Sep 18, 2023 Regular Board Meeting

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WE WILL NOW CALL INTO OPEN SESSION THE LITTLE ELM ISD BOARD AT 400 LOBO LANE OFFICIALLY AT 6 P.M.

[1. Call to Order Open Session in the Board Room at Little Elm ISD Administration Building on 400 Lobo Lane, Little Elm, Texas 75068.]

[2. The Board will recess into Closed Meeting in the Board Support Conference Room as permitted by the Texas Open Meetings Act Code Subchapter 551.072 & 551.074. The Board and Superintendent will discuss: A. Personnel B. Land]

THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT WILL DISCUSS PERSONNEL AND LAND.

WE WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION OFFICIALLY AT 7:01 P.M.

IF EVERYBODY WILL PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[3. Pledge of Allegiance]

LORD OF OUR PRAYERS.

GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERY FACULTY MEMBER, STAFF, THANK YOU FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TONIGHT WHERE YOU BLESS THIS MEETING.

GUIDE OUR CAPACITY TO LEAD AND SERVE AND GOD.

WE THANK YOU FOR EVERY BLESSING YOU'VE GIVEN US.

WE HONOR YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'LL DO IN THE FUTURE.

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

THANK YOU, MR. YOUNGBLOOD. SO WE'LL GO INTO INTRODUCTION.

ROLL CALL, MISS FLORES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL GO INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT SPOTLIGHT WITH THE RECOGNITION OF THE LITTLE ELM ANGELS FOUNDATION.

[6. Superintendent Spotlight]

IT APPEARS TO ME HE'S NOT HERE.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

SO WE WILL TABLE THAT AND DO THAT ANOTHER TIME.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO ON TO THE STUDENTS.

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH RECOGNITION.

MR. BARTLETT IS GOING TO GUIDE US THROUGH THIS, AND I WILL HAND OUT TROPHIES.

PUSH THE BUTTON.

BOARD PRESIDENT OLSON, CABINET, MR. LAMB. SO TONIGHT, WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR KIDDOS, AND WE HAVE FOLKS FROM THE CAMPUS WITH THEM AS WELL, AND I THINK WE HAVE, AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW VISITORS THAT ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ELEMENTARY.

MR. LAMB, PRESIDENT OLSON, YOU GUYS WANT TO COME UP AND GREET OUR KIDDOS ? ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

WE WANT TO START WITH ONE OF OUR FIFTH GRADERS, AARON GUNTHER.

COULD YOU PLEASE COME UP TO THE FRONT? AARON IS A FIFTH GRADER AT BRENT ELEMENTARY.

HIS FAMILY WHO SHOWED UP WITH BRENT.

YEAH, Y'ALL COME ON UP HERE. Y'ALL COME ON UP HERE WITH US, AND I'D LIKE TO READ WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT BRANT.

HE IS A KIND, CONSCIENTIOUS, STAYS CURRENT ON ALL HIS WORK WHILE GETTING EXCELLENT GRADES.

THANK YOU, SIR, AND OUR NEXT FIFTH GRADER IS FROM LAKEVIEW.

[INAUDIBLE] YOU WANT TO COME UP HERE WITH THE FAMILY FROM LAKEVIEW?

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SHE IS ONE OF A KIND.

MOM AND DAD, AS YOU KNOW THAT SHE IS HELPFUL TO ALL HER CLASSMATES.

SHE WILL BE THE FIRST PERSON TO JUMP UP AND HELP OUR FELLOW STUDENTS WHEN THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

ALISHBA DOES NOT HAVE AN UNKIND WORD TO SAY TO OR ABOUT ANYONE.

SHE LOVES SCHOOL, AND IT SHOWS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY.

ANYBODY FROM CHAVEZ HERE? [INAUDIBLE]. COME ON UP HERE.

COME ON. COME ON.

WE LOVE FOR THE KIDDOS TO SEE FAMILIAR FACES AS THEY COME UP HERE.

SO, EMMA WANG, WILL YOU PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT AND FAMILY? EMMA SHOWS THE CHAVEZ CHARACTER TRAITS DAILY.

SHE SHOWS COMPASSION, EXCELLENCE, TENACITY, INTEGRITY AND RESPECT TOWARDS ADULTS AND CLASSMATES.

EMMA IS AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS.

SHE IS VERY HELPFUL, COMPASSIONATE AND CARING.

SHE TAKES PRIDE IN HER WORK AND ALWAYS DOES THE BEST THAT SHE CAN AND COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.

THANK YOU, EMMA.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ANOTHER FIFTH GRADER.

HACKBERRY. MR. ROSS, WILL YOU COME UP HERE? AND THEN KYLA [INAUDIBLE] EDWARDS, WILL YOU COME UP TO THE FRONT, PLEASE? KYLA IS A KIND, RESPECTFUL, HARD-WORKING STUDENT WHO LOOKS OUT FOR THE WELFARE OF ALL HER CLASSMATES.

THANK YOU, KYLA.

WE HAVE A THIRD GRADE ELEMENTARY STUDENT FROM OAK POINT WITH OAK POINT.

PLEASE COME FORWARD.

MYRON STEELE, WOULD YOU COME UP HERE, PLEASE? MYRON AND HIS FAMILY.

HIS MOM. MYRON LOOKS SO NICE TONIGHT.

MYRON IS NEW TO OUR SCHOOL AND DISTRICT, BUT HE HAS ALREADY MADE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.

HE SHOWED HIS CHARACTER RIGHT AWAY WHEN HE FOUND MONEY IN THE HALL AND GAVE IT TO MISS WORTH ABOUT A WEEK LATER.

OUR COUNSELOR, MISS OLSON, CAME TO TELL ME SHE HAD OBSERVED MYRON COME TO THE COME TO THE [INAUDIBLE].

WHOOPS. MISSPELLING.

I CAN'T READ.

AID OF SOMEONE WHO WAS INJURED IN PE TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE OKAY AND TO CONSOLE THEM.

MYRON IS CURRENTLY RUNNING TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR OUR HOUSE COUNCIL.

OH, AND HE MADE IT IN ADDITION TO HIS GREAT CHARACTER AND NOW HIS POLITICAL STANCE, WHOSE HOUSE ARE YOU IN? [INAUDIBLE] TURISMO.

THERE WE GO. [INAUDIBLE] TURISMO.

MYRON HAS SHOWN HIS SKILLS AND SUCCEEDING ACADEMICALLY AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MYRON.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. OUR LAST ELEMENTARY REPRESENTATIVE IS ALSO A FIFTH GRADER FROM PRESTWICK.

CADEN, MISS ALLEN.

ALL RIGHT, FAMILY.

COME ON DOWN, KADEN ALLEN.

THEY SAY KADEN IS A NATURAL LEADER.

HE IS RESPECTED BY HIS PEERS.

HE MAKES THE RIGHT DECISIONS EVEN WHEN IT'S THE TOUGHER DECISION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

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ALL RIGHT, MR. BUSH. COME ON UP, MISS SILCOX.

Y'ALL COME ON UP, AND THEN MR. BARRETT, YOU'LL FOLLOW THEM.

OKAY. THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT THEIR OWN.

GOOD EVENING. ALWAYS ONE OF THE FAVORITE PARTS OF THE JOB IS BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS.

EMILY DAVILA AND FAMILY.

CAN YOU COME UP FRONT, PLEASE? [INAUDIBLE] PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO SAY SOME NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU.

READY? YEAH. OKAY, HERE WE GO.

SO MR. JARRETT IS THE ONE THAT NOMINATED YOU FOR THIS AWARD, AND THAT IS, THAT'S EMILY'S INTERMEDIATE ART TEACHER AND HE SAYS THAT SHE IS THIS IS VERY WELL DESERVED, FOR SURE.

SAID THIS CHILD HAS COME IN AND TAKEN OFF RIGHT AWAY.

SHE'S TREMENDOUSLY TALENTED, CHARISMATIC, INSPIRATIONAL TO US ALL.

EMILY HAS SHOWN THAT SHE'S WILLING TO USE HER ABILITY AS WELL TO HELP HER NEIGHBORS WHEN SHE SEES THEY MIGHT BE STRUGGLING A BIT, WHICH IS POWERFUL STUFF AND QUITE IMPRESSIVE.

EMILY IS TAKING INTERMEDIATE ART.

ENGLISH HONORS CURRENTLY HAS ALL A'S, NO ABSENCES AND NO TARDIES, WHICH IS QUITE A FEAT FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT.

SO THAT IS A VERY GOOD JOB.

ALL RIGHT FOR OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH AT WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE NOAH [INAUDIBLE].

COME ON DOWN, NOAH.

SO I'M GOING TO READ A FEW THINGS NOAH'S TEACHERS HAD TO SAY ABOUT HIM.

ON WHY THEY SELECTED HIM FOR THIS HONOR.

NOAH IS A VERY HARD WORKER AND A CALM PRESENCE IN A LARGE, NOISY ALGEBRA CLASS.

NEVER DETERRED WHEN MAKING SIMPLE MISTAKES AND ALWAYS WILLING TO CORRECT AND LEARN.

HE'S A GREAT STUDENT AND AN EVEN BETTER PERSON.

NOAH IS A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS STUDENT WHO IS DILIGENT ABOUT COMPLETING HIS ASSIGNMENTS AT A HIGH STANDARD.

HE HAS A STRONG WORK ETHIC AND ADVOCATES FOR HIMSELF IN THE CLASSROOM.

I AM SO LUCKY HE IS IN MY HONORS ENGLISH CLASS THIS YEAR.

ANOTHER TEACHER SAID NOAH HAS A CALM PASSION THAT IS OFTEN SEEN IN A MUCH OLDER STUDENT.

HE NEVER SHIES AWAY FROM WORK AND TACKLES ALL CHALLENGES HEAD ON.

HE SEES THE VALUE IN WHAT HE IS LEARNING AND PREPARING FOR HIS FUTURE AND IS FULLY INVESTED.

HE HAS FUN LEARNING AND LIKES TO DO IT.

ANOTHER TEACHER, HIS COACH SAID, NOAH IS A GREAT KID WHO IS ALWAYS GIVING 100% TO WHATEVER HE DOES AND I AM PROUD TO HAVE HIM IN MY ATHLETIC PROGRAM, AND FINALLY, HIS BAND DIRECTOR.

NOAH IS SERIOUSLY AMAZING.

LOTS OF EXCLAMATION POINTS.

HE WORKS INCREDIBLY HARD AND WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM.

HE IS IN THE BAND HALL EVERY MORNING WORKING ON HIS MUSIC, TRYING TO GET BETTER.

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HIM FOR ONE MORE YEAR, BUT WILL BE VERY SAD TO SEE HIM GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.

NOAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IN REPRESENTING US SO WELL.

FAMILY WANT TO COME UP.

CONGRATULATIONS, NOAH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I HAVE TO FIRST, LET'S START WITH ARI MORALES SANDOVAL AND BRING YOUR FAMILY.

COME ON MOM AND DAD.

WHAT'S YOUR LITTLE BROTHER'S NAME? WHAT'S YOUR LITTLE BROTHER'S NAME? [INAUDIBLE] OKAY, COME ON UP.

I WANT TO READ SOME THINGS THAT YOUR TEACHERS SAID ABOUT YOU.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT THIS IS FROM YOUR MATH TEACHER: SHE'S A VERY KIND AND CHEERFUL SPIRIT.

SHE HAS A WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOR BECAUSE SHE LASTED ALL OF MY BAD JOKES.

HER ABILITY TO BRIGHTEN SOMEONE'S DAY WITH A SMILE OR A LIGHTHEARTED COMMENT IS A GIFT THAT MAKES OUR SCHOOL A WARMER AND MORE WELCOMING PLACE.

SHE'S ALSO A WELL ROUNDED INDIVIDUAL WHO CONTRIBUTES TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN MANY WAYS.

HER PARTICIPATION IN THE CHOIR SHOWCASES HER ARTISTIC TALENTS AND ADDS HARMONY TO OUR CAMPUS LIFE.

BEHIND ALL OF HER ACHIEVEMENTS AND FRIENDLY DEMEANOR IS A STUDENT WHO WORKS TIRELESSLY TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES AND STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE.

ARI EMBODIES THE QUALITIES OF PERSEVERANCE, DEDICATION, GENUINE LOVE FOR THE LEARNING THAT WE VALUE SO HIGHLY IN OUR STUDENTS.

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OKAY. HERE'S FROM YOUR SCIENCE TEACHER.

ARI'S A WONDERFUL YOUNG LADY WHO'S ALWAYS KIND TO THOSE AROUND HER, WORKS HARD, BUT KNOWS WHEN TO TAKE A BREAK, TOO.

I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF TEACHING HER IN THE PAST AND AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND SHE'S ALWAYS A JOY TO HAVE IN CLASS.

SHE DOESN'T HESITATE TO SPEAK UP AND WHEN SHE HAS A CONCERN, BUT SHE'S ALWAYS RESPECTFUL IN HOW SHE APPROACHES SITUATIONS.

SHE HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT ALL SHE'LL ACCOMPLISH.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I THINK YOU'RE WONDERFUL.

I KNOW MISS JULIA'S EVEN SAID GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU, MY SECRETARY.

SO, AND TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY, SO I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY.

THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GUYS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO TREY JOHNSON.

COME ON UP HERE, SIR.

BRING MOM AND DAD AND SISTERS AND GRANDMA.

LOOKING SHARP, TOO.

THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, OKAY. SO THIS IS FROM YOUR CULINARY ARTS TEACHER.

TREY STARTED THE YEAR WITH A FRIENDLY, UPBEAT AND VERY RESPECTFUL ATTITUDE.

HE MAKES ME SMILE WHEN HE CONSISTENTLY THANKS ME FOR PASSING OUT ASSIGNMENTS IN CLASS.

HE'S ALWAYS READY TO WORK HARD IN CULINARY ARTS AND IS A JOY TO HAVE IN CLASS.

I AM VERY BLESSED TO START MY DAY WITH TREY.

CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING RECOGNIZED AS AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT.

YOU WILL BE A SUCCESS IN SCHOOL, IN LIFE AND ALSO ANYTHING YOU COOK BRING BY THE OFFICE, OKAY? [CHUCKLING] THIS IS FROM YOUR CHEMISTRY TEACHER.

TREY IS A YOUNG MAN BALANCING ATHLETICS AND ACADEMICS WITH AN A IN CHEMISTRY.

HE MASTERS MATERIAL QUICKLY AND PARTICIPATES IN CLASS DISCUSSIONS.

HE COULD EASILY EXCEL IN PRE-AP CHEMISTRY.

TRAY'S A LEADER IN CLASS.

I HAVE OBSERVED HIM HELPING FELLOW STUDENTS WITH CONCEPTS AND PROBLEMS. HIS WORK ETHIC, WORK ETHIC IS WHAT ALL TEACHERS WISH EVERY STUDENT POSSESSED.

CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY.

YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. HERE'S YOUR CERTIFICATE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, GUYS.

WE WANT TO THANK ALL YOU FOLKS FOR RAISING WONDERFUL CHILDREN, AND AGAIN, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE BOARD MEETING WILL CONTINUE.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY AND BE A PART OF IT, BUT IF NOT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO LEAVE AS WELL.

OKAY, BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

AS EVERYONE IS EXITING.

MISS BROWN, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP.

ASHLEY, YOU WANT TO COME ON UP? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO INTO THE REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

[7. Reports of the Superintendent]

MISS ASHLEY BROWN. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT OLSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SUPERINTENDENT LAMB.

WE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING YOU OUR ANNUAL REPORT.

OF COURSE, WE'VE LAUNCHED OUR 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR, AND SO EVERY SEPTEMBER WE BRING TO YOU GUYS KIND OF A LOOK AT WHAT THE CLASS SIZES LOOK LIKE ACROSS THE DISTRICT IN EACH OF OUR LEVELS, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WE'LL START WITH ELEMENTARY.

OF COURSE, AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, THE STATE MANDATED RATIO IS 22 TO 1 AND THAT'S, AGAIN, ELEMENTARY ONLY AND THAT'S IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FOURTH.

AT THE PRE K LEVEL THE STATE MANDATED RATIO IS 11 TO 1 FOR OUR PRE-K KIDDOS, THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLD CHILDREN, AND THEN AT FIFTH GRADE THERE'S NO REQUIRED RATIO. SO IN LEISD THIS IS WHAT OUR NUMBERS LOOK LIKE.

WE'RE IN ABOUT OUR FIFTH OR SIXTH WEEK OF SCHOOL.

THESE NUMBERS WERE PULLED AT THE END OF LAST WEEK, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

SO YOU CAN TAKE A QUICK LOOK LIKE JUST A QUICK SKIM.

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT WHERE WE'RE OVER 22 TO 1, AND THAT IS AT CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, SPECIFICALLY IN FOURTH GRADE.

IF YOU GO TO THAT SQUARE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE.

THE RATIO THERE AT CHAVEZ IS 23, AND THAT IS THERE ARE THREE FOURTH GRADE CLASSROOMS THERE AT CHAVEZ, AND ALL THREE OF THEM ARE AT 23 STUDENTS.

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WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BEING ONE STUDENT OVER IN FOURTH GRADE BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE KIDDOS, 20 THREE FOURTH GRADERS IN A CLASSROOM CERTAINLY IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN 23 KINDERGARTNERS IN A CLASSROOM.

SO AT THE FOURTH GRADE LEVEL, WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, AND THE STATE, IF THE BOARD DECIDES TO GRANT US APPROVAL TO SUBMIT THAT TO THE STATE, THE STATE WILL GRANT THE WAIVER. WE ALSO IN OUR IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER AREAS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CLASS SIZE WAIVERS AGAIN IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IF I'M KIND OF PROJECTING A LITTLE BIT AHEAD FOR OAK POINT, OAK POINT, FOURTH GRADE SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU SEE THE SQUARE FOR OAK POINT, FOURTH GRADE THERE, IT'S 21.0 IS THE AVERAGE. SO THAT WOULD LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE THAT WOULD MAKE YOU THINK THAT THERE'S NO CLASSES OVER 22, BUT THAT IS AN AVERAGE.

SO THERE ARE TWO CLASSROOMS AT OAK POINT, FOURTH GRADE THAT ARE ABOVE 24, AND THE PRINCIPAL, BECAUSE OF SOME CONCERNS WITH LEVELING, DECIDED NOT TO LEVEL THEM OFF TO 22 TO 0 JUST TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS, NOT TO CHANGE THEIR SCHEDULES AROUND WITH DIFFERENT TEACHERS.

SO OUTSIDE OF THOSE TWO PLACES, FOURTH GRADE AT CHAVEZ AND FOURTH GRADE AT OAK POINT WERE AT 22 OR FEWER ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

WE ARE FEELING CONFIDENT THAT OUR ELEMENTARY STAFFING WITH THE PROJECTIONS FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER WAS PRETTY ON POINT.

IT'S PRETTY TIGHT. OUR STAFFING IS LIKE IN SOME PLACES YOU'LL SEE LIKE 20.3, 20.8, EVEN 21 POINT SOME 21.

SO THAT INDICATES THAT OUR STAFFING IS REALLY TIGHT, WHICH IS GOOD.

WE WANT TO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE RATIO WITHOUT GOING TOO FAR UNDER OR EVEN TOO FAR OVER MOVING ON TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, THERE IS NO STATE MANDATED RATIO.

HOWEVER, AS A DISTRICT, WE HAVE OUR AIM.

WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR IS ABOUT 26 TO 1, PARTICULARLY IN OUR CORE CONTENT CLASSES.

SO WE ARE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS TAKES A LOOK, THIS SPREADSHEET TAKES A LOOK AT THE FOUR CONTENT CORE CONTENT AREAS, MATH, SCIENCE, HISTORY AND ENGLISH, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE COMING IN UNDER 26 TO 1 IN ALL OF OUR AVERAGE CLASS SIZES AT STRIKE, AND WALKER, THE MIDDLE LITTLE SECTION TELLS YOU HOW MANY SECTIONS OF EACH OR HOW MANY PERIODS IS ANOTHER WAY TO SAY THAT OF EACH ONE OF THOSE CORE CONTENTS THAT WE HAVE AND THEN ON THE FAR RIGHT OF THIS SPREADSHEET OR THIS CHART TELLS YOU KIND OF THE LOW END AND THE HIGH END, THE RANGES.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE RANGES TO EXPLAIN THOSE A LITTLE BIT.

SO ON THE LOW END, LIKE LIKE LET'S TAKE SCIENCE OR LET'S TAKE HISTORY AT STRIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEIR SMALLEST HISTORY CLASS AT STRIKE IS 11, WHEREAS THEIR LARGEST HISTORY CLASS AT STRIKE IS 30.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AT THESE SECONDARY CAMPUSES IN THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF SCHOOL DO THEIR VERY BEST TO LEVEL CLASSES.

THEY GO THROUGH A WHOLE PROCESS WITH THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF TRYING TO LEVEL OFF THOSE CLASSES, MEANING THEY WANT TO MOVE THOSE CLASSES OF 30 PLUS.

THEY WANT TO MOVE STUDENTS OUT OF THOSE CLASSES OF 30 PLUS AND INTO SOME OF THESE CLASSES THAT HAVE SMALLER ENROLLMENTS LIKE SOME OF THE TEN, 11, 12 SIZE CLASSES.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH EASE AND THEN OTHER TIMES THEY'RE NOT JUST BECAUSE OF STUDENTS ELECTIVE CHOICES AND THAT ELECTIVES ARE ONLY OFFERED AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY. SO SOMETIMES IT'S NOT SO EASY TO LEVEL CLASSES OFF.

SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU'LL SEE SOME LIKE REALLY LOW SIZE CLASSES, SMALL SIZE CLASSES AND THEN SOME THAT ARE KIND OF HIGHER THAN WE WOULD LIKE HIGHER THAN THAT 26 TO ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

THEN SIMILARLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE THE SAME CHART, OF COURSE, POPULATED WITH HIGH SCHOOL NUMBERS, AND THEN WE ADDED ONE.

ONE OF THE ELECTIVES THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CLASS SIZES WEREN'T GETTING TOO BIG WITH SPANISH.

SO WE ADDED THAT ELECTIVE CHOICE IN THERE AS WELL.

SO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AGAIN, ALL FOUR CORE CONTENT AREAS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE SHOOTING FOR A 27 TO 1 RATIO.

THAT'S WHAT OUR STAFFING FORMULA IS SET AT, AND SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR ALL OF THESE CONTENT AREAS THAT ARE LISTED HERE, WE'RE COMING IN JUST UNDER THAT 27 TO 1 STAFFING RATIO.

AGAIN, IF YOU GO TO THE FAR RIGHT, YOU LOOK AT THOSE RANGES.

THE SAME THING APPLIES.

THE LEVELING PROCESS THAT I WAS JUST DISCUSSING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ALSO WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOL TRIES TO ENGAGE IN AS WELL.

THEIR COUNSELORS AND THEN THEIR ADMINISTRATORS ARE TRYING TO LEVEL OFF THOSE CLASSES.

SO YOU DON'T SEE ONES THAT ARE OVER 30, BUT THEN YOU DON'T SEE ONES THAT ARE AROUND 11 OR 12, AND SOMETIMES IT'S EASY TO DO AND SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING. SO ALL IN ALL, I THINK WITH LOOKING AT THE THREE LEVELS, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH AND TAKING REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT THE CLASS SIZE AVERAGE IS COMPARED TO THE RANGE.

ALSO WITH THE RANGES ON EACH OF THE ONES AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, FOR SURE, WE FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE THEY ARE, OUR DEMOGRAPHY AND OUR PROJECTIONS.

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ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT AS WE LOOK AT PARTICULARLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, HOW MANY OF THOSE SECTIONS ARE TOWARDS THE 31 OR 32, REALM BY NUMBER.

IF THERE'S 2 OR 3 CLASSES OR 4 OR 5 CLASSES OR WHATEVER IT IS, IF YOU CAN GET THAT NUMBER, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO TRYING TO DETERMINE.

YEAH, THE NUMBER THAT'S AT THOSE 30 PLUSES, AND THAT WAS ALL I HAD.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

FOR MY CLARIFICATION HOW IS THE ACCELERATED BLOCK CHANGED? IS THIS BASED ON ACCELERATED BLOCK SCHEDULE FOR WHAT'S CURRENT, OR IS THIS BOTH SEMESTERS JUST THIS IS CURRENT, SO THIS IS ONLY THE FALL ACCELERATED BLOCK SCHEDULE. SO YEAH, THIS WOULDN'T BE PROJECTED INTO THE SPRING SEMESTER CLASSES.

THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING FOR A TWEAK THAT'S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.

I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, MISS BROWN, THANK YOU ON THAT ONE.

WE'LL LEAVE YOU UP HERE, OF COURSE, FOR THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE HUMAN RESOURCES SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT.

YES. LET ME JUST PLUG IN THIS LITTLE CORD.

OKAY. SO THEN THE NEXT REPORT THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU ALSO IS ANOTHER REPORT THAT WE BRING YOU ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND IT'S OUR PLEASURE EACH SEPTEMBER TO BRING YOU THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

I JUST REALLY HAVE TO START BY THANKING THE HR SERVICES TEAM.

I OFTEN REFER TO THEM AS THE DREAM TEAM.

IN FACT, WE HAVE SHIRTS THAT SAY THAT WE ARE.

SO THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE, SINCE THERE'S A SHIRT AND EACH ONE OF THEM ARE INCREDIBLY PASSIONATE AND COMPETENT, THEY EACH POSSESS REALLY STRONG WORK ETHICS.

SO I HAVE TO SAY, RENEE, MELISSA, CHERESE, ANDREA, CATHY, MARCELLA, IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO GET TO WORK WITH EACH OF THEM.

SO WHAT WENT WELL LAST YEAR? WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH REALLY HIGHLIGHTING SOME SUCCESSES FROM THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO CARPOOL KUDOS WAS AN INITIATIVE WE LAUNCHED LAST YEAR.

I'M LOOKING AT MARY WATKINS BECAUSE SHE LOVES THIS INITIATIVE.

SHE LIKES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WHEN WE POST THEM.

SO WE WENT TO CARPOOL, CARPOOL LINES ACROSS THE DISTRICT EVERY ELEMENTARY AND YOU KNOW, THE ELEMENTARY CARPOOL LINE IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THE HIGH SCHOOL CARPOOL LINE BUT WE WENT TO EVERY CARPOOL LINE AND JUST ASKED PARENTS HAD A HEADS UP.

THEY GOT AN EMAIL THE DAY BEFORE, AND WE ASKED PARENTS TO JUST KIND OF ROLL DOWN THEIR WINDOWS AND SHARE WITH US ANY STAFF MEMBER WHO HAD AN IMPACT IN THEIR KIDS LIVES, AND WE JUST RECORDED THEM WITH OUR CELL PHONES, AND THEN WE WHATEVER STAFF MEMBER THAT THEY CALLED OUT, WE WENT AND DELIVERED CERTIFICATES TO THEM AND LITTLE TREATS, AND THEN WE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO WE WENT AND RECORDED CARPOOL KUDOS IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, AND THEN WE AIRED THEM EVERY SINGLE THURSDAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGHOUT THE SPRING, AND SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, FIRST OF ALL, SHAME ON YOU.

SECOND OF ALL, I HAVE INCLUDED THEM HERE FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE.

HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT TOO LOUD. HOLD ON.

WE ARE SO THRILLED TO RECOGNIZE ANOTHER GROUP OF LOBO FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE DOING WONDERFUL THINGS ON OUR CAMPUSES IN THE DISTRICT.

SO PLEASE ENJOY THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF OUR CARPOOL KUDOS.

MY SON GOES TO PRESTWICK ELEMENTARY AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE SECOND AND THIRD GRADE TEACHERS THAT HELP WITH THE PICKUP LINE.

IT MAKES IT REALLY EASY FOR ALL OF US PARENTS THAT ARE WAITING IN LINE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HELP.

MY SON GOES TO OAK POINT ELEMENTARY.

I'D LOVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HIS SECOND GRADE TEACHER, MISS SAWYER.

SHE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO REWARD THE KIDS, INCENTIVIZE THEM AND MAKE LEARNING SUPER FUN.

SO WE LOVE HER.

I'M AT CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY AND ALL THE TEACHERS ARE ALWAYS FAST AND EFFICIENT, LOVELY, AND I APPRECIATE THEM.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR AWESOME CROSSING GUARDS BECAUSE I SEE BOTH OF YOU EVERY MORNING.

YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB FOR ALMOST NOT GETTING OUR KIDS HIT.

JOKING, YOU DO A GREAT JOB.

I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND IN THE SCHOOL AS WELL.

YOU GUYS ARE A FANTASTIC TEAM.

I'VE HAD MY FOURTH KID HERE NOW.

I LOVE ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

GREAT JOB. GO, LOBOS! HIGH FIVE. SHORT AND SWEET.

THEY'RE A MINUTE TO A MINUTE AND A HALF, GENERALLY.

ONE MORE FOR YOU. HI, I'M KATHY THOMPSON, AND

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WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DO CARPOOL KUDOS SHOWING OUR TEACHERS APPRECIATION.

GO, LOBOS! [INAUDIBLE] I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SOME OF THE SPED TEACHERS.

MISS [INAUDIBLE] AND MISS CORI BIRD ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND WE HAVE LOVED HAVING THEM, AND THEIR AIDES ARE ALSO JUST THE ABSOLUTE BEST.

THANK YOU HACKBERRY STAFF FOR ALL YOU DO TO MAKE CARPOOL SMOOTH AND EFFICIENT, AND ESPECIALLY MISS BIRD.

YOU ALWAYS HAVE A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MISS MOORE AT BRENT ELEMENTARY.

SHE HAS BEEN BOTH OF OUR DAUGHTERS' TEACHERS, AND SHE IS AN AMAZING TEACHER AND SUPPORTS OUR KIDS AND THEY LEARN NEW THINGS EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU, MISS MOORE. HI THERE.

I'M HARRY [INAUDIBLE] AND MY DAUGHTER ATTENDS STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I LIKE TO THANK THE TEACHERS AND STAFF AT STRIKE.

MY DAUGHTER HAS REALLY ENJOYED HER TIME THERE AND WE AS PARENTS THINK IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. SO WE PUT OUT A CARPOOL KUDOS EVERY SINGLE THURSDAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE TEACHERS REALLY FELT APPRECIATED, AND THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT HEARING KUDOS, AND IT'S A COMPLETE SURPRISE TO THEM FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK IT WAS A WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOR.

IN FACT, WE ARE DOING IT.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS SO WORTHWHILE THAT WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN, AND WE'VE STARTED RECORDING ALREADY THIS YEAR FOR CARPOOL KUDOS.

HOLD ON. LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

OKAY, HERE WE GO. THESE ARE SOME PICTURES, THEN, FROM CARPOOL KUDOS.

THIS IS WHEN WE ACTUALLY TOOK THE CERTIFICATES TO THE STAFF MEMBERS, AND THEY WERE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT THEY HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED.

PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.

ANOTHER SUCCESS FROM OUR 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR WAS OUR SECOND ANNUAL HONORARY AWARDS BANQUET.

SO WE HAD OUR VERY FIRST ONE IN MAY OF 2022, AND THEN IT WENT REALLY WELL.

SO WE THOUGHT LIKE, WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE DOING THIS.

SO WE RECOGNIZED OUR EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR AT THE ANNUAL BANQUET, OUR RETIREES WHO HAVE DEVOTED THEIR ENTIRE LIVES TO EDUCATION AND THEN OUR SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS, LIKE OUR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD LONGEVITY WITH THE DISTRICT.

SO TEN OR MORE YEARS IN INCREMENTS OF FIVE, TEN, 15, 20, 25.

MANY OF YOU WERE THERE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING THAT ENDEAVOR.

IT REALLY IS A BIG, BIG EFFORT, AND SO WE APPRECIATED YOUR PRESENCE.

WE HONORED ABOUT 116 PEOPLE THAT NIGHT, AND THEN WE HAD ABOUT 221 ATTENDEES.

WE ALSO HAD A STUDENT ELEMENT.

IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT FOR US TO FOCUS ON WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, WHICH IS THE KIDS.

SO WE HAD THE CLARINET CHOIR FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL PERFORM AT THE BANQUET.

THAT WAS THEIR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW PERFORMING, AND THEN WE ALSO BROUGHT IN THE LITTLE ELM EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

CECELIA JONES HELPED US WITH THAT, AND THEY HAD A PIECE WHERE THEY RECOGNIZED SOME FOLKS AS WELL.

SO THAT WAS A BIG SUCCESS.

HERE'S SOME PICTURES FROM THAT EVENT, AND IT WAS IT WAS AT A HOTEL IN MCKINNEY, THE SHERATON, AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT.

ANOTHER SUCCESS FROM LAST YEAR.

WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST EVER CAREER FAIRS.

REALLY PROUD OF THAT.

WE DID THREE. WE WERE LIKE, LET'S JUST NOT DO ONE.

LET'S JUST TRIPLE THE EFFORT, AND BUT WE REALLY ARE IN A TIME WHERE WE HAVE TO DO CAREER FAIRS.

IT'S REALLY NOT AN OPTION TO FIND THE BEST STAFF AND TO FILL THE VACANCIES, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME OF TEACHER SHORTAGE.

HAVING CAREER FAIRS IS A DEFINITE.

WE DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPANDED IT SOME DISTRICTS YOU'LL SEE WILL HAVE TEACHER JOB FAIRS AND SO THEIR JOB FAIR EFFORTS WILL REALLY FOCUS ON FILLING TEACHER VACANCIES, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, BUT WE WANT AND LITTLE ELM WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF CAST A BROAD NET AND FOCUS NOT JUST ON TEACHER VACANCIES, BUT ALSO ON THOSE SUPPORT STAFF VACANCIES AS WELL.

THOSE NEED TO BE FILLED TOO, FOR THE CLASSROOM TO BE MOST SUCCESSFUL.

SO OURS WAS A VERY BROAD CAREER FAIR.

YOU'LL SEE. OUR FIRST ONE WAS IN APRIL.

IT WAS HELD HERE AT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

WE HAD 130 PLUS ATTENDEES.

THEN WE TRIED A VIRTUAL CAREER FAIR.

WE DID THAT THROUGH ZOOM, AND OUR THOUGHT WAS THERE THAT LIKE, WHAT IF THERE'S STAFF OR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T COME ON A SATURDAY MORNING OR WHO CAN'T COME FACE TO FACE FOR WHATEVER REASONS, MAYBE THEY DON'T LIVE IN TEXAS, MAYBE THEY'RE CURRENTLY LIVING IN OKLAHOMA AND PLANNING TO RELOCATE TO TEXAS SOON.

SO WE DID DO A VIRTUAL CAREER FAIR.

WE HAD 25 ATTENDEES FOR THAT ONE.

THAT WAS IN MAY, AND THEN WE DECIDED TO DO A SECOND IN-PERSON CAREER FAIR IN JULY FOR THOSE KIND OF FOLKS WHO STILL HADN'T BEEN HIRED YET, BUT THAT WERE QUALITY.

WE HAD ABOUT 59 ATTENDEES THERE, AND THAT ONE WAS AT WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE BIG NEWS, LIKE THE BOTTOM LINE, THE WE SHOULD HAVE THAT IN RED FLASHING LETTERS IS THAT WE HIRED 37 PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THESE THREE CAREER FAIRS. THAT'S A BIG DEAL, AND THEY WERE ACROSS A LOT OF DIFFERENT JOB CATEGORIES, NOT JUST TEACHERS, BUT WE HAD SOME CHILD NUTRITION FOLKS THAT WE HIRED, SOME INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS THAT WE HIRED.

SO 37 ACROSS THOSE DEFINITELY SHOWED US THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.

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SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES.

THIS IS FROM THE ONE THAT WAS IN APRIL.

HERE IN THIS BUILDING, THERE'S A FAMILIAR FACE IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER.

WE WANT TO THANK MS. WATKINS FOR ALWAYS COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING.

THEN OUR NEXT SUCCESS IS OUR TITLE NINE ADMINISTRATOR.

BIG THANKS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE HERE ON THE BOARD BACK IN THE SPRING OF 2022.

YOU APPROVED A TITLE NINE ADMINISTRATOR POSITION, AND THIS CAME AS A RECOMMENDATION FROM SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY COMMITTEES AND FROM OUR EXTERNAL INVESTIGATION TEAM, AND WE GOT IT APPROVED BY YOU ALL, AND THEN WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING IT OVER THE LAST YEAR AND IT HAS BEEN A REALLY BIG SUCCESS.

CHERESE DUFFEY IS OUR TITLE NINE ADMINISTRATOR AND SHE IS A STAR.

WE STOLE HER FROM FRISCO AND SHE HAS BEEN JUST STRATEGIC IN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING NEW PROCESSES, NEW TRAININGS, LOTS OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD Y'ALL WILL REMEMBER FROM THE INCIDENTS IS THAT THERE'S JUST A FEELING OF NOT KNOWING.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW. THE KIDS DON'T KNOW HOW TO REPORT.

PARENTS DON'T KNOW HOW TO REPORT.

THE PARENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT TITLE NINE IS.

KIDS DON'T KNOW. SO WE REALLY FELT LIKE THE PROACTIVE THING TO DO WAS TO REALLY JUST TEACH AND GO INTO CAMPUSES AND HAVE PARENT WORKSHOPS AND WEBINARS AND PARENT INFORMATION DISTRIBUTED DURING REGISTRATION SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS AND THAT AND HOW TO REPORT ANY INCIDENCES THAT OCCUR.

SO MS. DUFFEY GOES TO VISIT ALL CAMPUSES FOR STUDENT TRAININGS EVERY FALL.

SHE'S DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.

IN FACT, TODAY SHE WAS AT PRESTWICK.

LAST WEEK SHE WAS AT STRIKE.

THE STUDENT TRAININGS ARE CUSTOMIZED AND TAILORED BASED ON THE AGE LEVEL.

OF COURSE, THE THINGS THAT WE SAY ABOUT TITLE NINE AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT TO JUNIORS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME THING THAT WE SAY TO SECOND GRADERS.

SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S CUSTOMIZED BASED ON THE KID'S AGE.

WE INSERTED A BRIEF TITLE NINE VIDEO LIKE ORIENTATION VIDEO FOR PARENTS AS THEY REGISTER THEIR KIDS.

I KNOW A FEW OF YOU ARE PARENTS ON THE BOARD.

YOU PROBABLY HAD TO WATCH THAT VIDEO AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THE REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR YOUR CHILDREN.

THEN WE WANTED TO DO REGISTRATION FOR KIDS.

PARENTS WATCH THAT LIKE IN JULY AND IN AUGUST.

WE WANTED THAT TO NOT BE THE ONLY TIME THAT PARENTS GOT ANY KIND OF TITLE NINE EDUCATION.

SO MISS DUFFEY DID A COUPLE OF WEBINARS FOR PARENTS OVER TITLE NINE, OF COURSE, OPTIONAL, AND THEN WE MADE SURE TO TRAIN ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS AT EACH CAMPUS AS WELL. WE WENT FROM AN EMAIL KIND OF PHONE, VERY ANTIQUATED, KIND OF A PROCESS TO DIGITIZING AND STREAMLINING THE REPORTING PROCESS.

SO THERE'S QR CODES.

IF YOU'VE BEEN IN ANY OF THE CAMPUSES, WHICH I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE TITLE NINE POSTERS WITH THE QR CODES.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT VERY EASY FOR STAFF MEMBERS, STUDENTS, WHOMEVER, TO BE ABLE TO REPORT ANYTHING THAT IS OF CONCERN TO THEM.

SO THOSE ARE ALL OVER THE DISTRICT.

THEY'RE IN THIS BUILDING EVERYWHERE.

THE COMMUNICATION WAS ANOTHER PIECE THAT CAME UP DURING THE FALL OF 2021 THAT THERE WASN'T A LOT OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND TITLE NINE ADMINISTRATOR.

SO WE'VE IMPLEMENTED SOME FORMS THROUGH LASERFICHE, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S CONSTANT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND THE TITLE NINE ADMINISTRATORS AND PARENTS, AND THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE PARENTS DIDN'T FEEL LIKE NECESSARILY THEY WERE BEING COMMUNICATED WITH AND THAT CERTAINLY IS HAPPENING NOW.

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES THAT MISS DUFFEY SENT AND MADE SURE TO INCLUDE OF HER VISITING CAMPUSES AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH KIDS.

SHE WHEN SHE GOES TO ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, SHE USUALLY USES A BOOK TO KIND OF TALK TO KIDS ABOUT HOW IT'S OKAY TO SAY NO TO HUGS, AND IT'S OKAY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO SIT ON SOMEONE'S LAP, AND SO THOSE ARE PICTURES FROM HER VISITS THERE.

SHE DOES COME AND GO BACK TO CAMPUSES AFTER THE INITIAL TRAINING, WHICH HAPPENS IN SEPTEMBER.

SHE GOES BACK TO CAMPUSES TWO OTHER TIMES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR JUST SO THAT SHE BECOMES A MORE FAMILIAR FACE TO THEM AND THAT THEY FEEL REAL COMFORTABLE WITH HER AND WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER AS WELL, AND THESE ARE THE QR CODE POSTERS THAT I WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER, AND SOME OF THE BOOKS THAT MISS DUFFEY USES TO EDUCATE KIDS.

THESE ARE SOME OTHER SUCCESSES.

I'LL JUST ZIP RIGHT THROUGH.

ANOTHER POSITION THAT IN THAT SAME SPRING THAT YOU ALL APPROVED FOR US WAS A HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATOR POSITION.

THIS ONE IS REALLY TO FOCUS SUPPORT ON OUR PARAPROFESSIONAL AND AUXILIARY EMPLOYEES AND SUPERVISORS.

OUR COORDINATOR IS MELISSA CRANE.

SHE'S BEEN REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE AUXILIARY LUNCHEON THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

SHE ALSO HAS BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR GROW YOUR HOME INITIATIVE, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GIVE PARAPROFESSIONAL AND AUXILIARY STAFF THAT HAVE DESIRES TO ADVANCE, HAVE DESIRES TO GET THEIR DEGREE AND OR THEIR TEACHER CERTIFICATION.

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WE'VE CONTINUED THE HRTU INITIATIVE.

THIS IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN HR AND THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE VISITING CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK FOR OUR FALL VISITS, AND THEN WE'LL GO AGAIN IN THE SPRING, AND THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.

WE LAST YEAR PARTNERED WITH SPECIFICALLY THE PRACTICUM AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TEACHER, AND WE HAD AN INTERN IN THE HR DEPARTMENT, WHICH WAS FUN.

IT WAS DIFFERENT.

HE WAS A SENIOR WHOSE NAME WAS TYSON, SO WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY WORK WITH HIM, TALK TO HIM ABOUT HUMAN RESOURCES.

WE WORKED WITH HIM ON RESUME WRITING HOW TO CONDUCT YOURSELF IN THE WORKPLACE AND KIND OF WHAT SOME WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS WERE.

IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE, AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY HOSTING AN INTERN AGAIN FOR THIS YEAR.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND WE HAD SOME INCREASES ACROSS ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS, INCREASES IN ENGAGEMENT AND INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF POSTINGS THAT WE PUT OUT THERE. SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF ALL THOSE THINGS.

THEN IF WE'RE SHIFTING ONE MORE SUCCESS AND THIS ONE IS I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF COVID AND COVID REALLY IMPACTING STAFF ATTENDANCE BECAUSE THEY'RE SICK AND THEN ALSO REALLY IMPACTING SUBSTITUTE JOB PICKUP BECAUSE THEY WERE SOMETIMES SICK. WE'RE REALLY SEEING SOME INCREASES IN OUR SUBSTITUTE FILL RATES, WHICH I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL.

SO ESS, AS YOU KNOW, IS OUR PARTNER, OUR VENDOR CONTRACTOR THAT WE UTILIZE TO PROVIDE US WITH SUBSTITUTES.

SO THE NUMBERS IN THE LIGHTER BLUE ARE 21-22.

SO A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, THE MOST RECENT NUMBERS ARE 22-23, AND THEY'RE IN THE DARKER BLUE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IN TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD REALLY OUR NUMBERS ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL, WHICH IS CRAZY THAT IN 21-22 AND 22-23, WE HAD ALMOST IDENTICAL TOTAL NUMBER OF REQUESTS SUB-JOBS.

WHAT'S GREAT IS THE FIRST LITTLE SECTION OF BAR GRAPHS, WHICH IS THAT IN 21-22, THEY WERE ABLE TO FILL 8100 OF THOSE SUB REQUESTS, AND LAST YEAR IN 22-23, THEY WENT UP AND WERE ABLE TO FILL OVER 8800 OF OUR SUBSTITUTE REQUESTS.

SO ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THAT I THINK THERE'S SOME MISSING BARS THERE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT IN 21-22, THERE WAS A 75% FILL RATE AND LAST YEAR IN 22-23, IT WENT UP BY SEVEN PERCENTAGE POINTS TO 82% FILL RATE, WHICH IS A REALLY BIG JUMP IN ONE YEAR.

WE'RE REALLY PLEASED ABOUT THAT, AND I THINK REALLY MOVING OUT OF COVID HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT.

I WILL SAY THAT GOING INTO THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THIS 23-24 ESS HAS A GOAL AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM AND HELPING TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL OF HAVING AN 85 TO 88% FILL RATE THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS THE GOAL.

I WILL SAY TO MR. FLORES WAS INTERESTED IN THIS AND THERE WAS MAYBE SOME MORE INTEREST ON THE BOARD TO WE DID THIS YEAR WITH MR. LAMB'S APPROVAL AND THE CABINET'S APPROVAL LAUNCHED COMPENSATION FOR STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAD TO COVER CLASSES IN THE ABSENCE OF A SUBSTITUTE.

SO WHEN A SUBSTITUTE DID NOT PICK UP A JOB PREVIOUSLY, BEFORE THIS YEAR, WE WERE ASKING SOME STAFF MEMBERS TO COVER, BUT THERE WAS NO COMPENSATION ATTACHED TO THAT.

AS OF THIS YEAR, WE ARE COMPENSATING TEACHERS.

WE'RE BASICALLY UTILIZING THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD HAVE PAID A SUBSTITUTE HAD THEY PICKED UP THE JOB AND DIVIDING THAT AMONGST THE TEACHERS WHO COVER THE CLASSROOMS. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A SUPER HUGE DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING, AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THUS FAR IS THAT IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED AMONGST THE STAFF MEMBERS.

ALL RIGHT, AND THEN HERE'S SOME ESS DATA THAT'S CAMPUS BY CAMPUS.

SO AGAIN, 21-22 ON THE RIGHT, 22-23 ON THE LEFT, EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WALKER.

WALKER IS THE ONLY ONE, BUT EVERY OTHER CAMPUS EXPERIENCED A BUMP, AN INCREASE IN THEIR FILL RATE FROM FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.

I WILL SAY THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL CONTINUES TO BE AN AREA TO FOCUS ON.

THE FILL RATE NUMBERS THERE ARE JUST LOWER THAN WE WOULD EVER WANT THEM TO BE, AND SO LAST YEAR WE STARTED DOING SOME INCENTIVES--WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN ESS-- STARTED DOING SOME INCENTIVES TO INCENTIVIZE HAVING THEIR.

SUBS PICK UP MIDDLE SCHOOL JOBS, MEANING LIKE THEY DID SOME RAFFLES.

LIKE THE MORE MIDDLE SCHOOL JOBS THAT YOU PICK UP, YOUR NAME GETS ADDED TO A RAFFLE FOR LIKE A GIFT CARD PRIZE.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO INCREASE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PICKUP RATES, BUT EVERY OTHER LEVEL LOOKS REALLY GOOD, AND WE NEED TO REALLY SPEND SOME TIME THINKING ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL.

MOVING ON. THESE ARE AREAS THAT KIND OF SEGUES US NICELY, AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT ESS AND KIND OF SOME THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON.

THIS IS WHAT OUR HR TEAM'S AREAS OF FOCUS ARE GOING INTO THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR.

WE ARE GOING TO WE ARE LAUNCHING A COUPLE OF NEW STAFF RECOGNITION INITIATIVES.

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IN FACT, THAT JUST INFORMATION ABOUT THAT JUST WENT OUT EARLIER TODAY.

I HAVE TO THANK CECILIA AND THE WHOLE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLE PARTNERS WITH US, REALLY, NOT JUST ON ADOBT-A-LOBO, BUT ON A LOT OF THINGS.

SO THANKS TO CECILIA AND HER HER FOLKS.

ADOPT A LOBO IS BASICALLY FOR ALL OF OUR NEW TEACHERS TO LE.

WE JUST WANT TO EMBRACE THEM.

WE WANT TO LOVE ON THEM.

WE WANT FOR THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE AT HOME.

WE WANT FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE, AND CHOOSING LE WHEN THEY HAD SO MANY OTHER PLACES POSSIBLY TO CHOOSE FROM.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MATCH THEM UP.

WE'RE ASKING OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OUR PARENTS, OUR STAFF.

WE'RE ASKING THE BUSINESS TEAM.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK MICKEY AND HIS, LIKE EVERYONE, CAN YOU ADOPT LOBOS? THERE'S A FORM FOR YOU TO FILL OUT TO EXPRESS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ADOPTING 1 OR 5 LOBOS, AND THEN WE WILL PARTNER YOU.

WE WILL MATCH YOU WITH A BRAND NEW TEACHER, AND THEN WE'LL ASK YOU TO COMMIT TO JUST REACHING OUT TO THEM AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH WITH JUST A NOTE OF ENCOURAGEMENT, POSSIBLY WITH A LITTLE SONIC DRINK, A SWEET TREAT WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEN HR, WE ARE GOING TO SEND YOU REMINDERS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND ALSO IDEAS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO KIND OF MATCH YOU WITH SOMEONE, THEN LEAVE YOU TO KIND OF FIGURE IT OUT ON YOUR OWN.

WE'LL SEND YOU IDEAS TO KIND OF HELP FACILITATE YOU BEING AN AWESOME ADOPTER.

SO THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH ANOTHER RECOGNITION INITIATIVE CALLED LEADERS OF THE PACK.

THIS IS REALLY KIND OF CARPOOL KUDOS EXPANDED AND BROADENED BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE DO CARPOOL, KUDOS, WE'RE ONLY HITTING A VERY SMALL LIKE NOT EVERYBODY GOES THROUGH THE CARPOOL LINE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO WALK HOME.

WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO RIDE THE BUS HOME.

SO WE'RE NOT REALLY REACHING EVERYBODY THAT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING POSITIVE TO SAY ABOUT A STAFF MEMBER.

SO THAT'S WHERE THIS LEADERS OF THE PACK INITIATIVE COMES IN.

WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING OUT LIKE A FORM TO EVERYBODY THAT CAN SO THAT THEY CAN RECOGNIZE AND REALLY HIGHLIGHT STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, WHO ARE EXCELLING IN MAKING AN IMPACT ON THEIR ON THEIR CAMPUSES.

I'VE ASKED MR. LAMB IF THIS IS OKAY, AND HE SAID, SURE.

WE WILL BE BRINGING SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE HERE TO THE BOARD MEETING TO RECOGNIZE AND WE DO A REALLY GREAT JOB WITH MONTHLY STUDENT RECOGNITION AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETIMES FOR US TO HAVE STAFF RECOGNITION HERE AS WELL IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE REALLY THE FANTASTIC THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AMONGST STAFF AS WELL IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S COMING SOON.

ANOTHER AREA THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON THIS YEAR IS RECRUITING FROM WITHIN.

THAT'S THAT GROW YOUR HOME PIECE THAT I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, WE THERE'S TWO LEGS OF IT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON GROW YOUR HOME WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS AND AUXILIARY STAFF WHICH I'VE KIND OF ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, BUT THEN ANOTHER PIECE OF THE GROW YOUR HOME INITIATIVE IS WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO ARE IN THE TAFE PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO CONNECT WITH THOSE TAFE FOLKS WHO HAVE THESE ARE KIDS WHO HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN GOING INTO EDUCATION, MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY CONNECTED WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR COLLEGE YEARS SO THAT WHEN THEY GRADUATE WITH THAT DEGREE IN EDUCATION, THEY CAN COME BACK HERE TO LITTLE ELM AND UTILIZE IT RIGHT HERE WHERE THEY'RE FROM. SO THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON AS WELL, AND WITH THAT, THE CONCLUSION OF OUR REPORT IS REALLY JUST SOME DISTRICT STATISTICS.

IN '23 FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE HIRED 164 NEW PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

THAT IS NOT JUST TEACHERS, THAT'S ANY KIND OF PROFESSOR THAT INCLUDES COUNSELORS, DIAGNOSTICIANS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, ANY PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

164 OF THEM.

WE'VE HIRED 46 NEW PARAPROFESSIONAL AND AUXILIARY STAFF, AND THEN WE'RE SUPER PROUD THAT WE'VE HIRED NINE STUDENT TEACHERS.

THAT STUDENT TAUGHT WITH US LAST YEAR, BECAME ACTUAL TEACHERS, FULL TIME EMPLOYEES WITH US.

SO THAT'S A WONDERFUL NUMBER.

OUR CURRENT VACANCIES, ACTUALLY THIS IS LAST WEEK AS OF LAST WEEK IS 25 PROFESSIONAL.

OF THOSE 21 ARE TEACHERS AND 38 PARAPROFESSIONAL AND AUXILIARY.

SO OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO RECRUIT, WE'RE UTILIZING THERE'S A PLATFORM CALLED INDEED YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF IT THAT IS REALLY IT'S KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE WORLD OF EDUCATION.

SO WE UTILIZE INDEED TO TRY AND FILL SOME OF THOSE VACANCIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE PARAPROFESSIONAL AND AUXILIARY AREA, BECAUSE THOSE AREN'T FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE CERTIFIED TO TEACH.

WE'RE ALSO CONSTANTLY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE TWU, UNT TO TRY AND FILL SOME OF THOSE TEACHER VACANCIES, HONESTLY, THOSE TEACHER VACANCIES WILL BE ABOUT THAT UNTIL WE GET SOME DECEMBER GRADUATES.

SO COME DECEMBER THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO WILL BE GRADUATING.

WE'RE LOOKING WE'LL BE LOOKING TO FILL SOME OF THOSE THEN, AND FINALLY, THE LAST SLIDE OF DISTRICT STATS.

THIS IS JUST OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY OVER A THOUSAND, AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 50 PART TIME EMPLOYEES.

THOSE WOULD BE PEOPLE LIKE TUTORS, GAME WORKERS, PEOPLE WHO WORK THE CLOCK OR THE TIMER OR THE SCOREBOARD FOR GAMES.

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SO WE ARE SUPER PROUD OF THE STRIDES AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE MADE IN 22-23.

WE REALLY TRIED HARD TO FOCUS IN ON RECRUITING, RETENTION AND RECOGNIZING STAFF THIS PAST YEAR, AND WE'RE EVEN MORE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD FOR THE STAFF AND STUDENTS AND TO SUPPORT THE CAMPUSES AND STAFF OF LITTLE ELM ISD IN 23-24.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT FOR TODAY.

DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? SEEING NONE.

THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. APPRECIATE IT.

WE'LL GO ON TO THE SECOND QUARTER DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT, MR. [INAUDIBLE]. I WANT TO SAY DEMOGRAPHER REPORT, BUT.

GOOD EVENING. UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE ANY CARPOOL KUDOS FOR YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, ASHLEY, BUT AND AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT IS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER AND THESE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORTS GO OFF CALENDAR YEARS, NOT OFF SCHOOL YEARS.

SO WHEN WE'RE SAYING THE SECOND QUARTER, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR AND SUMMER.

OKAY. I ALWAYS START WITH THE LOCAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.

THIS IS IN THE DFW AREA.

AS YOU CAN SEE, DENTON COUNTY IS STILL LAGGING OR DOING MUCH BETTER THAN THE US.

TEXAS AS A WHOLE AND THE DFW AREA.

SO THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE FOR US SO FAR.

YOU CAN SEE HISTORICALLY EVERYONE WENT UP IN THE COVID YEARS AND WE'RE TRENDING BACK DOWN.

ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE COMING UP THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE HERE FOR US VERY SHORTLY IS THE DFW NEW HOME STARTS AND CLOSINGS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STARTS AND CLOSINGS WERE REALLY COMPARABLE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND THEN LAST YEAR.

CLOSINGS FAR OUTWEIGHED THE NUMBER OF STARTS, AND IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THE REPORTS I GAVE LAST YEAR, WE SAW THAT TREND COMING BECAUSE THEY WERE TAKING BECAUSE OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF HOUSING AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF GETTING THINGS DONE.

IT WAS TAKING LONGER TO BUILD HOMES, AND SO THE STARTS AND THE CLOSINGS WERE DOWN, BUT THE STARTS WERE STILL UP, AND NOW WE'RE SEEING A REVERSAL OF THAT TREND.

THOSE HOUSES ARE COMPLETED AND PEOPLE ARE BUYING THEM, BUT BECAUSE OF CERTAIN ISSUES, INTEREST RATES BEING A PRIMARY ONE, A LOT OF NEW HOME STARTS ARE NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, BUT WE SEE THAT AFFECTING THE INVENTORY OF THE HOUSING MARKET RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE EXISTING HOME MARKET. THOSE ARE DWINDLING QUICKLY BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T SELLING THEIR HOMES THAT THEY LIVE IN NOW BECAUSE THEY CAN'T REPLACE IT BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST RATES.

SO THEY'RE HOLDING ON TO THEIR HOMES LATER NOW OR A LITTLE LONGER.

SO IT'S BECOMING AN ISSUE.

I THINK THAT OUR INVENTORY RIGHT NOW IS GETTING REALLY LOW, AND I HAVE A SLIDE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT IN A TEXAS BUILDER PRESIDENT'S SURVEY, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? ARE YOU SLOWING DOWN BECAUSE OF ALL THE FACTORS THAT'S HAPPENING? ARE YOU GOING TO STOP? ARE YOU NOT? ARE YOU GETTING LOWER? WELL, ALMOST 50% SAID CAUTIOUSLY MOVING FORWARD AND ALMOST 50% SAID FULL STEAM AHEAD.

SO THE BUILDERS AREN'T GOING TO SLOW DOWN.

THEY SEE THAT THE POPULATION IS STILL COMING.

PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING.

NEW HOMES ARE STILL GOING TO BE BUILT.

SO THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE AN ISSUE AND IT'S GOING TO PICK UP.

ANOTHER FACTOR THAT'S GOING TO HELP THAT IS THAT IF YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST QUARTER THAT I REPORTED LAST LAST TIME, OUR RENTAL RATES HAD STARTED TO DECREASE A LITTLE BIT AND OUR FILL RATES WERE HIGHER.

WELL, NOW YOU CAN SEE THOSE FILL RATES ARE STARTING TO SINK A LITTLE, AND BUT THE RENTAL RATES ARE GOING UP AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SINKING.

SO THE RENTAL RATES ARE STARTING TO EDGE BACK UP A LITTLE.

IN THE HOME RANKING REPORTS IN THE DFW AREA.

WE'RE STILL RANKED IN THE LOW 20S, 26, BUT ONE KEY FACTOR YOU NEED TO TAKE AWAY FROM RIGHT THERE, LOOK AT OUR ANNUAL STARTS TO 86.

OUR ANNUAL CLOSINGS WERE 601, WHICH LEAVES US AN ACTIVE INVENTORY OF HOMES IN THE DISTRICT OF ONLY 200.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM, BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO SPUR OUR BUILDING, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO IN JUST A MINUTE OF ACTIVE HOME SITES THAT ARE BEING PUT IN, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR TRADITIONALLY OUR SALES HAVE NOT OUTPACED OUR STARTS EXCEPT FOR THE 19 AND 20 YEARS, BUT IN '23, THEY'RE FAR OUTPACING THEM RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S JUST IN LOCAL DISTRICTS.

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THAT'S JUST US.

SO OUR HOMES ARE BEING SOLD QUICKLY AND THAT'S NOT HELPING A WHOLE LOT.

THIS SHOWS OUR OVERVIEW BY ELEMENTARY ZONE.

AS WE ALL KNOW, OAK POINT HAS OUR BIGGEST POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH IN OUR VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS.

LAKEVIEW ALSO HAS SOME BECAUSE OF THE NEW VALENCIA PENINSULA THAT'S COMING OUT.

WE'LL GO OVER THAT IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT AS YOU SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE AREAS.

BRENT, CHAVEZ, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF GROWTH IN THOSE AREAS.

THOSE AREAS ARE BUILT OUT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN KIDS WON'T COME BECAUSE AS INTEREST RATES IMPROVE OVER TIME, THOSE EXISTING HOMES WILL THEN COME ON THE MARKET AND NEW FAMILIES WILL BE MOVING INTO THOSE LOWER, LOWER ENTRY PRICED HOMES OR STARTER HOMES AND MOVING INTO THE MORE EXPENSIVE, AND THAT HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT TO BE TRUE. NOW IN OUR DISTRICT HOUSING OVERVIEW THIS MAP HASN'T CHANGED FROM LAST QUARTER.

YOU CAN SEE ALL THE AREAS IN GREEN ARE ONES THAT ARE ACTIVELY CREATING SPOTS NOW.

THERE'S BUILDING GOING ON OR DIRT WORK ACTUALLY BEING DONE, AND THERE'S GROUND WORK IS UNDERWAY ON ALMOST 1600 LOTS WITHIN SEVEN SUBDIVISIONS RIGHT NOW.

SO WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF CREATING A LOT MORE HOMES IN VERY QUICKLY.

I ONE AREA THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED THAT WILL HELP US IN PROPERTY VALUES BUT NOT HELP US IN STUDENTS IS JUST NORTH OF WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THERE'S A NEW SENIOR RETIREMENT COMMUNITY GOING IN LADERA THAT'S THAT BIG OPEN SPACE AREA.

THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED PUTTING IN THE UTILITIES FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S GOING TO COME IN PRETTY QUICKLY AS WELL BUT THAT'S TAKING AWAY AVAILABLE LAND FOR EXPANSION FOR STUDENTS THOUGH, BUT I DON'T FORESEE THAT BEING A PROBLEM OTHER THAN WE HOPE THEY VOTE FOR THE BONDS.

SO RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY, WE HAVE A NEW ADDITION GOING IN AT OAK POINT OVER ON YACHT CLUB ROAD, THE ESTATES AT WINDSOR SPRINGS THIS JULY OF 2023 MAP SHOWS THE STREETS ARE ALREADY IN, UTILITIES ARE IN, AND THEY'RE GETTING READY TO START SELLING LOTS THERE.

THE PROBLEM WITH THOSE, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING AT 950,000 OR 1 MILLION PLUS.

SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE BIG LOTS.

THERE'S ONLY 65 TOTAL LOTS THERE.

SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS WE GENERATE FROM THAT PRICE POINT OF HOME.

THE ONE THAT'S REALLY GOING TO AFFECT US QUICKLY IS SOUTH OAK, LAKEWOOD VILLAGE AND NORTH SHORE AT LAKEWOOD VILLAGE.

THOSE ARE ALL DOWN ON THE SOUTH END OF WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SOUTH OAK IS IS GOING TO BE BY FAR THE LARGEST.

THERE'S 176 HOMES ALREADY OCCUPIED.

THERE'S 27 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY, AND THERE'S 281 FUTURE LOTS, WHICH THEY PLAN TO DEVELOP THOSE OR DELIVER THOSE THE FALL OF '23.

THAT'S IN PHASE THREE.

LAKEWOOD VILLAGE IS ALREADY GOT DIRT WORK IN.

UTILITIES ARE BEING INSTALLED, AND IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THE LAKEWOOD VILLAGE, THE ARROW THAT GOES DOWN JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, THERE'S A GREEN SPACE.

THAT'S THE LOCATION FOR ELEMENTARY NUMBER SEVEN.

IF YOU WANT TO IF YOU'RE CURIOUS AS TO WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE, ALL OF THOSE ARE 148 TOTAL LOTS GOING IN THERE.

THEY'LL BE BY THE FALL OF '25 FIRST RESIDENTS THE HOMES WILL BE IN AND DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING PRETTY QUICKLY THERE.

NORTH SHORE LAKEWOOD VILLAGE WILL HAVE 80 TOTAL LOTS THERE; GROUNDWORK'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, AND THERE'S WHAT THE SATELLITE VIEW OF THAT LOOKS LIKE.

NOW, YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THAT THEY'VE PLOTTED OUT SOME STREETS AND STARTING LAYING LOT SIZES.

THIS IS UP IN VALENCIA ON THE LAKE.

THERE ARE 1152 TOTAL LOTS THERE.

445 ARE VACANT RIGHT NOW.

707 ARE OCCUPIED AND ALL DELIVERED AS OF JULY OF '23.

THAT WHOLE REST OF THAT PENINSULA IS BEING DEVELOPED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT MAIN STREET THERE, AND ABOUT JUST TO THE LEFT OF THAT ARROW WHERE IT SAYS VALENCIA ON THE LAKE, POINTING DOWN.

THAT'S THE SITE OF ELEMENTARY NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS COMING IN AS A PART OF THIS NEXT OF THIS BOND PARK HOUSE AT PALOMA CREEK AND PALOMA SOUTH ARE BEING DEVELOPED NOW.

NORTH LAKE ESTATES, THEY'VE ALREADY PUT IN THE UTILITIES AND STREETS FOR THAT ONE, AND THE NEXT SATELLITE VIEW SHOWS THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL OF THE STREETS FOR THE VALENCIA PENINSULA ARE INSTALLED.

UTILITIES ARE THERE AND THEY'RE GETTING READY TO START SELLING HOUSES, GETTING READY TO START CONSTRUCTION THERE.

PRESTWICK, OUR BIG ISSUE THERE IS GOING TO BE THE BB LIVING AT TRIBUTE 159 FUTURE SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL UNITS.

WE DO NOT QUITE KNOW WHAT TYPE OF FAMILY STRUCTURE WILL BE IN THOSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE DESIGNED TO BE SHORT TERM RENTALS, NOT NECESSARILY LONG TERM, MAYBE

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THAT'S IMMEDIATELY ACROSS FROM STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THERE RECENTLY, YOU'VE SEEN THE PROGRESS THEY'VE MADE ON THAT ONE, AND YOU SEE THE STREETS ARE INVOLVED AND ALREADY [INAUDIBLE] IN THAT ONE AS WELL.

THIS IS A TRANSFER REPORT FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR AND INCLUDED IN THIS ONE BECAUSE IT CREATES ME A DISTURBING NUMBER, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN CABINET AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT AS TO WHY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING.

TRANSFERS IN, WE ONLY HAD 167 TRANSFERS IN LAST YEAR, BUT WE HAD 1084 TRANSFER OUT, BUT IF YOU SEE, MOST OF THOSE ARE PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR CHARTER SCHOOLS, VERY FEW GO OUT TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN OUR IMMEDIATE AREA.

SO WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO BRING SOME OF THOSE BACK BY OFFERING SOME OF THE SAME TYPE PROGRAMS AND EXPANDING THE CURRENT PROGRAMS AND IMPROVING UPON WHAT WE DO OFFER OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE WE KNEW WE DO WANT TO LET THESE STUDENTS KNOW THAT WE OFFER A QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROCESS, AND OUR EXPERIENCE IS BETTER THAN WE COULD THAT OTHER SCHOOLS CAN OFFER THEM OR THAT ESPECIALLY THE VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOLS CAN OFFER.

THE TEN YEAR FORECAST BY GRADE LEVEL, THESE NUMBERS HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE LAST REPORT EITHER BECAUSE WE TAKE THOSE NUMBERS, WE'LL GET A SNAPSHOT IN OCTOBER AND WHICH WILL HELP GENERATE OUR NEW PROJECTIONS FROM THAT AND THEN OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUS NUMBERS AS WELL.

THOSE NUMBERS HAVEN'T CHANGED SINCE THE LAST PROJECTION EITHER, BUT AGAIN, THEY'LL BE UPDATED AFTER OUR SNAPSHOT IN OCTOBER, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. [INAUDIBLE]. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM D, WHICH IS THE DRESS CODE.

MR. DELEON ENGLISH.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT OLSON. WHAT I WANT TO TALK TO THE BOARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HERE WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPANDED BEYOND JUST THE DRESS CODE.

IT HAS TO DO WITH THE DISCIPLINARY DISCIPLINARY POLICIES AND PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IS I'VE HANDED YOU ALL A BELLVILLE ISD RANDOM DRUG POLICY, WHICH IS NOT REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DRUG POLICY, BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THEY'VE OUTLINED KIND OF A STEPPED PATTERN FOR OFFENSES THAT ARE PARTICIPATED INSIDE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO BRING FORWARD TO THE BOARD IS TO UNDERSTAND THE DISCIPLINARY DISCIPLINARY PROCESSES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEEMS A LITTLE BIT DISPARATE BETWEEN SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THE DISCIPLINARY ACTION SEEMS A LITTLE BIT DISPARATE.

SO THE IDEA WAS TO COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF STEPPED DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS THAT COULD BE PUT INTO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. AS YOU NOTICE HERE ON THIS INFORMATION, THEY HAVE FIRST OFFENSE, SECOND OFFENSE, THIRD OFFENSE, AND THEY GIVE BASICALLY NOTIFICATIONS, CONFERENCE AND COUNSELING. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AS WE KIND OF LOOK INTO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN WE GO INTO THE OTHER SCHOOL YEARS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE WITH DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

EVERY SCHOOL SYSTEM IS DEALING WITH DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.

THEY DEAL WITH IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT I THINK HAVING SOME WAY IN WHICH WE STRUCTURE THE WAY THE DISCIPLINE IS IN PLACE, WE HAVE SET PARAMETERS IN WHICH DISCIPLINE IS ADMINISTERED, MEANING THAT WE STANDARDIZE ALONG THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY KIND OF HELP OUR KIDS UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE NOW.

WE DO HAVE OUR CURRENT STUDENT HANDBOOK.

AS I REVIEWED THE STUDENT HANDBOOK, IT DOES PROVIDE SOME IDEAS OF SOME OF THE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS, BUT IT DOESN'T GO INTO VERY MUCH DETAIL ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS, AND SO WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT IS HOW DO WE GO ABOUT PUTTING IN DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES THAT, ONE, ARE EFFECTIVE TO GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS AND THEN, THREE, HELP OUR STUDENTS BECOME SUCCESSFUL, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, AN IMPORTANT ASPECT AND TO BE TRANSPARENT AND GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO IT, IT'S THINGS THAT THE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS THAT REALLY CAUSE A PROBLEM FOR OUR TEACHERS RIGHT IN THE CLASSROOM, THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS OR DISCIPLINARY ISSUES, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS HAVE OUR TEACHERS FEEL AS THOUGH NO ACTION OR ACCOUNTABILITY IS TAKEN FOR OUR STUDENTS ON OUR ACTIONS, AND SO I WOULD ASK PRESIDENT OLSON THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS INTO A BOARD WORKSHOP AND THEN DISCUSS WHAT ARE THE TYPE OF OFFENSES THAT ARE THERE THAT WE CAN HAVE.

IF YOU NOTICE IN SOME OF THE BELLEVUE'S, WHICH I REALLY THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, IS THEY GIVE INDICATIONS, PARTICULARLY FOR OFFENSES DEALING WITH UIL. SO IF YOU HAVE AN OFFENSE, YOUR FIRST OFFENSE YOU CAN'T ATTEND A UIL PARTICIPATION FOR A WEEK.

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I KNOW SOME SCHOOL SYSTEMS NOT TO CALL OUT NAMES RIGHT NOW, EVEN INSIDE CLASSROOMS, THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR KIDS LANGUAGE AGAINST OTHER KIDS, AND I'VE READ SOME ARTICLES THAT IS KIND OF A NEW TREND NOW.

SO THE KIDS CAN USE PROFANITY IN THE CLASSROOMS. THEY CAN USE CERTAIN LANGUAGE AS LONG AS IT'S AGAINST OTHER CHILDREN, BUT NOT AGAINST THE TEACHER, AND THEN NO ACCOUNTABILITY IS HELD FOR THOSE KIDS.

I'VE ALSO HEARD SOME OF THE KIDS USE EXTREMELY FOUL LANGUAGE, USE RACIAL LANGUAGE, WHICH IS NOT APPROPRIATE, AND NO ACTION IS HAPPENING THERE.

SO THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE A CONCERTED EFFORT BY THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT TO REALLY KIND OF LAY OUT, HEY, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THIS DISCIPLINARY ACTION SO THAT OUR TEACHERS IN THESE CLASSROOMS HAVE THE ABILITY TO EITHER REMOVE KIDS FROM THE CLASSROOMS WHEN THEY'RE NOT DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO CONTACT THEIR PARENTS OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS, AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE KIDS ARE NOT JUST SENT BACK TO THOSE CLASSROOMS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.

SO I WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO THE BOARD AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A WORKSHOP GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT ACTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. MILLER, DID YOU ANYTHING TO PRESENT ON THAT BY CHANCE, OR ARE WE GOOD? ANY QUESTION.

YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY, ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR CURRENT WHAT'S IN THE STUDENT HANDBOOK? QUESTIONS AS FAR AS IT RELATES TO MR. ENGLISH'S POINTS.

I HAVE DULY NOTED THAT THIS WOULD BE WILL LOOK TO PUT THIS ON THE POTENTIALLY THE OCTOBER 3RD BOARD WORKSHOP.

I'LL WORK WITH MR. LAMB ON THE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GIVE SOME APPROPRIATE TIME TO IT EITHER THEN OR DEFINITELY AT THE NEXT ONE IN DECEMBER, AND I THINK FOR THE STAFF TOO, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR SOME OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES AT THE GROUND LEVEL DEALING WITH THIS ON A DAILY BASIS, RIGHT? YEAH, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ONLY A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS THAT GIVE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS, AND YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT STUDENTS [INAUDIBLE] STUDENTS ARE GIVING PROBLEMS, BUT A LOT OF THAT RIGHTS ITSELF AND LENDS ITSELF BACK TO THE PARENTS AND THE FAMILY HOW DO WE GET AND ENGAGE THOSE PARENTS AND FAMILY TO HELP CORRECT DISCIPLINARY ISSUES OR PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY GET OUT OF CONTROL? YEAH, RIGHT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING FOR TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, AND IF WE CAN ONE, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND TRACK IT AND THEN HELP THOSE KIDS AS THEY GET INTO THOSE UPPER LEVELS, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THEM.

I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE A UNIFORM DISCIPLINE PLAN THAT'S USED AMONG CAMPUSES.

IT'S A STEP PROGRAM LIKE YOU DESCRIBED ABOUT 3 TO 4 YEARS AGO.

I MET WITH SEVERAL APS AND WE WERE TRYING TO UNIFORM SOME THINGS ACROSS THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THERE WAS TOO MUCH DISPARITY BETWEEN THE WAY THINGS WERE HANDLED AT THIS CAMPUS VERSUS THIS CAMPUS, AND SO WE CREATED THAT PLAN.

WE DO HAVE OUR DISCIPLINE GUIDELINES THAT TELL WHAT THE APPROPRIATE CONSEQUENCES ARE FOR EACH PEIMS CODE VIOLATION, AND SO I WOULD BE GLAD TO SHARE ANY OF THAT WITH YOU.

ALL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE OR TALK ABOUT.

YEAH, THAT'D BE AWESOME, AND ALSO I'M NOT SURE SOME OF THAT.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THAT, ANY OF THAT INSIDE OF THE STUDENT HANDBOOK SOME OF THAT IN THE STUDENT HANDBOOK OR? WE DON'T PUT THAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

THE STUDENT HANDBOOK IS MORE GENERAL AND VAGUE VERSUS THIS, THIS SPECIFIC; THOSE ARE KIND OF INNER-DISTRICT DOCUMENTS THAT WE SHARE WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH OUR GOOGLE DRIVE.

OKAY. YEAH, AND LIKE I SAID, MAYBE THAT'S JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT THERE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO DISCUSS THAT, AND EVEN RAISING AWARENESS THROUGH MAYBE THOSE STUDENT HANDBOOKS AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS LIKE, HEY, HERE ARE THE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS THAT OCCUR IF YOU DO X AND THIS IS WHAT WE INTENDED TO MAKE HAPPEN.

SO OKAY, I'LL LOVE TO SEE THAT FOR WORKSHOP.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. MILLER OR MR. ENGLISH? OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YOU BET. MR. ENGLISH, APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'LL GO TO CITIZEN INPUT.

MS. FLORES ANY CITIZEN INPUT? ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

[9. Approval of Minutes]

SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL? I'M SORRY, APRIL, GOSH, AUGUST 21ST, 2023.

I'M A LITTLE OFF ON THE DATE I HAVE SO FROM MARY.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM DAVID.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

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WE'LL GO ON INTO ACTION ITEMS.

[10. Action Items]

DR. TRAMEL. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

PRESIDENT OLSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND MR. LAMB. TONIGHT WE ARE COMING TO YOU WITH OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE 23-24 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

ACCORDING TO TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, SUBCHAPTER F, SECTION 11.251 UNDER THE PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING PROCESS, THE BOARD IS TO APPROVE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES EACH YEAR.

JUST A REMINDER TO THE BOARD THAT OUR GOALS ARE ALIGNED TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR DESTINATION 2025 PLAN.

SO YOU WILL NOTICE THERE ARE NO CHANGES THERE.

WE DO LOOK AT OUR OBJECTIVES EVERY YEAR AS A RESULT OF A COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND SO DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR DATA IS TELLING US AND INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS, SOMETIMES WE DO TWEAK THOSE.

YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE SOME OF THEM IN SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND AREAS ARE VERY SIMILAR AND YOU'LL NOTICE A LITTLE BIT MORE RIGOR IN SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES.

SO TO GET STARTED, THERE ARE BASICALLY FOUR AREAS THAT OUR GOALS ARE ESTABLISHED WITH OUR DESTINATION 2025 PLAN.

WE HAVE THE AREA OF TEACHING AND LEARNING, AND THERE ARE FOUR GOALS UNDER THAT.

WE HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THERE ARE TWO GOALS UNDER THAT.

WE HAVE HUMAN CAPITAL AND THERE'S KIND OF ONE BROAD GOAL UNDER THAT WITH SEVERAL OBJECTIVES, AND THEN FISCAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY, WE HAVE ONE GOAL WITH SEVERAL ACTION STEPS UNDER THAT TO GET STARTED UNDER THE AREA OF TEACHING AND LEARNING, OUR FIRST GOAL IS THAT CURRICULUM AND LEARNING SERVICES WILL PROVIDE A GUARANTEED AND VIABLE CURRICULUM THAT ENSURES ALL STUDENTS HAVE EQUAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE WORKED AND ARE WORKING ON TIGHTLY ALIGNING STAGES ONE AND TWO OF OUR CURRICULUM, WHICH MEANS OUR TEKS AND THE ASSESSMENTS ALIGNED WITH THEM TO BE TIGHTLY ALIGNED TO THE FORMATS ON THE NEW STAAR EXAM.

SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES OR OUR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS FOR THAT, AND THEN WE WILL BE DOING SOME THINGS WITH SHORT RESPONSES AND WRITING.

WE ALSO ON THE SECOND PART OF THAT OBJECTIVE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ALIGN RESOURCES FOR PLANNING FOR TEACHERS AND STAGE THREE FOR EASE OF USE AND OPTIMAL IMPACT ON IMPACT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING.

WE HAVE COVERED IN OUR LEARNING FOR LEADERS, WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND WITH OUR TEACHERS AND BACK TO SCHOOL TRAINING.

WE HAVE A SECTION IN OUR CURRICULUM AND WE WOULD LIKE, AS THEY PLAN THEIR UNITS FOR THEM TO GIVE US DIRECT FEEDBACK, POSITIVE GLOWS AND GROWS AND ANY RESOURCES THEY FIND THAT THEY THINK THE DISTRICT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT WOULD HELP ENHANCE THE TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR STUDENTS.

THEN THE SECOND GOAL IS TO ENGAGE EACH STUDENT IN LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT WILL INCREASE STUDENT GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT, AS EVIDENCED BY TEACHER THE FOLLOWING AND SPECIFICALLY TEACHERS WILL IMPLEMENT STUDENT CENTERED PEDAGOGY IN CLASSROOMS THAT INCLUDES TARGETED STRATEGIES FOR SPECIFIC GROUPS OF STUDENTS.

SO IN THIS AREA WE ARE FOCUSING ON DISTRICT WIDE WALKTHROUGHS.

WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE DANA CENTER TO COME IN FOR FOUR DAYS OF TRAINING TO HELP US DEVELOP A STRONG WALKTHROUGH THAT SPECIFICALLY WILL HELP US LOOK FOR STRATEGIES BEING USED WITH OUR GIFTED AND TALENTED LEARNERS, OUR EBS, OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL LEARNERS, OUR LEARNERS AT TIER ONE WITH JUST GOOD, VARIED STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS ALL KINDS OF LEARNING STYLES IN THE CLASSROOM. WE HAVE ALIGNED DRAFT WALKTHROUGH WITH OUR STEM INITIATIVE AND OUR STEM WORKFORCE IN THE CLASSROOM AND OUR BLENDED LEARNING INITIATIVE, WHICH IS OUR MATH INITIATIVE, WHERE STUDENTS TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR LEARNING AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE IN RELATION TO MASTERY OF THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES.

IN ADDITION, WE ARE RECOMMENDING ACTUALLY IT'S ON THE AGENDA UNDER THE BUSINESS OFFICE TONIGHT, A PHONICS PROGRAM. WE REALLY, IN LOOKING AT OUR DATA, FEEL THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM A VERY TARGETED TEACHER FRIENDLY BUT STUDENT INTERACTIVE PHONICS PROGRAM.

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SO THAT IS ANOTHER ACTION STEP THAT WE ARE TAKING IN THAT PARTICULAR OBJECTIVE.

WE HAVE ALSO ADDED NEWSELA, WHICH IS A SOFTWARE RESOURCE THAT TAKES PASSAGES ABOUT ARTICLES IN THE CONTENT AREA.

IT MIGHT BE SCIENCE, IT MIGHT BE SOCIAL STUDIES OR OTHER LITERATURE, AND WE CAN LITERALLY ADJUST THE READABILITY LEVEL OF THE SAME CONTENT TO THE READING LEVELS WITHIN THE CLASSROOM.

SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE A VERY STRONG TOOL FOR US IN OUR CONTENT AREAS.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE ADDED STEPS FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND INCLUSION TEACHERS FOR TRAINING ON PLANNING AND COLLABORATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TIGHTLY ALIGNED WITH THE RIGOR THAT WE NEED IN THAT AREA AS WELL, AND WE HAVE ADDED SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR THOSE TEACHERS JUST TO SUPPORT BEHAVIORS AND DISCIPLINE AND APPROPRIATE SOCIAL BEHAVIORS IN THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING.

THE THIRD GOAL IS IN THE AREA OF CTE OR COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READY OUR CCMR INITIATIVE.

AS YOU KNOW, WE WORKED ON THIS LAST YEAR.

YOU WILL NOTICE A VERY STRONG GOAL THIS YEAR THAT WE WANT 100% OF OUR STUDENTS TO GRADUATE CCMR READY.

WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS THIS YEAR ALREADY WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL ON ENSURING A PLAN FOR ALL STUDENTS TO LEAVE OUR DISTRICT WITH ONE OF THESE INDICATORS.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE MODIFIED OUR STUDENT HANDBOOK TO SAY THAT WE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE OFF PERIODS IN OUR SCHEDULE UNTIL YOU GET THAT CCMR READINESS MARK.

SO A VERY STRONG PLAN FOR THAT.

IN ADDITION, WE ARE INCREASING OUR STUDENT ORGANIZATION RECRUITING TO GENERATE MORE EXCITEMENT IN THE CTE AREA. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH PEOPLEWORKS FOR STRONG INTEGRATION OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES IN THE CURRICULUM AND THEN FOR THAT POST-SECONDARY TRACKING, AND THERE WILL BE A RECOGNITION WE'VE ACTUALLY RECEIVED A GATES FOUNDATION GRANT IN THIS AREA OF AROUND $200,000, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS IN OUR IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN THAT AREA, AND THEN THE LAST KIND OF THING IN THIS AREA WOULD BE OUR CTE ADVISORY BOARD AND BETTER LEVERAGING OUR COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND THAT DATA WITH THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A STRONGER VOICE IN PROGRAMING.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IN THE AREA OF TEACHING AND LEARNING, WE HAVE THE GOAL OF ENGAGING TEACHERS AND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND CURRICULUM COORDINATORS AND DIRECTORS IN TARGETED LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS IN THIS AREA.

WE HAVE SEVERAL TARGETED THINGS.

WE ARE NOT ADDING A TON OF NEW THINGS.

RATHER, WE ARE ONBOARDING NEW INDIVIDUALS AND THEN DEEPENING THE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR PERSONNEL WHO HAVE HAD TRAINING OVER THE LAST LAST YEAR AND THEN AGAIN THIS YEAR IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.

SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING.

IN ADDITION, OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES ARE GOING THROUGH LEVEL TWO COACHING, WHICH TO BETTER FACILITATE BUILDING TEACHER CAPACITY AS THEY GIVE FEEDBACK TO TEACHERS ON THEIR INSTRUCTION MAP, WHICH IS WHAT WE USE WITH OUR MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS AND IT'S AN NWEA SOFTWARE TO FULLY HELP TEACHERS UNDERSTAND HOW TO READ THE REPORTS AND LEVERAGE THOSE REPORTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO PLAN INSTRUCTION, TO ADDRESS STUDENT CONCERNS IN THE DATA, AND THEN WE HAVE ADDED MAP ACCELERATOR, WHICH IS A MATH PROGRAM THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR MAP RIT SCORES.

IT'S A SCORE THAT THEY GET FROM TAKING THE ASSESSMENT, AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT WILL SPIRAL DOWN AND HELP OUR STUDENTS FILL IN GAPS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE, BUT THE EXCITING THING ABOUT THE SOFTWARE AS WELL IS THAT IT ALSO TAKES OUR GIFTED

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SO IT INDIVIDUALIZES THE MATH FOR THEM BASED ON WHERE THEY'RE AT.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

IN ADDITION, I THINK A HUGE THING THAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS AREA IS JUST FINE TUNING AND REALLY FORMING A STRONG MTSS PROCESS AND THAT IS OUR PROCESS FOR AT RISK KIDS.

WE HAVE SOFTWARE, IT'S CALLED EDGE CLIMBER, WHERE IT WILL HELP TO MAKE THE CAMPUS PROCESSES FOR MONITORING AT RISK KIDS MORE EFFICIENT.

SO WE'RE NOT SPENDING AS MUCH TIME IN MEETINGS.

IT ALSO HAS PROGRESS LEARNING DATA, WHICH MEANS IT TRACKS THE AT RISK LEARNERS DATA IN SKILLS THAT THEY ARE WEAKER IN.

TO HELP US KNOW ARE THEY GROWING, ARE THEY NOT GROWING? SO WE FEEL LIKE THAT IS A HUGE THING THAT WE ARE ADDING TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS.

SO THEN AS WE MOVE ON TO CECILIA'S AREA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE GOAL IS THAT WE WILL COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD TRUST, SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT, AND SPECIFICALLY, THE OBJECTIVE IS TO BOOST THE DISTRICT'S REPUTATION, INCREASE SCHOOL CULTURE AND SHAPE COMMUNITY PERCEPTION USING TARGETED MESSAGING, AND IN THIS WE HAVE SHARED THE END OF YEAR THOUGHT EXCHANGE DATA FROM OUR PARENT SURVEY AND OUR STAFF SURVEY FOR EACH CAMPUS WITH EACH PRINCIPAL SO THAT THEY CAN PLAN TO, IN THEIR IMPROVEMENT PLANS, MEET OR RESPOND TO THE DATA FROM THOUGHT EXCHANGE, AND THEN ALSO TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF OUR BOND PROJECTS. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO THE VOTERS FOR PASSING THE BOND.

WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE DO A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING THEM INFORMED ABOUT ALL THOSE BOND PROJECTS AND WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THOSE THINGS, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IN THE AREA OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, WE HAVE ADDED AN ACTION STEP FOR A SPECIAL ED ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHERE MS. ROBERTS WILL MEET WITH AN ADVISORY GROUP OF PARENTS AND THEY WILL HAVE STRONG VOICE AND INPUT ON OUR PRACTICES AND POTENTIALLY EVEN POLICY INPUT IN THE AREA OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND THAT IS JUST TO LISTEN AND BETTER STRENGTHEN THAT AREA WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN OUR SIXTH GOAL IS TO FOSTER RELATIONS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND ALL OF YOU THAT ARE PARENTS ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH VOLY.ORG. WE HAVE CHANGED TO THAT TO DO OUR BACKGROUND CHECKS.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT SOFTWARE BECAUSE IN THAT BACKGROUND CHECK AREA YOU SAY HOW YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER AND BE A PART OF OUR SCHOOLS IN THE PAST T HE PRIMARY FOCUS OF BACKGROUND CHECKS WERE TO JUST MAKE SURE OUR KIDS WERE SAFE WITH THE PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING IN OUR SCHOOLS WITH VOLY.ORG THERE'S ACTUALLY THAT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT PARENTS WANT TO VOLUNTEER DOING IN OUR SCHOOLS GETS DOWN TO THE CAMPUS LEVEL AND THEN THE CAMPUS CAN EVEN POST VOLUNTEER NEEDS AND SO PARENTS CAN RESPOND TO THAT.

SO IT'S KIND OF A RECIPROCAL VOLUNTEER SOFTWARE.

SO IT'S EXCITING TO KNOW THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT TO HOPEFULLY INCREASE PARENT VOLUNTEERS IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND THEN. AS WE LOOK AT THAT AREA AS WELL.

WE DID SOME THINGS LAST YEAR, AND I THINK WE'VE DONE THINGS LIKE THIS 633 RUN IN THE PAST.

WE'LL CONTINUE DOING THOSE THINGS AND THE MOVIE NIGHT, THE COVE, THE POOL PARTY, THOSE KIND OF THINGS TO JUST FOSTER THAT COMMUNITY CAMARADERIE.

I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS HR IS DOING.

ASHLEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF THAT WHILE SHE WAS UP HERE, BUT YOU WILL SEE HER 2025 GOAL AND THEN THE TARGETED OBJECTIVE AREAS THAT OUR HR DEPARTMENT WILL BE FOCUSING ON THIS YEAR.

THEN IN THE AREA OF FISCAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY, CECILIA HAS ONE GOAL AND THEN THREE OBJECTIVES UNDER THAT GOAL, WITH THE MAIN GOAL BEING TO JUST ENSURE FUNDING FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS AT EVERY LEVEL, AND SHE WILL DO THAT THROUGH PROVIDING LASER FOCUSED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TRAINING FOR CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS.

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HER SECOND OBJECTIVE IS TO BUILD CAPACITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT LEISD'S FINANCIAL STATUS AND SPECIFICALLY THE ACTION STEPS THAT WILL ADDRESS THIS IS SHE IS GOING TO DO A PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AND POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS.

SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEING GOOD STEWARDS IN THAT AREA WITH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMING AND THEN HOLDING MEETINGS ABOUT OUR GENERAL OPERATIONS DEFICIT TO INFORM OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND THEN JUST TO CONTINUE AND MAINTAIN THOSE GREAT REWARDS THAT OUR BUSINESS OFFICE HAS RECEIVED EVERY YEAR AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING BUDGET ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE BUSINESS SERVICES, HUMAN RESOURCES AND STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, AND ESSENTIALLY THIS WILL BE TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE POSITION MANAGEMENT, MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT ARE TRULY ALIGNED WITH STUDENT SUCCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE EFFICIENT IN THAT IS THE WAY TO SAY THAT, AND THEN THE SECOND THING THAT SHE WILL BE DOING IN THIS AREA IS COMPLETING THAT EVERY YEAR.

FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, SHE'S WORKED ON AN EQUITABILITY STUDY FOR POSITIONS AND SO SHE IS FINISHING THAT UP THIS YEAR SO THAT ALL OF OUR POSITIONS WILL BE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR SURROUNDING AREAS.

SO WITH THAT, THOSE ARE THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I'M SORRY.

HOLD ON.

LET'S GO TO VOTE FIRST AND ASK THE QUESTION.

SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER OR CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE 2023-2024 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN? SO MOVED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. NOW, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE VOLY.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT TAKING VOLY NOT TO JUST PARENTS, BUT TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE MAYBE THE SENIOR COMMUNITIES TO GET MAYBE GRANDPARENTS WHO DON'T HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT INVOLVED THAT WAY? BECAUSE IF EVERYBODY DOES, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

YEAH, WE'VE GOT 5000 FAMILIES.

IF EVERYONE DOES ONE HOUR, THAT'S 5000 HOURS OF VOLUNTEERISM.

SO THAT'S A GREAT POINT, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT.

WE HAVE USED IT, OBVIOUSLY, IN OUR STUDENT REGISTRATION PROCESS TO GARNER THE THE INFORMATION ON HOW OUR PARENTS WANT TO VOLUNTEER, BUT THAT IS A VOLUNTEER GROUP THAT IS WE WILL LOOK AT SEEING HOW WE CAN INVOLVE THEM IN THAT BECAUSE THAT'D BE A GREAT ANOTHER LITTLE GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS FOR US.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.

TRAMEL. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO ON TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING REDEMPTION OF BONDS.

MISS ADAMS. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

THIS IS ALWAYS AN EXCITING THING FOR ME TO BRING ANYTIME THAT WE CAN PAY OFF DEBT EARLY.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I GET EXCITED ABOUT FUNNY THINGS, BUT BY MAKING BY PASSING THIS RESOLUTION, IT WOULD WE WOULD MAKE A $2.4--2.465 TO BE EXACT--MILLION DOLLAR BOND PAYMENT THAT WE WOULD NOT MAKE VIA THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE UNTIL 2044, WHICH EVEN LOOKS FUNNY ON PAPER.

IT'S 21 YEARS FROM NOW, BUT AS WE HAVE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO REDEEM EARLY DEBT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF WHAT OUR TAX COLLECTIONS ARE AND THEN THAT CREATES POCKETS THAT WE CAN THEN PLACE NEW DEBT FROM OUR 2022 BONDS FROM WITHOUT LAYERING ON TOP OF THE EXISTING DEBT.

SO ANYTIME THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME SAVINGS THERE, THIS PARTICULAR PAYMENT THAT WE WOULD MAKE OF $2.4 MILLION WOULD SAVE $1.9 MILLION OF INTEREST OVER THE LIFE OF THAT.

SO THAT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING TO ME.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT AND WE SPECIFICALLY HAVE IT IN THIS ORDER SO THAT IF YOU DECIDE TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION TO MAKE THIS PAYMENT, THAT IT CAN BE MADE FROM OUR 47 CENT I&S PAYMENT THAT WILL BE ON THE NEXT ITEM.

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ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS ADAMS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, AND OF COURSE, YOU GET THE NEXT FUN ONE TOO WHICH GOES INTO THE CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO SET THE TAX RATE.

YES, SO AS A REMINDER TO OUR CITIZEN, THE BOARD DOESN'T NEED REMINDING, BUT AS A REMINDER TO OUR CITIZENS THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR A JULY 1ST FISCAL YEAR.

WE ADOPT THAT BUDGET IN JUNE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE BACK FROM 2019 AND THE ASSIGNING OUR TAX RATE OR COMPRESSED TAX RATE, THEY DON'T ASSIGN THAT UNTIL AUGUST. SO WE DO ALL THE CALCULATIONS AND WE KNOW AND WE DO ALL THE REQUIRED ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SETTING THE TAX RATE AND ADOPTING THE BUDGET, BUT WE ONLY ADOPT THE BUDGET AT THAT AT THAT POINT AND WAIT UNTIL THE TEA ASSIGNS OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE, WHICH WAS EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVOLUTED THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE CHANGES IN THE TAX LAWS, AND SO THEN WE ADOPT THE BUDGET THAT THEN SUPPORTS THAT.

I'M SORRY, WE ADOPT THE TAX RATE THAT THEN SUPPORTS THAT BUDGET.

WE WOULD DO A WHOLE 'NOTHER HEARING AND A WHOLE 'NOTHER ADVERTISEMENT IF THE RATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO ADOPT EXCEEDED WHAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD POSTED.

SO AS A REMINDER, WHEN WE POSTED THAT IN JUNE, WE WERE USING OUR PRELIMINARY VALUES AND WE WERE USING CURRENT LAW, AND SO CURRENT LAW AT THE TIME WAS PRECEDING INCREASED HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AND EVEN FURTHER TAX COMPRESSION.

SO THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR OUR CITIZENS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF DO A REMINDER FOR OUR CITIZENS OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS AT THIS POINT IN THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND BEFORE I FORGET, I DO WANT TO THANK JESSE WYSE.

HE'S ALWAYS HERE, AND OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS SERVICES.

HE DOES A GREAT DEAL OF THE LION'S SHARE WORK ON THE CALCULATIONS OF OUR TAX RATE, WORKING WITH TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND ESPECIALLY WORKING WITH THE DENTON COUNTY TAX OFFICE TAX OFFICES, BOTH THE ASSESSOR AND THE COLLECTOR AND SO I WANTED TO SHARE, AS I SAID, THE GOOD NEWS ANYTIME WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO, AND SO IF YOU LOOK HERE, THIS SLIDE INDICATES THE DECLINE IN OUR TAX RATE AND OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX RATE SINCE THE 2019 CHANGE IN LEGISLATION, AND SO YOU HAVE SEEN THAT CONTINUE TO DECLINE. NOW, WHAT WE'VE ALSO SEEN WITH THAT, IF I PUT UP IS A TAXABLE VALUE INCREASE AND SO MANY TIMES OUR CITIZENS DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL THAT THEY GOT AS MUCH OF A TAX BREAK AS WHAT WAS INTENDED, BUT THIS REALLY IS GOOD NEWS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE STEADY 47 CENT THAT WAS OBLIGATED TO OUR CITIZENS ON THE INTEREST AND SINKING PORTION IN 2017 WHEN THAT BOND WAS PASSED AND THEN AGAIN IN 2022, THAT WE WOULD DO ALL THAT WE COULD TO HOLD THAT TO $0.47, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN GO TO $0.50 ON THAT BY DOING THINGS LIKE YOU DID IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM, WE'RE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT RATE AND KEEP IT THERE, BUT JUST TO PUT A LITTLE MORE SIMPLICITY TO THIS 2022-23, OUR TAX RATE, AS YOU CAN SEE, WAS LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS, BUT IT WAS A TOTAL TAX RATE OF $1.41.

WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING TO YOU TONIGHT AND BY CALCULATIONS AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS REALLY A FORMALITY BECAUSE IT WAS ASSIGNED BY TEA, BUT WITH THE TAX COMPRESSION OF 18.5 CENTS, THE TAX RATE WOULD GO DOWN TO 22.75, AND THAT'S A TOTAL TAX RATE.

AT THE SAME TIME THAT WAS HAPPENING, MORE GOOD NEWS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.

OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT THEY PASSED, WENT FROM $40,000 UP TO $100,000, AND SO THAT INCREASE OF 60 IS CERTAINLY GOOD NEWS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS, BUT THE IMPACT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT STANDPOINT, BECAUSE WE ARE GRATEFUL WE WANT OUR TAXPAYERS TO GET AS MANY TAX BREAKS AS THEY CAN GET, AND I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO PASS THAT ON TO THEM AS WELL.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER OUR TAX RATE ANYMORE UNDER THE NEW FINANCE SYSTEM OR AS IT EXISTS NOW, BUT AS GOOD AS THAT IS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS, I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE SIZE OF OUR GLASS.

WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE GLASS AND THAT THE STATE HAS SET THE SIZE OF IT, AND SO DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR TAX RATE IS AND WHAT OUR TAXABLE VALUES ARE AND THEN HOW MUCH EXEMPTION IS GIVEN, THEN WE FILL THAT GLASS FIRST, THE SAME SIZE GLASS, WE FILL IT WITH PROPERTY TAXES.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO GET LESS THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE OFFERED A HIGHER HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND BY WE, I MEAN THE LEGISLATURE OFFERED A HIGHER HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND A LOWER TAX RATE TO GIVE TAX BREAKS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT LESS THAN WE WOULD AT A HIGHER TAX RATE AND A LOWER HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAN OUR GLASS IS GOING TO BE FILLED WITH LESS PROPERTY TAXES THAN IT WOULD UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM.

SO THAT MEANS THE STATE WILL THEN ADD THE REST TO FILL TO FILL UP OUR GLASS, BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE OVERALL SIZE OF IT, AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I SHARE THAT

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WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ON OCTOBER THE 2ND, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE UNTIL THE LAW CHANGES THE SIZE OF THAT GLASS, THE AMOUNT OF.

MONEY THAT WE GET PER STUDENT IS NOT CHANGING, JUST SHIFTS.

WHO IS IT COMING FROM? IS IT COMING FROM THE STATE OR IS IT COMING FROM FROM LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES? AND IT'S SO COUNTERINTUITIVE TO A TAXPAYER TO PAY MORE IN TAXES ON THEIR TAX BILL EVERY YEAR AND NOT AND NOT SEE THAT GO TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT UNDER THE CURRENT LAW, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY.

SO I'M JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE THE TOTAL COST OF OUR SYSTEM IS A SHARED SYSTEM BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE LOCAL BUT THE INCREASED COSTS DUE TO THE GENERAL INFLATION THAT IS BORNE BY THE DISTRICT 100%.

OKAY, AND THEN WE'LL JUST MOVE INTO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE.

THAT WAS ONE PORTION OF IT, THE PORTION MAINTENANCE OPERATION PORTION THAT FUNDS THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS THAT IS ASSIGNED TO US BY THE STATE, AND THEN WE LAYER ON THE $0.13 THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED HERE IN THE DISTRICT FOR GOLD AND COPPER PENNIES, AND THEN THE 47 CENT WILL MEET THE OBLIGATION OF OUR DEBT SERVICE IN ADDITION, INCLUDING, I SHOULD SAY, INCLUDING THE FORMER ITEM.

THIS CALCULATION FOR THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS STILL IN THE TRUTH AND TAXATION.

THEY'VE MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THAT BEGINNING NEXT YEAR, BUT UNDER THE CURRENT LAW, THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAVE TO READ IN YOUR MOTION IS IN YOUR AGENDA, BUT THAT IS REALLY SPARKED FROM THE FACT THAT THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE DEPICTS LOCAL REVENUE ONLY, AND AS YOU SAW IN THE GLASS OUR TOTAL REVENUE AVAILABILITY COMES FROM STATE AND LOCAL, BUT THIS PARTICULAR CALCULATION ONLY DEPICTS THE LOCAL REVENUE, AND SO IT CREATES IT'S NOT FACTORED IN, OUR STATE AID IS NOT FACTORED INTO THE CALCULATION, AND SO IT CREATES THE NEED FOR YOU TO READ A MOTION THAT SEEMS ALWAYS A LITTLE WACKY TO ME THAT WE WERE READING A MOTION THAT WE ARE INCREASING TAXES WHENEVER WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING DOWN 18.5% BUT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND THAT NO NEW REVENUE IS EXPRESSED AS A STATUTE, AS A TOTAL TAX RATE, AND THE NO NEW REVENUE, NO RATE IS NOT DEFINED IN STATUTE, BUT IT HAS TO BE CALCULATED TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAVE TO USE IN THE ADOPTION.

SO I'VE GOT PAGES AND PAGES ON THAT.

I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THAT ANY FURTHER.

MANY OF YOU ARE VETERANS AT THIS, BUT IT JUST IT SEEMS REALLY ODD SOMETIMES THE MOTION THAT IS REQUIRED FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A DECREASE OF 18.5% OR 18.5 CENTS TO OUR TAX RATE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? HOLD ON.

WE HAVE TO READ SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.

HOLD ON.

SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2023, ON THIS DATE, WE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LITTLE ELM INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HEREBY LEVY OR SET THE TAX RATE ON $100 VALUATION FOR THE DISTRICT FOR TAX YEAR 2023 AT A TOTAL TAX RATE OF $1.2275 TO BE ASSESSED AND COLLECTED BY THE DULY SPECIFIED ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR AS FOLLOWED $ 0.0757 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND ZERO POINT AND $0.47 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYMENT PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON DEBTS. SUCH TAXES ARE TO BE ASSESSED AND COLLECTED BY THE TAX OFFICIALS DESIGNATED BY THE DISTRICT.

THIS TAX RATE WILL BE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.

THIS TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 9.008% AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $62.60.

ADOPTED THIS 18TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2023 BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND FROM KEN.

ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS ADAMS; APPRECIATE IT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[11. Consent Agenda]

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN BELOW? SO MOVED FROM KEN.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND FROM DELEON.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL GO ON TO BOARD.

[12. Board President Comments]

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS REAL QUICK.

ONCE AGAIN, I THINK SOME GREAT NEWS COMING OUT OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.

THE FACT THAT WITH THE STATE LEGISLATORS, OUR TAX RATE FOR OUR ALL OF OUR HOMEOWNERS IN THE DISTRICT WERE ABLE TO BE LOWERED BY $0.18.

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I'D LIKE TO THANK SHAY AND ALL THE STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK, ESPECIALLY ON THE BONDS PAYING CRAZY TO PAY OFF A $2.1 MILLION BOND THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE $1.9 MILLION IN INTEREST. SO THAT'S A HUGE SAVINGS FOR THE DISTRICT.

REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THOSE FUNDS VERY WELL FOR MANY OTHER PROJECTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU AND STAFF THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARENTS AND KIDS THAT CAME OUT FOR HOMECOMING.

AWESOME PARADE, AS USUAL.

HAD A GREAT TIME. THANK YOU, MISS WATKINS, FOR THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND THEME THIS YEAR.

IT WAS A VERY WELL DRESSED BY MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING OUR KING OF HEARTS, DOWN ON THE FAR RIGHT.

OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST.

I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING AND SEEING ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS DOWN AT TASB THIS WEEKEND OR SORRY, NOT THIS WEEKEND.

NEXT WEEKEND, TWO WEEKS WE'LL BE DOWN AT TASB, GET A LOT OF GOOD TRAINING AND SESSIONS HAPPENING FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, AND OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, STAFF FOR EVERYONE COMING OUT.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARENTS AND KIDS THAT CAME OUT.

WE WERE ABLE TO HONOR THE KIDS.

IT'S ALWAYS THE BEST PART OF THE MEETING IS SEEING THEIR FACES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THOSE GETTING THEIR AWARDS.

IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT TIME. SO APPRECIATE THAT, AND WE'LL GO TO BOARD COMMENTS AND I'M GOING TO START DOWN ON MY LEFT FOR MR.

[13. Board Comments]

JUST WANT TO CHALLENGE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO.

BRING UP THE CAN COUNT WHEN WE DO OUR DRIVE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

MR. LAMB. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN WE CAN GET THAT DONE.

THANK YOU ALL. YES, I WANTED TO.

A SHOUT OUT TO OUR MARCHING BAND.

I KNOW THE HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME.

THE SCORE DIDN'T REALLY SHOW WHAT THE BOYS, THE GUYS, THE PEOPLE ON THE FIELD DID.

IT WAS CLOSE EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF PLAYS, BUT I THINK THE BAND, I THINK THEIR PROGRAM THIS YEAR IS EXEMPLARY.

I KNOW THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE FINAL PRODUCT AS AS THE SEASON CONTINUES ON AND WHEN THEY GET INTO COMPETITIONS.

ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS OUT THERE, THE COMMUNITY.

IT WAS A GOOD GAME WE'RE STILL GROWING.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT ON.

YOU KIND OF MOVE FORWARD, BUT IT WAS A GOOD GAME NONETHELESS.

SO JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND BRINGING THIS STUFF TO THE KIDS AND MAKING SURE THINGS ARE GOING WELL.

I WANT TO THANK OUR CABINET FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND THE DETAILS THAT HAVE GONE INTO THIS MONTH'S PRESENTATIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND SHAY, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THE TAX RATE, AND ASHLEY, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE GROW AS A HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED HOMECOMING THIS WEEK.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAPERON THE HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING DANCE AND THERE WERE A LOT OF HAPPY KIDS ONCE THEY GOT IN THE DOOR AND I WANT TO THANK MY BOARD MEMBERS FOR AND THE CABINET MEMBERS FOR PLAYING ALONG WITH OUR ALICE IN WONDERLAND THEME.

SO LET'S GO LOBOS! I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR STAYING WITH US TONIGHT AND FOR WORKING HARD ON GETTING EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER IN BOARDBOOK AND TAKING CARE OF THE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT.

I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR A GREAT HOMECOMING WEEK.

I KNOW THERE WAS THERE WAS SOME NEW ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR.

THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM HAD A PICNIC ON TUESDAY.

THE PARADE IS ALWAYS A LOT OF FUN.

MY WIFE ATTENDED FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SHE WAS LIKE, OH, NOW I KNOW WHY YOU LIKE IT SO MUCH EVERY YEAR.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE A TREND THAT CONTINUES AS WELL, BUT JUST THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR THAT SUCCESSFUL WEEK AND TO BUILD ON THAT SUCCESS.

THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR STAYING LATE.

I APPRECIATE IT. HOMECOMING WEEK WAS GREAT, AS EVERYBODY HAS MENTIONED.

IT WAS GREAT SEEING OUR ALUMNI OUT ON THE FIELD FOR ALUMNI MEAL.

WE HAD OVER 100 ALUMNI OVER THE LAST TEN AND 20 YEARS SHOW UP.

SO THOSE CLASSES THAT CAME OUT NEXT YEAR IS A BIG YEAR.

IT'LL BE A GRADUATING CLASS 50 YEARS.

SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE FOLKS OUT.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ADOPT-A-LOBO.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ASSIGNED RANDOMLY OR IF YOU GET TO PICK YOUR NEW TEACHER, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ADOPTING A LOBO, AND LET'S HAVE A GOOD FRIDAY OFF TO ALL OUR TEACHERS. I KNOW WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THAT TO GET SOME OF THAT TIME BACK TO OUR TEACHERS THIS YEAR.

SO THIS FRIDAY IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GO TO SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS, MR.

[14. Superintendent Comments]

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I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.

SO KUDOS TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND MARY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MARY, I SEE THAT YOUR HUSBAND IS HERE AND I'VE NOTICED THAT ANYWHERE YOU ARE, HE IS.

HE TOOK ORDERS WELL AT THE FLOAT PREPARATION SEMINAR.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND ALWAYS BEING THERE.

PROUD OF THIS CABINET TONIGHT EVERY ONE OF THEM DID SOMETHING TONIGHT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE NOTICED.

EVEN CECILIA STEPPED UP AND TOOK A PICTURE.

EXCEPT FOR CHRISTY, AND I JUST WANT TO ASSURE YOU, CHRISTY IS A SOLID, GREAT SPECIAL ED DIRECTOR, AND SHE IS KILLING IT RIGHT NOW.

SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU, CLINT, FOR BEING HERE AND BEING PREPARED AND JUST EXCITED, AND TRULY, IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A LOBO.

I DO AGREE. IT IS A GREAT DAY.

SO WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING? SO MOVED FROM MARY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND FROM DELEON? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. MEETING WILL OFFICIALLY CLOSE AT 8:46 P.M..

THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.