHICS. OKAY, SO IF WE HAVE ANY THAT WANT TO BE IN THAT SKEW THAT WE HAVE TO DECLINE THEM.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE NUMBER, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE REASONABLY COMPARABLE.

OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ONE I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT IS REQUIRED WITH THE HOUSE BILL GOAL SETTING, THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE GOALS FOR WHAT'S CALLED AN ADVANCED DEGREE PLAN.

AND WHEN I GET TO CAREER READY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE FOR IEPS.

FOR ME, AN AVERAGE OF 6% FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUR SIZE, FOR THE AREA OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND STUDENTS WITHIN THAT PROGRAM, EARNING CCMR THROUGH A MEANS SET BY THE STATE.

THE ONLY WAY TO INCREASE THAT PERCENTAGE WOULD BE TO BE QUALIFYING MORE STUDENTS FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS. SO ULTIMATELY, THE FLAT LINE YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS BECAUSE THERE IS A NORMAL AVERAGE OF HOW MANY STUDENTS QUALIFY.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A FLAT 6% THERE. AND IT'S ALSO A FLAT 6% WHEN WE GET TO THE CAREER READINESS COMPONENTS.

NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT CAREER READY AND THE PERCENT GOALS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THERE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BY 2029, WE'RE LOOKING AT 20%. BUT EARLIER IN THE YEAR IN 2025, WE HAD 30% AS THE GOAL.

AGAIN, THAT'S DUE TO STATE CHANGES IN WHAT ACTUALLY GETS A STUDENT CAREER READY.

IF WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT GRADUATES, THEY HAVE TO BE A COMPLETER WITH AN IBC.

THE DEFINITION OF COMPLETER IS A STUDENT WITH THREE OR MORE CLASSES FOR FOUR OR MORE CREDITS, AND GETTING THE IBC IN THAT PATHWAY OF STUDY.

BUT THE YEAR PRIOR, IT WAS TWO CLASSES FOR THREE OR MORE CREDITS.

SO THOSE CRITERION KEEP GOING UP, WHICH IS WHY OUR GOAL CHANGES.

AND YOU SEE THAT DOWNWARD SLOPE, THAT FLAT LINES AT 20%.

YES, SIR. SO ESSENTIALLY THE STATE IS SAYING WE HAVE TO REACH HIGHER LEVELS.

AND THEY'RE MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT SIMULTANEOUSLY TO REACH THE HIGHER LEVELS. YES, SIR. OKAY.

AND THEN YOU LOOK AT NO MATH COLLEGE PREP THIS YEAR.

BUT LAST YEAR THERE WAS A MATH COLLEGE PREP, AND NOW YOU HAVE A 5% CAP ON IBCS FOR TIER THREE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST YEAR.

AND THEN THE FRESHMAN CLASS HAS A WHOLE NEW SET OF RULES.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO IF YOU REMEMBER IN THE PREVIOUS CLASSES, WE WERE ABLE TO STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THESE GOALS BY TAKING MATH. THE COLLEGE BRIDGE CLASSES, MATH AND ENGLISH.

AND THEY TOOK THAT AWAY FROM US. YEAH. SO IBCS FOR THIS ONE WE WANT OUR KIDDOS TO GET AS MANY IBCS AS THEY CAN GET BEFORE THEY GRADUATE, REGARDLESS IF IT'S IN A PATHWAY OF STUDY OR NOT.

SO OUR GOAL IS GOING TO BE 30% MINIMUM EVERY YEAR.

AND THAT'S WHY THAT ONE FLATLINES ACROSS. I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WORKFORCE READINESS.

THIS IS AN ARD COMMITTEE DECISION DURING A GRADUATION ARD.

AND MILITARY READY I WILL TELL YOU THIS AS A KIND OF A KUDOS TO BIRDVILLE ISD.

A LOT OF THE DISTRICTS AROUND US, THEY STRUGGLE TO GET 1% IN THIS CATEGORY FOR LAST YEAR TO BE 3% THAT IS HONESTLY A WONDERFUL PERCENT TO HIT. SO A 3% GOAL IN THIS CATEGORY IS PRETTY GOOD.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE HOUSE BILL 120 GOALS.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING THROUGH ALL THAT. I DO WANT TO ASK.

EVERYTHING AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING IT.

IT'S A CHALLENGE. AND UNFORTUNATELY I THINK IT'S A MOVING TARGET AGAIN.

IT WILL BE. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT STAAR IS GOING TO BE REPLACED WITH. YES, SIR.

RIGHT. CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT IBC SLIDE? WHY DID THEY TAKE AWAY SOME OF OUR IBC? SO THEY DO. THERE IS. PART OF THE PROCESS IS THAT THE STATE WILL SUNSET IBCS THAT THEY DEEM DON'T HAVE AS MUCH VALUE AS OTHERS, AND THEN THEY NOW HAVE A TIERED SYSTEM. SO A TIER ONE IBC IS WHAT THEY CLASSIFY AS THE MOST EARNINGS FOR A STUDENT THAT EARNS IT AND GRADUATES.

BUT JUST AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A TIER THREE IBC IS, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM HERE IN OUR DISTRICT,

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WOW. WOW. AND HIRE ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS THESE DAYS.

AND THEY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THE COMPLICATION IS WHAT HE SAID.

AND I WAS ACTUALLY ON A TWO HOUR PHONE CALL THIS MORNING, ZOOM, WITH THE COMMISSIONER.

IT WAS ACTUALLY A THREE HOUR ZOOM. TWO HOURS WERE DEDICATED TO THIS EXACT SUBJECT FOR CCMR. AND WE TALKED ABOUT EXACTLY THAT. THE TIERING AND THE COMMISSIONER EVEN STATED TO US THAT THOSE TIERS CONTINUE TO CHANGE AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND IT'S DIFFICULT FOR TEA IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT THAT IS EVERY YEAR.

AND IN JUST ONE EXAMPLE, IS IF YOU BEGIN A PROGRAM AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL OF YOU HAVE THE TEACHERS, YOU HAVE THE STUDENT INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE EQUIPMENT, AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR OR THE NEXT YEAR, IT'S DEEMED AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL, A DIFFERENT TIER, A DIFFERENT WEIGHT.

AND THERE YOU GO AGAIN. SO IT'S A COMPLICATED SYSTEM AND IT'S EVER CHANGING.

IT WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE. THIS YEAR'S FRESHMAN CLASS, IT BEGINS EVEN A NEW SYSTEM.

AND SO BY 2031, THIS YEAR'S FRESHMAN CLASS WILL BE RATED ON A VERY DIFFERENT CCMR SYSTEM THAN WHAT LAST YEAR'S CLASS WAS. AND SO IT CHANGES EVERY YEAR.

LITERALLY, I HAD A QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE MILITARY.

NOW, YOU SAID THAT THREE YEARS OF JROTC WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS.

SO WHY ARE WE NOT INCREASING THIS ONE SOME. SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD.

SO BASED ON TREND DATA, BECAUSE WE CAN SEE YEARS PRIOR WE HAD 1%.

SO THE 3% THAT WE HIT WITH MILITARY ENLISTED.

AND AGAIN, THAT MILITARY ENLISTMENT A LOT OF TIMES IS GUIDED BY THE OR POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO IF OUR MILITARY ENLISTMENT HAPPENS TO GO BACK TO THAT KIND OF BASELINE OF 1%, WHICH WE SEE IN THE AREA, BUT THE JROTC MAKES UP FOR IT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF KIDS IN JROTC, WE'RE STILL HITTING 3%.

QUESTION I HAVE BACK ON THE SLIDES, BRIAN, THAT YOU WERE LEADING US THROUGH SOME OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD, SOME OF THE YOUNGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCORES THAT WE WERE PERHAPS LESS THAN THE STATE IN NOT, NOT WHAT WE WANT THEM TO BE. DOCTOR STINSON, DOCTOR CLARK, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WE PUT TREMENDOUS EMPHASIS BECAUSE IF WE CAN INCREASE THAT THEN A LOT OF THIS OTHER FIXES ITSELF FOR.

FOR THE HELP OF ANYBODY WHO VIEWS THIS, CAN YOU JUST GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE PLACING ON EARLY CHILDHOOD MATH RLA? THOSE THINGS? THIS THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED OUR HQ.

I AM BLUE BONNET IN ELEMENTARY. YOU KNOW, WE TRIED IT OUT LAST YEAR IN CHENEY AND WEST AND SAW TREMENDOUS RESULTS FROM THAT. AND SO THIS YEAR IS, AND, PART OF THAT PROGRAM IS CALLED FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS.

AND THAT IS THE, THAT WE HAVE AT OUR VERY EARLY AGE KINDER FIRST, SECOND GRADE.

AND SO NOW THAT WE HAVE, I THINK THAT WE HAVE A RESOURCE THAT IS REALLY GOING TO BE VERY RIGOROUS.

I'VE BEEN IN MANY CLASSROOMS THIS YEAR SO FAR, AND I HAVE SEEN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT, OF THAT, OF THOSE RESOURCES, THE STUDENTS. IT'S AMAZING HOW INTERESTING THE CONTENT IS AND HOW ENGAGED THE STUDENTS ARE, AND THAT WE REALLY DO SEE. I WAS IN A FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM AS AN EXAMPLE, AND THE STUDENTS WERE ALREADY LEARNING VOCABULARY SUCH AS A PEDIATRICIAN, THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM, THE SKELETAL SYSTEM, THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, AND THOSE WERE EMBEDDED INTO THEIR RLA.

SO THEY WERE READING CONTENT BUT LEARNING READING SKILLS, BUT LEARNING CONTENT THAT WOULD INCREASE THEIR BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE IN SCIENCE.

AND I'VE SEEN IT IN SOCIAL STUDIES AS WELL AS IN THE HUMANITIES.

SO THE MATERIALS, I THINK, IS GOING TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS MUCH MORE RIGOR.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP US AND OUR TEACHERS ARE VERY RECEPTIVE AND ARE IMPLEMENTING IT WELL.

OUR STUDENTS LIKE IT. SO THAT'S ONE THING. THEN THE SECOND YEAR OF MATHEMATICS.

WE, WE SEE MUCH MORE FLUIDITY WITH OUR TEACHERS IN THE USE OF THE BLUEBONNET MATH.

THE, IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU SEE PRIMARY STUDENTS DOING.

SO I THINK THOSE RESOURCES ARE IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A FOCUS ON RIGOR.

AND, AND THAT'S WHAT THIRD GRADE, WHEN YOU HIT THAT THIRD GRADE STAR TEST IT'S A RIGOROUS TEST.

[01:25:08]

PRETTY AMAZING. YOU'VE SEEN SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT SOME OF THE STAR ASSESSMENT ITEMS LOOK LIKE.

AND IT REQUIRES STUDENTS TO GO THROUGH MULTIPLE STEPS OF PROBLEM SOLVING.

SO I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE IMPROVEMENT. AND I THINK YOU KNOW, JUST TO, TO TAG ON TO THAT ONE TIME, SOMEONE TAUGHT ME THAT THAT WE SHOULD WORK FROM FACTS, NOT FEELINGS.

AND THE FACTS ARE THAT AT THOSE TWO CAMPUSES WHERE WE PILOTED HQM AT WEST THE IMPROVEMENT WAS DATA DRIVEN BY ABOUT 29%. AND AT CHENEY, THE IMPROVEMENT STOOD AT AROUND 21%, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

IS THAT IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. MR. ALLEN SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK FROM THAT DATA.

AND AS WE IMPLEMENT TO THE OTHER CAMPUSES FEEL LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT AS WELL.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU BRIAN. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE UP TO INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS.

[J.1. Revenue Update [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

THIS IS OUR ANNUAL REVENUE UPDATE THAT WE DO IN REGARD TO OUR FIRST.

ALL OF OUR REVENUE WILL BE COMPARED AT YEAR END BASED ON WHAT IS FINALIZED WITH THE BOARD FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND. SO NOW THAT WE HAVE A FIRST SIX WEEKS OF DATA, WE WILL BRING THOSE NEW NUMBERS TO YOU WITH THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

IF YOU REMEMBER, WE UPDATED THE BUDGET IN AUGUST PRIOR TO THE TAX RATE APPROVAL FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

BUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE STUDENT INFORMATION, WE TYPICALLY WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

SO WE'LL HAVE THAT UPDATE FOR YOU NEXT MONTH. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. NEXT 2020 627 LOCAL AND TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

[J.2. 2026-27 Local and Targeted Improvement Plan Development [Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]

THIS WILL BE THERE THE SECOND YEAR, THE LAST YEAR, AND THEN WEST BIRDVILLE BECAUSE OF THE LIFT GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED, WE ALSO HAVE NINE CAMPUSES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO DEVELOP A AND IMPLEMENT A LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ACCORDING TO TEA REQUIREMENTS FOR PERFORMANCE IN ONE OR MORE GROUPS OF STUDENTS AND IN YOUR BOARD MATERIALS WE GAVE YOU THE DETAILED REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPING THE PLAN, HOSTING A PUBLIC MEETINGS AT EACH CAMPUS, AND CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

INCLUDED IS THE TIMELINE FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER THE 1ST AND THE INFORMATION ACTION ITEM FOR POSSIBLE BOARD APPROVAL ON OCTOBER 22ND ENSURING THAT THE PLAN WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE TEA BY THE NOVEMBER DEADLINE.

A LINK TO THE PLANS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BOARD MATERIALS, IN ADVANCE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO ON YOUR, YOU'VE SEEN A CHART OF ALL THE, THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO DEVELOP THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS WELL AS THE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND MR. ALLEN AND ALL OF HIS STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE NOT ONLY ON THE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLANS, BUT ALSO THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK INVOLVED IN ALL OF THAT. AND WE HAVE ALSO, BRIAN AND I HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH OUR SERVICE CENTER COACH THAT WILL WORK WITH US AND DO SPOT CHECKS WITH US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND THE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR CLARK.

[J.3. 2026-27 Campus Improvement Plans [Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]

THEY'RE AVAILABLE IN YOUR, YOUR PACKET. AND AS A SEPARATE INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEM.

THESE PLANS ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

AND I CAN SAY OUR PRINCIPALS REALLY DO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND THEY WORK HARD.

THEY WORK WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAM AS WELL AS TEACHERS.

WE HAVE PRESENTED THESE WE HAD A TEA COMMITTEE AND PRESENTED THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO THE TEA COMMITTEE AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE ALIGN THE CAMPUS

[01:30:10]

AND I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT, DOCTOR CLARK, THAT THIS IS THE WAY THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ENGAGE THE BOARD IN PROGRESS MONITORING NOT ONLY AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, BUT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

SO IT'S A LOT OF WORK. TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.

AND WE DO APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR CLARK. ALL RIGHT. SEPARATE ACTION ITEMS.

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

BEFORE WE CONSIDER THE PERSONNEL ITEMS I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT DOCTOR STINSON HAS ACCEPTED FOUR RESIGNATIONS AND ZERO RETIREMENTS.

DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR THE PERSONNEL ITEMS? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD, APPROVE AND ADOPT ALL PERSONNEL ITEMS AS PRESENTED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. DILKS AND MR. KUNKEL. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. CONSIDER THE

[K.2. Consider the 2026-27 District Improvement Plan [Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]

DO I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. KUNKEL.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. CONSIDER THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS PROPOSED POLICY UPDATE 127 AFFECTING

[K.3. Consider Texas Association of School Boards Proposed Policy Update 127, Affecting Local Policies Listed (Third Reading) [Dr. Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]]

THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT, WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[L. CONSENT ITEMS]

IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT A BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE ALL ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. DREES.

I'LL CALL YOU D'S. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUSLY. CONSENT ITEMS.

[M. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD]

ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT CONCERNING THESE ITEMS. OKAY. I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT IF I MAY.

I BELIEVE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT WE HAVE KRISTINN HOLBROOKS, WHO IS OUR AVID COORDINATOR, A DISTRICT AVID COORDINATOR. KRISTINN, STAND UP SO THE BOARD CAN, CAN SEE YOU.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT KRISTINN HAS REALLY TAKEN AVID BY THE HORNS. LONGHORNS ARE ALWAYS GREAT, BUT WHAT I REALLY MEAN IS SHE HAS TAKEN THIS AVID PROGRAM THAT REALLY KIND OF FALTERED AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND GREW IT BACK TO SOMETHING AMAZING IN THIS DISTRICT NOW EXPANDING INTO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND EXPANDING INTO OUR, INTO MULTIPLE HIGH SCHOOLS AND IS A HUGE REASON.

SHE IS A HUGE REASON WHY OUR CCMR GREW TO WHAT IT WAS THIS PAST YEAR AND CONTINUES TO GROW, BECAUSE THROUGH THAT AVID PROGRAM, WE ARE ABLE TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO TAKE OR TO TEACH THEM HOW TO BE PHENOMENAL STUDENTS IN OUR ADVANCED CLASSES.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUBLICLY THANKED KRISTINN HOLBROOKS FOR THE INFORMATION SHE HAS PROVIDED AND FOR THE WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE GROWING OUR AVID PROGRAM IN BIRDVILLE ISD. THANK YOU KRISTINN. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] AND IF I MAY REAL QUICK THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.

[01:35:02]

THIS IS MY SEVENTH YEAR MENTORING AT CHENEY HILLS, AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE AVID STUDENTS THAT ARE NOW MENTORING AT SPICER, I BELIEVE. AND THANKS TO TROY DUNN OR HALTOM CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR HIS ENCOURAGEMENT IN THAT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1ST,

[N. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS]

AND OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22ND HERE IN THE BOARDROOM.

THE BOARD MEETING WILL OPEN AT 5:30 P.M., RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 7 P.M.

NOW, AS WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN AND WE ALL NEED TO SHOW DOCTOR SHOWELL SOME LOVE.

ALL RIGHT. WE LOVE YOU, DOCTOR SHOWELL. HE'S JUST BY HIMSELF THERE.

[APPLAUSE] WE HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. YOU ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.