001Good evening. I call this meeting of the Northwest Independent School District to order at 5:00 PM. Let the record show that a quorum of board members is present, that this meeting has been duly called, and that notice of the meeting has been posted in [clears throat] accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code 551. At this time, we will move to close session. The board will convene in close session pursuant to Texas Government Code Chapter 551, including sections 551.071, 071 consultation with the board's attorney and 551.072 real estate matters and 551.074 personnel matters. Good evening everyone. We are reconvening our regular meeting. The next agenda item will be the open public hearing the Texas Academic Performance Report. Good evening. Um, I'm Melissa Desimony. It's my pleasure to um go over the Texas Academic
002Performance Report for 2425. What is the Tapper? I'm super glad you asked. Um, it's a it's a report that TEA puts together. It's based on our PES data, our student assessment data. Um, it is published in a PDF. We put all those PDFs on our um on our district web page that you have access to that and we will be sending out a letter to all parents that that is available along with a couple of other public reports that will also be available and that should come out in the next week or so. Um but it is published as a PDF. It includes comprehensive information on the performance of students. It shows our performance disagregated by student groups. And it provides extensive information on school and district staff, programs, and student demographics. On the cover
003page, you will note that we have an accountability rating, and this year it's a B. And then we also have a special education determination status, which means we met all the requirements um of our pro special education programs. Um the star performance is heavily featured in the tapper and that will be broken down into three performance levels. Um it's percentages of approaches at grade level or higher meets grade level or higher or master's grade level and that is reported for each assessment all grade levels all subjects all grades by subject. Additionally, there's a star academic growth component and that measures how our students performed from year to year. So the question that we ask is have looking at last year's star performance level for each student. Did they maintain or gain a performance level? And
004that is measured in reading and math for grades four through eight, English one, English two and algebra and that is reported in the report by grade level and subject as well as all grades. And there's one additional component in the academic growth section and that is accelerated learning and that looks at our percentage of students who did not meet last year and how many of them met this year. So we get to celebrate our students who passed this year. Additionally, you'll find bilingual education um components in there and that is disagregated by instructional models for our star performance and to pass. Um, and additionally, their star participation rates reported in 2024 and 2025, that participation rate was 99%. I'm going to go through these next three slides very quickly because they say a lot of
005the same thing, but just for different performance levels. So, Northwest ISD students consistently outperform the state and region 11 across all content areas at approaches level or higher, the meats level or higher and the mast's level. Additionally, at our when we look at our growth in 2025, NISD outperformed both state and region um overall and we were particularly strong in our English language arts and reading and we met or exceeded region and state levels on our math and that's our student growth. The tapper also highlights college, career and military readiness performance and that includes our CCMR graduates. Um it measures CCMR related indicators such as TSIA results, our API results, our CTE coherent sequence, SAT and ACT results and as well as other post-secary indicators such as advanced dual credit in industrybased certifications. One thing
006to note is it looks at the class of 2024 because it wants to look at our graduates and make sure that we have all of the data. It takes a little bit of time to make sure that those graduate data is is put together. Um we do get some additional industrybased certifications over the summer that count towards our um count towards our accountability. And so in this one, our in several CCMR indicators in 2024, AP success, industry based certification, and associate degree attainment. We saw growth in all of those areas year-over-year. We increased the percentage of students that were college and career or military ready in 2020 as graduates in 2024. And we had a very very slight decrease in our students, a percentage of students meeting the TSI standards in both subjects. So just
0070.5 of a percent. Our four-year graduation rate continues to rise. So that went to 96% in 2024, and that's well above the state average. And our dropout rates continue to decline um in 2024. And they're well below the state average, which that's a good thing to be below. Um, the taper is also a great in resource for last year's enrollment and staffing demographics. You're going to find student information in there like class size, retention rate, and different program information. Um, the number of students enrolled by program. You're also going to find some staff information, highest degree percent of stu teachers with a highest degree by highest degree attained. Um, our retention rate of teachers. Um, and then you can also see that it's it breaks it out by teachers, by program. Um, one fun piece
008of data here is our um, data by grade level. How many students were enrolled in 2025? And you can see our freshman class last year had the highest and seventh grade was right there, right behind them with just two students less. Another key piece in our programs is we saw notable enrollment growth in both bilingual ESL and special education programs and our um gifted and talented services. While they did not grow in percent, they did grow in count. That's what happens whenever you grow in students, you get to serve a lot more students in different programs. Another piece that we are required to um to highlight is our PI's financial standards report. And I'm pleased to report that our first rating, which is a financial integrity rating system of Texas, was an A or superior.
009And that most recent was 2425. Um 2324 actual financial data for district and campus is the most recent that they have. That is just a bunch of numbers which is a lot of fun to look at if you are a CFO um but maybe not so much for the average person but the um 2425 will be open in April. Our accreditation was our most recent one is 2324 and we got the highest rating which was accredited. TEA also requires us to publicly report the number of violent and criminal incidents. We had 14 across the district and I'm happy to report that the worst ones on that list were not in that 14. And finally, that brings us to um the final piece that we want to highlight, which is our most current um look at
010our how our students are doing in Texas colleges. The mo um they like to look at a full year's worth of data to come up with this. So, the class of 2023 is the most recent that the Texas Higher Education Board has open um for data. And we can see that 78% of our students are 2 uh 2.0 or higher, which would allow them to eventually gra metriculate and graduate from a two-year or four-year public university. Um we do have a count for class of 2024 graduates. We know that 784 of the 242 students went to Texas two and four-year colleges. But I do want to point out that that's only Texas schools. We do know that we have a a a significant group that go out of state to Arkansas, Oklahoma, and even some
011of our militarymies. If you really love data, like I love data, these are some great reports that you can go to. You can look at the tapper. There's a Tapper glossery which will unpack all that information. There's the financial standards report and then the Texas higher education data which has a whole bunch of of dashboards that you can look at and and see all that information. So, are there any questions? >> Ladies and gentlemen, this is a public hearing. So, if you saw something up there you'd like to ask a question about, please feel free. Even the kiddos in the audience can ask questions. Last call. Okay. Thank you very much, >> I appreciate you. >> Okay, we will move on to agenda item four, which is reconvene the regular meeting and we'll move to
012invocation and the pledge of allegiance. >> I'd ask you guys please rise. I'm going to open our meeting this evening in a word of prayer. I'll invite you to join me if if you'd like to uh please join me by bowing your head. Heavenly Father, we come to you humbly, Lord, just thankful, thankful for so many blessings that you showered upon us. Lord, we pray this evening that you give godly wisdom to the board of trustees as they conduct their business uh in our in public. Lord, we thank you so much for the service of these board members who give of themselves, their talents, their time, their wisdom uh to serve the students in this community. And we're just grateful in this month of appreciation for our board of trustees. Thank you for blessing us
013with their presence. And Lord, we ask again that you protect us. Give that hedge of protection to our students, to our staff, to our community members as we go about this spring semester in a public school system. All these things we pray with great thanksgiving. Amen. I'll ask you guys to remain standing. I'm going to invite a couple of kiddos uh from Birkshshire Elementary to come do the pledge with us. Uh we've got two fifth grade students with us. Nia Pandandy is a fifth grade student and thank you to her parents Chauva and Nuron for being here. Um Nia's favorite subjects are math, science, and PE. She likes to play tennis and draw. And her uh proud principal Chanel Jones said that Nia is part of the inaugural Bear Corps, which is a student leadership
014group, and that she's known across the campus at Birkshshire for being exceptionally respectful and responsible, and she's a sweetheart. So that's awesome. Uh also, we have Brady Willis with us. Thank you, Tiffany and Jared Willis, for being here to support your kiddo. His favorite subjects, math, uh, math and reading. He likes to play soccer and draw. And his proud principal said that Brady's not only a leader on campus as part of the inaugural Bear Corps, but he's respected among his classmates, teachers, and principles as a kind and caring student to all, and he keeps everybody laughing. So, if you like the dad jokes, I can give you a couple to put in your portfolio. Uh, but guys, will you all lead us in the pledges? I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States
015of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas. One state under God, indivisible. >> Great job. Can we give them a round of applause? Thank you. And uh if you guys will hang right there, our board president's going to come down and give you a brief token of appreciation. Oh, Lord. Okay, I feel compelled to fill the space. So, Brady, I've got one for you. [laughter] Put this in your portfolio. I've got two if you want it, but I'll I'll start with one. What do you call a deer with no eyes? >> No idea. >> I'll stop there. [laughter] >> We appreciate you guys. Thank you. Okay, at this time we'll hand
016it over to Mr. Tossi for recognitions. Good evening, President Murphy, Dr. Fast, members of the board. Normally, I'll ask some of you to come down here for recognitions, but tonight we're actually beginning with you because January is school board appreciation month. So, we would like to thank you for all that you do. And every year we rotate our feeder patterns of who is in charge of the schoolboard recognition because we like it to be studentled and teacher led. So this year uh at your places on the deis you'll see gift baskets from our eaten student eaten feeder pattern excuse me students and teachers and staff. So they really wanted to show their appreciation for you. Uh it it's funny sometimes I'll mention that uh you all know you're unpaid but some of our community doesn't
017know that. So whenever I'm talking to our community members sometimes that topic does go up. They're like, "Oh, how much did the school board get paid?" And I'll say, "They don't get paid anything." And they're like, "Why do they do that?" Uh, and and really it comes down to our first district uh goal. Kids come first. So, you all put kids in front of everything that you do. And normally I'll have a speech, but I think our Warthington Middle School staff actually did a better job this year. So, we'll play a video from our Warthington staff. And then after that, we'll hear from our Eaton Orchestra who will perform, I believe, a couple of songs for you. and they may be setting up as the video is playing, but I'll turn it over to the
018video. >> Hey guys, >> I appreciate about the school board that they always have the teachers interest [music] at heart and we feel very appreciated with their decisions. I appreciate that no matter what, they keep their eye on kids coming first [music] in difficult decisions and in difficult times and at times with difficult finances. They make sure our kids of our district are taken care of. I appreciate the fact that the school board makes choices that put kids first. They're very practical. Um they're wise. They put in a lot of work to make sure that um kids get what they need and that teachers do as well. I really appreciate everything that the school board does for our schools and our programs. They are advocates for our students [music] and for the teachers and staff
019as well. I am a not only a teacher in the district but a mom of a student in the district of two students now and I would not have my kids [music] any place else besides here because of all the support that we are given. Truly appreciate it and um I couldn't be more grateful. One thing I really appreciate about the school board is their continued advocacy for us as a profession. Um, not everybody has somebody that's spending all their time like looking out for what's best for the teachers and in turn putting those kids first [music] and putting them in the right environment. So, I I think that's really awesome that, you know, they've got our back. >> Um, I'm thankful for the school board for giving their time and energy to make sure
020that decisions that are made for Northwest ISD benefit students. Thank you guys so much. I appreciate that the school board goes out of their way to make sure that teachers are financially compensated well and also setting nice strategic [music] goals to make sure that the whole district from elementary all the way up to people teaching seniors are all aligned and moving in the same direction trying to help make sure that kids are getting what they need. >> [music] [music] >> Hey, hey, hey. >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, [music] >> [music] [music] >> Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [music] >> [music] [music] >> We'll ask you to come down and take a photo in a minute, but I think Mr. Schlutoter would like to introduce the next part. Uh, first of all, I would like
021to say what an incredible orchestra. I mean, you guys should be on Broadway, uh, up in New York playing that. You guys are fantastic. But there's a special board member today that just happens to have her birthday tonight. This wonderful orchestra has agreed to play Happy Birthday as we sing to this lady, President Jennifer Murphy. >> So, everybody sing along. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear. Happy birthday to you. So, if our board members would like to come down for a group photo just to commemorate board appreciation month. Wherever you want to do it. And now I'll turn it over to Joel Johnson to talk about our Byron Nelson cross country state qualifiers. Good evening, Dr. FA, President Murphy, members of the board. Tough act to follow right there. Pretty
022good. Pretty talented group of kids right there. We're going to do our best. It's my pleasure to introduce the state qualifying uh Byron Nelson Bobcat cross country team. Um we're going to get them up here and I'm going to say a few words about them, but we'll get them up here first. On the girl side, we have Elena Sather, Talia Ramirez, Llaya Callaway, Madison Benton, Macy Peterman. Then on the boys, we have Liam Bankston. And we have our coaching staff here. Our head coach, Coach Gineier, assisted by Coach Benton, and assisted by Coach Copelan. So, girls, the girls, um, talking about the girls that are here, the team overall, um, were your district champions, um, in a very, very tough district. And then they were third at regionals and an even tougher regional meet and
023then they finished sixth at state. So, and this is three three years in a row, three years in a row that the girls team has advanced to the state cross country meet. So awesome job to the girls. Liam on the other side for the boys team um was fifth in individuals at district. He was 19th at regionals and then he finished 29th in the state as an individual. So um very proud of this group. you know, last year they were they were up here and uh I made a comment about commitment and how in cross country there is no offseason in cross country like there are in other sports. And um they work out every single day to run 18 minutes, 17 minutes, whatever, whatever long it takes to run 3.1 miles one time a
024week. So, um um so just proud of your commitment and your dedication to your sport. Um um they have these things called CDs and they're called consecutive days. I just found this out. So they're supposed to be able to answer you right away when you ask them about CDs. And CDs are consecutive days that they've ran or worked out without a day off. And Macy is a sen the only senior here. So we look forward to a really good year having all of those girls back. But Macy being a senior, I asked her how many consecutive days without a day off. And Macy, your answer was >> 185. >> 1,085 days without a day off. And Coach Gier, you can tell by looking at him, he's been doing this a long time. [laughter] Coach Gier
025told me that she will be the third girl that he's coached in his career that has not had one day off in since they entered high school. Um, so good job to all of you. I just thought that was an interesting story that that really shows the commitment and the dedication it takes to excel in your sport. So, congratulations on a great season. And, uh, Macy's going to go run in college. We're going to see Liam at the state track meet. He also runs the 800. So, we're going to see him again and we'll see all of you back up here next year if you go to state again. So, thank you to Bobcat Cross Country. >> Go. One, two, three. We are sticking with Byron Nelson for our next recognition. Uh if you have
026not heard, and hopefully you have, you should have, uh Caroli Deerdorf was not only the region 11 principal of the year from the Texas Association of Secondary School Principles. She is also the entire statewide winner. So I would like to turn it over to Dr. Billy Pringle from TA SSP to talk about Koli. You can probably tell I never ran cross country either. So, uh, members of the board, Dr. FA, it's truly an honor for me to be here this evening representing over 6,000 secondary school principles and assistant principles in Texas to recognize Caroli Deerdorf, principal at Byron Nelson High School. Last June, Miss Derdorf was selected by her peers as the TASSP region 11 high school principal of the year. And this past November, the TASSP principal image committee selected Miss Deerdorf as the
027TASSP state high school principal of the year for 2526. She's distinguished herself as a leader among secondary school administrators in Texas. And this award is indicative of her contributions to the success of Byron Nelson High School and Northwest ISD. Also, Miss Deardorf is a highly respected member of our association. As the executive director of T TASSP, I don't get to participate in the selection process for principal of the year, but I do take the liberty of reading the applications that have been submitted. And here are just a few of the outstanding comments from recommendations submitted on behalf of Miss Deerdorf. Executive Director for Secondary Education Chris Hill stated, "By her excellent campus results, what sets Miss Deerdorf apart is her unwavering pursuit in advocating for her teacher and student needs. She leads with a authenticity,
028listens intently, and empowers teachers and staff to innovate in their classroom. She's visible, approachable, and always focused on what's best for students. One of the teachers, Britney Harper, said, "Miss Dearorf is always heard telling others, "What can I do for you? How can I make this easier for you?" She understands the help and encouragement that teachers need in their jobs, and this is part of the formula she uses for a successful and happy staff at our campus. Last but not least, one of her former students said this. Miss Derdorf takes the time to build strong relationships with all students, fostering a sense of trust and collaboration, and she creates a culture of mutual respect between students and administration. So, Cara, for your care, compassion, and commitment for all students, please accept this plaque from TASSP,
029which reads, "Selected for her willingness to take risks to help students, her ability to anticipate and solve problems, and her success in improving the school's learning environment. Congratulations again for being selected as the TASSP High School Principal of the Year. Can somebody Yes. Happy birthday. Good evening, President Murphy, Dr. Fast, and members of the board. It's my honor to help recognize a few deserving individuals this evening. First, I would like to recognize our volunteer of the month for December. From Rowan Oak Elementary, Ashley Smurl. Rowanoke principal Aaron Appling said, "Ashley has a heart of gold and is always willing to help out. Her creativity and positive can do attitude are a winning combination. Thank you so much, Ashley, for all you do. I would also like to recognize the volunteer of the month for Nef,
030Christina Clauser. Although she couldn't be here, Christina is an amazing volunteer for Nef and the district. As a former educator, she understands the importance of volunteering and how impactful it can be. She also volunteered for Angel Tree and was so valuable. We're we're so grateful for her heart and dedication to Nef and Northwest ISD. And last but not least, our gym award winner for the fall semester is Kila Bach. Her supervisor Stephanie Espinosa said, "Kila has worked for NISD for a total of eight years as a teacher, an emergent bilingual specialist, instructional coach, and now a compliance specialist, helping to ensure our emergent bilingual students are receiving the best services possible to support their learning needs. On top of supporting students, Kila works hard to ensure teachers and specialists have necessary resources, and she does
031everything she can to remove obstacles that may get in the way of serving students. Kila has a true servant heart. Thank you so much. Thank you to all of our volunteers and hardworking staff. And that concludes recognitions for tonight. Okay. At this time, we'll move to agenda item number seven, which is public testimony, public comment on agenda and non-aggenda items. And there is none. So we will move to eight the consent agenda. >> Madam President, >> Mr. Schlutoter >> birthday girl, >> I will first ask the board if there's anyone willing to pull an agenda item off for discussion. Seeing none, I move to approve the consent agenda as submitted. >> Madame President, >> oh yeah, go ahead. Excuse me. Um, I'd like to second that uh motion, please. It's January. Apparently, we just need
032a little practice. It's okay. All right. Um, I have a motion by Mr. Schlutoter and a second by Dr. Rous to approve the consent agenda as submitted. All in favor? 70. Thank you, board. All right. So, item number nine is consider any item removed from the consent agenda, and there were none. So we will move to 10 which is our discussion action agenda. Item A is the facility naming of agricultural sciences center number two. Good evening again board. Uh we're here tonight to discuss the naming potential naming of our next a center. Obviously we have one over here the Kelly Box A Center. Uh agricultural science center is the formal name. And we are would like to propose this name coming up uh for our second facility that I'll talk a little bit about now.
033Can you click away please? Thank you. Uh so there's a policy that we have. It's a board policy. These are the four criteria or the four options that we have uh for any school name or facility name that serves students. Uh the first option is in memory of a person who has served the district or community especially in service to children. Uh the second option is someone whose name made a significant contribution to society or education. That one's a little bit more broad. Doesn't have to be Northwest ISD related. Could be a famous name that's national that's international. Uh we've typically steered away from that one. Uh another option that we've done a few times is a local residential or geographic area. We look at those especially in terms of historical areas or names of
034cities and towns. So that's something we do look at from time to time. And then the last option would be a property donor. If they submit a name to us uh that we all agree with, that we believe is a good fitting name for a school, we will name it after their recommendation. So here's what the committee preferences. We take submissions for a two-eek period. Uh I believe we took them in November, maybe October this year or October to November, excuse me, for a two-eek period. And we we look at all the nominations that come in and we give uh consideration to every nomination no matter which criteria it falls under, which category, but the one we keep coming back to is a person who has served the district or community. We like recognizing our
035long-term teachers, long-term staff members, board members who have made an impact on Northwest ISD. We have a binder that I'm not exaggerating. It is that thick with names of people who have impacted Northwest ISD, which is why we really focus on this option because we have so many people who have made a positive impact. Why would we not pass that legacy along to our students who are learning about the district and learning about what's come before them. So, this is a facility we're naming tonight, Agricultural Science Center number two. Here is one rendering of the building. And then here's two more. It is located next to high school number four. We did briefly look over by Worthington Middle School. When we did some cost analysis, we found out that it's actually much less expensive to
036build it over by high school 4. It also has the added benefit of we have a teachers over there. So, if they need to go help if if a cow gets loose or something like that, they can help the students get the cow back in. Uh it will open in August 2027 alongside high school 4 and it will serve Eaton High School and Davis High School. Here is the recommendation that we are making. EC Brock Agricultural Science Center. When we met as a committee, everyone loved this name. I I don't have the familiarity with every name that we come across, but everyone on the committee, and we have lots of people who currently work for Northwest ISTD, obviously they grew up in Northwest ISTD. They attend the schools here. Everyone on the committee said, "This
037is an upstanding individual who made a positive impact on kids in Northwest ISD." He was a 25-year teacher in Northwest ISD in the A science vocational training area, also special education. Uh in addition to that, he was a 40-year member slash leader of the North Texas Rodeo Association. His family is still involved in that. I believe his daughter is currently the president of that organization. So, he's someone who's made an impact on kids throughout all of Northwest ISD. And when this name came up, the committee just said, "That's a great person. That's a great individual. We we would recommend taking this name to the board. Here is one of the submissions. Uh EC taught students life lessons plus skills for work. He reached out to all kids looking for those who were struggling and needed
038a ch a chance to be acknowledged by an adult. I have worked with hundreds of teachers but never knew knew another like EC Brock. He truly connected and watched out for kids. So again, we have lots of submissions for this name. Both our committee and the people submitting said this individual made a great impact, Mr. Brock. And I'll take any questions you may have. >> Any questions, >> Mr. Slutter? >> I don't have a question, but I just wanted to add a comment. And I know Judy and Kyle has known Mr. Brock less, his son is here with us today. Uh, great person. person that when I was in school knew. So, we appreciate his service to the district and just a great honorable family. >> Madame President, Mrs. Cop, >> I'd like to make
039a motion to name the Agricultural Science Center number two EC Brock Agricultural Sciences Center as recommended by the administration. Second. >> I have a motion by Mrs. Cop and a second by Mrs. Hatfield to name Agricultural Sciences Center number two, EC Brock Agricultural Sciences Center as recommended by the administration. All in favor at 70. >> And if any member of the family would like to speak, you're more than welcome to, but you're not obligated to. Yeah. Come on up. For those of you that don't know me, I'm Les Brock, EC Brock's son. I don't know what to say. [clears throat] It's kind of kind of caught me off guard today. My mom called and said, "Uh, what are you doing tonight? You open the stairs?" I said, "No." and she said, "Why don't you go
040to the board meeting tonight and that to the school?" So, I think they're going to name a center after your dad. And I said, "Well, of course I'll go." You know, and and I know a few of the board members here, Mr. Slutter, and Miss Hatfield, Miss Cop, and uh went to school uh went to school at Northwest. Dad graduated Northwest. Uh me and all my children have. And one thing that he always said, if you had extra time, it was not wasted. If you spend it on a child and watching these children here tonight, they uh uh he'd be very proud and very honored. I mean, this is a great honor to our family. And my dad would be very very honored. Uh he would he would tell you he's not worthy. Uh that's
041just how the how he was. Uh he didn't he didn't work with kids to get a pat on the back or to draw a paycheck. He loved working with kids. He just uh he was a man that had a unlimited supply of love for children to. And anytime he could help a kid uh you know we all had to share our horses when we rodeoed with the other kids that were misfortunate that didn't have horses. When I went to college my dad made me enter the rodeos on on Thursday nights. He said now if you don't make the short round you be back on Friday night in Fort Worth so those kids in the high school can ride your college horse. You know, that's how dedicated he was to kids and not just his own.
042I mean, every every kid that came in his life was like his own. He treated them just like he did us. I mean, there was there was no difference. And one of the things I remember him was telling us a lot, he said, "If somebody else is riding your horse and they beat you, they deserve to win." You know, and that's that's just how he looked at things. But uh I uh I'm really very very honored and thank you so much for considering him and uh this is something that'll that'll impact my family a great deal and thank you. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you for taking the time to come tonight. We really appreciate you. Okay, we will move to um item B which is the annual comprehensive financial report for the
043fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. >> Good evening board. As you remember from last board meeting, we were able to present our financial audit. Um our audit firm was represented by Carl Deon and he gave all the information and and said that we had a clean audit for last year and with the year that we had last year, I was very pleased with the way it all worked out. Um definitely a really tough year financially and uh we worked hard and and came through it. So tonight is just for you to approve the audit. If you remember we were waiting on the federal government to allow us the final stipulations on compliance. We got that before the board meeting but we didn't get it before we had to submit for the meeting to be able
044to approve the the actual audit. We will be approving that um tonight if and as well as you will give a um I [snorts] always have to read this correctly. Approve the fund balance resolution which does allow the activity account to have the money from the previous year roll over. So um that is before you. Are there any questions? Madame President, Mrs. Hatfield, >> I make the motion to approve the annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30th, 2025 and approve the fund balance resolution as recommended by the administration. Second. Uh, I have a motion by Mrs. Hatfield and a second by Mr. Daring to approve the annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 and approve the fund balance resolution as recommended by the administration. All in
045favor? That's a 70. Thank you, board. We'll move to item C, which is the 2026, 2027, and the 2027, 2028 instructional calendars. Yes, ma'am. This is a second reading. U, we presented this to the board on December 8th, and really haven't gotten any substantial feedback or no feedback at all since then. So, um, this is here for the board's consideration. Madame President, Dr. Roush, I would like to motion to approve the 2026, 2027, and 2027, 2028 instructional calendars as recommended by the administration. >> Second. I have a motion by Dr. Roush and a second by Mr. Daring to approve the 2026, 2027, and 2027, 2028 instructional calendars as recommended by the administration. All in favor? 70. Thank you, board. Item D is attendance boundary recommendations. Good evening, Moore and Dr. Fast. Tonight we want to
046go over the uh recommendation that the committee has to present to you guys tonight. Um after reviewing that with the community, speaking with them, emails, all the things that we've done, um we come we are presenting the best possible um that we can do for our campuses to make sure that they're equal, they have the right amount of kids at the schools um for at all levels. So just to review, here's our boundary attendance boundary strategies. We want to make sure that our campuses are not overcrowded. We want to uh maintain our teacher ratio parent uh uh teacher student ratio, minimize future boundary changes because it impacts students. Um improve efficiency at our schools and then also con consider opening of new campuses. This is a list of all of our committee members that were
047involved in making the decision tonight. And here's our process. Um, as we all know, I met with our demographer and we went through, um, our demographer report. Um, we, um, boundary strategies. We went through multiple scenarios to see what best fits, um, all of our campuses with the campuses that are opening. Barksdale Middle School is one of them, as well as um, Dr. Ror Elementary School. And then um we had our district leadership which is our committee members review all the information and make a recommendation. Came to the board uh back in December with our recommendation. Immediately after the board uh I presented this to the board. We were we were receiving emails um social media um we went out to the community went and did our meet our meetings at three different campuses to
048discuss the boundaries and um tonight we are presenting um feedback and um the recommendation. Again, here's the timeline I just went over. Um we did have that second meeting after uh meeting the two the first two uh boundaries uh meetings at um Birkshshire and Carter. We did reconvene and discuss what was discussed at those meetings to confirm that everybody was on board with what was decided to do with those um those campuses. And so here's our boundary, our 234 square mile um school district. The first one I want to bring to you was the first meeting we had. Maybe there we go. Um on the left is showing you Birkshshire Elementary School's official boundary currently. Um on the left or on the right is the boundary for middle schools. So the purple is at a
049middle school and the green would be Worthington. The um which is the current boundary. So Birkshshire is split as when they go to middle schools. They split one half go to Adams, half go to Worthington. This is what we are recommending. Um where the black line is, that's the line of where the middle school boundary was at. And so we're recommending to go um everybody going to Adams. We are presenting this to be um the boundary for next year. It was a pretty I thought it was a I don't know if I'll ever say this again. I thought it was a pretty special meeting. We actually had a student um I spoke to them before the meeting um tell me his concerns about what what he felt and his belief of what we should do
050um when it came to the boundaries and um he even told us he wrote us because he felt strongly about it and I asked him what was his recommendation and he said if you had already attended Worthington to stay at Warthingington but fifth graders at um Birkshshire would go to Adams and so during this meeting I was able to show them what we were recommending and then asked him to sit stand up and give us his recommendation and what he wrote to us and um he told us that that he wanted you know if you'd gone to Warthingington stay at Warington but if you hadn't gone to Warthingington and you were a fifth grader at Birkshshire you go to Adams and so um we had already decided to do that as a committee because of
051the emails that we received from the community and so I was able to tell him while he stood up and told us what he was um wanting to happen I told him that that was what we were going to be doing. So if you were at Pike or at Worththington, you can stay at that campus and you don't have to move to either Adams or the new campus, Birkshshire. So I thought that was pretty special that that kid was able to speak his mind. He was proud enough that he was letting us know what he wanted to do and then we were able to let him know that we had already decided that um we were going to do that um to the to that campus. >> M Stewart, I was just going to say
052I think it was pretty special to him too. He thought it was I think so too. Yes. >> Very important at that point. >> And he had a twin brother that felt the same way. >> Um so the top um graph is the graphic is the current uh boundary and then the bottom one is our recommendation. I just highlighted the two campuses that we are just moving some kids um to Adams to help with alleviate Worthington's growth. Um I will say um there are 55 sixth graders currently at um Worthington that are in the Birkshshire um foundry. So we have 55 possible sixth graders that would stay at Warington and um 63 seventh graders. So it'll be our seventh and eighth grade next year. And so those are the possibilities. So it's a little over
053a hundred kids 110 um kids um that could possibly stay at Warington. It wasn't that big of a deal, a big of a number. Um, not everybody will stay, but we were able to give them that option. Opening up Bark Sale gave us that option to be able to do it around um, the district. Our second meeting was about >> Sarah President Murphy, is it okay if we ask questions before we jump like for each each boundary? >> Sure. >> Yeah, I think that that would be appropriate actually. >> That way, don't get don't get too. Can we go back to the maps for the middle schools >> because I'm trying to see what So, this is current. >> Yes, sir. And so what are what's the change you're proposing because with you using different
054colors that threw me off so I'm having a hard time I'll think of that next time. So the left is their current Birkshshire boundary. So all the kids in the pink go to Birkshshire. >> Okay. The ones on the right, if you look at the Birkshshire Elementary boundary on north of Bonds Ranch, purple goes to Adams and below uh Bonds Ranch and green go to Worthington. >> Right. >> So, the ones that go to Warthington in the green, we're moving to Adams. >> Yes. On the west side of 287. >> 287 is going to go to Adams. >> Adams. So can you show me the next slide? Okay. So different. >> So that line was showing you the difference between Adams and Warthingington current boundary and then the color is showing you what we are
055recommending. >> And those little orange dots there, those are students, right? Those are students. Yes, sir. Okay. >> Okay. Perfect. Thank you. >> Yes sir. I >> have one question. Even though that um you're allowing them to stay, they they will not have transportation. That is correct. Yes, ma'am. So that'll determine those that can or >> Yes, ma'am. >> Our second meeting was at Carter Elementary. Um it was um I think it went well as not as great as Worthington because we didn't have students um present to us. But um this is our our presented boundary is our little purple dinosaur. Um just a little closeup. I circled the areas of concern that we had from community listening to them from emails. The top left was Lexington Estates. Um they really love Prairie View. They
056said it's closer and easier to get to Prairie View than it is to ROR. Um looking at the numbers, it didn't seem um like a big ask. We it's doable. Um the second circle is just it's more of farm not um established areas but we wanted to move that um because in the current numbers that we presented on in back in December ROR was going to exceed their um capacity sooner than we really wanted. And so when we um made some adjustments in this area it helped alleviate the growth at ROR. And then the bottom south, it's just north northwest of uh Wilson. We were planning to have them go to ROR, but they decided that they kept stating that they would like to stay at um Cindera Ranch. And so our current, this is
057just showing you what I presented back in December just to show you the numbers that we were bringing to you guys um from this campus. But this boundary is what we are presenting to you guys to approve tonight where Lexington estate would stay at Prairie View and um Cindera Ranch just northwest of Wilshshire would stay at SNA Ranch and then we brought Carter up just all the way up to 114. Some of that was Prairie View, but I believe there are no students in that area that we know of. Um so we didn't think that that would be an issue or an impact on anybody um in the community. Here's uh our graph. I just wanted to show you. I'm a visual person. And so the top is what we recommended back in December. The
058second graph is showing you if we just kept Lexington Estates at Prairie View, which is 52 students. The third one is to show if we just kept Cindera Ranch at in Cinderea Ranch and that's 69 students. And then the bottom one is if we leave those two communities at their current school. It helps ROR. Um it ROR is low, but if you look at the the numbers prior or after it, um they're going to be growing quite a bit. And so it it does help their numbers um if you compare the top bracket top graphic to the bottom graphic. So it does even out um the growth when it comes to those campuses. Our last and fun one, >> Sarah, I have a question. I have a question going back. Um >> can you show
059the map? Uh yeah, that one. >> Yes. Um obviously fast growth area in there. What changes in the next couple years? Do you see any any coming any more >> um changes in campuses or boundary? >> Yes and yes. So new campuses boundary changes. What are you seeing there? >> Um I think we're okay when it comes to this specific boundary ROR. I'll be keeping a an eye on Prairie View with um Reunion and Blue Stream um out west. Um but I don't think we're gonna have anything sooner um soon in that in that specific area um where Carter and ROR are. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I just What was that a few years ago down there closer 287 and 35? There was a lot of >> it seemed like changes every year. So I
060was just making sure we're not >> that's why we brought the Carter up north more instead of giving it to Ror because Ror was going to hit capacity pretty quick. >> Okay. Um that's Alpha Ranch. Um where it says Carter Elementary School, it's not really next to Carter's location dot, but um it it's Alpha Ranch. And so we also have two elementary schools and a middle school in that area, but I don't see foresee um needing those anytime soon. >> Okay. We I guess we have the land, but that's not bond approved. That's not part of the 23 bond or >> We've already purchased it, but we don't have the buildings in the bond. >> Gotcha. Okay. Perfect. Thank you. our fun one, Barksdale boundary, middle a Barkstdale Middle School boundary. Um, so that would
061be in red up on this map. And I just came in closer so you guys can see some uh landmarks. Um when we met at Daniel Elementary School, we had a few groups that were concerned with not being moved, which I don't know of in the history of boundaries if we had um parents upset for not being moved into a new boundary. It's usually the opposite. They don't want to leave their campus. Um I've marked them in yellow up there on the on the U map. The one on the left is Polarmo Ranch. We had a lot of concerns in this community. They want to be at Pike. They even said Barksdale is the second best if Pike wasn't able. As you can see, they're in the they're in in Chisom Trail. They've always been
062in Chisom Trail with that community. Um no one's lived in that community and gone to a different um campus. And as if you know the district that's on South Carolina Road. If you go south, you'll hit Shell Creek, you'll hit Liberty Trails, and you'll hit Elizabeth Creek um before you hit um Pikees Boundary. Um, Elizabeth Trails of Elizabeth Creek will be going to Pike next year, which they are 1.6 miles from Pike. Um, which they have been going to Chisum. Shows you that we don't base it on where you're located. It's what's best for the community. Um, there are only 19 kids right currently in that um, community that go to middle school. Um, so um, but it will impact Chisum. If we allow Polarmo to go to Pike, we have to do something with
063the three communities. Um, Shell Creek, Liberty Trails. We don't want somebody to have to pass another district or another campus to get to another campus if we can um prevent it. So, um, we are just recommending we aren't recommending any change to this boundary. The second um, yellow square is uh, Legacy Ranch. It's just south of John Wy. If you know where the Alps is when you that's that's John Wy um Legacy Ranch our 1acre lots. Um and there was just one family concerned and it was more of a her daughter's friends were all moving to Barksdale and she was not. Um and unfortunately we can't make um changes to our recommendation based on um friends. Um and so that our recommendation would be leave the middle school boundary as is. And just to give
064you guys the view of of our capacity and our plan, Warthingington and Adams look pretty nice and um doesn't look like we'll be needing to move them um anytime soon. And then our other middle schools um they're a little low, but I think they all average out um and we won't need a middle school for quite some time. So, our recommendation and is sec um to those changes that I made when it came to the elementary changes. Um fifth grade students next year would be eligible to remain at their existing campus. Students starting seventh and eighth grade um next year would be eligible to remain at their existing middle school and then students choosing to remain would not receive bus services and younger siblings are not eligible as well. Any further questions? And Sarah, could
065you go back to the map for the middle schools? >> For the middle school. Yes, sir. >> This one? >> Yes. I I just need to look at it first. Okay. >> Because I'm also looking at the petition from the Paloma. >> Yes, sir. >> How do you say that? >> Paloma. >> Okay. So, when it comes to Paloma, how many houses are currently built in that subdivision? >> I don't know the answer to that. I just knew that there was 18 19 kids in that community that are at middle school. >> Middle school. Yes, sir. Yeah. cuz I was even looking at the your your yellow box there is bigger than the box that they put. So, I'm just trying to figure out cuz because they mentioned that there's more houses coming. >> There
066are more houses coming. Yes. >> Do you know how many that to expect? >> No, but I can get that answer for you. >> Okay. Um because one one of the uh here too they they talk about this Falcon Ridge, but these they're showing current boundaries. So, >> I I can explain the Falcon Ridge. We were going to Falcon Ridge right now currently is um going to Pike and we moved um Constellation which is just south of them and 407 to Chisum because there's nobody living there. Falcon Ridge um we did not want to move them again. We knew this middle school was coming in the works and they could possibly move to Barksdale. So we didn't want to have to move we didn't want to move them to Chisum and then again have to
067move them again to Barksdale. Okay. And just and and President Murphy, I'm sorry. I just need I'm just looking at comparing the two maps. So, just to see if any other questions pop out. >> While you're doing that, I notice um Elizabeth Creek in this on this map is green, which means >> so there's an Elizabeth Creek and Trails of Elizabeth Creek. Okay. Trails of Elizabeth Creek has Hatfield in it. Elizabeth Creek is further west. >> Got it. So, Trails of Elizabeth Creek is at Pike. >> That is will be going to Pike next year. >> Elizabeth Creek is >> Chisum. >> Got it. >> Yes, sir. >> Emma Stewart, I just wanted to thank you. Uh this is one of the uh most seamless boundary changes that we've made. I know you guys had
068a lot of input and I appreciate you and the committee uh for your work because I've seen the boardroom full of people that were not happy and I know there's always a few that are not happy but the more we grow the more these are going to change over time. So thank you for your effort. >> Thank you. >> President Murphy I don't have any more questions. Thank you. Okay. >> Does anyone else have any other questions for Miss Stewart? Yes. I'm sorry. One one did come up and I was looking at their exhibits again. I guess the uh Paloma they they go to Parin Elementary. >> They do go to Parin. >> Okay. So, I guess that that is a legitimate concern going from >> so another um petition is not actually accurate. Um,
069we have in their entire entire boundary currently there are 30 377 students that are zoned for Pike and 254 zoned for Chisum. >> Say that again. >> 377 students zoned to Pike. >> Okay. >> And 254 zoned to Chisum. >> Okay. But I just I want to clarify the point that you said that in Paloma they would be driving by two fairly large subdivisions that go to Pike. >> They go to Chisum >> or that go to Chisum, I'm sorry, to for them to go to Pike. >> And so it's not just readjusting them. It's it would be readjusting not 19 kids domino effect. Yeah. >> And I actually have numbers for those um communities. Um, Elizabeth Creek has 65 middle schoolers. Shell Creek has 103 and then Liberty Trail Trails has 101. >> Thank
070you. >> So, I guess with the same question with that said, if the middle school boundaries are going to be set for a bit, uh, is there plans? Is there any current plans for an elementary school as things grow there around 114? um around the 114. No, but we have um a property at trail um treeine which would take away from Parin. So, not sure who's going to be taken away from Parin, but it'll be more students separating. Um and then there's also a middle school up there on 407 that Polarmo is probably um it's walking distance. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yes. Palmo is Paloma. >> Paloma. I'm sorry. >> It's okay. >> Well, I almost said Polmo myself when I But when I first started talking, so when you said it, I was
071like, "Okay, we we're [laughter] on the same. >> Madam President, >> Mr. Schlutoter. >> While we're waiting to make a motion, I'll make a motion. I move to approve the attendance boundary recommendations as recommended by the administration. >> Second. >> I have a motion by Mr. Schlutoter and a second by Mr. Sprouls to approve attendance boundary recommendations as recommended by the administration. That was a tongue twister. Sorry, I'm going to read that again just to be safe. I have a motion by Mr. Schlutoter and a second by Mr. Sprouls to approve attendance boundary recommendations as recommended by the administration. Was that better, boys? Yeah. All right. Uh, any other discussion? All in favor? 70. Thank you, board. Thank you. Okay, we'll move on to item E, which is consideration of a teacher's late resignation without
072good cause and proposed complaint to the state board for educator certification for abandonment of contract. >> Yes, ma'am. Madam President, we had um a teacher that resigned without good cause. Her name was Amber Sprouse. Um and we asked the board to um register that complaint with the state board for educator certification. Madam President, >> Mr. um Mr. Schlutoter, sorry, I apologize. >> No problem. I move that the board finds that good cause did not exist under section 21.210C of the Texas Texas Education Code for Amber Sprouse to resign her contract for the 2025 2022 school year. that the board did not consent to her resignation and that the board authorizes the superintendent to file a complaint with the state board for educators certification to seek sanctions for her abandonment. >> Second. >> I have a
073motion by Mr. Schlutoter and a second by Mrs. Hatfield that the board finds that good cause did not exist under section 21.210C 2110C of the Texas Education Code for Amber Sprouse to resign her contract for the 2025 2026 school year and that the board did not consent to her resignation and that the board authorizes the superintendent to file a complaint with the state board for educator certification to seek sanctions for her abandonment. All in favor 70. Thank you. We will move on to agenda item F, which is the formation of a board committee on superintendent contracts. Um, basically what we're trying to accomplish here is just an annual review um, a committee of the board. It's it's one of our things that we can do as a board and we're going to establish a committee
074so that we can annually look at um our superintendent contract to u make sure that we're recruiting and valuing and retaining amazing superintendent. >> Hi. >> just one just one at a time though. >> Madame President, Mrs. Scott, >> I'd like to make a motion to establish the superintendent contract committee, a threeperson committee voted on by the board whose responsibilities are to annually study superintendent contracts and compensation and make recommendations to the board on contract terms for recruiting, valuing, and retaining the superintendent in alignment with the district strategic goal. Two members will serve one-year terms ending on May 1st each year with the first committee serving until May 1st, 2026. This motion is to appoint these three trustees to serve on the superintendent contract committee for the year 2025 2026. Deianne Hatfield, Jeff Daring, and
075Jennifer Murphy. Second. I have a motion by Mrs. Cop and a second by Dr. Roush to establish the superintendent contract committee, a three-person committee voted on by the board whose responsibilities are annually are to annually study superintendent contracts and compensation and make recommendations to the board on contract terms for recruiting, valuing, and retaining the superintendent in alignment with the district strategic goal too. members will serve one-year terms ending on May 1 each year with the first committee serving until May 1, 2026. This motion is to appoint these three trustees to serve on the superintendent contract committee for the year 2025 2026. Dian Hatfield, Jeff Daring, Jennifer Murphy. All any questions? All in favor? 70. Perfect. Thank you. And then um item G uh we do not uh we're going to strike that from the agenda
076this evening. Um so we will be able to move on to 11 which is the reports part portion of our uh meeting this evening. And the first report is the November financial report. >> Hang on one second Mr. Pacific. Miss Hobs. I just want to make sure we we did that correctly. There wasn't a nomination to be made for Denton County CAD, so no action was required. Um, it's we're not really striking it from the agenda. I just wanted to make sure no action is okay. >> Okay. All right. Roger. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. [sighs] >> Good evening again, board. Looking at the financial report for November, not much has changed from the one in October other than a few more uh some more revenue came in and of course the monthly
077expenditures. So looking at the general fund here, you can see we've already collected as of the end of November 30% of our revenue. Very unusual for us as a district. Um that is mainly because if you remember compression called harmless from the state making it up kind of deal as well as the new um allotments for teachers. Remember that's a pass through that comes in. So some of that's in that state money. So we've already received more state money. In fact you can see we've already received 77 million from the state. Last year we only had budgeted 67. So a lot of that is that pass through and the um money from the compression and the homestead exemption. If you look at our expenditures, we're trending very very well. We're actually lower by about one
078and a half%. We were at 32% at this point last year um in November and then right now we're about 30.5%. So trending very well on our expenditures um for the current year. Going to food service, food service is also trending well. Revenue is up about 40% of what we expected. And again, this is the one I think it's next month or the month after where the expenditures cleaned back up. If you remember last year, we had some issues with the billing due to the TDA audit and we wanted to get through all that. So our billing was off until about December and January. So you can see here it showed we only had 6.98 in expenses. That was incorrect. But right now we're at 37.62, but we're really trending very well there as well.
079And you'll see that come December and January. And then lastly, of course, is our debt service. Um we haven't made a payment since August. Our next payment will be in February. You can see on the expenditure side, we're trending about where we need to for expenditures. um our payment is about 178 million. So in February you will see the remaining of that 120 million be expended in February and then of course our revenue starts coming in when taxes come in in late December and January. So that's why you don't see much revenue on this report. And that is all for the financial report. Are there any questions? >> No questions this evening. Thank you. >> Thank you. Okay, we'll go to report B which is facilities planning and construction report. Good evening board. Dr. Fast
080again. Tonight I'm able to I'm happy to be able to present the um construction report for tonight. Um I did get to go to all um construction sites last week. That was exciting. I can't tell you the last time I was able to go to all of them within a week. Um so it was it was fun being back um on the job site. Um here's our construction update of all of the projects that we have and the percentage of where we are on each project. We've got still have a lot of projects going for this bond. Um and then here's our our Gant chart if that helps you um see visually um when things are wrapping up currently. So administration annex building is ongoing. Um it's it's going great. We have sheet uh sheetrock
081going in. Um they're working on the screen wall up there at the top on the um on the roof and the left. You can see the lying going back for the fleet trucks um parking lot. Um and um there's a better picture and it's just moving quite along. We'll be finishing this up in the summer. So it'll be a good time. It'll be between Bark Sales Move and probably ROR that they'll be able to move into this building. This is the opening area in the construction plannings area on the left. And on the right is showing you leaveouts for the electrical that'll go in the ground for all the open office spaces. On the left, you'll see the hallway going back to the maintenance um area and their um and their workspace, their warehouses. Um
082we have on the right is um the carpentry um warehouse. Then we have Barkstdale. This one's an exciting one. It's it's it's going pretty fast. I don't know if we will be finishing a project as fast as we are now. Um I do have Oh, good. It's going to play. Just show you a little video of the outside of the building where we are. Um metal metal sheathing is going up consistent constantly. We have grass. There's green grass right up there. You can see up to the middle of that um wing. We don't normally have grass laid um in January, but around the the field we have it already um already down, which is great. So, it'll be ready to go when kids get there and um well established. We're holding off on the turf.
083Um we know once green goes down, kids will be out there and so we're just not quite ready for them, but the turf will be on shortly. I'm sorry. What? The one on the right, that's Miy. Yes. Yes, sir. Here's a picture of them just installing continu continuingly install the metal panel on the building. And then we've got classroom. We've got flooring in our classrooms. um carpets all in the wings in all classrooms and VCT LVT is all installed in the science labs um as we speak. The right picture is just the corridor. We want to have those last because we still have um a lot of work that is happening in the hallways and so we don't want to damage any of the floor with lifts um and any kind of machinery. On the
084left is our gym floors. The the wood floors are all down. It's the next one. Next thing that we'll be doing is staining them. And we've um finalized the graphics last week and so that'll be going in um next. And then the right is our kitchen. And here's our um science labs. Doesn't look like it, but the floor is down. It looks kind of similar to concrete. Um but it is down in these spaces. And then this is the top of our learning stairs. [clears throat] There's a sign that says kids come first. And that was a conversation that Miss Hobbs and I had. She called me on it because of our sign that we had in the boardroom throughout the con the entire of construction. And we had it there because we wanted to
085see the size and how big we wanted it in the boardroom. And she was going through some board pictures. And she had called and was like, "Do we put that at all of our uh um job sites?" I was like, "No, but we need to." So, we've started putting those around so our subs know that our kids come first. Um contractors loved it. And so we we're starting to put those up and on the job trailers too just to show kids show that we love our kids. Davis Middle or High School. Um this was a fun exciting one um to go see um you can see the ICF the two um practice gyms on the south side. Those are actually finished on the actual ICF until the steel comes in. Um and then it doesn't
086show it's finished but it is now. When I went out there last last Friday it was it was done. Um and then we have just steel going up and the rest of the academic area. The pack is the has a CMU um going up still. This is the fieldhouse in the forer of the picture and then you can see the field um in the middle of the picture and then the very top of this campus is the arena. I was over in the area to the left where it has sheathing. It's the yellow um exterior barrier right now on the third floor and looking out at the field, seeing the fieldhouse and then seeing the arena being built. It was a pretty impressive um site. Here's just some internal pictures. Here's a internal courtyard um
087internal um inside hallway with some with some um stairs. And then on the right is our cafeteria. Um it's a a nice big space. Um, I think the kids will love it with the the sunlight coming in and um being right across from the library. And just some few other picture, interior pictures. And then the right one, you can see we have slabs that are separated. The dirt is in between them. And that's just so we can get our cranes in. We had some trouble with FAA on um the height of the crane that we needed for this project. And so, um, Poke had to have, um, some really, um, elaborate and, um, the word I can't is not coming to me, but they had to be very creative on how they, um, brought the
088steel up into this building. And so, they had to leave out slab in order to get a crane in to lift it to three stories. Dr. Hicks, Dr. Um, FA and I got to walk this last last week and it was it was exciting to to figure out all the spaces where we were um in the project. Um, on the left that's our collaborative area, open space for the kids in between the typical classroom and the museum like um classrooms. Um, this will be where the kids eat and half of them sleep. So, the other half will sleep in the typical classrooms where they can move the furniture and then the other half will sleep um in the in the collaborative areas. The right side is our library. Um can't wait to see that one
089going because that's going to be an exciting space as well. Romer Elementary is on schedule. Everything's going great. Uh sheathing's in, bricks started. um continuing to to work internal uh doing the M me overhead ruffins ongoing. Just a picture from the library and the cafeteria. Byron Nelson, as you can see, the stadium's going pretty fast on the visitor side. We already have structural um the restrooms, concession stands are are are built. uh stands are going in behi um in front of it and then in the four year or close to us on the left is the wrestling room. I don't know if you guys remember but in um I want to say it was 17 or 21 bond we were supposed to expand their wrestling room. Once we got in there the structure was not
090allowing us to do that without a major major renovation. And so we decided to save that money and we put it into the field um at Byron Nelson so they can have an adequate um wrestling space. right side, you can see that they're they're ready to form or they're forming the slab. Um the field looks like it's ready to put turf down. Um again, that's the last thing going in. Uh track is going to be a seven lane track. We had um seven, eight, eight, eight. It was seven, but we're moving it to eight. Um here's the fine arts that on the left hand side just showing all the structural stuff we had to do on the outside um in order to get the um the balcony um inside the the space to get all
091the numbers that we need um in the in the pack right side. We started the cafeteria. We've turned out we teared off the facade of the cafeteria and we are we're starting to expand that space. So Byron Nelson right now has the stadium pack and cafeteria all under construction at one time. And so just the beginning because the next next phase is take taking the gym facade off and um starting that expansion. Eaton High School currently they have a um a permit for um the stadium as well as the pack. So you can see the stadium they're moving dirt um as fast as they can getting formed or grade beams in. If you can see in the forer just south of Adams Middle School there is a large new parking lot. We are hoping that
092excuse me our parents use that for dismissal instead of sitting on Bob or Eagle Boulevard. Um we've been um released by the city of Fort Worth that we can use that parking lot until we can expand Eagle Boulevard which is part of the stadium um addition or um that we have to expand that because of the amount of people we're bringing in um to Eaton site. So here on the left is our concession stands for baseball and softball. Remember that they shared one with the football field and we had to tear it down in order to and to move the football field where we wanted it. So we had to rebuild the um restrooms and concession for baseball and softball. It's much closer now than having to walk all the way to the football field.
093And on the right hand side is a picture of the form of our grade beams for the fieldhouse. left is our pack. It's about to be closed in. Um it looks really good inside. On the right, it's showing the structural of um the balcony. And then we have our central transportation. It's just showing you guys the pad and where we're going to be constructing. We have the trailer out there ready to go. After tonight, with the approval of the um retaining wall, we'll be able to get our permit and start this project. Any questions? Just a few things going on. Yes, just a little bit. Anybody have any questions? >> Thank you, sir. >> I do I do have one comment. I don't know if you you'll probably want to run from the podium when
094I say this, but a couple of these projects um are we we had really significant delays. Um a lot of it had to do with city of of Fort Worth permitting. So ECC Hicks uh is going to be coming in hot and we I'm learning through the years there's been some projects like Curtis Elementary. >> Yes, that's >> Lizzy Curtis came in on fire. Not literally, but figuratively um not hot, but they were bringing parents in the front door and equipment out the back door kind of for meet the teacher night. Um hopefully not quite that hot for ECC, but >> so our construction team is working with the contractors. Um they are working weekly with them as to what traits we need to ex uh extend or have more time with them so they
095can finish traits on at the appropriate time. We're not throwing money just to have overtime at everything. We're just doing we're doing it by um by trait and we're looking at that weekly with them. and they are pushing and they have done an incredible job as it is um getting to that where we are now. Um but they're still continuing to push to get us in um earlier than what we are hoping for. >> Yeah. And the other one I want to just mention out loud is um again significant delays with Davis High School um getting the permits for the cranes and having to use multiple cranes instead of one crane that penetrated a certain height. um that has been we'll bring a change order at a future date. Um that's been an expensive uh
096delay and um we believe even though the high school will be ready for the kids, there's going to be certain parts of the school that we won't be able to use immediately. >> That is correct. Right now we're um the pack and the arena, but the the two practice field uh gyms will be ready for volleyball. Um we we we're working with Pogue as well on on their schedule and I will tell you Randy Allen has not accepted that we are going to open this building with areas that are not complete. So he he is pushing um and doing his what he does um to get that campus open. >> Thank you. I just wanted to share that early that's 2027 but it'll be here quicker than we realize. Both of these will we'll get
097through this semester and um be ready to open up ECC and 27 will be here in a heartbeat. So >> yes sir. >> Sarah, when do you anticipate the a center >> two breaking ground? >> We are finishing up the drawings for the a center and we are um going to bid on that project. Um we are we had an allocated budget in the current project and that is not where we are when it comes to um the A project and what our needs are and and comparing it to what we have there's not much more than what we're doing there. Um it's just economy has gone up so much and so we're bidding that um I want to say in in in March. Um but it'll be open before like it'll open when the
098school opens. >> Sarah, I have a question. Uh the relocation of the trans central transportation. Yes, ma'am. What is the plan for the current building? >> The the metal building. >> Um I don't think we'll reuse it. Um we haven't thought about that. Um, if we can reuse it, we will, but it's not going to be moved because we need such a bigger one with the amount of bus drivers that we have. They can't fit them all in um a space. Um, they can't it's hard to come if you go out to the this um central transportation. It's really hard when it comes to in the mornings and afternoons when they come in and out and the um the flow of everything. So, um we don't have a plan for it yet. And they'll still
099have access to where you park all the buses in that parking lot. Easy access or parking. The parking lot is moving. Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. So, it's the building and where Yes, ma'am. Park and where they would park their personal vehicles as well. >> Okay. Any other questions? >> Thank you, Sarah. >> Thank you. >> Okay, we'll move on to the board president's report. Um, it's election season. Yay. Um, March 3rd is the primary election. Early voting is February 17th through 27th. And then the May 2nd general election um filing is January 14th through February 13th. And three board positions will be on that um ballot. And that's all I have. Uh, and thank you for the birthday wishes. I truly do appreciate it. And I'll I'll just close this out. First, I want to
100say u publicly to um our staff and uh anyone that's here um you know the orchestra was incredible and the video was incredible and the u gifts from the eat and feeder pattern uh are incredible, but um it it's appropriate for a board that gives so much of themselves and their time and their energy and their talents as I mentioned in the prayer. Um, thank you for your self-sacrifice and your service to the kids in this community. Um, we have continuity and stability in our organization when some organizations do not. We have uh ethical behavior and we have kindness uh and folks that work very well together. And again, there's organizations that are points of reference for that. Uh and so we are a shining light because of uh the quality of folks on our
101board of trustees and we're very blessed as a community and folks who work here um to have these folks serving our kids. So um in this month of appreciation, I just want to say we appreciate you. A couple of quick calendar items. Um Mr. Pussi is meeting with the financial ambassadors for the first time on January 21st next week. That'll be pretty exciting as we start talking about staffing and budget issues for this uh this spring planning for 2627. Um also the Barksdale Middle School signing ceremony is January 23rd. Um so make sure even though that building is uh dried in, topped out, ready to go. Um we're going to have that ceremony uh in the campus. We're also going to do uh a reveal. Is that is that correct? Yep. Uh and then athletic
102hall of fame uh honor lunchon is Saturday, January 24th. So, next week, a lot going on. 21st, 23rd, and 24th. Um, this week, we have our next session of leadership in ISD on on Wednesday morning. We'll be here in the boardroom. So, a lot going on this spring and our kids are back at it. They're learning. We're about halfway through um basketball season. Softball and baseball are getting ready to uh crank up. And so, um and and of course, fine arts and all the competitions are going, and we know our fine arts kids are going to crush it again this year. So, um, we we are getting after it in Northwest ISTD. And that's all we have this evening. Thank you.