001and then Miss Ramirez has a flag there we could do the pledge to her flag that'll work yes that's great pledge allegiance flag of the United States of America to the rep for which it stands Nation [Music] uh approval of the agenda just need a motion to approve so moved second move by Chris second by Jennifer we'll have to do roll calls so um uh Chris yes and Jennifer yes and D yes okay uh the next item is the consent motion I don't we don't have any bills or anything like that so that right yes okay all right the first new item is uh item a proval of travel for uh two individuals to go to Gear Up in Houston uh next week October 15th through the 18 that is correct so um you know
002president MZ members of the board first of all I want to thank you for taking the time and I do apologize I know we should have done this last month I really thought that they were going they would be going at the end of the month and it's just one of those uh situations that you know it just came too quickly and I do apologize for that but I do want to thank you for being here because I know it's Friday afternoon and I'm pretty sure that you want to be somewhere else but you are here and thank you for doing that so with that you know I would like to request for uh board approval so you know um I am seeking the board approval for consell Melendez and Daniel sanches so they are
003two of our high school teachers who you know they have been invited by gear up to be able to go to Houston Texas to attend the it's the geara parent engagement annual conference and this is going to be October the 15th through the 18th and that will be next week so the conference that they will be attending it is a national gathering of uh professionals you know parents students policy makers and then Community Partners who work together to support gear up which you know we do have gearup here at our school and uh you know the programs and the the uh what they will be so the conference basically what it will offer they will offer opportunities for the attending to gain uh new ideas strategies and you know just tools to to better serve
004the students through inspiring um you know sessions concurrent sessions and networking opportunities this is a great opportunity for our teachers and um they can only take two and of course we cannot send you know many of the teachers but because due to not having sufficient substitutes but then this conference you know it referen say like I said just a great opportunity for both Miss consuello and Mr Sanchez and they will be able to enhance their skills and their knowledge to benefit our our Hagerman students so I kindly request the board approval for their travel and uh you know I just want to let you know that all the expenses will be fully covered by uh Gea and um I'm open for questions and I do have Daniel here and then also miss Consuelo if you
005if you have any questions for them anybody have any questions okay I just need a uh a motion to approve so moved moved by Jennifer I'll second second by Chris um okay okay Chris yes yes uh Jennifer yes yes all right okay next item is um Mr Parker's travel to the National convention in Indianapolis yeah so thank you and um you know Mr Parker will be able to give you more information in just a little bit but you know once again as you know if you recall at the last meeting we actually or you actually approved the travel for Mr Parker and the uh FFA students to be able to attend the National Convention in um Indianapolis and uh so anyways you know and and let me let Mr Parker talk to you a little
006bit about what happened to him and it's been quite an ordeal and uh if You' like to explain you know the situation and then I'll I'll continue with this yeah it's it's been a week um Monday morning I received an email from our original hotel that they were no longer going to host our booking um they had overbooked by five rooms and since we had exactly four rooms they said audios to us um so we were able to quickly scramble to get a new hotel um down the street um which is going to increase our cost a little bit heads allowable spending expenditure on hotels is 2 15 $215 a night um but this new hotel is actually going up to 350 but the nice thing is Hilton is covering all of our Expendables extra
007Expendables so they will be covering our first night and covering any extra cost that we may endure from having to leave the Hilton H property going to the Marriott property but due to being listed in our name as Hegman we have to have your guys' approval to approve the spending of $249 a night um to make our hotel reservations confirmed so it's 249 a night or 350 what I don't remember well it's 249 for us now okay but Hilton been paying the residual $100 extra each each okay they'll be they're paying a lot more money than they would have been paying if they didn't cancel our rooms put it that way um it was a hassle but this was the best thing we can make it work um they will also be covering our having
008to put rollway beds in one of our rooms and covering some additional costs for us as well so we don't have to spend any extra money than we would really have to so there ain't no extra money really no it's just the small things just have you guys approve it to make sure we're good and we're not pushing any buttons that we shouldn't be pushing so basically our Department of Education anytime that there you know that we have travel then you know the allowable rate it's $215 anytime that it's higher than that then we have to get board approval so that you know the district can pay the additional monies got so right now the the the new hotel rate It's $249 and we are already you know we're already getting a deal a discount
009of $100 on that with but and of course with uh taxes and and fees it's a total of $291 33 so that is about about $80 more than what the Department of Education you know our pet what they allow so you're moving from a Hilton to a Marriott is that what you said so so basically yes uhuh that that's what it is so now um I know that we could possibly find hotels that you know will stay with the range that our department of education is allowed however I'm thinking about the security I mean it's always nice and and if you think about like when we go it's so inconvenient for us to stay at another hotel that it's not um you know close to the convention and you know I think that for the
010safety of the the students and and the teachers we need to keep them nearby and I believe that this hotel that where they'll be staying it's only like it's walking distance and I believe it's about a block away from the uh the convention so it's very doable they can just walk there's no need to pay any uh shuttles or you know Uber taxis Etc so I think for the safety of the students I recommend that that we allow the the expense and uh you know just be able to in a safe place we we did get the last four rooms that this hotel had available for that week um when I talked to the lady she mentioned this is probably the last four rooms within 15 to 20 miles of the convention center of course
011yeah okay for going to a conference with about 120,000 people so yeah of course yeah uh any questions anybody else got questions I just wanted I couldn't remember how many kids were going on this trip uh six kids two advisers and a female cha room and they will be leaving Sunday Sunday the 20th Sunday okay uh no other questions that I just need a motion to approve so moved second second by Jennifer thank you guys uh Chris yes Jennifer yes yes okay motion carries um I think that's it see can we uh can we check on Mr Sanchez because he has not moved at all I'm here I'm good so actually you know Mr Sanchez right now he has a class it's the Esports and uh not this month but you know hopefully next month
012he will do a presentation I asked him to do a presentation so that you guys can know I mean this is something that it's really growing here at our school we probably have I don't know Daniel how many kids already that are participating I want to say about 12 13 uh and uh you know it is growing and the kids are enjoying it very much so I want him to be able to do a presentation but it will probably be in November because right now he his mind is in packing mode Houston mode sure he was like a statue only you would notice that yeah all right well uh I just need a motion to adjourn so moved move by Jennifer all second second by Chris okay Chris yes yes Jennifer yes yes and D
013yes okay meeting adjourned at 4:16 y'all have fun on y'all's trips and be safe thank you thank you'll see y later thanks I hope you guys enj weekend thank you yes you too thank you'all byebye