001Good evening. Welcome to the regular meeting of the Temple ISD Board of Trustees held here on August 11th, 2025 beginning at 6 PM. Our first item is to call to order and we do have a quorum present. Our 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 thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. >> Item three is public comments on agenda items. Beth, did anybody sign up tonight? All right. Item four is superintendent recognition. Item A, Project Lead the Way, Launch Distinguished School, Kenny Pal Elementary
002School. And members, if we go out front, There we go. Okay. For the for the eighth consecutive year, Kennedy Pal Elementary has been recognized as a Project Lead the Way PLTW Distinguished School. The PLTW Distinguished School Recognition honors schools committed to increasing student access, engagement, and achievement in their PLTW programs. KP is one of less than 300 schools across the United States to receive this honor for providing broad access to transformative learning opportunities for students through PLTW Launch, an elementary STEM curriculum. and far fewer than 300 elementary schools have earned this honor for eight straight years. To qualify, Kennedy Pal has had um Kennedy Pow had to have at least 75% of the student body participating in at least one PLTW launch module and had to offer at least one PLTW launch module in each
003grade K through 5 during the 23 24 school year. Principal Jill Owen and other Kennedy Powell staff members are here to be recognized for this accomplishment. Congratulations and thank you for your hard work in challenging our students to achieve through Project Lead the Way. [Applause] >> And um how about KP staff? Do you want to come up? >> Come on. >> We would we would love to have you up here. >> So it's one thing to have a three pete to have two repeat three repeats, but to do it eight times in a row is fantastic. And I believe that Kennedy Pal, and I hope I'm not jumping the gun, but I believe they have been selected has a demonstration site for this fall uh for a bunch of Central Texas school districts because of
004Yeah. So, Oh, they didn't. Sorry. This is why they don't ever give me the microphone. Uh, >> thanks Jill. [Laughter] Y >> in the back. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you so much. Thank y'all. Oh, that's >> Thank you. >> Item five is the executive hires a recognition of new assistant principles. Dr. Ward. >> Okay. So, we have quite a few assistant new assistant principles that we want to recognize tonight. Right. So, we're going to start with Meredith Dunar Elementary Childhood Academy. Miss Janet Rose, come on up, ma'am. [Applause] Okay. So, Janet has been in Temple ISD since 2013. Um, she has served at camp the campuses she served at are Meredith Dunar Elementary. She went to Garcia and then she went back to Meredith Dunar. Um, and now she's gonna be our dean of student
005services and we're super happy to have her. >> And your family's here. Do you want to introduce your family? >> Yes. >> I have my husband Jason and my son Alons. >> Yes. >> And then if you'll go shake the board. [Applause] Thank you. >> Okay, next we have Miss Lucille Castleberry at Kennedy Powell Elementary. [Applause] She's got a fan club here tonight. Okay. So, she actually was the SIM PL STEM PLTW coordinator um last year and she's moving into the assistant principal role. She taught at Celo ISD prior to this and then she was also a teacher and an instructional coach in the Nashville schools and from Tennessee. >> Thank you for getting to Texas fast. >> You want to introduce your family? >> Yes. This is my husband, Chase. Yep. And then my
006daughter, my oldest daughter, Emmy Lou. She's a KP star going into second grade. >> Yay. And then we have Ruby. Ruby is our three-year-old. [Music] >> And then my parents, Greg and Myra Brandenburg are here as well tonight. >> Yay. We're so happy to have you. Congratulations. [Applause] Okay, next we have Miss Samantha Priest at Western Hills Elementary >> and Miss Priest is coming from Troy High School and she's done all of her education at high school. Yes. >> Yes. So, she's joining the littles and we'll see how she's doing at the end of the year. But prior to that, she was at Ellison High School and I'm a Copper Cove graduate, so I'll forgive you for that one. Okay, >> I understand. >> Yes. And then she was also at Cedar Park High School
007and University High School for 5 years. Yes. Yes. >> So, she looks young, but she has a lot of experience. I was surprised. So, anyway, thank you for being here. >> Thank you. >> Do you have family with you? >> I do. Um, my daughters, they go to Belton, but and then >> we'll fix that. >> My both of my sons are in pink. Liam and Asher, they are going to be going to Western Hills with me. So, and then my sister-in-law works at >> Dumbar. No, that was your sister-in-law. >> I love her. >> Yes. Yes. [Applause] Okay, next we have Miss Emily Silva. She's, in case you didn't know, she's at Samson Howard this year. Um, fun fact about Emily is that my husband taught her when she was in high school. And
008so he tells me she was a great student even back then. Um, she started her teaching career at Scott Elementary, my fave. And no, not really, guys. Just kidding. Um, and so now she's moving up into the assistant principal role. And we're so happy to have you. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Oh, do you have family? >> I do. I do. I do. >> I have my sister Jessica, my dad, um, my little sister, and then my mom is on FaceTime. She's in Vegas. So, yes. Thank you. >> You're welcome. [Applause] Okay. And I don't think I saw Mr. Morland from Thornton, but I want to make sure I didn't miss him. Okay. Um, so next we have Mr. Matthew Fitz Simmons at Travis Science Academy. [Applause] You're welcome. Okay.
009So, Mr. Fitz Simmons was the head base baseball co basketball coach and teacher in Cameron ISD prior to coming to Temple. He was also a special programs facilitator in Collehen ISD. Um he was an AP in Coppers Cove and Cameron. See, there you go. Coppers Cove. Good job. >> Took me a while, but I'm so glad to be here. But with me is my beautiful wife Anna. We brought our son Patterson and daughter Finley. >> Yay. He went down for a while. >> Okay. And then finally we have Mr. Clayton Rushing. He is also [Applause] he is also at Travis Science Academy. And Mr. Rushing started here. Is this your sixth year now? >> This will be my sixth year in the district. >> Yeah, sixth year in the district. He started his teaching career
010here. Wasn't sure he was going to make it the first week, but look at him now, right? >> It worked out. And you want to introduce your wife? >> Yes. My wife Caris is with me here this evening. >> Yay. And then that's it. And we do have a fun-filled rest of our board meeting, but if you don't want to stay, you are free to leave. But you are also free to stay. >> You're welcome. [Music] I can't Item six is the board presence report. Item eight, consider consideration and take action to adopt a resolution of the board to set the 2025 tax rate. Dr. Okay, board. The total tax rate that um is presented to you tonight is $1.13. I'll just say $11372, a little under $1.14 per $100 of property valuation for the
011district to be assessed and collected. You know, we have two sides of the tax rate. So, on the maintenance and operation side, that'll be 80 cents or 0.8022. And on the debt service or interest in syncing side, 33 1.5 cents. Uh, a couple things to note. This is a decrease in the total tax rate of about 4 cents from last year's tax rate. Uh, the seventh consecutive year that Temple ISD has lowered the total tax rate, which equates to 26.28 cents that we have lowered it since 2018. and it remains the lowest tax rate for Temple ISD since 2010, which is pretty remarkable. Uh so at this time, we would like to present this tax rate to you for approval. Members, any questions? I recognize Mr. Gains for a motion. I move that the uh
012property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of 1.372 per 100 taxable assessment value valuation which is effective a 14.8% increase in tax rate. I'll further move that the board adopt the resolution of the board to set a tax rate as presented. Motion made. Is there a second? >> A second. >> Motion by Mrs. Cook. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> All oppose same sign. The eyes have it. It passes. Item B, consideration for approval of an order calling at a tax ratification election for November 4th, 2025, making provision for the conduct of the election and resolving other matters related to that election. So, uh, board members, I'd like to give context for not only this item, but the next item and just kind of lump them
013together. Uh, but the administration is asking the board of trustees to consider a tax ratification election, and that is in this agenda item. And then the following agenda item is for a bond election. This has been known out in the community and with parents as safety and seats with safety applying to the tax ratification election side of the tax rate and seats or responding to growth uh for the other side of the tax rate which is the interest in sinking or bond. Uh this process with the board has started some time ago I'd say a couple years ago with a strategic facilities plan that was updated two demographic studies. Uh those are really the two data points or ingredients uh at least in in the way we've been doing it in terms of uh uh
014going out for an asking. Uh the facilities master plan shows you the capacity that you have in your existing facilities and then the demographic study shows you where you're growing in the community. Uh and it it tells you what type of units, how many subdivisions and so forth. So that process started some time ago and then we started engaging with parents on February 5th of this year. We started with the parents. I will tell you the parents the parents have been the primary architects behind this plan. Uh in between parent meetings we have gone out I don't know what's going on with the microphone. uh between parent meetings we have gone out and uh sought input based on the parent u Vance you know what's going on with this or based on the parent let
015me just shut this >> sorry about that um based on the uh parent meetings it's the same thing maybe it's me uh based on the parent meetings we've gone back and forth with different community groups business leaders leaders uh spiritual leaders in the community uh community leaders as well um you know community members stakeholders thought partners etc and during that process I think we've held about 10 to 12 meetings up until this point and as a result of that uh we have a plan that uh we have come up with I say we the parents uh and community members and u that's been packaged into a proposal Um the plan to address safety is known as Prop A. Uh Prop A will address um uh police officers on every elementary campus. It will also address
016campus fire alarms. It will address a lot of other security upgrades as well like impact resistant film on non- studentent buildings, fencing, and so forth. Uh the total for that is 2.75 million a year because those are needs that you pay for every year. The total cost of that is less than a penny. It's about 4 fths of a penny and that is included in the tax rate that you just approved. Plan B or Prop B rather that um is to address seats and that is the bond piece. We're talking about 34 or so classrooms. Temple High School, Edwards Academy, Meredith Dunar PreK, Hector P. Garcia, Kennedy Pal, uh a few at our middle schools as well. Uh but in total about 34 classrooms to address growth. Uh we are also looking to address school
017buses as well in that package. uh and a few other things uh that are de that we have shared in presentations that are detailed but by and large it's really about classrooms hence why we've called it seats. So at this time um and that total amount is 119.7 million. So it's 119 million700,000. It is the smallest bond amount that we have taken to the community since 2011 to address these needs. And it is because our parents and community groups felt like at this time it would not be a good move to build brand new schools. They're expensive and we would open them up uh far less than full capacity. So going to our sites that we have uh existing land uh and we have the opportunity to maximize footprints like at Garcia Kenny Pal High
018School Mayor Dumbar etc. That is the most efficient way to address this and then when we've maximized footprints down the road it would make better sense to go to the community and ask for new buildings of which we already have property and land for. The total cost of this would be a penny. It would be a penny. So for both uh if it was a vote yes for both, that would be less than two pennies uh to address our safety needs and to address the additional seats we would need as well. One of the other driving forces I want to talk about behind the second prop is the community's desire not to have portables. And I think that's extremely important. We had 47 portables in the school district in 2011 and the community and that's
019how we were addressing different needs, capacity, small growth, so forth. And so over time the community through several different bonds including this last one to rid the district of the remaining 20 portables is to eliminate portables altogether. that students should be inside a main building for safety and security reasons. So, here we are again, but now we have growth ahead of us. And we have two choices. We can do portables now, which by the way, those aren't free. They cost. And then we can try to go back and address this later when it's more expensive, or we can just do it the right way the first time and be consistent with the community's wishes of not having portables and eliminating them. So that's why we are trying to add these permanent wings or classrooms to
020these facilities. So at this time we would like to make the recommendation for the tax ratification election and then the next motion for the bond. >> Members, any questions? I recognize Mr. Gaines for a motion. >> I'll move to adopt an order to hold a tax ratification election. >> Motion by Mr. gains. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Seconded by Miss Gowen. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> All oppose the same sign. Eyes have it. It passes. Thank you. Item C, consideration for approval of an order calling a bond election for November 4th, 2025, making provisions for the conduct of the election and resolving other matters related to that election. Is there is there a motion, Mr. Gaines. >> I move to adopt an order to hold a bond
021election. >> Mo motion made me shain. Is there a second by? >> I'll second. >> Seconded by Mrs. Myers. All in favor signify by saying I. I. >> All oppose. The same sign. I have it. It passes. Thank you very much. Item D, consideration approval of 2025 2026 TID goals and performance objectives. And Dr. Rogers. Good evening, Dr. Aught, Mr. Posey, and members of the board. It's been a long day together. Uh, I am here to share with you the district improvement plan, goals, performance objectives, and strategies for the 2025 2026 school year. Every spring, each of our uh departments, assistant superintendent, and um senior leadership team members uh work with our respective departments to develop these uh strategic priorities for the district. And so it's formatted as it has been in years past where
022you'll see that we have six goals. And those uh for as long as I've been in the district have been focused on academics, behavior, and attendance. And so we follow that same format. And then you see the performance objectives for each of those. And so I'm just going to very quickly highlight a few of those. And then if you're interested in any of the specific strategies around any of these goals or performance objectives, then certainly um we'd be happy to go over those with you. And so the first goal of course is academics and our um goal is to uh provide rigorous standards of academic achievement to prepare 21st century learners for graduation and post-secary opportunities. And so really focused on student achievement here. And I'll just highlight uh under the first performance objective the
023work that Dr. Watson, our elementary director, is doing right now to ensure that our teachers who are going to be utilizing our new HQIM uh blue bonnet materials for elementary are well prepared uh in terms of their training to use the material and in terms of the feedback that they get once school starts. Uh and so we're very excited about that. Miss Watson's put in a lot of planning for that and I'll talk to you more about that when I get to the academics portion of the board meeting. Um, going along with that, Miss Armstrong, our secondary director, has also uh decided to really focus on looking at our student data this year and more specifically at our special populations. We look at all students, but we really have to drill down and look at
024how our special education students are performing and how our bilingual students are performing and making sure that we are using the right strategies to address those students needs. we see that we still have a bit of a gap in the district with how those students are performing. So that will be a secondary focus. And then as a whole, uh we'll be focusing uh the three of us on developing uh a more robust K through 12 GT plan. uh we've got a lot of strength in elementary and we want to make sure that it's not something that's just elementary but also K through 12 and that that's seamless and that parents and the community are aware of the GT services that are available to students. And so um that takes care of performance objective one. I'll
025also point out in performance objective three that relates to recruitment development and retention that uh Dr. Ward is working with a group of um current teachers for the most part some campus leaders on the aspiring campus leadership academy. We've already had one session with those leaders and I think that Temple ISD is in pretty good hands when you look at that group of about 20 um aspiring leaders that have been participating in that cohort. I will move on to goal two which is also focused on academics and that is required by by house bill three. And so you guys might be familiar with this as something that Dr. Adams has shared in terms of our prek uh first grade, second grade and third grade reading goals. And then goal two is related to our math
026goals. And I'm excited to share that we met our goal for student performance last year. And so we actually had to rewrite these goals even though they were supposed to go all the way to 2027. We met the 2027 goals in 2025. And so we've increased those numbers and we will work and strive to achieve those goals in 2028. And so that takes care of goals two and three for academics. Goal four for academics relates to the opposite end of the student experience and that is CCMR. And so we are uh looking to increase the percentage of graduates uh who are college, career, and military ready. And uh the focus here is recognizing that we offer all of the programs. We have AP, we have IB, we have a strong CTE program. And so it
027really is about how we communicate to parents and students and educate them as early as possible about those opportunities so that all students can take advantage of them because we have the programs here. And so Miss Armstrong will work with Miss Necessary and student services as well as well as the high school administration to work on our parent and student communication about those opportunities. Uh goal five focuses on behavior and um so a lot of that is related to what Dr. was just talking about in the upcoming elections in terms of safety and seats and making sure that our facilities are appropriate and in good condition and also that our students are safe as well as um in performance objective one there's some work that the counseling department is doing even to make sure that
028the mental health needs of our students are also taken care of. And then finally, goal six is related to attendance. And so um all of our departments will continue to review those strategies at the student level and at the staff level to make sure that teachers are in the building and that students are in the building so that we can achieve our student achievement goals. And then the very last piece of that which is a little bit uh well actually it's entirely new is that we've added a parent engagement piece for our campuses. We know that parent engagement is a significant factor influencing student achievement. And so we've challenged all of our campuses to develop parent engagement strategies and include those in their campus improvement plans. And so the uh district improvement plan is for
029your approval. So I'll answer any questions that you have. >> Thank you, Dr. Rogers. Members, do we have any questions? If not, it does require approval. >> I move to approve. Motion made by Miss Scallowan. >> seconded by Mrs. Cook. All in favor signify by saying I. I. >> All oppose the same sign. Eyes have it. It passes. Thank >> you. >> Item seven is consent items. Items A through U E1. >> I'm Oh, I'm sorry. I'm I jumped ahead. E, future items of discussion. Members, any items you wish to discuss at a future board meeting? Okay. And then f important dates. Dr. >> Well, we have a lot of them in August. I'll just start with today as a recap. I think convocation was fantastic. I know all of you were there. Um our
030speaker was tremendous. She did a great job. I do want to share something with you that she passed on to me. Uh, I shared it with um I know Virginia and Ronnie both when we were talking uh independently, but um I guess I presume she called me when she was in her car leaving for the airport. And um she said, "Hey, I'm going to cut you off because I know you're going to say I say this to all the districts, but it's not true." But she says, "I do want you to know that when I walked out of the Mayborn Center, um I walked out of a place that was filled with something special. and um and you know she is a very authentic person. I've known her for 15 plus years. Truly fantastic. But
031she said she's you know she got there early. She said she had a chance to watch all the interactions and the engagements and um she just felt like she goes Bobby I felt like I've been working there for several years. So, uh, you know, I hear it a lot from different people, but, um, I guess it doesn't hurt to hear it one more time, but we we really do have a special place in Temple ISD and staff and students. So, um, I just wanted to pass that on. A couple things that are on the calendar. Tomorrow, we have the TBI white coat ceremony. That's at Temple College at 6 PM. You have a chance to be there. And then the 13th, we have preK meet the teacher at Meredith Dunar, 5:30. And then the following
032day, we actually have sixth grade orientation, seventh and eighth grade schedule pickup. So you can go to any middle school at that time if you want. The times are listed there. Elementary meet the teacher is 5:30 on August 14th. Uh that's always exciting. Our staff loves to see you out there. If you have a chance board to, you know, pick some campuses and bounce around, it's always a good time. I know my staff has uh campuses divided up that we attend to offer support. and so forth. Uh fish camp is August 15th. Uh first day of school is August 19th of next week. Very excited about that. And once again, we have our staff divided up to go all over the district and spend all day out supporting parents and and schools. Uh our board
033retreat team building is August 21st. And then we have our policy and facilities committee respectively the 27th and 28th and uh middle school open house September 4th and high school open house September 9th and we'll meet again after that for a board meeting. But that is a busy next month. Uh so there's a lot of events, a lot of opportunity to engage with parents and students and staff and I know they greatly appreciate you being there. Thank you. Okay, thank you Dr. Next item is consent item seven consent items A through E1. I do know Miss Suarez will be abstaining from item C. So we we could we'll be hearing A through B 7 D through E1. What is the pleasure of the board to deal with these items? I'll move that we approve items
0347 A1 through B7 and then 7D through E1 al together. >> Motion by Mrs. Myers. Is there a second? >> A second. >> Motion >> seconded by Mr. Gaines. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> All oppose the same sign. Thank you. Motion passes. Uh item C 2025 memorandum understanding between Temple ISD and the Temple Education Foundation. Is there a motion? >> A motion. >> Motion by Mrs. Cook. Second. >> I'll second. >> Seconded by Mrs. Myers. All in favor signi signify by saying I. >> I. >> All oppose the same sign. The item passes. Note that Miss Suarez abstain from the vote. All right. Thank you very much. Item eight, action items, human resources. First item is teacher incentive aotment update. Dr. Ward again. >> Okay. Hello again. >> Yeah. >>
035Um, so today I just wanted to update you on the teacher incentive aotment. We It's hard to believe that we've been doing it for five years now. And so that seems kind of crazy to me. I feel like we just started. Um but so let me remind you if uh the purpose of the teacher incentive aotment is to recruit, support and retain highly effective teachers in particular in our high needs campuses, districts and um and rural districts. And of course we're not a rural district, but we are definitely a high needs district. And if you'll remember, this was part of House Bill 3. Okay. Um, teachers can earn one of three designations, and they're currently discussing a fourth designation, but um, I'm not going to talk about it because it's not passed yet. Um, but
036they can earn recognized, exemplary, or master. Um, and with that comes a monetary amount anywhere between $3,000 and $32,000. Uh, once a teacher earns a designation, they keep that designation for five years unless they level up. So, say I earned a recognized designation, the next year I get exemplary. Well, my five-year counter starts over. And so, um, that's really nice for teachers. It gives them an incentive to work at a higher rate. We will never be $32,000 in giving out funds because we are not a rural district and rule districts get an extra bump in the pay scale. Um, so on the next slide, um, shows what our teachers potentially can earn. This is not the most up-to-date scale, but they don't change too much from year to year. And so you'll see anywhere between
0375,000 and $23,000 depending on the designation that you earn. And again, that's based on the number of low SCES kids on a campus for the year in which we collected data and that's updated every year in Mayish time frame. So, our eligible teaching assignments currently under this plan, elementary teachers, preK through um five, reading and math, and then fifth grade science. Middle school is all of our our core content areas, reading, reading lab, math, math lab, science, social studies classes, plus our special education resource teachers also um inclusion teachers also qualify. And then looking at the high school, it's all of our core content areas again, um, plus our special ed resource teachers as well as our AP IB courses. So, under our current local designation plan, we look at two specific measures to determine
038whether or not a teacher earns a designation. We look at teacher performance and we look at student growth. And those are the two required components by TEA. And so in order for a teacher to earn a designation, they have to meet the minimum qualifications for both teacher performance and student growth. So if I meet teacher performance, but I don't meet student growth, I don't earn a designation. And so um for for teacher performance, we use our test system, the one we've been using forever, or it feels like forever. Um and so uh teachers to earn a recognized designation have to earn at least a 3.7. they can earn 40 points total. And when you divide that by the number of um uh dimensions, then they can earn um the highest they can earn is a
0395.0. And so a 3.7 would earn them a recognized designation. A 3.9 exemplary and 4.5 master. And then looking at student growth, um oh my goodness, where did I go? Okay, so looking at student growth, the assessments that we use for student growth at the pre-K level, we use the circle data. Elementary, we use maps. And then secondary, depending on what the teacher teaches, they either use STAR from the previous year to STAR to that current year's growth or they use um district created assessments compared to district created assessments if it's not a star tested course or if it's a star tested course for the first time in that grade level. Um so like was it eighth grade science? Okay. So they don't take they take a science test in fifth grade and they don't
040take another one till 8th grade. And so they would use a district created pre-assessment and then the science star assessment to determine growth. And then um and then we also use API assessments as well. So for student growth, in order to earn a designation, you have to earn a minimum of 55% student growth. And so whatever that growth is defined as, so for a MAPS assessment, the students have to meet their endofear projected growth score in order to be counted as a yes for growth. And so you add all those up and you the teacher has to have at least 55% growth student growth on whatever assessment they're taking for recognized, 60 for exemplary and 70 for master. And remember they have to meet both teacher performance and student growth to earn a designation. So
041um these are our total amounts that we will be paying out, we have paid out and we will be paying out over uh the last three years. Remember TEA is um a year behind and so uh we don't have 2526 data because I don't submit that till October. Okay. And so in 2223 was our first payout year and we paid u 50 teachers a total of $517,863. The second year we paid out in 2324, uh, we had 115 teachers that qualified. Um, that includes the 50 prior. Um, and so we paid out $1.3ish, you know, $1.3 million if I'm rounding up. And then this year, we get the privilege of handing out $1.5 million to our teachers, which we will do on August 18th. And so you'll see we have 134 teachers that are um
042designated. That is out of 300ish teachers that qualify or that are eligible to even earn a teacher incentive aotment designation. Okay. So that's pretty good. So questions about that so far? Yes ma'am. >> What happens if you have a mastery mark? What happens then? They can't go anywhere else. Is it just over for them? So, we re-qualify. Uhhuh. So, they um they we take their data and we look at their data for that next set. And that actually just happened. We have a teacher at Western Hills that finished her five years because she was at a district that started a year before we did. Um and so she re-qualified this year uh as a master teacher. So, she was master for five years, she re-qualified, she'll be master for another five years. So, good question.
043Any other questions? Okay. So, what's next? So, TEA says that we have to reapply every five years and we're finishing our fifth year. So, we have to begin the application process. So, September we have a meeting with um Betsy Cook who is my TIA advisor. She's with activated aart part activated partners. And so, she's coming here se in September. We're going to meet with a academics and um HR and a few other people that are involved in um helping create the local plan and uh we'll get started with our priorities and what we want to see in this next TIA application. October, December, we will gather feedback from other from campuses and from teachers. I know there are some teachers that want to see some changes in our local designation plans and we'll gather feedback
044from them. January through March, we'll put the application together and then I submit our application in April and we should find out sometime that summer if our system has been approved and then we can start collecting data. That also means that everybody the next year gets a an appraiser because they can't they can't do a test waiver that next year. So, um so that's where we're headed. I know we definitely want to do the teacher incentive aotment again um because it is a great benefit to our teachers. So with that being said, what questions do you have for me? >> Members, you have any questions for Dr. Ward? >> It's exciting. It's always interesting to hear about this. It's a good tool that we have. >> Yes. >> For our staff. >> Our teachers um
045really enjoy getting the teacher. I can imagine for sure. >> Yes. But they also like the prestige of having the designation as well. Yeah. >> And believe it or not, there are a lot of school districts that are not in TIA. >> Wow. >> So that gives us a competitive advantage for recruitment and retention. >> Is that just because they don't apply or they wouldn't qualify if they >> anybody can apply. >> Um I think some people were waiting to see if it would stick around. I think they thought the money might run out. Um, and so they haven't approached it before now. And so I know some districts are in the process of applying for the first time. They've reached out to B and my team for advice on how to start that application.
046Um, and but I think it really it just depends on who's in the right place and and and um was there going to be money in the future? Like do we want to put all this effort into it and not have the funds? a lot of work. >> It's a lot of work and it takes a lot of manpower. >> That's another reason some Yeah, it takes a lot and academics. I don't know where Ranatada went, but her team puts together all those assessments and it's a lot of work to create assessments that are fair and accurately measure from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. So, >> okay. >> Thank you. Appreciate Thank you. Mhm. >> You're welcome. >> Item B, academics OEER transition plan. Dr. Rogers, welcome back. >>
047Thank you. Uh, I'm here to share a little bit with you about the OEER transition plan that um we have worked on. Dr. Watson, Amy Armstrong, and Sandra Atmar are not here, but they uh worked together with me and Sustained Ed, one of our partners to develop this transition plan. Earlier in the spring, you all approved the adoption of new resources, including Blue Bonnet Learning K through five for math and reading and then also for algebra 1. And so, TEA requires that we develop this transition plan and also share it with the board in order to implement the Blue Bonnet resource. And so you should have access to the uh transition plan in front of you. I just want to go through a couple of key points of the plan with you um and uh
048answer any questions that you have. And so the plan's divided into five parts and we were uh we worked with our sustained ed partner to kind of flesh out those parts. The first part is setting goals for implementation. And so when we think about implementing blue bonnet um as a whole across the district, we have two main goals that we rested on. The first one was that we want teachers to use the resource. And then the second one is that we want teachers to not only use it, but we want them to have a positive experience when they're using Blue Bonnet. And so we uh will be administering surveys to teachers at the beginning of the year as well as at the end of the year to make sure that not only uh have we
049put the resource in teachers hands, but also that they feel supported and successful using it. Uh secondly, uh we've worked extensively on creating conditions for success and this is primarily happened at the elementary level coordinated by Dr. Watson, but we wanted to make sure that we don't just adopt a resource and then deliver books to a campus and say, "Good luck. Go ahead and implement it." And so, uh Dr. Watson, her instructional coaches have worked extensively to make sure that the delivery of materials is very well organized that if master schedules at the elementary campuses need to be adjusted so that there's enough time to teach the material that those adjustments have happened. Uh she's worked with them to make sure that the PLC schedules are designed the way that they need to be so
050that teachers have the time to go through the materials and to plan and to prepare. uh and she's also worked extensively with professional learning for our teachers and our leaders. We started training all the way back in May. We've done training in the summer and we had training for three days last week on the resources. And so those are the the two big pieces that really uh gave we gave most of our focus to on this plan. The other pieces of the plan were leading internalization and professional learning communities, establishing observation and feedback practices, and aligning assessment strategy. And for those pieces, we identified some areas where we could certainly grow, but there were a lot of things that we already have in place in Temple. And so our goal was to see how we
051could integrate those new practices without making teachers feel like we were giving them something new on top of a new resource. And so Dr. Watson again along with Miss Armstrong have worked really hard to make sure that that feels really seamless and that we're not making a bunch of changes for teachers in terms of our our lesson planning processes, our observation and feedback processes and then our assessment strategy. And so that kind of summarizes our transition plan as we work to implement this new resource. Uh I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have. >> Any questions for Dr. Rogers? Okay. >> All right. Thank you very much. >> Appreciate it. Thank you very much. >> Item C, facility operations. Uh, no items tonight. D, finance one, consideration and action with respect to resolution
052authorizing defecence of certain districts outstanding bonds and other related matters. Uh, Mrs. Stanford. >> Thank you. Good evening. So tonight I am presenting for your consideration and approval a resolution authorizing a defecence strategy for 2526. A defecence is a proactive debt management strategy in which the district deposits funds into an escro account to pay off callable bonds in the future. So as you all know we've done this for the last two years. The first year the strategy generated 2.3 million in interest savings. Last year, we combined it with our bond series 2016 refunding, which maximized our interest savings of 3.6 million. So, overall, it has paid off. The reason why we're also bringing it to you again right now is that it takes advantage of a favorable market condition when they exist for interest rate
053opportunities because we have a 2018 series bond that becomes callable in February. And so this provides us the flexibility to act um when the conditions are actually financially advantageous to the district and to our taxpayers. The key benefits of course are it reduces our debt burden overall. It'll save taxpayers dollars. It preserves our debt capacity and it has the potential to improve our credit rating leading to lower borrowing cost in the future. um it aligns with your board priorities and demonstrates strong financial stewardship while also um maintaining compliance with all applicable financial policies and laws. So the resolution details that you found in your packet authorizes an escrow payment um that could range from 700,000 to up to 2.4 million based on actual tax collections. So we set our budget off of a projected tax
054collection rate. Of course, we're just predicting off of past history. If it's more favorable and we collect better or if interest rates um continue and we're able to collect a little bit more and use current interest earnings, um we are able to then make a payment depending on how much at the end of the year and it locks in these long-term benefits while remaining flexible. And so that's why we did the range and the bond bond defecence resolution. And so this resolution is a sound fiscally responsible step to strengthening TSD's financial position and maximize savings for our taxpayers. Do you all have any questions? >> Members, any questions? This does require approval. >> Move for approval. >> Motion by Mr. Gaines. >> I'll second. >> Seconded by Miss Gowen. All in favor signify by saying
055I. I. >> All oppose the same sign. The motion passes. Thank you very much. E. Student services one consideration for approval of board policy update 125 EFB local FNC local. Mr. Shogenberg. >> Good evening. Uh this is uh update 125 as well as two additional policies. Uh this one is at the end of the legislative or at the prior to the legislative session pretty light. I hear that 126 is a doozy. So, we'll we'll work through that when uh when it arrives. Uh but for update 125, it when you look at the legal policies, for the most part, it's just references and citations are updated. uh as well as uh several that reference Sentinel, which is the new TEA website storehouse for all things safety for from plans to various reports from that. So that
056being a legislative mandate, this uh these legal policies have those references included. So for the local policies for you to consider tonight, uh we have BDAA and that u basically um clarifies that directing staff assignments is the superintendent's responsibility. BDB local uh that clarifies that a board committee when it mentions that in uh policy is a committee of board members and that an advisory committee is made up of staff, parents and community members. EI local uh it changed the word combined grade to average when it's talking about partial credit just to clarify how to do that. FD local adds bullying as a reason for a potential safety transfer to the list of those that are already in policy. and FEC local uh talks about attendance committees and it clarifies that u in uh creating plans
057that it doesn't have to the seat time doesn't have to equal the amount of time that they're out. You we have the flexibility to make whatever appropriate attendance plan that's uh appropriate for the student. Uh that's doesn't have to be seat time. That is 125. And then the two additional ones for consideration. Well, actually there was three that needed to be looked at tonight. One was uh opting out, having a formal policy to opt out of allowing homeschool students to participate in UIL. You as a board already have that in policy, so that's not needed to be looked at tonight. But the two others, the first one was talking about library materials. And this new policy changes emphasizes the parental rights related to the selection and review of library materials and the access to library
058records. Um, now the board is required to approve all library materials that are donated or that are proposed for procurement and 30 days before the uh you vote for uh or consider approval uh the list has to be published and it has the and the words are accessible to the public. this list has to be made for us as wing through how we want this process to look. Uh we will uh have that list and so when it says accessible we'll have that list as a policy meeting agenda item. So it will be posted as a regular board meeting uh fully accessible to the public to look at it. Uh and be then be 30 days uh the next board meeting is within the 30 days. So it's the meeting after that is when it
059would be approved. And so we're looking at doing that a couple times, two, three times a year. Our current plan is to have the first list at the September 24th policy meeting and then that would mean that it's at the November 10th board meeting is where that list will be approved. So just a an FYI that's how that we are going to be implementing that that process. And Eric, if I can real quick, one of the concerns that school districts have over this is the stacking effect or the bottlenecking that could happen. Um, if the board has to approve every single book that goes in to the library, um, that is, um, that could be difficult. Uh, we we like our process the way we have it, and Rainada, I know, has worked very close
060with Eric on, um, and with the librarians on what periods throughout the year that it makes sense. I mean obviously we have a a couple periods through the year that most of our books are um you know purchased and and so forth. And as you know we have an AI solution that has really been fantastic that screens and weeds out and flags um inappropriate words or whatever it may be. Uh and that's been a home run. But I will tell you that um uh although the intention is probably good behind this legislation um you know boards meeting once a month or even twice a month that makes it very difficult uh to use resources right away that maybe teachers feel like should be in the library because of an upcoming unit or what have you.
061I think on our end it's going to make us smarter as administrators. we're going to have to be more efficient in terms of when we place those orders, especially if we're following a seasonal schedule and uh and really try to get everything, you know, into into those three or four times a year. So, uh, you know, just just know this does have ramifications administratively and and on classrooms and so forth, even though it's probably well intended, uh, but I do think we have a good plan for addressing this. And the last policy for tonight is FNC local. Uh this is from House Bill 1481. This is the student communications uh bill that prohibits the use of uh devices while on school property and during the school day. uh they define personal communication devices to include
062uh smartwatches and earbuds and that there are some exceptions. One would be uh through uh their IEP if it specifies that there is a need there or through uh the 504 or a health issue uh or a district safety requirement. Those are exceptions that students could have devices and these are uh that is update 125 and those two additional policies for your consideration. >> Thank you Mr. Hogenberger. Uh members, any questions before we vote? This does require our approval. >> Move for approval. >> Motion by Miss Suarez. >> A second. >> Seconded by Miss Mrs. Cook. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? The eyes have it. Thank you. >> Consideration of approval of student code of conduct. All right. Each year we present to the board for their uh
063for y'all's approval of the student code of conduct. Uh in your packet you have the redline version of all the uh changes that were uh we are recommending being made. Uh you do have also a summary of the major changes and I'll go through a few of those uh highlight a few of those on uh number two that's the one that we just talked about house bill 1481 with personal communication devices number three uh is that whereas it used to be uh all tobacco vapes were a mandatory DAP placement now that is no longer for the first time tobacco vape uh offense is not a mandatory DAP but it is a minimum of 10 days ISS and so u I would anticipate the um amount of DAP placements for vapes uh being reduced and this
064being handled at the the campus level for that first time offender. Uh next, uh parent involvement. Uh at this time, we are not recommending a the district adopt a policy for parent involvement with school disciplinary placements. Um we we do that already. Uh, for example, if a student is in DAP for the tobacco vape or for drugs, if that student goes through drug awareness program, well, we give them credit for a few days on their their placement. And that's what they're trying to get at at this parent involvement piece. Uh but the way it is written it's it's for every single discipline um offense and it is just written so that it's uh more of uh parents and administrators haggling every time on uh what's the what should be the consequences and so we're not
065recommending that at this time. Number five, teachers removing students from classrooms. Now it adds a written consent component to that. Number seven, if you remember several years ago that we were limited on out of school suspension for those students that were homeless or under or grade two or lower. Well, now uh except for weapons and drugs and now they've added to that list disruption of the classroom so that now we have more of a more strategies available to us for the students that are disrupting the classroom. And so then that's a change in the law from House Bill Six. And then lastly, present uh number 10, a virtual expulsion program so that um um a student who is expelled and DAP uh doesn't through theirou accept them. Well, now we can have a virtual program
066to satisfy their and in the law it's written immediate educational program. And so that's now in law a way for us to serve those students if it that's in the best interest of them and the district. So those are the uh major changes and those are presented for your consideration. >> Thank you. Um members, does this require approval? >> Approval. >> Motion by Miss Wararez. >> I'll second. seconded by Miss Gowen. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Uh any opposed? The eyes have it. Thank you very much. Item three, review of parent and student handbooks. While this uh doesn't require board approval, we do like to present to you the major changes in the handbooks this year. Uh again, like the handbook, like the student code of conduct, you have the
067red line version of both the elementary and the secondary uh version in your packet, as well as a summary of major changes. And I'll highlight a few of those. Uh the first one, uh House House or Senate Bill 12 requires now that the teacher give the parent a course syllabus at the start of the their class. And so that that is new and we're working through that process. Number three, Title N had CH has changed with the current administration and it has eliminated all references to gender through the Title 9 section. It also in number four, there used to be last year a Texas school virtual NE network and that has been eliminated. So all references TEA eliminated that. So all references to that has has gone away in this handbook. [Applause] Number seven, Senate
068Bill 12 now requires that a we have a policy that a parent has at least two opportunities for an in-person uh conference with their teacher. And number eight, House Bill 121 requires school districts to give information about the storage of firearms to all parents three times a year. And so that's a piece that's also required by law. And one one uh piece of information that has come uh after the board packet was presented and that was a change in an update we got from the univers or the USDA uh the meal prices and so for breakfast meal prices are going up to three uh the adult meal prices are going up to 350 from 330 and for lunch adult meal price will 525 which is up from $5. And those are on in the elementary
069handbook page 97 and in the secondary 122. Okay. Any questions on changes in the handbook? Members, any questions? All right. Thank you. Item F is board committee reports. Item one, the policy committee meeting minutes from July 30th, 2025. This meeting was cancelled. The next committee meeting is Wednesday, August 27th, 2025 at 4 pm. Item two, facility committee meeting minutes, July 31st, 2025. Mr. Gaines, the meeting was called to order at 10:01 p.m. Dr. I presented a proposed contract for electrical services. Mr. Mr. Boyd presented a contract with fire equipment monitoring and architectural and engineering services. The committee unanimously approved each recommendation. The committee uh boarded the bus and we drove to several locations, observed the progress in multiple projects. Uh the committee stopped at Lamar, Garcia, Bonum, Scott, and Wildcat Stadium, and walked the facilities
070and I might say they I was impressed with some of the upgrades that have been made. Awesome. The board the board u Mr. board presented an update on the current projects as well as the initial plan for improvements to the kitchen and dining areas at the golf and cheer locker rooms at T Temp Temp Temple High School. Uh Mr. Boy presented a summary of both positive and negative takeaways from tours of other school districts and elementary and middle school campuses. Committee members now may provide their own input. The meeting was adjourned at 5:07 p.m. and our next committee meeting will be August 28th at 4 p.m. Thank you, Mr. Gains. With no further items tonight, we are journed. Thank you very much for attending.