San Angelo ISD School Board Meeting - June 16, 2025

001Good evening and welcome. My name is Taylor Kingman. Zach, this is or Jack, this seems really loud, but okay. As president of the board of trustees for the San 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 and 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 SASD. All items that will be discussed at the 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

002earlier pre-aggenda board workshop. As members of the SISD board of trustees, we are 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 mean 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 in the back of the room. Also, please listen carefully and

003comply with the following rules so we can move through this part of the meeting efficiently. Each speaker will be given a total of three minutes. The district will provide an official timekeeper. You'll be notified when your time is up. 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. And comments on any subject, whether positive or negative, must be courteous and respectful. Comments are limited to the specific topic on the form you filled out. And any speaker with a specific complaint about a district employee decision or operational issue should present that complaint through the appropriate mechanism, which is the district's formal grievance process. If you have a pending grievance being processed by the district, please recall

004that you will not be able to speak about that grievance during public comment. Also, please understand if you speak to us on an item not on our action agenda, 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 pre proceedings are recorded and will become a part of SASD's permanent legal record. In order that the recording will adequately reflect the proceedings, I ask you please refrain from talking while others are speaking. I also ask, as I remind my fellow board members, to please turn off or so or silence your cell phones. Again, thank you for being here and for your support of SASD. We do have a quorum this evening. Um Dr. Mills uh was is out

005today for family and Mrs. Miss Cardinas unfortunately is ill. But we do have a quorum still and so um with that we will move forward with our agenda and uh Trey Holmes the pastor at Community Hills Christian Church is going to help us with our invocation. So before we pray I want to express my uh gratitude for asking me to come and do this. As I was saying earlier, as a businessman and and community member, I get to do a lot of things, but one of the most meaningful things is when I'm asked to pray. And so, let's give thanks together. Would you bow with me? Jesus, we do give you the thanks, the honor, and ultimately um everything tonight. We give that over to you. We give you the praise. And uh Holy Spirit,

006we invite you in and ask you that you give us um unity of mind, unity of spirit and also unity of purpose as we are here to make decisions and discuss ideas that that affect our most precious resource, our children and our future. And so I pray for wisdom over our board members. I pray for the audience that we have ears to hear and eyes to see and that we can leave um knowing that your will was done. And so we pray this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen. Thank you, Mr. Holmes. Now, we are lucky we have students even though it's the month of June who've been kind enough to come help us with our pledges of allegiance tonight. So, we're going to have Brandon Kahas from McGill Elementary, Leela Rodriguez from Lonear

007Middle School, Sebastian Rodriguez from Glenn Middle School, and Jensen Rodriguez from Glenn Middle School. If y'all will stand up and help us with our pledges, I appreciate it. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for alliance to the Texas one state. Indivisible. Nice job. Thank you all. All right. Next, we're going to move forward with our recognitions and Shannon is going to short gonna help us with first recognition, which is our teacher of the year recognition. Good evening. had to drop that down a little shorter than Trey is. Um, this evening we are proud to recognize two outstanding educators who exemplify excellence in teaching, leadership, and heart. These individuals have gone above and beyond to support

008and inspire the students of St. Angelo ISD and we're honored to celebrate them as our teachers of the year. So, first we have Miss Lynn Springer from Santaorita Elementary School. She was named our elementary teacher of the year. So, if you guys want to go to the middle here. At Santa Rita Elementary School, Miss Springer is more than a teacher. She's a light in the lives of those around her. Known for her kindness, generosity, and unwavering support, Miss Springer cultivates a positive and inclusive culture among students and staff. Whether she's checking in on colleagues, delivering homemade meals, or sharing thoughtful notes and gifts, she embodies compassion and connection. In the classroom, her passion for teaching shines, especially in writing, where she sparks creativity and builds confidence in her students. She invests deeply in relationships, mentoring

009both students and fellow educators, and is often found attending her students activities beyond the school day to show her continued support. Miss Springer's impact extends far beyond her classroom walls, leaving a legacy of encouragement, joy, and love of learning. So, please join us in congratulating our elementary teacher of the year, Miss Laneer. [Applause] [Music] Awesome. And now we have Miss Jenny Sanders from Glenn Middle School who was named our secondary teacher of the year. At Glenn Middle School, Miss Sanders is the definition of dedication and passion. She pours her heart into creating a classroom where students feel safe, valued, and inspired to grow. With creative lessons and collaborative challenges, Miss Sanders keeps students actively engaged and constantly learning. Her approach is dynamic, her energy contagious, and her belief in every student is unwavering. She serves

010not only as a teacher, but as a mentor and role model, leading with integrity, high expectations, and a healthy dose of humor. She helps students build confidence, character, and resilience, investing time, and care into their success well beyond academics. Miss Sanders believes in education is about shaping the whole child and it's clear her students leave her classroom more prepared for life because of her influence. So, please join us in congratulating our secondary teacher of the year, Miss Jenny Sanders. And we will find out later in July if either of these two amazing educators will advance to represent our region and TASA's teacher Texas teacher of the year program. Yes. [Applause] So yeah, Miss Springer, if we can get a picture on Miss Scott, that'd be great. All right, our next recognition is for and thank

011you all both for being here and congratulations. Um, our next recognition is for Angela Gives donors and Shannon's going to help us with that as well. Okay. So, tonight we'd like to take a moment to recognize the incredible generosity of our St. Angelo community. Just last month, St. Angelo Gives, our community's annual day of giving powered by the St. Angelo Area Foundation, raised over $4 million for local nonprofits. That remarkable impact speaks volumes about the people who call St. Angelo home. We're especially grateful that some of those donations directly benefit our students, including support for St. Angelo Reeds, our district-wide literally literacy initiative and other important programs across our campuses. Since 2015, St. Angelo Gives has generated more than $26 million for local causes. And that level of giving simply wouldn't be possible without the

012support of our amazing community. On behalf of St. Angelo ISD, we extend our heartfelt thanks to the St. Angelo Area Foundation and to all those who continue to invest in our future students. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Schwarz. Um, we had no one sign up for public comment tonight, so we'll move forward with item six. And Mr. Henry is going to start that with a construction update. Thank you all for having me here tonight. We'll go ahead and jump right on into it. Thank you. Uh the first project we have is the Lake View Chiller replacement. Uh all the equipment is on order currently and expected to arrive in St. Angelo in mid August. Once that's uh all arrived, we'll start even before that, we'll start working on some of the other electrical and the

013plumbing parts uh to go ahead and make it to where we can replace that as quick as possible. The next one is our Altoma data center. At this one, we demoed uh several buildings EF or FG and H. And then we have the electrical that we're fixing where somebody had hit a electrical panel. And then we also have the district server room. Here's a picture of the server room. You can see the picture on the left is where we were last month. And then this month they've already uh installed all of the cabinets for the servers and they're working on making the connections of the fiber. The SISD staff has tentatively planned to move all the servers over on the week of 4th of July. The next ones are Oaks Cafe sewer line replacement. This

014one they have completed all of the actual plumbing and made all the connections. The only thing they have left is to put the actual floor drains in. They're going to start doing the flowable fill by the end of the week and hope to get out of here several weeks ahead of schedule. And then the next one I have is just a view into what will be coming next month. We have the Crockett edition. Uh this is a bid that includes the cafeteria, a new cafeteria, new kitchen, six classrooms, bathrooms, and then an alternate uh for two additional classrooms. Did y'all have any questions over any of these projects? Jason, yes. That electrical panel, any idea when it'll be ready? When? I know. And I know it's just I didn't realize how one how expensive those

015things are and then two um how long it takes to get them. We we really lucked out. Part of it was came real early and then we had one other one that is supposed to ship tomorrow. Oh, okay. So, as soon as it ships, they've got all the wire pulled and everything. All they really have to do is make the final connections and then uh it's actually a building that doesn't affect anything moving forward on the server room. We're going to be able to get occupancy on that even if this panel doesn't come in. Okay. And then also on the chillers, um, what are we waiting on? Because we, that picture you had, were those the chillers that we Those are the rental chairs. Those are the rentals. Those are the rentals. Okay. Uh, we're

016waiting on the the physical chillers. They're building them as we speak. Okay. All right. Thank you. No problem. Only question I have on the chiller project with the planned additions. Will we have the capacity? Will that be separate? Do we know maybe a park question? They can answer that in a minute about how that will fit into um the capacity that we are re we're installing there and making sure that we're thinking forward. I'm going to yield to Allan. He's the engineer. There we go. We got a thumbs up, but we'll double check that. Thank you. Thank you. If there are no more questions, I'm going to go ahead and turn it over to Park Hill and they're going to do an update on bond projects. Thank you, Mr. Henry. I'm going to set this

017down here. Dr. Kingman, Dr. Moran, members of the board, thank you again for having us. Excited to be here tonight. I'm going to go over some of the information uh that we shared last at the pre-agenda meeting that Mr. Lopez shared with you last meeting. And we did talk a little bit about some of these items as well back in the May meeting. If you might recall for information, we talked about uh construction delivery methods. Uh we're going to talk a little bit about the packages for the projects and then we'll talk about the teams for each package. As you guys know, the district uh got updated qualifications from uh all the design firms and then have have ranked those and and signed projects and we've got a summary of of the what the district

018has uh recommended here as part of our uh single slide at the end once we get through these. I want to just kind of give you an idea. We we went through the uh we went through the timeline of projects and we've taken these that showed when the completion of the projects would be and we've broken those uh projects up into packages so that and then we've got a design schedule and a construction Oh, thank you very much. Jessica's on top of it. She's helping me here. My eyesight's not great, I think, from across the room. So, uh but basically, you can see we're going to start uh safety and security and capital renewal right away. and that'll be in conjunction with the district. Uh you can see that we've got the the Crockett project

019that Mr. Henry was talking about set to bid next week and then be complete uh next year. Um and then you can see Fannon and McGill uh that second phase there coming online in 2027. And then the Lake View additions and renovations that Dr. Kingman was asking about just a minute ago in terms of the CTE and the mariachi program coming online in 2028 and the new Glenn and then you can see the central high school that's got some phasing and things that we need to handle in advance of that. So, uh that'll be in 2029. And we put together a detailed schedule. I think you have seen this also um where you've got uh basically a color-coded schedule that gives you an idea of when the design will be happening uh when the uh

020bidding phase will happen when the construction and movein goes. So the the dark blue is the construction phase on the schedule and the light blue is the movein. If you see the light colored yellow, what we're trying to do here with the schedule is arrange this so we didn't have all the bids right on top of themselves. uh so that we kind of spread out the bidding phase and that should help also with the participation from the different subcontractors uh as they're bidding that and and the construction managers and general contractors. So I know we covered this before but you can see now the introduction of of the packages. So, we've broken this up um so to help both with the bidding and the design of those uh packages. And then you'll see uh kind

021of the suggested uh uh kind of the way the the timeline works with that here. But uh we're just going to refer to these as different packages and we have a a summary slide for each one that so I won't go and read all of these, but you can kind of see where they follow in the the schedule. Um, we'll have another slide that goes through each package and shows the the amount in just a second, but I also wanted to just talk about the delivery methods. And this is a single slide. Sorry about the animation here. Um, that shows all of the delivery methods that we're talking about. So basically the in 1999 the legislature allowed school districts to procure construction and do uh uh new construction addition renovation and maintenance and operation projects

022through other methods besides this traditional uh low bid method. So that allows the district and and since then um all the projects that we've worked on just about every single one have involved uh some element of both price and quality. Uh so it allows you to do to inject some other factors then into the process. For example, the experience level of the contractor uh the the qualifications of the subcontractors and things like that. And so these methods uh take it take advantage of injecting uh price and qualifications. The first one's called competitive seal proposals. This is the method that you guys have utilized for both the McGill and the Fannon projects previously for the phase one addition and renovations. It looks very much and and just to give you an idea what the graphics are,

023the blue is you. That's the owner. Uh the orange uh with the pencil is the designer or the engineer and architect. The two crossed hammers are the general contractor or construction manager as the case may be. And the green is all the subcontractors. So this is really a uh the flowchart gives you an idea how the contractual relationships work and who's responsible for what. Um but the competitive seal proposal is the closest in in the way the arrangement of the different contracts as to a general contractor. Uh and so it but it it injects both essentially you get the drawings done and then you bid the project. Uh different general contractors bid the project. So, I know you're familiar with that and you have your own rubric that the district has has adopted for competitive

024seal proposals for the evaluation criteria. The second one is the construction manager at risk and uh the district's also utilized this back in the previous bond program for some projects. This is typically used uh for for large projects and those uh that are typically say 25 to 30 million and above and those that involve multiple phases. Um and so you can see um uh the arrangement there. There's a solid line between the the uh architect and the contractor, meaning that the the construction manager comes on board during the design process. So they're actually part of the the design team to help you recommend uh different phasing options, different kinds of materials. And then you can see down at the bottom, typically this has have anywhere from five to 50 subcontractors that the general the construction

025manager would would uh would manage on a on a typical project. There's also a method called design build. And this is a this is one that more and more districts are utilizing particularly for things like if you think about some of your energy savings projects where you've got um a contractor and a and a designer that work together and that's why the two are put together on the org chart there because it's either a designer or a contractor-led effort. But you can see that also can be utilized for different sizes of projects. Uh so that's one that uh we've seen use utilized a lot for athletics improvement projects for example as well. And then there's a fourth option called job order contracting. And job order contracting is typically used for smaller uh projects uh typically

026maintenance and operations projects. And that may be a case where you have a job order contractor. they they pre-bid a unit price book uh so you know the prices uh going into that and then they manage the different subcontractors usually it's a smaller number of of contractors so typically it's for uh smaller projects so those are kind of the the four methods uh in a nutshell if you have any questions I've got those other slide those more detailed slides that we talked about the last time if you have any questions I could go through those uh if y'all are in good shape we'll keep going um so we we talked about these uh different slides at the last meeting. Uh and then this was kind of the rollup. I've got this slide later on, but

027basically you can see we've applied uh the construction delivery methods to those different projects and as we go through we'll talk about what what's in each package and then we'll conclude with this slide here in just a second. the the first package we talked about safety and security and that was the first package your citizens committee uh recommended to you in this case that's got a budget as you recall of $8 million uh from the bond proceeds. The recommended uh delivery method is through either competitive seal proposals, which again are are really good for those projects that are 25 million and less with a a pretty straightforward scope of work, usually single sites or job order contract if it's a smaller uh type uh type project. And you can see the the uh based off

028of the the feedback from the the district uh either u St. Angelo ISD for those things that they could procure direct directly or KFW architects who's here local. Um package two which is the uh capital renewal projects that is uh uh identified as $35 million that was also uh part of the citizens committee recommendation during your bond process. in this case, job order contract, competitive seal proposal, and and potentially even some design bill for where where it makes sense. And again, the uh the design uh responsibility uh for those that need to be St. Angelo ISD or SKG Engineering or KFW architects. Uh package three is the Crockett Elementary we talked about a little bit earlier. That's the one that uh was very similar in nature uh to the McGill uh project and uh in

029terms of adding a kitchen and cafeteria uh that was one identified by the citizens committee uh competitive seal proposal and that would be Park Hill with SKG engineers. the McGill Elementary. This is the second phase which includes those other classroom additions. The the uh library and admin areas and then the drop off that uh that was also a project from the bond competitive seal proposal which would be a similar method as was utilized previously on the campus and that is uh identified as Park Hill with SKG engineers and you can see the the budget there for the total project. uh Fannon Elementary uh also competitive seal proposal. This is the second phase there as well. So this includes a kitchen and cafeteria there and the library and administration addition that was master plan and that

030is KFW with SKG engineers. Uh 4C is demolition projects. Again, this is one that I think the district has utilized before with uh and has utilized job order contracting uh successfully. And so that would be something the district could go out directly to and there's they already have a job order is particular delivery method that has been utilized before. New Glenn Middle School uh that is uh 122 million that's what we're talking or or what we had recommended uh in previous board meetings was a construction manager at risk. uh that was uh given the size and the phasing and the the responsibility of essentially your your building in one place having to tear down, keep all the utilities intact while you're having school and then reconstruct athletic facilities in the in the former area. Uh

031plus there's some additional uh buildings there that we can repurpose, for example, on the southeast side of the site by the track. Uh this one's uh identified as Park Hill. uh Lake View. Uh again, the uh additions and renovations. Uh this project has the CTE, the mariachi program, and it also has um uh some renovations in the inside the the locker rooms inside. Uh construction manager at risk, and that's Park Hill with SKG Engineers. And then uh Central High School additions and renovations. This has the the new auditorium, uh, cafeteria and, uh, gymnasium and identified as construction management risk in Park Hill with SKG. And then athletic improvements. Uh, this is identified as job could be job order contract or competitive seal proposal as you there may be some opportunities there for design build as

032well. uh that is I I did not get that on this slide but it is it is on the final chart and final slide as an option uh and that would be uh KFW architects with SKG or it could be St. Angelo ISD through the alternative delivery methods we talked about. So that's kind of the packages big picture. I think you guys uh might recall that we had uh that Mr. Lopez went over those I think last Monday. Any questions about those before we get to the to the summary slide here? Yeah. Where are we doing lights at? This is lighting for athletic view. At Lake View. Is it just Lake View? Okay. Yes, we have lights at the lake view. And there's also two tennis courts as well that that are not lighted that

033Yes, sir. Okay. Thank you. Yep. Um, this is kind of the the everything in one summary chart. Uh, I think you guys uh had this in your board packet as well. um last week, but the uh you can see this is just a table with all of the packages. This gives you a little more idea and breakdown of the capital renewal projects as well. Uh and again, depending on the project, some of them may lend themselves uh more to job order contracting or competitive seal proposal based on the packaging and size of the project. And there's some discretion there for uh for Dr. Brandon and and Mr. Henry and Dr. Moran uh and and Tony how they want to get those those things done. Um and then you can see basically if you read to

034the top there's the projects that we listed and the packages. There's the delivery method in the second column. Then there's the the identified and recommended by the administration, the design firm, and then there's the amount of the project. You see that adds up to the 397 million uh from the from the bond. So, I would I would offer that slide to you as kind of the overall summary. Uh, and before I I immediately got started and I failed to uh introduce my colleagues. So, if it's okay, I was going to introduce Glenn Grant and Vlad Gorbinko. They're both part of our team. It'll be uh that are identified to to work on your project. So, they're excited. And just wanted you to meet them. You'll see some other folks as as we go through, but

035I just wanted you to know who else was with me tonight. Really glad to have them. So any questions about the summary slide before I any on the competitive steel proposal? What happens if you don't get enough? I mean I don't know do Jason do we have a limit of how many um bids we get on competitive skill proposal? If we get one I mean we haven't had any examples where we've had one specifically accept. Okay. So just for microphone sake, Mr. Henry, do you mind coming and saying that so that everyone in the watching this online can hear what you said? We haven't had an example of that in recent history where we've only received one uh bid. We've done a real good job of advertising all these bids. Uh we don't have any

036anything stated specifically that says we have to have multiple bids. But Mr. Henry, and just while you're up there before you walk away, if we had a sizable project like these are these bond projects, and we only had one bid on a contra construction sale proposal, we'd probably put it back out to bid again, would we not? We would definitely have that option. We or at least we'd have the ability to do that. Correct. Yes. We don't have to ever accept any bid specifically. Okay. Any other questions for Mr. Wolf, appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you, board. All right. Next, we have Dr. Gomez. She's going to give us an update on academic programs. Miss Schwarz, don't feel bad. I lowered mine significantly after Mr. Wolf. Dr. Kingman, Dr. Moran, and members of the board,

037I left a colored sheet at your seats. I'm going to start with this in the presentation, but as I go along, thought you might want to refer to this sheet as we go through the information. So, for this evening's academic update, we're going to discuss endofear NWA MAP growth. Um, the district spends a lot of time talking about our commitment to grow every child a minimum of one year when they're when they're in our system. We also spend a lot of time talking about how MAP helps educators instructionally where STAR when we get that data, the students are already gone. So, MAP is really our driver instructionally. As you can see on your sheet, the NWA MAP growth uh assessment uses a colorcoded score representation. This helps educators, students, and families. And each color corresponds

038to a performance level based on national norms. We want to stress the fact that it is a nationally normed assessment. And this provides a visual snapshot of where a student stands. Now, it's important that we kind of go over these color bands because sometimes just by our other experiences, we associate a color to mean something. So, what these color bands do is they help educators make data informed instructional goals and set targeted interventions that promote student growth. So, as you will see, we're going to go right to left, which also is not typically how we read. So, I want to point that out. But green and blue are bands that we're looking at for students who are exceeding their performance and they have high growth. Okay? Notice high growth. We're not talking terms of achievement.

039So I really want to stress that the students in the green and blue group they are growing faster than one year of growth from other students. Okay. Then you have your yellow band. This group is maintaining performance and growth. So remember we want to we just never want to go backwards. We want to keep growing for every student wherever they come in. These students are on pace for one year of growth. if they're in the yellow group. And then you have the red and orange bands. This group is underperforming and has low growth. So I want to point out achievement. Again, you can be a high achiever but low growth. And that's our commitment as educators. So think about gifted students. Think about honor students. Are we pushing every single student to grow regardless of

040where they are? This also can be students that are striving and they have both low performance and low growth. And then we have to look and see are there other factors prohibiting these students from moving forward. Sometimes these students need additional services and programs through special programs. Not always. I just really want to point out this is growth, not achievement. I know I sound like a broken record, but typically in education, you hear media report on outcomes and that's the achievement. We're committed to growing every child. Any questions so far? Can you let the audience I don't know if you know if you did say it, but the difference between say like a star test and a map. Yes, sir. I did. The map. So, this is a national assessment versus the state assessment for

041STAR. Thank you, Mr. Gyos. So our next slide here we're going to begin with algebra 1. So as we look at algebra 1 this year we've had multiple discussions about our need to make adjustments specifically in algebra 1. Due to that we even began an early pilot this year with the 2425 school year with high instructional quality resources. So, you heard us talk a lot about a new curriculum, new training for teachers as we went through. Now, I know that Miss Duncan knows this very, very well, but when we look from the lens instructionally, eighth grade students that are taking algebra 1, they're high performers, high achievers. Not every student is going to take algebra 1 as an eighth grader, and that's totally okay. But we always want to focus in on those grade nine

042students because they're not necessarily high performers in the area of math. So the first set of data is 2425. The second set of data is 23 24. You can see in that blue band and the green band that those high performers in eighth grade are pretty steady. It was our ninth grade students that we were hyperfocused on. And so when we talked growth all year to you, you can see in 2425, 69% of our 9th grade students maintained or exceeded growth versus 53% in 2324. Additionally, what's not included on here from our two high schools, because I'm talking the ninth grade data specifically, we had five out of nine teachers in that content area that were brand new teachers. So, when I said we knew we had to make some very significant adjustments, there were

043a number of variables in the need for those adjustments. Trying to just give you all a t a minute. We can ask questions at the end or I can kind of pause. Dr. Kingman, did you have one now? Just for the high quality instruction material we used in algebra 1. What was that for this year? It was Carnegie because it was prior to um SBOE's timeline. So the board adopted blue bonnet which the publisher is Carnegie as well. The difference is Carnegie was the national version. The adoption that we um took was the Texas the Carnegie Texas version. Yes, sir. Yep. Very welcome. Okay, I'll move to the next slide. We'll stay on the discussion of math. Now the difference in this slide, we also had multiple conversations this year about the teacher incentive aotment

044and the district first began our data collection this year in 6th through 8th math and reading English one, English 2 and algebra 1. So a required component of teacher incentive aotment is a growth measure and our district elected to use MAP. So specifically that means beginning of year MAP as compared to end of year MAP and if a student is meeting or exceeding their growth measure. So it's single years because prior to this year end of year testing was not a requirement. So we can't compare apples to apples but we do want you to see each grade level and the growth from fall to spring. So, I didn't do bullet points of every one of these, but if we just go down, um, you can see third grade 67% are falling in that blue, green,

045or yellow. Fourth grade 57%, fifth grade 52%, sixth grade 43%. simply going to pause to provide further explanation because we've had a lot of conversation about transitions and the difference in student expectations from elementary to middle school and the number of new student expectations that teachers begin to teach in sixth grade. So I just want to point that out. Seventh grade 49% eighth grade 54%. Then we've already discussed the algebra one and I'd like to make a comment if I can. Uh this represents the first complete data set for MAP testing with a beginning, middle of year and end of year test so far. So this really in my opinion this is a benchmark. This is where we start. We now have a full year of data. Uh whereas in past years not all campuses

046gave all three and we didn't really have good data to work with. The other part of this that I think is important for the board to remember and will be important for teachers is uh the teacher incentive aotment program. Uh teachers receive a designation based on student academic growth. So, if I'm a teacher in the in the fifth grade and we're taking our end ofear MAP assessment, I want my kids to be aware that if they do well financially, it could impact and help the teacher because that's the growth measure or one of them. And so, uh, with that being said, you're going to hear a lot about the expansion of the teacher incentive aotment. You'll hear us talk more in the year and years to come about having good and better data than we

047have in the past that's going to help us measure uh where we are with every kid. So this this is exciting to me because now we have we have a a place to begin. I agree the point I would make to that is this data the charts here and I took them straight from NWA to show that this comes from their system. The report was run though from fall BOI to spring EOI. So while we gave EOI, it does not show that here because we wanted it to mirror the data we will submit for the teacher incentive aotment. Any questions before I move to RLA? Um I was going to ask so in terms of the teacher incentive a lotment how do our numbers look? So we are still um we officially will know in

048October but we're going through our data. Um we do expect multiple teachers to designate you do have to have a minimum of 55% student growth but that's one component. So please know those are averages by grade level. Some teachers were below or above those averages, but it has to be the student growth component and their test evaluation. So, it's the two of those. We have preliminary data that we're working through, but we'll know officially um later in the next school year because they will receive payment by August of 2026. Okay. Yes, ma'am. Great question. So, the next slide. Um, oops, I didn't advance. The next slide, as seen there on your footer, this is for RLA. And again, color bands, everything is as we've discussed. I did not put a single bullet point for everyone,

049but we'll just go through and kind of briefly tell you. Third grade 56% fourth grade 56% fifth grade 44% sixth grade 38% 7th grade 48% and eighth grade 53% falling in that blue green and yellow of exceeding or maintaining their growth. Then just because I want to point out as well for English one and English two for those specific teacher incentive aotment grades which I do need to clarify this is only the reading component and so English one and English 2's writing component that we see on the state assessment is not included here but English one 57% and English two 64% of students exceeding or maintaining that growth measure. So to kind of recap and then I'll take some question. Did I Dr. Would you go back to that? I sure will. That reading slide

050for Here you go. Yeah. I just I just writing down some stuff real quick. Hold on. Okay. All right. Thank you. Yes, sir. I'm sorry. It's not trying to go too quickly. So, some highlights for um the 23 24 versus the 2425 school year. As Dr. Moran clarified, this is the first full year where we can take comparisons from fall to spring with every eligible student. We treated it like a secure test like we do state assessments. Yes, you still have some students who were absent, but it was the goal to have every student test within the windows. You might have questions from stakeholders, parents, staff why we have windows. It's important to note because it is nationally norm referenced. There's windows of time. So, they have these baselines to compare third graders across the

051nation, fourth graders across the nation. So we work within the windows that NWA gives us so that we can be uh in line with that uh test window. So in RLA specifically we did have six grade levels that increase the number of students exceeding or maintaining their growth specifically fourth, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th. And then in math, we had four grade levels that maintained or increased the number of students exceeding or maintaining their growth. Fifth, sixth, 8th in algebra 1. Student growth is a very important mindset that every educator can get behind. I won't go into individual educators feelings about state assessment um and things that they don't like, but taking a student from where they are to being committed to growing them a year, educators will stand behind that. And that's why

052we put so much into MAP as an assessment that helps us make instructional decisions. Um Farah, I want to comment on that. Um, you're exactly right. Um, the STAR test is a state assessment and in the past the big conflict was I'm just going to use math that an honors teacher that teaches the um honors kid was compared possibly to a teacher that was, you know, had regular or on grade level. And there was some um you know discrepancy about that which I always thought that was a fair discrepancy that you necessarily couldn't could not compare a teacher that teaches grade level to a teacher that teaches honors. So when the state came to this um a teacher a lotment with growth every child should and can grow. So every teacher is on equal playing

053field. Um and then from what I understand the other part of that is the um tea test. And I know um that the administrators that are giving the tea test have gone through extensive training hours. They're not just walking into a classroom. There is so much on that um assessment for a teacher to and and they know what it is. So they can prepare, they can work through it. It's something that some teachers are driven by. You know, most people are driven with more income, but that's not, you know, why they do it. But I'm glad to see that the teachers that are knowing their kids deeply and when you look at growth, that is what you're looking at. you celebrate and when the beginning when you were talking about, you know, a child may

054grow but not be on grade level but and the no child left behind and all that is all like coming together I feel like now in a in a very positive way because um our la our last MAPS test was the week after STAR, right? Well, you know, we have kids that scored mastery on STAR. that's missing three questions and the next year maybe they missed four and they weren't mastery and they felt like you know they failed but they didn't and this growth is where I'm hearing more children say you know I grew so many points and just so people hearing the test if if I'm understanding this right it keeps getting harder and harder and harder and it's um opening up convers conversations like you know on my maps test today there was

055this question I've never heard of it and they talk about it and that's learning in itself. So, um, the fact that children can go to school and no matter where they are, we don't, you know, their gaps or where they're coming from or where what their history is, they're able to see success. And when any human sees success, you get a taste of that, you want more of that and more of that. So the this the mapped test and it takes a lot of time and it takes time out of the school day, but I do think done correctly and with the driving and the data and the teachers looking at it and knowing their kids so deep, there's nothing as important as that for the teacher and the child. And that is where we're

056going to see kids love to learn because they feel that, you know, I'm not as smart as them. It's not about them. It's about, oh, I grew. And that's where we see the smiles and the excitement. So, um, I'm excited about this. I'm excited about the data. And I think that we're going to continue to see and and one more thing I want to um give a shout out to the teachers because it takes time to have those conversations also with the child. They're just not handing them something saying, "Oh, you grew." They're talking about how much they grew. And sometimes for that struggling child, a point is all they need to hear to say, "You know what? I'm getting better." So I just wanted to kind of see the broad picture of how it

057affects everybody and a parent also. So thank you Farah and Farah. What do we have for uh the kids that or students that are underperforming and low growth like can you like just give a So there's bring up of of what programs we got for them right now? There's a number of things. So if you want to talk um Again, remember there's just because they're underperforming and low growth doesn't mean they're a striving student or it could mean that they're a striving student. Um, but it could be a very advanced learner that's not being challenged. And so, um, that's very difficult for a teacher, especially, I'm just going to use a secondary example. If I have 24 students in my classroom to differentiate for every student in there, um they're going to teach to the

058grade level for sure, but that high achiever that's low growth, low performing needs to be challenged. So, if you want to talk programs, um specifically for secondary, y'all heard us talk about this year. I know Miss Duncan has had multiple conversations with me about that. I doesn't stop either. And so it also explains which is very hard to find in secondary math the misunderstanding and the misconception. That's just one example. But it depends on the individual student and why they f fall in that band because remember data is simply data. You have to ask reflective questions once you have that data. The why, what variables are impacting this, um has there been a change at home? Um just a number of questions, but just in general, Mr. Gayos, that's one example specific to secondary because

059I I was just wondering what we could do to to lower that number. Sure. You know, because quite a bit of red in there. So, I think you're going to see that number decrease as time goes on. Yeah. And you know, we when you talk about tier one, two, and three students, um we have interventionists that do great work in small groups. We have teachers inside the classroom with tier 2 students that are keeping them in the classroom but in small groupoup instruction working with them. It's amazing when I go to the campuses and see the boards with they've got the kids' names there. They know exactly where they're at. And every time there's a benchmark, they're moving those and having conversations with the kids. And Pam's right, the kids know where they're at. This

060this is going to change the complexion of the district academically. I wish it could happen overnight, but as I told Dr. Kingman, we've just gotten through a full year of beginning and now I feel like we can start the race now. We've got data and you know, we're implementing this curriculum through middle school is going to get their math this year. Correct. And there's going to be some middle school kids that are going to struggle this year. And that's good. They need to struggle. I want my kid to struggle and earn it and wrestle with it and learn and learn how to fail and get up and and go again. So um we want it to be tough and um it's going to take some time to become part of our culture, but it will

061work. We just have to stay the course. We refer to that struggle as the productive struggle. You have to learn how to fail forward and grow from it. Um, and so parents, educators, teachers need to know the productive struggle is good for students. And like like Miss like Miss Duncan said it because that's what I'm just wondering is these kids that are low growth, low performing, whatever you have on there, whatever they're called, or whatever they have them on there as I know they're not. I know that. And I'm just wondering, you know, like you said, y'all gave me some good examples there. You know, they they know where they're at. As long as they're being challenged, I think they'll get to where they need to get. And like you said, we'll bring that number

062down. So, well, the challenging part is what's interesting because we challenge them. Not every child wants to be challenged because challenge is hard. Yep. It is hard. And, you know, we're we're pushing this through middle school. And um as a middle school teacher, I used to um was very adamant about struggling and failure and consequences. Middle school is where it needs to happen. Let them fail. Let them struggle. They don't turn in their work. Let them earn that zero. That's where the life lessons are learned so that when they get to high school and they're working on that transcript, they've they've had that experience. And the parents, you know, and I was one of those that, you know, get upset because they didn't make a A, they didn't make a B. I I used to

063laughingly and we had good conversations, tell my parents, no college asks for your middle school transcript. So, let all of these struggles, let all of the tears happen here. Teaches them to be fighters. Teaches them to problem solve, to think deeply. Then when they go to high school, they have those tools. So that so you're exactly right that um this age right here it's hard there's a lot happening right here but we have to support them and let them know it's okay it's okay to struggle it's okay to be tearyeyed when you get something wrong but we're going to be there and we're going to support them and then when they when they go through that hard time and they see that celebrate we celebrate big so in closing I don't have a separate slide,

064but in upcoming months, we will be talking about state assessment. Uh for our families, it's just important a reminder for all of you. Our families received notification. It went out from our communications department on how to access those test results. So, end of course exams became available to parents June 10th for grades 3 through 8. Parents will be able to access their students information effective tomorrow. and we've sent that out as we disagregate that data and we'll be providing updates to all of you in upcoming board meetings. So that was this evening's academic report for academics. Thank you, Dr. Gomez. And I know that this has been a years process of trying to get us to where we identify the need for growth and the where we are as a district. So, I just want

065you and your team, I just want to thank thank you for the work y'all are doing to um further us and look forward to the obviously improvements over the years. Thank you. Absolutely. That shout out goes out to the teachers. They have the hardest job, so we always want to lift them up. I'm just going to kind of stand here because I think I think you and Dr. Brandon are doing this next one together. Head Start update. Dr. Keeman, Dr. Bran board of trustees. Couple of quick updates. Head Start and Power School student information system. Uh on Head Start, uh we're in the process of uh completing a new lease agreement. Um as the COG is going to start using Saninto uh instead of the Rio Vista Elementary campus. Uh currently working on HVAC units

066uh replacement, actually moving a couple from Rio Vista that were newer units. uh utilizing those and moving them to San Justinto campus. Uh conversations regarding utilities as building A comes offline. Um all the different utilities that uh will u be up and down, you know, on and off as we go through that so that COG is aware of that timeline. Uh removal and addition of technology as some of our technology comes out, theirs goes in. um um points of access, um different security questions, and then uh cafeteria equipment. We have some that uh that we need to move to another campus, and they have some newer equipment that they've purchased and had at Rio Vista, uh that they'll be moving, uh to the campus. So, all of that is moving forward and streamlined. Uh Dr.

067Gomez had conversations today with Cog about registration. So, yes. So, we'll talk the instructional side. we have to have the facilities to get them in there. And our overall goal is to provide um the best experiences we can for our youngest learners. So, um the district just posted four positions for early childhood in their part-time. So, uh, the district will assume, uh, responsibility for the students from 1:45 to 3:15 and that's where you'll see the part-time early childhood teachers being added. So, specifically physical education, music, social development. I want to pause on social development because non-educators might say, "What is an early childhood social development?" So, we've spent a lot of time talking about students being ready to come to school and ready to learn. That's the social development part. So, I'll say structured play

068and real life learning experiences um will be a portion of that rotation. And then lastly, fine arts. So from that 145 to 3:15 time period approximately 154 year olds would be with these part-time professionals and part-time paraprofessionals for the structured setting. Also a component of this partnership is that Head Start staff are engaged in highquality professional learning. So we're already partnering with COG. You know, the district puts on a very large summer professional development conference called Learning Palooa. So, we already have 18 of their staff members scheduled to attend with our prek teachers providing dialogue and conversations on July 15th. So, that's just kind of an instructional update. But yes, attendance um sometimes early parents think prek is optional, but once they enroll in that program officially, regular attendance applies. So, we need them to

069be there um with their teachers and then with our teachers the end of the day. And I'd like to just add a couple of reminders to the board. I know you know this, but I think it's uh important to reiterate. This all started with a conversation uh with West Texas Rehab that they were not able to provide related services to the Head Start program. Remember that is not run by us. It's run by the council of governments, but the COG was leasing both day and Rio Vista. And the more that we started having conversations, the more we realized number one, they've got more than 400 kids that are prek that we don't have our hands on. So, they're missing out on the opportunity to get a head start going into kindergarten with our staff, our

070curriculum, and our support. That was the first thing. And second thing is West Texas Rehab couldn't uh could not provide the services they needed for occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech uh pathology that we need those kids to have early because we know there we have a lot of kids that come to us in kindergarten not ready to go academically. So we see this as an opportunity to create a win-winwin with the COG with West Texas Rehab and with the district. These students will be enrolled in our district and as as opportunity allows us, we will be hiring those staff on our payroll in uh that teach four-year-olds. If they're certified, then we receive the ADA for those kids. The three-year-old kids, oh, I may have it. Yeah, the three-year-old kids are the ones that have

071to be certified. I'm sorry, I said it backwards. four-year-old don't have to have a certified teacher, but we our goal is to get certified teachers in front of those kids and uh we can begin collecting ADA on those students that are four years old this year. So, financially, it's a benefit to the district. We're moving them to S Santo's outer buildings because they're much nicer and newer than Rio Vista. So, we get their program in a better facility. We don't run the program. COG runs it, but now West Texas Rehab will be able to provide uh those related services to those children. So, we see this as a huge win for our district as a whole, our community as well. And over the next year or two, we're going to continue to bring those people

072in and they will become our employees. They will go through our training. They'll imp implement our curriculum and they will be our kids. And so, I'm really excited about this and I think Cog is as well. uh we continue almost every couple weeks to have meetings with them and and update as we go. So that's my two cents worth on what we're doing and why we're doing it. And that was my question was on the on the curriculum and you know because like you said we have these four year olds that are going to be going in to kindergarten and we got to have them ready because before they weren't and I think and I was just wondering how's that working with the whole Head Start deal because I know they had their own thing

073and we couldn't implement ours before. So they are very open. um they do have a different curriculum in their four-year-old classes currently, but we've had discussions about the curriculum that the district uses and we're starting those conversations and their first step was sending their staff to join our prek teachers on July 15th. Okay. So, I would say Mr. IOS knowing that you were here when we were the delegate when the district was the delegate. There's a true difference and the openness and partnering alongside and understanding as we're sharing data and what we're seeing coming into our schools. Okay. So, and they will have all foury olds at Sanento and they're expecting nine classes. And just a reminder for people that are watching, it's not the main building. We'll be using the buildings on correct. Is

074it both sides or just one side? Just the one side. The one side. Okay. Yes. Not the main building. The main building is not safe. Okay. Yeah. I just wanted to reiterate that because we use Santo as entire facility. Um the building A was not was not the buildings that were completely redone in the '08 bond. We're moving them to the buildings that were redone in the '08 bond, which are significantly better than where we are at day and Rio Vista. Um, that's correct. Just want to make sure that we're all on the same page on what buildings we're talking about there. All right, Dr. Brand, you going to give us a Power School update? Just a quick update as we look to um the shutdown. A lot of things hinge uh on that week

075and what we call rollover uh both within the uh the student um information system. Uh just recently we had admin training. So principles, directors, assistants, principles, and even uh our elementary secretaries that help with scheduling uh were all trained. Uh after rollover and shutdown, we have several programs that were other third parties that now will be under the power school umbrella. Uh attendance intervention system, naviance, school status, and an e finance upgrade. All of those will be able to take place as soon as we go into rollover and move the data uh to the new power school system. Uh also at People purpose passion uh we'll have training uh for staff uh as well and then teacher and staff training will occur at the start of school. Uh and then the communication department uh will

076be pushing out information along the way for registration dates and when parents can expect to be in the new system uh registering students. I'm sorry. You told me the dates that we're hoping to make that switch is during the down week or it it is uh so we'll they'll do the uh PE's information student information system rollover the week before the July 4th shutdown and then technology is moving all of our server equipment actually during the week when the district is shut down. So all those two weeks are critical. Uh, and then that's when you want to flip the switch on July 7th and everything is rolling. So, uh, look forward to the message on July 7th that's all working. We've got some great people on uh, on the teams. Uh, so we're excited to

077uh, have that um, part of the process done and continue our training. Perfect. Thank you. All right. Next is a public hearing on Every Student Succeeds Act. I think Dr. Gomez is going to help us with that this evening. Um, Miss Ton was ill, so I am filling in for Mrs. Taton. So, this is um the district's public notice in accordance with the Every Student Succeeds Act that St. Angelo ISD is providing the public notice of our intent to apply for the ESSA consolidated federal grant application for the 2526 school year. This application includes federal funding under several programs including title one part A. And I'm not going to read all of these to you, but you can see the purpose of the federal funding uh for title one part A. The district's planning amount

078is listed there. Um, this is a reduction from prior year's amounts, but it's we were pleased that it was not a greater reduction. So, um, we are very happy that it landed where it did. So, it says tentative plans because we're presenting this evening for, uh, feedback and any questions we might receive that would help us finalize those plans. But the plan under title one part A would help the district um with staffing specific to instructional coaches. Our instructional coaches are housed here at the district level as you all are aware, but they serve teachers out on all of our campuses and that's what's key there. Um it also helps the district provide for every elementary school a STEM paraprofessional. When the district first began the move in the area of STEM multiple years ago,

079that STEM responsibility was falling to library par profofessionals and that was a great strain for them to do both STEM and library. Then we've been talking about early childhood. This these funds would help us with our preK aids that would assist in all of our SEISD preK classrooms. Then professional learning, instructional materials and equipment would be our plan for that. Title two is another component of the federal funding. This um helps us in so many areas. This is how the district can provide an extensive new new teacher academy and how we do multiple days. So it's really focused around both our commitment in our SEISD learner profile and our educator profile. But all funding in this area, title two, is for recruiting, preparing, and really retaining because the better you prepare your people, they're more

080likely to stay with you. Title three um is another component underneath or under this grant application. So we talk a lot of acronyms in education, but when we talk special programs, English learners or EB students, this is the federal funding that helps us support that special subpopul. This allows the district to provide pair of professionals. Um also professionals, you'll hear the district talk about um English support students, um teachers, that's how we fund them. It also helps us with classroom resources, professional development and technology. And then lastly underneath this application is title 4. And in title 4, tenative plans are in the area of professional development STEM resources. You can provide STEM, but if you don't have updated resources, then that does you very little good. Safety and security. We are always committed to making

081our schools safer. We're able to use these funds to help in that area. Specifically, um I'm going to use names. You'll know Feck and Brandon Lagon. This is part of how we fund their salaries and how the district has digital innovation facilitators and then safety directors um split funded. So, this is this is one area where we saw the greatest reduction in the application. So again, we have tentative plans, but we will have to look at other funding sources specific to title 4 um due to the planning amount. So the purpose of this notice is simply that to inform stakeholders and to invite any feedback around our planned use of these federal funds to support our academic initiatives, professional learning, and our overall services for every student in the district. Thank you, Dr. Gomez, and

082stepping up to do that for us this evening. Any questions from the board? All right. Next, Dr. Man's going to give us a quick update on graduation planning so that we can't be accused of not giving people early notice. Heavy on the quick. All right, here we go. Uh, I think everybody's aware that the bond for the city passed, which means the CRC roofing coliseum will be out of commission for two years for us. We use it for a variety of activities, but maybe the most important is Lake's graduation. And so, um, for the next two cycles, we will not be able to have activities, and by that, I mean beginning September. Um, and so we're looking at two graduations for Lake View. We've got the Janelle Center rented and uh we're work our team's

083working on a plan uh to facilitate two graduation ceremonies on Saturday. So uh the logistics we'll we'll get to you on that. But uh just know that we're planning ahead, we're thinking ahead, we're communicating with the stock show and rodeo and uh it looks like for the next two years, graduations for both high schools will be at the Janelle Center. when the coliseum's done, they'll have 8 8,000 seats. And that's the time when we as a board can make a decision on what do you want to do? U you know, if you go to 8,000 seats, that means central parents have more more support at the graduation, more tickets per family. Uh and maybe it depends on how much the rent is. I don't know, but uh we'll see. That's two years from now. So

084that's the plan. All right. Thank you, Dr. Moran. Um I'm going to take some privilege. We're going to move to action item A because I see Chris and Scott sitting back there and I appreciate them sitting back there through all our reports. So, uh, Dr. Brandon, if you'll come up and we're going to Sorry to not give you a heads up, but we're going to move to their action item, which is we can Yeah, I can do we'll go there, too. Okay. The district's um depository contract must be renewed every two years in accordance with the Texas Education Code. At the end of the contract's first two-year term, section 45.205 states that the school district and the district's depository bank may agree to extend a depository contract for up to three additional two-year terms. First,

085Financial Bank and St. Angelo ISD administration agree to extend this contract for the second two-year term. Um so this evening, uh Chris Evett, president and CEO, and Scott Cesy, vice president, are here. And as they come up, um I want to say a couple of things. Uh our partnership, uh with First Financial Bank goes back as far as September 1, 1999. So over a 25-y year relationship uh with First Financial uh as far as handling our depository services day-to-day uh their positive pay system uh preventing fraud on our check and a trans uh transactions uh our AC direct deposit for employees debt service payments timely. We just can't say enough how much we appreciate what they do for the district um and in the community. So, I know they want to say a couple of

086words, but we do appreciate the partnership. Thank you. Well, thank you, Dr. Kingman, Dr. Moran, and members of the board for allowing us to take a couple minutes to to speak. Again, Chris Ev, president and CEO of the bank, and I've got Scott Creasy, who's our vice president, vice president of treasury sales. Um Scott's actually the one that deals with the with Merl and his team um on all the the the different products that he just mentioned, the positive pay, the AC, um you know, it's how you pay all your teachers and everything. So, I mean, that's a big thing that I know your teachers uh want to make certain that those paychecks arrive. So, again, as he mentioned, we actually went back and looked. I mean, the the bank and the district have actually

087had a relationship since 1954. Uh but the current account that we have open today was opened in 1999. So, over a 25 year history, we really appreciate the the relationship. It's a great partnership and uh we hope that we can continue. And again, this is just our second of our three different uh two-year term extensions and so look forward to these next two years and hopefully we can get another extension on on the back end of it. So, we just really appreciate the relationship with the school district. Anyone have any questions for um there Evie and Merl or Dr. Brandon? Okay. Thanks guys. Do you have a motion to approve the contract extension for the with First Financial Bank from September 1, 2025 to August 31st, 2027? I'll make a motion to um approve the

088depository contract to First Financial Bank as a second two-year extension for the period September 1st, 2025 to August 31st of 2027. So, have a motion for Mr. Gygo. Do I have a second? I'll second. A second from Mr. Mr. Dindle, any further board questions or comments? I have a comment. Mr. Cesy, your precious mom was the lunch I don't really know what she was at Buoie, right? Yes. And um she opened a mini lunch bags for my daughters. She was a precious, precious lady. I don't know what she's doing now, but tell please tell her that my girls still talk about Miss Creie at Buoie. I will do that. All right. Um, no other board comments or questions? All in favor say I. All going to say the same. Motion passes 5-0. Um, I'm also

089gonna Sorry. Sorry. I'm gonna move one more person. Sorry if you're not that person, but um I'm going to move item F. Lost my page. Item F and we're going to consider the HVAC thermostat upgrade Tucker building at Central High School, I think. Oh, another non- heads up. Sorry, Dr. Brandon, but you're if you could We'll do that one real quick as well. Oh, you're good. As part of the district's ongoing energy management and facilities improvement efforts, the Tucker building at Central High School has been identified for HVAC control upgrades. Uh, this project aligns with the district's strategic goals for sustainability, modernization of aging systems, and reduction of utility costs. The Pelican system uh will provide remote access capabilities allowing facility and maintenance staff to monitor, schedule and adjust HVAC settings in real time. Uh

090vendor selection was based on cost qualifications, expected timeline, warranty and compliance with project specifications. Uh we did put this out and then uh E3 uh was the only bid uh that was returned. So, it is our administration's recommendation um that E3 be awarded the HBAC control upgrade at Central Tucker the amount of 95,000 per byboard approved contractor. Um we would do want to recognize uh Lance Wyatt and Clip Weaver uh that are here this evening. They've got E3 has a great relationship with the district uh and HVAC and LED lighting projects and a trusted source from TASBY. So, we present that to you this evening. Any questions or comments regarding item F? Just said it's been identified. So, is this the work that Tony and them do that that they took over? What was it

091called that we had before that? This is part of the revitalization plan revitalization plan for that building. Oh, but yeah, it's part of synergistic. Yeah. Well, well, I mean, not this isn't part of no longer synergistic, but it's this is the work that Tony and not Tony, but those other people do that came over, right? We've been we've been working through the project. We've had some uh we have some older uh control issues uh that we either have to wait on parts that aren't in production and uh or um wait to have them serviced uh because it's not just everyone can walk through the door and work on that system. And so, um, we've had units that are down for weeks at a time. And so, this will help, um, where our staff has better

092control of the system and are capable of going in on any given day, uh, to troubleshoot and repair. And so, that's that's our goal is for that to be online uh, more often and more efficient uh, for the total system. So, Okay. Thank you. Any other board questions or comments regarding the thermostats at Tucker? Do I have a motion to approve? Dr. Kim move to approve E3 and award the the HVAC control upgrade at Central Tucker in the amount of 95,000 per the board book approved contractor proposal. So motion from Mr. Dindle. Do I have a second? A second. Second from Miss Meisel Flint. Any other board comments or question? Dr. came in. I know we have some representatives here. I don't know if they want to say anything other than thank you, but anyway,

093we appreciate your work. I know we've done some projects with you guys in the past. It's been it's been very efficient and effective the work that you've done before. So, we appreciate that effort that you've afforded the district before at this point. So, look forward to some more work. All right. All in favor say I. All against say the same. Motion passes 5-0. All right. Now, we're going to go back. Dr. Brandon, I won't make you stand up without know notifying you. Um, we're going to go back to item seven, which is our consent items. We have consent items A through F, which is our minutes from our May 12th pre-aggenda meeting, our minutes from our May 19th regular board meeting. It's our quarterly investment report. Our a direct delivery RFP 25, excuse me, 26-16

094direct um consider grease trap RFP 26-15. Uh pizza, which is RFP 26-4, and then consider delegates and alternate delegates at our TASBY convention. Um all this was discussed about and presented last week. Um, any further board comments or questions regarding consent items A through F? Do I have a motion to approve consent items A through F? I make a motion to improve items A through F. And do I have a second? I'll second. Have a motion from Mrs. Duncan and a second from Mrs. Meisel Flint. Any further board comments or questions? All right. All in favor say I. I. Again say the same. Motion passes 5. All right. So now back to my roundabout. We're going to go to item B which is consider uh order authorizing issuance of unlimited tax school building bonds series

0952025. And Dr. Bran's going to help us with that. We're going to take just a few minutes and go through a few of the slides that Jeff Robert, our financial adviser with Hilltop Securities, presented uh last Monday night. He couldn't be here tonight. He's at another board meeting uh making a similar type presentation uh over a bond issue. Uh so next steps in passage of the series 2025 bond is a parameter order uh where the board approves uh the parameters uh that are set uh for the board uh before the sale of the bonds. We talked about that in the legislation uh recently that for November uh there is a uh we'll be on about the homestead exemption increase from 100,000 to 140,000. Uh we feel confident that that will pass. Homeowners will appreciate uh

096that that increase actually reduces St. Angel's taxable value u by projected 700 million. What that does though is it it gives the district an opportunity that the INS uh that would have been collected by that 700 million to be held harmless from the state of Texas. Uh and therefore um the bond issues um the projected INS hold harmless funding percent uh for the 40,000 is increase is approximately 10%. And so on the issuance of the $397 million bonds, uh, a savings of 80 million could be realized by the district um, by doing that before September 1. So the issuance of the bonds, the sale of the bonds, first payment, uh, and then that being held harmless, uh, would realize for our taxpayers and the district a savings of 80 million, uh, over the life of

097the bond issuance. bonds sold after September 1 will not carry that same that same hold harmless. Uh we see here just a chart over the 20 years uh we've realized uh savings uh over that time uh the dip in 2021 uh has increased some uh over the last couple of years. So we see that settle uh in that 5% uh range just between five and six. Uh we see see here just a calculated rate over the life uh of the 30-year term at a rate of 4.9%. Uh keeping the tax rate uh that was uh voiced communicated to the public of for the bond uh in the 397 million. Uh here you see the uh the taxbased growth assumptions over the next uh what is that 10 years um a 1% growth we uh have

098seen that be higher and uh we're seeing that being projected for this for 2026 an increase from 6.9 to 7.5. So if we see higher property values over the next few years, then we'll see that that tax rate could be lower over time. Uh but for right now, then we have the same tax rate uh that was communicated during the bond process. So as uh the board delegates uh final pricing authority uh to the pricing officers which would be superintendent andor deputy superintendent of finance. Um and then the board is establishing the parameters uh a maximum interest rate maximum issuance final maturity date and the expiration of delegated authority. So for those parameters you we find uh the officers superintendent or CFO uh not to exceed 397 million uh for the bond a true interest

099cost not to exceed 5.75%. We certainly want to see it come in under that but that would be the maximum rate and a final maturity date of 30 years February of uh 2055. And this was just a preliminary schedule uh that he had worked worked up uh Mr. Roberts uh where you see the negotiated pricing uh in the mid early to mid July uh so that we can make the first payment in August and be in front of the September one uh date for the state hold harmless. So for the administrators administration's recommendation uh we recommend a motion to adopt the order authorizing the issuance of sale of St. Angelo ISD unlimited tax school building bond series 2025 as presented. So just a couple things for folks who weren't here last week just so we

100make sure that our public knows what's going on um and transparency. We at one point in time when we were looking at the bond and discussing it, we talked about doing it in multiple series for our bond. Um and but with the way the state legislature went forward um with this last session, the $80 million is the 80 million reasons why we're going to do this all at once and try and make sure that we issue this um as early as possible so that the state the local taxpayer the money's still getting coming from somewhere but that the local taxpayer and their homestead is not what's covering um the entirety of this because of the whole harmless for the from the state legislature if we get this done by September 1. Um the other thing

101is as far as this authorizing the issuance of unlimited tax building bonds, we've done this before and we did it when we re uh refinanced our previous bond. It allows when we have two meetings a month, it allows for us to maximize the opportunity to get the lowest rate possible in that window. Uh I think we ended up with you know a much lower rate when we um by using this back in 19 no 20 was right at COVID somewhere right in there somewhere. Um and when those rates dropped we used the same mechanism. Uh and then the third thing is the rate on four graphs back uh where it shows that the rate's going to stay at 27 cents um over the next 30 years. Um on the INS on yes on the INS

102side. The reality is as a board we don't want to ever we like to underell and overd deliver and we um fully anticipate with property values and with growth in our community being able to lower that rate over the next 30 years just like the board has been able to do with the current bond. But the reality is we don't want to go out there and say we're going to do that if we don't have the data to prove we can yet. that as a board we will aggressively work to lower our rates uh as we move forward as the uh financing allows us to do that. Uh the other thing about setting this and I think you said it but we lock in that higher rate or higher rate compared to 20 um over

103the next nine to 10 years. But then after that we can refinance without on the um refinance it and also if we if the rates drop significantly we could actually refinance it earlier than that with a penalty if there was an ability to if there was ability to do that. So, just I just want to there were a couple of those comments that we talked about last week. I just want to recap that as we move forward. Any other board comments or questions regarding that? I said I said enough. Okay. So, we do I have a motion to approve? Dr. Kim move to adopt the order. Move to adopt the order authorizing the issuance and sale of San Angel Independent School District unlimited tax school building bonds series 2025 as presented. And again, by doing

104this in an expeditious manner, could save the local taxpayer uh significant amount of money over the the uh length of this bond. Second. So I have a motion for Mr. Dindle and a second from Mr. Gyos. Any further board comments or questions? All in favor say I. I. I. All against say the same. Motion passes 5-0. Next is item C, which is consider Park Hill Architect for the district's 2025 bond projects. Page 97. And I think Dr. Brandon, you're up again. As part of our uh bond construction process uh and architectural services, Park Hill has provided updated qualifications for the continued work of bond 2025. The selection of a firm providing professional services is governed by the following statutory language um from section 2254.004 and you have what those uh qualifications are. So just as

105part of that process um we would renew um the selection of Park Hill Architect based on demonstrated competence competence and qualifications pursuant to Texas government code 2254.004 004 to provide architectural engineering design and contract administration services for the district's 2025 bond projects and further authorize the superintendent or his design to finalize and execute a contract with selected architect for a fair and reasonable price. We have those updated qualifications and those are the same as they have been as Park Hill has worked with us over the last two years in facility assessment and design uh on other projects. And so this evening is simply renewing those qualifications. Uh it's we would have the contract negotiated contract in uh the July board meeting. Uh so this evening we're just uh recognizing the updated qualifications from Park Hill.

106Any further comments for and Dr. Ram will likely have multiple of these agreements over the next several months with other architecture firms or engineering firms etc. As we move forward with this process, we will just uh tonight by selecting the different construction delivery methods uh which is our next item. Then we'll begin going through and seeing updated um um goodness I'm missing the word. Um qualifications updated qualifications from our other uh engineers and architects um for the other projects. So, and Park Hill has been a great partner. So, thank you for the all the work that they've done on helping us getting getting to where we are right now. So, um anyone have any questions or comments regarding the agreement with Park Hill? A quick comment. Thank you for all the work y'all done, Alan,

107and all your people. Um, y'all kept us very well informed with the little drawings and all that, but yes, thank you very much because I know it's it can be I'm sure it's tedious. So, all right. Any Do I have a motion to approve? I got it. Um I move to approve the selection of Park Hill Architects um based on their demonstrated competence and qualifications pursuant to Texas government code 2254.004 004 to provide architectural and engineering design and contract administration services for the district's 2025 bond projects and further authorize the superintendent or his designate to finalize and execute a contract with the selected architect for a fair and reasonable price. I have a motion from Mrs. Mel Meiselle Flint and a second from Mr. Gagos. Any further board comments or questions? All in favor say

108I. I. And says same. Motion passes 5-0. Uh next is as we alluded to the bond construction and delivery methods which again going with what we talked about with our series A and trying to get all this done as expeditious as possible. We have to start making decisions early on. So I think this is one of those early on decisions. So yes, uh with with the passage of Proposition A, the district started conversations regarding bond construction timeline, projects list, and possible constructing construction delivery methods. Uh Park Hill Architects both at our pre-agenda and this evening uh has offered uh what the different types of construction delivery methods are and um who might provide those services. uh both uh Park Hill um uh SKG um all the different uh our local architects. And so you have

109that list. Um I don't know if we want to bring that list back up from Park Hill's presentation. And so here we have the our projects list um by project uh by delivery method and then by engineer and architect. and Park Hill has left some flexibility for the district uh as we're able to do uh pricing and availability um of contractors and uh construction companies. And so that would be we would present that to the board of trustees for consideration uh to approve the 2025 bond projects list as presented uh by Park Hill. Any question? I mean, I know we've been I know this has been in front of us past couple weeks and even actually really the month before last or before this. Uh any questions regarding bond construction delivery methods and the packages

110that have been uh outlined. So this allows them, my understand is this allows us to start working with um engineers, architects, etc. to actually figure out how these projects are going to be outlined so that we can get moving to getting them bid. Yes, sir. We'll jump right into the design phase working with uh administration, teachers, principles uh uh on what those uh buildings are going to look like with all all of our different um providers that are listed. Any questions or comments regarding the um method of construction delivery for the bond projects? Do I have a motion? I'll make a motion. I'll make a motion to approve administration's recommendation of a final list of bond construction projects and proposed delivery methods for the each project to be approved as presented. I'll second a motion

111from Mr. Dendle and I mean a motion from Mr. Mr. Gagos and a second from Mr. Dindle. Sorry, I was writing the name down as I said my mind doesn't work well enough. Um, okay. So, a motion for Mr. Gagos and a second from Mr. Dindle. Any further board comments or questions? Um, Alan, if you could I guess you had a slide of the timeline of when we're going to I mean, you don't need to bring it up, but could you send that to us or send it to Merl and we'll make sure. Okay. Thank you. Further board comments or questions? All in favor say I. I. All going to say the same. Motion passes 5-0. Next we have our bills, accounts, and financial statements from our from May of 2025. We have any questions

112or comments regarding the bills, accounts, and financial statements from May of 2025? Do I have a motion to approve the bills, accounts, and financial statements for May of 2025? Dr. Cayman moved to approve the bills, accounts, and financial statements for May of 2025. Do I have a second? I have a motion from Mr. Dindle and a second from Mrs. Duncan. Any further board comments or questions? Dr. Kingman, as you mentioned earlier, we saw a lot of these reports uh last week and with all the bills, accounts and and uh statements for May of 25 we reviewed last last week uh in their entirety. All these all these reports can also be found online in in an effort at financial transparency under a tab uh sd.org uh go to district and there's a tab called financial

113transparency that you can view all these reports. All right. Do I have a motion to approve? I did. Dendle and Duncan. Do I have Sorry, that was the next comment. Um, all in favor say I. I. All say the same. Motion passes. 5-0. Announcements. We have a finance and pre-aggenda workshop on July 14th. We have a regular board meeting on July 21st. And with that, no other comments or questions. We are adjourned.