001Good afternoon everyone. Good afternoon. Before we begin, I wanted to welcome all our students, our parents, our sponsors, teachers, everybody that is here that took this time to to be present. Um, we are very excited to bring back our students and be able to recognize them in our board meetings. We're very very happy to have you all back and uh we're very proud of each one of you all and we're very grateful for the parents for your support. I'm very very grateful for our sponsors and teachers and and coaches that that make you know these accomplishments um possible. That being said, we will now call this meeting to order. Today is May 6 and it is 6:30 PM. This meeting was properly posted on May 2nd, 2025 at 4:20. We will begin with roll call.
002Veronica Barrera present. Mr. Renee Pñena present. Mr. Eduardo Ramirez present. Mr. Noi Castillo absent. Miss Paty present. Garcia. Mr. Jesse Solis present. Mr. Vasilio Viel present. and Miss Guadalupe, superintendent. Present. Thank you. We'll now um move on to our invocation led by Mr. Renee Pñena. If everybody can stand up, let's go ahead and rise. Bow our heads. Dear heavenly father, Lord, we just want to thank you this afternoon, Father, for uh this uh uh special occasion where we recognize uh the fruits of our spirit, the fruits of our labor, Father, uh the fruits of our students uh through competitive uh sports and other avenues that they have accomplished. Father, uh we thank you tonight, Father, because we know that you give will give us the guidance, the direction, and the ability, Father, to uh always
003put our students first. Father, we ask once again your guidance for us that are sitting up here. Father, that we always stay with our focus with children first. Father, we ask you in Jesus name. Amen. Thank you, Mr. Pña. And now, Mr. Eddie Ramirez for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the for it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. You can be seated. Section five, superintendent recognitions and reports. Madame President, I just want to first of all just again, like you said, look at this. This is beautiful. This is what it's all about. Our kids, our students here today with their coaches and their sponsors and teachers and parents. Madame President and members of the
004board, this is why we do what we do. This brings so much happiness to see all of our students today. So many accomplishments. Just so much happiness in this room tonight. I apologize. I know that it is full, but on the same hand, it is beautiful to see all of you here today. And even though we will not be mentioning you individually here today, we're going to be recognizing you as a group. Know that each and every one of us here on on top value each and every one of you for what you do day in and day out. That extra effort that our students and coaches and teachers put forward to be here tonight and to put, you know, Rio Grande City, Gura ISD out there on the map and just uh making sure
005that our district stays on top. So again, thank you to each and every one of you. This is what it's all about. We will always, like Mr. Pñena said, put our students first. So this is beautiful. Thank you. Okay. Uh the board members, we want to go to the front as we'll be calling up the students and recognizing each group. And we will go ahead and begin with Alto Bonito [Applause] Elementary. Uh Madame President, members of the board, uh superintendent of schools, Lupita Gara. Uh first of all, I want to say uh it is an honor and privilege to be here uh in front of you today uh to recognize some of our outstanding students uh from Alto Bonito Elementary. Uh our first group is a group of students that put in countless hours of
006practice. Uh they're what I call the backbone of our school. Uh they're always, you know, always there in spirit and in pep. Uh and they don't only participate in school events, they participate in uh district-wide events and also events in our community. So it's our 2024 2025 Alto Bonito cheerleaders. Let's go. [Applause] Uh next I am recognizing an individual student. Uh she is responsible for reading 1 million words throughout the school year. Uh and I always see her with her books. It is you know uh very encouraging to see that she is you know so dedicated to reading uh books uh in the our library. Miss Monzerat Suniga. Yeah. [Applause] The the next group of students are are uh students of course that run for long distance. Uh hopefully the coaches at the middle school
007and the high school are paying attention. We do have uh one of our students that got first place overall and uh it is our 2024 25 uh cross country team. Well, we have more [Applause] Uh and next uh we have our speeders. We have our track uh participants. So, our 2024 2025 Altoonito Elementary uh track team. Okay. Uh the last one is just participants uh And our last group from Alto, we have uh the students who participated in our Star County Fair from FFA. [Applause] Dad. Round of applause from all of our students from Ala Bonito Elementary. So much talent. Thank you to our principal, Mr. Jose Noosa. Next, I want to go ahead and welcome our principal for General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary. Where's Miss Carmona? Miss Le. [Applause] Good afternoon everyone. Um, I'm Janet
008Solis. I'm the librarian at Sanchez Elementary. I am here representing the school. Um, today we are here to recognize our incredible Odyssey of the Mind team and their amazing coach, Mr. Science. They have won the title of state champions and are advancing to world finals in Michigan. [Applause] Um at the state competition they won a very prestigious award. Um, and I am going to read what that award entails. The award is titled award recipient Texas Odyssey of the Mind State 2025. Ladies and gentlemen, it is our pleasure to present a team whose creativity, energy, and flawless execution have left a lasting impression. From the moment they took the stage, their performance was nothing short of mesmerizing. Their costumes crafted with exceptional attention to detail perfectly complemented an original and captivating story that kept the audience
009enraptured from start to finish. The props were not only visually stunning, but served a dual purpose. Seamlessly integrating into the performance to enhance the narrative. With incredible stage presence, boundless energy, and an unwavering commitment to teamwork, this team's performances stood out as a true masterpiece. Their dedication and innovation make them a truly deserving candidate for this prestigious OMR award. The award goes to the team from problem five, division 1, General Ricardo Sanchez [Applause] Elementary. Another round of applause, ladies and gentlemen. For those of you who were able to come to the uh Empower Fest, I know we recognized them there. What they have done is nothing short of amazing. Ladies and gentlemen, world champions and of course still competing this year. Next we have Laon Elementary. If we can have representative from Laon Elementary. [Music]
010Are they doing that? They are. Okay. I can read that picture. Okay. Good evening, Madame President, members of the board, Miss Gara, superintendent of schools, and community members. We'd like to take a moment to recognize the astounding outstanding accomplishments of our students. Their dedication, resilience, and pursuit of excellence continue to reflect their strength of Lyon Elementary. We are very proud of all they have achieved and excited for what is to come. We do have our piano recital students. If I could have Lon Elementary students and our music teacher, Miss Bonitz, to come to the front. Next, we're going to go ahead and call up to the uh stage our millionaire readers. Millionaire readers from Laon Elementary. And of course, ladies and gentlemen, a million words is a lot of words. Even a thousand words nowadays.
011Round of applause once again to these young students who continue to use the print, actually reading words. Thank you so much. And we encourage everybody else to continue with their literacy as well. Coming up next, I think she's going to stay on stage because next we have our Viper cheerleaders. Ladies and gentlemen, Viper cheerleaders. Guys, we could do better than that. They cheer for all our students. Go ahead and cheer louder for our cheerleaders. There we go. [Applause] Now, ladies and gentlemen, we also have the GFWC Florence J. Scott Women's Club writing contest. Is that uh our winner right there? Our our writing contest. So, we just had literacy, ladies and gentlemen. We just had reading and now we have writing. Two lost. We got to make sure that we foster those things and RGCSD
012that's what we do. Another round of applause for Laon Elementary. Now we can have Mr. Henry Ku from our athletic department. Good evening, Dr. Bederas, school board president, members of the board, Mrs. Gasa, superintendent of schools, and guests that are present. On behalf of our RGCISD athletic department, we thank you for recognizing and celebrating the success of our student athletes from both the middle schools and the high school. So, thank you very much. It takes coordinated efforts and planning including commitment, sacrifice, the love of competition and at times some help from up above to fuel the flame of motivation. And our coaches have done an outstanding job bringing out the best from our athletes. I do want to thank our coaching staffs. I know they're around the room uh for mentoring, for teaching skills, sportmanship,
013and for guiding our athletes to reach their full potential. I thank our campus principles at the middle school and the high school level. Thank you very much. You know, they support our programs 100%. And they help us by being administrators of every single game out there. So, coordinators and principles, thank you very much from the bottom of our heart. Thank you. And of course, our parents, thank you for trusting our staff and trusting the process as it takes to build our sports programs. Today we'll recognize teams and and individuals from Gria High School and Rio High School who advanced to the state playoffs, including team and individual regional and state qualifiers. At this time, I'm going to invite the teams from Gria High School to be ready. We'll start off with our Gria High School
014football team. They were under the direction and head coach of Alex Basan. very proud of our athletes. It was a tough year this year, but we're excited for what the future will bring. [Applause] For those groups that we have already called and you've been recognized, we do have some refreshments um for you. We have I know we have cake and we have some refreshments. Please get those before you uh before you all leave. And thank you for being here and representing our district. Next we'll have our Gria Lady Gator basketball [Applause] team. Our team was led by coach Jessica Carrera. This was her first year as a head coach. We placed fourth overall and 324A. Very excited as well for the future of our Lady Gator basketball team. [Music] Next will be our GUA boys
015varsity baseball team. [Applause] There you go. Our baseball team's under the direction of coach Hosuna. Team got fourth place this year and again excited for the future of Gria baseball. [Applause] for you. If you were going to Yes. [Music] Next we will have our Gria Lady Gator softball team. [Applause] Once again, all these teams were playoffbound teams. Agria Lady Gator came in fourth in district 324A. And we're excited also for the future of Lady Gator softball. [Applause] Next, we bring up our Gria Gator girls cross country [Applause] team. There's no playoffs in cross country, but as a team, they did advance to regional, so that's a great accomplishment. Lady Gator placed third place overall and competed in Corpus Christi. They are under the direction of coach Cassando Ramirez. At this time, we're going to be
016moving on to regional qualifiers. Next will be our Gria Gator Wrestling regional qualifiers. If the wrestling team can please come up. Agria wrestling was under the direction of coach Oscar Osuna. [Applause] Within this group, we also have two state qualifiers that did extremely well at regionals and moved on to state. So, we also congratulate them. [Applause] Next up will be our Gria Gator powerlifting regional qualifiers. If our regional qualifiers can please come up, our gria gators powerlifting were under direction of coach Raul Cuentes. Amongst the group that you see in front of you today, you also have two state qualifiers. And I do have to mention this because this is proud for RGCJ community. We do have a twotime back-to back state champion in this group, Miss Kylie Previnho. Next we have our Gria Gator
017Golf Regional Qualifier. [Applause] [Music] We got great golfers in Stark County, especially in the RGCJSD area. So, we congratulate our golfers. They were under direction of coach. Our next group will be our Gria Gator girls track and field team that advanced to regionals. Girls Gria track and field regional qualifiers. The girls came out third overall in district. They advanced in the 4x1, the 4x2. They are under the direction of coach Omar Mirez. [Applause] We will now move on to Rio High School. We'll be recognizing teams that advanced to the playoffs. We'll start off with a real Lady Rather's volleyball team. Next take a picture. So, our volley team volleyball team was under direction of coach Gilpin. They had had a few years hiatus from the playoffs and we bought them back. Very excited for the
018future of Rio volleyball. Came in fourth place overall this year. You Next will be our varsity Rattler baseball [Applause] [Music] [Applause] team. Our baseball team is under the leadership of coach Ram Lopez. Baseball team finished third place in 35A. Are you ready? [Applause] Next will be our Rio Lady Rather's varsity softball team. Congratulations. Yes. Thanks, coach. Our Lady Rers are under the leadership of coach Ro Cortinez. Lady Rathers were district champs going 16-0 in district. They were also by district champions. And this past Friday, they were also area champions. And we do and we do invite our community. This coming Friday on May 9th, our Rio Rattlers or Lady Rattlers will be traveling to Beville to take on Li Liberty Hill uh in the regional semis at 6:30 p.m. So, big round of applause for
019Lady Rers. Next will be our real Rattler boys basketball [Applause] team. Our real rattlers are under the leadership of coach Juan Alap. They are also your by district champions for 35A and we're excited for the future for our boys basketball team. The boys Bro, his boots as tall as the coach. Yeah, that's right. Next we have our real varsity Lady Rers basketball [Applause] team. Our Lady Rattlers finished third in 35A under the leadership of coach Gustavo Valenciana. [Applause] I see you. At this time, we'll be we'll continue with our regional qualifiers. So, regional qualifiers, be ready to come up with your with your coach. Our for our Real Rattler girls cross country we have Yara Gara regional qualifier for 35A cross country under direction of coach Ricardo [Applause] Taif coach is taking the place of
020coach I think he's working at the Track meat right now. Next we have Real Rattler boys cross country regional qualifier Hector Pñena. He's under the direction of coach Ramirez. He he's not present today. Next, we go to a Rio Rattler golf. Lady Rattler Golf regional qualifier. We have Miss Janelle [Applause] Gonzalez under direction of coach Javier Variel. [Applause] Next we have our regional qualifiers for wrestling. So we invite our regional qualifiers wrestling please come up. This group of individuals were coached by coach Ron Pratt and his staff. Within this group, we [Music] have 10 regional qualifiers and we also have four state qualifiers and a state and one state placer coming back next year. And we want to mention that uh Aiden Valdino is also part of this super elite team for wrestling. Serious. Next
021we have Ariel Rder powerlifting regional and state qualifiers. [Applause] So within this group, we have five regional qualifiers and four state qualifiers. Two of them that placed at state. And we do want to mention and recognize Maya Marayanes, a two-time regional champ, a threetime state qualifier, and a twotime state champion. and they're under the leadership of coaches Mario Gomez. Next we will have our Rio Rers girls track and field regional qualifiers. We have if they can come up please. They are under the leadership of coach Omar Trevinho. Congratulations. And last but not least, we have a real rider boy track and field regional qualifiers. They're under the leadership of coach Elario Vermus and staff. [Applause] little bit more. So on behalf of our RGCJS athletic department, thank you for your patience. We have a lot
022of talent on the courts, on the field, in the classroom. Once again, thank you for your support. Thank you very much, Mr. Canu. And it is a good problem to have. If we have a packed auditorium, it's because we do have so much talent here at our district. I'm going to go ahead and call up our fine arts department, Mr. Alex Rodriguez. Good evening, superintendent, madame president, members of the board and audience. It is my pleasure to recognize our amazing finer students. I would like to thank our finer staff and students for all their achievements and all parents for their support. We'll be starting with Rio High School band. Regran City Rattler Band qualified for the state marching contest in November. Great job. Thank you. Next we have Mariachi Kasavl from Rio High School. Mariachi
023Cascave earned the 2024 Mariachi Extravagana National Champions. UIL State Mariachi solo and ensemble contest division 1 superior rating and 2025 South Texas Mariachi competition first in 5A. Congratulations Want me to take pictures? I also want to mention that Maria Chica Scavl tied at the state competition with Mai, but unfortunately they gave it to them. But good job. It was so close. They almost had it. Bad. [Music] Thank you. Next, we have the RGC Theater [Music] [Applause] Arts. Our amazing theater arts advanced to district 35A on one egg play with earning four all-star cast, two honorable mention, one best actress, and two best technicians. Good job. [Applause] [Music] No, no, no. Yeah. [Applause] Next we have our Gria Gator Band. Our Gria Gator Band earned the 2024 area E marching contest. They qualify for the area
024contest. Also, uh 2024 TMA honor band state qualifiers and 20 the 2024 ATSSB outstanding performance series state qualifiers. Good job. [Applause] is going to be long hours of work. They deserve [Applause] Next we have Mariachi G Plata from Gria High School. Mariachi Gur Plata earned the 2024 mariachi extravaganza national champions. They tied with our very own mariachi kasavel from Rio High School. They also earned the UIL state mariachi solen ensemble contest division one superior rating and outstanding performers every single student at the end also uh they also earned the festiva mariachi competition first place in 4A category the 2025 mariachi extravaganza las Vegas champions 2025 Dame 4A mariachi state champions 13 times in a row. 2025 South Texas Maria competition first place 4A and grand champions in all categories from 4A to 6A. They're also
025one of the youngest group as they do have a seventh and eighth grader in the group. Freshman, sophomores, and very little upper classman. Seventh grader, raise your hand from Gura Middle School. All right. Next we have um Leilani Rodriguez that earned the 2024 Mariachi Extravaganza first place vocal. She also earned the 2025 Mariachi Las Vegas first place vocal and the 2025 South Texas Mariachi Vocal Competition first place vocal. Last but not least, we have Miss Lorraine A. Gara that she earned the 2024 Mariachi Extravagana National Vocal Grand Champion. She competed against all high school and college category. She was also showcased at Las Vegas [Applause] extravaganza. Before I leave, I would like to thank you, the board members. So, board members, uh, Miss Cara, superintendent, for all your help and support. Honestly, I feel your
026support like never before. Thank you very much on behalf of our finance department. Thank you very much, Mr. Rodriguez. I'm going to bring up to the stage Ringold Middle School. Ringold Middle. Yeah. Round of applause. Good evening. This is uh Cindy Garcia, the librarian for Ringold Middle, Magnet Middle, and Early College. Okay. We are proud to recognize Martin Eminemi for his outstanding achievement as the individual district champion in both golf and tennis. This remarkable Hey, this remarkable accomplishment reflects his dedication, hard work, and talent. Please join me in rec in congratulating Martin Eminemi on this ex exceptional success. The rest of the kids couldn't make it because they are running their little hearts out in the track meet. [Applause] Just you not the police. Eminem. No. Congratulations once again. Now I'm going to go ahead
027and bring up Guya Middle School. [Applause] Good evening, uh, Madame President, members of the board, Miss Walupe GarcA, our superintendent, and community. Um, I have two individuals that have individual, uh, accomplishments. Unfortunately, our district uh golf for girls is running uh right now, so she's unable to be here. But that is Viennet Navaro, who is the district champ for golf. And I also have Mr. Liam Lorraine, who got second place individually. He is from he is here. And uh Leo, Miss Kojo, Mr. Mr. Juan Garcia and Mr. Cesar Pñena. And uh the other group that I do want to recognize is our seventh and eighth grade girls soccer team for an undefeated season. They went undefeated the whole season. The last game, uh, it wasn't very close and we do have a lot of our
028athletes that are competing in the track meet, but we do have, uh, some of our athletes as well as coach Rodriguez and coach Sarate with us. [Music] [Applause] That's it. together. Yeah. Thank you very much, Siguruya Middle School. Now, if we're going to go ahead and bring up Veterans Middle School, Mr. Rodriguez. Good evening, Madam President, board members, Miss Garcia, superintendent, um audience. Uh tonight I want to celebrate the heart and talent of Veterans Middle School. Our students, our students have pushed boundaries, worked hard, and represented our school with pride. Their victories are impressive, but it's their spirit, teamwork, and love for what they do that truly stand out. We are so very proud of our kiddos. So, first up, we have our state champions, our Odyssey of the Mind team. Coming up, please over
029here. our odyssey of the mind. Um, we are in first place in the state of Texas competing at the middle school level. Their creativity, teamwork, and dedication truly set them apart. A special congratulations to Deandra Guerrero, who received the prestigious Omar award for her incredible costume design and craftsmanship. An honor reserve for students who show outstanding creativity and spirit. Now they're headed uh to the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals in Michigan where they will represent not just our school but all of Texas. We can't wait to see what they'll do on the world stage. And they are coached by Missiana Vjo and Miss Samantha Barahas. Congratulations. [Applause] Next, we're going to celebrate our amazing twotime spelling bead district champion, Miss Juliana Sadana. Winning once takes focus, and dedication, but winning in both seventh and
030eighth grade is truly remarkable. Juliana's hard work, determination, and passion has set a shining example for her peers. She's not only a spelling star, but also a thoughtful, driven student who inspires those around her. Juliana, thank you for showing us the power of consistency and excellence. We are so proud of you and can't wait to see what accomplish what you accomplish next. And she is coached by Miss Kiara Benvidas. [Applause] Congratulations, Juliana. Next up, we're proud to recognize our district champions in sports. A team that has truly earned their moment in the spotlight. Winning a district title takes more than talent. It takes early morning practices. And I was witnesses to that when we would see our eighth grade B team at 5:30 in the morning uh practicing. Um so it takes early morning practices,
031tough practices, and an unshakable commitment to each other and the team and the game. This team showed grit, heart, and determination every step of the way, and their hard work paid off in a big way. We couldn't be prouder of the way they represented our school. So, congratulations to all of our champions. And we're going to start off with our volleyball teams, our seventh grade, our eighth grade B team or district champions along with our eighth grade A team district champions. And just like the other middle schools, a lot of our students are missing because they are at the uh district track meet right now. Congratulations ladies. Our ladies were coached by Miss Inohosa B team and Miss Smith in the A team. Congratulations. Up next is our eighth grade boys B team that were
032also crowned district champions. Come over here, boys. And they were coached by coach Elias Vasquez, who's at the track meet right now. He's being represented by uh Coach Torres. [Applause] Yeah. One. Awesome job, boys. And although they're not here, I did want to recognize them. Um, a lot of our students again are at the track meet. I do want to recognize our eighth grade boys cross country team. They were also district champs. Our eighth grade girls softball teams. They were also district champs. And our seventh grade boys a team. They were also district champs. And our seventh and eighth grade boys golf district that were also district champs. And we're hoping for two more tonight. Let's see how it goes. Thank you. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you very much, Mr. Ligz. This time we're going
033to have somebody actually representing prepar uh preparatory for early college high school. We're going to have early college high school. There we go. Look at how wonderfully dressed there. Looked, Miss Pena. Thank you, sir. Good evening, board president, members of the board, superintendent of schools, RGCCISD staff, parents, and families. This evening, we would like to recognize our South Texas College graduates and prospective graduates who will be celebrating their commencement ceremony this Friday. This year, we have 51 students who have earned their associates degrees and 11 will be earning their welding certifications. Thank you everyone for all of the support and making this dream come true for our students. Thank you. Congratulations [Applause] students. We'll arrange them all and then I'll have my team come. [Music] Set them down. More chairs. Thank you. This is a
034beautiful picture, ladies and gentlemen. The more chairs the better. This is a wonderful sign for preparatory for early college. [Applause] two. Congratulations. [Applause] Thank you, Georgia. Thank you so much. [Music] Next, we're going to have Guya High School. Guya High School. I know Mr. Graves was here. Good evening, Madame President, members of the board, superintendent of schools, Miss Gara. I want to thank you guys for recognizing our outstanding students from Gura High School. I would like to first recognize our UIO academic regional qualifiers and our numerous regional alternates. Congratulations to our amazing students and their teachers. [Applause] Yes, this first you'll go with [Applause] I would now like to recognize our district battle of the book champions and regional qualifiers. Congratulations once again to our amazing students and their coach, librarian Gura High School librarian
035M. Rosario Osuna. [Applause] And now I would like to recognize once again Miss Mia Martinez who won best overall. actress in our district 4A one act play competition where we placed fourth in district 324A. So once again congratulations to Miss Mia Martinez, best overall actress. Tremendous job. Mia more this way. all the way up. Thank you very much, Mr. Gara. Next, we're going to have career and technical education from Randy City High School. [Applause] Good afternoon, Buenosardes. Madame President, board members, and audience. This is a little bit of a different uh competition. The ones that you've been seeing have a lot of people competing. I would like to first of all recognize uh Natali Garcia. Natali Garcia won, she didn't qualify. She won the state of Texas, she won regional, she won state, and now
036she's going to nationals in Atlanta, Georgia. Let me tell you what she had to do to get there. She's not even a senior. She's a junior. Um, first of all, she had to, it's a three-day competition. She has to do um day makeup within two hours. Then she has to do a technical test on the computer. So she has to be very intelligent as well. And then she has to do the fantasy makeup and she won all three at regionals and state. Remember that Texas is the second largest state of the United States. So we're very proud of her and her teacher, Miss Joela Ardondo that has been two nationals being on her second term. So congratulations. her model could not be here or Kendall also Garcia that won first in 3D acrylic nails could
037not be here but we want to wish him the best of luck because it's solely on her skill and her intelligence. So we're very honored to have Natalie be recognized. Thank you. [Applause] Next we have Mr. Alberto Benort and Mr. Picastillo with a law enforcement from Real Grandandy City High School. So their uh competition is also a very little bit different from the other activities that you've been seeing. First of all, their their teachers are certified police officers and certified in Korean technical education as well. And the winners for number one also in the state of Texas, we have first of all domestic violence, Crystal Ortiz and Cesar Gonzalez. And for police accident investigation, we have first place also in the state of Texas, state champion for the years 2023, 2024, and 25. Crystal Ortiz
038for police accident investigation and their teachers, Mr. Alberto Benort and Paso. Congratulations. You take a picture. Thank you. We also had Mr. Aberine, but he did not join us today or his students. Thank you very much. [Applause] Thank you very much to everyone. on all of our campuses and uh departments who were highlighted here today. It is very obvious the uh amount of talent that we have in our district and it also deals a lot with our coaches and teachers who inspire that from our students as well. So, thank you to all of our coaches, our teachers who have molded these students to be what they are today. $300 per national. Thank you. All right. So, congratulations again to everyone and thank you for being here. We move on to section six. Any public comments?
039No, we're still in uh section 5B, staff highlights. Okay, we go back. Item section five, item B, staff highlights. Miss Gara. Yes, ma'am. Miss Yala. Good evening, Madame President, members of the board. Miss Gara, superintendent. Um, we are going to recognize some very special individuals tonight. Uh, we have the Golden Apple Award for the Valley Central and outstanding character and dedication. That's Miss Cindy Alanise from uh Rio Grand City High School. but unfortunately she's not here tonight because she's also being honored uh tonight at the Valley Central uh location. So, but congratulations to Miss Cindy um Alanise. She's our science teacher at uh Rio High. We also have the honor to recognize our amazing librarians. We were unable to do this last time. So, um we want to recognize our librarians and uh they do
040more than just the library services. They also take care of a lot of our media services at every single campus. So, we're very excited to give them this award. So, I'm going to call them up. So, hopefully they're here. Miss Amy Dearsa Banda from Ace and Ringold Elementary. Miss Sandra Guerrero from Alberto and Selia Bara Elementary. Miss Patricia Montes from Alto Bonito Elementary. Miss Sandra, Miss Erica Salenas from Dr. Mario Ramirez Elementary. [Applause] Janet Solid, General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary. Miss Janet Sarate, Gria Elementary. Miss Ambarina Perez, JNO and Jose Elementary. Anna Alvon [Applause] Elementary Belinda Nunes Pñena Rogera Junior Elementary Lorena Adam Gruya Middle School Nancy Garcia Veterans Middle School Cynthia Garcia Early College High School RMS and ACE Middle school, Miss Rosario Osuna, Gria High School, and Miss Jeannie Anderson, Gandy City High School.
041[Applause] One, two, three. [Applause] And finally, but not least, we do want to recognize these very special individuals. There are TI uh our TIA back-to-back designated teachers. So, um these teachers were designated uh last year and again this year keeping the same status. We'll start off with Miss Julisa Bara from Ace uh Middle School, master designation. Mia Melisa Basaldua with master designation back to back. Mr. Francisco Contreas, Rio Grand City High School Master Designation. Norma de la Cruz, Veterans Middle School Master Designation. Haime O Gara, Ringle Middle School Master Designation. Maria G. Gara, Ace Middle School exemplary designation. Hisella Gonzalez, Ringle Middle School, master [Applause] designation. Sena Christina Gonzalez, exemplary designation, we're going to City High School. Adelia Alysia Guerrero, Rear Grant City High School, exemplary designation. Jose Guerrero, Preparatory for Early College High School
042exemplary designation. Araceli Moreno, Ringold Elementary, exemplary designation. Juan Kintterero, Preparatory for Early College High School. Exemplary designation. Samantha Raina, River Granny City High School, recognized [Applause] designation. Maria Rosado, Ace Middle School, master designation. Sarah SCS, Rana City High School, master designation. Lette Marie Vanessia, Ace Middle School, master designation. Jessica Varia, General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary exemplary design designation. And Norberta Sarate Gria Middle School Master designation. These individuals have earned the TIA designation and they've kept it from year to year. Congratulations. Thank you. Item C, we move on to item C. Report on superintendent's uh top golf scholarship fundraiser. Mr. Marie Lopez. Uh thank you, Madame President, members of the board. Uh superintendent Miss Gara. Uh we have a slide here for the everybody to see. Uh I'll go over the slide first and then I'll get
043a little bit into detail as to the specifics. Okay. So what you're going to see up in the slide is just a comparison from last year's tournament to this year's tournament. So last year's tournament we raised and this is when we say raise is what we actually collected. We have a lot of vendors a lot of companies that pledge but what we show is what we actually collected as a district. So last year we collected $128,430. We ended up giving 171 scholarships. To get a scholarship, you have to qualify by having a 90 GPA or higher and be in high school for four years. So, 140 uh I'm sorry, 143 uh 171 and they got $500 per student. we go to this year's tournament, we ended up raising over $25,000 more than we did last
044year. We ended up at a [Music] Yeah. And and again, I I don't need to go into detail what we've gone through as a district here since uh Miss Gara has taken over the district. uh again knowing the situation that that we were facing as a district and again uh thanks to Miss GarcA and the board uh what we've had to face uh here in the last 3 4 months. So to be honest with you, I was looking at 128,000 that was collected last year. I was trying to get somewhere in the 120s. If we would have been in the 120s, I would have counted it as a successful uh event. Again, we ended up over $25,000 uh above last year. We ended up with 143 scholarships at $687 per student. So, in the last
045five years, uh, we went back in the last five years, the best year that we've had was 164,000. So, again, for what we're going through to be a little maybe a little over $10,000 short of the best that we've done in the last in the last five years. So I want to thank there's a group that just took us to another level. I had not seen that type of participation from this group and that is the principles, the campuses, the teachers, the coaches. They took us to another level. We struggled up here in central office again with what we're going through. But I don't know, you know, I don't know how to thank them, but you know, I I know I called some of them. Uh we had an elementary that sold all their tickets
046in one day. I had high schools that sold them within a few days and were asking for more tickets. Again, I was getting calls from teachers, from coaches asking how they could help. So that to me showed a lot in terms of the unity as a district. So again, uh thank you to our principles and our campuses. Uh a few others, board members, I know that everything you do, you don't get paid. It comes from your own time. I want to thank you for being out there at the event from start to finish. A special thank you uh Dr. Mr. Barera along with your husband, Mr. Barera, you took us to another level. You brought in vendors that I had never dealt with. So again, that played a big part. Uh again, thank you. And
047thank you to Mr. Barera that helped us get to this number that we're at. Uh, our superintendent, Miss Garca, very very creative. The way you think, the way you you approach things. You make everything better. I thought I was pretty much running a pretty solid tournament. You pretty much changed almost everything on me. But again, you changed it in such a positive way. Very creative, very hands-on. uh the departments and and I hope I don't miss anybody but I'm the one up here talking but it's a lot of departments a lot of people by my side that play such a big role in this the PR department technology department office curriculum maintenance and and I'm probably missing a few departments but again all of these departments in coordination run such a great event and I
048give all of these people that I'm me uh me mentioning within these departments a lot of credit. We were hosting it this year. We had the superintendent from Macallen that went to the event for one purpose to see how we run the tournament. And after they were done seeing us there for about an hour, he came up to me and said, "I'm cancelling running our tournament at a golf course and starting next year, we will be hosting it at Topgolf." So again, we are not going to reinvent the wheel. We're just going to run it how you all have run it. So again, the last ones but not least, our vendors, our community. Uh a big thank you for sponsoring and for donating. Again, everything we just saw, all the pictures, all the people that
049were here. That's our future. That's why we do this. We had seniors here that hopefully qualified for this. We had middle school kids that eventually hopefully will qualify to the elementary kiddos that their time will come where again they will qualify for this. So again, thank you board and any questions? Not not a question. I'm going to make a statement that I had three observations and I wrote them down and you addressed two of them for me. So, it's the different groups that the different vendors, different uh just different people different from different area, different schools, different the people that probably we probably hadn't seen before go. And I thought that that was that was a good thing. That's number one. Other schools still going to see the operation because they want to see how
050we do it, how how it's how it is that we do it, not at a golf course, but there how much we save and how much money we make having it at that at at uh Top Golf. And it keeps getting better. They keep giving us more incentives and stuff like that. The last one I don't think you mentioned is the number of um items or awards they gave for the raffle. That was the highest number I've seen in a long time. And that the last number I think was 170 something. Thank you, Mr. Ramirez. Again, I can I can be up here and keep giving credit to so many people. You mentioned prizes. I think Cleo Walvarez uh we the year before and again I don't I don't know the exact number. I think
051the previous year we had the record at prices at about 120ome. About 127. This year we went over 175. So again, it seems like it keeps getting better. The number I remember is 127 and we're at 17 something. And we we went over 175. Great. Thank you. Nicely done. Nicely done. Also, Marin, thank you for spearheading uh this event. I mean, without you, we wouldn't be able to to get this much accomplished to alongside with Miss Gara and the team that surrounds you. Yeah. You know, uh it's it's my first uh event where I'm participating as a school board member. And I I got to see all the leg work that you did for us and for more than anything for our kids. So, thank you for the great job that you do. Thank you.
052Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, [Music] Mr. Anything else? Nothing else. All right. Item D, report on 2023 A through F accountability rates for RGC GISD. Mrs. Good evening. um sometime here in April, they went ahead and released the 2023 accountability ratings. They had been on hold for a couple of years already. So, um um I'm going to go ahead and present our findings. So, here are as our school district for 2023, we came out as an overall average of a C as again as a district 2023 accountability. Just one thing that I want to share with everyone. It was a reset that the state had. So now they changed the way that accountability works. Now it's proportional to the weight of every single campus for every single domain. But um overall we ended up
053with a 79 and we had a C average. Right next to it I do have the ratings for the 2024 which are not there because those are still up in litigation. Um, I'm going to present each one of these by school. So, here we have Gria High School. Gria High School holds an 11% weight in every domain. Gria High School ended up with a B average in 2023. And those arrows that you see, I am comparing the component score for each one of the domains. And I went ahead on the 2024 just so I could give you a preview as to what it is that we're going to be looking at in 2024 once they do release if they release the scores. We see a lot of pluses and we see some pretty good gains
054for this particular campus. But alongside with the release of the rating, they also released the distinctions designations. And for Gruette High School, we're proud to say that we have three distin design designations for for them this school year. For early college high school, their weight is 6% in each domain and their overall average was a 97, almost perfect. So they still continue to be an A campus. Congratulations. And again for 2023, uh there's not much more of an improvement that they can do, but as you can see there on the component scores, we still see gains. And they did have one distinction designation. For Rear Grande City High School, they hold the most weight for our district, 24% in each one of the domains. So for Rear Grande City High School, they ended up with
055an overall average of an 84, which is a B. But I'm proud to say that this is the third year that Rear Grande City High School gets all seven distinctions, you know, from the state of Texas. And as you can see, when we compare the component scores, we do have a lot of gains. So it's going to even out. They continue doing well throughout uh the years. Hopefully, we're supposed to get some releases in 2025. They'll hold a big weight for us. Um in our district, Gria Middle School holds a 9% weight in each domain. Burya Middle School in 2023 got an 80 which is a B for their um rating and they also were awarded one distinction designation and uh Ringle Middle School also holds a weight of 9% in each domain. Ringle Middle
056School ended up with a 69 average, which was a letter D. But as you can see to the right side, we continue to see the improvements uh from 2023 to 2024. Veterans Middle School, the middle schools that uh Veterans Middle School holds 12% uh a weight in each domain. They ended up with an average of an 84, which is the B, but they also received three distinction designations for 2023. Alberto and Selia Barera Elementary holds a weight of 2.6% in each domain. They ended up with a 69, which is a letter D. But as you can see, if you look at the bottom, they've had huge gains in 2024. So most definitely at a 69, we're hoping that the results will be a lot better. Alto Elementary, 3.7% weight in each domain. Alto Bonito Elementary
057had a 61, ended up with a D in 2023. But if you look again on the right hand side and especially on the closing the gaps domain, they had 51 point gained from the 10 points they had um earlier in 2023. So that in itself will is going to bring them up. Dr. Mario Ramirez Elementary holds a weight of 2.7% in each domain. They ended up with a 75 which is a C as a rating. And again looking at the right we see a lot of increases in the component score. So if and when they do release we should see a lot of gains from our campuses. General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary holds a weight of 4.5% in each domain. This is one of our largest elementary. So they do hold a a big weight. In
0582023, they were rated as an 81, which is a letter B. But as again, you can see on the right hand side, we see a lot of pluses. So those gains should hopefully get them really high up. They also have one um distinction designation awarded to them. Guy Elementary is 3% in each domain. Um they ended up with an 84, which was a B rating, and they were they got four out of the five distinction designations. So congratulations to Gria Elementary. And as you can see on the far right, we also have some really good gains on the component score. So that's going to make a difference once they what if and when they do release the 2024 uh ratings. John and Olive inosa Elementary holds a weight of 2.9%. John and Olive in Hosa
059Elementary ended up with a 57 which is a letter F. But as you can see in 2024 on the component score alone they also had some really good gains. So that was this is one of our priority schools just to let the school board know. Um Lon Elementary has holds a weight of 2% in each domain. Lona Elementary was our other F campus. They ended up with a 59. But again, if you look at the component scores, the gains from uh 2023 to 2024 are really high. So, we're um we're more than confident that they've surpassed that F rating. Ringled Elementary holds a weight of a 3% in each domain. Ringled Elementary was our other elementary school who also got the four uh designations. And again they did have an average of an 87 which
060gave them a B rating for 2023. Roger Gera Elementary this is our second largest elementary at a 4.1% in each domain. They ended up with a 73 which is a C. And again, I do want to reiterate and go back to the very first slide as far as our district working with all our campuses and that's our goal to improve our campuses so that our district rating can improve and that again all these schools that were D's and Fs. They have been our priority campuses since 2024 and they continue to be our priority campuses right now. So, we're working really close with them to try to make sure that our scores are are getting better in 2025. Any questions? Ma'am, I have a couple of questions. So, if we look at it, our high schools,
061our middle schools did quite well. Would that be an accurate statement? Our high schools and middle schools. That's correct. Our problem was a little bit in the elementaryaries, I would imagine. In the elementary levels, that's correct. Okay. So, my question is is uh we have a couple of F campuses and this is the rating for the year 23, correct? Now, we're going to get the rating for the year 24. Correct. No, what we're going to do is that's still on pause. We're going to get the rating for 2025. They're estimated to give us that rating in August. They're supposed to release the rating for 2025, but the 2024 rating is still in litigation. They still haven't released those. Okay. So, my question is simply put, so let's say we get a we got an if
062and then that you say they're not I I read an article where they are going to release a 2024 that it within I think the next 30 to 45 days. So my question is simply this. If we have an F in the 23 and we have an F in the 24, what are the consequences or what does the state what does the state mandate for us to do? I know that if we are backto back at uh failing that we will probably become a comprehensive campus and if that's the case uh we'll get some federal uh funding from the state so that and from the government so that we can um raise our scores. And I think we had that a few years back with Gria Elementary. But I am very confident, Mr. Viel, just
063to let you know, based on the on the increases that we're seeing from component score going to scale, we should not have anybody as an F campus in 2024. So let me ask, if you have an F campus, an F campus, and let's say that campus turned out to be a B campus, what are the consequences? There are there's no consequences. They're they're they haven't they didn't really we were not any let me let me say this better in 2023 when we got our our scores when they released the taper none of our schools were identified as target support or comprehensive support. So we were out of the clear and even now they're not even considered even though we do have those Fs they have not said that your target support. Our two F campuses
064though are potential potentially on the peg list. That's all it is. But they have not said that we're in uh any type of of um comprehensive like I said target support or additional target support. So do you think in the year 2024 and 2025 the scores are going to be better? Do you think we'll be a B campus in the 24 or the 25 as a district? As a district I'm I more more than sure that we will if we were at a 79 I'm more than sure that most definitely we will be at close to that. I cannot give you that rating because I don't know exactly until the state uh comes out with it. We do we've made um estimations and predictions, but again, I would not like to say that this is
065where we're going to be at next until we actually get the ratings. And I'll I'll just add that it'll be very difficult to predict it based on the current indicators because the premise of the last two lawsuits for why those two years have been held back is because the state made lastm minute changes to the ranking. So even if we do our current comparison to this year's data, the state could always change the metrics of which they're going to rank very late in the game that would make any of the data we have right now obsolete under the current rating system. And so um I think it's prudent that we, you know, caution against saying otherwise because like I said, they could change data in the way the metric is in August or even September
066before they release any information. The only the only thing I'm saying back back then and we're talking in the past if you had two F campuses you'd be you'd be in problems with the state. Yes. So after failing for five years in a row then TA does have intervention right on the campus. Hopefully we'll do better this year. Thank you. And and I and I think we're not being in target support for one real big reason is that they changed the evaluation on us at the very last minute. I made it the same lawsuit. So they're not really accounting these grades like they do any other grade that we've got in the past or whatever. So yes, should we take it seriously and use it and digest it and study it? Yes. But there's also
067also those good prognosis and initial all the initiatives you've seen on the right hand side too. So I'm just being careful to the words we use here on the board to say, hey, let's let's panic or let's worry or there's something coming down the pipe because that was a that was a fluke. That was a one time thing. They changed the standard or not. That's why they never That's why they took them years to get the grades. There was lawsuits that are still pending out there. So, we got to hold back a little bit, study it the way we're supposed to utilize it the way we need to so that when we started, but in the next few years, they keep using the same system. Well, now we know what they're looking for. And it's
068been and it's been a reset. I'm sorry to interrupt you, uh, Dr. Bara, but it's been a reset year. So, that year, they completely changed the entire accountability system. So, from what we were used to to what it is now, and it still continues to stay uh it still continues to change. So that's why it's not fair to say this is where we'll end up because we don't know. So that's why my comparison was from component score to component score because when it comes to the actual scale score that's still up and up. Thank you so much uh so much. And I just want to um once again let Miss Garcia know that this board is committed to making curriculum and this our grades and our rating a priority. um the majority of your time,
069effort, energy, uh resources have to go to this to making this district um a higher rating district. I always tell my girls A's and B's and A's preferred. Um same thing to everybody, of course. Uh there's a lot of work to be done. Um but that's okay. I just I know that Miss Garza can do this, but really really once again I tell you that this is what this what the majority of this board wants. We want um the priority to be our kids' grades. Their education is we're making or breaking these kids. We're we're putting them out for success or we're putting them out for failure. And that is one of the reasons that I am here because of this. We need these scores to go up. We need this is a reflection of
070what our kids know and how they're testing and um this is our priority. Um so I am very confident that Miss Garza, you will get this done. Um but know that you have our support. This is our priority. And of course, if I may, our principles are here today. Be reassured guys that you have 100% vacuuming from your school board. uh we will try our very best to get the resources that you all need in order to work effectively in your in your campuses. I know in the past year we've struggled uh we've struggled financially at the campuses, but re be reassured and I I'm telling you be reassured that you have the the the board support and you will have the resources needed in order for you all to bring this district up and
071shine again. Thank you. Yes. We move on to item E report on prospective class of 2025 HP3 goal focus CCMR. Madame President, we have a presentation by Mrs. Roxan Garasa. Good evening every good evening everyone. Uh my name is Roxan Garan. I serve as director for CCMR and I'm going to give you some updates on CCMR. Of course, the goal of CCMR, of course, is to help every student graduate ready for life after high school graduation. We have the responsibility to help our students. And there's three routes that they can select. It's going to be college, if they're going to go to college after high school, if they're going to go into the workforce to the career, or if they're going to enter the military. Okay? So, those are the three that we're responsible in
072helping our students find the pathway that they're going to do after high school. So what does CCMR have to do with accountability? Very important. Okay. In the elementary and middle school, like Miss Aella was discussing earlier, 100% of their accountability comes from STAR. 100%. In high school, it's very very different. In high school, 40% is from STAR, 40% for CCMR, and 20% from the graduation rate. So 60% comes from the seniors. Okay, 60% CCMR is for the seniors and of course the graduation rate and we do very well with CCMR and the graduation rate but there's some changes that are coming two specifically for CCMR. So what is CCMR? Okay, these are only parts of CCMR. These are part of the components for CCMR. It changed up there. That's not what it's supposed to be.
073But uh CCMR it's variety. There's different ways that we can get when you hear about CCMR, you're going to hear your high school counselors, your principles, we need a CCMR point. These are where the points are coming from. These are not all the points, but these are the the majority of where the points will be coming from. Where students enrolled in an AP class and they take the AP exam score three, four or five, that is where we get a point for AP exams. If a student earns an associates degree, you saw all the students here earlier today with an associates degree, we get a CCMR point. students uh enlist in the military. That is another point. If students enroll at uh University of Texas at Austin through the Armats program at Rio High or
074Gria High School, they're able to earn credit through UT. And of course, we get a point there. The dual enrollment, it's either academic or even through the CTE. Of course, we get credit there as well. And TSI, this is where we're going to be focusing on. But of course TSI they need to pass both portions of the TSI the ELR and the math in order to get that credit for TSI for of course through enrollment through STC and of course that is a change that is coming through STC through the coordinating board students enable to in order to take STC classes they need to be TSI ready before students were able to use the star scores not anymore. Okay so starting next school year we need to have the kids TSI ready. Okay, so TSI
075is very crucial and I'm talking about CCMR, the points for accountability and then I'm going to talk about it in another way in a little bit. Okay, so this is the other change that is happening. This is the other change that is happening with CTE. Okay, CTE plays a very crucial crucial role in CCMR. Miss Vadiel and her staff have been working diligently with our students in getting them ready with the IBC certifications and I'm going to go over that in a little bit. But our current seniors right now, they're a they're a they need to be CTE concentrators where a student completing and passing at least two or more high school CTE courses for a total of at least two credits within the same program of study. Okay, those are current seniors and this
076will come out in our 2026 accountability for their se our uprising seniors, the class of 2026, they need to be completers. Okay. Students need to complete and pass at least three or more CTE courses for a total of four or more credits within the same program of study including one level three or level four course from which it's the same program of study. So I know people be getting phone calls we know my kid wants to drop an elected. We cannot. We need to have them to be concentrators and you're going to see the numbers in a little bit. That's where we need to support our counselors, our high school principles in ensuring that our students are who are going the career route through CTE. They need to follow that pathway. So what is deemed
077college ready in CCMR? To be college ready, you need to meet the TSI criteria or you earn dual credit or you uh meet the criteria for an AP, which is a 345 on the AP exam or you earn an associates or you qualify for on-ramps course credit. That is deemed college ready. Okay, college ready for CCMR. For career ready, you earn an industry-based certification and IBC or you graduate with a complete IEP and workforce readiness or you graduate with an advanced diploma and receive special education services or you earn a level one or level two certificate that is college career ready. And of course the military when a student enlists in the US Army or the Texas National Guard, okay, we get the the the student does the final paperwork with the recruiter. They give
078a copy to the counselor. I get it and we upload it to TEA. It is a DD form that we need to upload for every student that goes into the military in order for us to get credit for that. Okay. So, this is what is deemed college ready. This is the points that we'll be getting. Okay. So, these are the numbers. Okay. And this is what we're going to have to be working on. This is our our area that of course we need to focus on. Okay. This is more or less it's not it's an estimate right now. We have of the the for the seniors, we have 92 seniors that are TSI complete with both ELAR and math. We have 68 that are cleared with ELAR and 19 that are cleared with math. Then
079we have the students that are enrolled in the TSI courses. They have to take them their senior year and we have 176 in ELR and 226 in the math class. For AP exams, we have 112 seniors that passed one or more AP exam with a score of a three, four, or a five. And then you see CTE. Okay, this is crucial. 77% from our CCMR comes from CTE. This is where Miss Vadial and her staff have been working and and ensuring that our kids are getting their their certifications. We have 378 seniors that already earned their certification. We have 75 pending. We have 75 pending and Miss Val is already has everything arranged for those students. Then we have 58 su seniors that are going to be getting a level one certificate through STC on
080Friday. They have their graduations on Friday. So we have 58 seniors that will be getting their certificate in welding uh computer maintenance or uh precision manufacturing at STC. So those are the numbers there and of course this is not part of CCMR but I wanted to let you know where the seniors are. I predict that FASA sooner or later it is a reporting item because it's a graduation requirement. So FASA will be getting into CCMR sooner or later of course for FASA completions where the students submitted an an application for financial aid. We have 423 seniors that already submitted. We have 12 students that submitted the the TASA which is for students that don't have a social security number and we currently we have 109 seniors that have opted out and we have 118 pending
081and we have seen a little hesitancy with students who do not have social security numbers in submitting the FASA because of immigration and so forth. So that's something that's being uh that's happening across not only here. Okay, so I just want you to understand that part and of course the applied Texas submission. Okay, we have 471 seniors that applied for college. Okay, and uh and we have over a thousand uh 214 that uh college applications. Some students applied to three or four, some applied to just one. So these are the number of applications that are there that our college advisors help with this. Okay, so this is the other part of CCMR that of course we need to work on as well. Okay, CCMR and outcome bonus. outcome bonus. So this is different from the
082other point. Okay. To be college ready for the outcome bonus, you have to meet the TSI criteria, you cannot be enrolled in the college prep courses or you earn an associates degree and you uh enroll at a post-secary. So those students that have both the TSI for ELA and math and if they enroll in college, we're going to get money. But the students who who earned an associates and they enrolled in college, we're going to get money for those students. Okay. And can I can I ask you a question? What does CCMR I understand what CCMR is, but what is the outcome bonus? Like you figure dollars. That's the next slide. That's the next slide. So to be deemed career ready for CCMR and the outcome bonus, of course, the TSI is another criteria. So
083we need to have that and they earn an IVC. So you saw how many students already earned an IVC or a level one level two certificate. We will get money for those students as well. Okay. But of course TSI is the biggest factor here. Okay. The military, they join the military, we get their DD form and we upload it, we will get money there as well. So this is what Mr. Viel is asking about and it is of course the outcome bonus. This is where districts are able to earn funds from the state, okay, to prepare students for CCMR. If a student is coded economically disadvantaged, it's $5,000 for that student. If a student is coded as non-economically disadvantaged, we get 3,000 for that student. A student is coded as special ed receive services for
084special ed, we get $2,000. That student, that special ed student is also economic disadvantage, it's $7,000 that we get. Okay. So, this is what we need to work on. This is what we're getting. Uh Miss Robles is the one that gets the funds and she uses that for of course to get everything ready that we need for CCMR. Okay. So, of course, uh, CCMR is not just about graduation. It's about what comes after graduation. Do you have any question? I condensed my presentation. Mad told me to. I have a couple of questions, man. I am sure you do. First of all, I know we do real good in our high school in comparison to other high schools. Both of them, they do very well in CCMR. Am I correct in saying that? You are. You
085are correct. You are correct. How much how what percentage of CCMR of the kids have passed or in other words have CC what percentage of our high school are both our high schools and and the early college how much what percentage complete CCCR CCMR that's required by the state any percent any idea like 70 80 90% I know we do real well I just we do we do when for CCMR every year we're at 94 to 96% yeah we're very good we're we we do very well with CCMR we And you can see CTE plays a big role in that. CTE is crucial to CCMR. So let me ask another question. How many bonuses? How many of the kids do that that graduate with CCMR? How many bonus? Let's call it how much of are
086we getting from the outcome bonus? Yeah. How many do we get? Okay. That would be Miss Robles because I do not No, I do not I do not have those numbers. Miss Robles. Okay. And Mr. Va, I don't think we have those in hand right now, but we can present those to you in the next uh board meeting. Thank you so much. The only thing I will say to the high school principles, congratulations to on the CCMR. They do a great job. I mean, if it really counts as you're saying, it counts the high schools and all the organizations that having to do TSI, career in technology, uh, and all the things to get that percentage. I know that we're probably one of the highest percentages in the valley. Correct. We are. We are. I
087think we're the third at the meeting that we went to last semester. uh the commissioner of education came down and we went to region one and we were in the top five. Well, to the high school principles, congratulations. It's a great feat. Not only a great feat for the kids, but a great feat also for the district because it does bring us money. But it basically, like you say, gets them ready for the either the military, college, or gets them ready for career in technology before they can go get a job. A job well done. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you so much. Okay. Wow. Item F, report HB3 early childhood literacy and mathematicals. Mrs. Good evening again. Um, these are our HB3 early childhood literacy and mathematic goals. They're also part of our board goals.
088Um, so why HB3 goals matter? So we want to ensure that all our students are reading and doing math at or above grade level. Okay. So when it when you think about grade level with star is at meets or higher. Okay. So we also um why this matters is strongly or strong early literacy and math skills are predictors for the long-term academic success of all our students and it's a required it's required by the house bill 3 HB3 to track and improve their early outcomes. So uh this is our our goals this is our early uh childhood literacy goals for reading. So the uh the present third graders stu third grade students that score at meetat's grade or above on the star reading assessment our goal was that it will increase from a 39% in
089January of 2023 to a 55% in June of 2028. And again these are our kids our third grade students that will perform at meets or above meets which would be the masters. So in 2023, the target that was set by the state was a 49. We set a baseline target of a 39 because that was our score in 2023 when it came to all our third grade students that were at the meets or above grade level. So what we did in conjunction with region one, we're part of the Texas strategic leadership uh cohort. So we work together with them to set goals for every year. So in 2024 we set goal a goal of a target of a 42. Then we also set a goal in 2025 for a target of a 45. In 2026
090a 48 2027 a 52 and hopefully in 2028 reach that 55%. So here as you can see in 2024 the target that we set here as a school district was a 42 but our actual score on the star was a 48%. So we met our goal we surpassed our goal and in 2025 our goal is a 45. So what you see right next to it after our last benchmark, we're estimating about a 38% of our students being at the MES or above grade level. So once we got our results, we saw a decrease with our reading scores, but all our principles got on top of that. We dissected all that data, and I know that they started working very, very hard to make sure that when our kids went up to the STAR test, they'd
091be ready. and hopefully score higher. So that's we won't know that actual score until we actually get our results for the early childhood math goal. We also need all our third grade students to score at NE's uh grade level or above on the STO on the STAR math test. So the goal here is to go from a 41% in January of 2023 to a 58% in June of 2028. In 2023, the target was a 46% at the meets or higher. Our baseline was a 41% because that was our actual score for 2023 of all our third graders being at ME's grade level or above. In 2024, we set a target of a 44% and our actual score was a 51%. So, we surpassed our own goal that we had set in 2025. Our goal is
092a 47%. And as you can see roughly on our benchmark, we've surpassed that goal. We're at a 408 I can't see that word. 48%. Um, so we're we're pretty confident that our third grade students will be performing at grade level or above when it comes to the STAR test. And again, we've set out these goals um strategically year by year. We're setting realistic goals. We don't want to overshoot ourselves in the foot. We want to make sure that we're we're setting realistic goals like I said and making sure that all our students are at grade levels or above. So the strategies for literacy and math growth again it comes with HQIM high quality instructional materials implementation and you've heard that quite a bit and that's been our focus and that's what we revolve our curriculum
093around which is um HQIM implementation teacher professional development and coaching and we are I'm proud to say that uh thanks to you we are working very very hard with them right now as we're transitioning into the blue bond on it. So, we're having great sessions with teachers, principles, and assistant principles to me get them ready for the new school year. Early literacy and numeracy interventions, progress monitoring, and datadriven instruction. One of the things that I can say, I'm very proud of all our administrators, all our principles. Every campus does a great job monitoring the progress of all our students. So from student trackers to uh campus trackers in all different levels um we are very proud to say that they are they do an amazing job. So that's something that we want to bring to
094you in the future. Um also what we want to do is increase our family engagement and support the learning at home. So that's very very important. So as we make our parents aware of what we are teaching our students and what we need them to be at grade level. So if they're in third grade, we want them to be at third grade level, not any anything lower. So I think by informing our parents, that's the only way that we'll be able to make our students grow. Our commitment here in RGCGISD is that we're committed to provide and support and um and support the resources necessary to meet these goals. And I think I heard you earlier uh Dr. Vera when you did say that that's our goal. Our goal is to ensure that our campuses
095that our our our administrators, our teachers and our students have the best in front of them and we prepare them well so that we can make sure that they um exceed. Um together we can ensure every student reads and solves math with confidence by third grade. So these are our HP3 goals and we'll be um presenting more of this as we go along throughout the throughout our journey. Any questions? Yeah, ma'am. One one quick question. So, when you're telling me at the 2027 28, you're predicting what the prekinders are going to be at at when they're in third grade. Correct. In 2028 is not a prediction that I'm making. It's actually what the state has said that that's the target that there the state has set out for everyone that uh everybody should be at.
096But basically, what we're planning is for third graders. Correct. when they're we're basically taking our prekinders and extrapolating them to what they're going to be in the year 2027 or 28. Correct. Correct. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. Item G update on OFSDP fifth six weeks implementation. Mr. Martins. Uh good evening Dr. Betta board president members of the board. Miss Garcas presenting the schools. I'll be presenting on U of FSDP which is optional flexible school day program. It's something new that we we at RGCJSD started implementing this school year. So it's it's new to every one of us. And hopefully in this presentation, I know it's a it's a short presentation and I'm going to try to do my best to so that you guys can understand what we're doing and uh hopefully we'll move on
097forward with this. Okay. So basically the optional flex uh flexible school day program in Texas it allows all school districts to provide flexible attendance schedules for all those all those students that are having difficulty coming to school. All right so basically um so all those students that right now that are truent that for whatever reason they cannot come to school they got problems at home whatever this program is perfect for them but it's not for everyone. Okay. So, but in order to pro uh to implement this program, there is a process that needs to be done and we we had to submit a an application to TA. Okay. And in that plan, we had to be very very detailed as to how we're going to implement the plan, how we're what students were going to
098fit into the program, uh what kind of instruction we're going to give them, what kind of bell schedule we're going to give them. So, that that that application itself took a while. We started the application back in September. uh we presented it to TAS, they sent it back. They wanted more uh more detailed information. We sent it back again finally back in December, the last week in December when we did for the break, we received a letter from TA saying that we had been approved to uh implement the OFSD program. All right. U so but in order for for in order for a student to qualify into the program, they have to meet certain criteria. All right. uh there are five different uh categories that are that one of the student needs to meet one
099of these criterias and basically us as a district the one that we presented to TA and said we're going to focus on the students that are truent and those students that are at risk of of u dropping out because of attendance issues. All right. So, what I need you guys to understand right now on on a traditional attendance, okay, on traditional attendance, which we've been over the years, if a student is absent today, we lost that funding for that student, okay, we could not recover that funding. What OFSDP does, it it allows that student that was absent today to make up the attendance that he was absent on the day before. So, and I know that it's it's it's a I would have to like go over into detail, but I need for you guys
100to understand this that right now in traditional attendance, if a student is marked present second period, which is second period for all our campuses, we get that funding for that kid for that day. Regardless of the student goes home third period, fourth period, fifth period, if he is marked present during the ADA period, we get the funding for that kid. on OFSDP we had to we had to change the enrollment for that kid. Now kids that are in this program we cannot do it without the consent of the parent. Okay, we had to send out the reason it took a a long process is because we had to notify the parent that because your son or daughter are not meeting the attendance requirements right now and because they are at the poss uh they're at
101the there's a possibility that he could be retained or he will not graduate. he could uh lose credit. We had to get permission from the parent to be able to code the student on the off of FSDP. Okay. So, you might ask how does that affect the student? It does not affect the student at all. I know in our plan when we submit to TA, we said we were going to extend the hours all the way till 7 o'clock at night. And we wanted to target those kids that did not uh graduate like say for example two years ago or three years ago because we could go all the way up to the age of 25. So that was part of the plan that when we did our application, we included all all that information.
102Okay. But after looking at it and seeing what were the challenges for those kids, we decide, you know what, it's something new for all of us. It's something new for the district. So we cut back and we say, you know what, we're going to go ahead and start OSDP at the campuses and then we'll take it from there. So some of the challenges okay uh that we faced or we could have faced uh was the just the the student engagement just I mean right now and then it's not only our district is going through this situation. It's all the district across the state of Texas. I know in the valley the a lot of the districts have attendance issues. So, it's just the our biggest challenge right now is how do we get how do
103we get those kids to come back or how do we get those kids to attend school? So, on the OFSDP the way we get our funding, okay, if a kid is coded under this program, this kid no longer is we do not get their ADA based on second period. Now, we're saying for every 240 minutes of instruction, that's a way we recover the ADA for that particular student. So that's what comes the state allows you to make up those absences and in a little bit I'm going to show you all some slides and you're all going to say okay now we understand what we're doing. Uh so on the student engagement part that's we knew that was one of the challenges uh the inequity consu uh concerns um it's there but we didn't we didn't
104because we decided you know what we're going to keep it at the campus level for this year uh we're going to uh go into it slowly that's we were not uh faced with that and of course the staff adaptation is this is what it it took a little bit because it's not that we were giving the teachers more work uh but when the students was coded off of FSDP. It was going to change your way of posting attendant for that particular student. But it's nothing like like that that it completely changed your grade book or nothing like that. It was just those kids that appear because all your your roster would appear in alphabetical order. Now all the kids that were regular attendants were in the top of your attendance sheet and all the kids
105that are coded OFSDP were at the bottom of the sheet. And that is because we told the state we're going to because when you take attendance, you cannot put the the not the not the I guess what we cannot put the the focus on the students saying that they were they were going to sign a paper. The state tells you it has to be a professional. So well in that case it has to be the teacher. Okay. So that was a challenge. So, the adjustments we made, uh, again, we went we went, uh, we decided we were going to keep it at the campus this year instead of extending the hours after school and extending the hours up to 7:00. You know what, it's something new to all of us. We'll go into it slowly
106and then we'll build from there. And I want to thank the campus principles because I mean it's it was something that we called them in one uh one day and we explained to them what we're going to do, what we wanted to do and they all took ownership of it. Like all the principles, I didn't have not one complaint. Nobody complained. They were all like, "What do we need to do? How do we code our kids?" I had principles that I explained to them one day by the next day they already had kids coded because it's something that was good for the campus because of the attendance issues that everyone has. All right. So on the off of SDP for the fifth fifth six weeks when we started the first week we had 134 kids
107coded. Okay that was the first week. All right. So as the days of weeks went on, the days went on, uh we ended up the fourth six the fifth six weeks we ended up with a total of 417 kids. Today as this morning we had 45 452 kids coded. All right. So that is uh something that it's I thank the principles because it's not easy and I thank the teachers because it's not easy. I mean giving them this extra work and and everybody embraced it and everybody is like said like let's move with it. And then Miss Garca, I know she wanted to implement it the fifth six weeks and we went ahead and did it. Um I want to show the the some graph charts so you all can see where I'm coming from.
108So the ADA the fifth fifth six weeks comparison. Okay. So if you look at the regular if you look at the chart on the left hand side. All right. So we had 417 kids coded OFSDP. So you multiply the 29 days of the six weeks. So, total days of membership, we had 9,689 days. You're saying, you're probably saying thinking to yourself, there's no 9,000 days that Well, it's because we're multiplying every single kid times the 29 days that they had that they they could have given us funding. If you look at the orange part on the left hand side, okay, we had 1,725 absences. All right. Days present. We had 7,964 uh kids marked present during second period. So if they would have stayed, if those 417 kids would have stayed on that traditional bill
109schedule, okay, we would have lost we would have been at 82% of attendance and we would have lost the funding for those 1,725 kids because those 47 those 47 kids that we put into the program and it's it's taken a lot of work. we were able to recover. Okay, if you look at it, that little orange spot on the right hand side, it's 180 days total absences. Why? Because the students were allowed to make up the attendance. Okay. Uh so and I guess that because it's it's it's different coding and I know it's something like new for everybody and I want to express everything that I want to tell you guys but if I start telling you you will understand what I'm where I'm coming from but I mean you can see the difference. You
110can see the difference. We recovered uh we ended up at 98%. Okay. So we recovered 1545 days of attendance. Okay. So you look at the next the next slide. This is moneywise and again this is just the number that we use because the funding I know I reached out to Mr. Roles yesterday and the funding for every kid is different. Okay. No kid is the same. We get kids we get a basic funding for for every regular ed student but every kid that is coded CTE bilingual uh special ed different funding goes into place. So everybody generates different funding. All right, but just so you have an idea of where we're coming from, if it would have been a traditional schedule like all those kids in tra traditional ADA, those 1,725 absences would have cost
111the district $13,000 in funding. And that's that's what's been going on because we've always been in a traditional uh ADA, which means that if you're marked absent today, that was it. Like you cannot recover the funding for that day. All right. But because we we have those 417 kids coded OFSDP and we recovered those, 1545 absences, we generated $92,000 back. Okay. So, in actuality, we lost in the range of about $10,000 for the fifth six weeks in funding. And those are those are only those 400 kids old. You you we recover 92,700. Is that per day, per week, per for that's for the six weeks, Mr. for the six weeks. Okay. All right. So again, that's just a number I'm throwing out there so you can see it that I use $60. It it could
112be more, it could be less. We're just we we decided I know we met with Msala yesterday and we just wanted to give you guys a number to talk and see the difference that OSDP makes. All right. So we go to the next slide. Okay. And I have that green arrow pointing at those five days because it tells you in the bottom like the zero uh one, two, three, four, the days absent. Okay. So if you look at the orange, those are again if we would have been traditional 88. If you look at the five where I have the arrow pointed, we had 37 kids that had five absences. So that's multiply 37* 5, that's how much money we would have lost just in those kids. But because of the OFSDP, we had only one
113kid. So in other words, out of the 37 kids, 36 kids were able to make up those five days that they had lost. Okay. Uh then we go to the last uh well not the last page the next the next uh slide. This is a refined ADA. Okay. So what you you're probably saying like what is refined ADA? For every student that's enrolled in the district, you multiply the number of membership days that it's in that six weeks. Okay. So if just for example, just I'm going to throw a number there. If it's 10,000 days present for all the 9,000 kids that we have, but then we had 2,000 absences during the six weeks, then now your refined your refined EDA is no longer 10,000 because now you got to subtract all the absences. Okay?
114Because we had 417 coded OFSDP. If we would have been in the traditional uh ADA, our refined ADAS for those 47 kids would have been 341 because we were at OFSDP for those 417 kids. Our refined ADA went from 341 to 408. So you're saying it's it's not a big difference. Yes, it is because you multiply those 67 days that we made up times the 29 days of uh funding for each kid. It it makes a big difference. Okay, so what are the next steps? Okay, we want to implement this. I know I've been meeting with Miss Garcia. We want to implement this in the summer school. Uh we we we have a little hiccup right now because our RSIs we've never uh done uh like a like a master schedule for summer school. So
115it's something that we need to reach out and we already reached out to Power School. We're trying to get it done as soon as possible because uh in summer school in credit recovery we average about 550 kids per year every summer school and those are kids that are making up credits that they lost due to either they failed the they took the course and they failed it or they took the course passed it but got denied. We don't offer courses for advancement during the summer. So, we know and I know that out of those 550 kids, maybe not all the kids qualify for OFSDP, but if out of those 550 kids, if we can get 300 kids that qualify, those 300 kids would be eligible to make up those 16 days of summer school and
116we would get funding for them. Um, and it's the first time we've done it and it seems easy and you look at it and it's not easy, okay? Because if it was, everybody in the district would be do in the region would be doing it. I think in the region when I reached out to the to region one there's only like seven or eight districts that are doing no FSDP and it's because it takes a lot of work. It requires a lot of work a lot of monitoring. There's a lot of details and you got to follow exactly what you presented to TA because if you do get audited everything that we said we were going to do in the plan has to be in place. So that's our next step. We're hoping we can
117get the our school to help us out and implemented in the summer. uh then we submit the data to TA during the summer and then the next step is the presenting uh with the all's approval to implement to submit the application for next school year. Mr. Martinez, I got just two questions. So you say that we're basically through this program we're saving we're basically gaining about $92,000 per per six weeks. Correct. Well, no sir. What I'm saying is that based on that number that I used, it was just a number for funding just so that I can give you an idea. Again, this is very uh this is the fifth six weeks only. This is only for fifth six weeks data, right? But so if I would have used, they could possibly be that instead
118of the $60, it could have been $50. Yeah. But what I'm saying is we predict this not maybe for this year, but for next year, but potentially could have a savings of between 380 to 400,000. Not a savings, but the district could get between 380 and $400,000 next year if we're to implement this program. It depends on the number of kids enrolled in the program. Yes, sir. So, uh I know when when we did the application this year for this school year, uh we we set out the numbers at the elementaryaries. I put them at 25 because it was something new. I did not know what to expect, how to how it was going to work at the elementary levels. I know right now for the elementaryaries in the summer, I do not want to
119implement OFSDP uh because we've never done it. But I do want to implement the the middle schools and the high schools. So hopefully we we can get our school to help us out here to set up our SIS for the summer and implement it. So I don't know if you all have any questions. No questions. Thank you so much. Thank you, Miss Gara, you and all the campuses for for taking this initiative, this task. Um I think you know more money is always welcomed and if you all found a way that's that's great. Item H, intruder detection auto report findings. Uh, we will move that to executive. Yes, sir. For safety reasons. Do we have uh public comments, Miss Becky? No one signed up. All right. Thank you, everyone. And we Oh, we will move
120on to consent agenda for consent items listed on the agenda that were previously discussed and presented at the board workshop. At this time, can I have a motion to approve consent agenda items A through O? So move second Eddie and second by Mr. Pñena. Any dis We will not have discussion on these. Uh so all those in favor, please raise your right hand. Um motion passes. We'll continue to section 8, curriculum and instruction items A through G. consider and take possible action on transition plan for blue bonnet learning SY 2025 2026. Mrs. the the transition plan for the blue bonnet for the school year 2526 is just a plan that we put together um just in case the state at any time since we are u engaging in the blue bonnet curriculum at any time
121they can ask us what is our plan to implement and move the and get our folks ready for the new school year. So what you have before you is just again we just are requesting permission for you to approve the plan as is being presented. We set goals um implementation framework from the implementation goal uh implement implementation goals establishing um conditions for success. Making sure that our materials will be here on time that our all our teachers and all our campuses will receive their materials on time. Schedules and the different calendars that we do have the um aligned the expectations that we set forth for all our our campuses. uh professional learning plan and we've already started with that and we kind of set those out throughout the different months as you can see in
122the plan alongside with the change management and communication. So we're doing the very best to try to communicate um everything that we do to all all stakeholders which are our campus principles, assistant principles, teachers, and down to our families. Um strengthen the internalization and the professional learning communities. um embed observations and feedback cycles so that that way our principles and our teachers are well aware of what we are presenting and uh to our students embed um again also align assessments and practices. So um again u it's a pretty extensive um plan that we do have. I shortened it up for everyone, but we're just requesting permission for us to have it. And with your approval, in case tea does request this, we can submit that. If I understand correctly, all your your your principles and
123teachers have already started training with this blue bonnet curriculum. Am I correct? That's correct. All our principles and our assistant principles and some of our teachers, not all our teachers, just some of them right now. And have we looked at any of the or I don't know if you all know the extra funding that we'll be getting through Blue Bonnet just for implementing the curriculum itself. Yes. The amount that we'll be getting through through the EMAT through the EMAD service. I know that they've going to start adding all those funds. So, and we're purchasing everything through EMA. So, we're getting those extra $60 good per student for the entire enrollment for district one. All right. If no uh further questions, uh do I have a motion to approve item 88? So move, Mr. D. And
124a second. Second, Miss Paty. All those in favor, raise your right hand. Motion passes. Thank you. Item 8B, consider and take possible action on HQIM internalization sessions for campus principles. Again, we're requesting permission to continue the um the sessions with our campus principles. Uh it's been very beneficial and very uh informative. I think they're they're getting very well um aware. They're aware and they're very get getting very well familiar with the with uh curriculum that we're going to be using next year, but alongside we also want to add it not just to our elementarymentaries. We also want to start bringing in our middle school principles as well so that we can continue the transition, the coaching and making them true instructional leaders at our school district. The the principles want to work on Saturdays. They
125are. Believe it or not, I do get all our principles to come in. Can you all testify to that? Yeah. Yeah. All right. I just want to make confirm with you all because she can say one thing. Uh it's also a grant, right? the source financial source. Yes. Yeah. The funding source is through our grant. So, we're leveraging off those funds that we do have through our grant for professional services. And that's what we want to do. We want to make sure that we we leverage anything that we can from our grants to compensate our our administration, our teachers uh for their work and for giving up their Saturdays to come in. Definitely. All right. Um do I have a motion to approve item 8B as presented? So, move. Uh second second Mr. Garcia. Um
126any discussion? All those in favor raise your right hand. S Mr. Soliss, you got him, Jesse. Uh motion passes. Item 8 C, consider and take possible action on HQ PQ PK PK4 teacher qualifications coaching proposal. On this proposal, um I know that Mr. Mr. Martinez, he's our new early childhood director. He uh looked into this matter. Um I know that we want to have highly qualified uh uh prek kinder teachers. Um they need to be certified. But one of the qualifications also so that we could be in compliance is that our teachers do have at least 75 to 150 hours of mentoring andor of coaching. So, what we're proposing here is to have eight of our prek kinder teachers throughout the district. Um, which is one per campus. And the reason that we say eight
127is because at our early childhood uh academy, we do have three campuses in there. Um, in or um we're asking that they receive us a one-time stipend um to be able to be part of this coaching and mentoring uh program. So they will get training and alongside that they will come back and be the trainer of trainers for all our prek teachers. So they will be able to train them from within the campuses as well. I think they're great additions but right now we don't have anybody who would meet those criteria the qualifications. No. So that's why what we're going to do is we're going to to ask our principles to select their uh prek teacher, get some kind of coaching training for them so that that way they can come back and actually uh
128conduct the coaching and the coaching will happen during their uh uh planning period. So it's something that happens throughout the school year. So as long as they complete the 150 hours, we will meet the requirements that we need for all our prek teachers to be uh highly qualified. Good. Ma'am, can I ask a real quick question? It says it's coming from funding from the early childhood allotment. What is meant by the early childhood aotment or the Yeah, the state does give us an early childhood allotment and I know that goes through business office. So, we don't um tap into it often, but right now it is necessary for us to go ahead and use some of those funds that the state does give for early childhood learning. How much do they give us in totality?
129Do you know? I don't have that amount at this time, sir. Thank you. All right. Um, do I have a motion to approve item 8 CC as presented? So move. Do I have a second? Second. Any discussion? If not, all those in favor, raise your right hand. And motion passes. Item AD, consider and take possible action on request for per for permission to purchase the Mind Play universal screener student subscription for middle school 7th grade. So again, thank you to Mr. Jesus Martinez, our director for early childhood. Um he went ahead uh this the universal we need to uh have a universal screener for especially for our seventh grade middle school students. Um he went ahead and did some research and found uh mind play to be one of the sources that we can definitely
130use. Um I just want to say that previously uh the screener that we did use had was pretty costly. Uh we were spending about $41,000 for the screener for just seventh grade. So I'm happy to say that Mr. Martinez did great work in researching and finding m mind play signals which serves as a universal sk screen screener that will now just cost us $5,000 uh $5,620. That's a total savings of $35,000 from the previous year. So what this screener is going to do, we get the data from the screener through our our um blended learning program which we're going to be using. We'll upload the screener and we'll have the intervention within the same program that we will be using throughout all our schools for reading. All right. I think it's important to note that
131dyslexia, the universal screening, all of it is going online pretty much. That's correct. All right. Uh can I have a motion to approve item ads presented? So move. Second. Second, Mr. Jesse. Um any further discussion? All those in favor, raise your right hand. Motion passes. Item 8E, consider and take possible action on renewal of childcare vendor agreements for the 2025 2026 school year. Dr. Karina Agarcia signs our director for uh prevention and intervention. She did bring this item to the board some time back as far as uh giving the vendors a little bit more. Um what we're doing here is we're asking right now we have three students um that are full-time that will engage in our daycare centers and we have two prospective uh students for next year. So we're looking at just making
132sure that we have uh that you all approve that they get a little bit of a higher wage when it comes to our daycarees. I'll just make a quick correction on that. We had already approved the uh just to give them a little bit higher. So this is basically just a renewal. Okay. Just to renew the services. Okay. To renew. That is correct. We had already approved the same the three the three same childcare. Correct. That is that is correct. Thank you. Can I have a motion to approve item 8 8 as presented? So move. Second. I'll second it. Any other questions or discussion? If not, all those in favor raise your right hand. And motion passes. Item 8F. Consider and take possible action on ESF grant instructional leadership team support PD. Um on this
133grant, uh this is the ESF grant that we do have currently going on with our Veterans Middle School because they were uh labeled additional target support. This grant is about to end. But in order for us, uh one of the requirements is that we do submit a target improvement plan through um through TEA. So, what uh we're proposing here is just to bring in the executive team, the leadership team from that campus to finish off the plan and be able to submit before the deadline, which is June 20th. And and I understand that's that's a long process. It's a lot of work. It entails a lot of data and submitting a lot of data. So, taking them off the capital is very important because you can focus on just on that and get it out
134of the way as soon as possible. So, uh, Madam President, I recommend approval. All right. Can I have a motion to approve item 8F as presented? So, move. A second. Mr. Jesse, any questions or discussion? If not, all those in favor, raise your right hand. Motion passes. Item 8G, consider and take possible action on lasso uh, cycle 3IIL grant region one ESC proposal. This is one of the grants that we did receive this school year, the last cycle three, the instructional leadership grant. And this grant was for John and Olive in NoSa Elementary. So that is one of our focus schools and um on this grant um again uh one of the things we have to engage in is to engage with a technical provider and we chose region one to be our technical provider
135for uh this particular grant. This grant is for $100,000. We did receive the NOGA already, but 70% of the award needs to go to our technical provider. So based on the proposal for theou that um region one has already submitted, that's uh that's what we're asking for your approval just to from March to September. Am I reading that? That's correct. It's it says March because that's when uh they started doing the notices. So if we do any work before then with uh region one they can definitely um we we can we can charge them and say they can you know they we can draw down once we get the money versus okay could I have a motion to approve item AG as presented do I have a second second Mr. Jesse, any other questions, discussion?
136If not, all those in favor, raise your right hand. Motion passes. Section 9, career and technology, uh technical department. We'll move on to section 9, career technical, item 9A, consider and take possible action on drones discovery and Arduino innovators camp. Good evening. Once again, uh this is a separate grant. Uh, it's a governor's summer merit grant through South Texas College and it's only for Lagria High School. It aims to inspire Texas youth to pursue STEM. It will include grades 6 through 9th. It will only be for one week from June the 16th to the 20th from 9 to 1 and only 15 students will be allowed to um to join for Gria. And right now, um, the controversy is whether we're going to be able to bus them to SDC in Macallen or we're going
137to host a Gria High School. Um, we wanted to host a Gria High School, but the people that are paying for it saying that it has to be SDC at the technical campus. So, right now, we're undecided. Um, so it's just permission to accept this if possible. But, Miss Fiel, how are those how are those 15 students chosen? Is there like an application? So, just like apply. Yes, sir. They have to play. Yes. There's like a like a brochure and then they'll apply. Okay. Yeah. This is a really good program that our kids enjoyed during middle school. I know they had a during the ACE after school program, they had a drone uh class and I remember them taking pictures of our aerial pictures of our campuses. Uh so I mean a lot of kids
138are interested in this. So uh it's a good program that we can get our kids involved in. And they get to keep the the drone and also the Arduino. They get to keep it. All right. Can I have a motion to approve item 9A as presented? So move. Second. Any other questions, discussion? All those in favor, raise your right hand. Motion passes. Thank you. We continue to item 10, business operations facilities actions. Item A through G. Miss Gara, item. Uh 10A, consider and take possible action on donations to Rogue Ready City Gur ISD. Uh yes, ma'am. That is in y'all's packet. Do y'all have any questions? That is there for your review. Madam President, if I may, I'll make a motion to approve item 10 A and B. A and B. Um do I have
139a second? Second. Any questions, discussion? All those in favor, raise your right hand. Motion passes. A and B. Right. Now item 10 C. consider and take possible action on construction contract agreement CSP uh 2457 safety fences phase 3 between real granny city Gria ISD and excellent fence. Madame President, um legal council is going to request we take it in 10 scenes to executive session and that's because of the student safety issues. Uh if you'all have any questions regarding where they're established, how they're established, where they're at, security perimeter, etc. Okay. Thank you. Item 10D, discussion and possible action to declare materials as surplus and authorize superintendent to manage and execute disposition. Madame President, this is the overage of Khaliche that was left over at the new construction at Gura Middle School. Uh and we are
140basically asking that um first and foremost that we do get a legal agreement uh with our our legal council to include the amount that will be allowed that will be taken from from individuals and also to release the district of any liabilities. Perfect. All right. Uh do I have a motion to I didn't understand. Can you repeat that? What are we talking about first? The khiche. Mr. Va that was let go. Remember we had brought it to the board at one time and then we tabled it. So, we're bringing it back again just to dispose of it because we do have that extra kaliche. So, we're saying now that we're going to go ahead and open it up. However, we are going to send it over to our legal team to ensure that we have
141that agreement in place. No problem. Okay. To make sure we're not liable for any accidents that happen while people are transporting Khaliche. That is correct. Well, that we're not liable and that we're also not picking and choosing who gets to take it. So, we're going to have a program available for anybody. Thank you. Sounds good. So everybody will have that available. Yes. And you're going to tell us how much so that not only one person goes and takes it everything. Correct. Okay. All right. Um can I have a motion to approve item 10D? So move. Second. Second. Mr. Jesse. Any other questions or discussion? All those in favor raise your right hand. And motion passes. We will now move to section 11 which is executive session for items A through I as listed on posted
142agenda under Texas government code sections 551071-76 and 551082 through84. The time is now 9:10 p.m. and we're now moving to executive session. I want to thank the principles who stayed. Uh there's no grant money for the extra time here, but thank you. Yes. Thank you everybody um for being a part of uh today's meeting and have a good night. Thank you for bringing your kids also for bringing your students and your staff uh for this presentation. Yes, she already getting ready. Smart. The time is now 10 p.m. and we are back in open session. May I have a motion for the following um items? Items A through I. I'm sorry. 10. Yeah, we can go back to that one. You want to do the first one? Okay. Doesn't matter. All right. So, do I have
143a motion for these for items? Uh, was it 12 12 12 A I, Madam President, but if I may, I move that we approve 12 A through I as discussed in executive session. Do I have a motion? Okay. A second. Second. All those in favor, raise your right hand. Motion passes. Now item 10 C which is consider and take possible action on construction contract agreement CSP 2457 safety fences phase 3 between real grand city Gurua Independent School District and Excellent Fence. I will move to approve item 10 C as discussed in executive session. Do I have a second? All those in favor raise your right hand. Motion passes. All right. Anything else? Miss Garcam. Uh, Madame President, members of the board, I just want uh to direct your attention to all the upcoming events that
144we do have. I'm not going to name them all. We do begin with our elementary graduations next week and then of course they're followed by the middle school graduations and the high school graduations. However, I would like to make a note that on June 3rd we ne we have our next board workshop and I and it is open to the public and it's also posted to the website with our other agendas and on June 10th we will have our next regular board meeting. Thank you. Thank you. I apologize in advance. I will not be able to make the little ones, the during the day graduations, but I will definitely make the after uh the 6 p.m. graduations for middle schools and of course our high school graduations, but I do apologize in advance for that.
145Um, anything else? It is 10:02 and this meeting is adjourned. Have a great evening everyone.