School Board Meeting: June 9, 2025

001A regular school board meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Far San Juan Alamo Independent School District is being held on Monday, June 9, 2025, beginning at 6 p.m. at PSJA Early College High School Lecture Hall, 805 West Ridge Road in San Juan, Texas. We will have the pledge by Mr. Rodriguez and the invocation by Mr. Lieras. of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I'll ask everybody to please bow your head. Dear Lord, as we come together tonight to deliberate on our agenda items, we ask that you give us the proper guidance and let us know that we are responsible for 30... Thousand students and forty five hundred staff members and that is the responsibility that

002we have before us that we deliberate in good faith and With your guidance we ask for this in your name Jesus Christ. Amen Yes, madam president we have under recognitions Item three, we have Athletic Director Orlando Garcia who will be presenting. Dr. Elias, members of the board, we'd like to thank you for giving us this opportunity to recognize our student athletes. PSJA ISD has had a great fall. If you just keep up with all the accolades our student athletes are accomplishing, our teams, the advancement we've had in softball and baseball, our track athletes. It's great when we see our student athletes representing PSJA ISD throughout the state. and making our name, putting it out there like we know how we are, a very powerful school district and a school district that provides. And for that,

003I am grateful for everything that our school board, our community, and our staff and our coaches and our kids do for our school district. With that, I'd like to start off by recognizing our PSJA Bear softball team. If I can have Alyssa Garza and her team come join me up here, please. Your PSJA ladies softball team had a tremendous 24-25 season. Your Lady Bears finished with an outstanding record of 30-6, earning titles as bi-district champions, area champions, and advancing to become regional semifinalists. This is an incredible run marked a milestone in program history as the Lady Bears advanced past the area round for the first time ever. We extend our deepest gratitude to our campus administration, superintendent, school board, and the entire PSJA community for their unwavering support throughout the season. Thank you for believing

004in our student-athletes and helping us make history. Ladies, when I call out your name, raise your hand so you can be recognized. Our team is made up of sophomore Atrid Reyes, junior Amari Vega, sophomore Aubrey Garza, sophomore Nina Guerra, sophomore Ariana Lugo, senior Azul Rios, junior Nikki Jo Hernandez, junior Kaylee Lopez. Freshman Adarmadis Garza. Junior Ariana Hernandez. Freshman Ivana Salas. Senior Alyssa Flores. Freshman Jadid Salinas. Senior Adelmi Rodriguez. Senior Alexa Avila. Freshman Mia Rodriguez. Senior Alina Singletary. Your Bears were coached by head coach Alyssa Garza, assistant coach Milan Guerra, Miguel Garcia, and Stephanie Crispin. Congratulations, ladies. Congratulations. Good job, ladies. Good job, girls. Good job. Congratulations. We're proud of you guys. Thank you for taking us so well. Congratulations. Y'all did a good job. Congratulations. Good job. Thank you so much. Thank you for all

005the work. Congratulations. Thank you. Continuing, I'd like for the PSJA high girls track coach and boys coach, please join me with our athletes that we're going to recognize, please. Congratulations to the PSJA High boys and girls track athletes that competed for the 24-25 season and finished, these individuals finished as district champions. They finished as area champions and regional qualifiers. I'd like to start off with recognizing, I don't know if the individual is here. We're going to recognize him anyway. Recognizing boys track, Joshua Hernandez Sr. He was a 31-6A champion in the pole vault. and a two-time area qualifier with a personal best of 12.6. Next was Armando Davila, Sr. He was a two-time 3168 district champion in the high jump, three-time area qualifier, and a two-time regional qualifier with a personal best of 6.2. His

006head coach was Oscar Torres. Moving on to girls track, I'd like to add Nia Sanders, Jr. She was a district champion in the girls discus. Ava Castillo. Junior girls po-bolt district champion area meet champion and regional qualifier They are both coached by head coach Martinez and coach Aranda We'd like to continue. If I could have Coach Guajardo and the Bears baseball team please come join me. A little side note before we start. Baseball summer baseball already started a lot of these athletes that are not here today or out there still playing travel ball and Still trying to take the next step next year getting ready for next year step The PSJ bear baseball team had another fantastic Season this year the Bears were undefeated 31 6 8 district champions by district champions area champions regional

007semi-final champions and regional final four runner-ups. They were one win away from the state final four, which has never been done before. History was made by making the elite eight for the first time in school history. This year's team consisted of only five starting seniors with plenty of juniors, sophomores, and freshmen that will be back for a strong team next year. The experience these young men got this year will be something to be remembered for for a lifetime. Even though the bar has been set high, the Bears baseball program will continue to move in the right direction and look forward to bigger and better accomplishments in the future. When I call out your name, please raise your hand. Number zero, sophomore Devin Hernandez. Number one, sophomore Nathan Benavidez. Number two, senior Ryan Vallejo. Number three,

008sophomore Matthew Azura. Number four, senior Gael Rodriguez. Number five, junior Zeke Garza. Number six, senior Jai Arenas. Number seven, junior James Cancino. Number eight, Junior Ethan Olivares. Number nine, Senior Jacob Delgadillo. Number 10, Sophomore Jesse Garza. Number 11, Jose Santos. Number 12, Sophomore Jonathan Sauceda. Number 13, Senior Niles Alvarez. Number 15, Freshman Gael Zambrano. Number 17, Sophomore Sebastian Galindo. Number 18, Junior Joaquin Ayala. Number 19, Junior Diego Alvarado. Number 20, Senior Matthew Gomez. Number 21, Senior Sebastian Plasencia. Number 22, Junior Jorge Castillo. Number 23, Freshman Nathan Pena. Number 24, Sophomore Caleb Cavazos. The Bears baseball team were coached by Head Coach Marco Guajardo, Matt Benavides. Luis Peraza, Jacob Rodriguez, and Erin Santamaria. Congratulations and a great season. Why don't you just stay here, Larry? Moving on, we'd like to recognize the PSJA North Lady Raiders

009softball team. If I can hold Coach Esparza and his Lady Raiders, please join me. Congratulations to the PSJA North Lady Raiders softball team for an exceptional 2025 season as they won their sixth consecutive district championship. The Lady Raiders had an overall record of 23-8, a district record of 14-2. This performance reflects not only their talent and teamwork, but also their commitment to discipline, leadership, and Raider pride. These student athletes continue to set the standard for excellence on and off the field representing PSJA North and PSJA ISD with integrity and grit. This continued success is a testament to dedication, presence, and championship mindset in our student athletes with while collaborating efforts of the entire PSJA ISD community. Together they have built more than a winning program, they have built tradition. Congratulations to the PSJA North Lady

010Raiders softball team for another historic season. When I call out your name, raise your hand. Number 00, Mia Villegas. Number 1, Mia Avendaño. Number 3, Brianna Trevino. Number 4, Leila Garza. Number 9, Camila Garza. Number 10, Paris Medares. Number 13, Vanessa Palacios. Number 16, Emma Flores. Number 18, Michaela Morales. Number 20, Aileen Garza. Number 21, Himani Perez. 22, Emma Escamilla. 23, Raylynn Mancias. Number 27, Haley Guzinski. 51, Emily Ramirez. Number 65, Danisa Garcia. Head Coach, Veres Farza. Assistant Coach, Amanda Aguilera. RJ Garza and Daniela Azubel. Congratulations, ladies. Congratulations. Y'all did a good job. Awesome job. Congratulations. Good job, Anita. Good job. Y'all did amazing. We're proud of you guys. Thank you, folks. Hi. Thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. We're in a great fall. Moving on to our next team, PSJA North varsity baseball

011team. If I can have Coach Leal and the team please come join me. Congratulations to the PSJA North varsity baseball team for winning the 31-5A district championship and the bi-district championship. The Raiders finished with a 13-3 district record and an overall record of 26-7. It's been many seasons since PSJA North has won a district title. I tell you what, we tried to do our homework. I couldn't come down back to the year. So congratulations to these young men. 2005 is the last time they won one. Thank you for clearing that up for us. 20 years. I want to end by just congratulating the players, the parents, and the coaches for a great season. When I call out your name, please raise your hand. Number one, sophomore Rafael Solis. Number two, junior Darren Garcia. Number three,

012sophomore Dylan Cortez. Number four, senior Axel Cantu. Number five, senior Diego Aparicio. Number six, senior Teodoro Estuido. Number eight, sophomore David Guajardo. Number nine, junior Fabian Gonzalez. Number ten, senior Heriberto Hernandez. 11th Senior Sebastian Flores. 12th Senior Michael Castro. 13th Freshman Antoine Estrada. 16th Junior Ramiro De Leon. 17th Sophomore Jaden De Leon. 18th Junior Michael Singletary. 20th Freshman Marco Alvarado. 21st Senior Ray Ray Zamarripa. 22nd Sophomore Leo Valderas. 23rd Sophomore Mateo Herrera. 34, Senior OJ Barbosa. 35, Freshman Diego Cervantes. Number 44, Senior Eric Carrera. Manager Janelle Garza. They were coached by Head Coach Tony Leal, Assistant Coach Gable Murrio, Andrew De La Cerda, and Mark Gonzalez. Congratulations, man. Great season. Congratulations. Good job, guys. We're proud of you guys. Congratulations. You did a great job. We're proud of you guys. Congratulations. Good job, mom. Good

013job. Congratulations. I'm really proud of you guys. Don't forget to have a trophy in the picture. Congratulations. Good job. Y'all did a great job. Congratulations. Thank you, Coach, for all you do. Thank you, coaches. Thank you for all you do. Thank you. Thank you, coaches, for all you do. Again. Yeah. Where do I start with the comments? My goodness. Speaking for the athletic program, it really, really shines. We just have so, so much to be proud of. And let me address the softball teams first. I know we had Lady Raiders and we had Lady Bears. And I just want to congratulate you both on your accomplishments, your dedication, your sacrifice. just a shared passion for this sport. You have created unforgettable moments. Your team has fostered like a bond for a lifetime. And you have

014inspired future generations that I'm sure have seen you play. So each of you, Lady Bears and Lady Raiders, you each have your own unique story. And you'll be talking about it years from now. So on behalf of the board, we want to congratulate you. You have represented as well. I know that one team had district, were district champs, and the Lady Bears, I believe, were district by district and area. Did I get it right? Yeah, and you advanced to the regional. So congratulations to both of you on behalf of the board. We're very, very proud of you. Go Bears, and long live PSJA North. For the Bears and Lady Bears track and field, I'm sure you excel from sprinters to pole vaulters to power throwers. Every single member of the team embodies the dedication, the

015discipline, and major commitment to excellence. The camaraderie that you build and the mutual support among the teammates is truly inspiring. I know that you cheer one another on, you encourage one another because you don't win every single race, but there's always somebody there to encourage you for the next one. So the camaraderie that you all build is amazing, and that too is for a lifetime. Aside from your impressive athletic feats, you have represented your school, your community with pride and integrity. And we just congratulate you for your victories and just know that this Board of Trustees is very proud of you. Thank you. Now, baseball, Raiders and Bears again. Both of you actually... Broke records because if we hadn't had somebody advances 2005 and now we went and I'm talking Raiders on my notes I'm

016seeing district champs and by district champs Congratulations on that and I know that we can write we congratulate you with immense pride For all that you have done Bears, what can I say? I saw you on TV for weeks Please know that we are like we extend a heartfelt congratulations with Just this immense Sense of pride that we feel for our teams for both but to be by district champs District champs by district champs area champs regional semi finalists and regional final runners-up Elite eight Wow, we need to give them another hand This is truly, truly a remarkable achievement. It speaks volumes, guys, about your character, about resilience, about teamwork. Every player, every coach, every support staff contribute to this journey. To the players, your contribution was beyond. Your passion for games just shines brightly.

017You captivated audiences and inspired your community with your true spirit of high school athletics. I have to tell you that I got a phone call from somebody in New Mexico asking me at what time was going to be the next game, trying to find out, from New Mexico. So I know that outside of Texas, they were watching, and these are former Bears that will always be a Bear. So they were asking. So congratulations on that. To the coaches, a special thank you to all Raider coaches, Bear coaches, your leadership, and your tireless mentorship that guides these young athletes to excel. It's amazing. You have instilled invaluable lessons that extend way beyond the diamond. Thank you, coaches, as well. Regardless of what comes next for baseball. You have already etched your names in high school baseball

018history. So that you can always have with you. It's there. On behalf of the board, you have made us, your school, your families, your community, incredibly proud. Thank you. Go Bears. Long live the Raiders. I don't want to leave anybody out. Oh, no, that's it with the sports, correct? Correct. Thank you all so much. We are so, so proud of you. They are. Okay. Thank you, parents, for all your support. We know that it takes a lot to back these young athletes all the time. Thank you so, so much. I had notes. Dr. Elias? Yes, Madam President. As we move on to the next recognitions, these will be the fine arts recognitions, and these will be presented by John Taylor. Madam President, Dr. Elias, members of the board, thank you for giving the Fine Arts

019Department this opportunity to recognize the outstanding achievements of our fine arts students. Thank you also for your continued support of our fine arts program. 27 high school theater students representing PSJA High, PSJA Memorial, PSJA North, and PSJA Southwest advanced to the UIL State Theatrical Design Contest. Results were announced in an award ceremony held at the Austin ISD Performing Arts Center on Saturday, May 17th. PSJA ISD earned 22 UIL state medals, including seven UIL state champion medals. The following students earned recognition. In 6A competition from PSJA High, six place state medal for marketing design, Hayden Lujan, first place UIL state champion gold medal, first place UIL state champion gold medal for hair and makeup design, Hayden Lujan. And her directors are Jackie Benavides, Sabrina Soto, and Hector Nunez. In 5A competition, PSJA ISD earned 20 of

020the 48 medals awarded and six of the eight state champion medals. From PSJA Southwest, fourth place state medals for group design, Caitlin Alaniz, Giovanna Rodriguez, Summer Silva, and Romero Zapata. Third place state bronze medal for hair and makeup design, Amy Garcia. Third place state bronze medal for costume design, Emma Cepeda. And their directors are Sergio Sauceda, Charlie Palacios, and Megan De La Rosa. From PSJA Memorial, fifth place state medal for hair and marketing design, Alondra Lopez. Third place state bronze medals for group design, Genesis Mireles, Leila Solis, Rihanna Torres, and Maneli Cepeda. Second place state silver medal for costume design, Kaylina Vela. And their directors are Gabriel Ramirez, Julissa Alaniz, and Christina Vela. And from PSG North, third place state bronze medal for set design, Diego Tirado. Second place state silver medal for hair and

021makeup design, Paola Salazar. First place state champion gold medal for set design, Aiden Gomez. First place state champion medal for marketing design, Matthew Suarez. And first place UIL state champion gold medals for group design, Renee Abadio, Ashley Bocanegra, Bianca Cavazos, and Isaac Gonzalez. Directors are Brian Honnold, Jackie Cepeda, and Tommy Green. These are your state theatrical design medal winners. Thank you so much for all you do. Congratulations. Congratulations. Thank you for all you do. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for all you do. I'd like to say that I was talking to Amy Garcia and one of the one of the state finalist in theatrical design and medalist and I realized that the competition is like in various design aspects of theater and it encompasses so much I think that there was like four different

022categories that it touches on and I believe it said costume hair make and makeup and marketing design so it is quite a bit that you did all this and that you placed at this level is just amazing. This contest provides a valuable opportunity for you to express your artistic and critical thinking skills within the theatrical production. So congratulations on your creativity, your hard work, your passion for theater. You are an inspiration. You are very deserving of praise for your outstanding achievements. On behalf of this board of trustees, thank you so much for making PSJA shine and always proud of you. Thank you. If we could have the T-STEM music people, please. On Saturday, May the 24th, the UAL Texas State Soul and Ensemble Contest was held in Austin. 376 PSJA ISD band, choir, and orchestra

023students representing PSJA High, PSJA Jefferson T-STEM, PSJA Memorial, PSJA North, and PSJA Southwest Qualified for this competition and earned a total of 264 state medals Tonight we are presenting the 94 students who were in first division state gold medals and those who earned the outstanding performer medal PSG Jefferson T-STEM Early College High School earned eight total state medals Titan Orchestra gold medal winner is Jonathan Alamia orchestra director is Efrain Munguia Titan choir and piano gold medal winners are Cruz Delgadillo, Dwayne Lozano, Andrea Rodriguez, Nailil Rodriguez, and Esmeralda Torres. Choir director is Liliana Lopez-Pacheco. Congratulations PSJA Jefferson T-STEM Early College High School UIL State gold medal winners and their director. Congratulations, sir. Thank you. Congratulations. Good job. Outstanding job. Congratulations. We're really proud of you guys. Thank you so much for making us survive. Good job.

024Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. They're the only ones that are all this that are doing this. They're not awake yet. You stand right behind me. You want to come out to TV? PSJA Memorial Early College High School earned 48 total state medals. Wolverine Band gold medal winners are Ruth Cabrera, Rocco Cedriceres, Eduardo Cortes, Jaylyn Gallegos, Diego Garza, Carlos Lopez, Angel Luna III, Dante Martinez, Mauro Martinez, Valerie Ornelas, Arielle Puente Damien Torres and Sam Vasquez Band directors for Ozzy Lopez Richard Castillo JC Alvarado Nikki Castillo Eric Gomez and Elmer row congratulations Congratulations PSJ Memorial Early College High School UIL State gold medal winners and their directors Good job, Mita. We're really proud of you guys. Thank you so much for representing us so well. Thank you, Mita. Good job. Good job, Mita. We're really proud of

025you guys. Thank you for representing us so well. We're so proud of you guys. Thanks. Congratulations. Thanks for all you do. Thank you. Hi. Congratulations. Congratulations. Many of the Southwest Band, Choir and Orchestra students are currently at Disney World. Who will say everybody's name? PSJA Southwest Early College High School earned 57 total state medals. Javelina Choir gold medal winners are Gadiel Chavez, Saidi Garcia, Cynthia Guzman Ramirez, and Manuel Hernandez. Choir Director is Vanessa Rodriguez. Choir Accompanist is Aaron Sanana. Javelina Orchestra gold medal winners are Jose Gallardo, Dania Munoz, Alexa Perez, Angela Reyes, and Eduardo Salas. Orchestra directors are Joseph Bonura and Irvin Castillo. Javelina band gold medal winners are Rosemary Banda Garza, Joseph Duran, Adam Estrada, Jaylin Moreno, Samuel Resendiz, Ali Rodriguez, and Christian Salazar. Band directors are Tony Flores, Mayra Garcia, Vince Cantu, Roxana

026Huereca, Chris Pena, and Diego Torres. Congratulations PSJA Southwest Early College High School UIL State Gold Medal winners and their directors. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you for all the . Thank you for all your . Thank you. Thank you for all your . Thank you so much for all your . Congratulations. Great job, all of you. Always, always. PSJA Early College High School earned 55 total state medals. Their Orchestra Gold Medal winners are Dominic Aleman, Consuelo Alvarado, Clarissa Pena, and Ailene Cifuentes. Bear Orchestra directors are Albert Garcia and Adriana Olivan. Bear Choir gold medal winners are Sarai Alvarado, Daniela Espinosa, I'm sorry, Daniela Espinosa Ibarra, Liana Gallegos, Pablo Trejo, and Daniela Trevino. Bear Choir director is Lori Ortega. Bear Choir accompanist is Aaron Torres. Their band gold medal winners are Luis Alvarado, Jesus Bastian, Adriana Escobedo,

027Danielle Guardado, Emily Lozano, Zaccheaus Mendez, Roman Reyes, Amir Torres, and Abdiel Vargas Cantu. Bear band directors are John Garza Steve Gutierrez Danny Garcia Marco Guzman Jennifer Hernandez Amanda Perea and JJ Rodriguez Congratulations PSJ early college high school UIL state gold medal winners and their directors Congratulations. We're really proud of you guys. Congratulations. Good job. We're proud of you guys. Congratulations. Good job. Congratulations. Good job. Congratulations. Congratulations. PSJA North Early College High School earned 96 total state medals. Raider Orchestra gold medal winners are Luis Flores, Andy Garcia, Raquel Rosado, Jonathan Rosales, and Alessandra Salazar. Raider Orchestra Directors are Mary Echeverria and Dolores Bartolo. Raider Choir Gold Medal Winners are Joshua Alaso, Julian Aleman, Hailey Diaz, Nathaniel Diaz, Zoe Lopez, Makayla Morales, Danielle Prado, Vanessa Rivera, Lucidi Rodriguez, Viviana Rodriguez, Madeline Solis, Maite Solis, Belinda Suarez, and

028Cielo Tienda. Raider Choir Director is John McCloud. Raider Choir Accompanist is Veena Dornbush. Before I announce the Raider Band members, you'll notice a lot of them aren't here because they're in Disneyland right now. Raider Band Gold Medal Winners are Joshua Benitez, Tristan Castillo, Jose Cervantes Martinez, Julianne Covarrubias, Pavela, Savannah Cruz Castillo, Mariela Esquivel, Nicolas Flores, Angela Gonzalez, Jesus Gonzalez, Ryan Guerrero, Cesar Hernandez, Homer Hernandez, Noah Herrera, Javen Jimenez, Ethan Ledesma, Adam Lozano, Joshua Moreno, Caleb Quinones, Eliana Reyes, Janady Santiago, Diego Tirado, and Sofia Virial. Raider Band Directors are Jeremy Rowe, Pete Guerrero, Justin Adame, Michael Barrera, Lucio Diaz, Cindy Guerrero, and Miranda Martinez. Congratulations PSJA North Early College High School UIL State Gold Medal Winners and their Directors. Good job, thank you for making us so proud. Congratulations. Congratulations. Good job. Thank you for making

029us so proud. Good job. Good job. So proud of you guys. Thank you for representing PSJA so well. Thank you for representing PSJA so well. Good job. Thank you so much. Let me address the Yeah, let me address the gold medalists and outstanding performers before we do the other okay So many awards so many medalists like 200 and some is what I heard right? Yes. I mean so much to be proud of The fine arts is strong and we see it. We hear it It's truly a great moment of pride and celebration to acknowledge you, your remarkable achievements as gold medalists and outstanding performers. These medals represent countless of hours of practice, I'm sure. Just perseverance through the challenges. We commend what happens when talent and dedication meet. You're seeing it right here. You're hearing

030it right here. On behalf of the board, we thank you for continuing to inspire us with your achievements and congratulations for your well-deserved honors. Thank you. We're bringing back just a few of these students who earned an even higher honor. Of the more than 25,000 students who participated in the State Soul and Ensemble Contest, less than 2% were recognized as UIL Texas State Soul and Ensemble Contest Outstanding Performers, one of the two highest honors a Texas high school music student can receive. These students are awarded a UIL State Champion Medal. Which I don't think they've gotten yet that'll come in the mail We are fortunate that the following six students were selected for this high honor Christian Salazar for PSG Southwest band Diego Garza PSG Memorial Band as suit as sus Gonzalez PSG North Band

031Jose Cervantes Martinez PSG North Band Julian cover uvius favela PSG North Band and Nathaniel Diaz, PSJA North Choir. Congratulations, UIL Texas State Soul and Ensemble Contest Outstanding Performers. Thank you again. We're going to recognize two of our outstanding theater teams. Not many of the students are here. They're off doing a variety of things, including starting work today in our theater camp for School of Rock, which will be performed in three weeks from now. UIL names the UIL State Champion Theater Team based on points awarded to medal winners in UIL State One Act Play, UIL State Film, and UIL State Theatrical Design. The 2025 5A UIL State First Runner-Up Theater Team is PSJA Southwest Early College High School. State medal winners are Caitlin Alaniz, three medals, Diego Alvarado, Cesar Cavazos, Carissa Elizondo, Amy Garcia, three medals,

032Santiago Martinez, Christo Petrides, Joaquin Portal, Giovanna Rodriguez, three medals, Summer Silva, Ramiro Zapata, three medals, Jacob Villanueva, and Emma Cepeda. Again, PSJA Southwest Theater Directors, our Head Directors, Sergio Sauceda, Assistant Directors, Charlie Palacios, and Megan De La Rosa. Congratulations, PSJA Southwest Theater students and directors, the 2025 5A UIL State Runner-Up Theater Team. Continuing, the 2025 5A UIL State Champion Theater Team for the second year in a row is PSJA North. State medal winners are Jace Arredondo, Renee Badillo with two medals, Joshua Benitez, Anthony Bocanegra, Ashley Bocanegra with three state medals, Bianca Cavazos with two medals, Christian Chavez, Mariela Esquivel, Aiden Gomez with two medals, Isaac Gonzalez, Mia Mendoza, Paola Salazar with two medals, Matthew Suarez, and Diego Tirado. Theater directors are head director Brian Hano and assistant directors Jackie Cepeda and Tommy Green. Congratulations PSJA

033North theater students and directors, the 5A UIL state champion theater team. Congratulations. I do want to backtrack just a little bit to the outstanding medalist I realized that you did mention it that it's more than 25,000 students who participate and less than 2% were awarded all these medals it's one of the highest honors that you can get as an outstanding performer so once again I do want to congratulate those of you that got that award those medals for outstanding performers thank you Wow What are the chances we've got a Northwood second year in a row as UIL state champion and Southwest first runner-up for the theater teams for this this school year. How often does this happen? Like first, you know a State champion and a first runner-up that that is amazing people The state

034champions yours is it's just an ultimate victory. I mean to be the top theater performance play that you all produce and work on. It's a testament to your relentlessness and your effort and belief in yourselves because you have to believe in yourself. Your names are etched in UIL history and we are proud beyond measure. Runner-up teams, reaching that far into your band is also an extraordinary accomplishment in itself. You all push yourselves to the very limit. Your competitive spirit and dedication serves as an inspiration to us all. To both the state champions and the runners-up, PSJA is so proud. Like I said, what are the chances that one school district would take two top honors? Thank you for making us so proud. On behalf of the school board of trustees, we thank you and... I

035like I said you continue to inspire us with your achievements Congratulations, it's well deserved We're gonna take a short recess Before we move on with the agenda. Thank you Yes, madam president under item for public comments there is none registered and We move on to item 5 consent agenda items Yes, madam president item 8 under superintendent of schools endorsed candidate to serve as region 1 position B board of directors for the Texas Association of School Boards I know they gave us three names that we can select them. Is there a valid? This course Motion to approve the subject There's three names back at that one of them is some soft Texas I think I think it that's the one serving right now But I think we have to give the names to vote Yes, let

036me go ahead and give you the names it's a Esther Cardoza white Rudy Corona from San Benito Esther Cardoza white is from Monte Alto is the Rudy Corona is San Benito ISD and Sylvia Sanchez Garza from South Texas ISD They we accept I can't be a Sanchez Sylvia Sanchez. That's a got some all those in favor. I Hand say aye none opposed motion carries unanimously Yes, madam president under item 9 student services presentation and approval of optional flexible school day program the OFS DP and this will be presented by Miss Laura Farias and dr. Orlando, no yola Good evening. Madam president. Dr. Diaz and members of the board We're here tonight to present the Optional Flexible Day program, which is an application that we bring to year after year. And the following is the presentation.

037So what is OFSTP? This is a program that places students that have excessive absences in an after school or Saturday tutorials to make up lost instruction time and attendance in the regular school year. It also allows students to make up time for instruction loss and attendance recovery during the summer months. Who is eligible for OFSDP? These are students in kinder through 12th grade, students that failed two or more core classes, students that failed STAR, EOC, or benchmarks. And there's other at-risk criteria, such as students that need to recover credits. that need to recover credits have been retained previously, they're homeless, they've been at a DAP placement, or that are language English proficient. So this is a little bit of our data for the current school year regarding attendance and grades, which are the key components

038to OFSDP participation. The number of students in K through 12th grade that did not meet the 90% criteria. In other words, they had 18 or more absences during the school year as of marking period five, meaning the fifth six weeks. In elementary, we had 1,972 students. For the elementary, there was 1,972. For the middle school, 908. And then for the high schools, 1,869. And then the number of students, which is K-12, with two or more failing grades in a core class as of marking period number six, which is the six six weeks. For elementary, 876. Middle school, 423. And then the high schools, 2,050. This is a data review of the year to date attendance rate comparison If you notice at the 20, we'll go to the bottom bar, and it's 2023. It's always lagging

039data. This is actually 2021-2022 data. And we were at 92.2% attendance rate. And then in the year 2004, or 2024, I'm sorry, it is 22-23. data once again, it's always lagging. It was at 91.47. And then in 2025, this is 2023-24 data, it is at 94.5. This was actually like last year's, not this year's. It's always lagging. Okay, and the current year for today is 95. What is it? Do you have it? Preliminary is 95.6% for this year. Okay, and that's up to again like the fifth six weeks. And this is actually the graduate count. These are the ones that we just were there yesterday. I feel like it was yesterday. It was Saturday and Friday. All the board members were there, and we were there for Bears. It was 619, Memorial, 483, 551 for

040North, 402 for Southwest, Jefferson, 136, and then 52 for Collegiate, a total of 2,243 graduates. And then time can be made up by completing four hours weekly of after-school or Saturday tutorials during the regular school year. So they stay after school or they can come in on Saturdays, which they did. They can earn four hours daily of summer school instruction during June and August enrichment days, which today was our first day. And it continues for three weeks and then in August, two weeks of enrichment days. So our reckon well, we're recommending if if you could please approve the OFSDP application like miss Faria said we do this every year on a daily basis that helps the students that have They have not met the 90% criteria that they have to be in school in class

041to earn credits to earn the grades and not only that attendance day So all of this encompasses all of that. So I don't know if you have any questions Because of this program, it's already in place? Yes. So this is the continuation? And because of this program, we've had that high attendance rate? Yes. And it allows the students to make up time. If they are absent a day, they can come after school or they can come in on Saturdays. And that's how they make up the days. Especially right now during the summer, that's when they can make up all the days in the entire year. So that's strategy? Just it said the four hours is it said one hour per hour like if the student is absent five hours or eight hours Or or is

042it four hours during the summer and it covers whatever absences? During the school year four hours only makes up one day because each instructional day is Between six and a half to seven hours, but the student doesn't actually have to make up the seven hours to make up one day Just four hours Yes Because we're talking about them coming on Saturdays, where do they go do they go to their actual campus or yes, they attend their every campus has their own attendance recovery program that they Take care of and we hire our teachers at each campus My question is if they're for example the children are struggling academically and you're having an enrichment program, are you providing them with instruction, academics that will help them with their academics? Yes, ma'am. For our enrichment program, we

043call it enrichment because summer school usually has a bad connotation. And what we do in enrichment, we offer academic lessons in RLA and math that our elementary curriculum staff and that our middle school curriculum staff and our high school. excuse me, curriculum staff that they write for them. And then they do those lessons. And in the afternoons for the elementary that stay longer, they do the enrichment lessons, which this year we hired enrichment curriculum staff to write for them as well. So they are meeting their needs. Yes, ma'am. The curriculum is providing the necessary academics that they're needing. I have a question. So I agree with the program the only thing is during the enrichment like on the second criteria, which was Those that failed certain classes and they need to make up those classes

044and we have only those teachers that are Qualified to teach those classes during the enrichment program. Yes, sir. We specifically this year we asked especially at the high school level that they hire EOC Teachers to teach specifically for algebra US history Biology English one English to to cover the credits that they may have missed or the EOC's that they may have missed as thank you very much Yes, I just wanted to make a quick comment on this program because this is a program that We've had as a district for many years, not many districts do it. One is because it entails a lot of work, and the work is something that I know that Ms. Farias... the one that Ordinates it with those teachers that help us out at the at the campus level Because

045one is that we use it for the intervention timing also But that intervention serves to make up the hours of the attendance But at the same time the teachers have to be clocking in every student in order for us to be able to track the timing all that gets reported and Then that provides that extra funding that we lost based on attendance And that's what comes back to the district as funding also. Ms. Bowen? Yes, I'd like to motion that we approve this optional flexible school day program. Okay, second. I still have a question. Okay. I just have a quick question. So at what point, and I'm pretty sure it may be here, at what point do I identify the students? And so this make-up time is going on throughout the year? Correct including the

046summer is that what is being said? Okay. I just I didn't know if it was Just the summer try to catch him up for the following school year. It's ongoing. So we identify them at the end of every six weeks Just want to commend you all for the especially in the improvement of the attendance rate. So, you know a great job Yes, I'm at a president we move to item 10 executive session During the course of the meeting discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting The board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Texas Open Act meetings act Texas government code chapter 5 5 1 sub chapters D and E or Texas government code section session 4 1 8 point 1 8 3 F Before any

047close meeting is convened the presiding officer will publicly identify the section or sections of the Act authorizing the closed meeting all Final votes actions and decisions will be taken in open meeting We are now in a second session and in 731 Yes, president seeking approval for recommendation for Employment of instructional professional personnel we have Human Resource Department data coordinator for teacher incentive allotment and the recommendation is Veronica Diaz Yes Yes, madam president human resource department specialist for teacher incentive allotment and the recommendation is myrtle a free s motion to approve motion by miss Castillo All those in favor aye aye none opposed motion carries Yes, I'm at a president for PSJ Memorial early college high school assistant principal recommendation by committee is the lead what is All in favor Yes, madam president library services department

048library innovation strategist and the recommendation by committee is Catherine Mancias Yes, madam president we move to employment of non teaching professional personnel and here we have principal for College Career and Technology Academy and the recommendation is my committee is Belinda Garcia Next one is seeking recommend seeking approval for the recommendation for administrator for teacher incentive allotment and the recommendation is dr. I got a lemon to my own As we move on to the next item letter C Approve recommendation for a one-year professional personnel non-teaching contracts for the 2025-2026 school year. Motion for one-year contracts? Motion to approve. Motion by Ms. Castillo, seconded by Ms. Gutierrez. All those in favor? Aye. None opposed. Yes, madam president item D approved the recommendation for two-year contracts for professional personnel for the 2025-2026 queer All those in favor Yes,

049madam president approved the recommendation for a one-year professional personnel on administrator contracts for the 2025-2026 I mean to adjourn adjournment seconded by all those in favor