001Good evening and welcome. My name is Taylor Kingman, president of the board of trustees for St. Angel ISD. I would like to welcome all of you who are present at tonight's regular board meeting, as well as those who will be watching the recording online or on our public access channel. Today is April 20th. All items on tonight's agenda have been posted as required by state law and most items have been discussed in our earlier pre-aggenda board workshop. As a board, our work includes setting goals, hearing reports from our superintendent, approving budgets, contracts, and personnel items, and making policy decisions for the district. Please keep in mind that this is a mean of the board held in public, not a mean of the public. These proceedings are recorded and will become part of the district's permanent
002record. to help us maintain a clear recording. Please refrain from speaking while others have the floor and please silence your cell phones. Thank you again for being here and for your support of SASD. We do have a quorum. Our entire board team is present and we will begin with our first item on the agenda which is our invocation. Bishop Cis from the Catholic Dasis of St. Angelo is going to help us with that. >> Thank you very much. Thanks for inviting me to come and pray with you. Let's take a deep breath and silently recollect ourselves and recognize the presence of God right here with us. Let us pray. Lord God of heaven and earth, we praise and honor you, the one God, living and true. As we approach the end of this school year,
003we thank you for the many blessings received in this year and we ask you to help all of us to keep learning and growing from our experiences. We ask your blessing upon all the students, families, teachers, administrators, and board members of the St. Angelo Independent School District. You are the source of all that we have and all that we are. Help the members of this board to apply their gifts generously and selflessly in service of the common good. keep them safe and healthy and grant them harmony in their family life so that they may dedicate themselves wholeheartedly to the role of public service. Most of all, Lord, we place in your loving hands the students served by this district. Help us to provide them with a solid education, a safe environment, and a future full
004of hope. Please bless them and keep them. Make your fi face shine upon them and be gracious to them. Look upon them with loving kindness. Give them peace all the days of their lives. For you are God who live and reign forever and ever. Amen. >> Thank you. Next, we are lucky to have some two brother sister combos from Belair Elementary. We have Stella and Rory Brown and Aiden and Abigail Shin. Actually, I just assumed y'all are brothers and sisters, so I'm but like we're going to go with that. Okay, if y'all come stand up here and To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for alliance to the Texas one State God, one indivisible. >> And parents, if y'all
005want to take pictures, you're welcome to as well. [clears throat] All right, we have several recognitions this evening and Shannon Schwarz is going to help us with the first one which is recognition of our military students and appreciation to the men and women of Goodfellow Air Force Base. >> Good evening everyone. We have a couple very special families with us. So, could I have the Dunn family and the Brown family come in the middle with Dr. Moran, please? Thank you. [laughter] Awesome. So, across the country, April is recognized as month of the military child, a time dedicated to honoring a special group of young people whose lives are shaped by service to our nation. Here in St. Angelo, military connected students are an integral part of our school community. They sit in our classrooms, perform
006on our stages, compete on our teams, and contribute in countless ways that make our schools a stronger place. Military children often face experiences that most of their peers do not. Frequent moves, long separations from parents, and the need to quickly adapt to new places and make new friends. Yet, time and time again, they meet those challenges with resilience, courage, and a remarkable ability to adapt. Their strength and perseverance inspires us all. And I think we could all be a little more like that, too. St. Angelo ISD is proud to serve nearly 500 military connected students, and we are equally proud that multiple campuses across St. Angel have earned the Purple Star designation from the TEA over the last 5 years. This designation recognizes schools that are committed to supporting military families and ensuring students feel
007welcomed and connected. So, as I said earlier, tonight we have some very special guests with us. From Glenmore Elementary, we have Zoe and Oriana Dunn along with their parents, Megan and Frank Dunn. Can you guys join me in giving them a hand? [applause] We're also welcoming Belair Elementary School students Stella and Rory, who did a fantastic job with the Pledge of Allegiance, Glenn Middle Schooler Stuart Brown, and their mother, Rebecca Brown. Their father was unable to attend this evening, but we're so glad that y'all are all here. We also want to extend our sincere appreciation to the families of Goodfellow Air Force Base. Your service, sacrifice, and commitment to our [clears throat] country are deeply valued, and we honored and we're honored to educate your children. We'd also like to welcome two extremely special guests
008as well from Goodfellow Air Force Base. If y'all will go ahead and hop up here with these guys. It's a full crowd up in the middle. We love it. We're also excited to welcome Colonel Nathan Olsen, commander of the 17th mission support group, and Mr. Daryl Miller, the school leaison program manager at Goodfellow Air Force Base. We're so grateful for the meaningful work that you all do for our country, our community, and for our students. This month and every month, we celebrate our military children and thank them for the strength, resilience, and pride that they bring to our schools and our community. Join us again in giving them a round of applause, please. represent [applause] this good fellow parents. Thank you for representing the many students. Let's squeeze in love. One, two, three. >> [laughter]
009>> Okay. >> Next, we're going to move forward and Shannon's got the next one as well, which is our Central High School students selected as Texas all-state musicians. >> Awesome. So, if we can get our all state musicians to come up here to the front, please. Awesome. So, we're excited to continue tonight's recognitions as we honor and recognize outstanding Central High School band and choir students who earned the prestigious honor of being named Texas Allstate musicians. Achieving TMEA allstate honors is the culmination of hundreds of hours of discipline practice representing the absolute pinnacle of musical excellence in Texas. This prestigious honor recognizes not only a student's exceptional technical mastery, but also the resilience and unwavering dedication required to outshine thousands of peers across the state. We celebrate this remarkable accomplishment as a testament to the
010power of artistic passion and the pursuit of a standard that truly defines the best of the best. We also want to thank our dedicated staff members who generous generously give their time to help develop the talents of our students and programs. I'd like to introduce to you now both Dylan Ochoa ooa sorry and Ian Kab Carabio. Dylan is a freshman and made first chair in the tener 2 section which placed him into the large school mixed choir which is the top ensemble. Dylan is directed by Mr. Landon Gilmore [snorts] and Ian is a junior and this is his second time being selected as a TM TMA all-state musician. In the final round of auditions, Ian earned a chair in the symphonic band, the highest TMEA allstate band. Ian is directed by Mr. Daniel Villain Noeva.
011Please help me in celebrating these outstanding accomplishments for Dylan and Ian. [applause] >> [applause] [applause] >> All right. Next, we're doing recognition of Lake View High School powerlifting. I think coach Chant is going to come help us to that based on the fact that Shannon didn't walk up. >> Dr. Kingman, Dr. Moran Board of Trustees is an honor tonight to recognize the Lake View State powerlifting qualifiers. This year, Lake View qualified three girls and four boys to the state meet. In order to qualify for the state meet, you must be in the top two in your weight class at the regional meet. The girls teams placed third as a team at regionals, while the boys team placed first overall and were regional champions for the first time in Lake View powerlifting history. Ethan Packard [applause]
012>> [applause] >> Ethan Packard set a regional record in squat of 550 lbs. James Ogada also set a regional record in deadlift of 635 lbs. Ethan was awarded best lifter on the light platform at regionals. Bella Reyes was awarded the best bench at the regional unequipped meet as well. Ethan also set a state record in the squat at 585 lbs, while Janiah still holds the state deadlift record with a lift of 440 lbs. Overall, the boys team finished fourth at the state meet. I'd like to recognize each one of them. Bella Reyes finished third place at state. Aberlyn Sosa finished 13th place. Janiro Jefferson finished third. Josh Lamos finished 12th. Connor Williams finished 18th. Ethan Packard finished second overall and James Oga was our state champion. Ladies and gentlemen, the Lady State powerlifting qualifiers and
013state champions. Head coach is Sergio Plata. Assistant is Brian Ferrell. [applause] [applause] Oh no. >> How much? Follow me. Go chief. [clears throat] >> Our next recognition is of for the safe employee recognition campaign honor roll employees. It's a lot and Miss Schwarz is going to help us with that one. >> Hello again. If I can get all of our CIRC honor roll members to come stand over here. We're going to hand you some stuff when I call your name. Don't everyone get up at once. There we go. [laughter] [clears throat] Awesome. Perfect. I think he's gonna I'm gonna call you one by one. Yeah, good. Okay. Okay. Okay, now that everyone's almost over there. Each year, the Safety Employee Recognition Campaign or CIRC provides an opportunity to recognize and reward employees who demonstrate exceptional
014commitment to safety on the job. During this campaign, employees across the district are nominated for consistently practicing and promoting safe work habits. From the many employees recognized throughout the campaign, a select group has been chosen chosen by the CIRC committee for a higher honor as the 2025 2026 CIRC honor role employees. These individuals have gone above and beyond to promote safety and serve as role models to their colleagues. Their commitment to helps ensure a safe working and learning environment for students, staff, and visitors across St. Angel. Tonight, we're proud to recognize the following employees. From our child nutrition team, we have Maria Roman, Enz Salvar, and Josephine Smith, who was couldn't be here tonight. From our custodial team, we have Victor Landine, Elijah Rodriguez, and Sammy Vigil. From our maintenance team, we have Adulo Moreno,
015Marty Pedrick, and Steve Smith. From our technology team, we have David Arocha, Perry Green, and Q Walker. Awesome. And from our transportation team, we have Mauricio Franco, Matt Langford, and Leon Roach. >> Awesome. Please join me in congratulating these difference makers for their commitment to safety and for helping make St. Angel a safe [applause] place to learn. We're going to make two rows and squeeze in real tight like we like and work with each other every day. >> [applause] >> We didn't invite them. >> He said he was invited to come. He was invited. >> All right. Next is the recognition for PCAT's district bus driver of the year. >> Okay. So each day, school bus drivers are entrusted with the responsibility of safely transporting our students to and from school. No matter the weather
016conditions or traffic on the road, their performance must always meet the highest standard. This year, following a district selection process, one exceptional driver was chosen to represent St. Angel as the Property Casualty Alliance of Texas or PCAT bus driver of the year. On behalf of PCAT, it's my honor to present Terry Langford as the St. Angelist's 2526 PECAT bus driver of the year. Mr. Langford's recognition reflects his dedication to safety and his commitment to serving St. Angel students every day. His professionalism and care help ensure that students arrive safely to school and back again at home. Please join me in congratulating Terry Langford on this well-deserved honor. [applause] >> [applause] >> All right. Our final recognition of the evening is for our 2026 capturing kids hearts national showcase campuses and Dr. Gilma is going to
017help us with that. >> Dr. Kingman, Dr. Moran and members of the board. We are proud to announce that 13 St. Angelo ISD campuses have been recognized as a capturing kids hearts national showcase campus this year. That's up from 10 last year. This prestigious honor is awarded to schools that demonstrate exceptional commitment to building a safe, connected, and high achieving learning environment through the implementation of capturing kids hearts processes and practices. This recognition celebrates our staff's dedication to fostering strong relationships, promoting positive culture, and equipping students with the tools they need to succeed academically and personally. It's a very busy time. So, all campuses try to have a representative. We'll hold our applause to the end. Dr. Miranda, if you could come up to shake hands and um campuses, you know, I like to do
018alphabetical order. So, just just to prepare you all. So, following that alphabetical order, first up we have Bonum Elementary. [applause] Next up, Buoie Elementary. [applause] [snorts] And guys, we we will basically fill this whole area because we'll have quite a few. Thank you. Now, let's hear it for Bradford Elementary. [applause] Not sure if they were able to make it. I'm looking. I think they're trying to get in there. How about Crockett Elementary? All right, Crockett. [applause] Next we have Fannon Elementary, Golad Elementary, [applause] Hollowman Elementary, [applause] Lamar Elementary, Lincoln Middle School, [applause] >> Lonear Middle School. [applause] McGill Elementary, [applause] Reagan Elementary, [applause] and last but certainly not least, Sanorita Elementary. [applause] Congratulations. >> All of these campuses receive a banner to be hung on their campus. If it's they previously have a banner, then
019they receive a heart to designate the year that they were named a National Showcase Campus. So, that's why you're not getting new hardware this evening. That is coming to all of you. Now, I'm going to help soon here for a group picture. Y'all all organized school pictures. So, y'all have like 20 seconds to organize yourself for a really big picture. Again, congratulations to our 13 National Showcase campuses. Way to go. [applause] [clears throat] Thank you all. Thank you guys. [applause] >> All right. Next on our agenda is public comment. We do have individuals signed up to speak this evening. For those speaking tonight, please remember to follow the guidelines you received when you signed in and that were displayed on the screen before the meeting began. Our first speaker is Mrs. Reid and it's regarding
020the demolition of Carver. [snorts] >> Good evening, President Dr. Kingman, members of the board, Superintendent Dr. Moran, and citizens present. My name is Michelle Grooms Reed, and I serve as the president of the NAACP unit 6219. I'm here today on behalf of concerned citizens of St. Angelo regarding the proposed vote to demolish the historic Carver Learning Center. I respectfully ask that the board consider tableabling this vote to allow time for meaning meaningful community discussion and exploration of alternative options to this historic building. The Carver campus holds deep historic and cultural significance for the St. Angelo community. Originally established as a segregated school for black children in St. Angelo ISD. It represents an important and often difficult chapter in both districts and cities history. Any decision to demolish this structure should be approached with great care,
021full transparency, and meaningful public input. Additionally, the estimated cost of demolition further supports the need for thorough review before proceeding. While we acknowledge the building is nearly a 100red years old, there are other campuses of similar ages such as Sanorita Elementary and Fort Contro Elementary where investments were made to preserve and continue serving the community. This demonstrates that preservation and revitalation revitalization are possible when communities and leadership work together. Tabling this vote would give the community an opportunity to collaborate, develop viable solutions and potentially form partnerships that could benefit not only the Carver Learning Center, but also the surrounding neighborhood. This area includes the historic Dunbar Library, recognized as the oldest free public library in St. Angelo and once the only library serving the black community from 1932 to 1972 during segregation. Preserving Carver is
022about more than a building. It's about protecting the legacy of community whose history has already been significantly impacted. The construction of Loop 306, which cut off Martin Luther King Drive, led to the decline of many blackowned businesses that once thrived in this area. Many residents now feel that what remains of that history is at risk of being lost. Emotions in the community are high and I've received numerous calls from citizens who are deeply concerned that the black history in St. Angelo is being erased. For these reasons, I respectfully urge the board to table this agenda item, allow the community time to fully understand the situation, come together, and present thoughtful solutions, and honor to preserve this important piece of our shared history. Thank you for your time and the opportunity to address this evening. And
023thank you for your service. >> Thank you, Mrs. Reid. [applause] Next we have Mrs. Butler and topic was unlisted but I'm going to go with Carver unless she corrects me. >> Good evening Dr. Kingman board Dr. Moran. I am here to discuss the possible demolition. Dudra Butler, the possible demolition of Carver Learning Center or to the Blackshire community, it will always be Carver. To me, Carver represents one of a one of the last few historical landmarks left in what was the black community. You see, my roots run deep in that community. I had an uncle, Irvin Butler, who was the first black policeman. I had an aunt, Mary Francis Butler Owens, an educator who was a part of the disegregation committee in 1955, along with school board president at the time, Frank Ple Rabin, founder
024of the local NACP, Mayor MD Bryant, and other school administrators. My godmother's father, Buffalo Soldier JW Walker, started the first black church. my church, Greater St. Paul AM, and on and on. This was the school that my mother and all of her siblings attended at the time when schools were segregated. Even though I reside in Mr. Dendle's district, I still own property in the Black neighborhood. If you know Dudra, Dudra's motto is Dudra cares. Someone said to me just the other day, "I just don't have emotional attachment to old school buildings." And it triggered a memory of a neighbor telling me, "I just don't get into politics when I asked for their support when running for office a year ago." Since then, I have had a couple of neighbors to ask for my intervention getting
025issues solved by the city. And although I did not win the office, nor did they vote at all because I studied the list of people that voted, I immediately went to work on their behalf because I care. I care about people and I have attachment to my history and where I grew up playing as a little girl and telling the stories of many trailblazers, friends, and family alike from those parts of St. Angelo as a member of the St. Angelo Standard Times editorial board for 15 years. You see, Carver, the black community, is a piece of our my story. Therefore, I, like many, felt blindsided when learning of the possible demolition scheduled to occur on the agenda. >> Thank you, Mrs. Butler. >> Well, thank you all. [music] >> Next, we have Mrs. Smith, and
026her topic is Carver. Good evening. The board has been already addressed and I just want to say I respect what you do. My name is Evelyn Smith and I went to Carver and I also use Dumbar Library which is next door to Carver. I'm in that neighborhood almost every day doing things in that neighborhood. And I just want to say I know there's other people who approached you about Carver and Blackshire. Uh but I just want to say a little bit what I what I did myself just as a everyday person that's what I call myself that what I did I did talk to and I understand she's not here anymore but executive director of communication Molly Turk I talked to her on March 18, 2024. Uh February 13, 2024. uh March 18, 2024. And
027so I know that this is all in your jurisdiction where you probably know something about that. And my discussion was I was trying to uh get Blackshire and Cara is a historic building because it is historic. I don't have to tell you you've heard enough about that already. I also tried to get Carver school to get a mural put on that building and get the kids involved so it would encourage them to do more and get involved in helping putting a mural on that. I got turned down for all of that and so and I did talk to um Dr. Moran on in u 2025 when he did come to the NAACP to to speak for us. my concern about Carver and Blackshire. And at that time, he said there was no um there was
028nothing on the agenda to demolish either one of those schools. So, I'm just here asking you on today. Uh I I didn't get a notice. Nobody in the neighborhood I ever know that got a notice. if you would just table that on to on today on tonight and give us a chance to do something to respond and make a a presentation or maybe there's another option. Give the community a chance to do something as I see we did not have a chance. I never knew anything about it. Nobody else did. So, I'm just pleading to you at this time as a grown child that has a lot of history in that area and still do, would you please consider just tableabling that? Thank you. >> Thank you, Mrs. Smith. [applause] And next we have Mr.
029Vill. Uh topic is Carver campus. Good evening, President Kingman and Superintendent Moran and the board. My name is Tony Vrial and I am here on behalf of Manu to respectfully ask the board to table this item on the agenda concerning the demolition of historic Carver Learning Center. Carver is not just an old building. It's a historic campus with deep meaning for this community. It began as a segregated school for black children in San Angelo ISD. And for generations, it stood as part of a painful but important chapter in our city's history. That history should not be erased without a full and careful review. We understand that the district has concerns about the building's condition. We understand that repairs and maintenance and renovation can be costly, but demolition is permanent. Once this building is torn down,
030that history is gone forever. Before that decision is made, the board should allow time to explore every alternative available. The estimated demolition cost is already significant. Before spending that kind of money to destroy a historic structure, this district should consider preservation, obtuse, face rehabilitation, public and private partnerships, and any other option that could keep the building standing and available for public use. This is bigger than bricks and mortar. It's about memory, identity, and respect for the people and families whose history is tied to Carver. The community deserves a chance to be heard, and this board deserves the opportunity to make a decision with the facts and alternatives in front of it. We at Manu respectfully ask for the board to table this item tonight and direct the staff to return with the preservation and reuse
031options for consideration. Thank you and God bless. [applause] >> Thank you Mr. Briel. >> Next we have Miss Spears. Again topic is Carver Learning Center. Good evening to Dr. Kingman, to Dr. Moran, and to other trustees and those present in the room. My name is Shirley Spears. I'm a resident here of St. Angelo. And while I am not a part of the history for Carver, I'd like to say that I'm a little closet historian. And I have many uh associates here in the audience this evening who have told me all of the stories which are similar to those stories that I experienced in Fort Worth, Texas of what went on at Carver and what went on in the black community. I think what concerns us the most here is that there seemed to be a
032surprise element to being able to discuss this tonight as to whether or not you were moving forward with demolition efforts. the community as a whole, and I think I can say this correctly and fairly, that the NAACP, President Michelle Reid, whom you've already heard from, was not aware of this until it hit the media. Dudra Butler was not aware of it until it hit the media. These are just two people that are part of the community overall, not just that community where Carver currently sits. I think you would be kind to listen to what Miss Butler had to say about all of her history and her association there. And I think it's important for you to listen to what uh Miss Evelyn had to say about her experiences there at Carver. The problem is that
033there has seems to be no transparency in plans to move forward. And I have spoken before this board on several occasions and I think you all know how I feel when there is no transparency. And I think it's important for us to realize that in today's environment in this country, efforts are being made to disrupt diversity, equity, and inclusion. And we didn't request diversity, equity, and inclusion nearly a hundred years ago when the segregated system caused you to create Carver School. We are now asking that the community and all those stakeholders who are impacted be given an opportunity to talk through the process, get additional information from you with regard to the condition of the property and ways that the community can help the city of St. Angelo maintain that property for historic and cultural
034purposes. So, we ask that you table your vote tonight and let us have time to work as a community. We always say that St. Angelo is one community. Let us take time and be fair and transparent and let us work as a community. So, please table this vote this evening. Thank you. [applause] >> Thank you, Mr. Spears. Next, we have uh Mr. Keley. Hey, >> good evening board. It's a little weird being on this side of the DAS instead of the opposite. I'm Patrick Keley. I'm the city council for District 4, Black Share Heights, and this school is in that community. That's why I thought it would be important for me to come today. Um, first I want to thank you. I want to thank you for choosing to be a public servant. Um, you
035thoughtfully considered each and every item that comes on your agenda and I know that you carefully consider those and your fiduciary responsibilities and how best to serve SISD and the city of St. Angelo. It's almost an impossible task to please everyone while also trying to do what you know in your heart is best from your seat. Today I come before you on behalf of a community that is and has been heavily involved in their community and this city. They too give countless hours, dollars, sweat, and tears to bettering other lives around them. We humbly ask that you give us time to talk to community members and leaders, to nonprofits, to national organizations, to anyone who will listen to have a chance to save Carver and possibly preserve some of the history that meant so much
036to an entire community. History is important. It is what we learn from and a lot of us get our identities from. It shaped many of our laws that we live by today, good or bad. As you've already seen with other school closures, schools have a deep impact on many of our lives. Um, we remember our teachers, our principles, our coaches, our friends, our athletic and arts events. Carver not only has those same memories, but also has deeper historical ties that matter to entire communities, even those that never attended. Um, I think that's where this is a little different than the previous school closures. This matters to um, as Shirley spoke to, this matters to communities that never even attended. Um, it is a deeper meaning and historical event than just a regular school. Um, if
037my personal school, we had one elementary school if it closed, wasn't a big deal to me. I moved on. This this has historical ties. Some in this room actually attended. Obviously, I didn't. Um, so it it's it matters to a lot of people. Right now, all we ask is you table the demolition. Give us a liazison to work with and see if we can help save you that money the demolition costs and preserve a capstone in an entire community. Let that demolition money work earning interest while the community goes to work saving it responsibly. I don't know that we can save it, but we would sure like to have a shot at it. Thank y'all. >> Thank you. [applause] >> Next, we have Miss Haywood and the topic is Carver. >> Good evening. My name
038is Angela Haywood and I stand here as a fourth generation citizen in SISD student and all of my aunts and uncles went to Carver. All of their records, historical records, their championships were in that school as well as Blackshere. And the people that are here today will tell you that Carver means a lot. I've heard the stories. I've listened to the stories. I have repeated the stories. I've had arguments with my siblings with regards to how the stories have gone. Carver means a lot as well as the others that are no longer there like the Randolph Center. I was there. I was in the nursery at Randolph Center. Carver means just that much to me and to my family. It is historical. And if you give us a chance, the community, and give us the
039transparency as to what you are wanting to do, we will do what we have to do in order to help you save Carver. Thank you. [applause] Thank you, Mrs. Haywood. All right. Next, we're going to move forward with some agenda items. Um, and I promise as soon as we get to action items, I'll move you all up into the action items so y'all don't have to sit here any longer than we have than y'all have to. Okay. I apologize. Um, okay. Um, first is an information item. Uh, Brooks Wer from KFW is going to give us a bond construction update. >> Good evening, Dr. Moran, Dr. Brandon, Dr. Gomez, uh, trustees. Uh, just a a quick update. Last meeting, I showed y'all sort of where we were with Fannon, um, and Lake View. And so,
040here's just a few new images trying to kind of keep things a little fresh. Uh, this is from the 65% set that we um recently submitted on Friday um for Fannon Elementary. Um here we just want to show you sort of a an idea that we are kicking around for the uh for the playground. [clears throat and cough] The other day, um, myself and Melissa Speck in our office and Carl Danheim, we had to run over to the campus to to get some field measurements and it was it was after school and so there's like an after school program coming along and uh so we and we were outside taking some measurements out where that sport is and this little kid kind of like runs up gets breaks out of his group and he runs
041up to he's like, "Guys, are you all doing the new building?" And anyway, it's like we all do one of those playgrounds with the wall and you climb into it and you climb up and you go in and stuff. And so anyway, uh Melissa relayed that story just kind of as a final story to our landscape architects. And so they said, "Well, let's just see what we can kind of come up with." So just as a sort of something to consider, uh we don't know quite yet. It's a little bit of a departure from what was at Miguel or or Crockett, but so you can see kind of there on the side is that little climbing wall that kind of like gives that that little boy sort of something to sort of uh climb on
042and climb in and climb around and stuff. So again, this is something that uh I think Dr. Brandon, Dr. Brandon didn't see until just just earlier this afternoon. So uh but this is just a little little idea to kind of kick around, something something kind of fun. It's in the Fanning uh colors as well, the blue and blue and gold. So, uh just a few few little images there of some fun playground equipment there. Uh and then, uh we I think y'all are voting later on this evening on uh the contractor for uh the Lake View High School concession building. So, that came in uh those those numbers were uh delivered on Wednesday. And so, uh we're excited to get that started. And so, here's uh some nice a little bit more realistic renderings than
043what y'all have seen. Um this the the material will be split phase CMU but it's a special kind to meet energy code. It has uh built-in insulation. Um and so you'll see this. So it's a single white system but it has kind of like the stone sort of uh rough face. Um and then the some canopies around there for shade. So you that building in the foreground is the ticketing booth where people can walk up buy their tickets to the to the events. And then in the back there, you can see the the concession building, uh the windows where they can buy the concessions. And then around to side is the group restroom. And then further around the back is officials dressing. And you can see there's the the track. And then on your right
044on the right hand side of the image would be the softball field. And then on the left hand side of the field image would be on the baseball field. So this would be the parking lot that's expanded with the additional 25ish spaces. So, that's what I've got for y'all this evening. If y'all have any questions, be happy to >> with delivering the 65% plan to the city, are we happy with where we are on the Fannon timeline? >> Yes, I believe so. >> Okay. Sorry, that's going to be my question every time. >> Quick question. Quick question. >> Other questions? >> Yeah. Uh [clears throat] on the playground, is that still within our our budget for the playground? >> Uh we believe so. Yes. I mean, this this playground won't be any more than what
045the Crockett or Phantom playgrounds cost. >> Um it'll be in line with with with that. So it's not it's not going to be any any more or less. >> Won't be assert. >> Yeah. Yeah. It won't be a super special crazy play. >> All right. Thank you. And if I can just make a comment on that. U Mr. Wayer was correct. These images were just shared with us. So there really hasn't been a thorough review or selection of said playground. But uh anyway, I just wanted to throw that out there. Nothing is final. >> And I Yes. And I and I apologize Dr. Mann and Dr. Brandon. Um we we just got on Friday, so wanted to give youall something to see. >> I have a question on the Lake View concession. That's not to
046be um confused with that portable, right, that we were going to renovate [clears throat] for concession also there on the campus for lunches. This is totally separate. >> Okay. >> Is that still in the works? >> So the um this concession stand is a brand new build. This will serve the football, soccer, baseball, and softball fields. And this is uh this will be a first class facility for them and really dress that area. If you if you've been out to those fields, you know they're getting new turf on both baseball, softball tracks being resurfaced. The the football soccer field be resurfaced. They'll get bleachers that are like a uh non-varsity style bleacher. Not a not a thousand or more, but [clears throat] lighting for the fields, which they haven't had. So, there's a major upgrade
047there. The portable for the the lunch is in place. It's been used, but that's on that's on the other side of the fields there. >> Okay. The kids are using that. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Yeah. All right. Any other questions regarding the bond projects? >> Thank you. >> Dr. Gomez is going to help us with an update on academic programs. >> Dr. Keeman, Dr. Moran and members of the board. This evening's report is on summer programming. While we are fully committed to finishing the school year strong and we have approximately a month left of instruction, we are deep in summer planning and planning for the 2627 school year. Um we are very fortunate uh with our community support with a muchneeded bond to have quite a bit of extensive work this summer that we have
048not been able to have in a number of years. that does impact our schedule um and intentionality in summer programming. So, we've shifted many of our summer programs, still having the offerings, but shifted those to July to allow crucial work to take place and to work with the contractors that will be um providing those services. In the month of June, we will have uh our high school support for students that need to retest an end of course exam. That program is actually going to take place at Oaks, not at Central High School and not at Lake View High School to avoid um any summer work in the month of June on the high school campuses. And those are specific time periods based on the test the students need to retake. Then in the month of
049July, we will have our elementary summer school held at Buouie and Reagan. [snorts] And the elementary summer programming also includes support for our bilingual students. And that program will be held specifically at Reagan. And then it also includes support for special education students that need additional behavior supports. And that program will be held at Buoie in conjunction with the regular program. You also likely remember in last month's middle of the year update for our campuses working in school improvement. I told you based on our middle of the year data, we were providing specialized supports for two elementary campuses based on their data. U Bel Air and Golad and we're calling that a specialized reading intervention. and that special group will be held at Reagan. Again, all of this is conjun in conjunction with the other
050programs to um increase efficiency with staffing and facilities. Then also in the month of July, we will continue what we refer to as our middle school jumpstart program. So, if you're a parent yourself, um, and you've experienced the transition from elementary to middle school or you have a special family member, uh, that transition from elementary to middle school is typically more nerve-wracking for the parent than the child. Uh, as a former elementary and middle school principal and parent, I understand that feeling very well. So, we provide what's called a jump start. So students entering sixth grade can experience life on the three middle school campuses. When you think about it, most of our elementary students have up to three, maybe four max teachers and then they go to secondary with a whole different schedule. Um
051so we want to ease any nerves and apprehension and that's what we do through our middle school program. There is an academic connection of course, but more importantly, it's about look, come see what this is all about. Um, so that we can set students and families up for success. We will also continue to have in July what's referred to as our extended school year uh specific to special education students that um are um based on the AR committee that the additional services are deemed necessary and so those services will take place in July as well. And then lastly, we will have [laughter] um in terms of um kind of retesting extended year, we will have credit recovery for both high schools in July. And those the credit recovery program will be different than the retesting
052program and it will be back on campuses, but we've ensured that there will be um no interference with construction on where the classes will take place. And then um back to jump start. So we talked about that very important transition from elementary to middle school. Well, it's also a very important transition when students are first entering. So as we know, not all students enter preK. Um so for many students, their first formal interaction at school is in kindergarten. So, just like we do the middle school jump start, we do a kindergarten jump start uh to really again I invite anyone the first week of school to come to the cafeteria for littles and just help them carry the lunch tray. Uh and I love our child nutrition staff. I think they've all left. But if
053you've never helped prek or kindergarten open ketchup packets, we'll take all the volunteers we can or to carry the tray with a milk carton and a slice of pizza. Um, so just little things like that that seem very small, they're huge. Uh, and we do that in that kindergarten jump start program. We do that on four campuses um to cover throughout the community. So this year kindergarten jump start will be held at Buouie, Glennmore, Golad, and Reagan. And so uh we are in the process. We've interviewed because that is a requirement. uh staff must be certified in the applicable areas. We've interviewed for administrators and named administrators. We are in process of interviewing teachers and all notifications uh will go out by May 1st. Then after those staff members are selected, we will wrap up
054with uh interviewing for clerical support for summer programming. So that's it in a nutshell. Can I take any questions? >> Any questions for Dr. Gomez? Um I have a couple. We'll start with high school. The support retest. Yes. >> Do has the state given us the window of when the kids will receive their scores so they know if they have to retest? >> Yes. And that will be done and it so we have to go ahead and submit and get information out and then it's like regular even elementary summer school. we will have time before the programs begin to make calls and say um great news you don't have to come or you indeed do need to come. >> So also at Oaks they're going to go there to test again for the EOC. >>
055Um [snorts] are we providing be like help that's what the program is all about. So um Miss Duncan there is small groupoup teacher instruction and the teachers providing that instruction must have the certification. Um now we also do um some other supports where some teachers I'll give a great example. Uh we often time get uh very dedicated middle school teachers do with the state certifications. So the way they come out a middle school teacher could have a 4 through eight certification but not a 7 through 12 certification. uh but they're still very familiar like in the area of algebra 1 assisting those teachers but technically they're not certified. Um they help in another area with um monitoring and supporting but the teachers providing the direct instruction have certification in the subject area they're retesting for.
056>> Okay. So they will attend oaks get the tutorials the help whatever they need be and then retest. >> Yes ma'am. Um, and we're going to let them I just it's important to let them know ASAP because high school kids will be getting jobs and >> Absolutely. >> and things like that. And then my other question, we talk about middle school and it's really for anyone from third to 8th, >> those that take the STAR successful. Are we um do we go back and try to help and fill that during the next school year? >> We do. It's it's a part of the schedule for uh you know the legislative um updates have changed that quite a bit. It's now referred to as 1416 and and a required number of hours of remediation in the
057content area that they were unsuccessful but by um the legislature we have to have a plan during the regular school year and we do have that at all levels. >> Okay. All righty. Thank you. >> Yes ma'am. >> Uh Dr. Gomez, thank you first. um for updating with us with all of that. It's just amazing how much goes on throughout the summer when people think that we're off. Um, but I wanted to just reiterate uh the jump start programs and um in particular, well, I guess both of them, but I keep going back to the middle school jump start jump start program and how um yes, the kids are much more excited about going to middle school than the parents typically. But those kids go in with such a a bigger um a much more
058confidence when they've gone to that program. They know where their classes are. They know who some of the teachers are. kind of know um just have a better gist of you know real where what's happening and so I just wanted to really encourage any parents of upcoming middle school parents to make sure that your kids attend that. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions for Dr. >> Yes. Um my question is um concerning the summer programming. How do you go about designating certain campuses to host those programs? I noticed that Buoie and Reagan is hosting almost all of them. So, what goes into selecting? >> So, we rotate those, Mrs. Cardinis. They're not the same every year. Um, again, this summer is a unique summer in the amount of work that will be taking place.
059Um, but having been a former elementary principal who experienced this directly, if we have one campus that's designated multiple years in a row, as hard as we try to work around cleaning schedules and all the things, you can't do the thorough cleaning and maintenance that you want to do if there was not a specialized program on the campus. So, we rotate those so that just one or two campuses aren't always the ones designated. Um, and this summer in particular, we've really worked with the contractors and the work schedule to make sure that we're not interfering. So, the required repairs can be done. So, that's how it's not um like it was 2009 when I was principal at Fannon. As you notice, Fannon is not on here now. As the principal, you feel like it's my
060school every year, but we have a chart that shows no actually it hasn't been since this amount of year. Also, um it's very important that we provide meals during the summer. As we know, um with our students with um need of free and reduced lunch, there are regulations na um national regulations for a site to be allowed to do free summer feeding. And so that requirement does also sometimes limit us on which campuses because if we can't provide the meals, uh we don't get as large of a turnout. Plus, we don't feel like it's as beneficial for our students and the families if we can't provide that service. We also work with local partners, the Boys and Girls Club specifically, the YMCA, um, and branch out because what we want for all students in the
061summer months, not just those involved in summer programming, but to make sure basic needs are met so that they're receiving meals and that they're staying safe. So, it's more than just the district as a whole, but it's also outreach to those community partnerships. Yes, ma'am. >> Other questions? >> Quick, Dr. Gomez, the the the free lunches for the kids, >> that's for all of them, >> correct? >> They don't have to be in there. They can >> That is correct. It's for any school age student. However, Mr. Gagos, that campus must meet the the threshold for it to be a summer feeding site. So, as I was explaining, that does also impact which campuses we can have for the summer programs. And Dr. Gomez, this may not be in your wheelhouse, but we typically present
062what campuses will have free lunches at our May meeting right before and then again our June meeting correct as far as where the meals are so that people know that in the community. >> I'll be glad to speak on that. I know that the communications department does a really good job of getting that information out. It'll be part of the uh uh the Monday morning radio spot. We'll get that out via newsletter. it'll be uh well communicated to the community so people will know where to go and and how to take advantage of that. >> Thank you Dr. M. >> Yes and we're also sharing that with our administrators in tomorrow's meeting but it does all correlate. So this is the importance of all departments working together. So whenever we look at even summer programming
063we also meet with child nutrition making sure what we be able to use this campus. A great example was with our ESY for special education. As you all are aware, our functional academic students in elementary are at Lamar. Lamar did not meet the threshold last year. Um we did hold the program there, but to provide meals, we bust to Golad, which was a summer feeding site. Well, that's not optimal state. Every year, part of their goals do have to do with arrival, riding the bus to and from school. But this year we're providing that support at Reagan because it also meets the threshold. So it's looking at all those factors and working together. Thank you, Dr. Gomez. All right, no more questions. Next um is our annual required hours of continuing education for schoolboard members.
064We have to announce this at this meeting every year or April meeting every year. Um for school board safety training, um Miss [clears throat] Cardin has completed two hours. Mr. Dentl completed two hours. Mrs. Duncan completed two hours. Mr. Gosh, two hours. Um myself 2 hours, Mrs. Flint, myself Flint uh 2 hours, and Dr. Mills uh 2 hours. For additional continuing education, Miss Cardinus did 4 hours, Mr. Dindle did 6 hours, Mrs. Duncan did 7 hours. Jaros did 10 and a half. M I did 6 hours. Miss myself went to 13 hours and Dr. Mills did 7 hours. Total hours of continuing education for is Miss Gardina 6 hours, Mr. Dindle 8 hours, Mrs. Duncan 9 hours, Mr. Gigo's 12 and a half hours, myself 8 hours, Mrs. Misel Flint 15 hours, and Dr. Mills
0659 hours. All right. [snorts] Next, we're going to move forward with our consent items, which are consent items A through D. We have our minutes from our March 9th and March 26th meetings, library books, um, our bid 25-015, which was a transportation adder, and bid 25-018, which was a construction, excuse me, curriculum and instruction material adder we discussed last week. Anyone have anything they want to pull from the consent agenda? Do I have a motion for consent items A through D? >> Move for approval of items A through D. >> Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> So I have a motion from Mr. Dindle and a second from Dr. Mills. Any further board comments or questions? All in favor say I. Please raise your hand. I all again say the same. Motion
066passes 70. All right. Next, my brainchild of having our con our finance and audit committee workshop right here in the middle of the agenda. We'll see how it works. Um, Mr. I'm going to turn that over to Mr. Dindle to do that. >> Thank you, Dr. Kingman. Our March bills and accounts reports begin on page 33 with all the finance and audit reports that were provided to us this month. Page 35, which is going to begin the bills and accounts data. Page 37 reflects the combined balance statement of revenues and expenditures for March. Currently the committed fund balance is 4,892,9 of that balance 4.080 million procs is for our capital projects. Most of that we've already approved and so those that's the reason those funds are committed for these projects that are upcoming that we
067have not paid for. The report also shows an unrestricted fund balance at this point of $45,35,170. So, we still continue to maintain at least a three-month cushion uh which is required by the TEA uh to move forward uh for schools to have in their fund balance just in case funding is there's a lag in funding of some sort. Any questions about that? Okay. If not, we can move to page 40, which shows our general fund revenues and expenditures report for March. We're in the seventh month of our budget cycle right now. So, we should be at around 58% of uh revenues and expenditures currently. Right now, our revenue uh runs current uh slightly ahead at 66.8% due to the uh single one and two-month collection of local revenue. Uh federal and state revenue comes in
068and kind of fills in the difference. And uh uh re uh state revenue is short of that at this point, but at by the end of the year, they come in and help make our budget whole. Uh, and our expenditures are right online at 58.4%. Anybody has any questions about that? If not, we can move forward to page 41 through 61 is a is our March check register. All transactions that went down this month are in there. Any questions on any of those checks? I encourage you to review that before the meeting and get with Dr. Brandon before uh the meeting to make sure that if you have any questions at all, he can clear those things up. Uh if there are no questions at this point, we can move forward, but you can always
069uh talk to Dr. Brandon about any of those transactions. Page 62 begins the investment reports for March. The district's total invested funds at the end of March were $482,745,692.37 of which most of that are bond funds. Uh the total interest earned for the month was 1,558,796.84. Currently, our interest rate pools run anywhere from 3.66 to 3.8%. Again, most of that is from bond funds as we spend down that bond. I'm not sure if you guys are familiar with that, but uh our option to uh when the bond passed was to garner all the funds at once. Uh that way we got a discount from the state and paying it back in the long term. So, it saved the community several million dollars uh when we did that instead of parting it out and borrowing money
070as we needed as we went going along as we went uh forward in borrowing money to uh for all the bond projects. There's no question about that investment report. We can move to page 67 which is the tax collection report for February. That report always runs about a month a month behind. So, this is the tax report for February. Our total 2024 collections were at 93.97% while our total collections run slightly behind for 2025. They are at 91.19%. Any questions on the tax report collection, the tax collection report? If not, page 68 is the March PO report for anything over 20,000 that the the district issued. Several POS, several categories. Not sure if any of the board members have any questions about any of those. >> On page 68, I just don't I just can't
071read what it says there. It says, is that intercom specialies on page 68 for that 131 131,000 >> is it intercom spec >> and what's underneath? >> Oversight. Okay. I I couldn't read. I like what does that say on there? >> The uh Mr. Gagos Krux is the third party uh vendor doing the oversight and developing the specifications for the bond uh for each one of the campuses that's receiving a new intercom system. >> And that's part of the safety. >> Yes, sir. >> All right. Additional questions? If not, that concludes the finance report. >> All right. Uh, next we're going to do action item A just because we're trying to keep it all together. Um, consider bills, accounts, and financial statements from March 2026. Do I have a motion to approve that? >> Dr.
072Cman, as we just uh reviewed these reports, in addition, all these reports can be found online on our website, sd sisd.org or under a financial transparency tab. Uh just as you as just as we've read them and gone over them, all these reports are printed uh and can be reviewed by any member of the community that would like to. Uh and with that, I'd move to approve the uh the uh financial honor report for >> March of 2026. A >> motion from Mr. Dendle. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Second from Dr. Mills. Any further board comments or questions? All in favor say I. I. Raise your hand. Bill. Sorry. State law. State law. All right. Motion. You made the motion. I mean I still motion passes 70. All right. Next we're
073going to move to uh item D. Mr. Henry uh bid 26 26-005 which is Carver campus abatement and demolition. Thank you for having me here tonight. Tonight I bring forth 26-005 Carver abatement. With the movement of DAP out of Carver and our declining enrollment, it has left the the Carver campus vacant, no longer needed. With the assistance of King Consulting, specifications and drawings were produced to abate and demo the entire Carver campus. Bids were received from seven companies capable of performing this type of work. These were reviewed and scored and One Priority Environmental LLC and Reese Albert Trucking received the highest scores. The administration recommends approval for One Priority Environmental Services for the abatement and Reese Albert Trucking for the demolition at Carver. Total cost for all demo and abatement is $333,570, which includes a
074$40,000 contingency. All right. Uh before we open this up, I just want to say a few things. Uh just kind of set the table for productive discussion and then uh we'll move forward. First, I want to thank everyone who came and talked this evening. Thank you for um coming and speaking because that's it's important to have a voice. Um, I'm also not going to lie, I'm going to use this to kind of weave something else in um that was brought to my attention that I can't figure out how to get on the end to the uh discussion, but um there's a narrative being propagated uh whether it be online or anywhere else that the men and women um of this board and this district leadership are trying to make decisions that negatively impact kids in
075our community. I just want to say to my fellow board members that I know each and every one of you has a heart of service and is trying to create solutions. That is what each of us was elected to do. And I also want to say to our admin team, that was what each of you was hired to do. And I appreciate the work y'all are doing. Um because I understand that education is a calling and that y'all are in an act of service. And so beyond it being what you're hired to do, it is also um y'all are putting yourselves out there and doing the hard work. So I want to just thank each and every one of you for that and hope that as a community and no one here this evening said
076anything along that. So thank you. U but as a community I just want to say that we can do better. Um we can do better in treating each other well. And so um I just want to say that's what I want to say. So as a primer for the discussion regarding for this property um the as most of y'all know and I know all of our board knows there is only one way for us as a board to discuss topics. We can talk about properties in executive session which is not transparent. It is not open. it is not forthcoming in any way. Um [clears throat] there are times in executive session are required personnel and other things or we can post things as an item and that is how local government is supposed to work.
077It is the definition of transparent but unless it is posted we as a board can't sit here and talk about it. We can't have a discussion. Um and so it doesn't surprise me and I bet it doesn't surprise anyone else on this board that we had a lot of people come talk tonight. Okay. But we don't have a way with the Open Means Act to have discussions without posting things for discussion. Um that being said, as a board, historically we have instructed our administration team that if that we do not want another Travis Elementary. Okay? And I get that Carver is a significantly different historical piece than Travis Elementary, but what marching orders that have been relayed by boards previously and when we can't sit here and talk about it as without a open meeting,
078our administrative team has moved forward with doing something that allows us to talk about it on on a meeting at a meeting. And so we do, and for those I think everyone in this room knows what I mean by Travis Elementary, but for those watching online, Travis Elementary was sold by the district. The district does not own it anymore. And it has sat in a neighborhood with, I would say, at least one or two phone calls a year coming to board members telling them, "Why haven't you torn down Travis Elementary?" And that that's a that's a reality because the district doesn't own that piece of property. And um and so that's just where we are. So as far as for this discussion, I think there are things we have to talk about with Carver and
079so for all of us to talk about as we move forward, I think it we have to talk about the fact that with Carver not being used, we have to talk about whether it is the best solution for it to be used for kids. Now this is from a school perspective, not a community perspective, and there's room for community perspective as well. But from a district perspective, we have to look at what maintenance insurance costs of that and what the ongoing costs are of Carver over the next um several years. If we do not feel that it is fit for children to be for us to be using it for children or we have no need to be using it for children anymore, we have to look at the fact that the properties um where
080the new KFC and the new car wash are just sold for $1.2 million. That's what the land for those two pieces of property sold for. It's a lot of money for kids in our district and we got to think about that. Um we also um need to look at the fact that the asbesus abatement alone for this project for the bid would cost $200,000 I think is the number. I don't want to lie to y'all. >> Believe it's 180,000. >> Okay. 180. And that, you know, and one thing that when we're looking as stewards of our um for our taxpayers, we got to look at whether we can always looking at whether we can add taxable value to our community that decreases the cost for the burden on the homeowners of what our taxes cost
081them. So, we can add things that are actually of taxable value. Now, understanding all of that, we have to look at what um what is best for our community in all of those things. But I just wanted to set it with the fact that this wasn't a board's attempt to hide anything. I mean, there's there's no hiding or surprising with Carver campus. I mean, like, we knew, but there's only one way for the seven of us to be able to have a discussion. And so, that's where we're at tonight. So from that standpoint, we can either vote to move forward, we can vote to table, okay, we can vote to tear it down, we can vote to keep it. I mean, but whatever we decide to do, I think what we need to come through
082with our discussion this evening is um make sure that we give our administrative team clear marching orders on what they need to be doing in order to do with this property because otherwise we have to put it on the agenda again like before. It's ready for prime time to be able to sit there and talk about it. Um, questions, further [clears throat] board comments. >> I have comments. I'm at that. I'm really appreciative of everybody that came speak >> there. Is that better? I appreciate everybody that came to speak and a lot of important things were brought up. the historical value of that building um you know was the like like the Dunar Library was was had been shut down in 72 car and what's crazy is that little area right there that was a
083big focal point at one time I mean I remember when Randolph ran all the way through there we're in Mil Kane now but um you know I think that that we as a board do need to look at every option and I I think it's going to take time because I mean, you know, like you said, we don't want the Travis thing again. And you know, if if [clears throat] we sell it, you know, if we were to sell the if if I I think we should look at different alternatives or allow the group that came in to speak to look for different alternatives for historical preservation. maybe they can ask around or or call people and and see if they can get a you know a group or whatever what they need to do
084and you know that that we go ahead and just table it indefinitely until they find something you know and indefinitely is that we can go till next month or we can go for six months or seven months it up to us then but I think we ought to allow the community of of Carver and Blackshere to um to look at to see if they can find some different options of of kind of like Dunar Library was done. You know, they they had different people came in to help and restored that building and all that. So, that's my take. So, that's that's what I said. Like I said, I wouldn't mind tableling this an indefinite table. >> If I can. >> Is that a motion to table? Just I want to make sure. >> Well, can
085we can Can I >> We can keep talking, but I just didn't know that was a motion to table. >> Okay. Well, then I'll make the motion. I wrote it down to table indefinitely bid the Carter abatement and demolition to allow time to seek partnerships and other alternatives for historical preservation. So now we can keep talking. >> Okay, further discussion. Sorry, I just want to make sure I got that right. Um I just wanted to say um the first thing is there are many districts who only have one meeting a month and um they don't have this the pre-aggenda meeting and I think uh we have so we have the pre-aggenda meeting usually the second week of the month and then we have our regular agenda meeting the the third week which is this meeting
086and I think um when we talk about transparency I feel like that's the definition of transparency we give a week in between to discuss for for community members to get together, to call us, to speak to each other, and um I really want to thank the the Black Shear community for reaching out to us and um for really coming to us with the beginnings of a plan and um I think um like all of you were saying, I can definitely, you know, appreciate the historic value and would love to find a way that uh we can make that that historic value stay here in St. Angelo where it belongs. Um, and so with respect to the Black Shear community, I'm going to second the motion. >> Before we vote on that, any other comments or
087questions? I got some comments. I want to thank you all for coming out. What a beautiful and respectful display of love and commitment to St. Angelo. I know it's so hard to be on that end of things, and if it was easy, everybody would do it. but you all came out and showed up and I know we all really appreciate it. Um there's just a couple of things that that I want to mention and there's already been a motion in a second so thank you all. We have to also remember that the these are our members that we work for and they have spoken and I don't want um [snorts] the same thing to come up like with Sam Houston. The reason why these community members are are speaking on every single one brought up
088transparency. To me, a week is not enough. It's really not. Especially for busy individuals. The only reason, you know, most everybody is in here is because the social media posts. I feel like as a team, we need to find or push put forth better efforts to involve the community and let them know what's going on. I got a list today of of future projects or future items that we we will be talking about as far as either you know demolishing future buildings or what to do with them in the future. So I think it's very important that we we reserve more than a week to allow community input. That location there is it it even falls into the tears program and um you know there's so much that can be done. Today we got the
089opportunity to visit myself, Amy, Dr. Moran, thank you all for showing up. Our new head of um maintenance, Merl, you know, thank y'all for showing up knowing that you have to have a vision and it's there. That building is can definitely preserve be preserved. It can be used for something. Um and you know, it's very important to to keep St. Angela St. Angelo and our history, make St. Angela what it is. So from here and going forward, I'd really like to work together and and just bring forth a better effort to involve our community a little bit better. But >> and I mean and just as a reminder, there's no way for us to talk about it though unless it's posted. So we got posted, but maybe more than a week. >> So absolutely. Um
090the [clears throat] only thing I would ask is possibly for an addendum on that motion is and this is just and this is up for debate obviously is like the longer that building sits there with nothing happening the harder it is to do anything with it. And so the only thing I would say is like on that motion instead of saying indefinitely like let's reevaluate it in 4 months 6 months. I'm not I'm not saying a month from now, but like let's put let's put some heat on the fire a little bit because if we don't then we may sit up here we stand up here a year or two from now with a building that is in worse disrepair cuz as a district we're not using it. And like so as a district, we
091need to figure out how to work with the community to make sure if we're going to preserve it that we do that in a way that doesn't just add to the cost point for everyone by doing nothing for two years. And so I would ask if it would I would like to if someone would make an addendum to that count to say, hey, we're going to reevaluate it in 6 months or four month I mean at a timeline as opposed to indefinitely. >> Okay. Do I need to read the >> and a point of order? Yeah, the person that made the motion should have been >> Well, um, where is it? Okay. Um, I'd table I'd table for 6 months. Okay. [snorts] Bid 260005, the Carter AB Carver abatement and demolition and to allow time
092six months to seek partnership and other alternatives for historical preservation of that property. Second. I mean, I have a motion from Mr. Gagos. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> No. Second from Mrs. Meiselle Flint. Any further board comments or questions? >> Yeah, I would I would just like to also thank everyone for coming out. I'll I'll be honest. I did not realize it had such a cultural impact and and such a historical significance to the community. So, I appreciate everybody coming and speaking. Um, like I said, I I learned a lot tonight. Um, I really hope that we can find a partner or someone that can help us do something with it because as the district has decreased in size and we need less classrooms, we're this is a an issue we've
093had with other schools, too. We just don't need as many classrooms. So, as we're kind of weeded out schools, so to speak, um I I hope that I hope that y'all and and us can work to find someone to do something uh of meaningful value for the for the building and that in that community, but uh I think I think we'll have our work cut out for us. But I I I appreciate y'all coming and and I I really hope that we can find a good solution. So, thank you'all. >> Other comments or questions? of course I have. Is that okay? Um I just want to say thank thank you all for coming. Um, I love to hear people's stories and a lot of you shared your families, your aunts, your uncles story and um,
094when um, Taylor started talking about, you know, being kind, I've had a lot of people during the week call me and we've had wonderful conversations, very kind, very open and um, I appreciate that. I appreciate um listening you listening to us and um um I just want to say thank you. >> Yeah. Dr. Cayman, thank you for uh those comments. As you said, the clock continues to tick uh with infrastructure, construction, maintenance, utility, security costs, all those items uh continue and as they rise, so do the demolition costs re. I saw Lake View stand for quite some time uh for a long time until it was burned twice and then finally was finally torn down after 10 years standing and it was a it was it became it what was history for me because I
095was raised on that north side of town all my life. All my all my siblings went there. Um my mother worked there for a long time. I actually graduated from there. Um it was a disgrace until we finally got it torn down. So, with that, I want to say thank you for coming tonight and thank you for your for your passion for your for your property and for your school and for your history. I appreciate that. And here's some here's some comments that you guys made that that I want to I want to charge you with that will help us move forward. We look at uh we look at uh things uh via money value. We also look at things via what's best for kids. And so this history can help kids move forward as
096their parents, as the lineage goes on forward, and you continue to tell the story. This this board is considered uh callous, uncaring, and cold-hearted at times. Even even Representative Carnage thinks of this at that point sometimes. >> No, >> because we uh because that's uh what we are. I mean, we we survive visceral comments. >> That is not true at all. I know that we all care and we just >> And we all care and I know you care, too. >> Oh, yes. So, we wouldn't be sitting here if we didn't. >> I'm I'm going to finish. Okay. Can I finish? >> I'm I'm just >> Okay. Okay. You mentioned me. >> You'll have your You'll have your opportunity. >> Yeah. You and you can you can respond. There have been visceral comments on social
097media for quite some time about board members that don't care, that are incur that are terrible personally. Um, and I I encourage you to uh listen to those things and you can even review them. I don't I don't care. take heart of this board and what they do, how they serve, and how they serve their community. It's a it's a long it's it's been a longterm job for me. It's it's it's difficult at times. We make difficult decisions every day. I've been on both sides of that on both sides of that win. I've been on both sides of those those uh denials of those decisions. That's okay. The board continues to serve to the best of its ability to the students and to the community and to the taxpayers of this community. So with that,
098I heard uh Miss Haywood say we will do what we need to do. Is that correct? >> You hear that? Okay. That's that's our charge. But also in in that same in that same uh tone, Mr. Verilla Rael has said, "I'd like to charge your staff with ideas and things to get this done. I want to charge the community to form a committee locally. I'll be a part of it. You know, we we need to solve these problems long term and we need a long-term solution for this for this property and for the citizens of of uh the the citizens of St. Angelo and for the taxpayers. I heard Dr. Butler uh I've known her since college. I think she's she's a lovely young woman that has lots of ideas and cares for her community.
099She's still a lovely young woman that cares a lot for her community. I'm just saying she's been my friend for a long time. Miss Spears has represented this community for quite some time and also Miss Reed has taken that position. They're passionate about this community. They're passionate about the education of students in this community, I think, too. And that that fares well for the NAACP as we try to advance not only the the uh condition of one student but all students. I don't care where they live. I don't care if they live in Lake View. I don't care if they live in Central. Um I want all students to succeed and find their passion and do things the best way that they can. Let's see. Uh Mr. Keely, I don't know if he's still here.
100I think he mentioned that the city wanted to be a part of it. Well, put your money where your mouth is. Step up. Let's get together. The school's willing to work together. But again, this this this this process is doesn't need to be driven by the school board or the staff. This process needs to be driven by the community. The time that the the clock is ticking. We've got to make some decisions on that with this with this property. So, I'm trying to read my notes. So my idea would be to to to to the onus would be on the community to def community to form this committee that looks at possible uh ideas and create ideas and then also form plans come up with solutions and then also find finance. That's a that's a
101big part of this project. I mean, I'm I'm sure the school will come along with this alongside with you guys, but it needs to be a partnership not only with the school because the school with its declining funds does not have the ability to create a new environment at that facility. They just do not have the funds. I'll tell you right now, it's not there. And then, uh, finally, again, Mr. Keelley needs to come alongside with the city with his help. I know that the infrastructure from the in the building is is crumbling. The infrastructure to the building is crumbling and that shouldn't be the responsibility of the building owner. That should be the responsibility of the city. My take on that. Um let's see if I've got any other comments. You know, you say
102you're uh we're cold, calculating, uncaring. We care a lot. All this board cares a lot. I'm just saying. We want every students to succeed in this in this community. And we uh and I'm not sure if you realize how hard this position is to make decisions that affect kids' lives for the next 20 years. And that's what we've got to do right now is we've got to get everything in position for the next year. Not just next year, not just the following year, but 20 years from now. We've got to say this school district is the best district in the state of Texas. Are there are there issues? I don't know anybody of you guys out there that don't have issues. Everybody has issues. This school district has issues, but together we can solve these
103things and and move forward. [snorts] >> Amen. I agree. Let's pray. Yeah. If I could, I would. >> Any further [laughter] comments, >> Bill, I love your passion today. That's that's what I'm talking about. But the comment you made about me, let me go on record. Okay. All right. Go ahead. >> Let me go on record. the comment you made about me, uh, you've never heard me say that, so I know that you're probably coming from a place of many times me being the odd vote out, you know, and not agreeing with you all otherwise. I don't know where you're coming from with that, but I have respect for each and every one of you, just like you all have shown me respect meeting after meeting after meeting. There's never been any type of tension
104or anything. We can always be sit up here and agree to disagree and together. There's seven people here that come from different mindsets. Together we make a grand team if we listen to each other's ideas and thoughts. Just because I have a difference of of votes here recently, I've only been on the board for 11 months. You've been on here for for 12 years. So, you know, give me an opportunity to to be a part of the team and and, you know, not call me out like that just because I have a different vote. >> There there was no call out. There's some respect for history. >> Okay. Here for a while. Yeah. >> There we go. That's that's my uh that's my rebuttal. >> But I love your passion today, Bill. I love to
105see it. >> All right. We're going to move forward. Um there was a motion from Mr. Gyos and a second from Mrs. Meisel Flint. Any further board comments or questions? All in favor say I. I. All going to say the same. Oh, sorry. Be right. All in favor say I. Raise your hand. Sorry. All going to say the same. Motion passes 70. All right. Thank you all. Um. All right. Next, we're going to do the consider the superintendent's recommendations for the 2627 teachers and other professional contracts. And Dr. Lasser's going to help. >> Remember, you guys have got to come alongside us now. >> All right. Okay. Bring it. Bring it. Don't sing it. Bring it. >> All right. All right, Dr. L Master, this is all at our table. If you will >> help
106us with this, I appreciate it. >> Good evening, Dr. Cayman, Dr. Moran, members of the board. Tonight, I'm bringing forward the annual teacher contracts for renewal. These contracts reflect our continued commitment to supporting and retaining high-quality educators who s serve our students each and every day. I recommend your approval as presented. All right. There is a list at your table. Uh does anyone need anything pulled from the contract recommendations? Do I have a motion to approve the contract re recommendations as presented? I'll make a motion to approve the contract recommendations as presented. Have >> a motion for Mr. Gyos. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> A second from Mrs. Meisel Flint. Miss Duncan. >> Was that supposed to include the year? >> As presented. I think you're okay. >> Okay, we're good.
107All right. >> Um, so I have a motion from Mr. Geles and a second from Mrs. Misel Flint. Any other board questions or comments? I'll I'll make a comment that um I looked through all this list and I saw many many on here that are that could retire and um I praise God they're coming back and anyone else on this list. Thank you for coming back to serve our kids and our community and God bless you. >> We're grateful. >> Any other board comments or questions? All in favor say I. I. Raise your hand. Everyone. >> All against say the same. Motion passes 70. >> Thank you, Master. Uh, next we have Mr. Lee Livingston and this is discussion regarding our bill, Senate Bill 546. Good evening everybody. Try not to break it here. Um,
108Senate Bill 546 uh passed during the 89th legislative uh session. Uh, strengthen the standards of uh school buses in the state of Texas for uh three-point restraints for each uh uh passenger location. Um and uh therefore we're required to report uh the the the standings of the fleet to tea by uh May 29th of this year. And that's what we're asking you to do. uh that we're recommending the board of trustees acknowledged to tea, the district does not possess adequate funding to bring the entire fleet into compliance by September 1st of 2029. So, just as a reminder for those who don't watch schoolboard meetings for fun, um we we looked at uh speeding up our purchasing u of school buses to meet the uh legislature guideline um with declining enrollment instead of using fund balance
109for that. We do have enough buses already purchased, not necessarily delivered, but already purchased that all of our daily buses will have three-point harnesses. It is just our spare buses that would need to be replaced at this point in time. Correct. There there there will be a as the fleet currently runs, there's two um buses that are used for special needs transportation that'll probably not be replaced with the current um uh purchases that are still outstanding, but will uh depending upon the needs, they may not have to run come uh August as well. So, >> but everything everything else should have threepoint restraints for the daily buses, the one that run the ones that run every day. >> And then also there was discussion in our pre-agenda meeting is that as many districts are so
110we have a fund balance and we discussed fund balance in to meet the t the state requirement. Um, but there are many districts that do not have the fund balance to proceed with that. And given our declining enrollment and need to be able to position ourselves in the future, um, those other districts appear, there's rumors that there'll be grants and other things available to those districts. And so in order instead of going and spending money before we know all of the information, the idea is to take a step back for a moment, make sure that where we are in then decide in the future where to go. We will continue to be replacing our entire fleet over the next not but with our fleet replacement series over the next eight years. >> We definitely want
111to try to do that if we can. Yes. >> Any other questions? I just want to summarize >> after we went to the TASBY thing Saturday. This is what you call an unfunded mandate. you know, there there I mean we were talking to people there in Austin that that were saying because I mean you're talking millions of dollars that the school is require I mean the dis I mean the the state is requiring for people to their districts to put on their buses and that's millions of dollars and it's an unfunded mandate and I think uh which this segue to something else I was thinking about um if if Merl Brandon or someone can send each of us something like like how any unfunded mandates that we were given and how much they cost. It's
112just just to let people know that this is an unfunded mandate. You know, we're not like intentionally going to go buy three point uh seat restraints. The state made us do it, but then they didn't provide any funding for it because that's a very expensive that's a very expensive bill. I mean, there's a lot of like um I I can't even go on with that, but just to let people know, this is an un unfunded mandate. So >> the good the good news is I don't think Dr. Brandon probably has to do that. I think Google can probably >> bad list. Yeah. Create that exists. But um but uh any other comments regarding Senate Bill 546? >> I have a question. Um I and this may be more thinking further out than we need to,
113but how will the students will the bus driver be the one that requires the students to put the restraints on and like how will they oversee that? Am I thinking too far out? I'm just thinking like we're going to have all these restraints and millions of dollars spent >> as across the state. >> As it sits right now, they're not actually required to wear them. We are required to suggest that they wear them. Um but I do think that that's something we're going to see out of the next legislative session. >> Whether whether [snorts] it comes with any meat to it or not, I don't know. But >> okay. >> Um I I do expect to see that the next time around. >> Thank you. >> All right. Do I have a motion um regarding
114the administrative recommendation? >> Dr. Command uh recommend that the board the we acknowledge to the TEA that the district does not possess adequate funding to bring the entire fleet into compliance by September 1, 2029. >> Second. I have a motion. Sorry. I have a motion from Mr. Dindle and a second from Mr. Gyos. Any other board comments or questions? All in favor say I. I. I'm sorry. All say the same. Motion passes 70. All right. Next, we're going to go to bid 26-002, Lake View Concession. It's one of the 2025 bond projects. the addition of a concession stand at the Lake View at Lake View was one of the proposed 2025 bond projects. Currently, the Lake View baseball and softball complexes have very small concession areas at their fields that do not work well for
115the facility. The new concession stand will be a shared facility that will serve the entire Lake View Sports Complex. This pricing will include a new ticket booth, an officials locker room, and expanding expanded parking lot. With the assistance of KFW architects and SKG Engineering, plans were drawn and specifications were written for companies capable of performing this type of work. We received five competitive bids. These were reviewed and scored in Lake and Lee Lewis not only had the lowest price, but also received the highest score. The administration recommends approval of Lee Lewis for the base bid and alternate one. This includes a new concession stand, new ticket booth, and officials locker room, and an expanded parking lot. Base bid for this project is 2,ion59,000. An alternate one that adds an island sidewalk and lighting for the
116parking lot for 41,500 bringing the total cost to 2,100,500. Are there any questions over this project? >> What was the allocation on the bond when we proposed the bond for this project? So the overall will be approximately 200,000 over uh what we what was proposed in the bond. So at some point we will have to um in an area that we're under in a bond project. Um [clears throat] but as we went through the design phase meetings with the city uh the need for uh we felt like there was a need for lighting uh in that area uh just you know for our parents to come and go uh some additional sidewalks. There just were some things that were placed um within the design uh that wasn't originally planned for. So uh out of that
117approximately 200,000 the project would be slightly over. >> Other questions or comments? >> I'm not sure if this was recent, but it was posted on Friday facts. We all got it in our Friday facts if you saw the the bid breakdown on that. So, >> all right. [clears throat] With with that, I'd move to recommend the approval of Lee Lewis for the base bid and alternate one. This includes a new concession stand, a new ticket booth and officials locker room, and expanding the parking lot. The base cost for the project is $2,59,000 and the alternate one that adds an island sidewalk and lights in the parking lot which are needed in that area for sure for $41,500. The total cost that brings the total cost of the project to 2,100,000 and five $2,100,500. Like to
118thank SKG and Mr. Wer for their work on this project. It's very professional. looks good. Uh it will improve the uh landscape obviously of the north side community and with the the new sports fields and the uh uh new creation of the subarsity uh playing field out there is going to be uh very nice for uh the Lake View community. I have a motion from Mr. Dendle. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> I have a second from Mrs. Duncan. Any further board comments or questions? All right. All in favor say I and raise your hand. >> I >> again say the same. Motion passes 70. That's the stupidest law. Um [laughter] all right. Next we're going to Dr. Brandon's going to help us consider the approval of the educational specifications that we went
119through at our pre-agenda. >> Dr. Keeman, Dr. Moran, board of trustees. Uh the board policy CS legal defines a capital improvement project as any school facility project consisting of new construction, major renovation or minor renovation for which construction services are procured under government code 2269 and in accordance with education code 44.03. So this evening uh we have this was presented by Park Hill Architects uh during the pre-agenda. So we'll go through quickly because I know you've seen that. See if there are any other questions uh that you might have. So just you as you see the table of contents uh mission and vision and goals, the details, uh the multi-hazard uh emergency operations plan, design goals and considerations, minimum square footage, and then uh innovation, innovative teaching and operational practices. uh these certainly our mission
120and vision uh are shared on the website and across the district. Uh and I know Dr. Moran does a great job of keeping that in front of us. The uh preliminary details uh we see uh what the maximum student enrollment uh would be uh for each category of campus elementary, middle and high. We have the space overview. These are minimum requirements. Um, it may look a little odd to have a elementary classroom smaller, I mean a high school classroom smaller than an elementary, but sometimes you maybe have a pre-calculus class that has eight students uh rather than a speech class with 28. So that's minimum uh that's not uh what each one would be at. And then you see the TEA requirements uh minimum requirements uh on all the other categories including science and library.
121Um each plan uh has to contain the provisions from the state legislature uh in the multi uh hazard emergency operations plan uh that we have uh being inclusive for all students ADA, the minimum total square footage uh per student and uh RJ Jay from Park Hill talk through the differences between the quantitative and qualitative methods and then talk through the flexibility level uh for our teachers uh which I think Miss Duncan pointed out they'll appreciate the flexibility to be able to move in their classroom group students uh and have a flexible space uh for instruction. We have our innovative teaching and operational practices. Uh how that's built into design, how the architect uses sunlight, um security and tries to make all of the environments learner centered uh with as you see future ready spaces. I
122know we kind of went through those quickly, but I know we talked about those just a week ago. Uh those will be on our website uh for the community to review as well. uh we would like to administration would recommend adopting the educational specifications so that they can be part of our long-range facility plan. >> And just for our community, um we talked about this last week, but a lot of these things are things we had separated in and apart in different areas when we did our bond planning or when we look at um you know, our safety plan for school security, etc. Um, this is bringing it all to one spot because since we did pass a bond, we have to have it all in one spot for the state per state requirements. And
123so that's it's not really anything relatively new. It's really just bringing it all together into one compilation that's actually easier for our community to see. So, any questions regarding that? Do I have a motion? I'll make a motion that we approve the educational specifications as presented. >> I'll second. >> Motion for myself and a second from Mr. Dindle. Any further board questions or comments? [snorts] All in favor say I. >> I. Raise your hand. I >> Okay. Thank you. Motion passes 70. All right. Next, Dr. Brandon, you're up. Fiveyear facility plan. So, bringing all of those things together in uh one place is a great segue into this second topic of the uh long range facility plan. Okay, we'll kind of move through this as well as we reviewed that uh during the pre-agenda. um
124what's included in the long range facility plan. We talked through each one of those components uh last week. Um all the different programming, academic, special education, emergent bilingual, advanced academics. You can see pretty much every category that's included for students in the district. college and career, military readiness, STEM, health sciences, community and business engagement. And that leads right into the element one instructional programs at project campuses. Uh, and this gives a very in-depth overview. Uh, I guess you can't have maybe an in-depth overview, but right keeping it at at at a larger level. Uh, but going into the details of what that might include. And you can see each one of those bullets uh for all the campus that are receiving bond uh projects and what the focus would be on each one of those.
125See all the different campuses that are listed. And then the age and condition of existing facilities. That was the kind of a prerequisite right during bond planning uh as the community came together to plan for what might be included in a bond. This was certainly one of the major considerations. Facility condition index, the FCI, and the building condition index, the BCI, uh, and each one of those campuses being listed and then the age uh, of each one of the facilities. And we kind of made a point early on, right, that there were zero buildings in the district, zero to 20 years. So, it was definitely a time and we're very appreciative to the community uh to be able to place uh some newer facilities within the district. Element number two, a description of those proposed
126projects. And then you see uh what is included for each one of those campuses as part of the bond uh the bond timeline. Element three, what's happened in the past? What led up to the decision by the community to approve a bond? And you can go through and see for years back uh how those bond measures have gone, pass or fail, and what those amounts proposed were. And then and uh each one of the uh campuses existing site plans. Uh you see that kind of from a Google satellite uh perspective for each one that's included in the bond. And then we have the visuals for each one that was shared with the community of what that construction was going to look like. there uh being Central High School, Lake View, some of the things we've
127talked about this evening uh with the new fields turf, the new Glenn Middle School, and then the projects uh that are being uh completed at Crockett and uh Fannon also at McGill. And then here we have the educational specifications that had to be included. So we approved those and now they're included as part of our long range facility plan of what the expectations are during the construction. Each one of those we just looked at capacity enrollment projections. So the data from the demographer that led into many of the conversations about declining enrollment. uh and then what those capacities should look like within the district. And then our safety and security element number seven, what should each campus uh represent with safety and security for our staff and students. So like Dr. Kingman mentioned, all of
128those now kind of rolled into a long range facility plan that will be on the website that our community members can go. If you have any questions, we're certainly happy to answer those. But that kind of puts it all together in one space as we've gone through all of the planning over the last couple of years, uh, looking at all the different data to lead to the passage by the community of the bond. Questions for Dr. Brandon? All right, we all did this last week. Do we have a motion to approve the 5-year facility plan as presented? I'll make a motion to approve the 5-year facility plan as presented. >> Have a motion from Dr. Mills. Do I have a second? >> A second. [sighs] >> Second from Mr. Dindle. Any further board comments or
129questions? All in favor say I and raise your hand. All against say the same. Motion passes 70. All right, we do quickly need to go into executive session. I promise it won't be long. Uh, it'll be 5510.074 personnel matters and 551.076 security devices. We are back from executive session. We took no votes. No action was taken. Um, only thing left on our agenda is our pre-agenda meeting is May 11th and our regular board meeting is May 18th next month. And with that, we are ajourned. Thank you'all.