001e e e a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Mallen Independent School District will be held Tuesday November 12th 2024 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 that shown on this agenda unless removed from the consent agenda items identified within the consent agenda will be acted on at one time at this meeting there may be discussion and action by the board on the items and subjects listed as follows 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 number three Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the
002flag 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 item number four public comments we have two and we have a recording 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 mcallenisd.org at least 1 hour PRI pror to the start of the scheduled meeting number two an individual's comments to the board shall not exceed 2 minutes per meeting number three the board shall not tolerate disruption of the meeting by members of the audience thank you gracias okay um we have first speaker is Michael Aila I don't see him Nat is he out he's not thanks Mark we'll let him address if
003he shows up um Jesse Barba coming up Sir Mr Bara you'll have two minutes um we're not going to interrupt you the clock is on and it'll start when you start thank you ma'am good evening board trustee superintendent fellow community members my name is Jesse BBA and I'm here to express my deep disappointment in the recent decision to remove weighted points from the theory of knowledge course or Tok for our in juniors sophomores and freshmen the decision to Grant weighted credit to to one and two was made with the understanding that these rigorous courses deserve the same recognition as other advanced classes many students committed to the later years of the a IB program in good faith believing their hard work in to would be accurately reflected in their GPA and in their class rank
004now nearly halfway through the academic year that promise has been taken away the weight has been stripped from their courses and the trust they place in the district has been broken the wait for TK was intended to align with a 2-year AP Capstone diploma which includes AP seminar and AP research for years despite recognition by the State Board of Education and the curriculum bulletin as advanced courses Tok classes were denied equal weight we believe the district had finally corrected this pass Injustice with the August 20 curriculum bulletin announcing the new weight before classes began but now by reversing this decision the district has once again placed these students at a disadvantage what's just as concerning is the lack of transparency throughout this process weighted decisions should be consistent should be aligned with other rigorous programs
005and above all they should be transparent students and parents deserve clear criteria for how course weights are assigned especially when it affects College admissions and scholarship opportunities yet we've seen these decisions can change unexpectedly without sufficient communication or even accountability this creates confusion and undermines Trust in our District's commitment to recognizing academic rigor tonight I urge the board to transer to to stand for transparency and waited and waiting the decisions decisions that impact GPA class Rank and students future should not be made behind closed doors or reversed without a thorough input from stakeholders we need a clear documented process for assigning those weights and guarantees that no student will be disadvantaged by midcourse changes I appreciate the time and I ask you to please consider transparency thank you thank you Mr Bara item number five
006superintendent's report yes uh the University of Texas Rio Grandy Valley and McAllen ISD celebrated the new UT RGB Mallen ISD Collegiate Academy with a ribbon cutting ceremony on October the 29th this new Venture enables students to participate in a dual enrollment program with both entities and acquir college credits prior to high school graduation we have a short video of that celebration and if you can please play the video this today we did the ribbon cutting on our Mallen I utrgv Collegiate Academy and it's a momentous occasion this building has been a few years coming and a lot of work has gone into this and so today we get to celebrate the fact that our students in our community at Mallen ISD have this beautiful building and this facility where our kids will learn they will
007do um high school and college at the same time this is a wonderful project that will give students in macallen access to the highest quality education you can't get anything like this anywhere except in the real Brandy Valley you can't go to the wealthiest school districts in the state of Texas and get a better education than you'll get right here everything is done jointly together this is truly a joint project in every sense of the word and when I look at this I see opportunities for them that they can't get anywhere else in the United States it really is a distinguishing opportunity for our kids I just want to thank everybody that came out here today it really is a project that um has our students in mind it's an opportunity and Mallen ISD provides
008a lot of opportunities for our kids this is just one new opportunity for our kids to learn and to really work towards becoming the their best selves and reaching their potential so this offers them opportunities at higher ed while they're still in high school and I can see all of these students just thriving and competing globally at [Music] that item B Business Leaders tour of our CTE facilities Dr gues leaders from the business and Industrial worlds were invited to get a close-up view of the mallin this Career Technical education programs on October the 24th the invites were asked uh for their feedback so the programs can better adapt to the needs of the industry we also have a video on that and if you can please play the video this time this is a CTE
009advisory committee meeting basically what it is we bring the community members in a lot of good good folks that have an interest in what's happening at Ma I and so the group is here to look at our programs and kind of evaluate what we're doing and tell us all the good things that we're doing but also tell us where we can grow how we can make it better anybody can go to class but it's the those students that are really focused and engaged and not afraid of failing are the ones that are going to ultimately succeed and that's really what's uh what's important and I think to be able to see that in person is really educational for us because the feedback that we can give back to them is thought these students understand that
010it's education is about failing also and if you sh you know you eventually will succeed if you keep on trying Partnerships with industry and institutions of higher ed are extremely important for for school districts I it's important for school districts to have information that is is relevant but it's also timely and I think it's important to keep having these uh engaging meetings with business partners with the industry partners with with uh organizations from the community who have a vested interest in education whether it's higher education K through2 the communication is key communication is key all the way around but constant communication is even better if you have that continuous consistent communication between all Partners it's a it it provides all St holders an opportunity to learn and relearn what's going on in industry but what
011the changes are in Industry also so that they can adapt accordly you know I think it's a great opportunity of this this meeting is a great opportunity for our community to come together with a school district and look at exactly what's happening and how we can help build tomorrow's future right and so on our side we always look for two things right we're we're trying to accomplish two things get them College ready career ready and Military ready that's what we're trying to do [Music] and um item c local media honors Memorial teacher Dr guz a teacher of the death and heart of hearing students at Memorial High School was recognized by local media on October the 22nd 2024 she was surprised with the news of being a teacher Tuesday recipient and was featured on KRGV
012TV's lifestyle shown show known as take five we also have a video of uh this event and if you can please play the video I started off uh back in Middle School uh about 20 years ago 20 some years ago and I started off as a par professional and then I liked it so then I became uh an interpreter certified interpreter I did leave um to the college level to be uh an interpreter at the college but I felt like something was missing I loved working with the students here over there was a very different role so I decided to come back and come back as a teacher what I like about teaching the most is is when I see them accomplish something thing that's challenging um the end result when they're happy they're able
013to do something that they have struggled in that's what makes me happy and I'm know I know I'm doing my job then and it's not a job it's something I don't see teaching a job I I see it more of something that I look forward to because I understand the challenges they have from transitioning from ASL to English so when my students are mastering their their their exams and their they're successfully acquiring the English language that's when I realized that you know anything's possible and especially for [Music] them good stuff thank you um number six recognitions we have none but I do want to welcome Janessa Raina and Carol Ooa students from utrgv they're auditing our meeting tonight so wel welcome to both of you they sitting right over here and I hope you get
014a great meeting and a good report back thank you thanks for joining us proclamations we have none tonight number eight donations we have none and then number nine items consent consent agenda 9A discussion and I'm sorry items 9A through I I and I need I vote I mean I vote I move we approve items 9 a through 9 I second I have a motion by trusty Alisa and a second by trusty dagara Lopez all those in favor signify by saying I I all those opposed signify by saying nay motion passes 4 Z Madame President I'd like to move we reorganize the agenda and move forward item 10 D1 and 10 D2 second I have a motion by trusty Alisa and a second by trusty deara Lopez um to move up items td1 and td2 all
015those in favor signify by saying I I all those opposed signify by saying nay motion carries 4 Z and so 10 D1 I believe they're not here yet so 10 D2 101 10 D1 is here td1 is here oh I didn't see them you oh Kelly's here I'm sorry hold on a second Kelly give me one second to catch up with this agenda item 10 D1 report regarding the Delinquent Tax collections for a period of July 1st 2024 to September 30th 2024 including the 2024 property value study appeal Services report Dr Gutierrez Miss Kelly Salazar from The Firm Lineberger Goen Blair and Samson will present the Delinquent Tax collections report for July 1st 2024 through September 30th 2024 as well as Mr Robbie harbu will present the annual property value study for a Services report
016go ahead Miss thank you Dres president um Bena and esteem members of the board I'm here to present the delinquent tax collection report for the period of July 1st through September 30th 2024 your first quarter report our delinquent tax collection program on behalf of macallen ISD continues to focus on two basic premises the first is to collect from the individual taxpayer first first and secondly use a tool of litigation only as a final option to collect during this first quarter we completed three demand mailings mailing over 6,700 statements to delinquent taxpayers within the district we made or received over 1,700 phone calls we had 15 payoff requests and we knocked on 162 doors of delinquent taxpayers in the district educating and informing them of their tax delinquency and doing our best to get them into
017a payment agreement regarding litigation highlights we have filed 21 lawsuits disposed of 32 taken 27 judgments and we have 259 lawsuits currently pending for the district representing over $1.5 million owed in base penalty and interest on the next page you'll see our tax sale and resale highlights our office regularly conducts tax sales and resales on judgments with little to no effort to pay on behalf of the taxpayer during this first quarter we completed two tax tax sales placing four properties for sale two sold and uh two were pulled due to a payment agreement or a verbal agreement with the taxpayer you also see as you scroll a little down our first quarter collection highlights for this first quarter this quarter we collected um and the district received over $717,000 in base tax over $312,000 in
018penalty and interest and you'll see a significant amount of money um went to pay refunds due tox tax um property value protest of $591,000 which is an extreme amount of money um historic in fact uh for the first quarter most of that came about $590,000 in the month of July just as a point of interest there was a a a business Dillards that protested and got a significant amount of money but I'm think a lot of that is distributable also to Homestead um uh the new Homestead um increase you know as you know the appraisal district goes back two years as well to include those monies and refunds but I also want to highlight that's not a refund due to anything um on delinquent tax collection side it's due to um Appraisal District issues um
019looking forward to the next page you'll see in summary we'll continue to um with our our our collection program with mailings um litigation phone calls on-site property visits anything we can do to maximize The Collection efforts on be on behalf of the district I'll be happy to answer any questions that you might have before I turn it over to Mr harbu than you Mr haruk is our director of property value study appeals for lime barer and here he is good evening board president paa Dr gutiz and uh trustees uh I am Robbie harbu I'm with Lon Barger I'm the director of property value studies we uh to bring us to bring us current from last year's report uh the last audit cycle to close out for property value study audits was the 2020 property value
020study audit we did file the end of last year a property value study on the 2020 roles and we filed an audit that results Ed in $27.6 million in additional value reduction that resulted in an extra $368,000 for the district those uh Ledger payments were made back in March and June of this year property value studies are conducted and released each year and they released January 31st so the last property value study that was released was the 2023 your District did receive a property value study it was valid so your values were certified to tea as valid we reviewed for a self-report appeal to make sure that nothing had affected the local values and those values uh actually had increased so if there's an increase like that we do not file it does not work
021for the district it works against the district so there was not a 2023 self-report appeal filed the 2023 property value study final values were certified to tea August 15th that starts a three-year timeline to file up to three audits so last year the 2020 audit cycle closed out this year the 2021 audit Cycles closing out we recently reviewed the adjusted local roles we did find an adjustment in those we we filed on October 7th a 21 property value study audit that resulted in $42 million in value reduction it's pending with the state so right now it is just an estimate but what we're looking at is possibly another $530 something, in Aid gain from that audit uh historically the district's been valid so you're receiving a property value study on odd years and on even
022years you're receiving a methods and assistance program review and as long as values remain valid it'll alternate like that if you ever go invalid you get a property value study every year and they still alternate the map every other year uh so the next property value study that will be released will be the 24 that'll be January 31st of 25 your values will be valid and certified to tea but we will review the local roles because anything that has adjusted from this past July to that time could cause value reduction if that has happened we'll file a self-report appeal get that reduced and at final next August before they start settle up you'll receive additional funding at that time so but that brings us current with what we're doing for property value studies any any
023questions with anyone the the packets I handed out historically there is a chart in there historically that shows and and there was also a letter with that packet that uh since 2012 our filings have resulted in 869.485 it is just now in settle up y didn't have to have an appeal so y'all aren't waiting for additional funds but in a couple years we will review that for an audit to make sure that nothing's changed that that we could get you more money on any questions U Robbie I know that you and I talked a lot last year when I was in the other District because the State Controllers changed property values dramatically in yes in that side of the valley where school districts uh lost millions of dollars any chance that that could happen in
024idalgo County well the markets have really cooled down because of interest rates and different things that have happened so with you being valid for 23 that would have really been the first opportunity with all of this that was 21 you could have been invalid 23 you could have been invalid so H Dogo keeping up they might I don't know if they have better resources and maybe some better information but they are keeping up with these values uh so I mean things are kind of stagnant and leveled out right now now if interest rates continue to to lower over the next couple years we could see markets increase again but I have all the faith that that your prel district will keep up with those values you know we will January 31st of each year and
025each year especially that there's a property value study conducted we report to the district what the findings are and what our actions will be 20 3 we send a letter stating y'all were valid but we still review for a self- report you did not end up needing that 24 we'll send a letter stating that you're valid because you got a map but we'll still review for a self-report so we're reviewing your current roles at the first of each year and then at the end of their audit cycle but the end of the year we're reviewing the next audit cycle that's closing out so you're getting a couple uh you know we're constantly reviewing roles for changes to make sure nothing's being left behind but if you ever have any questions on any of that or
026you know always you know let us know anytime you know we can help we're glad yeah it's just that the state controller revalued the properties at a much higher rate than what they do uh what they do is gather their own which I mean a lot of it's the same information but what causes that typically is sold properties okay and they're not there has not been as many sold properties but for 24 like I said y'all are receiving a methods and assistance program review so you won't have to worry about that now 25 we'll be watching but uh you know if if the markets get hot again then then they could uh that could create an issue but but the appraisal districts are usually pretty good at and even Cameron has been catching up I
027mean it if you get in a situation like that it's not good it's hard to catch up but they're catching up but hiago has not got in that you know in that situation thank you thank you thank you so much thank okay we brought up item 10 D2 um L are you prepared to they're not here they're not here so we'll just do we have to resend the action no we just come back to it yeah item 10 instructional Services instructional leadership Human Resources business and operations and Board of Trustees items item 10A instructional Services 10 A1 discussion and possible action on agreement number 2025 135 Child Care local match contribution with Texas Workforce Commission Dr guz Administration is requesting the approval of the child care local match contribution agreement Dr cynth lares our director
028for state and federal programs is available to answer any questions if needed we are recommending action on this item so moved second I have a motion from trusty Ali second from trusty deara Lopez all those in favor signify by saying I I all those opposed signify by saying nay item carries 4 [Music] Z Item 10 A2 report regarding state and federal programs um Dres Administration will report on the state and federal programs uh Dr Cy olaris our director for state and federal programs will give us some information about uh her department and um what she covers in the state and federal programs Division and this is an information purposes only item go ahead Dr olaris thank you Dr yis um I'm honored to be here this evening thank you uh Board of Trustees for giving
029me time to share this information with all of you um our department is um is involved in in a lot of facets throughout the district but our overarching purpose really for state and federal programs is to um support and improve academic mic success for all our students we follow along with the vision and mission statement of the district as well as um supporting our uh Leadership Model our department oversees four Federal programs uh four Essa programs which is the every student suceed succeeds act and we have Title One Part A which is improving basic programs Title One Part C which is the education of migratory children title two part a supporting effective instruction and title four part A student support and academic enrichment all combined uh these four grants total a little over 13.4 million
030another Grant well another area that we've uh managed out of our office is the state compensatory education program which is money that is from the state and by law the district needs to provide 55% of that money to to um making sure that students who are at risk and economically disadvantaged are getting that support so the $12.4 million that we get goes towards making sure that we are providing services for those students who are economically disadvantaged and at risk as of last week uh we had a total enrollment of 19,8 78,000 Stu 878 students and 69 . 77% of those students were um coded as ecodis and 54.91 per were coded at risk so with this um funding we do provide 156 full-time employees of which 120 of those are teachers and so these employees
031are um excuse me these employees are at our campuses and uh they support in various um areas we support program um such as the district AP program which are the teachers over at ING the teachers at in the options program contracts that we have U for example um I ready reading and math those uh instructional contracts we also fund our social workers we have 10 social workers in the district and a social worker manager the credit recovery programs that are at the Comprehensive High School and the other two high schools as well are summer school program extra Duty tutoring allocations were um distributed to campuses this year and also we do fund uh 15 of our Head Start teachers uh that we have in the district now looking at our title one uh program a
032little uh closer title one this year the award that was granted to uh given to us was 10, 92231 um after we remove the indirect costs then we budget for the rest and the majority of our funding does go towards um salaries and stiens and all kinds of any other kind of payroll uh which includes tutors uh Title One tutors that are at campuses um then we also a lot money for campus allocations and that we use a formula that's based on the campus enrollment and their um percentage of economically disadvantaged students uh and so each campus gets their allocation based on their enrollment then we do set aside monies for contracts again those are contracts that are mostly for our content areas uh for our English Math Science Social Studies uh departments and then
033we a lot we set aside some monies for summer school we reserve um funds for uh foster care homeless children um our paren family engagement program and then we leave some money set aside for any type of districtwide uh purchases that we may need for example example uh this year we just they're being delivered today are the SC the new science kits for all the elementary scitec Labs so purchases like that that are districtwide um are also from this grant our parent and family engagement program for this we do set aside an allocation of $275,000 um from that we do pay for our 13 uh parent and family engagement Specialists and for instructional assistance all of those um positions are at all our campuses at our Title One campuses um we also have um programs
034for parents uh such as ready Rosie which is a pre third grade program that uh brings together a home and school for parents um we have over 7,000 uh parents that have already registered with it um and it is a it's it's short Quick videos that parents can use at home to um to do activities with their child in the evening something quick but to bring that family bond together um with our parent and family engagement uh program we also have parent University meetings every month uh to educate our parents as uh on all the different programs that we offer in the district and so various directors will sign up to have informational meetings with our parents uh this year we did have our back to school bash we have a Shoe Closet that we
035also have there at nvada for our our families um we participate with um Mallen uh crimes Stoppers uh during Thanksgiving to um find families that are in need of a Thanksgiving dinner and so this year we'll be we're looking right now for 150 families um we then also work with the police department to uh gift wrap all of the toys that are collected uh we they bring them to us we have parents come in they give wrap all the toys and then we send them back out uh when they do the toy distribution uh in January we'll be having our parents parent Symposium and in February we'll be having my little Valentine family celebration uh and you all are invited to those November is parent and family engagement month and you've received an invitation we're
036going to be having an open house um next Tuesday night at Nado and um I'll be providing you with a flyer in just a little bit um our evening study program is has been going on for many many years uh in Mallen and we have evening study classes that um are job skills based uh we have sewing classes crafts classes Cricket first aid CPR uh classes and um ESO classes as well we partner with South Texas College um and provide cake decorating classes welding classes and basic mechanics and then with region one we partner with their adult education program to provide uh ESO classes we're a site for region one and so those classes are open to the community um but they're full so we have a pretty busy house um I I'm not going
037to play the video but uh the gentleman at the corner has a very nice testimonial um about how much the um STC course is going to help him and his family and just open doors for his family and he's very appreciative of that so very nice testimonial um Title One also has uh Title One Part C which is the education of migratory children that Grant uh was awarded six identified children which puts us a little bit ahead of where we were at this time last year um and Mr R Vega is the coordinator he has four office staff and they're doing a fantastic job um they're taking the students on College trips they're um making sure that they're preparing them for PSAT uh they had a boot camp for 9th 10th and 11th graders uh
038they had a career exploration day for middle schoolers and if you click on those photo albums that you see um there it'll take you to another presentation that has a lot of um photos that just shows you um everything that our our programs support in the district title two is not a grant that goes out to campuses it is more for supporting the district with um providing supportive instruction and so what we do with this grant um it's not a very large Grant it's just a little over a million dollars but we do use it for professional development mostly uh for uh when the content coordinators are doing content planning with teachers we pay for substitutes so that the teach can go and attend these trainings uh we do um from here we do pay
039the stiens for the utrgv teacher interns uh we do pay for summer conferences or any type of conference that any school leaders May attend or teachers and um any kind of Consultants which this gentleman was from lead forward and he came to our um our summer Leadership Academy as well and our last Grant is our title for Grant which has three components um this is a grant this is our smallest Grant it's $8,600 was the award for this year it has uh three components which is the well-rounded area a safe and healthy component and the technology component and with the well-rounded we do uh give campuses um allocations for steam uh so that they can create after school activities for children and opportunities for them to learn a lot of what uh we pay for
040like the chess club after school um a lot of different schools are getting really creative with what they want to do and clubs that they want to create um last year the Leon created a um a piano lab and so they have they bought pianos from Valley keyboards and so they now have a piano lab and providing piano lessons and that's very popular at their school um and it's for students who who maybe are not involved in other things but they have the opportunity to learn how to uh read music and and play piano uh maker space Also is one that's housed in every library at the elementary and and actually at all campuses uh middle school high school and Elementary uh in the summer we do have summer enrichment programs um Fine Arts we
041did fund um they have the summer Musical and with PE there's a fitness program that Mr mlan has set up so um with the safe and healthy component we do have two crime prevention officers and you see one there in the picture he's holding I think that's Penny um they do community outreach um we also look at mental health uh there's a healthy students program that we're working with the nurse Gutierrez um at that and then the Elevate program we're we're providing supplemental Monies to elevate so that they can have enough equipment so that more students can participate so if they only have you know six baseball bats then we come in and we say here's some additional funding for you to get maybe four more bats right so that kids can uh you can
042have more students engaged and on the technology end uh we do have contracts there um some of the contracts that we have there would be uh prisms uh I don't know all have seen that prisms is a virtual reality uh headsets uh for math that are being used right now at the middle schools uh so we have that contract we do a Schmo which is to help students at the high schools um practice on their sat and and PSAT and testing and also edspire is another one um and of course maker space and libraries and the these are some children that are doing some coding um at the elementary but that is all that I have for you any questions I have a but go ahead I'll wait I'll wait till the end don't go
043this is really amazing and impressive and thank you for putting this together and helping us understand what's going on and all the stuff thank you um I'm I'm looking at the education of migratory children we have 466 identified children I see a lot of activities after school and is there anything available or unique to these students during the school day any resources or curriculum because since they are a unique group of students who migrate and you know they struggle with um meeting new people learning a new language I'm just curious do we have any in Mr uh Vega we do have uh tutors that are just for the migrant children and so he's got a tutor for um each level and the children um that he has the priority for services lists the students that
044are most high need and so they target those students so above a when the children are at the campus all of the title one monies are to serve everyone at the campus right but of course they're going to focus on the at risk and the Eco and the children who are struggling um so they can get some of that support but then on top of that they do get a a tutor that comes in from the migrant program to provide supports for them okay as well thank you uh and then I had a question for the utrgv teacher intern stiens is that The Residency program or is that okay yes and substitutes that's just general use that's General those substitutes um anytime uh let's say the content coordinators have a they're doing they do their
045six weeks content or planning with their teachers so if they pull teachers then we pay for the substitutes got for them to to to be out okay very cool thank you I just have a couple of things on the um after school programming I mean the after hours programming for the parents where you have the sewing and all of that yes um maybe rdspd can do Sign Language basic sign language yes we did try that last year we did um and we we did set up a class over at Brown um but because our funding H they have to be parents that are in the district um the class classes that were being provided already I think she had um other family members cuz her classes really were the class and I say her Miss
046L's classes that they already have set up um and so we did it last semester or last year um and we probably need to try it again I wouldn't mind offering something at our site but we did have that um over at Brown where she was having those classes but yes definitely thanks and then on the Shoe Closet um how are you how are you stalking that like what is do you get donations how you do that um yes we had uh originally there was a um a program that was called a kitas and they were a nonprofit that that would provide us with shoes and then they no longer could do it so the Rotary Club took over and so they're the ones that provide us with um the shoes last year they gave
047us $10,000 in brand new shoes so we have a lot of shoes um and so at the beginning of the school year when we have the back to to school bash um we also were giving out vouchers for shoes there and then we had um they we had families come by and pick up their shoes um and so we did give over we we had over 500 families that went by to pick up shoes that's great and that's that's open the whole year so in working with the social workers and the parent and family engagement Specialists anytime that there's any kind of need anywhere um if the counselors identify a child that needs shoes or clothing um they work together with the social worker with the parent family engagement specialist and they can come and
048get whatever the student needs whatever the family needs amazing thank you that's all I've got thank you for that presentation thank you so much Dr thank you thank you Dr lares item 10 A3 discussion and possible action on the Mallen Independent School District Wellness Plan Dr guz the district Wellness Plan gets updated and must be presented annually and approved by the Board of Trustees uh we are recommending action on this item do we have a presentation on that yes dros yes thank you Dr Gutierrez uh good evening board so the district school health advisory Council sha promotes the development and update of the district Wellness Plan and advocates for the implementation of efforts that support student health and wellness so as like Dr Gutierrez mentioned try annually the district Wellness plan is updated and presented
049to the board and tonight I am um going to ask also miss Sonia esel our director for Child Nutrition program and Mr Brian mclan which is our athletic director to join me and they will share the goals and efforts for this plan I will start with the objective and then I will end with the compliance report so the Wellness Plan objective is that the district supports the General Wellness of all students by implementing measurable goals to promote sound nutrition physical activity students health and reduce childhood obesity the district Shaq reviews and considers evidence-based strategies and techniques to develop nutrition guidelines and wellness goals as required by law these are the goals for 24 25 okay thank you um so Mr mlan and will will go over uh the goals for 2425 and so uh the
050first goal focuses on nutrition promotion and the goal states that the district sh uh the district's Food Service staff teachers and District uh Personnel shall constantly promote healthy nutritious messages in cafeteria classrooms and other appropriate settings and so our efforts as a Child Nutrition staff uh we will partner with campus ad administrators to um to provide in providing and displaying educational material promoting healthy nutritious messages including promoting uh local fruits and vegetables and their benefits as well as we will inform staff and parents on the district standard of food and beverage sold to students during the school day um the second goal focuses on nutrition education and the goal uh states that the district shall deliver nutritious education that Fosters uh adapting and maintaining healthy uh eating behaviors so the Child Nutrition uses its uh
051website um and it offers a wealth of resources including nutrition education a nutrition and fitness tips and parent menus um we are dedicated to promoting healthy eating habits among students uh by providing nutritious meals uh options such as salads so our daily menu will feed feature uh either a side salad or an entree salad um daily as we believe that increasing exposure to healthy choices uh will encourage students to try and enjoy uh healthier eating choices all right goal three physical activity the district shall have a k through2 physical education curriculum and make appropriate before and after school physical activity programs available and encourage students to participate so our k212 curriculum we have a curriculum writing team that meets three days during the summer uh they look at the scope and sequence they look at
052the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills uh so we have six elementary PE teachers four Middle School teachers and three High School teachers so they meet uh for three days to make sure that the curriculum is being followed uh that the scope and sequence they even go bring it down all the way down to lessons uh we also have through chats one Elementary team's chat uh one Middle School team's chat and a high school team's chat where they share uh best practices throughout the year so if they have a great uh if they have a great uh lesson on volleyball a lot of times they'll put little Snippets in the chat or uh classroom management or how they come into the gym also as far as the before and after school physical activity programs available uh
053we have great Partnerships with the c Mallen parks and recck the C McAllen Boys and Girls Club uh we also promote uh the Mallen Kids Marathon uh where that is outside of school also in school and in January it's also out of school the macallen IC Mallen boys and girls club Elevate developmental League we had about 2 200 participants last year uh so that's a great thing and uh we have our elementary cross country meet coming up uh November 20th and the track meet in the spring uh we also have a sixth grade track meet and our safe and secure programs which also integrate some type of Fitness there on top of all the clubs and organizations that uh elementary middle school and high schools have that are around physical fitness and our last goal
054is uh school-based activities so the goal states that the district shall allow sufficient time for students to eat meals in Clean safe and comfortable cafeteria facilities and so we partner with lot of other departments such as uh uh fmo uh which helps us you know day after day in solving any type of issues that we might find in the cafeteria and allowing it to be a safe and clean environment for our students and so all Wellness plans must uh be in compliance with six of these areas the six areas that are listed here nutrition education which is um very aligned to go two includes goals for nutrition education that are designed to promote student wellness also we're complying with the USDA Child Nutrition and School meals requirement with gold 2 and four that uh our
055directors just uh uh went over the nutrition standards for competitive and other foods and beverages for goal one IT addresses the compliance with USDA nutrition standards uh for all food and beverages sold to students during the school day um also we're complying with Goal three for the physical education and physical activity that we do have a ren physical education curriculum from K through 12 and then the wellness promotion and marketing is um satisfied with Goal one and three which encourages our students to eat healthy and practice physical activity behaviors and then through Shaq we ensure that the implementation evaluation and communication of this Wellness Plan is well established and that's our presentation if you have any questions please let us know I do have some questions so how do we ensure that we are follow
056this Wellness Plan is there any type of rubric or scale or do we ever audit this to make sure that we're every every year we um use an evaluation tool okay that is provided uh we have a choice from three different evaluation tools we use uh one that is provided by the um the state and um that's how we are able to know if we're compliant with the requirements or not okay um and um through the Shag meetings we have four required meetings that we meet every year to each semester and in that committee which is composed of 31 uh campus Representatives about nine District rep uh District level administrators or directors and then 10 community members that are composed between parents and business uh owners uh we come together we meet like I said
057every every two months I know we had one September 20 I have them here September 25th we had our first meeting November 20th is our next meeting we also have January 29th and March 26th um we come together we looked at our Wellness District Wellness Plan we discussed we discuss also the efforts and how close we are in meeting those those goals through those efforts every every meeting we also uh discuss the campus Wellness plans in those meetings each uh campus Representatives they discuss they break out in in committee uh breakout sessions and then they come and share out throughout the the the meeting okay um we do have those meetings recorded we do post them in our website as required by policy and so that's how we keep each other accountable okay for the
058goals and the efforts and the progress of those efforts okay thank you um and and looking at the health and nutrition education do we have a specific curriculum or framework or program that we subscribed to or nothing yet um we we partner a lot with uh a lot of efforts that are happening with Texas Department of Agriculture so they run programs like uh local um local fruits and vegetables and during those weeks or that month that we're doing that that's where we're sending out a bunch of promotions to the cafeterias um we've also had uh coaches reach out to our registered dietician and they will go and do a presentation for students M um so we we do partner a lot with what's going on uh with the TDA okay um what portion of our
059food budget is spent within within the state of Texas that might be something we need to look up later but does anyone have that off the top of their head no I don't have that on the top of my head we we yeah it's it's pretty pretty hard to kind of um assess yeah because our manufacturers are are from all over right but we do have we do have a certain percentage that we do buy during certain times we do have certain products that are made here locally in Edinburgh um so okay um and I have one more question and and then I'll just say a few things but um Mr mclenny so I think Athletics and physical activity is looking great especially in middle and high school what about elementary schools during the school
060day because my understanding is middle and high school they have an athletics period daily but in elementary isn't isn't it weekly that they have like a PE no they have they have every day yes yes and then some campuses choose to have longer PE periods uh maybe three days a week but every one of our elementary campuses are meeting the minimum okay uh and every one of our camp CES probably the minimum is probably 150 minutes a week and I think the minimum is 135 Middle School we're beating the minimum by a lot uh we have PE in Middle School sixth seventh and eth you only need four out of six semesters of physical education but uh physical activity is very important right but at the elementary we are meeting uh we are surpassing the
061minimum number of minutes okay that's good I get concerned just for our younger students with all the test Tes in in 8 hours on a school day and making sure sometimes I hear that they're pulled from Recess to be tested or for extra tutoring and I want to make sure that they I mean because this is part of our Wellness Plan that we're also offering opportunities for them to exercise and socialize that they don't get often during the school day so well we discourage the the pull out of physical education or recess because kids need it yeah they need to get that energy out of them okay well I do have a really quick recommendation this is not an issue that's unique to Mallen I by the way I think we all know cafeteria food
062and the vending machines and all that that we provide nationally needs some attention right um I feel that at Mallen ISD we have so many more opportunities to partner with local agencies especially because we're in the Rio Grand Valley and we have one of the richest farming areas top citrus uh richest areas for vegetables and fruits um I'm hearing a lot of districts now kind of Shifting towards um partnering more with local vendors I know that's kind of a complicated process through our through the vending um through the vending procedure but there are programs I'd love to meet with you at some point that I know that some big school districts like Austin ISD are partnering with to help reframe uh the vendor process and make making sure that goals are aligned okay sustainability um
063local sourcing things locally um nutrition Animal Welfare you know all these different core values uh I think it'd be good for us to and that's why I asked that question if we know how much of our budget is spent out outside because it's like we're sourcing probably from California with our Citrus we should be sourcing locally you know and that's that's one of the that's one of the issues that when we've gone like to region one and they they talk to us as you know Child Nutrition uh directors or purchasers you know that that's one of the the hard Parts is sourcing it right um and so I know TDA knows that it's a problem as well because they've they've asked us questions about how hard what is the biggest hurdle and everybody says it's
064the sourcing of it right so yeah so I I I understand that's an issue and I'm I'm I want to try to help support different ways around so we can um it's so important that our students eat but we have to look into the kind of food that we're giving them too because we struggle with diabetes and obesity um but yeah I I think that if we can incorporate some more locally sourced programs and um activities for our students like farmers markets and um culinary competitions or all this other all all this other stuff we can really shift towards something that's that will bring more students also to our district because it's Unique to to the valley yes that's all I have to say I can piggy back on her last uh portion there um
065the 4AGE kids all of our 4AGE kids participate in the Citrus and vegetable show at the livestock show in December mid December and it is all about being good stewards of the land and and learning how to cultivate the land so that you can eat from the land and so they've got great curriculum and programming for that so um you might want to get with the egg teachers and kind of see what they're doing because that's apart from being super fun super educational so that's good job I move we approve item 10 A3 second I have a motion from truste Alisa and a second from trusty Del Lopez all those in favor signify by saying I I all those opposed signify by saying nay motion passes 4 Z thank you for that presentation thank you
066so much item 10 A4 discussion impossible make sure discussion and possible action of the Innovative course navigating life for students who are deaf and heart of hearing course for the regional day school program for the deaf rdspd students Dr guz um yes Administration is requesting approval of the Innovative course navigating life for students who are deaf or heart of hearing this course is for the regional day school program for the de R dspd students U Miss Lisa L director for rdspd uh will share more information and we are recommending action on this item do you have the presentation oh there you go sorry about that good evening Dr gues madam president and trustees so this course the title of the course is navigating life for students who are deer heart of hearing and the purpose
067of this course is to provide the necessary information resources and opportunities that will Empower students who are de for Heart of hearing to effectively apply information and skills learned in education in educational Home and Community settings in order to facilitate achievement in secondary and postsecondary environments areas to be addressed include Audiology hearing Health assist technology available support services and accommodations communication self-determination and advocacy and depth culture this course is a tea Innovative I'm sorry this course is a tea Innovative um course and it can be offered in grades 9 through 12 we would like to offer it especially to our seniors and it is an awarded credit a one awarded credit it satisfies an elective credit for graduation um we do have Essential Knowledge and Skills for this course and we have resources provided by
068Texas sensory Network this course Fosters knowledge of students culture self- advocacy skills greater understanding of their own hearing loss they will learn about deaf history Deaf culture and their deaf Community it promotes postsecondary Readiness by preparing the students to transition to the community Community workplace and vocational training centers or college and so this came about uh we do have a de education advisory committee and part of the membership uh in that committee we do invite former students to come and they have expressed that this is something they would have liked to have had they go off to colleges in some cases gadet University and they have felt that they would have like to have known more about the DEA culture and DEA history and just their own hearing law so that they know how to
069advocate for themselves and so this is a course that we found that the state does have we're not required to provide it but I think that it would be great for our students to have that with them when they leave and they prepare whether it's for the job force or for the University um I think this would be wonderful for our students to to leave our our district prepared and knowing everything they need to know about navigating Life as a de student any questions I think it's wonderful I move we approve it second I have a motion from trusty Alisa and a second from trusty kilman all those in favor signify by saying I I all those post signifi by saying n motion carries 4 Z Item 10 C Human Resources items 10 C1 discussion
070of possible action of additional revisions deletions of of local policies resulting from tasb policy review session second reading DRZ additions revisions deletions of local policies resulting from the policy review session conducted on July the 23rd through the 24th 2024 with drafts prepared by the Texas Association of school boards policy service Dr Canalis CH Chief Human Resources officer we share more information on this item we are recommending action on this item we met on this last time with uh with Chris train uh over the via the Internet uh we do have all the revisions that were sent by what what the board recommended so she sent that really over I think the next day and uh all the divisions were made so we motion to approve uh the items a motion from Dr Canady he's requesting
071he's requesting reest um I I I did have but I can't find it it was on the at will employees re we had a special board meeting on this we we had all the recommended changes that the board requested and those were done Dr Canalis and forwarded to the board members all the changes yes and they're reflected here in this packet correct everything that was recommended by you all that evening uh Chris train went that actually that same evening uh updated everything and the next day she had that forwarded to us as recommendations by what you all recommended I I oh no I guess I just wanted clarification because I I remember we talked about this it was the one on page 172 employment of non-contractual Personnel Board delegates to the superintendent um I want
072to say we discussed it and y'all said that there's something like in the this was not part of I can't the board but it should have gone to the employees yeah handbook maybe I remember you discussed a little bit of it but um can you go to that page and show us the revisions on that one really quick DC 172 DC local DC local well or just remind us what why we're removing this from it was on page 172 I think to DC local Employment Practices proposed revision my back I thought that remember I I remember I asked if this was getting rid of the progressive discipline discipline um and I can't remember what the answer was and that y'all said this was not part of the yeah the pur is it will be in
073our regulation right so it won't be in the policy but it's in our regulation how we follow the steps of progressive discipline yeah that's what they said so is that applicable to this on the atw employees yeah it's almost like oh the bottom part there the strike out the strike out yeah so this was a policy that didn't exist and now is is being inserted that's that's my memory and so I think that's what there was question marks on on we didn't have this policy in place before so it's not like it's an update or a change it's a complete new policy so I think that's what you were saying truste is why did we have a new policy did you did they remove it from the previous right no you're right okay I couldn't
074remember what why or how we striked it but Struck it but I think Miss train did say that this was the new this was the new I remember now I I didn't I I saw all the additions and omissions and everything that we did um were indeed done so thank you so much for that um my only thing is there's not seven trustees here tonight and policy is our law is what we go by and so I don't have a a issue tbling it until all seven are present but I also don't have an issue doing it tonight but just out of courtesy if everybody wants to wait for all seven I'm fine with that too yes no no action on it tonight we move it uh place it on the next meeting agenda okay
075I think that's a great recommendation and they all have a copy correct all board members yes yeah okay so so that they can review it so we'll just move it to the the motion is to table it yes only I mean I have no issue with it I saw you added everything and deleted everything and everything looks fantastic but just out of respect for everybody else okay it is policy and that's a great um consideration so motion is to table yes I make a motion you motion go ahead yeah I move to table item 10 C1 C1 second go ahead second I have a motion by trusty Lopez and a second by trusty Alisa all those in favor signified by saying I I those oppos signify by saying nay motion passes 4 Z we go
076to we'll go to 10 D3 yeah cuz they're not here yet we're going to skip over td2 and hope they make it um do we have any updates from them Natalie no they should be we're going to go on to td3 we'll come back toting we'll come back to td2 and after td3 report regarding the financial and investment report for the quarter of July to September 2024 Dres Miss Lorena Garcia our Deputy superintendent for business and operations will present the financials and investment report for the quarter of July through September of 2024 this item is for information purposes only go ahead Miss Garcia uh good evening um Madam president members of the board Dres before you you have the report uh the budget to revenues expenditures and encumbrances and this covers through the end of
077the month in September uh column a uh uh com and B compare last year's budget to uh column C and D which is this year's budget for the same uh period um and um revenues for the the current uh school year uh as of 9:30 this would include any budget amendments that the board has approved up to this date that date uh so the total for that would be m576 288 and then on the expenditure columns it's 27,600 203 and the reason why that number is larger is because you have approved carry forward projects uh that weren't completed in the previous year that have been amended as expenditures into this current year so that's why uh some of them are uh amounts that were budget amendments for uh special programs uh fund balances and uh
078carry forward purchase orders uh we do have a small Amendment for the additional need so that's why that that amount is greater as you can see at the bottom under revenues over or under expenditures last year we did finish the year quite successfully in terms of revenues being a little bit over almost 11 million uh over the expenditure so so we received almost $1 million more than what was spent last year leaving a uh preliminary ending fund balance of uh 145 m755 73 um and we are based on the current data we are projecting uh an ending fund balance preliminary for this year of 147 million um we also have attached the investment report and uh this is for the the quarter of July 1st to September 30th um our uh portfolio is at 152
079million of for the period and uh ending in November I'm sorry September 30th is was at 155 million um the report goes into some economic factors um impacting the market currently today so you know it's it's a good read if you're interested in that but uh getting to the good stuff as far as our um investment earnings uh for the quarter uh we had a total of $1.7 million for for for the investment earnings so we're still receiving a good yield on our investments so uh attached to that is a breakdown of all the different investment uh by security type and by fund um that breaks it down for the public to see and that information is available on our website so um that concludes the financial report uh please let me know if you
080have any questions okay thank you on that and our friends um art Burton McCumber are here so yes we're going to move over to item 10 D2 or move back to uh discussion and possible action of the annual comprehensive financial report for the year ended June 30th 2024 Dr guz the Texas Education Agency and board policy CFC requires that an annual audit report be prepared and approved by the board the annual comprehensive financial report for the year ended June 30th 2024 shall indicate whether the statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles Miss Lorena Garcia our Deputy superintendent for business and operations will introduce our independent and Auditors as an Administration we are recommending action in this on this item uh good evening uh today we have uh with us from Burton McCumber
081um Mr uh Ricky Longoria and uh Luis I'm sorry Lopez I'm sorry and they they will provide us a a summary of the annual uh comprehensive financial report that has been uh completed and this we have this booklet that we received from our audit report that there will summarize go ahead yeah U good evening board uh again my name is Ricky long with BML I'm here with Luis Lopez and we are here to present uh or the uh annual comprehensive financial report um certainly we did have the uh the opportunity to to meet with uh uh with the finance committee with the audit committee and and and and Dr gutieres and others I think we had a probably a good long 45 minute me I think uh and I felt that the topics that that
082we covered were were constru constructive um and uh and so it's not our intent really tonight to go over that entire meeting again uh but but rather to just to speak to a c a couple of items and certainly address any questions that you all may have with regard to the audit report um that workb that workbook or the actual Auto report that that you have is covers I think I just saw 21 pages so at your leisure if you ever want to go through it uh feel feel free to always reach out to us uh certainly we are here to serve you ever have a question a follow question that post post this meeting as a housekeeping matter I there are some things I do have to cover uh just because the Professional Standards
083uh required that I do before Luise kind of get gets into the to the number uh that included within the auto report uh and it's called the governance letter uh you all should have it as a separate probably stapled uh letter um my intent is not to read to you all verbatim the the the letter itself itself but just kind of speak to the highlights with within each particular section so if yall would allow me um just confirming again we're here to discuss audit of the financial statements of mizd for the year end of June 30th 2024 so I con certainly appreciate the fact that y'all were going through current information which I know is probably more valuable to you all at this time as you all work uh through uh through today's challenges and
084the for and the challenges that may come in in the future we as Auditors tend to be historians and so we're here to talk about the past again June 30th 2024 uh acknowledging that management is responsible for the selection and use of accounting policies um and also makes reference to the fact that there are footnotes included within within the audit report itself again some sometimes folks dive into the audit into the numbers themselves but numbers need to be taken in context and sometimes that context is provided within the footnotes within the audited financial statements acknowledging that our audit was conver was uh was uh performed accordance with government auditing standards and of course that that included a single audit uh the the school district uh did receive under the period audit about $70 million worth
085of federal funding and so that that requires that we expand the scope of our work to include a single audit acknowledging that uh that the audit report does include estimates um uh some folks you know assume that the audit that accounting is a science you know they always say Ricky debits equal credits and they do U but at the end of the day what goes into the numbers sometimes include includes estimates such as for example an allowance for uncollectible accounts and things and things of that nature I think it's important to to confirm to you all and to the public as well um that we encountered no no difficulties in uh in uh completing our audit um in fact at the end of our at the end of our report we we don't even have
086any findings in this this particular year we have in in the past we've come up with constructive things that that I know the school district has addressed but this year we had no no difficulties at all um and certainly we have the benefit of experience of working with you all staff and so that that kind of helped move things along uh and and and also acknowledging the fact that we had no disagreements with management during the audit process uh certainly as you you would expect and maybe even anticipate that certainly during the audit process there are conversations about certain things but at the end of the day they'll arise to a level that I would ever uh describe uh as a disagreement acknowledging that management again does did sign a representation letter acknowledging their responsibilities
087with respect to the financial statements um and other than that that's really just kind of overview of of the government's government's letter itself um I'm going to let Lise talk about a number or two and certainly we'll just open it up to questions okay thank you thank you Mr lber good evening uh before we get into the numbers uh just wanted to acknowledge and recognize uh the school district uh on page 10 you have the certificate of achievement for excellence in finan financial reporting um this award is awarded to governmental entities that present an annual comprehensive financial report which is above and beyond a an annual financial report it includes additional information uh uh Trends and Analysis uh in the back uh combining schedules so I want to congratulate the the school district for submitting
088last year's report and receiving this award as they have for many years uh in my understanding is that this report as well will be submitted uh for consideration for that award as Ricky mentioned we did me meet with the uh with the audit committee yesterday so my intent here is to keep it very short uh but one thing I just wanted to make men mention of probably one of the most important things on page 20 is our independent Auditors report we are issuing a clean opinion uh on the financial statements what that means is that in our opinion these financial statements as they are presented are presented fairly in all material respects so um the numbers as presented there were no errors as they are presented that that uh within those financial statements turning into
089page 39 focusing on on the general fund most important number that you're probably interested in interested in is where are we in our unassigned fund balance uh as of June 30th and we are looking again as of June 30th uh as Ricky mentioned we are historians we look at the past as of June 30th your un assigned fund balance was 93 93 million 73,74 uh at that level that that uh meets and actually exceeds the the minimum required uh by tea uh it's important to note there's a lot of uncertainty with the legislature we just had elections uh there's a lot of unknowns on on what's happening with school Finance in the coming year and Beyond uh with vouchers and things like that so it's important to continue to be conservative uh to make sure
090that you address any needs as they as they arise really that that's really all I really wanted we really wanted to just focus on on that fund balance we did have discussions about other other topics uh including the health insurance health insurance uh fund um and and what the district is doing uh in that record but with that if you have any questions we we'll be happy to answer those I don't have any questions I thought that the presentation yesterday was really great um I I do have concerns which I know we addressed about the um employee health um balance that we have which is very little um and then I from what I understand the workman's comp balance which is very high so I'm I'm excited um to see what you know Miss Garcia
091and and our benefits side can work together to ensure that um and I think also we mentioned as an employer we are submitting um very low compared to neighboring districts so I'm excited to see what compensation or what balance we can do to assist our families and our employees um with the rising cost of Health Care so thank you for bringing that to our attention sure question okay um yes thank you for all the information you shared with us as well and uh we um are happy that we got a clean audit and so thank you very much thank you to the team and everybody that worked on this particular project is the numbers are complicated and it's all good thank yeah thank you for the opportunity to allow us to be of service uh
092and thank you to the staff um everything went smoothly uh we were able we're here today presenting a timely audit kind of want to go thank you guys so much um Madam president I move that we um approve the annual audit report the annual conference and financial report for the year ended June 30th 2024 second I have a motion from trusty ali7 and a second from truste deara Lopez all those in favor signify by saying I all those opposed signify by saying nay motion passes 4 Z thank you Mr L thank you sir for coming by thank you gentlemen item 104 discussion and possible action of the Mallen Independent School District October budget amendment for fiscal year beginning July 1st 20124 and ending June 30th 2025 Dr Gutierrez Administration is recommending the approval of the
093October budget amendment for the 2425 fiscal year Miss Lorena Garcia our Deputy superintendent for business and operations will present the budget amendment we are recommending action on this item this budget amendment um has a very few uh changes to the budget as far as the the biggest one that we have on here is in regards to Food Service they had a uh grant that uh remained unspent at the end of the year it went into their fund 101 uh fund balance and now we're pulling it out of their fund balance so that they can spend that on food and some maintenance and repair uh type uses with that funding that amount is 358 797 and then in the capital projects uh we basically had uh a transfer that the net effect was Zero it was
094just from one function to the other and uh that's that's a summary of the budget amendment I move we approve the budget amendment second I have a motion by trusty Alis and a second by trusty Lopez all those in favor signify by saying I all those poos signify by saying a motion carries [Music] Z Item 10 D5 discussion and possible action of 2024 mallan ISD tax role Dr guer the property tax code requires a tax assessor to enter the amount of tax determined per section 26.09% the 2024 melen I tax role we are recommending action on this item we received the uh property tax roll for a tax levy for 2024 from Mr Paul vial ygo County tax assessor tax collector um it uh provides uh the tax roll amount for melen istd of course
095uh this is for uh current collections the budget is established at an estimated 96% tax collection rate of the current Levy plus then we have the Delinquent Tax collections as well uh the tax assessor provides the district with the monthly tax collection report which we do bring to the board and they also provide an annual report uh the the levy that was uh received the districts uh was based on the certified values of July 19th 2024 that was for Budget purposes um and in terms of the the uh latest information that we received from the tax assessor collector the district's um 2024 tax roll is 89 million 17,6 7564 uh that amount has decreased since uh we last reviewed it with the county uh appraisal district U and a lot of that has to do
096with uh the property value appeals uh that have been approved this number uh will also change a little bit more uh as some pending appeals are still in progress uh but uh we do require uh we are required that the board approve the tax role every year motion so moved second I have a motion by trusty Alis and a second by truste delara Lopez all those in favor signified by saying I I all those posst signify by say n motion carries 4 Z Item 10 D6 this item is being pulled um Dres yes we're going to pull this item we are going to bring it in the December 10 meeting we still have some more further review that we need to do in this proposal so we'll bring it back December the 10th thank you
097very much uh item 10e Board of Trustees items 10 E1 approval of Board of Education uh meeting minutes 10 e1a special board meeting October 21st 2024 um 10e 1B regular board meeting October 22nd 2024 Administration is recommending action on these items so moved I'll second I have a motion by trusty theara Lopez and a second by trusty paa all those in favor signify by saying I I all those opposed signify by saying n motion carries 4 Z Item 10 E2 approval of the resolution of the Board of Trustees from Mallen Independent School District expressing its votes for Appraisal District directors for the 202 through 2027 ialo County Appraisal District Board of Directors it is time for the district to vote on the candidates for the 25 2025 through 2027 term through a resolution for the
098idalgo county Appraisal District Board of Directors Administration is recommending action on this item do I read the resolution first okay let me read this resolution the resolution state of Texas county of idalgo whereas the chief appraiser of idalgo County appraisal district has called for the election of the ialo County Appraisal District board of directors and whereas Mallen Independent School District is entitled to cast a total of 400 votes in said election and whereas ballots must be cast at the first or second open meeting after receiving the ballot and must be returned no later than the third day following its adoption now therefore be it resolved by Mallen Independent School District does hereby cast 280 of 400 votes for Albert gardinas and 120 of 400 votes for Richard a gara for a total of 400 votes
099foral County Appraisal District Board of Directors 2025 through 2027 read passed and approved at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees for Mallen Independent School District on this 12th day of November 2024 second I have a motion by trusty Alisa and a second by trusty delara Lopez all those in favor signify by saying I I all those opposed signify by saying nay motion passes 4 Z congratulations Mr cardinas and Mr gara and item 11 recess to close session the Board of Trustees may go into close session pursuant to sections 551.071 551.074 55107 6 and 55 1.08 n Texas government code to discuss the following 11a Human Resources recommendations for school year 2024 2025 discussion of human resources employee resignation and retirees for school year 2024 2025 11c discussion regarding School Safety and Security 11d
100pending and or potential litigation 11e possible real estate AC acquisition at 7:01 we are in Clos session e e e at 8:08 p.m. we are back in Open Session item 13 Action on items in closed section session 13A discussion and possible action of Human Resources recommendations for school year 2024 2025 Dr guer Human Resources is submitting a list of recommendations for the 2024 2025 school year under a separate cover for discussion during close session move to approve we are recommending action on this item second I have an a motion by trusty vagara Lopez and a second trusty ala all those in favor signify by saying I I I all those opposed signify by saying nay motion carries 4 Z Item 13B discussion of human resources employee resignations and retirees for school year 2024 2025 DRZ
101Human Resources submitted a list of resignations and retirees for the 2024 2025 school year under a separate cover for discussion during close session this item is for information purposes only thank you and items uh 13 C discussion regarding School Safety and Security no action on that 13d pending and or potential litigation nothing report thank you Mr ball 13e possible real estate acquisition same announcement thank you Mr ball item 14 move toour second I have a motion from trusty Alisa and a second from trusty deara all those in favor of adjournment signify by saying I I I all those opposed signify by saying nay motion carries 4 Z we are adjourned at 8:09 p.m.