001Good evening. I want to welcome you and call to order the meeting of the Gunnar Independent School District Board of Trustees. Let the record show that there is a quorum of board members present with Mr. Scott Meyer absent this evening. Furthermore, let the record show that this meeting has been duly posted in accordance with Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551. Would you all please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance? I aliance 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. Thank you. Thank you. So then I think we're going to go directly into agenda [Music] should be set. Okay. So thank you. And the floor will be opened up for
002the reorganization of board officers. Floor is now open for nominations for board president. And I would like to nominate Johnson. Um, yes, I would. Thank you. Are there any patience? So then do I have a motion to elect Johnson? [Music] All in favor? Any opposed? Now we see why you see where we're at. Congratulations. [Music] Thank you. Um, so next the floor will be open for nominations for vice president and I would like to nominate Jason Patty. I second that. Any other nominations? I didn't need to. Thank you. Uh, no other nominations. I'll post oppose it. I'll need a motion. I'll make the motion. I all those in favor say I. I. Oppos. Congratulations. Uh, now nominations are open for board secretary and I'd like to nominate Jim Scond for secretary. Any other nominations? Second
003motion. Thank you. All those in favor? Any oppos? Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations. All right. Uh so with that we will go back to um item 4 a which is the monthly financial report. I'm sorry at the bottom this morning or something. Well the way she has it structured is that all of them will be voted on at the same time and we'll leave it like it is. Yeah we just separated out. So you're good. So we are going to 4 a.m. screw that's what was set at the final um we are item 4 a monthly financial reports. Thank you. Good evening. We'll start out with the statement position by fund. Um on that page it's broken broken up into three different levels. The general fund is the top part of it and there
004are five accounts for there at the ending column. The ending market value is what we'll be going over. So, the Lamar general operating checking account ended um April 30th with 1,47,342.3. The workers comp account ended with $132,557.87. The school fund activity account ended with $53,611.75. And the general operating investment account ended with $3,255,7139 and the general operating investment account ended with $86826. The next section has the interest in syncing funds. We have two accounts there. The Lamar checking ended with $219,335.30 and the Techstar account ended with $4,482,72.88. 88. Then the bottom section is our construction funds. We have the Lamar checking um 2016 bond ended with $8,3152. The Lamar checking 2022 bond ended with 694,715.74. Then the Lamar checking 2023 bond ended with 11,912,773.94. And the Techstar account, the 2020 2016 bond ended with $19,3418.
005And the Techstar 2023 bond ended with 7,154,57.72 for a total of all accounts for Gunnar ISD of 28,981,1428. The next page for the inventory and investments. These are just our eight interestbearing accounts. They were all included on the previous reports. And so I'm just going to go down to the very bottom of this. The ending value as of April 30th, 2025 for all investment accounts was 27,519,955.891. Next, we have our tax collections on the next page, and that is as of April 30th, 2025. Um, we'll be looking at the third column, the actual year to date for our general fund. For our current year taxes, we've collected 7,162,54, which is just under 100, which is just under a little over, sorry, just a little over 99% of what we budgeted. We have our prior year
006tax collection, prior year tax collections of $75,05 and our other other revenue tax collections um which are pen penalties and interest of $41,420 for a total um tax collections year to date of $7,278,930. The next section breaks it out by the debt service. Um, for our current year debt service tax collections, we've collected $5,34,685. Debt service prior year, we've collected $42,186. And our debt service, other tax revenue, penalties, and interest, we've collected $25,959 for a total tax collections of the debt service of $5,12,830, which is slightly over what we budgeted. Next, we go into the budget summary as of April 30th, 2025. We'll be looking at the third column, the year-to- date actuals. We're going to start out with the general fund. And for the general fund total revenues, we've collected 11,295 thou $295,265. still
007have some outstanding um state money to receive and once we get that we'll be close to what we budgeted for expenditures down at the very bottom. The total expenditures um year to date are 10,282,390 which is about 78% of what we budgeted and we're since it's a short year the 10 months we're at 80% of completion of the year. So, we're right on track there. And we'll actually spend um under under that um what was budgeted at 13.9 million on the debt service for the revenues. Um we've collected $5,96,461 in our expenditures, $2,85,741. And for our food service year-to- date actual total revenues, $569,363 and our total expenditures for food service is at $515,364. And that is all I have unless you have questions. Any questions? Thanks. Item 4B, communications, um B1, enrollment update. I'm
008going to pair that with uh item four, student transfer update. As we told you guys, we will keep you posted what that was looking like. So on page 34 in your binder, is the enrollment update. As you can see, Miss Watson's cleaned it up and ready to go for next year. So the column you'd be looking at, this is very column where it says 2425 again. Uh you can see we're ending at 1176. We started at 1148. assume you see a little bit of growth there uh throughout this year. Um and then if you turn one more page over to page 36, you'll see the number of transfers per grade level uh that we approved. So what's listed there broken out by grade level that was approved on April 24th. those families have been communicated
009with. And then we have a second review date which is May 27th and there are 12 new transfers uh pending in the queue for that review on that day. So just wanted to keep you guys apprised of what transfers look like up to this point. And then you can see also I'm sorry she put on there for you as well the return transfers. So those are here already, but we go through that approval process every year process every year. So I want to share those with you guys. Any questions about those? Um I think it's right on track where we felt the um item two under communications construction. I think Mr. Bell just had one little item to share with you guys. One or two. Our last big project is going to be the courtyard.
010Uh the SHA structure company has told us mid June before for the Shay structure delivery. So we'll have a crane hopefully concrete paths in the courtyard are done in the next week or two and then turf will go in and then we'll fly in with a crane over the building the shade structures and get them bolted in and tidy up. We'll have a final clean in mid July and then uh start prepping for school. Elementary received totes uh about 400 packing boxes and giant wheeled carts and library carts today. Um and we're absolute machines and getting starting to get stuff packed up and ready to go. That official move dates next Wednesday the 28th and then uh summer school will start shortly after that in the new building and the teachers moving into that building
011immediately after we will be after the after the move date we will be in the building. Okay. So we'll be off contract but we're not going to tell them no. Well Eric that's Eric's fault but I assume he's on contract. Mr. principal reports you want ladies to go first. [Music] It's just the way I was raised. I appreciate it. Hello. So, um, just closing out the year. Um, our attendance rate still at around 94% right now. Um our Special Olympic athletes had an incredible season. They participated in their last um track meet this last week. Um and did great. Represented Gunnar beautifully. Um Miss Bond has been getting messy in the science lab. They made lava lamps and Officer McDonald went and did the lava lamps with them and she was like covered in blue
012and ink everywhere. So it was really funny. Um the kids loved having her there. Um, Miss Echoard's seventh graders u made tessellations and they created their own patterns. Um, so that was really cool. It was like tiles on the floor that overlap. Um, so she did that in math and um, our spring band concert was May 12th. It's a great success. They've had a wonderful season also. Um, so just, you know, closing out the year. Thank you guys so much for everything that you've done for us in the middle school. I have lots of goals for next year um, and lots of ideas. Um, so I'm very excited to continue that into next year. Thank you. Good evening. Um, our attendance since we last met, um, I guess it was April 24th is at 94.57.
013Uh, we've been doing a lot of fun activities. End of year, finished up our star testing. We had our fun day which was a huge success. Um it's more of a competition day but the kids do a I expect nothing less from our our kids at at GES. Uh PE also recently did a tugof-war that was a big hit. Uh since we last met we had our second grade market day which I've done second grade market day lots of places but our kids took it to another level. It was fantastic. So, if you got to participate in that, um we got to see pictures of it. It was really a really really good thing. Um we've had some some fun field trips tomorrow. Fourth grade's going to the Frisco Ruff Riders game. Uh I will
014be tagging along for that one. So, that'll be a real fun field trip. Um we had our celebration of learning last week. Our Crystal Apple award winners, which is our our peer award went to Marin Pelzel and Donna Meeks. Uh we had our end of year award ceremony today. Uh our teacher of the year was Taylor Fisel. Um we had one new hire since we last met. Um I officially received Mrs. Martell's resignation and we hired Lee Clapton. She'll be teaching third grade math and science. She has tons of experience, comes very highly recommended and she's lived in Gunnar for a number of years. So we're very excited about that addition. That's all I have for you. Thank you, Mr. Davis. All right, Wednesday, last day. So, we've got to wrap up another academic banquet
015on Wednesday for our 9th through 11th grade. We celebrated our seniors a couple weeks ago. So, I think we changed that when we got here a few years ago where graduation wasn't 3 hours long, but it gives it gives you a chance for to be more intimate with those seniors. I know there's a couple senior parents in there, so I won't go there. That's probably emotional week for for some, but uh and I'm looking forward to being able to announce the the amount of scholarship money that that group raised. I anticipated between being two and $3 million. Um it's a very competitive, very sharp group, and so I'm going to miss them. Today we had Presley Grant, Cali Bernard. They're down there with Miss Guys in Austin right now competing in our UL state academic
016meet. I just I got off the phone with her before we came in here. Presley uh competed well, didn't get in the top six, but Cali was in the top six. She finished fifth in the editorial part. So, she they were going to u the award ceremony as as we were coming in here. So, they both represented us very well. So, hopefully that number will continue to grow um as we started with the district competition with 30 something, you know, competing in regionals. and Miss Miss McDonald, Miss Guys, that group does a tremendous job with them. So, we're looking forward to that. Not many people still get to play past graduation, but our boys baseball is going to get to do that. Um, again, I know they've done that several years in a row. So,
017region two championship is going to be Friday, Saturday night in that in Nevada community. So, playing Liberty Aloe, they're number one. It's going to be a great uh test for us. I'm looking forward to it. Our kids always step up. So, that should be a good one. So, game one is Friday at 6 PM and then game two will be Saturday 3 and hopefully we don't we don't need a game three. We will take care of one and two. So, softball just finished this past weekend. They were 26 and 12 overall. Uh had a great season. Finished in the regional final real close. Pete Witsburg that first one lost two close ones. So, I've had to live with that all weekend getting past it. We're just pass it. So, the good the good thing is
018one senior, she uh has been a big part of the program for four years and led those younger group. We started four freshman, three sophomores and junior. We're going to be we're going to be good for a while. So, looking forward to that. Um senior walk tomorrow. If you get a chance, come out to the elementary 8:30. Do our senior walk. I get emotional with it. I'm telling you, I don't even have one yet, but it's just I might stay on the bus tomorrow. But senior walk 8:30, if you can be there, all parents, you guys come see it. It's pretty it's always exciting. You get to walk to the elementary and those kids get so pumped up. That's why I try to tell our kids that there's somebody always watching them little ones. So,
019it's it's pretty exciting. Classroom news. Miss Ure, my son has Mr. Reeves for one. He's like, "We still work all the time." That's what you're supposed to do. And so, Miss Reeves, one of the things they're doing right now though is they're building um uh I guess algebra board games. So, she's at this time of year, you got to keep it interesting. Kind of try to keep them there, but algebra board games. And so, they've got to create a game with directions, algebraic questions, answers, different game pieces. So, they're having a little fun with that while they're still learning. So, art three and our AP art students got to experience the Kimble Art Museum in Fort Worth this past week. Um, our art department, our fine arts department, you got Miss Harden, Miss McCoy, it's
020unbelievable. Um, they're busting at the seams, which is a good thing. They do a tremendous job with those kids. Keep them excited. But they got to go see work from all time periods, including u from Monet Picasso and Michelangelo. So, they got to see some uh the best artwork in the world. So that was interesting for them. But that's all I have. If y'all get a chance, stop by. Come see these guys um in the next couple of days. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Martin. Item five in the communications upcoming meetings. Um I don't know if you heard discussing it. You have three board meetings in June. So July 11th, um well, I'm sorry, you're meeting three times. July 11th is just a budget workshop. because on the 16th you'll have that first
021meeting to start adopting the budget public hearing and then um adopting the budget and tax rate on the 26th. So I know you guys have many dates scheduled over the summer um but just wanted to point out you have three in June for uh all focused on budget. Um we have graduation Thursday night. Uh ceremony starts at 8:00 if you guys can be in the auxiliary gym by 7:30. Um and Mr. Barton will lead us all out. And I believe we talked about Mr. Barton handing the diplomas out this year. The board members will be lined up past to shake graduates after they receive their diploma. And then of course if you have a family member that you can step up and give your child care. I'll try not to cry if you want to
022cry. That's all I have on upcoming meetings and again I know you guys are working with uh Doug Williams and Impact Ed. So have those as well. Now the superintendent item five superintendent board member report as the CIS conflict of interest forms. Remember to sign those leave those in your find on your boundaries. And then item 5B is the communication committee update. Mr. Scott or Mr. Barton anything to report? Sure. I'll uh do a quick update. So we met last week communications committee met few things we discussed. One was the website. Um, we discussed the website being mostly static or a static source of most excuse me, a source of mostly static information in the parent square as more of anformational feed. But, uh, we decided that too many people are relying right now on
023the mobile version of the website particularly for quick access to the calendar events. I didn't realize that so many people were doing that. So, we're going to go ahead and leave everything as is, but it was discussed. U, we discussed who was going to take over the website responsibilities. We decided that each campus principal would handle the updates on their own campus website and we did not decide I don't believe we decided who was going to handle the district updates on the website. Tiger times was discussed. We decided we would publish it every 9 weeks or as needed. So if there was like special edition we needed to do, we would do that. Um and that Mr. Barton and some of his high school classes such as yearbook are going to start working on Tiger
024Times each nine weeks. And then Mrs. Clunch was um kind enough to assist us with the back to school edition since classes obviously wouldn't be in session during that time. Um let's see. Oh, we discussed the continuation or the continued need for the communications committee. So, so far we uh we've been meeting for just over a year. We assisted in transitioning the district to parent square which I think has been pretty successful. Um, and we felt like it's important to continue to meet on a monthly or as an on an as needed basis to ensure that the district is doing the best that we can to communicate with the community. That's it. Thank you, Mr. Um, item six is consent agenda. So, we've got items A through E. Does anyone wish to pull any items
025for consent agenda for individual discussion? [Music] Second motion second. All those in favor say I. I. All those opposed. Uh item seven, regular regular business. Uh the board will consider, discuss, and or take appropriate action regarding the following. Let's get down to 7B since you are taking care of 7A. Yes, sir. 7B. um second hearing to discuss the budget and proposed tax rate. So this is one of those meetings I was just mentioning reform communications. So this is when you would actually adopt your budget tax rate will be that June 26. You have to approve that date. So that date got a motion second for June 26th. Any discussion? All those in favor? Any opposed? Bruce 7 C. Uh, we're just renewing our depository contract with Lamar National Bank. I don't know if Alice has
026anything to add to that or not. We've been happy with the service they've been giving us. They've been giving us really good interest rates. You've seen that guys over the last couple years, especially with our significant amount of money to spend in the bank. So, we recommend extending the depository contract to Walmart. And that is a extension through 6:30 27. Yes. Sorry. Is there a motion? Second. All those in favor say I. Any opposed? 17 passes. 70. Removing me from all gunner ISD accounts at Lamar National Bank. And I'm okay with that. Is there a motion to remove Scott from all all the accounts? Make a motion second to remove Scott. Motion second. All those in favor passes. So E, if you remember, u Lori um can't think of my last name now. one of
027my old man food services uh received the grant that they've been applying for for years and finally got that. Uh what this is is asking your approval to purchase I think the items are there right there. They're listening in the back. Um so it's just approval to purchase those items with the grant money she received we discussed two months ago. Thank you. A motion to approve food services equipment. Second. Second. Jason. Jason. Got it. All those in favor say I. Opposed. 7F. 7F. You have I said somewhere around your binders. Uh this sheet typing and number on it. Uh so what F is talking about is finishing uh the general supply orders to open the new elementary. Um and this all comes out of FF and which is part of the the bond budget. We
028have currently spent right at a million of that budgeted $2 million. So FF had a $2 million balance. So, we spent about a million and this last approval is right at $172,000 or right at it's $172,900.89. Mr. Bell can add anything up left. I have I don't know 50 pages of printouts of items being ordered for review if you so choose. The every grade level was sent a recommended list from school specialty of things to schools ordinarily purchase. They were given a little latitude to to stock rooms with new stuff, new boards, new hangers, new markers, new you name it. And so this is a culmination of of that of that work going back and forth and and loting those things out in addition to just fully stocking the art room, fully stocking uh admin
029office, library, etc., etc. So anticipate needing any more? There won't be there won't be another large purchase unless I mean I've just completely forgotten something. There will be odds and ends of of things when there's this many moving parts and the eyes on them. I'm probably miss something, but that'll be there'll be smaller items. A horseshoe table here, there chairs, you know, stuff like that. But this is this is the larger. So, we have 2 million budget. We used a million now we're adding 178, right? How long can we use the bank balance? Well, it's going to it's going to sit in that 2024 2023 or 2024 bond money. Um, it's all in in one pot right now. Anyway, we just pulled a section of that out and said this is our FF. This is
030what we're going to spend on the FFN. Um, money's going to be sitting just like for the last four years, I've been trying to spend the 2016 leftover bond money. That's what you're going to be doing. Does the state air it's that's a that's an arbitrary number that we built into our building budget just for the elementary school. So we hadund $25,000 FFN budget for the middle school high school furniture right trash cans flags clocks etc. And so this is the 2 million just for the elementary school. This will be spent and when we say left in the budget again that's it's on paper accounting right Gallagher doesn't actually touch any of our money. Alice writes check check checks directly to the vendor. And so that money is just going to continue to sit in
031our accounts acuring interest until the facilities committees gets together after the dust is settled and decides where do we start um our next run of upgrades. Uh with that is there a motion to approve the agenda deposit order from school especially to be paid out of FN bond budget. Second. All those in favor say I. Any opposed passes. Item eight. Uh the board will now journ into executive session pursuant to the following section of the Texas Open Meetings Act of Texas Government Code section 551.072. 072 discussing land and 551.074 074 discussing personnel and the time is 6:39. Awesome. record the tree guy. [Music] Okay. Right. Exactly. And there is no action to be taken. I have a motion to adjourn the meeting. No. Good job. Your first meeting under your belt.