September 22, 2025 – Board Meeting

001I now call this regular meeting of the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees to order. The time is now 6:04 p.m. Mrs. Guy, was the meeting properly posted? >> Yes, it was. >> Do we have a quorum? >> We do. >> Thank you very much. At this time, I'll turn it over to Dr. Bolinger for opening exercises. >> All right. Good evening, President Campy, board of trustees, and Dr. O'Brien. The opening exercises for this evening's board meeting will be provided by students from RS Sterling High School. The pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags will be recited by Avast Gutierrez, who's the band president, and also Arametta, who's the assistant drum major. First, we will begin the opening ceremonies with a prayer led by Mr. Howard Samson. So, at

002this time, everyone, please rise for prayer and remain standing for the pledges. that we are really really bless. going back. God bless each and every one of us tonight. One important To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. I aliance to the Texas one indivisible. >> Thank you. You may be seated. This evening we have a special treat. We have a saxophone quartet from Sterling High School. The following students will be performing the piece entitled Tiko Tico. All right. So, we have Omar Navaro on the soprano sachs. We have Kayla Viala on the alto saxs. Seth Velasquez on the Tener Sachs. And then we have Carol Gomez on the baritone saxophone. The students are under the

003direction of band director Brad Ko and principal Mr. Nathan Chhattic. Take it away. [Applause] Who did not visualize a sparrow dancing in cornmeal just now? I did. Okay. Thank you'all so much. That was wonderful. Uh, Mr. Campusy, I will now turn the meeting back over to you for citizens participation. >> Thank you, Dr. Bowlinger. Are there any parents of these students that just performed here in the audience with us tonight? If you would stand up, and if not, let's recognize them. Anyway, I want to welcome everyone here to our meeting tonight. Um, for those that join us on board meeting night uh regularly, you'll notice that the agenda is a little bit different tonight than it usually is. We are complying with state law that now says that citizens comments will come at the very

004beginning of the meeting. So that's going to take place next and then the regular agenda that we're used to will follow after that. So with that being said, we'll move on to item number three, citizens participation. Citizens participation information and requirements. Citizens participation is the time that the board will hear public concerns or public comments from those who have properly signed up to address the board. At regular board meetings, the board shall permit public comment regardless of whether the topic is on is an item on the agenda posted with notice of the meeting. General public comment is limited to no more than 30 minutes per meeting. At all other board meetings, public comment shall be limited to open session items on the agenda posted with notice of the meeting. Each speaker is reminded that he

005or she is limited in his or her presentation to a maximum of three minutes, which can be further limited or reduced by the presiding officer, and that he or she should respect confidentiality concerns and refrain from attacking the personal character of any individual student, staff member, or board member in addressing concerns or comments. Pursuant to state law and board policy be illegal, the board cannot consider or take action on concerns at this meeting unless they pertain to an item on the posted agenda for this meeting. Any deliberation or decision on an item that is not posted for consideration at this meeting shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda of a future meeting. With that being said, everyone that signed up before the 6 pm deadline will be allowed to

006speak tonight. We have u beginning with uh Mr. Nick Rice, if you will come to the podium and I'll uh share some uh a little bit of the format. Each speaker will have three minutes. Mrs. Guy, our secretary, will keep time. When you are down to one minute, Mrs. Guy will alert you by saying >> one minute. Uh continue to speak and then Mrs. Guy will stop you at the three minute mark. Um with that your time will begin. When you start speaking, every speaker is asked to provide their name and the topic they are speaking on. Mr. Rice, the floor is yours. >> All right. Good evening, members of the board. I'm Nick Rice. I'm here on item 7G and thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight. I'm here to discuss the standards

007we expect rather than any one person from those entrusted with one of the most important roles in our community, educating our children. As someone who's a product of this school district, I know firsthand the impact of amazing teachers. I was shaped by educators who modeled integrity, empathy, and professionalism. And I believe our students to today deserve nothing less. Teaching is built on trust. Parents send their kids to school believing that they will be guided, supported, and inspired. When that trust is broken, even by the words or actions of one person, it shakes confidence in the entire profession. We teach our children freedom of speech. But we also teach that freedom comes with responsibility. Educators words carry weight and when that trust is violated, it affects not just the individual, but the profession and the community.

008Most teachers are dedicated, decent, and hardworking people who give it their all every single day. They deserve our respect and support. But behavior that fars far below professional standards cannot be excused. It undermines everything we stand for. When an educator publicly mocks tragedy or promotes division, it sends the wrong message to students, parents, and the community. Schools should be places of learning, safety, and encouragement, not places where families have to wonder whether adults are modeling the values that we can be proud of. We owe it to our students, our community, and the many educators who honor their calling every day to make clear that professionalism and respect are not optional. They're essential. Thank you for your time and for your commitment to keeping our schools strong and trustworthy. Thank you, Mr. Rice. Our second speaker

009is Brandon Terry. Again, Mr. Terry, please introduce yourself, the topic you're speaking on, and the time will begin once you start speaking. My name is Brandon Terry and I'm here to speak also on 7G. I also spoke at the last board meeting uh basically calling out our hate speech going unadressed about board members five years ago calling our citizens racist and no one doing anything about it. Then here we are now more hate speech and what are we going to do about it? Tonight we have an opportunity to do the right thing. Finally have some accountability and We have to deal with this. We can't just think it's going to go away. It's not. And our teachers should be held to a higher standard. It's in their contract. They know what's in the contract. They

010violated it. And not only should they be terminated, there needs to be a do not hire list. The other districts around us took action. and their rejects that did wrong should not end up in Goose Creek and ours should not end up in Klein. It's very important and we're going to keep dealing with this again. We had stuff go on five years ago. We've had stuff just in the last few months where our citizens again were called racist, complete lies and no one calls them on it. And with technology now, if you Google it, all of a sudden that becomes fact. It's not. And it's each of our duties as Batonians to call it out when we hear it and see it. Again, we're going to keep dealing with this stuff on and on. And

011when the teacher enters the building, their personal agendas, their personal politics, their personal pronouns need to stay at home and out of the classroom. According to our test scores, we need every minute focused on core subjects and not on anyone's personal agendas. Thank you for your time. [Applause] Thank you, Mr. Terry. Our third speaker is Patrick Perdone. The microphone is yours, sir. My name is Patrick Prudin and I'm here to speak on agenda item 7G. I am a proud graduate of GCC IISD, a conservative influencer and someone who was who personally attended the memorial service of Charlie Kirk yesterday. I stood in a room with over 70,000 Americans mourning a man who dedicated his life to standing boldly for truth, freedom, and Christ. Charlie gave his life to reaching young people like me, inspiring us

012to lead and to never bow to the mob. And now there are educators who call his death karma. Let me be very clear. This has nothing to do with free speech and everything to do with hatred. It's a disgrace and it has no place in a Goose Creek classroom. If someone can openly celebrate the death of a man who simply had conservative conversation, then how can any conservative student in the classroom expect fair treatment? How can any parent trust that their child will be graded or guided without a bias? When an educator thinks it's funny that a man so many admired is assassinated, the truth is they can't. Now, let's be honest about what fuels this situation. This is not just someone's poor judgment. This comes from years of false claims from the left-wing smearing

013conservatives as racist, sexist, Nazis, and enemies of democracy. That constant drum beat created a climate where it is acceptable to dehumanize us, to treat me and many in this building not as neighbors but as villains that should be punished. And when you do that, when people are stripped of their humanity and dignity, it makes it easy for instructure instructors to believe that celebrating murder isn't isn't cruel but justified. That is dangerous. That is how political violence is normalized. That is how you end up with young conservatives like myself silenced, bullied, or worse, slain. And make no mistake, if the roles were reversed, if someone had done this to someone on the left, this room would be filled with the media and cameras. Today, this board has a decision to make. You can either stand up

014for decency, respect, and the safety of every student, or you can look the other way and prove to parents, students, and graduates like me that hate is acceptable so long as it's pointed at the right. Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Mr. Predome. Our next speaker is Mike Wolf. Um, excuse me, dear board members. My name is Mike Wolf. I'm speaking tonight on agenda item 7G. As a lifelong resident of Harris County and a native Texan, I speak with you tonight with a heavy heart. Charlie Kirk was a friend of mine. I've got his personal cell phone number saved in my phone. I first met Charlie in 2018 during my second elected six-year term as a trustee for the Harris County Department of Education. I was horrified on September 10th when I learned of

015the assassination of Charlie. It hit me personally like a ton of bricks. Assassination is not something to be celebrated. It's not something that anyone employed by any form of American government should be celebrating. As a former school trustee, like each of you are trustees, and as a former teacher, I can tell you that the rules, regulations, and laws that govern the TEA, must be followed. Each teacher who has celebrated the cold-blooded assassination of anyone, including Charlie Kirk, must be terminated and placed on the TE's do not hire list. Two of my ancestors, Anthony Wolf and David Crockett, fought and died in defense of Texas independence at the Alamo. Charlie Kirk is a Christian martyr for freedom, just as our Alamote defenders were also martyrs for freedom. Please do the right and legal thing tonight and

016fire the offending teachers and place each of them on the D tea's do not hire list. Do not make a mockery of our Alamo defenders or of Charlie who all died for our freedoms. We are all Charlie Kirk in one sense or another. You and me both. I ask that you make this our turning point and make Goose Creek great for all people, including everyone here tonight. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Wolf. Our next speaker is Eddie Pawuino. I'm sorry if I mispronounced that. Thank you, sir. The microphone is yours. Please start with your name and the subject you're speaking on. >> Uh Eddie Peno speaking for 7G. Also seems to be like a very popular and important thing to speak about today. Um, I think we should not fire anybody for speaking up

017and speak setting their minds most especially because what was said what was said was in no way controversial. It was um questions. Think about what was actually said here. Okay. um not not any derogatory statements. It was the these were real thoughtful questions and if we're going to fire teachers for speaking their mind and in my opinion should have done spoken up a little bit more than just these statements. But um when you fire people, teachers especially for you know speaking up that sends a very chilling effect throughout not just here but throughout the nation right we're supposed to be a democracy. you know when I came up here um on on that screen it had um like uh you know things for the for the students and one of the things was critical thinking.

018Okay. So are we thinking critically today? I don't I don't think so. I don't think so. I think this is an important decision and it will reverberate. Okay. Whether you think Charlie Cook, Charlie, sorry, excuse me, Charlie Kirk was a racist, a fascist, or any of that stuff. Whe whether you think he's a white supremacist or not, okay, that's your opinion. >> One minute. >> But whatever you think, okay, there are white supremacists who think Charlie Kirk is a white supremacist. There's a reason for that. Please think about it. Do you want Baytown to go backwards or do you want Baytown to go forwards? Right? That's really what's at stake here. And I'm asking you to please don't don't do this. Don't fire anybody for this, especially with this these mild statements. Not even, you

019know, anything controversial. So, let's move Baytown forward, progressing in the right direction, not back to the racist things that we had in the past. Thank you. [Applause] >> Thank you, Mr. Peno. Before we move on to our next speaker, I would ask that the audience maintain the quorum while the speaker is speaking. Uh certainly applause after the speaker is fine with me, but I ask that you maintain decorum to allow each speaker their full amount of time. Our next speaker is Joseph Fallen. [Music] >> Good afternoon board. My name is Joseph Allen. I'm going to be specifically speaking on 7G. It's It's wild that we even have to talk about this after other school districts made decisive action and fired it. It and it's amazing that after years and years and years of conservatives being

020censored, including the sitting president banned off social media, now everybody wants to be a champion of free speech. Whenever the argument was, you know, you're not going to jail for your speech, you're just losing your job. And whenever you have a statement that incites or encourages violence is utterly insane. Political extremism has no place in our classroom. Political extremism extremism has no place in the school board or school district or public education. I mean, I'm sure y'all know why everybody's here. I encourage I can't say it enough. Encouraging violence is not okay. If you would have said anything else, if you would have lied and called him a racist or a fascist or a white supremacist, that's not what we're here about. We're here about encouraging violence in our classrooms. That is not okay. And

021I hope everybody here can at least agree that calling to or encouraging violence is wrong and we should not be doing that. I appreciate y'all's time. [Applause] Thank you, Mr. Felon. Our next speaker is Tracy Welds. Please come forward. Hello, my name is Tracy Wells. Um, I have lived Oh, I'm sorry. I'm supposed to say what I'm here about. I I'm just here as a concerned citizen. It's not about anything specific on the docket or the agenda. Um, okay. I've lived in Baytown for a long time and I have a senior and a sophomore that attend Sterling High School and they have been in the Goose Creek School District for all of their school years. Um, I would like to thank the board for hearing me and um I'm here today to urge uh the

022district to send Alice Hendrickson back to the classroom um her dance studio. I have um personally known Miss Hendrickson for over 20 years and in this amount of time, which is almost the about the same amount of time she has been at Lee High School. Um, I've seen her spend her blood, sweat, and tears and any extra energy she can muster up to create, build, and make the Lee Celebrities and the JB Bell's dance programs into the remarkable programs that they are today. As a friend, we've gone on several vacations together over the years, and it never fails. She either has to come late or leave early because of her commitment and dedication to her job and to all the sacrifice that it demands of her. Outside of football season, it seems she's always attending

023competitions, working on choreography, or holding some kind of tryyouts. Um, as a parent with children in Goose Creek, um, I can completely appreciate the structure and discipline that her program requires of her students, and I can also appreciate the friendship and fellowship it has encouraged in Harvard throughout the years for the students. Um, uh, as a member of this community, I've had the opportunity to meet some of her former celebrities that are now adults, and I'm always amazed at how many of them have expressed how important her program was to to them during their teen years, and how have helped pave the way for them to become successful adults. >> One minute. >> Miss Hendrickson is a true asset to Lee High School, the Goose Creek School District, and the community of Baytown. I know

024for sure that the place where she can do the most good in this world is at her post as the director of Lee High School celebrities and JB Bells. Um, and since I have the floor, I'd like to say thank you to Mr. Ko and Mr. Bravo at Sterling High School. Uh, the band directors. Um, they're also teaching my kid a thing or two. So, it does take a village and I hope you realize that. Thank you. [Applause] >> Thank you, Miss Wells. Our next speaker is Travis Major. Please come to the microphone. [Music] Travis Michael Major 7G. Uh, just some historic quotes. If I'm dealing with someone in customer service who's a moronic woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellence. All right, that's option A. If I'm dealing with someone in

025customer service who's a moronic black woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellent. That's option B. If I'm dealing with someone in customer service who's a moronic white woman, I wonder if she's there because of her excellence. Option C. Okay, so multiple choice test on historic quotes. Uh the correct answer is B and that's the Charlie Kirk show 3 January 2024. Uh another multiplechoice on historic quote. If I see a white pilot, I'm going to be like, "Boy, I hope he's qualified." That's option A. If I see a woman pilot, boy, I'm going to be like, "I hope she's qualified." That's option B. If I see a black pilot, I'm going to be like, "Boy, I hope he's qualified." That's option C. I think I got that messed up. But the uh the

026correct quote is, "If I see a black pilot, I'm going to be like, "Boy, I hope he's qualified." That's Charlie Kirk show 23 January 24. And this one, this one here is happening all the time in America. Prowling whites go around for fun to target black people. That's a fact, right? Option A happening all the time in urban America. Prowling blacks go around for fun to target white people. That's option B. Happening all the time in urban America. Prowling blacks go around for fun. Prowling Mexicans go around for fun to target white people and black people. That's a fact. It's happening more and more. Option C. Uh the correct quote is happening all the time in urban America. Prowling blacks go around for fun to target white people. That's a fact. >> It's happening more

027and more. >> Charlie Kirk show 19 May 2023. Last one. Uh large dedicated Christian areas are a threat to America. Option A. Large dedicated Jewish areas are a threat to America. Option B, large dedicated Islamic threats, Islamic areas are a threat to America. Option C. Um, the correct quote is large dedicated Islamic areas are a threat to America. The Charlie Kirk show 30 April 2025. Thank you. [Applause] >> Thank you, Mr. Major. Our next speaker is Troy Whitneck. >> I want to talk about what I've seen Charlie Kirk say. >> Please introduce yourself, sir. >> What? >> Please introduce yourself. Uh, my name is Troy Whiteneck. I want to talk about what I've seen Charlie Kirk say. He promoted free speech. He strongly promoted free speech to the people that disagreed with him. But apparently

028Brisco Kaine, Leo Terry Wilson, and his supporters didn't get that memo. I feel like the school board is being bullied into bullying a teacher. Her post was not in a classroom. And now I'd like to say something about violence. Her post did not incite or promote violence. Charlie Kirk said that a few gun deaths is a small price to pay for the second amendment. I don't know if he was talking about the children of Ualdi, but I don't think the children of Ualdi were a small price to pay. It was a large price. And were they a small price to pay for Charlie Kirk's assassin to enjoy his second amendment rights? You fire this teacher, you're losing your credibility and your decency if you ever had any. Thank you, Mr. Whiteneck. Our next speaker is

029Chuck Cruz. The microphone is yours, sir. How y'all? My name is Chuck Cruz. C R E WS not like Ted. I am a resident of Baytown for almost 20 years now. I am here to speak on 7G. I would like to start off with some direct quotes that you can go find anytime you like. September 12th, 2019, Brisco Ka, my AR is ready for you. Robert Francis, April 5th, 2023. I think it's worth it. I think it's worth it to have a cost of unfortunately some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment protect to protect our other god-given rights. Charlie Kirk, Turning Point CEO. September 21st, 2025. President Donald J. Trump. I hate my opponent and I don't want the best for them. These ourse are leaders that we

030are supposed to be looking up to. That's insanity. These are direct explicit calls for violence from the right. And constantly when the left says, "Gee, that's bad. We shouldn't do that." The right says, "Don't suppress my free speech. I can say whatever I want." You cannot be a leader and call for violence. And as an aside, it is really, really telling about how some people were raised that they don't understand the difference between mocking the death of an evil person and celebrating the death of an evil person. If you do not understand the difference between mocking and celebration, you must have had a terrible childhood. >> Thank you, Mr. Cruz. Before I move on, Miss Garcia, have you turned in all those that signed up before 6 p.m.? Thank you. Our next speaker is Oh,

031I'm going to mess this one up. Raquel. A M E G U I N. I don't want to mess that up. If you would introduce us and I will pay attention. The microphone's yours. >> Good evening everyone. My name is Raquel Uruguay and I'm here to speak on agenda item 7G. Tonight I have the honor of speaking about someone who has been the heart of the Lee High School drill team and an unforgettable part of my high school experience. My former teacher, Coach Miss Hendrickson. For the four years I was a part of the team, she was more than just a teacher. She was a role model and a second parent to many of us. She pushed us to be our very best, not only as dancers and performers, but also as young adults preparing

032to step into the world. What stands out the most about her is her dedication. She never gave up on us. Not during long practices, not when we felt discouraged, not even when things didn't go as planned. She taught us that discipline, teamwork, and hard work are the foundations of success. Every routine we performed carried the lessons she instilled in us, precision, passion, and pride. Another quality that made her so special was her fairness. She treated each of us equally with respect and kindness. No matter who we were, she created the environment where every voice mattered. Every member, every team member felt valued. She never let personal opinions or outside influence affect the way she guided us. Instead, she focused on bringing us together, helping us grow, reminding reminded reminding us what united us was always

033stronger than what could divide us. Beyond the counts, formations, and endless rehearsals, she gave us something more, much more valuable, confidence. She reminded us that we were capable of more than we thought. And she believed in us until we learned to believe in ourselves. Those four years were filled with unforgettable experiences. From early morning practices to late night competitions, from bus rides full of laughter to the quiet talks when we needed encouragement. Through it all, she was there. Thank you for your time. Thank you, Miss. [Applause] >> Our next speaker is McKinley Brady. Please come to the microphone. Good evening everyone. My name is McKinley Brady and my topic today is to put Alice Henrikson back into her classroom. From the very moment I stepped into the dance room, her support and love were never

034something I had to question. As a teenager navigating some of the most pivotal years of my life, her consistent presence, guidance, and compassion provided a sense of stability, and belonging I didn't know I needed. She wasn't just a director. She was a safe haven. This is the same woman who came to watch my high school plays at Lee High School. The same woman who, during one of the most hardest moments of my life, when my mother was hospitalized with COVID and pneumonia, pulled me aside, looked me in my eye, and gently asked me what was going on. I broke in that moment, but she held a space for me. She didn't rush to fix anything. She simply let me know, I'm here for you and acknowledged the weight I was carrying. And that's just who

035she was. When I organized the fundraiser for our theater department with little support, a lot of pressure, she was the one who reminded me to breathe. She saw a fire in me, but also recognized when I needed to pause. She advocated not just for my goals, but for my well-being. She's a woman who made every dancer feel seen and respected, taking the time to ask how far in advance we needed notice for a hairstyle requirement before competitions because she understood and honored the differences in our background, cultures, and hair types. That may seem small to some, but to us it meant everything. She welcomed male dancers onto a celebrities team without hesitation or bias. No teenage boy would have the confidence to audition for a drill team filled with girls unless they felt safe and

036supported and under the leadership they did. She's the one who recommended me for the opportunity to perform with Beyonce on Christmas, an unforgettable moment I owe a large part to her belief in me. When our team faced rumors and discomfort surrounding a competing school, she didn't ignore it. She addressed it with grace, telling us to smile, hold our heads high, and reminded us that she would never place us in any harm's way. >> One minute. >> Her leadership wasn't just about routines. It was about character, integrity, and protection. She has little kids and community looking up to her team, wanting to be a part of what she built. Not just because they love dance, but because of the values and energy she instills in everything and everyone around her. students run to her and because

037they have, not because they have to, but because she is home. And while I may not have said all this to her directly, I want to make it known now. Her impact on my life and even others now and then cannot be overstated. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Brady. [Applause] And with that, that concludes our citizens participation. I want to thank the audience. No matter what side you're on and what you're speaking on, we're respectful to each other. That means a lot to me and it also shows what our community is truly about. So, thank you for that. We will now move on to recognitions and acknowledgements. Okay, so we will start the recognition and acknowledgement portion. Um, first of all, we're going to start off with Dr. Ray Levan, director of fine arts. He'll

038come up and present a fine arts recognition. So, I'll turn the mic over to him at this time. >> Good evening, Dr. O'Brien, board of trustees. It is my great pleasure to stand in front of you this evening to acknowledge an amazing achievement. Uh the Ross Eserling Band has achieved the distinction of being named a TMEA state honor band semifinalist for the 2024 2025 school year. This prestigious recognition is one of the highest honors for a band program in the state of Texas, reflecting not only outstanding student performance, but also the dedication and leadership of its directors. The band is under the direction of the headband director, Mr. Brad Ko. You won't be able to miss him. I promise you. There he is. Uh the assistant band director, Mr. Brandon Bravo. The percussion director at

039the time was Mr. Brent Gibson. And the current percussion director is Miss Jordan Cutler. This honor is a testament to the students hard work, the director's vision, and the support of the Ross S. Sterling community. It highlights the excellence of fine arts education in Goose Creek CISD and serves as an inspiration to our entire district. Please give these fantastic educators a big round of applause. All right, for our next recognition, we have Miss Leah Miller, director of career and technology education to come up and present some CTE awards. >> Good evening, President Kimzy, board members, and Dr. O'Brien. Tonight, the career and technical education department is proud to recognize an exe outstanding group of students and educators who have achieved superior honors at their respective national competitions in the area of Texas Association of Future

040Educators and the Technology Technology Student Association. These exceptional students not only demonstrated academic and technical excellence, but they also showcased leadership, teamwork, and innovation at the national level. Let's begin by recognizing our Taffy winner from Sterling High School. Please join me in congratulating senior Marissa Gonzalez. She placed first in public speaking at the National Conference. She is led by advisor Miss Alicia Tate. [Applause] Next, we honor our TSA winners at Goose Creek Memorial High School. The data science team consisting of senior Abel Garza, senior Aush Kora, and senior Kathy Singh placed sixth in the nation. This team is led by advisor Miss Shondaanda James. [Applause] Lastly, I would like to recognize Miss Shondaanda James with the CTSO Advisor of Excellence Award for receiving the prestigious Texas State Technology ology student association advisor of the year,

041advancing to the national level. At the national competition, she was selected as the National Technology Student Association Advisor of the Year. This honor reflects her her exceptional dedication to student success, outstanding leadership, and unwavering commitment to advancing career and technical education. Miss James' mentorship and guidance have been instrumental in preparing our students for success at both state and national levels. Congratulations [Applause] All right, our third recognition, we have Miss Brooke Bingham, our HR coordinator, and myself uh to recognize our grow your own clinical intern teacher giants. And so, the human resources department would like to recognize the following clinical student teachers for successful completion of their internship and employment as full-time teachers in Goose Creek CISD. We are proud of their success and the fact that we are able to grow our own clinical teacher

042giants. We would like to thank our board of trustees, our superintendent, university partners, campus principles, and administrators throughout the district for supporting this initiative. These teachers completed the grow your own clinical teacher program in spring of 2025 and are now teaching across our district for the 2526 school year. In attendance this evening are the following teachers. So, please join me in congratulating them as they come forward. And we'll have a certificate and a picture for each one of them. Starting off with uh Petra Valencia Aon, fourth grade teacher at Clark Elementary. We have Adelaide Martinez, fifth grade dual language teacher at Carver Elementary. Next we have Kristen Umeza Kelly, our fourth grade teacher at Clark Elementary. Amber Kelly, math teacher at Sterling High School. Bethany Hinnett, floral design teacher at Highlands Junior School. and Julie

043Alvarez, second grade teacher at Asheville Smith Elementary. All right, let's give them all a hand one more time. We also want to recognize the following teachers who could not be with us tonight. Emily Mc uh McFall is a an ELA teacher at Sterling. Annabelle Nash is a second grade teacher at Sano Elementary. Joanna Singh is a kindergarten teacher at Carver Elementary. Haley Morse, math teacher at Sterling High School. And Abigail Baka, third grade teacher at Victoria Walker Elementary. Once again, we're incredibly pr proud of each of these teachers and grateful to have them serving our students here in Goose Creek CISD. [Applause] Okay, we have one more recognition tonight. It'll be presented by Miss Amanda Kennington, our coordinator of Healthy Community Schools. >> Good evening, Dr. O'Brien, President Campesium, members of the board. It is

044with great pride and excitement that we gather here today to celebrate a tremendous honor as the healthier generation has named 13 of our campuses as one of America's healthiest schools for 2025. The annual recognition program honors schools for their key role that they play in advancing the health and well-being of students, staff, and families. Schools submit proof of implementation of be best practices in up to nine topic categories including strengthening social emotional health and learning, cultivating staff well-being, increased family and community engagement, improving nutrition and food access, implementing local school wellness policies, bolstering physical education and activity, enriching health education, promoting tobaccof free schools, and supporting school health services. A school that meets the application criteria for all nine areas receives an all-star awardee distinction. Let's take a moment to recognize each of the 13

045campuses uh their school health committees that have each implemented best practices policies and to the overall well-being of our school communities in one or more of these areas. Miss >> Thank you, Miss Kennington. As your campus is called upon, please come forward to receive your award banner and photograph. U George W. Carver awarded in one category led by champion Michelle Hayes, principal Erica Smith. Congratulations [Applause] Stephen F. Austin Elementary awarded in one category led by champion Dala Caro and principal Heather Alaron. [Applause] San Jesus Elementary awarded in two categories led by champion Kristen Reyes and Sarah Sarrano principal Mark Gora. Congratulations [Applause] Dr. Johnny T. Clark Elementary awarded in three categories. Led by champion Joe Mcgru, principal Kimberly Shite [Applause] Alamo Elementary awarded in four categories led by champion Amanda Lucas, principal Selenus Rivera. Congratulations

046[Applause] Ashbell Smith Elementary awarded in four categories led by champion Cynthia Martinez and principal Lacy Gordon. Congratulations [Applause] Highlands Elementary awarded in four categories led by champion Joel Coon's principal Blanca Capet. Congratulations Lorenza Desavala awarded in four categories led by champion Angela Roland, principal Miss Abbott. [Applause] Dr. Antonio Manuel's Elementary awarded in six categories led by champions Justin Capeto and principal Erica Box. [Applause] Jesse Lee Pumprey Elementary awarded in six categories. Led by champion Jennifer Star, Principal Renee Meyer Where? Come here. Point Alternative School awarded in six categories led by champion Mandy Whitaker, Principal William Kimble. Congratulations [Applause] Impact Early to College High School awarded in eight categories led by champion Myra White and principal Laura Reyes. [Applause] Last, but certainly not least, we are proud to share that Harlem Elementary, led by champion Sher

047Young and principal Betty Baka, are awarded in all nine categories. Harlem Harlem is one of only 168 schools in the nation that has received Allstar awardee distinction. Amazing. Let's give a hand to all the award-winning campuses. Your hard work and commitment to creating healthier learning environments are truly inspiring. Thank you. And thank you, Amanda Kennington, for your leadership on this. >> Okay. And that does conclude our awards and recognitions. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Bolinger. We'll move on to approval of minutes. Find my spot. Item five on the agenda. >> I'll move to approve the minutes from the September 8th meeting. >> Let me back up and introduce it just a minute. Um it is the it is the minutes for the September 8th, 2025 regular board meeting. Now I'll entertain your motion. >>

048I'll move to approve. Second. >> I have a motion by Mrs. Guy and a second by Miss Barat Tims to approve the September 8th regular board meeting minutes. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor, please signify by a show of hands. It's unanimous. Motion passes. We'll move on to item six of the agenda, discussion items. We'll start with superintendent report. Dr. O'Brien, I'll turn the floor over to you. >> Yes, Mr. President. We'll first bring up our superintendent report for early childhood and library update. We'll have our presenters introduce themselves as they begin their presentation. If one of y'all would grab the microphone off of the podium on your right right there and bring it to the table with you. Thank you. Just be sure that your microphone is turned on. It has

049a green ring if it's on. It has a red ring if it's turned off. And uh be sure and hold it close enough to your mouth so that the audience can hear your comments in your presentation tonight. Thank you. >> Okay. Good evening, President Kimpzy, Dr. O'Brien, and board members. We are here to give you an early childhood update, and we have with us uh Miss Lackey, coordinator for early childhood, Miss Escobar, one of our brain coaches, and Miss Bacus, also a brain coach. So, thank you again for having us tonight. We want to talk about our model for our pro early childhood programs because we're developing the both the cognitive and social emotional skills through our balance program because we know that 90% of a child's brain is fully developed by before the age

050of five and the brain is the only organ that is not fully developed at birth. So it's really interesting. There's 2,000 days between birth and the day they start kindergarten. 170 of those are spent in prek. So during those 170 days with our 700 plus students, we're working on building executive functioning and mastering our early prek guidelines through left brain, right brain movement and family style dining. Good evening. In our early learningmies, our leftbrain classrooms are designed to help our youngest learners build the foundational skills they need for future academic success. In these classrooms, we focus on developing students executive function skills like planning, organizing, and self-regulation as well as their focus and concentration through structured teacher-guided activities and stations. Children practice early literacy, math, and problem solving skills while also l learning how to

051follow routines and work independently. This approach lays a strong foundation for learning by helping students strengthen their attention, persistence, and self-control, which are critical skills for life for long-term success in school and beyond. While our leftbrain classrooms build focus, executive function, and foundational academics, our right classrooms nurture the creative and emotional side of learning while building executive functioning skills. In these classrooms, students build skills in communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking through hands-on activities, guided play, and movement rich experiences. They explore art, music, storytelling, dramatic play, and sensory activities that encourage imagination and problem solving, such as conducting experiments to discover germs like these young scientists were doing in the marvelous me classroom. This approach supports stu children's social emotional development, helping them build confidence, empathy, and the the ability to work with others. These

052skills are essential for building well-rounded learners who are ready to thrive in all areas of school and life. In addition to our left and right brain classrooms, our movement classrooms play a vital role in our early learningmies. In movement, students work on developing their executive functioning skills like self-control, working memory, and flexible thinking through physical activity. We focus on helping children make their mind and body work together by practicing balance, coordination, and spatial awareness. Students also learn about healthy habits and the importance of staying active. Movement is much more than traditional PE. It's a carefully designed experience that strengthens the brain and body connection, setting children up for success in all areas of learning. We believe in fostering a nurturing environment that extends beyond academics to everyday life skills. One way we do this is

053through family style dining during every meal. This means our students actively participate by dining during every meal by setting the table, serving themselves after everyone is seated and waiting to eat until everyone has their food. They remain seated until everyone finishes. Just like at home, an adult an adult joins each table to stimulate to simulate home dining experiences. Family style dining not only reinforces classroom instruction and promotes healthy habits, but also builds executive functioning skills. Meals are served in bowls and trays with utensils that meet the nutrition guidelines of the national school lunch program for prek. We also emphasize directionality by passing food to the right, supporting early reading skills. These routines build independence, responsibility, and fine motor skills while also supporting social emotional growth as students practice polite conversation, turn taking, and relationship building.

054We're also very fortunate that we can bring the field trips to our students. So, we have community outreach that still comes every month to all four centers. Um, especially we appreciate people such as our Goose Creek alumni of the year, Dr. Wendy Krauss, the owner of Hill House Call Vet Home. I always say it backwards. I'm going to read my notes to make sure I say her name, her job right. Her Hill House Call veterinarian clinic. Um, Dr. Wendy Krauss, the Baytown Fire Department, the Baytown Parks and Wreck, Houston Zoo, and many more. They volunteer once a month to come to all four centers to bring our early learningmies to bring the experiences to our students so that they get to experience what's happening in the real life connections. We're doing all this to build

055that executive functioning. When we build executive functioning with students, we're building a cup for learning. So we're working from day one in all of our pieces, our left brain, right brain movement, family style dining, our arrival, our departure, our field visits that come in our real life experiences. We're building executive functioning because that helps us and our students to control our emotions, to remember instructions, to get things done. And so we're working on that cognitive flexibility. So that's our problem solving in the moment, our working memory, and our inhibitory control, which includes things such as self-help, emotional control, and more. And we're doing that so we can build that strong cup during this critical time of their learning. And we want to share some progress. So we have some things to celebrate. House Bill 2

056requires that we collect student progress monitoring on an instrument that's off the commissioner's list of approved progress monitoring. We use the Children's Learning Institute Circle, which is the CLI circle, three times a year. That's at no cost to the district. And this data is submitted to TEA every year. We're currently in our BOI assessment or beginning of the year assessment right now. But you can see over the last three years, our end of year. So where it says the percent on track, those are students that have mastered that skill and CLI through that progress monitoring feels that they're ready to attack those skills in kindergarten. So you can see for our rapid letter naming that's if they can name a letter within 3 seconds. So it is a rapid letter letter naming funological awareness consists

057of syllocation rhyming words alliteration and that's determining if words start the same and then onset and rhyme and that's p blending words such as cool app into the word clap. And so that's we can see those are all rising. Our early writing is measuring the ability to write letters, understanding that you write from left to right, which ties back to our family dining also and writing in response to literature. And then our mathematics area that covers rope counting, so how far they can count up from one to 30 or higher, shape discrimination, shape naming, number discrimination, number naming, counting sets, patterns, and operations with pictures. And you can see we've been trending upward every single year at our end of year scores with the exception of math for one year where we took a slight

058dip and picked back up the next year. We're also celebrating this this year we had five new teachers only five new teachers but two of those were returning to our program after having left the program. So we're excited about that. And of course our teachers are now receiving free prek due to a change in House Bill 2. So that's also a teacher retention piece. I also want to share that we continue to outscore in the beginning of the year for kindergarten. If they've attended preK, 53% of them are ready. If they did not attend preK, 30% of students are ready to attack the kindergarten teaks. But we do have areas for growth. When we look at that CLI and those areas of measurements, we look at funological awareness. We have two areas we really want

059to grow this year. Rhyming words, and that's identifying whether two words rhyme. cat, hat, or dog, pig, and then onset rhyme blending. So, we want to work on blending those words together where we're taking the onset, which is the consonants up to the first vowel and everything afterwards. So, for instance, in the word cat, C is the onset, at is the rhyme. We would put that together and blend it for cat. We want our students to be able to do that quickly and easily because that's a strong reading skill. We also have two areas of mathematics we want to continue to grow. counting groups and that's looking at a group of pictures and determining that there's five in that picture by counting them and saying that numerical or cardinal number and then we also want

060to work on operations and that's simple math and subtraction using pictures. So those are areas for growth. We also have this year um eight new administrative positions within the program. So we have always make sure I want to read it correctly. three new principles, two new academic deans, and then three new brain coaches or new to the campus brain coaches this year. So, we're also growing our understandings of the program. So, we're nurturing the whole child. We're building capacity and co cognitive development, social and emotional, and their physical foundation. And we appreciate your support. Do you have any questions for us? I wanted to say thank you for the longitudinal data that is helpful. Uh and I do understand we'll be having some research possibly on this topic um maybe by mid semester >> uh

061or mid >> would be October 23rd sir >> and so that research will come available but I wanted to ask the brain coaches thank y'all for being here tonight by the way is this working is this program being effective in growing students that start off behind other students? Um, what are your thoughts playing coaches? >> Um, I I I think so. And um, I guess I feel like I can speak on that because I've I'm a coach now in the program, but I've taught as well, but my son also went through the program and he went into kindergarten, kindergarten, prek, um, still not being able to speak sentences. and he he I I worried for him, but since leaving the program every year he has made A's in kinder, first, second, he's now in third.

062So, I'm excited to see how he does on the STAR test. But he has been so successful. He is very independent. He uh cooks me breakfast at, you know, at six, seven years old, he was cooking and all those skills he learned in prek. So I I I've seen it in my classroom and I've seen it at home with my >> Well, that's a true testimony >> for your own child. >> Yes. >> Anything to add? >> Um well, this is my first experience with prek. Um I've so for me have being in kindergarten and seeing where my students would come into kindergarten, I'm amazed at the progress of the students like from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. just the amount of growth, it's amazing. So, I am really

063excited to be a part of the program and and see the success of the students. >> Thank you. Any other questions from the board? I'm sorry to jump right in there, but I'm happy to open up for questions. >> I'd like to make a comment. I'd like to commend you on this PowerPoint presentation. It was visually appealing. It wasn't loaded with data. You presented the data to us. You gave talking points, but most of all, it wasn't loaded with acronyms. and where there was one page with acronyms, it was out there. But I want to I want to make a point to that. Everyone on this dis now is a seasoned uh trustee and we know most of these acronyms, but our public does not. And they come and they look at these presentations and

064it's important that our our public and our community get to see this and understand what it's all about. Very well done on the presentation, very well done on the PowerPoint and I appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you. I believe Miss Jackson will remain and bring a new team up to complete that. Is that correct? Unless y'all are going to present on certified values and proposed tax Great. you know, on my first time in front of you all, I'd rather not wing it tonight if that's all right with the board. We were we were referees for the college. >> Who's already? I wanted to know if that was Texas. Southwest Texas. [Music] >> Okay, so we are loaded and back up. I'm going to turn it over to Dr. Lawrence and we're going to give you

065the library services board presentation update. >> Good evening. I'm excited to be here with you this evening. Um, we are going to talk a bit about library services. I hope to have the opportunity to speak to you about language arts as well coming up soon. But for right now, it's library services. This evening, we are going to >> There we go. >> We are going to start with a short legislative update. There are three points we have to discuss this evening in relation to Senate Bill 13. The first is that we must ensure parent access and control of our library catalog for their students. We must also have an effective library materials challenge process and we have to update our library materials acquisition policy. You will notice EFB local instructional materials library resources later in

066your agenda. All right. We are able to be in compliance with SB13 because of insignia, our library management system. And I want to talk to you about a few ways that supports us in being in compliance here. First, through Insignia, our parents have full online access to our entire district library catalog. So, by logging into Insignia, they can see all of the materials that are available to their children. The second point is that with SB13, our parents have the right to restrict titles for their students. I'm going to spend a few moments talking about this one. Um, when a parent logs into Insignia, they log in with the email address that they used when they registered their student. It sends them a token. Um, it's a code that they can input as a layer of

067security. So, we know it is the parent making these decisions for the student. If they were to determine that maybe Harry Potter wasn't a good fit for their child, they would be able to search for that title and with a few simple clicks, restrict access to that book for their child. If the child were to come up to the circulation desk to check that title out, um the system would not allow that title to be checked out to the student. Parents also have the ability to view their students um activity in the library in real time, their checkout history so that they can see what their children have been checking out. And in a future phase, teachers will be able to add their classroom libraries into this system as well. Right? So let's talk a

068little bit about a materials acquisition policy. The first step of any policy with materials is we need to curate what materials we would like to purchase. So, our librarians are working on these lists of both new and any donated library materials. Any materials on this list must align with our district policy and Texas State Library and Archives Commission or Tesla standards. This proposed list is then posted for 30 days for feedback from our community. Our community can view the list and there is a feedback form provided for their input. That form has been provided to us by tea. It is a fillable PDF and we are also making it available as a jot form so that parents can provide their input. We will communicate that this list is available um through the giant news on

069parent square and also through our library services web page because we think it's important that all of our parents know that this is out there and that they have the right to make comments and provide feedback. Any challenged materials will be sent for further review by our librarians. a determination on whether to reinstate that material to the list or to permanently exclude it will be made. These decisions will be made based on our board policy and those T- slack standards that I mentioned earlier. It's important to note here that should we reinstate a material that has been challenged, the parent still has the right to go into insignia and click to restrict access to that item along the way. A final list of materials once it has gone through that 30-day um process will be

070presented to this board um for your approval as an action item. And we will continue this process quarterly as budget allows um to bring these materials up for review by our community and for your approval as a board. Right. So that's it in a nutshell, but if you have any questions, I am certainly here to answer them. >> Sorry. When you say that teachers in the future will put their classroom libraries in is that elaborate on that just a little bit. >> Okay. So that is a functionality of the program where we can add additional titles and that is something that will be in a future phase that we're going to need to develop processes for. >> What is that going to be books they brought in personally or any book in the classroom? I

071what what are we going to put in that? >> So because our under SB13 parents would have the right to restrict titles and access to their students. So, we are going to need to come up with a process um for our teachers to have a way to do the same. >> So, for the 30-year teacher with 2,000 books in her room, who's going to help her do that? >> We've been discussing that. M >> just supposed to not buy books anymore? >> They um I think they've given us another year to to get through this phase, but then we will have to figure that part out. I think it's a very valid point because that's a that's a burden for some of our teachers that, you know, >> it's just another way to ban books.

072>> It's we've got English teachers that have, you know, hundreds of books in their classrooms and so it is going to be very difficult. Absolutely. >> Well, just for the record, we're just banning bad books, not books in general, the way it was just spoken. >> Right. The the the issue is catalog cat cataloging all books. For example, a teacher who teaches teen leadership may have a whole lot of books on leadership, you know, and how how leadership can improve your future. Um, some books some parents may have issue with on just leadership alone. Uh, they may not agree with a certain leader um style or something like that. So, they'll have the option to go in and click that book as a restricted item for their child. >> Well, my question is this. Uh,

073I didn't know how to do something on on my phone today. My niece, who was 16, did it for me. So, what stops them from going, "Oh, I want to see Harry P Harry Potter and read it." >> You know, so, >> well, if they get it in a library, if a parent has restricted access, it won't allow them to check it out. So, that'll be the next phase. It actually prohibits them from leaving with that book. Well, I'm not talking about a book. I'm just talking about >> Oh, >> this device. >> You are correct, Mr. >> You know, I'm saying I mean, if I want to uh see Jack in the Beat, I mean, you and my parent don't want me to look at it, so I just go, "Oh, okay. That's no

074problem. I just pull it up on the air." >> So, luckily, there is the code as a layer of security. >> Our code of conduct covers that. But what I'm seeing and hearing is this is actually putting the power in the parents hands versus us. >> So I'm understanding that correctly. >> Yes. >> I do I do agree with Mr. Clem that asking a um senior teacher that's been in the classroom for so long that spent their money, their time, organized their books, for them to be required to put every one of those books in is a burden that we need to look at providing support if that's going to be required. >> Thank you. Any further questions or comments? >> I just I just think it's a good thing that the parents have access

075and they can do what they want to do with their children. >> Thank you. >> Now, unless some of you want to stay, our next presenter will be certified values and proposed tax rates report from Miss Bridget Clark, our CFO. I noticed you're all alone. >> Good evening, Miss Buck. >> Good evening. >> All right. So, this evening's report is going to serve as a prelude to adopting the tax rate, which we will actually do as an action item for consideration next board meeting, which is October the 6th. And you start off with a good picture there with a team on a three and 0 winning streak, right? >> Yeah. >> Here we go. >> They're celebrating there. Okay. So, tonight um and not to leave Lee out, we got to have Lee up here,

076too. Um we're going to talk about certified values. We'll talk about a bond defeasance that is um being proposed as well as the tax rates and what the next steps might be. And then we also have um Sterling here as well. So had to had had to have all all three. Um uh so first of all we'll start talk start off talking about the certified values. Um we are continuing to see certified values increase. Um what's driving it uh primarily is the strong Texas economy. Um we continue to expand in this state. um GDP growth, job creation, uh business formation, businesses are moving to Texas. We have a lot of folks in other states that want to be Texans as well, so they're moving here and our our values continue to appreciate. So, um we

077know what you know that that means uh improvements to your net worth as well as um you know sometimes property uh bill increases but nonetheless Texas economy is strong and we still continue to see these values increase. We've increased on maintenance and operations side uh uh $336 million and then on the interest in syncing side 200 almost $227 billion I'm sorry $227 million we wish. All right. So we're also up for consideration tonight presenting a bond defeasence. Uh we're retiring 15.525 million of outstanding series 27 and 2019 A bonds. This transaction will reduce future in interest costs uh by $7.4 million. Um that will be presented as an action item later in the meeting. And then also on the 6th of October, we're also going to present a bond refunding and that's uh going to

078be a refunding of approximately almost $26 million. and we're working on those numbers presently. >> Miss Clark, if you would back up and explain really what a bond defeasance is. >> Yes. That is just basically paying off debt. Yes. Some of our higher interest debt we're paying off and it's going to save us $7.4 million um over the term of those bonds and interest costs. And a refunding is just like a refinancing. So, >> thank you. >> All right. and some definitions here for some of the technical jargon that we have to get into when we talk about tax rates. So firstly is the maintenance and operation uh total voter approved tax rate or the vader which you probably have heard before uh and that's compro uh comprised of um the maximum compress rate which

079is set by tea in August um and it's for maintenance and operations obviously our uh most recently uh stated MCR is 6167 for 2025 also um the enrichment pennies sit On top of the maximum compressed rate, there's a maximum of 17. We currently um have uh 12.83 cents of enrichment pennies, which is eight golden and the remainder copper. Also, the M no new revenue tax rate, which is NNR uh acronym. Uh that is just a a calculation uh you know, just a rudime rudimentary calculation of a tax rate that would produce the same levy in the coming year as it did for the previous year. It doesn't take into account um items such as change in special populations. So, if we have an explosion in special ed uh populations, it doesn't take those types of

080things into account. It just says, "Okay, this amount would produce the same amount as as what uh the tax rate that would levy the same amount um based on last year's rates." So, um it also adjusts for prior year exemptions, appeals, sort of thing. uh and then removes items not on the appraisal year in the prior year. So what does our calculation look like this year for the no new revenue rate and the Vader or the voter approved tax rate? So um this year the no new revenue tax rate is for M is 7229 and the INS 3169 for a total of 1.0398. The proposed Vader which is the proposed voter approved tax rate is a total of 1.07 which is um M tax rate of.7450 and INS tax rate of 3250. Um you see

081the difference there of u about just over 3 cents for the total tax rate but most importantly the M tax rate which is the 0221 change or difference in no new revenue tax rate in the Vader. All right. So um the proposed M tax rate is slightly lower than last year's tax rate of 7475. We're proposing a Vader of 7450 which is 00025 different. And then again uh the no new revenue M tax rate is 7229. So you see here the voter approved tax rate of 7450 is greater than the no new revenue tax rate of 7229 and that's a difference of 0221. Now if you recall last year um we or the board opted to adopt a rate that was less than the voter approved tax rate by one penny. Um, and any approval

082of a voter approved tax rate that exceeds the no new revenue tax rate requires a supermajority vote by the board, which in our case is five out of seven. So, when we present um the tax rate for consideration next time on October 6, it's a really important meeting. So, please make sure you make every effort to attend to make sure your vote is counted because we do need five out of seven for a supermajority to pass a rate that is larger than the no new revenue tax rate. >> Before we leave that slide. >> Yes, sir. >> Back in June, we adopted a budget based on the extra 0.0025 025. >> Uh we we actually adopted it based on which is excuse me 7475. Yeah. >> Which is last year's rate because we don't have

083certified values because you can't adopt your tax rate until you have certified values. So you >> but we had discussion that we were looking in our crystal ball and adopting the budget based on the 10725 and now the 25 has gone away. What's that going to do to our budget? uh that is not going to change it uh because we're getting our unless we adopt a rate that's lower than the Vader, it won't change our budget uh because we're our budget is based on entitlement. Now, if we if we were to adopt a rate that's lower, we're going to lose our enrichment pennies and that would affect our budget. >> Got it. Thank you. >> Yes, sir. Good question. This is technical stuff. And so just to get into a little explanation here uh so

084you can understand um there is a tax rate order of operations. This was presented to us by CASBO in the summer by one of their trainings that they had and because I think some some districts um went that direction and and they um you know may not have understood exactly what it was that that they were um approving at the time. Um, but the very first thing to go when you red when you adopt a rate that is lower than your Vader is your enrichment pennies, right? So those are those sit on top of your maximum compressed rate and there's 17 maximum and we have.1283 which is 12.83 cents out of the 17 that we um currently have as enrichment pennies. Um so on this next slide here you can see this example. This is

085just a general example of hometown ISD. Um they if they opt they have a a Vader of 6969, but if they opted to adopt an M rate of 6769, um they're going to lose two enrichment pennies. And you see here down here at the in the consequences section, reduced revenue. When a district does not levy all previously accessed tier 2 pennies, the total guarantee is lost for each penny or partial penny. the district does not continue to levy and then even more importantly subsequent subsequent year Vader is reduced voter approval would be required to reaccess those pennies later. So we would have to have an election to uh get those pennies restored. So it's it's like they're gone forever once you reduce that without having an election. Okay. So how does it look in our

086specific example? So in order to maximize state funding adopting the Vader is recommended. Um the Vader as to restate is 7450 which is um larger than the no new revenue tax rate of 7229 a difference of 0221. The district currently has 0483 in copper pennies. The other eight are the golden pennies. Um, and adopting the no- new revenue tax rate rate would result in a loss of funding of over $3.5 million every year. It's recurrent. So, we would lose 3.5 this year, next year, the year after that. Um, because the 0221 would be a loss of those copper pennies. Um, it's about $1.6 million per copper penny. And then um alternatively to look at taxpayer impact, adopting the no new revenue tax rate would save the act the average taxpayer less than $3 per month,

087like $2.95 based on a $300,000 appraised home. Here we're going to look at impact to average taxpayer as it um appears on their bill with the changing homestead exemption. We have a $140,000 homestead exemption that's going to be a constitutional amendment in November. And all these numbers are are created or are calculated based on the assumption that that will pass. And that's what we've been directed to do by the agency. So, um you can see in 2024 we still had the $100,000 homestead exemption. So, I put uh an appraised value of 300,000 um and then minus the homestead exemption of 100,000 gave a taxable value of 200,000 with a tax rate from last year of point 1.0725 that would have had a tax bill tax due to the district of 2145 in 2025 with the

088$140,000 um homestead exemption. All things being held equal, meaning uh beyond our control, which are increases in appraised value, that those are not set by us or set by the market. Um it would give a taxable value of 160,000 with a total tax rate of 1.07, which is the reduced tax rate that's being proposed, and it would be taxes due to the district of $1,712. Now, in reality, we know that the CAD and and appraisal district almost always, especially in Texas right now, is coming back with increases to our property value. So, um you can see here a 2025 um tax rate, excuse me, appraised rate plus 10% value increase would bring the appraised value to $333,000. And then if you subtract the homestead exemption of 140,000, it gives you a taxable value of 190

089and times 1.07, it's uh 233. But because we're funded based on entitlement, that just means the district um receives an extra $321 from local taxpayers, but the state pays $321 less. So it's based on entitlement. So, it's just it's just a a wash, you know, because when the when the local taxpayer pays less, the state pays more and vice versa. >> But a good point is the third column also is less than the 2024 column 2145. The new taxable value with the Vader is $2,33. >> Absolutely. You nailed that point. Yes, sir. That is an excellent point. Still less All right. So, what has our tax rate history been? So, since 2018, we have decreased our tax rate 27% uh over 36 cents. So, um more than a quarter of our tax rate has been

090reduced over the years. Where do we fall amongst our peers as far as tax rates are concerned? We're kind of in the middle of the pack. um with HISD, Houston ISD being the lowest um and then Sheldon ISD being the highest. We're at 1.07. These are the ones that have been um published thus far that that we were able to get. But um you see um you know a lot of them are at their maximum which is um 117. Uh some of them are above which means they have a debt rate uh that had to be uh higher because they had to service their debt. So they were actually act exceeding the the um 17 cents. So but we're right in the middle of the pack at 1.07 being proposed and um pretty much on

091par with our peers. All right. So tax rate change year-over-year. Um 2425 we had M tax rate of 7475. We're proposing 7450. And that's a a decrease of 025. And the total tax rate is uh being proposed at 1.07 which is a total decrease of 00025. And the next steps are u tonight we're going to uh have you all consider approval of the bond easements which saves $7.4 million in future interest costs. And then at the October 6th meeting uh you'll consider the approval of bond refunding and saving the district future interest costs as well. And then also consideration of approval of the proposed tax rate of 1.07 lowering the tax rate over 36 cents since 2018. And that concludes the report. Any further questions? >> Any questions from the board? Very concise. I appreciate

092that. >> Thank you. All right. We'll see you. >> Any questions, comments? >> Thank you, Miss Clark. >> Thank you. All right, with that we will move on to action items number seven on the agenda. Dr. O'Brien. >> Yes. Action item 7A is consideration approval of a resolution authorizing the redemption of bonds as just presented to you. Administration does recommend authorization of the board. >> What is the pleasure of the board? >> Move to approve. >> I'll second. >> I have a motion by Mr. Clement and a second by Mrs. Guy to approve the redemption of bonds as presented. Any discussion on this item? Hearing none. All in favor? Motion carries. Unanimous. >> Our next item is 7B, consideration of consent agenda. Number one, donation from Goose Creek CSD Education Foundation designated from the Exxon

093Mobile Foundation. Number two, donation from the Goose Creek CSD Education Foundation designated by Chevron Phillips. Number three, resolution adopting an order approving the Goose Creek Consolidative Independent School District property tax role for fiscal year 2526. Number four, board policy EFB local instructional materials library resources. Number five, board policy FD local admissions. Number six, board policy FM local student activities. Number seven, board policy FNCE local student conduct personal communication devices and electronic devices. Number eight, first extension of CSP for on-site clinical services and first amendment to the existing contract. Number nine, final extension for RFP disposal of surplus technology equipment. Number 10, renewal for RFP contracted services and related products. Number 11, amendment to superintendent contract agreement and related actions. Administration brings before the board the consent agenda items recommending approval for all. >> Thank you,

094Dr. O'Brien. Do any board members have any they want to pull for separate consideration? >> Yes, I would like to pull 7B10. >> 7B10 is pulled for separate consideration. >> Any others? Uh, I just got a question about >> If you have a question, we're going to entertain it after the motion's made individually. So, what item would that be on? >> Uh, 7B7. >> 7B7, which is FNC local >> student conduct personal communication device. >> Got it. We will pull that one separately. Any others? And I would like to um pull nine for separate consideration as well. So before us, are there any others? So before us, we have 1 through six, 8 and 11 up for consideration under consent agenda. >> I move what you said. >> And I second what you said, >>

095Miss Garcia, did you capture that? >> Okay. U we have a motion by Mr. Mr. Clem for what I said and a second by Miss Barat Tims for what Mr. Clem says I said. Uh and just to be clear, let me repeat those again. It's items 1 through six, >> number eight, and number 11. >> Yes. >> Are there any further discussion on this consent agenda? >> Hearing none. All in favor, please. >> Uh you're in time. Go ahead, Mrs. Guy. And you know, I'm sure everything's fine, but we did not get anything for um number 11. >> True. >> The TASBY updates. >> No, your uh amendment to your contract. >> It was a bump from December to January. >> Okay. Okay, that's fine. Should we should we consider that one separately and add

096discussion? >> We have to vote on the motion now. >> Yeah. >> We vote it down and redo it. Cannot amend. >> We need to do that. >> That's fine. I just don't love voting on something that I haven't seen. >> Then let's vote on the motion. >> All right. Are you >> Sorry, I didn't pull that earlier. >> All right. All in favor of those motions as presented, please signify by a show of hands. Any opposed? Any abstensions? >> Okay. >> Five against, one abstension. The motion motion fails. So with that, I'll take the liberty of pulling number 11 as well. And I will move what you didn't say to approve one through six and eight as presented. >> And I'll second. >> All right. I have a motion by Mr. Clem and a

097second by Mrs. Bars to approve consent. Consent agenda items 1 through six and number eight as presented. Any discussion now? All in favor? >> Voting already. >> I didn't hear. >> I thought I was voting already when you >> Oh, okay. Now we'll vote. All in favor? The motion is unanimous 1 through six and number eight passes. Mrs. Garcia, we'll move on to item number nine. >> Seven. Item number seven. Dr. O'Brien, would you present item number seven again, please, sir? >> My question is, >> well, let's read let's read it first and then we have to take a motion. Consideration Consideration of FNCE local student conduct personal communication device electronic services. Approve the revision to FNC local student co uh conduct personal communication device policy as recommended by TASBY policy service as presented. >>

098Do I have a motion and a second on this item? >> Move to approve. >> I have a motion by Mr. Glenn and a second by Mrs. Guy. U for item number seven. Now Mr. Samson will entertain discussion and questions. >> It was just a simple question. >> It all counts. I want to hear it and so does everybody else. >> Simple as it is, how have we done with this policy since we enacted it from the state and TEA? >> Miss Carrie Smith can probably report on that. I can tell you the first week was great and then it de declined the following week. But if you would like to give us um a general report, >> please come to the microphone real quick. I'm sorry. >> Our general public u makes comments all

099the time. If it's not on the microphone, they cannot hear it. >> This is Carrie Smith, our director of student services. So, I've been keeping track of the data since the second week of school. If you remember, um it was agreed upon that the first week of school we would do lots of reminders. And so, it actually went into full effect on August the 18th. >> Um that first week was high um and uh it was definitely getting used to, but each week um we're on week number six now. Um and it has definitely uh gone down. Some days are higher than others. Um I'm sure it just depends on what's going on or who decides to push the envelope for the day, but um it has. So I can be more specific. I have

100it down to campuses and um number of offenses, first offense, second offense, third offense, um fourth offense, by campus, and uh by day. >> Yeah. I I was just curious because I know I was riding by the athletic department uh last week and it was two girls out there. It was like they were sneaking candy and they didn't know my vehicle so they was like you know jumping up and down. So I didn't know how we were you know coming along with it for us. I can tell you that the campuses have adapted uh very well. I can say that from what I've been told, the teachers have loved it. Um they're more engaged in the classroom. Um they all talk about the communication that's going on between the students now. They're not buried in

101their phones when you know um they're actually we even had one campus when they and um that first week they brought out board games. So, they were playing Uno at lunch. Um, and the kids are actually talking and that's the biggest, >> um, I would say positive is that kids are actually talking to each other again um, instead of their faces being buried in their phones. >> Yeah, I was just curious about that because I know we hadn't said anything >> beyond, you know, everything was affected, but I was just curious on how it was going. I can certainly um at y'all's will I can show you the data. I have it uh done um at whatever you need >> if you on top of it. Hey, you know, I don't want to throw no

102mud under your feet and make you slip down, but hey, uh that's all I was asking. How is it going? >> It's It's going well. I feel like I think it's definitely made an impact in the classroom. And uh you're always going to have those students that push the envelope. Yeah. >> And they have. I I'm going to be honest. We've got kids sitting at point right now for their fourth offense. And so >> on that other thing what I brought up another previous board meeting, what happens and have we had where teachers have given kids their phone to use to call maybe home or some other? >> Not that I'm aware of. If the students need to use a phone, they'll go to the office, >> right? >> Um, obviously, if they're ill, they're

103they're in the nurse's office, they can call their parent there. >> I hate to interrupt good conversation, but we're veering away from the actual uh agenda item >> uh specifically. >> But, >> okay, that was part of that question, >> right? But >> great great question, Mr. Samson. I agree with you, Miss Smith. Thank you for coming up and sharing that with us. Um, Mr. Samson, your uh comment. I think we're going to add that to a future agenda because I'm interested in that as well. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, before us, we have a motion and a second to or I'm sorry, was there any further discussion or questions? Before us, we have a motion and a second to approve item number seven, which is FNC local. Uh, all in favor, please signify by

104show of hands. Motion carries unanimously. We will move on to item number nine. Dr. O'Brien. >> Yeah, I'd ask Matt Flood to come up. >> Uh, there's no questions. We just go ahead and vote on it. That's one I pulled. >> Okay. >> Just read it, please. Sir, >> approve the final extension of RFP22-01, disposal of surplus technology equipment to offer the district an approved list of vendors that can dispose of our surplus technology items. The final extension will be in effect from October 18th, 2025 through October 17, 2026. >> Thank you. Any questions or concerns, comments on this item? >> Move to approve. >> I have a motion by Mr. Clim and a second by Mrs. Gia. I got out of order, Mr. Clen. Thank you for keeping me in line. Now, is there

105any discussion? >> Hearing none, all in favor, please show hands. Any opposed? Any abstensions? Seeing 44 zero against two abstensions, the motion passes. >> The next item is number 10, renewal of RFP contracted services and related products. and that would be the renewal of RFP 24-10 contracted services and related products to provide the district a pre-approval pool of vendors capable of delivering a wide range of contracted services in a timely and cost-effective manner. The renewal term will be effective from October 1st, 2025 through September 30th, 2026. What is the pleasure of the board? >> Move. I move to approve. >> I'll second. >> I have a motion by Mr. Clim and a second by Mrs. Guy on item number 10. >> 10. Uh, now I'll open the floor for discussion. >> Okay. Thank you. I

106brought that up. And with doing the time change and and looking at the dates that you have on here, we approved it on um September 30th um 2024 and then it extended from October 1st, 2025 to 2026. My question is is that when we look at our vendors and when we have this is to ensure many of this is for like uh student outcomes and and services that will enhance like if we have a shortage right Dr. O'Brien. >> Yes ma'am. >> And and especially in specialized instructions and and also what I'm looking at is cost control costs and rise as our needs rise. So when we look at our vendors here and we look at what we have um and the main area that I'm I'm looking at is is where we do is

107student outcome and improving test scores on here. When I look at some of these educational consultants and tutors that we may have on this list, do we have any that change due to the fact of of our um improving our test scores or we adding any new ones and then on the financial basis of it um on our costs on this because I don't see that we have a shortage here of our of staffing, but we sure have a lot of a long list of those that we have included here and we've talked about this in last year, year before and have been trying to be more conservative on our contract basis. >> Yes, ma'am. I can let C and I speak to some of that to you, but the some of the U requirements

108have to do with certification. A vendor may have a certain certification that we do not employ that person. Okay? >> Whether it's behavior or something of that nature. And um that is one of the causes to have supplemental vendors to support our teachers in the classroom. But I'd invite C and I to come up and share uh any >> Could I interrupt? Yes. While she's coming up as a former band director, I can speak to all these fine arts ones. A lot of these names are people that come in one time for one activity. Okay. >> And we want to pay them a hundred bucks or 200 bucks. They have to be an approved vendor to get their check. Okay. >> So, there's a name on here I will not call out, but I know

109she was hired to judge trombones at a solo ensemble contest, >> and that's her only time to work for us last year. >> Oh. >> So, a lot of these single names, if it says fine arts, are exactly, you know, like the ones that say choreography. They hire somebody to come in and choreograph this contest routine, >> a six weeks routine, and then they're done. So, it actually saves money versus having an employee charged for the whole year, >> right? >> Have three band directors at one school. >> None of them can coordinate. >> Well, but >> flags. No. >> Well, that's that's not what >> I'm just I'm just asking. I >> You want You want to see me spin a flag? It would be >> I would like I would like to see

110that. I want to go on the recording exercises. >> We have three people that say we would like to see >> that. I'll do opening exercises next meeting. >> Taking a poll. The audience says yes. Mr. Clim, we'd like to see that. >> Mr. Samson, Mr. Campy, and Mr. O'Brien. So, Dr. >> And Mr. Campy is going to sing the music that I spin to. >> Hey, I'm not But I'm just asking a question. >> Very legit. I agree. Right. But we have, you know, you hire all these people then, but we have to also do all the contract services for something that that's more money. I'm just looking at our budget. That's it. >> I have questions about that, too. Yeah. >> So, I'm when I look on there, and I'm not looking at

111the individual names because I do recognize some of the individual names that are on there, and they're like mentor, supervisors, that type of thing. But when I look and we have like 32 companies as educational consultants and I know one conversation we have had for several years is cutting down on the number of companies we're bringing in for professional development. I know I've personally asked for um for numbers like how much are we spending on these professional developments company these companies that are providing professional development. I never receive that. Um, I would still like that. Um, for specifically for the companies that are on here that are providing professional development, I would like to know over the last five years, what have we spent on those specific companies? And I want it I would like

112it broken down by company. Okay? because I'm seeing companies on here that I know that that are not really the the leaders in the district, the principles in the district don't find that they're valuable. And I and it just I feel like it's um it does more harm than good to have them here in the district. And so and I I don't feel like they're making a difference as far as student outcomes. Um, and so because I haven't seen anything to show that they have. Um, and so I would I would like that information. Um, there was something else I was Oh, and then there there was one name on there that I know that has been she used to work in the district and she's been contracted, I think, by the district since she

113left. Um, I would imagine that we would surely we could somebody in the district could be trained to do whatever she's we're using her for at this point. So, >> and I don't want to throw names out like Mr. Clint said, but >> just hijack. That's what I thought. >> Okay. >> So, we're going to work on gathering that list together that you've requested. Um, and I I cannot speak to all of the past and all of the choices that were made, but I do know that looking forward, we've really tried to transition the district into using resources that are not things that impact our budget and yet build capacity in teachers. So, for example, in an upcoming board meeting, you're going to hear about our work with the grants, um, specifically around the Lasso

114grant, the accelerated success grant. And, um, part of our partnership with region 4 is making sure that they and their experts that are learning from TEA are coming in as part of that grant funding to build capacity and staff instead of us having to pay and fund through our local resources. Um, and so that's part of what we're doing. And I love what you said about making sure that we are choosing people that if they are going to consult that their work is driving student outcomes because that is a huge part of what we're talking about as well. In fact, at our AP PLC this Friday, we're talking about partnerships between assistant principles and other individuals such as consultants and making sure that that work is tied to student outcomes and to progress monitoring systems

115that ensure that when you are contracting with someone, it is yielding results that are directly contributing to student improvement. Um so what we can work on gathering that information that you asked from the past and then looking into the individual u that you mentioned or didn't mention specifically >> and rather than um having the I mean yes every vendor net listed name but work with Miss Cantto in um business department to find out uh instead of what might be paid what has been paid over the last five years to miss guy's longitudinal question. Um, and I would add that um, most of these contracts are coming in that are like mandated and we that's our next board update for y'all. So, you can see because we are not using um, hardly any consultants at all

116for our we do our own principal. Tomorrow is our principal PLC and it's all done in house. If we bring somebody in, it's usually a consultant that's required through our grants through tea. >> Okay. What about like for um like if you know with your numbers are rising for our students that are needing specialized services. Correct. So when we have that when you have their like I IEPs and those and and so when I'm looking at these for like um let's say I'm just throwing out I'm not saying I even know who this is like ACE therapy services for special education and those those are ones that are are for just for special education that are listed on here right that says special ed >> and even some of those are covered with grants. We

117received an autism grant that comes with some PD training there. And um we also have a shortage for evaluation staff. So we have to outsource evaluation especially for bilingual speech pathologists and things like that. >> Okay. Because I saw that on here a couple times too for the uh that would be when you say for bilingual that is the multi- >> multiingual lingual and migrant. Yes. That's so that was a grant that we had. We we have some grant funds for that as well, but yes, that that's a specialized program. So, we do reach out to some consultants that come in and do dual two-way and dual one-way training in that department and also some migrant training. >> I think the concern is that like Miss Guy said, uh there were concerns from the majority

118of this board that we were relying too much on money being spent on outside consultants versus what we have in house. Um, and there are a number of consultants on here and the information provided to us doesn't really uh say what they're for particularly and like Miss Guy said um there's no indication whether or not we're going in the right direction or we're adding to it. So with that Dr. O'Brien at this point I would ask if this was brought back for reconsideration where does that leave us in the purchasing department? Um, is this time sensitive or could we get the information that this board is looking for? Well, it's still part of the con the uh we do, but it's still part of the uh conversation. What what what are the ramifications if this

119is not voted for tonight? So, the ramifications would be that we couldn't issue any purchase orders to any of these vendors or pay any invoices that are pending if we don't approve it >> after September 30th or immediately. >> Not until the next board meeting. >> Yeah. >> October 10th. >> Yep. And I do want to add some of these vendors also, they go out there and they see that we have uh availability to join. So, they go in and fill out the paperwork, not necessarily because somebody's requested them, but because they're interested in doing business with us. And that'll be our, you know, we can't tell them no. You they fill out the paperwork, they complete their stuff. >> Correct. >> And that's fine. It's the ones that we're continuously paying that. >> Yes.

120Like I mean if the if like if you're having someone as a profess providing professional development to principles but the principles don't respect that person and there's no buy in it's not effective and so why are we having that person in this district any longer? So we have not had any person come in and do whole group PD last year or this year for uh principles. they may have asked somebody in specific to kind of their campus to help with writing scores or we also used uh region 4 to help us with crucial conversations but when you brought that forward before we stopped that practice last year >> so I heard that there's going to be somebody at this week's meeting though so at not at the principal's meeting do we have >> or maybe

121it was did you have a principal's meeting last week >> I didn't have anybody I think we had region four here. >> That's not who I heard, but >> yeah. >> So, the ramification is we couldn't pay anybody for three days >> until the next board meeting when it's approved. >> It's three days. >> Yes, sir. >> Three business days. >> What if What if it's already encumbered? Um, if it's already encumbered, you would just hold the invoices. >> So, >> you wouldn't pay it. >> Okay. >> Any further questions? >> All in favor, please signify by a show of hands. >> What are we voting on? Oh, I'm sorry. We're voting on item number 10, which is the renewal of RFP contracted services and related products as presented. All in favor? Show of hands.

122Any opposed? Show of hands. One, two, three, four, five. No abstensions. The motion fails >> unanimously. >> Dr. O'Brien, I would ask that this be brought back to us with the information that was requested by the board for uh further consideration. >> Agreed. >> All right. And thank you. Let's move on to the last item. Item number 11. >> We can do the same for number 11 as well. >> Yeah. Can I do you need a motion or just pull it? I'm hearing that it's Are you administratively pull? >> I can administratively app number 11. >> Okay, we we'll do that. All right, we'll move on to 7C. Future board agenda items, board training and board meetings. Um grant funding, grounds and custodial update, superintendent search update. I don't know about the first part. Grant

123funding, grounds and custodial update. Is that >> those are just things the administration has on the calendar for the board. Um, but we're happy to modify, adapt, and adjust as as you wish. >> All right. Thank you. Are there any other items for future board agendas? >> All right, Miss Garcia, I'm going to ask you to help me with the next one. Board training. We have scheduled the board operating procedures team of eight training coming up in October. What's that date? October 8th. That's a good date now. >> That is a good date. Everyone has confirmed uh that'll be the full team of eight training and I've called that meeting. It should be posted fairly soon. And then the next regularly scheduled meeting will be October 6, 2025. Is that correct? And then also, let

124me back up to September 30th is a called meeting for this board and that's where we will meet uh to discuss the focus group results. That meeting will be location Dr. O'Brien. That's going to be at the educational service center. >> Okay, that's correct. >> So, so note that's a special call meeting. It'll be at a different location. What What's the date again? September 30th. And I believe that's going >> 5:00 p.m. The search consultants will be meeting with various um constituents um throughout the day. I think they'll have three or four meetings prior to meeting with the board of trustees, including um community groups one, two, and three, meeting with the executive staff, u administrative staff, and then meeting with you as the board of trustees, the final meeting at 5:00 p.m. >> So,

125this is the same date and time that Thompson and Horton presented to us. Because we will have a quorum at that meeting, I had to call it as a uh called meeting for meeting. Team of A training will be at six o'clock on October 8th here in this boardroom, >> but the September 30th um search consultant feedback meeting is at 5:00 p.m. >> It's here. >> It is at the ESC. >> All right. Very good. >> Anyone have any questions on dates or times? Miss Garcia, will we be posting that in our board book here pretty soon? All those dates. Thank you. Um, all right. At this time, the board will now recess into close session pursuant to one or more of the following sections of the Texas Government Code. Sections 551.071.072, 073 074 075

126076 082 083 084 087 and 089. No action will be taken while the board is in close session. The time is now 8:14 p.m. The board will now reconvene into open session. The time is now 10:29 p.m. No action was taken while the board was in close session. Mr. President and board will in reconvening will bring item 7F consideration of personnel approve elections accept resignations and retirements as presented. >> I move to approve. >> A second. >> I have a motion by Mr. Clem and a second by Miss Bars to approve this item. Is there any discussion hearing? None. All in favor? The motion carries unanimously. >> Administration brings before the board this evening one administrative election. That's a literacy coach specialist. Bring before you Teresa Hall for this position. >> Miss Braims, would you

127turn your microphone on and reub? >> But I pushed it. Now I got to say that all over again. I move to approve the literacy coach specialist, Miss Hall. >> Second. I have a motion by Miss Barat Tins and a second by Mr. Clim to approve this item. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? By show of hands. The motion carries unanimously. >> Item 7G, consider and take possible action to propose midcontract termination of term contract of Lee High School teacher Jennifer Cordam. I move to propose the midc contract termination of the term contract of Lee High School teacher Jennifer Cordam Cortamanche for good cause and to direct the superintendent to notify the employee of this action. >> Second. Have a motion by Mr. Clim and a second by Mr. Ria. Is there

128any discussion on this item? Hearing none. All in favor by show of hands. Any opposed? Any abstensions? Seeing two four zero against and four abstensions, I believe the motion passes. Is that correct? >> No. >> The motion fails. >> Miss Beam, is that correct? The motion does fail. Okay. Next is the consider H. Consider approval of settlement in East Point Property Owners Association, Inc. versus Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District in the 295th Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas. >> A move to approve. >> I have a motion by Miss Bars. >> Second, >> and a second by Mr. Samson. Is there any discussion on this item? Hearing none. All in favor, please signify by a show of hands. >> I'm sorry. Do it one more time. Any opposed? >> Seeing 541 against the motion

129does pass. 7 I consideration of approval of amendment of the foreign trade zone tax equivalency and contribution agreement opposition between Goose Creek CSD the district and Exxon the operator and issued letter of nonoposition >> move to approve >> second have a motion by Miss Baratims and a second by Mr. Clam. Is there any discussion on this item? Hearing none. All in favor? By show of hands. The motion passes 6 unanimously. >> And item 7J, purchase of real estate. >> I move to approve. >> Second. >> I have a motion by Miss Bars and a second by Mr. Clem for this item. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor by show of hands. Any opposed? Seeing five, four, and one against, the motion passes. With no further business before this board, we are adjourned.

130The time is 10:33 p.m.