001THE TIME IS NOW 6 PM ON UH JANUARY THE 28TH AND THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE EL CAMPO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THIS MEETING WAS DULY POSTED WITH SECTION 9 UH 551.043 043 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC MEETING POSTING OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THERE'S A QUORUM OF MEMBERS PRESENT AT THIS TIME. PLEASE RISE AND I'LL LEAD THE OPENING PRAYER FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. LET'S PRAY. LORD, THANKS FOR UH LETTING EVERYBODY GATHER TONIGHT TO TO CELEBRATE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING RECOGNIZED AS WELL AS AS WELL AS UH FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS AND AND CONSIDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS UH COMMUNITY AND THIS DISTRICT. KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND UH
002HELP US TO KEEP YOU AT THE ROOT OF ALL OUR DECISIONS. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG 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. AT REGULAR MEETINGS, THE BOARD ALLOWS 15 MINUTES UH TO HEAR PERSONS WHO DESIRE TO MAKE COMMENTS TO THE BOARD NOT RELATED TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. UH WE ALSO ALLOW UH TIME FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY. THAT IS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE ON FOR ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE UH ALLISON WATSON WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO UH TO SPEAK TONIGHT RELATED TO GIRL SCOUT TROOP UH 29040 AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT Y'ALL ARE HERE. SPEAKING STEP ON STEP ON UP YEAH. MAKE
003SURE THAT WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO SEE THAT. FOR SURE. WE THINK WE NEED TO SEE THAT SIGN AGAIN. WHEN YOU SAID WHEN HE SAID TROOP 29, WHAT DID YOU DO WHEN WHEN HE CALLED YOUR TROOP NUMBER OUT? I WANT TO SEE HOW PRETTY YOU ARE. DID YOU PUT YOUR ARMS UP? WELL, THANK YOU'ALL FOR BEING HERE. YES. AND WE WANT TO THANK Y'ALL AS WELL FOR BEING, YOU KNOW, A BIG PART OF THEM. YEAH. WE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU UM YOU KNOW FOR ALLOWING THE THE GIRL SCOUTS TO HAVE REALLY BEEN PARTICIPATING A LOT MORE IN THE IN THE SCHOOL AND UH WITH YOU KNOW THE VETERANS DAY PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY. UM WE BROUGHT WELL, WE LIKE IT WHEN THEY BRING GIFTS. YEAH.
004YOU GUYS WANT TO PASS OUT A COUPLE OF THEM? YOU DIDN'T HAVE YES, A LOT OF THEM ARE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. OUR GROUP IS GROWING. WE'RE AT 45. LIKE 60 BUT LIKE ACTIVE RIGHT AROUND 50 GIRLS. WE DO A LOT MORE THAN JUST SELLING COOKIES. WE'VE TAKEN THEM ALL OVER TEXAS. THEY GO TO A LOT OF THINGS. WE KEEP THEM ACTIVE. SO ANYBODY ELSE THAT SOUNDS GREAT. LET'S GET A LET'S GET A PICTURE. YOU DON'T MIND GET THEM RECOGNIZED FOR BEING AND I THINK IF THEY WILL IF YOU'LL JUST WE ALSO VIDEOED THIS. SO IF YOU'LL BE ON THEY'LL BE ON TOMORROW. IF WE CAN JUST HAVE THEM STAND UP HERE, TURN AROUND. YOU'RE FINE. AND THEN LOOK AT THE CAMERA OVER THERE. AND THEN THEY CAN EXCUSE ME. YOU
005CAN TELL THEM TELL THAT TELL US THEIR NAMES. ALL RIGHT. THREE, TWO, ONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, THIS IS LILY. SHE IS IN FIFTH GRADE. SHE'S A JUNIOR IN UM IN GIRL SCOUT. SHE'S BEEN IN IT SINCE SHE WAS IN KINDERGARTEN. SO, UM YEAH. AND SHE EARNED HER BRONZE AWARD THIS PAST YEAR WHICH IS UH ONE OF THE HIGHEST AWARDS THAT THEY CAN EARN AT THAT LEVEL. SO BY UM SHE CREATED LIKE A A A SPOT ADOPTION DAY AND HAS WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TO DO UM GOOD IN THOSE WAYS. AND AALIYAH, THIS IS AALIYAH. SHE UH IS IN FOURTH GRADE. UM SHE'S A JUNIOR AS WELL. THIS IS HER FIRST YEAR AS A JUNIOR. SO SHE'S WORKING ON HER BRONZE AWARD. UM, SHE'S BEEN IN OSWWELL SINCE KINDERGARTEN. THIS IS TIANA WITH THE
006CRAZY HAIR. UM, SHE IS IN KINDERGARTEN. THIS IS HER FIRST YEAR. SHE'S A DAISY. SHE'S SUPER EXCITED. UM, MY NAME IS ALLISON. AGAIN, LIKE THEY SAID, I'M THE TROOP LEADER HERE. I'VE BEEN IN SCOUTS FOR LIKE 10 YEARS. I'VE BEEN LEADING THIS TROOP FOR LIKE FIVE, I THINK. SOUNDS RIGHT. UM, AND THEN TANYA, SHE'S MY RIGHT HAND. SHE HELPS ME WITH EVERYTHING. SHE'S THE JUNIOR LEADER AS WELL. SHE WAS A DAISY FOR A LONG TIME AND NOW JUNIOR. SO, GIRLS ARE GETTING OLDER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. UH THAT WILL TAKE US TO UH RECOGNITION. UH SO UH THE FIRST ITEM OF RECOGNITION IS UH SCHOOLBOARD RECOGNITION. I WANT TO ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THE STUFF YOU SEE IN FRONT OF US. IT
007IT REALLY UH IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO TO TO BE RECOGNIZED AND APPRECIATED. I GUESS THERE'S A LOT OF TIME THAT THESE FOLKS SPEND FOR THE DISTRICT AND UH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THE AS I AS I TOLD THEM, THE GIFTS KEEP GETTING BETTER. MAKES YOU WANT TO STICK STICK IT OUT. WELL, AND I THINK MR. UH BURTON WANTED TO SPEAK TO ALL OF YOU FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S PERSPECTIVE. SO, UH GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS UH AND SIMPLY SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL OF EL CAMPO ISD. UH THE WORK YOU DO ISN'T ALWAYS VISIBLE. UH ALMOST NEVER GETS AN APPLAUSE, BUT IT MATTERS. YOU MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS. YOU GUYS ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND UH YOU KEEP
008THE STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING. UM EVEN WHEN THE ANSWERS AREN'T SIMPLE. UH BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP, OUR SCHOOLS CAN FOCUS ON WHAT WE DO BEST, TEACHING KIDS, SUPPORTING FAMILIES, AND BUILDING A STRONG FUTURE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. UH ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOUR TIME, AND YOUR COMMITMENT. WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. AND THEY ARE GOOD STAND. THAT WAS A GOOD STAND UP. UM THAT WOULD BE THE UH COOKIES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU AND ALSO THE UM CUPS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE LITTLE BOOKS. YES, THAT'S NICE. BUT I DON'T THINK THE BOOKS CAME FROM OH, THEY CAME FROM THE DISTRICT. WE GOT YEAH, WE DID THE CUPS, THE COOKIES, AND THEN LITTLE CARD. JUST FROM THE DISTRICT. YEAH.
009OKAY. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN ALSO FROM THE DISTRICT, YOU'LL SEE OVER HERE AS YOU LEAVE, EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE HOME TWO OF THOSE WITH YOU. ONE FOR YOURSELF AND ONE FOR WHOEVER YOU WANT TO SIT NEXT TO AT ALL THE ATHLETIC EVENTS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ONE IS NOW MISS NOHAVITZA. THAT IS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. EXCITING. GOOD DEAL. THAT'LL TAKE US INTO THE UH REMARKABLE RICEBIRDS. AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU START BECAUSE I CAN'T SPEAK. YOU WANT TO SPEAK? YES. NO. SO, WE'RE GLAD TO UM BRING SOME REMARKABLE RICEBIRDS TO Y'ALL AGAIN THIS YEAR. UM AS WE STARTED THE YEAR AGAIN. UH WE'VE GOT THREE OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT TODAY. THEY UM THEY'RE TRULY
010AN ASSET TO OUR DISTRICT. THE WAY THEY WORK, THE THINGS THEY DO FOR OUR KIDS, THE THE WAY THEY WORK WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES, IT'S IT'S EXCEPTIONAL. SO, I'M GOING TO START WITH MR. BARTON. I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE MISS MICHELLE. HELLO. HELLO. HI. SO, THIS IS MISS UH MICHELLE FERNANDEZ. SO, TODAY WE'RE CELEBRATING SOMEONE WHO'S TRULY REMARKABLE AT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OUR SCHOOLS UH AND OUR FAMILIES. SHE HAS A GIFT FOR CONNECTING PEOPLE, EARNING TRUST, AND MAKING FAMILIES FEEL SUPPORTED, HEARD, AND VALUED. SHE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR OUR KIDS. SORRY. UM EVERY SINGLE DAY, FOCUSED ON WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM AND HOW SHE CAN SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. UM THIS ISN'T JUST DURING WORK HOURS. MISS FERNANDEZ CALLED ME AND AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME AND SHE'S LIKE, "HEY, DO YOU HAVE AN EXTRA CHRISTMAS TREE?" I SAID,
011"NO." SHE I GOT TO HUNT ONE DOWN. I GOT SOMEBODY THAT JUST CALLED. IT'S LIKE A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS. I GOT TO HUNT ONE DOWN. AND SURE ENOUGH, SHE DID HUNT ONE DOWN. UM AND I WHILE WE WERE I HER AND I WENT TO A PARENT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND UM YOU KNOW WHILE WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO A CONFERENCE, SHE ALSO MADE SURE WE WERE WELLFED. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HERE AND WACO. AND SHE SAID, "HEY, THIS IS THE BEST LITTLE TACO SPOT YOU'LL EVER." AND SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS THE BEST LITTLE TACO SPOT I'D EVER BEEN TO. SO, JUST PROVES THAT SHE IS ALWAYS PREPARED. UM, MISS HERNANDEZ, YOUR HEART, YOUR COMMITMENT UH TO OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES. IT BRIDGES UH AND
012THE BRIDGES YOU BUILD MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS A DISTRICT. AND SHE SHE SERVES HUTCHINS, MYATT, AND NORTHSIDE. SO, FANTASTIC. CONGRATULATIONS. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT, FELLERS. HELLO. I GET THE PRIVILEGE OF U INTRODUCING OUR REMARKABLE RASPBER, NICK POPP. NICK, COME ON UP. COME ON UP HERE, NICK. NICK IS NICK IS PROBABLY THE BRAVEST PERSON YOU HAVE EVER MET BECAUSE NICK WORKS WITH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AND POWER TOOLS ALL DAY LONG. BRAVE PERSON. HE TEACHES OUR WOOD SHOP AND UM HE'S TEACHING REALLY REALLY APPLICABLE LIFE UH LIFELONG SKILLS. UM BUT HE'S ALSO SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. UH NICK IS A WONDERFUL TEACHER. THE STUDENTS LOVE HIM. THERE IS ALWAYS A WAITING LIST TO GET
013IN HIS CLASS. UM, AND HE AND HIS STUDENTS BUILD EVERYTHING FROM STATIONS AT AT TURKEY TROT TO PROPS FOR THE ONC ACT PLAY, UM, SHELVING FOR TEACHERS, UM, SHELVING FOR OUR BOOKCASES FOR ME TO USE IN THE BIRDBUCK STORE. WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE NEED ASSEMBLED OR PUT TOGETHER, HE IS THERE TO HELP WITHOUT COMPLAINT AND OFTEN WITHOUT VERY MUCH PRIOR NOTICE. UM, AND SO HE DOES THAT. HE DOES A GREAT JOB. HE'S UH PART OF THE GROUP THAT PUTS ON THE FINE ARTS NIGHT. HIS UM PROJECTS THAT HE AND THE STUDENTS PUT TOGETHER ARE A BIG FAN FAVORITE. PEOPLE LOVE COMING IN AND SEEING WHAT THE KIDS HAVE CREATED. THEY LOVE THE THINGS THAT WE UM RAFFLE OFF OR OR HAVE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. IT HE'S JUST REALLY REALLY UM QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT HE'S
014TEACHING THE KIDS. AND SO WE ARE VERY HONORED TO HAVE NICK POPP AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND I HAD A FLAT TIRE AND NICK CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME COULD HE TAKE HIS BOYS OUT THERE, HIS STUDENTS, AND TEACH THEM, SHOW THEM HOW TO CHANGE THAT TIRE AND Y'ALL CHANGE THAT TIRE. I KNOW. AND THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SAY BECAUSE WHEN NICK CAME THE FIRST TIME HE CAME HIS HE HAD HIS WIFE WITH CHILD AND HE CAME TO SCHOOL AND WE HAD A SHOWER FOR HIM AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST. WHEN MY MY HUSBAND WAS ALIVE AND HE HAD MS, HE BUILT HIM A WALKER AND I MEAN COMMUNITY VERY VERY SPECIAL PERSON. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. HEY NICK, YOUR FAMILY'S HERE. WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE HIM? MAYBE LET HIM
015COME UP HAVE A PICTURE TAKEN. LET'S EMBARRASS HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE. YEAH. SO, I GOT MY WIFE JENNY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN MY STAND UP, JENNY. AND MY BOYS THAT THEY HAD A SHOWER FOR YEARS AGO, MY OLDEST BRODY, MY SECOND, HUDSON, AND THEN BAYLOR. YEAH. AND HE PLAYED IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. HE DID. YES, MA'AM. YES, HE DID. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, NICK. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT. AND MR. POENITZSCH. ALL RIGHT. STAND UP. I I HAVE THE HONOR UH THIS EVENING UM COME STAND WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOU OF UH INTRODUCING OUR REMARKABLE RICE BIRD AT EL CAMPO HIGH SCHOOL, MS BJ SWENSON. I'M GOING TO READ A FEW REMARKS FROM UH SOME OF HER COLLEAGUES. UM BUT UH IT UH SHE SHE'S AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADER FOR OUR TEAM.
016SHE PURSUES THE BEST IN ALL OF US AND SHE HAS UH TIME TO MENTOR NOT ONLY HER STUDENTS BUT ALSO THE ENGLISH TEAM AS WELL. SHE'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION IS CARING AND COMPASSIONATE ABOUT OUR PERSONAL LIVES AND SHE PUTS US AHEAD OF HER IN ALL THINGS ON CAMPUS. UM I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GET TO READ ALL THESE THINGS SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE SHE HEARS SOME OF THIS STUFF. UH TALKS ABOUT 100% IN IN ENTHUSIASM. UH ONE OF HER COLLEAGUES UH DESCRIBED HER AS A PILLAR ON OUR CAMPUS. UM UH ONE THING THAT I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT ABOUT BJ, SHE'S SHE'S BEEN THERE U SHE'S A TEACHER LEADER AT OUR SCHOOL. UM BUT SHE UH NOT ONLY UH SHE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH THE HIGHEST LEVEL KIDS THAT WE
017HAVE, OUR ADVANCED KIDS, BUT SHE ALSO HAS A CLASS OF OUR LOWEST KIDS. AND UH AND ALL OF HER HER STUDENTS UM ARE RELATABLE TO OUR OUR END OF COURSE EXAMS IN ENGLISH. SHE MAKES SURE THAT SHE IS HEAVY INTO THAT AND MAKING SURE KIDS ARE SUCCESSFUL ON THOSE EXAMS. UH SHE LEADS OUR TEACHERS AND AND BEING THE BEST THAT THEY THEY CAN BE. I HAD A PRINCIPAL ALSO TELL ME UM UH MAKE SURE YOU POINT OUT THAT THAT EVEN WHEN BJ HAS KIDS AT DAEP, SHE'S OVER AT DAEP UM TAKING CARE OF THOSE KIDS AND LOOKING AFTER THOSE KIDS. UM SHE DOES NOT LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN TEAM STUFF IN IN COMPETITIONS. I FOUND THAT OUT THE HARD WAY BUT WHEN I PRESENTED HER WITH THAT SHE SAID BUT I WILL DO ANYTHING ELSE
018THAT I JUST WILL NOT DO THAT. SO, UM, SHE'S SHE YOU DID. AND SO, UM, IT IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR THAT THAT I, UH, THAT WE RECOGNIZE BJ IS OUR REMARKABLE RICEBIRD. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THIS YEAR? ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. THANK YOU. HAVING STUDENTS. WHEN THEY CAME IN WHEN THEY CAME INH TO GIVE HER AN AWARD, SHE GOES, "YEAH, SOME OF Y'ALL WERE IN MY CLASS." I WAS I WAS I WAS ALSO OUT OF HER CLASS SEVERAL TIMES. I'M JUST I FORGOT TO MENTION SHE SHE WORKS SMALL MIRACLES. SO, MISS SWENSON, IS IT THAT MISS STARY WAS IN YOUR UPPER LEVEL CLASS AND MAYBE A BOARD MEMBER WAS IN ONE OF THE LOWER LEVEL ME? BARELY IN. BARELY IN. HE WAS ONE OF THOSE CHALLENGING ADVANCED KIDS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
019I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. ONE OF THOSE WORDS FITS AND IT'S NOT THE ADVANCEMENT. BUT AS HAVING A DAUGHTER AND A GRANDDAUGHTER HAVE HER, THEY ALWAYS SAID YOU WERE THE BEST. WELL, I'M I'M SURPRISED UH LIKE I SAID, I'M SURPRISED YOU DON'T HAVE A WHOLE WALL OF THOSE. I FORGOT TO MENTION, BUT NOLAN RYAN NEVER WON ONE OF SI YOUNG EITHER. SO, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH A COUPLE OF KIDS GOING THROUGH AND AND I HAVE ONE MORE ON THE WAY, SO I'M HOPING SHE STICKS AROUND FOR MY FRESHMAN NEXT YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR UH RECIPIENTS OF THE REMARKABLE RICEBIRDS. WELL DESERVED. FUN TO DO, TOO. UM, THAT'LL TAKE US TO A REALLY COOL AWARD. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE UH TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION
020RECOGNIZES A 4A ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR EACH YEAR AND WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH AND UH FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE UH THE RECIPIENT WITHIN OUR DISTRICT THIS YEAR AND WELL DESERVED. ABSOLUTELY. SO, UH IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE. UM I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MR. BURTON SAID, JUST THANKING THE BOARD FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR ALL OF OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. UM YOU GUYS ARE ELITE AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON KIDS EACH AND EVERY DAY. SO WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. UM CO WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE COACH TRENT POPP UH AS YOU SAID WAS THE U BASEBALL ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS AND UH TREMENDOUS HONOR. HE DOES A GREAT JOB WITH OUR KIDS NOT ONLY IN
021BASEBALL BUT FOOTBALL AS WELL. UH, COACH JACOB HOOKER IS OUR HEAD BASEBALL COACH, BUT HE'S ALSO UH A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH OUR BASEBALL COACH ASSOCIATION. SO, WE GOT GREAT REPRESENTATION THERE FROM EL CAMPO AND UH SO I'VE ASKED HIM TO COME AND TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE AWARD AND UH COACH POPP. ALL RIGHT. SO, YOU CAN COME IN THE ROOM. COACH, YOU CAN COME IN THE ROOM. THERE YOU GO. SO, IT'S A IT'S IT'S A PRETTY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD. UH, ONE COACH IN EACH CLASSIFICATION. SO, THERE'S SIX CLASSIFICATIONS EACH YEAR. AND, UH, HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHEN WE FILLED IT OUT. SO, WE'RE FILLING OUT OUR ALL STATE STUFF LAST YEAR. AND HIS HIS WIFE WAS IN THE ROOM BECAUSE SHE WOULD TYPE IT IN FOR US AND WE WERE CALLING OUT
022ALL THE STATS. AND SO, THEY LEFT AND I SNUCK IT IN REAL QUICK AND SUBMITTED IT. HE HAD NO IDEA. AND UH SO THEY CALLED ME AND AND YOU KNOW SAID, "HEY, HE WON IT." AND HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE A BANQUET THAT NIGHT. SO UH I CALLED KAITLYN AND SAID, "OKAY, HEY, HE WON THIS AWARD. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET Y'ALL THERE." SO WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH FOR THREE OR FOUR DAYS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SNEAK HIS FAMILY UP FOR THE AWARD. AND SO FINALLY I TOLD HIM AT THE BANQUET FOR THE BANQUET, I SAID, "COACH SAID THEY REALLY WANT ALL MY ASSISTANTS TO BE AT THE BANQUET." I SAID, "SO YOU GOT TO GO." OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S HOW I GOT HIM IN. AND
023U SO ME AND CAITLYN ARE FIGURING OUT ALL WEEK HOW WE'RE GETTING THERE AND WE GOT A PLAN AND SHE FORGOT TO TURN OFF HER LIFE 360. SO HE'S LIKE, "HEY, WHY WHY ARE THE YOU KNOW WHY IS MY WIFE HERE?" AND THEN UH REED AND RYAN CAME UP SAID, "WELL, WE'RE HERE FOR YOUR AWARD." SO, UH, BUT IT'S A IT'S A GREAT HONOR AND YOU KNOW, COACH POPP'S BEEN HERE FOR 12 YEARS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MICKEY OUT THE FIELD, BUT COACH POPP'S OUR OUR RIGHT-HAND MAN OUT THERE. I MEAN, IT IT'LL BE FREEZING COLD. IT'LL COACH, JUST LEAVE THE DIRT. WE'LL WE'LL DO IT TOMORROW AND I'LL LOOK UP AND THERE HE IS. HE'S HE'S MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S DONE OUT THERE. HE TAKES CARE OF OUR KIDS. UH, YOU KNOW, I
024I I DON'T HAVE TO DO A LOT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DOES. AND UH YOU KNOW IT MAKES LIFE A LOT EASIER WHEN WE HAVE GREAT GREAT COACHES IN THIS SCHOOL AND HE'S ONE OF THEM. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED HE GOT THE AWARD. CONGRATULATIONS. TRENT, WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY? FOR SURE. LET'S GET UH LET'S GET EVERYBODY GET YOUR GET THE BOYS IN UP HERE TOO. YOU'RE A BIG PART OF THIS. I KNOW. YEAH. JUST AS MUCH AS I AM. LOOK AT THOSE RED. ALL RIGHT. PEEK IN THERE, COACH. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. WHO RATTED THEM OUT? WHO GRANDMA OUT? OH, NO. YOU DIDN'T INTRODUCE HIM YET. YEAH. OKAY. WELL, THIS IS MY WIFE, CAITLYN. SHE'S ALWAYS THERE, ALWAYS AROUND. AND MY TWO BOYS, RYAN AND REED, THEY'RE THE
025OTHER ONE'S GOING TO BE A BAT BOY. THE OLDEST ONE'S BEEN A BAT BOY FOR A COUPLE YEARS, BUT I TOLD THE YOUNGER ONE, WHEN HE GETS TO THIS AGE, HE GETS TO BE A BAT BOY, TOO. SO, HE'S EXCITED ABOUT THAT. HE'S BEEN PRACTICING. YEAH, HE'S BEEN PRACTICING. WELL, THE FUNNY THING IS I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GETTING THE AWARD UNTIL THEY SHOWED UP AT MY HOTEL ROOM BEFORE CUZ I WAS SITTING THERE IN KHAKIS AND A POLO AND MY TWO SONS WALK IN IN SPORTS COATS AND I WAS LIKE, "WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?" SO, AT THAT POINT, I REALIZED SOMETHING WAS UP. I HAD TO THROW MY SPORTS COAT ON REAL QUICK. AND YEAH, SO SHE KEPT A PRETTY GOOD SECRET. SHE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. YEAH.
026CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL THE FUN STUFF WE WERE GOING TO DO. SO, IF UH IF Y'ALL WANT TO STICK AROUND, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS RIVETING, BUT UH IF Y'ALL WANT TO SNEAK OUT, I UNDERSTAND THAT, TOO. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ACCORDING TO LOCAL POLICY BE, A CONSENT AGENDA IS PROVIDED THAT GROUPS ITEMS OF ROUTINE RECURRING NATURE TOGETHER UNDER ONE ACTION ITEM. WE'VE BEEN FURNISHED WITH BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR EACH OF THE ITEMS. IS IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANY ONE UH WANTS TO HAVE PULLED OUT AND CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY? THERE BEING NONE, I WILL UH SEEK A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. HAVE A MOTION BY MR. CANNELL, SECOND BY MISS SMITH. UH ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSE SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES
027UNANIMOUSLY. THAT TAKES US DOWN TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. UH CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONS. A1, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED 2026-2027 SCHOOL CALENDAR. ALL RIGHT. SO, IN YOUR BOARD PACKET, YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE CALENDAR THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. UM, IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR CURRENT CALENDAR WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS. SO, JULY AND AUGUST LOOK PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. SEPTEMBER LOOKS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. OCTOBER'S GOT A BIG DIFFERENCE. UM BECAUSE OF THE WAY MEMORIAL WEEKEND ACTUALLY FALLS THIS YEAR, WE GAINED LIKE A WHOLE WEEK UM IN THE CALENDAR. SO, WE'VE ASKED BEFORE, OUR TEACHERS HAVE ASKED BEFORE ABOUT TRYING TO PUT A BREAK IN THERE IN OCTOBER BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, EVERYBODY'S EMOTIONS ARE HIGH AND WE JUST NEED A BREAK. AND SO, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THAT IN THIS YEAR BECAUSE
028OF THE WAY THAT THE DATES FELL. UM SO, IN OCTOBER, YOU WILL SEE A FULL WEEK OFF UM INSTEAD OF JUST ONE DAY OFF. THE KIDS LAST YEAR HAD TWO DAYS OFF, BUT THE TEACHERS HAD A PD DAY. UM, BUT THIS YEAR IT IS A FULL WEEK FOR EVERYBODY, AND THEN THERE IS STILL A PD DAY FOR THE TEACHERS. UM, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER LOOK THE SAME AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST. JANUARY, FEBRUARY, TOO. UM, FEBRUARY DOES HAVE A HOLIDAY IN IT INSTEAD OF JUST A PD DAY. UM, MARCH LOOKS THE SAME. APRIL HAS GOT THE FAIR DATE IN IT. SO, THAT'S WHAT APRIL 9TH IS, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE A FAIR DAY SOMEWHERE IN OUR CALENDAR. SO, THAT'S WHAT THE 9TH IS. UM, AND THEN MAY LOOKS THE SAME AS WE'VE DONE IN THE
029PAST. AND WE HAVE THE TWO DAYS FOR TEACHERS AFTER MEMORIAL WEEKEND THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY COMP OUT. SO IF THEY'RE 187 CONTRACT, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO PD DURING THE SUMMER AND THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORK THOSE TWO DAYS. SO, AND WE JUST DID THIS PAST YEAR AND WE HAD OVER 60% OF THE TEACHERS ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN IT. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL RECEIVED. SO BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION JUST ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU KNOW BEING THERE TEACHERS DON'T LIKE GOING INTO JUNE. RIGHT. RIGHT. RIGHT. RIGHT. NO, THEY THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO PD DURING THE SUMMER 6 HOURS OR 12 AND CAN GET BOTH OF THOSE DAYS OFF. THEN ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOKED AT WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT I WENT ALL
030THOSE PDS AT THE FRONT AND AS A FORMER TEACHER, YUCK. I MEAN, I'VE REALLY HAD A HARD TIME, RIGHT? AND I KNOW IT'S EVERY YEAR I CALLED BOB AND HE SAYS THIS IS A STATE MANDATE. WELL, WE HAVE TO GET 187 DAYS IN. AND SO WHAT MAKES IT HARD IS LIKE THIS CALENDAR ACTUALLY THE CURRENT CALENDAR WE'RE IN HAS 170 STUDENT DAYS. THIS ONE HAS 172 STUDENT DAYS. SO THERE ARE TWO MORE DAYS WHERE KIDS WERE ACTUALLY COMING TO THE CAMPUSES THAN THE CURRENT C UH CURRENT CALENDAR. BUT WE DO HAVE, AS YOU SEE ON THIS ONE, IT'S A FULL WEEK, FIVE AND THEN TWO, AND ONE OF THOSE BEING A WORK DAY. THEY HAVE TO FALL SOMEWHERE. SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE CASE. I WAS THINKING GRADUATING WITH JUST ONE WORK. I MEAN, ONE
031WORK DAY IS NOT ENOUGH FOR A TEACHER. SO WE BUILD IT AND I DON'T WANT TO MISSPE FOR THE PRINCIPLES BUT WE BUILD IT THIS WAY BUT REALLY I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING IS ON THE CAMPUSES THEY MAY BE MEETING BUT THEN THEY HAVE TIME TO WORK WITH THEIR TEAMS AND I WAS WONDERING IF SO IT'S NOT SOME LIKE YOU'RE SITTING IN PD EVERY DAY ALL DAY LET ME LET ME LET ME ASK Y'ALL HOW WOULD IT LOOK I'M JUST THINKING OF THE TEACHERS MORALE BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU WHEN I SEE THAT I FEEL STRESSED JUST MY BLOOD PRESSURE. DON'T LAUGH AT ME, MARK. ANYWAY, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD DO LIKE TWO PUSH TWO OF THOSE LIKE BLOOD PATH PATHOGEN AND SOMETHING ELSE TOGETHER SO THEY COULD HAVE LIKE YOU COULD CALL IT
032A PROFESSIONAL I MEAN A WORK DAY WHERE THEY COULD HAVE A WHOLE WORK DAY. SO, I MEAN, I GUESS WE COULD WE CAN WE YES. CAN WE CHANGE ONE OF THOSE DAYS TO ANOTHER WORKDAY? ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE THE WE CAN DO THAT. LIKE, THAT IS I MEAN, AS A FORMER TEACHER, THAT'S A STRESS LEVEL. I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO GET YOUR CLASSROOM READY. YOU GOT TO GET YOUR ROSTER SPREAD, RIGHT? AND THEN EVERYBODY'S COMING IN AND SAY, "OH, WELL, YOU NEED TO DO THIS, TOO, AND YOU NEED TO DO THIS AND THIS AND THIS." YES. YES. YES. WHAT DETERMINES THE WORK DAYS ON HERE? IS THAT THE THE SQUARES? YES. OKAY. SO, WE HAVE ONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND ONE AT THE END
033OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK, PRINCIPLES? I MEAN, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT I'LL TELL YOU LIKE WE OUR TEACHERS ON OUR CAMPUS GET A LOT OF LIKE I KNOW IT SAYS A PDATE, BUT LIKE MARI AND I WERE JUST TALKING LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE AN HOUR MEETING IN THE MORNING AND THEN I SAY, "GO GET IT DONE." YOU KNOW, SO I'LL ALSO SPEAK TO UM I THINK IT'S GREAT TO FRONTLOAD IT. I WOULDN'T WISH IT ANY OTHER WAY BECAUSE WHAT WE CAN DO IS THAT YES IT'S A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY BUT MAYBE THIS GROUP IS GETTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO MEET LIKE YOUR SPECIAL EDUCATION YOU NEED TO DEVELOP EVERYBODY ELSE YOU'RE GETTING TO WORK OFF SOMEPLACE ELSE. SO IT IS VERY STRATEGICALLY PLANNED WHERE YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF HALF
034DAYS THAT WE'RE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS TO CALL IT A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY. WE'RE MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT WHETHER IT'S LIKE THE MORNING MEETING AND EVERYBODY HAS THE AFTERNOON OR VICE VERSA. UM SO THAT WE COULD MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF TIME UM AND THAT REALLY JUST I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE IF WHEN THE PD DAYS ARE SPREAD OUT IT'S NOT REALLY POSSIBLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU GOT TO GET ALL THAT STUFF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN YOU HAVE TO COMPACT IT. UM, SO BUT WE'VE DONE THIS THIS WAY A COUPLE YEARS NOW. IF WE WENT BACK TO JUST LIKE THREE PD DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL START, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF PANIC WOULD ENSUE BECAUSE OKAY. I WAS JUST THINKING IF WE COULD MAKE IT TEACHER FRIENDLY WHERE IT JUST LOOKS CAN WE DO
035PD? JUST MAKE IT LOOK BETTER. DID DID WE DO LIKE WE DID THE TEACHERS VOTE LIKE THIS YEAR? WE DID. WE WE DID IT WE DO THAT EVERY OTHER YEAR. SO WE TRY TO MIRROR THE SAME THING AND AND USING THEIR COMMENTS FROM LAST YEAR TO BUILD ANOTHER CALENDAR. SO WE DO THAT EVERY OTHER YEAR BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND UM A LOT OF OPTIONS AND OPINIONS OUT THERE. SURE. I JUST WONDER MY ONLY MY ONLY COMMENT IS THE FULL WEEK IN OCTOBER. UM IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT KIND OF JUST BUST THINGS UP. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE GOING BACK TO WORK AFTER SPRING BREAK SIMILAR KIND OF DEAL, BUT DOESN'T DOESN'T BOTHER ME. I JUST DON'T KNOW. IF IT WAS ME, I'D RATHER GET OUT. THAT'S WHAT THAT THAT WOULD BE
036MY YEAH. AND I THINK I THINK IN MY OPINION THE COMMENTS I'VE ALWAYS HEARD IS THOSE TEACHERS LIKE THAT MAY SURE THAT'S WHY I ASKED AND AND THE THE DAYS UP FRONT YOU GOT TO PUT THEM IN SOMEWHERE. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE. BUT IF YOU CUT THAT IF YOU CUT THAT OCTOBER WEEK DOWN TO A THREE-DAY WEEKEND OR A 4-DAY WEEKEND, WHATEVER, YOU COULD ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE OUT A WEEK EARLIER IN MAY. AND EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN DOING THIS, EVERYBODY LOVES YOU FOR THAT, BUT HATES YOU HATES YOU IF YOU PUT IT IN PUT IT INTO THAT LAST WEEK. THEY LOVE YOU IN MAY, BUT THEY DON'T LOVE YOU IN OCTOBER. OCTOBER. I WAS GOING TO SAY SPEAK FOR ALL THE PRINCIPLES, BUT I CAN TELL YOU AT LEAST FOR MY
037CAMPUS, AND I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME OTHERS, WHEN WE GOT A HOLD OF THAT, THEY GAVE US KIND OF THE GREEN LIGHT TO SHARE WITH OUR CAMPUSES. SO, UM, ON MY CAMPUS, THEY SAW THAT UM THE FIRST DAY THAT WE CAME BACK FROM CHRISTMAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD LIKE THE THE PD DAY THERE. THEY SAW THAT IN A FACULTY MEETING, THEY GOT THE OPPORTUNITY IN SMALL GROUPS TO DISCUSS IT AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS WERE. AND UM TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK WHICH I WAS ABLE THEN TO UH SHARE WITH ALICIA. UM AND THERE IN IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAVE WHAT 46 I THINK 46 TEACHERS ON CAMPUS AND THERE WAS UM ONE OPPOSITION AND THE OPPOSITION TO IT HAD TO DO WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL ISSUE NOT A MIDDLE
038SCHOOL ISSUE. UM AND IT WAS JUST AN EXTRACURRICULAR QUESTION ABOUT YOU KNOW HOW THEY WOULD MANAGE THEIR TIME DURING THAT WEEK. OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TO TRY SOMETHING NEW, TRY SOMETHING INNOVATIVE. WHAT ABOUT THE MINUTES? WHERE DOES THAT HAVE THE HOW MUCH? SO, WE HAVE 78 THIS CALENDAR HAS 78,070 MINUTES IN IT. AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO HAVE? 75,600. SO, WE CAN MISS LIKE FIVE DAYS. YEAH. WE CAN HAVE SOME FLOATING DAYS TO REASSIGN FOR WHY DON'T YOU SPEAK SO THE SO THE OTHER THING WE HAVE TO KEEP IN CONSIDERATION UM AND JUST TO KIND OF RESPOND TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT GETTING OUT EARLY IT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION BUT WE'RE FIXING TO HIT SOME CHANGE IN LEGISLATION WITH TESTING AND
039WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TEST THE WHOLE MONTH OF MAY AND SO THAT'S GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE'S CALENDARS FOR THE 27-28 SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE YOU TECHNICALLY HAVE TO STILL BE IN SO THAT'S A BIG TALK RIGHT NOW WITH TEA HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT. UM SO LIKE VANESSA, I KNOW IT WON'T MATTER TO YOU NEXT YEAR, BUT AS A TEACHER THIS YEAR, WHAT DO YOU WE LOVE BREAKS AND IT IS A LONG WAY FROM SEPTEMBER LABOR DAY. OH, I'M SORRY. LABOR DAY TO THANKSGIVING. THAT'S A LONG STRETCH. YES. YES. AND I I'LL SAY I I CAME FROM A DISTRICT THAT WE DID THIS AND I WAS A TEACHER WHEN WE STARTED IT AND I REMEMBER IT'S KIND OF YOU KNOW THE QUESTIONS AND SINCE THEY'VE GONE TO IT THEY
040HAVE NOT LOOKED BACK LIKE IT'S IT'S WELL I MEAN THE QUESTIONS AT THE BEGINNING BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW BUT ONCE YOU KIND OF LIVE IT AND YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU'VE BEEN ON A CAMPUS IN OCTOBER IT IS IT WILL BE WO AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IF A CALENDAR WILL ALWAYS ALLOW US TO DO IT BECAUSE HOW THE HOLIDAYS START FALLING, RIGHT? SO, IT HAPPENED TO WORK, BUT I I WOULD THINK IN PROBABLY A COUPLE YEARS IT WOULDN'T WORK AGAIN, YOU KNOW? SO, WITHOUT LIKE PUSHING TEACHERS BACK INTO JULY TO JULY, WHICH WE DON'T WANT TO DO. SO, YEAH, GOOD CONVERSATION. ABSOLUTELY. SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO AVOID IN THE CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR IS WE RAN OUR PAINTED OURSELVES INTO A CORNER A
041COUPLE OF TIMES THIS YEAR, UH, WITH EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT WERE ON ONE FRIDAY WE HAD A BASKETBALL GAME, PLAYOFF FOOTBALL GAME. I THINK THE DERBY DOLLS WERE WERE GOING TO CONTEST OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE LIKE SIX THINGS. WE HAD NO BUSES. WE HAD NO TEACHERS. WE HAD NO I MEAN IT WAS WE HAD NO STUDENTS. AND WE SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS SMARTER AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FLOAT A COUPLE OF FLOATING DAYS THAT WHEN A UIL CALENDAR COMES OUT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'RE GOING TO REARRANGE THIS THING SO THAT WE HAVE IN PARTICULARLY IN ABOUT MID NOVEMBER, LATE NOVEMBER WHEN WHEN THOSE THINGS ARE GOING ON, WE HAVE THESE DAYS WHERE WE CAN MOVE AND SAY, "OKAY, WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THIS DAY IN WHEREVER, BUT
042WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT ON A FRIDAY IN NOVEMBER OR OR EARLY DECEMBER OR WHENEVER THOSE THINGS ARISE. SO THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TEACHERS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE BUSES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS AT SOME CAMPUSES BECAUSE THERE WAS A COUPLE OF TIMES AT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I'M I'M NOT SURE WHO WAS EVEN THERE. YOU DRIVE BY AND YOU SAID WE HAD TWO EXTRA DAYS ON THIS ONE, RIGHT? WE DO. WE DO. BUT WELL, WE HAVE FIVE EXTRA DAYS. BUT I THINK I THINK IN TOTAL MINUTES WE HAVE OVER FIVE DAYS. WE HAVE TWO EXTRA DAYS THAN WHAT WE HAD THIS YEAR. CORRECT. SO WE HAVE TWO FLOATING DAYS. BUT YOU JUST CAN'T CALL SCHOOL OFF. YOU WELL, I THINK I THINK YOU CAN'T I MEAN, YOU DON'T JUST SAY, "HEY, WE'VE GOT FOR
043FRIDAY NIGHT. WE'RE NOT NO SCHOOL FRIDAY." WELL, THAT'S WHAT WELL, ONCE THE UIL SCHEDULE COMES OUT, WE HAVE TWO DAYS THAT WE CAN WHAT I'M SAYING IS I THINK IT NEEDS TO FROM THE GET-GO, FROM THE JUMP, I THINK WE OUGHT TO PLAN THAT EVERY YEAR. EVERY YEAR THE THE THE FIRST WEEK THE WEEKEND OF THE UIL PLAYOFFS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE WHO'S GOING TO DRIVE THE THE DERBY DOLL BUS, WHO'S GOING TO DRIVE THE WHO'S DO WE HAVE BUSES THAT CAN RUN THE ROUTE AND DRIVE THE FOOTBALL. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DON'T PLAN FOR THAT. THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE 13TH PROBABLY. BUT BUT WE WHAT WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO SEE IS IF THEY STICK IF IF THE UIL COMES OUT AND PUTS PUTS UH THE
044SOUTH TEXAS TEAMS IN OUR DISTRICT AGAIN. THOSE WERE ALSO PROBLEMS WHERE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO LEVERIA AND EVERYBODY HAS TO LEAVE AT 11:00 IN THE MORNING. WELL THEN THAT HURTS THE JUNIOR HIGH BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE PEOPLE TO COVER THE CLASSES THOSE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN. I THINK IT'D BE SMART TO WAIT BEFORE WE ADOPT THIS CALENDAR TO SEE NEXT WEEK WHEN THE UIL DISTRICTS COME OUT. WE CAN SEE WHAT DOES IT HURT FOR US TO TABLE THIS TO NEXT MONTH? I DON'T THINK IT DOES AT ALL. IT IT DOESN'T. AND I THINK I I THINK WE OUGHT TO REVISIT A LOT OF THE THE CONVERSATION IN HERE AND STARTING WITH MISS SMITH AND AND THE POINT THAT RICH MADE AND I'M ALL FOR AN OCTOBER MY THOUGHT IS I'M ALL FOR AN
045OCTOBER BREAK. DOES IT HAVE TO BE AN ENTIRE I MEAN YOU COULD CALL A FALL BREAK A FOUR DAY WEEKEND. THAT'S A THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD BREAK. UH BUT THEN YOU COULD HAVE TWO DAYS TO FLOAT AROUND AND PUT THAT WOULD ALSO FALL IN THE FALL SEMESTER. YOU COULD USE THOSE TWO DAYS LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK WE DO I THINK WE SHOULD PLAN FOR THE PROBLEMS THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT. I DON'T SEE THOSE IN THE IN THE MIX HERE. I THINK NUMBER ONE I THINK THAT WE WERE AWARE OF THOSE ISSUES. I THINK MISS STARY'S DONE A REALLY EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, WE KNEW THAT IT WASN'T COMING OUT TILL MONDAY. SO, WITH THE FIVE EXTRA DAYS,
046WE DO KNOW WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. UM, IF YOU'D LIKE US TO TABLE IT TILL NEXT MONTH, THAT'S AN EASY THING. OKAY. UM, FOR US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT SEE ANY REASON NOT TO SEE A MOTION TO TABLE IT. YEAH. HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE FROM MR. CANNELL AND A SECOND BY MISS SMITH. SO, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT NEXT MONTH. AND AS FAR AS THOSE DAYS AHEAD OF TIME, I MEAN, IT'S A CAMPUS. YOU KNOW, IF Y'ALL ARE HAPPY WITH IT, I JUST KNOW AS A FORMER TEACHER, RIGHT? WELL, AND I WOULD SAY THIS SAME THING I TOLD YOU THE OTHER DAY, MISS SMITH, IS THAT THE PRINCIPALS DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB AT AT BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS ALWAYS GOT TO DO A PD DAY. AND IF YOU'RE DOING TWO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, LIKE LET'S SAY
047YOU'RE A COACH AND YOU'RE ALSO A SPECIAL ED TEACHER OR WHATEVER, THOSE PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE SOME TIME TO DO THE PD. SO ALTHOUGH WE PUT IT ON THERE AS A PD DAY, IT'S NOT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S ALWAYS PD. OKAY, THE DAYS THAT ARE SQUARES ARE UNINTERRUPTED FULL WORK DAYS. OKAY, BUT I THINK THE PRINCIPAL IS DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB AT NOT PLANNING OUT SOMEBODY'S WHOLE DAY. AND I'M LOOKING AT SAM'S BACK THERE AND MAURI BACK THERE AND SANDY AND PATRICK AND THEY'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING. I THINK THEY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE UM FROM MISS STARY'S PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT WE SEE AN AWFUL LOT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS SHORTTERM AND THEN A LOT OF TIME FOR THE TEACHERS. OKAY. SO THAT THE 20TH THE NOVEMBER 20TH HALF DAY, THAT'S END OF
048THE GRADING PERIOD. IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? NO, THAT IS UH JUST RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. THE END OF THE GRADING PERIOD WILL ACTUALLY BE OCTOBER 9TH. THAT'LL BE AT THE NINE WEEKS RIGHT THERE. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GRADUATION SET FOR MAY 27TH. IF WE IF WE DIDN'T DO A FULL WEEK IN OCTOBER, IF WE JUST DID LIKE A HALF WEEK, A 4 DAY WEEK OR SOMETHING LIKE JAMES SUGGESTED AND WE, YOU KNOW, COULD TAKE OFF SHAVE OFF A FEW DAYS. I MEAN, HAVE TO SHAVE OFF FIVE. DO WE DO WE HAVE TO GRADUATE ON A THURSDAY? COULD IT BE GRADUATE WHENEVER YOU WANT? GRADUATE WHENEVER YOU WANT. I MEAN, WELL, YOU STILL WORK HARD TO GRADUATE ON FRIDAY JUST FOR TRAVEL. YES. RIGHT. THEY WORK HARD TO GRADUATE ON THURSDAY NOW SO THAT THEY
049CAN UM SO THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AREN'T OFF CONTRACT AT NOON ON FRIDAY AND THEY ALL SKIP TOWN. I'VE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES LIKE THAT. WELL, I'M JUST I DIDN'T HAVE ISSUES LIKE THAT EITHER, MR. DUBROC. I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT IS PART OF THE REASON IT GOT MOVED TO A THURSDAY. MR. WELLS, YOU WERE THERE WHEN THAT OCCURRED, RIGHT? YEAH. I MOVED IT TO A THURSDAY BECAUSE I ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE THE MAKEUP DAY BE FRIDAY INSTEAD OF UH IN THE EVENT OF RAIN BECAUSE WE SAY THAT WE ALWAYS SAY THAT WE'RE WILLING TO HAVE GRADUATION IN THE GYM UNTIL WE'RE FACED WITH TRYING TO TRIED TO DO IT GRADUATE. I WAS ALWAYS I WAS ALWAYS A I ALWAYS LIKE THE MONDAY AFTER A UM EASTER THAT GETTING THAT DAY BECAUSE THAT'S A
050LONG IF YOU LOOK FROM APRIL 9TH THAT FRIDAY UNTIL THE END OF SCHOOL THAT'S A LONG STRETCH RIGHT THERE. IT IS. AND ORIGINALLY BEFORE THEY SET THE FAIR DATE WE ACTUALLY HAD LIKE MAY 2ND AS A HOLIDAY TO PUT A BREAK IN THERE BUT BECAUSE THE FAIR PUT A DAY IN THERE WE TOOK IT OUT. WE MOVED IT. SO, FAIR DAY. IT'S APRIL 9TH. OH, THAT'S THE 9TH. YES, APRIL 9TH IS FAIR DAY. WE WILL ACTUALLY START UM STAAR TESTING. OUR WINDOW OPENS ON APRIL 6TH. SO, WE WILL HAVE TO ADJUST UM EASTER. YOU HAVE TO DO IT THAT WHOLE WEEK THOUGH. WE DON'T WE CAN WE CAN PUSH OUR TESTING BACK TO THAT SECOND WEEK, BUT WE'LL JUST NEED TO START. JUST HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHICH KIDS ARE GOING TO BE SHOWING
051WHAT DAYS AND FRIDAY FAIR. SO, WE'LL FIGURE ALL THAT OUT. YEAH. SO, IT'S BEEN TABLED. SO, LET'S LET'S MOVE ON TO THE TO THE UH ITEM 6 A2, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ECISD'S PLAN TO ADDRESS UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS. OKAY. ON YOUR UM IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU SHOULD HAVE A PAPER THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS. UH TITLED EL CAMPO ISD DELAY OF TEACHER CERTIFICATION PLAN. UM HOUSE BILL 2 THIS SUMMER WAS PASSED. IT HAD A LOT OF THINGS IN IT AND ONE OF IT WAS UM TEACHER CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY WERE SAYING IS STARTING IN THE FALL WITH 26 27 SCHOOL YEAR UM WE HAD TO HAVE ALL OF OUR K5 TEACHERS IN FOUNDATION AREAS CERTIFIED AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR ALL THE WAY THROUGH 12TH GRADE UM CERTIFIED IN THE FOUNDATION AREAS. UM
052THEY DID COME OUT AND PUT WHERE WE CAN DO A WAIVER WHERE WE CAN OFFER A PLAN OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND AND ADD A COUPLE YEARS TO IT. SO BASICALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF OUR FOUNDATION TEACHERS CERTIFIED BY THE YEAR 2930. SO WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE PLAN. OUR GOAL OF COURSE WOULD BE TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. RIGHT NOW IN OUR CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE 12 UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS IN FOUNDATION CORE AREAS. UM SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY GRADE LEVELS AND WHAT SUBJECT AREAS. UM THE TIMELINE WOULD BE BY THE START OF OUR THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR, WE WOULD WE WOULD REDUCE THIS BY 25 AND KEEP REDUCING BY 25% EACH YEAR, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THREE TEACHERS EACH
053YEAR. SO BY THE TIME 2930 COMES, WE SHOULD HAVE ALL TEACHERS CERTIFIED UM IN THAT AREA. WE WOULD UH START WITH ELEMENTARY BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE STATE WROTE THE PLAN. SO WE WOULD PRIORITIZE THERE FIRST. UM OUR STRATEGIES WOULD BE EACH PERSON WILL FILL OUT A CERTIFICATION PLAN. THAT'S BASICALLY TELLING US WHAT THEY'RE GETTING THEIR CERTIFICATION IN. UM THEIR TIMELINE, WHAT PROGRAM THEY'RE DOING, WHERE THEY'RE AT IN IT, AND BASICALLY BUILDING THAT TIMELINE SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MEET THEIR CERTIFICATION IN TIME. UM THE FACULTY SUPPORT, SO BETWEEN UM A MENTOR TEACHER WITH THE PREP MENTORSHIP, WE APPLIED FOR THAT THIS YEAR. SO BETWEEN THAT AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACH IN ADDITION TO THE PRINCIPLES BECAUSE I KNOW THEY DO A GOOD JOB WITH THIS AS WELL. UM BUT THEY WOULD GET SUPPORT
054FROM THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ON TIME, TRACKING IT. UH KIND OF LIKE AN ACCOUNTABILITY PERSON FOR THEM. UM THAT WOULD ALSO BE WITH THE QUARTERLY REPORTS UM CHECKING IN WHERE ARE YOU AT DOCU UPDATING THAT PLAN. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY GIVING THEM SOME RELEASE TIME ONE DAY PER QUARTER TO WORK ON THEIR MODULES IF THEY'RE STILL IN THAT THAT PHASE OF THE CERTIFICATION UM OR IF THEY NEED TO GO OBSERVE TEACHERS AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. SO THESE UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS, THE ONES THAT WE HIRE THROUGH, DO WE'VE DONE IT UNDER DOI, DISTRICT OF INNOVATION? SO, SO THAT'S THEY'RE NOW TAKING THAT OUT OF YOUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION. BRIAN, HOW LONG HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET A CERTIFICATION? UM, AN AGGRESSIVE PERSON CAN GET IT DONE IN A YEAR. AND
055HOW MANY OUT OF THESE 12 ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROCESS? UH, ACTUALLY WE HAVE QUITE A FEW THAT ARE GOING TO BE DONE. UM LIKE I I KNOW IN THE LAST I THINK HUTCHKINS HAD ONE THAT WAS TAKING A TEST. YES. YOU HAD ONE ON TEST RESULTS. YES. SO THEY'RE LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME THAT ARE YOU KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE TO TAKE THIS TEST BEFORE THEY CAN TAKE THE NEXT TEST. HAVE ALL HAVE ALL 12 STARTED? LIKE UM I'M GOING TO SAY 10 OUT OF 12 HAVE. 10 OUT OF 12. WE DO HAVE TWO THAT UM HAVE NOT STARTED. 25% BY 2026. IS THAT STATEMANDATED OR IS THAT US MANDATED? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT OUR THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDATION. YEAH. AND SO ALL THIS IS SAID AND DONE AND WE
056STILL HAVE ONE OR TWO THAT ARE NOT CERTIFIED. THEY ARE AWARE AND WE THAT WILL BE PART OF IN THAT PLAN WHEN WE WHEN WE MEET WITH THEM. YES. THEY WOULD KNOW THAT THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR JOB. YES. CORRECT. YES. AND THEY'RE NOT UNDER CONTRACT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CERTIFIED. UM SO THEY ARE THEY'RE NOT SO UNDER YEAH. BUT THEY WILL HAVE PLENTY OF NOTIFICATION. YES. YES. YES. PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THEM, RIGHT? SO, THIS SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE AT ALL. I'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THEM LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING UM THAT WE'RE DOING THIS PLAN AND WHAT THE LEGISLATION HAS SAID. SO, THEY'VE ALL RESPONDED TO ME TELLING ME WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR PROCESS. SO, UM YEAH. SO, WE WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AS
057MUCH AS POSSIBLE. GOOD. SO, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE ARE THEY ALL ALTERNATIVE? THEY'RE ALL IN ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS. YES. YES. BUT THERE'S NOT REALLY ANOTHER AVENUE. NO, NOT YEAH. NO, UNLESS THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO TO DO A DEGREE IN IN THE FIELD. YEAH. SO, WE'RE ASKING IF YOU'LL APPROVE THIS PLAN. WE WILL UM IF YOU DO, WE WILL POST IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEN WE HAVE TO COMPLETE AN APPLICATION WITH TEA AND AND SUBMIT THIS AS PART OF THAT APPLICATION. DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I THINK THE PLAN'S GOOD, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT EXPEDITED. SURE. SURE. LIKE IF THEY'RE ALL STARTING THEN I MEAN WELL JUST TO BE WHEN THEY WHEN THEY WERE HIRED UNDER THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PART OF THE DEAL WAS YOU GOT
058TO WORK ON THIS RIGHT. YEAH. SO THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE A FEW YEARS THEY THEY YOU KNOW THE BALL SHOULD HAVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ROLLING AND WE WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT AND MOST OF OUR PEOPLE HAVE DONE THAT. YES. SO THAT'S THAT'S TRUE. THAT IS TRUE WITH THE NUMBER. I THINK IT THIS GIVES US A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM. SAY LIKE IN THE YEAR 27 28 OR 28 29 LET'S SAY WE NEED TO HIRE SOMEBODY. YEAH, WE HAVE THAT OPTION IF THEY STILL FIT IN OUR NUMBER HERE. SO IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ALLOWING THESE PEOPLE TO TAKE UP ALL THOSE SLOTS. IT WOULD JUST STILL GIVE US SOME WIGGLE ROOM TO HIRE SOMEBODY IF WE NEEDED TO. PROBLEM WITH THE PERCENTAGES. I JUST WAS LIKE IF THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE THEY ARE. THEY ARE. WE
059DO HAVE A LOT THAT ARE CLOSE. AND I THINK I THINK THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD IS AWARE OF THE 250 PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE, I WANT TO SAY WHEN WHEN ALICIA WAS STILL IN THE OLD OFFICE OVER THERE AND WE FIRST STARTED WORKING ON THIS, I THINK WE WERE CLOSE TO 87 OR 90 PEOPLE. THAT'S A LOT. YEAH. AND AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GET THE WRONG IDEA. IT'S BEEN BECAUSE WE'RE SLOWLY WHITTLING DOWN THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, BUT WHEN WE'RE HIRING PEOPLE IN, THE STATE HAS HAD A SITUATION WHERE THEY'VE GIVEN DISTRICTS THE FLEXIBILITY AND TEACHERS OUT THERE HAVE I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID RIGHT AWAY WAS IF YOU IF YOU ARE A DOI AND YOU'RE NOT CERTIFIED, WE'RE NOT MOVING YOU OFF OF
060LEVEL ZERO. SO, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE GOING TO SEE A BIG CHUNK OF CHANGE COMING THEIR WAY COMING THEIR WAY IF THEY GET CERTIFIED. SO, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ENTICE THEM. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THEM SLOWLY, BUT EVERY YEAR WE STILL ARE HIRING PEOPLE. AND TEA ALSO HAS A UM PART OF TO ENTICE THEM AS WELL. IF THEY WERE HIRED IN THE 22-23, 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR, UNCERTIFIED, AND THEY WERE STILL UNCERTIFIED AS OF JANUARY 1ST OF 25, IF THEY GET CERTIFIED BY THIS AUGUST, THEY CAN GET $1,000. SO, UM AND IT'LL REPEAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. SO, WE DO HAVE SOME THAT ACTUALLY DID GET CERTIFIED LAST SPRING, SO THEY SHOULD GET THIS MONEY, I'M HOPING. UM, BUT TEA WILL OFFICIALLY GIVE US THE NAMES. SO, WELL, AND AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT
061JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND GETTING US FROM POINT A TO POINT TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, AND WE'RE NOT QUITE WHERE WE ARE GOING, BUT IT'S BEEN QUITE A QUITE A JOB. BUT WE'VE HIRED SOME UNDER DE UNDER DISTRICT OF INNOVATION, WE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT SOME PEOPLE IN THE CLASSROOM THAT ARE REALLY GOOD TEACHERS. ABSOLUTELY. AND THEY AND AND YOU CAN SEE BY THE NUMBERS THAT MOST OF THEM DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO WHEN THEY SIGNED THE CONTRACT. THEY GOT CERTIFIED. THEY DID WHAT THEY'RE THEY JUMPED THROUGH THE HOOPS AND DID THAT AND THAT'S FANTASTIC. NOW, WE DO STILL HAVE MORE I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE DO HAVE MORE THAN 12 UNCERTIFIED. THESE ARE OUR FOUNDATION TEACHERS. SO, WE DO STILL HAVE A FEW THAT
062ARE IN CTE AREAS THAT AREN'T CERTIFIED, BUT BUT WE'RE STILL DOING WE'RE STILL ASKING THEM TO DO THE SAME THINGS, YOU KNOW, BUT THE REQUIRE BUT THIS ONLY APPLIES TO FOUNDATION. CORRECT. THAT'S OKAY. CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S JUST CORRECT. AND IF WE HIRE A NEW ONE THIS YEAR, THEY GET THREE YEARS. WELL, WE CAN SET THAT. WE'VE GOT TO KEEP IT WITHIN OUR OUR OUR GOALS HERE. SO, UM I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T ADVISE THREE YEARS, NOR NOR ARE WE REALLY ADVISING THAT WE'RE NOT HIRING. YES. I JUST KNOW THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO. WE WILL THAT IT'S IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT COME 29 THE YEAR 2930 BECAUSE WHEN YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY AND THERE'S STILL A TEACHER SHORTAGE. RIGHT. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GOVERNMENT. UM ANY MORE QUESTIONS DISCUSSION ON THAT?
063LET'S MOVE ON TO YEAH, YOU NEED APPROVAL. OH, YOU NEED APPROVAL. I'M SORRY. I'LL CONSIDER APPROVAL FROM I GOT A MOTION FROM MISS SMITH. UH MOTION UH SECOND BY MISS NOHAVITZA. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSE SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. UM THAT'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION ADOPTING A POLICY REGARDING PERIOD OF PRAYER AND READING OF RELIGIOUS TEXT AS MANDATED BY SENATE BILL 11 PROVIDED BY SECTION 25.0823 OF THE EDUCATION CODE. UM, THIS IS A REQUIREMENT THAT WE ADDRESS THIS. UH, DO YOU WANT TO WELL, I TRIED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AS MUCH BACKGROUND AS I COULD. UM, I'M TELLING YOU THIS IS A ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE FEEL THAT WE PROVIDE ALL KIDS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MOMENTS OF SILENCE AND SMALL GROUP ACTIVITIES. THEY CAN COME
064IN. OUR OUR CAMPUSES ARE OPEN FOR FOR KIDS TO COME BEFORE SCHOOL. I THINK ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES OPEN BY 7:00 IN THE MORNING. SO, UM WE FEEL LIKE WE ALREADY DO THIS. UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS BEEN RAISED IS THAT PUTTING A RESOLUTION SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT OPENS UP POTENTIAL FOR UM DIFFICULTY WITH OUR PRINCIPLES AND YOU KNOW WHAT IF A GROUP COMES IN AND THEY WANT TO USE AND THEY'RE NOT A TYPICAL UM WELL AND EVERYTHING ON A CAMPUS HAS TO BE MANAGED. I MEAN, THERE'S NO YOU YOU NEVER JUST GIVE SOMEBODY THE FREE REIGN AND SAY, "HEY, GO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT." SO, I TRIED TO READ THROUGH IT AS BEST I COULD. THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS LIKE IF IF IF WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THIS
065PERIOD OR TIME OF OF PRAYER OR WORSHIP, WHATEVER, IT HAS TO BE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND IT HAS TO BE FOR FOR EVERYONE. CORRECT. HAS TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY DURING THE SCHOOL DAY BUT OUTSIDE OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY AND IT'S VOLUNTARY. SO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THAT WE SAY THE PLEDGE. YES. RIGHT. AND WE HAVE GROUPS THAT MEET AT THE FLAG. THERE'S THIS RESOLUTION THAT I'M READING THAT'S PRESENTED BY THESE FAITH BASED PEOPLE FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT LARGE TOWN. YEAH. THEY'RE ALL THEY'RE SAYING THIS DEAL SAYS THEY'RE REAFFIRMING THE RIGHT FOR INDIVIDUALS TO DO THAT AT CHURCH. I MEAN AT SCHOOL. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS SAYING. OUT BUT OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL. OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL. WHAT DIDN'T SAY THAT AGAIN?
066OUTSIDE INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS INSTRUCTION DESIGNATED TIME. YOU SAY IT'S NOT DURING CLASS. SO YOU CAN SAY IT'S DURING THE YOU KNOW WHEN 7 O'CLOCK TO 7:50 FOR US. OKAY. OKAY. I GOT YOU. SO I THINK WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT ON SOME OF THE CAMPUSES. UH DOES EVERY DOES EVERY UH CAMPUS DO A MOMENT OF SILENCE? ABSOLUTELY. EVERY DAY. I THINK WE I THINK WE FACILITATE THAT WITH WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. AND UH SO SO OUR OPTION IS TO OPT OUT OF IT. WELL, I GAVE YOU TWO DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS TO UM AND THE RELIGIOUS GROUP THEIR THEIR RESOLUTION WAS UM AGAINST A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A STATE ORGANIZED PRAYER POLICY. UM THE OTHER ONE SAID UH THE EL CAMPO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL CHOOSE NOT TO ADOPT A POLICY REQUIRING EVERY CAMPUS TO PROVIDE A PERIOD OF
067PRAYER AND READING OR OTHER RELIGIOUS BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH. SO THAT'S THE SECOND ONE. SO BY STAYING WITH WHAT WE HAVE, IF WE'RE GOING TO IF WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS BY THE BY THE MOMENT OF SILENCE THAT WE HAVE ON EVERY CAMPUS, ARE WE OPTING IN OR ARE WE OPTING OUT? OPTING OUT. THAT WOULD BE AN OPT OUT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'D BE SANDY, DON'T YOU HAVE SOME ORGANIZATION AND GROUPS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO UM I KNOW THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS FCA, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS FCA, BUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALSO HAS MY SISTER'S KEEPER. UM IT IS THE IT IS A GIRLS ORGANIZATION UM FOR UH BIBLE STUDY. BASICALLY, THEY MEET THIS IT'S OUR FIRST YEAR TO HAVE IT. THEY MEET EXTREMELY CONSISTENT AND REGULARLY. UM, AND WE HAVE HAD
068A REQUEST FOR A BOY GROUP, A BOY VERSION OF THAT TO START AND WE HAVE A SPONSOR WHO IS POTENTIALLY INTERESTED THAT MIGHT START NEXT YEAR. BUT US OPTING OUT DOESN'T PRECLUDE YOU FROM CONTINUING. WE ALREADY DO IT. SO US OPTING OUT, THEY COULD STILL DO THAT. WE STILL DO ALL THAT. YEAH. YEAH. BECAUSE THEY'RE STUDENT CLUBS. THEY'RE STUDENT REQUESTED STUDENTLED AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE PARENT PERMISSION TO BE PART OF THE CLUB. UM, AND SO YEAH, TOTALLY. STILL HERE. WE'RE MEETING THE REQUIREMENT OF WHAT I MEAN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS TO PRAY DURING OUR MOMENT OF SILENCE. BUT THAT MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALMOST ALL OF US IS IN LIKE MINE IS SECOND PERIOD. I BELIEVE HIGH SCHOOL IS SECOND PERIOD TOO. CORRECT COUNSELOR. I BELIEVE BOTH OF US ARE SECOND PERIOD. SO
069THAT'S INSIDE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE'RE BUT MOST OF US I BUILD TWO EXTRA MINUTES INTO THAT PERIOD FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUCH. BUT OUR TIME, BUT WE HAVE WE BUILD TIME INTO THE SCHEDULE FOR THAT, RIGHT? WELL, HERE'S WHAT I DON'T WANT. HERE'S HERE'S AND THIS IS I MIGHT NOT SHOULD SAY THIS, BUT I'M GONNA SAY IT ANYWAY. LIKE I DON'T I I WOULD BE HESITANT FOR US TO ADOPT A POLICY THAT'S GOING TO HAVE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GO UP THERE AND READ SCRIPTURE OUT OF THE BIBLE AND THEN THE NEXT DAY SOMEBODY'S GOING TO WANT TO GO UP THERE AND READ OUT OF THE QURAN. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SATANIC RITUALS THAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO THAT ARE
070RELIGIOUS THAT I THINK IF WE'RE LETTING STUDENTS PRAY ON THEIR OWN AND WE'RE NOT MANDATING AND TELLING THEM YOU'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMUNITY DOES NOT APPROVE OF. I'M PRETTY GOOD LEAVING IT LIKE IT IS. PERSONALLY, THAT'S WHAT I THINK. IT'S ALSO A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, THOUGH. OPTING IN OR OPTING OUT. YEAH. EITHER WAY, THERE'S GOING TO BE BACKLASH EITHER WAY. EITHER WAY. BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING TO TAKE AWAY FROM ANYBODY'S RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO IN OUR MOMENT OF SILENCE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO FORCE THEM TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO RIGHT. SOMETHING THEY DON'T AGREE WITH. SOMETHING THEY DON'T AGREE WITH. I AGREE WITH THAT. SO, YOU CAN PRAY ANYTIME. WE WOULD PRAY. YEAH. I'VE WENT TO SCHOOL A LONG TIME AND MOST DAYS
071INCLUDED PRAYER. YES. FOR LACK OF PREPARATION. SURE. THERE'S FEW KIDS PRAYING PASS THAT TEST. SO WE WOULD UH ANY ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AM I READING THAT WRONG? IS THAT WHAT THAT MEAN? IT'S SAYING IF WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW RELIGIOUS TEXT TO BE PRESENTED, IT DOESN'T SAY CHRISTIAN TEXT TO BE PRESENTED. IT SAYS RELIGIOUS AND WE GET KIND OF PEOPLE MAKE UP RELIGION ALL THERE'S NEW COMING OUT EVERY DAY. WELL, THE SENATE BILL IS MUCH MORE CLEARLY DEFINED. IT SAYS, "ADOPT A POLICY RELATING TO A DAILY PERIOD OF PRAYER AND READING OF THE BIBLE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED OR OTHER RELIGIOUS TEXTS UNMENTIONED." YEAH. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WHICH IS WHAT COULD BE ANYTHING REAFFIRMS WHAT I'M SAYING. RIGHT. CORRECT. IT'S LOOK, WE'RE WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP PEOPLE FROM WE HAVEN'T NEVER HAVE. I'VE BEEN
072IN THIS BUSINESS FOR 44 YEARS AND PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THINGS THAT WHEN THEY COME TO SCHOOL AND NO ONE IS PROHIBITED. WELL, EVERY EVERY CAMPUS IS ENCOURAGED AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MANDATED TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND FOR PRAYER AND REFLECTION, HOWEVER, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO USE THAT. UH I THINK WE'RE ENCOURAGING FAITH IN THAT REGARD. BUT I I DO AGREE THAT IF YOU IF YOU OPEN THE DOOR AND AND START, YOU KNOW, DOING READINGS OVER THE OVER THE PA OR WHATEVER OR IN THE CLASSROOM OR WHAT, HOWEVER YOU ADDRESS THAT, YOU'RE YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO OPEN UP TO THINGS THAT MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY UNCOMFORTABLE AND THEY WOULDN'T WANT. AND PART OF OUR PART OF OUR BIGGEST JOB IS TO REFLECT THE IS TO
073REFLECT THE THE VALUES OF THIS OF THIS COMMUNITY. IN MY OPINION, THE BEST WAY TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF THIS COMMUNITY IS TO DO THE MOMENT OF SILENCE UH LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS DONE AND AND WHICH WOULD WHICH WOULD MEAN WE WOULD WE WOULD OPT OUT OF THIS THIS UH SENATE BILL PROPOSITION AND AND ADOPTED A POLICY THAT JUST SAYS, "HEY, I DON'T HAVE A CAMPUS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND AND YOU CAN YOU CAN USE THAT HOWEVER YOU YOU SEE FIT. SO, WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF US GETTING THROUGH IF WE OPTED IN? I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S EVER GOING TO I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK THE STATE'S GOING TO TARGET US. I THINK IF YOU OPTED IN IF YOU OPT IN, I THINK I THINK YOU COULD REALLY
074GET INTO YOU COULD GET INTO A ROCK FIGHT WITH CERTAIN FOLKS. WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE I WOULD IMAGINE MARI PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF KIDS COMING INTO MATT ASKING ABOUT THIS. IT REALLY TENDS TO BE MORE OF A NORTH SIDE, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL. MHM. BUT I CAN TELL YOU I SANDY AND I HAD THIS DISCUSSION AT LENGTH LAST YEAR ABOUT THE SISTER'S KEEPER AND IT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND HAS CREATED NO STIR. OF COURSE NOT. AND THERE ARE KIDS ACTIVELY INVOLVED. MATTER OF FACT, I WAS AT HER CAMPUS LAST FRIDAY AND THERE WAS A GROUP OF KIDS USING OUR FACILITIES AFTER 4:00 AND THEY WERE ENGAGED IN AN ACTIVITY. IT HAPPENS I WOULD SAY WEEKLY ON ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES SOMEPLACE. YEAH. WELL, AND IT REFLECTS, YOU KNOW, THAT
075IT REFLECTS THE COMMUNITIES. IT REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY'S VALUES AND AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND AND YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF GROUPS CAN FORM ON ALL OUR CAMPUSES WITH WITH APPROVAL OF THE OF THE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP. SO, I THINK I THINK THE I THINK THE PROPOSITION THAT THEY'VE PUT OUT IS IS IT'S LARGELY SHOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING TO WAVE THE FLAG THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING X, Y, AND Z AND GET ON BOARD, BUT THEY'RE THE PROPOSITION ACTUALLY MAKES DISTRICTS PUTS DISTRICTS IN A REAL TOUGH SITUATION. THAT COULD BACKFIRE REALLY, REALLY BAD IF YOU JUMP BOTH FEET ON BOARD. AND I THINK I, IN MY OPINION, I THINK WE'RE SMART TO TO OPT OUT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS A COUNTER OPINION, BUT IF IF THEY DO,
076UH I WILL SEEK A SEEK A MOTION TO OPT OUT UH OF THE UH PROPOSED SENATE BILL 11 UH PROPOSITION. I STILL MOVE FOR A SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION UH BY MR. DOROTIK AND A SECOND BY MR. DUBROC. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSE, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. UH THAT WILL TAKE US TO UH THE UH CONSIDER APPROVAL AND GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AMENDMENT FOR HUTCHINS ELEMENTARY EARLY PACKAGE RELEASE CONSISTING OF EARTHWORK, UTILITIES, AND STRUCTURAL NOT TO EXCEED THE OPINION OF PROBABLE COST BUDGETED AMOUNT OF $4.688 MILLION. WELL, BEFORE YOU GO, I PUT THIS ON YOUR TABLE. IT IS JUST ONE OF ABOUT 60 PAGES. SO, I PICKED ONE PAGE THAT I THOUGHT BEST DESCRIBED THE WORK THAT GREG HAS BEEN DOING ON YOUR TABLE. AND I NEED TO PICK THESE UP
077AFTER THE MEETING. ON PAGE UM TWO OF 23, YOU WILL SEE THE EARTHWORK UTILITIES AND STRUCTURAL ON PAGE 2, THREE, FOUR. FIVE, SIX, WHEN YOU GET TO SEVEN, YOU START SEEING SOME MORE NUMBERS. AND ON PAGE EIGHT, THE FINAL PAGE, EVERYWHERE WHERE YOU SEE THERE'S AN NA, THAT IS PART OF THE NEXT PROCESS WE WILL GO THROUGH. THIS IS JUST THE EARLY RELEASE PACKAGE. ALL THE NUMBERS ARE IN THERE. MR. POLASEK IS HERE TO DESCRIBE TO YOU EVERYTHING. SO, WE PUT A BID PACKAGE. GREG, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, ANY? I CAN. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. UH, I'M GLAD TO FINALLY GET TO THIS POINT. I HOPE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I HOPE WE'LL BE ON SITE PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS ONCE WE GET A PERMIT.
078SO, Y'ALL WILL FINALLY SEE SOME DIRT MOVING. BUT UH WHAT THIS PACKAGE CONSISTS OF TO PUT IT IN A NUTSHELL, IT'S THE DIRT WORK FOR THE ACTUAL BUILDING AS WELL AS THE PARKING LOTS. IT'S GOING TO BE ALL THE SITE UTILITIES, WATER, SANITARY SEWER, AND STORM SEWER. AND THEN THE ACTUAL CONCRETE SLAB FOR THE BUILDING AS WELL AS THE PARKING LOTS AND THE MISCELLANEOUS DEALS THAT GO WITH THAT AS FAR AS STRIPING THE PARKING LOTS. EVERYTHING ELSE OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO COME IN A PACKAGE TWO WHICH WE'RE EXPECTING TO BID PROBABLY IN MARCH. UH THE PARK HILL IS WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE ANTICIPATING TO HAVE DRAWINGS TO US MAYBE THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF MARCH. THAT WAY WE COULD BRING IT TO THE BOARD MEETING EITHER IN LATE MARCH, EARLY APRIL
079TO GET THE FINAL PACKAGE APPROVED, WHICH IS THE OPINION OF PROBABLE COST THAT'S IN THE BACK OF THAT BOOK IS THE ENTIRE PROJECT. PUT THAT TOGETHER BASED ON A SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 18 UH 18.5 MILLION AND THIS PACKAGE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER IN THE OPINION OF PROBABLE COST IT WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 4,688,000 BOTHER MENTIONED THAT WAS BASED ON CANVASING ONE TO TWO OF OUR SUBS AND SUPPLIERS ACTUALLY WHEN WE DID THE BID THIS TIME WE BASICALLY PUT IT OUT POSSIBLY THREE, FOUR, SOMETIMES EVEN FIVE SUBS AND WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO BRING THIS IN ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THIS PART OF THE PACKAGE UNDER WHAT THE PROBABLE COST WAS. SO, IT'S A GOOD START. MAKES US FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE POSITIVE ASPECT OF THE ECONOMY GOING INTO JANUARY VERSUS
080BEING IT LAST YEAR. WE STILL GOT REALLY GOOD NUMBERS AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING STARTED OUT THERE FOR Y'ALL. IT'S EXCITING. UH DID YOU SAY THIS INCLUDE LIKE THE SLAB OF THE ACTUAL BUILDING? YES. THE UH BASICALLY WHAT IT INCLUDES AGAIN I'LL JUST IT'S ALL THE DIRT WORK TO CREATE THE THE BUILDING PAD FOR THE BUILDING PARKING LOTS. IT'S THE DIRT WORK FOR THAT THE LINE STABILIZATION THEN ACTUALLY ALL THE UTILITIES ON SITE THAT ACTUALLY WILL FEED THIS BUILDING. WATER, SIR, FIRE, WATER. ALL THAT'S AT CITY EXPENSES. NO, NO, THIS IS ON SITE. SO, WE'RE CONNECTING TO THE CITY, BUT ALL THIS IS ON SITE. I WAS LOOKING FOR LIKE THE PLUMBING FOR THE LIKE UNDER THE SLAB. THAT'S NOT IN THERE. OH, OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THAT'S PACKAGE, TOO. OKAY. I WAS
081BUT THE CONCRETE IS IN THERE FOR THE SLAB. OKAY. THE ONLY REASON THEY DID THAT THEY WANTED WE WANTED TO DO A STRUCTURAL PACKAGE SO WE COULD GET THE STEEL ORDER. OKAY. AND BY DOING SO THE PLUMBING IS DESIGNED OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING WITH THE FOOTPRINT. RIGHT. BUT THE PLUMBER IF WE WOULD HAVE BID THE PLUMBING INSIDE THE BUILDING AND WE GET INTO SUCH A REAL STICKY SITUATION BECAUSE WE'RE HIRING ONE PLUMBER TO DO THE INSIDE. YEAH. BUT THEN GIVING HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID THE REST OF THE JOB. SO YOU ALMOST YOU'RE LOCKING SOMEBODY IN. AND YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, RIGHT? I GOT THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT PART OF THIS PACKAGE. THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS, GREG. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. SO FAR, WE'RE GOING IN
082THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YEAH. BOARD MEMBERS, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WOULD JUST MENTION AS YOU LOOK AT THIS PAGE, THE ONE THING THAT HAS CHANGED UM IS YOU YOU'LL NOTICE THE BLUE. WE NO LONGER PLAN TO RUN THE PARK THE UH DRIVEWAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF UM MISS STARY AND MISS WORTHAM'S GREEN SPACE. THEY WANTED A LOT OF GREEN SPACE FOR THE KIDS. SO INSTEAD OF DOING THAT SNAKE THROUGH THERE, WE DECIDED TO GO AROUND. AND THEN BY DOING SO, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE THOSE FOUR TREES THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN MEMORY AND HONOR. SO WE'RE GOING AROUND THOSE. RIGHT. GOOD THINKING. I LIKE THAT. SAFE IN THOSE STREETS. GREAT. ANY UH QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS? WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING STARTED. YEAH. AND WE ARE MOVE WE'RE MOVING AT A GREAT PACE. I MEAN,
083I DON'T I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON THE BOARD IS THINKING WE'RE BEHIND PACE. I MEAN, UH THESE THINGS TAKE TAKE SOME SERIOUS TIME. SO, GOOD UH GOOD FOR US. UM WELL THIS ACTUALLY WILL BE WITHIN NINE MONTHS OF THE PASSAGE OF THE BOND. SO WE WE WILL NEED TO UH HAVE AN UH AN APPROVAL OF THE PRESENTATION. WHAT YOU WOULD WHAT YOU'D BE APPROVING IS THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OF 4 MILLION $149,417 FOR PHASE ONE. YEP. SO MOTION BY MR. RYAN, SECOND BY MR. CANNELL. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSE, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. UH THE UH NEXT ITEM IS BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE HOMER AND PAT TAYLOR SCHOLARSHIP FUND. THIS IS PRETTY COOL. YES. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT? YOU ARE. IT'S JUST WE GOT
084A WE GOT A SCHOLARSHIP CHECK FROM UM AND I'M GOING TO LET ALICIA TALK ABOUT IT REAL QUICKLY BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE SHE KNOWS. YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY COOL. YEAH. SLADE'S GOD. THESE ARE SLADE'S GODPARENTS. YEAH. SO, UM I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THAT THEY UM PART OF THEIR WILL, THEIR ESTATE, THEY LEFT SOME MONEY TO CREATE A SCHOLARSHIP FOR UM A BOY AND A GIRL IN SOFTBALL. SO, IT'S GOT THE DETAILS IN IT, BUT YES. UM, SO YEAH, SOFTBALL, YOU KNOW, DID HOMER HE MIGHT HAVE PLAYED A BIG BASEBALL JUST I WAS EXCITED TO SEE IT. SO ANYWAY, WE TOOK WE TOOK THIS MONEY IN. MR. WELLS HAS OPENED AN ACCOUNT FOR THEM AND THERE'S GUIDELINES AND UM SPECIFICATIONS FOR HOW THE SCHOLARSHIP GETS AWARDED IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS. AND SO THIS REQUIRES BECAUSE IT'S
085A DONATION TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THIS REQUIRES BOARD APPROVAL. SO WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU. APPROVE. HAVE A MOTION BY MR. CANNELL, SECOND BY MISS NOHAVITZA. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSE. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND IF YOU HAVE A LINE TO THEM, PLEASE THANK THEM ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, SO THAT'LL TAKE US TO CLOSED SESSION. AND I KNOW EVERYBODY'S GOING TO WANT TO STAY OUT THERE AND WAIT TILL WE COME BACK AND DO NO BUSINESS. YEAH, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING AFTER AFTER WE BREAK. SO, IF YOU DO WANT TO CALL IT EARLY, YOU CAN. UH THE TIME IS NOW 7:10 AND WE'LL ADJOURN INTO CLOSED MEETING UNDER SECTION TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.074.