001I'd like to call this meeting to order. It is 6 pm and uh declare that we do have a board forum present. The mission of Bradport ISD is to graduate each student to be future ready. If you will please stand for our invitation led by Mr. Chris Dunn and then our pledges of allegiance which will be led by Mr. Jerry Atkins. If you would pray with me. Uh heavenly father lord we just pause at this time just to tell you how much we appreciate uh the blessings that you've given our community. Uh father thank you for letting us be here tonight to take care of uh our district's business. Uh father we're grateful and and honored to have our visitors with us. So many great things being done uh that we get to celebrate tonight
002with our kids and our teachers and coaches. just pray that uh that you just bless them. Father, we ask a special blessing uh this week uh during the graduation time. Father, I just pray for uh just a great uh week of celebration. Uh Father, just keep everybody safe uh coming and going and just pray that this might be a great experience and uh for our families and our kids. Uh Father, we just ask that things that are said and done tonight be honor and glory to you. We thank you. You will join me in the pledges to our flag. I pledge to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation indivisible with liberty and justice for alliance to the one state and indivisible. seated. I'd
003like to ask our board to begin making it way to the front as we shoot into our awards, achievements, and recognition. [Music] Still here. [Music] Good evening. Um, board members, Superintendent Massie, and guests. It is my honor to start our board meeting this evening with our awards and recognitions. We're going to start with our the first place winners of our name that book competition. The annual name that book competition took place on March 27th and 28th. All elementary K through 2nd, 3rd and fourth, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth graders had teams participating, including this year bilingual divisions for our K through 2 grade students. Each team reads the books selected from the Great Texas Mosquito List, an award list developed by our Breathport ISD librarians for their appropriate grade level. And these are
004the books used in the competition. During the competition, each team is given a clue from one of the books and they have to name that book. We are so very proud of every student who participated in the 2025 Name That Book Competition and are thankful for all of the hard work that each student and their families and our sponsors and librarians put forward to make this possible. For our K through 2 first place team from OM Robert, we have Kian Tubic. Meline Sour, Mabry Matthews, Bod Alexander, Eva Speed, Brooklyn Jordan, Sawa, Arai, and their sponsors, Miss Brandy Roland, librarian Lindsay Carter, and Amanda Crawler. Congratulations to the K3 first. [Applause] [Music] Come on down. Just a little. I'm going to take a picture and then I'll get out of the way. And if you want
005free something on me. Yeah, it is. [Music] Thank you. Anybody else? Anyone else? [Applause] The first place winner of our K through 2 grade bilingual division is from PW [Applause] A Luca Gomez Flores. [Music] Emmanuel Gonzalez Martinez, Jaylen Aerto Marelli Alarez and a big thank you to their sponsor Nirvana Alanta and their librarian Caleb. Congratulations. [Applause] Let me see everyone's looking. Look right here. Look at me. One, two, three. Yay. [Applause] Good job [Applause] for our third and fourth grade. First place winners from Bole Elementary. We have Adrien Tapia, Victoria Moreno, Lucille Fernandez, Lyall Hog, Gwindelyn Lou, and Penny Hammet, and their librarian and sponsor, Miss Suzanne Brooks. Congratulations. [Music] One, two, three. And another one. One, two, three. [Music] [Applause] For our fifth and sixth grade team, our first place winners are from Rasco
006Middle School. We have um Avery Marine, Lillian Daniels, Olivia Huarez, Timothy Nidi Hayden Hearn, Madison Williams, and Chloe. And our sponsored librarian, Miss Leanne [Applause] [Music] Congratulations. Thank you so much. [Music] One, two, three. Thank you. [Music] And our seventh and eighth grade team first place winners this year are from Freeport Intermediate. [Music] We have Jason Perez Calderon, Jasine Cambio, Avery De Los Santos, Aalia Ferguson, Joselyn Garcia, Isaiah Hernandez, Isabella Nun, and Aiden Schwarbaker. And their sponsor librarian, Miss Susan Williams. Congratulations. [Applause] No problem. Two. I got it. [Music] One more time. [Music] And congratulations to our winner. [Applause] [Music] I'd like to move purple at this time. [Music] really [Applause] [Music] cool. It's great. [Music] Yes, they got [Music] [Applause] [Music] Good evening board of trustees. Superintendent Massie and our community guests. Uh it's
007an honor to represent CTE. My name is Bridget Purple and tonight I have the privilege of honoring these students who utilize the national platform in a student organization to showcase their talent. So from Brazen Wood High School, students recently brought home top honors from the JA NPA National High School Journalism Convention held in Seattle on April 26th. Junior Shayen Stone. [Applause] Shayen earned an excellent rating for her feature photography portfolio. One of only 28 students nationwide to achieve this honor out of over 900 entries. Sophomore Adelina McIntyre also stood out. Adelina received honorable mention in the highly competitive first year photography contest with only 38 students receiving this [Applause] distinction. In addition to these awards, Junior Harper Nicholls represented Brazwood as presenters at the convention. and they spoke to a packed room nearly 100 students
008and advisers sharing their session how to train your earbuds cats in just one week. This offered valuable insights to her peers and gave her special recognition. We want to thank their sponsor [Applause] Miss and congratulations Shayen Adeline and Harper on the [Applause] All right. Photographers. One, two, three. Another one. One more back. [Music] [Applause] Good evening, Mr. Massie, board of trustees, and our BISD community. Thank you for this opportunity to recognize and and celebrate this outstanding group of athletes and their coaches. A special thank you to the parents and fans for their support throughout the year. We will begin this evening's recognitions with our Brazport Lady Exporter track program. For the second year in a row, we're here to celebrate Nalia White, Brazesport High School junior and multiport athlete. The following is a list of
009accomplishments earned, excuse me. The following list of accomplishments earned Aaliyah a trip to the 2025 UIL Class 4A state championships on May the 1st at Mike Meyers Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin. Nalia's 2025 track and field accomplishments. She won five gold medals this year in the triple jump. She added another two gold medals in the long jump. At the Brassesport ISD 75th annual GF Coast relays, she won the triple jump and placed third in the long jump in a field of 4A through 6A competitors. She is the 294A district champion in the triple jump and the long jump. She continued her success at the area meet. Nalia is the area champion in the triple jump with a PR of 38 feet three and a half inches. She also earned
010the bronze medal in the long jump which qualified her for the region four championships in Kingsville in both events. Nalia earned a silver medal at the region four championships in the triple jump, earning her ticket back to state for the second year in a row. Malia competed well in front of a large crowd at the UIL state championships. She finished as the seventh overall finisher in Class 4A, improving by two places from her 2024 state trip. Through hard work and dedication, Nalia will be in pursuit of a third trip to the UIL State Championships in 2026. We're looking forward to a great senior season. Congratulations on your accomplishments, Nalia. [Applause] Joining Malia this evening are two of her coaches, coach Arion Short and head track coach Richard Dav. [Applause] [Music] Good job. [Music] Yes. Anyone
011else? Sure. More pictures. More pictures. [Applause] Thank you, Robert. All right, we're going to go in a little bit of a reverse order here once we announce so that I can have the coaches helping with certificates. We have a good number of athletes. It's always a great thing. Our next recognition this evening is an exciting turnaround by the exporter basketball program. The exporters finished their 2324 season with a record of three wins and 24 losses. We're talking about the previous year's season. Last spring, we also went through the hiring process for a new leader for our exporter basketball program. Tonight, tonight, I'm pleased to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of this program. After one year under the leadership of head coach Jordan Rhodess, here are a few highlights from the 2425 Brazesport exporter season. The exporters
012completed an amazing turnaround from the 3 and 24 previous year to a 22 and 12 record this season. That's 19 total wins more than last year. They finished district 294A as a second place team with a district record of 10 and three. The exporters then went on and defeated Rockport Fulton 68 to61 to become the by district champions. The Exporters defeated Hildago 54 to35 to earn the area championship and to punch their ticket to the region 4 tournament. The Exporters competed well against the eventual state semi-finalist Austin LBJ. Their 2425 season ended with an incredible turnaround and is the region 4 semi-finalist. I'd like to now recognize this outstanding group of athletes and their coaches. Starting with coaches, assistant coaches Julian Shepard, Daryl [Applause] Johnson, Cameron Jackson, and head coach Jordan Rose. [Applause] I want
013to talk briefly about Coach Rose. Coach Rose came to us from Caroline Dawson where he served as the varsity assistant coach. A diamond in the rough and a classic example of a candidate ready to be a head coach just needing an opportunity. In a candidate pool of head coaches, Coach Rose was the clear choice for the exporters. He more than delivered on what we were all seeking in our next head coach. We're proud that Coach Rose is an exporter and look forward to many more years of Bport success. Good to have you, Coach [Applause] Rose. All right, let's recognize these athletes who did all the work. All right, number zero, Payton Harris. Number one, Manny Williams. Number two, Legend Williams. Number three, Nigel Perry. Number four, Darien Wilson. Number five, Dearon Ramsey. Number 10, Cameron
014Hinton. Number 11, [Applause] Jeremiah. Number 12, Adrien [Music] Gonzalez. Number 13, JJ Barklay. Number 23, Lamario Kersy. And number 24, Max Veriel. All right, we're going to slide back around the center. Coaches attempts to the back row. Let's get [Music] guys to go. Might have to go vertically challenged. Come on. [Music] Push forward. Push forward. small. Let's have the coaches step out of the way so we can get the trustees in with the kids. Congratulations. All right. I need to see right through there. I see Mason. All right. Okay. Right here. And then I'll move out of the way and let count. One, two, three, and I get two. One, two, three. I'm out of the way. [Music] Smile. miles. Thank you. Job not finished. Y'all have to stay for the whole meeting, too. All
015right. Thanks, guys. [Applause] [Music] Okay, our final recognition this evening is another exciting turnaround. this one led by the Buccaneer soccer program. The Bucks finished their 23-24 season with a record of six wins, nine losses, and three ties. Last spring also brought about the hiring process for a new leader for our Bucks soccer program. Once again, I'm pleased to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of this program after just one year under the leadership of head coach Thad Goodling. Here are a few highlights from the 2425 Brazeswood Buccaneers soccer season. The Bucks completed an amazing turnaround from the 69 and3 season the previous year to a 213 and3 season this year. 15 wins more than last year. The Bucks earned the Chevy Spotlight Team of the Week by Inside High School Sports. They finished as the district
016246A champions with a district record of 112 and one. The Bucks defeated Goose Creek Memorial three to nothing to become by district champions. Down a goal late in regulation against South Houston, the Bucks continued fighting and were able to tie the game late to force overtime. The Bucks won in an exciting fashion in PKs to earn the area championship and punch their ticket to the region three semi-final. The Bucks competed well against eventual state semi-finalist straight Jesuit. Their 20 24-25 season ended with an incredible turnaround and as the region 3 semifinalist. Now I'd now like to recognize this outstanding group of athletes beginning with their coaches. Assistant Coach Beckham Guest, assistant coach Chase Dodge. Just last week, Coach Guest was announced as the Texas Association's Region 5 assistant coach of the year. [Applause] Region 5
017encompasses the greater Houston area and all of our, you know, everything surrounding Houston down here. So, uh, it's a large area, a lot of schools, and well earned. Now, coach, head coach Thad Goodling. Coach Goodling came to us from Joshua in the DFW area. He had been the head coach at Joshua for the past seven years. Prior to that, he had served as the head coach for five years in Dumis. We knew exactly what we were getting in our next head coach as his background spoke for itself. Even still, coach Goodling and his Bucks more than delivered. We're excited for the continued growth and success of Buck Soccer. Coach Goodling also represents BISD in his role as vice president of the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches. And in addition to being the 246A coach of
018the year, Coach Goodling was also recognized by the Texas High School Coaches Association's as the association's region 5 6A head coach of the [Applause] year. And like before, let's recognize the guys that did all of the hard work on the field. Thank you. Number one, Kevin Kamentis. Number two, Brady Faulner. Number three, Gavin Hasso. Number five, Jose Malagon. Number seven, Gustavo Gil. Number nine, Elijah Selenus. Number 10, Jareth Jones Cruz. [Applause] Number 11, Alexis Gerichetta. Number 12, Jeremy Ramirez. Number 13, Ben Patre. Number 14, Orphanel Medo Hernandez. Number 16, Kevin [Applause] Lucero. Number 19, Matthew Garcia. Number 21, Arturo Uvano. Number 22, Carlos Parza. Number 23, Henaro Meo Jr. Number 24, Carlos Gonzalez. Number 25, Sebastian Gomez. Number 29, Nick Gar. Number 30, Kersh Parker. And manager, Kenny Ladal. All right, picture time, guys. Fish
019one. [Music] Look for me. Oh my god. Can you come over here? Thank you. And a coach. Okay, we're gonna give them here. So they go out [Music] too. Look here. I gota go wide, two for me. One, two, three. Okay, get out of the way. Yeah. Hold what you got, guys. Come on out. Hold what you got, guys. Got a couple more. I see. There. Can you see him through? Get right through there. Get off the track. Where's Coach Dodge stand? That's cold. Thank you for your hearing. And another way. [Music] [Applause] Thanks guys. Appreciate you guys. Thank you all. Thank you very much. These guys do good at service, too. You just walked around. Oh, yeah. You just walked around. You know what? [Music] Good evening. I'm pleased to announce our spotlight teachers
020for the month of May. The educator spotlight award recognizes outstanding teachers across our district. These are teachers who go above and beyond not only for their students but for their co-workers as well. Can I call your name if you could come stand next to Mr. Massie? This month's spotlight educators are Britney Angelos from CL Intermediate [Applause] School and Mara Nickel from AP Bo. [Applause] With 10 years teaching in BISD, this is Coach Angela's first year in this position as a dance teacher and cheer coach. She's done an incredible job leading the Cougar Crew dance and cheer team. She's brought fresh, innovative ideas and created meaningful opportunities for students at Clude Intermediate. Coach Angelos worked seamlessly with the community, staff, and parents, coordinating pep rallies and dances that truly make every student so special. She's also
021played a vital role in our unified activities at Flute Intermediate, ensuring all students are included in cheer dance and pep rallies. Always positive and smiling. Her enthusiasm is contagious. Peers describe her as inspiring, passionate, and a shining example of leadership. She not only shapes talented performers but fosters kind, high character individuals. Clue intermediate is a better place because of coach Angelo Angelos and they're incredibly fortunate to have her on their team. [Applause] Miss Nichols teaches third grade science, social studies, and writing at AP Bole Elementary with her writing lessons going beyond the teaks to help students craft thoughtful reader responses and essays. The academic growth her students achieve is remarkable. She also sponsors both Bole's art club and student council, dedicating countless hours after school to support their activities. Mara is passionate about both organizations,
022always seeking new ways to expand opportunities for students. Our club meets weekly and ends with the student showcase. While students council holds monthly meetings, runs officer elections, takes part in the festival of lights parade, and enjoys a spring field trip. Mara's commitment reaches far beyond academics. She invests in helping students become leaders, creators, and kind, capable individuals. Her impact reaches far beyond the classroom. Thank you both for your [Applause] service. Congratulations. No, no apologize. [Music] We're a family of another performer. This is here. One, two, three. Another one. [Applause] No, here. Thank you. [Applause] Tonight we are proud to recognize four BISD campuses that have been named Capturing Kids Hearts Showcase Campuses. This this prestigious honor highlights schools committed to building strong, trusting relationships and creating safe learning environments. This recognition reflects the tireless efforts
023of educators and staff who consistently lead with empathy, model positive behavior, and prioritize the well-being of every student. Being named a showcase campus is not just an award. It's a testament to the culture where students feel seen, heard, and valued every day. These campuses have gone above and beyond to foster a sense of belonging and connection, ensuring that academic success is supported by emotional growth and personal development. Tonight, we celebrate your unwavering commitment to excellence and thank you for capturing hearts as you inspire minds. Razesport High School, first time designated as a CKH National Showcase Campus, Principal Quinton Virgil. [Applause] You stepped up. Next for a second consecutive year in a row, Rasco Middle School principal Keith Ford. Congratulations. [Applause] And for the fifth consecutive year in a row, a CKH showcase campus, Brazeswood 9th
024grade center, represented by principles Jared Johnson and Shannon Hester. congratulations. And last, but certainly not least, sixth consecutive year in a row, CK Showcase Campus, Clude Intermediate School, Principal Terra. Congratulations Cage National Showcase Campuses. Thank you. [Applause] Lisa and Amy, would you please join me as a friend? Today we are proud to celebrate a truly outstanding achievement made possible through the exceptional leadership of child nutrition program director Amy Anderson and registered dietician Lisa Mitchell. Congratulations to Amy, Lisa, and the entire BISD child nutrition team for earning the prestigious cream of the crop recognition from the Texas Department of Agriculture. This honor is awarded to school nutrition programs that go above and beyond in delivering high quality meals, innovative nutrition education, and exceptional service to students. Under Amy and Lisa's guidance, our child nutrition team has
025embodied these values, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to student well-being through fresh, healthy meals, creative menu planning, and a strong focus on food security. Amy and Lisa, thank you for your vision, dedication, and tireless support. Your leadership has been key to this remarkable success. Once again, congratulations to BISD Child Nutrition team. You truly are the cream of the crop. We are incredibly proud. [Applause] Thank you so much. One, two, three. [Applause] Good evening board members and guests. It is my privilege to introduce to you two new elementary school principles. We will first start with Miss Jessica Robertson. If you will please join Mr. Massie at the front. Jessica Robertson has been selected as the new principal of Stephen F. Austin Elementary for the upcoming 2526 school year. With a proven track record of academic growth, student
026engagement in campus leadership, Jessica brings more than a decade of experience in education and the administration to the role. Jessica has served as assistant principal at both Velasco and Laneir campuses for the past five years and was recently named the 2425 BISD elementary assistant principal of the year. This is a reflection of her leadership and unwavering commitment to student success. Throughout her career, she has helped guide campuses to distinction and recognition at both the state and national levels. As a former distinguished teacher and grade level lead, Jessica has served in multiple leadership roles, including summer school head administrator, title one lead, and art and 504 administrator. She holds a master of arts and education administration from Lamar University, and a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Western Governor's University. Please join me in welcoming Jessica Robertson
027as the new principal of Stephen F. Austin Elementary School. Congratulations. [Applause] Congratulations. At this time, I'll now ask Miss Sarah Jatala to please join Mr. Matthew at the front. [Applause] BISD is pleased to announce Sarah Jala as the new principal of AP Bidal Elementary. Sarah brings more than 20 years of experience in education with a strong background in leadership and student support. Her experience includes overseeing key areas like special programs, teacher evaluation, student management, and leading initiatives that strengthen student involvement in campus atmosphere. She has served as assistant principal at Brazeswood High School for the past seven years and previously worked in Spring Branch and Ale as assistant principal counselor and special education teacher giving her valuable experience across multiple grade levels. Sarah is a graduate of Brazesport Brazeswood High School, holds a bachelor degree
028in in behavioral sciences and a master of science in curriculum and instruction from the University of Houston Clear Lake along with certifications in school counseling and superintendency. Sarah Jala will step into this new new role in the coming year following the retirement of Laura Morris who led Bole since 2012. Please join me in welcoming Miss Sarah Jatala as the new principal at Bole Elementary. [Applause] Thank you. Congratulations. One, two, three. My second three. [Applause] This concludes our awards and recognitions for this evening. Thank you so much to our board members. That does conclude our awards and recognitions for this evening. Next item that we have is an audience with individuals. uh in accordance with the local board provided an audience with individuals who have signed up prior to meeting to address the board. Tonight we
029do not have anyone who signed up to address the board. So we'll move on to our next item. Uh the next item that we have on our agenda is our consent agenda. Are there any items requested to be pulled from the consent agenda by the board? Uh yeah, I'd like to pull item eight for a brief discussion. I promise. Okay. Anyone else? All right. If not, then do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda last item? Second. It's been moved by Mr. Dunn, second by Mr. by Mr. Atkins. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. All opposed by name. All right, that carries. Thank you. The next item that we have are our reports. Public comment will be allowed on each report. Our first report is the 2026 budget planning update
030by our chief financial officer. Thank you. Uh good evening. In today's budget report, I will present the updated budget figures for the current fiscal year, provide an update on the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year, and share a brief overview of recent legislative changes related to school finance. This presentation reflects our ongoing commitment to fiscal responsibility aligned with Bransport Bransport ISD goal of ensuring financial strength and securing the resources necessary to support highquality facilities and educational programs. And to recap our current budget, um the 2526 budget was adopted with an 11.7 uh million deficit. We have projected chapter 313 revenues at 6 million. However, actual payments are now expected to total approximately 12.5 million, exceeding expectations by a significant margin. The budget was based on average daily attendance or ADA of 10,086. Currently ADA
031stands at approximately 9,985, 101 students below projections and 31 uh below last month's estimate. While special education mainstream ADA is lightning below expectations, other special education services are outperforming projections, generating an additional 1 million in revenues. For state compensatory education, we had budgeted for 7,61 students, but the actual count is 6,287, resulting in a 2 million shortfall. This year, the Texas Education Agency or TEA implemented a new reporting system, FI. Uh we are currently working with TA to correct our state comp student count and potentially secure additional funding. Despite these variances, we anticipate ending the year with a fund balance of 38 million, 77,000 below our target of 38.1 million. This reflects an update from last month's report which showed a 77,000 surplus above the target. The change is primarily due to the decline in
032ADH which we expect to continue as we incorporate data from the six six weeks into the average. Although we've encountered shortfalls in ADA and state compounds, the overall budget is performing better than expected. The projected deficit now stands at 5.7 million, a six million improvement over the original forecast. The 89 Texas legislative session is currently underway and one of the key uh key pieces of education legislation being discussed is House Bill 2 as substituted by the Senate. This bill includes several significant changes to education finance. First, um, let's look at the basic aotment. The base amount of per student funding school districts receive. Under current law, this is set at 6,160. The Senate substitute proposes a modest increase of $55, bringing it to 6,215. The bill also introduces a new teacher retention aotment, which marks
033a notable departure from current law, where no specific retention funding exists. The goal here is to help districts ret retain experienced classroom teachers through targeted financial support. The proposed aotment is structured based on two key factors: years of teaching experience and district enrollment size. For smaller districts with 5,000 or fewer students, teachers with three to four years of experience would receive $5,000 and those with five or more years would receive $10,000. For larger districts with 5,01 students uh or more, teachers with three to five years would receive 2500 and teachers with five plus years would receive 5,500. It's important to note that this is a permanent pay increase. But one major concern is that the funding is not fully covered. The bill does not uh include payroll taxes which will leave the district to absorb
034those additional costs. the special education adjusted aotment. Uh under current law, funding is tied to the instructional arrangements essentially where and how the student is being served such as in a self-contained classroom or through mainstream in inclusion. The bill proposes a shift to an intensity of services model. This means funding would now be based on how intensive the special education services are rather than just where they occur. This could potentially direct more resources to students with greater need. In addition, the bill would provide 1,000 for every special education evaluation conducted by the district. This is likely aimed at reducing delays in identifying and serving students, especially in light of recent concerns about bag loss and evaluations. The additional state aid for regional insurance cost a lot a lotment targets specifically districts located in first tier
035coaster counties or uh catastrophic areas. Under the bill, eligible districts would receive one-third of the difference between what schools in the same coastal uh area are paying for ADA for insurance and what schools are paying statewide on average. For example, if a coastal district insurance cost significant significantly exceeds the state's average, this provision helps offset a portion of that gap. So now looking ahead at the preliminary values, uh we received from the Brasoria Brasoria County Appraisal District that 26 property value estimates for maintenance and operations or M purposes. The preliminary property value is estimated at 12 billion. When adjusted for prior year variances, that figure is 11 and a half billion, representing a 1.42% increase or approximately 171 million over last year. In terms of the projected M tax rate, we're expecting a rate of
03668 68 cents, which is a decrease of about 5 cents compared to the 2425 tax rate, our current tax rate. As a result, estimated M tax collections are projected to be around 72.6 million, a 7 million decrease from the current year despite the slight increase in property values. This drop is due to the compression in the tax rates. Property values for INS grew by about half a percent, an increase of roughly 111 million. The INS tax rate is projected to remain unchanged at 21.5 cents. However, because of only modest growth in property values, estimated INS tax collections are expected to total 44 million, which is about 1.4 million less than the current year. Overall, while values are slightly up, compression in the tax rate will result in lower tax collections for the M budget. The
037decrease in tax collections will be made up by gains in state revenue. We are continuing to review and analyze uh potential budget reductions across the district. The evaluation of the high school master schedule conducted to identify potential deficiencies has been completed um in addition to campus and department staffing meetings. We continue re reviewing department budgets to identify further cost-saving opportunities. At the same time, we are evaluating the potential for staff compensation increases which may result in additional expenditures. To date, we have identified approximately 9.7 million in expenditure reductions. This includes an estimated 5 million in savings related to the fiscal year change. This slide represents the updated budget scenarios showing both the figures we shared at last month's board meeting and our current projections based on newly received information. You'll notice a slight change in
038the table format since the last meeting. We've made a key adjustment. The 3 million one-time siphon has been removed from the total expenditures to provide a clearer picture of ongoing operational costs. The green column reflects the data shared during the previous board meeting. At that time, total available revenues were projected as 118 million. After removing the one-time site, expenditures totaled 127.6 million. This resulted in a projected deficit of 9.6 million before applying any reductions. Once we factored in 9.7 million in potential reductions, we arrived at a small surplus of 71,000. Now with preliminary property value estimates, uh revenues have slightly decreased to 117.9 million. Expenditures remain unchanged at 127.6 million, resulting in a projected deficit of 9.8 million, again before reductions. Applying the same 9.7 million in reductions, we are now looking at a projected
039deficit of approximately 100,000. And that's before accounting for any potential pay increases. If we factor in provisions of House Bill 2, and that would be uh the last column, the financial picture improves. The bill would increase available revenues to 120.9 million with expenditures and reductions unchanged. This scenario will produce a projected surplus of 2.9 million. While we're still refining these figures, it's clear that property values and proposed legislation like House Bill 2 have significant impact on our financial outlook. It is also important to note that none of these scenarios presented accounts for recent federal spending cuts or potential compensation increases. We recently been made uh been informed of reductions to our federal entitlements, including title one and IDF uh grants. These cuts will affect our general fund budget, and we're currently assessing the full extent
040of that impact. While there is still work ahead, it is important to remember that we began this process with a projected 12.6 million deficit. We've made significant progress, and that's thanks to the collective effort and support of everyone involved. As we continue refining these adjustments, we'll keep you informed with the latest updates. And below is the budget planning calendar outlining the next steps and upcoming key dates. Any questions from the board? Yes, sir. Um the TEA accountability for special ed is that new this year? Is this the first time we've had to input that in in in the way that they want it now for for the stay calm numbers? Yes. Okay. There it is a shift. Yes. And so if I read correctly, isn't it kind of convoluted to input? So, so what it
041used to be in the past and this is our PIN submission. In the past, what would happen is that we would extract the information from our system ourselves. We were uploaded into into the PE into the TDS TSDS system and go through the validation process and then approve superintendent sign off and we're good. Now, what's happening is that um the state contracted with FI and what they do is they automatically go in and pull the information before we've had uh before we've had a time to fully look at our information and clean it up and and we we're trying it's a it's an ongoing process. So, what happened with our staycom numbers is due to the system a group of students were not picked up and we've already submitted a ticket. We are working with
042TEA. I think we heard from TA recently that we are cleaning up those numbers. So that should be a gain of about 600 more students. So that will increase our funding for this year. So getting more help from um you said that the in the Senate bill two the whatever it is the modified one or whatever they're come trying to come up with the raises for the retention or whatever we want to call it. I don't know what I call retention but that is an ongoing it's not a onetime payment that right that would be an allotment created uh to stay permanently the only thing is that it does not account for any of the taxes that we would normally have to pay like your Medicare tax and the TRS reporting portion so that number
043increases the teacher pay but it it increases our budget correct it's it's a kind of like we're a pass through they're going to give us that to so that we push it out and give it to the employees So more uh it it also does not account for all teachers because it starts at year three. It starts at year three year which I don't that's whole center bill. Yeah. Uh it's it's crazy but um so our evaluation for special ed I mean we have to evaluate anyone if for anybody using a bouncer or a private school they would bring their student here for us to evaluate for special ed and $1,000 that cover our cost. No. Okay. So, I don't I don't think people realize that you know that you know vouchers for special ed
044is good but they don't evaluate their own public school evaluates for special ed. Um last question. The fiscal year change has that been inputed to the state yet or when when do we have to do? No, that will be going uh later this month. Okay. You know the other thing about the money going through the school safety thing and the teacher the schools that are people are getting have their teeth the schools that have vouchable they don't have to come up to standards that we do or the officers or anything else they get their money and they don't have to pay anything for In the Senate bill, there's also additional increases, slight increases for some of our aotments, uh like our state comp a allotment just like the the house bill had too. So, they're
045similar in that but it's it's very small. Correct. Contingency funds is what six million 3 million. So, I I guess I would highlight the reduction of 500,000. I know we haven't used much of it over the past, but that's always scary to me is reducing the contingency. But anyway, so we'll just keep that in mind as we as we go forward. So that was my last question. Well, and we've talked about this too. The other thing we continue to advocate with with the Senate is that the the increase in the teacher rates based on student enrollment. So, we have three school districts neighboring us that are less than 5,000 students. And so, they get double the increase of pay for there's no justifiable reason why because they have less than 5,000 students that their teachers
046are getting a 5,000 and a $10,000 raise and our teachers are getting a 2500 and 5500 raise just because we're over 5,000 students. So again, we continue to advocate with the Senate with that, but it has not gotten much traction. Paras cafeteria folks [Music] mainten a difficult time filling their position. Well, they're going to be in the same situation we are where they're going to get that money, but it's going to increase their budget because the taxes Yeah. the taxes and benefits aren't included in this. So, any other questions from the board in the audience? All right. Thank you. Next item that we have on our reports is the compensation planning update for the 2526 school year. Miss Jennifer Neighbors, our chief HR officer. All right. Good evening. Tonight I have a brief update on
047our compensation planning. TAZ finalizing our pay review and we'll share that information once it's finalized. Um I'd like to the presentation tonight with an update update related to employee benefits with a year in review. So this was our first year with United Healthc Care. Um based on feedback, our plan design seemed to work well for our members. Our biggest challenge was primary care physician designations and changes early on in the in September. Um, Next Level Prime has been a successful added supplemental benefit for our employees and for the district. Um, and with the enriched wellness incentives through Prime and United, we saw an increase in the number of annual physicals and preventative care. Um, we do foresee some changes coming. So, we've requested United provide detailed claims data so we can review and analyze before
048new rates are released. Um, we have a rate cap in place to safeguard any significant significant rate increases. Um, our open enrollment will begin in July through the start of school. Um, our outreach efforts will begin as soon as we have rates locked to inform all members of plans and costs. Um, we aren't changing our plans. That would void our rate cap and we would have significant rate increases if we were to do that. We're working to expand our partnership with Next Level Prime and enhance accessibility to cost effective care for our employees. Um, we'll continue to watch and compare our rates to TRS. Those will be released at the end of June. So, this slide shows a snapshot of our savings by employees utilizing Next Level Prime from September 2024 through March 31st. This
049helps reduce our claims cost on insurance which drives our rate increases. Um we saved approximately $49,000 towards claims um from or from hitting our claims with $245,000 of that just from people utilizing Next Level rather than going to the emergency room when the emergency room wasn't needed at that time. Um so during the April board meeting we reviewed three preliminary teacher pay models along with how we compare um with the market and our teacher pay. Um we saw that we were 97 to 98% of market for all years. Um we reviewed our market sources and market districts. Um we reviewed our competitive siphon. Um, we looked at the 3%, 5%, and 6% increase models. May 21st, we'll review findings and recommendations with TASPY. Um, we'll then present the final report to the board and hopefully
050in June, we're recommending a compensation plan. Um, while we know these figures can change, these are the preliminary costs for the three models provided by TASBY. Uh this includes for each percent model the raise plus some adjustments. The GPI percentages were applied for all paid grades, not just the teacher models. This time the 3% model would the GPI percentages were applied for all pay grade. Sorry. Uh the 3% model would cost approximately 3 million. The 5% model would cost approximately 5 million and the 6% would cost approximately 6 million. The 24253 3% onetime payment cost the district three million last year. Last month when we reviewed the preliminary teacher model cost, we discussed that the schedules were all in alignment with how Bill 2 was written at that time. In the last week, the Senate
051started hearings on House Bill 2 with their substitute plan that Miss Cino spoke to, which includes teacher only raises. The last column shows that the Senate substitute will approximately 3.3 million to implement if it passes. That is just for the amounts applied for years three and up. So the 2500 for three and four, the 5,500 for five years up and does not and that would be for any model. the 6% increase model that was a was the closest teacher schedule that would reflect the teacher raises of 2500 starting at year three and 5500 at five but we would still have to make adjustments if we used that um to meet the minimum amount amount um just to get a look at what the Senate substitute would look like I prepared two models of a teacher
052schedule. The first model shows our current teacher schedule, which is the blue line, and the red line reflects the current schedule with the Senate substitute applied. You see an increase of 2500 at year three and four. Then five plus years, a $5,500 increase has been applied. This is an improvement from our current model, but we would stay behind in market due to market districts applying their raises to their schedules versus a one-time payment. This model shows the 3% raise scenario applied to the teacher schedule and then the Senate substitute amounts applied to the increased schedule. You see an increase of 2500 at year three and four. Five plus years is 5,500. This preliminary model align us better with market districts that have enrollments of over 5,000 students. Districts with enrollments of 5,000 or less will
053receive double the amount for raises at the same years. And um we have five districts that have that enrollment that are close to us. Um and while we have the ability to employ more people, that would still possibly affect our teacher retention when they're getting double the raises. But we are still working to come up with a plan and make um reductions where we can. Hasb recommended that school districts wait on the implementation of general pay increases as a result of potential legislative action. And this information presented this evening is for report only. Administration will have a recommendation at subsequent board meeting to align with the 2526 budget. Any questions? Any questions? We may with this 5,000 under and over 5,000 our little comparisons. We may have to have two or three comparisons to to
054really function in or to hone in on are we comparing to the bigger districts? Are we comparing to the smaller district? So, it's going to be We have some of them. We've already started looking at it just in case. So, yeah. So, that's if we didn't have any trouble with our graphs, we have more. Okay. Um, in general, have you heard of other districts, not so much, I mean throughout the state of what percentage rates they're talking about? I mean, I haven't heard as much I think they don't really know what to do. I I think that's exactly what it is. And even if they're having these pay analysises done, they're being told like it's recommended to wait to see what the legislaturator is going to do. Well, that yeah, that first line there about
055waiting and you know, the thing is is that we could wait till November when they have several special sessions. That's a problem. Yeah. Hopefully there won't be one. Yeah, we did that two years ago. I think they're going to be one or two. So, this this this throws another wrinkle in the print. Yeah. It could change next week. It could change tomorrow. It is today though. We still got to take care of that half the group that's not in the classroom that's been making the classroom possible. Absolutely. That's They make up more than half of our our staff. We have 769 teachers and so 188 um will are zero to three years too. So that's something to think about as well. Could you put that down and that's good to I I don't even I
056don't know how to even ask the question about if you can put the the associated cost of the taxes that are going to be on top of the that's why I said I have more questions than answer. I don't really know how to I don't even know which model to go with, but you know, I mean, we're looking at 3 million, four million, 5 million, whatever it is, but then the zero through three years plus everybody else plus the taxes on top of all that. And I don't there it's not even enough really to fund what the required raise would be just for a portion of our employees. Not a small portion, but a good significant amount, but not all of our employees. Like the zone of uncertainty, more uncertainty. More. Okay. Any other any
057other um back to the wellness thing. Yeah, this United Health is now being investigated. I hope that doesn't throw a in the operation. I hope not either. The Next Level Prime has been a really good benefit. It really has. And it's nice that they're open in the evening because they can access them like when they get off work where the doctor's office, they might end up at the emergency room when that's not really where they need to go. Well, I haven't had a chance to look at your spreadsheet here, but I mean, it jumps out at you, you know, about emergency room versus ECB. care. Well, and they also offer primary care. Yes. And so for some of our employees, it's much more affordable. Where's their clinic located? It's in that shopping center in front
058of HB. And as a chick, yes, actually in that same strip. And so as more employees have joined, they have increased their staff as well. and they're actually in we're talking to them and we're hoping that they are going to come through with this because I think they're going to reduce the rates for our employees and they open definitely open on Saturdays Sunday too. Yeah, they're open every day and then in the evening. And they have they have nurse pract they have doctors and nurse practitioners. Oh, and they'll let you do your wellness visit there. The biggest problem is getting a PCP that and you can because if you sign up and select the PCP, it may take you five or six months to actually get the initial appointment. However, you can go tomorrow to
059the clinic and get whatever you need in L of having PCP. Well, and what's nice is you can you still make an appointment there. It's the same day appointment. Um whether you're sick, well, for sick, you can. It doesn't take nearly as long as going to a regular doctor. And they've worked to streamline if they need to refer them beyond being at next level um using our in network providers to refer them to. So, because that doesn't always happen. Any other questions from the board? Does it say how this utilization is that average monthly members? Is that uh our enrollment or is that the enrollment that we have? That seems like the average monthly members. Some of our employees have a family membership. So that includes Oh, this is total people. Yes. Okay. I say
060that's a bunch of people. couldn't add them up. So, some of our employees have added member we this has been one they could add over the course of the year. If they had insurance with us um and they didn't get it initially, they might have joined in December January. The family rates are affordable. Yes. Yes. So, so is this next level? Is that a corporate thing or It is, but it and it's not nationwide. It's based in Texas. Okay. Any questions from the audience? Yeah. Your rate cap, what percentage is that cap at in comparison to the salary increase? So the rate cap they can't raise our insurance more or the rate more than 14.9%. Where some you would see like if we were to switch plans um you could see a 29% increase. So
061that that is a good point because often it has not been unusual when we've given a raise uh to staff and the insurance increase has offset the raise. That's not versus TRS. Yeah. Yeah. TRS. All right. Thank you, ma'am. Next item that we have under our reports is the bond planning and construction update. Uh Mr. Tyler, our director of maintenance and council project. Good evening. The following is in accordance with board policy CV local. It is my pleasure to present the planning and construction update for the 2019 bond program. Uh tonight's presentation is going to be fairly short. Starting with the Brazeswood pool. Oh, and here's our spending as of April 25th. Uh 91.8% total POS issued completed or in progress. Here's an aerial shot from late last week. You can see the entire site.
062Uh we've got underground sanitary sewer going, excuse me, being installed right now on either side of the parking lot at the fieldhouse. We've got the building. Here's an overview of the pool site. You can see the um under equipment building plumbing that is complete and being backfilled. Here's a shot. the sump pit. There's the under slab plumbing for the equipment building. Just another angle of the same area. And that's looking from the pool to the equipment building back toward the main campus. There's a manhole for the sanitary sewer. This will be wrapped up and back filled by the end of the week unless weather disagrees. That's right next to the fieldhouse. The piping is done. It's just a matter of compacting the soil and covering it up. Here's the rendering that you guys have seen
063several times over the past several board meetings. Pool deck. There's the opposite end. There's the site rendering and enlarged view of the layout of the pool. And then onto the Rasco stacking lanes. Nothing new here. We'll mobilize as soon as school's out and knock that project out. Same site plan that you've seen before. And the bleachers at Brazwood, we've had a handful of delays, but we're hoping to get wrapped up by the end of this week. Um, these were taken with the drone late last week. You can see the graphic in the background. That's the home side. You can see it says buck And there's the straight view of the graphic. Turned out awesome. And there's the visitor side. They've been working today, I believe. Right coach or they're coming back Thursday, Friday, start tomorrow.
064Okay. Hopefully we'll be wrapped up by the end of the week. Uh that side will say pride. It looks very good. Um, the last update I gave you guys, we're wrapping up the work on fixing the sanitary sewer piping at Velasco and doing the roof overlay. All that work is now complete. And Child Nutrition is working to get the equipment back in the kitchen. This clicker is not working very well. Uh, there's the serving line leading back into the kitchen space. Walls have been covered up. Everything's painted now. Here's one of the restrooms that we had to remove tile and block to fix the piping. Some of the group restrooms. I don't know if this clicker is working or if David's controlling me. Another [Music] restroom. Okay. Just And here's the roof after there's a
065small section. This one complete. And that is all I have for you guys. I apologize. This is not being cooperative. Any questions on the roof of Glasco? Was that a total replace or just No, we put like a isolation board that's 3/4 of an inch thick on top of the gravel. They removed any gravel that was kind of piled up, but it actually is covering the previous roof uh with a Duralas membrane and turned out great. I mean, you walk on it, you wouldn't know there's gravel underneath it. Joy is Yes. And child nutrition maintenance, there's a slide, but is that do we get that next next one? We've kind of paused a little bit. We're looking at some other design options to uh be more cost effective. We don't have a clear plan to
066share this evening, but it is still in the works. Okay. always been last. Any other questions? All right, sir. Thank you. Next item that we have under our reports is the board of trustes training hours that follows to me. Uh few years ago, they started requiring that we announce this every year at this meeting. So, here we go. Under the state uh board of education rule completing required continued education each year of service is a basic obligation and expectation of any city board member as board president I'm required to announce the name of each member who has completed the required continuing education has exceeded the required continuing education and also if any if they are deficient in meeting the required continuing education the requirements for training are measured as of the first anniversary of the
067date of the trustes election for appointment or the two-year anniversary of his or her previous training as applicable. There are eight training areas for board members continuing education. uh local district orientation, orientation to the Texas education code, post school legislative update to the education code, team building, additional continuing education, evaluating student academic performance, and setting goals, identifying and reporting abuse, trafficking, and other maltreatment of children and school safety. to the extent applicable to each board member. I will announce the completion or deficiency as to the required training. For members who still have time remaining to complete required training, I will announce those board members who have scheduled timely training and those who have not yet scheduled their training. At the conclusion of this announcement, I will announce any board members trained in excess of the
068continuing education requirements. There are no new returning or current board members who were required to complete the following. The local district orientation, the orientation to the Texas education code training, or the post legislative update to the Texas education code training for the period covered by this announcement or the post legislative update to the Texas education code training. The following board members are scheduled to complete the annual team building training on the evening of June 16th, 2025. Mason Howard, Scott Shortner, Jerry Atkins, Jim Reinhardt, Liz Quay, Chris Dunn, and Ken Schulty. The following board members have completed the additional five hours of continuing education requirements. Mason Howard, Scott Shortner, Jerry Atkins, Joe Reinhardt, Quart, Chris Dunn, and Kenyon. All board members met the required hours and have completed the Bennial training of evaluating student academic performance
069and setting goals. The following board members met or are scheduled to complete the required hours on the bianial training on identifying and reporting abuse and trafficking. Mason Howard, Scott Shortner, Joe Reinhardt, Miss Quay, Chris Dunn, Ken Shely, and Jerry Atkins. The following board members met or are scheduled to complete the banial training on school safety. Ken Schulty, Chris Dunn, Mards, Qumer, Jerry Atkins, Joe Reinhardt, and Liz Quarter. The following board members exceeded the required amount of continuing education training. Board member Mason Howard exceeded the required amount of continuing education training by 17 additional hours. Board member Scott Schwartner exceeded the required amount by 6 and 1/2 hours. Board member Mr. Atkins exceeded the continuing education training by 42 and a half hours. That was board member Joe Reinhardt exceeded the required hours by 15. Board
070member Liz Quayar exceeded the required hours by 10 and a half and board member Chris Dunn exceeded the required hours by 10 and a half hours. That is all for that report. We've spent a lot of time training and retraining and continuing training. Next item that we have on our agenda are board committee reports. Do we have any board committee reports this evening? I don't have a committee report, but we didn't have the I still got it. Yeah, I got it. Keep going. That's right. That's what I was asking. Okay. It's not a committee report, but I appreciate the cabinet first. Congratulations on your daughter graduating. She makes you look good. And to Mr. Whitehead, Mr. and uh with neighbors that decided to take part of the threeman show that came there. Mr. Don and
071Mr. Schultzy were hard to get along with it all worked out. Thank you very much. Thank you any more any other from our board members. All right, the next item that we have is the item that was pulled from consent. That's item E. Item E is the Brazesport college memorandum understanding renewal dual credit educational services and adult education and literacy program. Mr. Yeah, I I just wanted to to point out, you know, that's such a great program. So hopefully I guess I'd like to request that we get an update for the next meeting about how many hours been done, how many associates degrees and adult education I think that would be very helpful because it's it's a um I mean how many kids we've got graduating with associates degree but it's more than two. So
072anyway that was my whole point. It's like you know it's good the memorandum is is good and the cost uh and the only thing cost was not no new funding but it does cost us a bit but the college also you know they got all the they got all the funding from the legislature last year so they're covering all those costs. But anyway, if we could uh just get that update, I think that would be be enlightening for all of us. Absolutely. Thank you. There were quite a few I think that's a good number to highlight for our community also. So, I'll make a motion that we approve. All right. It's been moved by Mr. Hatkins and seconded by Mr. Reinhardt to approve the item that was pulled from the consent agenda item E. All
073those in favor signify by saying I. I. I'm sorry. All opposed by Nate. All right, that carries. Yes, sir. Go back one to one item, but uh I didn't attend the Bradwood award night, but I attended the Bradley Court award night. Um those kiddos there amassed over $400,000 in scholarships and grants and stuff. And so that's a uh That's a big big for them because a lot of those folks struggle. Um, one was even more I guess a positive several of them were on different part different coasts. Some on the west coast, some on the east coast at national events, competitions and so doing great things. All right. Next item that we have uh on our agenda, our next uh regularly scheduled work session uh board meeting will be right here June 16th. Uh and
074afterwards we will do the the board training the team of eight. Next thing that we have is executive session. It may be called for the purposes permitted by the Texas Open Meeting Act, Texas government code section 551.001 through 551.146 section 551.07 71 is consultation with attorney. Section 551.72 for the purpose of discussing the purchase, exchange, lease or value of your property. Section 551.074 personnel matters appointment evaluation reassignment duties discipline dismissal or complaint. Section 551.076 intruder detection audit report findings for BISD. Section 551.082 82 for the purpose of considering discipline of a public school child for a complaint or charge against personnel. We'll return shortly. Now reconvene from executive session. The time is 8:19. Uh unless there are any objections, we shall stand adjourned.