001Uh, good evening. Welcome to the Temple ISD Board of Trustees held here on May 11th, 2026 beginning at 6 PM. Our first item is to call to order and to declare a quorum, which we do have. Second item is the pledge of allegiance. Would everybody please stand and face the American 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. >> Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the Texas. One state under God, one and indivisible. Item three is public comments on agenda items. Is anybody signed up tonight? Okay. Thank you, mommy. Item four is superintendent recognition. Members, could we please come in front of the dis Our first item is the
002Baylor TIP student. >> We are pleased to celebrate a student from Travis Science Academy tonight who has been recognized by Baylor University as a Baylor TIP scholar tonight. TIP stands for talent identification program. Travis Science Academy 7th grader Marin Garcia has been recognized as a Baylor Tip Green Scholar. Seventh grade students earn this distinction by taking a test similar to the SAT and earning scores that are typical of a collegebound high school senior. Being recognized as a Baylor TIP scholar signifies that a student has exceptional academic potential and a commitment to developing their talents. Baylor tip offers three levels of honors. TIP scholar, TIP Green Scholar, and TIP Gold Scholar. Green scholars like Marin scored in the top 25% of all students who test for admission to TIP and gold scholars represent those in the
003top 10%. With these designations, Marin has access to advanced learning opportunities at Baylor University that are tailored to nurture her scholarly growth. These include Baylor tip academy courses and Baylor tip lysum courses which she can take while living on the university campus during the summer the summer and membership to a number of different academic societies that meet virtually throughout the year. By participating in Baylor tip programs, scholars engage with college level content taught by experts in their field, collaborate with like-minded peers from around the country, and receive mentorship aiming to transform their potential into exceptional academic talent. We're incredibly proud of you, Marin, and invite you and invite everyone to enjoy uh recognizing her this evening. Well done, Are you mom? Do you want to take a picture? >> You get a picture, Kenny? Are
004you good? Okay. >> Okay. Just wanted to make sure mom and dad got what they wanted. >> Yay, Mary. >> Congratulations. >> Our next item is state and national qualifiers. >> All right. Well, as you can hear the rumble outside, we have a lot of students to recognize tonight. And so tonight, we'll be recognizing state and national competition in athletics, career and technical education, fine arts, or other organizations. We've already had the opportunity to recognize 104 students um for state and national qualifications, but we have we have many more to recognize tonight. We'll start with our TISD career and technical education program that has uh recognized a lots of national qualifiers. Are you ready? Yay. Okay. Shamira Miller for a national qualifier for HOSA. Go ahead and go up there and shake hands. Azra Kamacho,
005state superior turbo diesel silver medal. Roman Jacobe, state superior turbo diesel. Santiago Lendero, State Superior drivetain gold medal. Sebastian Leyon, State Superior Drivetrain, bronze medal. Chester Williams, state superior drivetrain, silver medal. Dylan Lopez, best in show for transmission, silver medals in both electrical and transmission. Alejandro Munoz, best in show for transmissions, silver medal. Bassnet Rashan, best in show for transmission. Georgina Martinez, state superior transmission. Daniel Jimenez, state superior transmission and silver medal. Noey Gonzalez, short block engine, two bronze medal in brake and air conditioning. Isaiah Velasquez, short block engine, two silver medals. Daniel Rivera Aoyo, short block engine, one gold medal. Fabian Zuniga, short block engine. Lewis Warez Jr. turbo diesel Rolando Ramirez, bronze medal. Bryson Watkins, Auto Electrical, bronze medal. Ignasio Yugalde, Auto Electrical Silver Medal. Connor Dale, Best in Show Electrical. Brandon Miller,
006State Superior Auto Electrical. Will Willis Mason, State Superior Auto Electrical. And we'll stop right there. This concludes our um autos for skills skills USA. Great job. I get did I get everybody? Yes. Okay. Take Okay, parents, everybody wants to take a picture. Take a picture. We won't let them move. >> Great job. >> All right, we're going to go out that way. >> Congratulations. Great job everybody. All right, now we're going to move to carpentry. Xander Anastasis, State Superior Carpentry. Darien Townsen, State Superior Carpentry. Make sure you shake hands. Darien I said Darien Townsen, didn't I? Elijah Ku, State Superior Carpentry. Darien Townsen, State Superior Carpentry. GMO Ramirez, best in show car hood paint and refinish. Juan Gyos, car, best in show car hood paint and refinish. Emmeiliano Hernandez, best in show hood paint and
007refinish. Andrew Diaz, state superior alternator restoration. Jackson Freley, state superior alternator restoration. Josiah Davis, best in show turbo rebuild and restoration. Corbin Campbell, best in show turbo rebuild and restoration. Sayia Johnson, State Superior Cabinet Making and Mill Works. Eduardo Rodriguez, State Superior Carpentry. Carlos Warez, State Superior Carpentry. You guys can go this way. Ephen Lopez, State Superior Carpentry. Zriana Young, State Superior Carpentry. make cabinet making and mill works. Josh Galindo, state excellence carpentry. Adam Rodriguez, state excellence cabinet making and mill works. Emma Fiser, machining. Yay. And we'll stop right there. Emma also had a bronze medal. >> You're Christian. You're right there. Good. Okay. So, this is our um carpentry and and uh >> auto paint body. >> Autop paint body. Thank you. And these are illustrious uh professors over here. You guys get on
008in the picture. Great job. Okay, y'all. Y'all go through this way. Okay. Okay, everybody get their picture. Yay, team. All right, we're going out that way. GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT, our next group we have Christian Yepz, second place early childhood learning national qualifier. Juliana Berentos, third place early childhood learning national qualifier. K, go ahead. Kasia Wheeler, ProStart, superior recognition. Alicia Osbbor, superior recognition. Carlos Gomez, third place national in Microsoft. Aar Gar, second place national in banking and finance. Mason Abby, fundamental word national qualifier. Eli Flores, SWAT state qualifier. Alex Mongia, SWAT state qualifier. Adam Estrada, SWAT state qualifier. Travis Scantling, SWAT state qualifier. Valerie Mald Maldonado, state qualifier, accident investigation. All right. Okay. >> Fantastic. Yeah, we'll take another picture. >> Did I miss you? >> What? Tell me your names. >> Jacob Brith. >>
009Jacob Branith. SWAT. State qualifier. And >> Franci. >> Oh, you're gonna say that in the in there for me. >> Nefeti. >> That's right. State qualifier. SWAT. Come on up there. Fantastic. >> All right. So, these are our early childhood learning, some of our um culinary students, and our law students. Well done, students. All right, heading out that way. Okay, next we'll go to our FFA students. Wonderful. Michaela Crawford, FFA Lonear Degree. Laya Swanson, FFA Lonear Degree. Ariana Wilson, FFA Lonear Degree. Shayen White, FFA, Lonear degree. Fantastic. All right, then we'll add our middle school students. Kayla. Oh, wait. Okay. What What group are you guys? >> Barbecue. Okay, I'm scooting down to barbecue. Pit masters. Fantastic. Maxwell Morrison, Pitm State qualifier. Holton McKenna, Pit Temple. Pitm state qualifier. Travis Scantling, Temple Pitmaster state qualifier.
010Alex Mongia, Temple Pitmaster state qualifier. Hunter FlipFrank, Temple Pitmaster State Qualifier. Fantastic. Yes. All right. And our and our sponsors, head on up. Thank you very much. Are you there? Perfect. All right, we'll take a picture with those folks, our FFA and our barbecue masters. >> Nice job. >> And before the picture, let me say this. We recently learned that our pitm group has also qualified for nationals. >> Y fantastic. Everybody get a picture. All right. Thank you'all so much. Okay. Bonum. Is that right? Bon. Okay. When I call your name, you'll walk up and you'll shake everybody's hand. Okay. And then she'll tell you to line up. All right. All right. Now, we have our best robotics. Bonum Robotics. Kayla Atkins, state qualifier. Genesis Bird, state qualifier. Michael Colado Johnson, state qualifier. Michael Gadbury,
011state qualifier. Mariano Hernandez, state qualifier. Aaron Jangid, state qualifier. Alejandra Jones, state qualifier. Alexandre Manakiano, state qualifier. Briana Vattie Ailles, state qualifier. Ava Johnson, state qualifier. Kyla Crowder, state qualifier. Thomas Ingram, state qualifier. This is our bonum robotics. Go ahead. All right. What group are y'all? What group are y'all? >> Well done. >> Okay, perfect. All right. So, this is our bonum group. Great job, Bonum. Bonum State Robotics. >> Great job. Fantastic. Thank you guys. We're going to head out that way. All right. Now, we have our Texas High School Welding Series State qualifiers. Justin Munoz, Kain Nicholson, Jeremy Ray, Chloe Rivera, Jaden Tala. You'll shake hands everybody. Christopher Vdee, Addison Dolan, Juan Oedo. Fantastic. And our Yep. They're about Travis. All right. Well done, fellas. We're going out that way. All right. Next, we're
012going to recognize our athletic um uh students. So, we'll start with football. Is that right? Football. >> Athletic training. Okay. We'll start with academic all state. Yes. Yes. Okay. Houston Martin. >> Nope. I have the wrong group. All right. Uh I have athletic training. I don't have Okay, we'll I don't Tell me your name. >> John, >> where are you at? >> John, where are you? See your Oh, right here. >> We're all mixed in. >> Okay, we're all mixed in. Okay, we're all mixed in. Okay, we're good now. Is Is Houston Martin here? Okay. John Aberil, walk on up and shake everybody's hand, buddy. Xavier Wilson, Champ Mayo, Brooke Alexander, Mai Ma Micah Balden, sorry, Jacob Martin, Ashley Huerte, Jamarian Carlton, Jeremiah Blunen, Koscotti Masu. Nope. Okay, just a second. In volleyball, Madison Sap
013in tennis, Preston Meyers and Lydia Livce, Jack Carr. In swimming, John Culp, Champ Mayo, and Jace Mayo. In wrestling, Brooklyn Williams, Logan Whitmore, David Paige, Hayden Menddees. Fantastic. in girls soccer. Valerie Vasquez, Elena Flores, Issa Diaz, Elena F. Oh, there's Spice. And Crystal Scopeel. All right. In soccer, Aaron Roblaze Urebe, Jeremy Ray, Joshua Galindo, Arturo Chavana III, Sebastian Leon. in softball, Ava Machuka. And our regional recognition in golf, Elliot Trevette. Here he comes. And our state qualifiers in wrestling, Brooklyn Williams, Nia Williams, Gavin Hogan Cook, Pablo Aguilar, and Elvaldo Saraveia. In powerlifting, Jazaria Clinton, and Bradley Filillmore. Well done, athletes. You guys scoot down just a little bit. Can scoot this way just a little bit. Perfect. Everybody scoot this way just a little bit. Yep. Just scoot on down just a little bit so
014we can fit those other two folks in. Great job. All right, we're going to smile and take a picture right there. Okay, let's make sure we got all our pictures. Nobody moves till mom and dads are happy. theater. Gotcha. Okay, great job athletes. We're going to head out that way. Perfect. Okay, now we're going to move to a theater. So, we we have two theater um state qualifers. Shaylee Whitley for State UIL Theatrical Design and Jayla Griffin for State UIL theatrical Design. In the area of dance, we have Sonia Strea, an allstate dancer. Come on in. And then our varsity kitten team were grand champions at Dance Line State contest. So, here's our varsity kittens. Everybody come on up and shake hands. Well done, kittens. Congratulations, ladies. Well done. Well done. Congratulations. >> Good job.
015Good job. You guys know how to line up. Y'all are great. Congratulations. Great job. Y'all scoot down this way just a little bit. Perfect. Perfect. Good evening. How are you? >> So, you'll just walk up with your students. We're going to take them right up through here and they'll shake all the board members hand and then Miss Dr. Rogers help you line up. Okay. Okay. Great. All right. Let's get all the pictures we want. Okay, everybody good? >> Congratulations. We're head out that way. WELL DONE. ALL RIGHT. NOW, we'll recognize our elementary art students. At Ray Allen, we have Marlo Doris, top of teams, state level award for elementary, and Lucy Tanner, great in top of teams. At Western Hills, we have Ella Boyd, uh, fourth grader, top of teams. Go ahead. At Meredith, we
016have Ogart Alvarado, our prek student. Top of teams at Thornton Elementary, Adeline Ducet. Top of teens, fifth grade at KP, we have Maxameilliano Maldonado. In second grade, Miriam Rhodess in fourth grade. At Travis, we have King London and Jan Ramos Velasquez. >> They're not here. That's okay. You can go on up and shake hands. Yes. And tell me, >> Jen is yours. Oh, and at Lamar Middle School, Jan Ramos Velasquez. Sorry about that. >> J Oc. Awesome. >> Well done. All right. Well, we'll we'll get a Oh. Oh, Gar. Do you want to take a picture? >> Good job, buddy. Okay, everybody. We're going to look right there and smile. Take a picture. Everybody got your pictures? >> All right, congratulations. Well done. We'll head out that way. Nice job. Going this way, honey. All
017right, now we have JROTC Archery. All state qualifiers. So Damian Acasta, Aiden BBE, go and shake hands. Okay. Angel BBE, Aiden Castillo, Fitz Miguel Dao, Raina Davila, Jackson Freily, Cheyenne King, Caitlyn Larson, Lashia Leett, Kenneth Oar, Dayton Prrenup, Pika Saga, Winona Sage had honorable mention, All State, and Xander Zabbrano state qualifier. Well done, ROC archery. Yes. And our illustrious leader right there. Hold that sign up. All right. Well done. >> Yep. That's good. Perfect. Looks great. Everybody got the pictures? >> Nice. Well done, gentlemen. We're going out that way. And ladies, nicely done, ladies and gentlemen. >> Yes. Don't you look pretty in your blue. >> So, when I call your name, you're going to walk up and shake everybody's hand. I'll just read a little bit about you, and then after you shake everybody's
018hand, go stand by Dr. R. Okay, got it. That concludes our state and national qualifiers. >> Our next is the top state golfer, Carly Marshall. >> Carly Marshall is a junior at Temple High School and is also the top ranked woman's golfer in the state of Texas in the class of 2027 according to Junior Golf Scoreboard, the most recognized ranking database for junior golf. She's currently ranked in the top 50 nationally among all classifications. Carly recently competed in a qualifying tournament for the US Women's Open and posted a top 20 finish in the tournament as a high school junior. She's also the reigning women's club champion at Wildflower Country Club. In addition to her golf prowess, Carly still finds time to take advanced academic courses at Temple High School and she's enrolled in the Texas
019Bioscience Institute. Carly, we are extremely proud of the way you represent Temple ISD and Temple High School and our community, and we're thrilled of this opportunity to recognize your accomplishments. We can't wait to see what you do uh in the upcoming year. Well done. >> Every once in a while, you run into a student that's just on a different level, and this is Cara. Academically and in her respective sport, she is on a different level. be number one in the entire state is pretty incredible for >> we are truly blessed to have her as part of the school district. I can't imagine the sacrifices you make the discipline that it takes everybody get our pictures. It's like get together just a little bit and look at Amy. >> Better get out on the golf course
020with the sun. >> Nicely job. Well done. >> Congratulations. >> Good job. Very proud. >> There he is. >> Next item is the alumni spotlight. >> All right. Our alumni spotlight tonight is Andrew Flores. And Andrew is a proud graduate of the Temple High School class of 2007. And we're happy to shine an alumni spotlight on him this month. He was also my student. So, uh, Mr. Flores serves as the chief of police at Texas A&M University Central Texas, a role he's held since 2021. He's had a variety of positions in the police department at TAMU Central Texas since becoming a full full-time officer in 2013. He also teaches law enforcement classes at the university, impacting the next generation of police officers. Chief Flores credits his Temple ISD education for preparing him for his career
021by teaching him responsibility, discipline, and the importance of hard work and perseverance, saying, "Tleistd played an important role in shaping who I am today. I'm grateful for the experiences, the lessons, and people who supported me along the way, and I continue to carry those values with me." Chief Flores attended Laneir Elementary School. Wheatley Elementary School, Hector P. Garcia Elementary School, and Lamar Middle School. He was active in football, track, powerlifting, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Temple High School. His favorite memories of TISD include the relationships he built with teachers, coaches, and classmates. He remembers feeling supported by those teachers and coaches and enjoying the time spent learning and growing alongside his peers. When asked, "What does a wild cat wild cat being a Wildcat mean to you?" He said, "Being a Wildcat means
022pride, respect, humility, and commitment to doing your best. It means representing your school and community in a positive way and carrying those values with you beyond the classroom." He uh Temple ISD has also had a major impact on his family. His wife Stephanie is also a Temple High School alum, class of 2008. The couple has four children, three who are currently students at Jefferson Elementary, and the newest addition is a future TISD student. Thank you. Thank you, Andrew, for the way you represent Temple ISD and for your comm continued support into our community. We are so pleased to be able to recognize you tonight. Well done. Just on behalf of the board of trustees, want to say congratulations. you truly represent what's best about Temple ISD and the Wildcats. Uh I know we have a
023number of great alumni here on the board from TISD. It's always great to see others. You've definitely excelled in your field and especially you're back in the community, too. >> And so again, thank you so much for what you've done and we're glad to honor you. Would you like to say something? >> Uh sure. Uh thank you everybody. Yes, sir. Thank you everybody for uh having us up here. I really appreciate it. Um and it's an honor to uh continue, you know, representing Temple, being a part of the community. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Next is the Rotary Educator of the Month. The Rotary Club of Temple supports Temple teachers in Temple ISD by recognizing an educator of the month at club meetings throughout the year. The district is proud to recognize Casey Woolard
024of Western Hills Elementary School as the Temple ISD teacher recognized by the Rotary Club in Temple. And I think she's outside just socializing with all of our students. Isn't that just like a teacher to be doing that? >> Here she comes. Yay, Miss Ward. Come on down. Go ahead and shake everybody's hand. Miss Willard teaches kindergarten at Western Hills and has four years of service to Temple ISD. Her nomination highlights Miss Willard's creativity in providing fun, hands-on activities to support her students growth. She helps other teachers and continues to work every day with positivity and energy to share. Miss Willard builds strong relationships with her students and families that make the connection from school to home. Her colleagues love her fun personality and creative approach to using data to support her students while getting strong
025engagement with fun activities she incorporates in her teaching. Miss Willard, we are so happy to be able to recognize you along with the Rotary Club. And we're very grateful for the impact you make on your students and our community. Thank you so much. Hey, Miss Bullard. >> Congratulations. Well done. >> Our next is Aspiring Campus Leadership Academy. >> All right. Shake hands. Okay. All right. We would like to take a moment to recognize a dedicated and inspiring group of T Temp Temp Temple ISD educators who participated in the Aspire Aspiring Campus Leadership Academy cohort 1. Lisa Brown, Meredith Cole, Rosie Perez, Leah Aboseway. Go ahead. Anna Franks, Trisha Lowe, Margaret Hess, Athena Rose Lee, Jessica Watts, Misty Anderson, Stacy Bangson, Briana Hubnick, Jessica Quayar, Kaye Verrett, William Relle, and Jennifer Durant. You look pretty tonight,
026Mr. Anne. You look very nice, Mr. Michelle. This program was designed to develop future campus leaders and these participants fully embraced that opportunity throughout the academy. They demonstrated a strong commitment to their professional growth through active participation in each session, thoughtful reflection, and meaningful collaboration with their colleagues. Their engagement helped foster a supportive learning environment grounded in shared experiences, diverse perspectives, and a collective focus on excellence. In addition to their participation, each cohort member successfully developed and implemented an action plan aligned to campus and district priorities. These actions required strategic thinking, problem solving, and a commitment to continuous improvement. Their work not only reflects their readiness for leadership, but has already contributed, I'm sorry, contributed to it's been a long one. Okay. Um, I'm sorry, ladies. and has already contributed to positive outcomes for students
027and staff. This cohort represents the strength of leadership development within Temple ISD. Their dedication, initi initiative, and willingness to grow set a strong foundation for the future of our campuses. We are so proud to recognize your accomplishments tonight and look forward to your continued app impact on the district. Congratulations. Well done. So, I just wanted to say this is our very first leadership cohort and I don't think we could have chosen better better people for this cohort. We've had four or five who have already been promoted to other positions in the district and um and so you guys set the bar high for Oh, wait. We need to take a picture. Go on back. Miss This is Our next item is executive hires assistant principal introductions. Dr. Ward. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Tonight we just
028want to introduce you to one of our newest assistant principles for the 2627 school year, Ashley Mercer. Ashley has been in the district 12 years um and has served on several campuses, but she's currently the instructional coach at Kennedy Pal Elementary School. Um unanimous decision to hire her as the assistant principal. I got to learn a little bit about her personality in the interview process and I will have to say that I love it. So, >> it's a lot. Anyway, so I'm just excited so you could see her face and get to know who she is as you're out and about in the district. Um so this is Ashley. Ashley, did you bring family with you today? I did. You want to introduce? >> Sure. >> Okay. >> Do it. Okay. I have my husband,
029Chris. >> Hey. Um, so did I have my three kids? I have Rex, Piper, and Willow. Y'all say hi. And then my mom, Pam. >> And then I have my best friends, Sabrina, and Becky, who are here. And then I have a lot of KP love in the back. So, All right. So, welcome to the the uh admin side of the life of >> I'm excited. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> And I' I'd like to make a few comments if I can. Uh first of all, Ashley, congratulations. if you weren't hired, the KP cult would have come after the senior leadership team. So that you're well thought of and you will do a fantastic job. Uh I also want to take a second to thank uh Jill Owens for everything you've done
030at Kennedy Powell. You have done a fabulous job. uh I don't even have the words to explain what you've done uh there and uh we are just so grateful that we have had the opportunity to watch you grow and lead a staff and students for the last several years and I know this is your home being a graduate uh and you have certainly given everything that you know how to give uh to the district and we're all just very grateful for your service. I also want to thank Lucy over there just trying to hide assistant principal. Um she too has done a fantastic job, Kennedy Powell. She's really helped the the STEM program come to life over there and project lead the way and so forth. Uh her energy has just been such a great
031compliment to the staff and Jill and u we've just been very fortunate to have both of you and and we're very thankful and we wish you the very best. Appreciate you. All right. Item six is the board presence report. First is administration of statement of officer and oath of elect oath of office for board members for district 2 and seven. >> So if trustee meers and trustee Alexander could please stand. If you'll raise your right hand, please. And as a notary public, I am honored to administer the oath of office. Please raise your right hand. In the name and by the authority of the state of Texas, please repeat after me. I state your name do solemnly swear >> I do solemnly swear >> that I will faithfully execute the duties >> I will faithfully
032execute the duties >> of the office of trustees >> of the Temple Independent School District >> of the Temple Independent School District >> of the state of Texas >> and will to the best of my ability >> preserve protect and defend and the Constitution, >> preserve, protect and defend the Constitution >> and laws of the United States >> the laws of the United States >> and of this state. >> So help me God. >> Thank you very much and congratulations to Bri and Shannon. I just want to say congratulations and glad you're continuing on the board. Thank you for your service. Our next item B, TISD board of trustee officer elections. We'll have the the elections for the president, vice president, and secretary of the board. The first office open is the president. Is there
033any nominations for that office? >> I nominate Dan Posie for president board. >> Motion made by Mr. Gaines for Dan Posey. >> A second. >> Seconded by Shannon Meyers. Is there any other nominations for president? Seeing none, I will close it now. All those in favor of the motion made by Mr. Gaines, please raise your hand. Any opposed the same sign? Well, thank you very much. The motion passes. Thank you. And again, I just want to say thank y'all again for having confidence in me and I've enjoyed my service on the board. >> Thought the lights thought maybe that's a sign for me to go. >> That's what I thought. >> Yeah, >> I try not to tell police officers what do I tell you that. >> But again, thank y'all for y'all's confidence in
034me and I enjoy my service on the board. >> Second is the office of vice president. Is there any nominations for that office? I motion for Mr. Gaines. >> Motion made for uh by Mrs. Alexander for uh Mr. Gaines. >> A second. >> Seconded by Mrs. Cook. Any other motions for the office of vice president? Seeing none, I'll close. All in favor of the motion for Ronnie Gaines as vice president, please signify by raising your hands. Okay. All oppose. Raise your hands. Same sign. Motion passes. Congratulations, Ronnie. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dan. I I appreciate all of your vote of confidence with me and I appreci I do I enjoy what I do on the board and I'd like to continue doing those things to whatever I can do for the district. Thank you.
035>> Thanks. >> Our next office is the secretary of the board. Uh is there any motion for this office? I'll nominate Virginia Suarez. >> Motion made by Mrs. Meyers. Virginia Suarez. >> I'll second that motion. >> Seconded by Mr. Gaines. Any other motions for Secretary of the Board. Seeing none, I close the nominations. All in favor of Virginia Suarez for Secretary of the Board, signify by raising your hands. All right. Any opposed? The same sign. The motion passes. Congratulations, Virginia returning secretary of the board. >> Well, thank you so much for your faith and confidence and I hope we continue growing stronger in leading our students to the best of our ability. >> Thank you. Item C is designation of delegate and alternate to the TASBY delegate assembly in Houston, Texas on Friday, October 9th,
0362026. Uh Brasia Alexander has agreed to be the delegate and the alternate is Don Cook. So, I need a motion to approve this. Move >> for approval. >> Motion made by Mr. Gaines. Is there a second? >> Seconded by Miss Suarez. All in favor signify by raising your hand. All opposed. The same sign. The motion passes. Congratulations. Thank you for representing us at the state convention. Item D is designation of facilities and policy committee members for 2627. For our policy committee chair, it is Don Cook will be the chair. Members of the committee are Brasia Alexander and Dan Posey. For our facilities committee, Ronnie Gaines will be the chair. Members are Virginia Suarez, Shannon Meyers, Ronnie Gaines, and Shannon Dean. All right. Thank you very much. Is there any future items of discussion the board
037would like to discuss at a future meeting? All right. Item F is important dates. Dr. Okay. as we close out another school year. Uh this Wednesday we have the senior awards at Temple High School auditorium at 6 p.m. and it's also a chance to recognize the freshman, sophomore, and juniors, top 10%. I want to encourage you to attend. As you could tell by recognitions today, we have some really talented students in the school district, and this is another chance to honor them and recognize them. This Friday, May 15th, we have the 2026 Health Sciences pinning ceremony, and that too is uh in the Temple High School auditorium, and it is also at 6:00 p.m. May 19th, the middle school top 10% breakfast. That's where we bring all three middle schools together. Uh the top 10%
038of Bottom, Lamar, and Travis. Uh that will be at the Mayborn Center. That is really a fantastic event. I I know that says 8:30 p.m. That should be A.M. So because it is breakfast. So um I do want to really encourage you to be there uh if you can and recognize us or be there as part of recognizing the students. And then we have the superintendent scholars reception and that's actually the same day at 5:30 p.m. That's here in the admin building and that's the top 10 students that are freshman, sophomore, and junior. So that's 30 students that we'll be recognizing at that time. and we actually will have a a recent pretty pretty recent excuse me alumni coming back to be their guest speaker. We have the retirement banquet that's May 21st at Temple
039Bible Church and that's at noon. And graduation that is May 30th 8:00 a.m. at the Cadence Bank Center. Is it start at 8? I think it starts at 10, doesn't it? >> Starts at 10. >> Yeah. 10 o'clock. I guess they want us all to be there at 8, but >> yeah, you definitely need to be early. Um, >> starts at 10:00, but >> yes, it starts at 10:00. And then we have a board retreat uh June 4th, and that is also here in the admin building at 4:30. And that's all I have. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Item seven. Seven is consent items, items A through G2. What is the pleasure of the board to deal with these items? I'll make a motion that we approve the 7 A through G2 alto together.
040>> Motion by Mr. Gaines to approve. >> Seconded by Mrs. Cook. All in favor, please signify by raising your hand. All right. All oppose the same sign. Motion passes. Thank you. Item eight, action items, consideration for approval to terminate probationary contract employees. This item was resolved before the meeting and there's no need to take action at this point. B. Consideration for the approval of the sale of real property located at 411 Lark Trail Temple, Texas, known locally as the Kaylor Elementary campus. All right, members, at this point, is there any discussion on this item? >> I just need to make one statement um before discussion uh to make it clear not only in the record, but to um each board member and that is that the administration has since learned um that the charter school's
041proposed partnership with the nonprofit is not feasible. So that cannot be considered as part of the bid discussion. >> I would like to read a statement from one of our board members that couldn't be here, Shannon Dean. She's out of town on work with her work and she she lives in that area. She said, "I would like to start by saying that I realize that there is a discrepancy between the bids we are considering, but as a soul board member that live in that neighborhood and represent the district. I have heard from many of Bird Creek resident directly. They have expressed their desire to see a nonprofit such as Academy Mazique to occupy the property full-time. We have heard had community meetings and residents have informed that the buyers could could develop a school or
042a nonprofit. Residents overwhelmingly stated, "We want to see a nonprofit in that area. At >> this time we'll have discussion. >> Um I have a question. Excuse me. Dr. I I know you were at some of those meetings that she's referring to. Can you elaborate on that or confirm what Mrs. Dean is saying? So, we had multiple meetings with uh residents of the Bird Creek neighborhood and uh I would even venture to say that some outside the neighborhood just outside uh had showed up that were in the cater uh attendance zone. Uh the first meeting was one to inform them that we would end up walking away from catered and that was uh during the time of opening Samson Howard and we explained the reasons why to the community and of course naturally they wanted
043to know what's next. What's next for this building that's in my neighborhood? And so I I shared every possibility. I shared that you know a developer could potentially buy it. uh shared that a school could potentially or um school system could potentially buy it like a private or charter. Uh also explain nonprofit. Uh the second meeting uh they they expressed interest in nonprofit. The second meeting we had was a meeting to really elaborate more on what they wanted to see. Um they had talked about if it was to go out to bid for a developer that they would want a subcommittee of residents to be involved in uh shaping some of the specs of the bid. Um that would go out to make sure that um whatever developer purchased the property that it would conform
044to the standards of Bert Creek uh the neighborhood standards. Uh and then it was an opportunity uh to discuss nonprofit options as well. And um I guess for lack of better word, we kind of or better words that conversation led to ultimately what would you want to see here? And it was overwhelming that they had said they wanted to see nonprofit. At that time they knew that uh one of our biders was highly interested in it and so they you know called that one by name uh and asked to uh have an opportunity to visit with them on what they would do for the neighborhood uh how they would assimilate and become part of the neighborhood and what exactly uh they do in terms of scope of services. And uh after that meeting once again
045the group the input we got from the group was that they uh really wanted this particular nonprofit. >> I'd just like to say one thing too. We you know we we built Samson Howard and Thornton Elementary to take on those students and you know if we had another school in that area possibly we could lose students to another type of school. So I I think it we do have to look at listening to what the community has to say about it and protecting our investments. We've already invested in school district for them. >> About how many um kids do we know are in that area like walking distance? >> Uh I don't know about walking distance because that varies on the home. Some parents would say, "My kid can only walk to school if they
046can see the school from the front door." >> Uh some will say that my kid can walk to school if it's five blocks away, sight unseen. Uh but the number of students that we had in the cater zone that was roughly in that neighborhood, it's probably around 130 140. Um and that's elementary students. Of course, you may remember that we extended the zone all the way out by Jod's to try to fill the school. It was a bilingual campus at one time and it was full at that time. We moved that program out. Uh we stretched the zone after that. That really went to parts of the community that were closer to other elementary schools like Scott or even Jefferson. Uh so I'd say about 130 or so would be in walking distance. Well, maybe
047walking distance, but in the neighborhood. and Brandy um about how much do we get um funding wise from the state per student? >> 10,300 she said >> I thought it was 139 a student. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> How many students would you have to lose to make up the diff for that difference? Well, if you did the 139, that'd be about 22 students would make up the difference. >> There's not very many. >> You're talking about the difference between the two bids. I mean, we have to talk, >> right? The difference between two bids. One one bids at uh 650, I believe, and one's at 900. So, just mathematically, if you did 139 a student, uh you're probably talking about 22 or so students. That would make up the difference. And that's That's over
048time in a single year, three years, five. I mean, I don't know how many years that would take for that difference to to close the the delta. >> Thank you. I just um I mean this is the decisions we have to make we I we all take very seriously and I know that there's a discrepancy in the the money amounts but um as someone who's grown up in this community and and been a part of building our district up my whole life and and trying to be good stewards of our taxpayers and people who who ask us to listen to them and we seek your input and your conversation. We really take it seriously before we make a decision uh about these things. And I just really think that um listening to our community uh
049and all the input that we've gotten from that local neighborhood, I I don't live in that neighborhood, but I have friends and other people that I work with that live in that neighborhood and I've consistently heard this is what we would like to see. We want to make sure that whoever comes there is going to add to our neighborhood, not detract from it. And um I just think that um listening to our community is a better value than a short-term profit. So our long-term trust and faith in what they've shared with us and what they've let us know that they want is where the way we would possibly need to go. I I like what you said about short-term and long-term because I've been thinking about that a lot. Um I do think it's our
050job to manage funds faithfully, of course. Uh but I also think it's our job to uh consider input from our stakeholders uh especially those in the area that are affected by that decision. Um and to protect our enrollment um and uh increase that enrollment as our population grows. So, >> is there any more discussion tonight? Members, just want to say before we vote tonight, I will be abstaining from the vote. If there's no more discussion, uh, I'll entertain a motion. >> I'd like to make a motion that we approve the bid submitted by Academy Mosique to purchase the property located at 411 L Trail in Temple, Texas. known locally as the Kada Elementary campus for 650,000. I further move that the board approve the following findings. Selling the property to the charter school is likely
051to result in long-term negative financial impact on the district, including impact on exceeding the difference in purchase price due to the anticipation of loss of students and enrollment corresponding with such state funding. Selling the property to a local nonprofit serves the public interest by preserving the community trust in the district and selling the property to academy music is the best in the best interest of the district. Motion made by Mr. Gaines. Is there a second of this motion? >> I'll second. >> Seconded by Mrs. Meyers. All those in favor of the motion, please raise your hand. Any oppose? same sign and the note my abstension from the vote. The motion passes. Thank you. Item C is the board committee reports. First one is the policy committee meeting minutes from April 29th, 2026. And Mrs. Cook.
052>> Thank you. The meeting was called to order at 4:32 p.m. SB546 and the report submitted to TEA on the status of our bus fleet as well as the cost to comply with SB546 were discussed. A motion was made and seconded that the board of trustees determine the budget does not permit the purchase or retrofit of buses as required in SB546. The motion passed 6 to zero. The meeting was adjourned at 4:36 p.m. The next policy committee meeting is scheduled for June 24th at 4:30 p.m. >> Thank you, Mrs. Cook. The facilities committee minutes minutes from April 30th, 2026. This meeting was cancelled. The next committee meeting will be Thursday, May 28th, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. Item nine isformational items, athletic program update. Steve Prrenis Welcome. >> Click or you click right. All right, Mr.
053Posey board. Um, this is my next athletic presentation on the up where we are in athletics. This we do this every two years. So, um, we're going to jump in this and get started. I say that do what turn on. All right. Uh so I want to start with just well first thing we did two years ago, two and a half years ago when I took over was we start our our core building blocks our attitude, effort, growth and grit. And that's what we uh emphasize on a daily basis throughout our programs. And so just a quick reminder, attitude being positive, coachable, and having improvement, effort, relentless energy, non-stop, growth, 1% better, daily learning, and then grit, tenacity, sacrifice, and toughness. So we we we talk about these on a daily basis. We uh you'll
054see me put them in lots of our our communication and uh it's something that we our coaches have embraced and our kids have embraced and we're going to continue to do it. uh 20 the last time two years ago when I was here uh goals that we had set at the end of that presentation we talked about increased participation numbers strengthen relationships with teachers admin increasing visibility on campus strengthen communication with coaches and teachers and increased community service participation. So I'm just going to go a few of those that we did over the last two years. Um this slide shows our enrollment our participation numbers in athletics. Um 23 was 870, the 24 school year 914. Last year 960 and this year we're at4 participating throughout the sport. So we are increasing our participation. It
055is a challenge uh because there's so many opportunities out there for kids and and we have kids as you saw tonight that are involved in so many other deals. Uh it's it's a challenge with their time, but we're we're finding ways and and I'm excited where we're where we're going on that where we're still projected to continue to increase participation. Uh relationships with teachers, administrators, what have we done the last two years? Uh we've uh we have leaders, our leaders, our coaches in weekly PLC meetings are not just sitting in them, they're leading them at the campus level. I hear that from principles all the time and and get sent pictures. We're presenting at staff development up there. those some of those pictures there is our um our maps team that was uh that presented
056at our I think it was our February staff development meeting for the district. Um we're also hosting lots of teacher appreciation events. You see that picture there on the balcony there from the home football game we did where we had invited teachers from each campus and their families to come watch the game from the new complex which was a huge hit. Uh we do a Christmas open house. We just got through our teacher appreciation week. So, we're continue to find ways to to strengthen those relationships with teachers and administrators. Uh, increase visibility on campus. Every day, our coaches are in the student center first period and at C lunch, greeting students, helping administration. Uh, on testing days, our coaches in the student center helping students get to their assigned rooms. With our new testing coordinator,
057we're able to access that from our phones. So, if you walk in the student center on any testing day, you'll see five or six of our coaches out there catching every student as they walk in the door, pulling their name up, and getting them in the right place so we can get testing started. Uh, so that's been a huge help. Uh, I think it's been a it's been both good for both our our our admin and our coaches to and with those kid interactions and we're interacting with kids that aren't always in athletics, which is always a plus, too. And then the other deal is uh really been pushing and you'll see is we've increased coaches attendance to TSD events. That was a real big push of mine was we need to support each other,
058not just our sport that we're in. And so, as you'll see that those you'll see lots of coaches at watching other kids events and bringing their kid their their teams with them. And I think that's made a huge difference, too. Uh strengthen communication. Um I send out a bimonthly newsletter. A lot of y'all receive uh I also send out a weekly email emphasizing our expectations and strengthening our culture. Those usually go out on Mondays with in between the newsletters. Um, and then picture there, we have uh assistant head coaches meeting, assistant coach meetings now once a month. Uh, this year we kind of did a head coach academy. So, we bring them in and and I would go over things to work on for those to for those to help get to the next level
059to become head coaches. Uh, so that was a big hit. We're going to continue that. We're going to switch to some different topics for next year as we move forward. But, uh, those have been a big hit. Those have been really fun to do. It's been we do them at lunch. All the coaches have the same lunch. So, I'm able to bring them over. uh we'll get a few quick pizzas and and do it during their lunchtime so they don't miss instruction. Uh and it's it's great because we have a facility we can do that in. Uh so that's been a huge and then that second picture there is uh when we had some principles over touring the facility and we were talking little weight room stuff there. Uh community service big deal of ours
060obviously a few pictures there. Senior citizens Christmas dinner that's the huge one that we do that makes a huge impact with the uh city of Temple. We have nursing home visits. Uh softball's been doing those. Volleyball, athletic trainers, football, cancer survivor dinner. We just finished that one up uh last month. Uh and then the spring scrimmage community event on that Saturday where we have the inflatables and the snow cones and all that. It's been a huge and then this year we added the TSD trunk or treat event down here and uh uh we did the uh candy drive for that and it seemed to be a big hit. So if that event keeps going, we will continue to do that. You had a lot of folks show up, didn't you? I remember that. More thanuge
061kind of exceeded expectations on that uh on that first first year doing that, especially with all the other ones that are going on at that time. But that was a big event and >> we made it work. Uh we made it work. And >> more candy this year. >> We'll get more candy this year. If we continue to do that one, we will jump in board and do that. So, our kids had a good time, our coaches, uh, and and and that was the that time of year is really busy for us at most of the time of year, but with football going right in the middle of o, you know, end of October, uh, the doing the candy drive was was an easy way for us to participate, uh, and let let fine arts
062provide more of the manpower and worked out pretty well. >> Yes, we're getting more candy now. Yes. Uh, so that's one of those. So, that's kind of a highlight of what we did, what we said we were going to do the last two years. Uh, I think we met most of those goals. We can always get better. We'll continue to get better. And so now we're going to switch and kind of what are my highlights for this year. Uh, so first thing I want to talk about is honest game software. Um, that's a comprehensive software program we got to help our kids get to the next level. We had a lot of different uh processes that we were using to help make sure kids were eligible at the NCA level. Uh, and some sports were
063better at it than others. Uh so we were able to to partner and and get this honest game software which has really helped. It automates the academic eligibility for college sports. It's a partnership that we use with athletics, the counseling department and the high school leadership. Uh so that's been a huge plus. Now the counselors and us were all on the same talking the same language and have access to the same software. So when that kid shows up trying to figure out what classes to take and when they mention to the counselor that they would like to try to play the next level, the counselors can log right in and make sure they're on track. So that's been huge. And the other deal with the NCA, they the NCAA has approved your your classes that
064you offer on your campus, whether or not they meet their NCA requirements. That process we had for getting those approved wasn't was very uh it was broken. It was a broken process. Uh they have a the system there. We submit the class to them. they submitted and got approved. We were able to get 72 courses that we were been teaching and offering that that the NCA wasn't approving approved now. So, that was huge alone just for that one factor this first year to have 72 more classes that meet the NCA requirements. And some of that was just because they would help us rewrite the the description of the class to meet what NCA was looking for. Uh so, Honest has all that partnership, has all that experience and has worked with well with that. They
065also provide us eligibility reports and show us how many kids are on track at the division one level, the division two level, the JCO level. Uh and then they allow us to provide provide the students with recruiting profiles. Um so it's a great it's a great software. We're just getting into the the we've the surface of it we've got. We're going to get into it more as we move forward. Uh but really been a big plus. So that's one of the things I'm pretty proud of that we got going this year. Um, and then this this could be the whole presentation right here. This one slide. 17 out of 18 programs made the playoffs. We had six state qualifiers that was in wrestling and powerlifting, one state champion in powerlifting, 33 academic all-state kids, 90%
066passing rate in athletics, 43% of our kids from the ABN role. And then the bottom three, six out of our top 10 students academically were athletes this year. And the valatoran obviously girls soccer, salutator, and tennis. And then of the top 10% of students, 36% of them are athletes. Um, so our kids are finding a way to be in athletics and stay on top and be in lead in the classroom, too. So, >> this is the most impressive thing I've seen in a long time, the number of our kids. >> And it's it's our coaches are doing a great job, our kids are doing a great job, and so uh uh they've set the bar high after this year. Um, so we'll continue to reach that though. That's our goal. U next one, CDL, commercial
067driver's license. huge issue, huge issue in the district with with drivers and buses and transportation. So, we have 30 coaches now that have their CDL. That's a 40% increase from last year. Uh 11 new coaches certified this year. And then if everything goes well this summer, we should have 40 coaches certified to drive buses follow 2026. And they're not driving just for us. Uh they fill in for uh advanced academics when they need a trip. and during the day and transportation camp provided, they're we're the first ones to get a call for that to try to help and we can work it out with our coaches schedules and this and that. We we've done that. Uh we've done some counselor guidance stuff to took them to Charlton for some of those that were on a
068visit there that where the counselors needed a bus driver because transportation didn't provide one. So, uh that's a huge deal. Um it's been a challenge, but uh the coaches are starting to buy in. I've kind of forced that a little bit because I've signed them up. uh transportation transportation does the training now here and so instead of me paying them to be in the wait room that day that what they were paying to get in the weight room they spend all day getting the training. So it's a they're getting some compensation but not extra because it's uh compensation they've normally been sitting in the wait room doing for us. So uh we swap that out and make do to get those those certified and transportation has been a huge help with that. But that's going
069to be big because uh I don't want to be the one that has to say we can't go to a game because we didn't have a bus driver. Um next deal to thank for y'all that y'all approved a strength and conditioning coach. Our new strength coach, Coach Roose started in March. Uh some of the things he's already implemented in the last two months was Rack Coach software which is performance tracking, athlete evaluation, accountability, and workout management. uh that all our coaches now have loginins to and can help set up their kids and make it easier to track across all the sports. It's great for him. It's great for me as the athletic director to be able to see that all in one place now. Um he's been able to educate our staff. He's been doing
070training sessions for them. Um which has helped increased our vertical alignment on on our what we our vocabulary in the weight room and how we how we train in that. So he's been going down the middle schools and then on the girls athletic side has been where we've seen the biggest jump already with him is it's more organized, standardized, consistent and he's been able to what he's provided is uh our coaches out now participate more in the weight room and have more confidence because he's provided them with the with the uh coaching techniques and the vocabulary. And so uh I'm excited where we're going on that. Like I said, with a with starting in March is not ideal when to bring in a strength coach at that time as far as so I'm excited for
071this summer to get some more things going and uh see where where he takes us. U but um big big asset. Really appreciate us getting that done. Uh another position that fortunate to now have is the middle school athletic trainer. She started in April. Uh already in that first month, April, she did over 70 treatments on middle school kids. Um she's increased our parent communication at the middle school level. So she's been able to communicate with parents daily, which has been big. And then she's really helped with the uh education of the athletes at the middle school level of of of what how to that how to take care of their body, when to go see the athletic trainer, what all those preventative stuff too. Uh those pictures there, the new training rooms uh at
072Bonum and at Travis. Um so she's been huge asset. really really excited for for where we're going to go with that. Um she starts she put a calendar out so she she works out of Travis couple days a week then she works out of bon the other two and then she goes by and sees Lamar two or three times a week also. Uh and with the projects we got coming up. I think Lamar gets a training room also at some point. So we'll have space uh dedicated space at Lamar for her to see patients at too when we get there. So but uh Aaron's done a great job. I tried to hire Aaron uh as uh the assistant here 20 22 years ago. Uh she turned us down then and we're lucky to get her
073back this time. So uh uh Aaron brings a lot of experience and is really helpful down there. So really excited about that position and very thankful for it. Uh and then the biggest one since we talked last time was we were in the process of building the complex. Now it's built. We've been in it about a year and it's been phenomenal. Uh meeting space. Uh academic departments use it. English department transportation has been has had some of their meetings in it. Region 12 transportation had a meeting in it. UILDC meetings. We've done appreciation nights. We have some uh uh TVI TSI testing tomorrow going on in there. Um we've had some AB AP and IB testing and uh techn is going to use it next what about about 10 days from or next week I
074guess. Yeah, next month. So, uh, so that's been huge to have a facility. Uh, and one of my goals was to make sure that everybody got to use that facility. It wasn't just athletics and it wasn't just football. And so, I think we're really getting that done. Uh, site visits. We've had several school districts come in that are in the process of either just passing bonds or going out for projects. Uh, Gatesville, Brian, Midway, uh, Coppers Cove Academy, and that one that got cut off. there's Allen ISD have all come and tour the facility uh and have stayed in contact and uh as they're designing theirs. So, that's been that's been nice to know that ours is on the forefront of of everybody's out there. Uh and then always love it when they use our
075facilities and and promotional materials out there at the trade shows and this and that. And right now we're in the the PBK architects trade show materials. RFS weight room flooring uses our stuff on all their promo stuff. Power lift weights does Cornish Medical for all the athletic training room equipment. Perry weather our our weather tracking system uses our stuff. Uh and then Perry's uh with the laundry facility using our pictures in our facility. Um so that's always good. That's good to have our our our stuff out there across not only the state but across the nation when they're at those trade shows in my opinion. Uh so to next or in 27 28 when I'm back here doing this again goals that I hope to be able to tell you that we've accomplished is we're
076going to continue to hire and retain quality coaches. Uh a new one for me is I want to find ways to recognize and celebrate our multisport athletes. That's very important to me to have multisport athletes and we have lots that do it but as I looked around and figured we don't do a lot to to recognize them and so we're going to look we're going to find ways to recognize those that are in two sport those are in three sport and then there's a four sport one so forth uh to kind of highlight them and and and celebrate them throughout the year. So that's that's a project I'm working on. And then uh the third one there is this day and age with with everything being streamed and you can stay at home and watch.
077I've got to continue to find ways to make sure people come to the games, get to the stands uh at all our events. So going to really start looking at ways of things we can do to increase attendance, physical attendance at the athletic events. We want it that the stream is here to stay. I don't think UIL or anybody else is going to put that back in the box. Uh, but uh it's a double-edged sword. It's great for my parents to be able to to log on and watch, but I hate it when the my neighbors are logging on and watching instead of coming to the game. But um so those are three three big topics along with our standard athletic stuff that I I really want to work on uh as we move forward.
078And that wraps it up for my athletic update. Any questions? >> Members, any questions? I just I don't have a question, but I just want to say appreciate all you do for athletics. I've seen the back end of it. So, very proud to know you, to have worked with you, and to be on this side as well. So, keep being great. You really set the standard with the staff and this district. So, we're second to none. And Steve, I just want to say uh thank you for continuing to emphasize community service with our students and uh for encouraging that academic excellence. Um because athletic ability will take them far in life, but having all three of those just uh takes them even further. And so I I appreciate that you're making our students so well-rounded.
079Thank you. >> And Steve, we've come a long ways in the last couple years. I appreciate your leadership and making this happen. I agree with Mrs. Myers is right. You know, community service at the athletics and also the academic that's important that all of our students are combining that. And also, I'd like to say too, we appreciate the way you're supporting all sports. It used to be, you know, mostly just football, but that's all sports. So, we recognize all of them, which is I think it's great. >> I'll just make a quick comment. U really piggybacking on Brasia. Um, I think many of us in here that have been in the district for a while can say that, um, you know, when you see someone doing the job, but they don't have the title, they're
080trying to find a way to lead without stepping on people's toes and so forth. But when you get the title, you're expected to lead at that point. And um, and since you've gotten the title, you have done that. And I know you have focused on some things internally um as well as ideas you've had all along um working with coaches and community and you know th this presentation in my mind has your fingerprints all over it. I mean you won't you won't take any credit. You've already given coaches and students credit. Uh, but you deserve a lot of it and I really appreciate how deliberate you've been and intentional on working on things and uh, just really improving the experience for our students and coaches. You've done a great job, Steve. You really have. >>
081One more thing. I'm sorry. I should have thought of this since we have so many of our fine arts people in the audience. Uh, thank you for also allowing our students to participate in both and we have so many that do. Um, and and I appreciate that as a as a parent. >> It's crucial. It's it's a challenge sometimes. It's not always easy, >> but it's the collaboration is that's important. >> We've had heads a few times, but we we find a way to make it work and and it's a good partnership. >> Well, very good. Anything else with that? Uh no other f other items on our agenda. We're adjourned. Thank you very much for attending tonight.