001A regular meeting of the board of trustees of the Macallen Independent School District will be held Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Dr. Ricardo Chapa boardroom administration building of the Mallen Independent School District, 2000 North 23rd Street, Mallen, Texas 78501. Items listed on this agenda may be taken in an order other than as shown on this agenda unless removed from the consent agenda. Items identified within the consent agenda will be acted on all at one time. At this meeting, there may be discussion and action by the board on the items and subjects listed as follows. Item number one, call the meeting to order. I have done so at 5:30 p.m. Number two, please join me in a moment of silence. Thank you. And item three, pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance
002to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, for liberty and justice for all. I pledge alleg um item four, public comments. We have four public comments tonight. Maybe just one. So there's a video. Go ahead. Here are the public comment procedures. Number one, individuals who wish to participate during the portion of the meeting designated for public comment shall sign up at mckllenisd.org or at least one hour prior to the start of the scheduled meeting. Number two, an individual's comments to the board shall not exceed two minutes per meeting. Number three, the board shall not tolerate disruption of the meeting by members of the audience. Thank you. Mallistas. Okay. Um, first person signed up. I don't see him in the audience, so
003I'm going to call his name anyway. Mr. Rod, Mr. Rod Santana. Okay. Um, Natalie. So, are y'all going to want to ask the questions or make a statement? Uh, we can't respond to you, but um you'll have two minutes and you each have two minutes because you both signed up. So, um, we'll go, I guess, with Gabriel first. Welcome, Gabriel. Hello. I just want to ask a question about in regards of student mental health because I'm not sure if y'all heard the story of USC and the new challenge that's been spreading around. So, I just want to know what y'all would do in regards to student mental health and to help your students. Thank you, Gabriel. You have two minutes, so you're good. That's my question. Okay. And then Alandra Cruz. Um I guess just
004like what is like new innovations or resources that you all want to add to help students? Okay. Well, thank you both and I guess we will get to you after or we'll make an arrangement. Are you all going to stick around or would you like to get a hold of us later? Yes. get with Miss Natalie over there and she will get you our contact information and then we will be happy to answer your questions. Thank you both. Thank you for being here. Thank you. All right. Okay. We're going to move on to our fourth speaker. Can we Okay, it's going to be Juan Padron. Mr. Pon and um Mr. Pon, you have two minutes. We won't interrupt you. The countdown is there and so the timer will start when you start. There we go.
005I just have a statement to read. Good evening. My name is Juan Padron. I'm a small business owner with offices across the real Grand Valley in Larredo and I also serve on the Teach for America RGB regional advisory board. Thank you for the opportunity to come before you this evening to express my personal support for the work that TFA does in our community. Promoting education has been my community service focus for 35 years. Uh because like so many of us here in the real Grand Valley, I have personally experienced the economic mo the economic mobility that a solid education can bring to a low income family. I firmly believe that giving every child a chance at a good education can be the solution to many issues in society. A well educated population is more apt
006to know how to build and sustain a good quality of life for all and also more apt to continue to create opportunities for current and future generations. So from a small business owner pers uh business owner perspective, I need to uh have a well-prepared pool of talent to fill the jobs I have available, which is a challenge right now. I also need a customer base with the economic means to purchase what my business is selling. So preparing all our children well in K through 12 is key to a vibrant future for businesses and Teach for America is part of that effort. TFA is helping to ensure all children in our community are on a good path to economic mobility that will enable them to become positive contributors to society. I commend Mallalen ISD for its
007years of partnership with Teach for America and strongly support the continuation of this educational partnership in support of students and our broader community. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Padron. All right, we move on to item number five. can Oh, I'm sorry. Was there one more? I'm sorry. Yes, we have one more. Michael Barahas, is he part of your group? Okay. So, get get with him and then um you know, we'll we'll get to you. We promise. Thank you. Um consent agenda items. Do I have a motion for items 5 A through 5G? Second. I have a motion from Trusty Regalado and a second from Trusty Rivera. All those in favor signify by saying I. All those opposed signify by saying nay. Motion passes 40. And we move on to item six, instructional services uh and
008human resources, business and operations board of trustees items 6A one discussion and possible action on the 2025 certificate of provision of instructional materials. Dr. Utteres. Yes, madam president and board of trustees. Uh each year the district must certify to the state board of education and the commissioner that students have access to instructional materials covering all Texas essential knowledge and skills for the required subject areas. We have Miss Angela Allen, director of student operations is available to answer any questions. And this is a three-part recommendation that the administration is recommending. Madam President, I move that the district's or that that the board approve and certify the district's instructional materials aotment is used only for the allowable resources allowed by the Texas Education Code 31.0211. I have a motion by Trusty Raldo and a second by Trusty
009Rivera. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. All those opposed signify by saying nay. Motion passes 40. Madam President, I move that the board of trustees certify that for the 202526 school year, the district has instructional materials that cover all elements of the Texas knowledge and skills of the required curriculum identified in TEC 28.002 other than physical education for each subject and grade level. Second. I have a motion by Trusty Rivera and a second by trustee. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. All those opposed signify by saying nay. The motion passes 40 zero. Item 6B. Oh, I'm sorry. We have one more. Madam President, I further move that uh upon request, the district shall provide or will provide to the state board of education any public information for any instructional
010materials requisitioned or purchased by the district with IMA funds. Section T uh Texas Education Code 31.101.2. I have a motion by Trusty Galado and a second by Trusty Rivera. All those in favor signify by saying I. All those opposed signify by saying nay. Item passes 40. Before we move on to item 6B, Mr. Barahas is here. Would you like to say something or you want to just get with your colleagues and work it out? Thank you and welcome. Um item 6B, human resources items. We have none tonight. Item 6 C, business and operations 61, report regarding taxes collected for the quarter of January through March 2025. Dr. Utteres, Miss Lorena Garcia, our deputy superintendent for business and operations will report on the taxes collected by the Dalgo County Tax Office on behalf of Mallalon ISD
011for the quarter of January through March of 2025. And this item is for information purposes only. Go ahead, Miss Garcia. Uh good evening. Um we are bringing three separate reports, three separate monthly reports starting with the January report. Um uh the the original levy is uh 89 million approximately and however taxes collected to date in as of January were 74.7 million which is at 83.44% exactly where it was last year. um prior years is at 17.35 and then moving on to the month of February um we are at uh 82.9 uh in regards to the 2024 tax rule which represents 92.70% and then 1.183 in the delinquent taxes collected which represents 19.16% again we are um uh ahead of of prior year's collections. For the month of March, we have uh 84.6% I'm sorry, 80
01284.6 million which represents 94.78% and then we've collected 20.60 in delinquent taxes. Uh and again also ahead of last year's collections. And this concludes the report. If you have any questions, please let me know. Okay. Well, thank you for that, Miss Garcia. Item 60, board of trustees. Item 61, approval of board of education meeting minutes. Second. I have a motion by Trustee Dearal Lopez and a second by Trusty Rivera. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. All those opposed signify by saying nay. Motion passes 40. Item 6 A, 6D, 1A, special board meeting, March 31st, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Item 6D1B, special board meeting, March 31st, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. Item 6D 1C, regular board meeting, April 8th, 2025, 5:30 p.m. And item 6D2 we are pulling from this meeting and will be
013added to the next meeting. So we move on to item seven recess to close session. Board of trustees may go into close session pursuant to sections 55 uh 551.071 551.072 551.074 551.076 and 551.089 089 Texas Government Code to discuss the following. 7A human resources recommendations for school year 2024 2025. 7B discussion of human resources employee resignations and retirees for year 2024 2025. 7 C discussion of district vulnerability assessment full report. 7D discussion of safety and security. 7 E pending annual potential litigation. and 7F possible real estate acquisition at 5:44 p.m. We are in close session At 6:37 p.m., we are reconvened in open session. And then we go to item nine, action on items in close session. 9A, discussion and possible action and human resources recommendations for school year 2024 2025. Dr. Peter, we did
014not have any recommendations for this meeting. So we can move on to the next item. Item 9B discussion in human on of human resources employee resignations and retirees for school year 2024 2025. Yes. Well, this item was for information purposes only. Discuss in close session. Yes sir. Um 9 C discussion of district v vulnerability assessment full report. No action taken. Um item 9D, discussion of safety and security. No action taken as well. 9E pending and or potential litigation. Mr. Ball. 9F possible real estate acquisition. Mr. Ball. Good enough. And then item 10, scheduled meetings. 10 A, board workshop, budget workshop number five, April 29th, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in this room at the Dr. Ricarda Chapa. Um, administration building 10B, special board meeting, recognition of outgoing board members, canvasing of election results, oaths of office,
015reorganization of officers. May 13, 2025, 5:00 pm, professional learning center, Texas, our Texas room. Are we still set for that room, Miss Natalie? Okay, we will further discuss. So that date might change. Uh 10D board workshop student recognitions May 22nd, 2025, 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Mac High. Um 10E regular board meeting May 27, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. here at the Dr. Ricardo Chapa room at the administration building. 10F regular board meeting June 10th, 2025 at 5:30m here at the Dr. Ricardo Chapa administration boardroom administration building. And now I'd like a motion to adjurnn. So move. Second. I have a motion by trusty Ria and a second by trustee. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. All those post signify by saying nay. Motion passes 40. At 6:40 p.m. we are adjourned.