001Let's call this meeting to order of the board of trustees is March 17th, 2025. Happy St. Patrick's Day. We have I don't know what's going on with Lisa, but you'll be pinched later. I know. I'm gone all day. Okay. So, we have [Music] and then we'll follow. Dear Lord, we thank you for for your blessings for this uh this evening, bringing us here together. God, we thank you for uh the district, all the families, the teachers, staff, students, Lord, all that comp so blessed, so grateful for all that we have. Lord, and God, uh just first off, we bring before you these uh these families that that have lost and these communities that have lost, children can't imagine what the emotions, the things that they're feeling. God, I pray that God right now you be
002that source of strength when when all things look weak. God, help them to to feel comfort. Help them to deal with the grief, Lord, in all the way that you can. God, I pray that you just provide strength for immediate families as well as the friends and all those close to and and just help them God through this grieving process. We pray together and trust that you will be there for them in this very tough time, Lord. And God, we just ask tonight for your guidance throughout the course of the meeting. I pray for your direction. I pray for wisdom, guidance, clear thoughts, ease of expression, and uh the ability to to process the uh the items on the agenda, Lord, and work to the best possible outcome, Lord. And then we ask, [Music] Amen.
003to lead us in prayer, let me know. I know it a couple of times, but if anybody enjoys that, feels comfortable doing it, please let me know. Somebody else in the hot seat have to do it every time. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Do we have anyone for citizen participation? No one. Um, yes. I don't know if it would be better to speak now or if I should wait until it gets to that time on that action items, but do you think it would be better if it's brought up and because it might answer some of the questions I already have? Are you going to speak on that calendar?
004Yes, I think I think now it's good. Yeah. Go ahead. Well, I'm not sure exactly what calendar is being presented. Well, the calendar the hybrid calendar the 184 contract. Yes. So, I just well I had a some questions on it. I didn't know um like how that was decided if that was something that could be answered like what calendar would be. I know that we it was given to us were teachers were supposed to vote on it and within like a 24-hour period so I know some people didn't vote on it. Um but I didn't know how the two were picked. I know the last time we kind of had discussed it we mentioned having like a committee meeting about it and then we didn't have a committee meeting about it and so I was
005curious. We have a calendar committee and you had a four days a week committee. There were two different committees and so we do have a calendar committee. The comm asked about that. I had sent email and asked about it was told to have one and then we didn't have one. I think an email went out as far as well in the middle school campus was the calendar was voted on by every teacher in the district that had the opportunity to vote. Okay. So that yeah, that's what I'm asking. I just I'm on that DEIC committee meeting and so I had asked them would have it to kind of come up with a calendar because the only two calendars that were presented was one of the 4day one and then one that's basically what we have
006right now currently. Um so that's why I was wondering where that committee had come from because we didn't have a committee meeting. I know that a few people were asked to come over, some teachers were asked, but I know that it wasn't a D committee meeting. So after the after the February meeting where we discussed this, there was not a deep I'm sorry. Is it DEIC? Yes, sir. meeting. As far as I know, I'm on it and I was going to send an email about it. I know none of nobody else on campus on my campus anyways that's on usually the DEIC committee just gives suggestions and things like that. And so we've had we had two meetings, but we didn't have one after you sent me the email. We did we did But usually
007they just give suggestions on on different things, right? And usually in years past it's just gone to the teachers, you know, the faculty to vote on to vote on so few people come up with their calendar or how does that I must be. I thought that we would have the committee meeting and that's just where I'm confused at. I did not bring it in here with me, but I did a little research on four day schools. Okay. And I I will tell you that two different studies that were made um both of them said that that teachers loved it and that um it was a little more cost effective, but you had to accept the fact that test scores went down. and in all good faith um when it said test scores went down and
008two different ones the rand one and the one from commissioner of education both said that it did affect test scores compared it to co now I didn't vote when it went out but but if I had voted I would have not voted for less instructional days I know the minutes are what counts but It's still if you if you put all those minutes together with the attention pan span that some of our kids have. I just think it was not something that I felt comfortable with. But like I said, I truly did not vote. I didn't cast a vote. But u my recommendation would have been after after reading that um said test scores were down in the 4 day school. Commissioner Education said that very plainly. So um and and two, you know, this
009all happened very quickly before the last board meeting. I think this kind of thing is something that you need to have over a longer period of time. Certainly when you asked to come to the board meeting, I would never tell you no that you couldn't come to a board meeting and present anything. But I just think that it was it didn't give us enough time of calendar you submitted was u didn't have quite enough minutes. It was unclear whether there were enough minutes. I didn't look at that one real closely. The other one that was presented I think it hadund and what 160 something work days I can't remember. It was like 16 less work days. So currently at the moment we're at 187. Well we this year we were 187. If you notice that
010there's a place in here that I've asked you to to change that for the three days for Yeah. to 184, which is still three more days of not of teachers not reporting. And and when we have inservice days, you always know that we say, you know, come in at 8:30, uh, leave a little early. Um, it's it's not a full be over the head work day. I know that that it sounds good, but when it said test scores went down, I just yeah, I wouldn't have continued to pursue it if I would have looked and saw that test went down because what I had found didn't say that. So on their research, well, this was a commissioner study and the Rand Corporation study, two two studies, and they were recent and they said test scores
011were affected. Yeah, I kind of I looked at some And I also looked at some different schools that were already four days and just trying to look at on paper taper to see what it had said. Um, but I I wouldn't have continued to pursue it if I didn't feel like I had a backing. Like you'll hear a lot from me. I'm sure you are hearing from me. But I know I'm constantly being reached out to in person and over text by several different teachers that either just can't make it to these meetings or are too afraid to speak out or more introverted than I am and know that I'm not going to speak up or know that I will speak up about it for them. Um, but I wouldn't have continued to pursue it
012if we didn't have 83% of staff that voted for it and then 70% of the community that voted for it. It seems to really want it and the staff that was teachers the teachers was over 95% that had wanted it and and like I said, I know that we're well above our our test scores and that I know as a teacher that I can still maintain those test scores. I believe that you could absolutely believe you could, but I don't think that I don't think that everyone can even though I think we have great teachers but co effects are still here with us. Uh I hear teachers all the time in the elementary school especially saying how much more difficult it is with our younger kids and I just don't see less days with them.
013So is this like the presentation with 83% of the staff that was so for the you're saying 83% of the staff at your school daily I sent it out to the entire including the hourly that was wanting to go four days I don't know the results of this one I haven't got to see it I don't know if you all have seen the results of this the calendar the calendar sent out it was it was close but it was 52% I I believe or something like that 54%. What was the other one? Just just for information sake. How many days? 170. I have I just And so then so you send two versions of the calendar and then all teachers vote on it. Yes. So I don't I don't know. Like I said, I didn't
014see the results of this one. I just know out of 83% of staff is voting for it, 95% of the teachers that were for it, it's like it's hard to believe that the they all of a sudden voted for basically a fiveday one after the 4 day one, you know. And I talked to 35 to 40 teachers and every single one that I spoke to voted for the the Monday soft one and not the 184 one. So I just didn't I was just curious to see I didn't bring a Monday. I didn't I would speak for my and I really value everything you have brought brought to the DIC meeting and you've brought to this committee. I do think it is something definitely I I I mean pursuing the future I do agree with what
015Dr. I feel like part of it like when the initial email was sent out I don't think anyone really knew me. It basically was the first question is would you like 4 day a week? Yes. Okay. That sounds good. So I do think there was a lot because then I was just bombarded with all these questions. I thought I don't even know. And I think that that's where the communication was a breakdown is that we I didn't really know enough to even communicate with the teachers of well this is what we're talking about. So, I do think that moving forward, I think that getting together early on, like she said, and really having hammered out, I will say I do probably have the largest amount of paras on my campus and hourly workers. And I
016think they were all against it. And I think that because they also had the support of a lot of the teachers, they did not want to see them. It was just questions that were unanswered. Like I thought if we had had longer to work on it and to get together and like starting early in the school year and had all those things ironed out, I think it probably would have looked different on my campus. Yeah. But and I think that's why that they did not it was close. It wasn't like miles apart, but I do know four pair professionals on your campus were very strongly for it. And I didn't have any pair of professionals vote against it on my 4 day month. And like you said, there was probably a lot of questions in
017the that I had sent out. Um, and the minutes were not something that I was trying to include. And that was what I thought the EIC committee like that was what that was for was to kind of iron out. That was going to be my question is the meeting that you thought that they were going to have was going to iron out those questions, right? The calendar that I've been creating was not something that was immediately supposed to be because I know that it's up to the principles to decide the start time and end time and I didn't want to decide that for each campus. So, I was just trying to put some days in there and then I thought at the committee meeting is when we would kind of say, "Okay, here's our start
018time. So, we need to add a day here. We could take a day here or whatever we needed to do." I was just trying to give a Monday's off or Fridays off or Monday then Fridays, whatever we needed. Um, so the whole the minutes thing was not something that I was trying to think ahead. I thought we would have another meeting to be able to do something like that. These two versions are very I mean 170 and 184 that's very different. That's a lot of days. They're a lot of days. Okay. So this So the one that we're looking at is three days less than what we did this last year. What's the what's the legend? Green is what? Blue. Okay. So green here. Look at this. This is brought Yeah. is a legitimate holiday
019that everybody gets out. I will speak for my campus. When it first came out, a lot of teachers were excited about it because if you tell a teacher, hey, your fictional word, fantastic. However, you say, by the way, could impact not just your salary but that person that's working with you salary too that question was never answered what how is it actually that was my feedback and I welcome her and I appreciate her starting this she got hung up some school districts it works for them some school districts it doesn't um and I agree with it's not something it needs to be a thoughtful process people need information because otherwise you say hey you're going to get these days all off because the initial survey that's what impression at least from the people that came
020to me is we get every Friday off my response is all right about our spring how do you do spring with one less day every just there's too much but they can iron it out it's fantastic the district But I think that's something that it needs a lot of time to talk through. A lot of people around the table. So I think that who I think it was in your data it said something about um how people felt when they got it and it got taken away and it was like it was horrifying after after you had four and it got taken away from me. And so I definitely So that's kind of what sounds like there when you're talking about that. It's it's like yeah it sounds really really good. Well what if you
021got that test course and then be taken away? So I'm assuming then and we're talking about kind of baby steps. So we're taking three days away and then it'll be on the table for possibly some more. Absolutely. Because there's a lot of space between between in in my mind between 170 and 184. There's a lot of district. Yeah, that's it's not getting paid for a full year, which is fine. You know it professional days are professional days. It would be everybody including me. But of course I work next week. So I'm just strange. I do value what you said and I truly believe Kenzie that you would get the same results because I know you. I know how hard you teach but I don't know if you could go to first grade and do it.
022Yeah, that's the thing. If if we're really still fighting that battle of kids that didn't have that jump start and they stayed home with parents and they um weren't out in public, we just see it and and I read it all the time. But when I went online and started asking about it, it the first two I got back was the Rand Corporation and it said it's great. You know, it does cost less, teachers love it, but along with it comes Lord. It didn't say significant. It said more test. The commissioner said that right up front and he said that like two or three weeks ago. His his comment was really brand new and you probably wouldn't have seen it when you did reset. The Athens people never um got back to me. I called
023and called and called and they would not return my call. See that the commissioner is against it. He had done a voucher or something that was taken away some of the days which wouldn't affect us but I see that he was against that. So that's not surprising. No, he is boss. When we vote here in a little bit, is there a specific number of days or is that an open? How is that worded on there? I don't think that's all specific the number of days for the It's on the calendar. Yeah, the calendar that So, okay. So, I'm referring to not approving the calendar. I'm referring to 6.3 where we where we reduce the contract days. Is there a specific number of days that you're going to say on that? You're going to match them?
024Did I not put the number? It's back to 180. 184. Okay. So, what's on that calendar? It's three days. Okay. All right. And so then I'm I'm assuming from this discussion that in the future there's a possibility of maybe maybe four days, maybe five days. Absolutely. Absolutely. But I just think we have to do baby steps right now. Does that help to kind of answer some of those questions? It may not be exactly what you want to hear. I completely understand that. But I I am very happy that everyone's willing to discuss it and kind of move forward and say, "Okay, did it work with three days less? Can we make a little bit more a bigger bite?" And kind of see how it goes instead of having to go in reverse and then add
025days on. I definitely want to do that after we cut back. I have just some food for thought. I talked to one of my friends from she had kind of heard like we were discussing this and she told me I really hope that passes because I would consider moving my kids to so I mean I know that obviously we said this year I'm just saying she really said she would consider bringing them here because she liked the idea so much I would hope I would hope she would want to move her kids here because of our academics not because they're having more days off I think it depends with their lifestyle I said the same about the teachers like hiring process. I've been on like hiring committees for Dan for several years now and I'm
026always so surprised that we don't have more people wanting to apply. Our pay is great and the kids are great and we have great test scores and we're a rated campuses. We have all of this that it's never made sense why we don't have very many people apply here and then a lot of people that I talk to that are teachers here now or that teach other places. That is a big thing that they bring up and it's so surprising because we have so many positives here. But I I do see that being a thing in the future of not just kids but people wanting to come because of those days that we would have more than one applicant period position. So yeah, we appreciate that information and thank you for doing all that work
027and research. I know that was a whole time. Okay, let's move to um the consent agenda. approval of the previous meeting. I think no one had any changes. Correct. I think comparison of revenue to budget. Well, we're pretty much on gone. We spent 51% collected 61%. So, everything's going well. Remembering that that teachers approve their salaries, we approve it for them. So they get paid off so okay and then the collection report still that time of year where we're getting sizable collections $691 $681,43.50 The last time any questions about looking for a motion to approve the consent agenda to approve this present Okay. Sorry. Were you going to say something? I was tell we have enough donations and gifts. Um, okay. So, campus reports and program reviews. Do you want to add very short list?
028It's that time that you want to say boring. It's not boring to teachers, but it's that time where everybody down and they are teaching. So, we're definitely at crunch time getting ready for star which will quickly be approaching. I think our first t test date is April the 9th. So, everyone set that up will be our language arts. So, everyone's really working hard getting students out of spring breaker back into academic mode. Um we have all our tail pass testing is complete. Um we did that before we left for spring break. Uh next week we will be starting starv. Um second grade went on a fun field trip before we left for spring break. They went to um the science museums. I think they had a really good time. We had a great dress up
029week reading across America. We had a good competition with teachers. It was really cute. Um so we had a little competition with teachers for best dress. Um That's pretty much it. We are just really trying to get things done and lots to do in a little time. Yeah, that was that was really good. And the fact that you can put it on social media and that you know people in the community all of a sudden are like what is this? And just seeing how into it that they get and they get to interact with the voting dark this [Music] morning. It was different. So um from a principal's perspective, I'm very excited because um I have completed all t test appraisals and for principles. That's a really that's a really big milestone. So now we're
030just finishing up their other TIF observations. Um we're really excited. I want to steal some of um Mr. Thunder, but we have 45 seventh and eighth grade band students that are going to be in the inaugural Cisco Band Festival and that will be on the 19th. So, it'll be kind of quiet on the campus. We might have a few drills that day. Just saying. It'll help get us in and out quickly. That didn't get recorded, you know. Yes. Just kidding. Just kidding. Just kidding. We We won't do it that day. We'll do it the next day. So, we had some really fun things and um we had our first parent family engagement night. We had bean gloat and it was well supported. We had 60 parents and students and the cupcat den and we had
031nachos in me. That was his dinner that night and it was fun. We played until there were no prizes and we finally had to say we got to go home. But they had a great time and we finally got to have our spring spring dance. Um, it was well turned out. Um, we had some interesting dance moves on the floor. So, as always with sixth grades, it's always entertaining. Um, and then we we sent our kids off on a dodgeball game because we did do instruction in there. I do promise you that. So, but we needed a little bit of attention break because when they they go hard, they go hard, they go hard, and um that last day you're just holding on to that thread and you give them something with the dodge ball.
032They put that ball in their hand and all that tension just kind of leaves and they go home on a fun day. But our teachers, we're getting ready for STAR. We start um April 8th and 9th, the 15th, the 16th, and the 23rd and 29th. And then we um do our MAPS testing following that. So, our little junior high grains are going to be tested out by May 16th. So, but we're looking good. Um the teachers are working hard getting the data done. Um I know that we all stress like we all believe like if I could just have one more week, I know they'll be ready. But, um I think the kids are feeling that a little bit of stress and that anxiety moment. So, we're trying to kind of let them be kids
033and do the fun things like with the band trip. we know we should be getting ready for that, but they've got to do the other things. They're still competing in some of the their a shows and that's very important part of their life as a junior high student. So, um but we're doing really well. We're we're just we're aiming we're aiming strong. We're we want that mastery to continue on there. We we're very competitive and we like being competitive. So, gets us going. Okay. [Music] [Laughter] All right. So, they all kind of cover some of the stuff. Here's high schools. So, we are two. We finished till obviously. Um, we finished our dual credit midterms went really smooth despite having some Wi-Fi outages in the middle of some of them. Miss Harris did a fantastic
034job in this making sure all that went smooth. Um, we're gearing up for the ELC. We have sent some teachers uh a handful of teachers various content ELC teachers to various um professional development opportunities with lead forward and the service center and then also curriculum um t test and TIA we are not 100% done but we're really dam close for left. So uh two of which are out on maternity leave right now. So um as of right now we have seven out of 11 teachers that have tia distinction. Um some highlights of recent competitions. We had an a mechanics team go down to Austin uh the first weekend of spring break. Um it was very much a learning opportunity. Um some of those trailers were 60 to $80,000 of materials. Ours is not. However, our
035kids learn a lot from that opportunity. They're actually going to bring that trailer back, make some adjustments to and I think they're going to enter in blend which is another competition. So fant excuse me fantastic program right there. And then also we'll present next month. I give you all the updates on all the successes we've had in regards to our stock shows. We're wrapping those up right now. Esports team will start their competitions this Friday and one at play advanced to by district. So um we do have two field trips coming up. We have a leadership field trip that is every one of our student our class officers our officers at National Honor Society um student council. Um it comes from about I think 20 some odd kids. We're going to down to Austin. We
036got on a tour of the capital. Mr. Burles's got some connection down there. So, we've got behind the scenes tour. Then we're going to drop in museum tour of that as well, which is a fantastic museum. All of Texas history is going to top golf at the end of the month and they're doing a physics lesson that associates with that as well. The next two pages I've given you, those are just tentative dates of the things that are coming down at the high school between now and the of the year. So when I say the high school is busy, this is what we're talking about busy. Okay. On top of that, we found out today that our mid our final exams for our dual credit kids fall same time we're given the end of course
037exam for algebra. So we'll have to make some adjustments to our plan on that for that testing day. But then there's all those days. We also want to highlight um Miss Aenshine has uh she gives the community health worker industry based certification. We had kids that achieve that. Um, so she she'll be sending that off and making sure all that information is put in there for their kids. Tell us about um Bass Club. Oh, Bass Club. I forgot about Bass Club. Well, Bass Club um we have two teams that compete on all the things. They compete um end of the month. Um if they catch a fish, they will advance. Right now, we have one of the two teams that has qualified as long as nothing changes, but we need them to go and catch
038some fish. It's at Brownwood. So, I talked to them today. They're pretty excited about that just at Ov, which is a tough lake that really restrict on the type of fish, type of bass, and then also all that kind of stuff. So, that was a tough one last year was a tough one for this year. Um, however, we did have one of our students that got the big bass. So he actually got the big bass award for catching the biggest caught with about five minutes left the security [Music] partner myself Mike will be attending I guess with me and Mike is going to go with us We're going to go to the Homeland Security and Cyber Security Infrastructure Agency. Uh they're going to part they partnered with the Texas School Safety Center and they're going
039to talk uh cyber security and they're going to do table talk exercises. Uh during this they're going to talk about our cyber security plans and that's one that we worked on this year to send the Texas school safety center. They sent it back. We sent it back. They sent back signature. We sent it back but they haven't accepted ours and so we'll be right there talking to some of the ones that have not been accepted. Um that one of the other things they're going to talk about is the uh district vendor management plan and district communications annexes and I think that's going to be next summers that we have to work on. So we'll get kind of a head start maybe on those kind of things. And so I don't know any anything about these
040funds to hear. Uh, I'd like to invite everybody to our uh, fall I mean our spring school safety and security team meeting Wednesday, March 6, 26, March 26 for school safety and security team meeting 4:00 in the high school library. Please mark your calendars, come up with us. It's posted on our website. So forget, you can go in there and look on our postings. Um the elementary and the high school both have had their external door audits now from TPA. Uh we're [Music] still and there has been no findings. Everything has been absolutely wonderful. We're Fort Knox. So we're keep going check in every week. And the last one came when the power was out on half of our half of our school district. Yes. And we had person manning in the front door if
041you came in a high school and they look at the office and they get yes the door we said we go out it was just crazy after the band um Kathy said the junior high and the high school are all going to go to Cisco this be the first time we've taken a junior high used to take him a long time ago to do solos but we've never played junior high on stage but with the addition of Maddie we're allowed we can actually do this Now we combine seventh and eighth grade about 45 of us going. Uh they've got a great concert to put on. They had a chance to actually go from stage and then going to site reading what the high school has to do for UIL. Uh and since one act play
042bumped us because we would have went to UIL prior to spring break, but we're going to go April 3rd on a Thursday. So we're going to take the high school and get some feedback how we can get a little bit better before we go to UIL and use it as a clinic for us. So we're really about taking both groups that day and week after spring break. What kind of crazy man director does that but anyway so that that's going to be this Wednesday. Um 12 students competed in the UIL solo ensemble. 11 of those were a first division at UIL and four of them qualified state this year. Three seniors and a sophomore. The seniors were Zayen Bane, Logan Sherard, and Laura Sperlin. And the sophomore is Elena. And so her and see a
043sophomore glow because she's such a quiet sh. Anyway, we're pushing hard towards the end of the year. This has nothing to do with I will make sure that that's done every year. Did you do like a table and then they put us against the wall? It wouldn't let me hang up. Is that really well attended by people? I think I estimated what we think about schools. The only kind of geographically near us. So you can get a hold of people before others can there. I thought it was really I thought was really We went to the earlier one and it was just a job fair and that was not that was not good at all. I mean it just too random. I mean I think we were the only school there but the other this
044is the one we should go to. Yeah. It was very nice. That's good. That's our very first time to go right. This was this wasn't the all majors. This was just education. Yeah. Perfect. I guess so whether you need people or not just Get your name out there. Oh, well, we're still in the planning process for our AR PEP and our P tech. It's it's just a long process on the planning, but it's going well. And other than that, we're just sending our entitlements away like we're supposed to. And we'll just start applying again soon for and do compliance reports and different things for TIA application. TIA application. Yes. Um that's a process uh even for the ones that u have earned designations for this time. But we will do our modification application on the
04515th of this month. If we're going to add any teaching positions to that, we'll do it. And there's a couple of them that have moved from one position to another. We'll make that change. We'll have to get that that position in our application, modification application, and every year we add something to it. Do you have to after someone gets TLA, you know that there's that guaranteed fiveyear window? Do you have to turn something in on that teacher every year turn in like that? Yes. Yes, we do on all the teachers that that are that our uh u our their class is their grade. I guess their course is uh for designation. And then we have to uh every year we do these teachers whether they're they want to participate in the U TIA or not.
046They have to have their observation and we put everything in. We just don't you know you put no designation and you wouldn't necessarily have to but what they tell you is if you don't have enough data submitted. So if all those that get it don't turn in any data for the next four or five years then those trying to get it right won't be able to get it because there's not enough data. All right. So, do you get anything for like if you have between the three uh campuses, if you have a certain number of teachers that get TIA, does our does our district get anything? No. We just hope this keeps sending the money. But I usually at the end of when I send it in, I usually run the scatter plot because that
047she's good at that. to see if everything is in line, whether their growth is in line with their observation and if not I have to have an explanation. But usually the past two years our scatter plot has been really really nice. a nice trend and so it's I always say there is there is a bill that supports TI for the future and and and actually increases the amount that teachers will be receiving fairly significant it's very um facility projects update well mainly it's just ongoing maintenance right now uh we are If any of you have little kids that have participated in anything at the old gym lately, you know that the plumbing does not work very well over there. So, we've been trying to get some people to give us some prices on fixing it
048so that we can support the toilet more than one time during a ball game. And um because it it was just great the first time and maybe not the second or third. So anyway, we're working on that. Um getting additional bids for um or proposals, excuse me, proposals for the elementary gym restroom because that's still there. And and just other than that, on our wish list, just keeping everything up to date and clean and light fixed and how redone. Have you back? Yes, I have. And it's great and thank you very much for making sure that the softball scoreboard is not working again. Things got stolen and it's working now. So appreciate that. Well, it was partly the weather. It was partly the weather. The back of it, something burned out and then we couldn't
049find the controls. I think it's working. So yeah, that's good. That is good because some of the people are not real reliable at keeping in the stands, especially when it's tied, you know, a bunch to a bunch. But anyway, everything's going well and the fields look nice. They really do our best and softball fields. And I've had many, many people say how wonderful it is to have restrooms. And it's wonderful to still have the ones in the outfield working because people that park out there have access back up whatever they were digging around on. So, it's really working well. um board training opportunities. Do we know yet about our spring? Uh I it is going to be in May. I'm not exactly sure the date, but it will be as soon as I know that
050we're there is one in May. There's one in Dublin, but I think I don't want to go to but I don't want to go to Dublin. I know I know our Dublin was good. Not well received last time. So it's just a smaller group. You had more people in LA. So, uh, there is going to be and it's it's like May the 9th or something somewhere in there. I'm not exactly quite sure. So, anyway, I'll let you know. All right. Well, let's move to the action item. 6.1 is the consideration. Well, we're going to skip that one. We don't have any donations and gifts this time. Um, so somebody needs to go out and Well, we'll have a lot next time. It is It is that time of year for people to start donating. and
051things. So, we'll have a lot. Um, okay. So, this is the 6.2 consideration approval of the 2526 calendar and that is this um hybrid option with the 184 contract days and I try to compare it to compare and figure out what I thought they added in specific. I think that it is an additional day on spring break. Am I right? and an additional day ongiving. I got that. But this one has that day already there. It may be day 17 days There's also Okay, let me ask this question. That light blue. I thought you were going to make this go on the 18th. Okay. All right. Okay. Any questions about the calendar? So, so for clarity as far as like if you want to have this more discussion about how it's all going to work
052out, when do you need to start having that discussion so it's not rushed for next year? Probably now. Yeah, probably after we approve this one, then that that process needs to get rolling in the fall when we come back. I I just think that that it was too soon um to make sure we had all the is covered and and I'll just tell you as long as it says that it hurts test which means the learning u I just I just don't see us going there until we can prove that that less works for Yeah, I definitely think it goes back to that conversation that we had last meeting when we're talking about actual like not it's not it can't be called it the four day weekend it can't be I mean this this one
053is really I don't know if y'all seen that the other version like that first um we discussed that the first half of the year would be lunch alone but then you can't do that because after spring break you must be in attendance all five days for for all of April for testing and and at least the first half of May for testing so let's get a little hairy spring and we always think that fall is busy until until spring rolls rolls around. And it is spring is so busy, especially the secondary schools, the middle school, and then the high school is just non-stop. Uh I heard a parent the other day say that their child was not in the school, but over a two two week period, they were only going to class one day
054because of sports and egg and whatever. They just weren't, you know, and they're and they're good students. They were, you know, they're not how hard it was to try to keep up with everything because of all the days that they're missing already. So, um anyway, spring is a nightmare for um making sure everybody did y'all to look up how many days they're on. All all we did was talk to the ones that voted against it. Well, I was just I was thinking about you talking about that Kamichi family and I mean that would make sense if it would be a close vote because Dublin Kamichi have talked about this and they haven't been able to so Kamanchi couldn't figure out their hourly people. Dublin could uh their teachers voted against it. That's what I was
055told or the parents or teachers won. Anyways, they tried to do that and it got voted out. I know teachers we were told teachers voted against it because they were told even because on their district innovation plan it didn't allow them to reduce the number of days like ours does. So yeah, they're not That's right. So I mean it is definitely benefit to be a district ination. Um okay so sorry Rachel I think I interruped you. So for clarity purposes oh you said that you're going to so you start the process sooner with the idea that maybe you can shave even a couple more days off as long as you don't get into a true 4 day situation. Is that Well, I don't even add that caveat. I'm I'm not averse to a weekly. I'm
056just averse to affecting learning, right? But if you've got kids already, they come one day and two weeks. And I know that's an extreme that is an extreme extreme one, but looks like a 4 day week would facilitate they would miss that much class. I know some several high school students that extra day would be catch up on the work that they saw. Well, years ago in spring break the there were districts that instead of taking spring break, they take off every Friday which really facilitated athletics and um the 4 day week that I said was just a junior high campus in it allowed them to go do their activities. They were all rodeo workers all that they allowed them to go do their activities. They were a students as well which made make them
057miss minimal dates and like I said you know our scores went up they weren't significant. Well, I just wanted to make sure that like when someone does put forth all the effort that she put forth that it was really thoroughly talked about as the administration really talk about that and they really listen to what because a lot of people generated a lot of buzz and now I've heard a lot of people say that they would like to have that and so just want to make sure that that that conversation is is forthcoming and that we don't ever quash anybody's ideas of new innovative different things to try that they're allowed to bring those forward. always calendar. Yeah, he we're going to do them both separately, but that's all right. So, we've got a motion by
058Derek to approve 6.2. Looking for a second? All those in favor of that calendar. Okay. Um okay 6.3 is the consideration and approval of the professional contract days for 2526 as that is a reduction 3 days down to 184 well everybody though like principles were 226 oh sorry everyone's not just the teachers everyone's professional contract will days. No, approve it. You can pay the secretary. Yeah. Okay. That was that was never considered, right? But it and it doesn't affect the hourly. I will have to adjust it, but I can do that. You're going to keep them the same. Yes, but I I'll have to It's going to be a a change. It's going to be a real nightmare trying to do it. But we can do that. But make it happen. Yeah. Okay. Y'all will
059do that when you approve the budget. But we will do it because I we have people that don't like very much anyway especially in that category. So we'll make sure they do not get penalized for it. Okay. So their annual numbers stay the same. The hourly come up to the three. remembering that if we raise our rate and we ever went back hasn't Austin said that they could possibly do away with anybody that was there was a bill last year last year two years ago and two years ago they there was a bill that made it fair along to do away with the 4 day week they've also tried to increase the student that would cause it make it very difficult week when they when they went from days to minutes. That's when all this
060confusion happened. And so some people lengthen the school day and so that they could have more days off. So it's and we a little bit of that. But teachers Yeah. But teachers still are days, professional people are still days. They're not minutes. They're not minutes. And so it's it's really made it confusing. But I think this is a is a good compromise. I know the ladies that were here just now don't feel like it was a very good compromise. But it that's two those two had a huge difference. There's a huge difference. I mean it's a lot of days and and it happened so quickly. I know that that they tried to get out a survey to the community. Lots of people commented they didn't get it. I know obviously don't to the editor didn't
061get it. Um but um he has no children. He said he had no children in school. Whatever. I know John. I sit by him in church every Sunday, but I never mentioned it to him. But he did call me ahead of time before it was in the paper to give me a heads up that he had done it. and and I said, "Well, thank you very much." And he does speak exactly what he thinks all the time in the church. So, uh I think that that I had a lady stop me and I still don't know her name. I was over at Brad's exercising at noon one day and and she stopped and said, "Why do you ever think of doing this?" And I was on the treadmill. But anyway, it didn't get out enough.
062There was not enough community discussion and I think people get busy and they don't answer their emails and they don't do input. But I think if we start early enough and they fine, but this is actually still three less days of work. It's a bit of a a bit of a downer after all the hype of it. It's just hard to Well, but like I said, when it said test scores are down, I I just know that's why we're here. No, we're not here for test scores. We're here for learning. Well, we're here for learning, but test scores are an indicator that learning has that learning is not there. Well, and I agree with you. I think we're But it's the law. But speaking of that, I also saw something about getting rid of district
063of innovation. Yes, that's the other thing. They think that people are taking advantage of district of innovation and they which I thought would impact the Yeah. So, um they they actually have talked about that. I don't think I don't think it has legs, but it might because there's really the district of innovation. It's pretty much you write it, you send it in and yeah, there's really not a lot of it's kind of structured, right? And then we can we can make our amendments as we go along. Yeah, a lot of districts are doing that in order to hire non-certified people. I think that was the big issue. I think that's that I think that was it, but it would do away with a lot of other says those lazy teachers. I didn't say that. You
064my our teachers are not late. They work. But this is still a little This is three days. Um where are we? Did we approve this yet? 6.3 motion with the other one. Derek, would you like to motion again? I'll second it. Okay. All those in favor of and one. Yeah. Uh, okay. 6.4 consideration and approval of the for the AR. You want to talk about this? Uh, it is I did put it. It's not on your computer. It is in your packet. That's why you got a package. We did uh send it to our attorney to look at to see if it was a goodou and they sent it back and said it was. Uh Vicki, this is um Vicki has been putting this together at the service center. Uh she's working on the application
065to send to Tika for this and this is just our contract with the service center being our third party entity and it's Um, I don't have it here in front of me, but uh, it's it's a goodou and we just need to have it u approved and signed so we can go ahead and go through the archest process. Terl's on that committee with us. So, so you [Music] read a great too. Opportunities. Yes. They said it was a real good one. They did. They they sent back and said it was a good one. You know, if we needed to get more specific on some things, we could do that later. But he thought it was very good. Very good. And I'm assuming Justine sent theirs to their attorney too to look at because Vicki sent
066it back. She even talked to TEA a lot on it to make sure things I feel good about a motion on that one. Thank you. All those in favor and now the consideration approval of student athletic accident insurance. Okay, I brought this to you. This is the we have the one we have this year is um is the not that one, not the first one. It's it's the AIG. an accident. It did not increase the same as it was last year. We got another proposal from uh players health. I have actually in a former life had this insurance and it was it was good. We are not as pleased with AIG though health is a little bit cheaper about $1,000 cheaper for the year. Um, I don't know which one I recommend. I think they're
067both good. Sometimes it's just as well to stay with the the horse you've been riding. And so, but we've been with AIG for many, many years. I just don't and we hadn't been able to get another quote that was comparable and we did this year. So, I just thought I had to bring both of them to you all so that you knew. Um, are the claims very easy to work with? They are. They are. Of course, this is one of those things that kicks in after your family insurance does. And so, and if there is no family insurance, then it pays so much. Not everything so much. Um, say that again. It takes you have to turn in your family. Your family pays first. No, it does not. Your family insurance pays first and then
068this kicks in later. Uh it also includes like something while I was looking at this and I meant to say this to you that we had this kid that had his glasses broken. Yes. There is actually one of these I can't remember which one actually for playground glasses getting broken that will pay something. That's far better than Yeah. Was it anyway? So, but it is both. Yeah, it is on the other one, too. But but the thing that that I think is it's just good to have it for our younger kids because some there is not some just to go with athletics. My recommendation is to go to Premier Plus, which is everybody field trips. extracurricular. So AIG doesn't offer the full No, they both do. They both school time. Okay. School time. It's just
069the difference between if you want to go with a new one and save $1,000 or we want to stay with the people that we've been with and know that I will tell you when I was long view that had this kind of insurance I didn't have much dealing with them but this is what they had for athletic insurance they long view does not have them anymore somebody else does but but at that time they did anybody have a thought on it if you're happy with one you got and are easy to work with. Keep keep You're going to have to relearn a whole another way of of doing that motion. This first one you said like so it covers kids going on field trips. This one doesn't. The second one doesn't. I think it does.
070Oh, that's what I'm trying to ask. Yeah. So, it doesn't matter. They don't have to be playing sports for this to cover as long as you can buy the playground. The way I understood it, they're equal against equal. 10th or 12th line there says including coverage. Yeah, they're they're fairly they're fairly equal. One of them plays more here and a little more. But this Dr. Boswell said they don't either one pay a lot. It's a circle. It is. Okay. All right. All those in favor with sticking with the insurance. So, I've actually So, before we've had a policy that was man on my children and the kids have gotten hurt at school and toss anyway. So, I had to turn in his insurance and then what it didn't pay. I asked the school and the
071school provided me with theirs and the schools it did pay and it was whatever this other one because it's been I mean it's been a couple years but I'm assuming it's the same one it's always been so I mean was it fantastic no it was not supposed to be did it job though good yeah so when we had this we had it for a little while and Josh was on here quite a bit for age and he said it did it job Well, then the motion is to stay with what we have. Second. Yes. All those in favor to stay with everyone. Okay. And Cody. Yeah. My question. He made the motion then I asked the question. And yeah, that's where we got lost. And then I made the second to carry without telling y'all.
072Yeah. Over here. I got it. Um, so number seven is personnel. We have the consideration and approval of professional contract for Craig Hopper. You know, he's been with us for a long time for co-op service director. Motion to approve contract Okay. Okay. And you all have your um formative evaluation report in front of you to read at your leisure. It's not very different from the one. Did you have a physical copy? Okay. Um we have items to discuss in close session. So if someone will [Music] I guess that's what I never let it when he says it at the same time. Work on that. 703. There's cookies.