Weslaco ISD Regular Board Meeting (March 10, 2025)

001e e e good evening I'm isto president of the West Z Board of Trustees is it on is it on yeah the regular board meeting is being conducted in compliance with the Texas open meetings act not of this meeting has been posted online for 72 hours there you go thank you for for a recording of this meeting is being made will be available to the public at a later date the time now is 5:35 and I will call this meeting to order I will begin the road call uh Mrs Jackie suita pres Dr haime Rodriguez present Mr Eddie CNA present Mr Ben Castillo present and Mr Mar Los Santos present coach qu will be here a few minutes later let the record reflect that we have a a quorum available for this board meeting number

002three invocation Dr would you be so kind to Bow your heads and gentlemen if you're wearing a hat if you just be removing in reverence to the Lord let us pray 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 work to provide for our families we thank you for the many blessings you have bestowed upon WD and those to come father we will never Tire nor waiver to ask you to continue to bless and Grant greater wisdom to our superintendent Dr Richard Riva and our amazing board thank you for their leadership and humility Lord may your will be done in our

003board meetings help us to always maintain Integrity in what you have left in our care help us always to be focused on the betterment of boys and girls in Westco ISD as our students begin the testing season we pray Clarity of Mind peace in their hearts and the knowledge that they have obtained throughout the year flood back into their hearts and Minds as they challenge the test we know they will do amazingly well bless our administrators staff and teachers with wisdom Integrity patience and the physical and mental strength to continue and finish this year strong above all bless our students with Divine protection physical and mental health and Providence there is gratitude in our hearts for all that you have done are doing and will do in the days to come may all of our

004hearts reflect the spirit of forgiveness as you have forgiven us we ask you all this in your precious glorious and mighty name of Jesus and everyone says amen amen thank you Mr uh Pledge of Allegiance Dr Mr good evening would everyone please stand Place their right hand over their heart and turn towards the United States flag 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 we'd ask everyone to remain standing right hand over their heart and turn towards the Texas flag honor and the Texas flag I pledge allegiance to thee Texas one State under God one and indivisible thank you Mr bmer we go uh to item number five Awards and uh recognition

005many awards tonight yes lots of awards we have a full house we're glad everybody's here tonight because there's a lot to celebrate Dr Deva Mr board president members of the board uh tonight a lot to celebrate here in the month of March as we move on towards the end of the school year let's bring in our first group of students to recognize them here tonight have about a big hand for our jroc Cadets as they enter the all right as they get lined up I'll go ahead and get started we have a lot we have a lot to talk about with this group here tonight we want to congratulate a special group of students the westle co High School JC Raider challenge C Cadets representing the Panthers these Cadets competed and won first place trophies

006at several challenges throughout the year Raider teams competed in archery Marksmanship and Robotics in tournaments involving up to 20 schools from across the real Grand Valley the Raider team also represented westo high school at the National Raider challenge held in Fort Knox Kentucky we are proud to announce that Cadet major Francisco Silva was selected as Cadet of the month for the fifth Brigade for the his outstanding academic accomplishments and Leadership skills the fifth Brigade is the largest Roc Brigade in the US Army with over 352 high schools from across Texas to Utah let's give them a round of applause and if their parents are here can they please stand and be recognize parents parents who are here all right let's take a photo all right once again congratulations [Applause] students congratulations good job all right

007up next we'd like to congratulate some of our students from our fine arts department how about we give them a round of applause as they walk into the [Applause] room I believe they're backed up with traffic right now so we'll give them a little bit of time I know they're out there they were lined up what group what group is this we're going to be recognizing the miai our miai groups from West Lo East and from West Lo High School okay all right let's give them a round of applause [Applause] well tonight we want to congratulate our high school miai groups our programs who recently returned from state competition in sigin our miai groups both receive straight ones in area to join 98 schools that advance to state competition we are proud to announce here

008with us right now we have a panta from West lco High School we uh our students perform before a panel of three judges who critique them on music technique and Showmanship Maria Pantera received straight ones at State this is the second year they accomplished this feat only 20 schools from 1A to 6A earned this distinction let's give them them a round of applause parents if you're here can you please stand and be recognized parents [Applause] they took a real quick conat congratulations once again congratulations to Maria panta let's give him a round of [Applause] applause this is peace right PE this is Ortiz right want to for you want to go up one level up one level up next we want to congratulate our Maria group from West loo East High School Maria Tani Maria

009Tani also recently returned from sigin where they received a division one rating at state competition making history bringing their first state UIL division one rating home also making history for uani is member of G Ortiz who received an outstanding performer medal as vocalist let's give her a round of applause parents if you're here can please stand and be recognized [Applause] parents once again congratulations Maria Tani [Applause] all right up next we have some of our athletes who are coming into the room let's give them a round of applause all right this this evening we want to congratulate the wesle co High School boys and girls basketball teams we'll start off with the boys team first obviously both these teams brought home the 326a basketball championship titles presenting the wesle co High School boys championship team

010several members won postseason distinctions we'd also like to recognize their coaches Mike jannis Nate salaad Isaac kamacho Roman Marquez and Julius Marquez and the 326a coach of the year Gabriel Valdez once again congratulations on winning the district Championship parents if you're here can you please stand and be recognized parents one more once again congratulations all right congratulations all right more Applause here because we have the 3268 girls Champion how about we give them a round of applause as they sit up here so we want to congratulate the 326a girls basketball champions lady Panthers claimed not only the district Championship but a by District Championship as well and we're area finalists several lady Panthers were also named All State academic team we congratulate Victoria th Caitlyn Solis and Isabelle Magan how about a round of applause

011we'd also like to recognize assistant coaches David Medina and we also have here the 326a coach of the year gelao let's give her a round of applause also want to recognize coach Haley is here coach Haley I also want to give her a round of applause and I also want to recognize the parents thank you parents all right okay hey Carlos before we continue yes uh just a couple of comments uh on behalf of the board of course a special thank you to all the coaches and sponsors they have done an outstanding job with our teams of course the mariaa panta and the mares from East did very well this year first time in history uh congratulations to all of them and of course to the parents too our special thank you uh Mrs Jackie

012any comments I know you're but wait there's more I know but there going have another team yes okay we'll comment on that one in a few minutes sorry yes I I just want to say you know when I was in high school I was part of the basketball team the girls I was part of the miai and we never got to come to the boardroom and come to say we got to go to state or District champ so congratulations it's a big deal so it's awesome and we're super proud of you guys and the girls way to go Dr hman congratulations same thing great job Mr Ben Castillo uh yes uh congratulations to all thank you guys for for making uh your District proud and keep working hard Mr coach same thing congratulations a lot

013of hard work goes into that and really appreciate uh all the effort of the coaches and the parents Mr Mr Los Santos uh same thing congratulations to everyone especially the parents and the students and the coaches there's a lot of self-sacrifice there time money distance and things like that so it's just amazing to see all these different teams and all these different programs performing at such a high level so congratulations to everybody okay Carlos now you can take over and we'll come back to make some more comments thank you to K West who who airs the these games on the YouTube it's awesome because if we can't be there we're watching online so thank you for that also good point this is okay Carlos all right let's continue on we have some more athletes to

014congratulate how about a big hand for the wesla boys basketball team all right so congratul UL ation to the West lqu High School boys District 325A District Champions the wild cats had a remarkable season they went undefeated in District they finished the season with an 18-0 perfect District record overall they had an impressive record as well with a 29 and5 record and several Wildcats also won individual postseason distinctions we congratulate them for that also we want to recognize the assistant coaches first Abel Angulo Andrew Rangel Anthony conteras Phil Sid and we also want to recognize the 325A Coach of the Year head coach Zeke Rodriguez now parents if you're here can you please stand and be recognized parents all right congratulations once again congratulations all right up next we want to recognize another group here

015how about a big hand for these athletes as they walk into the room tonight we want to recognize another group of athletes these ladies are from West loal High School we congratulate them because they are the 16 sixa District girls wrestling champions the team went on to have great success at regionals with two lady Panthers qualifying for state state qualifier Yasmin Cruz and state qualifier melany Avila let's give them a round of applause we also want to recognize their coaches who are in the back head coach we have Moises Chavez are the ones in the colorful jackets and we'd also like to recognize parents parents if you're here can you please stand and be recognize parents [Applause] once again congratulations ladies and [Applause] [Music] coaches congratulations congratulations tonight we want to celebrate tonight we want

016to celebrate our campuses that have successfully increased attendance during the fourth six weeks of school meeting or surpassing our average daily attendance goals benefits our district but most importantly it benefits our students elementary schools meeting the district's Ada standard for the fourth of six weeks we'll start off with a 97.8 6 Ada kleckler held Elementry [Applause] congratulations up next also from the elementary being recognized for a 9630 Ada Margot Elementary [Applause] and now for our secondary schools meeting the ada8 standard with a 95.1 N Central Middle School we' also like to recognize another school meeting the Ada with a Ada of 97.6 for South Palm Gardens High School [Applause] congratulations Miss Wells all right once again thank you to our principles and congratulations up next we would like to recognize a special group of counselors

017counselors I know some counselors here to be recognize if you can please stand up would you like to come to the front please all right so tonight we are recognizing a special group of Staff members the Texas School counsil Association presented 15 of our campuses with a 2024 2025 Crest award for providing excellent counseling programs Crest which stands for counselors reinforcing Excellence for students in Texas recognizes programs which have demonstrated a successful implementation for the Texas model devised by the Texas Education Agency we congratulate our elementary middle and high school counselors for bringing the state level recognition to West lco ISD congratulations Mr thino will do the next presentation oh your team is this one for KS oh okay thank you caral now you know how the rest of them feel when they're up there

018by themselves so tonight we congratulate one of our departments that has has consistently brought you the sights and sounds of wqud this group of hardworking individuals are behind the scenes capturing our news and promoting our district this time they will put their cameras down and join us here on the stage the the kwest production crew recently attended the 2025 Texas Schools public relations Association winning several gold certificates three gold medals and a crystal commodation in the video portfolio category for their coverage of the 2024 lady Panther softball team the video portfolio included video features of key players game recaps from Austin social media coverage school district and City recognitions and live coverage of the celebration during the team state championship run photographer Vinnie Barry and reporter Mike Gonzalez covered the game from Austin photographers Don

019Ramirez Val Zamora and chief photographer Mike palasio captured events and created video features that were in the portfolio graphic artists Nate Pena and Samantha Holly featured the team on social media K West is under the direction of Carlos Robo let's give them a big round of applause good J oh back to work all right thank you Mr trino proclamations any more no more awards for right now oh that's it all right okay before we continue of course we had quite a number of awards uh and uh any comments this time real quick uh Mrs sust on the the last ones were East basketball team whhs girls wrestling team the Ada our counselors and K West oh so many groups but just the same thing as before amazing congratulations to everybody and thank you K West

020like I mentioned I was one of the ones at home watching these basketball games and all these events online so great job for sharing everything that we're doing online with all the kids and especially also congratulations to the counselors y'all are doing amazing so just keep up the good work thank you Dr Hime same great job you know there was three uh coach of the years uh I think we celebrated tonight so great job to all three and and the rest of the groups uh counselors principles um you know K West team you know you guys are awesome thank you for the great work you all do y Mr Castile yes just uh congratulations to all groups who got recognized today thank you for all of your hard work thank you for uh all the

021positive uh things that you bring uh to Wesco ISD and whatever we can do to support you let us know Mr sna well same thing congratulations to all uh counselors great uh great to see all of you here and and you know for all the hard work you all do and being around coaching for many years uh I saw K West work you know firsthand and they've always been like our book says Second To None they always promote West ysd and and very appreciative of you guys thank you Mr Los Santos yes um I'm going to Echo the same that everybody else has been saying thank you to all the parents the students the staff um for all all their all their work that they do all their input all their sacrifice and it just

022goes to show like as far as our school district right little marketing Point here is just what we offer not only are we dominant on academics but we're also dominant on the field and that's any field uh that we're talking about and also Fine Arts as well so we just uh hope to continue to be supportive as a board and support each program um um regardless of where it's all around the schools whether it's elementary middle school and high school so great job to everybody thank you thank you and of course uh Mr Robo thank you for promoting all our Sports and all our academics because there's a lot a lot of times a lot of parents that cannot attend or cannot afford to attend so they have the opportunity to watch it at home

023but also like the coacha mentioned all those coaches and all those sponsors have done tremendously and of course that puts places weso second to n here in the valley right Dr R and so as we continue to progress then other District will look to West Coast you know what is it that they're doing and they're doing it so well so thank you very much uh Carlos continue up next we have proclamations so we're going to go ahead and move forward with our Proclamation um and then we'll have a special recognition after our proclamations okay so wesla Co ISD Independent School District has a long-standing tradition of excellence and strives to bring together all resources to provide our students and staff with the best opportunities for success to that end wesle qud acknowledges and celebrates initiatives

024departments and organizations that join in our efforts to develop expand and enrich our learning environment for students parents and employees therefore isidto president of the WD District Board of Trustees does hereby Proclaim March 2025 as child of the military month we also Proclaim National Library week April 6th through the 12th gifted and talented awareness week April 7th through the 11th Public Schools volunteer week April 21st through the 25th after school professionals appreciation week April 21st through the 25th Secretaries Day also known as Administrative Professionals Day April 23rd in West LD and urge all citizens to recognize with appreciation our District's commitment to education and helping our children achieve their Highest Potential sign isidoro nto president of WD Board of Trustees how about a round of applause for all those initiative so once again for um

025child of the military month it is for April not for March I apologize for that okay I think uh we might have uh inly left two out here on the on the list doans and social workers right so I'm going to say that one next that's going to be a special recognition so we do have some educational diagnosticians here and some social workers here can they please stand and be recognized as I read this special recognition for you tonight we acknowledge several special guests that have joined us here today from the special education and the counseling departments we celebrate our educational diagnosticians and social workers during this month and throughout the year thank you ladies and gentlemen how about a round of applause [Music] hey uh mindi uh or Dr IA can we bring him

026up here so they can take a picture with just like with all groups to the front take a picture please [Music] [Applause] this way all right they're ready thank you all right job was that the last one that's it all right moving right along uh number seven public comments Dr Rea uh I think you have we have three three okay we have uh according to this we have four what okay all right so uh when I call your name out will you please stand and I'll read uh what I have to read to all of you instead of doing doing individually I'm going to do it as know the process go ahead if you want to speak go ahead be patient if not okay okay with the following one um the uh public speakers please

027stand uh Matt buos Mrs Diana Gara Mr Valdez me oh Mrs Valdez Julie okay and Mr Edward Mahia Edward not Edward that's what I said Edward that's what it says here I want to remind you again Mr Mia be patient be calm and we won't have any problems in public comments or any other future okay thank you all right I'm going to read all these to each one of you or four all four of you and then when you come up you'll state your name your address and then we'll allow you the three minutes that we always allow even though you already know them it's just part of the procedures pursuing to the Texas open meeting act the Board of Trustees may not deliberate on any comments made by a member of the public on

028a subject that is not included in the agenda posted with notice of this meeting as for the Texas Attorney General the scope of the board discussion for a subject not part of the meeting agenda is limited only a proposal by a board member to place a subject on a future board agenda specific factual information of existing policy may be furnished in respond to inquiries but the board shall not deliberate or decide regarding any subject that is not included on the agenda posted with the notice of the meeting audience participation at 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 by the board unless recognized by the presiding officer

029no 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 any other information as there is no immunity from defamatory comments while participating in public comments you may be seated let me call the first person up which will be Mr Matt buos Mr buos please state your name and your address yes sir good evening my name is Matt buos my address is 26354 Hackney Lane and that is in San Antonio Texas oh thank you and uh our board secretary will uh get let you know when you have one minute left on of your three minutes yes sir you may proceed uh first off let me thank you uh Dr Mr nto President nto members

030of the board uh everything that you do is incredibly thank thankless so I want to thank you as uh behalf as a Texan and a taxpayer I'm the proud father of a of a fifth grader up in komal ISD I'm a Texas native and a United States Army veteran I have been working with Mr Daniel Rea uh for the past year regarding our uh school safety system our safety platform um We have replaced the system in Uvaldi our system was in place in Alpharetta Georgia on the most recent unfortunate event uh I come to you this evening to uh simply initiate a little sense of urgency behind the program it is very near and dear to me uh Mr ARA as well um we are unfortunately approaching a time frame that would uh inhibit us

031on getting you moved forward installed and have your teachers safety and staff trained for the next school year uh this has been a previous discussion I believe uh in an open form as well as behind closed doors uh again I come to you uh made the quick trip down just to visit with you to let you know that um we're we're booking up uh Lake Travis ISD Dripping Springs ISD Fredericksburg Bernie Floresville Leia are all in there and we've got a lot of work a good work to do so we have a good problem in our hands uh this is again is very dear to uh Mr Rea and myself uh to get your kiddos and your staff uh safe U for the next school year I am available for questions after the meeting but

032just wanted to again say thank you for everything you do for the kiddos the citizens and your staff here at Wesco ISD thank you Mr buus thank you uh next on the agenda is Mrs Diana Gara please state your name address Mrs Gara Diana Gara 101 East 10 Street and uh you'll have three minutes just like every other presenter uh Dr Heim will let you know when you have one minute left good evening Dr DEA School Board trustees parents students staff today I stand before you to shed light on agenda 12 B4 Mela seura versus WD in my hand here I have a copy of the infamous long extensive Weaver forensic audit report that you all agreed to pay over $300,000 of taxpayers Monies to initiate the audit I'm nothing short of flabbergasted by the

033deeply troubling unethical practices committed by mura during her tenure at as an HR director for westo ISD as presented in this long report the majority has to do with HR practices her unethical actions and epismooth got robbed of not having the best qualified applicants fill positions that were posted in many cases positions were filled by the least qualified applicants first and foremost the role of a human resource directors to Foster fairness inclusion and respect within the workplace however her actions undermine these values in this report there are many sightings of favoritism discrimination and manipulation in the decision making process that created a toxic environment where employees felt undervalued and disregarded these were not just isolated issues but clear patterns of behavior that go against the very principles that HR should have been upholding her ethical

034practices led to unjust treatment of employees including biased hiring practices unequal opportunities for advancement and the wrongful dismissal of Staff members in a fair and just workplace each individual should have an an equal opportunity to succeed regardless of their background gender or personal relationships unfortunately this clearly was not the case under her tenure at as HR Director her actions were not only unfair but also a violation of the ethical standards that she failed to uphold you must restore your trust and ensure that such unethical practices are are not repeated in the future and every wqud employee deserves a workplace where respect and fairness Prevail and it is up to us to advocate for a culture that reflect reflects these values I strongly believe that each one of you will agree or agree that she did

035a lot of damage that resulting in her termination as a board it is imperative that you continue to hold her accountable by by not awarding her any monies that belong to taxpayers and our students you must continue to restore trust and ensure that such an ethical practices are never repeated in the future by setting an example this evening on behalf of all the people that she harmed and the students at West ysd do the right thing and say no to lining her pocket at the expense of our taxpayers and students present a weaver report to a jury and let them serve justice to all the victims of westa qud thank you and God bless westa thank you Mrs Gara next on the agenda is Mrs Miss Julie Valdes Jules does Jules uh please state your

036name and your address my name is Julian Valdez and my address is in Stone Street and Dr haime will Texas sorry oh okay you have three minutes so Dr H will let you know when you have one minute left you may proceed okay I'm here talking about 12 point b.1 and what I assume is 12 pointb point2 12 pointb point3 and 12 pointb 12 pointb point4 I assume they're all related to one another and this has to do in terms of Miss melb seura um I just really want to say what di said because I completely 100% agree with what msana Garza just finished saying and the thing is that my message and the reason why I'm here is very plain and simple we should not be negoti negotiating with educational terrorists because that's what

037this woman was that's what she yielded her position her power her influence the two run-ins that I had with this woman and I'm going to go ahead and state who it was was because of that man over there Dr kuu and it was because a club had been unfairly taken away from me when I was there this club belonged to the students I spearheaded this club I brought it to fruition in the Waco East and um when I went there from the start of the meeting which should be documented because I saw her hold on Miss Jill except when you're presenting do not mention names please well I don't know how to say this without saying names just say so I cannot say MB either or yes that one's already clear you're okay with that

038but don't mention any other ones that are employed right now just say the per a person yeah so a person that the doctor that has no class he went again again don't insinuate please just use facts okay I've seen him I've seen the way he treats people he treated me such way too I'm going to give you one more opportunity or it's going to end I will take that opportunity sir so I could finish what I have to say but what I see here is exactly why I'm here this is exactly why I'm here and I'm the exactly because you all protect the institution admin the higher ups you all protect the bad behavior of these individuals and not only do you protect the bad indiv the behavior you guys pay them off you pay

039them off you settle with them yeah have one minute ma'am and what I'm saying here am I going to get restored the time I was interrupted and I and um you guys sit there and you guys and the public should know that you have given tax monies to people who have committed wrong and do not deserve to have gotten that money there are people here somebody who went a year and a half without and the going over here this is why I'm here because this has got to stop those payouts have to stop or else where does it stop Miss MOA say would have brings a lawsuit and you're going to settle with her you're GNA like missana said Miss Jana said line her pocket with money after she did all the wrongdoing it's on

040the Weaver report we paid $325,000 and that's why I'm here because this is God to stop because where does it end so that does that mean I can come with a lawsuit and also get a payout because I people have lost their jobs because this woman everybody's going to line up and ask you guys with a hand forward just to ask you for some money so that's why I'm here do not settle with this woman thank you Mr do not settle thank you next is uh Edward Mia yes sir please state your name and your address when you step up to the podium please before we move on can I ask a question uh the First Amendment because I'm studying these cases right now this is a question for legal uh for the First Amendment

041um you know freedom of speech are names allowed to be said in the meetings because as I what I've seen in public cases here they are at a school board we mean it's a First Amendment speech that's what I'm that's why I'm asking I want to I want to make this clear uh that we are legally okay I just want to make sure that we are following the lock correct that's a good question Mr and we'll look into it for the next board meeting well policy policy can be set by the school district to what's allowed and allowed but usually you're right you don't allow uh public comments to be used against active employees because you're not protecting them I I am studying a case Pickering versus Board of Education and this is exactly what

042it was about and I took it to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court ruled in in um favor of the public comment so I just want to make sure that you know is legal that I understand I just want to make sure that we're doing the right thing by law by the Constitution of America and the First Amendment speech that we are following legal um practices and we'll follow up for the next board meeting so that way we can have the a copy of the policy and I believe that's what it states the policy states that that you cannot mention names also I want clarify excuse me we're not we're not finished Mr Mr M you're up you're up Mr Mia thank you thank you Miss Jules I wasn't any I know I know

043before that can you have that posted in case you have that policy search so we can see it yes before my time starts all right you stated your name and your address no sir not yet okay go ahead good evening uh Mr board president uh Dr Richard Riva members of the board uh my name is Mr Edward Mahia of course you all know me very well and my address is here in wo for the past 38 years all right so you have three minutes and Dr H will let you know when you have a minute left you might proceed okay thank you Mr board president um my position here today is is is plain and simple I am as a very proud Uncle of my nephew that attends B Garza Middle School I am very

044upset and disgusted on the level of that Administration that you have in place there that school is disgusted and they have no no place nor value on the way because of the simple fact how my nephew who's in the sixth grade currently and is the first time U attendee of whato ISD has been bullied since he's been in that school I sick and tired of my nephew coming home and telling us that nothing has been done there was a severe incident which I brought to your superintendent's attention and I also very disgusted on the level of the way yall as board members I've helped every single one of y'all personally have not been there to help us at all in this situation it's very upsetting I'm very hurt and I apologize for my earlier Outburst

045the way I conducted myself but I'm I mean put yourself in my shoes my nephew who was very proud to come to this district is being ridiculed and bullied and your assistant principal um which I'm not going to mention names cuz you said we're not supposed to but he had the nerve to threaten my nephew and place them in haup while your principal sat and did nothing nothing and you have a superintendent that's sitting there saying that he's against bullying and my nephew has been bullied severely and nothing has been done about it this is ridiculous I'm sick and tired of having this happen my nephew all he's trying to do is get the same education as everyone else and I don't know it's because he's being called out because of me personally being so

046politically influenced and if that's the case I should have no bearing whatsoever because that's me as a proud individual that loves to do what I love to do on the side my nephew loves to go to this that campus but at the end of the day individuals are being he's being harmed by individuals because of his wave unfortunately and none of y'all I've contacted some of y'all individually and all of you have lights to me you were going to lights help me out I've come and tried to get another meeting with drena his secretary tells me uh she has informed me that he's not available yet he sits there and said he has an open door policy and we can come and visit as we see but I have I've still been waiting I have

047the proof where I've been contacting M trying to get a meeting and my brother has as well my my sister-in-law too and he just said there was another incident that happened uh the other day and and that and that Administration has just been very rude and they just have not addressed the issue at all so I am not going to leave here until I get a meeting and see what's going to happen with my nephew see what direction we can do with this cuz it's getting out of hand it's getting and my nephew is traumatized because there's a lot of um mending s uh situations that have been transferring without with the first incident and now it keeps occurring so I want we want we just want action to be done that's it thank you

048Mr Mahia and Dr Vera will follow up alongside the counceling staff thank you that's the last one correct all right let's continue on uh number eight longar Governor Dr yeah let me start with the superintendent report on on page one you know everything everything we do is on the core values on the Lone Star the pems Safety and Security curriculum finances everything is tied in to student outcomes on page two this is where we have the enrollment we start the online enrollment and the Staffing is based on student enrollment the larger enrollment the more staff that we have you will see the schools and then the difference last year and this year Sam Houston is at a plus plus eight Sila a + 39 Gonzalez a minus 53 Margo a + 20 airport a minus

04924 Memorial A+ 29 Northbridge a plus 26 Rico a minus 24 kler Hill a minus 47 ivara a minus 6 Mary hog a minus 76 quer +4 Central minus one bigara a minus 27 the career career development center the the Dropout area a plus 34 uh South Palm Gardens zero no no same same number 6464 East a minus 65 and West Ohio a plus 38 so overall comparing years we're at a minus 115 so again uh earlier you saw all the awards and we have all of these schools and we have outstanding students and you saw their achievements so I'm very proud of all of our students and staff for for the work they do and again we're second SEC second to no one on page three I'm happy to report that we set the

050budget at 14,500 the average as of right now at the end of four six weeks is 14,700 with a sassy is a plus 449 together 88 plus ass sassy is 15,490 Ada above the budget is 649 times 8,500 per student so right now at the end of four six weeks we have a surplus of 5.5 million which is very very very good we still have two challenging six weeks to go and with this money we're looking at the incentive stiens classroom supplies and uh I I want to again the principles our staff at schools the parents Diana Gara who does the visits and then my cabinet all of us together are responsible for having a good Ada again to challenging six weeks to go but right now if school ised today we would have $5.5

051million more on page four this is the Ada from previous year from previous years in 23 the budget was set at 15,700 but the actual amount was 138 this was before my time and because of that we added Millions I think it was 16 $17 million in the deficit we taken care of that and with the ERS so that was that was a bad year as far as the Ada uh in 24 the proposed budget was 14,000 we came in 14,522 their additional millions of dollars for 24 for this school year we set the budget at 145 and right now it's 147 so because of this again we we anticipate the additional monies for next year instead of going 147 I'm going to go 146 a little conservative because of the vouchers we don't know

052what's going to happen so if it's higher than 146 we get additional monies if it's lower we have to pay the money pay the money back so again very proud of everyone that I mentioned they're responsible for all of this and uh again we continue the hard work on page five I mentioned before kind of want to bring it up again this is completed fund balance projects not with bond election monies but from savings and uh there there's 16 that I want to bring up the Aquatic Center these have been done or in progress the West loo East High School Stadium scoreboard the district chairlift at the stadium LED lighting the billboard the two activity buses playground equipment sensory rooms three yellow buses some maintenance Vehicles Port dou AC units baseball and softball turfs at

053both high schools the extracurricular needs uh the the tents hydration system the drainage the Marquee and Mary H qu and Kate we're working on the Margo on the Margo U Marquee we'll have that by the summer and then fire alarm so again these are things that were done through not bond election money from our savings from from our fund balance on page seven these are these are the kind of the new ones I've added some as you know on a we have $65 million in our fund balance the 3month reserve is 43 million so we have $22 million left to do on Project projects this money is earning interest and you can see that I have 15 listed we're looking at the electric gates for the campuses districtwide Library Furniture uh additional cost for the

054HVAC that were not that were not budgeted and I'll get a report to you next month on the HB we have the gym bleachers at Central and B Garza the Barbie field bleachers the band practice area the water fountains and canopies Vehicles Pavilion repairs campus maintenance tractors the activity bus the canopy the turf at our at our stadium that will be done after graduation we talked last month about the pool Demolition and storage then we also talked about having the open dirt area between the softball fields to go ahead and do some asphalt work on it so of the the amount that's there we we still have $9 million left and then the budget we continue again in the fall with the money that's saved and uh most districts use fund balance to balance their

055budgets we use fund balance for projects on page seven these are items on tonight's consent agenda on a we have the the quotes for more more carpet in our offices on B is the agenda item to approve the energy consultant Marco Arondo and also under consent we have the approval to delegate to me the authority to go ahead and sign a contract for the electricity services that provide the best value for the district we study the market daily so when it's slow We to go ahead and contract and then later I'll come to the board and in the district on on the the rate right now is 0 042 per kilowatt hours and this expires in May the current electricity market rate is 0.65 Which is higher so if it stays that high we're going

056to have to put an additional $500,000 into the budget so we're going we're going to study this carefully and right now we pay about $3 million for for the year we want to go out there throughout the district and help reduce the energy consumption also D on the under consent is the scope that work for half Associates for the demolition of the pool and then the storage building that will go next to it so again these are items on tonight's agenda under consent on page eight under business and finance the board approved an internal auditor and uh I want to introduce Rose under Kirk and she's here tonight we like to introduce her she'll be responsible to the board and we'll meet with we'll meet with her and the board to see what what items

057need to be what concerns we have some I'm race throughout the district and again she will report to the board and again this is the check and balances that we check our business office someone's going to go out there and just make sure everything is done correct and again this this pertains to the the TA report on what we need to take action Property and Casualty uh our our values Property Holdings have increased and actually Mr mon Montalvo has come up with a a decrease so last year for example we paid 1.96 and this year it's a million. 654 so right now there's a difference what we paid last year of 305 ,000 and uh when if the board approves this then we'll use this money to go ahead and put this money back on

058the electricity that we anticipate being hired so again Steph and I negotiated with Mr Mr mon malalo he was a team player and he lowered the fee on page six this is human resources on a we start the evaluations of all staff all staff uh this year everyone's going to be evaluated on B we're going to monitor the staff as we do the April recommendations and then we'll look at the ones that have permits to make sure they're properly certified on page 10 we're going to start the budget this is the preliminary Budget on page 11 these are factors affecting the budget so we're staying the breast of the legislative bills in Austin that will impact the school funding we're looking at the the school enrollment impacts the vouchers virtual schools we're looking at student

059absences that affect the Ada the public health outbreaks immigration concerns so these are factors that will affect the Budget on page 12 we have the revenues and we have a balanced budget this school year we budgeted the revenue is 200 million and we we probably will spend less than 200 million so whatever is left will go into the fund balance for projects so for next year we're doing the same thing we have no idea what they're going to do in Austin we want to make sure we keep a balanced budget with the same revenues and the same expenditures the figures do not include any projected pay increases on page 13 we're always looking at new revenues we're looking to bring more money in and you can see we're doing the interest from the general fund

060the interest from the bond monies we're looking at Grants the new state monies that will increase to the basic allotment so we're on E we're going to see what how much remained from the 25 budget and then on F we're looking to reduce the 25 budget by hiring teachers the new hires to the ones that are retired and then reduction of instructional programs no longer needed the tax rate colle election will bring additional monies the 25 budget again we estimated 15 145 and it's 147 that brings additional monies and then for 26 budget in 145 to 146 that will bring additional funds so with these new revenues we expect to go ahead and balance the 26 Budget on page 14 we expect increases in utilities health insurance te technology instructional material these are going to

061be some of the new expenses on page 15 the Staffing for next year we're we're not going to hire anyone we're going to stay with the same staff that we have but the important thing going to be no one will lose their job other districts are having to reduce sta no one will lose their job here and again the employee pay increase will been determined by the state legislature in June and then by having the high a we want to continue with the with the incentive sement again December th $1,000 for all staff in May $1,000 for all staff and on page 16 again we want to be second to no one this is the teacher hiring skill so for 25 you can see the pja edinberg ad Mission are a little higher than West

062loo you can see the rest down in South Texas La Hoya Harlington noos Brown Mallen S Mercedes and we want to increase for next year for 26 $1,000 more and then plus the stien so with those two we should be we should be at $60,000 for a beginning teachers very good information and I just want to conclude that in this District we don't tolerate bullying we we handle the bullying I can tell you knew that individuals that talked a little while ago we met with a mother and the father of that student and the proper discipline was done so we already met uh and again we meet with the parents not with relatives and that's what we did and I can tell you at bigara the fights have been been reduced quite a bit and

063uh there are consequences for fighting so again we don't condone bullying and again what I mentioned you all know this that I me with every single individual that wants to see me sometime it can't be from one day to the next but eventually I will meet with them and I can tell you that is fact anyone anyone that you talk to I will meet but it can't be you know I got a busy schedule I can't meet from one day to the next or in two days it takes time sometimes but uh I meet with all the ones that want to see me but again I'd like to meet with the parents and not with family members that's my report thank you Dr and uh I know that you will let the principles and counselors

064know uh to follow up on Bully and that's just something that you always do all right comments on the superintendent's uh information Mr Los Santos you can begin yes uh for the enrollment if we can go back to that slide just a few key I'm G to be real brief I'm not going to take too long for the enrollment on by campus I just wanted to I've had a lot of of Outreach from in the community especially now that we're in the recruitment season and for enrollment and and about student level so I agree with some of the Outreach as well too if you look at some of the campuses some of the campuses have met or exceeded their capacity so what happens when that H so what what does that mean so when you

065exceed the capacity of a campus and you over staff classrooms you're putting at risk the the instruction right and the academic performance of all those kids and how fair is it because we have great schools outstanding schools throughout the whole entire North Southeast and West okay and so when you when you when you allow too many kids to be enrolled into a campus whether it just be because of convenience or whatever the reasoning be um you're going to affect everyone who lives in that area who pays taxes in that area and should have a first choice at that seat and so it's just something that we really need to keep an eye on and it's I know it's something recently in the last two years has been an issue too especially for some campuses some

066campuses you have classroom levels that are way a lot smaller compared to others you have you know maybe I don't know I'm just the same I've heard numbers I don't know if they're accurate that's why I'm going to ask what I'm going to ask next but 17 versus 22 to 23 I those type of things or even less so so just kind of for me I was going to ask in this section talking about enrollment if we could have a presentation as enrollment continues if we could have a presentation on what our staffing level I mean what the numbers are for enrollment per campus like when does when do and what is the maximum capacity because as long as you're not exceeding the maximum capacity then we should be okay but once we're exceeding the

067max maximum capacity then who's at risk to students in the classroom because there is just too many kids and it's something that's been touched up uh even in the last meetings right um that's all I want to say about that one as far as the Ada um I know that it's always this time of year when when events start happening and testing happens and then everybody thinks the year ends already but but just talk not only talking to parents but also talking to teachers right the importance of why does Ada matter because the more kids you bring in that higher the Ada is that's where the raises come in that's where the stiens come in and that's when there's extra funds for improvement so if if that message can just kind of be pushed and

068say hey call those that aren't coming or starting to slack off right um you know they got to get it you got to bring them in you got to keep coming we're not done yet um and I just wanted to touch on that um the other one is the security I know I know that uh we're looking at all the all the items that are under contract Fields Turf Etc roofs but that security system I know Castile Mr Castile had had talked about that issue with me too that uh out an open session is it that's whatever security system ends up being selected I think it's very important that we that we get that we start moving on that because I know certain districts even even where I work at they brought that in and

069there's other ones jual and all these other districts that they discussed about those quick response systems are outstanding like it's very quick it's it's very clear if you've ever been on a campus especially I'm looking at those principles I know that your radio is probably going off three different ways right you got something in the front you got this going on over there you got that going on over there and you're thinking okay how do I split myself three ways that that those type of systems there's multiple they can click and you'll know so that way staff automatically goes on their own okay we got a small fight going on over there security is going to respond to that we got an intruder over here let's let's notify 911 we had a child that's having

070a seizure okay medical so it kind of already gets the ball rolling before you even try to assess what's on the walkie-talkie and what's happening and you don't and you know who to send um and so I think I've seen it firsthand in action what what company they decide to get that's up to you know the administration but it's a really really good system with quick response and I've seen it help kids that are being bullied or being ass being assaulted Etc or or people that have medical conditions or even just an intruder that's in the wrong area at the wrong time so I wanted to just discuss that and then the last one was the Balan budget okay so I want to give I want you to give yourself credit you keep saying balanced

071budget but when you say balance budget balance budget means like most districts that they're spending to the penny they're getting 200 million they're spending 200 million okay Dr doesn't have a balanced budget he has he has a budget with Surplus okay and that is very rare uh to find in in in not only just region one but a lot of regions so the administration and all the department heads and campuses I know you know you could hire more people but then you take away resources right and they've been very lean and very lenient and very effective so just congratulations to all you all for speaking on myself and probably the board too uh the superintendent and all the staff and campuses departments you're the ones that make that happen you know that's your ownership for

072for for that uh Surplus so that's all I wanted to say thank you thank you Mr Los Santos uh coach sna any comments on the superintendent uh report Mark Mark made a few uh good points there and I'll just uh piggyback on one of the things I think a workshop would be in order for enrollment and Staffing and uh I think that's that's what I'm going to touch up okay yeah Mr Ben castio yes sir a couple of them a lot of them are piggybacking off what Mark had said uh on on that enrollment sheet doc oh like we have some elementaries that are that are high Margo Elementary Memorial Elementary um who else clicker held is always pretty it's pretty up there uh with some of that that money that we have can can

073we look at maybe looking at some expansions there at those campuses that are at the high kind of capacity along with looking at U you know transfer policies and all that kind of good stuff now I see the hesitation on the transfer thing the last couple of years cuz now I'm starting to get the calls too um uh but you know you know I I I understand parents want to send their kids where they want to send their kids uh but if that's the case if we could see if we could kind of help out those campuses a little bit more uh and then same thing with what Mark said about the security again using that money that that you've done very good to to have for a stock uh uh like Mark said our

074our Surplus budget uh if we could move on the security stuff uh you know a little bit faster I even on this list the electric Gat still says pending and we'll continue continue to study State funding initiatives um so yeah I mean that that's kind of my my my only comment on that and then on this uh RFP dot I was going to pull it from consent but I won't now that you put it on here I was noticing on the energy consultant that we only had uh that only one person submitted on time uh and so I just wanted to I think it's a very if I'm not mistaken it's a a long-term contract maybe 5 years years I don't it can be or it can be less um whatever the case may be

075I wanted to see if the if the administration would be totally opposed to uh if the board were to reject it and uh redo it so we could have more than one bidder i' rather not I rather keep what I have right now okay that's my recommendation all right uh and then on the on the property deal I just wanted to say good job to mon say the the decreases that's that's good that's not normal okay I'll make sure to sue some schools then so we could get it back up I'm just kidding now well good job that's awesome thank you for for helping us decrease that and then again on the budget doc always always a great job on that and thank you for your planning and uh thank you for all you do

076and your team thank you thank you Mr casti and the reason I want to go ahead and hire that consultant is because the contract ends on May May 31st cor they don't have very much time to go out there and and and select someone I I saw the cost it was 12,500 a year let's make sure in the contract that they're not making any commissions from the electricity companies okay and again we contracted several consultants and only one came through that's that's the reason it's uh it's due in May so we need to act act like tonight yes very good positive comments uh Dr Hae great job Dr you know and like like it's been said you know in regarding security I I can't you know I don't think we can go wrong and and

077over you know um just doing what we need to do for security whether it's alert systems whether it's Manpower you know it's I don't I don't think we can overspend on that you know so whatever we need to do with with the finances you know let's make sure our schools are safe continue to be safe and thank you for for all the hard work um and and you know with that budget and and the numbers um you know I know it's a team a team effort there and to all all of Y all involved you know great great work great work thank you thank you uh Dr H got Mrs uh sua uh yes sir I'd like to focus on one of the slides uh it was the 2024 2025 teacher hiring and I'm just

078very happy to see the the projection that we have coming up for 25 26 because it says here that the beginning teacher salary will be from 58 and then the 2,000 incentive pay is going to go to 6,000 and I was just looking here through through my little iPad here and I found something that I really liked and it says the best part of teaching is that it matters but the hardest part of teaching is that every moment matters every day and I really get to feel this because I know a lot of you guys already know that I went back to the classroom this year for an internship that I have and after leaving for 8 years I was thinking no it's going to be the same totally different in the classroom from eight

079years ago to now and I just want to make sure that we all know teachers everybody's important from the bus drivers to the Paris the administrators but the teachers are really the heart of what happens all day long with the kids and I've seen some great teachers in westo of course and there's a lot of other teachers in other districts that are you know amazing teachers and if we can bring them over by having this competitive salary and it's that we're going we're going to see the positive outcomes in that and I just want to mention to you that Tia that just came in you know I saw it on social media with all these teachers that were um going to be receiving these funds it's amazing I it's very very good to see that

080they're very welld deserving of this and so many other teachers who didn't get it this time you know hopefully they we work around to see what else we can do to help the teachers but I I did have a question and I know I had emailed you doctor but you know i' been so busy but there I had gotten some messages from some teachers saying we're very happy for all the teachers who got it but can you explain to us was it and maybe you can answer this later on was it a formal versus a summative evaluation they were kind of confused us to the methodology or the formula that went into this Tia designation so maybe later on not now I know we're running out of minutes but maybe later on we can have

081an update or you know have something where we can explain or not us explain but the teachers are explain to of how this worked because there was a little bit of confusion but regardless everybody who who did this who got the Tia amazing job we are super proud of you guys and women ladies and gentlemen and it's good to see that that we are also increasing so thank you very much for for putting the funds into the teachers for that thank you thank you Mr Su uh let the record reflect that uh coach C walked in at 650 uh Dr Rea on behalf of myself of course Ada very important uh the principls and administration and teachers have done an excellent job but that will also like Mr Castile mentioned that the stiens the salary

082increase all that helps out also uh the salary uh for everybody actually it will improve so uh continue to do the job that you do with you and of course your central office administrative staff and uh other other districts are asking how can you afford a salary increase how can you for this resources for teachers but you know all the hard work from you and your staff and of course I always go back to the schools the principles and and the administration there and the teachers uh and principles remind the teachers remind the students that they have to be in school very important and if we can do that and I know every school does that and will continue to improve and of course we'll continue to do a a good job and on the

083budget excellent excellent uh job uh Dr coach qu I know you just walked in any any comments on on the superintendent report I I think well I didn't get to see it but uh as as always I'm sure without any reservations that you you have continued to do an outstanding job yourself and your staff and uh we're here to support everything we were doing because uh I firmly believe that as a team of eight it's going to happen yes it's happening but we'll get better and and just for information uh coach quer and Dr Heime were the agenda review with Dr R on Thursday so he kind of already knew what was on the agenda so that's why I asked him a question right now I didn't put him on the spot you know but

084he it's okay let me back real quick Mr yes sir I know some schools are high like Memorial and so we're studying this and it's not it's not an easy fix because their kids that are in there right now they're there with transfers that have been approved so we are looking to reduce the amount but I don't see Memorial going any lower than 1100 for next year and yeah yeah we're studying this but a lot of kids want to go there and a lot of parents and we've got staff members that work in the district and they don't live in that zone but they're transferred they're allowed to go to that school so again it's not an easy fix but we're working on it and uh I can tell you I've gotten phone calls every

085single day parents on what we're trying to do to correct it but it's not an easy fix but we're going to fix it and it but it's not going to be like 900 Cas for next year it's going to stay at this number because right now they they can work with this number but it's not going to be larger than this and again the principal and I and staff have met on this but uh there are a lot of factors again we want to put more kids in the other schools but it's not an easy fix but we'll continue working with it the one that I that I got called on was uh you have a fourth grader who's there and they want to enroll their prek in there because they're brothers and so I

086get that you know you want your you don't want to be moving to you don't want to be dropping off kids at different campuses in the morning so yeah I get it to they all be there or another school is not going to be some here and some there again is not an easy fix and it didn't happen just this year it's been happening for many many years and I know that one of the discussions we've had private and also an open a little bit is just the the land purchases because reality wesu is growing if you've been to the to the south or north and south and I know that the the city and all them can contest to that is all the subdivisions are coming up but especially Milano Road and all those

087areas you're not having subdivisions you're having apartment complexes so each one is four families every lot is four families so if you got a 60 unit subdivision you imagine how many families are going to pour into that and then they're all zoned to to some of these schools where remember last month I mentioned the plan we're going to have right we're going to look at the planning we're going to get a committee look at everything and either going to build new schools but it takes time we're going it takes time we're going to add but a bond election is coming that's the only way to fix if we continue growing now the vouchers might take care of it right we might lose kids but the plan is there the plan is there but it's going

088to be a community plan we're going to get again the students involved the parents involved and see what we need either a new school new Elementary a new High School uh additional wings but it's something that needs to be addressed like soon and I want to just real quick to we still it's still open right but I want to commend you also on your restraint because I know before we were talking about 14,700 for next year uh Budget on that and he lowered it down 100 because because of the changes the vouchers it's those actions and that mentality as a superintendent as to why they're Surplus because you you you could have the budget set at 16,5 that's what you have en rolled but just to to have the self rint and and be responsible

089financially responsible fiscally responsible to say you know you know what we're not going to go 147 we'll cut back we'll go knock off 100 and then we'll still hopefully end up with a higher Surplus that's those are the reasons I know Mr castio said a lot of people ask why is it or how is it you're doing it that's how you're doing it by having that that fiscal responsibility and restraint to to do what's right so I want to commend you and your staff on that again before we finish Dr I'm glad you mentioned it what what you're saying it's a difficult uh situation but a lot of parents have called a lot of the board members on that situation especially Memorial and uh you know you'll just have uh hopefully they're listening and and

090understand that it's something that is not an easy fix like you say it's going to take time so parents that attend Memorial and if say you're not going to be zoned there uh we have other schools that are excellent too you know just because you know m is an excellent school but it's always cleckler hell so is Margo so is uh Gonzalez so you know they're all excellent schools is just the location I'm assuming you know but uh congratulations on everything else any other comments all right let's now continue to 8B uh discussion on the Longstar governance board monitor report for March 2025 Dr Rea Mr want to call on yes sir hi good evening Dr members of the board and community so our March LSG press presentation focuses on go progress measure for middle

091of the Year map scores for reading right so one of the things that I did and I don't know if you notice as you read your packet was put a slide an introductory slide that kind of um let us know um how is it that map is measured right so when you look at understanding nwaa measures of academic progress our map scores uh Wes leco ISD Set uh the hb3 goal at a 60 percentile right we wanted to make sure that we were setting a goal that would be at the meat performance level right so what does that mean when you look at the percentile ranges right towards the bottom of that slide you will see that the 60th percentile right which is um the average score in map equals to a high approaches to

092a low Meats so if you're at the 60th percentile you're already at the low Meats performance level if it's uh if you were taking the star or EOC right so that's how I want us to think about this right as I go through the slides so um so as we move on right to GPM 1.1 which is again all in support and getting students ready for that uh third grade star exam and on to to meet that uh 60 60th percentile at the meets performance level so here in kindergarten you will see that our current middle of the year uh score was a 54% and our Target is at a 58% districtwide right when you see the campuses you will see that the campuses perform differently but um as a district we are at 54%

093and you have the targets and the scores for the special population the special populations there again kindergarten you because you see a dip right going into first grade focuses a lot on early literacy skills like phonics um also letter identification ride and concepts of print so just something to note and in addition to uh kindergarteners use the headphones as they're taking this adaptive diagnostic test versus in first grade they are on their own okay so um if you look at GPM 1 uh three the percent of second grade students uh achieving the 60th percentile on maap rla uh you have uh currently in our middle of the year examed we score at 39% % and our Target for the end of the year is a uh 46 or I'm sorry did I skip one I'm

094sorry I stapled my pages wrong you skipped the first gr yes I I stapled my pages wrong I'm so sorry sir for first grade uh the middle of the year uh we scored a 35 and uh our Target is a 46 this is the dip that I was talking about from kinder to first grade however in first grade we're looking at more complex Concepts a deeper understanding and comprehension of texts not just literacy uh foundational skills and I'll talk a little bit more about this as we go to the district table then in GPM 1.3 which is second grade we are currently at a middle of the year of 39% and our end of thee Target is a 46% right so when you look at the district table and I want to uh focus our

095attention on the district table at the 60th percentile right for the campus is you see very little green or the green sporadic right and you see that again our uh end of the year Target is a 58% for kindergarten a 46 for first grade and a 46 for second grade you already have some campuses with this uh cells shaded in green that have met or surpassed at the middle of the year the end of the year Target and other campuses nearing or approaching and other campuses still lagging right so one of the things that we see right in discussions with our instructional coaches our uh content uh coordinator for our elementary and rla index discussions with her uh with the principles or Administration is uh we are seeing great success in Kinder Kinder started our

096blend learning uh instruction approach in the classroom differentiation right uh during our tier one instruction so we are seeing the benefits of that our first grade teachers are currently being trained by Mr Scott amdall and Miss Julie Kelly along with the support of the cni group so we are um you know happy to report that our Kinder teachers are doing amazing right the the classrooms that were already at Blended learning classrooms we were already seeing some of this performance some of these goals being met now that we are districtwide our Kinder scores you know have improved our student outcomes so you know what needs more attention we are now focused on doing the same thing replicating that in first and second next year we will expand to first grade while training second grade and obviously

097we are now in discussions with region one to adopt uh the blue bonnet high quality instructionals materials too so next year will be our planning year for reading language arts as well so um if you now look I added you know from the presentation you received I added two extra slides because I thought it was important for the community but also for everyone to see if we were to run this same data at an approaches right percentile which would equal not even the 30th per but I ran it at the 30th per but it we could run it at the 21st per and still be passing in Star you see your whole table is green right so we could sit here and say you know um all of our campuses would be meeting already the

098end of the year Target in the middle of the Year assessment so kudos to everyone for doing a phenomen job cuz the entire table is green right but then I said okay let's get closer to high approaches but not yet the meats where we set our goals so the next table is at the 50th percentile which would be equivalent to still a high approaches right still not even the target we set almost most of the data table is still shaded in green so congratulations to the amazing work that's happening at the campuses as well so I just wanted you all to have a visual and understanding of the ranges and how it's similar um or projected to uh a star EOC performance as well so that is um our um presentation on the go progress

099measure the next one is the superintendent constraint our CPM and I will be bringing uh to the board as a committee for LSG we will be making a recommendation to amend the board monitoring calendar just because some items in the board monitoring calendar have shifted in months right so we do want to bring that in the April board meeting for your uh for your review and approval but um last uh evaluation that the board uh conducted for the LSG framework you know a lot of good things were happening right the communication the transparency the trust uh between Administration and board but more than anything the outline uh presentations that have been happening every month right at the at the board meetings and also through just the communication through board updates and any other reports or

100presentations the community has all of this available also through our website right and then we continue working with Dr cinto Ramos to strengthen the uh Lone Star governance framework you know one I know one thing that we discuss and we continue to discuss every time uh the board conducts a self-evaluation or through our workshops it's just Community involvement right within the Lone Star uh governance frame work so that is um that will continue to be a focus for the CPM right uh 5.1 and then next uh mrto I know that we have the Lone Star governance board self- evaluation we do but be before we do the S evaluation let's see if uh any of the board members have comments on your presentation that way we make a better decision on on the our evaluation

101uh I'll begin with Mrs susta uh yes I wrote down three questions when I was over at my office um but then I noticed when I was online that the data changed I wrote down some numbers and then it said refresh data change and I said whoa whoa what's going on is there is what happened with because even the targets changed to 2025 targets that I had down on my paper they they changed did we did we do something so so the targets Chang for the special population groups cuz we had only set the target for the all students Hispanic group group but we had not set the target for your EOD disc bilinguals and special ed and that's exactly what I was working on specialed last last year miss that you had requested for

102us to go back in yeah because the all student group Target was uh above those special populations so we did so that we set this year targets for all of our special populations okay because the original data you had different targets and I was looking specifically at the special ed population and I wrote These numbers but then they changed so I just did the my math calculations real quick so my question and I I believe that it's future based according to our LSG meeting focusing on the future not current so I have three questions and my first one's going to start with special ed um in kindergarten if I look at the special ed we're the current middle of year is 29% and the target is 22% so we're actually above 7% right then we

103get to first grade special ed and we're currently at 6% % we want to be at 14% in May which is two months away and we are still needing to climb 8% then I get to second grade and currently at 9% in special ed and we want to get to 22% so that's a 13% so I'm seeing the gaps increase as the grade levels and I understand because I'm in the classroom that the things get more the test assessments get more difficult I understand but my question for you is because this Gap is is increasing as the grade levels increase how how are we going to address this issue and how can the board help okay so one of the things that we talked about and Mr Neo and I actually had this discussion right

104because first we have to look at is the gap only uh a gap in special ed or is it across all populations right so we see it across all populations and again we see that dip from kinder to first right so the first thing that we said is what is the key difference from kinder to first right so we we talked about that the complex in the diagnostic test right versus to the use of headphones right and audio which helps tremendously right too so so those are two main differences in the exam right from kinder to first but also to one of the things that we talked about is just even our uh dyslexia screening right is that um you know if it was one population miss that was only showing that significant Gap um

105difference then I would be very concerned but one of that uh as you see it across through our populations it really all points out to the Fidelity of your high quality instructional materials tier one instruction in the classroom because it's not only affecting one group but it's affecting all so as we move forward with balance instruction uh Blended learning right we should be able to address those gaps yes and the only reason I bring special ed specifically up is because being in the classroom I see the needs you know are the accommodations being met do we need more resource resources for those kids in special ed because it is a a tougher population to service because of the needs that they have so I I'm I'm thinking as a teacher do I do we really

106have everything we need do we have the resources do we have the extra uh teaching support I know the special ed teachers do wonderfully um servicing these kids but I do see this as our source spot that special ed population really needs a lot of attention and whatever we can do is a board to help especially this group I know all the groups are important but this one is special because we we I want to make sure they have everything they need so that's why I asked what can we do as a board what other resources do we need to give them most definitely we study every week we meet with Mr Neil Garett to study first personnel and numbers as we know that our numbers for the entire State have soared right tremendously in

107special education area yeah but one of the things or reasons and and the state presents on this as well is just that educational Gap right we we lag so much especially in our language arts sections you know after covid that we're trying to recuperate from that right but again the only way we're going to be able to do that is putting the right resources in front of students and teachers right right so okay so that was my first question hopefully we know we can uh work on that and then my second question also hopefully future oriented and I'm looking now at first grade at the 60 percentile of map and I understand that you say well the 60% is is at the low high approaches low meat but as a teacher you know they don't

108tell me well it's okay if they're almost going to meet it you got to make sure you're helping those kids meet it it's not going to be okay if I'm almost getting my kids there so I just want to stay focused on where do we have to be because I know that that's the stress they give to us as teachers so my question given what we know um about first grade that we are at 30 5% but we have to be at 46 by May 2025 which is an 11% difference how are we going to speed up the progress to get there in May 2025 so uh every campus has different interventions in place right whether it's tutorial extended day whether it's um Power hours uh whether it's an extended Block in their language arts

109right with uh supplemental instructional materials so one of the things is uh one of the key focuses that we have stressed out with Administration is just the importance of also testing protocols how are we testing is testing impacting the way we test right does it impact as well the way students perform so one of the things that we have also stressed you know and you brought up special population Miss Su that is making sure that what we would do for a star or EOC student right whether it's small group testing whether it's accommodations we Implement at the lower grades too cuz we want a true score right so from instruction to assessment we make sure that we address anything uh of need or concern at that campus because every campus is very unique okay MH

110so like for example let's say one of a Kinder or a first grade student one of his accommodations or hers is uh get the test orally uh read to you you know I know it changes every year the ards but that's something that sticks with that child until you're saying star comes around if needed we Implement them in early childhood as well to be consistent all right and then my last question the number three I'm looking at strategies um you put what's working and what's not and then of course you you mentioned here uh by and it's by the campus report by grade level attention to personalized instruction through Aspire um kinder Savas and the sips and The High Frequency Word list fluency phrases and then I see what needs more attention and and then

111it's the same thing right like well we still but you put here already in the works with first grade so my question is um how do you know that this strategy is going to work and can we use I mean is it being used in every grade level right so we started um three four years ago with Mr Scott and uh Miss Julie Kelly started with a blended learning right differentiation obviously providing these experiences for students right meeting their academic needs and performance so um we are now doing it districtwide we decided to do a districtwide this year for Kinder we are seeing the fruits of that work right of the labor that is why we started training early on January came around we started training first grade teachers so that we didn't train at

112the beginning of the year so the strength is Kinder what's working but what needs attention is now first and second right so because we are seeing um this group of teachers aligning all resources right all resources align and fill in the gaps if there if it was n a high quality instructional materials cuz we know that what we had was not you know an hqm adopted curriculum back then right so that has worked for us in Kinder we are replicating that work in first and second that's good to know I was wondering and I know this isn't part of the monitoring the board monitoring uh progress monitoring report but are we going to get an end of the year um a score for for Kinder through second grade yes I come again in one of

113the months at the end of year sure so we can see if you know we are increasing at the end of the year these kids get all three administrations all right sounds good thank you very much thank you those are my questions sir good questions Mrs Dr haime yes in regards to what's working in Kinder and and you know youve talked about the Blended uh learning what else are we seeing that's working aside from the Blended learning that we're going to incorporate into you know the other grades so I think more than anything just so the Blended learning approach is differentiate right you don't even have to have a blended learning approach to do that you can a a you know excellent teachers in their T Test rubric using their T Test rubric differentiate for

114students they're going to have great student outcomes right and we know that and and you know one of the things or the focuses of those uh campuses who have been part of the Aspire model right have seen that teachers who differentiate instruction every day in the classrooms for all types of Learners have great student outcomes that so that is our goal right whether it's Blended learning model or not our goal is to make sure we meet the needs and know the needs of our students so we continue to stress that sir differentiation great thank you and and on the uh what needs more attention that second bullet point component alignment one to two Fidelity to tier one materials can you kind of go over that little bit so we have your adoption right which is

115we know we adopted and we need to be be truthful because all the concepts are T check tees but then we have a supplemental resource which as a teacher I love sometimes I spend more time on what I love than what I know needs to happen right so it's that making sure that we monitor that with Fidelity okay thank you yes thank you sir great work thank you yes thank you thank you Dr Hae coach quer um just U from having been in the classroom never at this great level but in general when you have a group of students not everybody learning at the same pace so when you are testing where some have not met whatever you're looking for and then you have those that are Advanced how do you deal with those different

116groups so differentiation in assessment protocols right um just like the state gives us a window for star and EOC like a two-e window right because we need the state realized not everybody could be tested on the same day we have to differentiate we have to accommodate to the Learners that's we do exactly the same thing for uh our little ones as well because we understand it can be challenging at times so we give them a window and uh principes work with their teachers to make sure that we accommodate and we meet the needs of all Learners right for assessment purposes because that's the only way we're going to get more than anything accurate results and you the the key there was to meet the needs of all Learners thank you yes definitely it's hard work

117you you it's easy to just give one activity to all of them but when you have to like do different things for your groups oo that's why I'm saying teachers deserve a lot because they're differentiating and they're doing awesome lot of work thank you coach qu and uh Mr Mr Ben yes I got coach asked a good question and it made me drop my coffee uh actually uh uh I'm I'm half kidding uh in his question with respect to how are we focusing on the kids who who learn a little bit faster and not a and uh and not as fast and you're what is working you have the attention to personali instruction to Aspire all that kind of good stuff uh how how focused are we on that as a district uh as far

118as per campus like it's I know we're saying we're doing it but are we monitoring that it's happening the Salas sir the the personalized instruction or what is that can you define that right the differentiation yes and principles are being trained to monitor that as they're going through the training with the cni group to make sure that we understand and more than anything um you know I'll have to say teacher incentive allotment has shed the light on domains two and three because that is what teachers are being scored on and that is the score that is being submitted right for for our Tia teachers too so there has been great emphasis in the last now this is the third year on making sure that we understand truly the rubric but not only that administrators understand

119that but that our teachers understand how it should look in the classroom so the differentiation is the personalized part of it right correct okay so it's not like pulling kids out by themselves or no no we have those pullout Services as well for programs but no differentiation is happening in the classroom as you are planning and internalizing as a teacher I have to make sure that my instruction what I'm going to administer today reaches all Learners now how how how can we as a board uh I guess uh support that effort with with resources I don't know do you need more money or like to have more people that are looking at it or uh Dr D talked about instructional programs we always review our instructional programs every year and we invest in what you

120know this Blended learning um model the Aspire right is doing the group because so whether it's Saturday trainings that they come to or just planning sessions materials and resources to keep all this um material organized in the classroom cuz you need to have a great setup too and a learning environment that is conducive to that so yes sir we started that because that dip in first grade concerns me uh a little bit it seems to be districtwide um and you mentioned uh right now to one of Jackie's questions is that each principal has a different intervention so is that working where we have each principal have a different intervention or should we look at a campus an elementary campus where one intervention is successful and just Implement a district one so we have one that

121is districtwide which are I ready right our program is our supplemental that is districtwide that we purchased that uh um through an approved uh agenda item last year we felt that that was needed because it is a prescription that adapts to their map score right so it puts them in an individualized prescription each student based on that so that is a districtwide approach and then every campus has their own campus initiative are you monitoring to we are monitoring that does maybe one intervention is not working as good as another one yes sir so you're on top of that yes yes how many different interventions do we have so one of well depends because campuses have four to five programs right other campuses invest only in one right um so it depends like the campus wide

122ones right that's what you're talking about yes but campus level just to clarify off his question it's it's online and offline yes correct I'm just I I guess where I'm getting at is I'm posing the question cuz I don't know correct would we bet would we be better suited if we didn't have so much I don't want diversity I guess in interventions as Oppo or figuring out which one works the best and making everybody implement it in our conversation with Miss vanan region one two weeks ago our Blue Bonnet will uh adoption will not allow for the extra supplemental interventions right because it it's already a high quality instru material that has its own intervention and it's a districtwide approach and it's been proven effective right so that will eliminate all of that so our

123Mar so we're we're moving towards that yes yes okay yeah cuz you're like speaking not English to me right now but I think I got it yes um um and then let me see yeah I mean I those are my only questions it's just I I I just want us to make sure that we're we're focusing on the campuses that you know that are not that need help you know with respect to meeting these uh these middle of year percentage numbers uh again going to the superintendent's constraints of uh Equity again Equity is not the same for every campus some need more than others and so I just want to make sure we're keeping that in mind that's all I got thank you sir thank you Mr castil uh coacha well um just uh kind

124of piggyback on something that um uh Mr sta said on special ed the special ed Department closing the Gap I think is very important I think that'll help us overall and I'm just curious as to is there like every there's a wide scope you know there's different areas I mean are we are we supporting the schools is I mean every everything's been taken care of do we have a curriculum that we follow I know there's IEPs and all yes what what is it I mean are we so I think Mr Senna especially in our early childhood and we will see it trickling to the middle schools but uh lately the the need right or the most pressing need has always been Staffing but staffing has always been approved based on uh needs right not just

125so much the numbers but the needs because the needs may look different in every classroom so that automatically uh helps right these classrooms but also to most of these classrooms you know your resource inclusion follow the same curriculum as your general Le classrooms but with accommodations and supports right in our life skills classrooms have their own curriculum as well they do mhm okay yes and and the other thing uh just making sure we support each School evenly and uh making sure everything's there um attendance you know today we had three I believe three principles here one time we had eight nine if students are in class they're they're I mean they're going to improve they're going to improve their scores so uh keep pushing attendance to all the administrators I think that's very important it'd

126be great to see 10 principles up here every month so definitely just continue to push attendance good points Co Mr lentos uh yes I just want to say that um yeah like coach s said and missan them special ed and all the other points here and Streamliner resources and and focusing all these different groups that slides up though right yes so people can see it okay so the or the staff at least the executive okay um I I look at things a little bit different so now that we've had so many months and we have more dat data collected and I know we're talking about the K through first yes sir we're seeing dramatic drops you know about 20 to 27% right every single monthly and every single report and that's that's not almost systemic

127because there's a few campuses though my question is this you have two campuses that don't have a 20 to 27% variation between kindergarten and first I'm not going to name them okay cuz they're they're would you would consider us at least on the scale lower than everyone else but if you look at them they're consistently about about 5% or less every single report that you give mhm so it's not the scores that we want they're not green but how is it that their their Kinder and first is it's consecutively coming in only between four to 5% difference versus everyone else who's dropping 20 plus perc so even though we're looking at instruction what's the difference between Kinder and the testing right because the testing is completely different to kinder in first anyways and then the

128concepts that they're studying right so it's a system that modifies itself on the students's level so the higher the level the more difficult question so there's a lot of different variables but I wanted to know have you looked at that those two campuses are are consecutively I mean or not consecutively but repeatedly always coming in four to 5% difference between their kind first on your reports now that we have multiple months I I want to know why is that so one key difference right yeah so one key difference that we notice between those campuses have been PLC right te study right so when you study the te weeks and you break down those Concepts and internalize them with teachers right bring in teachers you know they were called planning days right um doesn't matter what

129curriculum you're using right teachers have internalized the standards right so it carries across right so that's one sometimes too the other you know the other reason that it could be Mr Del Los Santos is depending on the score how high the score is in Kinder um then it moves over onto first grade you usually campuses sometimes that score very high than half that dip in first so we looked at that yeah even last year they were they were in that in that scenario right and so but now you're try you're seeing that last year and that that that group and that cohort has moved on now they're over here this year getting tested yes and then you're seeing okay so now now we have two sets of data and we can see that they've been

130consec they've been you know I'm looking for the word here they have been consistent right that that their Kinder and first populations are scoring very near each other versus everyone else where they're having massive drops from 20 28% even last year yes sir yeah that's kind of an anomaly I guess so I'm just kind of curious as to what's what what's the like for me I'm going say that data for me seems a little bit more valid the validity of that data is higher only just based on that the kids are learning at this level and continuing and carrying on to First even though it's different content but the learning level M so I'm just kind of curious as how that and at the end of the year once we collect the end of the

131year data we'll be able to have that data uh across the years okay so that we can uh further study that okay thank you thank you Mr Los Santos I had three questions about Miss Jackie uh asked one and Mr Castillo asked another one but I'll last my a single one I guess uh in all the grade levels which grade level is struggling the most and what are we doing something consistent like Mr Los Santo said which grade level do you see as struggling the most so our data indicates the first grade dip right our data indicates that and and when we look at the jump just in language arts from kinder to first grade it's tremendous so the minute your kindergarten goes into first grade without reading the child is probably behind correct and

132it's going to be you know struggling right to catch up so if you have a kindergarten uh still at the phonological uh stage it's going to be difficult for them to even be on tracked in first grade and that is where you see the biggest dip right again kindergarten basic foundational literacy skills first grade we are going into the comprehension Deep dive into the reading and kindergarten isn't even required by the state correct so up until the age of six I have a couple of kids in my classroom that i' have not g to school at all they're in first grade and they don't even know letters or sounds so I'm sure we have some of those situations and um you know I think we said it before like ker first and second realistically if

133you can knock those out and and really give good academic instruction third fourth and fifth and so on is going to really benefit from those from that um and another thing too I forgot to mention the first and second as well so not only those two campuses but you'll see the first and second grade data is more consistent with each other yes sir so and and there's something there the test is similar in that in that grade band mhm yes and question number two who is growing the most and why is it that they're growing the most and I think you'll you'll mention what Mr Los Santos me what great level is doing the best Kinder s Kinder and and again we attributed to the key differences in the testing as well right right all

134right can I ask one more thing I somebody brought up about the Ada right uh about the principles and and that's a tough one but I remember a couple of months ago we were having this discussion because uh I had questions about the policy and the attendance policy and how it was working and after that meeting I had a couple of parents reach out to me and they say hey you know what um and this is me as a parent asking a parent question I know for example sometimes my kids in high school right there they're out for uh events like uh sports or Mariachi or whatever and I still get calls on my phone saying your child has been marked absent and I said wait wait a minute but they were at school or

135things like that happen or they get to school late some other parents in elementary well my kids tardy I'm I'm guilty but they get to school and I'm still getting that phone call saying that they're absent so my question is are we are we uh I know it's a this is more like of a management thing but I'm asking as a parent how can parents other than being logging into the portal and making sure I honestly don't have time to log into the portal and look at the absences to see did they take away my child's uh attend uh absence cuz they weren't really absent how are we keeping tabs on on the absences that shouldn't really be absences MH you know some of the principles are here and it's a former principle at the

136beginning of a first period class they receive an email from the data entry or whoever is in charge of uh putting those groups that are out on trips or whatever whether it's track whether it's mariae whether you know and the teachers have to have that make that time to check to make sure that if anybody is absent if they're on the list do not Mark him absent but that happens in in every campus and is this people that are before after cut off or before cut off do you know it well cut it's 10:15 no snapshot in the morning so it's after after because in high school they have different you uh period so you know in the afternoon I I I'm getting a call like the next day they were absent on this day

137um so that's why I was wondering how does how are we keeping track because parents are not going to call in and say a lot of them take the absence off because they were really there um so that that's why I'm wondering H what can we do to fix this I think we can ask M Morales see what the process is there at westo high school just just to say that I know that when I was there I there was a never ending and she would follow up with coaches continuously I Meer canot then both schools [Music] sign yeah it's I can imagine yeah so so question like in middle school high school when they have different periods uh in classes let's say they're there in the morning for second they're counted president but then

138they get to fifth period and they're they left school for whatever reason doctor's appointment whatever they're counted absent still Yes okay see I don't understand that as a parent but wait my kids was there at 10:00 SCH okay and middle school is the same thing right correct okay so it's by period do not the time not 10 o' it's the period okay see that's something that I don't even know as a parents so it's good for parents to know that that that thank you for clarifying that is that for excuse absences or absences in general no periods in secondary right right say go ahead coach he he has a question no I all about excused and unexcused is an regard whether it's excus orcus allow the [Music] opportunity and that's and that's been the the

139the usual thing but yeah and I understand AB an ABS but uh but sometimes they obviously are excused you know somebody gets in an inj or or whatever that's something the principles can follow up on yeah I want C but they do offer also for hours just clarifying that middle school again we do have periods right so the hours at 10:30 four period class that's the one that they need to be present right but they be they might be AB maybe or 10 period those only that was my question so fourth period I like element right see that's what's confusing I think for a lot of parents like me that have kids at every grade level wait but you're absent but you're not so it it I don't know it's confusing to me so again

140I think there's two parts that we've looked at the 10:15 time is the official 88 time that we are going to claim as a district now again there's additional that goes on for secondary for high school students for example that we've Illustrated but again don't confused at 10:15 time yes that is what we are going to count for Ada and then again we have where periods will be taken for those that are classes purp correct that's only that's only High School right that's not that's correct that's not middle school that's only High School right but they will still keep attendance for the afternoons for the middle schools and the high schools additionally I know there was a question that came up you had just said I believe we responded in a board update roughly between

141the January 20th to 24th week we had put about a longer update to answer the questions that we had had in that January meeting I did read it but it was kind of the same conversation we had during the board meeting and it it didn't still explain to me what I saw that that's why I was like well maybe we can talk about it some more we just hadn't had time but we can talk about it later so you can explain all right just a quick question too for the for the uh for the 9th through 12th campuses though but we do offer at a certain per at a certain point we do offer attendance recovery and gr and Credit Recovery just so parents know right yes and that's but that's only for promot for

142promotion that's not just so to be clear take yeah it's not to take away the absence but yeah for funding losingit see you're losing credit all right any other questions no thank you Mrs uh Mrs solando and of course Mr bumer uh for the responses all right let's continue now we will continue to board self evaluation so what I had uh I had the opportunity to ask each board member to provide me with uh points for each category and then I assigned each board member uh to find what how we can improve to the Master's level you know we talk about students getting to the Master's level well we as board members want to get to the Master's level too so for right now we're going to begin with uh vision and goals and vision

143and goals uh one the board has adopted student outcome goals the rating from the majority of the board members is 13 out of 15 so Mrs Jackie Su on this one what are your comments on how we can continue or we can improve to the Master's level okay so let me pull it up real quick the from the LSG manual the vision and goals number one because I thought I had it here it okay I did not bring my uh binder with me so I was going to look it up online Okay um but I all and for those people who say what are they even talking about this LSG participant manual it is online just Google LSG and anybody can read it of what are we scoring ourselves on um so the vision and

144goals it says the board has adopted student outcome goals and I believe we were at a a 12 last time correct and I think I I said that we were going to stay at a 12 because Masters is 15 and that's just what I thought and it says here that all the board members and the superintendent have committed the vision and student outcome goals to memory and I know and I was looking up the vision um a while ago it's on our it's on our website site also and I just want to read it just to make sure that we all know what the vision is uh for weso ISD the board came up with it about maybe a year ago I think is when we we made our new vision uh statement and it's

145there in the lonar governance and it's weso ISD envisions the community of Learners empowered with creativity knowledge and resilience forging a brighter tomorrow through excellence and education and unwavering commitment to personal and communal growth we don't know that by memory sounds like the Pledge of Allegiance almost but no we don't know it by memory so I I thought we I don't think we can get 15 points yet until correct so that was my input on that thank you Mr sea for uh vision and goals two the board has adopted go progress measures aligned to each student outcome go and uh Dr hman will make a comments on that one uh our uh our score on that one uh was 13 Dr hman so on this one uh coach uh you know in regards to reaching

146the Master's Focus says all board members and the superintendent agree there is Broad Community ownership of the gpms through involvement and communication with students staff and community members and I think that's something that uh I think some some board members have done well with that including yourselfto and and um you know I think that's where you know the rest of us probably need to catch up on on that with you know making sure that there's U broad Community ownership with those uh with that um vision and goals number two so uh in regards to that I think you know we still stay at meets Focus uh with the same score that we had before all right thank you for uh vision and goals number three the board has adopted constraints uh coach qu and that

147one were at a nine yeah a nine is is uh meet focus and we we've had numerous uh workshops where we have put together these constraints and tonight is a very good indicator of where we're all on the same vision to improve student performance and outcome the only thing we need to do now to get the Masters which is right a a point way is to continue to be more involved with the community staff as students to make them understand what our vision is and what these constraints are what the the the dos and don'ts basically that that's what it amounts to but uh I think tonight is a very good indicator of what we're going with this and the majority of the time that we're spending is on student performance and outcome because that

148is our primary purpose as board members so thank you coder we'll we'll continue with a vision and goes four the board has adopted superintendent constraint progress measures uh this one I assigned to uh Mr Castillo I believe yes sir and and we rated it a four so uh how can we get to a five there Mr Castillo oh same thing what coach guad said we need to work on the community outreach uh portion of this uh you know as far as the constraints are concerned and the and the uh and the presentations by Administration to the board there that's all there I think that's predictive of the their predictive of the constraint they're influenceable by the superintendent uh the only one that we really got to work on is they is the the communication with

149the with the community and uh man I I just don't know how to do that unless we we just we go to al fresco or we go to uh these award assemblies maybe at these elementaries and ask the principles to give us five minutes to kind of talk about this to the parents that are already there the captive audience I think you know there's a possibility and of course with Dr Eva's guidance uh at the beginning of the school when when uh parents start I mean when the administrative staff jge meeting with parents at a time that they can give us a five minutes and we can present part of our goals LSG and that would meet that uh Community relationship and Community ownership you know not all seven had can be there but maybe

150two of us or one of us and uh uh do a elementary school or a couple elementary schools middle schools it's high school I think that's a great idea uh we could do it at that at that kind of point in time maybe like end of the year activities also that they're coming up and they're having a lot of you know end of the year things maybe we can plan on something in May and and you know what uh good point there from Jackie because uh last year she was presenting at East remember to that class right we went together and we went together and we presented to the students I know when we could get them we get them at the kindergarten graduation that's that's what they want to okay Coach qu to interject

151into what's what's going on as far as communication it doesn't have to be physical we can use all the resources that we have have around our school district with all the mares and all the digital stuff that's up there we got a Jumbotron that is used for multiple uh events and and uh something that I've heard before if we would commit to education what we commit to athletic and fine art events then we'd get there a lot closer because uh you better not be late to the football game yes sir but you know get up and get the class so we can learn is is something that we need to keep stressing because my father once said you know the best inheritance that you can leave your Stu your your children is an education and

152it doesn't guarantee you anything but at least it gives you a chance to do something with yourself so there we and Coach you bring I can just interject real he brings up a good point about it do have to be physical it can be you know and I know that we use like the Panorama survey at school and I I've read through a lot of those individual ones CU we have access to the panorama surveys from the teachers and staff or the parents can just sometimes do surveys on our website those are forms of communication where yes it's not everybody's going to fill it out but some people who do want to give you your their opinions or ideas or concerns will do those types of surveys uh on the website so maybe we can

153think of something where we can maybe you know through technology can post some kind of survey or something for the parents to let us know what are your concerns what are your Miss just volunteer that through West she'll do the presentation where parents have the abil I'll sing No but it's true a lot of a lot of parents do watch KZ so a presentation on LSG not only you uh oh we did it before too remember we did a presentation we did introduction it was good and we can do something like that that getting their feedback is what's important instead of them just watching us tell me what it is so some kind of communication with them okay all right Miss if I may on okay everybody else's gold uh sorry it's okay on the

154mission I think uh what I see other districts do is along with the Pledge of Allegiance they say the mission the school district's Mission that's kind of that's kind of a way to memorize it as well we have to say repard me okay uh the next one the board invest at least half of its time to improving student outcomes coach s how can we go from 25% or more of the total Colter leag minutes for uh public meetings to 50% well how can we go to that uh well we're trying to get the Masters focused and I think uh tonight was a good indication of this team of eight having a conversation with our Administration and uh discussing the the goals and as was presented so we we set clear goals we we uh as

155a team of eight we we support our schools with resources not only not only with uh capital resources but also human resources so all of these things are going to are going to go go a long way in in attaining that goal and and and not only when once we attain those goals review and evaluate and and as a group and like we did today uh have those conversations to help uh you know move this move this process along you know so and we can make good good progress and I I think as we all know our focus is always going to continue to work we're going to continue to work to together to to improve student achievements as Mando as coach qu said uh that's very important all right thank you coach s now

156we'll continue with uh the board evaluates but does not interfere with progress towards improving student outs uh Mr Los Santos here I have us a on a score of a four yes yeah looking at this category just so that so that the public can understand looking at this category there's some there's some requirements there going from from zero through through five there's five different levels and so we've been doing the majority of them as far as using the LSG Integrity instrument quarterly progress tracking um with all the monitoring reports that you see happening every single time every single board meeting you know I'd like to say that our school district you know as when I came back when I came on board in 2020 it was always academically oriented the focus was oriented on academics

157and and there was always a strong presence there there was already a very strong infrastructure in place as well this LSG tool when it came into play just fine tuned everything and kept everybody on track so it's a great system in this category um we don't have very much to hit a master's Focus okay because we've been doing the quarterly tracker uh progress tracker the goals the gpms the cpms um the only thing I think here that we need to do this year which we probably are going to do is um the Master's Focus so to get the Master's Focus you have to do a superintendent evaluation based solely on student outcome goals okay and that's the whole purpose of the LSG system as well so doc so just so people understand why are you

158taking the system into place into place well what it does it aligns you as a as a board to evaluate the superintendent based on student student outcomes okay and you may say well that should be what everybody does but that isn't what everybody does okay there are sometimes other districts evaluate superintendents based on other issues um whether it whatever it may be I'm not going to go into detail on that but this system here aligns you to focus on what's important which is academic outcomes of students and so when Dr IA he has those uh parameters in place right those restraints when you get to evaluate this year it'll be solely based on those scores and and uh and so that's what the purpose of this is so I think this year we have enough

159data now and then that's what we're going to do and once we do that we'll be a a master's Focus for the for for this section thank you Mr Los Santos just to add it's all not only is it student outcome goals but it's also the superintendent constraints and I think Dr D has been doing a great job on on the superintendent constraints he has five of them and uh one of is uh not allow our schools to be unsafe which he's been doing a great job low performing campuses to have inequitable access to resources I know he works on that also a low level of Campus culture and climate that's why we're doing the Panorama survey and addressing those needs uh Financial Health of the district which we know he's doing great with and

160the adult community convenience preference or private interest to take priority over academic progress of our students and he he's always focusing on the kids so not only student goals but the constraints so that I think uh we've been doing good good with that Dr thank you thank you Mr ta quick question sir sir are you guys are you guys working on the instrument for the superintendent evaluation I'm working on that okay awesome okay all right here we go the next one we'll continue with uh system and processes the board operates in a way that allows the superintendent to accomplish the vision and in getting feedback from the other board members I have it rated as a 15 it could be a 14 but I think it's a 15 and let me tell you why uh

161our uh board meetings have been an average of three meetings per month yes an average of two hours per meeting about an average of three other topics per meeting yes board members have received the final materials to be voted on at least seven days before the public meeting which we have no edits to the board's regular scheduled meeting uh prior to 3 days yes we have and that's a reason why I rated it a 15 uh it could be a 14 but I think we're already at the Mastery level on that one MH the next one will continue advoc advocacy and engagement the board promotes the Mi uh the mission that one I have it as a nine and the reason that we're not there yet and I I talked to Dr IA alongside with

162Dr haime and uh Mr quer that I asked them that within the next month or so uh we will form a student committee from the district so that way us as board members can meet with them and we'll meet that criteria for masteries level I'll begin it this year and uh I explained it to Dr IA and he'll explain it to the principls and then the principls and the counselors or administrative staff from each campus will select the students to be part of that committee and that committee will be in uh take place or that meeting will take place in May after testing and so forth we we'll ask the principales what day and just for about an hour not it's not going to be a long and and just to begin the the process

163of forming a committee uh for next year okay and Dr Rea will provide more information for the principles yes okay and the second part is newly selected board members have received an orientation on Longstar governance by fellow board members or an LSG coach and we have so we're okay there the final one the board works together and with the superintendent to lead towards the vision I have uh according to the board we have have it rated at nine and Mrs Jaa will com make comments on this one so this one says the board works collaboratively with the superintendent you were at nine and in order to get 10 we have to meet these criteria which is all board members have completed the Lone Star governance Workshop which I believe we all have I'm not sure

164oh uh Mr s has it because he's a new new trustee right okay so we lose it right there um so I mean I'll just stop right there because we're not going to get it after that okay all right and so in receiving the the points from each board member I have us rated at 89 so you'll sign today on on what we have and hopefully uh by next year the beginning of the year we should be a little higher in the Mastery level any other comments when can coach get trained on this Workshop we have one coming up there's one coming up the the official like two-day one I think what happened when we took a coaches like Donna ISD and other board members came here that hadn't done it with their District so

165if anybody else around the valley is doing their initial one you can join them region one does it I don't know I don't think so no I think it has to be a board yeah because we are the ones who get our the coach to come to us you know so it's not a region one thing all right so board members so uh thank you for your feedback yes we'll continue to HC discussion of possible action for the Board of Trustees to consider approval of the longar governance board monitor report for March 2025 do I have a motion I'll make a motion to approve second we have a motion by Mr Castillo second by Mr Los Santos to uh approve the LSG government monitoring as I pass it around and you all sign for it

166all in favor please say I I all oppose motion car carries all right we'll continue Now with uh cassen agenda I'll give you uh a minute or two uh because you should have read read it already since Thursday we've had it so uh any particular items but uh I'll ask you in a minute you got it all right right thank you all right any uh items that we need to pull for discussion I'll begin with uh Mrs Su I'm no none all right thank you Dr haime I have none coach coach quer none Mr Castillo none I got shot down I felt like my dad told me all right uh Mr SDA no and Mr Los Santos no sir and I have none uh do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda motion

167to approve consent agenda second we have a motion by Mr Los Santos and second by coach quer to approve the consent agenda all in favor please say I I I all oppos motion carries let's continue to 10A update on trainings conferences events and consider future agenda items requested by the Board of Trustees Dr Rea yes on Monday March 24th there's a regional one training and then Monday March 31st the LSG training correct Miss will let the board know uh through an email or text okay no no motion needed on this so we'll continue uh unless anybody has a comment all right discussion of possible action items 11a discussion and possible action for the Board of Trustees to cast their vote in the 2025 election for the board of directors of the region one Education Services

168dinner yes you have the ballot you have the ballot right there uh board member so you can place your vote for whoever you select want to vote on it okay all right everybody submitted their ballot number 12 close meeting 12 A1 discussion regarding superintendent recommendation of contracts for certified Personnel professional and non-contractual Personnel 1282 discussion regarding superintendent recommendation on resignations retirements a certified person personnel and uh non-contractual Personnel 1283 deliberation regarding the appointment employment evaluation reassignment duties discipline or dismissal of public office officer or employee 12b consultation with attorney pending or contemplated litigation settlement offer or 12 B3 matter in which the duty of the attorney of the westo Independent School District under Texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with chapter 551 of the Texas government code

169Texas government government code 551.071 and 12 B4 per to section 551 0771 of the Texas government code consultation with legal councel regarding cost number c426 21A Melva seura versus Westco ISD in the 92nd Judicial Court of Hado County and 12 B5 discussion of Legal Services it is uh 8:02 and we will be going to Executive session e e e after all right it is 9:04 and we we convene an open meeting 13A possible action necessary on items discussing close meeting 13B discussion of possible action regarding superintendent recommendation of contracts for certified personnel and not contractual Personnel recommend approval to approve second we have a motion by coach qu second by Mr Ben Castillo to approve the superintendent's recommendation all in favor please say I I I all oppose motion carries 13 C discussion possible action

170regarding superintendant recommendation on resignations retirements of certified professional and non contractual Personnel Dr recommend approval move to approve second we have motion by coach quer and a second by Mr Castillo no Mr Santos oh Mr Los Santos uh to re uh approve superintendent's recommendation on resignations and retirements all in favor please say I I I all against motion carries 13d discussion consideration and possible action regarding cost number c 4026 21A Mela seura versus Westco ISD in the 92nd Judicial Court of County of Texas Dr IA or uh Mr Castillo yes uh yes Mr Bo president members of the board in the back uh our lawyers presented to us uh some options uh but at this time I make a motion uh that we take no action on this item second we have a motion by

171Mr uh Castillo second by Mr de los Santos all in favor please say I I all oppos motion carries and the last one that we uh also had over there which just discussion of Legal Services uh it's no action motion to adjourn all right it is 9:06 and we finish with this board s