[00:00:06] >> THE LEISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS NOW IN SESSION. [1. Call to Order Open Session in the Board Room at Little Elm ISD Administration Building on 400 Lobo Lane, Little Elm, Texas 75068.] IT IS 6:00 PM. CAN WE HAVE INTRODUCTION AND ROLL CALL, PLEASE, MISS FLORES? >> 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. >> HERE. >> AND NOT HERE, MR. DELEON ENGLISH. >> IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? >> YES, MA'AM. [BACKGROUND] >> MELODY CARTER, ARE YOU HERE? ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD WILL RECESS [4. 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. Deliberation Regarding the Superintendent's Summative Evaluation and Contract – 551.074 B. Personnel – 551.074 C. Land – 551.072] INTO CLOSED MEETING IN A BOARD SUPPORT CONFERENCE ROOM AS PERMITTED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, SUB CHAPTER 551.072 AND 551.074. THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT WILL DISCUSS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S SUMMATIVE EVALUATION AND CONTRACT, PERSONNEL, AND LAND. IT IS 6:02 PM. [NOISE] THE LEISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS NOW BACK IN SESSION. IT IS 7:01 PM, MISS FLORES, LET'S DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [5. Pledge of Allegiance] DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR THE INVOCATION? >> NO YEAH. >> OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS THE SUPERINTENDENT SPOTLIGHT, [ 7. Superintendent Spotlight] AND MRS. JONES, YOU GET TO COME UP AND GO FIRST. >> CHECK, CHECK. HERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING, BOARD. PRESIDENT WATKINS, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT LAMB, I'D LIKE TO CALL OUR LITTLE ELM ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO THE FRONT, PLEASE. WE ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO DO AN EXCHANGE OF CHECKS. THAT'S HOW WE DO IT EVERY YEAR. I GIVE THEM A CHECK, THEY GIVE US A CHECK, BUT I DO WANT THE FOUNDATION TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MONEY THEY WERE ABLE TO GRANT OUR TEACHERS THIS YEAR. LARRY SALERNO IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT. >> CERTAINLY. >> HOLD ON, TALK ABOUT THE GRANTS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY [INAUDIBLE]. >> OKAY. THIS YEAR, WE GAVE OVER $83,000 WORTH OF GRANTS TO THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER. THAT WAS MORE THAN HOW MANY GRANTS?OVER 40 GRANTS WERE GIVEN OUT [LAUGHTER] TO ALL THE SCHOOLS. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS IS WE GET TO DO A CHECK PRESENTATION TO ALL THE TEACHERS AND THE SCHOOL RUNS US THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES AND IT'S A VERY SURPRISING OR IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE HOW GRATEFUL EVERYONE IS WHEN THEY GET THE GRANT, AND WHAT THEY'RE USING THAT MONEY FOR AND THE LIGHT IN THEIR EYES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET THIS AND MAKE THE SCHOOLS BETTER FOR OUR KIDS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, LARRY, VERY MUCH. SARAH, SHE'S GOT A CHECK. JUST FOR THE RECORD, MY CHECK IS BIGGER THAN HER CHECK. [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND] >> FIND ME AFTER. >> NOT IN DOLLAR AMOUNTS, BUT IN ACTUAL SIZE. [LAUGHTER] EVERY YEAR, I COME AND I DON'T HAVE A CHECK LIKE THEY HAVE, AND I SAID THIS YEAR, [00:05:02] I'M GOING TO BRING IT AND SO I DID AND SHE SAID THAT SHE DOWNSIZED HER CHECK, SO I DIDN'T LOOK SO PUNNY NEXT TO HERS. [OVERLAPPING] IT'S FINE. BUT THE MONEY THAT I'M GIVING TO THE FOUNDATION IS FROM OUR 633 RUN, AND THIS YEAR, WAS A RECORD NUMBER THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE FROM THE JERRY WALKER 633 RUN. ALL THE PROCEEDS AND THE SPONSORSHIPS THAT WE COLLECT FROM THE RUN, WE HAND IT OVER TO THE FOUNDATION, AND THEN THEY FIND OUR STUDENTS WHO APPLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP IF THEY WANT TO CONTINUE A CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE. SO IT'S OUR WAY OF CONTINUING THE WALKER NAME IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TEACHING PEOPLE WHO HE WAS AND WHAT HE WAS ABOUT, BECAUSE HE REALLY MEANT A LOT TO THE PEOPLE OF LITTLE ELM. SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE FOUNDATION A CHECK FOR $23,000. I'M HOPING THAT A LOT OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINDOW IS CURRENTLY OPEN RIGHT NOW, SO YOU WILL FIND THIS SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE FOR AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT. I WANT TO GIVE THIS OVER TO YOU. TAKE A PICTURE WITH SARAH AND HER CHECK TOO, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GUYS. [BACKGROUND] CAN I GET THE SCHOOL BOARD? [APPLAUSE] SCHOOL BOARD, COULD YOU COME OUT BECAUSE THIS IS A GROUP EFFORT? WAIT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO COME JOIN US. >> LOOKS SO SMALL. [LAUGHTER] >> OH, SCOOT UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] APPRECIATE YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR ALL YOU GUYS DO FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS GLOBAL LEADERS OF THE MONTH. MISS BROWN, YOU ARE UP. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WATKINS. SUPERINTENDENT LAMB AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, HAPPY BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH THE TO TRUSTEES. WE'RE SUPER GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO FOR OUR DISTRICT. WE ARE CONTINUING WITH OUR LEADERS OF THE PACK RECOGNITION. FOR THOSE THAT ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH IT, THIS IS WHERE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER THEY ARE STAFF MEMBERS, STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO NOMINATE MEMBERS OF OUR WONDERFUL LEISD STAFF THAT ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. THEY'RE THE CREAM OF THE CROP. WE KNOW WE HAVE WONDERFUL STAFF MEMBERS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, AND EVERY MONTH, WE GET IN MANY NOMINATIONS FOR LEADERS OF THE PACK, AND WE RECOGNIZE EVERYONE. A LOT OF FOLKS GET RECOGNIZED AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, AND THEN EVERY MONTH, WE'RE CHARGED WITH THE VERY DIFFICULT TASK OF PICKING TWO FOLKS TO FEATURE AT OUR BOARD MEETING. SO TODAY, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO FEATURE TWO STAFF MEMBERS. OUR VERY FIRST ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE IS ARACELI CASTRO. SO IF YOU'LL WATCH THE VIDEO. >> [MUSIC] I HELP OUT VOLUNTEER CUSTODIANS AND I JUST SAW HOW MUCH WORK THEY WENT THROUGH. SOME OF THE STUDENTS THEY REALLY CRASH UP THE ROOMS AND IT'S SAD TO SEE. THEY GO THROUGH ALL THE WORK, AND IT HURTS, WEARING THAT VACUUM OVER THE BACK, THAT'S A WORKOUT IN ITSELF. >> STUDENT NAMED ABDULLA, NOMINATED YOU AND HAD SOME NICE WORDS. HE'S NOT HERE TODAY SO I'M GOING TO READ IT FOR YOU. OKAY? ARACELI DESERVES THIS NOMINATION BECAUSE SHE SHOWS STEADY COMMITMENT TO THE LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL. SHE TAKES CARE OF THE BUILDING WITH FOCUS AND PRIDE, AND SHE HELPS WHENEVER SOMETHING NEEDS ATTENTION. SHE SUPPORTS STUDENTS AND STAFF BY KEEPING THE SCHOOL CLEAN AND ORGANIZED. HER RELIABILITY AND EFFORT MAKE A CLEAR IMPACT, AND SHE GETS A STRONG EXAMPLE THROUGH HER WORK EVERY DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. >> RECOGNIZE YOU HAVE BEEN NOMINATED AND SELECTED AS OUR JANUARY LEADER OF THE PACK AWARD NOMINEE. [APPLAUSE] >> CUSTODIANS ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DO A VERY GREAT JOB OF CLEANING UP OUR CAFETERIA AND OUR SCHOOL IN GENERAL. ALSO, IT'S NOT THEIR JOB TO CLEAN UP AFTER US, WE SHOULD CLEAN UP AFTER OURSELVES TO ALSO MAKE THEIR JOB EASIER. >> CUSTODIANS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY KEEP OUR SCHOOL REALLY CLEAN. AND IT'S BETTER TO WORK IN, FOR ME AT LEAST, A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT RATHER THAN A DIRTY ENVIRONMENT. [00:10:02] THEY ALSO JUST CLEAN UP AFTER EVERYTHING, IN OUR CLASSES TOO, NOT JUST AT LUNCH. I KNOW I HAVE ART CLASSES AND THE ROOMS GET REALLY DIRTY WITH JUST CLAY AND DIRT, AND THEY ALWAYS MAKE SURE TO KEEP IT SPOTLESS. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM. >> PERSONALLY, WHEN IT'S MESSY AND I'M NOT IN AN ORGANIZED ENVIRONMENT, I DON'T REALLY DO WELL. I NEED TO HAVE CLEANLINESS AND TIDINESS. I ALSO REALLY JUST APPRECIATE THE CUSTODIANS BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE FAMILIES AND LIVES, AND SO WE SHOULD BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT. THEY'RE PEOPLE, TOO. I'M JUST REALLY THANKFUL FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY CLEAN UP AFTER US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN A GOOD LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE GROWTH AND LEARNING THAT WE NEED. >> SHE ALWAYS ASK, "WHAT CAN I DO NEXT TO HELP?" SO SHE'S A WONDERFUL WORK, SHE WORKS YEAR ALL AND SHE'S HERE ALL THE TIME. [INAUDIBLE] EVER MISSES. IF SHE MISS ONE DAY, SHE WANT TO MAKE IT UP. >> [FOREIGN]. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO ARACELI CASTRO, IF YOU'LL COME UP. [APPLAUSE] PRESIDENT WATKINS AND SUPERINTENDENT LAMB WILL PRESENT OUR FIRST LEADER OF THE PACK WITH HER GIFT AND CERTIFICATE. MISS GENTRY, I DON'T SEE DANNY COGDELL, BUT MISS GENTRY, WILL YOU COME UP AND JOIN THEM FOR A PICTURE? ARACELI IS A CUSTODIAN AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL. RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER. ARACELI HAS BEEN WITH LITTLE ELM ISD FOR TWO YEARS. SHE REALLY LOVES WORKING WITH THE KIDS AND ENJOYS HER JOB. WHEN SHE'S NOT WORKING HARD HERE IN LEISD, SHE IS HANGING OUT WITH HER FAMILY. WE ARE SUPER GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT ARACELI DOES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR HER COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO OUR DISTRICT. CONGRATULATIONS, ARACELI CASTRO. OUR SECOND LEADER OF THE PACK TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE FROM OUR NEW CAMPUS, LAKEWOOD VILLAGE. CAN WE HAVE THE VOLUME JUST A LITTLE BIT HIGHER ON OUR VIDEO FOR THIS SECOND ONE? THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE MISS CHRISTY VANDERHOFF AT THIS TIME, IF YOU'LL WATCH THE VIDEO. >> [MUSIC] MISS CHRISTY VANDERHOFF IS THE EPITOME OF A LEADER OF THE PACK. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF VOLUNTEERING ALONGSIDE HER AT BOTH OAK POINT ELEMENTARY AND LAKEWOOD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY, AND I CAN ATTEST TO JUST WHAT AN ASSET MISS VANDERHOFF IS, NOT ONLY TO OUR CAMPUS, BUT TO LEISD AS A WHOLE. SHE WORKS TIRELESSLY ON SO MANY FACETS OF THE SCHOOL, FROM PURCHASE ORDERS AND FUNDRAISERS TO PARTIES AND PARADE FLOATS, INVESTIGATING STRANGE SMELLS [LAUGHTER] AND FAULTY THERMOSTATS, AND HAVING THE ANSWERS TO NEARLY EVERY QUESTION AND ORGANIZING AND KNOWING EXACTLY WHERE EVERYTHING IS. AND, SHE ALL DOES IT WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE. I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL THAT MISS VANDERHOFF CAME TO OUR LAKEWOOD VILLAGE CAMPUS TO HELP GET IT SET UP BECAUSE SHE IS THE PERFECT PERSON TO GET THE JOB DONE. >> HEY, CHRISTY. DO YOU HAVE ANY MAGNETS? >> YES, THEY ARE IN THE STORAGE. >> WHY DIDN'T I LOOK THERE? >> CHRISTY, I FOUND THE MAGNETS BUT NOW I NEED MY LANYARD. WHERE CAN FIND LANYARD? >> THOSE HAVE BEEN IN THE OTHER STORAGE ROOM. >> OH, GOOD. CHRISTY, YOU KNOW WHAT I REALLY NEED? I NEED A GIANT INFLATABLE APPLE THAT WELCOMES TEACHERS BACK TO SCHOOL. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? >> OF COURSE, WE DO. >> CHRISTY, YOU HAVE EVERYTHING. >> HEY, CHRISTY. YOU KNOW IT'S GETTING TIME FOR TEST, CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING] >> HEY, CHRISTY. >> I NEED STATE TESTING. >> HOW CAN I HELP EACH ONE OF YOU AGAIN? WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? >> HEY, DO WE HAVE ANY MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO GO TO THE ROCKIN' REVIEW LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE? >> OH, I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK CHRISTY. >> SO I HONESTLY CANNOT THINK OF A PERSON MORE DESERVING OF RECEIVING THIS AWARD THAN CHRISTY. ANYONE WHO KNOWS HER KNOWS HOW DEDICATED SHE IS TO LITTLE ELM ISD. SHE IS MY RIGHT HAND PERSON. I CANNOT IMAGINE OPENING THIS BUILDING AND WORKING WITHOUT HER. WE HAVE A JOKE THAT WHERE SHE GOES, I GO AND WHERE I GO SHE GOES. SHE IS EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE. SHE TRULY IS THE HEART OF THIS CAMPUS, THE HEART OF THIS DISTRICT, AND SHE IS JUST THE MOST AMAZING PERSON. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT HER. I LOVE HER DEARLY, AND I'M SO PROUD OF HER, AND SHE IS DEFINITELY DESERVING OF THIS AWARD, AND I CANNOT WAIT TO CELEBRATE HER TONIGHT. [00:15:03] >> IF YOU'LL JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING CHRISTY VANDERHOFF, OUR SECOND LEADER OF THE PACK. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. SO CHRISTY VANDERHOFF HAS BEEN IN LITTLE ELM ISD FOR 17 YEARS. SHE'S JUST RECENTLY, AS YOU HEARD, OPENED UP OUR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LAKEWOOD VILLAGE. THE THINGS THAT SHE LOVES ABOUT HER JOB, SHE LOVES COMING TO WORK WITH HER FAMILY. SHE GENERALLY CARES ABOUT HER CO-WORKERS AND THE STUDENTS. WHEN SHE'S NOT WORKING, IN HER PASTIME, SHE GOES CAMPING AND HANGS OUT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND SHE LOVES GOING TO DALLAS STARS GAMES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS VANDERHOFF FOR THE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION YOU SHOW OUR DISTRICT EVERY DAY. [APPLAUSE] >> MOVING ALONG, MR. BARTLETT, YOU HAVE OUR STUDENTS OF THE MONTH. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WATKINS, SCHOOL BOARD, MR. LAMB. PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS, WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE OUR KIDDOS AT THIS TIME, AND SO WE WILL CALL EACH PRINCIPAL UP AND THEY WILL HONOR YOUR CHILD, AND WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO COME UP AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM AT THAT TIME. WE'LL START WITH ZELLERS AND MR. HIGGINBOTHAM. >> OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH IS MELVIN ATTA, AND MELVIN AND FAMILY, COME ON UP. MS. CARLINO, HIS TEACHER, IS GOING TO SAY SOME THINGS ABOUT HIM. [APPLAUSE] >> YOU DID GREAT. [BACKGROUND] >> CONGRATULATIONS. YOU GOT YOUR TROPHY. YOU DID GOOD. >> EVERYBODY. THIS IS MELVIN. MELVIN WAS CHOSEN AS OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY 2026. WHILE HE MIGHT NOT TALK A LOT IN CLASS, MELVIN IS FRIENDLY AND HE MAKES SURE TO KEEP HIS BODY SAFE WHEN HE PLAYS WITH OTHERS. HE SHOWS HOW TO BE POLITE BY RAISING HIS HAND AND WAITING HIS TURN. HE USES HIS WORDS TO COMMUNICATE HOW HE FEELS. HE TAKES CARE OF OUR CLASSROOM WHEN IT'S TIME TO CLEAN UP. HE IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF BEING SAFE AND IN CONTROL OF HIS BODY AND HIS WORDS. NO WONDER WHEN WE HAD OUR VOTING IN NOVEMBER, MELVIN WAS VOTED AS OUR CLASS PRESIDENT. CONGRATULATIONS, MELVIN. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, MELVIN. THANK YOU, MS. CARLINO. NEXT UP IS BRENT AND MS. KUSTER. >> THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME CARLOS LOPEZ AND HIS FAMILY ON UP. LET'S CHEER FOR CARLOS. [APPLAUSE] COME UP HERE AND SAM, LET ME TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT YOU. CARLOS WAS NOMINATED BY HIS TEACHER AND ALL THE FIRST GRADE TEACHERS. CARLOS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LOBO LEADER. NOT ONLY IS HE A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL, BUT HE STAYS FOCUSED ON HIS WORK. HE SHOWS ENTHUSIASM FOR LEARNING NEW THINGS, AND ALWAYS STRIVES TO IMPROVE. HE IS KIND AND HELPFUL TO ALL STUDENTS, AND SHOWS RESPECT TO BOTH CLASSMATES AND ADULTS. HE IS WELL-BEHAVED IN ALL SETTINGS, INCLUDING THE CLASSROOM, THE HALLWAYS, SPECIALS, AND LOBO TIME. THAT'S WHY THE FIRST GRADE TEAM PROUDLY CHOOSES CARLOS LOPEZ AS THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH. [APPLAUSE] [00:20:11] >> OLIVER, YOU WANT TO COME ON DOWN? CHAVEZ IS HONORING MR. OLIVER ROMERO TODAY AS A SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT OF THE MONTH. [APPLAUSE] OLIVER CONSISTENTLY SHOWS ENTHUSIASM FOR LEARNING AND DEMONSTRATES A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS SCHOOL. OLIVER WORKS HARD IN CLASS AND TAKES PRIDE IN HIS WORK EACH DAY. HE GETS ALONG WELL WITH HIS CLASSMATES AND SHOWS KINDNESS TO OTHERS. OLIVER IS HARDWORKING AND CURIOUS AND IS WELL ON THE PATH TO A BRIGHT FUTURE. >> CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, CARLOS. NEXT UP, WE HAVE HACKBERRY, MRS. GOOCH, AND MR. MENEZES. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING BOARD, AND HAPPY BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. OUR STUDENT FROM HACKBERRY THIS MONTH IS JOSSLYN. BRADY JOSSLYN AND FAMILY COME ON DOWN. [APPLAUSE] JOSSLYN TRULY EXHIBITS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HACKBERRY LOBO. WE'RE SUPER OF HER. I'M GOING TO LET HER TEACHER, MRS. GOOCH SAY SOME THINGS ABOUT HER. >> GOOD EVENING. JOSSLYN IS ONE OF MY STUDENTS THAT WHEN I NEED VALIDATION, THAT I'M DOING MY JOB AS A TEACHER, I LOOK AT HER BECAUSE SHE IS JUST ALWAYS THAT YOU SCAN IN THE ROOM, AND 10 TIMES OF 10, SHE'S GOT HER EYES GLUED. SHE'S READY TO LEARN, SHE'S LISTENING, SHE'S ON TASK. SHE IS ONE THAT LEARNING TAKES WORK, AND SHE PUTS IN THE WORK ALL THE TIME. DAY IN AND DAY OUT, SHE'S THE FIRST ONE AT MY TABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS IF SHE HAS THEM, AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF THE GROWTH THAT SHE'S SHOWN THIS YEAR AND JUST HOW AWESOME SHE IS EVERY DAY. >> CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> MR. REZA. >> I WAS READY TO GO. THAT'S HOW WE ROLL. COME ON DOWN. MY FOURTH GRADE TEAM IS COMING ALONG WITH ME. DAVID KERNAN, COME ON DOWN WITH YOUR FAMILY. DAVID, COME ON DOWN. [APPLAUSE] OUR WHOLE FOURTH GRADE TEAM HAD TO BE HERE FOR DAVID BECAUSE DAVID IS A VERY KIND, MOTIVATED LEARNER WHO CONSISTENTLY PUTS FORTH HIS BEST EFFORT IN EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES. ACADEMICALLY, HE DEMONSTRATES A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF CONCEPTS, COMPLETES HIS WORK WITH CARE, AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN HIS DISCUSSIONS. HE IS BRIGHT AND ENGAGED STUDENT, WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS POSITIVELY ENHANCES THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. SOCIALLY, DAVID IS RESPECTFUL, COOPERATIVE, AND SUPPORTIVE OF HIS PEERS. HE'S AN AWESOME FRIEND WHO SHOWS EMPATHY, WORKS WELL WITH OTHERS, AND CAN BE RELIED UPON TO SHOW UP FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY NEED HIM. YOUR SUPERINTENDENT, SUPERSTAR, STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR LAKEVIEW, DAVID KERNAN. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, DAVID. [APPLAUSE] LAKEWOOD VILLAGE. [00:25:05] >> TURNER AND YOUR FAMILY, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP? WE'RE RECOGNIZING TURNER PAVARA FROM LAKEWOOD VILLAGE. HE IS A FIRST GRADER. [APPLAUSE] >> HOW ARE YOU? >> I AM GOING TO READ WHAT HIS TEACHERS. CARVER SAYS ABOUT TURNER. SHE SAYS THAT HE IS SUCH A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM. HE ARRIVES EVERY DAY WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE, READY TO BEGIN THE DAY IN A POSITIVE MOOD. HE IS A TRUE ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER STUDENTS, COMPLETING TASKS WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, AND A WILLINGNESS TO TRY AGAIN AND LEARN FROM HIS MISTAKES. HE IS A GOOD LISTENER, POLITE TO OTHERS, AND ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP WHEN NEEDED. HE BRINGS CREATIVITY AND A JOYFUL SENSE OF HUMOR TO OUR CLASSROOM. AS A MEMBER OF THE [INAUDIBLE] HOUSE, HE ALWAYS SHOWS KINDNESS AND IS A PICTURE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HIS HOUSE. WE ARE SO GLAD THAT HE JOINED US AT LAKEWOOD VILLAGE THIS YEAR. [APPLAUSE] >> DR. WHITE, OAK POINT. >> OAK POINT WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOPHIA PIERCE. COME ON UP SOPHIA. SHE'S A KINDERGARTEN STUDENT IN OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM. HER TEACHER MS. MASHBURN NOMINATED YOU NOT ONCE BUT TWICE ACTUALLY, ONCE LAST MONTH TOO. [APPLAUSE] I THINK YOUR TEACHER WAS TELLING ME SOMETHING. DO YOU WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOUR TEACHER SAID ABOUT YOU? WHY SHE NOMINATED YOU? YES. THIS IS WHAT MS. MASHBURN SAID. SOPHIA DESERVES A SUPERINTENDENT STAR RECOGNITION BECAUSE SHE IS CONSISTENTLY FRIENDLY, KIND, AND WELCOMING OF EVERYONE AROUND HER. SHE ALWAYS TRIES HER VERY BEST, APPROACHES CHALLENGES WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, AND ENCOURAGES HER CLASSMATES WITH HER GENTLE, UPBEAT SPIRIT. HER KINDNESS AND EFFORT BRIGHTEN OUR CLASSROOM EVERY DAY, MAKING HER A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS. CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB. [APPLAUSE] >> MS. ALLEN AND MS. GRAYSON. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M JAMEY ALLEN. I'M THE PRINCIPAL AT PRESTWICK. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> YES. HE'S VERY FANCY TONIGHT. >> I LIKE HIM. >> THIS IS MICHAEL MELIA. HE'S A FIRST GRADER AT PRESTWICK ELEMENTARY. HE JUST CAME FROM TALENT SHOW REHEARSAL, AND HE'S ALSO VOLUNTEERED TO BE A BACKUP DANCER AT LIP SYNC BATTLE AT THE END OF THE MONTH. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> YES. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, MICHAEL SHOWS A TRUE LOVE FOR SCHOOL AND COMES TO CLASS EVERY DAY EXCITED TO LEARN AND TRY NEW THINGS. HE'S CONFIDENT AND CREATIVE, WORKS WELL AS A COLLABORATOR WITH CLASSMATES, AND ALWAYS ACTS RESPONSIBLY BY DOING HIS BEST AND HELPING OTHERS. HIS ADAPTABLE ATTITUDE AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE MAKE HIM A JOY TO TEACH AND A WONDERFUL ROLE MODEL FOR OUR SCHOOL FAMILY, AND A TRUE PORTRAIT OF A LOBO. CONGRATULATIONS, MICHAEL. >> GOOD JOB MICHAEL. >> GOOD JOB BUDDY. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, MICHAEL. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES AND START WITH MR. BUSH AT STRIKE. >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US. MY NAME IS BILL BUSH. I'M THE PRINCIPAL FOR STRIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. I AM VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR THIS MONTH, MICAH [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] WE [00:30:02] HAVE A COUPLE OF TEACHERS WHO HAD GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT MICAH. WE HAVE MS. ROBERSON, WHO IS ACTUALLY HIS SEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER. SHE SAID, "I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TEACHING MICAH IN MY SEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH CLASS LAST YEAR. HE WAS AN ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPANT IN CLASS DISCUSSIONS, AND CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTED HIS CLASSMATES. MICAH CONTRIBUTED THOUGHTFUL INSIGHTS THAT ENRICHED OUR CONVERSATIONS. HE WAS ALWAYS FRIENDLY, APPROACHABLE, AND MAINTAINED A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. HIS EAGERNESS TO LEARN WAS EVIDENT, AS HE REGULARLY SOUGHT CLARIFICATION AND ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE HE MASTERED EACH SKILL. MICAH DEMONSTRATED A STRONG COMMITMENT TO PERSONAL GROWTH AND EXCELLENCE IN EVERYTHING HE PURSUED." THEN COACH HAMILTON, HIS ALGEBRA 1 TEACHER THIS YEAR, "MICAH DEMONSTRATES RESPECT TOWARDS CLASSMATES AND TEACHERS BY LISTENING ATTENTIVELY AND FOLLOWING ALL EXPECTATIONS. HE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP OTHERS, WHETHER IT'S ASSISTING A PEER WHO NEEDS A CLARIFICATION, OR SUPPORTING GROUP WORK IN A POSITIVE WAY. IN CLASS, MICAH ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES BY VOLUNTEERING ANSWERS, ASKING THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS, AND STAYING ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS. HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE, SENSE OF HUMOR, AND STRONG WORK ETHIC CONTRIBUTE TO A WELCOMING AND PRODUCTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE. I'M SO THANKFUL HE WAS CHOSEN. ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT CAN FLY UNDER THE RADAR BECAUSE THEY DON'T EVER CAUSE TROUBLE BUT DESERVE THE RECOGNITION. IT IS AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE MICAH TODAY FOR TRULY EMBODYING THE PORTRAIT OF A LOBO. MICAH STANDS OUT AS AN EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNICATOR, KNOWN FOR BEING EXPRESSIVE PARTICIPANT WHO ALSO LISTENS DEEPLY TO UNDERSTAND HIS PEERS. HE IS A DEDICATED COLLABORATOR WHO CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTS HIS CLASSMATES AND WORKS TOWARDS SHARING GOALS WITH A FRIENDLY, APPROACHABLE ATTITUDE. THROUGH HIS CRITICAL THINKING AND CURIOSITY, HE DEMONSTRATES A CONSTANT COMMITMENT TO PERSONAL GROWTH AND MASTERING NEW SKILLS. MICAH'S RESPONSIBILITY AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE MAKE HIM A RELIABLE AND EMPATHETIC LEADER, SOMEONE WHO MIGHT FLY UNDER THE RADAR BECAUSE OF HIS HUMILITY, BUT WHOSE WORK ETHIC AND POSITIVE IMPACTS SET A STANDARD FOR OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. MICAH IS CURRENTLY IN SPANISH 1, HONORS ENGLISH, HONORS US HISTORY, HONORS BAND, PRE-ALGEBRA, PHYSICS, AND ATHLETICS. MICAH IS ALSO A MEMBER OF OUR NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY, AND WAS IN OUR A HONOR ROLE FOR QUARTER 1 AND QUARTER 2. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE MICAH TONIGHT. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD JOB. >> I'LL LET YOU HOLD THIS. [LAUGHTER]. >> CONGRATULATIONS. [LAUGHTER] >> THERE YOU GO. [BACKGROUND] >> MISS BROWN. >> THANK YOU. THIS EVENING, WE ARE RECOGNIZING ISAAC SHAYARI AS THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH FROM WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] MR. PIERRE, ONE OF OUR LIFE SKILLS TEACHERS PROUDLY NOMINATED ISAAC FOR STUDENT OF THE MONTH. ISAAC TRULY EXEMPLIFIES THE WALKER MINDSET, DEMONSTRATING EXCELLENCE, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, AND COMPASSION EVERY DAY. DURING THIRD PERIOD, ISAAC SERVES AS A DEDICATED PE PAL, CONSISTENTLY ENGAGING WITH AND SUPPORTING HIS PARTNER THROUGHOUT EVERY ACTIVITY. HIS PATIENCE, KINDNESS, AND GENUINE CARE DO NOT GO UNNOTICED. IN FACT, HIS PE PALS LOOK FORWARD TO CLASS BECAUSE OF THE POSITIVE CONNECTIONS THAT ISAAC CREATES. ISAAC'S COMMITMENT EXTENDS BEYOND CHARACTER. HE'S ALSO A HARD WORKING AND MOTIVATED STUDENT. ON HIS MOST RECENT MAP ASSESSMENT, ISAAC SHOWED REMARKABLE ACADEMIC GROWTH, MOVING FROM MEETS TO MASTERS IN READING. ISAAC, YOUR LEADERSHIP, COMPASSION, AND DETERMINATION MAKES SCHOOL AND OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER. CONGRATULATIONS WELL DESERVED. [APPLAUSE] >> MISS BROWN, DO WE NOT HAVE RULES AGAINST THIS? [00:35:01] >> I AM THE BIGGEST RULE FOLLOWER. OUR FIRST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OF THE MONTH IS SENIOR CARLY SMITH. CARLY, WILL YOU AND MOM COME ON DOWN AND JOIN US? [APPLAUSE] COACH [INAUDIBLE] STATES THAT CARLY CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES A STRONG WORK ETHIC AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN CLASS. SHE APPROACHES EACH DAY, PREPARED AND COMMITTED TO DOING THEIR THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. IN ADDITION TO HER PERFORMANCE, HER BRIGHT PERSONALITY AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE MADE HER AND HER CLASSMATES AN ABSOLUTE JOY TO HAVING CLASS. SHE IS A STUDENT, I'LL REMEMBER LONG AFTER SHE GRADUATES THIS MAY. I BELIEVE CARLY REPRESENTS LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL WITH PRIDE, INTEGRITY, AND DETERMINATION. MISS LEWIS ADDED, CARLY, YOUR DEDICATION, POSITIVITY, AND EFFORT, INSPIRE OTHERS. CONTINUE TO PUT ACADEMICS FIRST WHILE KEEPING IT FUN. KEEP SHINING AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. FINALLY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD FOR YOU TO KNOW ABOUT CARLY IS THAT SHE CONSISTENTLY SHOWS UP AS A LEADER IN OUR STUDENT SECTION FOR VARIOUS LOBO SPORTING EVENTS, BOTH HOME AND AWAY. SHE MODELS A HIGH LEVEL OF PRIDE IN LITTLE ELM HIGH SCHOOL, BOTH IN THE STANDS AND IN THE WAY SHE HANDLES HERSELF AND INTERACTS WITH OTHERS IN OUR HALLS AND CLASSROOMS. IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT CARLY HAS CONSISTENTLY HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF POSITIVE MANGA POINTS AMONG OUR MORE THAN 2000 STUDENTS. SHE EXEMPLIFIES THE PORTRAIT OF A LOBO CHARACTERISTICS OF CONFIDENCE, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, AND RESPONSIBILITY, AND I AM PROUD TO HONOR HER TONIGHT. [APPLAUSE] >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT STUDENT OF THE MONTH IS SI [INAUDIBLE]. COME ON UP, SI AND FAMILY. SI IS VERY INVOLVED ON OUR CAMPUS AS A FANTASTIC STUDENT AND LEADER IN MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS. MR. ST. JOHN STATES THAT SI HELPS HIS PEERS EVERY DAY IN CLASS WITH THEIR CODING. HE SAID LAST WEEK, I WAS OUT AND THE SUB LEFT A NOTE AND MENTIONED SI IN IT. SHE SAID SI HELPED SEVERAL PEERS EVEN WHEN HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT ANYONE ELSE WAS PAYING ATTENTION. HE IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE TSA CLUB AND WORKS TIRELESSLY TO MAKE THE CLUB BETTER AND BETTER. MISS GENTRY ADDED, SI TAKES HIS POSITION WITH DECA SERIOUSLY. HE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MEET THE STUDENTS TO HELP COACH THEM FOR COMPETITION. HE'S A VERY HARD WORKER WITH GREAT ATTITUDE, AND I MIGHT MENTION HERE THAT WE HAD A NUMBER OF DECA STUDENTS ADVANCED TO STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS AND SI WAS A BIG PART OF THAT. SO CONGRATULATIONS. SI MODELS THE PORTRAIT OF A LOBO CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONSIBILITY, CREATIVITY, AND COLLABORATION. THANK YOU FOR THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. [BACKGROUND] >> THERE'S A SPECIAL PRIZE IF YOU KNOW IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. [00:40:21] >> OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS THE REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT MR. LAMB, [ 8. Reports of the Superintendent] YOU ARE UP WITH OUR TAPER REPORT. >> I THINK IT'S GOING TO SHOW UP ON SCREEN. IT'S AWFUL SMALL. HELLO, BOARD. GOOD EVENING. I THINK YOU'RE ACCUSTOMED TO ME AT THIS POINT SHARING THIS INFORMATION. I'VE TYPICALLY ON A EVALUATION, I SHARED THIS AS A PART OF THE EVALUATION, BUT DECIDED THIS YEAR MIGHT BE BETTER TO DO IT OUT AND TALK TO EVERYBODY ABOUT IT. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THREE YEARS WORTH OF SOME DATA THAT OUR SCHOOL PRODUCES. THIS PARTICULAR REPORT COMES OUT EVERY DECEMBER. WE JUST GOT IT THE OTHER DAY. IT'S A REFLECTION OF A COMPLETED YEAR LAST YEAR. THIS HAS NO INFORMATION, SAY FROM AUGUST TILL NOW. IT'S ALL ABOUT A COMPLETED LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THE YEAR BEFORE, COMPARED TO THE YEAR BEFORE. WE TRACK A FEW THINGS. WE TRACK A FEW GOALS TO BE A DESTINATION DISTRICT. WE TALK ABOUT TEACHER TURNOVER RATE, WE TALK ABOUT TEACHER PAY, WE TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS. THIS IS THE PLACE WE END UP TRACKING THAT. OUTSIDE OF A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY GOAL ORIENTED, A LOT OF IT IS JUST INFORMATION. NOW, I WILL TELL YOU, WE GET A TAPER REPORT AND I CAN GIVE YOU THE LINK. YOU CAN GO GET IT. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE TAPER REPORT THAT IS MORE THAN WE REALLY NEED. THIS IS A PULLING OF THE BEST INFORMATION FOR US TO LOOK. IT'S BEEN PULLED FROM THAT REPORT, AGAIN, THAT CAME OUT IN DECEMBER. JUST GOING DOWN. THE FIRST THING YOU'LL NOTICE IS, OF COURSE, IN THE BRIGHT BLUE IS OUR STUDENT COUNT, AND YES, WE ARE DECLINING IN ENROLLMENT. WE KNOW THAT. TWO YEARS AGO, IN 2022, 2023, WE WERE 8,351. THAT HAPPENS TO BE OUR PEAK YEAR. THAT'S THE LARGEST WE'VE BEEN. SINCE THEN, AGAIN, ON THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, WE'VE DROPPED TO THE 8,200 TO THE 7,900 AND NEXT YEARS WILL BE ANOTHER DROP. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT CURRENTLY. YES, WE'RE DECLINING ENROLLMENT, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS. THAT DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN, IF WE HAD A DRASTIC CHANGE IN SOMETHING, WE WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO KNOW THAT. BUT IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THERE AT THE PERCENTAGES, WE'RE ROUGHLY 20% AFRICAN AMERICAN, ALMOST 40% HISPANIC, RIGHT AT 30% WHITE, AND THEN YOU MOVE TOO FAR TO THE LEFT. AMERICAN INDIAN, ASIAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER AND TWO OR MORE ARE ALL WITHIN A 10 GROUPING OF ITSELF. IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THERE, NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN ANY PLACE DRASTICALLY. IF WE HAD SOME SITUATION CHANGE THERE, WE WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO KNOW IT. WE'D WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST WHATEVER WE NEED TO ADJUST FOR THAT. THE NEXT LITTLE SECTION, THE UN-ORANGE SECTION, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PLAYS A PART IN A LOT OF THE THINGS WE DO. AGAIN, ACROSS THERE, YOU SEE THE 48, THE 49, THE 45, WE HOVER IN THAT 45-50 RANGE ALWAYS. NOT A LOT OF CHANGE THERE. THEN YOU CAN LOOK DOWN THROUGH THERE, 5 OR 4 PEOPLE HAS CHANGED BECAUSE THAT WENT FROM ACTUALLY, I'M ABOUT TO SAY THAT WRONG. IT DROPPED TO FIVE BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THE CODING ON. TELL ME. >> [INAUDIBLE] DYSLEXIA STUDENTS MOVED FROM BEING [INAUDIBLE]. >> DYSLEXIA STUDENTS HAVE MOVED FROM BEING UNDER 5 OR 4 TO SPECIAL ED. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE 625 DROP TO THE 546. EB STUDENTS, THE EMERGENT BILINGUAL IS RISING EVER SO SLIGHTLY. AGAIN, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KNOW OUR ENROLLMENTS DECLINING, BUT OUR BILINGUAL STUDENTS ARE INCREASING. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THOSE THINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT HAPPENING. AT RISK, CTE AND GT HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH OVER THE TIME. YOU MOVE INTO THAT SPECIAL ED SECTION AND THE YELLOW, THE 11, THE 13, THE 15 IS A SIGNIFICANT POINT OUT. OUR SPECIAL ED, WE HOVERED UNDER 10 FOR A LONG TIME, 10% SPECIAL ED IN OUR STUDENT POPULATION. MOST OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH SOME RESTRICTIONS WE HAD PUT ON OURSELVES. WHEN THE RESTRICTIONS WERE LIFTED, [00:45:01] THAT NUMBER IS STEADILY GOING UP. IF YOU LOOK A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT UNDER ED STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. GONE FROM 367 TO 458 TO 553. THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US? WELL, THAT MEANS MORE SPECIALIZED TEACHERS. THAT MEANS MORE ONE ON ONE TYPE SETTINGS. IT MEANS SOMETHING. THAT'S WHY IT'S GOOD TO LOOK AT THE DATA IS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE. THOSE NUMBERS JUST BELOW IT WITH THE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY GOING UP. WHILE OUR STUDENT POPULATION IS GOING DOWN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE PERCENTAGE GOING HIGHER. IT'S TWO THINGS. IT'S NOT JUST THE GROUP OF KIDS THAT'S INCREASING, IT'S ALSO DIVIDED BY A SMALLER NUMBER WHEN WE HAVE LESS KIDS. 15, I KEEP ASKING THE QUESTION IN DIFFERENT MEETINGS IN 6, 7 YEARS. DO WE THINK THAT NUMBER WILL BE HIGHER OR LOWER? WE CONTINUE TO SEEM TO INCREASE IN OUR SPECIAL ED POPULATION. THAT JUST AGAIN MEANS THINGS, SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS AND STUFF. WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY, 229, 250, 243, AUTISM HAS GONE UP FROM TWO YEARS AGO, 124-198. AGAIN, A VERY SPECIALIZED SCENARIO AND SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF. IF YOU LOOK AT THE STAFF, 983 OVER 1000 UP TO 1008. NOW THAT PURPLE NUMBER 92, WHEN THIS REPORT CAME OUT, THERE WAS A MISTAKE. THAT WAS A ONE, AND THERE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A ONE THERE. THAT ONE REALLY MESSED UP THAT WHOLE AREA. CHECKING WITH RPMS DIRECTOR, SHE SHOWED ME THE REPORT, SHE TURNED IN. SHE HAD 92 IN THERE. SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY THERE WAS A MISTYPING. WE'RE TOLD AT THIS POINT THEY WON'T CORRECT THIS FOR US. WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY WILL, BUT THAT SECTION IS A LITTLE BIT MESSED UP BECAUSE OF THAT, AND IT'S HARD REALLY FOR ME TO SPEAK TO. MOVING ON, WE DO LOOK AT OUR TOTAL MINORITY STAFF. IF YOU LOOK RIGHT UNDER THAT NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER TEACHER, 15.9, 15.6, AND 14.9. ON ONE HAND, LET ME BACK UP. I'M SORRY. BACK UP TO THE BLUE AND THE TEACHER CATEGORY. 522, 521, 537. WE HAVE INCREASED IN TEACHERS, WHICH MAY NOT MAKE SENSE WHEN WE'RE DECREASING IN ENROLLMENT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, AGAIN, THERE'S LOOKING AT A COMPARISON, SPECIALIZED TEACHERS, LOW NUMBERS, AS THE SPECIAL ED NUMBER GOES UP, THE SPECIALTY SITUATIONS TEND TO GO UP. IF YOU'LL LOOK DOWN THERE IN EDUCATIONAL AIDS, 80, 85, 92, THAT'S GOING UP AND THAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THE HIGHER NUMBERS, AND THAT TYPICALLY GOES UP AGAIN AS YOUR SPECIAL ED GOES UP BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE AIDS ARE BEING HELPFUL AND WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT THAT NUMBER PER TEACHER. AGAIN, WHEN YOU SEE THE BLUE, LET'S SAY 15.9 AND 22, 23, WHEN THE STATE AVERAGE IS 14.8, IT MEANS WE'RE SHOVING A FEW MORE KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM THAN MOST EVERYBODY ELSE. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD THING. IT IS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SAVE A LITTLE MONEY. 15.6 OVER 14.7, WELL, NOW WE'RE AT 14.9 AND 15. WE'RE UNDER. FROM AN ACADEMIC STANDPOINT, THAT'S A GOOD THING. FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, IT'S NOT SUCH A GOOD THING. BUT AGAIN, IT'S SO CLOSE TO BEING THE STATE AVERAGE, WE'RE RIGHT THERE. >> AVERAGE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FOR THE TEACHERS AND THEN THE AVERAGE YEARS WITH THE DISTRICT. THIS IS THE ONE. IT'S GONE FROM 4.8 TO FIVE TO 5.2. AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT CONSISTENCY, THEY'RE STAYING A LITTLE LONGER, NOT MUCH FROM 4.8 TO 5.2, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE A GOAL FOR IS THAT PEOPLE WILL STICK A LITTLE AROUND A LITTLE LONGER THAN SAY FIVE YEARS. WE'RE UNDER THAT SEVEN THAT IS THE STATE AVERAGE. WE WANT TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE. THE NEXT SECTION SHARES PAY, THIS PAY SECTION THERE. WE USE A LITTLE BIT TO JUDGE. AGAIN, IT IS A GOAL FOR US TO PAY COMPETITIVELY, TO PAY OUR TEACHERS WELL, BECAUSE THAT ORANGE IN THE MIDDLE IS THE DIFFERENCE IN US AND THE STATE AVERAGE. WE'VE BEEN CLOSE TO $1,500 ABOVE STATE AVERAGE. THIS PAST YEAR, WE WERE FIVE, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GIVE RAISES AND SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. THIS NEXT YEAR WILL GO UP CONSIDERABLY FOR THE WHOLE STATE BECAUSE OF THE LEGISLATIVE RAISES AND WHAT HAVE YOU. THERE'S SOME WEIRD STUFF IN THERE AND YOU'LL SEE IT AGAIN IN THE COUNT BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE YEARS I WAS COMING IN, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP PAYING ME, PAYING THE LAST PERSON. WE HAD SOME OVERLAP FROM ROSS. [00:50:02] SOME OF THAT MONEY IS INFLATED AND IT'LL LEVEL OUT AS WE GET FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. LOOKING AT THE BEGINNING TEACHER SITUATION IN THE 1-5, IT'S JUST CONSISTENT RIGHT THERE. ARE WE HIRING TOO MANY FIRST YEAR TEACHERS? THAT'S A THING, REALLY, BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D WANT TO KNOW. WE'RE AT IN THAT 1-5 RANGE. WE'RE AT 27, WHERE THE STATE AVERAGE IS AT 28. IF YOU JUST LOOK, WE'VE BEEN AT 29-27, ACROSS THERE, WE'VE BEEN AT 24, 25 AT THE NEXT LEVEL. NOTHING'S REALLY OUT OF WHACK IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT. 30 PLUS TEACHERS, YOU SEE WE WENT 357. THAT EITHER MEANS AS SOME VACANCIES CAME OPEN, WE HIRED A COUPLE OF MORE EACH YEAR OR SOME OF OUR TEACHERS THAT WE'VE HAD MOVED FROM, SAY, 29 TO 30, AND THAT'S WHERE THE FIVE AND THE SEVEN CAME FROM. NOTHING ALARMING THERE. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IN THAT, EVERYTHING MATCHES THE STATE AVERAGE IN THE YEAR BEFORE. THAT LAST LINE, INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF PERCENT, CLEARLY BEING AT THE 65%, WE WANT TO FEEL LIKE AND KNOW THE MAJORITY OF OUR PERSONNEL IS GOING TO INSTRUCTION, AND THAT 65%, NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT THE STATE AVERAGE SHOWS US THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE NORM. TURNOVER RATE HAS BEEN 26, 25, AND IS NOW 19. THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONE NUMBER ON HERE WE'RE THE MOST PROUD OF AS FAR AS THAT'S BEEN ONE OF OUR BIG GOALS. IT'S BEEN ONE OF OUR TOP FIVE GOALS THE LAST FEW YEARS IS TO CUT DOWN ON THE TURNOVER RATE. THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS THERE AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THE LAST PAGE OR THE FLIP OVER STUDENTS BY ENROLLMENT TEACHERS IN PROGRAM. AGAIN, WE JUST LOOK FOR SOME THINGS LIKE CTE, 82% OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IN CTE AND THEN 81 AND 81. THAT'S A PLACE WE WANT TO STAY CONSISTENT. WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO SEE A DROP THERE. GIFTED AND TALENTED IS A 789, SO WE'VE INCREASED OUR GT JUST A LITTLE BIT. I TELL YOU, YOU PROBABLY WON'T EVER SEE THAT GO MUCH HIGHER THAN 10. I THINK THAT HAS MORE TO DO WITH THE ALLOTMENT THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE TO SPEND ON THAT THAN ANYTHING, BUT THAT HAS GONE UP. THEN AGAIN, OUR SPECIAL ED NUMBERS HAVE GONE. YOU SEE THAT 907, 01,065 AND THEN 1,223. YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE THE SAME TRENDS IN THE TEACHER BY POPULATION. ONE THING OF, I GUESS, SIGNIFICANCE, WE HAD 22 BILINGUAL TEACHERS TWO YEARS AGO AND WE CUT THAT IN HALF TO 12. IT WAS REALLY JUST A WAY THAT WE LABELED THEM THAT CHANGED THAT. BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING FOR. ARE WE DOING THIS WORK? DO WE END UP HAVING MORE SPECIAL ED KIDS WITH LESS TEACHERS? THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE JUST LOOK FOR ANY IMBALANCE THAT WOULD SLIP US OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S DATA THAT COMES OUT IN DECEMBER. IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT. TRY TO BRING IT TO YOU IN JANUARY, BUT THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL. ANY QUESTIONS? >> YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE NOW MOVING INTO THE ACTION ITEMS, [ 9. Action Items] AND WITH BOARD PERMISSION, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEM F, THE APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT THIS YEAR UP TO OUR FIRST ITEM SO THAT OUR AUDITOR CAN GO ON TO HIS NEXT CLIENT. >> BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I APPRECIATE. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE '24/'25 SCHOOL YEAR. BEFORE MR. TOWN COMES UP AND TALKS TO US TONIGHT, AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED IN A 95-PAGE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, THERE'S A LOT OF GOING BACK AND FORTH AND TICKING AND TIE IN NUMBERS. THERE WAS ONE ISSUE THAT CAME UP THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET CORRECTED IN THE BOARD BOOK BEFORE SUBMISSION DATE. I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT. BASICALLY, IT STEMS DOWN TO WE HAD AN ARBITRAGE INTEREST PAYMENT IN '24/'25, AND JUST A REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC ARBITRAGE PAYMENTS ARE WHEN WE ISSUE BONDS TO THE PUBLIC FOR INVESTMENT. WE ARE ALLOWED TO INVEST THE PROCEEDS OF THAT BONDS FOR THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE NOT USING IMMEDIATELY, LIKE A TWO-YEAR PROJECT FOR A SCHOOL, THAT SORT OF THING. [00:55:04] THERE'S A MATH TO IT, BUT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY CAPPED AT THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST WE CAN EARN ON THOSE INVESTMENTS. FOR THE FIRST TIME AND FOREVER, THESE BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED IN '22/'23, WE'RE FINALLY GETTING TO AN INTEREST MARKET WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY HIT THAT CAP BECAUSE IT WAS ROUGHLY 0%, ALMOST 2% INTEREST FOR YEARS AND YEARS, AND WE NEVER COULD EVER REACH THAT POINT. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE AN ARBITRAGE PAYMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE MAXIMIZED THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST THAT WE ARE ABLE TO EARN FOR THOSE BONDS. WE'RE GETTING THE MOST WE CAN OUT OF THEM WHILE STILL ADHERING TO THE GUIDELINES IN THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT. BUT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON PAGE 22 OF THE AFR, THERE'S A LINE FOR BOND ISSUANCE COSTS AND FEES. IT'S FOR 72,000, THAT $66,009 FOREST ARBITRAGE PAYMENT IS LISTED IN THAT, AND THE CORRECTED VERSION, IT'S PUT IN A LINE ABOVE IT FOR INTEREST ON LONG TERM LIABILITIES. IT'S UP IN THEIR EXPENSE. THAT SHOWS UP ON PAGE 22 IN C3, AND ON PAGE 83 FOR J3 JOURNAL TO SAME ISSUE, THE FLIP FLOP AND CATEGORIES EXHIBITS. IT'S NEW. WE HAVEN'T HAD ARBITRAGE PAYMENTS BEFORE, SO IT'S NICE TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT. THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME FOR A LITTLE BIT. LET'S CALL DAN TON. HE'S A PARTNER WITH OUR AUDIT FIRM TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. >> GOOD EVENING. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE AUDIT. I'M DAN TON WITH THE FIRM. YOU CAN SEE. ANOTHER ONE OF OUR AUDIT WHO'S ACTUALLY LED THE AUDIT AND PRODUCED THIS REPORT ALONG WITH THE STAFF IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. SHE IS AT ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT. SHE HAD TWO BOARD MEETINGS AT THE SAME NIGHT AND THE SAME TIME. A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN COVER TWO ON ONE NIGHT IF THE TIMES ARE NOT EXACT, BUT I THINK I GOT THE BETTER DEAL BECAUSE SHE'S IN PRINCETON ESPECIALLY SINCE I LIVE IN AUBREY. BUT I'VE GONE OVER THE REPORT WITH HER AND THE AUDIT WENT VERY WELL. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS DURING THE AUDIT. THE FINANCE STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB OF GETTING US ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I THINK THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO BE IN VERY GOOD FINANCIAL CONDITION. WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS AS WE LOOK THROUGH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. A LOT OF DISTRICTS, LITTLE ELM INCLUDED HAS GONE THROUGH A TRANSITION THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS THE HUGE AMOUNTS OF COVID FEDERAL GRANTS WENT AWAY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY, AND SO EVERYONE'S HAD TO ADJUST THEIR BUDGETS AND I THINK LITTLE ELM'S DONE A GOOD JOB OF DOING THAT. I WANT TO START ON PAGE 5. THIS IS OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON PAGE 5 AND 6. THE REPORT IS WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS AN UNMODIFIED REPORT. IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF REPORT THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE AS A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. THE TERM UNMODIFIED SIMPLY REFERS TO THE FACT THAT NO MODIFICATIONS WERE NECESSARY TO THE STANDARD AUDITOR'S REPORT THAT'S PRODUCED IN OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. THERE'S NO FINDINGS, THERE'S NO COMPLIANCE ISSUES. IT'S AN EXCELLENT REPORT. THE NEXT PART OF THE AUDIT DEALS WITH MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS IN GREAT DETAIL BECAUSE MOST OF THIS INFORMATION IS GLEANED FROM THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT. I WOULD POINT OUT ON PAGES 9 AND 10, [01:00:02] THERE ARE SOME COMPARATIVE NUMBERS. THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THEMSELVES ARE NOT COMPARATIVE. THEY JUST PRESENT ONE YEAR. BUT THIS SHOWS YOU 25 COMPARED TO 24, THE TABLE 1 IS NET POSITION WHICH IS BASICALLY ASSETS MINUS LIABILITIES. YOUR NET POSITION DID INCREASE BY ABOUT $10 MILLION. THAT'S A POSITIVE. BOTH OF THESE TABLES, THE NEXT PAGE IS CHANGES IN NET POSITION. BOTH OF THESE TABLES ARE PRESENTED ON WHAT'S CALLED THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE BASIS. YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT ARE IN THE AUDIT. THE FIRST IS THE FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE REALLY MORE USED TO LOOKING AT WHERE EACH FUND IS PRESENTED, THE GENERAL FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, ETC. WHEREAS THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE TAKES ALL OF THOSE FUNDS AND CONSOLIDATES THEM TOGETHER. IT ADDS IN CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE NOT PRESENTED IN THE FUNDS, LIKE LONG TERM DEBT AND CAPITAL ASSETS. THIS IS MORE OF A CONSOLIDATED NUMBER. YOU CAN SEE ON PAGE 10 THAT YOUR REVENUES INCREASED RIGHT AT $1 MILLION. THE EXPENSES INCREASED TO ABOUT $6 MILLION. BUT BECAUSE OF REPAYMENT OF DEBT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, YOU ACTUALLY HAD AN INCREASE IN NET POSITION OF $10.2 MILLION. THERE WAS A SMALL PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT THAT WAS MADE FOR $352,000, THAT HAS TO DO WITH A NEW STANDARD THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD ISSUED THAT YOU WERE REQUIRED TO ADOPT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. IT HAD TO DO WITH MEASURING THE LIABILITY FOR COMPENSATED ABSENCES FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT'S PRIMARILY SICK LEAVE. THEY DID COME OUT WITH A NEW STANDARD. YOU HAVE ADOPTED THAT STANDARD, AND THE PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT WAS THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE BEGINNING COMPENSATED ABSENCE LIABILITY. THEN THE CHANGE IN THE LIABILITY FOR THE YEAR WAS PRESENTED IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER. THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STARTS ON PAGE 15. THESE ARE THE FIRST TWO OF THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE STATEMENTS THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT IN THOSE TABLES. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND MUCH TIME ON THOSE. YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, CAPITAL ASSETS ARE PRESENTED, AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, YOUR LONG TERM DEBT IS PRESENTED. IT ALSO INCLUDES YOUR LIABILITIES FOR PENSIONS AND FOR POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES. THOSE AFFECT YOUR NET POSITION BUT ARE NOT PRESENTED IN THE FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, START ON PAGE 18. WE PRESENT THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND AND CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND SEPARATELY AS MAJOR FUNDS, AND THEN ALL OF YOUR SMALLER GRANT FUNDS ARE PRESENTED TOGETHER UNDER THE OTHER FUNDS COLUMN. YOU GENERAL FUND ENDED THE YEAR AT $33.9 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE. YOU DEBT SERVICE FUND ENDED THE YEAR AT $42.2 MILLION. THIS IS THE NEXT TO THE BOTTOM LINE NUMBER, AND THEN YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND ENDED THE YEAR WITH $238 MILLION. THAT $238 MILLION INCLUDES $108 MILLION OF NEW DEBT THAT WAS ISSUED IN THE '25 FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S UNDER YOUR VOTER APPROVED BOND AUTHORIZATION. THAT 238 IS JUST REALLY UNSPENT BOND PROCEEDS THAT WILL FUND ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY EITHER BEING PLANNED OR CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. >> I THINK ALL OF YOUR FUND BALANCES ARE HEALTHY. YOUR GENERAL FUND HAS 27 MILLION OF UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SEVEN MILLION THAT THE BOARD HAS ASSIGNED FOR FUTURE CONSTRUCTION. BUT YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, WHICH HAS NO RESTRICTIONS ON IT, [01:05:03] OTHER THAN THE BUDGETARY CONTROL OF THE BOARD. REPRESENTS RIGHT AT 30% OF YOUR EXPENDITURES, SO THAT'S 3-4 MONTHS OF OPERATING EXPENSES, THAT'S CONSIDERED A HEALTHY AMOUNT. THOSE FINANCIAL ANALYSTS LOOK FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS AND YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. THE FOOTNOTES START ON PAGE 31, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE IN DETAIL. THEY JUST PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION TO ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, HAVE SOME OTHER INFORMATION. I'LL JUST POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES. ON PAGE 43 IS YOUR CAPITAL ASSET FOOTNOTE. YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU ADDED 7.4 MILLION IN BUILDINGS. THAT WAS ONE PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED. THE SECOND LINE OF THAT TABLE, YOU'VE STILL GOT 76 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS SO THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY BUT HAVE NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED, BUT THIS IS THE COST THAT YOU'VE SPENT ON THOSE TO DATE, AND THAT'S WHAT PART OF THAT CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND BALANCE WILL BE USED FOR. THE NEXT PAGE OR PAGE 45 IS DETAIL OF ALL YOUR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS AND OTHER FORMS OF DEBT. YOU CAN SEE THAT YOUR COMPENSATED ABSENCE HAS BEEN ADDED AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT TABLE AND IT ACTUALLY DECREASED BY ABOUT 28,000 IN THE CURRENT YEAR. THERE'S A COUPLE OF FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT NOTES, ONE ON THE PENSION PLAN, AND ONE ON THE POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PLAN, WHICH IS TRS CARES. THAT'S THE RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR MEMBERS OF TRS. THE LAST THING I WANT TO LOOK AT IS WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE FEDERAL AWARD SECTION. STARTS ON PAGE 85. THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL AUDITORS REPORTS RELATED TO THIS, ONE ON PAGE 86 AND ONE ON PAGE 88. THE FIRST ONE DEALS WITH YOUR GRANT PROGRAMS IN GENERAL, BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS, AND THE SECOND ONE DEALS WITH WHAT ARE REFERRED TO AS MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS UNDER THE FEDERAL RULES. CERTAIN FEDERAL PROGRAMS ARE REQUIRED TO BE AUDITED AS MAJOR, WHICH ALL OF THE GRANT PROGRAMS ARE AUDITED, BUT A MAJOR PROGRAM AUDIT INVOLVES SOME ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO, HAVING TO DO WITH FEDERAL COMPLIANCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT THE RULES ARE WRITTEN AND SUCH THAT ALL OF YOUR LARGE PROGRAMS, WHICH IS DEFINED AS MORE THAN 750,000 PER YEAR, HAVE TO BE AUDITED AS MAJOR ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS SO WE'VE FOLLOWED THAT ROTATION SCHEDULE PAGE 93 IS A SCHEDULE OF ALL YOUR FEDERAL AWARDS. THIS LIST EVERY GRANT THAT YOU RECEIVED. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TOTAL IS ABOUT 6.8 MILLION, AND THESE ARE ALL FEDERAL GRANTS. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE YOUR STATE GRANTS. THAT'S THE END OF WHAT I'M GOING TO GO OVER. I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE. >> WE'LL CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AUDIT? >> SO MOVED. >> I HEARD MR. OLSON MAKE A MOTION. MR. MONTEMO MADE THE SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AUDIT. RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> MS. WATKINS AND IT SHOULD BE AS PRESENTED. >> OH, AS PRESENTED. WE REQUEST THE APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE AND RAISE YOUR HAND. >> AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [01:10:01] >> WELL, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT AND ENJOY THE RELATIONSHIP A LOT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER ON THE ACTION ITEMS IS THE APPROVAL OF SUPERINTENDENT LAMB'S EVALUATION, AND I AM THE PRESENTER FOR THAT. I RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE THE EVALUATION OF MR. LAMB, AS WE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. I HOPE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT YET. YOU'RE BEING SALTY. >> LET ME GO BACK AND FORTH. >> I THINK WE NEED TO, LIKE, MAKING FUN OF BOLD PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EVALUATION. >> SO MOVE. >> SECOND. >> MR. BEAVER MADE THE MOTION. MR. BURTON MADE THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION. [BACKGROUND] OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU SLIDE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES AND YOUR EVALUATION IS APPROVED. OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS THE DISCUSSION OF THE 2020, WE'RE GOING TO MISS BROWN, WE HAVE CABINET LEVEL ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WATKINS, SUPERINTENDENT LAMB AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. EVERY JANUARY OF EVERY SINGLE YEAR, WE BRING TO YOU THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HIS SUPERINTENDENTS CABINET ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS. SO WITH THAT, THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF CABINET LEVEL ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. IS THERE A MOTION? >> SO MOVE. >> MR. OLSON MADE THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> I HEARD MR. FLORES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> NO. >> WE WILL CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE RAISING YOUR HAND. >> AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF HB3 BOARD GOALS AND MR. EVANS, YOU ARE UP. >> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WATKINS. BOARD MEMBERS, MR. LAMB. THE HOUSE BILL 3 BOARD GOALS ARE SET IN FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS AND IT IS TIME FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AND APPROVE THEM THROUGH THE YEAR 2030. THERE ARE THREE REQUIRED GOALS THAT WE WANT TO SET, EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY, WHICH IS THIRD GRADE READING THAT IS ALIGNED TO THE STAR, EARLY CHILDHOOD MATHEMATICS, WHICH IS MATH ALIGNED TO THE STAR, AND THEN CC AT THE THIRD GRADE LEVEL, AND THEN CCMR, WHICH IS BASED OFF OF HIGH SCHOOL STANDARDS FOR COLLEGE CAREER READINESS. THE CLOSING THE GAPS ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL SETS STANDARDS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE HOUSE BILL 3 GOALS. YOU'RE SETTING THE GOALS FOR 14 DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS, AND THESE 14 DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS ARE IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL. THEY'RE IN THE 2025 AND NOW THE 2026 MANUAL IS OUT. THE GOALS THAT WE ARE SETTING ARE GOING TO ALIGN WITH WHAT IS IN THIS MANUAL THROUGH 2027, BUT IN 28-32, THEY BECOME MORE RIGOROUS AND SO WE ARE SETTING THE GOALS TO BECOME MORE RIGOROUS IN THE 2028 SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN THE CCMR GOALS FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE REACHING THESE 28-32 GOALS, BUT THERE ARE SOME LONG TERM GOALS IN THE MANUAL THAT GO THROUGH 2037-2038 SO WE HAVE SET THOSE FOR CCMR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THE 28-38 RANGE SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST COMPLETELY BLOWING THOSE OUT OF THE WATER. THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING. NOW, THE SHEET THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ACTUALLY SAYS BY JUNE OF 2029. [01:15:02] I MESSED UP. I PUT SIX YEARS ON HERE BECAUSE 2025 IS OUR TRANSITION YEAR AS WE'RE CHANGING THIS TO MATCH WHAT'S IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL. WHEN WE APPROVE THIS, WE WANT TO APPROVE THE JUNE 20. THE NUMBERS GOING THROUGH 30 ARE ON YOUR DOCUMENTS AND THEY STAY THE SAME. I DID NOT GET THAT 29 CHANGE TO A 30 ON YOUR DOCUMENT. THESE ARE THE READING GOALS. CURRENTLY FOR THIS YEAR, WE WANT OVERALL AT 53%. WE MENTIONED 28, THAT GOAL, IT BECOMES 55%. IN READING, YOU SEE A LOT OF ONE POINT INCREASES TO PUT US IN LINE WITH THE MORE RIGOROUS GOALS OF 2028 THAT ARE SET IN THE TEA ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL. WHEN I CHANGED TO LOOK AT MATH, WE END UP IN THE OVERALL AND EACH OF THE 14 SUBCATEGORIES. WE END UP WITH A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING STEPS TO GET THERE. FROM 49% AS A GOAL IN '25 TO 53% FOR THIS YEAR, TRYING TO MOVE UP TO 58% IN 2028, WHICH IS TEA'S GOAL. THE TEA GOALS THAT ARE IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL ARE ALL BASED OFF OF THE MEETS PERCENTAGE ON THE STAR TEST. AS YOU'RE LOOKING, WHAT IS THIS NUMBER BASED ON? IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO PERFORM AT THE MEETS LEVEL ON MATH AND ON READING. TO CLARIFY THAT. THE CCMR GOALS. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF ONE POINT INCREASES THERE AND WE ARE MAKING GREAT STRIDES IN THE CCMR. I AM BEING A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE ON THE CCMR GOALS BECAUSE THE RULES KEEP CHANGING ON US AS WE'RE GOING DOWN THE ROAD ON CCMR. THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN YOUR CTE CCMR CREDIT, GETS A LITTLE HARDER EACH YEAR. THE RULES CHANGE ON HOW YOU CAN PASS THE TEST AND YOUR COMPLETER STATUS OF THE NUMBER OF COURSES YOU HAVE TO TAKE. TO BE ABLE TO GET YOUR MATH AND YOUR READING COLLEGE LEVEL READINESS. THE GOAL IS CHANGING FOR NEXT YEAR. OUR SENIORS OF 27 HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT GOAL THAN WHAT THE SENIORS OF 26 HAVE, AND SO IT GIVES ME A LITTLE HESITANCY TO RAISE THESE TOO HIGH BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ADJUST ALONG THE WAY ON THESE CCMR GOALS ALSO. THOSE ARE THE THREE SETS OF GOALS. NEXT IS COMPARISON DATA FROM 2025, THE GOAL AND HOW WE PERFORMED. THE TOP IN READING. THE GREEN ARE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE OBTAINED. THE RED ARE THE ONES AND AGAIN, THIS IS THIRD GRADE LEVEL THAT WE WERE SHORT IN. IF YOU LOOK AT READING AND MATH, THERE ARE 22 THAT WE HAVE DATA FOR. THE NO DATA MEANS THAT THE SUB POPULATION WAS TOO SMALL TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT DATA FROM TEA THAT KEPT IT MASS. THAT'S 12 GREEN 10 THAT ARE NOT AND IN THE DATA FOR READING AND MATH. WHEN WE GO DOWN TO CCMR, WE END UP WITH BASICALLY TEN AT THE GOAL OR SURPASSING THE GOAL. THE WHITE MEANS THEY WERE RIGHT AT THE GOAL. THE GREEN AS THEY PASSED THE GOAL AND FOUR SUBS THAT DID NOT QUITE MAKE IT TO THE OVERALL GOAL THAT WE WANTED BY EACH OF THE SUB POPULATIONS. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE APPROVE THE FIVE YEARS GOING THROUGH 2030 AND NOT 2029, AS THE TITLE SAID ON THOSE SCREENS, BUT THE DATA GOING THROUGH 2030 IS ON EACH ONE OF THE TABLES THAT YOU HAVE. >> IS THERE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED. >> MR. FLORES MADE THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MR. OLSON MADE THE SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> I DO HAVE ONE. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CCMR, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FOR THE CLASS PREVIOUS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THAT'S STILL THE SAME. [01:20:03] >> THAT IS STILL THE SAME YES. >> 2025 IS BASED ON 2024? >> THAT IS CORRECT, AND '26 WILL BE ON THE '25 SENIORS AND '27 WILL BE ON THE '26 SENIORS. THAT'S CORRECT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> YEAH. WILL YOU BE REPORTING ON THIS EVERY JANUARY OR? >> YES. >> OKAY. >> ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> UP NEXT IS THE SUNSET COURSES, DR. TRAMMELL? >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. HAPPY BOARD APPRECIATION. MR. LAMB. TONIGHT, WE ARE BRINGING THREE NEW COURSE PROPOSALS TO YOU AND ONE SUNSET COURSE PROPOSAL. THESE THREE COURSES THAT ARE NEW AND THE ONE SUNSET HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY OUR DISTRICT EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL. THE NEW COURSES WE ARE PROPOSING ARE CAREER AND COLLEGE EXPLORATION 2. THE LAW SAYS THAT STUDENTS CAN TAKE CAREER AND COLLEGE EXPLORATION MORE THAN ONE TIME, THEY CAN TAKE IT TWO TIMES. CURRENTLY, JUST A REMINDER TO THE BOARD, WE ARE OFFERING IT IN A SEMESTER AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE FEEL THAT OUR STUDENTS COULD BENEFIT FROM JUST LONGER PERIODS OF TIME TO EXPLORE CAREERS, GAIN A DEEPER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CAREERS AVAILABLE TO THEM WITHIN EACH OF THE PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT THE STATE OFFERS. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS WE CURRENTLY TEACH TEKS APP 6 AND 7 IN SIXTH GRADE. WE WOULD LIKE TO INTEGRATE CAREER EXPLORATION 1, MAKE THAT CAREER EXPLORATION 1 AND INCLUDE THOSE TECH APPS, SINCE THE STATE SAYS WE CAN INTEGRATE THOSE IN ALL CONTENT AREAS. AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO, WE'RE REQUESTING TONIGHT THAT YOU APPROVE A PEIMS CODE FOR CAREER AND COLLEGE EXPLORATION 2, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WOULD TEACH THE EIGHTH GRADE TEKS APPS AND MORE CAREER AND COLLEGE EXPLORATION IN SEVENTH GRADE. OUR STUDENTS RATHER THAN GETTING TO UNDERSTAND AND LEARN ABOUT CAREERS POSSIBLE TO THEM IN THEIR LIFE IN A SEMESTER, THEY WOULD LITERALLY HAVE TWO FULL YEARS WHERE WE'RE TEACHING THOSE TEKS APPS, AND WE'RE EXPLORING CAREERS. IT WOULD ALLOW US TO JUST MORE TIME TO INVITE GUEST SPEAKERS IN FROM THE DIFFERENT CAREERS, AND JUST HAVE KIDS EXPERIENCE THEIR OPTIONS AT A DEEPER LEVEL. THEN WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR PRACTICUM AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ADDED ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A CLUSTER. THIS PRACTICUM IS THE SENIOR LEVEL COURSE, AND THEN WHICH COMPLETES THAT OR THAT CLUSTER. THEN WE ARE REQUESTING CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURES. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE ARE PHASING OUT. WHAT WE FOUND IS OUR STUDENTS AREN'T AS INTERESTED IN BECOMING POLICE OFFICERS AS MAYBE THEY ONCE WERE. THEY'RE MORE INTERESTED IN BEING LAWYERS OR PARALEGALS OR ASSISTANTS, THAT THING, LEARNING ABOUT THE LAW, KNOWING ABOUT THE LAW. THIS PROGRAM OF STUDY IS A SHIFT FROM THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM TO MORE OF LEGAL STUDIES. THEN THE SUNSET COURSE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS LAW ENFORCEMENT II, AND THAT WOULD PHASE OUT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CLUSTER AND ALLOW US TO FULLY IMMERSE OUR STUDENTS IN THE CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURES COURSE. WITH THAT, WE ARE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THESE PEIMS CODES FOR THESE THREE COURSES AND REQUESTING TO SUNSET LAW ENFORCEMENT II. >> IS THERE A MOTION? >> SO MOVE. >> MR. BEBER MADE THE MOTION. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MR. BURTON MADE THE SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THESE COURSES WOULD BE THE SUNSET COURSE, IT TRANSITIONS THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR? >> CORRECT. THE '26/'27 SCHOOL YEAR. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE AND RAISE YOUR HAND? [01:25:01] >> AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES. YOU GET TO STAY BECAUSE OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR. >> YES. AGAIN, JUST NOTE TO THE BOARD THAT THE CALENDAR WAS APPROVED BY THE DEIC AT OUR JANUARY DEIC MEETING. THE CALENDAR HAS HAD INPUT FROM OUR ADMINISTRATORS, AND DEIC IS COMPOSED OF TEACHERS AND PARENTS, AND WE HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS AND A VARIETY OF PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. WITH THAT, I WANTED TO TAKE YOU THROUGH OUR PROPOSED '26/'27 SCHOOL CALENDAR. ONE THING I WANTED TO STATE UPFRONT, YOU'LL NOTICE ON FEBRUARY 15, THAT'S LISTED AS A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PARENT CONFERENCE DAY. THEN IN OCTOBER, WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SLASH PARENT CONFERENCE DAY. THAT IS BECAUSE SENATE BILL 12 NOW SAYS WE HAVE TO ALLOW FOR TWO PARENT CONFERENCE DAYS IN OUR CALENDAR. THAT IS A SHIFT IN THE LABELING OF OUR DAYS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. AS YOU SEE, NEW STAFF HIRED WOULD COME ON BOARD FOR ORIENTATION, THE LAST WEEK OF JULY, THAT IS NO CHANGE. THEY WOULD GO FROM JULY 27TH THROUGH THE 30TH, AND THAT'S JUST WHERE WE ORIENT THEM TO ALL OF OUR TECHNOLOGY, GET THEM HOOKED UP WITH EMAIL AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WITH THAT, ORIENTING THEM TO OUR PROGRAMS AND THAT THING. OUR CITY. THEN ALL STAFF WOULD RETURN ON AUGUST 3RD. AUGUST 3RD THROUGH AUGUST THE TENTH WOULD BE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. AUGUST THE 11TH WOULD BE THAT PROTECTED TEACHER WORK DAY, THAT LAST DAY BEFORE STUDENTS COME FOR OUR TEACHERS TO GET READY FOR KIDS. OUR STUDENTS WOULD COME THE FIRST DAY ON AUGUST THE 12TH. AS YOU LOOK THROUGH SEPTEMBER, YOU'LL NOTICE WE HAVE A LABOR DAY HOLIDAY. WE HAVE A HOLIDAY ON SEPTEMBER 7TH. WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY ON THE 25TH. IN OCTOBER, THIS IS PRETTY STANDARD TO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IN THE PAST. WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, ONE PARENT CONFERENCE/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS. THEN WE ACTUALLY OFFER FALL BREAK FOR STAFF ON THE 14TH, 15TH AND 16TH, AND WE KNOW STUDENTS DO NOT COME THAT WEEK AT ALL. ON NOVEMBER THE SIXTH, WE HAVE A TEACHER INDEPENDENT PREPARATION DAY. THE WEEK OF 23RD NOVEMBER IS A HOLIDAY. IF YOU LOOK INTO DECEMBER, THE END OF THE SEMESTER IS DECEMBER THE 17TH. THAT WOULD BE AN EARLY RELEASE DAY FOR STUDENTS. TEACHERS WOULD HAVE AN INDEPENDENT PREPARATION DAY ON THE 18TH. JANUARY THE FIRST WOULD BE A HOLIDAY. WE COME BACK ON JANUARY THE 4TH FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND A TEACHER WORK DAY ON THE FIFTH. WE HAVE JANUARY THE 18TH AS A HOLIDAY, FEBRUARY THE FIFTH AS A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY, THE 15TH IS THAT PARENT CONFERENCE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. THEN YOU WILL NOTICE WE HAVE THE WEEK OF 15TH OF MARCH, SPRING BREAK. THEN THE 26TH, WHICH IS GOOD FRIDAY AS A TEACHER INDEPENDENT PREPARATION DAY. YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE WE DON'T QUITE FOLLOW THE RULE IN APRIL. IN FULL DISCLOSURE IN DEIC, WE HAD ONE TEACHER SAY, "WOW, THAT'S A LONG TIME WITHOUT A BREAK." THEN WE HAD ANOTHER TEACHER QUICKLY SAY, "YES, BUT THAT'S WHEN WE GIVE ALL THE STAR TESTS. THAT IS OUR TESTING SEASON, AND WE LIKE HAVING THAT PURE SCHOOL TIME FOR THAT." WE DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THAT. APRIL 30TH IS A TEACHER INDEPENDENT PREPARATION DAY. THE 17TH IS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY AND STUDENTS LAST DAY IS 21ST OF MAY, AND THAT'S AN EARLY RELEASE DAY. THOSE FOUR DAYS THAT YOU SEE THE TWO BAD WEATHER AND THE TWO TEACHER INDEPENDENT PREPARATION DAYS. THERE WAS A CALENDAR THAT HAD ALL OF THOSE DAYS EMBEDDED UP IN THE SCHOOL YEAR TO BE MORE ALIGNED TO THE BOARD'S WISHES FOR, ABOUT EVERY OTHER WEEK, LET'S GIVE OUR TEACHERS A DAY. BUT FRISCO ISD IS GETTING OUT 14TH OF MAY. THAT WOULD MEAN OUR TEACHERS POTENTIALLY THAT WE WOULD HIRE OR COMPETE TO [01:30:02] HIRE WOULD BE COMING NEXT YEAR INTO THAT LAST WEEK BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY. IT WAS WITH INPUT AND DISCUSSION, WE PULLED THOSE DAYS DOWN SO THAT OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WOULD NOT HAVE TO COME THAT LAST WEEK OF MAY. SO IF WE WERE TO PUSH ONE, EVEN ONE OF THESE DAYS BACK UP IN THE CALENDAR, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME THAT LAST FULL WEEK OF MAY, NOT THE WHOLE WEEK, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO COME SOME THAT WEEK. WE KNOW THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF ATTENDANCE BEING HIGH, IF WE COME ONE DAY OR EVEN TWO DAYS OF SCHOOL AT THE VERY END OF SCHOOL IS A LOW PROBABILITY. WE HAVE CHOSE TO KEEP THOSE DAYS AT THE END AND LET STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ESSENTIALLY BE DONE ON THE 21ST BEARING NO BAD WEATHER. WE DO HAVE MINUTES, AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE COULD WORK WITH ON THE BAD WEATHER DAYS. THE PROBABILITY WOULD BE WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO MAKE THOSE UP. WITH THAT, WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THIS CALENDAR TO BE OUR '26/'27 ACADEMIC CALENDAR. >> IS THERE A MOTION? >> SO MOVE. >> MR. FLORES MADE THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MR. OLSON MADE A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> JUST ONE. >> SO WOULD WE TRY TO HAVE GRADUATION CEREMONY ON THE 21ST, 22ND OR WOULD WE WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE MAKEUP DAYS? >> WE WOULD HOPE FOR THE 22ND. AND BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING OUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, WE'RE HOPING WE CAN GET PRIMETIME FOR OUR GRADUATION. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> [BACKGROUND] SHE WAS HOPEFUL OF GETTING A REALLY GOOD TIME WITH KNOWING THE 22ND WOULD BE THE DAY. >> THEN SORRY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SORRY I MISSED IT WHEN YOU WERE GOING THROUGH IT, BUT THIS YEAR SPRING BREAK WAS ONE WEEK EARLIER MARCH. COULD WE MATCH IT TO NCTC OR WHO DETERMINE THAT? >> I ACTUALLY WAS AT A CTE MEETING AND SAT AT THE TABLE WITH A NEW DIRECTOR. SHE STARTED IN JANUARY FOR NCTC. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO, I ASKED HER AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO ADOPT THEIR CALENDAR UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY. WE WOULDN'T KNOW UNTIL THE FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING WHEN WHEN THERE'S IS. THERE'S I WILL TELL YOU IS TYPICALLY A WEEK SOONER. BUT IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, I KNOW THE BOARD HAS SAID, YOU KNOW, OUR DUAL CREDIT KIDS REALLY GET THEIR WORK DONE WHENEVER NEEDED. THAT WASN'T REALLY A STICKING POINT FOR OUR CALENDAR. >> DID WE LINK THIS TO SURROUNDING DISTRICTS OR? >> WELL, FRISCO, THIS ALIGNS WITH FRISCO'S SPRING BREAK, CARLTON FARMER BRANCH, LOUISVILLE, SPRING BREAK. IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH DENTONS. THEN LIKE DALLAS DIDN'T HAVE THEIR CALENDAR PUBLISHED YET, I COULDN'T FIND SOME OF THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. >> SPECIFICALLY AT LEAST IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. [INAUDIBLE] OF THEM ARE CONNECTED TO SOMEHOW, HALF OF THEM ARE CONNECTED TO [INAUDIBLE]. WE BASICALLY WE LOOKED AT THIS AND SAID, THAT'S A PLACE WHERE HONESTLY WE DON'T CARE. THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE BASED ON THE FEELING OF THE GROUP, SO TO SPEAK. WE PICK WHERE WE THINK BECAUSE IT'S THE NATURAL BREAK FOR THE SIX WEEKS OR THE NINE WEEKS SO TO SPEAK. BUT IF THE COMMITTEE HAD, RISEN UP AND WE REALLY WANTED TO DO ONE BEFORE. THAT'S REALLY AN EASY SWITCH. WE'RE ALWAYS MAKING NOT SO HAPPY SO TO SPEAK. LAST YEAR WE MATCHED AND FRISCO. THIS YEAR WE'RE PASSING WITH FRISCO [INAUDIBLE]. >> BUT THIS MATCHES OUR FIRST NINE WEEK PERIOD. >> THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION ON DEIC. NORMALLY, MR. LAMB IS RIGHT. THE PARENTS WHO HAVE KIDS IN FRISCO ALWAYS BEGGED TO HAVE THE SPRING BREAK ALIGN, WITH THEIR KIDS. [01:35:05] BUT THIS YEAR, THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION. >> WHAT DOES THIS DO? I KNOW LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT SPRING BREAK AND BEING A BENEFIT FOR OUR UIL PERFORMERS, HOW IS THIS GOING TO GOING TO IMPACT I KNOW MUSIC UIL WE START. >> NORMALLY, THEY WORK ALL THE TIME ANYWAY. >> BUT NORMALLY THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH OUR KIDS ARE BUSY REHEARSING AND DOING ALL OF THAT THROUGH SPRING BREAK ANYWAY. THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BAND KNOW THAT. REALLY, FINE ARTS FRANK WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE WORKING WITH ONE GROUP OR ANOTHER, AND SO SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE WORKING DURING SPRING BREAK. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> YES. MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAVE A QUESTION. I THINK WE HAVE MISSED THE POINT OF GETTING INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. I DON'T KNOW IF THE OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE THE SAME AS ME, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ASKED ME, WHEN DO WE GET TO SEE THE CALENDAR? I HAVE TO SIDE WITH THEM, THEY SHOULD SEE THE CALENDAR BEFORE WE ADAPT IT. I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS UNTIL NEXT MONTH, INVITE THE PUBLIC TO GIVE THIS INPUT AND THEN WE CAN VOTE AT THAT TIME ONCE WE GET THEIR INPUT TO SEE IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE HERE THAT WE ALL CAN AGREE WITH OR SAY THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT. I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS UNTIL FEBRUARY. >> WE BETTER DEAL WITH THE FIRST MOTION FIRST. >> WELL, THE FIRST MOTION IS TO APPROVE OR. >> WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT TO APPROVE FIRST. >> BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE IT FIRST AND SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CALENDAR FOR 2026/2027? >> [NOISE] AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED. >> NAY. >> MOTION CARRIES, THE EYES HAVE IT. IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK FOR FOR NEXT YEAR? MAYBE SENDING OUT A CALENDAR. I KNOW WE USED TO DO IT PREVIOUSLY. THEN WHAT DO YOU HAVE? >> WHAT ABOUT MY MOTION? >> IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS SINCE WE'VE DONE THAT, AND THAT WAS WE USED TO SEND OUT TWO VERSIONS. MAYBE THE FEBRUARY. I WOULD GO BACK AND FORTH AND I CAN'T REMEMBER. >> I'M THE ONE THAT CHANGED THAT. [OVERLAPPING] YEARS AND YEARS AGO, THAT WE USED TO MAKE TWO AND THREE CALENDARS AND SEND IT AROUND, BE VOTED ON MOSTLY TO STAFF. WE HAD A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY THEN. THERE'S JUST TRULY NOT A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY WITH THE TESTING. IT'S JUST EVOLVED OVER TIME WHERE, THE TWO OR THREE PLACES, AND WE DO HAVE PARENTS ON THE DEIC COMMITTEE. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE IT'S JUST. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OPTIONS. THE ONLY REAL THING YOU COULD DO HERE IS PUT SPRING BREAK SOMEWHERE ELSE. YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE LAST WEEK. THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY. >> I AGREE, BUT I BELIEVE WE NEED INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. THIS IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC OTHER THAN WHAT WE GET PERSONALLY. >> THE DEIC IS DESIGNED TO BE THAT WAY. IT IS FROM THE PUBLIC. >> I THINK THE REPRESENTATION, I'VE ONLY ATTENDED ONE OF THOSE WITH THE REPRESENTATION OF A PARENT IS VERY MINIMAL COMPARED TO STAFF. ONE OR TWO PARENTS DOES NOT REFLECT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT PARENTS. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> HE NEEDS TO MAKE THE MOTION AGAIN, OR WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT TABLEING IT? >> THERE'S NO TABLEING, WE VOTED ON IT AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED. WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE IT [BACKGROUND]. SO IT'S BEEN VOTED AND APPROVED. NOW, MAYBE WE DO TAKE STEPS GOING FORWARD TO REALLY EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DEIC AND GET MORE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ON THAT BECAUSE I DO AGREE. I THINK THE LIST OF PARENTS THAT ARE ON IT IS MUCH LARGER THAN THOSE THAT ACTUALLY ATTEND. >> I THINK THIS IS A BIG STEP IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC. WE'VE COMPLETELY SHUT THEM OUT OF THIS PROCESS. THE SMALL NUMBERS THAT REPRESENTED ON THAT COUNCIL IS MINUTE COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE CALENDAR. WE EITHER NEED TO GET IT OUT THERE EARLY AND LET THEM COMMENT OR WE NEED TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE ON THAT BOARD, IN MY OPINION. WE HAVE NO INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. AND THEY'RE GOING TO FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT LISTENING TO THEM AND I'M TRYING TO LISTEN TO THEM. [01:40:02] >> NEXT YEAR. NUMBER 1. I KNOW EACH CAMPUS IS REQUIRED FOR THE DEIC, ONE PARENT, ONE AND THE LEGAL. THAT'S SOMETHING DEFINITELY TO TAKE UNDER ADVISEMENT AS MAKING SURE WE GET MORE PARENTS TO SHOW UP TO THE DEIC MEETINGS. OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, [ 10. Consent Agenda] WE WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO PULL ANYTHING OUT BEFORE WE? >> I WOULD MADAM PRESIDENT, IF WE COULD MOVE ITEM D FOR A SHORT EXPLANATION OF THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR CHAVEZ AND HACKBERRY. >> ITEM D. IS THERE A MOTION? SO WE MADE A MOTION. IS THERE A MOTION? >> TO MOVE D OUT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND AS DISCUSS IT FOR. >> IS THERE A STAND? >> A LITTLE MORE FULLY, SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE PARENTS. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MR. OLSON MADE THE SECONDS. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> MOTION CARRIED. MR. EVANS. [10.D. Discuss and consider approval of Targeted Improvement Plan for Chavez and Hackberry Elementaries Presenter: Jason Evans] >> ITEM D IS WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN DECEMBER ON THE TIP PLAN, WHERE WE HAD THE PRINCIPALS FOR THE TWO CAMPUSES HERE. WE WERE ADVISED BY REGION 11 NOT TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPROVAL IN THE SAME BOARD MEETING. THEY ASKED THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ONE MONTH AND THEN COME BACK FOR APPROVAL THE NEXT. SO AS A RESULT OF PRESENTING THE INFORMATION IN THE DECEMBER MEETING AT A PUBLIC HEARING, WE PUT IT ON CONSENT FOR THE JANUARY MEETING. THE TIP PROCESS DID HAVE MEETINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHERE THEY WERE ALL INVITED AT EACH CAMPUS ON THE TOGETHER INPUT FOR THE TIP PLAN AT BOTH CAMPUSES. WE DID HAVE PARENT INPUT AT EACH OF THOSE, THE CAMPUS HAD INPUT AND THEN ALONG WITH HELP FROM REGION 11, THE PLAN WAS DEVISED TO FIT EXACTLY ALONG WITH OUR LAST THREE GRANT THAT WE HAVE TO GUIDE IT. >> IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM D? >> SO MOVED? >> MR. BURTON MADE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MR. BURTON MADE A SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> I DO JUST JUST HAVE A COUPLE. UNDER THIS PLAN, IT TALKS ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND IT SAYS YOUR PARTNERSHIP IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PLAN BY ENCOURAGING THE COMMUNITY TO ATTEND PUBLIC MEETINGS, ENSURE YOUR CHILD ATTENDS SCHOOL REGULARLY, AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK. WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THAT? >> SO WE HAD TO SEND OUT PUBLIC INVITATIONS AND PLACE ON THE WEBSITE FOR EACH OF THOSE CAMPUSES, AN INVITATION TO A MEETING BEFORE WE COULD COMPLETELY DEVELOP THE PLAN. AND THOSE TOOK PLACE LATE OCTOBER EARLY NOVEMBER ON EACH OF THOSE TWO CAMPUSES HOSTED BY THE PRINCIPALS FOR INPUT ON THE TIP PLAN. >> AND THOSE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE? >> THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO CONTINUE FOR THE PLAN, BUT WE ARE TO HAVE THAT ARE NOT SCHEDULED YET. TIA IS SUPPOSED TO SCHEDULE FOLLOW UP MEETINGS WITH US TO GIVE US ONGOING GUIDELINES. SO WE DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN FEBRUARY, MARCH WHENEVER THEY SCHEDULE THEIR NEXT FOLLOW UP CALL WITH US. BUT THERE IS NOT ANOTHER PLAN TOGETHER INPUT BECAUSE THESE WERE FOR DEVELOPMENT. >> I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PARENTS ATTENDED THOSE INVITES TO COME AND TALK? >> I WAS AT THE HACKBERRY AND IT WAS MINIMAL. I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER. DR. TRAMMELL, WERE YOU AT JAAVEZ? >> IT'S A GENERAL QUESTION. THEN WHAT COMES NEXT? >> I WAS TO AT HACKBERRY. >> I ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OTHER PRESENTATIONS TO THE PARENTS OR TO THE COMMUNITY. >> WELL, THE MAIN NEXT IS MONITORING DATA, [01:45:01] MONITORING THE WALKS THAT GO ON IN THE CAMPUSES. BUT AT THIS TIME, NO, THERE ARE NOT OTHER SCHEDULED MEETINGS AT CAMPUSES FOR THE COMMUNITY. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP. BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT. APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. >> ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> I'LL OPPOSE. MOTION CARRIES. WE WILL CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION? MR. FLORES MADE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MR. MONTO MADE A SECOND. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, AYE. >> AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. OUR NEXT ITEM IN ORDER IS BOARD MEMBER AND PRESIDENT COMMENTS. [ 11. Board President Comments] I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE EXTREME OUTPOURING OF LOVE FOR BOARD MEMBER APPRECIATION MONTH. IT IS A PLEASURE AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THIS DISTRICT. ALSO, GOOD LUCK TO OUR SPRING SPORTS. SPORTS ARE ALL KICKING OFF. GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF OUR COMPETITORS AS WE MOVE INTO OUR SPRING SPORTS SEASON, INCLUDING POWER LIFTING TOMORROW. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO START WITH MR. MONTEMAYOR. >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS WE SAY EVERY YEAR GETS MORE AND MORE OVERWHELMING WITH THE RECOGNITION AND THE GIFTS FROM THE CAMPUSES, THE ADMINISTRATION, AND ALL THE STAFF. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. IT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, AND I WILL SAY IT CAUSES SOME JEALOUSY FROM MY SPOUSE. HE'S LIKE, WHEN AM I GOING TO GET STUFF FOR ME? I'M WILLING TO TAKE UP THAT BATTLE. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME IN THESE MEETINGS. AND YES, IN TERMS OF SPRING SPORTS, OUR BASKETBALL TEAM IS KILLING IT. IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GET OUT, I FINALLY WENT TO MY FIRST GAME LAST WEEK AND IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE THESE KIDS PLAY. ALSO GIVE A HUGE SHOUTOUT TO OUR SOCCER TEAMS. THEY ARE DOING REALLY WELL. THEY'VE BEEN PUT ON ALL LISTS OF TEAMS TO WATCH, UNDERRATED TEAMS, ETC.. THEY HAD THEIR FIRST DISTRICT GAME THIS WEEK AND WONT AFFIRMATIVELY, AND ALL THEIR PRESEASON TOURNAMENTS AND EVERYTHING, I TURNED OUT REALLY WELL AS WELL. THEY'VE ALREADY KILLED THEIR METRICS SURPASSED THEIR METRICS FROM LAST YEAR ON KEY THINGS THEY LOOK AT WHICH THEY'RE PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT, SO IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER. >> MR. OLSON. >> HIT THE NEW BUTTON AND GET THE NEW MICROPHONE WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE SANTAS GIFT HERE THE NEW MICROPHONES. BUT NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOUGHTFUL GIFTS AND APPRECIATION FROM EVERYONE, NOT ONLY THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, BUT ADMINISTRATION, EVERYONE ELSE. BUT EVEN MORE SO WE AS A BOARD, I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US. WE APPRECIATE THE DEDICATION AND THE LEADERSHIP YOU GUYS SHOW TO THE SCHOOLS EVERY DAY. I KNOW IT'S BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, BUT IN RETURN WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, STAFF IS DOING AND EVERYONE ON THE CAMPUS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STAY WARM, STAY SAFE OVER THE WEEKEND AS SNOW MCGON PART 2, COMES HERE ONE OF THESE DAYS, WE'LL SEE ICE AGAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE. BOARD APPRECIATION. BOARD MEETING IS A GOOD TIME. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OUTPOINT OF LOVE FROM ALL THE CAMPUSES, ADMINISTRATORS, AND WHATNOT. I'LL BE GOING THROUGH IT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO SORT IT ALL OUT AND WHATNOT. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, THE SPRING SPORTS ARE DOING WELL, BUT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER TO ATTEND THE VARSITY FOOTBALL END OF YEAR BANQUET. JUST SOME GREAT MEN IN THAT ROOM DOING GREAT THINGS. MAYBE THE SEASON DIDN'T HAVE THE RECORD, BUT DEVELOPMENT OF GREAT YOUNG MEN IS GREAT TO SEE GREAT LEADERSHIP IN THAT ROOM WITH THE COACHES AND TRAINERS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THOSE MEN. THEY HAD A GREAT TIME, I THINK, AND ANYTIME YOU SERVE BARBECUE, I'M ON BOARD WITH THAT. I APPRECIATE THE INVITE TO THE HEAD COACH. THANK YOU. >> I WILL CHIME RIGHT IN WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD. A HUGE THANKS FOR THE ADMIRATION THAT WAS SITTING HERE AS WE CAME IN TONIGHT. I'M GLAD I BROUGHT THE TRUCK. ALSO, WE TALK ABOUT THE SPORTS, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE ADVANCEMENT AS WE SAW TONIGHT WITH OUR STUDENTS OF THE MONTH, THAT THE ACADEMIC PART IS RIGHT UP THERE AND THE MOMENTUM IS CONTINUING TO GROW. [01:50:04] I'M HUMBLED TO BE ABLE TO SIT IN THIS CHAIR AND HELP DIRECT THE DISTRICT. WE'VE GOT GOOD GUIDANCE, WE'VE GOT GOOD STAFF, AND WE'VE GOT GOOD STUDENTS, AND WE JUST NEED TO MAKE THEM AS BEST THEY CAN BE AND I HOPE I CAN HELP WITH THAT. THANK YOU. AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> WELL, THANK YOU. I'M USUALLY THE LAST ONE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS. I USUALLY SAY DITTO TO WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID. BUT I WILL ADD AND APPRECIATE ALL THE THOUGHT THAT GOES INTO THESE GIFTS, WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY THAT GOES INTO AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR ALL OF THESE GIFTS. AS DAVID WAS SAYING, MY FAMILY LOOKS FORWARD TO IT, THEY'RE WAITING FOR ME AT HOME JUST TO COME HOME TO SEE WHAT I RECEIVED THIS YEAR. AGAIN, TO WHAT WAS SAID BEFORE, BE CAUTIOUS OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND. WE'RE EXPECTING A PRETTY BIG STORM AND PLEASE DON'T BUY ALL THE TOILET PAPER. THERE'S PLENTY OF IT. >> I FORGOT TO BRING IT. I WANT TO THANK SONYA AGAIN. ELECTION IS COMING UP AND HOW MANY CAMPUSES ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR I KNOW I'M GOING TO BE AT TWO OF THEM? >> LIST. >> I KNOW ELECTION, THEY ALL BE AT CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY ELECTION JUDGE, I'LL BE AT TOWN HALL FOR EARLY VOTING, AND I KNOW WE ALWAYS MAKE OUR BUILDINGS AVAILABLE, AND THAT'S A GREAT PLUS FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ALL THAT WORK IN. I KNOW YOU DO IT QUIETLY BEHIND THE SCENES. >> MR. LAMB, YOU GET TO SPEAK. >> FIRST, LET'S THANK RODY FOR THESE NEW MICROPHONES THAT I'M NOT TRYING TO EAT. THANK YOU, RODY. LOT GOING ON TONIGHT. BOARD APPRECIATION. I CAN'T PERSONALLY SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH TO THIS BOARD FOR HOW YOU WORK WITH ME AND JUST TO SEE YOUR HEARTS FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THESE KIDS SUCH A BLESSING. I SHARED IN PART OF MY EVALUATION. IT'S JUST FLAT NOT LIKE THIS, A LOT OF OTHER PLACES. YOU GUYS, KUDOS, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO. THEN ANYTIME A SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS CABINET CAN GET THEIR CONTRACT RENEWED, IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S EXCITING TO NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF, BUT TO ALSO SEE MY TEAM GET HONORED IN THAT WAY. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THIS GROUP. YES, THIS SPRING IS FULL AND EXCITING. AT ONE POINT LAST WEEKEND, I THINK I WAS ONE PLACE AND PEOPLE METER HAD DRIVEN DECA TO WHERE'D YOU GO COLLEEN OR SO TO CALEN? I WAS GETTING STUFF SENT TO ME FROM THE CHEER COMPETITION. WE JUST GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, AND IT'S ALL REALLY GOOD. IT'S REALLY FUN TO BE A PART OF. I WAS IN THE PRESS BOX WATCHING SOCCER LAST NIGHT WITH MY PHONE ON THE BASKETBALL GAME, WATCHING JES POST ABOUT WRESTLING. AGAIN, JUST SO MANY GOOD THINGS GOING ON. IT'S TRULY A GREAT TIME TO BE LOBO. THESE ARE EXCITING THINGS. THESE GIFTS. THIS IS THE ONE PLACE. I FEEL LIKE I GET TO CHEAT THE WORLD BECAUSE I'M NOT ON THE BOARD, BUT I GET THE SAME STUFF. IT'S REALLY AND TRULY. I THINK I OPENED TWO THINGS AT CHRISTMAS TIME AND TODAY I OPEN LIKE 10. IT'S EXCITING. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU EVERYBODY HERE. THANK YOU FOR GREAT THINGS. IT'S SO FUN TO GET TO GIVE THESE AWARDS TO THE STUDENTS AND SEE THEIR SMILES, AND SO IT'S JUST A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. >> WE WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MR. FLORES MADE THE MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> I HEARD MR. OLSON, SORRY, MR. BURTON. WE WILL ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:54, JUST TURNED EIGHT 8:54 PM. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.