001of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Honor the flag. I aliance to thee Texas. One state and indivisible. or do we have public participation? No. Okay. All right. So, we're going to move on from agenda item three, public participation. There is no public participation. Uh, let's move on to agenda item four, the presentation reports and action items. 4A is the recognition of Commissioner Joe A. Gonzalez for the operation health and wellness. Miss Moore and Miss R.J. Alvarado. Miss Alvarea. [Music] >> Good evening. It is truly an honor to stand before you today to recognize and extend our heartfelt gratitude to a leader who has gone above and beyond for the people of Noasis County, Commissioner Joey Gonzalez.
002Commissioner Gonzalez has always been known for his vision, his dedication, and his unwavering care for the community. But today, we celebrate something extraordinary, his leadership in bringing Operation Health and Wellness to Newasis County. Through his innovative initiative, families in our community have been able to receive vital medical, vision, behavioral health, dental, and even veterary services all in one place. What might have been out of reach for many became accessible because of his forward thinking and determination to make sure that no one in our county is left without care. Commissioner Gonzalez, your work reflects not just policy, but compassion. You've shown us that leadership means rolling up your sleeves, finding solutions, and bringing partners together for the greater good. The impact of Operation Health and Wellness will be felt for years in the lives it touches
003and the hearts that it inspires. We also want to recognize your steadfast dedication not only to Nois County, but to West Oso ISD as well. Your investment in our students, our families, and our neighborhoods demonstrates a deep commitment of building healthier, stronger, and a brighter future for all. On behalf of everyone, we say thank you, Commissioner Gonzalez. Thank you for your vision. Thank you for your dedication. And most importantly, thank you for the heart that you have to serve the people. Your leadership reminds us of one idea backed by determination and compassion can change lives. And you have done exactly that. Please join me in showing our deep appreciation to Commissioner Joe Gonzalez. >> Thank you, sir. Can we just have a little certificate of appreciation and recognition, excuse me, of your leadership and commitment
004to community health through Operation Health and Wellness and for your dedication to the well-being of the families and the students of Westoso ISD. Thank you so much, sir. >> Thank you. >> I don't know. You want to say a few words? Yeah, I I want to have Bill and Edward come up and I stand here too and maybe like the the board president come down also. >> Sure. >> You know, I didn't come for here for this. I didn't know about this, but I came down for another reason and that's to recognize you guys and in RJ, you know, u I've taken West under my wing for many years now. You know, we built the park across the old administration building to watch splash pad. There wasn't a splash pad. We did a splash pad.
005So, you know, and we've done Belle of all people, Belle is my one of my lead persons and so is Edward, my other lead person. And with Belle's help with Ahack, we've been able to do physicals, health fairs, we have touched a lot a lot of lives and physicals. Kids can't afford to get their physicals. because of Belle's help through the Ahack, we're able to do that. So every year they don't pay for physicals, we give them the physicals. We're here I think once or twice a year. Bill twice a year. So and it is all about partnership. >> Interesting. >> You know, I can't thank you enough >> for opening one of your doors to Westo >> whenever we leave the >> allowing us to use facilities. auditorium. When we bring 120 soldiers here
006to West and they eat there and they sleep there, that means a lot. That's a tremendous partnership and you have made this possible and with because of that we have touched thousands and thousands of lives and most of them your children most of them your children. So of course we are open to anybody that wants to come. We never say no to anybody. So I think that because of you and we want to say that you've been a tremendous partnership to us. I'm going to let Bill present the first award. Okay. >> On behalf of South Coastal AHICK and I'm doing this for uh Commissioner Joey Gonzalez. It says um Westoso Bears in appreciation of Westoso ISD board of trustees for operation health and wellness mission. You have been our partner from 2022 to 2025.
007Your partnership and shared commitment in promoting healthy lives for your students in our community is truly commendable. Your support nourishes lives and sparks hope. Uh from Joe A Gonzalez and Noasis County Commissioners Precinct 2. Thank you all very much. You want to go in the middle? And you can Thank you. It's So to carry on um I live in the rural parts of Noises County. So um so this is this comes as a pleasure for me twofold. commissioners uh participation and y'all thanking y'all for the services that you provide because not only as commissioner says I want to emphasize everybody's coming there so even the rural areas when we have that the military comes here and then they head out to the to rural areas so it makes a big difference in the lives of
008the whole noises county community so to that end um one of your own has really really participated in our operations. So, Commissioner has again in appreciation of R.J. Alvarado, you have displayed exceptional leadership and teamwork in the success of Operation Health and Wellness, the IRT missions 20 from 2022 to 2025. Thanks for being there for your students and your community. Joe A Gonzalez, Noises County Commissioner Precinct 2. Can we get your name again, sir? Let's stand up. Get in here. >> Got it. Thank you. Congratulations, Miss Alvo. >> This is very unexpected. >> Several years ago when Commissioner Jag contacted me, let's just say I didn't know what I was in for. >> Okay. It's one of those that it's the toughest thing you'll ever love to do. But you can't put a price, ladies
009and gentlemen, on a six-year-old who has never had glasses to look at her mommy and say, "Mommy, I can see." There is nothing that you can do that could be any better than that. Or the lady who had never had dental work done, she had been in pain for years and years, came in and all of a sudden she wasn't in pain. and she went home and she baked probably 10 cakes and brought them back for the soldiers to have because that was her way of showing appreciation. >> Yeah. >> And the last one was the lady from Austin who was homeless. Managed to get a bus down but had no way to get back. had massive dental work done, medical work done, and the soldiers managed to get donations along with Jag's office to
010get her back to Austin. No price on that. We do what we do because we love our community and we love our kids. >> And this community always upon always does what's in their best interest. It may not be in our personal best interest, but it's in what's the kids' best interest. And Commissioners Jag off Jag's office in partnership with us will continue to work toward that end. Thank you. >> Thank you. my certificate. >> And I think most of you know this, but in addition to this project, um, Commissioner Jag also gives SC college scholarships to many of our students every year and um has been doing that for a while. We're incredibly grateful for that as well. >> Incredibly. Miss Jordan, do you have any any words? just want to congratulate he's been
011a joy this district and has always been here for us and for Corpus Christi. >> Yeah. >> And we thank you for his service, sir. >> Miss Gutas, >> want to say thank you to you, sir, for all that you've done for WestD and for the students and the community. I know they appreciate it. Uh, >> right. Like Alvarado said, there's a lot of them that never go see a doctor, never go see a dentist, you know, especially the the youngsters, they they can't take them. So, thank you for bringing uh the soldiers. Have they did they come this last year? >> No. Okay. But we continue with the year. They're coming again. >> Oh, this year. >> They're coming this next year. Oh, that's awesome. Thank you so much for bringing them, sir. Thank
012you. >> Yes, definitely. Um, Mr. Mr. Alvarado, I'm sorry, Mr. Adidondo. Sorry, >> I apologize. >> That's okay. I've been called other names. >> They always confuse me. Um, on behalf of my family and my dog, we want to thank you for the park. Ever since you upgraded that park, um, we've been a fixture over there. uh it we don't have to go too far to go and take a stroll down and get a little healthy and all and breathe some good air. So, thank you for for doing that for us. Uh everything you do for the community, I believe. Does he help with the physicals also for the >> athletics? >> Yes, I did notice that a couple years ago. So, even though we don't see you, we know that you're behind it. So,
013uh your legacy is going to live on for many many many many years. So we want to thank you for bringing it to the community, our community. You chose us instead of somebody else and the need is here and it will continue to be here and we're blessed to have you. So thank you very much, sir. >> Okay, Miss uh Gonzalez, >> thank you so much for being part of Westoso. I'm glad you I mean it's just like he said, I took my dog there, too. So thank you. We thank you. >> Yes. >> Thank you so much, >> Miss Bella. >> Uh, Commissioner, thank you so much and your team. We really, really appreciate all that you do for our community and for our kids. >> Um, from the families in our community, they've
014just shared nothing but wonderful feedback uh when they attend the events. Um, so we really really appreciate you and R.J., congratulations. We really appreciate what you do for our our district and our students. >> And Mr. Via, >> thank you for for all the that you do for Westo. We appreciate you. >> Definitely. And I really I I really like the fact that uh Miss and also congratulations to Miss Alvarado that you brought that up, you know, all those incidents and those are just some of many that were encountered over there, those events and but we heard all those when they did happen and we were just elated that, you know, people really come to these things to get that medical attention that they could never have gotten cuz, you you know who can afford
015dental work and all that stuff. So it is greatly appreciated by our community and also the comm community the surrounding areas where people come from. So uh thank you so much and like Mr. said thank you for thinking of Westo because the need is definitely here. Thank you so much. Okay, we're going to move on to agenda item 4B. The presentation and discussion regarding the balance scorecard priority 4 report generate fiscally and ethically sound decision making that addresses current and future needs. Miss Moore, Miss Mendes, Missandez, and Miss Alvarado. So, starting I want to say about a I can't remember exactly if it was a year and a half ago or so, we started um maybe it was two years ago. I don't remember exactly that spreadsheet where we were updating I think it was
016the maybe the 23 24 school year um on safety initiatives as we're trying to keep up with them. And so that document is um in your in your packet. Um, but one of the things that the newest thing that we're doing that we kind of have mentioned, I think we've kind of said the name Busology. Um, but we wanted to share with you or have um, Miss Mendes and Miss Hernandez share with you kind of where we're at. We're right about to la to do the full scale launch in the next few weeks. Right. So, they're going to share with you a little bit about this program, give you an opportunity to ask any kind of questions and um, go from there. >> Okay. Uh, first of all, we're excited, I mean, to be integrating
017theology and I want to thank Byron and Denise. I mean, if they've put a lot of hard work along with Amy Padilla, they've done a lot of work into it and it's been, you know, a challenge, but we're getting there and it's still going to be work in pro progress. Uh, Bthology, it's a transportation management system. It's a software that is designed to make students travel safer and more efficient. Uh they're in 2020 23 they merged with uh trip spark and now they're you know together have decades of expertise in there and they're uh part of uh uh mod uh global network. So they're really focusing on the transportation uh companies like uh school districts and other type of transportation companies. They have uh more than 150 school districts and other transportation agencies. They're working
018at solving a lot of the issues that are streamlining operations and improving the routing system and also enhancing the communication between parents and schools. Okay. The mission and uh is I mean they're working at making uh transportation a lot safer and more efficient for students and districts. Uh their vision is is to make it a lot safer and reliable for K through 12 schools. Okay, Bthology has the routing and trans and scheduling uh right now. Um Denise is still kind of working that's still work in progress. It does have the routing, but right now uh I guess the years of expertise that Denise has had in there. per routing is a little bit more efficient than the system, but we assuming once we kind of put it on together, you know, we're hoping that the
019system would kind of kick in and give us a better, more efficient routing system. Anything you want to say about the routing and scheduling? >> Yeah. Uh, so it's it's on Google Maps and I just identified the way the buses go. Um, we ran into little problems because I have a trucker bus that I actually have one that leaves a junior high, one that leaves a high school. They meet out at Seascape trailer park. They exchange students and then go different ways and that's kind of been a a little bit of a trick to do that. Um, once the ACE programs we get a and we're working on that right now is the ACE program. Um, if they're a bus student, they have a card they're going to scan when they get on. they're going
020to scan when they get off so we'll know where the student is at all the time. Uh the librarians are doing an awesome job of getting the cards ready for the students. Um we have a lot at probably our biggest writers ate so we're moving cards around as as we speak and they they've been awesome. I mean just great at figuring out how the students are going to keep the cards with them. So they've actually been excited. some of them to I think they already gave some of them out and they're where's my card? So, I'm I'm excited. I mean, I think it's going to be a good program. I know there's going to be a lot of bugs because this program actually assigns the students to the stops so they're not always correct, but
021I think once the buses start rolling and I see where the students get on and off, I couldn't go back and assign them. You know, it's just going to take time. We're going to force the students to have to carry that card because if they don't there's no purpose of having system right so it's just going to be a training but everybody so far been great to work with I mean all the campuses I don't know do you have any questions on what it does >> hold on I'm still I've still got the popoint okay um okay like N says I mean they have a great navigation system that we're able to see and view where the buses are going uh that navigation system, you know, helps the us track. She'll be able to see
022where the buses are actually located, if there's an issue with the bus. It also helps us um you know, see what speed if they're speeding or they're going in the uh speed limit. It help it gives us a lot of controls. It updates every 10 seconds. Um, the GPS uh will let also the parents know where their students are, if they got on the bus, if they got off the bus. They can only track their student, not anybody else's student. So, it gives the parents a peace of mind. It lets them know if my student is safe. Did they actually get on? Sometimes that delay when they make that call, hey, my student's not here. What's going on? you know it might be a minute but it's a minute of very much fearful it seems
023like an hour so that's going to give them a peace of mind so um it keeps you know less stress on the parents it also helps administrators because it's also very stressful when we get the call and we're don't know where our students are at even though they might be in the bus and you kind of feel until you really identify where that student is not you know till you get that peace of mind Um it provides us a deeper insight of you know how the operations Denise there's going to be some kind of you know if the gauges are low it tells you if your fuels your uh fuel levels are low or whatever it might problems the bus might have it'll give her an alert on that. So it keeps us a little
024bit more you know efficient and operation making sure our bus is operating correctly. That's just the view right there of what Denise can see that view and like right there all the buses were at the bus barn. Here's another different kind of view, the aerial view there. You can see that one bus had left and it's going down Slater Road. So she she'll be seeing it real time. So she can track all her buses. If something happens to the bus or there's an accident, you know, and the bus had to do an alternative route, she'll know and the parents will know the bus the bus is not in their usual route. They had to do a detour. That's just another view of that where she being able to see this as well. >> Okay. Any
025questions? >> Okay. Yeah. Uh we're going to go ahead and start with Miss Vela. No questions, Miss Gonzalez. >> But I'm glad y'all are getting it. >> You had the same program. >> I was gonna say different program, but it worked just the same. It's not pler, but it was just you. >> Yeah, Mr. Adondo. >> The only thing is how does it integrate what's wrong with the bus and the how much fuel you have? >> It just get let her know, you know, let you know like, hey, your whatever fuel or whatever fluid is low. How how does it know that? Is it plugged into or into the bus? >> GPS right on the bus. >> Oh, >> yeah. In fact, I have it on now and you can see the eight bus right
026where it's at. It tells me if the bus is idling the bus on it. >> And there's different apps you can buy. We don't have a wall. >> So, is it because the bus has certain software that communicates with this other software? Yeah. >> So when we have expect full implementation >> I think I have enough cards everybody just kind of shuffled them around. I gave somebody at each campus like I said we >> hope October 1st. Have we communicated to the parents how this system works or >> you can go online and there's a on our web pageology >> like a little study guide for them. >> We'll have probably have excuse me that's too loud tables at open house. So open houses on the 8th and 9th. So we can have little stations
027there where we can get especially again JFK and we are on separate nights. So we could have and those are going to be the line share of the people. We have started pushing it out on social media and then obviously we'll send information home as well. >> What that means is I'll send an email to the parents and it gives them how to get in and directions how to get into the system, >> right? so they can track their child. Thank you, >> Miss Gutierrez. >> Yes, I'm glad that we're getting it. I saw it while I was in Houston and I was talking to them because they will scan the student that gets in the bus. So, there can't be a from bus eight, you know, bus one. So, that that's that's great. And
028it's going to be, you know, and I asked um I'm asking why have two different cards? Why can't we have their student ID and the number behind? That way you only they only have to worry about >> the bology has like a GPS has some kind of component there that the regular >> ID card doesn't have. And then if you kind of scan them, we have to make sure that those u visology cards are reusable because they're costly. >> Oh, they are. So, we would just give them to the next student. Uh, >> yeah. Once we get, you know, if they don't become or they graduate or whatever reason they leave the district, we'll reuse those cars. They're in good condition. >> Well, I'm glad that you're getting it and, you know, it's going to
029be a lot of help for parents and the people that put the kids in the bus and, you know, they'll know where these these students go. I'm really happy I I was looking into it over there. Miss Jordan, >> I think this is going to be a wonderful um parents they're going to be secure knowing where their children are, the safety of the bus, the smaller ones uh at Johnny K. uh will the teachers be responsible for their uh >> yes, they're going to be tagged onto their backpacks where they stay with them and then we're going to try we're it's all going to be a trial process. We're trying to see what works better, how we can make sure that the student always has them on them, how we can make sure that, you
030know, they don't lose them and don't destroy them. So, we're working and seeing what's going to work best for them. >> I think I think it's a great idea. Um, we ordered back tag on me because that that's what I was worried about the smaller ones. How they going to, you know, keep their secure. >> Yeah. >> But I think it's a it's a great plan. >> Yeah. I do want to thank uh Byron and Denise uh because it's been a long process. It's been a very tedious uh we know other districts that they have it and they just kind of use the simpler component of just tracking. They haven't really gone into the integration and they you know dived in there and the two systems were not talking they would override. So it was
031like a headache. It was a lot of work and they had to redo it and redo it but they didn't give up on it. So we we're here and we they've come a long way. >> Okay, Mr. Viel, >> thank you very much. >> No questions. I'm okay. >> That's great. Um yeah, I just wanted uh a little bit about the logistics when you're saying you're going to have the open house, but then she said that it's going to start on October 1st. So are students going to be riding on those buses on October 1st? >> Right. So they're issuing it out, but there's So there's two parts, of course. There's the students having the card, but then the parents have to register in the system so that they could then track their child. >>
032So the students will already have been assigned on October 1st, right? But the parents haven't registered. >> Well, we're pushing we've started pushing that through parent square and social media. >> So yeah, >> I'm just saying are you going to be ready on October 1st because you're saying well we'll have them do it. >> It's for the parents that are they're still not informed and have questions and open. So, there are parents that are already registered. They're ready to go. Yeah. >> Okay. That's what I wanted to know for sure because >> they can't see their student right now because not everybody has a card. >> All they can see is the bus the route. What's nice about this program is they're going to be able to see the route and they're going to see
033all the stops and they should know what number of stops. something that's off as the bus goes by the stops and drops those students that stop this color. So they'll know oh okay the buses already went by the stop >> and they'll know because of the bus number they already know what bus their students are on >> exactly where the bus and where the student is. >> Yeah, that's why I was asking for the ones I I'm glad you clarified it, Miss Mendes. for the ones that are already registered, they know exactly what to look for when they're going to Google Maps or when they're looking for their child. I mean, that's what this whole thing is. >> Yeah. They have an app on their phone and they'll see other things. >> So, if they
034have questions, they can always >> Yeah. Okay. And as far as the implementation, well, I guess that goes with everything that's coming that's new. you're gonna have and you're still going to continue to have it on October 1st, the bugs. But I'm glad that all of y'all are on it and that way you know like you know I've been hearing it from Miss Gonzalez cuz she works her GP and they have everything and it's just it's a phenomenal thing that you know the parents can track where their students are going and no more of he didn't get off on the right stop and all this stuff. I know. Thank you. Thank you very much. >> Okay. Thank you. So then if you review um the other the rest of that document another thing that we
035have done um we last year after um and Miss Alvado you can come on up after that that situation in Austin at that track meet where a student got in the track meet. So, one of the things that we imple have implemented last year is we got the swipe um metal detectors, right? And as the students enter, as our students get on a bus, we're doing the metal detector, you know, to make sure they're not bringing anything on the bus and they have one at DAP. I've actually seen um Miss Well, I haven't actually seen Miss Gomez use it, but I've seen her holding it. Um then, um we got several others and we're just talking with junior high um how we want to implement it. There's some, you know, we think that mostly um
036we had talked to Mr. Zapetto who had had it um in a previous campus that a lot of it's a deterrent to be honest with you because the logistics of actually like on a given day if any of us were to get wanded, it's going to beep and that's just reality. It's going to beep, right? Um so we were talking about and we have kind of a follow-up meeting this week like exactly how do we want to use it? We certainly want to give each campus one in the event that there isn't suspicion or in the event um you that it' be easy to kind of detect without having to it's not going to pick up everything. We were talking about some of the vapes now um are all plastic. They don't even have any
037metal in them. But certainly any kind of actual gun, right, that a real gun would it would pick up that, you know? So, we're kind of looking at ways that the most effective way to use it that's also going to be that we can be consistent with and that's going to actually be effective in the sense that we're not going to have everything buzzing off all the time. So, or the word buzz. As you can see, we continue to update our safety and security um spreadsheet on everything of what we are doing, what we've got implemented, what's coming new, that kind of situation. Um >> what page are we on? >> I think it's P 10 is what the number says for M. >> It's a safety and security update spreadsheet. It's all like, >>
038do you have it on there, Mr. Byron? >> Yes, it's page 10. >> Starts on page 10. And as you go down, there's different things that >> No, I can see it. I just wanted to make sure so the audience can look at it. So, we don't >> we don't have it on the >> I don't think it's there, ma'am. I typically do not >> I can say it's super fast. >> Yeah. That way you know >> everybody can follow along. >> Further down probably like page 13 what they're talking about now. It's not following what we have here. >> No, no, no. I know she jumped because I guess bology >> that was the newest thing. >> Yeah, that that had to take uh precedent. But I just want to make sure that if
039we can show it to the audience >> or are we allowed? Wait a minute. First of all, >> I think this is showing things we're doing. >> This is okay. This is okay. There's a certain part that >> Yes, ma'am. I would not put certain things. >> You'll let me know. >> Yes, ma'am. >> The auditing kind of piece of it. There are plans. >> Yes. >> So, why don't I just send it to your email? >> Like I would not put up our emergency operations plan. >> Right. Well, we'll go into close session for that. >> Yes. Okay, I understand. >> Okay, so this is the spreadsheet that I always bring to you as we update it per year. This is what the board asked for if you remember about a year and a
040half ago. We continue to update the situations. Of course, with 89th legislature, there have been some changes. Okay, you'll see those changes reflected in this document. I do not want to go down and of course go through every item on on five pages. Uh, a couple of things though that I need you to let you know that are new by the 89th legislature that we are currently working on. And the way that I actually found this out is because the state did not put it out as a major document. I was actually sitting in a group of one in a training uh for a week with law enforcement and it came up for school-based law enforcement is the original way that I heard it. And when I first heard it, I'm like, "Okay, send me
041the document you're looking at because I haven't seen it." Schools in Texas are now required to have breaching tools and ballistic shields on every campus. So, when I hear this, I'm like, "Okay, start explaining some things to me." A breaching tool can be a sledgehammer, whatever you can breach a door with. So, in speaking with our law enforcement liaison, this is how we found out because a breaching tool could also be something quite large and to the tune of $1,000. However, since they did not specify in the 89th legislature what that looked like, a sledgehammer will do. We have currently put on our letterhead a request donation from Harbor Freight to donate four sledgehammers for our campuses. We're working through that now. The ballistic shields are somewhat different because I simply did not have a
042lot of knowledge on ballistic shields. I contacted our CCPD liaison because of course they have more information than I do. Because in hearing this, I heard it the last day I was in training and as I'm on my way back from San Antonio, I'm thinking, what am I looking at? What I was looking at originally was somewhere between two and $7,000 per shield. That is not what is required. our police police liaison uh Lieutenant Josh Newman has actually come up with a situation by which ballistic shields that would suffice for our situation can be gotten for $500 each. We have not purchased that as of yet. Again, I'm looking for further donations. >> Okay. >> We saw I don't think we've shared they we saw a few when we went to that conference in Houston
043and one of them was on wheels. >> Yes, we saw that. They are quite pricey. That is not what the legislature meant. However, when you read the document that I had to read, they did not specify. They did not pay place a criteria. So, I'm thinking, okay, so we need to breach a door. Can my teachers pick up a sledgehammer? Okay. Can they swing it in a certain way? So, those are things that we're looking at as to to placing in this year. Okay. Of course, you still see we have an unbelievable amount of training that goes on with our staff and we've listed every training in here. In fact, my people are like, "Oh my god, don't give us any more training." We do train consistently. I am in the process right now and
044I've done the junior high and I'll have the high school complete by this week. 89 legislature came up with a brand new child maltreatment training. Rather than have our people go through nine more components, I summarized it and put it in a document and I'm going into every campus and training every campus in child maltreatment because the change is that you cannot wait 48 hours to report a child abuse case. It must be done within a 24-hour time frame. So there are several changes there. That training for everyone in the district will be complete by October 9th. Um I know Mr. Ardondo you had been asking on reunification. >> We have. Okay. I've done two things and Miss Moore has also helped me work through part of this. There was a change kind of at
045the university with people. So finding people seem to be kind of a situation >> of our college. >> Yes sir. So, we worked through it in two different ways. I actually spoke to the department today, uh, Mr. John Straos. I did not speak to him personally, but I spoke to his department. They are now in the process and they've already run one already of running drills on their campus using their buildings for schools. So, what they are seeking from us and we've already sent is the numbers that we have on each campus. So for example, if we only had a situation of one campus versus the full district of 1800, what buildings would be assigned? I also worked through it in a secondary way. As you know, we have our safety and security committee. Mr.
046Jace Johnson serves as Corpus Christi Emergency Management with us on our committee and I serve with him on the local emergency planning commission. He also has an in to Delmare through emergency services. So assume something happened and we needed to remove kids immediately, I would pick up the phone, call him, he would get those buildings open. So we're working through it in two different ways to still get the university to sign off on it, but in emergency situations, we are guaranteed they will help. >> Okay. >> So we'll have some kind of protocols with our transportation department. >> I'm sorry. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Um, everything else that you have seen, we have implemented except the three things that I have just talked to you about. We are well ahead of the game. I will
047tell you something that is not on this list that we've just completed and I'm pretty proud of the work because it took us a number of months to get it done. When I was at a training, one of the questions from law enforcement was, "Does your district have an emergency operations manual?" And I had to really think about what they were asking me. They're not asking me for an emergency operations plan. We have that. Do you have a manual that addresses a number of things? I will tell you that Westoso is now one of five districts in the entire state of Texas that has an emergency operations manual that is in the process of being posted to our website now. So, we are well ahead of the game because I know what's coming whether it
048be next year or the year after the Texas School Safety Center will be requiring that. So, my thought was why not get ahead of the game so that we can actually set the standards. With that in mind, I sent our document to the Texas School Safety Center and to the safety team at Texas Education Agency for their review. >> The other thing is we've talked >> we've talked to you about the behavior threat assessments that we're required to do and so last year was a pilot, but now we're actually entering into that statewide platform. So that was where, you know, we don't want, you know, Miss Gomez to um I don't act up here at West. We we place her in DAP and then her mom's like, I'm going go, you know, she said, I'm
049not going to DAP, so we're going to move her to some other school district. And then three months later, they find out that she had a DAP placement and that she had made a terroristic threat at West OSO. So I mean, that wouldn't happen locally, but it happens if we're moving them different places. So now all of that information is in that well just started so the centralized locations through a statewide network. So if again Dr. Ron Ronov comes into West Oso and she starts giving us problems right we can go into that system and think we can find that history. Um, so we started that this year. Of course, it's just beginning, but I think it's a really good thing. So, we know who we're getting and wherever we uh lose someone that whoever
050we send them kind of knows what's what coming. >> And because we have worked through this process, first of all, we began behavior threat assessment in this district prior to the time that the state required it. We actually had our own manual, our own forms that we were working with before the state came up with theirs. We of course have now transitioned and trained all of our behavior threat assessment teams in the state operations. One of the things I found, okay, and I actually had a conversation last week with the head of the Sentinel program. I put in a BTA went through all of the process. First situation is it takes you an hour and a half to two hours to load that document. >> Okay? So that's one of the things they need to
051work on because if it's going to take you that long to load a document, you're going to have problems and people in effect, let's get real, administrators don't have a lot of time and so they're going to say, "Oh, I don't need to load that." Yeah, you do, but it's going to take you time in which to do so. So I've had a conversation with them about that. I also had a conversation with them regarding the glitches in the program and I will give you an example. As I loaded the BTA into system, it told me submit. It told me I was totally clear, ready to go. As I get back to the dashboard, it tells me I have five outstanding task. What outstanding task? So, I call them at that point. By this time,
052ladies and gentlemen, they know me by first name, as you can well imagine. Okay? And I get the very nice lady on the phone, and she goes, "Okay, I know for you to be calling, there's a problem. Where's the problem?" Come to find out they did not give us what we call clear directions to get all of that cleared into system. So they are currently now redoing the document to send out to BTA coordinators on okay if you see this this is what's happened. >> So we are definitely in contact with the state on everything which we're doing. >> Great. Um Miss Jordan, do you have any questions? Jeremy, what a uh a ballistic shield. Yes, ma'am. >> What is that used for? >> I know it's a cover, but >> right. >> Uhhuh. >>
053Law enforcement comes in. They do what we call four man back to back. So, you're surrounded, right? But they have a shield in front of them that that can't use. >> Okay. and it's got a a particular name of which they can protection for that situation. That's why they're going to be >> So, it's going to be placed at the air each campus. >> Okay. >> Who's going to hold it? >> Security or police? >> Okay. Okay. >> All right. Miss uh Guthus. >> Definitely. Definitely. Um, in the last few weeks, we've seen some breach of of security in the capital, and I know each and every one of us is aware of what's happened. So, to say that we're secure, I I kind of >> So, I think we're talking about some of those
054things in close session. [Music] >> I was at a where they were giving at Narco Nar >> Naran. Uhhuh. >> Okay. There's supposed to be 100 units in every campus. >> Okay. Do we have them? >> We have a ton. I have a bunch in my office. Yes. >> We haveund each campus. >> Where did you see that there would be a hundred? >> Uh I was >> That would be a hundred people overdosing. You wouldn't need 100. >> You never know, miss. It could be like a what is it that Jones that overdosed the whole it's it's that >> I have approximately 300 units in district as we speak. >> So we're we're good with that. >> Yes, ma'am. >> And here for it >> the shields if we're going to go with simple
055$500 ones. >> Uh okay. I if I was an officer, I wouldn't want to use it because how is it tested? How are the how do I know that when I put that shield in front of me, that bullet is not going to go through there? >> This is why I contacted CCPD for the their experts to make a recommendation. I certainly am not an expert on ballistic shields, but that's why I contacted them because they use them every day. >> Well, I know that, but I'm sure they don't use $500 ones. I can almost guarantee it. and I will call the chief of police tomorrow and ask him. But I I just feel that if we want to protect our schools, we got to get and I know we don't have money. That's our
056excuse for everything. We don't have money. But we have to secure our schools with what we need. Not well, this is cheaper. Let's go this this this route. you know, I want to make sure that that person standing there is going to have something to protect him because he has a family, he has a mother, father, whatever, and we need to protect every one of them. Now, one of the safety concerns that I have is at the high school. the high school has when you say there's a a person with a high powered rifle outside >> when they shoot that that's going to go right to where the persons are sitting in front of the door. They sit there right in front of the door. They're not to the side. They're right in front of
057the door. Like you got the junior high is to the side. You've got Miss uh Davis's campus is inside. You know, if they shoot right straight through there, they're not going to hit almost >> move to move the the desk a little bit. >> I just feel that that could be a security um because they're really they're sitting ducks if you ask me because they're right there when you you know if you stand outside, >> right? And you still have the vestibule before they go into the next. I think that the, you know, they say that we needed to put that protection glass or whatever it was, um, or tape or whatever it is. Is that really going to hold the bullet from going in? I just would like that that security issue be kind
058of looked at and see if maybe they can be moved a little bit to the side where the person coming inside the building's not see them. U, but yet we know that there's somebody standing at the door that wants to come in. I I think that's a security uh that we really need to to look at. It's been bothering me for a while and >> Okay, we can look at it. >> Just look at that. And then the doors, we still have doors that we can't fix for is there a reason or we're waiting for parts or what what is the problem with doors? >> Who said anything about where we're supposed to be talking about those kind of things behind >> doors? that are not yet completed. >> Um, then maybe that's an error.
059No, >> I I saw where it says uh they're worked on as as needed within >> as needed. Right. In other words, >> in other words, there's we have old doors. So, at any given moment, any one of them can malfunction and we have to high school had one last week and there's an issue and you fix it. So, within 24 hours, they're fixed. or either that or some it is secured down and that door cannot be used until it is fixed. >> So the door alarms are not implemented yet. Are we waiting for or that was >> I know we didn't get funding because there's a lot of stuff that we have to do that we don't get funding >> right some of the we have uh alarms of course on buildings but on
060on certain doors ma'am we have not received that funding or any further funding to put it on every door >> on the doors walking into the building. Yeah. Well, on the on given doors on any given campus, it's just like I cannot have alarms on every door because I simply don't have the funding. >> You mean the doors that are around the perimeter of the building where you can get in? >> We don't have alarms on. >> We do not have alarms on every door. >> Never got the funding. >> And we couldn't go with, you know, like when you go into Circle K, it beats. And I know they have them at Office Depot because we worked I worked at the office of the judge. We had those little we put those little things
061on the door. So when they opened the door, we knew somebody coming in. >> Yes. >> And that I mean as an alternative. >> Okay. >> If we don't get money, >> right? >> Uh >> but those doors are locked. >> Yes, ma'am. Oh, yes, ma'am. >> I mean, they can't just open. >> No, they can't just open them. No. No. >> And then um those ones that you said I know that Miss Moore, we had or you had told us that you were getting those things where they would walk in and they would be movable from building to building. >> Right. That's what we're saying. But we're als we're almost thinking that these wands are going to be a bit better because the the Well, Miss Gums, you want to kind of talk about
062DAP because you Miss Gomez is kind of >> we're going to have under all campus, >> right? But we piloted a DP DAP and so we're going to sh let her share with what she kind of figured out. So at DAP, we do have the the walkth through door as soon as they walk in. What we found is even when I walk in, if I'm wearing earrings, it'll start buzzing. So, we now have a wand so that if there's a lot of when the students walk in and there's a lot of this buzzing and nothing is visible, then they're going ahead and wanding them at the same time to make sure we're just double-checking to make sure that everything is secure and they're not they don't have anything in their possession. >> Oh, okay. But
063we still have that ma'am. Oh, okay. Well, that that's what you know I can understand for you. >> And I invite you all if y'all want to go by one day after three. I'll take y'all on a tour. It's really interesting. It really is. So the wand is used after they've gone through the metal detector and it's still buzzing. Then you do the individual just to be on the safe side. >> Then they do >> those things are not accurate. Those >> I like that. >> That's great. >> You have to get all the keys and all. Just think about all the things if the kids have a buckle that's metal, you know. So last week the one needed battery so I brought it. I I had walked to DAP. So I came in the
064back door and Miss Miss Moore says, "What are you doing?" So I had the wand. I said, "I just trying I'm practicing it. I'm trying it out." But no, it's because it needed batteries. They're battery operated. >> The last thing on the malt treatment of of children um what exactly I haven't read the whole bill, which I do plan to. If a teacher sees what what would get the teacher to inform you that there's problem well because I know there's been problems >> you know different types >> um we had a situation last week at a school by which a student outcried that something was going on. >> We've had students home >> back home. Yes. Be clear. >> Yes. Uh we've had situations by which they come in with bruises that they did not
065have or unexplained injuries type. Anything that triggers for teachers know their kids. Anything that triggers something differently that you believe something is going on, you're going to have an automatic conversation. I'm not saying at that point you're going to report. You don't know yet. Okay? You're going to report as you have evidence situation. If I see bruises, I'm reporting. If a kid tells me something, I'm reporting. But there is a process that you're going on. But if a kid comes in in a different mood one day, that doesn't necessarily mean anything yet, you know. So, you're watching kids and you're learning kids. And I will promise you the teachers know when something's different. >> Yeah. I I I know. Um session. >> I will say this. I mean, the law has changed in terms of
066misconduct of teachers. So it used to be like let's say um sometimes it's established that a student let's just say there's a situation where a student is failing a class he doesn't the teacher and him have had some conflict and that teacher the student's trying to get the teacher in trouble. I mean that could happen right? Um, so they're making false allegations. And so in the past, if you had evidence and you're you've collected evidence, you've done an investigation and let's say that student even said, "I want to get I want to get, you know, Miss Alvarado fired, so I'm going to do ABC." Right? You would deal with it a certain way. Now, it's saying even if there's a rumor, >> right? even if there's a hint whether you think that rumor is probably
06799.9% not true you need to that in terms of teachers you need to report so that's where the law has changed where um they they literally say that like in other words they don't want the LEA to do the guesswork they say report to tea if they I mean they might decide the same thing as we would that it's not there's no foundation to it and then we're not going to um do an investigation And that's happened in the past, right? >> Report it to TEA before you would act on it or would you act on it first and then report it to TA? >> No, you need to in that situation if it's um I mean again, you would gather some information because you're going to try to gather some information. But let's say
068I've gathered the information and my conclusion is there's no nothing's founded. still need to report because there's been an allegation because TEA basically has been under fire saying what they don't want is Shirley Jordan um misbehaves at Westo ISD and so we make it you know you resign from West Oso ISD but then you go to another school district so so that's and I agree as well so that's what they've said if in doubt if if there's even a any possibility a point something something percent possibility ility you're going to report and that's where someone was with me at that presentation uh in Houston. Somebody was um the districts are now liable for up to $500,000. So if I knew something and didn't report it and that's true for any um I think admins all
069administrators you the or the district would be >> liable. >> Okay Mr. Miss Alvarado, I believe the junior high is the only one that has a phone before you enter the school. >> Yes, sir. >> That's the only campus. >> Yes, sir. >> I believe we need it in all our campuses because by the time they step foot in our campus, it's too late. Now, can you tell me briefly how that's working out over there? Do if it's something that can be taken care of without say a parent coming into the building is is it taken care of there? >> It's taken care of in the vestibule. Yes sir. >> So is that the way it is? >> So sometimes we take care of it there. We don't even have to step foot into the
070school and I think that's where we need to go with the other campuses. >> Yes sir. >> Same way Mr. saying I mean if I'm a parent my child's in there >> and I get to that door and you're not going to let me in. I want I'm not saying that. No. What I'm saying is maybe I came to pick up something that my child has. I have no business stepping foot. >> You're picking up for an appointment >> like an appointment. It's your child in that campus. I would want to go in and give it to me and sign for it that I took it. >> They can do that all before you you even go into the campus. >> Or if the child is picking up or the child forgot his lunch, there's
071no re I mean drop off. >> Why not just take care of it right there? Even you're not going to see your child because they're in class. No, but you go to the office and pick up their or drop off. I drop off lunch every day. Every single day I drop. >> All I'm trying to say is if we can avoid more people coming into the building, that's better for us in the long run. >> I don't think so. I mean, you know, the parent, you know who the parent is. And uh in my opinion, to me, there's a lot of >> How's it has it worked out pretty good for you, Miss Castile? Can you come uh please tell me how the procedure works over there at at your campus uh if you don't
072need anybody to come into your building? Yes, it's actually worked out um very well, especially during the instructional day um where we don't want interruptions. Um so, usually some of the things that occur, maybe a parent wants to come and drop off something to their child, money or something like that, >> something that can be taken care of right then and there. Correct. But if they need to, but if they need Wait, wait, wait. Um I have to push. Let them finish. >> But if if the parent needs to come in and take care of business, you let them in. Right. >> That is correct. Yes. if we have to talk to them. >> We're not denying the parent uh not to come in. >> Um if they need to see the principal, they come
073in and do that. Correct. But if it's something that here, I'm going to hand you this the homework or whatever, right? >> We take care of it right then and there. >> We just they'll call on the phone, the receptionist will answer it. Um find out what the need is. Um then we'll go over there and we'll meet them in the vegetable. They'll hand it over. We'll find out what their concern is there and that's it. If it's something simple, if they have an appointment with one of us, um, a counselor, an administrator, then of course we go over there, we welcome them in, they check in at the receptions desk, and we take them to the appropriate office. >> How has the feedback been from the parents or anybody doing that? >> They've been,
074I mean, welcoming. They've accepted it. It's It's been great. Yes, >> they understand. >> How many do you have per week >> that just come and just want to drop off a pencil? because I don't see why a parent should not be allowed into. >> Okay, Liz, but you already had your turn. I gotta let him finish because I got these three to finish. >> We'll go back. But by no means am I doing this to keep any parents off the campus? >> So, you're just saying that as long as it can be resolved. >> Exactly. In the vestable. >> Exactly. Exactly. >> You know what to do. You go in >> and if they need to come in, that's fine. But it's less interruption >> with administrators and >> well I think that's really
075where it was headed because uh I didn't know >> the purpose of the >> eating lunch is just coming back with uh to the schools >> and parents are glad about that because they do miss that >> but that just came like this >> having lunch with that has not you know >> been been allowed. Oh yeah, because because Yeah, that came back this year. Yeah. Okay. Any more questions, Mr. Adono? >> I'm going to reserve the rest of them for uh when we go into >> close session. >> Okay, Miss Gonzalez. >> No, I don't get to. >> Okay. And uh Miss Vela, um I I just I'm just curious because I I haven't kind of dealt with it really, but as you approach and like I I've seen them at JFK, I've seen
076them at the high school like the little button because the doors are locked. press the button and it just kind of beeps till somebody opens it. Yes. Is that like an intercom? >> Yeah, kind of like a Yes. >> So then we really wouldn't need a phone in the front, right? If somebody can just kind of >> and sometimes those intercoms sometimes a little more difficult to hear. Oh, >> okay. >> You know, that that seems to be kind of the issue. They know you're coming situation, but we can stop them in the vestibule if necessary. You know, >> because I get what she's saying about like as far as a parent coming into the building. My concern is when it's not apparent >> like a high school, a boyfriend from another campus is coming.
077You don't want them coming all the way into the front, you know, causing a situation, but >> I can see where that would benefit. >> So that's why we check to make sure who's coming through and what the purpose of that situation is, especially if somebody we don't recognize. You know, we're on campuses a lot. You know, administrators there all the time. They recognize who their parents are. But I will tell you they're pretty good about recognizing who's not situation. And so, you know, we're kind of trying to figure out what's going on and why is that person here, especially if it's a parent that we've not met previously, right? We've got a possible custody battle going on, that kind of thing. >> Got it. Thank you. >> Uh, Mr. Vad, >> no questions. >>
078Okay, it's my turn. All right. Um, I was going to say, but you all have tried it out to where you've been at every campus. What if this happens in everything that can be handled in the vestable is not only hers, but every other campus? I mean, >> well, not necessarily because every time I go to the high school, I get to get in. >> Anybody can get into the high school. You're not stopping. >> That's why I'm asking. Let me >> Okay. >> And again, each camp each campus is different. I'm not going to tell you they're not. >> Okay. >> Does the high school have a vestable? >> Yes, ma'am. >> We all >> Okay. So, the the high school >> they can get in. >> They they go the the outside exterior
079is locked. You have to be buzzed in. >> But you're in the vestible without nobody without anybody knowing who is that. >> No, ma'am. There are people right there that identify who's coming from that. >> Okay. So, you're stopped at at the vestable. >> At the desk. Yes. >> You're stopped at the desk or you're stopped at the vestible. >> The vestibule. >> So, you're already in. >> It takes >> this. >> I went today. Even in the vestible, it's locked. >> Yes. So, you can't even get through to reception. >> You got to be buzzed in twice. >> There's two. >> So, you do have to be buzzed in twice. Okay. >> Yes. I have to see who you are before. Yes. >> Right. And that's that's what I was leading to. Yes, ma'am.
080>> Okay. I just wanted to make sure on that uh on your anti vape vaping program which but has been you're looking to expand the program but it has been implemented in those campuses >> in DAP once they're they have a situation we're looking at expanding it Byron and I have had lengthy conversations Byron you want to kind of address the situation you addressed it in our safety and security committee okay he's helping me get through this program as far as technology goes. >> Yes, because we knew about it on >> Okay. >> Sure. So, yeah, I think originally it was Laura Niola or somebody like that. >> All sixth graders went through it. >> Yeah. So, they do it in the tech apps class. Um, then they have access to it out at DAP
081as well. and Andrew had the contact for just rolling over the data and making sure that just like any other platform at the end of the year, you know, you close it out and then you open it back up and you've got to make sure your new tech apps teacher, you know, whoever's working at DAP is set up in the system in order to be able to roster the classes. And I mean, sometimes we even have people repeat the program. So they can go in there and sort of reset you so that you could you could take it again, right? If you were at DAP last year, well, you take it last year, you take it again, right? You might not be there for vaping, but you know, we don't want them vaping period, right?
082That every chance we get, we can give them this. >> Now, one thing that they that I that they have told me about it, my contact is K over there at Aspire, and it's with the it's with the prestigious university. It's one of the the fancy sounding ones. I wish I could MD Anderson, something like that. >> Yeah. Um, so the Aspire program that we're on, it it definitely hits it from all angles about why you shouldn't vape. The trick is though, if you're addicted to vaping currently when you're taking the program, that all makes sense, but you're addicted to vaping. So the last time that I talked to her, she said, you know, if you did that, you know, Aspire is good for preventative and it's good as to, hey, you should you should
083quit, but there are additional programs that they have access to that are specifically targeted at cessation. So they just sent out the newsletter for this year and kind of rolled everything over. A lot of things have been, you know, kind of rolling over after Labor Day. We've had a lot of programs to roll over and it seems like everybody's it's taken some time, right? Um to get all the platforms renewed. So, I haven't reached out about that yet. Um but I know that we're back on track for this year and that my contact I did see that she had reached out. So, it'll be about time now that the school year is set up and things are on track. I'm gonna reach out and see, okay, well, what are the additional programs that MD Anderson
084has access to? Do you have a partnership with, you know, other universities? Do you have additional programs within the, you know, within your university, other departments, different pilot programs, you know, grant operated, you know, what's going on? So basically we're going to try to stack as many programs as we need in order to tackle the problem because you know from the experts it's like well like I said there's a difference between prevention and cessation and then preventing you from for a lack of a better term like you know relapsing back onto the vaping. So they have specifically, you know, scientific, academic, you know, study proven stuff that they can uh help us expand the program with. >> But how I mean DAP, of course, they're going to get uh that they're under the radar. How
085is that handled at the junior high and the high school? >> So we we do the they do it in the sixth grade tech apps or they or they have done so in the past. Um, and so they can continue to do that so that they're always, you know, caught as they come in and they're in a computer class that they'll have it. Now, that does, you know, raise a good question though. What if you transfer in in seventh grade? You know, what if you transfer in in high school or what if you need fresh pressure in high school? And and there's no limit to who can sign up. It's there's no cost. It's at no cost to the district. All the data is uh protected by all the privacy laws in the US and
086the EU. It's held to a very high strict uh standard of medical privacy law. So all it really is is just internal communication to say uh who wants to do this, who's got time, you know, because it is sensitive with like the educational objectives. We're really trying to make sure in those core curriculum classes that it is maximized for that. But if they have these sort of, you know, and I don't want to say that they're any less important, but classes that maybe have five to 10 hours of flex time, you know, throughout the entire school year, not in any given week or month or anything like that, but >> um where programs like that could be slotted in, then people can definitely reach out to me or at some point we could even >>
087get together, make a list of who we might want to target reaching out to to see if they could do it. And >> so this is This has only been implemented among the sixth graders. >> We do it with sixth grades preventative and in the DAP. Yeah. Students that have had issues. So it's we do it preventatively for all students in the sixth grade and then then we revisit it, you know, for students that have actually had vaping issues in the school. >> So how are students that are not in the sixth grade that are vaping? How are they caught? I mean, I just >> Well, anytime from sixth grade to 12th grade, they'll end up in the same DAP >> and they'll go through it. >> Is there something in the restrooms? I mean,
088we're still dealing with that, right? Yeah, we still have the vape sensors. >> Okay. >> And and I do have an update about the vape sensors as well. We were able to get installed uh vape sensors in the boys and girls restrooms at the junior high next to the gym. So now we're covered in every in every bathroom at the junior high has a vape sensor. We completed our renewal with them in the spring. Um they upgraded to a new uh AWS like an Amazon cloud service. They upgraded their infrastructure. There's a new website. Um there's more functionality coming. I've got a webinar soon. They just with the sensors they have they just keep implementing more and more features. I mean that they've got crowd detection. They could the new one is they're going to
089be able to detect cell phone use in the bathroom. It tells you that the you could see the sound level. Um they they are getting really advanced. So we're we're only actually cracking the surface of their potential. we could eventually have um alerts for there's a crowd, there might be a fight or they're being rambunctious or they're using their cell phone that actually could all come through the platform that we're currently using with the equipment that's currently in place. >> So, not necessarily just in those restrooms because they have the vaping sensors. I mean, as far as phone use, anything like that? >> Well, it it Yeah, >> We have cameras right in in all the hallways in those kind of areas. It's the fact that you can't obviously have cameras in bathrooms that you
090can senses. >> Yeah. And that so the preventive preventative part is for the sixth graders because but you're saying that we could we do we have the capacity to include per seventh and eighth graders? Yeah, the program will let me add whoever we want to add to it at no cost. Yeah. >> Yeah, no cost. But we're saying what we probably want to do is you don't want to do the same program three years in a row because the kids won't. But maybe he's saying that there's alternative programs are a little bit different. So they might be getting some anti-aping but maybe presented as slightly different. It's a bit different each. >> Yeah, but that's what I'm saying. So uh you know if it can be done without the cost, I think we need to
091be looking at that. as far as the preventative uh part, not only for the junior high, but also for the high school. I mean, if we can nip this in the bud, which we're not probably in the next couple of years, but if we can, because of all these preventative measures that are taking place, we need to go for it. >> We need >> Is there kids at the elementary? Well, that's what I was gonna But is that is that a big deal over there? Uh, Miss Davis. >> No. >> Yeah, they do it. >> Oh, >> y'all have a vaping sensor? >> They do. >> You've had it in the past. >> They did. >> Vapor students that got caught vaping? >> No one so far this year. Okay. Well, that's only in the
092past. >> That's good to know. Let's keep it. We're concentrating on the junior high and the high school. Oh, so you do do the program the preventative. >> Oh, good. Yeah. I mean, I I would like to use as many as much preventative measures if we can at no cost. Uh, go for it. Go for it. I do have other questions. Not for you necessarily, Mr. Wyber. Okay. Um, oh, the metal detectors. You said that that is a partial implementation. >> Yes. >> Okay. The Narcan also. That's a So tell me if we started training in 23 why are we not like okay we train the high school in 2023 now >> training in what I'm sorry >> a narcan >> yes we continue to train x amount per year >> and then new new
093staff so every time you get new staff you're going to >> oh so it's not necessarily our staff that's already existing I mean I'm just saying we the district we give updates every year >> because you're giving upates >> this in particular they just saying well that's what I'm saying you're giving updates >> and the reunification I had that question on there I know that you're saying that you're in the process it's implementation it's pending but what if something happens what what plan is it >> my plan that's why I reached out to Corpus Christi Emergency Planning Commission when I couldn't get specifically at Delmare I reached out to them and the reason for that ma'am is they have a direct connection into Delmare and into the dome. >> But if it happens tomorrow, >>
094if it happens and I pick up the phone and I call Mr. Jace Johnson, he can make it happen for me >> to where our reunification will be at the dome. >> Yes, ma'am. He can make it happen. >> I needed Yeah, I needed to get that clear. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Uh silent panic alerts. We just not do not have the funding for that. >> Yes, funding. >> We're going to have to do it this year. >> I was going to say this is the year that only thing that we're kind of held over on but it is and Byron can of course can tell you we have been back forth >> I know we got security funding so we are going to have it >> we have to there is no >> I
095know that's what I heard about it last year >> I know we have to do it that this is the year that we have to do it >> right and Byron has been and I have been in many different several different companies >> and it all has to do with and Byron's more the expert than I am but it has to do with how much >> capability. It has to do with how much we're going to have to purchase upfront and >> and y'all were working on that. >> Yes. >> Previous years, right? >> So, that didn't come about when uh the commissioner judge uh Barbara Canales at that point. What happened was what happened with that is at that point they gave us I think $90,000 and at that time the quote that was
096AT&T that we're working with was like $225. So then they changed it and said well you can use this 90,000 and um you can decide what you want to do with it and that's where we added a lot of the um >> we did get 90,000 from >> yes we did but we we chose to use it for a couple of different things. couldn't afford the whole >> but this is the year where we have to >> actually they in the last few years environment said this they've offered some different kinds of solutions back there AT&T was like pretty much had us thinking that was the only way you have to do it for 225,000 >> so we we can look at that >> sure so my latest point then I'm at and there's I'll
097bring more detail as I have time to refine it. I've I've spoken with Olga about the new one that I've seen, but no one else. We've been we've been really busy. But, uh, the the one that we kind of honed in on is getting something that's compatible with the Raptor system that we're already using. Um, and that that just made a lot of sense to us. Um, that we got a lot of quotes throughout the year last year that were very, very scary. There were, you know, a little bit less, but still near that mark that Mrs. Morris is talking about. and that those are just, you know, the numbers feel like a lot like we were looking for alternatives that were more affordable. There is one that we've been looking at that's the alertest
098panic button with Raptor. Um the little teaser that I'll give is that Raptor the wearable uh the wearable badges, the in-house ones that Raptor's doing right as I I got the quotes refreshed recently within the past week or two. And as I did that, they let me know that the wearable badges, the the Raptor branded solution, it came way down. >> So I'll present that. It's more in the form of a hardware as a service. So it is taking on a pretty, you know, I >> you taking on a yearly bill, but for that yearly bill, Raptor will provide us with everything that we need. They'll replace everything. So we've got two options now. We've got one that's, you know, a little bit more upfront. It's like 50 something thousand for the three pan 300
099panic buttons that we want. We could even reduce the quantity to get it down or the Raptor wearable badge solution more or less. There's an upfront cost and then it's about 20,000 a year and they would just take care of everything. >> Those are the two options we're basically leaning to. I like the point that you and I think that's something that we do need to make sure that all parties are coordinating because if we can I I don't see where okay we need to buy this program for this and this program if we can start imple like he's saying okay we can go under the raptor and and do that miss uh Gutierrez alluded to it like why can't we wear the same badges but you all gave us the No, you cannot wear
100the same badge. But we need to start thinking like that to where we're not buying a separate program for every single thing. I am more than sure that somebody's going to come up with that and say, "Hey, come with us because we've got it all." And I mean, they're not going to have it all in one, but we don't have the money to be buying all these separately. >> And I think our love already. >> Yeah, they did. that we agree with. We kind of have a little patience with this one in hopes that it would come down and >> then we got very very familiar with our raptor system and we work it for our drills. We work it for everything. So to us it's like a ship. >> Yeah. >> And already have
101the system for chipping and we already have the system for our drills, our words. It makes sense for us to go this route. That way you just build upon. >> So that's the route we're going as far as getting them implemented this year, >> right? E e both of the options that we're looking at will integrate with Raptor, whether it's the Alertis or the Raptor in-house solution. Um and so either way, we're kind of honing in on that. There were some that were more expensive, more affordable, but then the affordable ones that, you know, the unfortunate thing is by the time they had contractors came out, you know, and like let's say certain companies, they changed the way that they did it based on feedback and issues with the system at that in districts where
102they had implemented. So, one that we were looking at two years ago for for about 40,000, I got the quote in two or three weeks ago and that became 130,000. So, that's what keeps happening to us there. Oh, you could get by with just as much and then it's oh, but you need beacons and you need cable runs and you need security panels installed drilling into the wall and you just see the cost going as you actually compare it apples to apples, you see the cost going up. Um, >> yeah. >> So, we've got two that are as affordable as we could possibly get that work with what we have and we're going to make a final determination, you know, for it with as soon as we can. >> How soon are we looking at
103that, Miss Moore? >> We have to finish it by the end of the year. So, by spring would be the goal. >> By the end of the school year or by the end of >> end of the school year and 25 26 school year. >> So, okay. >> among Yeah. among all the campuses. >> Correct. >> I just have two more questions on your um >> what was the other one? >> Um oh so you know piggybacking off of what Miss Gutierz wanted to know as far as the 500, but you said you got a recommendation from the police. So they're not going to give they're just telling you this is an option but it does work. It's not like the bullet's going to go straight through it cuz it's $500. ated our liazison because
104him knowing >> they know and I'm sure they're going to go if they can go if they can go with a lesson >> they're the ones that are going to be doing it. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So that's why when I we were on our way home from San Antonio, we're on a phone for two hours. Okay. >> He's already going through his data >> and then got us a recommendation from there based on safety and cost >> because I mean I agree. I mean, if it's going to be a cheap one, why would you buy it if that bullet is going to go through it? >> But that was their recommendation. >> That was their because they probably have bought it. >> They do that. Yes, ma'am. >> Yeah. And then one more question
105on the child uh maltreatment training. Yes, >> I know this is probably not I mean it's a little part of it, Miss Moore, and we've talked about it, but I just want to make sure because in the past the board has to uh you know let go according to your recommendation. Um but a lot of times in close session we have heard information that doesn't look too good as far as just you know what all we can do because of liability is give them a general recommendation. So how does that work here? Um well if you're doing so there's what we can do but if we're if we're doing a mis well anyone that I can think of when we've done misconducts they're going to do once we do a misconduct report if they see
106any basis to it then their TA certification is going to say under investigation and then again then they >> but can we communicate that to the district that is he's already gotten a job and the district that he's at is asking for a recommendation from you >> or if they call and say would you hire this person >> right you can answer that we can answer it right you can answer so it's according like she said >> uh set up the question that way because in the past and they know cuz they've been in where >> this is where it's changed >> we're told by the superintendent >> we're going to give a general recommendation because we don't want to be sued >> but for child malreatment I That's a different >> I think it's
107different. >> Well, no, it was not different. It was for those things. I mean, and it was it was kind of hard to swallow because you're going to send that person to another district all because we don't want to get sued and it's still pending investigation. >> But when they open the question and say would you hire this person and we have every right to say >> that is correct. >> Yes. >> Would you are is that how you all are looking at it? Again, everyone that we've reported that's been the end of their teaching career. So, um, >> we haven't. >> No. >> I mean, since I've been superintendent, so I don't know what's happened. >> Yes. >> Well, yeah. >> I'm just telling you what was happened in the and I did go
108to an updated one. That's the one we went to in Kingsville. >> I think there's been, you know, a couple too much, but um, people aren't teaching. These people aren't teaching. >> There should there should no longer be general recommendations. if you do feel that you know what >> we're not necessarily giving you all the information because we don't want to be sued because schools were doing that >> particularly for that reason and that's why I >> I think that's what I think that's >> yeah and it started up because yeah they brought it back >> well the other thing though the other new thing um Miss Gum has come up um we can share it with you is that there's a what's that form called so now there's a new form so when you
109apply to work in our school district, right? We ask you um a couple of questions. Of course, we do your background check and um fingerprinting, but now there's called a pre-employment form. It has to do with the social security with your social security number. It's a pre-employment. We now must they fill it in with us and we must send a copy to the state. Okay? So, it's a standardized form and they're asking I can't remember all the >> I can share with you the form it just came out within the last few weeks where they ask they they ask you real specific questions. So, I mean if somebody lies to us >> well is that flagged under es the ESP >> I'm their answers. I I think they just wanted to have the documentation in
110the event that they've lied through the that they >> But how would you know that they lied? >> We don't know. That's why we're sending it to the state. We must send everything. >> So, how would the state know? >> That's why I'm asking. Is it through ESPC? >> Yeah, that's what I >> Right. Well, the state it goes straight to the state. So, I guess they I mean they are able to see what has been reported to ESP as well. >> Yeah, that's why I'm >> so co they coincide. And so wow they're getting so >> I mean this was literally in the last two weeks that we got this that it was part of the 89th legislature. So I guess also probably I mean of course every there wasn't a standard application across
111the ISTDs. So now there's this standard I think it's called pre-employment something like that form. >> And so every new employee that has come through we have to have them fill that out and then Sandra has to send it to TEA. >> That's >> it's different. >> That's great. I think that's a great thing. Great thing. We're going back to Miss Jordan. >> Uh the only uh concern I have uh what you're doing is wonderful. You know, trying to help our children and get them on the right uh pathway. We But we've got a policy that we uh with uh clear backpacks that we're not following. And uh I'm trying to figure out how can we get that implemented because that is a security risk >> right there also. And uh I keep looking and
112I mean they just come in and I've gone to other games and I mean they refuse you and I'm trying to figure out why why haven't we been that strict with with uh clear backpacks. >> Ours is clear or mesh and I will tell you just standing in front. >> I'm talking about coming to the games with the parents not not the children. >> Okay. Okay. >> Purses. Oh, peries. Okay, the purses. >> I will tell you, and I work football games, right? And usually I'm positioned over here. If they're coming in with we like we don't even allow them to bring diaper bags in. Okay. We've stopped them at the gate and made them come back to the car situation. >> But they are coming in. They're there. They're at the games. >> Yeah,
113they are. >> And if you'll tell me which games they're at because I know Okay. Because again, ma'am, I work the football game over a certain side. I know uh Miss Gomez and Miss Garcia work at the other day. So, we're stopping it there. >> Are you talking to me about other games as well? >> Yeah. Basketball games and softballs and Okay. >> Yeah. And and I'm like, we we we're making policies, but we're not we're not following policy. Other districts are very strict with you can't go into Buck Stadium. >> No, they have it posted outside. Like when you go to Marlo Stadium, it's it's there. They have the pictures of you cannot. It's got to be a clear backpack, a clear bag. >> The small the small. >> In my opinion, >> it
114is posted. >> I thought that it was only school bags for students coming to school because nowhere in the policy does it state that it's >> Yeah. And we posted on Facebook and sent it out and it is posted on the fence. >> It is posted on the fence. have that sign. >> We do have it. >> Before you get before you go into Yes, ma'am. >> How are people getting in there? >> Yeah. On both sides. >> Both sides. Yes. >> I think Miss Gordon's talking about basketball, baseball, probably other games. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Not the >> Yeah. And I'm sitting there looking at them, you know, and I'm thinking and because I know when I go to games, I have my clear >> bag. >> But we're just letting them come in
115and I'm like, we we have a policy here. Why are we not following this policy? >> So I don't think I mean I'll be honest I don't think we have it posted in the gym. So I think those are places >> gym. Yes. >> So those are places. >> But I also saw it on Facebook when you did like a little video. >> Yes. Yes. We did all that. >> Jordan saying about going when they're already in not to take to certain. >> So that will I need to readress that issue. >> Yes. Please do. >> Yes. And I will tell you, we've actually had some parents get kind of upset, you know, but our comment is, >> "Ma'am, sir, we're trying to keep kids safe." Yes. You know, in this situation, but and then
116then they'll say, "Well, I'm just not going in." Well, I understand that, ma'am. But this is what we're doing, you know. So, >> I took what is that that bad one I have that has a little hose in it? What is it called? Oh my god. >> Yes. Like the mesh. >> No, it's like a box. >> Pog g. They let me in with that cuz they were able to see through it. But I don't know if that's something that y'all >> No, we we've made them go back. I've made them put stuff back in cars, you know, not come in with situations. >> So those are not even if we suspected something, we've had them open those bags, >> you know, we'll pull them to the side and we'll have them open those bags.
117So I will reemphasize this situation. >> Oh, no. I took that back. Yeah. >> And then I know the APS are here for in the principles. So I think you know we'll we'll talk to >> he's at a game right now but about the gym >> right. Right. >> So I will definitely address that issue. >> Yeah. Because if you if you go to Buck Stadium >> Yeah. >> they will not let you in. If you go to Calalis >> they will not let you in. So >> so they are I mean they're very strict. >> Yeah they are. We have Miss Gutas >> or we're going to discuss in close >> in close session. >> Okay. All right. >> Yes. >> Uh I have to say that we are a public school. >> Yeah.
118>> Okay. We're going to move on to consent agenda five. Consent agenda 5A. The approval of board meeting minutes. 5A1 the special board meeting minutes. Monday, August 4th, 2025 at 5:30. 5 A2, regular board meeting minutes, Monday, August 18th, 2025 at 5:30. 5B, the approval of the monthly investment report for August 31st, 2025. And 5C, the approval of the general fund financial report for August 31 31st, 2025. If I don't hear any objections, do I can I have a motion and a second for five consent agenda A1 2 B and C? >> Madam President, I make a motion that we approve the consent agenda uh number five A through C as recommended by administration. >> I'll second. >> All right. A motion has been made by Miss Jordan and seconded by Miss Gonzalez 45 consent
119agenda A through C. We'll go ahead and vote. >> Got Jordan. >> Illa >> I >> Albert Riad >> I >> Gonzalez I >> Oscar Edundo >> I Rodriguez >> I. This motion passes 61. We're going to move on to agenda item six, items for discussion, deliberation, andor action. 6A is discuss and consider taking action on the legal services retainer agreement with Walsh, Gyos, Kyle Robinson, and Rolson DC for the 2025 2026 school year. Miss Moore, >> yes. Uh, everyone knows we've been using Los for quite a while. specifically. Um >> um I'm happy to say I did some research. I I kind of knew this in general, but um Oh, I guess do you want to help her pass >> or >> um but I got it. I'll just pass. >> Uh I just
120looked at the last seven years and what our legal fees have been and um they are significantly down from what they've been um historically. And so I kind of I know y'all often ask, you know, what is this, what is that? But that kind of gives you a seven-year picture of what our legal fees have been. >> Yeah, it's a little bit um we can't go back, right? We can't go back in history. Um no time machine, but this is what the picture looks like from the last seven years. And um >> yeah, it was a good eye opening for me when I looked at it >> and I asked Miss Moore, you know, when she was telling me and she was telling me, but it it's gone down. I said, "No, no, no. just
121list it year by year and let's see how much it's gone down. It's gone down $60,000 because we do not use the attorney for every single thing. Um but like I told Miss Moore, if we need to use it, we need to use it. I'm not you are not your administrators are not. You we are not attorneys. So, we will use it when we need to because we're not going to get in trouble with the law as far as not following, you know, uh, language or anything like that that we need to when it comes to an agenda item and and other, you know, personnel issues. So, I really have to commend uh, Miss Mendes and Miss Moore for bringing that down. Thank you very much. >> Very much. Any questions, Miss Jordan? >> No.
122>> Miss uh Gupta, >> what services do they provide? >> Uh consultation services when we have sit situations. A lot of them are personnel related. Um and I am not again an expert on all the on the law. Um they do give us a gender language as you know. They give us um >> when we ask for it, >> right? When we ask for it. I know um every year they do we do the employee h or the student code of conduct with them right with WS is Alvado they do that with for us um that's you know pretty much you know what they're doing for us >> it entails all the legal expenses >> yeah but um at one time at one time they no longer provide us with the legal reports or of
123that one time they used to give us What legal reports? >> I'm trying to look here because they usually had it on their >> I know one has what they provide. >> Oh, okay. It's on there. I mean some sometimes with some of these legislative things um we will get legal advice about well what does that mean versus you know because some of it's not so clear like I know when um a couple of years ago when it came out about an armed person at every campus and there was some what does that mean here's the different options and so they helped us to understand that >> as long as I've been on the board and as long as these attorneys have been here I have yet to get a timeout with Walsh Vos I
124have yet to get the subscri Well, this one just started the special education newsletter. I have yet to get updates about the letter latest developments in education law. So, if they're saying, and if you could look back at last years and see if these items are in there because I think mostly they have the newsletter with Goss has been there forever and I've never seen it and I've been here. >> Have you gone to the website? >> Uh, provided to us where I mean we don't get it. I haven't seen it. I haven't seen it at all. >> Well, I thought it was a matter of you logging on to the website >> their website, >> right? >> Subscribing to that. It's a subscription >> going to provide us that description, then we should be
125getting it here. >> Okay. So, I will look into that for sure. >> I'll be happy to look into that. >> I've never gotten that. >> No, we've never gotten it. That's what I'm saying. We've never gotten it, but it's always says that they provide us with it, but they never do. >> Okay. So, I I think we I I'll look into I think I get email updates and I'll send them. >> No, I'm just saying that to me it was never um requested like all board members need to give that letter >> to request it. It says here, >> well, I don't I don't want I don't want I don't want a whole I don't want everybody's correspondence as far as >> subscription to our B monthly general education newsletter. >> Well, yeah. Okay.
126if you're saying that, but I'm just saying I've never requested it. >> No board has requested it. >> Right. We'll begin. If I get any emails from Oscar you'll give us a legislative update or alert, I'll send it on. I'll be happy to do that. >> Yeah. But I want to know if they say they provide it. Why haven't they provided it all these years? >> I I can be honest. I'll be honest with you, Liz. I don't think as board members we've even requested it. >> I know we have. >> She's been here the longest, 30 plus years. >> And haven't requested it. Well, no, we don't have to request it. They're saying they give it to us. >> But I think after the first year, if you were here, hey, I I want
127I want this correspondence and then, you know, they would Nobody's requested it. So, I'm just saying >> I want to know what's going on. >> Have you requested it from our superintendent? >> No. From our superintendent. >> I don't. >> You don't talk to our superintendent? That's on you. Let's move on. >> I will be happy to share any correspondence from Las Vegas. >> Please share. Yeah, I think these are the services. >> I think you can uh provide it in the update. >> Just ask them to provide. >> I just No, I can just forward the email. >> Yeah, whenever you get it, forward it all the board members for not giving us all those 20 years. >> Oh, girl. >> Okay, let's move on. >> All right, we're moving on to 6B. Discuss
128and consider taking action on the West Coast ISD school health advisory council sh. >> Wait, did we just vote on that? You need a >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> Oh, yeah. >> Okay. We're voting on 6A. I need a motion and a second for agenda item 6A, the legal services retainer agreement. Madam President, I make a motion that we approve the legal service retainer agreement agreement with Wal Gago, Kyle Robersonson, and Rosson for the Ro for the uh 2025 2526 school year. >> All right. I have a motion by Miss Jordan and a second by Miss Vela to approve agenda item I mean vote on agenda item 6A. We'll go ahead and vote. >> Liz Gutierrez >> nay. >> Jordy Jordan >> I. >> Priscilla >> I. >> Albert Riadar >> I. >> Belinda Gonzalez
129I. >> Oscar Edundo. >> I Rodriguez >> I. This motion passes 61. Now, we're going to move on to agenda item 6B. Uh, taking action on the West Coast D School Health Advisory Council Shack, the membership appointments for the 2025 2026 school year. Miss Alvarado and Miss Moore. >> Yes, board. We bring this to you every year. We have a school health advisory committee. This is simply the appointment for 2025 2026. and what happens in the shack and I know several of the board members serve on the shack with me. Anything that is health coordination, safety, security, anything involving our students in that way is discussed in the shack meeting. We must have the majority of parents and when you look at the list, you'll notice quite a few parents on here who have volunteered
130to serve with us. The meetings are scheduled currently for October 7th, November 18th, January 27th, and April 14th. Technically, we are required to have three meetings. We have four a year. So, we go above and beyond that situation. Also, I do need to let the board know as a side note, I currently serve on the Texas School Health Advisory Committee, one of 15 in the state. Westoso actually gets information very quickly from the state of something that anything that's coming down as far as procedures, policies that the state is about to enact. Currently, the documents before the committee will have to do with food allergies and the way to deal with them in schools. Once I work with the Department of Health and Human Services serving on that committee, once it goes before that committee,
131it then goes to Texas Education Agency to be put out as policy or procedure. So, Westo actually gets first notice of anything that comes down with shack committees. Therefore, we stay on top of the situation. we come we come well in advance of everything that comes. The other document that the Texas committee is now working on is having an evaluation system for shack committees in the state. The last time that was evaluated was 2015 and as we looked at the document and I have just come back I serve twice a year of course then we do a lot of Zoom meetings but twice per year I'm in Austin and one of the as we looked at that document it was not relevant now that COVID has passed >> and so we are having to totally
132redo that document. So the food allergy document and the document for um evaluating the shack teams will be available by next school year. The one thing I did learn I learned quite a bit on this committee but it takes a year in evaluation for anything that you are looking at that much work goes into this situation. So tonight I'm asking you simply to approve the shack members for West Oso ISD for the 2025 2026 school year. Okay. All right. Uh if I don't Are there any questions? >> I'm just glad to see that we have quite a few parents that part of the committee this year. >> We work very hard to get those parents. At first it was it wasn't easy. I'll be honest with you. Okay. But now that they see the information
133we're putting out, more are willing to volunteer. >> Any other questions from the board? >> No. All right. Uh, if there are no further questions, I need to hear a motion for agenda item 6B and a second. >> I make the motion to consider taking action, the campus attendance committee for the 256. >> Shack shack committee. >> Shack committee. >> Yes. >> Okay. There is a motion for agenda item 6B and a second. So, we'll go ahead and vote. >> Second. >> Oh, uh, Miss Vela. >> Okay. >> Hi, >> Shirley Jordan. >> Hi, >> Albert Vidat. >> Hi, >> Priscilla. >> Hi, >> Gonzalez. I Oscar Edundo. >> Hi, >> Wilma Rodriguez. I this motion passes 70. We're going to move on to agenda item 6 C. Discuss and consider taking action on the
134Westside campus attendance committees for the 2025 2026 school year. Miss Alvarado and Miss Moore. >> Again, board this is something we bring before you every year. We must have attendance committees on every campus. And so each campus nominates the people that they wish to have on their attendance committees. Their attendance committees are scheduled four to five times per year and then we'll have extra meetings as needed along with having representatives from campus committees serve on the district attendance committee with me as well. And of course what you look at in an any attendance meeting would be trends, individual students, uh be uh attendance contracts, a number of things to get those students into school and I will tell you of course we have already started looking at trends. So we've been in nearly six weeks.
135I can already tell you certain students that are having those issues. Phone calls of course, home visits, everything we can do in an attempt to get them to school. We're actually working on a case this morning that was pretty involved. So, everything that we can try to do to either provide services to get the students here or figure out what's going on in that family that's keeping them out of here because we know if we don't have them here, then we can't teach them. >> Exactly. All right, Miss Jordan, do you have any questions? >> Uh, once you do the home visit, uh, do the, uh, attendance improve >> Sometimes. Okay. >> Because I noticed our ADA is still kind of kind of low. >> Right. We've been running between 93 94%. >> Last week
136was actually really good. >> I'm about to get it to you next tomorrow, but it was at 94%. So, that was >> Yeah. So the home visits when they see people, you know, sometimes it'll it kind of has a little more meaning. That's why we do the home visits. Uh a lot of phone calls, us reaching out and sometimes it's just things that we simply don't know anything about. You know, maybe the parent hasn't confided in us what the problem is and then we can attempt to work with them to solve the problem. Then of course you always have several that just like discipline problems, you've got attendance problems and they simply don't want to come to school and then you've got to try to find a way to get them to school. >> So
137>> Miss Gutierrez attendance and this is uh these are mostly just the teachers and you don't have parents involved in them. No, ma'am. >> No, ma'am. >> And I heard you say that sometimes it's just the kids don't want to come to school. >> Yes, ma'am. >> We ever find out um why they don't want to come to school. There's got to be a reason why. Yes, ma'am. >> I can tell you what my grandson's rea got to be a reason why they don't come to school. It's something's happening in the school or something something's happening at home. And we ask all of those questions. Do >> we get answers or do we just get >> We get a lot of answers and that's how sometimes we find out that there are things we simply
138don't know anything about and we can try to help them with services, you know, counseling services, a number of things that may be going on, >> you know. So, we try to build that relationship with that parent and that student to make sure that they know they're safe here, you know, they can come to school. But if the parent feels uh that the student might say something, >> handle that. >> Sometimes that can be a CPS case. Sometimes that's why we build relationships with kids because once they trust us, it's amazing what they'll tell us. >> Oh yes, I know that. And one of the questions I have on this >> I to this day would like to see the contract. >> Okay. An attendance contract, ma'am. >> Yes, ma'am. That's easy. >> Attend the
139contract. The ones that I've seen in previous years is I will attend school for the rest of the week or the rest of the month. Okay, that's okay. You can slap them on the hand and let's go. >> That's not a problem. Then they'll send you a template. Um, I do want to say that I've talked to a few entities, um, some community people that have reached out. I I'm planning to follow up. I've talked to two different people in the community and we know that, um, you know, that the actual law isn't in our favor in some of these situations. But what we talked about, and I really I'm going to follow up on this, is creating some kind of coalition with Westos, you know, just leaders in the community to say, this is
140kind of my vision for this year. there's a project for the year. It's not going to happen tomorrow. >> That the law changed him somehow >> that the judges can maybe do something. This judge that just says don't do it again sign the contract that doesn't work yet and that's what we've had continuously. Um so what what I think a huge issue that again I want to work with a coalition I think it would be a lot of people working together to say if I see Ra used to be if I saw Roana River at the stripes and she's looks like she's you know 12 13 14 years old I can bring her if I was law enforcement I could bring her back to school. Now they're being told they can't even approach them. We
141used to have signs at this store here at what was the name of the the taco stand there? The taco stand there and the times market over there. >> West would put signs and they would put them up for us. No students were allowed for between 8 and 4:00 in the afternoon. They could not be in the store. But that but I mean legally we would need again the cooperation and collaboration because the law isn't behind us at this point. >> Legal issue I think it was just between the scores and and the whoever >> I don't know. So yeah anyway I'm interested in in realizing we can't do it alone. We need multiple facets of people coming together. I agree. Business people as well as um other school districts that you know we're not
142because sometimes our kids are going with other people's kids and you know >> it was a 7-Eleven back in the day. >> It was Maverick Market. >> Oh man go there every day. >> Still still the red brick there >> the school day now. >> Yeah. But they they wouldn't let any >> and they wouldn't they wouldn't. No they wouldn't. Well, you know, and and at Waterburger, this young man was working and he and I stuck up a conversation and I and I don't I didn't know he was a Westo student and we were just talking and he says, um, I'm supposed to be at school, but I'm and I'm like, why are these people letting this young man work when they know he needs to be at? And that was at Waterburg. Yes, ma'am.
143>> And but I know some of them have to help to provide for the families. And this is sometimes what we find visit with them. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> But not during school hours. >> No, I'm sorry. Not during school hours. >> I just thought, you know, if we could go back talking to the companies and having them help us with not allowing our kids into the stores or the taco stand, you know, but we used to have that. We used to and it worked pretty good. Kids did not go to the store. I really think that's the next thing that we need, you know, need to work. >> Okay. And Mr. Adondo, >> it's u more of an observation that I see when you send out the weekly numbers as far as attendance
144wise. >> Uh I I look at those I see 93% 92%. >> That's kind of deceiving to me until you look at the numbers. As an overall district, we're missing per day on average over 100 kids to 135 kids. >> That's a big problem. >> And I think we haven't done enough to educate the families out there to do your appointments in the evening. If you do a morning appointment to the dentist, oh son, mito don't go to school because you're two/3s. You can take the rest of the day off. Whether if if they were to do the procedure at 3:00, you could already go home. >> Right. Right. So I think we need to ble blitz social media. We need to blitz everything that we have in our arsenal to educate the parents because
14593% is great and then I see 135 kids per day. >> Yeah. >> You multiply that through all the days that we go to school that we have we're leaving a lot of money on the table. And they're we're leaving their education on the table, too. >> So, >> with appointments, Mr. Maybe the doctor can only see you at that. >> That's fine. But as long as we educate >> then bring us an medical excuse. >> As long as we educate >> warnings, >> right? >> Yeah. But if you do bring that excuse, then >> excuse the money, but at least bring us the excuse so that we know where you're at. You know, >> I can guarantee you if that appointment's in the morning and you have some tooth work done, you're not coming
146to school. >> But if you have that appointment at 2, 3:00 in the afternoon, >> it's okay to go home because you only have one one or two hours left, >> right? >> So that may make the difference of maybe getting more students, >> right? >> Times how many days out of the whole year, >> right? >> I just really need I I just feel we need to blitz that more because the numbers look good. The percentages look good, but the numbers look bad. >> Yeah. >> All right. Miss Gonzalez, >> no. >> And Miss Bella, >> what what sort of topics or issues are discussed at the attendance committee meetings? >> We have an agenda that we go through. Okay. So, we look at generalized trends. We pull data. That's the first thing. I
147pull reports every Friday morning. Okay. Those are then colorcoded. as I'm looking at the trends, they are then sent to campuses, assistant principles, principles, and attendance people so that they know the trend I'm seeing. This saves them from actually having to do it because I prefer them working with kids on campus. So, they look at that trend and then they call those kids in and whether it be attendance contract or whatever the case may be, but we are very much data driven in those meetings. But then we also go campus by campus and we say, "Okay, I'm seeing this kid that wasn't out a lot, but all of a sudden is missed four, five days. What's going on with this kid?" So, we break it down that far in those meetings. Yes, ma'am. >> No
148other question. >> Yes, Mr. Vio. >> Uh, no questions. >> Okay. Um, I did I went to one of the sessions there in Houston. um on on the attendance. And I have to say, Miss Moore, I I don't know why we didn't go back to where we would do like CCISD does the keys walk at the beginning of the year. >> We don't need to. We have identified all the students. They do the keys walk because they don't know where their students are. They do they do do that lever report and well and and let me just finish because you're saying we don't need to but you're still having a hundred students that are not coming to school every day. We still have I know you had said you know we lose at least permanently
149100 students but yes we make it up because we get those transfers. When I was having this conversation with the CCISD administrator, I she was just talking and talking and talking and she was like, "Oh no, that keys." She goes, "Let me just tell you, Velma, we lose a thousand, but we pick up 500." She goes, "So, it is critical. It is critical that we do that." And y'all know who she is. And I was like, "Okay." Yeah, you do, too. >> Yeah. Well, I'm just saying whether you know, okay, >> I guess I'm confused. Who are they going to? But who are they going to? I thought they were going to students that finished the year with >> going through that lever program because I was like, what what that's how I started talking
150to I said, what does he mean by lever? I thought he it was something. It's like those are the students that are left behind. So, they call it the lever program and they run this program. I guess there's a company that does that for them. And uh I just thought, "Wow." I said, and she goes like, "Yes, we do." And she goes, "We are on it every year because we do we you we lose over a thousand students, you know, at the beginning of the school year." And then she was like, she goes, "And she goes, "You can bet if I see some of your students, >> I'm going to take them, too." And I was like, I that's not very nice. >> So I guess I'm still I'm really not understanding who. So >>
151they go to student. So they go to like Okay, let me I'm just trying to get clarity. So R.J. Alvarado was with us last year and she's now enrolled in Miller High School. >> They're knocking on R.J.'s door who's already enrolled in the school. I thought they were knocking on the doors of people that are enrolled. >> I'm not saying that they did. She didn't specify that. I'm just I'm going by what when I was at CCISD. They're knocking on doors of students that just didn't come back and whether I don't know whether they know oh well they didn't come back because they didn't they didn't come back to Crockett cuz they went to Westoso or whatever. That's what I'm saying. And I just say, you're going to try anything and everything to get because
152eventually if we're losing 100 of these students every year, you're not you're not making up for it. And just like he said, if you look at the percentage, it's not it's not pretty clear that no, you you are having a big loss. And I'm saying it costs us it costs us every year. We we she is scrging every year to make up for those 100 that we're losing at the beginning of the year. And I'm just I I would like to do anything and everything that is possible to recapture this. >> We can meet with them. My understanding is that they were knocking on doors that they didn't know where kids were. >> We can meet with them. I mean, >> I'm just saying the difference is we literally and I can show you this.
153By the end of the second week of school, we knew >> But are you getting them back? You're you're you're still telling me that you're losing them. You're losing a hundred students every year. >> No, no, what I said was there's a hundred students I mean I'm just need to clarify there's a hundred students right that that should be in the Westo ISD school district that are choosing to go somewhere else. Are you saying that we knock on I mean we can try to do that but are you saying knocking on doors of students that are currently enrolled in? have a conversation with her cuz really she didn't go into the detail but she did tell me and if I >> but then she said that they would go to see why did they go
154to that school and not attend >> right and let the parent talk about it. >> Yeah. So they I really didn't know that. I thought that they were going to people that they were just trying to find them. >> Wondering why they went to that school and then they were asking them their parents like okay I see that you chose that school but what are the reasons? What is something that we could have done different or what can we do different? Got it. >> We have started addressing that issue. Let me tell you how we're addressing that issue. >> Miss Moore and I had a a conversation two weeks ago, I believe. Okay. We actually when a student withdraws from Westo, and it doesn't matter which campus, right? >> We're actually having those conversations with
155a form of why are you withdrawing? What could we have done better situation? So, we've created this withdrawal form. It's not just you print out this form to go. No, you have conversation about why are you going so and so. Okay, we get the ones you bought a house somewhere else, you're moving. We've got that. Okay, but what about the ones that just go whatever. What is it that they have that's so exciting >> that we don't have over here? >> Tell us how we can make things better. So, we have begun to address through that process. >> Kind of like we we started a couple years ago exit interviews with staff. We're now going to do that with >> students as well. You were asking about that the exit interviews with staff. >> Yes.
156>> Rodriguez. >> Yeah, that we do. >> I want to say it was Miss Science. I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure it was her. >> She had a busload of teachers, staff, and and I remember because they started in our neighborhood right there. They had the y'all you remember they had the bus load. They went and knocked at each door. Even if you didn't have kids, they knocked at each door. They would leave leave a pamphlet. I think we had Head Start at the time. They would leave a pamphlet there and they would give leave information about our school, but they would talk to everybody and they went down every single street. >> We did. We did. >> Went over there to the Molina area, but they all got on a bus and they
157all they they did do that. That was trying to recover students, >> right? Mr. Ardondo actually joined us a couple of years ago when we did that. >> And you got bitten by a dog. >> Don't talk about that. Yeah. just nibbed a little nib. >> Yeah. But we haven't continued that. And that that's my point. I I mean even if it even if you just get one student, the fact is that you're going out there and you are conversing with these parents like you're saying as far as the exit. Okay. Well, what then we'll get information. Okay. Well, yeah, we didn't like, you know, we didn't like the way they treated us or we didn't, you know, just to get that information and get that insight because we're losing students every year. >> When
158we did that walk, I ran into a parent that had three children and we were what, a week or two away from starting school? >> Yeah. wait >> and I made sure there was more made sure that we registered those kids and then I followed up with you two weeks later when school started and we had those three kids in the school. The I don't know if the guy was new to the area or what but he just didn't know >> he just kind of like oh well but it just took that little effort on our end to get those three kids enrolled in the school. And I had a conversation with uh some of the uh children that left us >> and I asked why. >> And it wasn't because they moved. It was
159because of our program. >> And it was because we had the D. >> We had what? >> What? >> The D grade. >> Yeah. >> Oh, great. >> Great. >> Oh, yeah. And and one parent told me she says my ch my child uh is not up to par uh according to her age. her conversation. No, she says her vocabulary is not there. And uh this was a junior high child and and and when I see some parents that left us, I know some of them and I asked why. Why are you leaving us? And it wasn't because they moved, but it was because >> of what they perceived from us that they didn't they they didn't they don't think their child was getting a proper education. That was what was told to me with
160several of them. >> And that's why I'm saying we're g we we're if we're doing these visit and they're not home visits like at oh we're going to do them sporadically during the year. But if we're doing this at the beginning of the year, we're getting an insight because I'm going to tell you right now, I've already had this conversation with Miss Moore. I've had it with Mr. because we are gung-ho. They're going to start building and they're going to start doing. But if we do have those letter grades, they're not sending them to Westoso. They are going to London. >> Yeah. >> They are going to TM. So >> a lot of kids went. We need to make that effort to get that feedback from the parents, but we also have to >> But
161then also, Miss Miss Rodriguez, our reading programs, and I don't know what we're into now, but I'm aware of students at the junior high that are in second grade reading a little. >> We keep having but Miss Gutier, we keep having these conversations. We keep showing you data. We don't need to keep repeating these same conversations. Okay? What we need to do is say we're continuing to work on alignment. We're continuing to work on rigor. Our reading alignment is really >> rigor. Yeah. And and I can tell you this. >> Okay. Okay. >> Has been our problem. >> Well, right now we're we're getting stronger in our early elementary and elementary. >> Can they get to the high school? >> Okay. So, right now, can we talk about what's on topic here? >> But but
162I think with you uh with the exit you know, knowing exactly >> Yes, ma'am. >> the problem, why they're leaving besides just moving, right? >> I think that gives us a >> an idea of what we need to improve on. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Yeah, I think that's a good idea. >> Has to sign that. >> No, ma'am. I can't force anyone, but we're having a conversation. >> No, ma'am. I can't force it. But they walk in and they're adamant I'm taking my kid. >> You know, >> that's it. I have to tell you why. But that's why we try to build relationships with parents. Can you talk to me? You know, can I visit with you? That kind of thing. >> All right. Um, any further questions? >> All right. I need a motion
163and a second for agenda item 6D. No, I'm sorry. 6C, the West ISD campus attendance committee committees for the 2025 2026 school year. >> C. Yeah, I went back. >> I make a motion that we are uh consider taking action on the West Oso ISD campus attendance committee for the 202526 school year as recommended by administration. >> I'll second. >> All right. A motion has been made by Miss Jordan and seconded by Miss Gonzalez for agenda item 6. We'll go ahead and vote. >> Gutierrez. >> Yes. Shirley Jordan. I >> Priscilla Villa. >> Hi. >> Albert Riad. >> I >> Belinda Gonzalez. I Oscar Edundo. >> Hi. >> Wilma Rodriguez. >> I This motion passes 70. >> Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. >> Thank you, Miss Alvarado. We're moving on to agenda item 6D. discuss
164and consider taking action on the West ISD extracurricular activities, school sponsored school related activities for the 2025 2026 school year. Miss Moore, >> so here's a list of the different clubs that are meeting this year. This does not include, of course, any UIL. Those are separate. Those are the UIL establishes, you know, the um guidelines and all of that for these. So these are non UIL clubs. Some of them um are ones that meet during there's some of these that are meeting during the school day uh high school level and during power hour and then some of them meet before or after school depending on the club. Um I don't think there's anything there was a national technical honor society that was started um that's new you know for us this year. Um, I think
165that, um, in terms of elevating rigor, uh, there's they're working hard at Westa Elementary on that and they're going to start a little junior honors thing at, uh, Westo Elementary School. Um, and there's been, I think, uh, the person that's doing our UI academics are determined to win this year and she's very competitive. And so I'm excited that at the elementary level, we have someone that is extremely because that's what you really need, a passionate person, right? we can make someone sign up, but you need someone that that's their passion for those extracurriculars. And um anyway, you can see the list of stu uh list of uh clubs and sponsors. >> Miss Bella, do you have any questions? >> Miss Gonzalez, >> no. >> Mr. Ardondo, >> no. >> Miss Gutierrez, >> in what way
166is this connected to the education? >> I'm sorry, I can't. This is extracurricular for Christ. Okay. >> So that's illegal, >> right? >> Well, remember it's not going on during the the school hours, >> Dungeons and Dragons. >> So these a lot of these things are not about um they're about building relationships, giving reasons students places to connect to other fellow students and to adults. Um, and some of these are addressing the whole child that not just their academic needs, but their social, emotional, and maybe even spiritual needs. >> Power hour only at the high school, right? Or at all schools? >> At the high school, it's power hour at the junior. And that's where there's um the most kind of flexibility. At junior high, they have advisory, but um it's a little bit more
167structured where the students go to a specific assigned advisory class. >> The teachers have all their students. And I I think I've talked to you about this before. Um where they come in on Monday and the last you know how was the weekend? You know what what you know and each student says something and and it stays within that. I know there was a a thing on I think it was a lot but I'm not sure. Uh, I just um >> So all the kids are basically here, there, and everywhere, or are they in one controlled area? >> I'm confused. I'm saying at the junior high school, each student during the advisory is assigned to a specific class. So some of those were required since house bill since house bill 1416, you do required tutoring.
168And so some of this is and you are required to do it during the school day. So at that junior high, those students that need to do that required tutoring are assigned a tutoring class. Um Miss uh Dr. Christia, they're starting a broadcasting class. I'm excited where they're going to they do the announcements and they're doing video broadcasting um that we talked about on Saturday because the education foundation really wants to help support that. Um so some of them um are more uh core content remediation intervention but of course not all the kids need that. At the high school it's really an opportunity for those students that do need to work and we have several students lots of students that need to work that still want to be involved in clubs and organizations and meanwhile
169the students that need the required tutoring that's accomplished during power hour. Hispanic Honor Society. What exactly are they learning in that or what exactly is that about? >> Um I I mean I don't know the ins and outs of it, but I would assume that um they do cultural things. I know that like they did for um uh they do little they came out to some of our events. They did um for trunk or treat. want to say that they had a little uh thing Marcy at your campus la Miss Davis at your campus last year um making new decorations it's about cultural pride you know those kind of things but again those meetings would take [Music] that would be allowed >> I think they have done things like that as a as an expression
170of cultur cultural celebration yes >> and it doesn't have any of these medals and these processes and these >> I think it is in art. Don't y'all do it for art? >> Yes, exactly. Yeah, >> they do it in art science class >> because you're learning about culture. >> Remember when we went to the high school and they had Selena on there? Selena. >> Yeah. >> And then they had another they decorated the the doors. >> Yes. >> They put put a picture of their their uh >> ancestors make it every year. But I I don't see it. I don't see I don't want my kid exposed to it if >> you're not nobody's forced. >> They don't have to be in the same but you're learning about culture there. The kids are passing by.
171>> You're just learning about expressions of culture and >> religion and state need to be separated. >> Well, I think there's a difference between >> the school time, >> but meanwhile you could learn about different >> curricular. This is like during classes >> either after school or during this power hour times >> or the power hour time >> power hour >> but that's because they don't take tutoring. >> It's in the middle of their day. So instead of some of the kids actually probably go to double clubs and don't even go to lunch. They might grab their lunch. >> 30 minutes for lunch and 30 minutes for power hour. >> Oh okay. So they >> or if you don't want to eat lunch you take the whole hour for power hour. Am I correct? >>
172Yes. >> Okay. So if so they don't they can go to >> No one's going to make them go to any of these clubs. >> You stay at lunch for >> 30 minutes. I can sit I can sit in the in the >> outside and do whatever I want. >> Converse with your friends. >> Fight with whoever I want and whatever. >> Okay. Well, that's not No, you can't fight with whoever you want. >> Okay. Well, what if they don't they don't need to do tutoring and none of this. What are they doing? >> I mean, it's a good question. What are you doing for those 30 minutes? >> After a while, you're gonna start throwing food. You're gonna start. >> That's not what happened. >> Miss Gutier, you're welcome to visit Power Hour and
173see it. Our high school students are actually pretty amazing at conducting themselves. >> I know, Miss Moore, but I would think I mean >> the goal is know what they're doing. If they're not they're not doing uh tutoring, >> they don't they're not interested in any of this. >> I would say most students are interested in in something% of the >> high school most of your students. >> They're all in something. >> They're in something. >> Every one of them. >> Everyone. >> I I want to know. >> No, no, no. Not every one of them. >> So, what what are you not everyone? You're right. >> Okay. Well, let her answer. >> But if we had issues with with this event, we would have fights every day. Yeah. >> So, they're keeping busy. The
174thing is, >> but you're allowing them to keep busy in their own way. You're not you're not saying >> you need to do your homework. You need to read a book. >> That's their time. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> And we're essentially, you know, >> and a lot of times, uh, like my son, well, he wasn't doing a lot of clubs last year. Now, he gets encouraged by his friends >> to come join me to join this club. Otherwise, he wouldn't have done it. And it's funny because now my grandson says, "I don't have a phone." So I join a club, you know. So I said, "Okay." So we all go to the bathroom. We use the phone. >> A lot of times my grand >> I've seen where it encourages other kids. >> It
175encourages other kids to join a club. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> So >> it's it's I think it's a win-win. >> I think so, too. >> And you have kids that will go to the library and read. They're maybe loners. >> So they can go to the library. Okay. Okay. Well, that's what we just needed to know. I mean, >> and some people just want to be left alone for 30 minutes, right? An hour, whatever. >> Okay. They don't want to eat in the cafeteria. They don't have to eat. >> They don't have to. They can eat outside. They can eat outside, right, ma'am? >> They can take their hour and do whatever they want. >> Okay. >> You can have meditation, whatever you want. >> Catch up on whatever you want with your friends. >>
176Okay. >> Can they use their phone? >> No, ma'am. >> You talk I talk communicate. Yeah. So they um the the students do very well with this. They're very used to it. It's a system that they've done. They're they're used. >> Okay. >> I have to see numbers. >> Okay. >> If you have a 300 students, I want to see 300. I want to see all 300 real numbers, not made up numbers. >> But they go to they go to >> So I think the best thing would be come visit. We can schedule one of our learning works during parification is you might have you might have a club on Tuesdays and Thursdays and then the other club meets on Mondays and Wednesdays. >> No, they meet at different joint. >> So you have different
177clubs who join but not every day you're going to go to the same club, right? >> It might be twice a week, once a week. >> They say on Monday you have um the first five, okay? >> The first five clubs on Monday. So you have 300 students in that school. >> No, I answered all of these. >> No, no, no. >> Miss Mark, don't ask me to. >> So we'll send you the P. I would love for you to come. >> But not twice. Okay. >> Okay. That's on you. >> No, don't ask me again. >> All right. So, >> but I if you want a copy of their power hour schedule, I'd be happy to share that with you. >> I want to see that if they have all these clubs. I want
178to see. >> So, they're spread out throughout the week >> that we have in that campus in every single club. But all of them want to go to the club and I want to see that they're in the courtyard that you have to come visit library or visit book. >> How are you gonna know they're not in the >> I just want to know that >> Well, Miss Moore, you I'm more than sure you have an attendance. >> They have a QR code. They have a QR code when they walk in. >> Print out those attendance rosters. This is what happens on Monday. This is what happens on Tuesday. It's just information that the board >> Yeah. I mean, it's not going to be the same every week. >> Exactly. >> Right. Just >> give
179her Give them a sample >> because I'm like, >> I want to go to this club. I want to go to this club. >> But only on Monday you only have these certain clubs. That's what you just said. >> Exactly. >> Okay. For example, Miss Gutier because I I >> sometimes they join a lot of clubs, three or four clubs >> or I was out six and now I need to go to my teacher's class and do makeup work during that time. So there's assigned tutoring, but then also some students if they've been out will go to that class. >> You have to report to your teacher. >> But you you you know what she's asking. So just give her a sample of Monday through Friday. This is what happens. >> Kids in there, she's
180just going to say how many kids were in there. >> Exactly. I want to know that if you have these and you have 500 kids and that 500 kids during power hour should be in this club or in the cafeteria or over here, but they're not, you know, >> well, they're not all necessarily going to be accounted for because she just told you. They're just telling you some of them. >> The agenda item is not about where they're at. The agenda item, are we going to approve these clubs? Period. So, are we going to approve the clubs or not? The the point is that she just wants to know of those 400 students, however many you have in the high school, you're telling us some of them don't want to do anything. Okay, that's a
181hundred that of names that you're not going to see. But on Monday, you're going to see Tuesday, you're going to see give her a sample of >> we can show you we can show you the way the tutoring works, etc. >> Kids that don't want to do anything. Okay. I know. >> You've answered your own questions. >> So, we're here to approve the clubs. >> All right. Not >> I got to move on. >> Mr. Adondo, >> I have no questions. Ma'am, >> Miss Gonzalez, >> no. >> Miss Vela. >> Okay. >> I do have Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. V. >> No questions. >> Thank you. Okay. Uh, just one question. Well, actually, one highlight. I really really am so glad that you all incorporating UIL. We have been under represented for the longest time.
182I think you saw that >> and that's why >> Yeah. I mean, you know, all these other elementaryaries getting awards and >> Westo was never mentioned because we're not even in there. >> Yeah. >> Uh and I do have to give you kudos for having that broadcasting. Uh that is a long time coming. I mean >> those other schools used to do >> foundation scholar writing a grant. >> Yes. Because the foundation also we were just at a recent meeting. They're like send us what you need. We are here. We are here to give you money. But of course it has to be explained to them of what you're needing it for. But they are there. They made 196,000 with everything that we went through. We have 100,000 in the bank. >> About 85,000 >>
18385,000. But they want to give that 85,000 away. So please tell your teachers they are open. I I don't know when they're going to open. When are they going to open, Miss? >> I don't think she's told us. I'm thinking probably in the next few weeks or so. Yeah, it's soon. >> And that wish list that y'all sent, I mean, they took it seriously to where >> we're already they're already looking at doing a big technology grant >> for all campuses. >> So, they're here to help us in any way that you all want. Well, Marcy was there. Hello. Yeah. So, she heard it all. Good. Send it to everybody. Please. Yeah. All campuses need to know. >> Oh, yes, definitely. So, we were very, very, very pleased because this education foundation is really out
184there working for Westoso. I mean, they're telly, they're they're ready to give that money out. >> Yes. just the students because I know years >> long time ago >> the students no longer go into the I remember when there would be a student that would go in and do the pledge. There would be a student that would do the lunch menu. There would be a a student that would do a report like of what was going on to they don't do that anymore. >> Yes, >> they do. But Mars does. But >> but it's getting technology savvy. I mean it's getting to where you have to do all that. Yeah. >> Yeah. Because I know years back that's how the students would uh those that didn't want to get up and talk. They would go
185and do announcements. >> But I think this is going to be with technology. I mean I'm sure they do it at all the camp which I was glad to hear because >> yeah, >> you know for them they do. They do. So I'm I'm very very pleased about that. And then one last thing, Miss Moore, we have gone over the with your staff. You have gone over there will be no cash apps as far as any any any >> correct. And we met again this morning. We had another training with um the secretaries and repeated all of that again. Um, so you're not look you I mean you are also Miss Mendes the you're going to lay down the law because that's not going to go through your financial system. >> Yeah, definitely. We went
186over it again and this time we targeted the secretaries because typically everything goes through them. So we let them know definitely no cash app, no any kind of you know personal co-mingling into their account. So we made it clear. Thank you very much. >> And the again the accountant where um is meeting individually with every single sponsor to go over everything and they did get the receipt book. So they have been given >> who's going over that with >> the accountant with each. So they're >> we're getting every sponsor that we're asking the you know uh the sponsor the the campus principles to send all their sponsors over here. We're giving them their balance. We're giving them a receipt book. We're making an affidavit that they understand the rules and there's consequences if they don't
187follow them. >> Yeah. >> All right. Uh I need a motion and a second for agenda item 6D on the West Coast ISD extracurricular activities, school sponsored school related activities for the 2025 2026 school year. I'll make a motion that we take action on the Wise State extracurricular activities, school sponsored school related activities for the year of 2025 2026. >> I'll second. >> All right. A motion was made by Mr. Adidondo and seconded by Miss Gonzalez on agenda item 60. We're going to go ahead and vote. >> Okay. >> Miss Gutierrez. >> Shirley Jordan. >> Hi. Albert Riad >> Iris Bella >> Ienda Gonzalez I >> Oscar Donto >> I >> Rodriguez >> I this motion passes 61. We're moving on to agenda item 6E discuss and consider taking action on a resolution nominating a
188candidate for the newis county appraisal district board of directors. Miss Moore. >> Um so this this I remember last year when we came back a couple of times because we hadn't had much information. This is the first step. This would be if we wanted to nominate someone that we're not voting on anyone. We're just saying, do we want to know? >> And it doesn't necessarily have to be anybody on the board. It could be somebody that you know would want to run. >> We don't have nobody. >> No. >> All right. Give me give me give me a name. If not, we we won't go with >> We don't have to take action. We don't have to take an action. Okay. Yeah. >> Okay. >> So, Miss Jordan, do you have a name? >> No.
189>> Okay. Miss uh Gutierrez? >> Yes. >> Mr. Arondo? >> No. >> Miss Gonzalez? >> No. >> Miss Vela? >> Nope. >> Mr. Viel? >> No. >> All right. We're not taking any action on agenda item 6E for now. Not for now. And then Miss uh we're going to go into close session right now and then we'll come back. Get on it. Really well. >> Yes, ma'am. starter You could go get on Okay, the time is 9:38 and we are back at open session. Um, there was no action taken or close se session. No action taken. All right. So, Miss Moore, uh, you have the next agenda item seven, superintendent update. >> Okay. So, in the packet of things, um, we had sent you all out uh calendar of events for the next month or
190so. I just wanted to make sure we up we just updated that because we do have a board meeting in two weeks, the strategic roundt. Um we'll be doing some deep dives some more deep dives into instruction and we're going to also talk like we said we would keep sharing about some of the protocols and processes that we've put into place this year. So that's happening in in two weeks. Um but more recently sooner than that is our Hispanic Heritage Month celebration is this Friday at 9:00 in the morning at the junior high. Um and then we also have coming up of course next week is homecoming. October 2nd which is a week from Thursday is the parade and then on the third is the homecoming game. And then the week after that is when
191we're going to have our open houses on uh October 8th and 9th. Those are some of the highlights of things coming up. And then of course we have intercession the 13th to the 17th. >> Why do we have intercession? >> This is great. Everybody loves it. >> But why do we have it? We're not a district. >> We are a district of innovation. >> Yeah, but that wasn't voted on. >> That is the calendar. >> Oh yes. >> It is a calendar. So we could start early so we'd have the break off. Yes. Okay. >> That is all I have. Thank you. All right. >> So that we could start earlier. >> Yeah. It was all a matter of Yeah. It wasn't necessarily to have intercession. Okay. >> More things for the kids to get
192in trouble with. >> They have it. So >> no, not some of them. They go on many vacations. >> Yeah. They give our students. >> Okay. So, uh, you did tell us you have the calendars, you have the the athletic schedules. Oh, that reminds me. I need to pull it out. So the time is >> 9:41. >> The time is 9:41 and this meeting has been adjourned. Thank you.