001Good evening and welcome. My name is Taylor Kingman. As president of the board of trustees of the St. Angel Independent School District, I would like to welcome all of you who are present at tonight's regular board meeting. I also welcome those of you who are watching the recording of this meeting online or on our public access channel. We appreciate your interest in the activities of our students and the business of SISD. All items that will be discussed at our meeting this evening have been posted as required by state law. Also, as you may be aware, our board meets a minimum of two times per month and most if not all the items on our agenda this evening have been previously discussed at our pre-aggenda board workshop. As members of the SASD board of trustees, we
002are here to set goals, listen to reports from our superintendent, approve budgets, contracts, and personnel appointments, and to make policy for the district. Please keep in mind that our mean is a meeting of the board of trustees held in public and not a mean of the public. However, we have a public comment item on every one of our meeting agendas that allows anyone present who wishes to speak to our board team on an item not on our action agenda or an action item on the agenda an opportunity to do so. Please provide your name and contact information and the specific topic you wish to address on a public comment form located at the back of the room. Should you want to speak on an issue on not on our action agenda, please listen carefully and
003comply with the following rules so we can move through that part of the meeting efficiently. Each speaker will be given a total of 3 minutes. The district will provide an official timekeeper. Please respect the privacy of others and refrain from identifying students, employees, or other community members by name. Disruption of the meeting will not be tolerated at any time. Comments on any subject, whether positive or negative, must be courteous and respectful. Comments are limited to the spe specific topic you indicated on the form you filled out. Any speaker with a specific complaint about a district employee decision or operational issue should present that through the appropriate mechanism, which is the district's formal grievance process. If you have a pending grievance, please remember that you're not permitted to speak about the grievance during public comment. Also,
004please understand if you speak to us on an item not on our action agenda that the board cannot reply to you except to thank you for your comments since the matter has not been posted for discussion. In compliance with state law, these proceedings are recorded and will become part of SASD's permanent legal record. In order that the recording will adequately reflect the proceedings, I ask that you please refrain from talking while others are speaking. I also ask, as I remind my fellow board members, to please turn off or silence your cell phones. Again, thank you for being here and for your support of SASD. We do have a quorum this evening. Our entire board team is present. And with that, I'm going to ask Brady Chant, who's the youth minister at Johnson Street Church of
005Christ, to help us with our invocation. Uh please pray with me. Dear God, we we thank you for the beautiful day that you've blessed us with. Uh God, I want to say a special prayer over this meeting. Uh God, may you be in the midst of it. May you be working through it. Um God, and uh as we start up a new school year, um God, I pray for the students, the teachers, the administration, everybody that's going to be working um in and around our schools. Uh God, I pray a special prayer of peace over them. Uh God, as our students walk the hall or walk the halls at each and every school, uh may you bring safety. Uh may you allow them to um increase in knowledge and um in wisdom and God uh
006may the actions of uh this board and each and every teacher, each and every uh admin uh God may may their actions uh lead our students closer to you. Um God uh excuse me, lead us uh to those that you uh lead us to those that need you the most. Um may our actions again God bring students, teachers and admin closer to you. Uh may our students be able to see you in each and every one of us. Uh may your will be done in this meeting. Uh may your will be done uh at each and every school through each and every teacher. Um may you be glorified in the actions uh and decisions made in this meeting. Uh thank you for the love that you show us day in and day out. Uh God,
007we thank you for waking us up this morning because we know we didn't have to. Uh, most of all God, we thank you for Jesus. It's in his name that we pray. Amen. >> All right. Now, we have some fifth graders from Fort Koncho Elementary. We have Augustine Garcia, Ellie Meyers, Danica Lambrana, and Landon Thompson. And they're going to come up here and help us with the pledges of allegiance. 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 of Texas Wait, y'all got to stay for a picture. [Applause] All right. Now, we're going to move forward with our recognitions. And first up is recognition of the Sangelo Kuanas Club. And Dr. Gomez is going to do that for us.
008>> Dr. Kingman, Dr. Moran, and members of the board this evening. Can we begin our recognitions with the Quanas Club at this time? If Ruth Wy, Quana's president, and Charlie Hayer, Quana's board member, and Mrs. Monica Porus, SIC, SISD, excuse me, director of health services, if you would please join. To start off, we'll first provide some background as the Kuanas supports SISD in a variety of ways this evening. They are here specifically for House Bill 549, airway clearance devices. This House bill requires one airway device at the primary location that students consume food. The location is determined by our campus principles and administration, but they should be where the majority of food is consumed. And one campus or district employee must be trained on how to use the device. The Kuanas Club is donating $3,700
009for the purchase of these devices. Furthermore, it's important for those here in person and those watching to know what all the Quanas Club does. Quanas is a global organization of volunteers who work to improve communities and help children. They strive to be a positive influence in our communities so that one day all children will wake up in communities that believe in them, nurture them, and provide the need to thrive, the support needed to thrive. Excuse me. I don't know if you all know this, but I know y'all know about Little Olympics. Probably everybody in here knows about Olymp Little Olympics. This is the group for over 80 years has worked to bring Little Olympics here to the Concho Valley and that's how they're able to help provide the funds for these airway devices and that
010aligns perfectly with our mission. So this evening we thank Ruth, Charlie, Monica for their leadership and support of all of our children. Dr. Moran, we do have a certificate of appreciation on behalf of the district. If you would present this to Kuanas. [Music] All right, if you all would join me for one round of applause for the Kuanas Club. Thank you. [Applause] Okay, our next recognition is for Sandela Reeds and it's our summer book patrol partners and soon child's going to help us with that. >> Good evening Dr. Kingman, Dr. Moran and members of the board. Tonight we have three recognitions where we pause to express our heartfelt gratitude to some of our incredible community partners. First, we are honored to recognize an outstanding supporter of public education and literacy, HB. Thanks to HB's generosity,
01121 students and their 41 siblings all received books and bags of goodies through our St. Angelo Reeds summer book patrol, giving away a total of 160 books. HB support helped us spark a love of reading and gave students an opportunity to engage with literacy in meaningful and impactful ways. Your contributions made students feel special and connected to our schools even during the summer months. For those who weren't able to attend a delivery, the joy on the children's faces that it just said it all. HB community coordinator Odessa Schmid and H Buddy joined us for several deliveries. And you can imagine the excitement when the students saw Huddy in person. Huddy's generosity, HB's generosity and Huddy energy and dedication truly elevated this program and for that we are deeply grateful. As I call your name, we
012invite you to come forward for a group photo with Dr. Moran. Tonight, on behalf of the awesome HB team, we have joining us Joshua Jones, top store leader for our newest HB. Callie Lewis, center store leader for our original HB, Odessa Schmid, community coordinator, and a former St. Angela ISD teacher. Please join me in giving HB a very appreciative round of applause on behalf of our board members, admin and SAS, SISD. Oh, and by the way, HB was also part of the next two events where we're going to be recognizing as well. Thank you. [Applause] Okay, >> next one, sir. >> Our second recognition tonight celebrates the incredible community partners who made the second annual St. Angelo Reeds and United We Read back to school popup such a success. On August 1st, hundreds of children
013and families joined us at the CRC Roofers Coliseum to receive thousands of books, backpacks, school supplies, and resources to prepare for the new school year. There were more than 90 local businesses and organizations who came together to make this possible, and their generosity touched every family who attended. This year's pop-up drew the largest crowd in St. Angela Reed's history. We had more than 1,150 attendees in just the first hour alone. And after that, we we stopped counting. This year's event was especially meaningful coming right after the July 4th flooding. And our partners provided not only resources, but hope and encouragement and a reminder of the strength of this community for families in a challenging time. Our community partners are the heartbeat of this event. If you'll direct your attention to the monitors. I know it's
014really small because there's so many of them. Tonight, we join together to say thank you for your dedication, your generosity, and your commitment to the students and families of St. Angelo. Please join me in recognizing these incredible partners. [Applause] Okay, last one. Finally, it's with sincere appre appreciation that we now recognize our community partners involved in the success of our 6th annual new to the SISD team tailgate held on July 29th at St. Angelo Stadium. This tailgate style celebration welcomed more than 100 new professionals to our district, kicking off three days of professional learning, support, and development. The event was a true community effort. SISD campuses and departments all came out to cheer on their new team members and more than 50 local businesses businesses and organizations joined us to show their support and extend
015a warm St. Angelo welcome. The event is more than a welcome. It is, as Dr. Gomez put it, a showering of blessings from our community. It reflects the heart of St. Angelo, a place where educators are not only embraced and celebrated, but reminded from day one that they are joining a community deeply invested in their success. And if you'll direct your attentions to the monitor again, those are our amazing community partners with the tailgate. Thank you, Miss Ch. All right. Next on our agenda, we have public comment and we're going to start with Miss Linda Martin and the topic is books. I know several of you have visited with you some of you at different times about the books in the school and um I was a professional photographer for 30 years. I photographed children,
016families, weddings and so I've been around and I was an aunt by the time I was 10. So I've been around children all my life. And when it came to um finding out that there were certain books in the school system, I was um beside myself. You have a purple um envelope. Always heard create a purple snowflakes and flake and they will remember you. So I'm a I'm a little flaky. That's okay. God made me that way. Um, but my heart is with the children. In your packet, you are going to find a personal letter from me, a note. You will also find the rating system for the books that we're going to I'm just going to talk about them briefly. Uh there's a list of books that are on that list that would um
017have been challenged uh throughout the state and not just here but other places as well. There are 10 books, 10 or 11 books, I can't remember which because I updated the list this morning. Um that are that our Texas penal system will not allow prisoners to read because they are so sexually explicit. So, I'm hoping and praying that as you go through the process tonight that you will keep this in your mind and in your heart that our children, as you know, are the most valuable asset we have as a country and as human beings. The last list that you will find is a list of harms uh studies that are done that pornography does for our children on our children. I have seven books that we have printouts on. Thank goodness to my husband.
018He's so sweet. He is my hero. I would challenge each one of you to choose one of these books to read the the uh excerpts from and tell me if this is something that you would want your child or your grandchild to read because these are in our school libraries. Thank you for having removed a bunch of these books already. There's a lot more work to do. And when I saw this morning that you were going to be talking about this this evening, I thought this is the time. This is the time to hand it off. H uh SB13 tells you what you need to do. You may I have two more seconds if you will pray as you go about this. And one more thing. >> Thank you, Miss Martin. We're gonna keep going.
019We appreciate everything you're doing. >> Remember, God whispers to ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Extraordinary people. >> Next, we have Miss Sarah Alexander and the topic is Lake View. Thank you. I'd like to thank the board or begin I'd like to begin by thanking the board for allowing us to speak today. At this point, we know why we're here. You've seen the post. You've seen the articles. And you've responded to the media. At Lake View, kids are locked down in an overcrowded school that doesn't have the infrastructure to feed that many kids. Despite your official response to the media, children are indeed going hungry. And it is a lie to say that they are not. On August 5th, Lake View parents received a message stating, "We are working to fully secure our high school
020campuses, Lake View and Central, by transitioning them to closed campuses." This clearly says both schools, but didn't mention that it would be another 2 years for Central. On August 9th, we got a notice mentioning an upgraded patio. I personally emailed all of you to ask the numbers from the fire marshall to ensure we were following code. The superintendent replied and quoted numbers for the other school, but when pressed for those same numbers for Lake View, didn't know and made me file a public information request. That alone shows where priorities lie. The inequalities between high schools are obvious. Our kids are locked down like prisoners, but at least prisoners are guaranteed meals. Kids at Lake View aren't. The other school continues to have an open campus despite being the campus with major wrecks and violence and
021lunch, including like a stabbing incident. They are not locked down. They can leave. Our kids didn't commit these acts, yet they're the ones being punished. We ask that you reconsider closed campus lunch. Here are a few ideas. Restore open campus lunch for juniors and seniors at minimum and bring back school approved food trucks or outside vendors in the secure patio area currently being utilized. Open campus lunch would eliminate the overcrowding and allow the cafeteria to prioritize students who genuinely need the free and reduced lunch program. We are preparing the next generation of employable adults. And as such, they need to learn how to navigate breaks. By closing campus, they've been robbed of an important learning opportunity. If you insist upon closed campus, wait until both schools can have the proper infrastructure in place and close
022them both together. We know what we are up against. Our kids are seen as dollar signs on a spreadsheet. We know the reputation that Lake View parents don't show up. And it may have been true before, but it's not now. We're here and we are not going anywhere. In fact, we are united and are preparing a walk out if conditions do not improve. You must ensure that every child has the opportunity to eat or they simply won't be available to be a number on that spreadsheet you need for funding. Board members, you were chosen by the people. We showed up at the polls for you. It's your time to show up for us. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you, Mrs. Alexander. Um, next we have Miss Regina Torres and also on Ley Lunch. Ditto [Laughter] [Music]
023for real because I'm not here to talk about how much food was or was not available to the students. I'm here to demand that the St. Angelo ISD quit treating Lake View like the red-headed stepchild. And I realize there is a plan to stop central students from being able to leave the campus also. But until that plan is implemented, students from both campuses should be treated equally. Those of us that live on the north side work just as hard, live just as much, and pay our taxes. And we want our children to be treated the same. >> Amen. Thank you, Mrs. Torres. Next, we have Mr. Virgil Petti, and this is on leadership, goals, and communication. Hey, it's Virgil Pacetti. Confir concerned father. Uh, as you know, most of these people here today are here
024about the Lake View Lunch. When it comes to leadership, I know that when our superintendent first came here, he said the first thing he wanted to do was close those campuses and he also wanted to redo the uh IC's. And so if you think he's going to go back on what he's done, I don't I wouldn't count on it cuz he's not going to back down. So if y'all really want it, you're going to have to do it. As far as communication, the parents said, "Hey, we think there's a problem. We think it's overcrowded." And so what did they tell you? That the fire marshall said, "Well, we can put 520 kids in that cafeteria." As we sit here today, I just counted it. We got 90 chairs in here. And what does that sign
025say right back there? Occupancy of 300. So can 300 kids eat in here? >> So why would instead of telling the parents how many chairs are available? You you do the old switcheroo with your $500,000 communication department and you tell them, "Well, we have 520 spots and 270 out here. What do I mean, we're giving you all the room in the world? Y'all should be thankful." But just like right here, I don't see 300 chairs. I can't imagine 300 kids trying to eat in here. And I guess just like at Lake View, what we do? Let them eat on the stairwells. That's That's sanitary. Yeah. >> Let them eat in the hallways. That's sanitary. >> And then what are we going to do when, you know, everybody says in Texas there's two weeks of good
026weather. What are you going to do when it's cold? When it's raining, when the everybody that's ever been to Lake View knows on that patio there's a thing called the Lake View vortex. That wind comes around the corner and there goes your tray. But hey, 270 kids can sit out there. It It's time for y'all to quit defending this guy and and come and defend us. I know he has an agenda. He's only been here a year and a half. We have been here our whole lives. Don't let some stranger come in here and tell us how we need to do it. Let us tell you how we want to do it. For once, listen to these people. quit giving us the cold shoulder and quit giving us the communication department telling us, "Oh, it
027was a one-time thing. We we ran out of chicken, but everybody left the line, so there really wasn't a problem." Well, that's what kids do when the bell rings. >> So, the first thing you have to do is admit there's a problem because without that, there's never a solution. So, for once, admit there's a problem and come out and talk to these people and tell them what you're going to do about it. [Applause] Thank you, Mr. Petti. Um, next we have Miss Ashley Salavar and topic is Lake View. >> It just says Lake View. Hello uh board and fellow parents. My name is Ashley Salivore. Um I am here as a mother to speak about issues and concerns that have been taking place of our at our Lake View campus as early as Tuesday last
028week. We have reports of children going without eating or not being able to eat a whole meal due to time. On Wednesday, it was confirmed that quite a few students were only served mashed potatoes while others went without because there wasn't enough prepared to eat within the allotted lunchtime period. This is not only This is not only disturbing but disheartening to hear. It is it is not acceptable for any child to go without a meal or an opportunity to eat. Our children shouldn't have to choose or be late to class then be reprimmended for it over lunch. We as parents would not ever think that this would be an issue in our schools. Just as you and I, our children need food to nourish their bodies and supply energy, not only to get through the
029day, but to focus and retain what they're learning daily. Additionally, our athletes need sufficient food to fuel their bodies as they are put through tough physical demands in the extreme heat during practices to win those games you all show up and cheer at. We've been hearing since day one concerns with overcrowding children, including my own, have been made to sit on the floor in the hallways, and the libraries are in the heat outside of the tables and chairs provided with no direct shade. Bathroom breaks have become a major concern this year. I myself have a child who has medical concerns that require him to use the bathroom every hour by his primary care provider and other specialists who follow his case. Being allow only allowed to use the restroom during passing time, possibly six to
030eight minutes or 10 minutes prior to the bell ringing one at a time is not enough. My son has several doctor's notes that can cover him, hopefully to be able to use the restroom when he's when it's needed. But it shouldn't take a doctor's note to gain access to something that was put in the schools for a reason. We've all been taught that holding it is not good for our bodies, so why should our childrens have to? There are other efficient ways we can come up with uh to keep our kids safe fed and stay on top of their education, better organized lunch time lines and time, proper access to food, sufficient time to eat and use the bathroom, better bathroom protocols overall. The list can go on. There are concerns that we have as
031adults for our children. There are concerns that we would have for adults as adults because I myself would not be okay with this if this was happening to me. A paragraph from your mission, vision, and goal statement on your website. We believe all students learn best in a safe, supportive and secure environment. We will provide facilities manage management for the safety of students and staff. We will ensure that learning and work environments are stable. As of right now, everything that is drawing concern to this year's school year does not meet those guidelines. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Salvar. Um, just to confirm, the next is a Miss Amber Alenar, and I think she wants to not speak. Okay. Um, then the next is Gregory A, and he's here to talk about Lake View Lunches.
032My name is Greg Air. I'm not from this town, but I'm from Witchto Falls, and the way y'all are treating Lake View was the same way her was treated. And you guys can't go on doing right. I'm not going to reiterate what they said. I'm going to reiterate, you've ruined one week of my daughter's senior year. [Applause] And if this is I'm glad she's graduating this year so we can leave. >> That's wrong. And these parents have more kids coming up. And if you're going to treat them the same, I'd go somewhere else, too. >> That's all I'm going to say to you guys. [Applause] Thank you. The next is Kayla Vila and hers is regarding Lake View lunches. [Applause] Hello, I am a senior this year at Lake View High School. As a kid
033at Lake View High School, I am involved in extra activities. And with being in these extra activities, I go on hours of not eating due to the closed campus, lunch lines being too long, and not food being prepared for me to eat. Due to this, not eat not getting enough nutrition is seen. And due to this, I experience getting laded, feeling nauseous, feeling like I'm going to pass out at my extra activities because I'm not eating. And also being in the crowded space during our lunch, it sends my anxiety into a spiral cuz I do not do good in closed spaces. And again, this is my senior year. I've looked up to this year all my life. Well, all my school years. This is supposed to be the best year for me. And I've never
034had this problem before. I've never felt like I was going to pass out. I've never felt like my school didn't care for me. and not wanting me to eat because that's what it feels like. And all I'm asking is to be be treated the same way as central kids are. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Ba. [Applause] Um we are going to move forward with our agenda. Um and try to work in a way to respond to y'all in a proper way that isn't posted. So, let me work on that. So, know that I know that we're trying to figure out how to do that. So, give me a second while we keep moving forward with our agenda. >> Um, >> all right. >> Next, moving forward, we're going to talk about our public meeting.
035And as and when we are trying to respond to this, remember that we will keep this meeting in order and we're not going to do it that way. Okay. Um so next will be um Dr. Brandon's going to come up to talk about the public meeting to discuss the proposed 2526 budget and tax rate. Dr. Kingman, Dr. Moran, board of trustees for our public meeting tonight on budget and tax rate discussion. So by the uh at the end of the discussion uh later in the meeting then we'll approve the 2526 budget by fund and function and also set the tax rate for the 2526 school year. We've kind of we've talked about um where our local revenue comes from through property values and then also from the state revenue um funding formulas uh a uh
036average daily attendance and then we have different things such as career and technology special programs uh and then the enrichment uh golden pennies uh that were added and then the legis legislature. We'll talk a little bit about what House Bill 2 did and the legislative increases um for teacher raises. When we think about property values, uh that's where the budgeting process starts. Uh on the side of uh state and local revenue, um for example, you see the red arrow, our tax values for this next year set at 6.9 billion. If we compare that to uh you you can see here on the second page uh this is the 140,000 to the 200,000 homestead exemption. Uh this is an increase from last year's 100,000 homestead exemption. So certainly a benefit uh to our taxpayers, our community
037members. And then just as an example, because we'll talk a little bit about hold harmless, this is what the tax base would have been with just the $100,000 homestead exemption. Uh 7.4 billion. So we see a $500 million loss in the increase in homestead exemption, but that's a good thing. Uh in this situation, the state is a hold harmless and that's less that uh our taxpayers have to pay. This gives you an idea of what our property values have done um over about the last seven years, growing from 5.3 billion um all the way to 9 billion and then the homestead exemption increased. Uh and then we've seen that again uh in the next legislative cycle uh a homestead exemption increase again which has kept that those property values lower but at the same time
038very hopeful uh to our taxpayers. Here you can see where we start the general revenue. The budget starts with what monies are going to come in and then what are our expenses. So when we look at the general revenue forecast compared year uh last year uh to this year very similar um as you look down through there interest income uh will be less uh interest earnings uh the money that uh was spent in capital outlay uh Fannon and McGill both those elementaryaries uh paid for out of fund balance uh was a drop there but then um a little less interest income But when we work our way down, you see in the white section, uh, state funding, uh, a considerable increase in the foundation school program and then federal funding is nearly the same, uh,
039all the way down to 138 million uh, for the yearly budget. And you see that that's an increase of 5.7 million uh, over last year. Now, if we consider House Bill Two, uh the le leg legislative session, the increase uh in teacher pay, those raises, and then raises for any other instructional staff, uh the requirement uh we see uh was additional 6 million in new money, which is very close to the 5.7 million that we're showing as an increase in the budget. Uh slightly less than that 6.2 2 million because of the interest earnings. So we take the 138 million from projected revenue uh from local, state and federal and that goes straight into the beginning of what is the budget for the year. So our available revenue uh is exactly that. And then we
040put together payroll, contracted services, supplies and materials and misleadence operating. Uh we talked two weeks ago uh would commend um HR the district as a whole as we have seen a decline in student membership. Uh we've also tried to mimic that same decline in staffing. Uh so as the student uh membership has declined, we've had lower birth rates. Um then that 1.5 1.6% uh is also shown in staffing. If we look at the SISD compensation considerations under House Bill 2, you can see that that 4.4 million in green under House Bill Two uh were directly to teacher raises. Those uh that were non-instructional teachers. uh those raises and then three and four-year teachers and then five plus uh and then the 12% for benefits had to come out of that same money from the state
041uh from legislation. And then you can see the TASBY salary study. Uh trying to make sure that our school district is holding on to um electricians, plumbers, carpenters, those individuals that we need, making sure that our uh salaries are market adjusted uh for those around us. Once we get to um those compensation considerations, that number you see at the very bottom, the 112 million is directly taken up into payroll. Um a positive for the district. You'll see a lot of districts are at 86 87% um of their budget goes straight to payroll. Uh we've been fortunate that we've been able to keep those costs down uh at 81% and then at the end you see um a balanced budget uh with zero expenses coming the same amount as revenues. When we look at the budget
042uh at the end of the meeting um to approve you see that the official general budget you see that same number again carried forward the 138 million and then all of the expenditures in the district uh divided by function. And then if we look all the way down uh then again the zero uh for the balance budget we have child nutrition showing a slight um decrease uh a little bit u of expenditures. They do have uh the fund balance to carry that forward. Uh we know from the state uh that they want that fund balance to remain uh in a good in a good state. I think that was about 2 million. And so they've been able to provide new serving lines uh for the students uh at different campuses. And so we've been able
043to spend that down. And then you see just a short deficit, a small deficit, 327,000. And then we have the debt service fund uh that's also also approved this evening. Uh and then it shows exactly what we expect from local and then the state. And then that's where you see the hold harmless. uh that three 3.3 million uh from the state funding is a whole harmless amount for the $500 million drop in homestead exemption. And once we get to the very bottom, then the money that comes in uh for the bond um will be paid uh through those local and and state monies. where we generate uh the INS rate the interest in syncing to pay back the bond comes straight from uh this chart. You see that the 397 million in the series 2025
044bond issuance uh generates a 35.84% uh increase in the interest and syncing fund. And then you can see where that runs through uh all of the years. We carry that forward and find that we have the local uh INS taxes at 25 million adding the state value uh the state taxes of 3.3 hold harmless uh for the 28 million uh bond payment. If we look at the historical uh maintenance and operation tax rate, the things that the money that we use mostly for salaries but for tires for the buses, all the things that we do uh in the district uh for maintenance and operations, uh you see 71 cents, you can see that has dropped considerably over the last seven or eight years. Um 30 cents or more uh where it was a$14 back in
04517 and 18. you'll see an increase in INS uh with the passage of the bond. And then if we compare those two together, which makes up our total tax rate, uh you still see a drop uh over years past, seven or eight years back, uh when that tax tax rate was in the$120s. Uh and then the pro proposed tax rate this year at $1.7. Here's we have it divided out between Elmano and INS. Um the tax rate proposal being 71 cents for the INS for a total tax rate of $1706. We do have the tax calculation worksheet that is calculated from um the CAD. And so you'll see here one of the the main numbers that comes out of that seven or eight page document uh is the voter approval tax rate at A18. So
046that's the highest rate that could be uh is the voter approval tax rate which is $18. And you see that our tax rate is going to be at 7. We have the notice of public meeting to discuss and then that gives our um values. You see again where the red arrow is a a drop here in um total appraised value of all new property and then taxable value of all property a drop from 7.5 billion to 7.2. And then this one you have to kind of study a little bit. I mean, it shows an in a decrease of $25 for the average taxpayer. If you look at last year's values, you see that the average market value was 219,000. There's a slight increase in this year's average home value at 230,000. But when you look
047at the um because of the homestead exemption going from 100,000 to 140,000 all the way to 200,000 age 65 and older uh then you actually see uh that the taxes due on the average residents is dropping uh because of that. So you do see a higher tax rate given the passage of the bond. But at the same time, many of our taxpayers are actually going to see a lower rate than they had last year because of the homestead exemption. Here again is the tax rate uh 42526, the recommendation. Any questions? Thank you, Dr. Brandon. I know we talked about this at our pre-agenda and this is just the public meeting of that. So, we will get we will go ahead and move forward with the ability to go into voting on that later this evening.
048So, thank you. Next, we're going to conduct our finance and audit committee workshop. Um, and then and I'm going to turn that over to Mr. Dindle. Um, just as a reminder to the board, the with the change in the open meetings posting laws uh in with the new state legislature, we'll be doing our July financials at our regular be meeting and approving them at our regular meeting as well because we can't get them posted for the pre-aggenda. So, we'll move our fi we're moving our um finance and audit committee workshop to our regular board meeting. And so we will approve both our June and July later this evening. So Mr. Dindle, >> thank you Dr. Kane. And we'll start on uh page 11 is the start of the July finance audit reports. You want to
049reference page 14. It shows our current restricted fund balance of $4.7 million while our current unrestricted fund balance is currently 52.9 million moving forward. We'll allocate some of that later on today in in a in a separate uh motion. Any questions about that? If not, we'll move to page 17, which shows our general fund revenues and expenses at this point. We're in the 11th month of our budget cycle. So, we should be around 92% of our budget. Our budget actually ends at the end of August. So, um it should be around 90%. Right now, we're at 89% of revenues, 89 and a half% of expenses. Not unusual. We use the uh that little cushion there to start the beginning of the year with some extra expenses that we incur in this last month or a
050budget process. Also, uh August startup expenses again make up that little expense difference. So, it makes us whole in our 100% budget as we as we move forward usually pretty close to that. Questions from the board about that. We can move to page 18 through 36 which are all the entries in our district checkbook. They've been in our hands for a day or two. I'm not sure if anybody has any questions about any of those checks. >> Not we can move to page 37 through 41, which is our July monthly investment report. Interest earned in July was approximately 257, excuse me, $251,000 with interest rates varying between 4.3 and 4.5 and 4.56%. So moving forward, P page 42 is our tax collection report, 2024 collections are at 984% while 2023 collections are at 99.44% and
051that usually that 2024 as the year moves forward, it'll get closer to 100% as we move forward. With that, that concludes all the reports we see in this finance report uh for July. I'll turn it back over to you, Dr. King. Thank you. Um, and so now we're going to move forward with our information items. I'm going to take a little privilege and move Dr. Gomez with an update on academic programs up and then we're going to talk about academics and global picture. Dr. Kingman, Dr. Moran and members of the board, as you are well aware, the Texas A throughF accountability ratings for both the 2425 and the 2324 school year were released on August 15th. Both sets of ratings were released at the same time due to legal challenges that delayed the 2324 scores.
052Now that those scores are out publicly, it's important to have an overview of the accountability system. So in front of you and on the screens for those in the audience, Texas evaluates schools and districts using three required domains. Domain one is student achievement. Domain two, school progress. And this domain includes two parts academic growth and relative performance and domain three closing the gaps. So as we move to domain one specifically this domain is different based on the level for the students. So student achievement for elementary and middle school is based entirely on STAR test performance for high schools and campuses that are K12 which we do not have in SEISD. This domain includes star results 40% graduation rates 20% and then college career and military readiness or it's referred to as CCMR for 40%. So
053then not to get into the math behind this, they take those um and create an overall scaled score for that domain. Then in domain two for school progress, as I told you, there's two parts. So part A is on academic growth. You quite frequently hear the district talk about the growth for every individual child wherever they enter our school system. So, this part measures the percentage of students who've demonstrated at least one year of growth on STAR year-over-year, including accelerated learning gains and bonus points. Please note that there are certain grade levels where this is not applicable. For example, third grade is the first time a student takes the test. So, there can be no growth measure. Then, part B, relative performance. This area of the domain compares comparable schools with each individual school. So
054there's a list with similar low soioeconomic or soio economic statuses. They call them comparable schools based on the makeup at each individual school. What's important to note in this domain, it's the higher of part A or part B that becomes the school's progress um score for the domain. Then domain three is closing the gaps. This is especially important in public schools where we work to meet every individual child regardless of their needs. This is where special subpopuls come into play such as the racial and ethnic groups of students, English learners, so bilingual, ESL, special education, economically disadvantaged, that's to provide equity across all students. So, I want to point out specific to closing the gaps for St. Angelo ISD. Repeatedly you've heard us talk about the big rocks for special education and bilingual and ESL
055students. Those are two special subpopuls that the district continues to target. And this is where it's especially important in the accountability system. So between those three domains for the overall score, the scores that were released on the 15th that you all received, this is how you have the final composition. It's the higher of domain one or domain two and that's 70% of the weight. Then closing the gaps that federal indicator is 30%. Now please note there is a penalty if a campus or a district underperforms in domains meaning you can't perform really high in one and receive an inflated score. That's referred to as the three Fs or the 3DS rules. And the reason why that is in place is to emphasize consistent performance across the domains. So that was just an overview again because
056when people hear A through F, someone can pull out one of the three domains, but you have to understand how that final composition is used to calculate the scores. So some highlights in the two years of scores the district received. The district did have an increase in the number of A campuses, a decrease in the number of D and F campuses. Want to highlight some specific campuses for their leadership and most importantly for the teachers in the classrooms that are working to grow students every day. Specifically for the 24 25 scores, Buoie moved from an overall rating of an F to a C, specifically 58 to a 75 in growth. Crockett from a F to a C, specifically from a 59 to a 74 in growth. That's knowing individual students and really honing in on
057your instruction. Glenn Moore from a C to an A specifically a 62 to a 91 in growth. Saninto from a D to a B, a 78 to an 82 specifically in growth. As you all are aware, uh leadership at Saninto has moved to Bair and are implementing the same instructional practices on that campus. Glenn remained at the same overall rating for the two years, but it's important to note their growth from a 69 to a 76 in growth. Also for consolidations, you are aware that McGill consolidated with Austin and Fannon consolidated with Aloma. So when you look especially at closing the gaps and the change in the demographics for those campuses, we did see that in the accountability rating and have plans to address those. Um our two hardest areas in the district to hire
058and ret retain teachers are in the area of special education and bilingual. So we continue to see needed support in those areas specifically in closing the gaps. We also continue to work with specific campuses on targeted improvement plans to specialize the professional learning and most importantly the daily coaching of our teachers so they can meet the needs of their students. So while we have progress to celebrate, we acknowledge we have continued work to do at individual campuses and we're continuing on the intentional focus for professional learning but more importantly the ongoing work that happens weekly in our campuses with professional learning communities because more minds are greater than one especially in the area of teaching. So that's just a general overview. Can I answer any questions? Um so Dr. Thank you and thank you for
059the work uh that you're doing uh in our academics. Uh obviously as as part of this board uh and serious as board president um I know that the goals of this board and this administrative team and your team is to make sure our academics improve. Uh and as we look at every decision that has been made over the last summer and in our secondaries, the attempt was to make the right decision based on academics and where those uh how we could help any of our secondary campuses improve in our academics. Uh, that being said, I think although I know the board team's hearts and their goals to serve every member of the community, no matter what side of town they live on, okay, the reality is our goal is to uh make sure we try
060to make the right decision and then when the next decision is up, we try and make the right decision again. And obviously what I'm saying is that we we have decisions in front of us and we're going to look to make the right decisions. And that um that doesn't necessarily mean everyone will like all those decisions because we are going to work to improve our academics. But it does mean that the heart of the people serving on this board and in this administrative team are going to work to make sure that we listen to all entities that are talking to us and make sure that we uh keep the focus on where the go the goals where they need to be as a district but also make sure that we look to make the right
061decision. So, no ma'am, I'm sorry you can't. I'm sorry. It's just it's an open me it's open meetings acts and we got to follow the rules and so I apologize. Um and so I can't and so we'll have a public that's what the public comment is for at the beginning of the meeting. Um so I apologize that's how just how the laws are set up. So >> Mr. President, I have a comment or two if I can. >> Yes. And really just for the board's uh sake and feedback, you know, um when we talk about academic performance and we look at what we're trying to do as a district, the things that we've uh used as a mantra really are protect instructional time and let's increase the rigor in the classroom. Um, and that that
062flows into a lot of different conversations when you talk about increasing the rigor. We all want and I have children. We all have children in the in the school. We want the very best for those. So, what I would like to remind everyone is that meetings go a lot better if we just respond and keep the meeting running the way it's supposed to and understand you're being heard. But if you don't let the meeting happen, then it's impossible to get heard. >> So, when we talk about increasing the rigor, we're talking about making sure we've got a really great teacher in front of every kid. Uh this year we started the year with 29 classrooms without a certified teacher that was qualified to be in the classroom. And what we've thank goodness for our retired
063rehired teachers uh because they've stepped up and really helped us and uh for great substitutes. We're thankful for them as well. But the reality is when you don't have um a quality teacher that is trained in the curriculum that we're using to implement, it's just not the same. And so the struggle we begin with this year is as we did last year and as most districts in the state are struggling with is fi finding quality teachers to put in front of kids. As you know, some of our campuses are very small. Um, you'll be getting those numbers as we continue to get enrollment in and we're going to be talking to the board in September about enrollment, but we have a number of elementary schools with less than 400 kids and the classrooms are not
064full. Some have 16, 17 kids and six or seven empty seats. And we're thankful that we have good teachers, but we have a lot of classrooms without the kind of teachers we want. So, that's one of the reasons we've been talking about consolidation and that's one of the reasons that the district has moved that direction uh and will continue to move that direction, frankly, because of the declining enrollment that we're seeing uh in our district. And so, that's going to require us to make very difficult decisions and decisions as a board that we're going to have to discuss. And we'll be talking this fall more in depth about what we need to do to prepare for that. But it's all about making sure we've got a great teacher in front of kids. And so that's
065the first thing. The second thing is um you know we take our job seriously about providing a safe environment for kids and uh safety is a concern of mine in our district. It's not unusual especially at the high school level and in years past. It's not unusual for the public to be on the campus and kids interacting with public without the knowledge of an of an adult or a school official. And that's one of the reasons that the state has taken school safety so seriously. Requiring 8-oot fencing, requiring um an SRO at every campus, requiring uh upgraded this year ballistic shields and um uh what's the the uh door a breacher, a breaching tool. We will spend $50,000 this year out of our budget because the state requires us to have a ballistic shield and
066a breaching tool at every campus. It's times are different. And so when we talk about academics, I think I I just want the board to hear me say that it's a deeper discussion than just what we're teaching and how we're teaching it. For instance, House Bill 1481, the electronic communications ban. The state recognized what a harmful thing electronic communications at school is for kids and what a distraction it is and what an interruption it is for our academics. We're very thankful our high school campuses are both rated a C this year. But when you dig deeper in the data, both campuses scored an F for academic achievement. And that's unacceptable. And I own that. You all hired me to do a job to increase academics and academic performance. And so it's a serious matter to
067me to keep our kids safe and to step up the rigor of our academic game. And so I say all that to say uh and maybe this is the appropriate time to say to the board uh the reason difficult decisions are being made is because we sense the urgency to move our district ahead and in the right direction. We're doing our kids a disservice. Uh and I've said this from the day you hired me. we've doing doing them a disservice by by having open campus at secondary. They're they're losing instructional time and our our instructional day needs to be preserved. Now, I would love to have closed central and lake view this year. >> You did it really quick in one week. >> Again, again, I want to remind y'all, please let the meeting happen
068or you'll have to leave the meeting. And I I think of it like this. I've got my wife and I have four kids. And if two of my kids are ill and I've got medicine for one, I'm not going to withhold that medicine until I have medicine for the second. either while they wait for the medicine. >> If you can't be a part of the meeting, I'm going to please ask you to leave. >> Anyone who wants to continue to interrupt, if they could please leave right now. My kids won't be going back home and you're fix anyone else would like to leave so that we can continue our meeting please go ahead and leave right now. So to my point, uh the rationale is why would we withhold the medication from one child when
069we have it to give? Lake View is going to find themselves at an advantage because they will have a protected instructional day. They will have uh kids eating healthier at lunch and they will have less disruptions. I wish I could do the same for Central. Um, but that's not possible with a cafeteria that seats under 400 and they've got almost 3,000 kids on campus. There's no way to to logistically do that. I'm thankful for the bond that's going to create a um an environment where we can do that and we will do that as soon as possible. But um I I think to the board just I want you to hear my heart and commitment to keeping our kids safe. I take my job seriously. Uh the the law gives when parents send their kids
070to me and to us to Mr. Ramirez and Miss Ross. They're our responsibility for the day. And during the middle of the day for years and years, no one has known where they are or what they're doing. no accountability and that's scary. So in locus in Latin simply means in place of the parent. That's the charge we're given when kids come to our schools. And so for that reason we've made the decision that we've made. I think time will prove this to be a great decision. And I think the kids uh already are seeing that no cell phones at school is a good thing. And uh the little blip on the radar last week with the food, Tiffany Heert and her staff in school nutrition do an exceptional job of providing good meals for our
071kids. And the one day that they ran short on chicken nuggets. So, we're gonna, as we know, multiple of our administrators, including Dr. Moran, have eaten lunch at Lake View over the last week. So, um, but what I'm going to say this again, and we we want to hear, our parents, okay? And I know that some of you all are sitting out there shaking your heads like you think I don't want to hear you. Okay? And I I get that sentiment. I understand where you're that you're saying that. But I'm telling you, we have an opens means act and we have um there are in every decision we make, we're trying to make the right decision. And then the next one, we're going to try and make the right one, too. And that doesn't make
072mean that we'll always get it right. Okay. It means that we're working to make the right decision with the information we have and then we will look at it and go forward from there. And so, but what I'm going to tell you everyone who's at this meeting is we have to be able to have our meeting so that we can make those right decisions and disrupting the meeting does not lead to any progress. And so to conclude my comments, I feel obligated to to say publicly how thankful I am for Tiffany Heert, school nutrition, and the staff that did a great job of pivoting and making sure that Friday our kids were taken care of. The kids Thursday that hung around, the food was completed and they were able to eat. Some did not stay.
073But um I I say all that to say we're trying to establish an academic day from start to finish that provides kids with safety, with a great teacher in the classroom, and with an environment that can help them learn. We want every kid in this district to graduate and be ready to go when they graduate. We're doing them a disservice if we don't set that day up uh in that manner. So that's that's my two cents worth on the whole instructional day and academic program. >> All right. Any questions for Dr. Gomez? Kind of sidetracked there trying to answer some questions, but um any questions for Dr. Gomez regarding the up academic program? >> I do. >> So we're next we're going to move forward with our bond construction update. >> Dr. Kingman >> for
074Mr. Danheim. >> I have a question. Dr. Kingman. Oh, sorry. >> No, it's okay. No, you're okay. Uh, Miss Gomez, Dr. Rand, can we get a list, please, of the number of students in each classroom, specifically the elementary schools in each classroom. And I' I'd also like to see if there's an assistant for each teacher, specifically the elementary schools that are continuously underperforming, Belair, Reagan, uh, Bradford. I'd like to see the student toteer ratio as well as if there's a assistant. >> We can absolutely do that. If you will to help me email me your question, I'll take that. We'll work an answer and get it back to the whole board. Glad to do that. >> All right. Any other board questions? Next, we're going to have Mr. Danheim come up and give us a
075bond construction update. [Music] Dr. Moran, board of trustees. Good evening. Not a lot to report so far. I mean, it's we're still trying to get things going. Uh we are going to take a tour later this week with that Park Hill has set up. uh our department heads and several of us will tour some schools in Lev. Uh we're going to see a middle school, a high school, a CTE building, uh performing arts. So that's exciting. Uh be able to give our bunch an idea of instead of just talking about things, they can see something. So I think that'll help. Crockett Elementary, we're still waiting on the city there for a building permit. So, we're close. I mean, I know we've been saying that for two weeks now, but it's it's really close. I think
076it'll happen soon. So, like I say, that's the only hold up there. Uh, next week, we'll do a tour of Fannon. We're going to have the KFW architects with our team and we'll we'll do a walk there and start the design process of that school. Uh it's already underway at on phase two of McGill. So it's already quite a ways ahead. So we need to get definitely need to get Bannon going. And really that's that's really all I have. So unless y'all got some questions. So >> I have a quick question. I thought I thought Park Hill already had a preliminary plan for >> Bannon. >> Did or did they have phase one? >> I Yeah. So they had a phase one and then like a box plan, not anything depend. We never paid them
077for a plan for phase two or three because we did not know if the bond would pass. >> Gotcha. Okay. Thank you. >> So I believe I believe KFW will have have phase two now. So >> Okay, good. Thank you. >> So we should get it try to get it rolling next week. >> Any other board questions? >> Sir, did I hear you say you'd be touring um Lebec? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. Why Levik? Is that the golden standard? >> Well, that's where Park Hill's from and that they designed all them buildings. So, they're taking us somewhere, you know, to a project that they've done. >> So, I feel like that's a I don't think that's the only one. I think we're actually going to see a school in Brownfield on the way back.
078So, >> but it's it's all Park Hill projects. Yes, ma'am. Stuff they've done. >> And I'll just make a quick comment. Uh there are a couple of other districts as well that we will visit this fall. Abalene, Seol. So uh we're trying to hit for instance the CTE. Um we'll we'll hit the latest constructions in this area, this region. Also theaters um um like for instance the Lake View Mariachi uh the band hall design or the Lake View CTE design, the central theater design. We'll try to take so it won't be the same site for all of those, but when we go to a site, it'll be for a specific purpose and then move move to the next district. Any other board questions? All right. Thank you, Mr. Dan. >> Thank you'all. >> All right.
079Dr. Brandon's back up to talk about our board meeting posting guidelines. And I probably should have put that in the agenda before we did the finance and audit committee workshop, but >> well, and Dr. Kingman already made a note uh about this earlier, and I think September is probably a great example. We know that House Bill 1522 moved up the timeline for posting to the three u business days rather than the three calendar days. So, we find ourselves now uh doing uh the work earlier in the week and then posting that uh normally now on Tuesday evening. So if you take for example uh September, September 1 falls on a Monday and September 8th falls on uh the 8th. So therefore our second Monday, first board meeting is on September 8th. Well, with September 1st
080being a holiday, uh we won't get a lot of the documentation from the bank uh till the 2nd or the 3rd. Well, we're already po past the posting deadline. So it's going to be very difficult uh to produce for the staff to produce all the financial documents some months uh by that first uh pre-agenda meeting. So I think the request just so that we can stay consistent uh like tonight we're doing uh we're doing a June and we're doing a July right because that got backed up. So, if we do that at the regular, just as um I guess a request, you know, for the boards, uh would entertain that idea that we do the financial statements at our regular board meeting so that they always can be on the same meeting so that we're
081not bouncing back and forth or trying to compare two budgets over in one month. Um so, that's any questions about 1522, House Bill 1522. >> So, any questions? So like this month we had our meeting early. So that's why we we didn't have financials available for July on our first meeting because of the way it hit. So and next month will be the same problem. So um when I was making the agenda, I think trying to make it to where we did it the same way so our constituents know we're looking at the budget the same time every month and not moving it back and forth willy-nilly. We're just going to keep it to where we can know we can reproduce it at that meeting every time and that way Mr. Dindle or whoever is
082serving as treasurer can do the finance and audit committee workshop at that time. We can still do some of our reports that go with our finance and audit workshop. Typically, we'll keep those on the pre-agenda as far as getting that information so that we have that early. But as far as the actual bills, accounts, investment statements, those will go to our regular meeting. So we won't be doing the finance committee thing. I mean >> so we will just the bills and >> so the bills accounts and any of the financial statements will all be part of the regular meeting if there are. So right now we sometimes put some reports in there. We may just put those on the regular agenda for our pre-agenda meeting. We may not have to put them in we may
083not put them we won't have them under the subset of an a budget workshop. >> Okay. All right. Um, all right. Any other questions or comments? All right, Dr. Brandon, you're up again. Bond construction payment update. >> So, just wanted to let the board know uh you do have copies uh of uh the three deposits uh for the bond um Lonear Investment Pool, Texas class, and Texas range. Uh all of those varying right now uh around the low to mid four 4.3% 4.4%. Um the goal being that we make our first bond payment um before September 1 and that payment was made on August 15th. Uh and you can see from each one of those the deposit uh from the bond uh we spread those between the three accounts. Um, and it was a little
084bit nerve-wracking, uh, waiting, uh, for that to happen. Anytime that somebody's going to, you know, wire, uh, just in a sale of a home is enough nerve-wracking, but when somebody's going to wire the district 397 million for a bond projects, um, until that all is safely in those accounts, uh, everybody's a little bit on edge. And so, uh, they did, um, you know, previous to the the deposits, uh, we sent wiring instructions and then they sent small amounts, 26 cents or 79 cents until we knew, uh, each one of those were going to land in the correct accounts, uh, and then they made the main deposits. So, just wanted you to see that uh, it is in there safe and sound. And then, uh, we are underway uh, like Mr. Danheim said, uh, with the
085projects around the district, >> I said a quick question. This may be ignorant, but why why three separate accounts instead of one? >> The, uh, we weren't exactly sure which ones, you know, if they were going to take all of that into one account. And so, uh, we had that, uh, spread over three different ones. And then some of them, you know, one pays, uh, daily interest, uh, on that account. And so anyway, it's one our in our board um policy uh it says that we'll be diverse uh across uh investment opportunities and so uh where we keep those in the most stable uh we are asked to spread those uh we've got about seven or eight different companies so that all the money isn't sitting in one place. So, >> and just as a
086reminder, because I know you mentioned it when we did our board, our budget a moment ago, but the reason it was so important to get this done on the 15th, was for this year alone, it's saving the local taxpayer 3.4 million. Is that right? >> Yeah, it's about half of that. So it's the the um homestead exemption goes all the way back about six years as it's moved from 40,000 to 100. So about 1.5 million of that is for the previous years and about 1.7 million is specifically for the move from 100,000 to 140. Uh but you're exactly right over the life of the bond by making the first bond payment before September 1 uh then it will save the taxpayers 80 million in interest over the life of the bond. Thank you Dr. Brandon.
087Any questions regarding the payment for Dr. Brandon? All right. So next we're going to go into our action items and first we have our consent items. We have consent items A through I. Um, we have our donations, our minutes from our July 14th and July 21st meetings, our TEST certified appraisal list. Uh, bid 20-010, which is a HVAC filters and installation service. Bid 20-009, which is our maintenance, transportation, and miscellaneous supplies. Um F which is House Bill 3372 which is a restriction on outside employment by administrators. G which is the proposed amendment for the district official budget with the child nutrition fund. H which is the proposed amendment for the district official budget general fund and I which is the proposed amendment for the uh district official budget debt service fund. Does anyone have any
088questions res regarding consent items A through I or anything that wants to be pulled or discussed further? Do I have a motion to approve consent items A through I? >> I'll make a motion to approve consent items A through I. >> So >> I have a motion from Dr. Mills and a second from Mrs. Meisel Flint. Any further board comments or questions? All in favor say I. I. All again say the same. Motion passes 70. Next we have action items. We have our bills, accounts, and financial statements from our June from June 2025. So that's the financial statements we discussed at our pre-agenda just so we're all on the same page. Um, any board questions or comments regarding our financial statements from June 2025? Dr. Kimman, as you mentioned earlier, that those reports were reviewed
089last uh week or so ago in a pre-agenda meeting uh in order to expedite that process. And now again, that next line item will be another motion, but that will catch us up and start us on a regular uh board uh schedule. So, with that, I'd like to move to uh uh approve the June 2025 uh financial statements and the and item B the June July 2025 statements uh as we move forward. And as just a note to the general public that all the reports can be found online at our website, sisd.org or under financial transparency. >> So, I have them we're going to do them. We're going to vote on them separately since they're listed as separate action items. But we have a motion from Mr. Dindle on the bills, accounts, and financial statements
090of June 2025. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Have a second from Mr. Gyos. Do we have any other board questions or comments? All in favor say I. >> I. All against say the same. Next, I have a motion from Mr. Dendle regarding the bills, accounts, and financial statements for July of 2025. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Again, I have a second from Mr. Gos. Do I have any questions or comments regarding the July 2025 statement? All in favor say I. >> I. All say the same. Motion passes 70. Next, we're going to have RFQ25-014, design, build services, electrical upgrades, HVAC, and HVAC controls. And Mr. Henry is going to help us with that. Thank you for having me here tonight. Tonight, I bring forth requests for qualifications 25-017 design,
091build services, 2025, electrical upgrades, HVAC, and HVAC controls. Part of the 2025 bond plan was to replace HVAC controls, HVAC, and replace federal Pacific panels throughout the district. This RFQ will establish a design build firm capable of designing and implementing all aspects of these projects. Design build requirements are outlined in Texas government code 2269, subchapter G. This is a two-step process. First we review qualifications and then the firm demonstrates the firm that demonstrates experience, technical competency and capacity to perform will negotiate a project development agreement and develop the projects. In phase two, the respondents will provide a turnkey price for engineering, design, construction management services to complete the agreed upon projects. Pricing will be presented to the board no later than the January 2026 meeting. An RFQ was advertised for companies capable of this type
092of works work. Six proposals were received. The scoring committee met and reviewed all proposals and E3 integral solutions received the highest score. The administration recommends entering negotiations with E3 to replace HVAC controls, HVAC, and replace federal Pacific panels throughout the district, resulting in a f full turnkey price for these projects. Do you all have any questions over this? >> So, Mr. We got three um panels that we're going to replace. Is that what it says? Three. >> Uh they're on the recap there at the bottom. >> Yeah. Yeah. Two. >> These are the We have It looks like one, two, three, four, four panels in this project that would re be replaced. Uh there are more than that that would be taken care of in other projects where we're having major projects done on those
093campuses. >> And just to let people know, those things don't come easy. They're hard to they're hard to get. So, >> absolutely. >> Um they're they're we call them I call them breaker boxes. So, Right. But that's what they are. So, Okay. Thank you, >> Mr. Henry. I know this is an RFQ to develop a turnkey price for these projects. I know we've previously done work with E3 and they've done good jobs coming in under budget and doing projects for us, but if we get to January and we are unable to negotiate a turnkey price that the district is satisfied with, where what is there anything that's requiring us to work with E3 in that regard? >> Absolutely not. Once we get to the end and we negotiate our price and they come up with
094the uh project and the price, if we're not happy with that, then we can throw their pricing out and go to the next bidder. >> Any other >> I have a question. Um when where do contractor where can they find uh contractors um where are you advertising for contractors to submit their bids? >> All bids are advertised in the standard times. were required to re to advertise twice in consecutive weeks. So I if I advertise this Wednesday then I would advertise next wind Wednesday and then open it after that. We also post this on our website uh under bid opportunities on the purchasing page and then that page is actually picked up by planning rooms that architects and engineers are members of. They have data mining programs that pick those up and then they post
095those on there. A big example would be Construct Connect where they have jobs from all over the country on there. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any other questions or comments? >> Do I have a motion to approve RFQ25-014? >> Make a motion to approve the Recommendation enter negotiations with E3 to replace HVAC controls HVAC and replace Federal Pacific panels throughout the district resulting in a full turnkey price for these projects. So I have a motion from Mr. Gyos. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> A second from Mr. Dindle. Any further board questions or comments? All in favor say I. I. All again say the same. Motion passes 70. Next, Mr. Henry's going to help us with uh 25-014 St. Angelo Stadium parking lot lights. St. Angelo Stadium currently only has parking lot lights
096located near the fieldhouse. By increasing the number of lights, we will increase safety and security in the parking lot at night. Plans and specifications were were prepared for an additional six poles to light both sides of the stadium parking lot. Bids were opened and two contractors submitted quality turnkey bids for this work. These bids were reviewed and scored and Jet Electric of St. Angelo had the lowest price and received the highest score. The administration recommends awarding to Jet Electric of St. Angelo. Total cost of this project is $441,500 which includes a $20,000 contingency. Do you have any questions? >> Have we used Jet Electric before? >> We have used Jet Electric before. Uh they're a pretty big electrical contractor here in town. We have a pretty long history with them. >> Thank you, >> Mr.
097Henry. These lights, they're going to go on the west side. They're going to go >> park. They're going to go all the way around the >> They'll go on both sides of the parking lot at the bottom of the hill in just inside of the fence and point out to the uh parking area. >> Parking area. >> Correct. >> Just just to let the public know that I know that kids walk from Johnson Street across that parking lot. And um when I was working in that building on Johnson Street several years back, I remember sitting on that fifth floor and it would be dark out there and you see just people flying across that. and we had no lights and I just would sit there going, "God, please don't let them run over." I saw
098two kids almost get run over there. So, that's a safety concern and it's being answered. It's being taken care of. And we're going to put the rest of them on this side as well. You said >> it's going to be on both sides of the of the stadium at the bottom of the hill just inside of the fence. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any other questions regarding the St. Angelo Stadium parking lot lights? All right. Do I have a motion for RFQ25-014? I'll make a motion to award Jet Electric of St. Angelo for total cost of project of $441,500 which includes a 20,000 contingency. I have a motion from Dr. Mills. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. Ladies first. Going to give a second to Mrs. Meisel Flint. Um, and any other board
099comments or questions? All in favor say I. >> I. Motion passes 70. Next, um, we're going to consider possible action to amend the district's current warehouse leak agreement with CBWD properties. I'm going ask Mr. Dendle to recuse himself for this one. And Dr. Brandon, you're going to lead us in this one. Good evening again. Uh mainly this is just an update to the uh current lease agreement. We had set that up on six-month intervals. Uh because we weren't exactly sure how long we would be in the space. Uh but with the passage of the bond, uh we've had to move and store various items. We received I don't know how many pallets of curriculum uh that were stored there before we boxed and shipped those back out to all of the campuses. So this is
100simply extension to go from the six-month intervals uh to the 5-year lease. Okay. which can be terminated any time. >> Yes. With 30-day notice, um either party uh could terminate the lease. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Right. Um does anyone have uh any questions regarding the amendment to in move for a 5-year lease? Do I have a motion to approve the current lease? I'll make a motion to amend the current lease with CBWD Properties LLC for commercial warehouse space located at 403 West 26th Street as presented and delegate authority administration to terminate the lease in in the best interest of the district. A motion for myself and a second from Mr. Gagos. Any further board comments or questions? >> Just quick question. Is there any do you think there's any timeline that we'll we might
101be able to not use have to utilize them >> as we proceed through the bond projects? Our hope, you know, it's not that we want to stay in there long term. Uh so as we progress through the bond projects, hopefully we can I open up a space uh that we already have that's no cost to the district. >> Excellent. Thank you. >> Any further further board questions or comments? All in favor say I. All against say the same. Motion passes 6. You get bill. All right. Well, we're going Dr. Gomez, if you will come up and give us we talk about Senate Bill 13 and library materials. I know we've been discussing Senate Bill 13 since June, but tonight um we're preparing to officially adopt the district's version of the policy. So, specifically, as we've
102discussed previously, the policy emphasizes transparency, parent involvement, and appropriate access for students while safeguarding against harmful or inappropriate materials. So, I'm just going to highlight due to our previous conversations the main components within this policy. The first being board approval, meaning the board must approve all library materials, including those purchased or donated. I really want to stress the donated portion because we have groups come and donate materials. It will now require your approval be before we can or cannot place them in the library circulations and there is a very specific timeline for that. They must first be made public for at least 30 days. Parent access is super important in this bill. So I want to stress parents are the primary decision makers regarding their children's access to library materials. In the pre-agenda, we demonstrated
103where you could find this information on our SISD website, but I just want to remind everyone for those in the audience or those listening. So, under the SISD website, the students and parent tab, there's a library services section. You click on the library services section and then on the left hand side, there is a link for parent access. That's where parents would go to receive the additional details. Then also it's very important to note with parents being those primary decision makers means maybe someone in the public doesn't want the book read but ultimately it comes down to that parent. Um parents can submit list of books their own child is not allowed to check out and then our librarians can note that in our circulation um software. And then we've discussed this previously. It's in
104the policy specifically. We have been uh ahead of this in our district for several years now for student safety being a top concern. But there are both formal and informal procedures. We always first for the informal. If a parent comes to um the campus or the librarian and says I don't want my child to read this, that's just the informal. we note it and they don't check out the library book. If it is a formal challenge, then there is a process and we do have what's referred to as a St. Angelo ISD reading content selection committee which meets the terms of the policy by being made up of educators that work within the grade spans, district staff, community members, and parents are a part of that committee. And then of course we would make the
105superintendent and the board aware of any challenges. So I know this is one of the very lengthy policies because it's seven pages but through our prior discussions are there any further questions you have at this time. Okay. Um hi. So I have a couple of questions. Um >> okay. So the first one is in regards to a challenge. So the selection the reading content selection committee hears or um here's the formal challenges and then they would come to the board with their recommendation. Is that how that >> the committee would not come in person but the committee's recommendation would come to the superintendent and the board. >> Okay. And then um I keep going back to um the actual purchase and donation of all the library books. I just think of I'm assuming it's dozens
106and dozens of books at a time. And I am I I want to voice publicly but also ask about what the um concern should be for the board if something gets passed us since I don't think that any of us have we're all volunteers. board members or volunteers and we don't have the time to read through dozens and dozens of books that are ordered for every school. So, how does that um how do we know that these books are acceptable to to the schools and to the community? >> That that is a great question and you are right. Um, I also want to publicly thank Miss Hog who came to the pre-aggenda and is also here again this evening as our district lead librarian. And she's told me and I have to apologize to Miss
107Hook that I don't remember that large number of orders that was just placed last year alone. So when she says 90, that's not 90 copies. So that's 90 orders of multiple titles. So, um, librarians do require a specific certification to be in their job role. They have specific training on how to um verify a book's appropriateness. Now, librarians too cannot read every single book. We have in our district removed books. It's important to note that when someone might give you an excerpt, a small portion of a book, we cannot make a judgment on a small portion of the book and we are required through any challenge to read the book in its entirety. Um, so I just want to note that. But librarians do have training um, plus there are more and more, this changed
108a little bit from the original version of the bill um, vendors having to also disclose whether or not a book is appropriate. Um, so we are humans. We will not ever say that we are perfect because that would be a false statement. Um, but they have specialized training. So it's important to note for the public there are specific teacher certifications. There are specific counselor certifications and librarian certifications. You cannot be a certified librarian without the specific master's degree and certifications that come with it as a big portion of their study is book selection and criteria for the ages they work with. So going back to your question about um we're we're going to first let our people that had the training do the book selection. uh we're going to give the books at least 30
109days in advance. So if there are any concerns from the board, we can go back address the concerns and then the board will have informed decision making on whether or not we order the book or we do not order the book. I don't Does that answer your question? >> Kind of. Um does the community get to know 30 days in advance? >> It has to be posted. >> Okay. So the community can also come to us and tell us if there are concerns about books that are ordered too. So, it's not up to us to read every single book to make sure that they're accepted. >> I just think it's important to note that while a community member might have a concern, the primary decision making maker is the parent. >> Absolutely. And also, I
110didn't realize that Miss Hog was here, but thank you, Miss Hog, for all that you've done to keep our books, our libraries safe for our kids. And and the reason why I point out it's important for the parent because one community member might have values for their household or for their um religious, ethnic beliefs and affiliations that another does not. And so we are required as educators to provide diverse readings. >> Yes, ma'am. And that was really the reason for my question of the concerns that the board needs to be considering. >> Absolutely. >> Thank you very much. Yes, ma'am. >> I I'd just like to publicly say, you know, we appreciate all the work you've made for the selection committee over the last several years. I know you've we've we've been ahead of this
111and so we're very prepared for this. But I just want to clarify. So the main difference is with SB13 is we will now ultimately be responsible for new library material and we take recommendations from the committee and librarians, but ultimately it's going to follow. >> Absolutely. That that will be the biggest change. It also is a great change for our purchasing procedures in the district because as you can imagine for us to get recommendations with the minimum of 30 days that's going to impact our timeline. We also have interd district policies on purchasing receiving all the things. So we have very specific dates now to adhere to the notice that the board needs and also our inner district purchasing procedures. Are we going to be provided copy? This is maybe a silly question. Are we
112going to be provided digital copies of the books or or physical copies or or >> of the list you mean? >> Of of the actual book to >> Well, we won't if we're purchasing, we won't necessarily have the book. >> Okay. >> So, um we're not always able to provide the book until we actually make the purchase. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Yes, sir. So, every school has a librarian. >> Okay. We have some large schools. Do um librarians have an assistant. >> Some do. For example, Central High School does. >> Okay. Um, so with that said, we we are allowing students to check out books and be aids in that to help the library >> for the secondary campuses. Yes, ma'am. >> Yeah. Um, I just say that because I think it's important
113to look at the whole picture of education and that the state continues to pass bills that put more I won't say work but more work on our teachers, our librarians. And so with that, I want to I I want to just stress to everyone that they need support. They need grace and they need time to do all of these things because they're they're new and and the state just keeps I'm not saying it's a wrong, but they keep passing things that just add another thing and add another thing. So, um, if librarians are listening or out there and they need help, please reach out and know that we support you and that we know that you're adding this to your plate and it's taking and for y'all too, a lot of time, Miss Hog. So,
114thank you. And I know that you speak to the other campuses and let them know that we we see that this is a big thing to undertake. I also want to uh clarify, Miss Duncan, that um there are staffing recommendations from TASBY and central student enrollment meets having the additional staff member. Our second largest campus, Glenn, does not have one either. So it's not just a central high school thing. It's based on the staffing ratio from TASBY. >> That goes back that goes back to the law. You know the staffing. >> It's not because >> you know lots of things that we we the SISD that we do and I was a teacher for many years and you know there were days that I was like why are we doing that? There are laws and
115the staffing, the number, the student to ratio. Um, it's a directive of what we do. It's not We would love to, I know we would I would love to put three librarians at every school and and promote reading and be there to help children, but it's just not possible. >> Dr. I know you just a logistics question um because I know you talked about inter departmental agreements and making sure so historically we would see books in our POS um really every month. So as and obviously some of this bill comes from a a concern from parents that has obviously reached the state legislature. Will we make sure that we are doing this in a way that is um reproducible every year like as far as like will we order our books every October so that
116every time we can so our parents know when to look at these things so the board's not getting them every every meeting like in this little little bit here a little bit there but a um are we working to stream I know you've mentioned streamlining but >> we're going to try and make that as condensed so that parents parents aren't having to look every 3 weeks to see what books SSD is ordering um to try and figure out if they're happy or not happy or want to challenge that thing. >> Yes, we are now because it's the first time with this requirement. We have a proposed timeline, but um we would be um it would be unwise to stick to the timeline we've done this year if we go through it and realize from the
117being the first year we go through it, we need to make adjustments. So I I don't want to stand in front of you and say definitely every October we would do. We have a plan here and we will make adjustments as we work through it the first year but the streamlining is so that there are set times of the year so that board and community have access and also so most importantly if we delay this so long the whole intention is to get books for our kids in the libraries. So, if we delay it so long and they can't be received, then we're defeating that purpose. >> Absolutely. All right. Any further questions about EFB Local? >> Do I have a motion to approve EFB Local as presented? >> I'll make a motion to approve
118EFB Local as presented. >> Do I have a second? >> Have a motion from Dr. Mills and a second from Mrs. Duncan, any further board questions or comments? >> This list here that Miss Martin provided for us, these are all books that have been approved through SASD previous. >> I haven't seen the list, so I can't speak to that, but I'd be happy to review that. Um, it's also important to note that if an individual goes to the prior circulation, this we have had and we've shared, um, you may have noted the comment that we've removed several books, which we have through the reading content selection committee, but sometimes individuals will go to the circulation list and say, "Y'all have this book," and the book is not in circulation. So, but I'd be happy to
119follow up on that. I just haven't seen it. >> Okay. And just to clarify, according to the law and the student ratio, as far as St. Angelo goes, you're saying that Central High School is the only school that um needs an assistant in the library >> for the library specifically. Yes. There are different ratios depending on parts of the classroom and the campus, the instructional setting. While the library is not a classroom, it's an instructional program. >> So, all right. Do I have any other further board questions or comments? All in favor say I. All against say the same. Motion passes 70. All right. Next, Dr. Brandon, we are going to talk about fund balances. >> Good evening. As part of the budget cycle each year, um campus principles, department heads, program directors can submit
120capital outlay requests. Um and so we have u committed fund balance uh that we can put place these items in. Um the majority of all these come back to the board for final approval. All we're saying is that we're going to commit an amount of fund balance towards projects. Um, and so I'll just I'll kind of run through here quickly. Um, athletics would be uh high jump pit, uh, accessories at the stadium, uh, non-skid flooring for the training room, weight equipment, uh, new weight equipment at Lake View, back stop netting at the sports complex. um vehicles each year we try to rotate u vehicles uh a certain amount you see here one warehouse uh two pickups at maintenance one expedition at transportation and then uh our technology uh we don't replace those very often but
121we've got uh a couple of those uh that are high mileage uh technology they drive all around the district to fix problems uh playgrounds and shade structures uh three elementary playgrounds and Then two shade structures, one at Lake View and one at Central. Uh fine arts equipment, uh band, orchestra, percussion and mariachi. Uh technology equipment and devices, so student and teacher devices along with protective cases uh for the students. Uh interactive panels for the classrooms and an upgrade to the network. um capital uh towards equipment um used by our maintenance and facility staff, the hydro excavator, uh a couple of mower replacements, a welder, key cutter, uh a lift, and then a floor stripper and scrubber. And then we're really close on our buses uh to complete uh being back within the 15-year cycle. We
122have just over 90 buses in the fleet. And so as we cycle through 15 years, those are usually 100 to 150,000 miles. Um that replacement cycle uh you received a copy of that. And so the six yellow uh school bus uh 72 passenger, three of the 48 yellow uh passengers, one bluebird um which is the student travel bus. Um and that would uh if you saw a copy of that on the 5-year replacement cycle, um that would put us back um we had a couple of years there right after CO that we didn't replace any. And so we're kind of right right there back on track with uh bus replacement and all of those amounts. Um so basically the board is just committing those amounts from fund balance and that those stay there uh until
123we actually make the purchase uh or remove those from the list. But all of these items come back to the board uh for um final approval to meet our purchasing guidelines. And just for the board that if you look at your um just as a reminder for our fund balance, the recommendations from uh the state are to keep uh basically a threemonth district reserve. Okay, which is for our district just over $31 million. Um and so what we're looking at is um designating overall um approximately 5.6 million um of our um unassigned fund balance on that's above the 32 thou 32 million that we need to keep to make sure that we have three-month reserve. Any questions or comments? Do I have a motion? >> Dr. King move to approve the design designation of fund
124balances and resolution as presented. >> Second. >> So I have a motion from Mr. Dindle and a second from Mr. Gyos. Any further board comments or questions? And just for our public, this list comes from the request of our campuses for what they need as far as uh fine arts equipments or athletic equipments that's coming from each department on the campus being brought up to the admin and then going back. Correct. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. Um any other board comments or questions? >> And we still approve stuff as it comes forward. Is that is that correct? >> Right. Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. Whenever we get ready to order the buses, then we'll bring that back to the board. And so we'll follow the purchasing guidelines uh through all of those whether that's three quotes
125or whether they're on a approved vendor list um or whether they're on by board >> but we don't have to move it later down the road from general fund balance. >> Right. We've already committed it for that purpose. >> Thank you. >> All right. So I had a motion from Mr. Dindle and a second from Mr. Gagos. Do I have any other board questions or comments? All in favor say I. All again say the same. Motion passes 70. Um next we're going to consider adoption of the 2526 budget. >> So the next two items are a followup from our public uh presentation of the budget and tax rate. Uh the first of those being uh adoption of the official budget um by fund and function for uh general fund child nutrition and debt service. We
126went through each of those. The general fund uh having a um balanced budget uh both for the general fund and for debt service. and you see a um slight increase in expenditures where child nutrition would be a negative 327,000 knowing that they have that um in their fund balance to take care of knowing also that they are usually issued additional grants throughout the year that often cover uh that amount. >> So obviously this has been talked about at our pre-agenda and then earlier this evening. Any board questions or comments regarding our uh adoption of our school budget for either our official general fund or child nutrition or our debt service. All right. Do I have a motion to approve the resolution to in order to that adopt the 2526 maintenance operation food service and debt
127service budgets by fund and function as discussed and presented? >> Dr. Kimman moved to adopt the the order to adopt the 20 2025 2026 maintenance and operation food service and debt service budgets by funding function as discussed and presented. >> Do I have a second? >> I'll second. Do I have any other board questions or comments? >> Dr. Cayman, as we move forward again, that puts us in a position to uh present to the public a balanced budget for one more year where several districts in the state are now operating off deficit budgets. So, we're uh truly blessed to uh to be able to uh operate with the funds that are actually uh provided to us from the state and local and the local entities. >> Any other board questions or comments? All in favor
128say I. All again say the same. Motion passes 70. Next we're going to adopt the 2526 or discuss adopting the 2526 M tax rate and the INS tax rate. And this is again what we discussed earlier this evening. Any board questions or comments from Dr. Brandon? Do I have a motion to adopt the 2526 M and INS tax rates? >> I'll make a mo I'll make a motion to adopt the 2526 M and INS tax rates. >> So, and just for public that will be a total tax rate of 1.0706. The rate allocated is um as follows 0.7122 of the total tax rate is specifically levied for the maintenance and operation expenses and 0.3584 of the total rate is specifically levied for the debt service. So I have a motion from Mr. Gos. Do I
129have a second? A >> second. I have a second from Mr. Dindle. Any further board comments or questions regarding the M or INS tax rate for 2526? Um just the Dr. Brandon, you mentioned the $100,000 um exemption and that's going to be voted on by the public in November where they can go ahead and get an exemption up to $100,000 if you're a senior >> an additional is it is itund 140 for seniors? >> Yes, sir. So, it goes currently $100,000 homestead exemption will increase uh to 140,000 >> and then up to 200,000 uh for 65 and older. >> Okay. So, 65 and older and everyone here that owns a home in November, >> that's got to be voted in by by people, not by the state. They would probably say no, but so y'all
130get to say yes to that. So, just let just a reminder. Any other board questions or comments? All right, I had a motion from Mr. Gigos and a second from Mr. Dindle. All in favor say I. >> All again say the same. Motion passes 70. Next, Dr. Man's going to help us with a local policy update. AE local is just kind of cleaning up some. >> Yeah, this may be the easiest vote of the night. It's actually just an update to the mission statement in policy because our existing policy reflected the old mission statement. So to clean it up, we have the new one in front of you for tonight u to adopt. >> Any questions or comments? >> This is just making sure all our paperwork lines up, te's or cross eyes are dotted.
131Um, do I have a motion to approve local policy update AE? >> I'll make a motion to adopt the policy AE at local to reflect the current mission, vision, goals, core beliefs, and commitments. >> A second. >> So, I have a motion from Mr. Dr. Mills and a second from Mrs. Meisel Flint. Any further board questions or comments? All in favor say I. I. >> All going against say the same. Motion passes 70. All right. Um now we're going to need to go into executive session. We're going to have several things to discuss. Um we're going to do 551.071. We also have and that is uh uh discussion with lawyer consultation with attorneys. And then we have 551072 which is real property. And then we have uh 551.074 which is personnel matters and 551.082. I'll
132write all these down for you which is school children um um matters. Any questions? All right. So we'll be back after that. All right, we are back from executive session. We took no action, made no votes. We're going to move forward with our agenda. Next um item on our agenda is consider adoption of resolution approving contingent fee legal services contract including findings needed for submission of contingent fee legal services agreement and request for expedited review by the Texas Attorney General and Dr. Ran, >> just a brief comment to the board that you're fully aware of, but uh this is an action by the district to make a statement against social media companies for the algorithms they use to target children. And so this is no cost to the district. It's a multi-dist litigation, which would
133be like a class action lawsuit, but it would give us a voice in fighting against social media giants. All right. Do I have a motion to adopt the resolution >> approving contingent fee legal services contract? >> I can find it. >> It's on page 141. I'll make a >> I'll I'll make a motion. It's on page what? >> So, Mr. Gyos is making a motion 141 to approve the adoption of a resolution approving contingent fee legal services contract. Um, do I have a second? >> I have a second from Mrs. Duncan. Any board questions or comments? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Motion passes 70. So, we also have to adopt the contingent fee legal services contract. >> Okay. I'll make a motion to consider adoption of contingent fee legal services agreement with
134Thompson and Horton. Island and Bonan and Halen Demirth and I'm not about to read all those but the main Thompson and Horton. >> All right. So we have a motion from Mr. Gyos. Do I have a second? >> Second from Mrs. Meisel Flint. >> Any board questions or comments? >> No. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> All right. Motion passes 70. Announcements. We have a pre-aggenda board workshop on September 8th, 2025. I guess we should stop calling that a finance pre-agenda board workshop. >> Oh yeah. >> And then um we'll have a regular board meeting on September 18th. >> And with that we are ajourned.