CBISD Board Meeting May 2025

001seats. Glad to have you. Welcome. There's only two things. Okay, it's 5:59. I'm going to go ahead and call the meeting to order. If you would stand while Linda leads us in an invocation. If you'll please bow your head, I'll pray for us. Lord, we thank you for this day and we thank you for um the breath in our bodies that you give us just to enjoy our life, Lord, and to make a difference where we can. I thank you for each person here tonight. Uh there's so many who do make a difference in our kids' lives. And we're grateful for them and their influence and the work that they put in to help our students be the best they can. I pray Lord that you would bless us as our school year ends that

002you would keep us all safe through the summer Lord that you would uh be with the graduates that they can make wise choices and that they will be prepared for the future that lays ahead of them. I thank you for this board. I pray Lord that we would make wise decisions that we would be able to understand the issues at hand and Lord we need your guidance uh especially in these days when our finances are very tough for us and we know that um it's our job to provide for our students and we just ask you to guide us as we seek to do that. I pray that we would be agreeable even when we don't agree in Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. Join me in the pledge of allegiance. I aliance to the

003flag 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 algiance to the Texas one state one and indivisible. Thank you. You may be seated. And now we'll go into recognitions. All right. So I believe we have uh some staff recognitions tonight. So Miss Stow, you ready? Yes. So tonight is the recognition of our instructional aids, new teacher of the year, and teacher of the year at each campus. We are going to start with our instructional aids. Um I'm going to let each principal go ahead and come up and then we'll call each teacher and instructional aid up as well. Okay, we'll start with instructional aids. So, Miss Bolton, would you like to start?

004I would be happy to. Come on up, ladies. Today is my deep honor to recognize a woman whose impact on our campus runs far deeper than her quiet presence might suggest. Our pair professional of the year, Miss Wendy Gomez. I know she's kind of shy, so I'm going to go ahead and start talking as she's walking up here. Mrs. Gomez is a woman of grace, humility, and quiet strength. She does not seek recognition, but her influence is undeniable. Her professionalism, compassion, and deep care for students speaks volumes, even when she doesn't. Miss Gomez works primarily with our emergent bilingual students, walking alongside them with empathy, understanding, and an unwavering patience. She knows firsthand what it feels like to be in their shoes. And that memory has shaped the way she uplifts her students with gentleness,

005determination, and a belief in their potential. Beyond the classroom, Mrs. Mrs. Gomez is often found translating dur meetings a critical support that helps our non-English-speaking families navigate the often complex world of special education with confidence and clarity. Her presence brings both comfort and connection. She is all heart and she shows up every single day with a determined spirit and a willingness to do whatever the job requires. And perhaps what is most most exciting is that Miss Gomez isn't finished growing. She is currently participating in our CBISD apprentice pro apprenticeship program with dreams of becoming a certified teacher herself herself. Miss Gomez, you are an inspiration. Your quiet faithfulness and love for our students makes a difference one child at a time, one family and one moment at a time. Please join me in congratulating professional

006of the year. Don't go anywhere because we're get one. Miss Galloway. All right. This recognition is a special one because it's no secret that I have a spot soft spot for educators who once thought life had other plans for them but then found themselves exactly where they were always meant to be. Miss Angie Aliccon, our pair professional of the year at Barrett Elementary, is one of those people. From the moment, sorry. From the m moment she joined our Barrow family, it was obvious this work wasn't a job for her. It was a calling. The way she connected with students, the way she supported teachers, the way she carried herself, it all spoke volumes. She didn't need a title to lead, and she didn't need recognition to give 110% of herself every single day. She has

007always been passionate about her work. Yet, every time someone mentioned becoming a teacher, she hesitated. Not because she didn't love the kids, not because she didn't have the gift, but because sometimes it's hard to see in ourselves what others have seen on all along. Thankfully, God always sees the full picture, and his plans are so much better than anything we could have imagined for ourselves. This year, Miss Angie earned her bachelor's degree. She enrolled in an alternative education program, and tonight, you'll see her name recommended as a future teacher right here in CBISD. Angie is the kind of teammate who makes everyone around her better. She creates schedules that meet every single student's needs, even when it means going above and beyond. She knows the kids. She sees them. She believes in them. And she

008shows up for them. Not just when it's easy, but especially when it's hard. She reminds us all that support roles are not secondary. They are essential. And when done right, the way she does them, they change lives. Angie, thank you for your heart. Thank you for a quiet leadership. And thank you for proving that when you walk in your purpose, I have already cried enough today. Thank you for proving that when you walk in your purpose, incredible things follow. We are so proud of you and even more grateful to walk this journey with you. Kobe. All right. I am proud to introduce to you Ellie Zeruggoza, our Wild Peach pair professional of the year. Ellie is without a doubt one of the hardest working individuals I have ever met. She consistently goes above and beyond

009each day and is always willing to do whatever it takes to support the students and staff of Wild Peach Elementary. Throughout the year, Ellie has been called on to substitute in a wide range of classrooms, including our self-contained special education classes, and she always steps in with professionalism and care. She also plays a crucial role in translating during art meetings and often assists in the front office, helping to bridge communication between our school and Spanish speaking families. Beyond that, Ellie helps translate rent communications such as letters sent home or posted on campus um Facebook, ensuring all families feel informed and included. Her attention to detail and commitment to accuracy are invaluable to our school community. She helps me a lot. Eventually, I'll learn Spanish, too. Ellie is also a go-to leader among our pair professionals.

010Her peers regularly turn to her with questions, and she is always willing to offer guidance and support. Her knowledge, experience, and calm, can do attitude make her a trusted and respected member of our team. Ellie's work ethic, flexibility, and heart for children truly sets her apart. We are incredibly fortunate to have her, and is great pride that I recognize her as Wild Peach Elementary pair professional. [Applause] area. All right. West Junior High is proud to have Coach Jordan Barrett. Come on down. I can't say enough great things about Coach Bear. This is We I was so excited when Coach Bear decided to come back to West Brazes Junior High. And I could go on and on, but his presence on campus is beyond it's it's incomparable. Um, he is the voice in the weight room,

011the voice in athletics. And when I say the voice, it is the most supported. I want to run through a wall for you, Coach Bear. Whatever you think I want you I can do. Um, if you think I can do it, we'll do it. Um, he is the person who pulls students. He's in our behavior room. I should have started with that. Um, he helps our uh, students who may need extra support in behavior, but he is well beyond that. He sets goals for them for outside of school. He sets academic goals and behavior goals and um, athletic goals and just all around goals as a good person. Um, Coach Bear doesn't stay in the behavior room. He comes out all the time in the hallways. He checks on teachers to make sure they're okay.

012Uh, classroom management. He is our go-to guy. He will pull students and athletes and ask them how their grades are. Did you hit your max? What's your next goal? What are And I see one of our students back there shaking his head. They um they love Coach Bear and so do we. And we are so much more strong as a campus having him by our side. And I could go on and on, but I am so proud to present this to Coach Jordan Bear. I want to add that coach bear is also in the apprenticeship program and will be moving into a resident teacher next year. [Applause] All right, Mr. Kenny. M join me up here. Our instructional AA pair professional of the year is Laura Greon. As she makes her way up here, I'm

013going to talk a little bit about her. Give a round of applause. So, you've heard everybody up here talk about the role, the support role that these people play and how important it is. Miss Greins is a little bit different. She's been a one-on-one support staff for one student for the last couple of years. Um, and if you've been in a classroom or as a student, you know, teachers become like parents to us, right? Not so much. This one is a true mother to the student that she's been working with for the last couple years. They bicker. They argue like mother daughter. They play in everything like mother daughter. Sometimes you'll see Miss Gre walking down the hall and our students trailing behind her like a mother hen and and her little duckling. Um sometimes

014our student is taking off in a wheelchair and Miss Greon's chasing behind her trying to get to where she needs to be as well. Um so she's worked with her for many many years and it's all coming to culmination with graduation. So her young her student is graduating. She's going to be right there with her, excited. And because of that, we wanted to make sure that we recognize Miss Greon and the years of hard work that she has put into this young lady to get her where she's at. So, thank you very much for your dedication, hard work, and love for our children. All the instructional aids together really quickly at the front. Okay, y'all aren't in it. You're good. All right. One, two, three. Perfect. Thank you. Okay. Next, we will be recognizing our

015new teacher of the year. We'll go in the same order. Miss Bolton. It is an absolute joy for me to recognize this year's new teacher of the year for West Columbia Elementary School, Miss Paige Ham. From the moment Miss Ham joined our campus, she has been a bright, shining light, someone whose presence brings warmth, encouragement, and genuine joy to those around her. She has entered the world of education with a beautiful balance of grace and grit, listening when she needs to listen, learning all that she can, and yet confidently making her classroom her own. What sets Miss Ham apart is her fierce determination to give her students the very best of herself. She pushes them to achieve their personal best and she never stops striving to become everything that her students need her to be.

016Her work is grounded in heart but fueled by high expectations, the mark of a truly great teacher. Being a new teacher today is no small feat. The challenges are real and the learning curve is steep. But Miss Ham has shown us all that she is more than up to the task. And even more importantly, she has given us hope. Hope that the future of education is in good hands. Very good hands. Miss Ham, we're so proud of you. We're so grateful for you. We're so excited to watch your journey unfold. Please join me in congratulating our new teacher of the year, Miss Paige Ham. [Applause] Okie dokie. I am so excited to honor someone whose journey into the classroom was anything but traditional, but whose heart for this work was undeniable from the very beginning.

017Our Barrow new teacher of the year, Miss Lacy Hartney. while she's on her way up here. If you know Lacy's journey, you know she stepped in mid year last year as a long-term substitute, something many would find daunting or overwhelming. And while she may have had, and I know she had, those moments of uncertainty, you would have never known it. In just a few short weeks, Lacy brought calm to the chaos, built meaningful connections, and created a classroom environment rooted in trust, consistency, and love. She didn't just fill a role. She showed up with a kind with a kind of purpose and presence that can't be taught. It's hard to believe this is her very first year as a classroom teacher because everything about her says otherwise. She teaches with the intuition of someone who

018has done this for decades. The way she manages her room, builds relationships, and brings learning to life. It's like she's found her calling and leaned in with everything she's got. Not going to cry. Lacy is the kind of teacher kids remember forever. She's the safe place, the encourager, the one who sees the kid beneath the struggle and shows up every day ready to fight for them. She doesn't just teach content. She teaches confidence, resilience, and hope. She's the kind of teacher you take risks for, the kind you fight to keep in your building. Because what she brings to the table can't be replicated. It's a gift, and it's a rare one. The kind of gift other educators work years to develop. And she wears it so humbly, often, often questioning if she's doing enough when

019in reality she's doing more than enough. And she's doing what matters. She just gets kids and they feel that they trust her. They thrive under her care and they grow not just academically but emotionally too because with Miss Hartney they know they're seen, heard, and valued. Lacy, you are everything we hope for in a teacher. You are passionate. You are grounded. You are fiercely student centered and you are exactly what this profession needs. We are so proud of you. And more than that, we're thankful. Thankful that you chose us. Thankful that you pour your whole heart into this work. And thankful that our students get to experience the magic that is you. Congratulations, Miss Hartney. We were made for this and we are so lucky to be part of your [Applause] journey. Quick coming up

020back to back. I am proud to recognize Miss Michelle Hunter as this year's Wild Peach New Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Hender has shown incredible resilience, dedication, and inadaptability throughout her first year with us. She began the school year teaching first grade. But when enrollment numbers shifted, and her prek classes grew, she was asked second week of school to transition to to prek. Without hesitation, Mrs. Hunter approached the change with grace and enthusiasm, seeking it as an exciting opportunity rather than a challenge. She quickly prepared her new classroom to welcome 20 energetic four-year-olds. and she has done so with unwavering positivity. Mrs. Hunter is eager to learn, always open to feedback, and willing to try new strategies, especially if it benefits her students. She is often one of the last to leave each day, staying

021late to ensure that everything is just right for her students the next morning. Her commitment to creating a warm, organized, and engaging classroom environment is evident in everything she does. When she when questions arise, she doesn't hesitate to seek guidance from her grade level mentors or instructional coach or the leadership team. Her strong work ethic, collaborative spirit, and unwavering focus on student student success makes her a shining example of what it means to be an educator at Wild Peach. Congratulations. [Applause] There you go. All right. West Brazes Junior High is beyond excited to present Miss Jaylen Bonner. Come on down, Miss Bonner. Coach Jaylen Bonner is a Columbia graduate and she came back this year and decided that she wanted to become a teacher. And to from the moment I met her, she was the

022whatever you need type of person. Um I was like, "What about sixth grade science? Whatever you need, Miss Lucerio. Well, do you need anything?" "No, I'm going to figure it out." And that's been her spirit and her smile, this beautiful smile. Um, it brings joy to our hallway, to our kids every morning. Um, we have lots of dress up days. You can always count on Coach Bonner to be better dressed than any of the students in the hallway. Um, it brings so much to our our campus. And then she also coached and coached and coached all the things this year. Um, that's a lot of hours and a lot of time away from family. and she poured her entire heart into our students and to her first year of teaching and all of the projects

023um in the science class. She had so many different things going on. It's always fun to go into her classroom and see what exciting things she's doing and I couldn't be more excited to have her at West Brazes Junior High as part of our team and one of the leaders of spirit and engagement and fun. She keeps us all young at heart. So, we appreciate you, Miss Bonner. [Applause] Columbia High School's new teacher of the year is also a Columbia grad. Um, she has a younger sibling graduating this year. Her family has worked in the district. So, Mrs. Fairfield, if you'll join me up front here. So, I know that this says new teacher of the year award, but Miss Fairfield is more than a new teacher. She is a natural teacher. From day one,

024she stepped in natural command of the classroom. Natural classroom management, natural at building relationships with the kids, naturally engaging the students in the lessons. Anytime you walk into a room, the kids are engaged. She is leading them. She is teaching them. She works with a wonderful science department who did everything they could to set her up for success. But the truth is, it's not that they set her up for success. It's that she did everything she could to succeed. She took the advice. She heeded the advice. She applied the advice. She would listen, learn, and apply just like we want our kids to do. She was exemplifies that every single day. She is always one of the last people to leave, but she always has a smile on her face when she leaves. The same

025smile that she had when she walked in that morning. Regardless of what's going on, she's going to smile. She's going to let you know that this is a positive, safe place. All the things that the the previous principal said apply to her as well. Um, but I will personally say because I'm a little biased that we got the best of the best. We're so proud of you. Congratulations. [Applause] Okay, last but not least, our teachers of the year. All right. It is my great privilege to recognize a truly exceptional educator, our teacher of the year, Miss Cheyenne Rody. I would like to note that Miss Roddy has also been selected as our district elementary teacher of the year, and this is a title that beautifully reflects what we already knew at WCE. She is a

026one-of-a-kind teacher whose impact radiates far beyond her classroom. Miss Rody's the kind of teacher who doesn't wait for inspiration, she creates it. She is innovative, passionate, and always hungry to learn more, to grow, and to stretch her teaching craft in ways that make learning more engaging and meaningful for her students. Her leadership on the second grade team has not only lifted student achievement, but has elevated and inspired her colleagues as well. This year alone, Miss Rody has led the UDL cohort as our leader, coached multiple UIL teams, started our campus robotics club, and maybe most memorably sparked joy with gestures that have made the biggest diff difference. Her sticky note movement of encouragement at the beginning of the year was one example of how she leads not only with brilliance, but with heart. When faced

027with obstacles, Miss Rody doesn't get stuck. She she charts a new path. Her creativity, resilience, and joy make her not only a phenomenal teacher, but also an anchor and a light for our entire campus. Miss Rody, we are so proud of you. Thank you for being a bright example of what's possible when passion and purpose meet in the classroom. Please help me congratulate our teacher of the year and district elementary teacher of the year, Miss Cheyenne Rody. Tonight, I have the privilege of recognizing someone who embodies everything that is right about education and everything that is good about the heart of Barrow Elementary, even if she won't admit it herself. It is my honor to name Carly Jones as our 2025 Barrow Teacher of the Year. And she's a crybaby, so she's gonna cry. And

028I'm probably going to cry, too. There are so many reasons why Carly is worthy of this award, and if I tried to name them, we'd be here all night. But when I think of Carly, three words rise above the rest. Driven, fearless, and deeply student centered. Carly works with students who, in so many ways, have had the odds stacked against them. students who often come with gaps, challenges, trauma, or behaviors that would make some people throw in the towel. But not Carly. She sees beyond the surface. She doesn't focus on what they're lacking. She zeros in on what they need. She meets meets them where they are and then gets to work helping them rise. Whether it's creating IEPs, just in lessons on the fly, or just sitting next to a student who needs someone

029to believe in them, Carly is always in the trenches with her kids. Not because she has to be, but because she chooses to be. and she never does it for recognition. In fact, she would probably prefer not to be here up here tonight. And I will just tell you when we were voting on new teacher of the year, she said, "I hope they don't vote for me." But we see her and we see the effort, the advocacy, and the relentless pursuit of equity that she brings into our building every single day. She's the kind of teacher who changes lives quietly, powerfully, and permanently. Her students are successful not by chance, but because Carly refuses to let them fall through the cracks. They thrive because she's there to catch them, push them, support them, and celebrate

030them. She doesn't need to be told what to do. She takes initiative. She doesn't wait for others to notice a gap. She fills it. She is one of the first people to ask, "What can I do to help?" She's the kind of person who never thinks she's doing enough, even when she's doing the work of 10 people. the kind of person who probably doesn't even think she's deserving of this award because she's too busy thinking about what more she could be doing. And that's exactly what makes her so exceptional. Carly is a light for her student and a leader amongst her peers. She holds us all to a higher standard simply by being who she is. Carly, your work matters. Your impact is immeasurable and Barl Elementary is forever better because of you. Congratulations and

031thank you for being exactly who you are. [Applause] I love you. Does help that she has a good husband. Okay. It is my honor to recognize Mrs. Lacy Shur as our Wild Peach Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Shur is a dedicated first grade teacher. She's a true asset to the Wild Peach team. She brings a calm, steady presence to her classroom, but her students know when she means business and when it's time to learn. She strikes a perfect balance between expectations, heartfelt respect, treating every student with kindness, fairness, and dignity each day. What sets Miss Shug apart is not only her calming demeanor, and nurturing approach, but also her commitment to continuous improvement. She regularly regularly reviews student data, takes the initiative to schedule meetings with the leadership team to develop thoughtful strategies that support

032academic growth. She always comes prepared with a plan and a purpose when bringing new ideas to the table. Her proactive mindset and focus on student success are a true examples of leadership and professionalism. Beyond the classroom, Mrs. Shark plays a key role in one of Wild Peach's most beloved traditions, the Wild Peach Rodeo. Whether you've seen the pictures or not, this is a huge event for our campus. Mrs. Sher helps organize and set up the hayride and personally reaches out to other CBISD family members to invite students to bring their horses to join the fun. Families come load horses on the trailer and they are there with us all morning thanks to Miss Sher. Her work ensures that this event is not only successful but memorable for everyone involved. Her efforts build joy, connection, and

033community for our students and their families. Mrs. Sherk's dedication, consistency, and intentional teaching make a lasting impact not just for her students but on for for her colleagues and for the entire school community. [Applause] All right. West Brazes Junior High's teacher of the year this year is Shelby Silva. So Shelby is the type of person that when I have an idea, I go to Shelby and say, "Hey, I have a thought. Hear me out." And she's like, "Okay, we've got this. We can do it. let's make it happen. Um, I often tell her that she is the type of person that builds culture on a campus. She is the smile in the morning with the thumbs up and the cheer squad of all the students who they come through the door and are excited to

034be at school. Um, even pompoms. She's our dance sponsor. She was ELA and yearbook and the media team. She started the media team at West Brazes Junior High and publishes that every Friday of our students. Well, she oversees now the students are running it with her support. Um, and so then she moved into introduction or principles of education, college and career readiness. Um, and so her list of preps a day is this long and she does it with a smile. She has these students learning how to be teachers in principles of education. She is they are leading PD on what a good classroom looks like and how to provide supports to all students. Our students are going into our life skills classroom and building bird cages and interacting and they have buddies. Um our students

035go into college and career readiness knowing how to budget. They know how to um plan for the future whether they're going to go to college or whether they're going into career prep. All of those conversations are happening on a daily in Miss Silva's class. And I can tell you, as much as the staff loves you, loves loves you and loves her, uh the students do as well. She has so many students she has bonded with through the years. Year after year, they come in and say, "When is when can I be in Miss Silva's class?" And that's what we need. We need teachers like Miss Silva, who pays for others, who come up with ideas of what they would like to see on campus, who tap into that artistic ability of our students, even though

036her class is not an art class, and provide a safe place for them to come out of their shells, plug in. So again, I would say that Miss Silva is so student oriented, but she is a pathblazer on campus, and we are better because of it. And again, I'm so excited that we have students in here nodding because that is where it really comes from is our students have really they have really great teachers and Miss Silva is that cheerleader for all students, all teachers, admin, and she's not willing to back down at all. She keeps going forward and any obstacle, she's going to come up with a way to come over it and bust through it. And I couldn't be more happy to have her on campus. So, congratulations, Miss Silva. There's not a

037better [Applause] woman. Columbia High School is proud and honored to announce Mr. Melvin Miller as our teacher of the year. I just want to start off by saying that this man right here has the heart of a servant. Okay, first off, he's a veteran. So, thank you for your service. And this servant's heart comes out every day. So, he teaches seniors economics and government. So he's teaching them the importance of being an active citizen, the importance of their civil duties and that their duties, not necessarily rights. Okay? We've got to live up to those and do those things and be be active, productive citizens. So he's teaching our seniors that every day. Now, if you think teaching is hard, try teaching seniors in May. Senioritis is a real thing. But he still gets them to

038come. He still gets them engaged in lessons in the classroom discussions that they're having. He teaches more than economics and governments. He teaches more than civil duties and responsibilities. He teaches these seniors how to be critical thinkers. He lets them know you're about to enter the real world. What you've done now isn't what you're going to see. And he helps prepare them for that, to think through the processes, and to make smart decisions. He does that because he loves every single one of our children. And you can see that in the hallways every day. He spends all five minutes, if not more, in the hallway during passing period giving hugs, shaking hands, checking on kids. Are your grades turned in in other classes? And I still have yet to figure out how our freshman and

039sophomores know him so well. See, this is the man I aspire to be when I grow up. We are so proud to have Mr. Miller. He does so much for our campus. the kids in his class don't miss assignments, don't act up, not because they're afraid of the discipline Mr. Miller is going to hand out, because they're afraid to disappoint Mr. Miller. And that right there is the culture we're trying to create. And I thank you so much for what you do. I would also like to announce Mr. Miller as our district secondary teacher of the year. Congratulations. We'll get all the teachers here and then we'll move on. I feel trapped. [Laughter] [Applause] We have one. Ah, Miss Tho, we have one student recognition. We have one student recognition from West Brazes Junior High.

040Miss Lucero, you want to come on back up? All right. Come on up, Miss Loose. This is Loose Ala Warez. So Loose was one of our students who entered into the Take Your Child Fishing Art Contest and it was over 350 applicants and she got first place in the entire area. So we were invited and got to join her um for the captain's dinner where they had her picture everywhere. It was on cookies. It was on shirts. It was in the in the front of We took a picture underneath it. Um, this is her picture, guys. How awesome is that? So, we wanted to take a moment to recognize her for representing West Resis Junior High so well. And um, all of the stu all the people who signed up for Take a Child Fishing

041got to wear her art. And so that was super exciting and we are very proud of you. So congratulations. Sorry. Sorry. Yes. Congratulations. Good job. Great. Right. Hold the shirt up. Okay. You hold this side. There we go. Team work. Yeah. [Applause] Okay. Okay. Um Okay. Now, we're going to go ahead and just skip to the um two things and then we'll go back up. We're going to go to accept certification of unopposed candidates and approve order of cancellation of May 3rd, 2025 election. We just need a motion to approve. Correct. Yes. Okay. So, I entertain I'll make a motion that we accept the certification of unopposed candidates and approve order of cancellation of May 3rd, 2025 election. Do I have a second? Second by Ray. All in favor? That motion carries. Next, we'll go

042to the administration of oath of office to the trustees. Wait, wait, before y'all leave, would y'all Sorry. Would y'all please stay till citizens to be heard and then you can leave? Sorry. I meant to say that before you all got up, but if you could just a few more minutes. Thank you. Okay, Julie, you ready? How you doing? First, right? Do you solemnly swear racism to that you will faithfully execute the duties of the office of the Columbia Presoria Independent School District Trustee position number three the state of Texas and will do your best to preserve protect and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States in the state of Texas. So hope you find this. Okay. [Applause] Sorry. Got to get your paycheck back, right? Okay. Uh, do you, Jana Reed, solemnly swear

043or affirm that you will faithfully execute the duties of the office of Columbia Reserve Independent School District Trustee position number four of the state of Texas and will you do your best to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this state? So, help me. I do. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations, Shark now. Okay, next we're going to go ahead and be out of order again, but we're going to do citizens to be heard. Um, I just have to read this statement. I don't think we'll have any problems with this young lady. The board shall not tolerate distribution of the of the meeting by members of the audience. If after at least one warning from the presiding officer, any individual continues to disrupt the meeting by his or her

044word or action, the presiding officer may request assistance from law enforcement officials to have the individual removed from the meeting. Um, Sydney Horak has um just going to say a little introduction to about Sydney. I've known her her whole life. Very proud of her. Sydney graduated CHS in 2021. She is now a graduate student at Texas A&M University. She wrote a book as part of her business honors signature work and she's here to make a presentation. So Sydney, if you want to come up, if your parents want to come and then if the elementary principles will come up and I'll let Cindy talk. So Hannah, Miss Kohi, Miss Bolton. Hi everybody. I am and I write and publish the German and I'm going to present schools as a way of saying I do so much

045for the event and support throughout the years and to also pay for generations to show their love and care for just So, thank you. Thank you. And then take a picture. Thank you. I'm a alumni. Thank you. [Applause] And if anybody else would like Sydney's book, it's on Amazon. Okay. If you would like to leave, you can go ahead and leave now. Thank you for saying come run out of here. Yeah. Cody, are you ready? Who's first? Same as normal. Barrel. Barrel. Elementary. Principal Galloway. She's out at the door, I think. I run the robotics coach robotics team. Go to the next one high school. Mr. Kitty my contact. Perfect. Thank you. Sorry Robotics. Okay. So this is a compilation of end of year activities. I just wanted to share all the banquetss the things

046that are going on. Uh so this is FFA. They had their banquet. They elected their new officers. In the middle picture there, they are sending off Dylan Harris. He has decided to enlist in the army. Uh he he had that was his plan when he came out of college. He was a cadet at Texas A&M. He said he wasn't quite ready to enlist and he is ready now. So uh he is enlisting and they sent him off with with everybody there. So I thought that was pretty cool. This is cheer and dancing dolls. They had their banquet. They introduced their cheer captains and then their their military officers for for dolls. You could tell they had a beautiful couple evenings. They did it two different nights, but it was just beautiful. So, I just wanted

047to share those. This is our band. Um, they had their end of year percussion. You can see them with the the buckets on stage. So, they had their end of year percussion concert. They also had just their end of year concert as a whole. Um, wanted to share that on May 26th, seven of the band members will be going to state ensemble competition in Flugerville, Texas. So, they're still going strong even though they had their end of year banquetss. Uh, next is our thespians and choir. Uh, very moving center picture, Miss Robinson with her senior daughter. So, um, but they will also be having 13 choir members going to compete in their state solo and ensemble contest inville. So, again, they're still going strong even though they've done their end of year banquet, but it

048was very emotional for Miss Robinson. Um and our we know that our thespians club with Jordan Williams will be moving will be going to Indiana for the national competition for her her screenplay. And then we had our athletics had their end of year field day. They had a seven on seven tournament. They had a slow pitch softball tournament and then they ended the day with a kickball tournament. Uh these were the two teams competing in the championship in the center picture there. Um and so the team in white ended up winning overall. And then just some pictures. We had a beautiful uh senior awards. It was it was a very nice night. A lot of people were recognized and it was just a very distinguished event and I was very proud of how that turned

049out. So I just wanted to share some of those photos as well. So all of the end of year things going on keep us busy busy busy. So I just wanted to share some of those with you. Thank you sir. And I'm back. Sorry. Yes. All right. So this week, the first Lego League directors came to Barrow to award Miss Kulammens, our um original Barobot sponsor with an award um for being an outstanding coach and mentor. Not only has she grown the robotics program on our campus, she has helped other robotics programs in the district get up and running. Um and we have so much interest on our campus for robotics that we are having to look at having mini bots um for our second and third graders because they are so interested in the

050opportunity and who are we to deny them of that. So we are still growing and hope to grow throughout every grade level at Barrow, but I wanted to recognize her because she does so much for not only us but everyone in the district. Second, we had our um Dunka Palooa. Um this is the smartest fundraiser we probably ever do. Uh students can bring money to dunk their favorite te or favorite any teacher they want. Um their teacher or the principal of their choosing. Um and some of some of them really had it out for us. So I will say that. Um, but more than that, more than them getting to do that, if you'd see all of the students out there, we were all outside, all just having a great time together. Um, and we

051felt like one big happy family. So, I wanted to highlight that. Then on Thursday night last week, we did have the opportunity to present four seniors with $500 scholarships. Every year our barrel running club does a runathon um in an effort to raise money to provide seniors with this um and we just love to do that. We love community and we want to build that um around Barrow Elementary. So we hope to continue doing this for years to come. And then on Friday we had our elementary track meet. Our kids love this. We just love to get out there and compete. And I said this on Friday that one thing I appreciate about Coach Josie is not only is he building the drive for them to want to compete, but he's also teaching them great

052sportsmanship. After the second graders ran the 400, which is a long race for those little bitty legs, I said, "I am so proud of y'all. I thought you were going to quit halfway through." And one student told me that the one in front of him looked back at him and said, "Don't quit. Just keep going." So I did. And that really just made my heart so happy because I'm glad we're building good people. And then we honored, it's a day full of tears today. We honored our fifth graders that are leaving us to go to West Brazes Junior High. And y'all are getting a good group. So I hope y'all enjoy them as much as we did. These are some great kids and they put everything they have into Barrow. And as much as it

053breaks my heart for them to leave and as much I wish as much as I wish they could stay, they are moving on. Um, but they were crying today because they don't want to leave Barrow. Um, and that just speaks volumes about the culture we're trying to create there. So, I really appreciated that. All right. Here we go. All right. So, this is my favorite time of year. It's emotional. It is exhausting. It The work has been done. And now we get to celebrate and team build and really let our kids know how much we love them and send them off for summer or even up to the high school. Um and so we sat down and tried to come up with the best way to get our kids to come to school the last

054week and a half of school and um minute to win it games are quite popular at the junior high. They are very competitive. So, this is the first time we had sixth, seventh, and eighth grade compete for their class. And so, as you can see, connect four was a hit. Um, Jenga, we had the the guy at the top is doing tic tacs with tweezers, as many tweezers as he can get into. Um, we had a rock, paper, scissors competition before the minute to win it. And so, whoever was going to go first had to rock paper scissors. So, we just had lots of good fun laughs and competition. and it was a lot of fun to spend with the kids. We also had our GT honors showcase. The kids had their projects and they

055got to show them off to the community coming in and seeing their hard work. And we had great numbers come out this year. So, it's always a good time to see them put that work in and be able to show that off. And then kick kickball and volleyball tournaments. Again, competition. Um, we had kickball tournaments for each grade level and then the finals got to play the staff and I can tell you that our staff is undefeated against all grade levels. Our kids are very happy with us about that. But um, they had a great time and gained a lot of respect for their athletic coaches. Um, and so you can even see our flaggers at the bottom. They took their job seriously. So it was a it was a lot of fun. Uno has

056become a hit. We have had mini Uno to big Uno. Um, and this is in the cafeteria at lunch. So, these kids are just continuously building camaraderie. If you see the balloon blowing, they're blowing a balloon at across to knock over the the cups. Now, this one got really competitive um because everybody was yelling for their teams um and so just having a lot of fun and um enjoying each other before this summer. And I can I'm happy to announce that we hit our 93% for the week last week. And so we had set that goal for them and asked them, please come to school this last week and a half. I promise it'll be worth it. and we had to build a little bit of FOMO or fe fear of missing out and um

057they they showed up and they have behaved so well. Today was field day and it was also a wonderful time. And then again, um, Loose's, uh, drawing for the Take a Childishing Tournament, and she was awarded in front of the entire captain's dinner. And the dinner, um, was a a wonderful time. And Miss Natalie Taylor was the teacher that helped her with her art project and got it submitted. And so, she went to the dinner as well. And as you can see, her picture is above us. So, it was everywhere. It was it was an a great time. And then, I wanted to give a shout out to nurse Lamb. We love Miss Hannah Lamb. She is our nurse and we celebrated nurses day along with teacher appreciation week and so wanted to give her

058a special shout out because she uh is a rock star on our campus with adults with students. She's a calm spirit but she's always a helping hand and we are very blessed to have her. So I wanted to give her a shout out tonight. Principal Bolt. All right. First off, I just wanted to share with you guys that we had a visit from GG the Penguin and St Math this week. It was an opportunity for all of our students who maybe completed their entire path or were the highest boy or girl in their grade level to get recognized and they got to do it in person with GG. On the next slide, I just wanted to share with you we had a wonderful evening kindergarten program for the first time that was very well attended.

059Went very smoothly. The kids sang their little hearts out and my favorite part of course is always watching the parents in the audience as they see uh their special ones finish such a big milestone grade in kindergarten. Um, similarly, we also did our famous Kinder mommy makeover again this year where all the mommies and some grandparents and aunts and uncles and things like that came and help. Even on our left, I'd like to highlight. Yeah, no uncles. On the left, the um we even had some of our own staff members step in if they didn't have a mommy to do a makeover on. We had plenty of staff members that were willing to step in and let the makeover happen. Um, also wanted to highlight our career day. Um, we've been so blessed with Miss

060Elaine Walters who is retiring after 21 years of faithful service at WCE. She organized for us another amazing career day. We had Phillips 66. We had veterinarians. We had wildlife marine people. We had um the next slide will show you the the rescue people that on the boats that go and rescue people get lost at sea. And of course all of our law enforcement as well. It was uh on the next slide you can see we had detail, we had uh neonatal nurses. I mean the list goes on and on of all the visitors that we had on our campus and our kids are definitely enriched in their opportunities and knowing what p careers they might want to pursue in the future. And last but not least was just recognizing our teacher of the year,

061new teacher of the year and pair professional of the year as well. Principal Coh. All right. So May as uh Miss Heapner noticed at Wild Peach Elementary is a very busy time for us. We celebrate all the things um to encourage the students to come to school. So we make learning fun then our hope is they will come. So we celebrated or we recognize Cinco de Mayo. Um our kindergarten classes dressed up and they had a feast. They enjoyed um families prepared food um in all the classes. And so what we did is like station. So one class had um homemade empanadas. One class of parents made um tamali's um and they just had different foods that they went around and tried and then u did crafts. So it was a fun time. Kids really

062enjoyed it and they all tried the different things. We just we also had our lunch with loved ones. Lunch with loved ones is the opportunity for anybody that you love to come and eat with you. So students had families come and for those that did not have a loved one that could attend because of scheduling, our teachers took pictures with them, sat with them, and just spent time with them. That way everyone knew that they were cared for and had someone there to support them. And then again, sticking with all the things in May, um if you drove by Friday, we had Splash Day. the fire truck. Wild Peach volunt volunteer firefighters came and spent the entire day at campus spraying the kids. Um the kids had a blast. Um but again, we're still trying

063to we're working on building community and reaching out to our community. So our f our volunteer firefighters have come for several different events this year and they truly enjoyed it. They especially enjoyed that we had the snow cone truck for the kids and so we let them get snow cones too of course. But in encouraging students to come to school and working to build int attendance um the middle picture at the bottom we have randomly classes that have 100% attendance get ice cream and so they are enjoying ice cream from um that we we went and bought for them. So [Music] okay thank you good things happening. Okay, we are going to jump around once again and we are going to go down to consider approval and addition of Wild Peach Elementary water well project

064to Columbia High School bond project. If you look in your maroon folders, you have a a a stapled it's about seven pages long. The front page is is uh the district letter head. It says business office memorandum top of it. So if you have that on the front page is a memo from uh Julie and Justin um identifying the project and then what their recommendation is. If you'll turn the page um there were two bids submitted at opening. This is uh the first one about threequarters down to the right you can see u the price that was submitted. Uh if you'll turn two more pages um after opening they recognized that the bids were not apples to apples and so a call was placed to this first one to update their bid. So their bid

065would be the total of those two numbers you see there one. Yes. Plus the plus plus the first page. Okay. Okay. If you turn the page again, uh you'll see uh the next proposal 3/4 down on the right, you'll see the price submitted there. And so this if you look at the the letter of the recommendation at the front, um the recommendation is to go with with the bid from Felder Water Well, and Pump Service. So Julie's here. She was at the opening. Justin Cheers is out in the opening. And I see Dale Felder back there as well. Ready to answer any questions if if you have any at this time. Um Justin, did how did the bid package go out? Was it mailed out or It was on I mailed it I emailed it

066out to several people and hand delivered to others. Okay. So there is some information you need to share with them of why there's two beds. Yeah. So we reached out to the locals. Okay. Uh the two here in Brazoria, Mr. Felder and then uh Chaffen in Neville Damon. Um they if you had questions, answered them on the spot and evidently they were either not interested or just forgot. I don't know. But okay, that's fine. Just as long as we know. I I just want to make sure we gave our CBISD or don't have the ability to do a 6inch well. Yeah. Some do not have the capability to do that size well. It's a little little bit bigger than than mom and pop. Okay. Um, Mr. Felder, how long do you think the well's going

067to take once we approve it? And I'm sorry, I could How long is it going to take for the well to get drilled and when do you plan on starting? Well, once we get the paperwork established, the contract signed, we'll notify the engineer. They have to mark the spot. Once the spot's marked, we have to do an 811 call to locate and find out. And at that point, we'll determine whether or not we need to have a private locator come out and see if there's any sewer lines or any conflict with the with the construction that's already existing around the school. Okay. At that point in time, uh the manufacturer of the tank, um that's it's a 5,000galon ASME coated pressure vessel that's required by the TCQ. That vessel takes somewhere between 60 and 90

068days to be built depending upon how long what the lead time is from the manufacturer. Okay. Uh drilling the well generally takes about 7 to nine working days is what it does. The drilling wells is the small part. It's it's getting the tank. It's having the controllers built, all the electronics that have to be put into it. Uh there's a it's just not as simple as as here we go, we can drill it and move in and move it out in two weeks, but it's probably going to take 60 to 75 days to do it. Yes, ma'am. To get everything done. And in the meantime, are other wells just going to pray that it's hanging on? Yes. Okay. Anybody have any questions? Any board questions at all? What about the power sources? We're going to

069run from the existing power source all the way. Have you got with the electrical company on that? Well, I've got some calls out, but I don't have have definitive answers. But the idea is to add an additional uh service drop closer to that uh area that could potentially also be used in the a barn should that come to uh come to light. Also, uh probably it wouldn't be a bad idea to put a existing uh tie point on there for future use off the discharge of the pump. you know, instead of having to do it later, put a tie in, Dale. A future type one if you could. Future type one. I'm not sure. I'm not familiar with what that means. Well, you know, there we can do whatever thing. They're probably going to have

070to require us to either do a 250 or 400 amp service over there to get the three-phase power, which should be which should what the school has already. And uh you know we'll I haven't built one in a while but generally you know you have a breaker box a meter and or a disconnect a meter t on the water side sir I'll tap one point on the water side a typo on the water side we'll have all that done that's already I'm just looking at future expansion he said it's gonna have man I'm de I can't hear anything so come up answer his question go ahead and come They're looking at a future tie point for any future expansion out there at the Wild Peach uh campus, you know, on the discharge of the pump

071instead. Well, we'll have plenty of valves to tie into on the back side of the tank. You can't tie in between the pump and the tank. You have to tie on to the backside. Okay. Is what it boils down to. No, we'll make allowances for that. All of that's going to be done in flange ductal iron. So that you know we have a 4-inch main shut off valve that runs and most of the time what I do is I leave a T on a 90 and I'll leave a cap or have a spet for sampling on the backside for spot but we always leave an extra tie in. It's you know a 90 versus a T the cost is about $30. So it's not insignificant to make sure that there's, you know, a tie in

072or a valve. And we do, like I told Justin, whatever y'all want, we'll put in for you for future provisions. It's a, you know, it's a large project. So it's it's not a making it easy for you the next goound is not a problem. Thank you. So we're going to put all new electrical in in the facility itself. It's just a matter of getting the power from the power company, but everything else is brand new from, you know, the whole thing. So, Justin, we're going to have to get rightways and all that, right? And that hasn't been done yet, right? Because we've got to mark We've got to get the spot mark before we can draft that. Yeah, we'll have to Yeah. get paperwork drawn up. Yes. That's a part of your engineering package that

073Mr. Harmon was put together was to have that. So, and we have to get a letter from the state that says we have permission to drill the well before we can ever start and do that. But he shouldn't be far off. I've worked with him numerous times and he's generally pretty good about it getting having his ducks in a row ready to go. So, that's it. That uh that's pretty easy process. Okay. Thank you. Anybody else have any questions? Okay. Then I will entertain a motion that we accept Oh, do I have something to say or? No, just read it. Um, I entertain a motion that we approve the addition of Wild Peach Elementary water well project to Columbia High School bond project and awarding that to Felder Waterwell and Pump Services. Do I have

074a second? Second. Second by James. All in favor? I opposed. That motion carries. All right. Good deal. All right, sir. That's it. That's it. Thank you. Good to see you, D. How's y'all? Have a good day. Take care. Take care, man. Okay, now we're back to reports. Is that correct? Yes. Mr. Kenny, graduation report. You're up. So, in your maroon folder, you'll see one of these monthly schoolboard report May 2025, class of 2025. Hold on. Let them get it. Make sure they have it before you start. [Applause] That's it. Ready? Good. I'm ready. Okay. So, we have 214 students currently on the the ceremony uh list. So, on the stage, uh we have two students life skills that are not graduating. They'll be returning with us next year. We have one life still student that

075is graduating. Um she is walking. We actually had her and her family on the field today with her wheelchair to see make sure that we've got things where we need them. We're making sure that um we've got full inclusion on that. So we're excited for her to do that. Um we have 18 early graduates. Uh of those 12 are a cohort ahead. The other six are this year's cohort. They graduated in December. Uh 14 IGC candidates. Those are all complete. So, we've got some that we're waiting on star results for. Uh we haven't been in a situation where we get star results after graduation. That's where we are right now. Um but they still meet. They still meet graduation. Yes, we have when it says that we've got two students we're watching very closely due

076to star results. They have multiple. So, they have three tests that they had to take. They have to pass one of them with two IGC's in order to graduate. So, we don't know if they're graduating yet. Uh the 14 IGC are graduating. We know that. So the two we're watching, it's dependent on if they pass a test or not because it's not just one. They need to pass one of three. So that's why they're in a different situation. Did they go through the IGC process? They did. So they've got three IGC's turned in. Um it's just waiting to see if they pass one because we can't accept three IGC's for graduation, only two. So they have to pass one of their tests. Um, and they were moveins that came in later and so they were

077catching up in English one, English two, and US history seems to be the ones that that they're taking. Three students will not be graduating. They'll be rolling over into summer. We need to get that complete. Hopefully, they'll complete that in early summer with summer school in June. U, we have 19 foundation diplomas and 204 distinguished diplomas. The one the 19 and the 204 does not equal the 214 that are on the stage. That's because we've got the students that we're watching. We also have two students that have chosen not to walk. So, they've graduated, they're getting their diplomas, they've just they decided not to walk. One was anxiety reasons, another one was they they graduated in December and moved on already. Okay. Um any questions about any of those? Um make sure that three students

078I guess no passed if they don't not those three students, the ones you're walking watching closely. I'm sorry. those if they do get it but they don't if they pass it over the summer or something we will do something here in the and that's what I met with um mothers and told them that we will do an individual ceremony for them if they end up passing we just don't know in in time to have them participate in the ceremony and then at one time there was four boys that we were watching are they good to walk okay I believe so I I'll get with you and make sure I know the exact names okay the answer is yes okay I wanted to say yes but like I said I want to make sure I know

079the exact names Yeah. Yeah. I don't know the exact name. I asked the same question to you earlier this week. Okay. So, we already covered that. Perfect. Okay. So, practice will be Thursday morning at 9:45. Uh they have to be at practice in order to participate in the actual ceremony. That way they know what to do. Uh sound will be Ryan Bose Boseman again this year. Um he told us last year that last year was his last year, but he told us this year that this year is his last year. So, we're going to try to talk him into another year again, but we'll see what happens there. Uh the ceremony is Thursday night, 8 o'clock Greeksfield. I gave you guys the placards so you can park. Um, we ask that you arrive around 7:20,

0807:30. That's when the students start arriving to make sure that we've got everything set up. Uh, we're hoping it's about an hour, hour and a half, hour 15 minutes around there. Um, talk to Chief Sanders today. We'll have 12 officers on duty for the ceremony. Uh, Van Boosters will be doing their water sales again. Questions? All right, sir. Thank you. Next, we'll skip maintenance report because Justin looks pretty comfy back there. He's teasing. Go ahead. Maintenance report. He's crying. I saw him crying. That was good. I got to hand it to you. All right. Well, uh roofing projects are underway. We are at uh currently at West I mean, excuse me, at West Braders Junior High. The anticipation is to have that finished by the end of this month and first week of June. Uh

081from there, transition over to WCE and knocking that one out. Uh you of course as you know where we stand with the water well project the LED lighting upgrade is about 85% uh most of all of the interior lighting has already been converted. We are there's a few little random here and there spots that we've got to get to just because we didn't have access or things going on at the time. Uh now we're shifting in shifting into all the exterior campus lighting, parking lots, wall packs, all that stuff. The sports lighting has been upgraded. Uh there's a couple little things left to do like the baseball field. There's some underground electrical that they're working on, but all of that has been completed. We're running tests on the uh football field. Matter of fact, I'm

082going to leave here in a little while. We're going to continue to do that just to make sure that we're ready. Um see what else? Uh can't think of anything else. That's kind of where we stand with that. Just keeping the daily grind and keeping the wheels going. Okie dokie. Can you catch me up on just the two roofs? I mean, was it like damaged from weather or was it just age age and starting to deteriorate? Okay. Thank you. Uh lastly, speaking of thank you, that just reminded me, we are currently working on budgetary numbers for replacing or recovering roofs at the other five campuses. There's a little structural evaluation that we're going to have to pay to get done first. It's a minimal cost, but that dictates whether we're allowed for recover or we

083have to go to full-blown roof. it really steers the direction this this goes because it could be wildly from one budgetary number to the next pivotal on that report and so I'm working with uh the engineers and consultants on getting that process done so that we we have a clear line of sight on which way we need to head. Okay, thank you. Okay. And that the ages of those roofs we're looking at right now or what campuses? Uh the B uh we're looking at the parts of Columbia High School that are going to remain. Okay. Wild AB and C which is this section here this horseshoe the band hall to right here. Right. Uh everything at Wild Peach and then at Barrow. Okay. Barrel. Barrow might be our issue. Right. That's still the peak gravel

084top. Uh as well as here. Oh, really? Yes. Yeah. Yeah. It's the old uh pitch and rock. Uh but he said they could still do it. Yeah. It's he said it's not a problem. They actually have this big hydrovac machine that sucks all the gravel and stuff off and uh once they get it back down to the tar and they clean all that up and they start their dens deck first layer and work the way up. It's the the biggest issue is rooftop accessibility. We have a lot of plumbing, chill water lines, rooftop AC units, all that. I was going to say I think with those gravel tops you have that right where you've set you've set stuff on top where you don't do it on curves and all that. Yeah. So there's a lot

085of variables in there that's going to impact this and so it's just other things that we have to look at and address. Is there any previous inspections or is this the first is there any previous inspection or is this the first inspection? This is this is the first. Yeah. No, these are all all these are aged. And so you asked the question, the junior high's original roof 20 over 20 years old. 20 year warranty when you put it on. They're we're going back. Didn't we did the 30-year warranty now, right? Correct. Yeah. So, we went back on WCE and the junior high that had 20-year warranties. We went back with a 30-year roof now. And this company actually guarantees it. It's the other warranties were a little sketchy. kind of, you know, didn't really cover

086what we thought they would, but these the guys Well, and that's because the the project we're actually working through the manufacturer, right, of the material and not the consultant putting it on, right? So, it the the warranty warranty is a little bit different, right? You're exactly right. Okay. Anybody else have any questions? All right. Thank you, Justin. Thank you. Go make sure we have lights for graduation. On my way. Lots of flashlights. Well, that's not your point. Next, we'll move to safety and security report. All right, just a few things. Um, just so you know, TA TEA intruder audit. Uh, Barrow got hit the, uh, the first few days of May. Uh, you'll be happy to know that all campuses successfully uh, passed their intruder audits this year. Uh that's a testament to to what

087the principles do on a daily basis as far as making sure those doors are are locked, making sure they're constantly fixed, putting work orders in to make sure that our kids are secure at all times. Uh last Wednesday we had our spring safety security meeting. Uh if you haven't been to one, I invite you to come. We had quite a uh good turnout as far as first responders from throughout the district. Um we do need a couple board members to serve on that. So, our next meeting will be um July 23rd. So, please pencil that in if you got times that you can come out and represent the district on the safety and security committee meeting. July 23rd here at here at 4:00. Um Chief is excited to say that him and his people will

088be destroying F-Wing here in a couple days. They're going to be using F-wing before they tear it down to do breaching drills. Um, so he's pretty excited about that. Um, the district camera installation talked to Josh today. Of course, you know, we're they're working on doing that. They're going to begin as soon as school's out and and they're looking to be complete by the end of June. So, all the new cameras will be installed by the end of June is what they're predicting. Uh, transportation and Josh are still working together on the radios to get that all figured out. uh the ant we're anticipating those being in before school starts and on on the on the buses and on the campuses as well. So um other than that, summertime's a busy time for safety and

089security. We do have an audit year as far as uh facility safety audits. So we'll be doing that uh presenting that to you on different campuses throughout the year. They'll have their summer door checks as well as any other safety training that that the principles or or police or myself or chief and his staff or myself will need to attend. So that's all I have. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Anybody have anything? Can you try to remind us on that safety and security audit on the on the committee? Yeah, I will for sure. just send a text out a couple days before and then just if there's going to be more than three show up and we need to have it posted. Yep. Maybe we can respond when you text. We'll

090do Yes, ma'am. We'll know. Oh, and Chief's report is in your folder and I think he might be in the back of the room. If you have any questions for chair any question about the reports in there okay next we're going to go to instructional report all right u end of the year like you said we're still waiting on testing results so there's not not anything to talk about there had been some questions uh recently and as well as anytime the legislature is in session uh certain things kind of come to the forefront and so we thought it was a good time to talk library. So, if you look in your maroon folder, um you actually have a packet and on the front it says CBISD library procedures. So the first page is just just

091a couple of paragraphs um from you know things that happen uh in the library at schools and then the next six pages are actually uh local board policy FB right and so it has been a while since there was a book challenge I want to say the last book challenge I remember was maybe back around 2004 six right somewhere around in there I was on the board you know it's it's it's not one of those things that happens very often right and so when it does you're like what's the policy uh so if you look at your board policy and if you'll actually go to page um three of six of your board policy and you go down to the very bottom and you see where it says access procedures. A parent or guardian who

092wishes to access the school's library shall first submit a request to the principal. Just like everything we have, there's always a a level one, a level two, a level three. So anytime you have something at a campus, level one is always the campus principal, right? So if if somebody comes to you and says, "Oh, we really want to we want to challenge a book. What's the first step?" You need to go to your campus principal and have that discussion, right? Uh things, you know, does a parent, if a parent has a concern, does a parent have a right to visit the library and give us a title of a book and actually have a chance to sit down and read that and look at the answer is yes. Parents, students, guardians, all have the right

093to access any instructional materials we do. Anything we use in the school for instruction, a parent has a right to sit down and look at and talk. Right? Now, doesn't mean they have they have they don't individually have the right to remove it. They individually have the right to remove their kid from that instructional resource, but they don't have the right to remove the resource from all the other kids. Right? So there are there are processes uh anyway it takes you through there and if you read your board policy the board doesn't have a right to remove a library book you have a right to control instructional materials in the school right but you don't you you don't have the right to to do that now granted if we have discussions and if there was

094something was going to be a challenge obviously we're going to form a committee. Policy says we'll form a committee and and obviously I think we would work work that out. Uh but you individually as a board member don't have the right to to remove that instructional resource, right? You individually are a parent. The board as a whole is a board. So, uh questions, concerns, uh you know, kind of the thought was, hey, we're buying library books. You know, who who's in charge of that? Well, um, for the last three years, I will personally tell you in our administrative meetings, I've told campuses, if I were you, I wouldn't buy books, right? Just because that's a hot topic. Meaning, look at our books. Libraries are different today. How many books haven't even been checked out? How

095many books have, right? Do kids come into the library, read? Do they even need to check books out? Can they just come to the library, read? I mean, no. What is that process? Uh I will tell you that this year uh the books that were bought on the campus, no quote new libraries, library books were bought. They were either continuations of like there's a series book one, book two, book three. Uh or um maybe a book was damaged and had to be replaced with the same book that we already had. Or third, you might have you might be uh in our in our English language arts areas or even at the high school, there might be like reading list uh titles that are tied to books and instruction areas in those quarter, right? But in

096all of those situation the vetting has take place, right? So personally what do we require? Uh number one, our librarians are responsible because that's money's coming out of those library funds. they are responsible for any book. One of the things that uh used to happen in the past is that you would have uh these organizations they would tell they would sell you package A, package B, package C that had all these titles and you would just order a package, right? And nothing was vetted. Well, today every individual title is vetted. We require the librarian to do that. uh whatever campus it's coming from, if the campus principal has to approve that, the campus principal is required to vet that. The answer is not if the did the library tell me everything was okay? No. The

097requirement is that the individual principal who's responsible for that, looks at it, right? And then thirdly, uh library funds come through the central office uh through uh Samantha Fowler's instructional office. They have to check off on that before that ever get before that PO and those titles ever get approved. So we get verification from three levels in our district that it has met the qualifications before that PO is turned into Julie and those books are bought. So with that I mean I just now's a good time right legislaturator's in session there is a there's library book bills on the table. uh you know what's going to happen. There is conversation but it this in a nutshell kind of gives you that response. The answer is if you have a concern go talk to your principal.

098It's almost the same thing as any any other concern that you might have and and the principal starts that process there. And the second question is if a parent wants to see something and they have a concern the answer is yes. Now are we just open up the library for them to go visit during the school day and just go through the stacks? The answer is no. What is your concern? questions, concerns. Okay, good deal. Okay, next we're going to move on to the financial report. Okay, so current year I'm just going to talk about current year. The current year we're um 83% fiscal year. Uh, our expenses are around 80%. Is there something in our folder? I'm sorry. Okay. No, it was just it was online. Did not see that. I think it's in

099the extra attachments. Extra attachments. It's not attached under No, it's Yeah. Yeah, it's an extra. Okay. Go ahead. Um, our revenue collection, it's going fairly well. the state programs of course it is through August or September before we get up all of our money from the state so it's only showing about 50%. Um I'm still guessing that that we're I mean we're still going to be in a deficit at the end of the year. I'm I'm I'm guessing somewhere around million2 which was where we started was where we started. Yeah. and it could be a little more with our revenue coming in lower than we expected just because of attendance. Um, and so that's kind of where we are partial year this year. And then we I have I have started working on just current

100law budget for next year. Um wanted to see if we wanted to set up a budget workshop to discuss to discuss it at we got a couple more bullet points and then we're going to get to that. Any surprises on as far as budget as far as surprise expenses or Oh, no. We haven't had anything out of the out ordinary. Not for 2425, right? 25. No, they're just regular. So, our our only surprises have been revenue not being taken away, whether it be SHs, right? You know, those things. Those things are shockers when you get well shards twice, right? Number one, we're we're holding this amount back and then then again getting another one saying the way you're calculating what qualifies is changing, right? So, we got kind of a double whammy on charts this

101year and and even having to pay back something from 2008, right? If y'all remember that conversation, so it's actually a three whammy, right? We got hit twice and had to pay back something from years ago. Well, not pay it back. They just withheld it and we didn't get it. Right. Right. Um, the other thing I I wanted to add was talking administratively about things that don't happen all the time. You have a one pager in your room folder and at the top it says authoriz authorization to conduct a fundraiser form. I've had several different conversations lately about different types of fundraisers, right? And that's one of those things that we always uh we always we talk, but as much as we talk and we present and we require uh everybody thinks everybody everything is CBIC

102and it's just not right. So this is the form regardless of any type of fundraiser. If you fund raise at CBISD or any campus in the name of CBISD or any campus, you use communication through CBISD or any campus. You use the parents and the kids or the organizations of CBISD, you have to fill out this form, right? So, you see campus and then you can see it says activity fund booster because it could be it could be a campus fundraising. It could be a student organization at the campus fundraising. Uh it could be a campus student activity fund fundraiser. It could be a a campus faculty fund fundraiser. It could be a athletic fundraiser. It could be a baseball fundraiser. Choir, choir boosters, a boosters, right? And you have to hone it down, right?

103Who's actually doing this, right? because uh again it could be band boosters. CBISD never sees that money, right? Anything a booster club does and it works it way they'll fund raise but it eventually works its way back to the campus, the district or the kids through a donation of some type which we require to come to the board. Right? So there's when we talk fundraisers, it's just not easy. How do we do this? Right? There's been questions about, hey, if we wanna if we want to help fund raise for a and add something to a facility or a building, how do you do that? Well, you just can't do that, right? Because when it affects buildings, the district, regardless of who builds it or how it gets done, first of all, we're if it happens

104on our on our grounds or if it becomes our property, we're responsible for things and how the process. So if you wanted to do something, you have to start with the campus or with the organization and with Justin Williams to identify what we're looking at because we're you may not have to follow certain guidelines, but we and so there's there's things there. Um the second piece of this is that there are there are several different parts of fundraising. It used to be that only the athletic boosters and the band boosters raised a lot of money, right? We have different fundraisers now that are raising in excess of $40,000. All right? And so that accountability piece of it is important. You know, uh why do we do this checklist? Because you have to have approval to

105do it, which means we know what's going to happen. Back in the day, years ago, this started because what would happen is the softball team sold candy, the baseball team sold candy, the band sold candy, the egg sold candy, and we tried to make sure that not everybody was selling candy at the same time. All right, things are a little bit different. Fundraisers have changed. Um, uh, booster clubs, right? So, you know, we've had booster clubs where money's disappeared. Three years later, they find out $8,000 is missing, right? who's responsible, how do you go about those pro, you know, what what are the requirements? Um, we make everybody go through a fundraising meeting. Would they understand? Meaning, if you're a booster club, you don't have to turn into us, you have to follow our procedures,

106but if something happens and we ask to see your records, you have to supply. So, trying to make sure we have our fundraiser meetings at the beginning year and everybody understands this. uh a lot of questions recently because number one because of the amounts of money. The second piece of it is at the campus level and with with band um you know some of the things have kind of turned into simple donation letters right that it wind up raising a large amount of money. you know, we put out, hey, we're trying to raise $90,000, right? Or we know we're talking about band the the marching band tower came up. Hey, we're trying to raise $45,000 and all of a sudden, no, now we're trying to raise 110. Well, that wasn't approved, right? So, we need

107to make sure the message that gets out dictates what we're doing regardless of whether it's a booster club or whether it's one of our student organizations or our campuses. And so I wanted to show you this and give you a chance to ask any questions. This form we're actually going to change a little bit. What we're going to ask is that if you're raising, let's just say we set a we set a thing $10,000. If your organization is going to raise more than 10 has a plan to raise more than $10,000 a year, we're going to ask ask you when you come to our fundraising meeting to begin here to turn into fundraising plan. Meaning, what are you doing? Uh, I'm gonna use band booster as an example because that's the the conversations I had.

108When you raise a larger amount of money and you're the booster club and you're working with a school, it just works better if you have an agreement that says we're fundraising for these things, right? And then you fund raise for those things and then everybody understands what you're doing. It's not anything new. Everybody's on the same page. What we don't want is we're just fundraising and our goal is $45,000. that that that makes me right because now did you spend all 45 right because that's the other idea is that if your kids are fundraising this year then expectation is you spend that money on those kids this year right not we're ra we're not going to fund raise for three years to save up and when our kids are seniors the kids that are fundraising

109get the money this here, right? And if it's going to be something different than that, what it is and and so we have those goals that were clear. Uh the other piece is that over the last several years, you know, there are groups that fundra. There's a cost to fundraising. There's a cost to doing things. And so our campuses and some of our organizations have had it to where basically a group is hired, right? And let's just say you you raise $60,000 and 60% comes to the school and 30 and and and and 40% goes to the organization. Well, when you do stuff like that, we got to make sure that that is very clear on the paperwork because when when you don't know that and then somebody finds out that after the fact, it

110leads to questions, right? Is that agreement upfront or how when's that how's that agreement approached? Well, what happens your example is 6040. So, what would happen is example of say this organization what they're going to do is they're going to provide services, right? They're going to help you fund raise and in part of that process, it's going to be a week-long activity and they're going to come in in your school and over the week do all of these things. So they're going to be there, somebody from the outside coming in providing resources, doing these things, whether it's parties for the kids, athlet uh activities for the kid, and doing all these things. And so there's a cost in them helping you do that, right? What we're used to is if it's on the our teachers

111organize it, do it, and we're used to that. Well, life's different. Those things are changing, right? And and quite honestly, what you found out is even though it's a 6040 split, you're still making more money, fundraising way more money than you did when you just did it the oldfashioned way, right? But that's hard to understand because it's a shift, right? And that's why I wanted to have through all these conversations. I've been telling the administr administrators since we set the board agenda and I'll let you know we were going to talk about fundraising. I just feel the time's right to talk about this. So, while you were in this meeting, uh there's been some posts made. Somebody made a post on on uh the talk of West Colombia. Guys, I need your help. We were

112just informed that no fault of their own, our Columbia High School shooting sports team has come up short on fees necessary to cover entry costs for the state competition in San Antonio on June 8th through 11th. They are $3,040 short. The team consists of 13 athletes that have been placed well throughout the year and we're hoping to continue uh some being their final high school top competition. The funds are due by Friday morning. And basically this is something asking and now people are like donating. How can I donate? Can I send the money to you and you give it to the school? Somebody actually said drop it off at the school. Oh, but my point is I'm the superintendent. I know nothing about this. Mr. Miller's in charge of CT. He knows nothing about this.

113Mr. Kenny's the high school principal. He knows nothing about this. My intuition was pretty good that we need to talk about this because tomorrow morning there's going to be people driving that want to drop tips off at Columbia High School to pay for this and want to know who messed up. Who who posted that? Was that I'm not going to say that. Is it shooting team with FFA? Are they shooting teams with with FFA? It It's through the a department. It's ours, but it's not something we fund, right? It's like a club. their alumni and their club sponsor like the students are paying for it, right? The students in it's like the students that they do, right? Yeah. So it's bad, but that's an example of fundraising and you know, so who's who's going to

114provide, you know, there the idea of, hey, tax exempt donation du who's going to provide the tax exempt donations of people? I mean, so that's an example of why I wanted to talk fundraising with you tonight because it's just it's it's something that's blowing up. And anytime you're messing with money, man, it just I I I don't feel comfortable with all that. And so, uh, what I was actually going to talk to you about tonight is the things like we're going to change this form a little bit and we want you to have a tell. We ask what you're doing, right? We ask what you're doing, but give us some more examples of of what we're talking about and being a little bit more clear and having a little bit more follow through, making that

115making sure that our campus is that generally as it would be the campus secretary who's working the ins and outs and handling the money on it, making sure we're following those rules. We do, Julie, I think y'all just uh our business department just finally did their audits at the campus level. Yeah. And so we do do that, right? But but and gen it's generally what's happening on the campus. It it doesn't involve all fundraising, right? And it's just it's just blowing up and everybody thinks everything's CBISD and it's really not, right? And and to try to just get a handle on that and make sure we provide some guidance for help actually help our booster clubs, right? And so the booster club officers that I've talked with have appreciated meaning we don't have a head

116coach or a a director trying to influence what happens. You have to work together to provide the good and it's clearly understood well who's going to buy what and that just helps everybody out. Does alumni fall underneath this? Yes. I heard that I heard a long well a long time ago I was out in the alumni deal. They use CBISD as a as a as a marketing marketing. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Some of the stuff like the FFA alumni they have fundraiser and stuff and they don't really go through CBISD on that because there's other things that go on that that help them make money, you know. And yeah, but that's it. Like if if you have a like CBISD FFI alumni Facebook page, if you're going to do it on there and you're not

117holding the event on campus grounds and you're not talking to the kids about it during school, then that's perfectly fine. If the kids are selling it, if the kids are selling it on campus, then they need to come through the school. That's what I'm saying. If you'd go outside of school and you don't come to school, you can't do any part of it on school grounds or with kids during school time. Have we been turning in our booster club um guidelines in each organizations? Yes, we're required to turn. So, matter of fact, I just sent the email out for uh for guidel I didn't get it, but I need to sent that out to the principles at the beginning of May. Handbooks and guidelines. Okay. So, I know we weren't going to solve problems tonight,

118but I it gives you time to think. I have another question. Okay. So, like when the kids are working for money, like the band works at the fireworks stand, they do this anyway. concession stand, they do that. They do this. So, those alumni that like that FFA alumni, even though the money is ultimately benefiting the kids, they still don't have to they don't need to do this because they're considered because they're outside. It depends the FFA alumni. So they do the uh uh prom they do a fundraiser for prom homecom. So they do a fundraiser. So it depends. Well that's on campus. Yeah. Yeah. But I meant like their funfest. Would they need to do something like this for their fun? If they're not if it's not on campus. If they're not doing any if

119they're not using the school secretary. Hey send this out to the kids. Put it in the senior. Now if you're not doing any of that then you don't have to come through the school. Hey last time I didn't see it. Last time I saw it all on Facebook page. It was I just was wondering we said about it ultimately benefiting the kids and that's it you but you give it back as a donation. Okay. Gotcha. Okay. Okay. Once you It's the raising money piece. Once you give it as a donation that's different. Then it comes to the board in front of you for you to accept. Right. So it's just about that process a lot easier that way. It is. But we have those questions right? Uh you know it's like okay so there's questions

120about building a batting cage at the high school. Well the problem is you build it on school ground. So at the end of the day, you have to work through the school as a fundraiser for that because it's coming on the school grounds, right? So, so also during the meetings, it needs to be expressed to the person in charge that's at the meeting to go back to say don't put stuff on social media saying we're short like that. I I would assume that's a parent. I would assume that's just a parent trying to trying to do something good. I'm not saying it's bad. I'm just saying that's why we talk about it because you know, hey um we have in the morning we have checks in the morning. Yeah. But you know the other part

121of that is somebody wants to help and we're saying we can't. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It make it puts you in a bad spot, right? You know, the other piece of this, the last time we talked about this was uh I don't know, I'm gonna guess 15 years ago. And we put a ban on kids knocking on doors. If y'all the board members, y'all remember that. The last time we did that, we said, "We are not knocking on doors anymore. We're not sending kids out to walk through neighborhoods and knock on doors." And so, you know, that was the last time that we we kind of had this conversation, but I wanted to give this to you now to give you a chance before our school year gets gives you a few months to kind of

122absorb it. And if you have something that you've that that you want to bring to the table, then let's sit down and add this if we need to. So, you know, just something that there's a little box at the top that talks about taxable sell, non-t taxable sell, you know, that's the at the campus level that drives us crazy, right? Because when you fund raise and and you sell stuff, some our sales taxes depending upon I think we're allowed one each organization one two two two a year that you don't pay tax, you know? So the fruits you're splitting them in spring and fall, right? I mean, the ones I'm associating with, but you know, the person doing that has to understand you don't want to waste it on your small cell, right? [Music] I

123mean, it's a process and I, you know, it's a it's something that I I just I'm guessing that Well, I think I know now this is going to need a lot more attention in the future. Um, I've been looking at at this myself the last couple of years looking at what other districts do. A lot of larger districts than us have actually gone to if you're not raising if your estimate if your estimation to raise is not at least $500, they don't let you do it simply because dealing with something small is not worth their time because that's where the problems are, right? It's easier to build deal with the big ones. And so if that's something you're interested in, right, because I mean when you do it one time a year, that's one thing,

124but if you do 10 small ones, you know, um you as a board of trustees that that have been here a while, um we went into a situation of where we kind of stopped asking the community for sponsorships. We did scoreboards and we just put scoreboards up and there's no sponsorship on the scoreboards, right? because the board recognized where there is project graduation, you know, right now project graduation, uh, Rotary Club, I mean, everybody doing a lot of stuff from March to May, the board said, "We just pulled away and said it's our responsibility. We're going to do it and we're going to fund it, right? Things like school supplies in the past and we're not in the position to do it today, but in there were years where we said parents aren't buying school

125supplies. The board's going to provide them, right? And so we and that's where I'm getting at. Are there things you would like to do as a board? Let me know and let's have that conversation before we before before August gets here when it comes to fundraising. If there's things you'd like to see done with that, that's all I have for you on that. Okay. Thank you. Next, we'll move to budget report for 2025 2026. So, uh, legislatively, if you've looked, uh, h, it's, uh, Senate Bill Two, which is the money, um, well, House Bill, House Bill 2, if you want to call it, that's the money Senate bill, uh, committee uh, edition, but there's still what the House wanted to do and what the Senate wants to do. Quite honestly, both of them have a

126lot of money in it, right? The house wants to give you the money in a way that's more through the basic aotment which generally means that uh the rule would be that 40% of the basic aotment increase has to be used for staff raises and 75% of that 40% has to be used for teachers. You go to the Senate. The Senate wants to give money for teachers if they have at least three years of experience, right? Meaning there was not money for teachers 0, one, and two, uh, steps of steps of of service. Um, meaning in that situation, you could be operate operating with a $800,000 deficit budget and because of the way you have to spend your money, you still have you give teachers raises, but at the end of the day, you still

127have $800,000 deficit budget, right? More because you're responsible for the French benefits. Yeah. I didn't wait. I said more because you're they only give you the money for the actual raise, not for the fringe benefits that we have to pay TRS and all that. On that base a lotment, are they still talking like the $6,500? Well, the h right now the Senate version has a $55 increase which amounts to I don't know $160,000 for us versus 355, you know, increase. So word is you're still talking. We'll see. Right? Uh at the end of the day, more money is more money, right? But uh you know, you might I mean, I'm not going to tell you where you're going to where we're going to be. I can tell you what the advice is from our financial

128advisors. Now, Julie said she's preparing a budget for 2526 on current law, meaning like if nothing happens. Okay? So, we have to do that. You already know that enrollment is down, attendance is down, and so our starting point this year is less than last year, right? And so, you know, Greg asked, "How's things going?" Well, every time we save money, we find out I mean, so it it's kind of like our expected deficits stay in here and and the more we the more we cut, we find things, right? Like things that are increasing, right? uh well, we got to buy fuel, we gotta we gotta do this, we got to do that, and we got to budget for those things, right? And so that's that Julie trying to make sure that her budget is an

129honest budget. Okay? So when she goes through and she says, "Oh, the sale calculated 7% for TRS withholding versus the required 8.75, right, percent." When you find issues like that that are formatting issues, you fix them and you're honest and you say this is what we got to have, right? And so as we find it, it's like every time we save, we don't really save as much as we want because shards as an example, right? Yeah. We got hit three times shards last year and we're getting hit again this next year, right? Because it's even going to be less. We getting conservative on the 88. Very much so. Okay. Very much so. We're gonna have to be. Yeah. Yeah. But um anyway, so we've got work to do right now. What's going to happen is

130we're going to give you that. And quite honestly, I don't see how in the world we're going to make that not a deficit budget. you're gonna you're going to have to say I mean as an example um and the and the budget savings we we've already cut 18 teaching spots right so um and we're still we're to the point where we've I've shared that TASBY staffing survey with you I mean we're to the point now when it comes to staff you're going to have to come in and say if you want that deficit to be less, you're going to have to act and say, "Cut this, cut that, cut this." Right? So, um, we still have more savings to go through attrition, right? We've designated what positions can go away and which can't, right? Because

131we still got to have school next year, right? We still got to have safety. We still got to have those things regardless of what the legislature does. And we don't know. So that's current law in getting that budget approved, right? Because I don't see any way by June the 30th that the legislature is going to be able to pass what they pass and we're going to be able to know actually what that money means. So we're going to have to pass a budget based on current law and it's not going to have any races and if you want additional things taken out, we can do that. But you're going to and that's why Julie asked if if you want to meet in June before the next board meeting and talk about those things. We can

132but because they're to the point of we've scrubbed as much as we can. All of the thing the extra things that are in the budget are things that you acted on specifically to bring back to solve a problem. Okay. So I will tell you anything you cut from here on out going to cause a problem going to bring a problem back. It's going to be something that you've I mean it hurt, huh? It'll hurt things that happen happens in the past whether we have extra assistant principles at a campus for me. I'm just saying you can't forget. You have to know when you take this action those things are coming back. They just are. That's where that's where we're going to be at if we're going to acquire that. Now, the next piece of this

133is that at some given point, legislation's going to happen hopefully. And when that happens, we're gonna have to come back with an amended budget. Meaning, we're just going to come back and reset it. Right? So now, when you pass the budget, much like we've done, some of you have been on the board long enough to where when you pass the budget, raises weren't in there. You didn't do raises till August. If y'all remember that, you're going to be in that situation this time. But for teachers, their first check, if you're on the 187 contract, their first check is not till September 10th anyway. So that's not a problem, right? We can do that. It's just it's not what we've been used to in the past, right? We're going to have to change that. And so

134then we'll be able to come back. So the question being, you pass a deficit budget to to get because we have to have a July one budget, right? And then the legislature does something. It may flip the apple cart and now it's not a deficit budget anymore. Or it may flip the apple cart a little bit and it's still a little bit of a death. We don't know. That's what I'm saying. You you just have to understand the lay of the land. If you force a def if you force a a a what am I looking for? I want to say an equal budget, but a balanced budget. If you force that, then good things may happen and it's going to be August and you're not going to be able to bring them back, right?

135If you don't force a deficit budget and you allow a deficit budget to go forward, something good might not happen is to to erase it all. I you know, those are just things I think we need to sit down and talk about. What are your ideas so that we're all on the same page as we go forward and we have a good understanding of what we're doing? Roughly in general fund in general. What is our fund balance? Phone balance. I'm sorry. Yeah. Oh, balance. I don't have it right off. That's fine. I can get it for you. It's not a big deal. I'm just trying to think. 1.2 is coming. Yeah. We are literally going to turn around and do another deficit budget hoping like we did last year. It's coming. It's coming and it's

136not. Uh yeah, but you know LA you know again the hits Yeah. the the hits that happened, right? Um, you know, last year were just kind of crazy, unexpected things, right? And those were equal equal opportunity across the state. So, you're saying the hits were hits at other districts, too? Oh, we're not by oursel. No, no, we're not by ourselves. Clarify that. They they don't have to approve their budget right now, right? Yeah. because I know we're on a different cycle, right? Yeah. So, uh you know, it's again, it's a process and that's why I wanted to lay that out. Uh it sounds kind of scary and quite honestly it is, right? Yeah. Because you don't because you don't know, right? You know, you know, quite honestly, I mean, even when we've had deficit issues,

137you guys have given raises. You've let I mean, the worst raise. you've let the you've let the the um hiring schedule roll and the teachers got at least got a small raise. I mean, you've always been that bored, but I mean, you said last year, right, this time that you can't do it again. Here we are. We can't do it again. But at the same time, we've talked other things. There are things on your paper you can do, right? We've talked about tax ratification election and and what that could do and understanding and the other districts that have done that. We've talked about other moves sizes of schools and things we could do. Right? You've got things on your paper that you know you can do and it won't be a pro but it's is

138that the right thing for you to do now? Because that's this is one year and 10 and if you do something that drastic 10 years down the road, is it still the right decision? And what have you done? Right. It's not going to help us either cuz No. Is did the property tax bill pass where they went to $140,000 on the property tax? It's going to mean it did to us last year and that's what took away big chunk of our money and it made it matches dollar for dollar. They do that again. I mean it's just going to put us even bigger in the hole. Can So anyway, it's a conversation. It's a delicate conversation. It's an important conversation, right? And and so in as we're talking, you know, best bet is it's kind

139of hard in a meeting like this because we're not we need to have a workshop. I mean, we're not talking names and positions and we don't want to scare anybody. I mean, that's not what this is about, right? That it's not I mean, we haven't I mean, we haven't fired anybody. We haven't told anybody leave. Everything we've done right now is through attrition. All right. And so that's that's the good way to handle this. And we've moved people around to to to to manage the best we can right now. But that's but you know, we're to the end of the year. How many more resignations we're going to have? And quite honestly, when we're having to fill some positions because we still have got to teach class and have, you know, a a a certain

140level of safety and security there. and and so we are asking you to still fill some positions, but we do have other positions that we know if somebody was to resign, we could probably not fill. So we have those, but at the end of the day, those are just conversations, right? That that we need to have. So we have to approve the budget by June 30th. June 30th. So our next meeting, the June meeting is what's it? June 17th. June 17th. So I think as of right now what we were going to suggest is what we've put out is that June 17th is your regular board meeting. June 30th is the day you have to approve a budget. That's a Monday night. Okay. Quite honestly you could let things roll till June 17th. We bring

141what we have and then you have a special meeting between the 17th and the 30th. And then you also have the 30th if you want to do it that or if you want to meet early, right? But the if you meet early, your meeting right now is about current law and where you want the where you want the current law budget to be, meaning how close to balance do you want it. I think we'll know something later in June. I can't guarantee you whether it goes to special session, right? By the end of May, you should. Unless something goes in special, you know, that's why I'm saying I I don't know. That's why I'm telling you if you the earlier meet you need to talk about just current budget. Would y'all feel comfortable bringing what

142y'all have on the 17th and if we need to have a special meeting after that? I'd like to get more information than we could to come in. I can't wait that long. We need to have a budget meeting and talk about it. We need to see what Julie pulls together because you said you're working on current law. So whatever she pulls together, we need to sit down. That's not going to change. Right. That's not going to change, right? But that's where we start, right? Yeah. That's I'm agreeing with you. Yeah. Yeah. That's where we start. I can meet next week. I I can be ready whenever y'all are ready. I mean, I can have something whenever y'all want. We can set that date. Yeah. Yeah. We can talk about We don't You don't have to

143do it tonight. We can talk about it. Get that done. Okay. Is that in on report? Okay. Bond 22 report. Uh going good. Um if you've been by, we're actually moving we're actually moving stuff in. Teachers are moving into classrooms. Things are going uh going going really really really well on schedule on time. Um so uh Thursday morning uh is our uh staff breakfast awards breakfast at 8:30. So that program will be over by 9:30 and one of the things we're going to let staff do from the whole district is just walk through if they would like to. Okay. So uh located where? In the student center cafeteria. So, um, speaking of the bond, I do have this for you if you want to pull that out of your maroon folder. So, again, this is

144just a a balance balance upkeep for you. Very back. Yeah, it's probably Yeah, it's probably at the very back. There it is. No, that's good. There you go. So Jenna, this is probably your first time to see this. Yep. Okay. But this is divine. So if you look at it, um, so down you see at the top left construction total cost phase one two three architect a architectural engineering testing technology and FF and E. You come over to the right the 100 100% budget. So the whole cost of the high school project because we did it in phases 1, two, and three is that 63,500 number. Okay. The the money built into the planning of that for architectural engineering is the 3.9 for all of the testing requirements that go that would go through the

145budget's 1.3 for tech everything technology related for the projects. 3.2 two the FF and E is like furniture the things that go into the school you know other things it's 4.6 okay so you see the total approved by the board at the 100% budget is the 76 million72022 the total bond was 79 so that gives you that 2.2 two variants, meaning that's extra money. Okay, move over to the right. You have the yellow and the green. The green is what I'm telling you is going to be left over at the end of the project. Okay? So, out of phase one, two, and three, the those were so phase one and two and three had allowances built in. if something goes wrong or we think this would cost this much and we save money. So that

1464.4 number is what I'm telling you is going to be left out of that part of the budget. Out of the A&E, I think there's going to be a 100,000 left out of testing 700 out of technology 600 and then out of FFN 600 to the left the yellow what I call the budget slack that totals to 770. That's money I'm telling you I might need to finish the project. Hey, we need shelves in a classroom. We need science chemicals. You know, those those kind of things. Okay. So, in the green going back down, the total of the that I think is going to be left is 6.4. Then when you add the variance of 2.2, then when you add the interest that the bond funds have earned of the 3.1, you get that 11.8

147number. When you take the West Brizz Junior High bond funds that are left uh is 226. If you remember, it used to be higher, but we approved that mechanic uh lift that came out of that. So, that gets you to right at a little over 12 million that I think's going to be left. You approved the WCE West Braz's junior high roofing project at 4 million. You take that away, it leaves you with uh with 8 million. And then tonight you approved the wild peach water well at 495,000. So I'm telling you I think there's going to be 7.5 left. Okay. Now keep in mind that at the end of this there's still a budget that Dr. Mal is working with a line item budget. they have anything they don't spend, right, comes back to

148us because their money's ba they their money is based off a percentage of the project. They get their money to build it, right? If they budgeted $2 million for concrete and they only spend one million, that extra million comes to us. So there's a possibility at the end of this when things are wrapped up and everything's signed and dotted, there could be an additional amount of money coming to us as well on top of this. Okay, so just for clarification underneath the things in blue are things that we've approved the van hall renovation, the security upgrade, the ephus material. If you look at it uh on C building the top now, you can kind of see where they're working out there. They've cocked all uh from top to bottom all of the joints, new compound

149around the windows, all of the ephus is being redone uh will be beautiful when they're finished there. Uh the HVAC piping in the mechanical rooms of SE building so that when we it's you know a little over 20 years old so that when we turn when we put in the new HVC we don't blow the rusty pipe. We got to get all those replaced as well. um the district phone upgrade, the district radio transportation and campus uh security upgrade, the transportation mechanic bus left. Um the other things I have in green down there that are things that I'm looking at that would be part of that 770 that I'm looking at the student center building upstairs and downstairs in the hallway and the auditorium all need new flooring. And so that 183,000 is the estimate

150we have for that. Um the student center cafeteria bathrooms as well as the the bathroom set by the choir between the choir room and the band hall. Uh we're looking at getting those upgraded as well. And then we got the marching band tower as well. So, those are the things that I'm looking at, plus anything else that pops up out of that 770. Over to the right, you see the yellow, we've got the agriculture barn, the and then the be roofs, the wild peach roofs, and the CH roof, CHS roofs. It would that's what we'd be looking at that 7.5 or anything else that's left to cover those expenses. That's kind of where we are on the bond. It kind of gives you an update of where we're at. Okay. So, uh, being the bearer

151of of good and bad news, right? Everything's on on process. So, now when you're conservative and you do a good job with your money, it's nice, but there are other dynamics at play such as a term called arbitrage. Okay. So, I'm gonna let Julie talk to you about arbitrage on this project. Okay. So, I've met with Dwayne and um Greg something with Ritz and Associates. They they do calculations on arbitrage. And so, when we sold our bond, just I'll do my bad. When we sold our bond, I thought, you know, we passed a bond. We s we're going to sell in two-part series. 2023 and 2024. Well, we were actually supposed to keep those separate because they were actually two cover bonds. And so we've gone I've gone back through and split it up. And

152so he has done a calculation on the 2023 bond and we we have no arbitrage issue with that at all. It's passed all the criteria. And basically what you have to do is is you have 24 months to spend it. But along those 24 months, you have to meet certain, you don't just pass it because you spent it 24 months like within the first uh 10% has to be within the first six months and then at 12 months you should have spent 45% of the bond at 18 months 75% and then 100% within 24 months. And so the series 2023 we did finish spending it within the two years we spent it finished last um this past September. And so September is when we also started the money the series 2024 that we sold in

153June of 24. So we have until June of 26 to to spend that and the interest on that if we don't have arbitrage. Now the arbitrage will be a penalty for the interest that we earned if we don't spend it by that time. And so we have gone through the first six months of it that we passed. and he made the comment that that we failed the sixth month, but we haven't hit that yet. And so once we get all of our bills in, I mean the 12 months once we get all of our bills in in May, we should have all of that. And you have to pay it. You can't just get a bill for it. You have to actually spend the money. And so we'll ask for some of our bills early

154this next time so that we can get them paid in May so that by June we've reached our 45%. But then we still have the next two criteria the 18 months and the 24 months that we would have to spend our money and it can't be that we have a contract to do something. You have to have spent it. So it has to be done by June of 2026. Yes. including all the interest and including the interest. Is there like we did for the the junior high is there a percentage that we can keep? So junior high was because of the amount, right? So this is kind of new, right? We don't pass we we haven't passed very many $79ations. So the junior high never met the co the the total amount. We're fine. So

155I would say take that off of here from now on and you get right back where it was. Well, exactly. And so in this situation, you would take that off of there. Right. And but again, so this is that conversation we've been having for a while as we've been looking at other projects, right? And we do a great job of like squeezing the nickels and squeezing the nickels and squeezing the nickels. I just simply wanted you to understand that you could squeeze the nickels and have to pay some money back and not be able to use it. How much percentage of the interest do we have to pay back? Um, I haven't I missed the webinar today that was talking about that. And this guy's just doing the calculation. I don't know the percentage. It's

156the difference between what you actually received in interest and what your rate was that you're paying on the bond sold for. Yeah. The difference difference and you have a percent of that. Yeah. It's probably going to be a percent and a half, 2% easy. Of what's left? Of what's left. Now, is this of interest? Of interest. Yes. Of your principal. Yeah. So, if you don't spend it, if you don't spend it, if you don't spend it within the 24 months, as long as we spend it, long as you spend it, you're okay. You have to spend everything in the bond first. Then you have to spend interest. Yes. Yes. So we had to calculate like the the interest for this series 23 and I I did because again this has really been hard for us

157right there is I did staple a packet in your folder I didn't I didn't print off all the pages right the government would be a book right but if you go look at if you look at the last two pages which are page 13 and 14 at the very bottom you see it you see in blue it says the two-year spending exception that's what Julie's talking about and then if you turn the page at the top you'll see bullets one two three and four which are those limits that that's the guide that they suggest that's your testing right as you go through the project what they're saying is those numbers keep you on track okay percentages are tied to interest only correct the interest that you make. Correct. Yeah. But you don't again like like

158uh Ray said, you got to spend your money. You don't get to count it until all your construct money is gone. Then you count the interest, right? But we have the series 2023 that is done. It's done. Interest is spent. So my calculation when you look at that is going to be half of it. Okay. Right. So that's the good. I'm just saying I'm just showing you that you could save money, think you're saving money, doing a really good job, and at the end of the day, you you gave some of it back. And so, how good a job did you really do? Right. But my point is, if we want to argue about something costing $500,000 or or $475,000, it's really not an argument. It's what I'm trying to say. Right. Is that that's

159right it it's are we getting are we doing what we want for the district and getting it for the kids, right? I guess we really need to Yeah, I know Justin's working on the roof bids, right? On those. I would like to know ages on those and see if we're really, you know, Yeah, man. We need to spend the money, but I don't want to waste on a roof that's there five or seven years on it. We can put together a plan to pay for that roof next five to seven years. Let's look up something. I will tell you this and so you're exactly right. They need to get that infrared done and if it qualifies for the recover, we need to jump on that. Yeah, if they don't qualify and it's the full thing,

160right, that's going to be that's going to be way more money we're talking about. We have agree with and then we may look at some of the other options on here that that show the the community that we're the point the point is that's a pretty hefty amount of money and that money gets spilt on buildings that are a little large, right? You don't build those in 11 months is what I'm getting at. Okay. Right. So, is there other district approvements that we're paying for out of out of the fund out of our budget right now that we could use form of that money towards? We need to look and see if other things qu and that's where we're going. We need to look but we need to talk about the board. Do we agree

161given this? Is that something we would want to do? Right. Yeah. Um, as an example, if you found another project that we've done and you could say you could you could reauthorize the expenditure, right? Well, if you're in a 1.2 deficit budget, your budget goes from one your deficit goes from 1.2 to 800. So, the question is, do you see that as you gaining $400,000? Right. You don't. And that but that's the point you're in right now. So, if you do that right now, that's a problem. Once you get to July 1, we're in the now the new budget year. So, it would have to be things moving forward. Yeah, I I would Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That that gets tricky. Anybody have anything else? Nope. Just need to get some firm numbers on that because

162we're going to jump on a barn or something like that. It needs to happen now. A month ago, yes. Have y'all is the Abar considered a two-year project or is it was it considered even longer? Well, it's under it's in a design development right now. We've we've had our meetings and we've talked about and approved what we would like to see in the design. Okay. But we have to get that done. Okay. Okay. I guess next we'll move into board reorganization election of officers. All right. So we I sent out the emails out uh before as we have in the last several years is for the nomination process. Uh so the nominations that came back. Uh and I did contact these people to make sure they would accept that nomination. Uh, but the emails nominated

163Glenda Heapner as board president, Becky Danford as vice president, and Jackie Gocher as secretary. So, we'll just need just a motion to approve that slate of office. I'll make a motion that we approve Linda as president, Becky as vice president, and Jackie as secretary. Do I have a second? I'll second since you use your your your name as first person. make a motion. Becky, Ray's going to second it, I guess. All in favor? Opposed? That motion carries. Congratulations to y'all. Thank you. And also first in CBISD history that it is women officers. Oh, how about that? I mean, I'm just guessing. I think it is. [Applause] It is. Moving on. I would make a guess that you're right. I'm going to make a guess that you're right. That's cool. No, that's that. Seriously, that's very

164cool. And actually a West Columbia member now. We haven't had It's been a while since you're right. Yeah, you're right. The peach is still carrying it though. Peach is still gone. Yep. Okay. Next, we're going to approve the annual board meeting calendar of dates and activities for 2526. I think it was attached to our new. Let me I wanted to point out a couple of things. I like adding that okay for yeah this for for 2526. So the only one if you if you look in March you'll see it falls a little different and so we kind of there are a couple of dates but we we went based on holidays and there was there was one situation where there was like two and a half weeks between board meetings and things in there and

165then of course we did if you see at the bottom uh for regular meeting June 16th and then of course special meeting on June 30th. I'm just kind of putting that out for next. Wow. Graduation went way up, huh? Next year, graduation, the way it falls, it's on the 21st. Okay. Well, does anybody have any questions or comments on the board meeting calendar? Okay. Then I'll entertain a motion that we approve the annual board meeting calendar of dates and activities for 2526. Do I have a second? Second by Jackie. All in favor? Opposed? That carries. I'm not telling you my birthday. Um and then I'm going to move into the action item consent agendas. Um, approval of minutes of the April 15, 2025 regular meeting. Approve budget amendments and donations. Approve depository bank contract. Approve

166changes to the 2526 academic calendar. Would anyone like any of those items bolt? Then I'll make a motion we pass the consent agenda as presented. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Linda. All in favor? Those opposed? That carries. You have anything else? Okay. At 8:21, we're going to adjourn to close session print to the Texas governmental code. The open meeting acts consider the employment of professional personnel. Discuss the resignation retirement of professional personnel. Goodness. Discuss the performance of personnel. We will reconvene in open meetings after that. Thank you for coming.