Weslaco ISD: Board Workshop & Regular Board Meeting (April 14, 2025)

001Good evening. I'm Isto, president of the West Co ISD Board of Trustees. This board workshop is being conducted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act. Notice of this workshop has been posted online for at least 72 hours. The time now is 5:39 and I will call this workshop to order. I will begin the roll call. Uh Mrs. Jackie Susta present. Dr. Haime Rodriguez present. Uh Mr. Eddie Sernna present. We don't need a quorum for this workshop, but we have a quorum. Uh the other board members are running a little bit late today except for one, so they'll be here uh later. Any public comments for this workshop? Uh, Dr. Vera or Carlos. No. No. Okay. And today we have a number three Westco Independent School District 2025 2026 budget workshop. Dr. Mr. Dav, there

002is one on this one. Okay, we'll go back to number two, public comments, board workshop. All right. Uh, Julie Valdez. Is Julie Valdez here? This This was his board workshop. Maybe she thought she was going to do it in the the regular board meeting. Okay, I'll hold this on to it and if we need to come back, we'll do it. We'll make an adjustment. Okay, Dr. Eva. Uh yes, continue. So when we think about the budget workshop, um I am going to go with the mindset of well sharing for one of our new board members, but also for the public to know how a school district goes through this this uh process. So you'll hear items that are coming from around the valley, around the state, what's happening in Austin because this is a bienium

003where the state legislature actually meets and then you also have items coming from uh Washington DC. But when we go through this, we'll also be talking about how this year's budget is coming along. the way we earn them our uh funds is really by the number of kids that we teach. Um so we'll talk about our enrollment projections. There is a lot of things changing uh and so we'll kind of talk about some of the uh uncertaintities that are coming around when we start going through this whole process. We'll also talk about our budget timeline and the rest of the other budget workshops as we kind of go through this process. And at the end, we'll entertain some questions from the board um and some uh comments so that we can prepare for the next

004um budget workshop. So, what's happening around the state of Texas? So you'll start seeing because every district has to go through this process of adopting a budget. So if you look in the newspaper, if you look at what's happening on the on the news, you'll start seeing uh the issues that a lot of school districts are going through. So, a district near the El Paso area, again, things that are happening during the year will play a direct uh role in how next g next school year's budget is being planned. And if you're a district that is losing enrollment, losing ADA, those are telltale signs that you know what, the district needs to do something for that. So, um, Canatio, uh, ISD, again, they're talking about layoffs, changing the programs that it provides to the students

005at Couch Elsa. They're having to deal with those uh same kind of issues. Um, and again, the routes that they're talking about is changing how the stipens go for their coaching staff. Um, and again, the bigger the district, sometimes the bigger the problems. And so, um, those kind of things that affect school districts are happening all around. So I do want to take a step back and just talk about what is required for all school districts. US, we are a July 1, that's the first day of our fiscal year to a June 30th. So by the time June 30th comes around, we need to adopt a budget for the next school year. In general, when I talk about the official budget, we're talking about three major funds. Local funds, food service funds, and if we

006have a bond, which we do, then we talk about uh debt service fund. Now, the ones that we normally don't talk about that are uh but is still part of our budget is those that are part of the special revenue funds or we talk about those as grants and those are items that we apply to TEA and other uh agencies and if we are a winner we get to u budget those items but those are not necessarily something that the board has to approve but the other three we Now a for us to spend money there has to be an adopted budget and so that's why you you we will begin the school year in the month of June to per to have that budget for um the start of the new school year which

007happens on July 1. All this information that talks about what is our budget, where are we spending these funds has to be posted on our website. And if you ever go to our website, we have uh the transparency website for Westico ISD. And it is required that we have at least three years of information. If you ever do get a chance to go, you'll actually see multiple years of prior budgets information out there. And the last thing that we have to deal with our budget is that the original budget which starts on that July 1 all the way through the next year June 30th we have to share the beginning and how it finally ended with tea. So those are the requirements that we have to do for a budget. So one of the things

008that we kind of have to do is how is it working out right now? And so if you look at our financials again, adding those three funds, local and all of our state funds, which we call the 161, 164, anything in those kind of uh as long as it starts with a one, I'm going to call it a local state fund. Food service and debt service fund. If you were to add up the budget and see, well, how much are we spending? $210 million. 157.4 million of that money of that grand total goes directly to employees. So we're talking about almost 75%. So three4ers out of every dollar goes to pay for staff whether it's salaries standard throughout the state. Yes. 35 to 80%. So we're a little bit lower. We're a little bit lower

009in in that sense. And so, but when we start thinking like, oh, I want to do this, I want to do that, we always had to kind of remember, well, wait a second, we only have so many dollars, but same 5% of it is always going to be going back to the employees. And so, what's included in this number is one of the great stipens that we have, that 2,000 locally funded incentive statement. But if you get the number of employees times that $2,000 stipen, you're talking about $5 million. So, one of the things that if you ever do go to our transparency website, you'll start seeing all these great charts and graphs that our business office staff has put together. So, one of the question is, what do we spend per child each year?

010How much money do we earn per child? And again, this number gets really big once you start adding all the grants and all the different bonds and also just the money that we do get from TEA. But this also includes the property taxes, the other items that we earn money um as a school district. And so again, if we were to look back right around the beginning of COVID, 13,700 was the amount of money that we will spend per kid. But as ESER monies come in, which are like the CO 19 fundings, um you can see where now it's rising up and I'm going to pick on 2223 about 17,000 per per child student. But again, those ESSER funds was only here for a little while. that big bar on 2324, it goes back to

011the bond we received, $160 million. I have a little disclaimer. If that bond was not passed, we would have still had a great year. $18,470, but again, um that majority of that increase is related to the ESSER funds. This year, no more ESSER. And so we're kind of going back to what it is before the pandemic had had happened 16,648 but we're spending more but that is with a plan. If you remember what is some of the things that we're trying to do. We're improving our infrastructure with not just with bonds but with our own uh excess uh fund balance. So, you're seeing the great items of our baseball fields, softball fields, uh a lot of different HVAC improvements, those portable HVACs to help when those AC units go down. So, again, part of that

012expenditures are those big ticket items that has been board approved. Uh we do share those with you whenever it happens. I know the superintendent shares on his um fund bannance slide all the great things that are happening here in Weso ISD 75% of our budget is with staff what type of staff does what's have so again if you go back to our transparency so the reason why I'm repeating that is because all of this information is on our website um we do want to try to be try to be transparent. And so when we go back 2016, we had 1,084 teachers here at Wesico. Fast forward till today and what has what has been happening, we are not in that super growth uh meth uh um time where we were having more students coming to

013Wesico. Um again when COVID happened every district in the valley uh did take a dip. What's the great thing about us is that we're finally getting back to numbers of precoid. And so as we kind of go through that u again we didn't stay stagnant and and in a sense have more staff uh on board than what we needed. That's why you do see some of the categories go up and down. And so again, just to kind of share where our staffing is, uh you do have quite a few years. So that's where we are now. We're trying to predict the future of next year. Again, I as I shared Austin, uh the state legislators are meeting. So you have your senators and your uh House of Representatives, but of the Texas version. And so

014you're hearing a lot of the bills that are being talked about, House Bill Two, Senate Bill 2, those are the big ones that are popping up. And so, but it's not until those bills become law, then we could actually put the pencil to the paper and see how it's going to affect us. But we do have estimates, and we'll talk about those in a little bit. But what are the effects of school choice? Another word of saying that is the voucher system. And so um again it the bill has not passed but we are seeing what those possibilities are. So when you have the that school choice in in effect, you have all those different ways of students going to school. how is that going to affect our enrollment, our ADA? And so those are

015the kind questions that we're always uh constantly seeing. How are we going to project a good number for next year? So, even though the 2024 bond um constructions are in place, if you don't know, there is way more other projects that are still being uh still um like in the pipeline to get done. And so, if those are not going to be part of the bond, they still need to be funded. and those were um how local funds are are playing a role. One of the other things that is happening with our federal government is what's happening with the department of education. And so we we do have a slide to talk about what's going on at the federal level. And again, uh, Senate Bill 2, you're hearing items that talked about, um, what's happening

016with property taxes here in the state of Texas. So, if you remember uh, a year ago, two years ago, about the homestead exemption changing again, there's more whispers of that happening again. And so, all these things are happening, and we still need to figure out how are we going to have a budget for next school year. So, now we're talking about news that are coming from the state over there at Austin or from the the state capital. So, some of the things I do want to kind of talk about is even though the state is saying, and I say state Republicans, and I don't want to get too political there, um, but they're saying this year you're getting the most money ever at the educational level that we're spending or that we're getting from the

017state level, you'll hear numbers of like $15,000. Now, when you take a deep dive and see how did that money on average happen for the state, they're including ESER. They're talking about the funding that they're pitching in for changing that homestead. So, it gives the impression that a lot of money is coming in for our students. Some of those are temporary, some are just filling in the gaps. One of the items that we always want to bring up is what is the basic aotment funding? And just another way of saying that that is the basic what is the the minimum amount that the school district receives for educating an and I'm going to call it a regular student $6,160. And that's if they that student came to school every single day. Now, we do have

018some students who do that, but we know that some students miss. And so, for when that happens, if I get 6,160 divided by the number of school days, um, 187 more or less, you're seeing what the district earns on average for educating those students. So even though the impression is saying, "Oh yeah, you get 15,000 to teach a student," a lot of that funding is temporary, there's a lot of um narratives that are happening on how to get to that number. Um and just like how I talked about the um home exemption, the House and Senate do need to come together to fi finalize and say how the property values or how property taxes is going to be um evaluated and help at the local level. And so some have it saying, you know what,

019let's do what we did a couple years ago and increase the homestead exemption from 100,000 per home. There's talk 140,000. And so when that happens, if you have a property, a home, and that's your homestead, if it's under 140,000, well, you just don't have to pay school taxes anymore. But the state will come in and make up that difference of what that property owner would have paid the school district. So, it's something called a um a hold harmless. they're not going to harm a school district for having u people with those type of homes. Others are saying we're going to just change the tax rates and how does it affect businesses? There's a lot of discussion. So, all of this is happening. It's still a bill. It has not been um agreed upon by the

020two houses, but once they do, I know we'll be hearing more about that. some warnings. So again, we we're kind of talking about the vouchers system. And so if you remember two years ago, there was a lot of talk about that um the school voucher system happening in Texas. But again, you have to have the votes for a bill to become law. And that did not happen this time around. If you remember back in November of last year, a lot of pro voting no to the voucher system, they did not win their seats. And so now you have uh I guess you will call it more Republicans at that level. So that barrier is is not there anymore. So, but there's still a lot of talk on how to uh implement this u voucher system.

021And so, uh the Texas Tribune had done a nice little article. And again, there's all these millions of students in the state of Texas. In the middle picture, you see what the public system would still cover, which is whoever comes, we will teach. But then now you have the private school system and they're going to take some. And then you also have students who are considering homeschooling when they used to be part of the public system. And so again, the state is not going to give us the same dollar amount. Everything is still based on average daily attendance. So if kids decide to go to public schools, that's great for us. if they decide to go to p private or do homeschooling, then that piece of pie, we'll call it, gets cut and gets taken

022out from public schools. So, again, um there's some articles that are happening that kind of talk about the pros and cons of the whole uh school voucher system. I'm going to give you a little side note. If you couldn't read my the articles that I shared, there is a slide that says all the articles in in order. So, um that way if anyone has uh time to read, they'll be able to see those articles. So the biggest one that we are focusing on is House Bill Two which deals more with school finance and then Senate Bill Two which talks more about vouchers. So again those plans or those bills have to match. Right now they don't. That's when the they will form a committee at the state level to iron out all the differences. So

023in general they're saying we want to spend $7.7 billion more on the education system. So when you divide that $7.7 billion for all the kids in the state, Wesico is and right now uh is uh anticipating about only $6 million. So those six million will have um provisions with that. Um if you remember about six four years ago when a similar funding bump had happened, the state did say so much of that money that you got as a school district had to go for certain things and they had said 30% for teachers and other groups. What we're hearing is that number is like 40%. And so 40% of that 6 million is going to be strictly going to uh like teacher uh salaries uh for the pay increase. Again, how that happens, we're waiting for

024that bill to become law so that we know exactly how to implement that. So hopefully by the next workshop or for sure by the time again we're crossing our fingers by the time we adopt hopefully all those wrinkles have been ironed out. So how do we get our funding? Again, it's really by the hard work of our campuses um the principles and all the teachers and all the staff there in making sure that uh education is something where the kids want to come to our schools. So, here goes a quick timeline uh of the enrollment. So, you saw way beforehand uh precoid 16,540. Well, we're not there yet, but we're getting close to the those numbers of precoid. So, next year, which we've been seeing as a trend that we do see a slight decrease

025in enrollment. Now, the good thing about that, the only good thing about that is that our ADA, our average daily attendance has been rising. So even though we have less students in the district, they're coming to school, which is a great thing. And so um but seeing that half a percent decrease is something that we are projecting for next school year. So 16,197 is what we're believing that that's the minimum conservative number. Now, we always hope that in a sense that I'm wrong and that is way better or way more. Um and also our attendance is going to be based on 14,600. So last year, which is right now, our budget um ADA is 14,500. So we're anticipating about a 100 um student ADA increase. So even though I had said that the enrollment is

026decreasing by half a percent, half a percent is kind of like 75 kids. So um one of the things that we are noticing is that our high schools are graduating so many seniors but the prek, kindergarten, first grade groups that is not at the same rate of new students enrolling to the school district. So, I know those are some of the things that we're working on with our campus principles and our CNI teams to see how we can at least try to make that number more closely um as close as they can be. So, one of the things that we will be doing uh for this budget process is how do we reduce costs and increase our revenues. And again, the easiest for me to say, but I know it's so hard at the campus

027level is to improve the enrollment accounts and ADA. Again, that's how we receive our funding from the state. The harder parts is going to be again if I have 210 million 75% is to uh pay for salaries. Well, then that only leaves about 50 55 million to do everything else. So again, really studying really seeing where can we make some moves in the other 50 million. Um again, is it like what those other districts are happening that has bigger losses re reviewing departments? And you may have heard this already when we passed out the campus budgets and the department budgets, it stayed flat. There wasn't like a new increase or we're increasing the allocations. It's really a flat uh deal for that. And then whenever a person leaves the district, whether it's a retirement or

028uh or they decide to move on to another place, really seeing are those positions something that needs to be filled. Can those duties be done by other staff? And so again, those are cost cutting measures that a lot of districts are going through right now. So some of the things that you'll you'll be hearing why the focus of HVAC is so important for the bond projects is that it has a twofold deal. One is yes, a brand new AC will work more efficiently. It's going to make the the building cooler. So what does that mean? They're efficient, meaning they use less electric electricity. And because they're new, the the hope is they don't need that much maintenance. Now, again, there is normal maintenance that should be happening, but they shouldn't be breaking down. So, those

029are two cost savings that as we push out these projects that we should see um other costs go down. Now, one of the things that is always going to be a big um cost for the district and their employees is the health insurance. So, let's talk about that. So, this current year, we did have a 8% increase to the premiums, but it wasn't something that only the employees pitched in. The district did the same thing. And so, it was eight 8% across the board. We are seeing how the numbers are for the cost of that program. Again, we are a very pro uh employee of benefit plan. Um it's going to be one of the better ones in in the valley. So, when you hear that it has a lot more benefits and lower co-pays,

030well, somebody still has to pay for it. and usually it's the school district uh the employer portion. So, even though we see that this program is about $21 million, again, uh we're we're planning on spending 21 million. And so, that included an 8% increase and that's just um the way the nation pays for health insurance and all those related costs. It's usually about 10 to 15. So, our staff again are utilizing the plan and uh luckily for me, it's hitting the marks that we had budgeted for. Um, so what does that mean for next school year? We're probably going to be seeing the same type of deal, meaning an 8% increase. So, what does that equate to? We're seeing about a $2 million um bump that will happen on the health insurance. Again, that doesn't

031happen until we approve the budget. Um, but again, it's also going to be something that is going to be not just the employee picking up the whole 8%, it's everyone the district putting in their 8% also. So, it's going to be something similar to um last year's increase. So one of the comments I had made was that the federal uh government again you do have a new president and and cabinet and they are doing some changes at the federal level. And so, uh, if you go to the US Department of Education website, this is one of the first things you'll see about, uh, President Trump in a sense, um, having an executive order to close the federal level, uh, Department of Education. It's not saying that they're not going to stop helping. It just means

032that those funds, they're just going to give it to the state and let the state handle educating their students. So, um, later on in in in the article or in the, uh, newsletter, uh, it does state that that they're not saying, "Oh, we're going to send that money somewhere else." It's just that it's just going to pass through and go straight to the state. So, with all those changes that are happening, things that are happening local, things that are happening at the state level, things that are happening at the federal level, um, this is one of those and it's always going to be an odd year. So uh 2025 this is normal. So so for uh coach Sepna this is not something abnormal. This it happens all the time. Even years usually it's the second

033year of the bianium. So the changes always happen on the odd years. And so um but as we kind of go through this process. So again today we have budget workshop number one. Next month we'll have budget workshop number two. June is budget workshop number three. But we also hope to adopt a budget at that time. And so I'm saying budget part two is the tax rate. So we are going to follow the same process as last year. We're going to have another board meeting um or another budget workshop but just to talk about the tax rate. And so that will be in the August um meeting. Um the state in the state of Texas, we have to adopt a tax rate by September. So we're still be meeting our deadlines. Um but because of

034that possibility of the homestead happening or changes to it, it's just best to like, you know what, let the state do their deal and then we'll follow it with our own meeting to to determine what tax rates um that we'll be adopting. And so as part of your backup, you do have some more numbers uh the enrollment numbers for the past five years. You'll actually have a copy of the budget calendar so you can see the more in detail what's happening throughout the department or throughout the district. And so but at least you have a quick eyes view of what's going to be happening for the next uh four months. So budget workshop number two May 19th. And then if you ever wondered all those uh articles again um the PowerPoint will be on our

035uh district website. Just click on that uh link and you'll get to see all the fun readings um that we have. Um and there we go. Thank you, Mr. Uh I'll ask my fellow board members see if they have any questions even though it's only the first workshop first but you never know some sometimes we have a couple of questions but I'm glad that there was people here of course for the awards and the recognitions but they get to listen for at our budget and what we need for the following year. So parents that are here thank you for being here. Uh I'll start with Mr. Los Santos. any questions on the on uh on the this first? I I have many. No, no, just I know the crowd's already like No, there was a

036lot of information and I was just looking at faces and and uh and following along, but in summary, um just kind of summarize, I want to say great job that you all did a great job, your department, Dr. IA all the principles and department uh leaders leadership over the past years cuz one of your slides the one that you have with all the staff you can see in the breakdown if you have the breakdown of the years you can see kind of where kind of is different from other districts because when you had co come in and you had extra funds but you saw that we as enrollment dropped you saw that we people even asked us at the time why are you in a hiring freeze why are you all closing positions when people

037left if they weren't if there wasn't a position you had to fill and it was because we were getting ready for 2425 because the state told everyone to get ready for that. The state wanted to avoid the what they call the daisy effect, which is where like you blowing a daisy, everybody's out in the air. So if if they felt that districts were going to hit a financial cliff, all these people that are family, friends, neighbors, people within our community were all going to be sent out into a marketplace that wasn't hiring. Okay. So at that time, the board along with the superintendents at the time and Dr. when we came in too and even the departments and and the campus leadership were we're told this is all recorded. Let's start making the hard decisions

038now so that it won't be so painful later. And that's kind of what you see in his articles that all these districts out there are going through some very painful times because they're cutting staff, they're closing schools, they're consolidating, and where are these people going to go? You know, where's the job market that they're going to go and apply to? So I just want to commend everyone over those years because you were able to get us to this stage and take care of the people in our community that service our kids which is you know our family, our friends, our neighbors, etc. and our parents and whatever the case may be, sons and daughters. So great presentation and um you know just great actions over the years for people to get to this situation where

039we're not in the news, we're not part of that situation and that's a blessing I think you know and prayers to those that are. Thank you Mr. Lantos. Mrs. Susa. No, it was just very informative. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. All right, Coach Sa, just uh you mentioned uh student enrollment projections. Do we have or do you know how we're doing with pre-registration overall for next year? I mean, Mr. Butter, yes, I can assist with that. We've been very pleased. We are currently, as of this morning, roughly at just about 70% of our students have already uh pre-registered for the upcoming school year. We continue to push. Our goal is by May the 12th, we want to have 100% of our students. So, again, our community's been very, very responsive and we have appreciated

040that. So, we are very pleased where we're at. We still have some growth areas in the preks. I can already put that out there. People can hear it. I know we have people here in the audience. So again, but we are encouraging everyone throughout the entire West Coast community, please continue. It's a great question. I appreciate the opportunity. That's why it go Dr. H. Um I guess the question just for staff, you know, so next budget workshop in May, is that where we'll expect to see or hear maybe some more information on pay increases and retention stipens? So, the superintendent has already charged me to find $5 million again. So, uh we're going to count that as a done deal. Um and we have that through the ADA, right? Yes. That's the reason we have

041the additional legislation. [Applause] So, let me put the accounting uh terms to that. We budgeted 14,500. You'll hear in the superintendent's uh report, what is our enrollment hitting or in uh ADA hitting now those that are above that 145? I'm not going to touch it. It's going to be saved for next year's pay increase or I'm sorry, the stipen deal. So um please have more kids come. Makes my life easier. And so uh so that's a good thing about that piece. Thank you. In regards to the insurance dollar amount more or less, what do we expect to see increase, you know, on a monthly basis? So, what is our current? So, last year when we had an 8% increase, last year when we had an 8% increase, it was about $3 for the employee only

042base plan. Yeah. Per month. Per month. So, it it would be a little bit more. But if we're talking $3 for the single uh employee only plan, it's going to be $3. And I I do want to come back with a a final number, but it'll be like $35, something like that. Um and so it it's it's just that health cost, and I I'm pretty sure you see it quite often. Um it is uh it does not follow the normal inflation rate. If if inflation was 3%, health related items are in the 10, 12, 15% range. Now, the good thing about Westico and their staff, we've been hitting it at eight, which is great for me. And so, um, but that's what we're seeing to be on the safe side and great job with keeping

043that as as low as possible because I know the insurance cost has definitely skyrocketed there. So, great job. Thank you for the presentation, Mr. Thank you. Of course, and with parents being here, uh they mentioned ADA. That's average daily attendance. That means a time your son, your daughter goes to school. Uh that's very important. That's how a lot of times we receive money. But also, uh you mentioned that uh salary increases for teachers, uh for pair professionals, bus drivers, and so forth is part of the budget. Correct. And so, you know, as parents here today, normally we don't get a lot of parents, but this is a time to tell you all uh the importance and how good this district is. Of course, with the leadership of Dr. uh has we've we've come a long

044way and we're still going to continue to provide the resources we need for all students not just for athletics not just for UIL all students you know special ed economic disadvantage your regular students your AP students you know each one of your son and daughters res uh deserves the best education they can here with our district and we're going to continue that so thank you for the budget and again thank Dr. Ia any other comments? All right. Thank you. Thank you. Ajournment. All right. So, this is 621 and we finish with our budget workshop. Uh just one minute and we'll continue with our our regular board meeting. All right, I call this meeting to order. The time is now 6:27. Uh, this regular board meeting is being conducted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings

045Act. Notice of this meeting has been posted online for at least 72 hours. A recording of this meeting is being made and will be available to the public at a later date. Um, roll call. Mrs. Susta present. Dr. Haime Rodriguez present. Mr. Eddie Cerna, he's here, but he'll be Mr. Mark Delos Santos. Coach Quer will be here a few minutes uh later. So we have a quorum uh for this board meeting invocation. Dr. Rivera Mr. Devin let us bow our heads. Gentlemen, would you please remove your hats in reverence to the Lord, Lord of all creation, our Lord Jesus Christ, how great and mighty you are. You are awesome in all of your ways. You are good and merciful towards us. Thank you for the gift of life, health, family, friends, strength, and ability to

046work to provide for our families. We thank you for the many blessings you have bestowed upon WISD and those to come. We will never tire nor waver to ask you to continue to bless and grant greater wisdom to our superintendent, Dr. Richard Ria, and our amazing board. Thank you for their leadership and humility. Lord, may your will be done in our board meetings. Help us to maintain integrity in what you have left in our care. Help us always to be focused on the betterment of boys and girls in West Lico ISD. As our students continue in this testing season, we pray clarity of mind, peace in their hearts, and the knowledge they have obtained throughout the year flood back into their hearts and minds as they challenge a test. We know they will do amazingly

047well. Bless our administrators, staff and teachers with wisdom, integrity, patience, and the physical and mental strength to continue and finish this year very strong. Above all, bless our students with divine protection, physical and mental health and providence. Allow them all to return safely after the Holy Week holiday. There is gratitude in our hearts for all that you have done, are doing, and will do in the days to come. May our hearts reflect the spirit of forgiveness as you have forgiven us. Thank you for your sacrifice on Mount Calvary and the victory at the tomb. We ask you all this in your precious, glorious, and mighty name of Jesus. And everyone says, "Amen." Amen. Let me correct the time. Uh when I looked up there, I just saw it. It's uh the correct time for the

048board meeting is 6:23. All right. Uh pledge of allegiance, Dr. Yes, Mr. Vimemer. Good evening everyone. At this time, we'd ask everyone to please stand, remove any type of headwear, place your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please remain standing, right hand over your heart for the Texas pledge. Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas. One state under God, one and indivisible. Thank you, Mr. Butterr. Awards and recognitions. Dr. Ruba. Yes. Mr. Car Rob, please. Mr. Roto. Mr. Board President, Dr. Deta, members of the board. Tonight, we recognize many students for their accomplishments, their outstanding performances during

049the spring semester. So, let's have a round of applause for this young man as he walks up to the room. Tonight, we are honoring this young man, Landon Rodriguez, who recently won second place at the 2025 State and Engineering Science Fair held at Texas A&M University recently. He competed in the junior division robotics category where he presented a prototype of an electric vehicle that can detect wavelength interference. This could possibly help future electric cars avoid collisions out in realworld traffic. Congratulations, Landon. If his parents are here, parents, can you please stand and be recognized? Landon's parents. [Applause] Quick photo. Thank you. Congratulations, Landon. [Applause] All right. And now we have a big group coming in. How about a big hand for these students as they make their way to the front of the room. We're

050going to make two rows possibly, maybe three rows. Come on in. Come on. We'll start off with central first. Okay. All right. So, we have a big group here. And so, tonight we want to recognize some talented middle school musicians who have recently returned from their UIL region 28 orchestra concert and site reading evaluation. For the first time in the history of West Lico ISD, we have not one but two middle schools that receive superior ratings. We start off by congratulating Central Middle School Orchestras. How about a round of applause Garza here? And we also have our B Garza students here. They were also recognized for superior rating. How about a round of applause? Our students receive superior ratings, the highest rating on stage evaluation, excellent ratings for their site reading portion of the evaluation.

051Once again, we congratulate these students on this historic achievement. Parents, if you're here, can you please st stand and be recognized? parents of these fine students. [Applause] All right, we'll set up for a photo. We're good. All right, congratulations once again. How about a round of applause for our students from Central Middle School and B Garza? Exit out. set up here. All right. Well, up next, as you can see, we have some students here. How about we give them a round of applause? They're involved in our real Grand Valley livestock show recently to tonight we want to congratulate our students who recently competed and excelled in the 2025 Real Grand Valley Livestock Show. These students from the Future Farmers of America clubs put in countless hours to develop and prepare their animals for this annual

052event. Students took part in not only live animal contests but in art shows as well. All these students had their exhibits selected to market which is a prestigious accomplishment. Congratulations students. We also want to congratulate the parents. Parents, if you're here, can you please stand and be recognized? Parents, All right. Congratulations students. You can exit this way. We got a lot of students. That's right. We've been very, very active during the spring semester. So, a lot to recognize. Our next group is here. So, we want to congratulate some CTE culinary arts students who recently took part in a very unique competition. Our students were able to showcase their culinary talents at the inaugural first ever smoking on the Rio high school barbecue competition. Representing both high school, West Lico High School and West Lauis, our

053WISD young pit masters swept the competition, winning the championship titles in chicken, ribs, fajita, pork, brisket, beans, and pandelo. For this, they were named grand champions. Congratulations [Applause] All right, parents, if you're here, can you please stand and be recognized? Parents, congratulations students. Invite us to your next barbecue. All right, our next group of students are here. And tonight, we also want to recognize this special group of competitors, the West Lico ISD CTE Green Power Race Teams. These students are part of the Green Power USA program, an innovative initiative designed to engage students in STEM, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through hands-on experience in building and racing electric cars. This program emphasizes teamwork, problem solving, and real world applications of scientific principles in automotive mechanical systems, inspiring the next generation of engineers and technicians. Members

054of the car number four crew competed in the advanced custom division and won first place in four races. Members of the car 44 crew competed in the advanced modified division and won first place in three races. And the car number 44 crew is currently ranked second in Green Power USA national standings and will compete in Green Power USA's national finals at the Tallaladega Super Speedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Congratulations. [Applause] Well, okay, we have an update. Breaking news. Breaking news. As of today, they're ranked number one. Congratulations. Parents, if you're here, can you please stand and be recognized as well? How about our parents? Congratulations once again. Come on up. All right, come on in, students. We have a couple of students. We also want to congratulate two high school athletes who were recently named to

055the academic all-state teams. These academic off-state lists recognize high school student athletes for their academic excellence in GPA, class rank, and ACT, SAT scores. We honor these students who perform with the highest academic excellence on and off the field, court, or swimming pool. Right. Congratulations to Weso High School swimming program, all state academic second team, Jaden Lopez. And also we have honorable mention all state academic Maya Pñena. Parents, if you're here, can you please stand and be recognized? Any parents here? Quick photo. Thank you. Congratulations. You may exit this way. All right. [Applause] All right, our next student, gold medal winner. How about a big hand for this next athlete who recently competed in powerlifting for West Loco High School. We are recognizing some athletes who recently competed in powerlifting and brought home several gold

056medals. We start off to congratulate Rihanna Rodriguez, who recently returned from the Texas High School Girls Powerlifting Association state competition as the region 5 6A champion in her weight division. Rihanna Rihanna successfully lifted 415 lbs in the squat, 265 lbs on the bench press, and 390 lb in the deadlift for a total of 1,070 lb. That's why That's why she was named state champion powerlifter. Congratulations, If your if her parents are here, can they please stand and be recognized? Mom, 265 benches. All right, up next, we'd like to recognize some Special Olympians. Another group of athletes who brought home several gold medals from the state powerlifting meet held during the winter special Olympics recently. This is the first time West Laquistd takes part in the Winter Special Olympics and these young men won gold in

057their respective age categories. We would like to congratulate them for bringing home the gold from the Special Olympic State Powerlifting meet. Congratulations. [Applause] And parents, of you here, can you please stand and be recognized? Parents, congratulations once again. Up next, we celebrate our campuses that have successfully increased attendance during the fifth six weeks of school, meeting and surpassing the average daily attendance goals benefits our district and most importantly our students. Elementary schools meeting the district's ADA standard for the fifth six weeks. We'll start off with a 97.89 ADA Kler Elementary. [Applause] Marggo's next. Marggo up next with a 96.3A, Dr. Re Marggo Elementary. [Applause] Up next with a ADA of 96.19, Memorial [Applause] Elementary. Up next with a ADA of 95.72, Sam Houston Elementary. We'd also like to recognize our secondary schools meeting the ADA

058standard with a 97.72 BG Garza Middle School. Up next with an ADA of 94.72, Guayara Middle [Applause] School. Up next with an ADA of 95.67, Central Middle [Applause] School and an ADAA of 94.97. Mary Hog Middle School. And also tonight with an ADA of 97.59, South Palm Gardens High School. Every month. Every [Applause] month. We'll take a quick photo. Quick photo. from Miss Wells. All right. How about we give our principles a round of applause? All right. That concludes our awards of recognition. Mr. Of course, we had a lot of recognitions. Any particular comments that you would like to make board members, Mrs. Susta? Just congratulations. I mean, it's great to see so many kids getting all these awards around the community. I've been hearing, "Wow, West Coast is doing so great, not just academically,

059but also all these extracurricular activities." So, great job. parents, coaches, kids, everyone, keep up the good work. Thank you, Dr. Haime. Congratulations to all. A lot of good things, a lot of great things happening at U WD. So, thank you for for representing and and for all the hard work that everybody puts into um all these events and and uh principles, great job great job with the with the ADA. Thank you. And let the record reflect that uh Coach Guard came in at 6:30. So now, coach Qu again, uh, congrats for the success that we're having. It didn't come without hard work and a serious commitment to making West ISD the right choice and tonight is a perfect example of what WCOS is all about. So, thank you all for the great job y'all are

060doing. Thank you, Coach K. Uh, Mr. Coach Serna. No, just echoing everybody. Congratulations to all and you know, a lot of hard work and effort goes into this. Mr. Los Santos. Uh the same. Congratulations to everybody, all the different departments and like coach was just saying right now this just showcases in inside and outside the classroom on the fields through fine arts all the great things that the district offers all these uh students from our community. So just congratulations to everybody and so the principles as well for the ADA. Congrats and I'll just echo what all other five said. I don't have to say much because they I said it all. Congratulations again. All right. Uh number six proclamations. Uh Dr. Yes, Mr. Gard. Yes, Mr. Board President. The proclamation here, West Lico ISD School

061District has a long-standing tradition of excellence in striving to bring together all resources to provide our students and staff with the best opportunities for success. To that end, West Lico ISD acknowledges and celebrates initiatives, departments, organizations that join in our effort to develop, expand, and enrich our learning environments for students, parents, and employees. Therefore, Mr. president of the WISD board of trustees does hereby proclaim May 2025 as Celebrate the Arts Month, Better Speech and Hearing Month, National Mental Health Awareness Month. We also proclaim school lunch hero day May 2nd, National School Nurse Day May 7th, Teacher Appreciation Week May 5th through the 9th, National Police Week May 12th through the 16th in Westl and urge all citizens to recognize with appreciation our district's commitment to educating and helping our children achieve their highest potential. Uh

062written by and signed by Mr. Nethl, president of the WISD board of trustees. Thank you. Thank Thank you, Carlos. And I know the principles will follow up on, of course, recognizing them at uh your particular campus. So, thank you. We'll continue with number seven, public comments. Do we do you have it there? How many do we have? We have two, two. Okay. Do we have a Mrs. Florian? Please come up here. Before Before you begin, Dr. Hime will read you uh some guidelines to follow and then I'll let you know how much time you're going to have, three minutes. Okay? And then you can introduce yourself after he finishes and your address. Dr. Pursuant to the Texas Open Meeting Act, the board of trustees may not deliberate on any comment made by a member of

063the public on a subject that is not included on the agenda posted with notice of this meeting. As per the Texas Attorney General, the scope of board discussion for a subject not part of of the meeting agenda is limited to only a proposal by board member to place a subject on a future board agenda. Specific factual information or or recitation of existing policy may be furnish furnished in response to inquiries but the board shall not deliber not not deliberate or decide regarding any subject that is not included on the agenda posted with notice of the meeting. Audience participation of a board meeting is limited to the portion of the meeting designated for that purpose. At all other times during a board meeting, the audience shall not enter into discussion or debate on matters being considered

064by the board unless recognized by the presiding officer. No public comment presentation shall exceed 3 minutes. Any disruptive behavior by any speaker may result in the speaker's removal from participation in the meeting. Please be mindful of using names or personally identifiable information as there is no immunity from defamatory comments while participating in public comments. Mrs. Leal, you'll have uh three minutes and Dr. Haime will let you know when you have one minute left. Uh at this time, uh please state your name and your address. Hi, good evening. My name is Laurial. My address is 301 East Midskate Street. That is a property that I own that I pay taxes on. Okay, you may proceed. Or Dr. Hy, we ready? Whenever you're ready, I'll start the time. Okay. Well, I wish I had his radio voice

065first before we start, but we'll go ahead and start. Um I'm ready. Cool. So, good evening. Thank you so much for allowing me to speak this evening. Uh like I mentioned, my name is Florial. I'm a 1997 graduate of Wes Leico High School and I'm currently the chief operating officer for Workforce Solutions, but I'm here today in a personal capacity. As um I'm here to speak on my sister's behalf. I as I thought about what I was going to speak about today, I felt so many emotions. I was angry. I was frustrated, disappointed, and then I realized I felt what I felt most was sadness. Sadness because there are no winners. Sadness because I know Mrs. Moreno's character, integrity, and how hard she has worked to get to where she is at. After dedicating 30

066years of service to Wesiggo, being placed on administrative leave just seven months into her first assignment as principal at an F-rated campus appears unjust. It raises serious concerns about the level of support provided and gives the impression that she was not set up for success. I would like to address the lack of training she received as a first-time principal. In the work that I do and in my experience, you must invest a great deal of time in training to ensure an individual's success. Because at the end of the day, their success or their failures are a reflection of your leadership. So I ask, what type of in-depth training do principles receive their first year? I know teachers get mentors to ensure success, but what do principles get? If Wesoist is committed to the success of

067its staff, it is essential to provide proper training, ongoing coaching, consistent follow-up to ensure employees are both supported and held accountable for fulfilling their responsibilities. Managing a school involves many complex interconnected responsibilities and it's unrealistic to expect one individual to navigate all without proper support and guidance from administration. Conducting a single annual observation that highlights deficiencies without offering a corrective action plan or an opportunity to address concerns is not a proactive approach one minute to leadership or professional development. I ask school board members and Dr. A take a look and see the areas of opportunity to improve because if you go through not renewing Mrs. Moreno's contract, you would be losing a 30-year experienced dedicated educator who apart from this year has had stellar evaluations and worked at different administrative highlevel capacities within the district.

068I ask administration to review what the district could do to give principles the tools they need to succeed. Your decisions have real consequences. They affect dedicated professionals, their families, and most important, the students you're entrusted to educate and support. So today, I feel sadness. Sadness for a broken system that is quick to place people on administrative leave instead of investing the time to provide the coaching and guidance needed for their success. If we're being honest, it is clear that a first-time principal at an F rated campus needs more than seven months to demonstrate their capabilities and imple meaningful lasting change. It's not too light late to write a wrong. Thank you for your time. Thank you, Mrs. Leel. Second on the agenda, uh Julian Baldes. after Dr. Haime reads uh then you can introduce yourself

069Miss Valdez and your address. So Dr. Hime pursuant to the Texas Open Meeting Act, the board of trustees may not deliberate on any comment made by a member of the public on a subject that is not included on the agenda posted with notice of this meeting. As per the Texas Attorney General, the scope of board discussion for a subject not part of the meeting agenda is limited to only proposal by a board member to place a subject on a future board agenda. Specific factual information or recitation of existing policy may be furnished in response to inquiries, but the board shall not deliberate or decide regarding any subject that is not included on the agenda posted with notice of the meeting. Audience participation at a board meeting is limited to the portion of the meeting designated

070for that purpose. At all other times during a board meeting, the audience shall not enter into discussion or debate on matters being considered by the board unless recognized by the presiding officer. No public comment presentation shall exceed 3 minutes. Any disruptive behavior by any speaker may result in the speaker's removal from participation in the meeting. Please be mindful of using names or personally identifiable information as there is no immunity from defamatory comments while participating in public comments. All right, Miss Valdez, you can introduce yourself and uh your address, please. My name is Julie Valdez and my homestead is in Stone Street, Waso, Texas. You may proceed. Okay. Um I'm just going to say that um when you all run for political office and I'm addressing like like the whole board there is it something it's

071called the chamber of think the chamber of commerce forum and there's always the question how are you going to communicate with your community and like you know what what's one way and you guys all answer the question and all that good stuff but what I've noticed is that slowly there's been like taking way of that transparency and the communication with I'm going to say the public because there was a change where you changed the public comments time from 5 minutes to 3 minutes. I know it was approved but I'm asking you guys to reconsider and change it back to 5 minutes especially if you want us to give descriptors and to not mention people's names because as I give a description it takes longer for me to you know owe that person there it takes

072seconds longer. Um last time when I was speaking I was interrupted and I didn't get my time back and the as someone so callously since I can't point out and I can't say anything you know to defend myself like turned around and told me you got your time like real nasty and I'm like no I didn't because I didn't get my time back you know I didn't get the time that you all took away from me like and so then like that's just like you know like but it's it's do transparency like this is transparency like you don't want us to talk. Look who came today. Two people came to speak today. What's the big deal about 2 minutes, you know, of giving us more time? Like how much time is it actually going to

073take away from you guys? Okay. Next. Um, the other thing is I would really like it if you guys can change the public sign in if I didn't have to like come in like killing myself in traffic, you know, trying to get here by 5:30 just to come, you know, I barely got here in time and I was so rushed that I signed the wrong paper. So, I'm sorry. Um, you think I'd know better, right? But I didn't. I just I was just so rushed and I um Okay. And then next is like the P request. Can they please be completed in a timely manner? I requested one in March 3rd. I requested one in December. I haven't gotten anything. Then I requested one March 3rd. It's it's a what April 14th and I still

074haven't gotten anything. And I have the email. So all these things just lead me to the conclusion that slowly like you're whittling away at transparency at like communication with the public because it's not going two ways. It's like it's like you're bulking on stuff. I don't want to make accusations. I'm just saying that's what it appears. That's the optics of it. I'm done. Thank you, Miss Valdez. And and I normally we don't say comments, but if I took your time away the the 20 seconds, I apologize. Well, yeah. Thank you. All right, we'll continue on Dr. with that was the last public comment, correct? Just two. All right. Longtory governance. Uh Dr. Mrs. Solano will make the presentation and of course uh Dr. I mean Dr. Mr. Solano before you you begin I know that

075several board members uh provided some questions ahead of time and there's some that probably will have some today which is okay uh but in the future we'll make sure that uh I know we have busy lives but uh we'll make sure to provide those uh one or two or three questions to you so that way when you present you got all the answers uh for us. So you may proceed. Yes. Thank you. Uh good evening Missto, Dr. Divera, uh board members and community. So you have the presentation. As you receive the presentation, some of it changes as we meet um with uh other members and stakeholders that put together this presentation. So on slide two, you will see where we're at. We're in the month of April presenting the kinder through second middle of the

076year map math data along with the panorama survey results. Right. So, our first GPM, I'm going to start with when we look at the GPM, we look at the overarching goal, which is goal two. Um, goal two reads, the percent of third grade students that score at the meets grade level or above on STAR math will increase, and this was our original goal, 43% two summers ago, right, back in uh 2023 to 60% by August 2028. So, we set five-year targets, right? So um there you see in the bar graphs you see how we performed back in 2023 that was the first year of star 2.0 then uh star 2024 first year of LSG board adopted goals and then where we are at with third grade math data from the benchmarks uh right before our

077star administration has begun and then you see where the target goals the red line is headed right up until 2028. I do want to make note to the state targets. The state targets up until 2027 at the meets grade level, the state says schools must reach 49 uh% at the meets plus, right? And then um then from 28 to 28 to 32, right? It's it's so strange for me to say those years because it's seems like so far. But the next state target will be set at the 58% of the students meeting the meets plus and then in 2038 for for those of us who are still here u the state target will be 75% of the students must perform at the meets plus. So just something for us to reference to when we're talking

078about the meat's performance level. So um that is the third grade goal. So how do we monitor that third grade is on track or not on track? We monitor it with our kinder through second data. That is how we prepare our third graders. So the next slide you will see our kinder data in our next slide. Okay. So in our kinder data the GPM what uh supports that third grade goal is that the percent of kindergarten students this year the target will be uh 58% at the meets plus right so if you look at our data uh I I don't know that you see it clearly the public but you have like a yellow box where we monitor it from the beginning of the year right to our hopefully end of the year target beginning

079of the year kinder started at 42% of the students were at the meets class. We had a 9point gain in one semester. So they are at the middle of the year at a 51 and we are hoping right uh if we have that same growth in achievement we would meet the 58% target right so um that would be our 2025 end of the year target or goal. So we are saying um board members and community that we are on track to meeting this target. Okay. Then if you move on here, you have a campus slide, right? So what we did is you saw the district slide, then we broke it up by campus, all 10 elementaryaries. The formula here to see say that we are on track or not on track, right? And and it

080really all depends, right? um is that we got the beginning of the year goal or the performance and we looked at middle of the year how many points they gained right and if we were to gain the same amount of points would we meet the end of the year target right it is not uh a true or a definite predictor right we hope that if we see we are not on track you know a lot of other interventions are put in place to make sure that we get back on track, but uh we're happy to report in Kinder that we have seven campuses on track if they have the same amount of gain in student achievement and three uh right now that are currently not, but can definitely get back on track uh before our

081end of the year administration. We move on to first grade. So, first grade, how does first grade support third grade, right? Uh the third grade overarching goal. So in in first grade we said that the end of the year target uh for our first graders this year would be at a 50%. We started with this cohort of students uh performing at a 36% at the meets performance level. In a one semester uh the fall right we had a onepoint gained in student achievement. So in January we they scored at 37% at the meets plus so again projecting if we had similar gain would we meet the goal of 50% at the meets level and we are saying we are not on track in first grade. Right. Um however if you look at the uh table

082with the different student populations all student populations had a gain but not enough of a gain to say we will be on track to meeting the 50% end of the year target here. Right? So that is first grade at the district level. If you move on to the next slide, we then look at first grade at the campus level. Right? And here um in first grade we have the opposite. We have seven campuses um not on track and three campuses ontrack. And again using the same methodology if they had the same uh points or gain as they did fall semester, would they have or meet the end of the year target with that same amount of gain second semester? Right? So um you see there uh Gonzalez and Houston and Memorial uh are on track

083to meeting the end of the year. uh target other campuses. We are working with them to make sure that whatever interventions are needed in first grade uh are put in place and we'll talk about that in a in a little bit. We move on to second grade. So second grade the uh target for second grade in supporting the third grade overarching goal is by the end of the year we said second grade would be at 46% meets grade level. So that cohort of students when they received in our current second graders they performed at 33%. At the meets performance level uh we had a two-point gain semester 1. So if we had a twopoint gain in semester 2 we would not meet the end of the year target. Right? And that is why we will

084say uh that we are not on track to meeting the end of the year target. However, um you know, with the exception of special ed in our populations, you know, they all had a gain in student achievement for the middle of the year, um we expect and hope that with the interventions in place and with the progress monitoring that has been happening and conversations, uh this turns around this data by the end of the year administration. So when you look at the campuses we have similar to first grade uh I know we had three campuses on track and one of the discussions that we have for example with Memorial even though they're at that lower end right is because their achievement is high is because they had a regression from first to second or middle

085of the year data that is why we place not on track. However they are very close to meeting the end of the year target. So that would put four campuses but if the regression continues then it would put them at a not ontrack campus right. So that is our um and then we have uh I do want to note right that you have your uh Gonzalez and Sam Houston that have surpassed the end of the year target which is impressive right at the meets performance level already. So if uh to finalize the portion of our student outcomes, what is working right and and the more we have discussions in our early childhood data, I think the more we uncover that what is working is we have a valid instrument that is very reliable and accurate

086in projecting uh future student outcome uh measures, right? Or or assessment gains. So that we know that we have in place, right? We also know that um campuses that have differentiated strategies and practices in the classrooms are meeting those targets, right? And are meeting the targets early on. We also uh know that uh one of the things that we see here is campuses who are taking advantage of the weekly PLC's, right, are seeing the fruits, right, of their labor are seeing the outcomes. They're seeing outcomes increase. So, uh, one of one of the things that we want to, uh, note right in our discussion of what needs more attention is we need a solid and reliable tier one resource that aligns with all special populations, not just with general ed students, right? And that is

087why you see the blue bonnet um, adoption, right, in one of our consent agenda items as well. We need more datadriven instruction, instructional decisions and conversations, right? Uh we need more of the internalization of lessons and TEICSS or curriculum during our PC work, right? Sometimes our PLC's and we're very limited at the elementary because teachers have only a conference period unlike secondaries only elementaryaries only have 45 minutes. We do not have a conference and a planning, right? So we understand that um carving out some planning time for elementaryaries is critical. And I will say um elementarymentaries and and you know as as a former elementary principal are sometimes our attention right is in that accountability rating but we need to focus our attention in the five grade levels before we get to third grade because

088we have an opportunity to make a tremendous difference. So those are the things that we've identified as what needs more attention um in the future right and and as we move forward now I present to you the superintendent constraints. So for the superintendent constraint and we swapped this from last month just because our timeline for this year looked different for panorama survey. We look at our first our overarching uh goal or constraint for the superintendent is constraint three. The superintendent shall not allow a low level of campus culture and climate. We are on track according to the panorama survey. So the first CPM 3.1 focuses on students revolves around students who respond favorably to emotional regulation on the student panorama survey right how they manage their emotions and move on past challenges right so we

089had to be at a 45% if you look at our our bar graphs or our data from last school year in the spring to the beginning of this school year in the fall to now our data that yellow bar as a district because it does separate the elementary and secondary is now at an 80% average. So what is working? A lot of PD and support from everyone right from administrators attending trainings to counselors to LPC's a lot of uh strategies and techniques being embedded in those monthly meetings. So a lot of that is working. They have a lot of resources to to gravitate to and use. And then what needs more attention is just more indepth um analysis of the data to see which factor which questions are those that we need to focus on

090more to continue increasing and seeing positive results with our students. Then our second CPM which is 3.2 focuses on teachers and staff. Right? And this is who responds favorably on school climate at the panorama survey. Right? And uh the target was 57%. As a district we are at a 66% and you received an attachment with the school's results right on school culture and climate. You know I I know that uh the departments work regularly to acknowledge and celebrate staff contributions. they do. Every campus is unique and has their own little strategies and initiatives on how to improve SEAL also with our staff and our students and a lot of team building social events and apprec appreciation events throughout the school year. Um what we are asking and administrators received notice today is please continue to

091review the panorama survey results as it is data that drives forward how we respond right to the data and to improve the data. So that is what we will continue working on and that is it for my part of the presentation Mr. Nathan school board. All right. Now will you respond to those questions that we submitted or do we So there was about 18 questions submitted. So I don't know if you want me to go through them or each of you schoolboard members. She gave you Yes. uh that's the whole point is to for us to spend our time talking about those outcomes, right? And I think he uh present one at a time and then if we have any questions, you know, and then if you all have additional questions, then we can uh

092continue. Okay. Okay. And you don't have to name the board member, just name the question that we submitted. Okay. Or or read it. My fault. Yes. Okay. So the first one is have we've already begun with the implementation of the new uh possible adopted curriculum which is blue bonnet. We have you have received a timeline we started the work early on and uh that is still ongoing but yes we have provided training overviews and we'll continue with coaching. Yes. So this the second question uh is uh what are campuses in kindergarten right when you look at our kinder data campuses that are on track doing and how do we plan to implement this at the other campuses one of the things that we felt and and I noted this is campuses who are performing on

093track are very intentional with their data and very intentional in PLC's internalizing the curriculum. So that is the probably the two highest or priority activities or strategies that we won't implement with campuses not on track. It is not about a resource. Um kinder through second have very limited resources other than their adoption. So we don't feel it's a resource issue. It's more of a investing in the human capital. So but if they had if they would if they had additional time for PLC that would be beneficial. Most definitely. Most definitely sir. So we have to carve out some of that time during our um professional days in the school calendar and you will see that the biggest difference from last years is investing more days in professional development. Okay. Because of that continue. Yes. Um

094so again um uh re-evaluating our master schedule to bump up the time uh instructional time in math and RLA and the main four content areas which will help across all right. What is the common denominator in campuses that are not on track in first and second grade? Again, it's the lack of maybe intentional PLC's and internalization because of the timing and teachers need their conference time. So, it's basically um and maybe fidelity to a walkthrough not just for teach purposes but for uh fidelity to the adoption right to those instructional resources we committed to. Okay. Um, another one, um, is, "How will Blue Bonnet curriculum being presented tonight help us meet our math goals?" Alignment. It's more conceptual. It's not strategic. It's not just teaching you strategies that will get you through this grade level,

095but it's more indepth learning, right? Uh, what gaps in kinder uh exist between student groups? Um, I will say when we have a solid tier one instruction, it addresses all students. So if you see a gap between special populations is because you're seeing that they're already struggling with your tier one instruction, right? So we address that first on CPM 3.1 which is emotional regulation for students. How can we continue to help? We have great strategies in place, great monthly meetings, great activities happening. I will say because we see favorable results to continue this work as uh as they have right then um how are the number of fights I know Dr. Da will address that in his superintendence reports but they have decreased drastically with uh you know uh Dr. Dr. VA's expectations and the

096monitoring that happens every week, right? Um incidents of bullying, right? How does it support this panorama surveys? Bullying because the number of fights has gone down and uh administrators are vigilant and are reporting back to Dr. Detta on a weekly basis bullying has decreased by more than half half of the percent from year to year from last year to this year. Um and then on CPM 3.2, two, right, which is teacher climate uh morale. Um how does the data look from campus to campus? I will say that um the panorama survey results have an indirect and direct right depending at the uh for example elementary levels with or campuses with lower uh school culture have uh lower academic achievement results, right? And it wasn't the case for one campus, but for all for the others,

097it was right. Um, and again, it was just instructional support. And at the elementary level, I will say teachers put a lot of we need more planning time, right? That's a lot of what you see in survey responses. There's expectations to be met, but no planning time, right? So, um, and then, uh, we had customer service training. Do we provide that, right, to continue with high uh, school culture? We do, Mr. George Lopez and K West work with school leadership offices every year at the beginning of the year and throughout the year to provide those customer service trainings to front office staff administration and anybody else who needs it in the departments. Right. And any insights on why teacher percentage in the fall stays stagnant with emot uh with the school culture um or school

098climate? It's um again a lot of communication has to happen as soon as you receive panorama survey results. you want to put them into action and always have a plan of action to improve not just stay stagnant. So that is what we did today with the campuses and that's basically a repetitive question. So that's it miss. Thank you Mrs. and I know uh sometimes two or three board members submit the same question and so you know you you condense it and answer uh to one. Uh additional question we'll start with Mrs. Susa. Yes, I wanted that to not turn them in. I'm sorry. I had a very busy week, but I did work on it and I was looking more into the panorama survey more than because I know that you guys are working with

099the teachers on the academics, you know. Um, but my Thank you, Dr. Sid, by the way, for giving me access to the panorama survey because I think as board members, we really need to go in there and read those responses that that the staff and the kids even are are writing in there. I've heard a lot of people tell me, "Well, you guys don't even read what we write or you guys we don't know who it is. We we read there's no names attached to the to the comments, but I personally do read there's thousands and thousands. Of course, it's not going to be every single one, but we do read a lot of those responses uh from the kids and the students. And one that it it's based off of themes, you know, all

100these responses, the computer will break it into uh concerns, employees. It breaks it up into themes, which is really awesome. And the theme that I caught from our staff was that, and I just wrote it down. It says we keep doing survey after survey but there's minimal change. That's what the staff feels like. So my question is how can we address this issue to make our staff feel that we are listening and we are reading and we we do care. What can we do to address this issue? So campuses who have very high favorable results will share the survey responses with the staff so that together they write the action plan to improve before the next semester survey results and that we have noticed and they do share throughout uh monthly meetings what they do

101at each campus. And that's what was my recommendation would be take those results back to as a faculty meeting and then as a principal and administrative staff discuss them with with the staff that responded to those questions and that way it's imple implemented right away you know don't wait until the end of the semester I'm sorry go ahead uh every because uh almost every school uh principal has monthly faculty meetings so that's that's a time that you know you get the survey okay what was the concerns bring him up. So, go ahead. And I do understand that point, sir, but I also have teachers telling me, "I don't want to be targeted. I don't want my principal to think I'm complaining because that's not what I want." So, I don't know if that's a good

102answer to the teachers or the staff who wrote that because they're going to be, you know, confronted saying, "Hey, what do we do to fix this?" And and again, I I I as a former principal, I would never say it was a complaint. It's a concern so we can correct it so we can have better morale, better results, and so forth. So, I understand your point. Yes. And as a teacher, I would feel like uh oh, I'm in trouble because now my principles, you know, there's different points of view here. But yeah, we just it's about communication. Correct. And that's one of the themes also. They want better communication. So that that was, you know, thank you for answering that question. Good point. Um my other question is and I was looking at the the

103percent of surveys that uh were completed and I just want to give some a shout out to and these schools got 100% completed surveys from the staff and that was Rico the career and college development center central Kler Ethalgo Boot Camp uh Gonzalez Elementary and Sam Houston and then 100% of the kids that responded on their survey were airport Ibara and North Bridge. So, thank you guys for for for working on that. It means a lot because it it really does. We look into that. But, um, looking at at this and looking at those percentages and I'm just going to come over to our website real quick because our our board vision that we have for our district, it's Wesley IST envisions a community of learners. And I'm going to skip to the end with

104a with a commitment to personal and communal growth. And I'm sure we've all heard this a lot that children don't learn until they know how much you care, right? you have to have those positive relationships with those kids. Um, and looking at this percentage of these completed surveys, I noticed that the schools who had a higher completion rate like, and you mentioned this earlier, also had a higher percentage of the staff and the kids reporting higher morale, higher um staff culture, student culture. So given what we know about this possible relationship between these two variables, how are we going to speed up the progress to emphasize to our staff and our students that we're listening, district leadership is listening. What can we do to to better this area? So fidelity of implementation of PLC's, this

105is where you build trust, right, and teamwork, that relationship between the leaders and the teachers, right? So this is the greatest opportunity we have seen and we see right at those campuses too where the trust the relationship between the leader and the teachers it you know obviously it shows it in the survey too and I did notice a lot of the kids said really positive things about their teachers a lot of those positives there was a lot of positive comments my teachers care about me my teachers uh you know are there to help me learn and I hear a lot of great things about those seal events that Dr. interested has been doing. I know my my kids went to high school and they said, "We need more of those, Mom. Those are really good.

106They help this the teachers and the kids uh feel happier." So, it's just something that that we can we look forward to seeing more often. I think that's really working and helping. But yeah, that those are my questions. So, thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Susa. Uh good questions. Dr. H. You know, we've talked a lot about the PLC's. Is that determined at the campus level uh in regards to the scheduling of of the PLC's? Yes. So, elementaryaries have for sure one day a week, Dr. Rodriguez. Some have them on Wednesdays, some have them on Fridays, depending on how your attendance is, right? And your support personnel. But yes, it is uh it is basically kind of like a mandatory. It's a non-negotiable, but you decide which day works best for you

107at your campus. Okay, that's all I have. Thank you. Yes. Thank you, coach. Go ahead. Um I know you submitted a couple of them already, but if you have any and and everything was was addressed, you know, and then uh there was a some other information in there about what's working, what's not working, and uh but I don't have a question. It's just encouragement because, you know, when you're up in the stands, I'm going back to my coaching thing, every everyone's an expert after the fact, you know. So, I'll tell everybody, tell me what the winning numbers are going to be on the lottery on Wednesday, and you can call any player you want. So, I just want to encourage y'all to keep doing what you're doing. We're not going to push a panic button

108because we're a little behind. We know who we need to go. Stay focused on what you need to do. And something that uh has always stayed in my mind when I was coaching, we came in after practice and one of the comments somebody said, "I've already thrown that ball a thousand times and that kid still can't catch the ball." And coach looked at him and says, "Well, throw it a thousand and one." Don't give up on what you're doing. Stay focused. And not everybody learns the same way. So, just keep working at what you're doing. Learn what you're working with, who you're working with. and and you know what we're uh looking at as far as goals. You're in the arena. We're going to support you so that you can get the job done. Um

109and uh you know, Mr. Ronaldo, that everything we're looking at, let's look at the positives, you know, stay stay focused on the positives and never give up. Never give up. Never give up in that order. And let's we appreciate what you're doing out there. So, thank you very much. Thank you, Coach Craft. and coach. You can say okay, coach. Yes. You mentioned uh something about that. Well, the blue bonnet mathematics curriculum that's up for approval tonight. You mentioned alignment. Can you elaborate a little bit more on that? Yes. So, we'll have uh an adoption that will be available for kinder through 8th grade students plus algebra 1. Right. I think first time that we've had an adoption go all the way through high school. So, there will be no gaps, right? if fidelity to implementation

110is there. So we'll benefit from that alignment from kinder to first first to second it just scaffolds and builds up and and who's going to be monitoring that or who's going to be you know so along with our administration region one will be coming in to do additional walkthroughs again we have to monitor the implementation this is endorsed by region one correct yes and supported by okay that was one uh the on the kindergarten I know we have a there's a is there any correlation to class loads there with those little to which one the the on the needs of improvement on some of the schools is yeah class loads I'm sorry class size okay got no when we looked at class size ratio because I know that that was brought up there is no

111correlation okay so we're good with class limits all the way across yes and we do study class size uh every time a principal brings up a concern okay Yes. Thank you. Good questions. Uh, Mr. Los Santos. Okay. I didn't submit any questions because then I knew that they did a great job and plus I wanted to test you all. Thank you, sir. No, no, I'm just joking. No, I want to say that you all did a you all did an excellent job on the presentation and just for people watching because I know sometimes can get confusing. The scores that you're seeing that they're trying to meet in LSG are are higher. They're meats, right? So, we set a very high meat standard. Correct. And you would ask yourself, well, why would you why would you

112do that? Well, you you need to push it. Okay. I mean, every single person that walks through the door needs to give over 100% because that's exactly what parents expect for every single teacher walking through there to hit that 100 for campus administrators to know, okay, the bar has been set this high cuz it's cuz we're not here for mediocracy, right? We're here. We want these kids to get the best education possible. So, when you're looking at that, know that that the that that standard is very set very high because the numbers may confuse you. You start looking at it hearing, you know, 48, 50, you know, etc., etc., those type of things, but that's meats. So that's a level that most districts don't even try to hit. They're usually in approaches. Okay. Um second

113was like the PLC's. I don't want you to go in depth, but I know that some people probably maybe out there don't understand what PLC's are. And that's when teachers get together with teachers and their admin. And there's discussions about data, about instruction, about modifications at times how to improve the community and the culture on the campus as well too. They can express. Is there anything else that I'm missing there? That's it's a learning space between teachers amongst teachers and their administration. Right. And it's a comfortable space where they can feel that they can share challenges, needs, resources. I see some heads nut. Okay. So that that's really good just to highlight too that that they have that and for them to take advantage of that. Yes. So if there's something they need to discuss,

114that would be the time to do it. So because everybody's everybody's just trying to hit that bar and pass it. So great job of the presentation and everybody out there for what they do as well, too. Thank you. Thank you. and and you know uh I echo a lot of what they say but effective teachers at every campus are going to be effective because they properly plan ahead of time there this there's a lot of them that need the PLC especially your first year teachers second year teachers third year teachers your experienced teachers are always going to do well because they've done well before and you as a principal know which teachers are very effective which teachers are your marginal which teachers need a lot of help and that's where you as a principal and

115and us over here at central office uh provide that uh resource for those teachers. I know some principles already do you know as as they do the walkthroughs and but very important when you and principles know this when they do a walkth through it's very important that within 24 hours you bring to the teacher what is it that that teacher needs to improve on. you don't wait a week or two weeks, whatever, but a lot of the principles do that already, you know. So, uh, again, great presentation and, uh, we're moving forward, uh, and doing well. Thank you. Any other comments? No, I'm just thinking as a first grade teacher right now, the it's really tough at this, uh, at this point in the year, you know, the kids are they're really they're feeling it.

116The teachers are feeling it, the admin is feeling it, everyone's feeling it. So, thank you so much for everybody hanging in there. I mean, I know it's a lot of work. I know I'm in there. I know. Um, but no, you guys are doing awesome. So, thank you. Thank you. And and for your information, principal Miss Solano gave us a a quiz, first grade quiz. And you know, I was reading it and threw it and I said, "Wait a minute. Okay, how old is a first grader?" And they have to respond to this little essay, right? That's what it was. Different or different questions. And I had to kind of, okay, let me see what the answer is, you know? And sometimes you think about it, us that are educated and they're just starting school,

117you know, and a lot of times that's difficult for them. But the ones that do well are the ones that have parental support at home. Yes. Yes. You know, that's common practice. It's the ones that don't have the support and they need that additional support. Uh so, okay. That's why when Miss Garcia said, you know, I tell the parents, we are partners in this together. I mean, I think that means a lot. I told my parents, I took that line and I've told my parents on Clash Dojo, we're in this together and so many oh likes because it really it does it's it's all about the positive relationship with the parents. Very true. Um so yeah, and real quick if I can pay you back take us still like two three minutes because I always

118tell people this story and they kind of freak out. I tell everybody I'm a very bad parent and and when I say that and I and I say it sometimes at meetings and conference I'm a very bad parent and I get their attention right because they're saying okay what is this this person saying? The reason I tell them that is because when my ch my children were very small, right? My my wife, she's the one actually that drove this, so she gets all the credit. But when they were in the tub, we were doing Sesame Street at doing phonics, things like that on the wall, you know, little foams, you wet them, you put them on the wall, um reading to them, reading to them too at night, etc. She was working with them on

119with mathematics and things like that on the weekends. And we and I helped her when she told me, right? She'd give me the orders and say, "Hey, you do this part, you do this part." But that really worked because now and like I said, I have more time to focus on like I said, business, things like that and whatnot. But the kids are very good in school. They're very confident. They're always consistently getting good grades. They're always mastering the star. They're they're doing that now built on what they got at home, then taking over into the WISD education and building off of that. I realistically don't have to. We see the report cards and they're getting good grades. They're doing very well. We already got one this high school and that's continued on. And so

120if you do that input and and and put that at the very very beginning and instill that love for education for reading, for math and things like that, you're going to see the benefits because you won't be going to, you know, teacher uh teacher parent conferences and issues and behavior and things like that. It really does work. And I know others that have done it, too. So if you do it very early, that prek time frame, and get that instilled, you'll see the results. And and we have three different kids. They're all five years apart, and it's been consistent through each three. So, just wanted to put that out there tapping into what Mrs. Titan were saying. Thank you. You know, sir, sorry because he just I keep I'm thinking you said that test and

121thank you for giving us the the the copies of that. It was the map. Um, and something so simple as phmic awareness in prek. I mean, that's the number. It's just listening to the sounds. And a lot of parents don't understand that, right? We don't they we don't know that as non-educators that just playing with sounds like if I say cat, what do you hear? act and little things like that or having books in your house and a lot of parents, you know, they can't buy books or they can't. So maybe us as a school district, I don't know, just somehow educate the parents of those little ones, put videos out there. I'm thinking, I don't know, somehow educate like little things like playing with sounds, little things like playing rhyming games with your kid

122at home. If we as a district, I don't know if we have old books that we could donate to children to have at home, I think that would really make a big difference in our in our early literacy. You know, I that would be good to see. I I know I put pressure last time on technology. Where they at? Okay. I brought up a while back and I was like because I saw one district what they were doing for their prek for their prek 34 program. They were buying the student iPads and then they were uploading those iPads with apps for phonics and then they restricted the the access that the kids had. So when they took them home, they wouldn't have to like they were not going to get on the internet or YouTube,

123but they would load them up with with apps and then that district saw a lot of results in reading and it was a small investment. Plus, they increased their enrollment. So, if you're looking at a $200 investment or maybe a little bit higher for each student iPad versus the the enrollment now looking at finances, looking at the enrollment benefit of it, too. It just pays for itself and you start building a strong foundation. So, maybe something more pre I'm sorry, Roto, I'm seeing the CFO look at me right now like what are you talking about? But it's something to think about because it's been it's worked in others, you know. So, that's something to help with foundational and parents. We're going to have to add to the budget now. Yeah. See you. No, that's good.

124That's good. Any other comments? Final comments. All right, let's continue now. 882 discussions. Possible action for the board of trustees to consider approval of the longar governance for month report for April 2025. Recommend approval. Move to approve. Second. I have a mo a motion by Dr. Haime, second by Mr. Sutka to approve the Longar governance board monitoring report. All in favor, please say I. I. All against. Motion carries. 8B superintendent report Dr. Okay, I I have 14 14 slides. Uh page one is the the usual. These are the core values and my report always is set to improve student outcomes through Lonear governance. We do the business and finance, the academics, student support, and then public and community relations. So again, everything on the report goes back to stu improving student outcomes. Let me start

125on page two. We we're testing already. We started last week on STAR and EOCC. In elementary, you can see that we're testing math, reading, language arts, and science. The middle schools, math, algebra 1, reading, language arts, English one, science, and social studies. at the high school level, algebra 1, English one and two, biology, and US history. So again, we're testing up to May the 2nd. On page three, I just want to show on a curriculum the accountability that we had last year so you can see what the scores were. And the goal this year is to improve. I'll start with A and Rico. Their score was 82 and it was a B. Airport 79 a C. So close to being a B. Kler held 85 AB. Dr. Marggo 74 AC memorial 90 an A North

126Bridge 82 AB Mario Ira 76 AC Rul Gonzalez 89B Rudy Silva 860 AD Sam Houston 89 AB again so close to being being an A middle schooler 73 AD actually they had a C but you to the left you can see that uh they on the domains there were three domains where they earned a D. So because of the state that says you cannot you cannot get your C. So even though the 73 is a C we were with a D. Uh B Garza 84 A B Central 91 and A Mary Hog is 79 almost the the B AC South Gardens 94 and A East 81 of B West Lai 88 AB and the district 83 and AB so again these were the scores from last year the goal is to become better this school

127year uh page number four I'm talking about the teacher incentive a lotment The in 24-25 this school year we had 466 teachers eligible and of those almost 200 earned the designation and this is for five years and you can see the areas the assignments the K3 reading K3 math algebra 2 geometry science and biology uh 4 through 8 el math algebra 1 and English 1 two. So for this coming new year for 26 we're going to go we're going to propose an expansion. So now we've gone from 466 to 785 and the proposed for expansion you can see it's special ed and the fine arts the physical lead and then the other and on tonight's on eight the expansion modification is on tonight's consent agenda on on page five this is for tonight is on

128the consent to approve the calendar. You can see that calendar 2 was the one that had the most votes. Staff 604, parents 8:35, grand total 1439. Uh so again, this is on the consent for the board to approve this one. This one tonight on page six, we're having a big assessment study by TA and we're working with the campus administration to do this site visit. We do have a new and is he here already, Mr. Nanny? We do have a new K9 dog. His name is Sugar. It's a German short pointer male. And Sugar replaced Ornox, which is one to the right. Uh he retired. And let me say that also also very impressive on safety and security. We have purchased almost 450 high resolution cameras uh to upgrade service servers and storage to enhance

129the safety and the monitoring. And then my last slide, can you bring over here so the board can you bring sugar? So the board can see sugar. Thank you. Thank you, sugar. Don't bite me. You don't bite. How old is he? Uh, one a year. 10 months. Okay. Coach, thank you. Thank you. And then the last bullet. very very impressive very impressive on uh safety and security. We've stopped we stopped the fights by 40% when comparing last year from September to April the 10th. 40% less fights. So it's very impressive to all the schools that u are working very hard with their staff to reduce the fights. On page seven, uh, some updates on our projects. This is this is the non-bond HVAC projects at at Memorial. Uh, Trinity is the engineer and the board

130approved them on July 20 uh 2023. And if you remember, there was some history on that. We have to resend then rebid. And so the contractor is now carrier and the initial completion was September 2025. Uh we're we're we're below we have delays. So, we are meeting with him this week to make sure Trinity to get us back on target and uh it's going to be a a good meeting with them. Eyeball to eyeball to see what the delay is on North Bridge. You remember it was also the we're saying rebid. So carrier was the one that was approved in February 25 and the initial one is a year uh on December 2025. So that one is the one appears to be hopefully on target. On page eight, these are the bond HVAC projects. West

131Ohio and B Garza. Again, the engineer the board hired was Trinity and he and they were hired in March 2024. So, we're also behind on this one. We don't have the CSP either. So, again, we're meeting with them to see what the delay is and then whatever we have as far as ramifications on Quer. Now these are bond projects on quer the engineers E3 and the board approved them in March 28th carrier is a contractor approved this January they're on schedule so we should have this ready by November of 25 the HVAC controls districtwide again it's E3 and the contractor is Automated Logic Corporation the the date is March in a year March 26 West Loc East, Mary Hogan Central. The engineers DBR. The board approved this in March of 2025. The C CSP is

132pending. So, we expect completion by this August 2025 and it it's on schedule. On page nine, this is the update on the bond bond roofing projects. This these are all bonds. Mary Hog, Marggo, and Central. The architect is Amcro and the contract right now is under legal review and uh it was approved this January 20 25. The CSB is pending, but we expect completion a year from now on April the 26. The Roosevelt Library, this was a nonbond. Raba Kishner is the architect and right now it's under we're under the design the architect and it was approved in February 2025 CS CSP pending September 25 this coming September clickler held and Ricoch is the architect the board approved them in May 2024 the roofing contractor is Arggo and it was approved in March March 31st

133and the completion should be this coming September of 2025. The last one is big arson gym building envelope. Robert Kishner is the architect. There's some issues that we're having with Trinity. Robert Kishner is waiting on Trinity to complete the design before moving forward. And uh again, we're meeting with uh with uh with the engineer Trinity again to see what the delay is. And again we've got the meeting pending in this in this situation do we have do we have like a termination clauses at any point do we have the structure like when we do contracts with these architecture engineers do we have timelines saying because sometimes you got to control the phase right because you're seeing delays okay one that that naturally suppresses bids okay and also cost taxpayers money because the longer that you

134wait you're talking about a whole year delay in construction you're talking about a massive you're you're talking about an increase in price because everything goes up every single year Okay. It never goes backwards. It only goes up. That's just the way construction works unless you have some massive some some you know decline. So if you're having these individuals take this long and you're seeing a consistent pattern of delays. Okay. Is there clauses like that in our contracts with them? The answer is yes. And we'll meet with the attorney just so you can get out of this because we are having trouble with them and that and that does cost taxpayer dollars and like I said and then it reduces the amount of people he's coming to our meeting this week Mr. Eloy. So we can

135discuss this. Yes. The answer is yes. Okay. On on pa on page 10, this is status on bond projects and non-bond projects. The nonbond are from fund balance. And you can see that we're coming to the board uh from May to August on these 18 projects. We got the egg farm, the demolition of the old gym at Central, the band practice turf, the the Weslo East High School track resurfacing, the aquatic center lights. Number six, the restroom improvements at Marggo and Bearza. Seven is the fire alarm system. Eight, canopy for the activity buses. Number nine is a demolition of the Westico High swimming pool facility for the in the storage building. 10 is a middle middle school track where there were some issues with it with a with a dirt. So, we're going to bring

136this back soon. And then 11, the tennis courts resurfacing. And 12, Westl Ohio West baseball softball field scoreboard structure. 13, the change order on the on the iron fencing Panther Drive. 14, the stadium turf at Panther Wildcat Field. This is this is this is nonbond. and 15 closing out the window field grant vestibules at B Garza Middle School and West Loco East and then we talked about the 17 the flat work for the baseball and softball fields and non-bond and then the central office uh roofing non-bond. Okay, so these projects are coming to you between May, June, July and August. On on page 11, this is the business and finance. We now have four activity buses. Buses three and four are pictured below. And uh we're waiting for the last for the last bus on

137um in in May. We're doing the bank depository renewal coming to you in May. On tonight's consent, we have the arrows and omissions and cyber security. At number four at the stadium, we're doing the turf as part of tonight's consent agenda. I talked to coach already and we want to make sure that right after graduation their boots on the ground to have this ready by August. And number five, the vestibules for Garza and West Lao East is part of the consent tonight. and then vestibials for Memorial Gonzalez and Silva the same group or in group and they're scheduled to be complete this July. So hopefully in September we'll have these vestibules at these campuses on page 12. Mr. Roto mentioned this a earlier on you can see the last year and this year the claims

138the RX total. You can see Dr. Gthu has been working very closely on this. You can see that for this year right now compared to last year we're 1 1 million 534720 the funding for this and we are we are uh still funded uh fully funded will be a lot more expensive so for this year we budgeted 21,500,000 so far we spent and round I'm rounding off we spent 10 million and then stop loss 1.5 million so the estimated balance and I'm rounding is $10 million. So, but between between April and August, we anticipate spending the 10 million. So, we should we should break even. We should break even. And again, I'll keep you posted every month. But it looks like we're going to break even what we budgeted, what we funded, and what we're

139spending. And then we're going to have our committee, the employee benefits, study this. And we're coming back to the board in May for the board to go ahead and take action. But as Mr. Rodo mentioned, to be conservative, we're adding 2 million to the 26 budget. And uh most of the increase will be by the by the district and a little increase for the employees. So again, uh we're on target. We funded 21 million. will probably spend 21 million and there's no fund balance on this one. On page 13, this is a still funded workers comp and you can see 24 and 25. We have a few more claims this year. We paidund 103,000. We the funding was about half a million dollars. The fiscal year so far including the long-term claims is almost 300.

140So we have a balance here. We should have a balance at the end of the year. This runs through June. So in June, we should have a balance, but we also have another fund balance of 179. So we're in good shape again with our self-funded workers comp. We do have Dr. Canu conducts many safety trainings for the for the auxiliary staff and and again fully funded will be a lot more expensive than being self-funded. And my last slide is HR. HR is we talked about anyone on a permit. We've been talking about this since August. They staff members were told to complete the certification and uh they were given one year to complete. There's still a few have that have not gotten their their permits. So for 26 they're going to be recommended uh recommended

141to another assignment if they're not fully certified. And in tonight's agenda on B, you have all the recommendations for 2526 professional contracts. And then B, the letters of assurance will be issued in May for a pair of professionals and auxiliary staff. And the reason for the letters is so that they they're assured of a job otherwise they might go out there and seek uh unemployment. So this is the reason we give them letters. That's my report. There are 14 slides. Any questions from the board on any of these 14 slides? Mr. Los Sanentos, I'll start with you. Okay. Yes. I want to go back to the slide number nine. So, or let's see. Well, just just a discussion. Like I said, I guess I I should have used that that word. I should have said

142maybe default clauses, right? Like if there's default clauses built into the contract, we want to work with everyone, but just so people know, you're talking about a year delay. Like you got the contract a year ago and here we are still waiting for plans or we're waiting for CSPs and things like that. We have to be stewards of the taxpayer dollar. Right now, it's the best market for construction, right? because there is none. So that means that you're going to get extremely great rates. You know, we saved on the first on the first three rounds of AC contracts, y'all. It was a $16 million project that got bit out for what around 10.5 those three campuses. That's massive savings. That means that's something else now that we can do somewhere else. And so, so the

143thing is here is not speed and doing it wrong, but also have some kind of general timeline. If it if it takes a year to do plans, I don't know, does it? If not, then okay, where's where do we start pumping the brakes there and saying, "Hey, you're really not sitting well with our school district and we need you to speed things up because all that delay does, like I said, is just discourage people from bidding, okay, or moving on and suppressing uh participation." You know, at the end of the day, WSD picks the contractors, not engineers and architects. And the and the Dr. Leetta has a very very thought thoughtout, detailed system, and it's saving millions of dollars, but we need the plans. So, that's kind of something that I wanted to take into

144consideration and just really hit hone in on that because the the more we save, the more the more projects we can do and all that does benefit staff and students. So, that's the only thing I had. Everything else is is great information and you know, thank you for giving those individuals a year to get their certification. If they didn't, you know, um thanks for presenting on that and and putting that information out there for them as well, too. So, thank you so much. Thank you. And again, Dr. Rea is meeting with some of those architects this week. Okay. Coach Cerna, no. Any comments? Coach K doing a great job. Dr. Way to hold on to the ball. Thank you. Don't fumble. No, Dr. H. No. Thank you, Dr. Dea. You know, great great information and

145uh you know, I know it's testing season right now. So, you know, good luck to continued luck to all our campuses and students and staff. You know, keep up the great work. Thank you, Mr. Same as everybody else said. Thank you doctor and all the staff. Appreciate it. Excellent report and of course we will move forward. All right, let's go to uh consent agenda. I'll give you a a moment or a minute to see if you want to pull any particular item. Uh hopefully you had the opportunity to uh read them uh this weekend. So I'll start on the right today. Uh Mark, any item you'd like to uh pull at? No, sir. Okay. Uh coach, no sir. Uh no. Dr. H. I have none. And Maita? No. And I don't have none. Uh do

146I have a motion uh to approve the consent? Approve. Second. So we have a motion by coach and a second by Mr. Los Santos to approve the consent agenda. Any uh other questions or concerns before do we take it to vote. All in favor, please say I. I. I. Any against? Motion carries. All right. Let's go on to number 10. Discussion items. Update on trainings, conferences, events, and consider future agenda item request by board of trustees. Dr. Yes. What I'm going to do, I'm going to have the event sent you a calendar because there are a lot of the events coming up. Okay. So, you'll get a calendar. So, no action on this one. No action. All right. Number 11, discussion of possible action. None. Right. None. Okay. So, uh close meeting. So, uh 12A

147personal matters discussion regarding superintendent's recommendation of contracts for certified personnel, non-certified personnel, and non-contractual personnel. 1282 discussion regarding regarding resignations, retirements of certified prof professional, non-certified professional and non-contractual personnel. 1283 discussion regarding superintendent recommendation for the position of principal for airport drive elementary school. 12 A4 discussion regarding superintendent recommendation for the position of principal for North Bridge Elementary School. 1285 discussion regarding superintendent's recommendation for renewal of probationary term and continuing contracts for teachers and support personnel for the 25 26 school year 1286. Discussion regarding superintendent's recommendation for renewal of contracts for district administrators, principles, and assistant principles for the 2526 school year. 12 A7 discussion on superintendence evaluation. 12B, consultation with attorney regarding pending or contemplated litigation. 12B2, settlement offer. 12B3 matter in which the duty of the attorney of the West Coco Independent School

148District under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Board of Texas clearly conflicts with chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. Texas Government Code 551071 12B4 pursuant to the section 551071 of the Texas Government Code. Consultation with legal counsel concerning legal and procedural issues involving the proposed non-renewal of the chapter 21 contract of administrator Mary Moreno and discussion regarding selection of council to advise at any renewal non-renewal hearing and 12B5 pursuant to the section 551 of 074 of the Texas government code consider and discuss superintendent's recommendation to propose the non-renewal of chapter 21 term contract administrator Maria Moreno at the end of the 2425 school year. It is 7:56 and we will go into executive session. All right, it is uh 9:33 and we recommend an open meeting. 13A, possible action if

149necessary on items discussing close meeting. 13B discussion of possible action regarding superintendent's recommendation of contracts for certified professional, non-certified professional and non-contractual personnel. Dr. recommend uh approval. Uh I'd like to make a motion to approve contracts, but as discussed in executive session, the contract discussed that one contract discussed will have a mandatory ending date of December 1st, 2025 with a one-time salary adjustment based on reduced duties. That's my motion. Okay. I'm sorry, but that'll be 13F. 13B. 13F. 13. So, story one. He said 13B. 13B. Yeah. Yeah. Cuz the other ones is teachers and support personnel. 13F is the one. Your motion. Okay. It's for 13F. Yes. For 13B is just hires that are being taken to the trustees for consideration. Yes. Which one is it? 13B agenda. This one is which one? Then 13F.

15013B. Yeah. 13B. Recommend approval of all all these contracts. Make a motion to approve. Second. We have a motion by Mr. Los Santos. Second by coach to uh uh recommendation of contracts for certified personnel, non-certified professional and non-contractual personnel. All in favor, please say I. I. All against. Motion carries. 13 C. Recommend approval. This is a This is a new hires clerical motion approved. I have a motion by Mr. Vano. Do I have a second? Second by coach Quer uh to approve all uh certified professional, non-certified professional and non-contractual personnel. All in favor, please say I. I. I. All against motion carries. 13D. Discussions and action regarding superintendent's recommendation for the position of principal for airport drive elementary school. I'm recommending Gilberto move to approve. Second. We have a motion by coach Qua second by

151Mr. Los Santos for the approval for Mr.O for principal at airport elementary. Any discussion? All in favor, please say I. I. All yes. Motion carries. And he's here. Congratulations. Congratulations, Mr. Royoso. You'll do a good job. All right. Continue on to 13E. Discuss discussion and possible election regarding superintendent's recommendation for the position of principal in Northbridge Elementary. Uh recommend motion approve. Second. We have a motion uh by Mr. Los Santos, second by coach for the approval for the North Bridge Elementary School. Any discussion? All in favor, please say I. I. Let me introduce her. All right. Mes, [Applause] congratulations, Mrs. Bones, and I know you do a good job. You're welcome. 13F. discussion and uh possible action regarding superintendent's recommendation for renewal on probationary term and continuing contracts for teachers and support personnel for the

1522025 2026 school year. Okay. I'd like to make a motion to approve contracts, but as discussed in executive session, the contract that we discussed will have a mandatory ending date of December 1st, 2025 with a one-time salary adjustment based on reduced duties. I have a motion by Mr. Sto. Do I have a second? Second. So we have a second by uh coach Qu. Any discussion? All in favor, please say I. I. All oppose. Motion carries. 13G. Discussion and uh action regarding superintendent's recommendation for renewal of contracts for district administrators, principles, and assistant principles for the 2526 school year. Recommend approval. Motion to approve. Second. We have a motion by Mr. Los Santos. Second by Mrs. Any discussion? All in favor, please say I. I. I. All against. Motion carries. Discussions. Possible action on superintendent evaluation.

153Uh we discussed the evaluation. Dr. I will personally be with you probably tomorrow to go over the uh evaluation. I think it was an excellent evaluation from each board member. uh didn't want to take the opportunity to to mention the great job that you do, but you do. And uh if there's any particular items that uh need a little bit of uh improvement, I'll let you know because there there's not many. There's only a few. Uh overall, you know, you everybody knows where the district is and uh the direction you've uh taken it and uh you and your staff have done an excellent job and you continue to do an excellent job. So, uh, we will continue to support you and, uh, if there's any minimal items that you have to work on, uh, after

15440 years, I don't think there's many, but there's one or two. Oh. Oh, yes. All the time. Not perfect. So, it's a team effort. Yes, sir. It's a team effort and the board is a team. Thank you all. So, uh, I'll I'll meet with you tomorrow and we'll go over the the evaluation. Okay. All right. Is there is there anything about extensions or actually, you know what? uh you know that's something to to maybe in the next board meeting or whatever but uh remember also that when we do uh finalize any salary increase for teachers then we can also the percent the percentage that we give administrators or the percentage that we give teachers should be equal say it's 3% or 4%. Then we'll agree okay Dr. will get a 4% increase, too. I don't

155I don't think it's the time to say this is the increase that he's going to get. Let's wait. Uh, of course, we're going to get the scores and so forth and they'll be they'll be good. So, that's when we can do an update on his salary. You agree with that, Dr. Yes. Thank you. I'm good. Okay. All right. Let's see. Move on that one. Uh, there's there's uh no uh discussion and possible actions. So we don't have any possible action on it. Well, well that's the action. Well, we're going to bring it back and do talk about salary increase and I'd like to What was the action item on it? We can do the action and we approve his evaluation. We approve the evaluation. Right. Move to approve the evaluation. Second. Okay. We have a

156motion by Dr. Hime. I second it by Mr. Los Santos to approve. We do it together to approve the evaluation for Dr. and uh Yes. Okay. So any questions? All in favor, please say I. I. All oppose. Motion carries. 13. I discussion, consideration, and possible actions on superintendent's recommendation to propose the non-renewal of chapter 21 term contract of an administrator uh Mary Moreno at the end of the 2425 school year and to authorize the superintendent and the board president to provide all required notices. Dr. Eva, it's your recommendation. Okay. I make a motion for the superintendent to meet with legal and the employee as discussed in executive session. I second. We have a motion by Mr. Los Santos and a second by coach Quer. Any discussion? All in favor, please say I. I. All oppose.

157Motion carries. The German. So move. 9:41 and we are