AISD Boardmeeting 10/13/2025

001Sugar. Extra sugar. I have to do this. Thank you. C [Music] That's right. I don't know. Sure. Okay. [Music] Hey, [Music] Okay. Come here. Just [Music] one. Okay. Nice. [Music] It's coming. [Music] All right. [Music] It's coming. [Music] Yes. [Music] 31. [Music] with this. [Music] It's okay. [Music] I know it's hard. Maybe not here. [Music] Good girl. [Music] Thank you. [Music] Yeah. It's fine. [Music] Thank you. Yes. [Music] Get better. [Music] 6:34 and I would like to welcome everyone to our boardroom this evening. I'm going to read out the agenda. A regular meeting of the board of trustees of the Alice Independent School District will be held at the Alice Administration building 2 Kville Alice, Texas 78332. This meeting is called to order and now we're going to call roll. Present at today's meeting is

002Dr. Drevinho. Myself, the board president Jennifer Banera, the vice president, Mr. Herman Ariano. Not present is our secretary, Mr. Speedo Samura. Present is trustee, trustee Miss Debbie Geta, trustee Mr. Cody Reeds, and absent is Miss Trustee Mr. Leer. I think I can have a quorum >> on to the pledge of allegiance and I'd like Dr. to introduce students. Good evening. This afternoon we have two second grade students from science that will be leading us in the pledge of I'm sorry is it? >> No. Okay, then you need to introduce him. because I had a couple of different names. >> Good evening, board president. I have two first grade students from Shallard and you can tell they're stuck on me. We have Mr. Gavin Gonzalez. Uh parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gonzalez, and then Cameron Galvan. Parents,

003Javier and Cameron Galvan. Ready? Hand over your heart. >> Miss Orchard, we also have science kids that are here. Yeah, that's >> double booked. >> It's all right. >> From science. Is this money? >> Yes. The daughter of Marcy Genna and Terreri Stouty. >> Kyrie, daughter of Farewell Stout. To the flag of the United States of America and to the for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all the Texas flag. I one state one and indivisible. [Applause] You did amazing. Thank you so much. To item number four of the agenda, recommend approving of the board meeting minutes for the board meeting on September 8th of 2025. Is there a motion at this time for approval? >> I'll make a motion to order September 8th, 2025. >> We have a

004motion by Mr. P. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> And a second by Mr. Reeds now to vote. Mr. Adio. I >> Mr. Pena. Hi. >> Miss Gha. I s I >> myself. I It passes. On to item number five, the public comment. Audience participation at a board meeting is limited to the portion of the meeting designated to receive public comment in accordance with the board policy beed local. At all other times during the board meeting, the audience shall not enter into discussion or debate on matters being considered by the board unless requested by the presiding officer. The speaker is a board resolution of a specific complaint that concerns should be addressed through the district's grievance policy. At regular board meetings, the board shall permit public comment regardless of whether the topic is

005an item from the agenda posted with notice of the meeting. Public comment shall occur at the beginning of the meeting and individuals who wish to participate during that portion of the meeting designated for public comment shall sign up with the presiding officer or designate before the meeting begins as specified in the board procedures on public comment and shall indicate on the agenda item or topic which they wish to address. Except as permitted by board policy, be the be local and the procedures on public comment and individual comments to the board shall not exceed three minutes per meeting and when necessary or effective meeting management or to accommodate large numbers of individuals wishing to address the board. The presiding officer may adjust the public comment procedures in accordance with meeting local, including establishing an overall time

006limit for public comment and adjusting the time allowed to each speaker. However, no individual shall be given less than one minute to make comments at this time. Is there anyone who signed up for public comment? >> Now for the superintendent report, Dr. >> Yes. Good afternoon, Madam President, members of the board. This afternoon, we start with recognitions. We'd like to start by recognizing one of our own, Wyoming student, Caleb Goz, for outstanding artwork in being selected as this year's athletic booster club theme shirt design winner. And now I invite Mr. Bay to the podium. >> Dr. Tvinho, fellow board members, ladies and gentlemen of the audience, thank you very much. U as Dr. said, "My name is Adrien Pñan. I have the pleasure of not only serving on the board, but I also am the

007president of the Alice Coyote Booster Club, and uh it has been a long-standing tradition that we have a student of our district. Um, basically do some artwork that will go on a t-shirt for our booster club t-shirt that we then sell for profit and then we give away the money at the end for scholarships, etc." We had a really tough decision this year, but uh we had a lot of great artists and uh after a long and uh difficult decision, Kayla Goinas from WAMS was eventually our winner. And not only was she a great artist, but she now also gets a $100 gift certificate from the booster club. And in addition to that, she gets a free t-shirt. But so I' I'd like Caleb to come up here. Is up here to come. Can you

008come up here, please? >> So, here's your gift certificate, and you have to do some work because in addition to that, you're going to help me give out some t-shirts. This is your shirt that you designed. We took a little liberty with your artwork. But this is what Kayla came up with. [Applause] >> So in appreciation, we also have a t-shirt for Miss Pettis, >> for our board members. >> So Mr. Lee Ramon is not here. So I will give that to And this is for Sandra. >> Herman. >> Thank you. >> You're very welcome, Debbie. >> Ced's not here today. >> And uh Jennifer Cody Dr. doesn't give you. And if y'all could please >> hold your shirts up and take a picture. >> One more picture. >> Where's your shirt? >> Yeah. And

009I hear >> The photo op. And in case y'all didn't haven't seen these, it also has a roster in the back. >> Get everybody. >> Yes. >> You good? >> Congratulations. Congratulations, Miss. Awesome job. Continue that gift of drawing and sketching. I wish I had that gift because I don't. So, next I invite Christina Wright to the podium to recognize our dyslexia teachers. Good evening, Madam President, members of the board, Dr. Ninoho, and members of our audience. Uh, thank you for the opportunity for allowing me to speak on behalf of Dr. Amanda Mendetta, our director of special education, who was unable to be here this evening, but we are honored to share the great work happening in our district to support our students identified with dyslexia. October is dyslexia awareness month, a time we dedicate

010to celebrating our students strengths and recognize the dedication of our dyslexia teachers. Dyslexia is a language-based learning difference that affects how individuals process written and spoken language. Individuals with dyslexia simply learn in a different way. Students with dyslexia may face difficulties with reading fluency, decoding, spelling, and word recognition. However, with the right support and instruction, they can thrive both academically and creatively. Our dyslexia teachers use a targeted research-based multi-ensory approach that engages students visual, auditory, and kinesthetic senses to strengthen reading skills and build confidence. Alice currently has eight dyslexia teachers serving a total of 152 students throughout the district. We would like to recognize the following teachers here with us today for their dedication, compassion, and expertise in empowering students to overcome challenges, celebrate growth, and foster a lifelong love of learning. With us this

011evening is Miss Maria Ravinho, William Adams Middle School. [Applause] Mrs. Linda Valerio, Shallard Elementary. Mrs. Manuelita Perez, Science Elementary. [Applause] And unable to make it this evening, Elda Salasad from Science Elementary, Martha Monahan, William Adams Middle School, Dr. Gilma Vincent Alice High School, Miss Gracie Gandu, Nunan Elementary, and Miss Estella Lewis, Dubos Elementary. Thank you so much for I keep sliding the chairs around. Ladies, thank you all so much for not only working with the children who have a reading, you know, problem perhaps, but the fact that you all motivate them intrinsically that you all provide them that support where they start believing in themselves when they've struggled for a while and learning how to read. So, I know that you go above and beyond. It's not just the basics of teaching them our program,

012but it's loving them and teaching them to love themselves. So, thank you so much to invite Miss Lori Ortha to the podium to recognize our amazing principles. >> Good evening, board members and community members. October is designated as National Principal Month, a time to celebrate and honor the essential role of campus principles in shaping the success of students, staff, and school communities. This year's national theme, elevating principles, transforming schools, emphasizes the leadership role principles provide in fostering academic excellence, building positive school cultures, and supporting teachers and students alike. Tonight, we proudly recognize and extend our appreciation to AliceD principles for their tireless dedication, visionary leadership, and unwavering commitment to student achievement. Their daily work elevates the profession and transforms our schools into places where every student can thrive. At this time, we'd like to present

013each principal with a certificate of appreciation and a gift to say thank you for everything that you do. So, we are going to begin with Alice High School principal Dr. Marissa Kabala. Next we have Dr. Sidono Canu, Early College High School. Ray Bettis, William Adams Middle School. Jasmine Dominguez, Deal Elementary, Samira Massie, Nunan Elementary Principal. Lorie Traftton, Science Elementary Principal. And last but not least, Dr. Kimberly Van Sher Elementary. Before they uh take their picture, I'd like to just publicly thank these amazing individuals that take care of 4,300 students and they're responsible for them on a daily basis. We're on the outside, but they're on the inside every day rolling up their sleeves and ensuring that the kids are safe and as well as academically moving in the right direction. You all are amazing. on

014behalf of the board and myself, we want to thank you because you don't hear it enough often. You only sometimes hear the complaints of, you know, uh staff, maybe maybe students or or community members, but at the end, you continue to smile and you continue to do what's right because you were put on this earth to make a difference in Alice ISD. I'm grateful to be working alongside each and every one of you as we continue to impact lives. You all are amazing. [Applause] Thank you. >> Thank you. Please do join us for punch and cake during our recess period as we continue to celebrate our principles. >> Thank you. We also celebrate custodial death this month. So I'd like to call Mr. Mike to the podium. It's okay. You're next. >> Yep. >> Hello

015president, Dr. Radio board audience. Thank you for being here. Uh, I first want to to recognize my custodial supervisor, Mr. Gando Canu. Uh, I want to take a moment to sincerely thank you for your continued work, leadership, dedication, and taking care of the day-to-day operations for custodial. Uh, good evening everyone. Thank you for being here today. We gather to recognize a group of people whose work often behind the scenes and whose impact is front and center every single day. Uh, on October 2nd, 2025 was National Custodian Day. So today we honor our custodians. These individuals arrive early, stay late, make sure every room, every room, hallway, office, restrooms, clean, safe, and ready for us to do what we do best. Whether that's learning, teaching, working, or serving. They are the silent backbone of our building,

016sometimes unnoticed, but always but always important. Custodians just don't clean. They care. They care that the floors are safe to walk on for our students. The classrooms are welcoming for our teachers. They care for the workspaces are healthy for all our staff and they care about us day in and day out. >> Today I want to thank our custodians and everything that you do and we have a little certificate here for you to acknowledge your hard work. >> Thank you. [Applause] uh ended up leaving due to the fact that there's some work to be done and they didn't want to prolong their uh their time there at the school. So, a couple of Miss Lucy and I know uh Miss Stella left early. Good. Thank you. [Applause] We come. [Music] Let's get pregnant. carbon. Thank

017you. daughter. Excellent. Michael, great. Mr. Rena fields, >> Mr. Guilford. Master Gernandez. Sorry. >> Is it Annabel Bueno? This is not where I miss. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Just any Lopez. Another Jonathan here. So you see [Applause] me do your chicken. [Applause] Did you feel the point? [Music] Mr. You guys [Music] Maria Dalia Yeah, there [Applause] is. What's up, >> personally thank uh Is it Leslie Garcia? >> Yes, >> Leslie Garcia. She started today, so the certificate was not hasn't printed a certificate yet, but you'll be uh you tomorrow. I just want to close that uh that your work had never been more vital than in recent years. Uh through health challenges, staffing shortages, and changing protocols that you all showed up dayto day. uh you kept our facilities running when everything seemed

018uncertain and there's nothing that's nothing more and short of heroic. Uh so today I say thank you not just with words but in recognition, respect and genuine appreciation and I thank you for everything that you do. >> Thank you. [Applause] YouTube break the two cheesecake. [Applause] [Music] All right. [Music] Okay, thank you. [Music] Mildred. [Music] >> Smile. Congratulations. [Music] That's her brother called appcate audience tomorrow will be presenting the life of the party and I know our schools without conditions like Michael said so kids don't get sick. So now we're going to go back to 6A 4 which is recognition of coaches. It was also national coaches day. So I invite coach Castanos to the program. [Laughter] Good evening, Dr. Board members, community of Alice. Uh on October 6th of last week was National Coaches

019Day. If it was up to them, it would be National Coaching Day. Um, it was a day dedicated to honoring and thanking coaches uh for their hard work, uh, dedication, timeless hours of efforts, uh, the positive impacts, uh, that they have on our student athletes here in Alice, uh, both on and off the field. Uh coaches teach valuable life lessons uh beyond the sport uh that they coach include teamwork, uh discipline, uh perseverance, sportsmanship, respect, time management, etc., etc. All this while ensuring that our athletes get a quality education uh in the classroom and that they also represent the school with integrity and pride. So, at this time, I'm proud to recognize all of our hardworking uh Alice ISD uh coaches, who were probably real rowdy out there, but they're alive. >> Um, at this

020time, I'd like to bring my assistant up, uh, Coach George Belon. [Applause] personally thank him uh for all of his hard work and dedication to all of our student athletes, not only the girls, but to all of our student athletes and our coaches here at Alice ISD. For all your time and all your commitment uh to our kids and our coaches does not go unnoticed. So, thank you for all your efforts. Thank you. [Applause] >> At this time, we'll introduce our coaches. So we'll start out start out with Miss Emmaia Luna [Applause] Mr. Juan Mr. Deon Ora [Applause] Sorry, I should have told myself I'm the poor coach. I'm trying very well. Make sure I emphasize the coaching part. Coach Adan Olivaris, Coach Janet Munoz, [Applause] Coach Laura Mora, Coach Ulysa Perez, Coach Mariah Mandel,

021Coach Abel Lopez, Coach Barry Lansdale, Coach Gail Garza, Coach Kaitlin Garza. What's Victor Garcia, Coach Katie, Coach Arnold Garcia, Cameron Cox, Coach Adon Canales, [Applause] Coach George, Coach Alejandro Auka, Coach Marisa Austa, Coach Andre Willie Coach Peter, Coach Tasha Valdez, Coach Pete Devino, Coach Gonzi, Mark, coach Leonard Tiffen, [Applause] Coach Jared Taylor, Coach Mari Santos, Julius Almaras Benito. to be here. >> Like to finish off with we all have titles as moms, dads, some of us even grandparents, uncles, aunts, but to me there's no better title than a coach. We appreciate all your hard work and your efforts to all of our students here in Alice D. Congratulations. >> Thank you. [Applause] You can't stand >> here. again. Give this a go. Got it. See you later. >> Thank you sir. I'd just like to

022say that if it wasn't for coach, I don't know where I'd be. Amazing guy. He teach me the right way. He teaches me and he's very patient. So, >> just keep to teach him to follow roll. >> Thank you, coach. As goes the leader goes the organization. So that organization of coaches are a reflection of you and your team. So thank you so much. Now we have waterburger feeding student success and we're excited to make this announcement. So I invite Mr. Salasat up to the podium. >> Good evening board. Um Dr. Dvinho and remaining guest. Uh thank you for uh allowing me the opportunity to introduce this as a project. I know Dr. and myself work with Mr. Rosano Medola in the summer and it's uh it goes side by side with our goals and

023our expectations. Before we go in into recognizing them and their their contribution, I'd like to explain a little bit of what you believe should be in your board uh packet and that's uh the different items that they brought to the table. The waterburger feeding student success also again wants to recognize waterburger for their support in their attendance uh their support for attendance academics and the extracurricular uh via the waterburger feeding students success initiative. So part of the initiative is the first one would be oh forgot to clear that hold uh is a waterburger student attendance uh which you see up there with the AL high school W elementary each one of those is per semester and that's the contribution the waterburger will be giving per semester um and first semester and then the second semester

024a total of $9,000 for attendance and standard each principal has that bring that money to make sure that they uh uh use it as fit uh to uh make sure that they bring the students to school. They water understands that the attendance for every student is very important. So we're trying to um you want to call it a bribe, we drive them a little bit but to get them to here and then there's other incentives involved. The next one, of course, if you need if you have your students in attendance, you need to make sure you have your teachers in attendance. So, we want to encourage our teachers and give them a little something. So, the waterburg also felt that uh the teachers needed an attendance incentive also to make sure that they made it.

025Uh high school 800, Graham 600, and all elementary $400 a semester with a total of $6,000 per year for agendas and set. Yes. Also contributing, Waterburger had the library incentive, elementary's AR reading improvements, $300 for every campus, a total of $1,800, $3,600 for the year. So, they want to make sure that student found uh foundation as far as reading is strong and stable with our goals as well. So they they are contributing that to the libraries. Also on Whams instead of for the library they gave a spots of orange that's their store that they're putting together $600 worth of merch merchandise and that's to develop a u or to foster a positive school climate uh at WHAM. So they anytime they see something positive happening, they'll let Miss Betterist know that something as positive is

026happening and they could go to the spons of Orange uh store and make sure they buy some uh gear. Uh it is waterburger related, but it's a lot of nice gear. Everybody's carrying that the Waterburger uh gear or items. Then after that we have probably one of their biggest things goals of course not only the district but as well as waterburger they feel strongly the academic growth it has to continue and they have to we have to foster that. So they what they did is a young long-year goal uh based on their star benchmarks whatever the uh we end up deciding but they are going to give awards and at the end of whether it's March or April they'll give six different awards and each one of those awards first place $3,600 26 216 and

027even if you're in sixth place they'll receive $800 but there has to be academic growth they're holding everybody accountable just as we're holding our principles We celebrate them but we hold them accountable and no pressure uh we do want academic growth. So each one of those uh depending where they fall uh will receive an award for academic growth. Uh they can use it for student incentives, field trips, whatever they want to do to celebrate their kids for their growth. Uh they can use it as and last but not least, the Waterburger Star shirts. I know our elementary schools, they take pride in their colors. Uh the star shirts cost roughly around $5,400 and they will be the schools or campuses can design their shirts and then water will pick up to 50 $5,400 and that's

028a grand total of all those different incentives for the year of $36,000. [Applause] We added a little bit more water additional support. I know they that's something that they're going to recognize, but I want to recognize them for a couple of weeks ago. One of the incentives I saw at WAMS I was there while uh Miss uh Rosanna and her team, Waterburger team showed up. They brought all the different items. It was a burger the burger bars at the elementary schools. Uh they put their snacks, drinks, and everything in order. and they served also our students as well as our teachers. That's over $4,000 including snacks, drinks, and events. Another $6,500 uh student swag throughout the year. Uh whether it's the football games throughout the year that they're contributing different things, $8,000. The football dinners,

029they support our team as well and they contribute to that. uh tournament cost of basketball. They put up uh the money for the trophies and the officials were are very costly as $6,500 as well as uh support with different meals for that basketball uh tournament. So they they're able to uh help and host on that. So there's additional monies and if you notice it was a little probably over $50,000 that they contribute uh to the Alice ISD which we want to thank Waterburger uh for their support and working with Alice ISD and helping us move toward the A district. So thank you Waterburger and a small gift for our board members and Dr. opportunity. Thank you so much. >> That's awesome. >> I had water today. >> It Friday on Friday. Friday on Friday on

030Monday. Thank you so much. Thank you. >> I saw the picture in the library. Yeah, >> I saw the picture. >> Thank you for being very supportive partners. Waterburger, we do appreciate it and the fact that your goals are just as aligned to ours. So, we appreciate you meeting with us and ensuring that the schools get a little extra. It means a lot to our community that we have such great partners. Think I have one more item which is upcoming communication network expanding superintendent communication series. So this idea came about after our last conference right the TASBY conference and going to some sessions on how we can continue to improve our communication with the various stakeholders in the community which is our families students and the taxpayers. So we will be starting a superintendent series.

031So I don't know in the next uh we have our topics that we will be covering and so we will start it with the Jim Loss County Fair and we have interviewed interviewed some students and their parents uh so they can just talk to us and share with us their experiences. So different topics throughout the year. So in November we have mental health. In December, we'll talk to some GT students and teachers about their GT project. And then we have the character and service that they're going to be working on. CCMR, the fine arts program, early registration, star prep, and end of the year review. So, those are the different topics and the people that we will be interviewing. We're excited to just hear from the community, hear from the students how ALSD is impacting

032their life. So, it's really about just showcasing what they've been experiencing and how we can continue to help them. So, it's like a conversation, very uh comfortable setting. The first one we did at Alice High School in their library where it was in the like in a sofa. So, we were sitting down, relaxed, and just having a good conversation. So, we're excited to put that out uh I guess next week. And then we have a taxpayer Tuesday. And so we want to invite members of the community to come here what AliceD is investing their money in and how we can continue to support the community to make it even better. So we didn't want to do it every month because it probably be like another meeting kind of thing, but every other month just to

033have a conversation as well with the parents. So the first one is just a legislative update just so they can hear about all the changes because sometimes they hear bits and pieces of what's going on but they don't know the the complete story. So we want to start with that and then do a facilities update. How are we spending their taxpayer money on the bond? So just give them an update on the stadium and then the budget process. Just explain to them how that works with human resource and the business office. how you all go about in putting out a budget that's balanced for the following year and then talk to them about an endofear, you know, and the summer plans that we have. So, having four meetings throughout the year with our taxpayers to

034explain to them how we're putting their money to good use and building our students up in order for the community to continue just to get better. So, we want to be transparent and we want to be very uh available for any questions they may have. So this is new. I'm excited to continue to expand our processes and our thinking in order to get input from the community. So that's up and coming. So I wanted to share that with you all. And then we have our October academic update and I invite Miss Lucha to the podium. Good evening board president, members of the board, Dr. Tradinho, members of the audience. We did hear earlier uh during recognitions that this is dyslexia awareness month. October is also down syndrome awareness month and this is when we honor

035the unique abilities and contributions of individuals with Down syndrome. So the intent is that together uh we celebrate their strengths and promote inclusion, kindness, understanding and opportunities for all. So we have two very important uh awareness month Moving into instructional updates. Saturday, October 11th was our first ADS Saturday Academy. ADSI stands for additional days school year. Uh this came into place through House Bill 3 in 2019 and it added half-day funding for school districts that add up to 30 additional days of instruction to the regular calendar in order to provide additional support for students. So, we use 20 of those days in the summer for summer school. And then we have six more days that are built into the Saturdays throughout the school year. And this uh past Saturday, the Saturday Academy was attended by

036202 students. Uh with Nunan having the highest attendance at 48 and those 202 students were able to experience the benefits of hands-on learning and also small groupoup instruction. We have another adsy Saturday coming up on November 8th and we hope to see even more students then at the state of the district. Dr. Trebhino shared information about college career and military readiness CCMR outcomes bonuses. I wanted to also share the info publicly here as well but include some background information regarding how the bonuses work. CCMR outcome bonuses were provided by House Bill 3 and the intent is to support the state's mission to prepare every child for success in college career of the military. However, the purpose of the outcome bonuses is to reward school systems not just for preparing students for college career military but

037for the students actually taking the next step in their career. The criteria then for earning an outcomes bonus is different from the criteria for earning a CCMR point for accountability. So the table here shows you the difference. These are the criteria for outcome bonuses. So for example, if you look at the uh column for college ready, if a student meets Texas success initiative criteria, they can earn a CCMR point. However, to be eligible for an outcome bonus, they would also have to enroll at an institute of higher education in the fall immediately following their high school graduation. Um, or if they earned an associates degree, it counts the same. So, the outcome bonuses require sort of an added step. For the career readiness, a student can earn a CCMR bonus through industrybased certification or level

038one or two certificate. Um, they would get their CCMR point for that part. However, in order to be eligible for the outcome bonus, they would also have to meet the TSI criteria. So, they have two elements. Military readiness stays the same. So, what it comes down to is not every CCMR point translates to outcome bonus eligibility. And basically what the outcome bonuses are is this is funds that the state only releases to districts with really additional proof that the district's preparation of students for college, career, and military is effective. So, it requires that extra step. These bonuses are paid annually, although they are on a two-year leg for the accomplishments of graduates beyond a certain threshold. So, it's also not every student who meets those criteria we just saw that earns a bonus. It has

039to go past a certain threshold. And the purpose of that threshold concept is to ensure equity across groups. So the state wants to make sure that all subgroups are getting the support that they need in order to have college career and military readiness. And looking at how the thresholds work and the bonuses that are assigned, um if you look at this table, the top half is threshold. And so for example, if we look at the student group of students that are identified as economically disadvantaged, the threshold is 11%. So, you would have to meet 11% of students from that student group uh meeting those outcome bonus criteria we looked at just a minute ago. And it's not until you pass that 11% threshold that the bonuses start to kick in. And then when you look

040down uh to the bottom section, that same economically disadvantaged subgroup, once you go over the threshold per annual graduate, that would be $5,000. Um for non-economically disadvantaged uh students that are identified in that way, the threshold is 24%. If you pass that threshold of students who met those outcome bonus criterias, that's 3,000. for special education students. Any students who are meeting that outcome bonus criteria um are eligible. And it was uh up until recently $2,000, but beginning with the 2024 graduates, it is now 4,000. So what does that look like? This is uh our history with outcome bonuses since our 2021 annual graduates. So if we look at just the very first line of that first table that says 2021 annual graduates and kind of see how it works. Uh the student group identified as

041economically disadvantaged for that year's graduates there were 175 in that group. The threshold like we talked about a minute ago is 11%. So that means that we needed 19 students to have met that threshold in order to start being eligible for bonuses. In that particular year with 2021 annual graduates, there were 12 who met that criteria and so there were none that were above the threshold and so there was no bonus eligibility. And so you can see it kind of went that way for that whole graduating group. In 2020, for 2022 annual graduates, the bonus eligibility was $2,000. In 2023, for the 2023 annual graduates, that bonus eligibility did grow to 93,000. Then with our 2024 annual graduates, this is the school year that the strong initiative to support students in reaching college career and

042military readiness began. And so we'll look at this year as another example of kind of how it works. So if you follow that same group straight across for our 2024 annual graduates of students identified as econ economically disadvantaged, there were 227 We have that same threshold of 11%. Again, needed 24 to meet that threshold. But there were actually 120 students from that group who met that higher CCMR outcome bonus criteria. So that means we had 96 students above the threshold and then times the $5,000 uh for that category, that's where that 480,000 comes from. And then you can see that that actually totaled up to $589,000. Um that also was the year where House Bill 2 increased uh the special ed number to $4,000. So this is the first year that you have that. Now,

043as you look at 2025, I want to point out very clearly that that is an estimate because it lags two years. So the state is going to have to tell us which of those 2025 graduates actually enrolled this fall um in an institute of higher red. So that's why we have we have that lag. Um this number that we have here as an estimate 1 million3,000 that would be the maximum that we're dealing with. So the actual eligibility is depending on how many of the students um actually you know started an institute of higher education. Um, to give you a little idea of how that might work, our estimate that we originally had for 24 was about 751,000 and then after we got those numbers, it came out to 589. So, just to kind of

044give you an idea, the important thing to consider is as that bonus number rises, what it really is is it's an indicator of the state's confidence in the effectiveness of the district's preparation of students for college, career, or military. And it's based on actual outcomes as our students graduate. To put it in a little bit broader context, this table is a comparison of Alice ISD from 2021 to 2024 as compared to state and as compared to our region 2. Um, and what it is in regard to the vertical axis there, it's percent of the total accessed. So, as I said, there's funds that are available that the state only releases if you meet these eligibility criteria. So what this is saying is what percent of the possible funds were accessed. The blue bars are the

045state over those four years from 21 to 24. There really wasn't much change in the numbers. Uh the highest one is 16% of possible funds uh released. For region 2 um there was a little growth from 21 to 24. The maximum was a little less than state which was 12% on average. Uh you can see for Alice ISD at the end there that there was significant growth. Um and in 2024 there was actually 47% of the total potential accessed. 2825 is not on here because it's still an estimate. So they won't have that information until later. Next, I'm just going to share a couple quick quick updates on a few of the targeted uh subject areas that we had for 2526. So, one of them was our fifth grade science. Um, and we did bring

046in our u consultant that worked with us for part of last year, Mr. Enrique Gonzalez, who is a master science teacher. um and we loved the work that he did with the teachers last year and we said we really need to bring him in at the beginning of the year this year and up what we're doing. Um so he was here as I've mentioned before for summer spark in July and then also with our fifth grade science teachers for beginning of year professional development on August 6th. On September 12th, we had the first on-site support visit in Alice and there will be another one um on the 21st and then ongoing throughout the year. And what we did at these visits um we had collaborative peer observations. So the fifth grade science teachers actually got

047to go see each other in their classrooms in action and then get feedback from Mr. Gonzalez based on his experience. Um then they also had the second half of the day a topic roll out of all the upcoming topics uh where they got instructional strategies and activities and of course this is in combination with the other support we had in district. The pictures on this screen and the next screen um demonstrate some of the hands-on activities, the memory tools and the instructional approaches that are being integrated into the classrooms. Another targeted area um based on you know star results was 8th grade social studies. Um and so with eighth grade social studies as mentioned in one of the earlier updates uh we did bring in a master teacher uh who has had very strong success

048at both uh reading language arts and social studies and we brought her in during summer spark. Um she provided great strategies to the teachers and uh eighth grade social studies teachers did request they're like we would love to see her in action in her classroom. And so on October 1st uh the eighth grade social studies teachers along with um Wham's dean Lorie Larma and then u Mia Compost as well uh they went and got a chance to actually see her live. Um, I had a different training I had to attend and I was kind of disappointed because I heard amazing things and I was like, I can't believe I missed that. Uh, the participants were really excited about what they saw and learned and so we are actually bringing her in in the way that

049we are doing with Mr. Gonzalez and she will be coming for the first time on the 20th of this month and we're going to do uh a similar process where they get a chance to do some peer observations and get some feedback from someone with the experience. uh and really work with that. So, we're we're excited uh about this. We did want to extend a little further into root causes as far as struggles in eighth grade social studies. And so, therefore, exploring some of the research that surrounds the link between literacy development and social studies and looking at how crosscurricular connections can support both. Um, in fact, it's been shown that more instructional time devoted to social studies has actually correlated with greater reading growth from first to fifth grade. And so, in light of

050this, we have become uh or we have begun an RLA social studies crosscurricular connections initiative which reaches back to the foundational learning and K5. So, the goals of the initiative are two. One is to improve quality and consistency of social studies instruction across K5. And the second is to also still be supporting development and transfer of reading language arts skills at the same time. And this aligns really closely with the crosscurricular nature of our STAR assessments. The STAR assessments actually prioritize reading passages that reference topics students have learned in other classes like science and social studies. And it also aligns with our amplify RLA curriculum um which emphasizes and embeds crosscurricular topics that are meant to help build background knowledge for students so that they can build their their comprehension. So the way that we're

051uh trying to support this is that every six weeks uh right before the sixth week starts we are having a facilitated planning and support session. Each principal has identified one teacher from each grade level. And so, uh, those teachers, one per campus, per grade level, are coming together and kind of together we're planning, um, the six weeks as they come and looking at how to create social studies lessons that are integrating RLA skills. So this is kind of new and and something that we're working through uh sort of developing and and creating with the goal being to move away from kind of the old idea of you know maybe taking from one subject to give to another um as far as time and instead looking at ways um to support both at the same time

052and meet all the needs of our kids. Finally, we have a couple major assessments coming up. Our very first set of benchmarks uh district benchmark one is going to happen between October 27th and November 7th is when that window will close. So you can see the schedule there. And also that first week in November we do have high school our accelerated testers taking their ACT. So that accelerated tester group are those students who took and passed their algebra EOC in eighth grade and therefore to meet federal requirements they need to take either the ACT or SAT uh during high school for accountability. Any questions? >> Thank you. And now moving on to student services with respect and how it managed. My favorite. >> Good evening members of the board or president Dr. members of the

053audience. I bring to you today the October update. We're going to start off with my favorite, our September campus attendance. So if you look at last year's compared to this school year for September, you're going to see at Alice High School, we were at 92.11% last school year. This year at 92.59%. They had a 0.48% increase. For the middle school, we had 94.54% last school year and this school year at 93.20%. um they had a little decrease uh 1.34 um percent and then at noon in they had last year 94.74% this year 95.70% which was a 0.43% gain science 95.48% last year this year 96.13% they had a 0.65% 65% gain. Uh Shallot Elementary, 96.39% last school year. This year 96.64% a 0.25% gain. And then at Dubose Elementary last year a 95.24% um attendance

054and then this school year 95.67% which was in a 0.43% gain. Moving on to our district attendance. So for September for LSISD and 2425 we ended at 94.23% and a 2526 for this school year 9430%. Now you will see that it is only a 0.0% gain but even though our current attendance gains may appear incremental, it's important to recognize that last year we made nearly a 2% increase and this school year's uh continued upward trend shows that we remain on the right path. There is sustained progress even in small percentages as I've shown you in the past slide that confirms that our strategies that we have in place are effective and moving us toward our long-term attendance goals and to that a district. Next thing I want to share is our PE's preliminary fall student

055district data. So this is what we submit to TA in December every school year. Uh our October fall snapshot is October 31st. Now, on the 2526, you're only going to see preliminary numbers as of October the 8th. If we look at our ESL, you're going to see that we had a gain from 108 last year to 145. We had 37 more students. This does include our monitored students. And then moving on to economically disadvantaged, which is our biggest. Uh last year we were at 88.64%. Right now we are sitting at 90.15% which is a 1.5% increase. Do know that this does affect our accountability ratings and state and federal report. Moving on to military. Last year 19 119 this year we're at 132. We've gained 13 more students. Our foster care 24. Last year we're

056at 30. We've gained six. Our gifted and talented we are at 164. We're at 199. That's 35 more students. And then our special education 822 last year and we are 858 36 more students but we're still going with that. And before you move on to this is the pulse of the district and so what we're reporting to TA that's how we get funded. So we need to make sure that we code accurately in order for us to get the funding that we deserve in order for our kids to get all the resources that they need. So this is very very important and Dr. Dino is correct because that is our foundation of our district demographic reporting. So coding is critical. So we always have to ensure that we have the correct coding to get the

057correct funding. So, tomorrow night I will be hosting a parent awareness meeting. And this meeting is just to inform our parents about uh Skyward Family Access and how to monitor progress. Uh this will give parents an opportunity to check on students grades, discipline, anything they need to know about the students that they probably don't already know. And then uh some topics that we'll discuss will be legislative updates. Um, it's kind of just to review and answer questions on the new cell phone policy, on the new health and counseling consent forms, and then the last 30 minutes of the uh meeting will be with ACE. They're going to do an interactive activity to help promote that invol, excuse me, involvement. And some things that we will have, we will have some sandwiches. So, if you'all want

058to go out there, have a light snack. We're going to have door prizes, some nice door prizes. So, if you can make it out there, you know, make your way. It's going to be fun. I promise. and question about Skyward. If I could just ask, do we have any idea of how many parents like actually access and use Skyward to monitor their student progress? That would be a good question to ask. But no, uh we do have a lot of parents that do call in. They have been calling in asking, "Hey, I see that my child just got an alert. You know, they were tardy or they were absent and how do I correct that?" And a lot of the times we just tell them, you know, contact the campus because it does give you

059a dealer, >> right, when you get it on. But >> you actually use it if you could do a survey because I'm curious of that because >> or >> like I log myself out all the time and I have to, you know what I mean? And >> I try to monitor it, but looking at this how you're trying to get parental involvement, me as a parent, I'm going to tell myself, you know what, I'm going to be looking a little bit more closely. >> Yeah. Great thing about it is that if you have your email set up to it, which most of them do, it um you go to your settings and you can actually click on the things that you want to monitor. >> Yes. And my kids will moni will kind of get

060on it and show me, but I kind of want to know like how do we use it? Are there better ways that we could use it to be more effective, especially if you're going to have this awareness meeting and that's like, oh, I'm going to go to see but I'm missing out because I'm not very techsavvy. >> And you know what? There is a lot of parents like that or some that just don't have a phone, a cell phone or not really like you said a tech savvy. I'm going to show them a way to hey let's show you how to get these alerts you know last week or last year at the parent conference they had a session >> I did hold a session on that a lot of parents but yeah they learned

061a lot of new things because they thought I didn't know that I could do that with with my skyward instead of saying well you have access you can register but what else can I do with it? So yeah, I can get you a survey. >> So this next thing, so this week we're excited to celebrate National School Lunch Week. Our food service team has gone above and beyond to make it special in the spirit of the theme Texas Taste Tour, your school lunch passport. They've created fun and flavorful menus for our students like at the elementaryaries and secondaries the Southwest chicken spinach quesadilla. And on Friday at the secondary schools, they have the Doritos walking taco. So, I guarantee there it's not gonna be a Dorito walking. It's not alive, but they're going to have

062fun eating that. And so, um, these creative meals, they were not only to bring excitement to the cafeteria, but they're also to help promote student participation in our nutrition programs. So, kudos to Welenas and his team. overemphasiz. >> Okay, so moving on. We do have this week Texas free college application week. That means one week of zero fees just for this week. It's for first year and transfer applicants. It's for all Texas public colleges and universities and the kids must apply via by Texas. Now, uh Dr. Kabala, principal at high school and Brenda Betta, school counselor have coordinated this week to ensure students take advantage of the no application week. So, through the students government and economics class, students will be able to create and submit their applications through apply Texas. Now, uh they are

063required to submit five. If the senior is not enrolled in any of those classes, they can still report to 210 and they will be called out during their elective class. Now, the announcements were sent out through social media in the class of 2026 Google Classroom. Alice High School wants to take uh full advantage of the free application fee to remove financial barriers and ensure every student has the opportunity to apply to college without hesitation. So, when I talked to Dr. Kabala about this, she was like, "Oh, I'm already she was already in the role. She was ready. Get these students today. She sent me some pictures which I wish I would have put them up. We already had kids enrolling today early this morning. And so yeah, she had a good crowd. >> If I

064could say something at about 8:35, our bell ring at 8:20, 8:35, I was going down the hallway. I popped into the college to career classroom and the lab was filled with our students. They were behind the computers and all of them were on Apply Texas. The three counselors in the room were circulating helping our students and then they had a sheet and they were writing down the colleges they were applying to. Then our English teachers are helping them with their essays. So it's a concerted effort with our counselors, our administration, and our teachers. So we're very excited about this opportunity for our students. >> Oh, and last but not least, we do have Red Ribbon Week. Now, Red Ribbon Week is on October 23rd through the 31st, but here we're only going to be celebrating

065the 27th to the 31st since uh the 23rd and 24th are fair days and the kids will be in school. So, it'll be that last week in uh October. Now, just a little bit background, uh Red Ribbon Week began in 1985 in honor of DEA agent Enrique Geeki Kamarena, who lost his life in the fight against drug trafficking. In response, communities across the nation began wearing red ribbons as a symbol of their commitment to a drug-free lifestyle. What started as a local movement quickly grew into the largest drug prevention campaign in the country, now recognized in schools nationwide as Red Ribbon Week. As you'll see up here, our campuses are each participating and celebrating Red Ribbon Week. Even Central office has their own. to raise awareness, encourage healthy choices, and empower our students to commit

066to living drug-free. You want to participate, you have a child in the school of non central office has some great stuff and we're not wearing jeans. I have questions, comments, concerns. See you tomorrow. Thank you very much. Any questions for Mr. Kim Kubala on safety or Melissa Sanchez on our revenues and expenditures? No. So now then I invite him from Weaver and Jacobs to come to the podium to give an update on this table. Uh, good evening people of the audience, board members. Dr. Dinho, Tim Blinder with Weaver and Jacobs of the Rocket Adventures of the Stadium here to give y'all somewhat of an update of what's kind of going on out at the stadium. Give him a second to pull that up. Maybe not. hard on this. All right. Start here. Uh basically just

067a progress update for everybody here and for the board members. Uh let's move on to the first slide which I've kind of explained last couple meetings is you know kind of our sequencing of the project. Uh I have the picture flip-flop from the last time which that's my mistake. Uh but I'm going to move on. This is just kind of an overview. Uh you can see the football field. Uh you can notice we have some uh Musco light poles have been installed. Those were erected last week, early last week. I think the day of the parade they they uh erected those. We'll move on to this. This is the home side, which you can kind of give an overview of what's going on. Again, I have it flipped, but that pad that is north of

068the tube in the middle middle, that is building A, B, and then C. As you can see, uh A, B, and C have been poured as of last Friday. Uh move on to that. This is another overview. Like I said, the uh picture was a little bit flip-flopped. So, this is kind of plan view, north, south, east, west. Uh we'll go to building A. Uh MEP underground obviously has been completed along with the structural footings foundation for this was poured a few weeks back. So now that's since been poured. Uh forms have been erected and uh building A's foundation is poured. Uh moving on to building B which is the press box. Uh this was poured last Friday. Uh the pier drilling was completed. elevator pit with excavation waterproofing was completed. MP underground elevator pit

069foundation and then pier capsu as you can see on the photo photo to the right that's ongoing. Uh they started that today and they are erecting forms on the press box foundations with building C. Same thing. Uh MEP underground's done. Structural footings have been completed. The foundation has been completed. So that's building A, B, and C. Uh this is building B, which is the fieldhouse. Uh the plumbing underground was completed last Friday. They did all their back fill uh over the weekend and structural footings, gray beams, that sort of stuff. Uh has started today. So they're digging up gray beams, all that good stuff over there. Uh fieldhouse. Uh we're expected to have this poured out by the end of the month. Uh probably last week of the month and that one will be completed.

070Uh kind of want to go back to the press box, which I forgot to mention, but the structural steel for that should show up before the end of the month, if not early November. And then we'll actually start seeing some stuff go vertical, which will be pretty exciting. very >> we we gave y'all a sneak peek with the the musco light poles and everything. So once we actually see steel going up, that'll be pretty exciting. That's my favorite part of a a job is when steel actually goes up. But again, fieldhouse, we're trying to have that estimated port end of the month. Uh so on and so forth. The visitors concession stand, as you can see, we're going A B C D. And then now this is building E. Visitors concession stand. The electrical underground

071is complete. The plumbing underground started today. They moved over from building uh D to E. Uh we're expected to have this tried to be poured out second week of November. So middle of November, we should be done with all foundations on the job, which is uh a pretty good milestone. Uh, moving on to more sight stuff that's going on. Uh, as you can see, we have the the Musco light poles are up. They're 110 ft tall, which is pretty cool. Uh, on the home side, the visitor side's only 100 foot, which isn't that exciting, but the home side's a little taller. Uh, and then the the A transformer pad has been poured. So, that's with that. Uh, this is kind of just earth work. As you can see, there's just a lot of dirt been

072moving around. Uh field event, the rough end's been done with that. Just kind of rough grade. Uh they are finishing bringing in native soil for the track. They should have that, you know, pretty much wrapped up uh end of this week with the track uh line stabilization for the visitor side and field event. And so they're I'm going to go all the way back over here to kind of explain this a little bit. Uh this that one. So on the left side, they'll start over there with the lime stabilize, which it'll be from where the building C foundation is. All of this coming down here and around here. uh you'll see some white liquid stuff going on with some fancy machinery and and so that's another good milestone. And then as you can see this

073was taken on Friday which or Thursday, excuse me, that's been topped out. This is topped out and then they're all the way over here right now and they should have this before the end of the week. But they're going to start that lime stabilize. It just kind of figures, you know, how deep they need to go. But they'll work from visitor side over that way to give them some time to get out of the way. So that's kind of earth work. And then site utilities. Uh, as you can see, uh, they they had started the fire line, the 4-in water line, the dry line, and then they just recently started the storm line, which is in front of the press box, and then also the underground data rough, which is a lot of underground stuff

074that needs to be put in. So, that's site. And that's all I have for an update. if you'll have any questions, concerns, >> anything. >> I noticed you have brought some uh >> Yes. >> sample colors and you could just explain to people in the audience what >> absolutely that I'm going to have Jerry Lopez with CBK come up and explain some more of this stuff. I'm, you know, contractor. I don't pick colors and I like to tell people >> I I I like to tell people I'm color blind, so I don't even know what the colors are. They just told me the serial number, but essentially, which he's going to pull up them on the board so you aren't have to turn your neck, but over here to the left is the exterior color

075selections. And then this is the interior color selections. Let him pull that up. >> Good evening, members of the board, board president, Dr. Pino, and audience. So, as Tim was saying, he's going to point it out, but the first slide you're going to see is the interior colors. While that's loading and Lee's not here real quick, >> right? >> We're We're good. We're We're trying for it. We're still trying to load. Okay, there we go. So, we'll start on the left top. And so, these colors up here would be your paints, which is this entire section here. Now, the lighter grays, that'll be your kind of field color. And then we'll have, you can see it some of the renderings as as we move forward, but you'll have some of that burnt orange just as

076an accent in certain areas. It'll portion of the wall or a stripe. Um, and then the darker colors are your door frames. Uh, and that so you've got a little bit of that kind of dark gray, charcoal gray that'll be at your, uh, kind of door frames kind of like the way you see there, burnt orange. And then your base would be I don't know if you can scroll it down a little bit. Yeah. So your base would be that dark kind of color down there. Um which be like a charcoal gray. That's your rubber base kind of like you're seeing there in the boardroom. The next over that's uh some of your uh not sure if you can zoom out but in this area here these are your uh laminates. So your doors would

077be this top laminate color. Um, and then these light gray colors are some laminates that's happens inside the press box. So that's that's that's a laminate that would be in there. And then next door over you got your tiles. So these tiles here up here would be for your restroom at the press box. So you got some tiles uh some they're all neutral colors, kind of grayish. You'll have that on your floor and you'll have some of the lighter colors on your walls. Down here is your OVT, your resilient flooring. Uh that's that is going to be all your offices at the press bonds as well as a fieldhouse. And then next to that, well, those are the the plastic chairs are for the exterior. So that's that's your flooring for your common areas, your

078your press box, uh conference rooms, um fieldhouse, all those kind of spaces in there. And the top right, you have your carpet. There'll be some areas that have offices also that have carpet. And uh yeah, that one there. And that'll be your carpet that you have at your press box as well as some of the spaces up there have that carpet and it's got a little bit of that burnt orange. That's a really nice carpet and we use it a lot. Um and then beneath that is what are we looking at there? >> That's the >> Oh yeah. So at the entrance of the lobby um at the pool house we've got some nice uh ceiling some some fur downs. They've got that kind of that wood color to go with the entire skin. So,

079those right there are your interiors, kind of your neutral gray colors with with some burnt orange that will be, you know, pretty throughout the the uh the buildings. And we've got some renderings that we can move forward in the next, if you don't mind. So, this is the exterior. We've got the charcoal gray and that you can see it up on that board back there would be for the uh press box and the fieldhouse will have that dark gray and then we'll have that terracotta color which is your burnt orange. >> It looks a little red here but it's more work for Georgia. >> It's it's showing kind of the glass that we'll have at all the windows, all the storefronts, the glass that goes at the press box as well on the right side.

080Those are your your block colors. Um, we've got three colors if I'm not mistaken. Yeah. We've got that top one which would be that kind of dark terracotta color. >> Yeah. And then the center is your kind of cream color which is called island sand. That'll be at the buildings. And you can see at that at that rendering down there at the fieldhouse, you can see where those color kind of come out come together with your metal panels and your your CMU colors. That charcoal gray is only at the press box, and I don't think I've got a rendering of the press box, but it's a it's just at the bottom of the main entrance of the press box, and it goes it goes well with the uh the uh charcoal gray panels. Now, the

081panels that you see up there, there's three different types of panels. Those will be throughout the the buildings. We'll use several variations of those of those type of panels to kind of bring it bring it together. It's going to be a very very clean looking building. It's going to look really nice. We'll go to the next one. There's some renderings here. Now, the next meeting that we're going to have with the district and then eventually come back and present to the board will be the graphics themselves like what type of images we want um in this area per se. I think that's an actual image from here if I'm not mistaken. >> Yeah, that's it. >> Okay. So we'll we'll we'll say what the district and >> because I think we had like what the

082old stadium looked like. >> So they could be just generic images, you know, that that we have that we can find or or there'd be actual images of of the of the district um during sports or whatever the case may be. Uh but there you can see here on the you can see your wood panel for your doors, the dark frame, the rubber flooring uh base and then you you can see your your LT and kind of your light colors on on the walls. And then you can see where we can we're using we're introducing that burnt orange throughout the spaces. Very very subtle but it's there. You'll see it. Um we don't want to you know color everything orange but um you'll see it throughout each space. you'll have a little taste of it.

083Take the last one. This is kind of your overview of the stadium. You've seen this one before. Um I think right now we'll be talking a little briefly about the transportation area. Currently, we're showing it a parking lot and we've got a a couple of slides to show you what what we're currently pricing and we're hoping to bring to the board next board meeting uh for recommendation. And that's a that's your uh main entrance. But you can see where all those colors kind of come together. You've got your terracotta, you've got your cream color, you've got your charcoal gray. Down here is was that Wayne's coat there. That's the just a little portion of that gray block that we're using just in there. And on these buildings, you can barely see it, but at the

084very top, we'll have uh some metal panels as well on all those restroom buildings. gives it a really really nice stretch. >> Yeah. So, if we can move forward on transportation. Any questions on this? Oh, here's another thing to point out is your grand entrance um to the stadium. Um, we were able to save money by by lifting the the building per se on the home side and instead of hauling off some of the soil, keeping the soil there, building the the pads up, which you can see as you drive by, you can see it. So, that's going to allow for this nice entrance. You're going to have stairs, ramps, railings to get you into the stadiums. Really, really nice. So, I'm glad we were able to do that and by saving money to do

085it as well. So, Now, I'm gonna real quickly just go over what we're proposing to bring to the board next month in a form of a change order. Uh that's that transportation on the southeast corner. So, what you see in red is everything that's in the parking lot. We're going to rip all that out, all the utilities that go with it all the way to the, you know, native soil beneath that existing parking lot. What you see in purple is the remaining structure that's there. all that will go away as well. Um, also those diesel tanks will be either relocated or or moved elsewhere. >> So, that's kind of that whole area that's going to be priced. Let me go to the next slide. So, what that gives us is now we've got a really

086nice entrance for the visitors. >> Um, everything you see in red is the additional park. It's about 175 parking spaces that we're able to bring in here. Yeah, there's it's this area here. It's kind of already on the phase first phase, but yeah. >> Um, so we're technically we're adding 175 for what we already have under contract. >> Um, and so some green area as well, light post, parking lot post, and a little little plaza area here to get you into the visitors site. So now the visitors, originally it was going to be on on the east side off of Stadium Drive, >> which Tennessee driving by and now now you've got this nice entrance here as well for the visitors um to get them into the stadium. And so hopefully they're currently pricing this

087and hopefully we can bring this to the board for recommendation uh next week. Any questions on that? >> Thank you. Thank you. Thanks. Okay, thanks. But don't forget, I agree. Even though Mr. isn't here, remember me. >> Board of President Dr. Superintendent of schools board of trustees and distingu behalf of our fine arts department. I want to give you an update on what's happening in our in our fine arts first in our dance division. Our Alice Troter team went to a bondo master class this past Friday, October 10th. And bondo was pretty much is dancing in Spanish Latin styles. They were able to attend a master class on Friday and then on Saturday they went back and they were able to perform that evening at Texas&M University in Corpus Christie. Had a had a wonderful

088time there. Learned a lot of things. We were happy for those students and for Miss Martin. In our choir division, we have an upcoming fall concert for our high school and Woods Middle School choir. It'll happen on Monday, October the 20th at the Bryce Taylor Auditorium and uh start time will be 6:00 p.m. on that. Uh next in our mariachi division, uh our mariachi will be performing at the uh for the service center region 2 on Monday, October the 20th for the Mckinventto event. uh they will be receiving a statement of $116 and it's going to be held at the El Camino restaurant on Chaparel right there near the uh near the service center on October the 20th. They've also uh Texas&M University Corpus Christi has invited our our coyote mariachi to perform on Tuesday,

089October the 28th at 7:30 p.m. at their performing arts center. And they will be performing alongside mariachi de la Isla, which is the university's mariachi. And they were the only high school mariachi invited to perform alongside a college mariachi. So, we're very happy that they're going to be attending that event with with the students there at the college. In our theater arts division, um Miss Rack has been working very hard for our fall play, Game of Taras. Kind of a uh a mix of Game of Thrones and Disney princesses. Uh opening night will be this Sunday, October the 19th at 2 p.m. with a second performance occurring right at 6:00 p.m. that evening. And then a third performance will occur next weekend, October the 26 on Sunday with a 2 pm show and the final

090performance of King of Tiara at 6:00 p.m. And for our band division, our band has been preparing. This is a UIL band week across Texas. Everyone's going to contest on Saturday, vying for a spotted area. And in order to to advance to area, uh, each marching band has to earn a first division from the three judges. So, they've been working very hard. We had a contest on October uh, the 4th at GP, which our students took home first place in color guard, first place in drum major, and first place overall in 5A. Uh, this past weekend was our double header weekend. We performed at two uh, venues. first in Cal Allen where they performed uh where they earned fourth place at that contest and finished up very strong in Robtown the crossroads marching festival where

091they earned runner up in color guard, first place in drum major and first place in 5A. So they've been working very very hard uh for this week. They they are going to perform at their UIL concert at their UIL marching contest at GP this coming Saturday the 18th and performance time is 5:15. So we're looking for a wonderful performance from all our students. Um that is our final artist uh update if I have any questions. As always thank you all very much for all your support of all our students. We appreciate it. >> Thank you sir. There any questions for coach Chris? If not, that concludes the super update. >> Thank you, Dr. On to item number 61, the recess. My favorite part of the meeting. The time is now 8:21. Recess. >> Yes. Okay.

092For the principal, it's honor of the principal. Feels good. >> Which is this one? The time is now 8:33 and we're back from recess. Item number seven on the agenda, the consent agenda. All items under the consent agenda are acted upon one motion upon a board member's request and any item on the consent presence shall be moved to the action portion of the regular agenda. Item 7A recommends approval of the following donations to Alice High School. 7A1, a donation by Delta Capital Society and High Chapter to the Alice High School, CT AF future teachers program in the amount of $200. Thank you to that organization for that donation. And item 7A, I'll let Dr. >> Thank you. This was a very interesting donation. So when I uh first got the agenda item, I called Miss

093Bettis because it was very specific. It was by Ramona Lee Christensen to WAMS for the English department in the amount of $1,900. So it was very specific. It was, you know, I was curious and so I called Miss Fetis and I asked her about it. And so I'd like to invite her to the podium to share a letter that she received from Miss Christensen because I thought, you know, it deserved the time. >> Good evening, board president and members of the board. So Dr. Preinho is right. I went to my desk and I had a little envelope there and it was addressed to me and I was like, "What's this about?" So I opened it up and all I saw was a check. And so I got really excited and then I opened the card.

094Um, so this donation is from Ramona Christensen. And so her letter read, "Miss Penny, but it's that." My name is Ramona Christensen and I am a retired educator. I began my career teaching 9th grade English at William Adams Junior High in 1974. I taught there from 1974 through 1978. and I would like to make this donation to be used um in the English department at your campus for supplies. Please accept this donation and I would like I'm sorry her I would like to I would like to do this in appreciation for all the hard work educators put in daily, weekly and yearly. Um I don't want any special recognition for this contribution but you know it's it was a very kind gesture. Um please Sorry. Please let your teachers know how much I appreciate what

095they do. Miss Bettis, I would also like to personally thank you for your leadership and everything else that you do as a campus administrator. God bless you. I personally know how it is to be a principal. I was the principal at the middle school and Reetta. Sincerely, Ramana Christensen. So then I brought both all my RLA teachers in and we went over the letter and they were all teareyed and they're super excited to have these funds to support their students. And so we're looking at items to purchase with this money. So thank you for someone who's still wanting to give back after 50 years of serving and that she remembered when she first started in 1974. I thought that was, you know, very kind. Thank you for sharing that. At this time, I would like

096to take a vote on the consent agenda unless there's any type of uh discussion or if anybody needs to move any items to the action items. Is there a motion at this time to approve the consent agenda on a motion to approve the consent? >> Thank you. There's a motion by Mr. Adio. Is there a second? >> Second and a second by Miss Ket. Any discussion? Time to vote. Mr. Ariano. >> I. >> Mr. Pñena. >> I. >> Mrs. I. >> Mr. Reeds. >> I. >> And myself. I. Motion passes. On to item number eight, the action items. 8A, discussion, consideration, and approve resolution regarding Senate Bill 12 and paragraph. >> Miss, and I'd like to pull this item out after consultation with legal. Uh, we need more time to discuss this before the board

097takes action. >> Okay. So, at this time, we're going to remove this agenda item. >> Thank you, Dr. On to item number 8B. discussion, consideration, and possible action to approve theou between Alice and United Connections Counseling for Counseling Services to support students and families. >> Thank you. For this particular item, we're recommending approval, but I'd like to invite the full guidance from United Connections Counseling to explain the services that would be available to our families and our students at no cost to them. and uh we think it would be a great opportunity to take advantage of the services folks in the audience board members Dr. Thank you so much for having us here. Uh my name is Nicole Mis and I am the assistant director with United Connections Counseling and I just wanted to take

098a few moments to talk about something that does touch our lives, substance abuse. uh whether we're directly affected or know someone uh who is the reality that addiction exists and it doesn't discriminate. It affects families, communities, schools, and individuals regardless of age, background or walk of life. But the good news is that help is available. At United Connections, we believe in the power of change, the strength of community, and most importantly, the resilience of the human spirit. Our mission is to walk alongside those who are ready to take that courageous first step towards change. Substance abuse counseling isn't just about addressing the problem at hand. It's about creating a foundation for a brighter future. We help individuals reclaim their lives, rebuild relationships, and rediscover their sense of purpose. Since 2010, United Connections Counseling has built

099a team of dedicated licensed counselors that are qualified to offer a personalized approach to treatment. With this particular health and human services grant, we can expand our focus and provide substance use disorder counseling services to adolescence in our area, more specifically Alice Independent School. We are ready to partner with uh Alice Independent School District to deliver a wide range of direct counseling and psycho educational services designed to support students and families. Our core counseling and support services will include comprehensive assessments and individualized treatment planning, individual and group counseling sessions, family counseling and support services, case management and coordination of care, recovery support for students re-entering school from a treatment program or a juvenile justice program. It will also include student education and skill building groups focused on anger management and conflict resolution, coping skills and

100stress and an anxiety management, decision- making and problem solving skills, relapse prevention and healthy lifestyle education, community uh communication and peer relationship skills, life skills development, time management, responsibility, goal setting, etc. self-esteem and identity building, trauma-informed resilience, and emotional regulation. Working together, we can ensure that the students of your district receive appropriate support that reduces barriers, promotes well-being, and helps them focus on academic success. So administration is recommending approval of this just because it is no cost to the district and it is outside help for families as well as students. >> I have a question Dr. How long is the agreement going to be for? I believe we're looking at five years. Wow. Okay. Thank you. Yes ma'am. I'll make a motion. >> Thank you. >> Have a motion. >> Yeah. >> By Mr. Aiano

101to approve the MO between Alice and United Connections Counseling for Services to support students and families. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> And a second by Mr. Reeds. Is there any discussion? I have to vote. Mr. Aiano. >> Mr. Pñena. Hi, >> Miss Ga. >> I Mr. Reed. >> Hi, >> myself. I motion passes. Thank you. Thank you so much for your >> to item 8 C. Discussion and consideration and possible action of resolutions submitting nominations of candidates for the Jim Wells appraisal district board of directors for the 2026 2027 year term. >> Thank you. Uh the nomination deadline for this is October the 15th. So, AliceD would need to make nominations and then we would vote at the next board meeting. Alice D has,430 votes and it takes 833 to appoint somebody

102at Mr. U Adrien Pena has been serving in this capacity. Uh so I don't know you know what the board will decide but in the past the board has selected one of your own and then you've given your the rest of your votes to someone else. So, we would need to know who you would like for us to put on the ballot because that deadline is this this week. >> Thank you, Dr. Dino. At this time, is there a motion to nominate 800? >> Yeah, we'll make a motion to nominate keep on there and give them the votes needed, the 800 >> 33 votes needed and uh nominate Bren and give the remaining votes. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Adiano, is there a second? I'll second it. And there's a second by Miss G. >>

103So, is there any discussion? >> I mean, we're just voting right now for the nomination. So, we'll include both of them and in the next one, then we'll do the votes. >> So, at this time, we have a motion and a second. We're going to vote on the nomination of the candidate, Mr. Adrien Pena for the Jim County Appraisal Board District directors for the 2026 2027 year term. Is that correct? >> Well, that would be item 8. So, can we vote? >> No. No. >> C. >> Okay. So, it's 8 C. >> Oh, sorry. Okay. So, two of them. Okay. >> So, time to vote. Mr. Adiano. >> Hi, >> Mr. I >> Mr. >> I >> Mr. I >> and myself I Okay. Motion passes. >> Thank you. To item 8, discussion, consideration, and

104possible action regarding the designation of 10 non-B business PI HB 3033 days under the public information act for the calendar year 2026. >> Thank you. for uh in order to comply with House Bill 3033, any public school district in the state needs to identify 10 business days that we will technically be closed uh as people are submitting a public information request. So with the dates identified being March the 10th, July 8th through the 10th, November 23rd through the 25th and August I mean December 21st through the 23rd would give us enough time if they did put an open records request that we would have time when we came back to fulfill those obligations. >> It's March 13th. >> Was it March 13th? >> Yeah, they said March 10th. >> I said March 10th. Okay. If

105that's what the paper says, March 13th. >> So March 13th, July 8th through the 10th, November 23rd through the 25th, and December 21st through the 23rd of 2026. Thank you for that. >> Thank you, Dr. Theina. At this time, do we have a motion? I'll make a motion to approve as read. >> Thank you. We have a motion by Mr. Pen for the approval to identify the public information act calendar year for 2026. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> And a second by Mr. Reeves. Is there any discussion? Time to vote. Mr. Hayato. >> I. >> Mr. Fa. >> I. >> Mrs. G. I. >> Mr. Reeves. >> I. >> And myself? I. Motion passes. Thank you. On to item number 8, discussion, consideration of possible action for contracted orientation and moility services

106between the independent school and service provider. Dr. >> We don't have as many students that need this service nonetheless. The business office has uh informed Dr. But we do need board approval in the event that we get more students needing these services. Nonetheless, the services will not exceed 50,000, but last year because of the number of students we had, it got pretty close. So, we want to make sure that our students get the services for mobility needed in order to meet their IEPs. So, we request approval. There a motion at this time. >> I'll make a motion to approve a for the contracted orientation mobility services between AISD and service provider. >> Thank you. We have a motion by Mr. Pen. Is there a second? I'll second it. Second by Mrs. G. Is there any

107discussion? >> Mr. Arianiano. >> Hi. >> Mr. Fa. >> Hi. >> Mrs. G. >> I. >> Mr. Reeds. >> Hi. >> Myself. I motion passes. On to item 8F, discussion and consideration of possible action for contracted vision services between ALS school district and the service provider. We fall under the same kind of category. We do have our visual uh students that require vision services. They do go to corpus nonetheless. Last year we didn't need to provide additional support through mscanum and because again it got close to the 50,000 marker business office has recommended that we go to board for approval and so we are requesting to approve this in order for us to comply with the students IEPs. >> Thank you Dr. At this time we have a motion for approval. I make a motion

108that we approve the contracted division services between AISD and the service provider IM. We have a motion by MA. Is there a second? >> I'll second >> and a second by Mr. Fenya. Is there any discussion? >> At this time we'll take the vote. Mr. Ariana >> I. >> Mr. Fa >> I. >> Mrs. Gha >> I. >> Mr. Reeds >> I. >> And myself I. Motion passes. Thank you. On to item 8G. discussion consideration of possible action to solicit request for RFQS qualifications for legal counsel. As we reviewed the agenda items, Miss Betta and myself, in order for us to be consistent with how we've been practicing with other vendors, per se, it was recommended that we solicit requests for qualifications for legal counsel. And if I could just add to that, um, this

109is something that I believe personally as a board member and also think that each one of us here in this room wants to be transparent and we want to do what's best for our district and having competitive people come submit their names. We've done that with the insurance. We've done that with the bank. We're happy with our legal services, but it's just something that we will need to do to be more open and transparent for the community because that in the end is what's best for the district. And I believe our the services our contract has expired and so that's why we're doing it for that. That's the only reason why we're opening it up. >> Well, it's a retainer agreement. You just renew it every year and you don't have to have that. When

110was the last time we went out to bid for this service? If we went out to bid. >> Was there a formal RFP for this? >> It's been a while. >> No, cuz you guys had the other guy. Um, and you were using our services and his services >> at the same time. >> Uhhuh. You had a contract for years and you just used our retainer agreement for construction, I think, for bond, although you didn't use us this time for the bond. Um, and then and then you know you guys started using me more frequently. So I don't think you've I have no idea as far as I know. >> Sandra I asked Sandra >> 1983 apparently >> but it's because you don't have to. I mean >> You don't have to. You use who

111you'd like to use. >> Okay. >> It's not like a procurement process like your other things that you have to do >> because it's a professional service. So under the code, you know this Adrian's like, "Yes, I know. Does anyone have any questions or discussions? I mean, for me, we don't have to actually go out for it. We can continue to stick with our current uh legal counsel. I'm just we just decided to put it on the agenda because that's what we've done with the insurance, the banks, just to be clear with everything. And if it hasn't been considered since 1983, well, geez, I was three years old. >> Thanks, J. >> It's something that >> you have to throw that in. >> I'm comfortable with what we have right now. I'm not Or we

112could vote and you could say nay that we're not going to go out for ours. I think that's the proper way. >> Well, RFQ is just simply just obtaining qualifications from different firms doesn't mean you're going to switch, >> right? >> You're just going to read what they're going to bring to the table. I assume you they bring in their pricing per hour, etc. Or >> whatever we put as far as the RFQ, but I mean we've been under um Walsh services since I've been off the board. >> No, I believe it was Mr. Irk. >> You had Mr. Irk forever before I got here. Um he was your general counsel and you had him on a monthly agreement. I'm not sure what all he did for you. So, is there no motion? >> I'll

113make a motion to uh to approve uh or or consider a request for RFQS for legal counsel. >> We have a motion by Mr. Ben. Is there a second? I'll second that in a second by Miss Scout. Does anyone have any questions or is there any discussion? >> When will we uh initiate the RFQ? As of what date do we know? >> We would have to submit it to >> I'm sorry. >> Yeah. >> And it'll be open for how long? >> Two weeks. I mean, we could have it where If you all approve, then we could start that process post and hopefully maybe give people two weeks to submit because that's what they would have. So maybe by November just like when the banks came and you we gave them so many minutes to

114present and then you all can at that point >> and then after the RFQ then you decide what you want to do as far as staying with >> you all would decide that. >> That's what I'm saying. Are you including bond council barker mal barker? >> What does the agenda item specifically say? >> It just says legal like council. >> Okay. So now you're back to are you including every single council to be used for every single piece of business or are you >> Yeah, because you have a different special ed counsel and you've had him for a 100red years. >> I think this is just for general counsel because if we have a different special ed counsel, we're probably under an existing contract with that firm. The same >> you wouldn't be under a

115coun you wouldn't be under there's no it's a it's a professional service. You can terminate whenever you want. You can keep going. You don't have to call them. You can call them. They're all legal counsel contracts are set up the same. >> Okay? >> They're at your discretion. So, like you don't have to call me. You can still have the retainer agreement with us and you can never use me. You just pay $1,000 a year for that. Um, and you can call whomever you want. You don't have to I mean, they're not like they have a date certain that you have to renew them by or that you end them by. >> Okay. Well, I mean, but is it the way it's written, is it basically saying that we're going out for RFQS for every

116single legal counsel that we use at the district or just for board council? I think it was understood it was going to be just for foreign because that's the agreement that came in from Walsh, but like Jenny said, those are like every 30 days you can kind of just tell them, "Sorry, we don't need your services anymore." a gentleman that's does special ed which they just use him when they need to. I've never submitted any. We do that as a courtesy to you all to let you see our retainer agreement. >> So we have a motion and a motion and a second. So Mr. Ariano >> nay. >> Mr. Ba >> I miss. >> Mr. Reeves >> nay. and myself. Not on to item 39 on the agenda for executive or session called in accordance

117with the following provisions set forth in the Texas government code. 9A Texas Government Code section 551.074 personnel matters. 981 Presentation and discussion of new factors. 982 presentation and discussion of retirement. 983 presentation and discussion of reservation. 984 personnel update regarding investigations. 985 pursuant to Texas Government Code section 551.071 consultation with attorney regarding legal issues involved in litigation and former employees. And and item 10, the Texas Government Code section 551.071, legal matters or attorney advice and 551.074, personnel. The time is now 8:58 p.m. And this meeting is for I'm sorry, is recess for executive session. Oh, and then I forgot I think they need to say the date, right? Under the Yes. >> And that no action will be taken in close session. You have to say that language, too. >> And for new laws in

118effect, in case you didn't know, is still Monday, October 13th, 2025. And we are not going to >> no action will be taken in close session. >> Take any action during close session. different day, but I guess if they stay long till 2:30 in the morning. >> Yes. >> Yeah. 2 in the morning, we walk out of these meetings and so then your minutes are all jacked up because half of the meeting took place on one day and half took place on the other. Or you had the ones that recess >> and reconvene like to finish what they didn't finish the night I mean, The time is now 10:33 and it's still Monday, October 13, 2025. The board is back from executive session and we're now on agenda item 11 where we're going to reconvene

119and take action on any necessary items discussed and closed for executive session. Item 12, announcements and action items. 12 A, consideration and possible action regarding new hires. That was information only. 12B, consideration and possible action regarding retirements. That's information only. B, consideration of possible action regarding resignations. >> I want to make a motion uh to accept the resignation of Victor Lopez. >> Thank you. We have a motion by Mr. Aiano. Is there a second? >> I'll second >> and a second uh by Mr. Reeves. Is there any discussion? Okay, time to vote. Mr. Ao, >> hi. >> Mr. Mr. Bña. >> Hi, >> Mrs. Gh. >> Hi, >> Mr. Re. >> Hi, >> and myself. I It passes. Item 12, discussion of possible action regarding ongoing investigation. That wasformational item only. 12 B, discussion of

120possible action regarding threatened litigation from former employee. That was information item only. And item 13, adjourn. The time is now 10:35 p.m. And the adjourn. Thank everyone.