001Good evening. The time is now 6:34. We'd like to welcome everybody to our regular um Alice Independent School District board meeting. This is the first meeting of the year. So, happy new year to everyone. We wish everyone the very best this year. Today is Monday, January 12th, 2026. And we're on the ALS order to call this regularly called meeting. Item number one on the agenda is to call the meeting to order. Item number two is to establish roll call. Present today is Dr. Thermino, myself Jennifer Va, the vice president Mr. Herman Ariano, secretary Mr. Samura, um trustee Mr. Adrien Pena, trustee Mrs. Debbie Gera, trustee Mr. Cody Reeves, and trustee Mr. We have a forum in accordance with the Texas Openings Act, section 551.03 of the Texas government of Mexico. on to the pledge of
002allegiance. Dr. >> We do have a couple of students that will be helping us with the pledge of allegiance. We have Taylor Asandua, the daughter of Gabriel and Aprila and Jose Chapa, son of Jose and Marisa Chapa. They're both seniors at Alice High School. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Now the Texas pledge. Honor the Texas flag to Texas. One state one and indivisible. >> [clears throat] >> Thank you. Thank you. on to item number four to recommend and approve the board minutes regarding 4 A the minutes of the public hearing of the financial integrity system of Texas which was held on December 15th of 2025 and 4 B
003the minutes of the regular board meeting on December 15th. At this time, do I have an approval for the board meeting? I'll make a motion to approve the minutes from the board meeting from December 15, 2025. Do we have a motion from Miss Ghetto? Is there a second? Second >> and a second by Mr. >> Mr. I. >> Mr. Samoto I >> Mr. Hi >> Mrs. Hi >> Mr. Reeds. >> Hi >> Mr. >> Hi. >> Myself I passes. Thank you. On to item number five. At this time, we'll have Miss Opelia Hunter pull the public comment sheet to see if anyone has signed up. [snorts] Thank you, Miss Hunter. There's no one who has signed up to speak at public comment. On to item number six is superintendent. Dr. >> Thank you. So this
004evening we celebrate our board members. Our future is public. So, we want to thank our school board members for the work that they do every day. I know that at many times you don't get uh the recognition and the praise, so we do appreciate everything that you do for our students and our community. I invite Miss Orta up to the podium to start our little celebration. >> Good evening, Dr. Drevinho, board members and community members. As already mentioned, January is school board appreciation month. This year's theme, our future is public, reminds us that public education is the foundation of our community and the pathway to opportunity for every student we serve. Today, we take a moment to thank our board of trustees for your leadership, your commitment, and your willingness to serve. Your decision shapes
005classrooms, supports educators, and most importantly impacts the future of our students. The time, care, and dedication you give often behind the scenes do not go unnoticed. On behalf of our students, superintendent, staff, families, and community, thank you for your service, your vision, and your belief in public education. We are grateful for all that you do to ensure a strong future for Alice ISD. With that said, we do have our Alice High School cheerleaders who will be performing for you. Ready? Who are we? A I S. >> Y >> What do we say? >> Come on. Thank you in every way. Our school, our boys, our pride, our choice. Let's all cheer. Our board makes us proud. You >> Alice. [applause] Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you all so much. Thank you.
006>> And they will be competing this coming weekend so at state. So we know they're going to do amazing. These are our senior girls only and their staff. So thank you so much. [laughter] >> [laughter] >> Thank you to our Alice High School awardw winning cheerleaders. Up next we have four elementary students. We have Ariana Varenzes from Newton Elementary fourth grade. Eder Aosa Deas signs elementary fifth grade. Karina de la Rosa Scholard fourth grade and Cyrus Clement from the boats elementary third grade that would also like to express some thank yous. >> Good evening. On behalf of the students of Alice ISP, we want to thank our school board members for everything you do, especially making our campuses safe. This year in New I would see fencing for all schools which made strangers stay out
007and our people stay in. That's only we feel protected, cared for, and slightly less worried about those in our snacks away. You always think about what students need to learn in a safe and happy place. Thank you for putting our safety first, even when we don't always put our backpacks in the right place. Yeah, we'd also like to thank you for supporting our teachers and staff. You include raises, cover more with our insurance costs, and the site, which means our teachers can afford both groceries and extra pencils if you've [clears throat] accidentally taken. This strengthens our classroom and brings good vibes to learning. Thank you for everything you do. For the people who take care of us every day and who sometimes survive cafeteria duty with a smile. >> Thank you for helping us learn
008in the best and least boring ways possible. By adopting the blue bonnet [laughter] just like you give us lessons that are engaging, challenging, and believe it or not, sometimes actually fun [laughter] game changers. Not every student has access to technology, assignments, and the occasional accidental 300 open tabs. [laughter] You really care about keeping our classrooms exciting, modern, and powered up. Thank you for helping us to become better learners and faster typers. >> And finally, thank you for planning for the future of LSISD. You approved a new transportation building, which means our buses are have a headquarters worthy of their daily heroism. Thanks to you, students get to school and activities safely, often before the charge up, which is a miracle in itself. You also passed a bond to the construction of a new stadium. An
009investment that will create opportunities, pride, and memories for generations of students to come. [clears throat] You continue to make choices that help our district go stronger and smarter. Because of your leadership, our schools have what they need to succeed, and we have what we need to dream big. On behalf of all the students in ISIS, thank you for your dedication, your time, and for making decisions that will shape our futures, even if we're still figuring out what we want for lunch. >> Thank you, Alex School Board members. Good job. >> Thank you. >> Which one? >> In front of you, you have a gift from Dr. an email. But we also have our wonderful campus principles who are here to say a few words of their thank yous and present you with a gift of
010their own. >> Take a picture with the children. Hey, So good evening president Dr. Nino board members audience members on behalf of Alice High School and on behalf of our faculty and staff Dr. Mu and I would like to thank you for your unwavering commitment to our students our staff and our community. Um your leadership, vision and advocacy ensure that every child in Alice receives the highest quality education and opportunities to thrive. We truly thank you for supporting us as we prepare, empower, and produce lifelong learners. So, thank you. Our gifts are for Miss Debbie Geta, Mrs. Debbie Geta, and for Mr. Adrian. >> [laughter] >> Can we have [laughter] >> I may Alf of all of the wonderful students at William Adams Middle School and all of the staff, we would like to thank
011all of the board members for your commitment to our district and especially to our students, in particular, Mr. Herman Aiano. Thank you so much for all that you do for our community and for our district. And I know that with all of your support, we're going to achieve all of our goals this year. So, thank you. Okay. So, thank you for your dedication and service to Alice. We greatly appreciate you being on the board and supporting our staff and our students and our community and especially to Mr. for all the support that he provides us day in and day out. We couldn't do it without you. So, thank you very much. On behalf of Nion Elementary staff and students, we are extremely grateful for all of your service and leading your heart and vision to
012do what is always best for our students and our staff and ultimately Alice community. We're very happy that you're here to serve us and we appreciate everything that you do. Jennifer Beda, you are our honore today. >> Thank you. >> [laughter] >> Thank you. Good evening. Um, I'd like to speak on behalf of Science Elementary. First of all, I want to say thank you for supporting the work we do and believing in the work that we do. Um, I agree with everybody that we are going to reach our goals and this is because you support all of the initiatives. And so, thank you for serving all of the students and staff of AISD. We're very thankful to have you. And we're recognizing a day Mr. Appreciate that. and good evening. On behalf of Shaler Elementary,
013we'd like to extend our most sincere gratitude to each one of you for your support and your time and for your efforts and to our school board liazison, Mr. Kobe Reeves. Not only do you serve as one of our parents, so you get firsthand of all our crazy and wonderful ideas that we bring to each other for your time, for your support, and for most importantly your partnership. So, we thank you. >> And lastly, we have Dr. up with a few words of her own. Well, obviously, you know, the love that's in the room because of the work that you do and they're very grateful for everything that you do on a daily basis. But we also know that it's not just you that are committing when you committed to becoming a board member. It
014was your entire family as well. So, we have a short little message and hopefully a surprise for you all on behalf of Alice. successful school have successful leaders and the leaders that I'm talking about are the administrators and teachers and all these support personnel that responsibility falls on the school board and the school board hires the right people, lay the foundation, then we're going to have a good school school system. Now, Jennifer uh love to do that. I mean, she is a very good trial lawyer. She's always prepared. She is prepared to answer any question in the courtroom. And I'm pretty sure that she's prepared to answer any question in the school board. have recognized their award because they are a finalist for uh recognition as one of the best school board in the state.
015So are we proud of her? Of course we are. [laughter] Is the committee proud of her? But I hope they are because not only her but but the other members are are working together working together as a superintendent >> and I think the results are going to speak for themselves and everybody. >> Thank you mom for helping support our school district. >> Hey mom, I appreciate everything you do for this school for William Adams and we love you and thank you. Thank you, Jennifer Vanetta, for all you do for our schools. >> Thank you for letting me have a veteran. >> A lot of times during the games, [music] uh, somebody will catch him and um, I feel like he has to listen and hear them out and not say time, you know, wait, you
016know, stop the game because I need to address this issue and I want to watch my kid. But um yeah, we we're just understanding and and my daughter is very understanding and she [music] knows that sometimes you can't give 100% to her because somebody else's student needs needs uh the attention and u there's a you know it could be any little issue that they're having with their with that parent with their student and uh and we just we just we just keep going on our way. We either keep shopping or we keep watching the game and like [laughter] it's kind of more like 16 years of it and we know that it's important and everybody's [music] children are important and staff and um it's it's just how it goes. I'm proud of my dad because
017of what he does for the kids and the school district. I remember like in going to like the gym and seeing his name on like one of the things [music] for him helping out and like being there or like there's like a little practice in [music] the world and like everyone's like oh [music] [clears throat] thank you for supporting our district. Thank you, school board, for everything you do for living. I'm Sean's wife. We've been married for 40 years. So, I know pretty much a lot about this man who has demonstrated a profound commitment to public education and serves as a steadfast advocate for the success of all students and staff. He has dedicated his time and business expertise [music] to strengthening fiscal responsibility within the district, ensuring that all resources are managed wisely and
018transparently. [music] I've known Seed gosh since we were children. And so I know when he's serious about moving forward and collaborating with others, [clears throat] especially for the school district, that the financial aspect of all of this is so important to him. Despite facing so many significant health challenges, even ongoing as we speak, Cedo remains unwavering in his dedication to the Alice Independent School District. On behalf of Santa Elementary, we'd like to thank Suda for his hard work and dedication. Thank you, Mr. Sura. >> As a teacher, I see [music] firsthand the challenges our students face, the dedication of our teachers, and the importance of the decisions being made on their behalf. Having my husband serve on the school board means a great deal to me because it connects the daily classroom experiences with the
019larger decisions [music] that shape our schools. I know that when he sits at that table, he carries his own perspective and a true understanding of what teachers truly experience and what students [music] need. It reassures me to know that someone who values education [music] listens to educators and cares deeply about our school community as a voice in [music] those decisions. Hello, I'm Ally SS. I'm a senior at Alice High School and I just got my state board license for cosmetology. I want to give a big thank you to the school board and Adrian Ba and everyone that works there to for funding and for everything that they help us with on a day-to-day basis. Um, it helped all the senior prostology girls and it's helping more and more and more daily. So, I just want
020to give him a big thank you and um, have a good day. >> When he [music] told me he wanted to put his name to, you know, be a candidate for it, I was not really u I [music] really fall into the idea. >> When you do that, you know, it's kind of like you never do right. You no matter what, there's always someone who's going to think you're doing wrong. But, you know, he just he was so strong about it and he just had so much passion even since before. I feel like he just he loves Alice. He loves I mean the kids, everything. Like he's he's just really good. He's always done, you know, youth sports. He's just It really is at the end of the day. It's about the kids and about
021the staff and just, you know, what he can do, I guess, to help make things better. Um, so he's a great dad because he always comes to school and helps us with reducing with up the lights in and he always comes to the school to help out our school be a better one. I'm happy that my dad on the scoreboard because he makes good decisions for me and my friends. >> Thank you, Mr. Rich, for all you do. >> Thank you for supporting our school. [music] >> I think it might go back to when he used to coach like a little basketball team. U I noticed that he [music] still keeps in touchs with the kids that he coached back then and they come up to him and you know [music] they they really like
022him. They hug him a certain coach, you know. So I think that that [music] kind of like brought that into him to he cares about kids, you know. He still cares about them. He still keeps up with what they're doing with their lives now, you know. U he always says, "Oh, that was my that was my player." you know, like he'll [music] he'll bring things like that. And I he feels the same way about the students, you know, they're all his kids, you know, they're all people that he cares about. He cares about their futures. He cares about how they're doing, whether it be whether it be in athletics or in their classroom or, you know, band, anything. He's very funny. He's, you know, sping people up. Um he I mean, just be the life
023of the party, I guess, you know. Um, that's He's also very family oriented. Um, it's all about [music] the kids, you know, our kids, our grandkids. The more kids we have around, the more of our grandkids we have around, the more full our house is, the happier he is. And that's just the way he is. And he he He's just like that, you know. He just loves being around the family, being around his friends, uh being around the other board members. He calls them a lot. [laughter] I mean, they joke about that. They're like, "You know that these are going to be calling you." [laughter] He makes the most phone calls out of all of them. >> I would like to recognize my grandpa on the school board for William, for Alice, and for me.
024I want to thank him for making me laugh, helping the schools, and being good to everyone around him. On behalf of Schoolboard Appreciation Month, I would like to thank him for his contributions to everyone. So, thank you, Grandpa, for everything you have done. >> Mr. Thank you for everything you do. >> Thank you for everything you'll do for our schools. Well, [music] when she first uh decided that she wanted to run for school board, I thought it was a great idea. Uh it's something she's very passionate about, having been a career educator for over 25 years. And she had always been interested in in doing something um in this capacity. And when this opportunity came up, I I strongly encouraged her to go forward with it. She has a passion for education. Um, she knows,
025having been a teacher, having been an administrator, that the key to student success is for a health school board to empower those administrators and those teachers uh with the tools that they need to put students in the best situation to succeed and to reach their full potential. That's something that um I think is her her underlying motivation in in being a trustee. She's supportive of all extracurricular that being sports, academic teams, the fine arts, the band, the cheerleaders, everything because every student can enrich their high school experience or their school experience going down to the uh uh middle school and elementary uh through extracurricular activities and uh for different students of course their springs in different areas. So her support for all those areas I think uh is another strength. Um she's um Rick said
026integrity and dedication and I'm very proud of her and I know that she's going to enjoy um her service as a trustee to Alice ISD and that Alice ISD will benefit from that service. >> Yeah. Well, you know, she's got a a very full schedule and is always bouncing around from one event to another, but somehow she finds time uh to do it all. That's being a mom uh to our youngest, Carissa, who is a junior at Benbold. Uh she's a full-time administrator for Benbold and then still finds time to um deal with the issues that are presented to the trustees here in Alice, which is another full-time job. So, um, it's amazing, but she is able to to, uh, give her full attention to all three of those areas. >> Hi, my name is
027Genesis Gonzalez, and I am a senior at Alice High School. And I just want to give thanks to the Alice School Board and Miss Debbie Gella for just making it an opportunity for us to graduate with our licenses and graduate successfully. And we just thank y'all for everything y'all do for us. >> Hi, I'm Beverly Davula. I'm a senior at Alice High School. And I just want to thank the school board for everything that they do for us and for letting us graduate um career right. >> How can anybody say it better than your own family? And thank you for the work that you do. Miss Bennett, [clears throat] if it's okay, we have cake that maybe the community that's here could have some cake with you all to celebrate for member appreciation month. >>
028Thank you. Thank you all so much for the students presentations, the video, the gifts, and at this time you want to move item number 61 recess up to six feet. So the time is now 7:05. It's recess time and we're gonna enjoy some feet together. Thank you everyone. Time is now 7:20. Recess is now over. Dr. >> Yes. Thank you all so much. Thank you for joining us for some cake. The next presentation is an academic update and I invite Miss Grace Fett of William Adams Middle School to present an update on [clears throat] >> Good evening, Dr. Pino and members of the board. My name is Grace and I am the principal at William Adams Middle School. Um, I do have a dean and three assistant principles. So, I have Mrs. Lori Ledmont, who
029is our dean of instruction, Shannon Ramon, who is our sixth grade assistant principal, uh, Mr. Lopez, who is our seventh grade assistant principal, and Noi Garcia, who serves as our eighth grade assistant principal. And so, um, we're pretty tight. We've been working together, but this is our second year working together. That has been really good to learn each other's strengths and play off of those strengths so that we can be more successful. >> At William Adams, our mission our mission at Whams is to foster a safe, supportive learning environment that provides academic excellence and socially emotional growth through innovative instruction and high expectations. We nurture curiosity, resilient, resilience and respect, preparing students to become confident, responsible individuals. And our vision, our vision at WANS is to cultivate an inclusive, inspiring community where students are motivated
030to explore their passions, excel academically, and grow as competent, resilient learners prepared for this everchanging world. So a little bit about whams. So our sixth grade, we currently have 326 students. In seventh grade, we have 343 students and in 8th grade we have 295 students. And you can kind of see there's um a big difference between 8th grade and the other two grade levels and you can definitely feel it during lunchtime. And our total enrollment last year we were at 931 students and this year we've grown to 964. So we've gained about a little bit more than 30 students. our demographic. So our ecodis, last year we were at 86.28% and this year our ecodis is at 90% which is really great. We've grown about four percentage points and that is really great for our
031accountability so that we are compared to schools who are very much like whams and so this is a true representation of what our demographic is there at WHAMS. Our atrisisk population is 56%. Our sped population is 22%. Our ESL is only 2%. We went down to about 3 percentage points on that because we only had one um ESL student come up from sixth grade. And then our gifted and talented, we were at 5%. So, a little bit about attendance. Um our student attendance goal for this year, we have set it at 94% for this school year and last year we had set it for 93%. Our current attendance from the beginning of the school year up until now is 93.51%. And so some of the attendance initiatives that we've currently been doing or conducting there
032at WAS is parent student meetings especially with our students who are you know displaying some habits of not coming to school consistently. Um home visits especially we have now attendance check-ins and this is through the stronger connections grant that we were part of. So we have a committee and we're all assigned about 10 to 15 students. So every six weeks we try to meet with our students at least twice and just talk to them about maybe some barriers or how we can help them be more successful. We also have some incentives. For example, free dress Friday, which is always a hit. On Fridays, students are already asking me during lunchtime, did we earn free dress? I mean on Thursdays are asking for Friday, did we earn free dress? And sometimes I look at them so
033sorry no and then sometimes I get to say yes we did. I'll announce it. And so they they are really excited about those Fridays. We also have classroom competitions where one uh classroom per grade level will earn a catered lunch. And so that will be held this Friday or the third six weeks. That's for every six weeks. And then we also um offer field trips, which is a really big deal at middle school. Last year we were able to take our students to about two different types of field trips per grade level. And that was something that they were very excited about. Even our teachers were really excited about that as well. And then always knowing that consistent attendance is always tied to any academic incentive that we provide. And here's just a look at
034some of the attendance incentives that we provided. Our last one um happened during the week before break. We had a we had a lot of fun with our kids that week. We did a lot of really cool things during lunchtime. We played the Saran Wrap game. We had trivia happening based off of like holiday movies, Christmas movies. They earned gift cards. So, they were really excited. I think I had a lot of fun, too. And then we also had um and that's a picture on the right bottom of one of the classrooms that won that catered lunch. And then we also collaborated with Urban Air and they got they gave us gift certificates to our students who had perfect attendance for that six weeks. So, lots and also Waterburger. Waterburger has also been very helpful
035in providing incentives to our kids and so we know we can always count on Miss Rosanne. So, a little bit about our accountability. So, our goal this year is to move from a 78, which is a C, to an 87, which is a B. And so, some of y'all are probably asking why an 87. Well, an 87 is what WHAMS needs to contribute to our district moving into an A. And so, we are very well aware that WAMS is about 30% of the accountability rating here at ALSD. So, we know WAMS counts a lot. So down on the bottom you'll see the just some historical data and you can see that WAMS is on an upward trend. In the 22 23 school year they were at 70 23 24 72 and then Grace came in
036and now we're at 78. [laughter] I'm just really really trying our hardest to achieve the goals which is an 87. Guys don't hold me because I'm kind of nervous. >> [laughter] >> So this is of course some of the data that we've collected over the years in regards to each content that is tested. So um you can see some color um some color there. So sixth grade in the in the 24 school year you can see sixth graders who are now our eighth graders. Okay, you can kind of see how they've been progressing throughout their years at WAMS. So in the 24 uh school year sixth grade as sixth graders they were 60% 64% approaches 42% meets and 13% masters. Last year they ended the year at 69% approaches 40% meets and 13% masters. And
037now as of benchmark one which was taken in late October we have 56% approaches 19% meets and 4% masters. But we have to take into consideration that we've now taken out about 26 students who are now our English one kids. So we're still working and our final goal for that cohort of kids is 72% uh approaches 45% meets and 20% masters. So we do know that we have a lot of work ahead of us but we are prepared to help our students be successful and meet those goals. Uh for our se for our current seventh graders who their first year at WHAMS in sixth grade, they're the green. Um last year they ended the year at 77% approaches, 51% meets, 26% masters. And as of benchmark one in October, you can see that they've already
038grown to 79% approaches, 50% meets, and 18% masters. And their final goal for the school year is 80% approaches, 55% meets, and 30% masters. So you can see we're not far from our goal. And then for our current sixth graders, um on [clears throat] benchmark, what came to us from as as fifth graders in parenthesis, you can see that as fifth graders last year at their elementarymentaries, um they finished the year collectively at 73% approaches, 53% meets, and 25% masters. And you can kind of see we're just a little bit off of where they were in October. So, we have a lot of optimism that we're going to achieve our goal at 80% approaches, 55% meets, and 30% masters. Okay, I'm going to give you fair warning. RLA is one of those contents that a
039lot of the skills are spiraled in. The next data set that y'all are going to watch is I mean see is math, science, and social studies where there is a lot of new learning. So please bear with me in [snorts] math. So again [clears throat] you can kind of see the cohort of kids in math as sixth graders which are now our eighth graders the yellow uh 49% approaches 12% meets and 1% masters and that was in the 24 school year. As seventh graders last year, they fell a little back to 44 44% approaches, but we did increase our meats to 22% means, and we did increase our masters to 2%. Now, as eighth graders, we are at 50% approaches, 22% meets, and 1% masters. And this is with all content being assessed. Mind you,
040we took this in October, and less than a quarter of the standards have been taught. So we are very hopeful that we are going to achieve our goal of being at 65% approaches 30% means and 20% masters. And of course that cohort of kids in eighth grade that's also including 65 of our students who are seventh graders who are taking the eighth grade assessment as seventh graders because they are in an advanced math course. Any questions on that? Okay. And then our current seventh graders in the green, they ended their school year as sixth graders at 65% approaches, 30% meets, and 13% masters. And as of right now, um on benchmark one, 37% approaches, 12% meets, and 1% masters. And again, that's with only less than a quarter of the standards being taught. So they
041still have a lot of time, but we do have high expectations for them. We our goal is set at 75% approaches, 45% meets, and 25% masters. And our current sixth graders, they came to us from fifth grade at 77% approaches, 55% meets, and 29% masters. And right now, as a benchmark 1, 46% approaches, 11% meets, and 3% masters. And we have about 120 kids who are in the advanced math course which is um about 30 more students than what we had last year in sixth grade. And then our goal is 80% approaches, 60% means and 30% masters. [clears throat] Science and social studies. So science and social studies is only taken in the eighth grade. So our eighth graders have to take four different assessments. And so that's why we reward our eighth graders very
042well. So 8th grade in the year of 24, you can see that it was 50% approaches, 25% meets, and 7% masters. And you can see the growth that's happening in science. We finished the year last year at 68% approaches, 31% meets and 7% masters. As of benchmark one, there was only 10 out of about the 40 questions that were assessed that had been taught. And so they already are performing at 40% approaches, 13% meets, and 2% masters. And of course, this also takes into consideration that we have 34 students in 8th grade who are not taking the science test because they're taking the biology test. And so you can kind of see where the mast's kind of um is not as high because of those 34 kids who would probably more than likely perform in
043that meets and masters category. But our goal for STAR is 72% approaches, 40% meets, and 20% uh masters. In social studies, um you can kind of see the data right there between the 24 and the 25 school year. You can see that we're pretty stagnant at that 40%. And so benchmark one, we had 26% approaches, 4% meets, and 1% masters. But again, thinking about the benchmark assessment in social studies, there's 10 eras. And what I mean by eras, it's points in history that are assessed. And up until that assessment, I think only two had been explicitly taught. And so we are very hopeful that we will continue growing in that area. Our end goal for um the 26 school year is 65% meets, sorry, approaches, 30% meets, and 20% masters. And so, um, I do
044want to talk a little bit about how we are supporting social studies because this data has been screaming at us since last year. And so, one of the things that the district has been very helpful with is bringing over a master teacher, Mrs. Salad from the valley and she's been working with our teachers. Um she's even gone into the classroom. She's done observations. She's provided feedback, but most importantly, she's building their content knowledge and she's giving them a lot of things that she does in her classroom to help our students and teachers be more successful. She's also an XRLA teacher. So, she supports a lot of what we know to be true about the about the social studies test that you really do need to be a really good reader in order to um be
045more successful on the social studies test. And another thing that I feel that's going to set us up for more success this year is that I know a little bit more about this test and the content. Last year I was very much I just need to get into the operations and logistics of the class of the school and now I'm more available to get into the content. And so one of the things that we did is I studied that social studies test and I went back to the teachers and I was like how are we I know we're teaching the content but how are we really helping our students be successful? Because if you look at the test half of it is tied to a stimulus. And what I mean by a stimulus is there's
046an excerpt from like a historical document or there's a map or there's a diagram. Like do our kids really know how to analyze these things? And so that's one of the things that we're really working on this year is because it's not so much about memorization of facts, but you have to be able to apply it. [clears throat and snorts] So now I'm going to talk a little bit about our eighth grade EOC. So, we're really excited about having EOCC's at Wounds because this is what makes us very unique and special in the area, I think, because not I don't think there's any other middle school in this area that offers as many EOCC's as we do. I know a lot of schools offer algebra 1, but having English one and biology at a middle
047school is unheard of. And so, we are very fortunate to have y'all support that area for us and giving us that opportunity to provide this to our students. And so our enrollment in algebra 1 right now we have 27 students in English 126 and biology 34. We can kind of see some pictures of our students working in those classrooms. So we're going to take a quick look at our EOC data in algebra from the 24 school year. We had 95% of our students had approaches 91% meets and 60% masters. Um last year we had 100% approaches, 96% meets and 72% masters. And on benchmark one again where it's less than a quarter of the content, we already had 100% of our students that approaches 63% meets and 22% masters. And so we're really really going
048to have to focus on the meets and masters because I told the kids if y'all are in this class it's because y'all are going to give me masters. And so they're really working hard towards that because you can see our goal 100% meets 100 sorry 100% approaches 100% meets and 90% masters in English one there's no data available for the 24 school year because last year was the first year we uh provided this uh course so 100 we ended the year on star at 100% meets sorry approaches 100% meet 62% masters and I honestly was not happy with that master's uh score we needed that to be higher and so we're going to work really hard to increase that. As of benchmark one, we had 100% um already 100% of them approaches 96% of them
049already at meets and half of those students are already performing at the mast's category. And our goal for the end of the year is 180%. And so I do want to talk a little bit about English one because there is a huge jump. We're taking seventh graders who are now taking ninth grade content. And so there is actually a huge jump in the score. So if I was a master's kid in seventh grade, that means that I could have made a 76 and above and I was considered a master's kid. But now that I'm taking English one, mast's is actually an 84. And so if I perform at an 80, well guess what? I'm no longer a master's kid. I'm actually a meats kid. So those are things that we have to closely monitor with
050our students. In bio, we don't have any data from 24 school year, but last year we ended the year at 100% approaches, 100% meats, and 13% masters. And we really, really want to try to up that mast's category. Statewide masters is pretty low. It's not as high as you would think, but our WANs kids can can definitely outperform the state in that area. In benchmark one, we already had 97% of our students at approaches, half of them, almost half of them already at meets and 3% at masters. And so our goal is 150. So a little bit about our instructional focuses at WHAMS. Um, since my time started at WHAMS last year, one of the we've been kind of doing a lot of in we've had a lot of PD just a lot of expectations
051that are happening in the classroom. So, one of the big ones for me is academic discourse. Having our students talking while they're learning, making sure that we're you we're utilizing the academic vocabulary that we are learning, giving those students the opportunity to engage with one another. Um, student engagement, giving them hands-on learning experiences, anything that's going to make get the students moving up and about, just having a really fun time with the learning. most importantly standards aligned instruction making sure that we are teaching to the standard and utilization of HQIM. HQIM means high quality instructional material. And I know one of the little um elementary students kind of held up a blue bonnet book and that is what is HQIM. It's it's what the state has deemed is aligned to our standards. And so our
052all of our classrooms do have the HQIM available to them and we are really pushing it with all of our content areas. So again, WHAMS is so much more than academics. We our kids sixth through 8th grade, they're developmentally going through a whole lot of changes and we have to be prepared to meet those needs. And so two of the big things that scream out to you when you when you are at WHAMS is making sure that you establish a positive culture and climate at the school. And so when I'm talking about culture, I'm talking about shared beliefs, values, and attitudes that shape the school behavior influences how people interact, how we all work together. And culture is not just built overnight. It takes time. And it takes time through traditions, expectations, and leadership. So
053culture isn't just what we say. It's how we show up, how we treat one another, and how we carry out our mission. And for me, I I and this is a quote, but it really speaks to me because I don't want our kids just to see WHAMS as a school. I want them to have memorable experiences and reflect as adults like, hey, WHAMS was a really great time in my life. So I want it to be a place where they actually want to be. And so some ways that we are improving the culture and this is just a little tidbit of of information that I'm giving you, but probably [clears throat] the most important because how we start a class period is going to set the tone for your entire 56 minutes with those kids.
054And so what we have initiated this year is a strong beginning. And so a strong beginning means that we are greeting our students at the door. Even though we may have been upset with them yesterday, today is a new day and we have a smile. um making sure that a 100% of the time in the classroom is academically focused and so making sure that we have a startup activity for them already [clears throat] getting their brain going. Another thing that we really appreciate about our teachers and they do a great job is sharing good things, learning more about your students outside of the classroom. And another one that's directly tied to academics is making sure that we communicate the learning objective, the learning goal. And this is really important because the students need to understand
055what the expectation is for that day. And so you can kind of see some pictures of our students. We have Mr. Sjo doing his daily fist bumps. Um Miss Ivan is, you know, she's very good with the kids. And then we see some of our teachers sharing good things and helping students be more successful on their startups. Now, I spoke a little bit about culture, but climate is another word that's associated with what I just spoke about. So, what is climate? The overall atmosphere of the school environment. It includes the physical, emotional, and social conditions. And it affects how students, teachers, and staff feel about being at school. And I think we can all agree that climate is so important because I want us to reflect on ourselves. And if we walk into a room,
056we can instantly feel if we're wanted or if we're not wanted, right? And so one of the things that I really talked to our teachers about is cultivating a place where they want to be making it more, making it inviting. I'm not talking about the physical aspect, but just the feel that you give off. And I know when I was at Shaler, I never really understood what climate was, but when I was at Shallor, uh we had um an outsider come in. Um she was there to give a presentation and she just gave me the biggest compliment. She said, "Your climate is so good here." And I was like, "Well, what are you talking about?" She's like, "I just feel it when I walk in. and it's just something that you feel. So, I know
057people can pick up on that and I know that I have a lot to do with that as a leader. So, I have to set the tone and then the teachers carry that out. So, again, it's when you walk in, you can feel it. And so, I do have pictures there of our staff. And so, this just warms my heart all the time because our staff does a phenomenal job with not just our students in the classroom, but supporting our students outside of the classroom. So, this was I think um our boys and girls basketball opening home game. They gave invites to the teachers and staff and they didn't ask for anything. And so, our teachers took it upon themselves to get little gifts for all of the students that invited them to their game.
058And so, I was like, what what's happening? Because I was invited to it and I don't have a gift yet. And so, it's just those things that the little things that really warm your heart. And another thing that I was talking to Dr. Fabino about in the climate is you can feel it even at our home games and I know it's just a middle school but I've gone to and I think you've gone to um other home games too and it's just not the same. You know, we have a cheering squad. You can feel the energy and it's just nice to know how much our teachers um our parents but most importantly our student body support one another. And so, um, we're not perfect by any means, but, um, our students are are very good
059to one another for the most part. [clears throat] So, why do I concentrating on culture and climate? Because strong culture and climate makes strong instruction possible. And I think as adults, we can all say that we don't work for people that we don't like. And so, we really have to get our kids to like us, for us, for them to work for us. but within reason, right? And so just making sure that our kids are respectful, we're respectful to them, creating or cultivating just a positive environment for our students to learn in. So this is a little bit of the instructional support that we provided to our teachers over the year. Um I know that I talked a little bit about social studies and the support [clears throat] that Mrs. Salisad is providing to um
060our our eighth grade social studies teachers and I'm just so appreciative that they've been just so receptive and immediately transfer anything that Miss Alisad has. Um I was tell I was telling great Mrs. Garcia and Mrs. Riva Benetta that on Friday um our eighth graders were learning about the industrial revolution and they were learning about the assembly line and all three teachers had their students reenact an assembly line. So they were all in the line and they all had to work on a different part and it was just a really cool experience for our kids. Um, another thing that we are working really hard towards is elevating our ECR writing, exploding the explain. Right now I think our writing has kind of been stagnant and we want to make sure that we grow our students
061into that master's performance level and one way to do that is to elevate their writing by exploding the explain. And so that's just um a little bit about the strategy that we use. Um I'm not going to get too much into that because I would be here for another 30 minutes. But so just know we're working on enhancing their writing. And then another thing that I'm proud to collaborate with the high school on is ensuring that our staff knows about CCMR and the graduation requirements. So, we did have a presentation at the beginning of the year because it's just not high school's job to get our kids CCMR ready. It's it's all of us. And so, we need to make sure that everyone understands exactly what it means to be CCMR ready and exactly what
062it means for our students to graduate from Alice. So, moving forward the second semester, one of the another thing that we're really excited about collaborating with the high school [clears throat] and Dr. gone through is we are going to open up TSI testing to our eighth graders. And so TSI testing is one way that we can get our students that CCMR point. Some of our students can go into the high school already with their CCMR point. How wonderful would that be? And so one of the things that we're going to start offering are tutorial sessions that target TSI, the reading, the writing, and the math. And so we're hoping to get that started in the next couple of days and start testing them. uh at least having one test per month until the end of
063the school year. Another thing that we're so excited about is our benchmark 2 assessing that it's going to happen at the beginning of February. So, we're going to look forward to getting that data back and making some instructional adjustments and of course continuing with our data driven instruction and um targeted supports and interventions tutorial sessions. And once a month we also offer Saturday school sessions. And these Saturday school sessions focus on our G2 GT students and having a writing camp for them. It's always targeted reading and writing. But as of February, we're also going to integrate more social studies and science. And so we're excited to offer those um to our students. Any questions? >> Thank you so much. And again, thank you for all that you do for our students in your piece of
064cake. Now, [laughter] thank you so much for that presentation. I now have Miss Ba come up to present the student services >> board president board member Dr. uh audience. Tonight I bring to you the student services updates. We're going to start off with my favorite, the campus attendance. Um if you do look at the December campus attendance, you will see that we do have district-wide success still happening. Uh we do have five out of the six campuses that have improved attendance compared to last school year. All our elementary campuses are now at or above that 94% with multiple campuses still exceeding that 95%. In the secondary campuses, we do w have WHAMS who had the 1.04% increase demonstrating that strong leadership, her effective intervention strategies and a continued focus on her student engagement. For the
065elementary schools, we do have Sher that had the highest increase at 1.80% 80% uh reflecting that strong parent communication and a consistent culture of daily attendance for the district attendance. Uh our continued attendance gains district-wide show that our strategies are still effective. We are continuing to have consistent daily campus attendance monitoring, early interventions. We're doing our follow-ups. We still are utilizing our optional flexible school day program to its fullest and we're having those strong parent communications. So if you see in 2425 we were at 92.26%. This uh December we ended at 93.20% giving us that 0.94% increase. For our monthly attendance revenue loss analysis in December in 2425 we had $160,29689. This year in 2526 we had $136,5467 giving us that monthly attendance revenue savings of $23,75022. Moving on to the last piece, the first
066semester district comparison. I only gave you the districts. You can see at a glance the 2425 and 2526. If you look at high school, high school was actually our largest gain of all the campuses. It shows that they are improving their student engagement and attendance accountability. Moving on [clears throat] to WAS, although they still had a small little decline, they still are offering that targeted support without any significant concerns. Nunan had the 0.06% increase. Science at the 0.75% increase. They were the largest gain for the elementary schools. They're really pushing that campus above that 95% mark. Continuing to show their progress. Shattered at the 0.53% increase, DVOS at 0.61% increase. And as a district, last year we were 93.61% for the first semester. This semester we ended at 94.11% giving us that 050% increase. So
067that continues to show you our progress toward our district attendance goals. And that is all I have for student services. Again, thank you all board for your continued support for our students and staff. Do you have any questions for Melissa on the business update? >> If not, then I do invite uh David and Kim to the podium to give us an update on the statement. >> Yeah. Uh good evening people of the audience, Dr. [clears throat] board members. Uh thank you all for what y'all do and everything. Um I'm Tim Gler. I'm with uh Weaver and Jacobs, project manager for the football stadium. This is David Engius with PBK. He's with the architects and just going to give you update on the stadium here. start off always start with the floor plan of or site
068plan of the job kind of just showing you where everything is. Move on to right here which again uh south of the the picture you on the left side you have the home side, the right side you have visitor side and then in [snorts] the north end zone that is the fieldhouse. another view of that where the fieldhouse is down below and then right side is uh home side and the visitor side to the left. Uh we'll start with the concession building on the home side which is building A. Uh nothing real has changed on that building. The uh plumbing rough has been completed. We are currently waiting on block to continue on that building which we are expecting that to show up at the end of the month. So nothing new really has changed
069there. There's another view of it. Uh moving to the press box, uh structural steel is about 98% done, but all the large uh pieces for that structural steel is is complete. So we're about 98% done with that. Second floor concrete was poured before the end of the year. Uh the exterior metal studs are about 85% complete. Uh exterior sheeting uh just started. Uh, so that's ongoing. And then MEP overhead roof is ongoing as well. And then we started today on the second floor interior partition walls. Uh, and then roof should begin towards the end of the month on the press box. And here's another view of it. Got a lot of metal studs up. Uh, you can see the yellow sheathing. That's the exterior sheeting. They've started on that. Uh, should go up pretty quick.
070There's another [snorts] view. This is the parking lot side looking up to the press box. Just kind of another view of that. And then going to building C, which is the north concession. Uh, nothing real has changed on that. The plumbing rough has been completed. Again, we're waiting on block to continue up with those falls on that building. There's another view of building C. Moving on to the fieldhouse which structural steel is about 98% done. Uh the RTU support frames were completed. Uh metal roof decking was completed. The uh plumbing rough in is ongoing. Uh exterior CMU walls started last week. So that's going up. And then MEP overhead roughin is ongoing as well. I don't know if you can kind of see there's some electrical conduit up above that they've started on and then
071straps for duck work and such. Another overview of the fieldhouse. That's from the field side looking in. Uh scaffold around the building block getting prepped to be laid. There's that. Uh building E kind of in the same situation as A and C is plumbing roughs done waiting on block to hit the site so they can continue up uh [clears throat] erecting those walls. Uh moving to site work. Uh as you can see a transformers been completed the stadium light uh those have been erected. Uh field turf uh was scheduled to be mobilized before the end of the year. um they've been pushed to January 14th, which is good. Once they hit on site, you know, they're pretty much have everything inside of the track field itself. And then the blue uh pictures to the left
072and the right are them excavating the footings for the bleacher foundation. So that started at the beginning of this year as well. Moving on to the earth work. Uh they're pretty wrapped up as of right now. Uh line stabilization, they've completed that in every area that they need uh for bleachers, uh field, that sort of stuff. The roof grading has been completed in the south parking lot and then the southeast parking lot. So there's where we're at on the earth work. And then here's a kind of an overview. That's visitor side where you can see all the footings have been excavated. Just waiting for peers to be drilled which that should happen here coming up fairly quick. And then this is the home side which you can see where the footings for bleachers are getting
073excavated. Uh here's just another picture of the field. That's from the top of the fieldhouse looking that way. Over to the right is the home side. Left visitor side. Uh update on site utilities. Uh fire line is 100% in. The 4-in water line is 100% in. Uh the fire department connection line is 100% in as [snorts] of in the ground. Uh storm system is about 97%. We still have a tiein to do to the city. And then [clears throat] they're right here tying in all the roof drains for concession buildings and such. Uh sanitary sewer system. We're waiting on some manholes. Those have finally came in. They're all pre-cast. Uh a little bit of a lead time on those. Those showed up last week, so they'll be hitting sanitary sewer system here this week. So
074that's site utilities. And then this is just kind of an update on the CPR1. This was a change order approved before the end of the year. Uh the maintenance building, parking lot, all that has been since demoed. Uh we are currently waiting on the underground detention system to continue on that which should be on site before the end of the month. So you'll see them digging a big hole. So if you have any questions, that's what that's for. And it's just another overview of over there where the maintenance building used to be. And I believe that is it. >> Any questions, concerns, comments? >> I have something that I really want to bring up to the board and uh to you as far as for clarification. So, I know that in dealing with the scoreboard,
075right? I know that we had removed the scoreboard. We had sent it back to the company that we had purchased it from so they could maintain it while we were under construction and then there was a storm in the valley that caused damage to the scoreboard. I received an email saying it's human nature and or you know mother nature so it's on the district. I know I called Chris and then you all have been on it to try to figure out because they should have had insurance. That's not something that the district should have worried about because we entrusted them. And I know last Thursday we met where you gave me an update on that. I and that you shared that they would not just be replacing the damaged area but all the >> particular
076tiles or whatever you want to call them. I guess I have a concern because this was Thursday, so over the weekend I'm pondering. My fear is we have a damaged scoreboard and now we're going to have a 3, you know, $6 million stadium and what if they're just putting a band-aid just to say here you go, Alice is D, and a year later I have a scoreboard that isn't working. So, what are the guarantees of that scoreboard truly not being damaged? And I don't want to be, like I said, one year into the, you know, the season and it not working. So, that's my question. What is the position from our CM? So, then we can then decide as a district. Yes, we're confident or Houston, we may have a problem that I don't want
077to face in a year. Right. >> So, I'll I'll get with Chris on that because Chris has been handling the the scoreboard situation, but we aren't going to put a scoreboard up there if we're not a 100% positive that it's going to work and we're we're not just going to put a scoreboard up there if it's not to be to y'all's standards. So, >> like I want it >> correct >> because the the scoreboard was only a year old. >> Correct. >> Right. So it's not like it was you know so I don't want damages like I said a year or two like what's going to be our guarantee that it is you know going to be at 100% or if not then what position can we take as a district to >> right >>
078make decisions if we would like to purchase another one what that would cost or what you know I I'd like all those >> right I mean we can certainly look at those options for Thank you. >> I guess we could call talk tomorrow. >> Yeah. >> Anything else? >> Where did they have a store? Did it just outside or what? >> No, it was in a warehouse down I think in the valley and then they had floodings and some tornadoes or something like that and the building fell on the or parts of the building fell on the school court. Do we pay anything for them to store it or they just >> Yes, they were under contract to store the >> contability and their building had to have been insured. So any building should be
079insured that we're currently looking into we know that's on the horizon and then you'll [clears throat] at the next meeting present some options or as to what we can do if we're going to replace the scoreboard or >> Yeah, we can. >> Yeah, we we can work on that as we can determine as far as warranty and possibly extending the warranty of the existing scoreboard. Uh we can also explore options for possible upgrades. >> Well, apparently apparently the the sculp has been damaged. We know and uh it's a big stadium. You can tell I went there last week and if uh you go up there to to the consensus and that scoreboard is going to look small and then if it's damaged it's not going to look any good. So see if we could we
080could work out a deal with them. See how much it will cost us like like the superintendent has told you how much is bigger one nice uh how much >> hopefully not much [laughter] but >> something to consider with the overall skill and just stay young is the scoreboard >> because we don't want you they don't want to scoreboard that like like Super next year, but the following year it might not work. >> Thank you. >> Appreciate it. Thank you. >> The the next three items just to expedite. Do you all have any questions for Kim or Mr. Bennett or Coach Castanos? If not, that ends the superintendent report. Thank you, Dr. Finino. On to item number seven on the agenda, the consent agenda. All items under the consent agenda are acted upon by one
081motion upon a board member's request. Any item on the consent agenda shall be moved to the action portion of the regular agenda. Item 7A, prior to approval of the consent agenda, I'd like to thank the following um committee members and businesses that have donated to our district. We have a donation by Nicole Pettis doing business as a burial lining monetary donation of $500 to Deose Elementary for Christmas. A donation byia donated at 215 to Deose Elementary for Christmas. Donation by Grace and Truth Fellowship donated a 20in bike to Deose Elementary for Christmas. A donation by Deborah Bowman for $25 to Devose Elementary for the bikes at Christmas. A donation by the Burlon law firm Bobby Gracia Berlon donated two scooters and two bikes to Deose Elementary for Christmas, a value of $200. A donation in
082Frances to Deose Elementary. A donation by Mrs. Oakley of $40 to Devote Elementary for fight. Donation by Prosperity Bank in the amount of $300 to central office for their Christmas lunchon. A donation by Locker Bin S. $500 to the Alex central office for the Christmas lunchon. information on behalf of the Don Audrey of $250 the Alice ISD central office Christmas lunchon. So, thank you to all of the members of our committee who have donated to support our district, our students, and of course the Christmas by attendance incentives. Thank you. >> There's no items for items on the agenda 7, B, D, or E. So at this time is there a motion for the approval of the consent agenda? We'll >> make a motion. >> We have a motion by Mr. Aiano. Is there a second?
083>> And a second by Mr. >> Mr. [clears throat] I >> Mr. >> Hi. >> Mr. Bua. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Ghetto. >> I >> Mr. Reed. >> Hi. >> Mr. Ramo. >> Hi. >> And myself. Hi. Motion passes. We went to item eight on the agenda. The action items. Dr. This is discussion and possible action to approve Tyler Technologies. It's a transportation software for the transportation department with the initial cost of the first year at $58,292 and the cost of $11,000 per annual thereafter. So, uh we want to move the tech uh the transportation department to be a little more modernized. We're still doing a lot of paper requests. everything is still being done through paper pencil and sometimes we're just not as quick in responding and sometimes because we're human more errors may
084occur. So I invite Miss Sanchez up to the podium to describe this uh software and seeing how we can continue to progress as a district. >> Good evening members of the audience, members of the board and Dr. Theo. I'd first like to um thank each one of you for your service, for your time, and for the leadership you provide for our students, our staff, and our community. And so this agenda item is for our transportation stop software through Tyler Technologies. Um, right now our transportation department has separate software for tracking week maintenance and separate software for tracking activity trips, but we don't have any software for routing and we don't have any software where parents can actually track their students. So, this new software will be an all-in-one software where we would be we would
085have routing capabilities. We have a parent app. Activity trips can be requested through there. we can manage our fleet maintenance. Um, and there's also reporting capabilities in the system. And this is all in one instead of having separate softwares to do each each um thing that we need to do. [laughter] Um, so right now our buses do have GPS on them, but we don't have any way for parents to track their kids. With this new software, parents will be able to download an app and get live bus locations and pickup and drop off details. And parents will also get automatic alerts if it there's any changes or any delays for any routes. Um, in the future, we will have the option to have students scan on and scan off of the bus using RFID readers.
086And this software will will improve communication with parents without any staff intervention because all of the notifications are done automatically. And so besides the parent app, this supports the daily operations with some additional tools which include paperless forms. uh requests will be entered online and they'll be customized to the information that the district requires and it will integrate into our current uh student management system which is Skyward. Uh the software also has reporting capabilities. So the district has two major reports that it submits to TA every year. So this will help ensure that we're submitting accurate reports. Um it also helps create routes with student safety in mind. So the entire area within the district boundaries will be mapped out to include cross uh walks, walk zones, hazard areas, speed limits, and travel restrictions. Uh
087the routing system will automatically determine transportation eligibility and will assign the closest and safest bus stop for the students. Each bus will also have a tablet for their drivers. Um [clears throat] so this is going to work like Google Maps. When you open it up, it'll just have a route for the bus drivers to follow and it'll have pinpoints for every student that needs to get dropped off. And at every drop off location of it, the information of the student that needs to get dropped off or picked up will pop up. And so these these tablets are very basic. It only has this software on there. Nothing else can be accessible through those tablets. Um, and so like Dr. You mentioned the cost for this at the beginning. The first year is 58,000 for implementation.
088This includes the hardware, the software, and any uh trainings that are necessary. And then after that, it'll be 11,000 a year just for the software service agreement. Do you all have any questions? >> Was this something that went out to bid or something that they came to y'all as a >> Well, no. It was something that somebody had recommended this software to me and when I got online to do research it was one of the easier softwares to use. They are part of a purchasing co-op. They're they are going we are going to tips and it is below the the the purchasing requirements for RFP but they are part of a a purchasing pro. >> Okay. >> I have a question [clears throat] 58. >> Okay. >> The 58 includes all the the tablets. Yes,
089it includes all the tablets >> for every single bus. And yes, what about the white fleet? That does not include >> not the white fleet. >> Just just the buses. >> Okay. >> And we can always add additional tablets. I think we're going to start off with 10 and then if we need more, we can add additional tablets later on. >> Okay. >> I had a question. You mentioned something about that later on that kids would be able to like scan to get on. Um, is that only going to be available to like like bus riders or like all students? >> I'm not sure. I'm thinking it's for the kids that ride the bus in the mornings, but I don't know if we can use it for like like band trips or football games or
090stuff like that if you're asking. >> Well, I I was more thinking and this might be for safety. I was just thinking that in the event that let's say we had to evacuate kids, that would be a good way to check to make sure everyone got on and we would have like an automated list of the kids on the bus. Yeah, I was just thinking. >> Yeah, I'll ask to see if there's some kind of >> because I I know that the information that's going to be on there is going to be it's going to be the students that uh require transportation. So, I don't know if they have maybe they have something else that will allow for >> that will allow. Yeah. If we could link it to their ID, then they can just
091kind of scan it so we know exactly which kids are on what bus. Yes. >> And for the ones that are out a little more rural, uh I guess the parents can get on now versus calling and say, you know, kids sick today. Don't don't even Right. >> So, it'll save >> and it it'll automatically update the system and let them know >> Yeah. on the tablet on their route knowing, okay, we don't got to go to a because kids sick. Okay. And and the software is pretty it seemed pretty easy to use. If if some a new student needs transportation, you would just uh you know put their address and it reroutes everything for you. So seem pretty user friendly. >> And I also like the idea of it's going to map out your
092route. So if we have to get a substitute bus driver, >> it's going to tell you who's supposed to get off at each of those points. >> Right. So it's very, you know, for safety purposes, you know, I think that that's so close, too. >> It'll also have a picture of the kid that's supposed to get on and off the bus. >> Yeah. >> So you're not dropping off, >> right? [clears throat] >> Well, it's got good safety features. That's why I was asking about that. You know, we just keep track. >> Well, it's area technologies. >> Yes, I that I'm not sure of. I can get a list for you of the schools [clears throat] in the area. I know a lot of school districts do more of the the bigger school districts, but
093I can get a list for you to >> just like >> the uh the tablets, are they going to come? Do they install them to the bus like a like a ELD or is it something that you get a mount to put in the bus to hold the tablet for the >> We'll have a mount in the bus. >> But are they going to come like routed into the GPS of the >> And I I Yes. And the GPS system that we're going to be using is is already the GPS system that we we do use on the buses and but the tablets can be moved from one bus to another. So it's not like it's in the bus not like Pearl Harbor. Okay. Yes. So just to confirm it does feature ID uh verification
094for student there is a feature uh which is also linked to an automated uh parent communication uh it alerts reroutes uh just like it would on GPS when taking trips. So basically all the bell doesn't whistle that GPS provides uh but to include uh ID verification along with the automated parent communication >> and just to clarify like it's really going to streamline everything like in addition to the things you were streamlining you know reports maintenance to save our staff time. >> Yes. So there's a certain report that they have to do now, a turnbyturn report. And so they do this on paper and it'll say like drive two miles south on Red Street turn. And they do it on paper and so this will just let them drive and it'll create this this turn by
095turn. So that'll be >> so they write that in right now. And >> that's one of the reports we have to submit to. So, >> thank you for at this time. Is there a motion regarding item 8 a.m.? >> We have a motion by Mr. Tino. Is there a second? >> I'll second. A second by Miss G. Is there any discussion? >> Oh, I'm sorry. There was a motion by Mr. >> Is there any discussion at this time? >> Mr. Adiano, >> I >> Mr. Samura, >> hi. >> Mr. Pñena, >> hi. >> Mrs. Gha. >> Hi, >> Mr. Reed. >> Hi. >> And Mr. >> Hi. >> And myself. >> Hi. Motion passes. On to item nine of the agenda. Our executive meeting or session called 14. Texas 900 Texas government4 matters 981 Presentation
096of 98 983 presentation and discussion of resignation. 984 personnel update regarding investigations. 985 discussion of superintendent's annual evaluation and contract. 9 Texas Government Code section 551.071 legal matters board attorney advice and 551.074 personnel item 9 C Texas government code section 551.076 review discussion of districtwide intruder detection audit report finding 9D pursuant to Texas government code 551.071 071 attorney consultation regarding legal issues related to possible approval of written contracts for administrator to receive financial benefit for providing services outside of housing. 9E pursuant to Texas government code 551.074 074 consider and discuss possible approval of written contracts for administrator to receive financial benefit for providing services of our time is now 8:21 language effort. That's Now 11:04 January 12th of 2025. On to item 10. We're have written from executive session and we're now back open. Item
097number 11 the agenda item. 11 A consideration of possible action retire that was information only. 11 B consideration and possible action regarding retirement that's only 11 C consideration and possible action regarding resignation that wasformational item only. 11D discussion of possible action regarding ongoing investigation that was anformational item only. E, consideration of possible action regarding the annual superintendent evaluation and contract >> super. >> Yeah, it's the one I hand wrote on the paper. >> You're looking at the wrong [laughter] >> at this time. Do we have a motion? >> Yes. >> [laughter] >> I move that we approve the superintendent evaluation and contract as discussed in closed session. >> Do we have a motion by Mr. Samura? Is there a second? >> Second. >> And a second by Mr. Aano. >> Is there any discussion? >>
098Mr. Aiano. >> I. >> Mr. Samoa. >> Hi. >> Mr. Po. >> Hi. >> Mrs. >> Hi. >> Mr. Reed. >> Hi. >> Mr. [clears throat] Dan. >> Hi. >> And myself. I am >> item 11 F consideration and possible action regarding districtwide intruder detection audit report and findings. That was anformational item only. >> We don't have to approve that. Okay. >> And item 11g consideration and take possible action to approve the written contracts for administrators receive a financial benefit for providing services outside Alice. I move that the board approve the written contracts presented for Mr. Medical Fittis to receive a financial benefit for providing services outside of Alice ISD based on the on a determination that the contracts will not harm Alice ISD. The arrangement does not present a conflict of interest and the
099services will be performed entirely on the administrator's personal time. >> Thank you. We have a motion by Mr. I second >> a second by Mr. Samura. Is there any discussion? >> No. Mr. >> Hi, >> Mr. Sam. Mr. Ben. >> Hi. >> Mrs. G. >> Hi. >> Mr. Re. >> Hi. >> Mr. Dan. >> I motion passes. >> The time is now 11:07 and this meeting is Thank you to everyone who was with us all night. [laughter] Oh my goodness.