001and >> it's 6 o' so we'll if you'll please stand we'll start our meeting Mr. Galloway has an introduction for us >> for tonight's invocation. I'd like to introduce Pastor Morris Emory from Cornerstone Church. Uh Pastor has a a knowledge of CBISD of having students within the district but also being a great supporter of the district uh participating for numerous years and speaking in our balar services which are coming up here in the next month. And so we appreciate that. He'll be doing that again. Uh, Cornerstone Church is on Highway 30 332 with a Lake Jackson address within the CBISD boundaries and a 798 Rosoria landline number. So, I don't know if you know where it wants to tax. We thank you so much. >> Absolutely. >> All right. You bow your heads with me.
002Father, thank you. Thank you for this group of administration, staff and students and teachers, Lord, who gather to to make decisions and to do business, Lord, but more importantly to to guide in a way that would make you proud, Father. We don't desire to do anything in our own strength and our own will, Father. But ultimately, we seek to glorify you in all that's done. Lord, I I I thank you for the protection of the staff and administration uh as they go through their their day and their and their week. Father, we know that it's not always easy and that many challenges arise, but Father, their heart is is to serve you and to serve the students and the families of this district. And I pray your blessings for that in Jesus name. Amen. >>
003Amen. >> Thank you so much. >> Appreciate that. You join me in the pledges. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas. One state under God, one and indivisible. >> Thank you. >> First, we do our recognitions. Miss Wendy, have you got some? >> Yes, Mr. Kenny has um some students he would like to recognize tonight. >> Good evening. I'm going to start off by introducing some of our sponsors, coaches, and then letting them introduce their their students and letting them talk about their programs. So, first, if Mr. Leay would join me up here, it's my honor to introduce someone
004who has made a lasting impact on our school and our students, Coach Brad Le. Coach Leday's dedication to our program to our cheerleading program goes far beyond practices and performances. He's built a culture of hard work, teamwork, and pride that shows in everything our athletes do. Under his leadership, our program has not only achieved great success, but has also grown stronger in character, confidence, and unity. More importantly, Coach Leet invests in his students as people, encouraging them, supporting them, and helping them become the best versions of themselves both on and off the mat. We are incredibly grateful for his commitment and the positive influence he has on our school and community. Please welcome me and please help me or join me in recognizing coach Le. >> Okay. Well, I'll keep this short and sweet. So,
005in 1974 Just kidding. Well, it is my distinct honor to um recognize an accomplishment of the Columbia cheerleaders and we are so excited. Um and I have my three captains here with me today, Zoe Belgard, Hudson Copeland, and Hannah Stall. Um at cheer camp, the team distributed uh demonstrated excellence and spirit by earning first place in their home routine. They were also honor honored with the prestigious banana award, which is the biggest spirit award that you can um receive. Out of all the cheerleaders, we were recognized with 12 athletes, which were all all-American, for outstanding individual and team accomplishments. Continuing their success, the Columbia cheerleaders while competing in the Southwest Regional Cheer Competition in San Antonio, where they earned first place in the co-ed division. Their performance secured a vid to the National Cheerleading Competition
006in Walt Disney World, Florida, where they can highlight their cheer um talents at a national level. Additionally, the team represented Columbia High School at the UIL state competition where they were placed 14th out of 45 teams across the state of Texas, which included a bunch of 5A and 6A schools, which we all beat in Brazoria County that achievements are testaments of the hard work, discipline, and the commitment of these student athletes, as well as their leadership and guidance for their coaches. The Columbia cheerleaders have represented the school and the community with pride, with spirit and integrity throughout the se throughout the season. Without them, I wouldn't be able to be the coach that I am today. So, I want to say thank you for the cheerleaders and thank you for my co um coach, Miss
007French, and without the community for supporting us throughout the whole season. So, thank you. Next, please help me welcome coach Zoe Fairfield. It is my pleasure to introduce someone whose passion, talent, and leadership have elevated our twirling program to a remarkable new heights. Coach Zoe Fairfield. >> Coach Fairfield pours her heart into our twirlers, investing countless hours to ensure they grow not only as performers, but as confident, determined young people. Her dedication shows in every routine, every performance, and every moment she spends encouraging and guiding her students. Under her leadership, our twilling program has flourished, earning recognition, building skills, and creating a sense of pride that extends far beyond the field or the stage. She inspires excellence, creates individuality, and brings out the very best in every twiller she works with. We're truly grateful for
008her impact, the impact that she has on our students and our school community. All right, this looks long, but I use big font and I read that, so it'll be fine. It'll be fine. Uh, I just want to say thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight. I'm Zoe Fairfield. I'm honored to represent our twirling team this evening. Um, this year our team is made up of four incredibly dedicated and talented young women. um Harper Thur, Alyssa Wal, Payton Horack, and our future hurler, Bailey Bower. They have demonstrated not only skill, but determination, discipline, and pride in everything that they do. And their hard work has truly paid off. At the Missouri County Fair twirling competition this past year, they earned a second place finish. And in February at our UIL competition, every member received
009all ones for their solos and as well as ones for their group routine. This reflects countless hours of practice and commitment. In addition to competitions, our Twilers perform incredible halftime routines at every football game, which helps build school spirit and showcase their talent and hard work. Looking ahead, we're excited to continue building on that success as we travel to Bluerville on May 25th to compete at the UIL state level. This is a a significant milestone for our program and our team's ready to represent our school with excellence. I do not come from a twirly background, but serving in this role has been incredibly fulfilling for myself and it's been a privilege to support and guide these young women and I'm really proud of what they've done this year. I'd also like to briefly recognize our
010future, Bailey Power. She's an exceptionally talented young woman and a very strong leader who has made a meaningful impact on our team this year. We are very sad to see her move to Wyoming this summer, but I'm confident that she will continue to do great things and make a very positive impact wherever she goes. I have no doubt that she's going to pave the way for twirling at her new school, just as she does here. I'm excited to share that our team is expected to nearly double in size this year. The continued support of our program has really played a vital role in encouraging these young women to pursue their passion and proudly represent CHS. Thank you again for your time and continued support OF OUR PROGRAM. CAN WE GET ONE two programs together? >>
011Thank you. my feet. >> Finally, we're going to have Coach Carrie German, who is our speech and debate coach, uh, recognize Jordan Williams, young lady from Columbia High School, for earning the academic all-American honors from the National Speech and Debate Association. This is a prestigious recognition given to high school speech and debate students who excel both academically and competitively. Here's what it means. One, you have to have strong academic performance. Students must maintain a high GPA, typically 3.7 or higher in a 4.0 scale, showing consistent success in the classroom. Two, they have to have speech and debate achievement. Students must earn a significant number of NSDA or National Speech and Debate Association points, usually 750 plus, which come from competing in speech and debate tournaments, demonstrating commitment, skill, and experience. And third, they have to
012be they have to have well-rounded excellence. This award highlights students who balance rigorous academics with the demands of competition, practice, and travel, showing discipline, time management, and dedication. Why it matters? Being named an NSDA academic all-American places a student among the top performers nationwide in both academics and speech debate. It's a strong honor for college applications, scholarships, and leadership recognition. In short, it recognizes students who are not just great competitors, but outstanding scholars as well. I'm going to let Mr. German expand on that a little bit. >> Jordan, go ahead and come on up here. That way, I'm not up here by myself. We're not we're not here for me. we're here for you. Um the the GPA, we have hundreds of highly intelligent students that have that GPA. Where the 750 points comes in,
013that's where most that's where a lot of the students will fall short. It's where most of them will fall short because it takes time. It takes commitment. Friday nights, all day Saturdays, parents willing to take them and bring them up at 5:00 in the morning and then be back to pick them up at midnight. Some students don't have that support. Jordan is one of those that does. Jordan is one of those that has for four years has been competing for us and been working hard for us. She is a state qualifier in congressional debate. She is a three-time regional qualifier in LD debate and uh extempiraneousia speaking. She competed at the international thespian festival last summer in Indiana in playwriting. She's going to be going to Richmond, Virginia this summer to compete in world school
014debate that she qualified for in February and she'll be going next week to Leveria to compete in LD and extemp region. undoubtedly one of one of the best I've had in 27 years here in the district. Um, as as you're going to see when we turn this around right now, there are only two names on this plaque, seven years apart. The other one, the first one, my daughter, now the theater teacher at the junior high. And it has taken us seven years to find another student not only with that GPA but with the drive and the determination and the dedication to earn those 750 points. So ladies and gentlemen, please a big round of applause for Jordan. Congratulations. Well done. >> That it Wendy, is that it? That it. All right. So, campus communications. >>
015Thank y'all for coming. We appreciate it. >> Thank you all. >> Thank you. Almost dropped all my stuff in a couple of days. Yeah. >> Okay, it's my turn. Uh, Mr. Brousard, I know it's your last meeting tonight, but I just wanted to take the time to say thank you, not just for serving on the board, but for really showing up, walking the halls of Barrow. you've come to our Red Ribbon Parade on multiple occasions. You've always dropped off bikes, gifts, all of the things. Our students know who Mr. Brousard is because we need to thank him for the things that he does for us. Um, so from the bottom of our bottom of our heart, thank you for everything that you've done. >> Uh, and then we celebrated Parrofessional Appreciation Day and these are
016some of the most hardworking individuals that I know. Um, and we would not be able to do the things that we do at Barrow without them. Um, the in-class support that they provide, they cover for Friday planning, they do lunch duty um, every day. Um, and they are amazing. So, I just wanted to give them a shout out. And this is just them again in the hallway. Uh, we also celebrated assistant principal appreciation week um, at the start of April. Um, and we are very blessed to have Miss Cantu. She has a um a wonderful talent in building relationships with both staff and kids. So, I just wanted to highlight that here. Um and sorry, I don't know if um we were supposed to show this or not, Miss though. If you said not to,
017I'm so sorry. Um but our teacher of the year is Miss Mandy Bro. Um, I keep telling everybody it's been a repeat thing at Barrow that our support staff is the one winning teacher of the year every year because of the intense support that they provide. Miss be Miss Bro works with our students who can be challenging but they're also gifted. Um, and she has this way of supporting them while also finding ways to help them grow simultaneously. And we are very blessed to have her. Um, our new teacher of the year was Miss Laney Irwin. Uh she is a CHS grad herself and I tell her all the time I can officially say I'm old because I hired one I coached. Um so uh she is a natural in the classroom. She knows how
018to build relationships with parents, staff members, co-workers, students, everything. She has done an amazing job as a first year teacher and you would never know it was her first year when you walked into our classroom. And then our uh we had a unique situation this year. our staff members decided to get together and vote for both of them to give them an equal amount of votes. Um, and they were here earlier on this year getting the 226 award because they have um definitely taken over in a tough situation with Miss Jensen being gone. Um, and they have been dependable, accountable. They have stepped in and done everything that they've needed to and they advocate for the students in that classroom just like Miss Jens would want them to. Um, and so I not have the
019heart to do a tiebreaker and it wasn't going to. So, we gave it to them both. They're very deserving. Those ladies have been there forever and they do a wonderful job. Um, and I hope that they'll be there for years to come. So, >> all right. Going to start off with track. Uh, we had 16 different athletes qualify to move on to regionals. >> So, I just wanted to kind of give you a rundown on that. Xavier Boozie placed first in the long jump, so he'll be going on to regionals in that event. DeAndre Hart was second in the 400 meter dash. Uh Aiden Jones was second in shot put. Benjamin Bales was third in shot put. So we have two moving on to regionals in shot put. Benjamin Bales was also uh third in
020discus. Eric Gregory was fourth in pole vault. Uh the top four move on to regionals. So he moves on as the fourth in the pole vault. Our 4x4 uh boys relay team placed third. That's Eastston Danford, Jakari Tims, Kaden Johnson, and DeAndre Hart. And our 4x2 also qualified fourth place. That's J Shakari Tims, Dante Davidson, Corbett Faulner, and Xavier Boozy. Uh, and then our girls, we have Riley Dent who placed fourth in shot, Aaliyah Pierce, who was fourth in the 100, Grace Sarra Goza, who was fourth in the 300 hurdles. And then our 4x1 girls relay team of Brooklyn Hughes, Aubrey Gibbs, Isabelle Saragoza, and Aaliyah Pierce all qualified. We'll be moving on to regionals. Next, we have softball. We'll be playing their playoff game this Friday. Uh, we're at home. It's a one game
021against Sinton. So, show up, be loud, and let's support our lady necks for that uh here at Gracefield. So, great atmosphere we're hoping to to get going to help support those girls in the first round. Um then, Miss Fairfields, when she's not in the tour program, is leading our biology class. And so, this is them in the classroom. Um they were dissecting cow eyes. So, they got hands-on experience in biology and they had a great time doing it. Um, my favorite picture though is DJ is face in the middle. He's on the lefth hand side. You can kind of see is disgusted by what's going on, but he's learning and that's the important thing. We got them out of seat, out of their chairs, hands-on learning, and so it was fun to get in there
022and watch them do that. Um, and last, I would also like to say thank you to Mr. James Brousard for your service. Um, we are truly going to miss you. You've you've really have made a difference in the lives of students, staffs, administrators, and community members in CBISD. So, thank you very much. Thank you. You're welcome. >> All right. So, at West Pres Junior High, we held our first drone club competition on site. So, in um in addition to our robotics and coding, um we also have drone. And so we set up the cafeteria on our inservice day. And our students had to go through this obstacle course and fly their drone through while you see our digital judges on the TV that Tech set up for us who were monitoring them and scoring them.
023And so we had great feedback. Uh we had Taylor Hterberg, a sixth grader who got the coding award. We had Kadem Allen get the judge's favorite award. Logan Parsons was the airmanship along with Christian Anders. And then Lily Santana was also received the judges pick awards. So you see them all over with their awards and the cafeteria as a drone uh competition place. So >> all right, our band has been super busy this time of year. Uh beginner band concert was on the 16th. Of course, our beginner band always packs the house. I mean, not a seat to be found. Standing room only. And our students have worked so hard all year long. Um, new to band and sixth graders. So, that brings lots of support that we are so thankful that our band directors
024put in that work for that ceremony to be had and that concert to be had um so that we can share it with our community. And then our concert and honors band went to competition at Brazesport and they came back um with sweep stakes. Both of them they all they had a total of 12 ones. So you see in the pictures our band and Mrs. Hacket with the sweep stakes award. Um so they also are going to um they have one more uh competition and then they will be doing their end of year field uh field trip. So band is is still very very busy but they are taking those awards. So we're very proud of the work that they've put in. All right. And then we have a chicken coupe that was built by
025um by McCoy Barnett and George Shackleford as their project for FFA. And they donated that to West Brazes Junior High. And each year we always share that we h hatched the eggs. And this last year they the eggs that were hatched are the chickens that you see. And then now they'll hatch a new set while they also have chickens that they are um taking care of. So it's been multi-layered for us because the chickens have become something that the FFA members love to go out and take care of. Um, it's between the science and ELA pod. And it's also been a great location for some of our students who want breaks or need a chance to get outside and go for a walk to go out and feed the chickens and and talk to them
026and walk them. I mean, walk around with them and stuff. So, they are laying chickens and we're also hatching eggs. So, it's a it's a whole production back there. Also, I wanted to tell Mr. Brousard, thank you from West Junior High. Our student council got together and there's several cards in there that they wrote um letters for you, but they wanted to make you this banner um to tell you thank you so much for your dedication um to add on and I will I'll get this to you. Um to add on, Mr. Brousard comes to events all the time at the junior high. He's a familiar face. Um, at all track meets, basketball games, soccer games, you can find Mr. Brousard over to the side, always approachable, always willing to give feedback, take feedback, asking
027what he can do to help. Um, enjoy the conversation all of the time. And I know that you are involved and invested. And we're going to miss you because we definitely appreciate all of your time and effort and support. All right, next up, West Columbia Elementary School. I had too many things not to share, but I promise to go quickly. Third, first one was we were very excited for our students to get to ring the bell again this nine weeks for those who had met their milestones. These are second graders who met their um goal of relearning their math facts. On the next slide, we want to highlight our second graders. They did a change uh donation collection and raised over $500 for Habitat Humanity enough to buy a toilet for a Habitat house. They
028were so excited about their toilet and all wanted to take a picture with it. They got to celebrate with some ice cream. Then on our next slide, we had a really cool thing that our CIS, Miss Adame, helped coordinate for the each home room and each grade level that had the highest rates of attendance for the last month. We had a lunch and learn with some armed servicemen. They came in, ate lunch with them, talked them about what it was like to be in the military, gave them some calisthenics and challenges to do, and the kids ate it up. That was they loved it. That might have been their favorite thing we've ever done. So, it was a huge incentive. Um, on the next slide, our WC Wild Bots were so excited to get to
029go to the showcase this year at Barrow. And then on the next slide, they got to showcase um their stuff at our stream night as well. And as you can see, they were pretty excited about sharing with their parents and showing off um all that they learned this year with Miss Broady. Especially on the next slide, we have some of the art and book fair things from our stream night. They got to tie dye socks. On the next slide, just to show you that the A in stream is for art. We love to play up the art on stream night. So, we have uh beads, necklace making, chalk art, painting, and so forth. Then on the next line, we had a really cool event where Mr. Umber um one of our favorite parents and community
030members um and staff spouses came to campus and did a live Texas history presentation for our students in preparation for the Saninto festival. And on the next slide, you can see that the students then after that presentation got to go back and build the Sanesto battlegrounds to reenact the battle and create their victory flags among other fun activities after that. Then on the next slide are our kindergarteners. They got to the went to the George Ranch on their um field trip and you can see that they learned how to wash clothes the oldfashioned way. Hang them on the line. I could have really used their help this weekend when my dryer went out. They got some new skills. And then we wanted to recognize also um that we were so excited to announce our instructional
031aid of the year, Miss Marissa Montano, our new teacher of the year, Miss Irwin, who is sister-in-law with me or Miss Irwin and Miss Rebecca Williams, our teacher of the year, third grade math. And on the last slide, uh just don't want to also forget to say thank you, Mr. Brousard for all that you've done for CDISD. We know your heart's been in it. We've had lots of great meaningful conversations that I really appreciate through the years. There's no question that you've made a difference and it doesn't go unnoticed. So, thank you so much. I don't have that many slides, but one of one of the coolest things that we did recently is we had a masked reader event at Wild Peach Elementary. And what we did was teachers teachers wore inflatables and they recorded
032themselves reading a book and used a voice changer to record them to record themselves so the students didn't know who it was. And so every morning for a little over a week, uh, teachers they we would play the book recorded book reading with the whoever was in the inflatable reenacting the book and morning announcements. And then on April 1st, we did the big reveal. And so this is um our teacher. This is us coming out of our inflatables. >> It was a lot of fun. >> That's a great idea. Um, always we have the Easter Bunny that comes to visit the campus. Um, and the Easter Bunny takes a picture with anybody who wants to have their picture taken. Um, there are usually more people that take a picture with the Easter Bunny than they
033do with Mr. Grunch. And so, uh, what's funny, I got to say this is the boys on the left, they're twins, but one of they share their birthdays are on different days. So, as part of our wild peach auction, we had where because you know 67 is a big thing right now. Um where they won and since it one of them got to say six and the other one got to say seven because one was six and one was >> pretty good. >> So then next uh sticking with Easter, we had our Easter egg hunt. We have hundreds and hundreds of eggs. So pictures we do um some of our kids PreK, we do something cool where they all have to collect 12 eggs. They're numbered, so they have to find their eggs in order.
034And then as they get older, they know how figure out how to kind of loopholes through the system and if they can track what numbers they have, then they're able to do that. But preK, they put them in an egg carton so it's easier for them to keep up with. And then we have a egg races on that day also. And then one of my favorite parts of the day is going outside with our structured learning classrooms and just doing chalk art. Um COVID time it was one of my favorite things to sit and do in the driveway because you know remember we couldn't do anything. So Clark and I would sit out and I would draw all kinds of things and make him pose in different ways. And so um I go outside at
035recess every day with um our structured learning classes. And so one of them um he was supposed to be an astronaut but he wanted to lie on the space shuttle instead. You know the one of them is the picture of her on the porch swing and then him um flying away holding the balloons and then just the weights that say that they're um strong. So it's a blast when they're not eating the chalk. And then of course and then of course to thank Mr. Mr. Brussard for everything he does because the pictures that we didn't include is every year at Christmas, well past two years that I've been at Wild Peach Christmas Time, Mr. Brussard always brings, I call them snugglies, but stuffed animals to donate to the school. And on our sing along time,
036what we do is we draw names and students whose name we draw have the opportunity to come and pick a snuggly. And the way it works out is we usually get enough thanks to Mr. Brousard for every student at the school to leave with the stuffed animal. And so, um, the kids absolutely love it. Today was Eday, so we, um, you've been an excellent board member and it's in a Easter basket. So, thank you for everything you've done from walking the school, um, school since I've been there and then always being there for our kids. And don't worry, we're still going to hit you up around Christmas time. >> So, Mr. Bruce, sorry, I think the campus principles could take a picture with you if you don't mind. All right. >> My legs folded up
037underneath me. >> I didn't wear my >> stand. I'll go on the outside. >> Come on. Balance it out. Don't worry, I can crop you, too. >> Okay, good. We're like sliding down to behind. >> Thank you all. Um, we'll go to our business items. We have some reports. Start with the maintenance report. >> Mr. Williams is not able to be here tonight do some family obligations. He did want you to know that the RFP process for the additional roofing is in process. Um the first proposals appeared request for proposals appeared in the paper today will appear in the paper again next week. The pre there is a pre-bid walk scheduled on April the 30th for those interested in doing those projects. And then proposals will be opened on May the 14th. So we should
038be able to bring bring that information to you in the Mayboard meeting safety and security. Mr. >> So we were going to do the West Columbia Elementary uh safety audit report this month. However, that got put on hold. As you know, TA was was coming to to do the district vulnerability audit that occurred yesterday. Uh so uh I don't have much to report. We haven't got the results back yet. We'll be meeting with them on May 4th uh with me and Mr. Galloway to go over the findings. Uh and then I will give you a report on vulnerability assessment in May and then hopefully in June we can get back on track to do the last two safety audit campuses, the safety audits for the last two campuses district. Any questions? >> Thank you. Instructional
039report. >> All right. So, tonight's instructional report is going to cover what we call the lasso grant. So, Miss Fowler, are you going to cover this for us, please? >> Sure. So, um we wrote the grant for lasso for Lyft. Lyft stands for Leadership and Instructional Foundations for Texas. We received the grant for the next three years and it will support our leaders and our teachers and first instruction um with Blue Bonnet Learning as the curriculum that they will come in and help us grow as leadership teams. And we currently have lasso3 with Aaliyah at West Brazes that also does the same thing, supports her. So, we were awarded this coming school year for $440,000. And um of that $440,000, 70% of it has to go to an approved provider. And the approved provider that
040we chose was Great Minds, who we currently work with at secondary at Leah's campus. So, uh they will come in, they will help grow us as leaders, uh and grow our teachers because they coach go in and coach. I believe that it has made a difference in math at Leah's campus and I'm hoping that it makes a big difference for our reading um blue bonnet and our math blue bonnet at both West Columbia Elementary and at Wild Peach Elementary. Um Barrow elected not to because they went through a similar thing with a saf grant. So they've already been through the process. So now we're getting our other two elementaryaries to go through the process and so we will all be on the same instructional alignment path and we also are going to reach out with
041Jeff this year with algebra 1 to help support and we're getting algebra 2 blue bonnet learning this coming school year and so I have paid for some extra PD to be done with you guys to align it all the way up to algebra 2. So, and then the next year, as long as we do the grant correctly, they'll give us another amount of money to spend. >> So, it'll be a different amount or is this divided between the years? >> 440,000 is just for that one year. And it really depends on our needs and um they'll tell us the next year how much will be awarded and how much has to be spent where. So, >> very good. >> Yeah, we're very excited. Very excited to be chosen. It's good. Anything else on the instructional
042report? Um, wait. >> Excellent. >> Just making sure. >> All right. Financial report. >> You should have a copy of the financial report attached to your workbook. Um, basically we're about 74% through the school year and our budget is sitting at about um 73% expense. Um, so we're about 2% under budget. Our revenues are slowly coming in. Our state programs, of course, that most of that doesn't come in till the end in the summer. We'll finish getting the rest of that, but we're about 95% on our tax collections. completed. So that's good. >> So you mentioned in our uh budget workshop that y'all were implementing Skyward. How how's that going? Where are you >> going? Good. We payroll through there. We had few hiccups. Jennifer's done to say it for everybody. An amazing job in
043setting up the all the background, the security, all the everything has to be set up and it's been every day meetings with them. I mean, every single day and it's been um she's done a really great job doing it. And our first payroll, like I said, I had a few hiccups. We're fixing to do our second payroll this week and so we're hoping it's going to be good. But we are really excited about the program. that's going to give us a lot of um access access and security we didn't have. >> They'll be out technically wise as far as uh when you need help calling in. >> Well, right now we talk to them every day. >> Yes, we have a web with them every day and and they've been very helpful in getting stuff
044done. And then we have the other we have like applicant tracking that'll start later in the year and then our activity um for our campus activity will start July 1st. So we have different going in into effect from now through probably September. Anybody have any questions or anything else? All right. Any news on the orderly investment report? >> Um that should have been an attachment as well. Um so far we have about in general fund we've earned about 375,000 in uh interest income for um for the year. Our interest has dropped from the beginning of about 5% to about 3.65 now. And then in capital projects about 358,000 that we've earned and then in INS about 106,000 and most of our money stays at Texas class or prosperity for the most part and so the
045interest rates um for prosperity are a little lower. So we keep everything most of our cash until we need it in in Texas class. Anybody have any questions? All right. Is Mr. Darlo here for our delinquent tax report? >> Reports attached. >> Julie's Julie's going to cover it for you. >> You're gonna have to just kind of scroll up as you go. So, Mike sent this over just to show kind of where we are. Um, I'm going to skip a lot of and just go to where we are on our current tax projections. Go another one. A little more. You can see of what we have outstanding. The majority of it is uh 2024. last year's taxes about 342,000 left. Um, you pretty much the 23, 24, and 22 are where most of our that
046I think we'll get them unless it goes to sales. The rest of them, you know, they're pretty small. If you move on to the next screen, go on down to where it says 2024 percentage right here. So, so they've collected our last year's taxes that we had left. They've collected over 57% of it right now to date, which you know is good. In past years, I think it was lower. people just aren't letting their they're paying their taxes or not want to go to sale. So even though we'll have a sale, they usually will catch their taxes up before so it doesn't get sold at auction because it's the auctions are pretty fast and furious and they're selling any property that shows up there. And that's really about it. It's good news. >> Have a
047bond report. >> Uh just a reminder, the only thing we have left is looking towards the the roofing for the remaining schools in the district and as well the agricultural instructional facility. Um timeline has been moved a little bit. They think by mid June now we'll be able to wrap that project up. So things are moving moving well. I forgot to mention one thing. I want to go back. I don't know if y'all remember when um Insurica was here talking to us about our property insurance. She had mentioned just getting us process if we wanted additional coverage. and she had sent me an email um earlier this month just saying that you know there was options to get you know 10 million additional 20 million additional but we could have gotten an additional $20 million
048for another 95,000 so basically had we spent the same thing McGriff wanted us to pay for 20 million we would have got 50 so that was just the difference in the pricing of >> the insurance and so She has this out there and said, you know, if we look at getting additional I'll I'll have this I'll I'll give it to Stephen to send out to y'all the email. I'll just forward it to you. That just shows what we could have gotten and what we can get if you choose to to do more and could get more coverage. But I just I thought it was just interesting that we could have gotten so much more coverage million more than what they were offering us for the same price. Just want to put that plug in for
049sure. She did follow up and send the information >> on the ball for sure. >> Has been >> helping us. That's good. >> All right. Next, we need to report on our annual uh board training hours. We have some requirements to do continuing education for board members based on if it's your first year or if you're a seasoned board member. So our 20 um it would be from last year's training. Uh Mr. Sison had 13 hours. Janna Reed had 1550 hours. Mr. Cresa had 15 hours. Jackie Gocher had 1650 hours. Becky Danford had 11 hours. Mr. Brousard had one and a quarter hours I think knowing that he was not able to make it to the convention as well. And I had 19.5 hours. So that gets our qualification for announcing our training. >> All
050right. So we have action items. Um catastrophic coverage for students. Is that you, Julie? Do you want to go over that? >> Yeah, it is. >> It's the same thing we offered last year. We had discussions last year about what it was. And basically when we buy this, we pay $2,268. I think we've paid that since I've been here. The price hasn't changed, but it it is to allow kids to be able to buy coverage for if they get hurt playing sports. And we do have kids that buy it. I think we talked about, you know, was there a minimum that if even one kid buys it and uses it, it's worth us paying for them to be able to do that because there's just some that don't have health insurance. >> And so it
051hasn't changed. The price hasn't changed. So just a reminder since Miss Lucero and Mr. Kenny are here before any group starts. This has to be presented. It's not send an email. It's send a paper copy to the house. Okay, everybody. That has to be presented by every group before they start. Okay. There are a few other requirements that we won't talk about tonight, but that has to be one of them. Okay. Information Does anybody have any questions about this insurance or anything? Good. >> All right. So, um, I'll entertain a motion to approve the student catastrophic coverage for 2627. >> All right. Ray makes a motion. Do I have a second? >> James, a second. I heard it about the same time. All in favor say I. >> Any opposed? >> All right. Unanimous decision.
052And then our summer school plan. >> Samantha, I have that or you have that? >> Um so our summer school plan is up here at West Columbia Elementary. We plan on having our um extended school year for elementary sped housed there. And these are the times and the dates that will that that it will take place. Um and then we have our ESL program there. That is our current preK and kindergarten ESL students that will attend. These are the dates that are they will be attending that. Then we have third through 8th grade students that are there to get their accelerated learning plan minutes. Um, usually those are the ones that don't pass STAR and that we um offer tutoring opportunities to meet um guidelines of House Bill 1416. Then we go to Columbia High
053School for their EOCC and um ESY secondary. We will house them at the high school this year instead of the junior high like we have in the previous year because of construction. Yay. Except for your cafeteria. Um, so we will have extended school for our secondary sped students and these are the dates that that will occur and our EOCC will have the opportunity for two weeks to come in and be tutored and they will have the opportunity to retest at the end of June. The resources are on here that will be available to use and then a preliminary budget follows and we pay this out of state competed. It'll be approximately $67,600. >> So, um, do we have a good group of sped students that come through July? It's two weeks in July. Is that
054right? >> Um, yes. And typically >> ma'am, >> is it required? Um it is required for us to provide it for those students whose art committee determine that it's needed. >> They're not required to come. It's optional accord. Okay. >> But usually that's a decision that we make with the parents like is does the student um need to be provided continued programming in order to prevent regression. >> So we do have a um you know that kind of comes in bubbles and kind of waves. So, our um we're graduating our secondary kids. We have like one left. Um and then our new bubble is back down at the elementary again. So, a little while we had where we were having to run two programs because we had pre prek uh prek and kinder kids and
055then our high school kids. So, now our high school kids are kind of moving on and our our prek and kinder kids are starting to work up through the elementary levels. Anybody else have any questions? >> All right. Thank you. We'll take a motion to approve the summer school plan for 2026 if anyone would like to make a motion. >> I'll make a motion. >> Motion made by Jackie. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Becky is our second. All in favor say I. I. >> And anybody opposed? Okay. Thank you. Next is our consent agenda. We've got the minutes from March 24th regular meeting, March 30th special meeting, our team building on April 16th, and then our budget workshop last week, last week. Um, and then we've got uh budget amendments and donations.
056Would anybody like to pull anything to discuss it? All right. I'll take a motion to um approve the consent agenda. >> Move to approve the consent agenda. >> Greg makes a motion and a second. >> I'll second. >> Jenna makes a second. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Very good. All right. Well, we flew through that. It's >> like summer time, is it? >> All right. We're going to adjourn to close session pursuant to Texas Governmental Code Open Meetings Act to consider the employment of professional personnel, discuss the resignation and retirement Ever.