Nov 18, 2024 Regular Board Meeting

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

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THE LITTLE ELM ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL NOW COME TO ORDER AND THE OPEN SESSION IS IN AT 06:00 IN THE BOARD ROOM AT THE LEISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

THE BOARD WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED MEETING AND THE BOARD SUPPORT CONFERENCE ROOM AS PERMITTED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT CODE, SUBCHAPTER

[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'RE GOING TO CLOSE AT 6:00.

THE LEISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION.

MAY WE HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.

[3. Pledge of Allegiance ]

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.

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

MAY WE HAVE THE INTRODUCTION OF ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MR. MICHAEL LAMB HERE.

MR. JASON OLSON HERE.

MR. DAVID MONTEMAYOR HERE.

MISS MARY WATKINS HERE.

MR. KEN BEBER HERE.

MR. JEFF BURTON HERE.

MR. ALEJANDRO FLORES AND NOT PRESENT MR. DELEON ENGLISH.

NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS THE SUPERINTENDENT SPOTLIGHT AND OUR MISS BROWN, YOU ARE UP TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

[6. Superintendent Spotlight ]

IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE SOME OF OUR NEWEST LOBOS TO THE BOARD THIS EVENING.

THESE ARE ALL NEW MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT WERE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU ALL, AND THAT YOU ALL SO GRACIOUSLY APPROVED TO BECOME MEMBERS OF OUR LOBO FAMILY.

SO WE'LL START AS PRESIDENT WATKINS SAID, WITH OUR NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE JESSE WYSE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM [APPLAUSE].

JESSE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED WITH LITTLE ELM ISD SINCE OCTOBER OF 2015.

SO HE SPENT THE LAST NINE YEARS AS A LOBO IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS.

HE'S BEEN OUR DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND FINANCE, MOST RECENTLY OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR BUSINESS SERVICES.

PRIOR TO HIS TIME HERE IN LITTLE ELM ISD, HE WAS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND WORKED WITH BANK OF AMERICA FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, INCLUDING SENIOR OPERATIONS ANALYST AND ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF CASH MANAGEMENT.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MR. WYSE HAS FAMILY WHO ARE HERE TODAY, TWO DAUGHTERS, HAYLEY AND HANNAH, AND HIS WIFE RONNA, WHO'S ALSO A LOBO.

WILL YOU ALL PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED? [APPLAUSE] WHEN ASKED WHAT HIS FAVORITE TEAM OR SPORT TO WATCH IS, HE GOT HALF OF IT RIGHT.

HE SAID THE DALLAS COWBOYS.

BUT THEN HE ALSO SAID TEXAS A&M.

WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT? HE SAID BEING NAMED AS CFO IN LITTLE ELM ISD TONIGHT AND ALSO RECEIVING A RISE AWARD FROM TASBO.

AND WHEN ASKED IF HE COLLECTS ANYTHING, HE HUMOROUSLY SAID MOSTLY JUST POUNDS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN OVER THE MIC TO MR. WYSE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

IS IT TOO LATE TO CHANGE THE COWBOYS ANSWER? PRESIDENT WATKINS SUPERINTENDENT LAMB, THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE THIS DISTRICT THAT'S BEEN HOME FOR US FOR A DECADE NOW.

AND I'M VERY THANKFUL AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GOING FORWARD AND DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR KIDDOS.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE AN INCREDIBLE THANK YOU TO SHAY ADAMS FOR BEING THE BEST BOSS LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER.

SHE'S SHE'S BEEN AMAZING AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT I'M READY TO TAKE THIS ROLE.

AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT'S NEXT FOR LITTLE ELM ISD.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE].

CONGRATULATIONS, JESSE.

NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR BRAND NEW JESSE, WHOSE NAME IS WILL POAGE, OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR BUSINESS SERVICES.

IF YOU'LL COME UP WILL [APPLAUSE]. WILL HAS BEEN MOST RECENTLY THE DIRECTOR OF

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HE WORKED HIS WAY UP THROUGH THE RANKS IN PROSPER.

PRIOR TO BEING THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING, HE WAS THEIR BOND ACCOUNTANT AND ALSO THEIR ACCOUNTING MANAGER.

AND BEFORE PROSPER ISD HE WAS ALSO IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

HE WAS A SENIOR ACCOUNTANT AND STAFF ACCOUNTANT AT ORYX OILFIELD HOLDINGS, WHICH IS IN GRAPEVINE.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE, WILL HAS A WIFE NAMED DAROLYN AND A SON NAMED SPENCER.

I KNOW AT LEAST DAROLYN IS HERE IF YOU'LL STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED [APPLAUSE].

AND A LITTLE ONE ON THE WAY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WHEN ASKED WHAT HIS FAVORITE TEAM AND SPORT TO WATCH IS, HE SAID THE TEXAS RANGERS AND A&M AGGIES.

SO IF YOU'RE NOTICING AN UNFORTUNATE PATTERN HERE, YOU'RE NOT ALONE.

WHAT IS A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT YOU? WILL SHARED THAT HE WAS IN THE VARSITY CHOIR IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND HE SAYS THAT'S ESPECIALLY SURPRISING TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HAD THE DISPLEASURE OF HEARING HIM SING.

SO I WILL NOW TURN OVER THE MICROPHONE TO MR. POAGE. WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT LAMB FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I ACTUALLY USED TO DRIVE THROUGH LITTLE ELM EVERY DAY ON MY WAY TO PROSPER, I LIVE IN CORINTH AND ALWAYS SAID IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY IN LITTLE ELM, I WAS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THROW MY HAT IN THE RING.

AND SO THANK YOU, SHAY AND JESSE, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY.

I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL AND HELPING THE DISTRICT IN ANY WAY I CAN [APPLAUSE].

AND NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO THE BOARD OUR BRAND NEW DIRECTOR FOR STUDENT SERVICES, MISS TERILYN THOMAS- MONDAY, IF YOU'LL COME UP [APPLAUSE].

MISS THOMAS-MONDAY IS A LONG TIME LOBO.

SHE'S BEEN EMPLOYED WITH LITTLE ELM SINCE 2007 JANUARY OF 2007, SO SHE'S BEEN A LOBO FOR ALMOST 18 YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN THRILLED TO WORK WITH HER OVER THE YEARS IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES.

SHE HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE'S BEEN OUR DISTRICT'S TRANSITION SPECIALIST, WORKED WITH OUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND MOST RECENTLY AND CURRENTLY ACTUALLY THE PRINCIPAL AT THE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CAMPUS.

SHE'S ALSO IN HER YEARS IN LITTLE ELM, BEEN OUR SECONDARY SUMMER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

AND SO WE HAVE BEEN REALLY BLESSED TO HAVE HER AS PART OF OUR LOBO FAMILY AND IN THIS NEW CAPACITY.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR HER TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND THRIVE.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MISS THOMAS-MONDAY'S SPOUSE IS KAREN.

KIDS BERNICE, JALILA I HOPE I SAID THAT RIGHT AND JACOB AND GRANDKIDS AARON AND ANAYA.

SHE, WHEN ASKED WHAT HER FAVORITE TEAM IN SPORT TO WATCH IS, SAID THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND THE TEXAS LONGHORNS, GOT IT RIGHT.

WHEN SHE WHEN ASKED WHAT HER PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS, SHE SAID BECOMING A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL WAS ONE OF HER PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND IT WAS ONE OF HER MOM'S GOALS FOR HER BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY.

SO IT WAS A WAY OF HONORING HER MOTHER.

WHEN ASKED WHAT A LITTLE KNOWN FACT IS ABOUT HERSELF, MISS THOMAS-MONDAY SHARED THAT SHE WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ON A FULL RIDE ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP.

YES. THAT'S RIGHT.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL ASK TERILYN TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOARD AND MR. LAMB. I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I'VE BEEN HERE 18 YEARS, I'VE SEEN US GROW FROM SO SMALL TO SO LARGE, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT I HOPE TO PUT IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR DIVERSE AND GROWING DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY [APPLAUSE].

AND OUR FINAL, NEWEST LOBO THAT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO THE BOARD AND TO THE COMMUNITY IS OUR BRAND NEW DIRECTOR FOR NETWORK AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, MR. JACK VESTAL [APPLAUSE].

JACK ALSO COMES TO US FROM PROSPER ISD.

SO AS YOU CAN PROBABLY IMAGINE, MIKE AND I HAVE NO MORE FRIENDS IN PROSPER.

HE WAS THEIR DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES THERE IN PROSPER, AND PRIOR TO THAT, HE WAS IN LOVEJOY ISD AS THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY AND IN GREENVILLE ISD, WORKED SERVED AS THE SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER, AND REALLY WORKED HIS WAY UP THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY RANKS IN GARLAND ISD, SERVING AS AN AV TECHNICIAN, A FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN, AND A NETWORK SYSTEMS ENGINEER.

HE HAS VAST KNOWLEDGE OF BOTH SIDES, LIKE THE NETWORK SIDE AS WELL AS THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE.

ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE JACK HAS TWO CHILDREN, WILL AND SAM, ONE OF WHICH IS HERE TONIGHT.

WILL YOU STAND [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WHEN ASKED WHAT HIS FAVORITE TEAM IN SPORT TO WATCH IS, HE SAID THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND THE TEXAS LONGHORNS.

SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT? HE SAID BEING A DAD IS HIS PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT, FOLLOWED BY LANDING THE JOB HERE IN LITTLE ELM ISD.

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WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE JACK AS OUR NEWEST LOBO, AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

MR. LAMB BOARD, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.

I'M VERY EXCITED, VERY PROUD TO BE HERE.

VERY PROUD TO BE A LOBO.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. PRESIDENT WATKINS, THAT CONCLUDES THAT PORTION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S SPOTLIGHT. YES, MA'AM.

I'M GOING TO JUST MOVE OVER THIS WAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO FOR THE NEXT PART OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT SPOTLIGHT, WE ARE IN OUR SECOND YEAR OF HONORING OUR CREAM OF THE CROP STAFF.

WE PUT OUT THE CALL TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ASKED THEM FOR NOMINATIONS FOR LEADERS OF THE PACK.

THESE ARE STAFF MEMBERS, WHETHER THEY'RE TEACHERS, SECRETARIES, CAFETERIA WORKERS, COUNSELORS, PRINCIPALS, ANYONE WHO HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, WHO IS REALLY MAKING AN IMPACT ON OUR CAMPUSES AND IN OUR BUILDINGS.

SO THIS MONTH, WE HAVE TWO HONOREES TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU ALL.

AND OUR VERY FIRST ONE IS MISS KACY KUPPER FROM LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO IF YOU'LL WATCH THE VIDEO.

[VIDEO] I NOMINATED KACY KUPPER AS LEADER OF THE PACK FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.

FIRST, I CAME TO LITTLE ELM AND I'M BRAND NEW AND I MADE FRIENDS WITH HER INSTANTLY ON MY VERY FIRST DAY, AND WE'VE REALLY CLICKED EVER SINCE THEN.

AND I ACTUALLY TEACH QUITE A BIT OF HER STUDENTS BECAUSE SHE IS IN ONE OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS CLASSROOMS. I CHOSE HER BECAUSE SHE IS NOTHING BUT AN EXAMPLE TO ME.

WE ALL FACE CHALLENGES EVERY DAY, BUT WITH HER SHE JUST COMES TO SCHOOL AND IS READY TO GO.

SOME THINGS HAPPEN AND SHE'S JUST READY TO BE AN EXAMPLE TO HER PEERS.

SHE'S POSITIVE FOR THE STUDENTS.

SHE STARTS OVER EVERY MINUTE, EVERY DAY AND SHE'S JUST READY TO GO.

I NOMINATED HER ALSO BECAUSE SHE'S AN EXAMPLE TO THE OTHER PEOPLE, NOT ONLY AT LAKEVIEW, BUT IN HER IN HER FIELD, HER SPECIFIC FIELD.

SHE HELPS PEOPLE.

SHE JUST ALWAYS WANTS EVERYBODY TO HAVE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE AT SCHOOL, WHETHER IT'S WORKING, A STUDENT, ANYBODY HERE AT LAKEVIEW.

AND I JUST REALLY VALUE THAT IN HER AS A FRIEND, AS A TEACHER, AS A STAFF MEMBER.

AND I JUST CAN'T I JUST CAN'T THANK GOD ENOUGH FOR PUTTING ME AT LAKEVIEW AND PUTTING ME WITH KACY, AND THAT'S WHY I NOMINATED HER AS LEADER OF THE PACK.

HI, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER REZA, I AM THE PRINCIPAL HERE AT LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY, AND I AM SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE KACY KUPPER AS OUR LEADER OF THE PACK.

SHE IS SO DESERVING OF THAT AWARD.

SHE HAS COME INTO THE SCHOOL AND ABSOLUTELY TAKEN OVER A CLASS THAT HAS NEEDED A TEACHER AS GREAT AS HER.

SHE LOVES ON KIDS, IS VERY EMPATHETIC WITH STUDENTS THAT HAVE A HIGH NEED AND AND REALLY JUST NEEDS THE SUPPORT AND SOMEONE WHO CAN PUSH THEM ACADEMICALLY, BUT ALSO TAKE CARE OF THEM EMOTIONALLY AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR NEEDS BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF VARYING NEEDS IN THIS SPECIFIC CLASS.

SO I AM SUPER, SUPER EXCITED THAT SHE WAS NOMINATED AND WON THE LEADER OF THE PACK.

AND WE ARE SO PROUD LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU'LL BRING A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MISS KACY KUPPER, COME ON DOWN.

[INAUDIBLE] MISS KUPPER, WE HAVE A.

WE THANK YOU.

WE HAVE MR. LAMB AND MISS WATKINS WHO ARE GOING TO JOIN YOU AT THE FRONT FOR A PICTURE.

SO, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MISS KUPPER.

THIS IS HER FIRST YEAR WITH US AS A LOBO AND LITTLE ELM ISD.

SHE IS ONE OF OUR RISE TEACHERS AT LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY.

HER HOBBIES, WHEN SHE'S NOT WORKING, SPENDING TIME WITH HER CHILDREN AND GOING TO CONCERTS AND OTHER MUSICAL EVENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU TAKE A PICTURE WITH MR. REZA, AND THEN ALSO, IF YOUR DAUGHTER WOULDN'T MIND COMING UP, HER DAUGHTER IS HERE TO SUPPORT HER.

WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN AT THE FRONT FOR A PICTURE.

OTHER, OTHER LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT MISS KUPPER, SHE WAS A FORMER ADMINISTRATOR, BUT SHE'S SO THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM AND IS GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF A DISTRICT THAT IS SO SUPPORTIVE OF ITS TEACHERS AND HAS BEEN SO WELCOMING.

FINAL PICTURE BEFORE YOU ALL LEAVE.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR CORPORATE SPONSOR BEFORE YOU ALL LEAVE.

MISS KUPPER, COME ON BACK.

MR. REZA, COME ON BACK.

OUR CORPORATE SPONSOR, RBFCU, HAS THEIR SPONSORSHIP GIFTS FOR OUR LEADER OF THE PACK.

SO WE'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM UP TO GIVE YOU GIFTS AND TAKE A QUICK PICTURE WITH THEM AS WELL.

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WE'RE PROUD OF YOU [APPLAUSE].

AND NOW, OUR SECOND LEADER OF THE PACK FOR THE EVENING IS JENNIFER FOURNIER FROM LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL.

IF YOU'LL WATCH THE VIDEO. [VIDEO] HI, MY NAME IS CAROLYN PIPPINS, AND I'M THE MOTHER OF A STUDENT WHO HAS RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM SPECIAL ED.

I NOMINATED MISS FOURNIER FOR THE LOBO LEADER OF THE PACK, BECAUSE SHE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR HER STUDENTS, AND EVEN NOW, STUDENTS THAT AREN'T ACTUALLY IN HER CASE MANAGEMENT.

SHE HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR MY DAUGHTER, HELPING HER WITH HER SCHEDULE, HELPING HER THROUGHOUT HER DAY.

SHE DROPS EVERYTHING AT JUST THE DROP OF A HAT TO GO HELP MY DAUGHTER WHENEVER MY DAUGHTER CALLS, OR WHENEVER I SEND A MESSAGE TO HER AND TELL HER SOMETHING'S UP.

WE TRULY APPRECIATE MISS FOURNIER FOR EACH AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAS DONE.

SHE HAS GOTTEN MY DAUGHTER THROUGH THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH HONORS, AND SHE WILL GRADUATE WITH A FULL DEGREE BECAUSE OF MISS FOURNIER.

WE CALL HER OUR GUARDIAN ANGEL FOR OUR DAUGHTER.

WE TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING SHE'S DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND SHE ABSOLUTELY DESERVES TO BE THE GLOBAL LEADER OF THE PACK.

MY NAME IS DOMINIC, AND THE REASON WHY I PICKED MISS FOURNIER FOR LEADER OF THE PACK IS BECAUSE SHE'S NICE.

SHE HELPS ME OUT WHEN I NEED IT, AND SHE TAKES HER TIME WITH ME.

HOW KIND SHE IS, HOW MUCH SHE WANTS HER STUDENTS TO PASS.

LIKE SHE WANTS TO LIKE TO TRY HER BEST, TRY THEIR BEST BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN.

SHE WANTS THEM TO DO IT, AND SHE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH IT.

SHE MAKES ME FEEL LIKE SMART, I GUESS, BECAUSE SHE'S PRETTY SMART.

AND THAT'S WHY I VOTED HER FOR LEADER OF THE PACK.

I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT MISS FOURNIER AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES FOR OUR CAMPUS.

IN HER ROLE AS AN INCLUSION TEACHER AND A CASE MANAGER, SHE DOES SUCH GREAT WORK WITH STUDENTS, SUPPORTING THEM AND BUILDING GREAT RELATIONSHIPS AND HELPING MOTIVATE THEM TO DO THEIR BEST. AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD.

SHE DOES THE SAME FOR OUR STAFF.

SHE IS ALWAYS THE FIRST TO JUMP IN AND SAY, I CAN HELP WITH THIS.

I CAN HELP GET PEOPLE ON BOARD WITH THIS, SHE'S GOT SUCH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.

AND EVEN THINGS THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN SHE ALWAYS TAKES THE LEADING ROLE.

WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED OUR STUDENT ID PROCESSES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, MAKING SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT CAME IN EVERY DAY WITH AN ID.

SHE WENT TO COSTCO AND BOUGHT A BIG BAG OF CANDY, AND I WOULD SEE HER OUT IN THE HALLS WITH A FANNY PACK FULL OF CANDY, JUST HANDING THINGS OUT TO STUDENTS WHO WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING. SHE'S AMAZING AND I'M SO GLAD SHE'S HERE AT LHS.

ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MISS JENNIFER FOURNIER AS SHE COMES TO THE FRONT [APPLAUSE].

MISS FOURNIER IS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD ALSO AT LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEAD.

THIS IS HER EIGHTH YEAR IN LITTLE ELM ISD.

HER FAVORITE THING ABOUT TEACHING IS THE KIDS AND BEING ABLE TO BE A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR THEM.

WE'D LIKE TO ASK HER FAMILY MEMBERS TO COME UP AND MISS GENTRY, IF YOU'LL JOIN US AT THE FRONT FOR A PICTURE.

WHEN MISS FOURNIER IS NOT AT WORK HARD AT WORK TEACHING SHE ENJOYS READING AND TRAVELING WITH HER FAMILY.

AND FINALLY, WE'LL ASK OUR CORPORATE SPONSOR, RBFCU, IF YOU'LL COME UP AND JOIN THE FOLKS AT THE FRONT AND OFFER YOUR SPONSORSHIP GIFT FOR OUR LEADER OF THE PACK.

CONGRATULATIONS, MISS FOURNIER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO LITTLE ELM ISD [APPLAUSE].

OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS THE STUDENTS OF THE MONTH, MR. BARTLETT, YOU ARE UP.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO START THIS PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING ABOUT THIS WEEK, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A WEEK OF GIVING THANKS.

AND SO WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THESE CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THIS BUILDING TONIGHT.

AND PARENTS, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND IN RAISING SUCH WONDERFUL KIDS.

SO THIS IS A GREAT NIGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

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AND I KNOW THAT MISS HOLMES IS HERE TO PRESENT HER.

HER STUDENT.

OKAY. HI, I'M ASHLEY HOLMES, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BRENT ELEMENTARY AND OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR NOVEMBER IS SOPHIA THAI. DID SHE MAKE IT HERE? YEP. THERE SHE IS [APPLAUSE].

I'M GOING TO READ SOME WORDS ABOUT SOPHIA THAT HER TEACHERS WROTE.

SOPHIA IS A KIND AND HARDWORKING STUDENT.

SHE SHOWS LOBO PRIDE IN ALL SHE DOES AND WE ARE SUPER PROUD OF HER.

SOPHIA IS AN EXCELLENT STUDENT ARTIST.

SHE APPROACHES EVERY ART PROJECT WITH A PASSION AND CREATIVITY THAT TRULY SETS HER APART.

SHE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP IN THE CLASSROOM AND TRULY EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF LOBO PRIDE.

SOPHIA IS A WONDERFUL STUDENT WHO ALWAYS SHOWS KINDNESS AND RESPECT TO OTHERS.

SHE SHOWS LOBO PRIDE EACH VISIT TO THE LIBRARY AND SHE IS HAPPY TO ASSIST OTHERS IN NEED.

I LOVE SEEING HER CREATIVE SIDE TRULY SHINE DURING MAKERSPACE ACTIVITIES.

AND THEN FROM OUR COACH, SOPHIA IS AN EXCELLENT REPRESENTATION OF A STUDENT WITH GREAT CHARACTER, HARD WORK, AND A KIND HEART, AND BEST FRIEND TO EACH AND EVERY STUDENT.

WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE HER REPRESENT OUR THIRD GRADERS AS A TRUE LOBO LEADER AT BRENT ELEMENTARY [APPLAUSE].

SOPHIA'S PARENTS.

AND PARENTS WE'LL DO THIS EACH TIME.

SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE YOUR WAY UP WITH YOUR CHILD WHEN THEY COME UP, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BEHIND THEM AND THAT'D BE GREAT.

THANK YOU SOPHIA [APPLAUSE].

OKAY. MISS CHAVEZ.

I MEAN, MISS CHAVEZ.

YEAH. MISS SIVICK FROM CHAVEZ.

COME ON DOWN. YOU ARE MISS CHAVEZ.

I KNOW YOU ARE.

HI, I'M LINDSAY SIVICK, I'M THE PRINCIPAL AT CHAVEZ.

AND I AM SO HONORED THAT WE HAVE A FANTASTIC GLOBAL LEADER HERE.

HIS NAME IS SEBASTIAN MORIEL.

AND, SEBASTIAN, DO YOU WANT TO COME ON UP? HE IS A FIFTH GRADER AT CHAVEZ [APPLAUSE].

AND HIS TEACHER SAID SEBASTIAN IS AN ALL AROUND LOBO LEADER.

HE IS THE KINDEST, MOST RESPECTFUL STUDENT.

HE WORKS HARD AND EXCELS IN ACADEMICS.

SEBASTIAN IS A TRUE EXAMPLE OF A ROLE MODEL FOR HIS PEERS.

WE WE CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH HIM GROW AND CONTINUE HIS SUCCESS.

WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU, SEBASTIAN [APPLAUSE].

CONGRATULATIONS.

MIC] THANK YOU SEBASTIAN.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE HACKBERRY, MR. MENESES, AND IS IT MISS CHANEY WITH YOU TONIGHT? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. MISS CHANEY.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. I'M STEVE MUNIZ FROM HACKBERRY ELEMENTARY, THE PRINCIPAL THERE.

AND IF I CAN HAVE ALEXANDER ZARATE PLEASE COME UP AND JOIN US [APPLAUSE].

WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF ALEXANDER, AND I AM GOING TO LET HIS TEACHER, WHO IS ALSO AMAZING, MISS MARIEL CHENEY, SAY A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT HIM.

THANK YOU.

SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK IN SPANISH FOR PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND.

[SPANISH].

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SO I'M VERY PROUD OF ALEXANDER.

HE BELONGS TO MY FOURTH GRADE DUAL LANGUAGE CLASS.

AND I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM.

HE HAS SHOWN RESPONSIBILITY.

HE IS A PERSEVERING PERSEVERANT AND HE HAS SHOWN WITH FIDELITY THE TEN ESSENTIALS THAT WE RUN IN OUR SCHOOL.

I THANK HIS PARENTS BECAUSE EDUCATION IS A TEAM WORK.

SO THANK YOU, PARENTS, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. PARENTS, IF YOU COULD COME UP AND JOIN US AS WELL.

MIC] THANK YOU ALEXANDER.

MR. REZA, WOULD YOU COME UP, PLEASE? AND MR. REZA WILL BE PRESENTING AT LAKEVIEW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

HI, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS CHRIS REZA.

I AM THE PRINCIPAL AT LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY AND WITH ME IS MISS MCMAHON, ONE OF OUR THIRD GRADE SCIENCE TEACHERS.

SHE'S A LITTLE SHY, SO I'LL DO ALL THE TALKING TODAY.

BUT WE DO HAVE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THIRD GRADER THIS EVENING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CELEBRATE.

JU LI OR STEVE, AS WE CALL HIM STEVE, COME ON DOWN [APPLAUSE].

SO AS STEVE MAKES HIS WAY UP, HIS TEACHERS SAY HE IS AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE TO EVERY STUDENT IN CLASS.

HE IS A QUIET LEADER AMONGST HIS PEERS AND EXCELS ACADEMICALLY.

HE'S OVERCOME LANGUAGE BARRIERS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT HAS ASSIMILATED SO WELL, AND HIS COMMITMENT TO LEARNING AND GROWING EVERY DAY IS INSPIRING.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF STEVE.

CONGRATULATIONS, BUD [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU.

AND MISS NOLAN FROM OAK POINT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I'M ANDI NOLAN I'M ONE OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AT OAK POINT ELEMENTARY.

AND THIS IS MISS DELEON, ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL FIRST GRADE TEACHERS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT OAK POINT'S AWARD TONIGHT TO ONE OF OUR EXCEPTIONAL FIRST GRADERS.

DO YOU KNOW WHO IT IS CAMDEN, IT'S YOU, CAMDEN SIMMONS.

COME ON DOWN [APPLAUSE].

CONGRATULATIONS. HE HAD NO IDEA.

OKAY, THIS.

THIS IS FROM MISS DELEON.

CAMDEN CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES A REMARKABLE ENTHUSIASM FOR LEARNING.

HE ARRIVES EACH DAY WITH AN EAGERNESS TO ENGAGE IN NEW MATERIAL, AND GIVES HIS UTMOST EFFORT IN ALL TASKS.

HIS RESPECTFUL DEMEANOR AND KINDNESS TOWARDS HIS PEERS, COMBINED WITH STRONG WORK ETHIC, MAKE HIM A VALUED MEMBER OF OUR CLASSROOM.

CAMDEN'S JOYFUL PERSONALITY AND CREATIVE THINKING ARE SIGNIFICANT ASSETS, SETTING A POSITIVE EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS AND EMBODYING THE THE SPIRIT OF LITTLE ELM LOBOS AND CONGRATULATIONS, CAMDEN.

GOOD JOB [APPLAUSE].

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MISS ALLEN, WILL YOU COME PRESENT, PRESTWICK, PLEASE? WELCOME. HI, I'M JAMIE ALLEN, I'M THE PRINCIPAL AT PRESTWICK ELEMENTARY, AND I AM HERE TO RECOGNIZE SERENA SHARMA.

SERENA, WILL YOU COME UP AND JOIN ME, PLEASE [APPLAUSE]? SERENA WAS NOMINATED BY THE FOURTH GRADE TEACHERS AT PRESTWICK, SAYING THAT SERENA.

ALWAYS TRIES HER BEST ON ALL OF HER ASSIGNMENTS.

SHE'S VERY PATIENT AT ALL TIMES.

A GREAT FRIEND.

MINDFUL OF HER CLASSMATES FEELINGS AND VERY CARING TO OTHERS.

CONGRATULATIONS, SERENA [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU SERENA.

ALL RIGHT, MR. H AND MISS BRIGHT WILL YALL COME DOWN, PLEASE.

I'M MR. HIGGINBOTHAM, THE PRINCIPAL AT ZELLER'S, AND I'M GOING TO LET MISS JOAN BRIGHT, ONE OF MY PRE-K ECSE TEACHERS, TAKE OVER.

GOOD EVENING. WE ARE HAPPY THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE YARETZI TARAVELLA.

YARETZI, WOULD YOU COME DOWN HERE, PLEASE [APPLAUSE]? SHE IS NICE TO EVERYONE AND ALWAYS CONSIDERATE OF PEERS AND ADULTS.

SHE ALWAYS DOES HER BEST IN THE CLASSROOM, ON THE PLAYGROUND AND ON THE BUS.

SHE IS ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE DO FOR HER AND USES HER MANNERS, SAYING PLEASE AND THANK YOU ALL THE TIME.

YARETZI IS A FRIEND TO EVERYONE AND A GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR THE OTHER STUDENTS.

SHE IS COMPASSIONATE AND ALWAYS TRIES TO HELP HER FRIENDS.

SHE ALWAYS DOES THE RIGHT THING AND ENCOURAGES FRIENDS TO DO THE SAME.

SHE IS A HARD WORKER AND LOVES TO LEARN.

YARETZI IS AN OUTSTANDING PRE-K STUDENT.

CONGRATULATIONS, YARETZI [APPLAUSE].

HEY FAMILY, WILL YALL COME DOWN, PLEASE? FAMILY Y'ALL COME, PARENTS.

MIC] THANK YOU YARETZI.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL FOLKS.

MR. BUSH, COULD YOU COME DOWN, PLEASE? WELCOME. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS BILL BUSH. I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

MR. MARQUIS DAVIS, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME UP HERE [APPLAUSE]? I AM VERY EXCITED TO NOMINATE MARQUIS.

WE'VE HAD SOME WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HIS TEACHERS WANT TO SAY ABOUT HIM.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH MISS JERSAK AND COACH WOODS, BOTH HIS ENGLISH 8 TEACHER AND HIS MATH 8 TEACHER.

MARQUIS IS AN EIGHTH GRADER AT STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

MARQUIS IS PREPARED AND ON TIME EACH DAY GIVES HIS BEST EFFORT AND IS ALWAYS RESPECTFUL.

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MISS STEVENS, HIS SCIENCE TEACHER.

MARQUIS IS A LOBO TO BE PROUD OF.

HE REPRESENTS ALL THE CHARACTER VALUES WE WANT OUR LOBOS TO POSSESS.

HE WORKS VERY HARD AT EVERYTHING HE DOES AND DOES HIS BEST WORK EVERY TIME.

HE IS RESPECTFUL AND KIND TO EVERYONE AROUND HIM.

HE KNOWS WHEN TO ASK FOR HELP AND WHEN TO TRY FOR HIMSELF TO BUILD HIS CONFIDENCE.

HE IS A JOY TO HAVE IN CLASS, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE GREAT THINGS HE ACCOMPLISHES.

MR. STARR, HIS US HISTORY TEACHER MARQUIS IS AN AWESOME STUDENT, VERY DEDICATED, RESPECTFUL AND HARD WORKING STUDENT.

IF SOMETHING IS A CHALLENGE IN CLASS, HE WILL NOT GIVE UP UNTIL HE HAS FIGURED IT OUT.

MARQUIS IS CURRENTLY IN ADVANCED ART, AND HE WAS ALSO ON OUR A HONOR ROLL FOR QUARTER NUMBER ONE.

I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE MR. MARQUIS DAVIS AS OUR LOBO OF THE MONTH FOR NOVEMBER [APPLAUSE].

MIC] THANK YOU MARQUIS.

ALL RIGHT. MISS SILCOX FROM WALKER.

GOOD EVENING. I'M MISS SILCOX, PRINCIPAL AT WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IN A RARE TURN OF EVENTS, WE HAD A TIE THIS MONTH, AND BOTH OF THESE STUDENTS FAN CLUBS WERE UNRELENTING, AND I DID NOT HAVE ANY WAY, WE HAVE A VERY FORMAL PROCESS OF SELECTING, BUT I DID NOT HAVE ANY WAY TO BREAK THE TIE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE BOTH WONDERFUL STUDENTS TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST ONE IS CHRISTOPHER MALDONADO AGUILAR, IF YOU'LL COME DOWN [APPLAUSE].

HIS COACH JAMISON SAYS CHRISTOPHER IS A TRUE LEADER IN CLASS.

HE ALWAYS GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP HIS PEERS WITH ANYTHING THEY NEED.

HE IS THE FIRST ONE TO ASSIST ME ANYTIME I ASK FOR SOMETHING AND HE ALWAYS HAS A GOOD ATTITUDE.

MR. THOMPSON, HIS COMPUTER TEACHER, SAYS CHRISTOPHER IS A SILENT, THE SILENT HELPER THAT I THINK MOST TEACHERS DON'T EVEN REALIZE THEY HAVE IN THEIR CLASS, WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES. HE IS ALWAYS ASSISTING ANOTHER STUDENT WITH THEIR PROJECTS WITHOUT ANY FANFARE OR NEEDING NOTORIETY.

MISS RIVAS SAYS CHRISTOPHER IS A LEADER IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN SCHOOL IN GENERAL.

HE ALWAYS DOES WHAT IS RIGHT AND IS A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON HIS PEERS.

AS HIS TEACHER FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW, I AM VERY PROUD OF THE YOUNG MAN HE IS BECOMING AND HIS STRONG CHARACTER.

HIS PARENTS SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF HIM.

MR. WILLIS, HIS ENGLISH TEACHER, SAYS CHRISTOPHER IS A CONSISTENT STUDENT.

HE COMES IN CLASS, PREPARED AND COMPLETES HIS WORK.

HE IS DEFINITELY A DISTINGUISHED YOUNG MAN.

AND LASTLY, MR. SUMMERS, HIS SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER, SAYS CHRISTOPHER COMES TO CLASS PREPARED AND READY TO HANDLE BUSINESS.

HE IS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER STUDENTS AND THAT HE GETS RIGHT TO WORK AND DOESN'T WASTE ANY TIME.

HE'S INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT, SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU.

CHRISTOPHER AND CHRISTOPHER MALDONADO AGUILAR, STUDENT OF THE MONTH.

GIVE HIM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE].

PARENTS IF YOU WANT TO COME DOWN.

COME DOWN AND THEN WE'LL GIVE THAT TO HIM WHEN IT'S OVER.

MIC] ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT STUDENT IS GRAYSON SMITH.

COME ON DOWN, GRAYSON [APPLAUSE].

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HER DEDICATION TO LEARNING AND HER POLITE, RESPECTFUL DEMEANOR SET A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE FOR HER PEERS.

GRAYSON CONSISTENTLY PUTS IN THE HARD WORK AND NEVER GIVES UP, DEMONSTRATING BOTH STRONG CHARACTER AND RESILIENCE IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES, I AM TRULY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER IN MY CLASS, THAT'S HER ENGLISH TEACHER.

MISS HIDALGO.

GRAYSON IS ALWAYS DOING THE RIGHT THING IN HER CLASSES.

SHE IS ALWAYS PREPARED, EXCUSE ME AND READY TO LEARN, AND SHE DOESN'T LET HERSELF GET DISTRACTED BY OTHERS.

SHE IS VERY SWEET AND RESPECTFUL, THAT'S HER MATH TEACHER.

MISS HAUSLER-SOCIAL STUDIES, GRAYSON IS AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM.

SHE IS ALWAYS PREPARED TO LEARN AND ASK QUESTIONS WHEN SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.

IF THERE ARE CLASSMATES THAT ARE CONFUSED, SHE IS WILLING TO HELP THEM AND SHE DOES ALL OF THESE THINGS WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE.

HER BRIGHT PERSONALITY AND POSITIVE OUTLOOK MAKE OUR SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS SO SPECIAL.

MISS WESTFALL, HER SCIENCE TEACHER, GRAYSON IS A STELLAR STUDENT WHO ALWAYS WANTS TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND SHOW HER STUFF.

SHE WORKS REALLY HARD IN CLASS, AND EVEN GOES OUT OF HER WAY TO PRACTICE EXTRA BEFORE A TEST SO THAT SHE CAN DO HER VERY BEST.

SHE IS ALWAYS READY TO LEND A HELPING HAND AND TAKES GREAT CARE IN HER ENDEAVORS.

SHE EMBODIES OUR SCHOOL VALUES OF EXCELLENCE, COMPASSION, INTEGRITY, AND RESPECT.

CONGRATULATIONS STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR NOVEMBER GRAYSON SMITH [APPLAUSE].

FAMILY CAN YOU COME UP FOR A PHOTO? MIC] THANK YOU GRAYSON.

FINALLY, MISS GENTRY WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MICHELLE GENTRY, I'M PLEASED TO BE THE PRINCIPAL OF LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL AND EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR STUDENTS OF THE MONTH.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TAYLOR HO TO JOIN ME FIRST.

COME ON UP, TAYLOR [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT.

MR. PERICK OUR CUTX BRANCH MANAGER HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT TAYLOR.

SHE LEADS THE CHARGE IN ALL THAT SHE DOES.

SHE EXEMPLIFIES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A STUDENT LEADER, NOT ONLY BY LEADING FROM THE BACK, BUT BY EMPHASIZING THE STUDENT SIDE.

SHE'S ALWAYS ONE TO PRIORITIZE HER ACADEMICS WHILE MAKING A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO GIVE BACK TO HER SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.

SHE DOES ALL OF THIS WITHOUT HESITATION AND MANAGES HER TIME EFFECTIVELY.

BETWEEN STUCO, DECA, BLUE ANGELS, CUTX, AND LOBO COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, TAYLOR IS A PERFECT STUDENT SHOWCASE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE A SUCCESSFUL, HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENT WHILE ALSO BEING ACTIVE IN HER SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.

BY OTHER STAFF MEMBERS TAYLOR IS DESCRIBED AS RESPECTFUL AND COURTEOUS, AND SHE HAS A GENUINE INTEREST IN LEARNING.

AMONG HER OTHER ACCOLADES, SHE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE NORTH TEXAS TEEN JOURNAL.

SHE EXEMPLIFIES THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS FROM OUR PORTRAIT OF A LOBO.

SHE IS CREATIVE, CONFIDENT, A COMMUNICATOR, AND A COLLABORATOR.

CONGRATULATIONS, TAYLOR [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU TAYLOR [APPLAUSE].

AND NOW I'M GOING TO ASK DEMARION MANUEL TO JOIN ME UP FRONT.

AND I BELIEVE HE HAS A COUPLE OF TEACHERS HERE AS WELL, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO JOIN US, FEEL FREE.

ALL RIGHT. DEMARION IS DOING SO WELL THIS SCHOOL YEAR, MISS KACY BROWN WRITES.

IT'S CLEAR THAT HE'S PUTTING FORTH A LOT OF EFFORT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM.

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DEMARION HAS IMPECCABLE MANNERS AND IS VERY RESPECTFUL.

HE HAS ALSO WORKED HARD IN FOOTBALL AND REPRESENTS HIS TEAM AND HIS SCHOOL IN A POSITIVE WAY.

DEMARION IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO HAS GONE THROUGH HARD THINGS, BUT PERSEVERED AND STAYED HIS PATH, LEADING HIM TO A FUTURE FULL OF POSSIBILITIES.

HE DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED.

DEMARION IS KNOWN AS A HARD WORKER WHO IS KIND AND CARING.

HE MODELS THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS FROM OUR PORTRAIT OF A LOBO.

HE IS RESPONSIBLE, CONFIDENT AND ADAPTABLE.

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU DEMARION.

CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU DEMARION.

WE HAVE ONE LAST PICTURE TO TAKE.

SO CAN ALL THE WINNERS COME UP PLEASE? AND WE'RE GOING TO GET ONE GROUP PHOTO AND THEN WE WILL BE DONE WITH HONORING OUR STUDENTS.

Y'ALL COME ON UP FOR US.

MIC] ALL RIGHT PARENTS, Y'ALL COME JOIN ME REAL QUICK.

FAMILIES Y'ALL WANT TO COME JOIN THEM REAL QUICK? OH, JUST TAKE A PICTURE.

OH, JUST TAKE A PICTURE.

WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT UP. JUST TAKE A PHOTO OF THE GROUP.

IF NOT, WE'RE GOOD.

YEAH COME ON DOWN.

IF YOU ARE A STUDENT AND A FAMILY MEMBER, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GO AHEAD AND GO.

I KNOW IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO GET TO BED.

OR GO WATCH THE COWBOYS GAME.

I'M ROOTING FOR THE TEXANS.

MIC] OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER

[7. Reports of the Superintendent ]

AND WE'VE GOT OUR GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT REPORT WITH MISS CECELIA JONES.

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GIVE US A BRIEF MINUTE.

MIC] I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, REALLY, A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN THE SUMMER WHEN MR. LAMB ASKED IF I WOULD PRESENT.

I WAS LIKE, YEAH, I'D LOVE TO.

MR. LAMB HAS PRESENTED THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF A COUPLE OF CROWDS ALREADY, SO I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT REPORT.

THIS IS REALLY JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT ALL OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS BOOKLET, AND I'VE PUT THAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, SO JUST BEAR WITH ME. I WON'T GO OVER EVERY SINGLE PAGE, BUT I DO WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY PROUD OF.

WE'LL SKIP THROUGH A COUPLE OF THESE AND GET TO THIS.

ONE OF THE CORE VALUES THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT IS REALLY EMBRACING AND OUR DIVERSITY AND RESPECTING THE DIFFERENCES.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS WAS A SNAPSHOT TAKEN OCTOBER 27TH OF 2023 AND OUR LIVE DASHBOARD IS ACTUALLY LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, WHICH CONTAINS A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION.

BUT YOU CAN SEE AT THE TIME WHEN I PULLED THE INFORMATION, I WAS TOLD WE HAVE 57 LANGUAGES SPOKEN HERE, WHICH WAS A SHOCKER, REALLY, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I REALLY FOCUS ON IS ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR STUDENT DIVERSITY AND OUR ECONOMICS AND BY PROGRAM AS WELL.

I'VE HEARD MR. LAMB SAY THIS SINCE DAY ONE, SINCE HE STARTED WITH THE DISTRICT, AND HE REALLY SAYS THAT SCHOOL IS BROKEN INTO FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE DESIGNED THE BOOK.

SO I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THESE FOUR DIFFERENT PILLARS.

FIRST, WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT ACADEMICS.

AND I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT ACADEMICS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 10 YEARS, AND ACADEMICS REALLY IS A DRIVING FORCE IN PARENTS IN THAT DECISION OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY BRING THEIR KIDS TO LITTLE ELM ISD.

AND I THINK AFTER YOU SEE A FEW THINGS THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER IN THIS BOOKLET, WE'RE PROUD OF THE WORK AND JUST THE GROWTH THAT THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE 10 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.

NOT THAT I TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR IT AT ALL.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR LEFT THERE, JUST THE THE PRESIDENTIAL VOLUNTEER SCHOLARSHIP AWARD, KEISHA BROWN, REALLY IN THE COLLEGE READINESS AREA HAS KIND OF WALKED THOSE KIDS THROUGH THAT.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE YEAR 23 AND 24, 24 STUDENTS RECORDED 33 HOURS OF SERVICE TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD, AND IT'S THE PRESIDENT AWARD.

AND THEN THE NATIONAL MERIT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER DISTRICTS, YOU SEE JUST A LARGE GROUP OF KIDS THAT ARE CONTENDING FOR THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND GOING, WELL TWO, WELL, I THINK THAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IS THAT WE'RE MAKING GROWTH AND THAT THESE KIDS ALSO DESERVE THAT RECOGNITION, TOO, BECAUSE THEY WORKED REALLY HARD TO RECEIVE THIS KIND OF HONOR.

ANOTHER THING THAT'S UP AND COMING, AND I KNOW THAT OUR CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD, AND I HAVE SEEN RIBBONS GETTING READY FOR THIS YEAR'S DISTRICT SPELLING BEE, BUT IT'S THE THE SPELLING BEE.

AND I THINK THERE'S SOME MOMENTUM THERE.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT THING FOR THE DISTRICT.

SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT TOO.

AND THIS HERE, JUST, JUST I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO JASON EVANS.

HE AND I SAT DOWN OVER THE COURSE OF TWO WEEKS AND REALLY DUG DEEP INTO THESE NUMBERS.

AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS JUST THE VISUAL.

THE VISUAL HERE IS AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT YOU TO COMPARE LITTLE ELM TO PROSPER OR LITTLE ELM TO FRISCO.

WHAT I WANT YOU TO REALLY FOCUS ON IS JUST THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST WE TRACKED OVER THE TWO YEARS, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'VE DONE HERE, IS PROVIDED A SNAPSHOT.

BUT JUST TO TAKE YOU BACK AND ON THIS PAGE HERE, I'M GOING TO NEED MY GLASSES BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE VERY WELL I'M GETTING OLD OLDER.

SOME THINGS THAT ARE JUST NOTEWORTHY.

AND IT'S UNDER THE ACT, OUR LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE EARNED A COMPOSITE SCORE OF 21.3 IN 23-24, TWO POINTS HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE, MAKING PROGRESS THERE.

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OUR PSAT TEST A TOTAL OF 1059 STUDENTS TOOK THE EXAM.

ALL COSTS COVERED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL.

LOOK AT THOSE CCMR SCORES.

I HAD TO JUMP AHEAD AND LOOK AT 2025.

I THINK THIS NUMBER IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE WERE IN 23 AT 42% AND IN 25 WERE PROJECTED TO HAVE 87%.

GOOD JOB PENNY AND THE KIDS AND OUR TEACHERS EVERYBODY.

AND IF YOU LOOK BELOW ADVANCED PLACEMENT JUST THE GROWTH THERE FROM 21 AT 43% TO 54%.

THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL AP STUDENTS WHO ARE EARNING A THREE OR HIGHER ON THAT AP EXAM.

AND THIS OTHER CHART TOO, JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT GRAPH IS, REALLY.

IT'S THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS VERSUS THE NUMBER OF EXAMS HAVE BEEN TAKEN.

EVEN THOUGH OUR PARTICIPATION DROPPED IN 24, OUR SUCCESSES INCREASED.

THAT'S HUGE.

AND THEN OVER HERE ON OUR CONTENT AREAS, ON RLA AND THE SUMMARY BENEATH IT ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS.

SO IF YOU LOOK UNDER RLA IN 23, THE STATE CHANGED THE RLA STAAR TO INCLUDE WRITING AT ALL GRADE LEVELS.

THE AVERAGE PERFORMANCE RATE FOR ALL SIX LITTLE ELM ISD ELEMENTARIES IN GRADES THREE AND FIVE ARE OUTPERFORMING THE STATE.

IN ALL MATH, AGAIN, OUR RATE INCREASED 17% ON THE ALGEBRA END OF COURSE EXAM.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT GRAPH AND HOW IT'S SHOWING THOSE GROWTH AND HOW WE'RE GETTING BETTER.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DIP FROM 23 TO 24, BUT OUR MASTERS INCREASED.

IF YOU LOOK AT HISTORY OC AGAIN, WE'RE KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK THERE SINCE 23.

THE HIGH SCHOOL 11TH GRADE STUDENT CONTINUED TO OUTPERFORM THE STATE ON THE HISTORY EOC EXAM.

AND THEN OUR BIOLOGY EOC WE'RE TRACKING UPWARDS.

SO AGAIN, THE VISUAL HERE THAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THE PROGRESS.

THIS GIVES A VISUAL.

SO IF YOU EVER HEAR ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY SAYING WELL THEY'RE NOT YOU KNOW LITTLE ELM NOT DOING MUCH FOR KIDS.

I THINK THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS VISUAL SHOW THAT OUR KIDS ARE PERFORMING AND WE ARE SEEING SOME GROWTH IN THESE AREAS.

MOVING ON TO OUR ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES, WE ARE PROVIDING A LOT.

OUR DUAL LANGUAGE.

I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT AN OLD ARTICLE I'D WRITTEN ABOUT DUAL LANGUAGE IN 2006 2017.

WE HAD 500 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM.

TO DATE, WE HAVE 822, AND THAT WAS FOR 23-24.

SO AGAIN, GROWTH IN DUAL LANGUAGE.

LOBO COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.

IF YOU LOOK OVER TO THE BIG BLUE BOX, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR 24 COHORT IS PROJECTED TO COMPLETE 728 COLLEGE CREDIT HOURS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF LCA.

AND I REMEMBER WE ONLY HAD ABOUT 20 KIDS IN THE PROGRAM, AND IT'S GROWN TREMENDOUSLY.

AND THAT NUMBER IS REFLECTED IN THAT BAR GRAPH.

YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH AND THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT ARE IN IT.

BUT SINCE THE INCEPTION OF LCA, STUDENTS WILL HAVE COMPLETED OVER 2600 CUMULATIVE HOURS OF CORE CURRICULUM BY 2025.

MOVING OVER TO THE ARTS, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL HERE.

A LOT TO BRAG ABOUT WITH OUR MARCHING BAND, OUR BAND IN GENERAL, OUR ARTS CHOIR.

WE ARE IMPROVING IN OUR THEATER ARTS.

BUT FOR 23-24 WE'VE RECEIVED THE BEST COMMUNITIES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION THREE YEARS IN A ROW, AND OUR DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION IN THE ART AREA.

I THINK WHAT'S IMPRESSIVE HERE IS ONLY 5.5% OF DISTRICTS IN TEXAS HAVE RECEIVED THIS HONOR, AND WE'RE ONE OF THEM.

OUR DISTRICT ART SHOW, WE STARTED THIS TRADITION NINE YEARS AGO, AND LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 450 ART PIECES ON DISPLAY.

I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU, MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE ART SHOW.

IT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE AND IT KEEPS GROWING.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS NICE BIG FACILITY, BEFORE THAT, WE HAD IT IN THE HALLWAYS AT ZELLER.

SO IT WAS VERY WE WERE SPACE WAS LIMITED.

SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS BIG SPACE HERE IT'S REALLY NICE.

AGAIN OUR BANDS AND WINTER GUARD SHINE AT UIL AND NATIONAL COMPETITION.

SWEEPSTAKES, YOU NAME IT, THEY'RE DOING GREAT.

THEY'RE GROWING IN THAT UIL MARCHING CONTEST.

I WAS VERY, VERY, VERY IMPRESSED WITH THEM THIS YEAR.

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BUT THERE'S NEXT YEAR, RIGHT, GUYS? OUR CHOIR EARNED A SUPERIOR RATING.

AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THAT.

AND THEN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, CHOIR STUDENTS MADE IT TO STATE.

AND THEN OUR ART KIDS LAST YEAR IN 23-24, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO COMPETE AT THE JUNIOR VASE COMPETITION. AND THEY SWEPT THE COMPETITION AGAIN.

IMPRESSIVE SHOWING BY OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS.

AND THEN MOVING ON TO ATHLETICS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SPORTS THAT WE OFFER, BUT THERE'S FOUR AREAS WHERE WE REALLY SHINE, AND IT'S OUR GIRLS BASKETBALL.

LAST YEAR THEY MADE AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS, BASEBALL, BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFFS, WRESTLING.

WE HAD A STATE QUALIFIER IN CHEERLEADING, I BELIEVE THIS WAS 23-24 WAS THEIR FIRST YEAR TO COMPETE AT UIL AND THEY FINISHED 14TH, WHICH WAS GREAT.

AND THEN WE HAD 24 STUDENT ATHLETES SIGNED TO PLAY FOR THE AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.

AND THEN DOWN HERE BELOW, YOU'LL SEE IN 24-26 OUR UIL REALIGNMENT RELEASED.

AND THOSE ARE THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN OUR DISTRICT NOW OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

YES. MOVING ON TO ACQUIRED SKILLS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY CTE.

OUT OF THE 2,500 STUDENTS OR MORE ENROLLED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, 2,169 ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING ENDORSEMENTS THROUGH CTE CLASSES.

DOWN BELOW, A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN 20.

LET'S SEE, THE INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATIONS THEY EARN IN 23 WERE 433 IN 2024.

SO NOTABLY, 46% OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2024 EARNED AN IBC.

SO THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THAT IS IN THAT WHERE THAT CCMR IS PULLING FROM IS THE IBC.

PROBABLY SOME OTHER THINGS THAT [INAUDIBLE].

AND THEN THE ACCOLADES DOWN BELOW FROM ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT COMPETITIONS FROM STATE TO INTERNATIONAL.

AND THEN CONTINUING ON WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR KIDS HAVE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THE CUTX PROVIDES ANOTHER RESOURCE FOR KIDS TO HAVE ON THIS ON THE JOB SITE TRAINING WITH OUR REMARKABLE PARTNERSHIP WITH CUTX, AND WE APPRECIATE THEM.

AND THEN OUR COMPUTER SCIENCE CYBERSECURITY, YOU'LL SEE THAT AROUND 95 CERTIFICATIONS WERE EARNED IN COMPUTER SCIENCE IN 23-24.

QUITE IMPRESSED TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE EARNING THEIR CERTIFICATIONS IN HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, PYTHON, NETWORKING, SECURITY, AND PENTESTING.

MR. CASTILLO HAS GOT IT GOING ON OVER THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEN OUR WELDING OBVIOUSLY CONTINUES TO GROW.

IT TRACKS A LOT OF KIDS THERE, THEY'RE DOING VERY WELL.

AND THEN OUR CULINARY PROGRAM, I THINK THERE THIS YEAR, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO CATER DIFFERENT EVENTS.

AND THEN ESPORTS KIND OF I THINK WORD STARTED TO GET AROUND AND THEN IN 24-25, WORD HAS IT THAT THIS YEAR THEY'RE THEY'RE EITHER FIRST OR SIXTH.

I'M KIND OF CONFUSED WHERE THEY ARE.

THEY'RE A TOP CONTENDER CONTENDING TEAM.

THEY'RE OUT COMPETING RIGHT NOW.

MR. CASTILLO SAID THAT THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF DEBATE OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE IN FIRST PLACE OR FOURTH PLACE, BUT EITHER WAY, WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL IN THAT ESPORT ARENA, SO THAT'S NOT BAD FOR A FIRST YEAR.

WE KNOW THERE'S GREAT THINGS HAPPENING FOR KIDS OVER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEN MOVING ON TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THIS IS MORE OF MY AREA.

OUR 633 RUN, WE DID A GREAT WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT IN 2023.

WE HAD 650 RUNNERS.

WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A CHECK TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION $14,559.

THAT WAS WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE TO THE JERRY R.

WALKER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AND, AND THEN OUR SPLASH INTO INTO KINDER AT THE COVE.

THAT REALLY IS AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED DURING THAT PRE-K TIME FROM APRIL 1ST TO APRIL 30TH.

IF OUR FAMILIES PRE-REGISTER PRE-K OR KINDER, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM FOUR FREE FAMILY PASSES TO THE COVE.

AND IT'S A GREAT NIGHT.

IT'S A IT'S JUST A GREAT, POSITIVE FIRST TOUCH OF THE FAMILIES THAT THAT MAYBE WE'VE NEVER ENCOUNTERED BEFORE.

AND IT'S JUST A GREAT FIRST POSITIVE IMPRESSION OF THE DISTRICT.

OUR HOMECOMING PARADE CONTINUES TO BE VERY POPULAR.

I KNOW A LOT OF YOU LOVE THROWING CANDY AT OUR AUDIENCE OR THE PARTICIPANTS.

I THINK LAST YEAR SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE TOWN.

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AND I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 3,000 PEOPLE AT THE HOMECOMING PARADE.

SO THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER TO KNOW WHEN YOU'RE BUYING CANDY FOR EACH OF THE FLOATS.

AND THEN OUR MOVIE NIGHT.

IT'S JUST A NICE FAMILY NIGHT THAT WE PLANNED THIS YEAR.

IT WAS KIND OF CRAZY WITH THE STORM COMING THROUGH, BUT WE STILL BELIEVE THAT WE HAD ABOUT 250 INDIVIDUALS ATTEND THAT EVENT.

AND THEN OUR BACK TO SCHOOL BASH.

AGAIN, THANKS TO THE TOWN FOR ALLOWING US TO USE THEIR PLACER AI, [INAUDIBLE] WE WERE ABLE TO PINPOINT THAT WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS. WE GAVE OVER A THOUSAND BACKPACKS, BACKPACKS.

35 VENDORS WERE IN ATTENDANCE, 750 SUPPLY KITS WERE PROVIDED FOR FREE.

WE HAD 50 HAIRCUTS THAT WE GAVE AWAY AND 300 VISION SCREENINGS.

AND THEN VOLY IS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS REALLY AN ANSWER TO A CALL THAT PENNY AND I HEARD FROM PTA PRESIDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD SHOW UP TO A CAMPUS AND WANT TO VOLUNTEER, BUT THEY WEREN'T QUITE SURE WHERE TO SERVE.

AND VOLY REALLY PROVIDES THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SIGN UP FOR AN EVENT THAT MAYBE THE CAMPUS NEEDS, AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR, AND I THINK EVERYBODY THEY'RE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM.

BUT WE HAD OVER 2,640 VOLUNTEERS SIGN UP AND CREATE AN ACCOUNT.

AND THEY SIGNED UP FOR 115 OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE CREATED BY ALL THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES.

AND THEN THE NEXT PAGE IS OUR HR STUFF.

REALLY SOMETHING TO POINT OUT HERE IS THE FOUNDATION.

THEY WERE ABLE TO AWARD OVER 67,000 TEACHER INNOVATIVE GRANTS LAST YEAR.

SO THAT'S GREAT. AND THEY'RE GETTING READY AND GEARING UP FOR THIS YEAR.

SO ANYWAY, THIS IS THE DISTRICT IN A NUTSHELL.

AND IN OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

SORRY, SHAY, I DON'T WANT TO DISREGARD THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT WITHOUT HAVING TO READ EVERYTHING. AS YOU KNOW, SHAY'S DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB LETTING YOU KNOW ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT ACCOLADES THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE IN THEIR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT THEY DO IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.

SO WE MADE SURE THAT WE MADE THIS PART OF OUR BOOKLET AS WELL, AND THEN BOND INFORMATION WITH A QR CODE TO FOLLOW US AND OUR UPDATES ON THE WEBSITE AS WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE COMMUNITY. BUT ALL IN ALL, THAT'S REALLY IT.

AND THIS IS A PART OF OUR ONGOING EFFORTS OF SHARING INFORMATION.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARM YOU BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WITH OUR PROGRESS.

SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF HERE IN THIS GREAT DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. OH, ONE MORE THING.

THANK YOU BRANDON BUCKNER, OUR AMAZING GRAPHIC DESIGNER.

HE IS THE ONE THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER.

HE DID A GREAT JOB.

HE WAS THE MASTERMIND ON THE PRESENTATION OF IT AND SO COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT HIS CREATIVE EXPERTISE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE IS RECOGNIZED FOR THE WORK THAT HE DID ON THIS.

OH, ONE MORE THING.

SORRY WHILE I'M UP HERE.

THIS LIVES ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO IF YOU GO TO LITTLE ELM ISD.NET CLICK ON ABOUT US AND YOU'LL FIND THIS VERSION ON OUR WEBSITE SO YOU CAN SHARE.

THANK YOU.

MR. JAMES, YOU ARE UP NEXT WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SITE LOGISTICS UPDATE.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT LAMB, THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE AND PRESENT TO YOU.

TODAY WE WANTED TO WE KNOW WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SITE LOGISTICS AS FAR AS THE HIGH SCHOOL I'M JUST GOING TO START OFF WITH MY LITTLE PART FIRST HERE.

WE REALLY WORKED HARD ON THIS THIS SITE LOGISTICS PLAN.

WE'VE MET WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL AND THE CITY.

WE MET WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL THESE GUYS BEHIND ME, BALFOUR BEATTY AND AND PBK ARCHITECTS.

THEY ARE THE ACTUAL MASTERMINDS BEHIND THIS PLAN.

SO I'M GOING TO GIVE THESE GUYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE AND KIND OF GO OVER THE THE ACTUAL LOGISTICS OF HOW THE HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING TO RUN.

KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS A IF YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU DON'T LIKE, IT CAN BE CHANGED.

WE ARE IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT SO WE CAN CHANGE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO.

[01:10:01]

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION, MR. JAMES. BOARD MEMBERS, MR. LAMB, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US PRESENT LOGISTICS PLANS TONIGHT.

OH, BEHIND ME IS MARK LEATHERWOOD, BY THE WAY HE'S OUR GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT.

ERIC KABEYA, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT, AND THEN WITH PBK BRIAN SAHRMANN.

BRIAN SAHRMANN.

SO ERIC'S GOING TO BE THE POINTER.

OKAY. SO TO GET STARTED, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE CHANGE, YOU WANT TO BE AS IMPACTFUL AS POSSIBLE.

THESE ARE THE EXISTING FLOOR PLANS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A CLEAR SEPARATION BETWEEN THE STUDENTS, STAFF AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.

WE'RE HAVING TO CLOSE SOME EGRESS DOORS AND CREATE SOME A NEW PATHWAY FOR EGRESS.

THESE PLANS LIKE MICKEY SAID BEFORE, WE'VE MET WITH THE TOWN OF LITTLE ELM FIRE MARSHAL.

SO THIS HAS BEEN BLESSED BY HIM.

SO IF WE CAN CONTINUE ON.

THIS IS THE SITE LOGISTICS MAP.

THIS AREA HERE IS BASICALLY, IF YOU GO BY THE SCHOOL NOW, YOU'LL SEE US DOING GRADING, MOISTURE CONDITIONING, AND ALSO OUR OFFICE TRAILERS WILL BE IN THAT AREA.

ALL OF THE AREAS HASHED IN THE ORANGE THAT IS ACTUAL LAY DOWN AREAS.

AND THEN ALSO WHERE THE POINTERS AT WHERE THE EXISTING TENNIS COURTS ARE AT, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEW INDOOR ARENA.

AND ALL OF THESE AREAS WILL HAVE CONSTRUCTION FENCING AROUND THEM.

IF YOU NOTICE, LIKE THE EXISTING CLASSROOM WINGS FROM THE POWERPOINT SLIDE BEFORE IT SHOWED THOSE EXIT DOORS ON THE END BEING CLOSED BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE STUDENTS TO EGRESS DURING A DRILL INTO A CONSTRUCTION AREA.

SO WE HAVE THOSE AND THEY'LL BE GRAPHICS UPDATED GRAPHICS FOR THE STUDENTS AND STAFF TO GO BY.

ALSO IN YELLOW THAT IS OUR THE SCHOOL'S STAFF PARKING AND VISITOR PARKING.

I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME COORDINATION WITH MISS GENTRY.

THERE ARE SOME SOME GRAPHIC SIGNS RIGHT NOW TELLING STUDENTS OR PARENTS TO DROP OFF ON THE WEST SIDE. ALSO THE BUS LANE THE BUSSES WILL BE ENTERING OFF OF WALKER.

AND MAKING A LOOP INTO THE AREA TO PARKING LOT, THAT'S HASHED IN BLUE.

SO WE'VE MET SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE STAFF WITH LITTLE ELM ADMINISTRATION HOW, BECAUSE THE BAND, ALSO THE BAND DIRECTOR THAT THAT IS A BIG AREA FOR THE BAND TO PRACTICE.

SO, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY IT WAS A BIGGER AREA WE WERE TAKING.

BUT YOU KNOW, AS WE SAW THE SLIDES BEFORE WITH CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE WITH THE SCHOOL AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

WE DID NOT, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO BE FRIENDS WITH THE THE BAND DIRECTOR.

SO SO WE'RE ABLE TO TO GIVE THEM SOME MORE SPACE BACK.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND AND I'M GOING TO LET MARK OR ERIC, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DELIVERIES DROP OFF.

OH, AS FAR AS AREAS.

CONSTRUCTION, DELIVERIES, SCHEDULES, AND SO THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO BE COORDINATED AROUND, OBVIOUSLY, DROP OFF AND PICKUP TIMES TO TRY AND AVOID ALL THE THE TRAFFIC FLOW PROBLEMS THERE, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE TO IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THIS DRAWING JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL.

BUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW, WE HAD TO KIND OF REVAMP TRAFFIC FLOW FOR DROP OFF THE BUSSES KIDS COMING IN AND OUT, HOW WE ACCESS THE PROPERTY TO TRY AND SEPARATE THAT WORK FROM THAT TRAFFIC AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW THAT ON A HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS THAT THINGS IT'S GOING ALL THE TIME.

SO THERE'S ALWAYS SOME KIND OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WE TRY AND MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT TO THE SCHOOL.

I THINK WHAT ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE SPECIFIC ON DELIVERIES?

[01:15:11]

AND OF COURSE, THE PURPLE IS STUDENT PARKING.

BUT THERE'LL BE SIGNAGE UP, SO SOME IS ALREADY UP NOW, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUT SIGNS UP.

AND IF PLANS NEED TO BE CHANGED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL, THEN WE'LL JUST READAPT AND CHANGE THOSE TEMPORARY SIGNS.

THANKS. YEAH.

SO WE REALLY WHEN WE CREATED THIS LOGISTIC, WE CREATED, YOU KNOW, THINKING OF THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR THE KIDS, THE STAFF TO MAKE IT AS PAINFUL AS POSSIBLE.

YOU KNOW, WITH CONSTRUCTION, WE KNOW WE GOT A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC COMING UP, A BUNCH OF 18 WHEELERS, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF EQUIPMENT MATERIALS AND WHATNOT.

SO, LIKE MARK SAID, WE HAVE COORDINATED ALL OF THAT WITH OUR SUBCONTRACTORS TO BE DELIVERED DURING A SPECIFIC TIME, YOU KNOW, AFTER SCHOOL DROP OFF AND BEFORE SCHOOL PICKED UP TO MINIMIZE.

AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING UP HERE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS DEVELOPED, YOU KNOW, IN COMMUNICATION WITH MISS GENTRY.

MIKE MR. MICKEY AND THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR.

SO WE LOOKED AT ALL THE POSSIBLE ROUTE BEST ROUTE FOR STUDENTS DROP OFF, PARENTS DROP OFF.

AND BUS COMING IN AND OUT OUT OF THE SITE.

SO IT'S PLANNED THAT WE WE PUT A LOT OF, A LOT OF INPUT IN IT AND YOU KNOW, SEE HOW THAT GOES.

WE UNDERSTAND IT SOMETIMES WORKS ON PAPER.

SO AS I SAID, IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT.

SO IF THERE'S ANY MODIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE ONCE WE GET ROLLING, THEN WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO HELP AND TO DO THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS? I DID HAVE ONE. SO I NOTICED ON THE FIRST THIS STARTED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I GUESS THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE POLICE PRESENCE HELPING OUT WITH TRAFFIC FLOW AND ALL THAT STUFF, OR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW SIGNAGE OR NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND SIGNAGE.

IS THAT JUST GOING TO CONTINUE, OR ARE THEY HOPING THAT THERE'LL BE ENOUGH COMPLIANCE AT THAT POINT WITH THAT PEELS BACK, OR HAS IT BEEN EASY TO WORK WITH ON THAT, OR ARE THEY OFFERING ALL THE HELP NEEDED.

OVERALL, HAS THE PUBLIC BEEN PRETTY RECEPTIVE TO THAT, PARENTS AND KIDS ALIKE? WELL, THE FIRST DAY WAS INTERESTING, BUT REALLY, EVEN LAPD SAID IT RAN AS SMOOTHLY AS THEY THOUGHT IT COULD.

SO THEY HAD TWO OFFICERS OUT THERE, THE FIRST COUPLE THE FIRST DAY, AND THEN THEY SAID, LET'S GET A COUPLE MORE OUT HERE AFTER THAT.

SO WE HAD ABOUT 4 OR 5 EXTRA OFFICERS THERE, ALL FOR LAST WEEK.

AND THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW WELL IT WAS GOING.

SO AFTER THE FIRST DAY WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD TO TURN AROUND AND GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, IT JUST GOT SMOOTHER AND SMOOTHER EVERY DAY.

WE'VE, WE'VE I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY PHONE CALLS.

SO THAT IS I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT.

SO THAT WAS GOOD. BUT IT'S GONE AS SMOOTHLY AS I THINK IT COULD.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. LET ME JUST SAY ONE THING IN CLOSING.

SURE. IF YOU GUYS GET ANY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROCESS.

IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.

I'M NOT GOING TO SUGARCOAT IT.

IT'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON ON THIS JOB SITE.

SO WHENEVER YOU GUYS GET ANYTHING, I MEAN, JUST LET ME KNOW LIKE RIGHT OFF BECAUSE WE'LL WE'LL NIP IT IN THE BUD.

WE'LL WE'LL DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO.

OUR MAIN CONCERN IS TO MINIMIZE THE ANY KIND OF DISTURBANCE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE BRING TO THE CAMPUS AND THE KIDS, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH LITTLE RIDE HERE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION.

SO I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, JUST GO INTO THIS THING JUST THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE ALL, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE REAL WITH YOU.

IT'S GOING TO BE A I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT BEFORE.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE THIS MUCH CONSTRUCTION, YOU HAVE $105 MILLION WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON A CAMPUS WITH 2,500 KIDS.

[01:20:02]

OKAY. THAT'S IT.

ONE QUESTION. WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THIS, I WAS CONCERNED WITH THE NUMBER OF EXITS THAT WERE NOT GOING TO BE USED ANYMORE.

SO RECONFIRM I THINK YOU SAID THAT, BUT I RECONFIRMED THAT OUR FIRE MARSHALS SAY WE CAN STILL GET ALL OF OUR STUDENTS OUT IN THE SAME OR A SAFE AMOUNT OF TIME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. YEAH, WE MET WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL.

THAT WAS THE FIRST PLACE WE HAD TO GO TO BEFORE WE CAN EVEN PRESENT IT TO MISS GENTRY.

SO AFTER WE PRESENTED TO MISS GENTRY, THEN WE BROUGHT IN EVERYBODY ELSE.

TRANSPORTATION, EVEN MR. LAMB. YOU KNOW, HE IT'S BEEN A VERY, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A COORDINATED EFFORT TO TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT GOING ON.

SO I JUST WANT TO JUST MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE, YOU KNOW, AND IF IT CAN BE CHANGED.

I GUESS, TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, IS THERE HAVE THERE BEEN EXERCISES WITH THE STUDENTS TO TELL THEM WHICH WAY THEY NEED TO GO NOW, OR HOW'S THAT? SO WE HAVE A FIRE DRILL PLANNED FOR WHEN WE COME BACK FROM THANKSGIVING BREAK.

AT THAT TIME, ALL THE FENCING SHOULD BE UP, AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO CLEARLY DELINEATE WHICH EXITS WE CAN USE AND WHICH ONES ARE OFF.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. YEAH.

THANK YOU. THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I HAVE IS I DID GET SOME INPUT THAT THOSE TWO SIDE STREETS ON THE I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SCHOOL.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DROP OFF KIDS THERE NOW.

YOU KNOW, SO I HEARD SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH CARS BACKING UP ON THOSE TWO SIDE STREETS BECAUSE OF THAT.

OKAY. IF YOU COULD GIVE ANY INPUT ON THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T WANTING TO DROP OFF ON THE WEST SIDE BECAUSE OF THAT.

YEAH, THEY'RE COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

YEAH. SO IT'S KIND OF OVERFLOWING INTO THOSE THOSE TWO SIDE STREETS ON THAT KIND OF SOUTH SIDE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

[8. Citizen Input ]

DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? MR. ALTMAN, YOU ARE UP. AND YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENT LAMB, PRESIDENT WATKINS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND STAFF AND NEIGHBORS.

MY NAME IS ROB ALTMAN AND I AM A COMBAT VETERAN.

I'M RETIRED ARMY OFFICER AND CURRENTLY AM A OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE IN THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY.

I AM A RESIDENT OF FRISCO IN DENTON COUNTY, AND TONIGHT I'VE BEEN TOUCHED BY WHAT I'VE SEEN HERE.

I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED.

PRESIDENT WATKINS, YOU SAID THE OTHER NIGHT TO ME WHEN WE WERE VISITING AT THE VETERANS GALA, THAT IT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE TO LOVE ON YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT CLOCK UP THERE.

THAT'S GREAT. I CAN TURN MY PHONE OFF.

YOU SAID TO ME THAT IT WAS SPECIAL AND A PRIVILEGE TO GET TO LOVE ON ALL THESE FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS, AND THAT REALLY TOUCHED ME TONIGHT.

SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE BOARD HAS LOOKED AT MY RESUME, SO I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF.

WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE HUMAN COMPONENT OF IT AND ADVOCATING ADVOCATING FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOURSELF, YOUR BOARD, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR ENTITY, YOUR ORGANIZATION.

AS A SCOUT MASTER OF LITTLE ELM, TROOP 45, BRAVO AND GOLF FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, IF YOU WILL.

I GET THE OPPORTUNITY ON A WEEK TO WEEK BASIS TO SEE SOME GREAT LITTLE ELM STUDENTS.

A YOUNG MAN WHO IN 10TH GRADE IS TAKING CALCULUS.

AND WHEN I WAS IN 10TH GRADE, IF YOU WERE IN ALGEBRA TWO, YOU WERE DOING GREAT.

SO TIMES HAVE CHANGED.

ANOTHER YOUNG MAN WHO THIS SUMMER IS IN ONE OF YOUR PROGRAMS WHERE HE IS LOOKING AT BECOMING A CYBER PROFESSIONAL AND HIS DREAM IS TO WORK AT THE NSA.

HE CAME TO SCOUTS AND SHOWED ME HIS GOOGLE CYBER SECURITY CERTIFICATE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.

AND HE'S ONLY A JUNIOR.

AND THEN THERE'S A YOUNG MAN WHO, LIKE, ONE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE YOU ACKNOWLEDGED TONIGHT HAS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF VARIABLES AGAINST HIM, FROM HIS FAMILY LIFE AND SOCIOECONOMIC SITUATION AND MAYBE EVEN SOME LEARNING DIFFICULTIES.

AND YET HE IS EITHER IN HIS SECOND OR THIRD YEAR IN THE WELDING PROGRAM.

AND HE AND I GET CHOKED UP AND TEARED UP WHEN I TALK TO JUSTIN ABOUT WHAT HE PLANS TO DO IN THE FUTURE AS A WELDER.

[01:25:04]

AND I THINK IN THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND WHAT PRODUCT ARE WE GIVING THE CUSTOMER, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WILL ADVOCATE FOR YOU ON AT DCAD, AND THAT IS WORKING WITH THE CHIEF APPRAISER TO ENSURE THAT WHEN HE ASKS FOR PEOPLE TO PUT IN SEATS TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS, THAT I ASK HIM WHAT THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE.

WHAT DOES THAT CAPACITY PLAN LOOK LIKE, HOW MANY HOURS A DAY? AND ALL OF THOSE GRANULAR QUESTIONS THAT SOMEBODY WITH AN OPERATIONS BACKGROUND WOULD ASK.

IN ANY EVENT, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME OBSERVE YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

IT WAS IT WAS SPECIAL.

AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU BECAUSE AS A STUDENT OF LEADERSHIP, OVER 25 YEARS IN THE MILITARY AND NOW BEING IN THE CORPORATE AND PRIVATE SECTOR, I LOVE TO SEE POSITIVE LEADERSHIP ENVIRONMENTS.

AND THIS MADE ME HAPPY TONIGHT, Y'ALL.

YEAH, I GOT IT. EVERYBODY CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT THE DIRT THAT'S UNDER THE RUG THAT WE NEED TO VACUUM UP AND SWEEP UP AND GET RID OF AND MAKE BETTER.

BUT THIS WAS POSITIVE TONIGHT.

AND PRESIDENT WATKINS AND SUPERINTENDENT LAMB, ALL OF YOU HAVE FOSTERED A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT.

AND AS A AS, AS A STUDENT WORKING ON MY PHD COURSEWORK, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR MISS BROWN.

WHY IS IT AN UNFORTUNATE THAT SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE GONE TO TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY? IN ANY EVENT, THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

WE'RE A BOARD DIVIDED ON THAT, MR. ALTMAN. WE'RE A BOARD DIVIDED ON THE A&M/UT ALRIGHTY.

OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

[9. Approval of Minutes ]

IS THERE A MOTION SO MOVED? MR. OLSON MADE THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? MR. BURTON, OH, MR. FLORES MADE THE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

[10. Action Items ]

WE'LL CONSIDER A MOTION.

SO MOVED.

SECOND. MR. OLSON MADE THE MOTION.

MR. BURTON MADE THE SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

WE HAVE, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE RECUSAL FOR NOT BEING PRESENT.

NEXT ITEM IN ORDER.

WE'RE MOVING INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS. MISS BROWN, YOU GET TO COME TALK TO US AGAIN.

OKAY. I'M JUST GLAD WE GOT OUR GAME BACK.

RIGHT? YES.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN BOARD PRESIDENT WATKINS, SUPERINTENDENT LAMB.

SO WITH THE PROMOTION OF MISS THOMAS-MONDAY INTO THE DIRECTOR FOR STUDENT SERVICES POSITION, THAT THEN CREATES THE VACANCY AT THE PRINCIPAL OF THE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CAMPUS.

SO AFTER A THOROUGH INTERVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS, WE ARE BRINGING TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR PRINCIPAL OF THE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CAMPUS.

SO THE ADMINISTRATION DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE HIRE OF THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF THE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CAMPUS, AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE. MR. MONTEMAYOR MADE THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

MR. BEBER MADE A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION CARRIES, MISS BROWN.

SO I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF OUR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CAMPUS IS LONG TIME LOBO, CHELSEA GUERRA [APPLAUSE].

AND YOU ARE UP AGAIN, MISS BROWN.

SO WITH US TAKING IN FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR, BRINGING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES IN HOUSE.

LAST MONTH WE ASKED FOR APPROVAL OF A NEW FTE FOR THE DIRECTOR FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, WHICH YOU EACH YOU GUYS GAVE THAT TO US, THANKFULLY.

AND SO WE HAVE CONDUCTED A THOROUGH INTERVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS AND ARE BRINGING TO YOU GUYS FOR CONSIDERATION OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR DIRECTOR FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE HIRE OF THE NEW DIRECTOR FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. MR. BURTON MADE THE MOTION.

SECOND. MR. BEBER MADE A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION CARRIES.

[01:30:01]

CONGRATULATIONS. ALRIGHTY.

NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS THE MR. JAMES, I BELIEVE YOU ARE UP.

WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE ARCHITECT SELECTION FOR THE STRIKE AND WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL INTERIOR RENOVATIONS.

BOTH TRUSTEES SUPERINTENDENT LAMB COME TO YOU TODAY FOR ARCHITECTURAL SELECTION FOR STRIKING WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL'S INTERIOR RENOVATIONS. OF COURSE WE ARE WE'RE GETTING READY TO START THIS PROJECT THIS SUMMER.

THIS WILL BE A SUMMER PROJECT FOR BOTH SCHOOLS.

WE ARE SELECTING HUCKEBY ARCHITECTS TO BE THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD FOR THIS PROJECT.

THEIR FEE IS 7.5%, THE PROJECTED CONSTRUCTION COST OF $4.7 MILLION AND A $10,000 ALLOWANCE FOR REIMBURSEMENTS.

THAT BEING SAID THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE SELECTION AND FEE AS PRESENTED AND AUTHORIZED SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE REQUIRED CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

MR. FLORES MADE THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MR. OLSON MADE THE SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

THANK YOU, MR. JAMES.

OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION CONCERNING BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE DIRECTORS OF DENTON COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

IS THERE WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO. OH, SORRY.

YES. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. ROB ALTMAN. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MR. FLORES. MR. OLSON MADE THE MOTION FOR MR. ALTMAN. MR. FLORES MADE THE SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? THERE BEING NONE WE'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

THEN SO WE HAVE 185 VOTING.

WE HAVE 185 VOTES FOR THE DENTON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

ALL IN FAVOR OF ALL 185 GOING TO MR. ALTMAN? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. MR. BURTON MADE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OH, SORRY.

WE'LL GO WITH MR. BEBER MAKING THE SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION CARRIES.

WE'RE BURNING THROUGH THESE GUYS.

ITEM E, CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE FURNITURE VENDOR FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LAKEWOOD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FURNITURE PACKAGE ONE, MR. JAMES. ALL RIGHT.

AND BACK AGAIN. SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE WENT OUT ACTUALLY DID AN RFP FOR THE FURNITURE FOR LAKEWOOD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE HAD BUILT THE SCHOOL IN A WHILE, SO WE KIND OF WANTED TO DRUM UP SOME COMPETITION, MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE BEST VALUE FOR THE NEW FURNITURE PACKAGES THAT WE HAVE.

SO THE WE DID HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT THAT THAT WENT OVER ALL OF THE, THE PACKAGES THAT WE HAD BIDS THAT WE GOT IN THERE WAS NINE THAT BID ON THE PACKAGE ONE.

WE DECIDED AFTER GOING THROUGH THE ALL OF THE PACKAGES TO GO TO SCHOOL SPECIALTY AS THE VENDOR FOR PACKAGE ONE.

THEIR COST IS $779,376.06.

THIS WILL BE PAID OUT OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LAKEWOOD VILLAGE PROJECT BUDGET.

THAT BEING SAID, THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THIS VENDOR AND COST AS PRESENTED, AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE REQUIRED CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. MR. BEBER MADE THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MR. OLSON MADE THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION CARRIES.

MR. JAMES, YOU'RE UP WITH FURNITURE PACKAGE NUMBER TWO.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH. WE SEPARATED THE TWO LIKE I SAID, JUST TRY TO GET MORE INTEREST IN, GET THE BEST VALUE THAT WE CAN.

SO THE FIRST PACKAGE WAS ACTUAL CLASSROOM FURNITURE.

I'M SORRY I DIDN'T MENTION THAT.

THE SECOND PACKAGE IS OFFICE FURNITURE FOR LAKEWOOD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[01:35:01]

WE ENDED UP CHOOSING WILSON BELL HOUSE INTERIORS, LLC FOR THIS PROJECT RIGHT HERE AT A COST OF $118,567.24.

ALSO WOULD BE PAID OUT OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LAKEWOOD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY PROJECT BUDGET.

THAT BEING SAID, THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THIS VENDOR AND COST AS PRESENTED AND AUTHORIZE SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE FURNITURE PACKAGE NUMBER TWO? SO MOVED. MR. BEBER MADE THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

MR. MONTEMAYOR MADE THE SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND WE NEED TO I'M GOING TO ASK PERMISSION TO CALL FOR AMENDMENT.

OUR VOTING STRENGTH IS NOT 185.

WE IT IS 174.

WE WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO AMEND OUR VOTING STRENGTH FROM 185 TO 174.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

MR. MONTEMAYOR MADE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MR. BURTON MADE A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION CARRIES.

AND WITH THAT, WE ARE MOVING INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[11.C. Consider approval of Little Elm ISD Expenditures over $100,000 Summary Report]

DO WE WANT TO PULL ANYTHING OUT OF CONSENT? MADAM PRESIDENT, YES, I'D LIKE TO ASK ITEM NUMBER C TO BE PULLED SO THAT WE COULD DISCUSS JUST FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY.

HE WANTS TO PULL IT. OKAY, MR. WYSE, YOU ARE UP.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ITEM C IS OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES OVER $100,000.

AND THAT'S FOR THE SFCC CONTRACT.

IS THERE A LOT OF OUR HVAC, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL WORK KIND OF AS NEEDED IS OUR AGING HVAC AND STUFF GETS REPAIRED AND FIXED AND PLUMBING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.

THE QUESTIONS I HAVE I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.

NO.

SO MOVED.

MR. MONTEMAYOR MADE A MOTION.

I'LL SECOND IT. MR. BURTON MADE A SECOND. OKAY.

MR. BURTON, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

FIRST, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THIS AMOUNT OF $300,000? IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH THE HISTORY OF WHAT WE'VE NEEDED FOR THESE REPAIRS FOR A SCHOOL YEAR? FOR DISTRICT WIDE, YEAH MIKE, YOU WANT TO JUMP IN ON THAT? IT'S ACTUALLY AROUND THAT RANGE.

SOMETIMES IT VARIES A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, SOMETIMES A LITTLE LOWER.

BUT THAT IS AGAIN, THIS IS I THINK JUST SO THAT WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE.

OKAY. AM I CORRECT? YES.

YEAH. IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.

THIS IS GOING TO BE IS THIS EXPECTED TO BE THE MAXIMUM OR WILL WE COME BACK HERE TO ASK FOR MORE POSSIBLY? THAT'S NOT A GUARANTEE.

OKAY. WE DON'T WANT TO ASK FOR MORE RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASSUMING IS OKAY.

ONE OTHER THING ON THAT ON THE SPREADSHEET HERE IT SAYS EFFECTIVE DATE OF 11/19/2024 AND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF 11/18/ 2025. BUT THEN IN THE DESCRIPTION, IT MENTIONS THAT GENERAL REPAIRS HVAC, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL WORK AS NEEDED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 24-25 FISCAL YEAR. DOES THAT EXTEND INTO NEXT, NEXT NOVEMBER AS WELL? I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD BE FOR THE REST OF THIS.

FOR THE REST OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

WE CAN WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CAN UPDATE THE.

SO WE JUST NEED TO CLERICAL.

YEAH. CORRECT THE EXPIRATION DATE ON THAT.

YES, SIR. REALLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

RIGHT. THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR OF AYE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF OF APPROVING THE CONSENT ITEM SAY AYE.

RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES.

FOR THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[11. Consent Agenda ]

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MR. BEBER MADE A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS BOARD PRESIDENT COMMENTS.

[12. Board President Comments ]

[01:40:04]

CONGRATULATIONS. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.

AND THE GREAT JOB THEY DID WITH OUR 633 RUN.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

IT WAS WONDERFUL SEEING ALL OF THE RUNNERS AND ALL OF THE WALKERS OUT THERE CELEBRATING LITTLE ELM ISD.

AND THEN FOR OUR FAMILY, WE ALSO HAD THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO SEE BOTH OUR BAND PERFORM AS THEY MOVED OUT OF THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND HEAR OUR CHOIR PERFORM AT A COUPLE OF EVENTS AROUND TOWN, INCLUDING THE VETERANS BANQUET.

OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAM HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS WHO MADE THE ACADEMIC, THE STATE ACADEMIC TEAM, THE DISTRICT ALL ACADEMIC TEAM.

CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING BOTH A GREAT STUDENT AND AN ATHLETE.

AND WITH THAT, HAPPY THANKSGIVING! WE WON'T MEET AGAIN BEFORE OUR THANKSGIVING BREAK.

I HOPE EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE AND ENJOY SOME FAMILY TIME, AND COME BACK AND FINISH OUT THE SEMESTER STRONG.

[13. Board Comments ]

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT SEEING ALL THE STUDENT BODY OUT HERE FOR THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH.

JUST A REMINDER NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY AND I HOPE EVERYBODY ENJOYS THEIR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.

THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME THAN I NORMALLY DO.

I WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT AND SPECIFICALLY SONIA FLORES FOR MAKING OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AVAILABLE FOR THE ELECTION ON ELECTION DAY.

SONIA GETS HUGE KUDOS FOR THAT, MAKING IT AVAILABLE FOR THOSE THAT WANTED TO CAST VOTES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

ON TOP OF THAT, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE TEACHING OUR, OUR STUDENTS THE IMPORTANCE THAT THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE, DOWN TO I HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER THAT'S IN PRE-K.

AND THEY EVEN HAD A LITTLE ELECTION THEMSELVES AND AND MISS BRIDE, WHO IS THE TEACHER OF MY GRANDDAUGHTER, SAID SHE'S SHE SHE WAS VOTED VICE PRESIDENT, BUT SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON THAT DIDN'T VOTE FOR HERSELF.

SO I GUESS I NEED TO TALK TO HER ABOUT HOW POLITICS REALLY WORKS.

BUT I REALLY DO I REALLY THANK THE DISTRICT FOR ALLOWING TO USE THE BUILDINGS FOR THE VOTES.

IT REALLY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.

I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, I WAS I SERVED AS AN ELECTION JUDGE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR, AGAIN.

AND I DO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO MISS ESPINOZA, MRS. PIERCE, AND ESPECIALLY TO TO GABE JONES.

GABE MET ME THERE AT 5:15 IN THE MORNING TO GET IT GOING, AND HE WAS THERE AT 8:30 WHEN I LEFT AT NIGHT.

NOT IN THE MORNING. SO IT'S A LONG DAY FOR A JUDGE, BUT EVERYONE DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD.

IT WAS A PERFECT SETUP.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT DAY, BECAUSE I HAD A POLL WATCHER THAT WAS THERE, AND WE WERE IN THE LIBRARY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THIS LADY COMES UP AND SHE'S THE POLL WATCHER, AND SHE GOES, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT WANT TO MOVE THAT BOOK.

IT WAS J.D. VANCE'S BOOK SITTING ON THE COUNTER, WHICH WASN'T IN OUR AREA, BUT YOU COULD SEE IT.

SO I THOUGHT, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG DAY, BUT IT TURNED OUT IT WASN'T.

SHE WAS, SHE WAS SO WE TURNED IT DOWN AND MADE SURE THAT THAT IT WORKED, THAT NO ONE WAS INFLUENCED BY A BOOK THAT MIGHT BE LOOKING AT THEM IN THE FACE.

ANOTHER THING THAT I REALLY WAS IMPRESSED WITH, AND I DIDN'T CATCH THE TEACHER'S NAME, BUT SHE BROUGHT A GROUP OF 10 OR 12 STUDENTS THAT ALL HAD SOME CHALLENGES TO SEE THE PROCESS.

AND I GOT TO BE A TEACHER FOR A FEW MINUTES TO TEACH THEM ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE POLLS.

AND I HOPE WITH OUR OTHER FACILITIES THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE FOR THE STUDENTS TO SEE THAT AND TO LEARN THAT AND TO GET PREPARED SO THAT THEY CAN CAST THEIR VOTES WHEN THEY TURN OLD ENOUGH TOO.

BUT I JUST THANK EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE AT ALL THE LOCATIONS.

I THINK WE HAD FOUR LOCATIONS.

CORRECT. AND AGAIN, SONIA, THANK YOU FOR GETTING ALL THAT ARRANGED.

JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING.

TAKE THE TIME TO REST UP AND RE-ENERGIZE, AND COME BACK AND FINISH OFF THE REST OF THE SEMESTER.

MR. MONTEMAYOR YOU ARE NEXT.

WELL, I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR FOR STAYING WITH US.

YOU KNOW, TAKING TIME OUT FROM FROM THEIR, THEIR FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING TO TO HAVE THESE MEETINGS.

[01:45:02]

I ACTUALLY HAD A LIST OF THE COMPETITIONS THAT THEY PLACED HIGHLY IN, AND I LEFT ON MY DESK AT HOME, BUT THEY HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR THEY FINISHED YOU KNOW, IN THE TOP CATEGORIES OR, YOU KNOW, TOP FINISHES IN THEIR CATEGORIES MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.

AND OUR BAND ALSO, YOU KNOW, MADE IT AS FAR AS THEY HAVE, AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL IN THE LAST FUTURE, WE ALL WISH THEY WOULD HAVE GONE A LITTLE FURTHER IN THAT LAST COMPETITION.

THEY HAD A VERY STRONG PROGRAM, BUT IT JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKES ME VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE YEARS TO COME WITH THEM AND HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY'RE GOING.

SO WE HAVE THAT GOING FOR US AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER THINGS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THAT.

MR. OLSON YOU ARE UP.

JUST WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW STAFF.

THANKS FOR ALL OF THE STAFF TONIGHT, FOR EVERYTHING, FOR THE HARD WORK, FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

WELCOME, EVERYONE TO JOIN OUR NEXT MEETING BECAUSE OF COURSE, THE GAME ON NOVEMBER 30TH WILL BE PLAYED BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.

SO MAYBE A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE A LITTLE SIDE BET GOING ON AS TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WEAR AT THE DECEMBER MEETING, SO STAY TUNED. MR. LAMB, IT IS YOUR TURN.

[14. Superintendent Comments ]

I'LL TRY NOT TO REPEAT, BUT JUST JUST HEARING ALL THE GREAT THINGS IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THAT THEY'RE GOING ON.

I DID GET A TEXT WHILE WE WERE HERE.

OUR BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM IS CURRENTLY RANKED NUMBER 16 IN THE STATE IN 6A.

SO FIVE AND ONE.

GREAT START.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST SO MANY THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR IN THIS SEASON OF THANKSGIVING.

AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THIS BOARD AND JUST THE WAY YOU LOVE ON THIS COMMUNITY AND THE WAY YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO.

WE DOUBLED THE THE PAY THIS YEAR SO YOU CAN TELL Y'ALL REALLY ARE ARE REALLY RESPONDING WELL TO THAT.

BUT THANK YOU.

IT IS A SEASON OF THANKSGIVING.

I'M THANKFUL FOR THIS STAFF.

EVERYBODY UP HERE STAYS LATE.

IT'S NOT ALL THAT LATE. I MEAN, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE AND DOING WHAT YOU DO.

LET'S GO LOBOS.

WE WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVED. MR. MONTEMAYOR MADE THE MOTION.

SECOND. MR. BURTON MADE THE SECOND.

WE STAND.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

08:40. IT IS 8:48 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.