001But um he was a huge help with the team and he worked really well with the kids and myself. So first we have Landon Brunston who is at baseball who next we have John [Applause] Cruz Sophia [Music] [Applause] Cortez, Adrien [Applause] Garcia, Christa Garza, Michael Griggs, [Applause] Adam [Applause] Mongolia, John [Music] [Applause] Perez, Aiden Rodriguez, Mary Rodriguez, [Applause] Colin is Jordan [Applause] Silva and our managers [Music] David, Gabriel Flores, and Aiden. Thank you. We'd like to recognize these students and these coaching or the coaching staff. Again, as mentioned by coach season, this is the first year that LSISD participated in unified sports and they represented the district amazingly well. Every time they played, they played with pride. They played as a team and they supported each other with every pass and with every dribble. I
002was moved every time I saw them play and thank you to the community for being out there to support them. Another thing that we want to do with this group of individuals is give them an ALSD challenge point because for the first time ever they put Alice on a map. You are held in [Applause] fin awesome. [Music] [Applause] Thank you. Again, thank you, Coachos, Coach Castanos, for taking this initiative and building it up and making us all very proud. We're excited to see what track and field brings. And next year, we're moving even further down the line with basketball. Right, guys? Now I invite Mr. Pettis and Pettis to the podium to recognize our regional 14 all region Machi and Texas UI Machi coastal event and state rain group Mr. board president schools board trustees
003parents thank you very much and Mr. B director of firearms here at Alice ISD is great pleasure today we recognize our Alice high school group on their accomplishments with their region auditions and their state competition so at this time I call to pony are teachers from mariachi Mr. Juanz and Mr. Jose Benz. Hello everyone. Just wanted to say that we competed at the state contest where we for the first time in Alice history and where we received an excellent rating. We also have one event next upcoming. Our next competition is the Texas Machi Director Association Mariachi State Festival which will be in Somerset. Um this will be on the 29th. So we're looking forward to that one as well. So when I call these students um some of these are our Rachel students and some
004of these are are the um the ones that have competed in um the state contest. So Alyssa [Applause] Ariana did not make it. Alexis Uriah Flores Henry Garcia [Applause] for Joshua [Applause] Garcia Garcia if not Nicholas Garcia [Applause] Edo Hernandez, Lopez, Daniel Mal is out of the 10th stream now. Valeria [Applause] Marquez, Isaiah Pice, Gabrielle Ramos II, Daniel Rosales, [Applause] Noah [Applause] Rosenbomb. Joseph Silva cannot make it. Sierra [Music] [Applause] Feliz, Michael. Thank you very much and look forward to our next competition. Thank you all so much. Hi. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you, Mr. And we know our program is just going to continue to blossom and grow in numbers. We're very, very proud of you, Mr. Bis. If you want to continue the recognition from the TDA all state dance team, Thank you very
005much. At this time, ladies and gentlemen, what I'd like to call this is the show outside the recognition of our TV EA All. [Applause] It is with great pride that we recognize an outstanding dancer who has earned a prestigious honor of the Texas dance community through dedication, preservable, and exceptional talent. She has been selected as a member of the 2025 TVA all state dancing. The second dancer in our district's history to be a part of the all state team. Gabrielle got to work with the famous Terrell Mitchell and 237 other dancers across the state of Texas. Gabrielle's hard work, passion, and commitment to her craft not have not only set her apart, but also made her an incredible representative of our team, school, and district. This achievement is a testament to dedication and love for
006dance, and we are beyond proud to celebrate this moment with her. [Applause] Excellent. Thank you. Congratulations again, Miss Wright. Now, we would like to recognize our regional and state qualifying swimmers. So, I invite Savannah to the podium. [Applause] Good morning everybody. I would like to invite our assistant coach. Thank you again everybody for coming. We would just like to give you a little team, our region and state. It was a long six months of hard work. a lot of equipment that was needed, a lot of supports that was split and just everything that they worked for they reached and it was a long it was a long time coming and a lot of them have seen the state uh level and already making goals for next year. So we look forward to next year with
007bigger and better goals better times. So I would like to start with our regional qualifier and only senior. return with a pretty good team. Jay [Applause] Garcia, our freshman, Reeba, Mia, our [Applause] reging regional qualifier to Paul Smith that could not make it tonight. Regional qualifier Michaela [Applause] Alonso and regional qualifier [Applause] is we have a pretty good boys team coming up as seniors. There's all juniors this year, a regional qualifier and this is his third time appearance at state. Jason, region and state qualifier, first year with us and he came to our team ready to go. Perfect. Aiden, [Applause] region and threetime state qualifier. Wesley McIntyre, region and state qualifier. Jojo [Applause] Selena, region and state qualifier. Uh, state ultimate qualifier Nicholas Dillion. [Applause] Hi again guys. Thank you uh for giving us the
008opportunity to swim at the auditorium. Um we are very fortunate to have that access to it. Um the hard work guys goes unnoticed. I'm proud of you guys and I look forward to having next year with you guys and Jay we will miss you. We'll always remember a lot of things from you but guys the hard work goes unnoticed and next year we come back bigger and better. Congratulations. [Applause] You got it. Good job. [Applause] Thank you, coach. On the honor, we know that the standards are high now for swim every year. We need to get to state. Next, we want to recognize our diagnosticians in the district. They have a difficult job of testing students on a daily basis almost in order for us to be able to provide the best services for our
009students. So, I invite Oh, I'm so sorry. Did I miss them? Sorry, Coach Santos. Don't shoot me because I went to your games. How can I not know how great our girls did? I just wanted to say the best girls basketball team. Hi, good evening. Thank you for having us here. Um, I'm coach. My assistant coaches, Coach Valdez and Coach Sles. Uh, coach Bodis is out with tennis, so he couldn't be here today. At this time, I would like to introduce our 2024 2025 lady coyotes. These young ladies are a special group who work so hard and prove so many wrong. We finished third in the 5A district. They were by district champs, area champs, and regional semifinalist. It had been 20 years since our lady cow program made it to the sweet 16. At
010this time, let me interview you circles. Number 10, sophomore Alexander Martinez. She also hosted 17 [Applause] district. Number 11, sophomore Isabella Vosquez, our district honorable mention [Applause] [Music] academ. and all academic. Number 14, senior Anna Tasha, first team all district, all academic. Number 15, senior Lyanna Garcia, all academic. Number 20, sophomore Camelia Valdez, all academic. Number 22, senior Kayn Santis, all district offensive [Applause] [Music] competiaga, all academic. Number 25, sophomore Alexa, second team district, all academic. Number 30, junior Naelli [Applause] Rodriguez. Number 34, freshman Caitlyn [Music] Edas. Um, freshman Madison Padron, who couldn't make it today. Freshman Lily area, freshman Kendra Brunetta, freshman Jaylen, who is out with FFA, and at this time we would also like to recognize our team high boy, Gabriel Flores. [Applause] [Music] This is your 2024 team for 2024. [Applause]
011You know what? Thank you again, coach. It was a wonderful season and they fought hard every game. So, thank you for your motivation as well as that of your colleagues. Okay. Now, Dr. You can have the floor. And we recognize our educational diagnosticians for their work with our students on a daily basis. We know that it's not an easy task, but they make it look pretty easy. Good evening, Dr. Daniel, members of the board, community. So March the 2nd from the 8th is National Educational Diagnostician Week. It's a week where we honor and recognize the hard work and dedication of our educational diagnosticians. So they are, you know, invaluable in helping our students be successful from assessing student needs, collaborating with teachers and parents, and advocating for our students to make sure they are successful.
012So, at this time, I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge and express my sincere appreciation for the hard work and dedication that they provide to our students. We have two that are not attended, but we do have Mr. [Applause] Franken and Samantha Hatton. [Applause] And next we invite to the podium Dr. Nu. We will be recognizing our social workers. We know that they have a very unique job as well in working with our families and our communities as well as our students. So, I'd like to invite you to the podium to recognize. So, as some of you may know, this month is National Social Work Month, and it's my honor to recognize these amazing people who continuously go above and beyond. They do countless home visits. They meet with students in crisis. They meet
013with families in crisis. They will do whatever they can to our students in need. So not in attendance [Music] is we do have [Applause] We have Miss Amber [Applause] Garcia, Miss Natalie. [Applause] Also not in attend attendance is Virginia Sanchez and Olga was [Applause] Thank you, Dr. Williams. We also would like to recognize our very own certificate. [Applause] Thank you, Dr. Mo, and your staff for always helping us with every crisis that the district may face. So, thank you very much. Next, we have our March academic update. And tonight, we invite Monica Garcia, principal of Newman Elementary, to present how Newman Elementary is on the road to success. [Music] [Applause] Good evening, Dr. audience. Thank you for having us today. So, I'd like to start by introducing my new admin team. We have Dr. Bridges.
014[Applause] Thank you. So just a little information about our current enrollment is 536. Our eco disc has increased um to over 90% this school year. So that's a little different from last year. We have 121 SE students including our adaptive units, our behavior unit students and inclusion um students as well. That's including speech. So we've gained um five ESL students in the last month. So that's a little change in ours as well. And we have doubled our GT population at this school year. So, some star data where we're at and where we're headed. So, in 2024, uh, as you might remember, we had some slight decreases in at 2024. So, our teachers have set goals and we have very targeted action plans in place for this school year. And so, our action plans are in
015the areas of attendance, special populations, of our numbers and our overall academic achievement. So obviously our academic success begins with attendance and for us um we were at 93% ended our school our school year um last year and our goal for this year is 94 and we are currently sitting at 94.3%. So, we're currently a little over our goal and um just some snapshots of all of the things that we do to get students to school. Almost anything on any given day we celebrate so that students can be excited to come to school. For our special populations, because we do have a significant number of students in our special populations, we have very specific and targeted initiatives to meet our individual needs. So, for special ed. Um really want to highlight that our completion teachers
016um conduct after school uh tutorials in addition to their students. So they're getting um double supports in areas as also they get inclusion where teachers go in with them. Um they are also setting goals for themselves for start and for ESL students um we are focusing on summit. K12 is one of the programs that they work with and it's really assisting in the gaps that we have, but we do have um fluent Spanish speakers that so that program has really assisted. So really great for just some initiatives I'd like to highlight for academics in in general for RLA um we have amplify support so they are coming in and um we are teachers in lesson internalization and learning the amplify program. Um something that we really worked on our ECR collaboration and we've had some
017training with me that's come in and really helped calibrate um at New in particular we had a high number of Z students who scored zero at the end of last year so this is a huge initiative we had over third and fifth grade um we attribute to some of that to the AI rating and now we're really in target with that and use a lot of the systems in place for that particular initiative for now. We have our shared models rollouts. Um some of the same uh initiatives that we have, but we also are really working on the multiplication initiative implemented by Dr. We had Mike and coach come test our students and they really really enjoyed it. So that was something um students really enjoyed that piece and all of their feedback. They're excited
018for them to come back. for science. Um, we've had implementation of memory tools and some direct support from master teacher Mr. Gonzalez come over and helped us and helped our teachers with memory tools and weekly science collaboration meetings. We're really working on building capacity in all of our elementaryaries and to help support goals. So, they are meeting weekly and collaborating between all campuses since we only have one science teacher per elementary campus. So that's really going to help students be able to get together and plan together. Just some campuswide um professional development that I'd like to highlight. Um we have had in addition to our PLC's which happen um and some of the PD but some of the things that we definitely have is very data specific PLC's. So anytime we have assessments, anytime we
019have benchmarks, it's really some of that targeted looking at the data. What are the things that the students are struggling with and working towards that. Um we've had campus to campus visits. So our teachers have visited other campuses um to be able to observe some of the teaching strategies and we've also hosted other teachers to come over to our campus and see some of the great things happening in some of those master teachers classrooms. We've also August report we've had we've had Ortha Dr. Garcia and some of the different initiatives that we've had come over and assisted um including some of our facilitated planning sessions and our PD. So that's been a big help this year. So benchmark data where we're at. So we've had increases from benchmark one to benchmark two in all content
020areas. We had one dip in fourth grade math and in that we had 27 students who were within five questions and passing. So we're confident that with the next five star those students will be over on the passing side. Um for fifth grade just a little highlight our fifth grade RLA and our fifth grade science um did score the highest in the district for benchmark 2 and they're within eight points of their targeted the end of the school year. should get there. Um, in the other grade levels, we still have some ways to go. So, what are some of the things that we do need to make sure that this increase continues um for the end of STAR? So, we're doing STAR prep. We have Star Blitz which will be reviews in the next coming
021days. So, our first is April 8th. So, technically 17 days till test but 16 days of instruction which we really have to hard. So we have that review that's called our star blitz. Um we have a boot camp. We have some motivational speakers just to come and make sure that they are our students are confident. We want them to have we don't have to be scared. We want to be confident and ready for those days. And we had a parent meeting as well um to kind of make sure that parents were aware of some of the things they can help at home especially the day before start because we do have students that come in with some anxiety. And so we really worked on that this year as well. Um we are doing very targeted
022ECR and STR. Um so one of the initiatives this week will be providing feedback. Our own admin team will be looking at student work, grading it and giving them our own feedback. So they know that we really pushing that. Um you can stop a student in the hallway, you can ask them what's your goal and they know because we've been working really hard on knowing what their goal is. And obviously as it's improvement, you know, we want to increase with where they're at. So, we're pushing growth like did you grow up in Alaska? Where are we at? And if not, then what do we need to work on? So, they're really targeted in that students can can talk about that and just some of the continued district support on daily tracking and targeting those. We're
023working a lot with tutorials, Saturday school, working on where the deficiencies are and then making sure there tracking how many days to start. So they know that and then we attract attendance by grade level. So it's always competition on each grade level um to really give them some motivation and we really need to be here for these reviews. So it's important for us just some highlights for you that we think it's important to share because it happens um pretty recently. We had 50% of our ALS elementary coastal ven science fair participants came from Union. So all of those students that are have an asterric are they placed at the post science fair. So these are just of our students. They do really well. We're really proud of them. They did a fantastic job of representing
024the science fair. And then just another initiative that we've really been working on is highlighting um our embrace the pillars of character leadership and service. So at Newman, um some things that we've really worked on, we have a percussion ensemble in which our music teacher does that. Um after school, she works with some of our students. Um and some of those students were very excited because they make lambs professionally. So they came back and said, "Thank you for that." They were really excited. But they help us. They do our PTO performances, our sendoffs, when we have parades, when we have pep rallies, um they perform. So we get to have our own line as well. So, they they do a great job and they're really excited to come be a part of that. We have
025ACE ambassadors and these students are some of our a students and they lead almost any march, any parade. They are there to welcome visitors when they come in and so they really work at um just making sure they're they're so motivational and leaders on our campus and we really pushing that leadership and student council. So, student council um has been they've been very very active. Um one of the out of all of those things that they've done um they were the top rural school for shared Christmas. So, they got to go to channel 3 and um they they were on the news for being the top rural school for shared Christmas. So, they were really excited about that. And we just really like to encourage our students to be able to share their gifts and
026talents and make our school um a leader in giving back to our community. So, our student council has worked very hard on that and they have something going on almost every week. Um and they're always giving back to the community. They've gotten recognized several times and so I'm really proud of them. They worked hard and these things also um make them want to come to school. So, that's another piece we really wanted. um to increase attendance. We want our students to feel a part of the school and want to be at school every day. So, that's one of some of the things that we've worked on and that's our goal for this year. Setting goals is the first step in turning vis invisible to visible. So, I'd like to thank everybody for having us. I
027really want to send a special thank you to my staff because they have worked incredibly hard um this school year. It's a team effort and It takes every single one of us to reach our goals. Everybody from our custodians up to our teachers, our staff, our admin staff, they have to support so tremendously this school year. So we um we're to reach our goals and we can do it. Thank you. Any questions? I just want to say that for books is awesome. Yes. Very popular. Very popular. So, our students get coins um for perfect attendance. They get um a point to the vending machine for grit. So, if they're um student of the month for their classroom, they'll get those as well. So almost anything that we can do to encourage them, they are so
028excited to get that going and put it into very positive. We appreciate the work that's being done at Newman and we can't wait for outcomes to show that the effort definitely is paying off. And next I invite the team from the business office HR department and some curriculum as well that will be talking about what we've been doing in order for us to continue to support our pillars of success which are academics, leadership, service, and character. So I invite Dr. Good evening board presidents, members of the board and tonight we continue to shine a light on the LSIC quest focusing on service and character, two values at the heart of everything we do. Service is about meeting the needs of our students, staff, and families, while character is about resilience, integrity, and compassion. Through mental
029health support, outreach, and essential resources, we model the pillars of character and service while ensuring that students and staff feel safe, supported, and empowered. Serving students through mental health support. Also is committed to fostering students emotional well-being by continuing to provide eight school social workers and four interns who support students social and emotional growth. GAP therapy ensuring access to mental health support anytime anywhere. GAP monitoring service. This is where we're proactively identifying students in need of intervention. Community partnerships. Here we strengthen our ability to serve students and families. Crisis intervention, providing immediate care during difficult times. And trauma-informed care, creating a compassionate environment for students facing challenges. Through these services, we demonstrate character by addressing students struggles with empathy and action. So, moving on to DAP, DAE, building character through support. Although we made an
030impact last year with weekly group sessions, this year we're focusing on one-on-one counseling. Mr. Our social work coordinator works closely with students to develop emotional regulation, coping skills, and academic focus. We are providing mentorship and support by utilizing our social work intern who is actually a veteran who serves as a role model, reinforcing positive decision making. Home visits. By utilizing home visits, we're strengthening family connections and ensuring a holistic approach to student success. By offering individualized support, we instill character, helping students learn, grow, and build resilience. And next, we'll look at community outreach. Service in action. Service extends beyond the classroom. Each month we empower families through community support sessions focused on attendance and academic success. This is where we instill responsibility and commitment. Team dating violence awareness where we're promoting respect in relationships. Internet
031safety and digital responsibility. We encourage ethical online behavior. Bullying and cyber bullying prevention. We cultivate kindness and accountability, mental health awareness where we're strengthening emotional intelligence and well-being, and then connecting family to resources, ensuring no family stands alone. This outreach reinforces character by educating students and families to make informed, positive choices. Next, we have the Stronger Connections Grant. Alice was awarded a 2year $1 million grant back in August 1st of 2024. This grant focuses solely on mental health. The supporting campuses include Alice High School, William Adams, and Science Elementary School. The stronger connections grant enhances student well-being through character. With this grant, we have created calming corners which helps teach students self-regulation and mindfulness. We have also purchased the alongside app over at Dallas High School in Lance, which encourages self-awareness and self-help skills. This
032grant provides additional opportunities through incentives and family outreach. By fostering self-discipline and emotional strength, we equip students with the tools to navigate life's challenges with integrity. And finally, water Student Success Food Pantry where we're serving with compassion. LSISD continues to support our community by addressing food insecurity with dignity and care. This year alone, we have helped families. Why? Why it matters. Improved academics. Students learn best when their basic needs are met. Better attendance. Calgary should never barrier to education. Holistic student support. Compassion and service go hand in hand to build a stronger community. At Alice, service is not just what we do. It's who we are. And through acts of character, we are shaping students who will lead with kindness, responsibility, and resilience. And now, I'd like to introduce our executive director of human resources,
033Miss AR. Good evening school board members, school board presidential and audience. Uh I am Lynette your executive director of human resources in human resource. We provide a range of services to our employees to our administrators and potential hirees. We are one of the main goals that we set in place okay was to reduce the number of teacher vacancies. We started with a big number of vacancies way over 35 to 40 vacancies teacher vacancies. That was our number one goal to reduce it to zero. We almost got there. The the help of each other, the help of our awesome administrators, we were able to bring it to one vacancy, teacher vacancy at which is over at science elementary special ed teacher vacancy. Our students need teachers. Why nobody else can get a job as a teacher?
034We need certified teachers. Every student deserves a certified teacher. So even the teachers that are not certified uh I'm constantly meeting with them to make sure they are on track. Our admins also have a list and meet with them also making sure they are on track to get the selfcertified because that's our goal. Every student deserves to be certified teachers. We uh how we do also we also went to job fairs. I attended some job fairs such as Texas&M Kingsville and Texas as soon as I got back every afternoon and I tell you I was slow and pitching as I was over there got everybody on the list that were coming in and as soon as I got back to uh the central I gave the list to each and every one of our HR
035specialists it up call them in let's call these people in get them here and be the first district to get them here. We also then reached out to our admins, gave them the list, brought those to the individuals in, we met with our teachers, our administrators, our administrators, interviewed them, and then they recommended who they were going to hire. So it was a team effort all the way around between uh HR and admin. We also have for our screening a schedule three job fairs which you will get in our door and I'll be attending again takes Kingsville takes in Corpus Christi and San Antonio. I added the extra one. Uh this way we can try to reduce that number because we all know the beginning of the region high number. So we would like to
036reduce it as soon as possible. So our our students will have teachers right from the get-go. That's our goal on teacher attendance. That's another service we provide. We provide this service on teacher attendance where for example we are always monitoring our teacher attendance. Our admins see these reports. Our admins see these reports on a weekly basis which is our weekly teacher access report for campus, our monthly teacher access report and then our total individual teacher access report for campus. What that means is every week they see how many teachers are absent, how many are monthly. For example, last year first semester we have a total of 1,973 days that teachers were absent which cost our district 157,80. This year, first semester, teacher absences were 1,634 days, which cost our district 13,720, a difference of 339
037days, saving us 27,160. I also extracted a data report beginning of the year which automatically for every teacher that we have why they were absent did they utilize last year how many authorized needs that's why they were out they had personal leave did they use their sit testing or workshops our administrators also get those report and not only do we meet with the campus administrators but we met also with coach Mr. that is so everybody's aware of how many times they were utilized for such thing as authorized especially for authorized and testing workshops because we want our teachers in our classrooms. Uh one thing I do want to say thank you to each and every one of you. You all help and support us by bringing in these new HR initiatives. I wanted to come
038in and bring something new to our district, which was the frontline application system. Y'all approved it and it is to help us run our day-to-day operational forms, allowing our district to efficiently manage annual contracts online, recruiting and hiring process, which mean everything will be now here at Central. We currently are going through our region two and if all the other three y'all have to help other individuals through going through the region two we all know that it's time consuming or sometimes that application might not go through but now that it's with us in house we'll be able to help each and every individual we'll be providing a link on our website where every applicant can click on the link and automatically it will come straight to us. Okay, another thing I want to say thank
039you to each and every one of you was the biometrics. Why did we implement and want that biometrics? We wanted that biometrics in order so we can it's called fingerprint recognition. That's what it is. But we wanted it for clocking in and clocking out not only for our auxiliary but also for our admins and professionals. Why? because it offers a higher level of authentication and above all security. Security security for our campuses and departments. We need them. We want that. Okay. We started in February the biometrics for auxiliary staff, medical staff and as of today we started with our admins and professionals. We are very pleased and this is something that that we're all very proud of is the TIA, the teacher incentive allotment. The designations last year, our district had 19 teachers that were
040designated. That means they were given an amount of aum of money on top of their salary that were brought in from the state. For example, last year the 19 teachers were brought in and given to each one total on all of them 232,287. This year and we're super excited. It'll end up. So, good job to all our teachers because now we have 29 teachers to a total of 377,602, which gives us a total of 48 teachers that are designated here at ISD. And we're still going to go. I guarantee you we're doing our best. So, our teachers are doing great. For example, teachers that were designated recognized, we have 14 of them. And they range, the amount they received was between 3,000 and 9,000. Exe exemplary teachers. We have 28 of those teachers here at
041D. They range between 6,000 and 18,000. And then we can say we have six master teachers. And I know next year have a lot more and they receive between 12,000 and 32,000 on top of the salary that you receive from Alice. So, good job to each and every one of our teachers and our ads on the this is a new item that is being brought in by our director of nurses. That's our Lisa Los. She's our director of nurses and she brought in what is called the pintsiz hero. What is the pintsiz bureau? It is was created to raise awareness for the need of blood donors. Okay. Uh our seniors at this time they if they qualify they will receive a red cord that they may wear during graduation. I know the services that we
042provide is sometimes monetary time items. But what a best way to give back and provide a service by donating to help others to save somebody's life. And our students are able to learn that all the way now this program will the elementary levels and we know they can't donate book but they can bring their guardians a mom and dad to help out and then in return they will win awards given by this program which they can win t-shirts and other items for the donation of so our kids are learning so many different things but uh thank you to Miss bringing this in Thank you so much. Have a greeting. Now I'd like to introduce our CFO Troy. Greetings. Sorry. Greetings board trustees, superintendent Dr. and community members. My name is Troy Leon and I'm the
043CFO for Alice ISD. Regarding character and service with the business office, I'm going to talking about our 2024 bond. The 2024 bond election took place in January 2024 and is our financial commitment aimed at improving our school's athletic facilities, ensuring that students have access to a high quality, safe and modern stadium. This bond reflects our commitment dedication to fostering students growth, school spirit, and overall wellbeing. All projects should be complete and ready to use by May 2026. Character of LeBron. Commitment to excellence. LeBron aligns with our mission to provide top tier facilities that match the dedication to our students, students, athletes, and staff. Service to the students, school spirit, and community engagement. A modernized stadium fosters greater student involvement, pride, and attendance at swim events. Opportunities for growth. The improved facilities open the doors for
044scholarships, sportsmanship development, and leadership opportunities. Next, we'll proceed to strategic budgeting. Strategic budgeting is a proactive approach we use to manage our financial resources, ensuring that every dollar is allocated with purpose and efficiency. It reflects our commitment to responsible stewardship, transparency, and prioritation to student success. Character of strategic budgeting. Fiscal responsibility. Careful planning and allocation ensures that financial resources are used wisely to benefit students and staff. Equity and fairness. Budget decisions are made with the goal of providing equal opportunities for all students regardless of background. Vision driven plan. Funding priorities aligned with long-term educational goals, ensuring continuous improvement and growth. service to the students. Quality education and resources ensures that classrooms are equipped with up-to-date technology, materials, and curriculum enhancements. Support for programs and activities. Provides funding for extracurricular activities, arts, athletics, academics, financial stability
045for long-term success, ensures that future generations of students continue to benefit from a well-managed budget. As of this month, our 2024 bond has accumulated [Music] $549,386.54 in interest, increasing our current fund balance to $20 million 639897 within one cent. Equitable resource allocation. Home resource allocation ensures all our all our students have access to the tools, opportunities, and support they need to succeed regardless of their background or circumstances. By distributing resources based on student needs rather than uniform allocation, we create a fair and effective learning environment for all. Character of equitable resource allocation. Intentional planning. Funding decisions are driven by data, student demographics, and school performance to address Commitment to excellence. Every student deserves access to high quality education and equitable funding ensures that no one is left behind. Accountability and transparency. Stakeholders including families and
046staff are kept informed of how resources are allocated and the impact they have on student success. Service to students. Access to quality programs. It ensures all students regardless of socioeconomic background have access to advanced coursework. arts, athletics, and extracurricular activities. Targeted support services. Additional funding goes toward tutoring, special education, mental health resources, and intervention programs for struggling students, empowering future success, prepares students for college, careers, and lifelong learning by ensuring equal access to educational opportunities. Lastly, CCMR and attendance both will positively impact our budget this year as both have increased tremendous tremendously within the last two years. And lastly, the 3% raise and the 3% salary increase that was given this past year along with an additional $75 contribution toward insurance totaling $375 per employee each month represents a strategic investment in our educators. This
047decision acknowledges their decision and prioritizes their well-being. By offering competitive compensation and benefits, we reinforce our commitment to retaining and attracting top teaching talent which directly contributes to continued success and growth of our students. That is next we have our child nutrition director, Mr. Ron Thomas. Good evening everybody. My name is and I'm your director of child nutrition and today I'll be sharing with you how our program builds service of character in our stakeholders and our students. And let's talk first and foremost I have to say I've been It's not going to be here now working with you guys and department. But I I got to ask our staff who's been here 20 20 plus years if they remember a time where we were in a self operational position and the staff that's been here
048the longest team working with us managing a company. Um so so I got to say the first part of building service and character has been that we as a district have decided to go into self operation self operation transition uh in the first long right and this allows and shows a commitment to serving our students and community um because it it gives us direct control over our menu cho uh and it allows us to provide higher quality meals to our students and it ensures that every dollar we earn goes directly back into benefiting our students and our stakeholders. Um I know this decision is not easy. It's not easy to be sought off after after you know and it's been a while. Uh but because we did it, we envision a phenomenal food service program
049that puts our students and stakeholders first. And it's not easy, but we work at it every single day. Additionally, right, to support our self operation transition, we also equip our central office staff with industry training that better serves that allows us to better serve our students and our staff. U some examples of this is uh we have coming up and that's a a conference that they're excited to go and learn uh from and also Texas Association of School Nutrition um is a conference that we are excited to attend and this helps us stay ahead of the industry trends uh ensure that we're we're meeting all compliance requirements and uh it helps us stay ahead of equipment advancements that are happening and best practices for food department. Additionally, every week by week, we have uh districtwide
050manager and assistant managing meetings where uh we I personally meet in our central office meet with every manager and assistant manager and we talk about what challenges and what challenges campuses might be facing and we ensure that we're aligning our team's goals. So, The discussions are are a way to stay proactive in making meaningful improvements uh to our department and it allows us to provide clear information to our managers and actionable steps every single time we meet. Um and this directly enhances our service to our students, right? I I really ask them to provide feedback and I I am really proud of of the feedback that they do provide. [Music] Part of you what's coming these meetings is we've had meatloaf on the menu because secretaries are requesting, hey, we want to add these menu
051items. We want to see this variety to the menu. So, we've added meatloaf, we've added to the secondary menu, and that's happening next week if I'm not mistaken. Um, and then we're already talking about April and how we want to see Asian inspired meals. So, that's uh that will be work that I will be working on uh this week with our managers. Um finally, as far as service, when we have student service, we know that we want to serve here because of the students. We're here for the students and uh our job is to actively listen and uh make meaningful adjustments based on student feedback. Uh we want student engagement and participation and so far We've gone um to student and parent roundts and I want to see we have another round coming up this
052month as well. Uh so I'm looking forward to that. We have obviously feedback from cafeteria visits from talking to the students directly and then from hearing from staff our staff our our teachers as well principles and um our parents and moving forward we're also working on incorporating online data collection through online. Okay. Um moving forward we have uh character right a big part of ensuring that all of our department is is pushing the right way because we've created the child nutrition program equally. Um, and this this encourages facility trust and collaborative workplace culture, right? It provides every campus an option to have a a worker raise their hand and say, "Hey, I want to represent the staff in my kitchen. I want to represent the interests of my students." Um, Um our first meeting is
053actually happening in March. It took me a while to gather everybody but uh it will be monthly. Um and then certainly year it's going to happen and uh again it is a staff meeting and allows them to continue sharing this feedback and uh allows us to make these improvements. And then we have our campus employee of the year. So uh this year we have decided to recognize uh those who will go beyond each campus now has an employee of the year instead of one employee of the year that was from uh last year. So this falls in line with the district and and what we're doing and Dr. is doing uh in each principal student at the campus uh because we know that at every school there's someone that's making a difference in our students
054lives. Um finally, you know, I want to thank the board and and the community and and superintendent uh for pushing our department to be more or to become self sustaining uh through self operation. And I want to thank our office staff, managers, assistant managers, and food service specialists. Uh year to date, we have served 795,653 meals. Uh and we are hoping and proud to continue serving more. Um with that said, again, my name is Juan. I appreciate your time. And next, I welcome my colleague, director of fine arts. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you, Mr. Mr. President once [Music] again offers numerous programs for our students. arts [Music] cheer. Now fine arts connection to service to come together all our programs build service through leadership and responsibility, community engagement, performance opportunities, teamwork and support. Also you
055will find all contribute to our pillars of success for outside the area of character development through discipline skill respect for tradition support of our academic community and confidence building through public performances. Now here are some examples of contributions for service and character from our department. We have our coral program performing numerous community such as caring throughout the city here in the Christmas season as well as school events that include our day. has performed at the education conference scheduled this week as well as performing numerous community specific requests high [Music] school. We all support campus activities through sports, standoffs and concerts. And today I'm going to share a fun fact. There is what we call a Yale leader. And this Yale leader are leaders that cheer, they motivate, they pump up. They are also about character,
056motivating others and encouragement. And there are four US presidents that are considered which are FDR, President Eisenhower, President Reagan, and President Bush. All I find our students is that many strengths in the area of leadership, character, mentorship, respect and are a huge support system for our school district and community. Success great success and we know that through all of our programs at the highest level, the biggest stage of state competitions and I want to thank you for support. We truly appreciate you Alice always helping all our students shine goes at this time Mr. [Music] for service and I'm here to talk to you about maintenance operation on maintenance operation side. One of our primary goals is to minimize un and operations are trying to identify and address potential issues maint That being said, here's some
057soft LED lamps which enhance the lights throughout the entire field. Also with today's technology, we have app that allows coaches to control the settings on the phone. Restroom upgrades. Uh that includes the high for outside school by little theater includes all new piping and lighters which should minimize potential issues. All new compliant stalls faucet sinks for all time entering. Then we have our campuses installed at our campus in order to enhance safety by reinforcing windows. And last but not [Music] [Applause] least, good evening board members, Dr. and audience. I'm Dr. I'm the executive director for federal programs and compliance and I will be continuing with our information on the pool of success service and character. Last year a second grade swim program began. Second grader students from each elementary campus travel to the valiatorum once
058a week to take swimming lessons from a qualified swim instructor. Through federal funds, any student that's in need is provided with swimming suits. swimming shoes and towels so that they may participate as all students do. Alice D is serving our students by ensuring that they gain the life skill of swimming. Family and community engagement and healthcare. A spring conference is held where parents can attend and hear information through breakout sessions on topics that are important to the success of their students. This year over 265 people who attended were provided a free breakfast, free lunch, and free child care along with a great keynote speaker and his Dr. Espansa Zenas from the education service center 2 who spoke on the importance of parent engagement and student resilience. As a result of the conference, we are modeling
059the pillars of academics, leadership, character, and service through bringing in local members and presenters. Our plans are to make this conference even bigger in the coming years. military connected students and families. Students who have a parent who is active in a branch of the military or a parent who's a former member of a military branch are identified at the beginning of the each school year. At this time, LSID has 125 students enrolled who are military connected. The district conducts a number of activities to honor the special sacrifice that these students and families make. In the spring, the district celebrates purple update. We encourage students and staff to wear purple in honor of these students. These celebrations model the district's service to our parents who have given of themselves. The district plans on applying for a
060purple star designation, which is a very special recognition from TDA this spring. Grants. The district has increased the number of grants awarded by the federal and state government. ALSC has received over 10,496,471 in funds this year alone. With these grants, ALSD is able to provide quality instructional materials, quality staff development, and supplemental highly qualified staff. The district continues to seek out grants that will benefit our students and our district. Support for emerging bilingual students. Als has approximately 118 students who are coded as emergent bilingual. With the addition of a new program, Summit K12 English proficiency program, these students are provided with an added resource to help build their English proficiency skills. The program builds student confidence in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and thinking in English. Parents also are given an opportunity to earn to learn
061with their students through at home family licenses. Students are experiencing growth in their English language proficiency skills. Additionally, we had 100% of our emerging bilingual seniors who received their CCMR point in January of 2025. Alice D hopes to increase our students English proficiency growth this year even more and be a model district for EB students. In closing, you can see that Alice D is focused on the four pillars of success, academics, leadership, service, and character and have many initiatives to put the pillars on the forefront. Alice ISD is the place to be because it starts with me. Go Pirates. [Applause] Thank you, team. Do you have any questions? I know it was a lot of information. Thank you. Very impressed. Thank you. We have Diana Vosquez up really quick to do a presentation on our
062student services department. Miss Vosquez, members of the board, Dr. members of the audience, I bring to you tonight the student services update for March. First thing I do love to talk to about is our attendance. Our attendance continues to describe. We have that same increase. If you look at February's campus attendance, I do include last year with this school years, you're going to see at Dallas High School, they were 88.66% last school year. This year, they're at 90.35%. That was a 1.69% increase. At William Adams Middle School, last year they were at 90.65%. You will see that they ended at 9247% giving again that 1.82% 82% increase for Newman Elementary was at 93.48% last school year. This year they're at 94.08%. It's a 60% increase, but any small gain is still a win for us.
063For Science Elementary, 93.42% last school year, 94.75 79 sorry% this school year at a 1.37% increase at shallow 94.23% 23% increase last school year. This year 95.03% at a 80% increase. And in DevO Elementary 92.33% last school year. This school year at a 94.59%. That was a 2.26% increase for the district. Last school year we ended at 91.34%. this school year at 92.84% giving us that 1.5% increase for the month of February. Now, uh, our campuses do continue to do the attendance incentives. So, I kind of included something that they just did recently. They took some of the kids to urban air. We had, I think, believe that was science and they're continuing to promote these things. And so, this is what's bringing our kids to school every day because they don't have those opportunities
064to attend. And with this being an incentive, they wanted to be able to go our monthly attendance revenue loss analysis. Last year in February, we were already at a loss at 1,267,284.50. This year at the end of February, we're at $974,44256, giving us a monthly savings in February of $292,841.94. So, we are continuing to save that attendance. I do want to bring to you we have started the 25 Well, we haven't started, but we are going to go live April 1st for the 2526 student registration. We will go live online on April 1st. That's going to give families the opportunity to go online and start registering their students for next school year. We have already uh posted flyers on social media to start spreading the word. We are actively promoting to increase our enrollment. We
065have done the renewal of his own transfer forms. We sent those out along with our out of district transfer forms for next year. I am getting back a bunch coming in for this next school year. So, we do know a lot of these students are contining uh continue with LSID. Now, I wanted to give you kind of where our enrollment trends were in the past 3 years. If you look at 2223, at the end of the year, we were at 4,00 4,498 students. We did um out of district transfers. These are students that do not belong to Alice, but they're outside the Alis boundary. So, we had 67 that year. In 2324 we had 4,373. We had 89 out of district transfers. And in this school year, as of March 7th, we are at 4,320
066with 66 out of district transfers. I do want to say that we are continuing to promote the many opportunities that Alice does have to offer here, including and I keep stressing our CT classes that give those students those certifications and even the college courses that allow our students to get an associates degree before they graduate. Now, for this next slide, I do want to commend the high school counselors, Dr. Kabala and Christina Ruba. They've been working really, really hard to make sure that our students have that higher education. And so, I want to bring to you tonight. We've had 203 students, senior students who have applied for college and 198 of those have been accepted. Yes. Very good. The next thing we want to bring to you is the student scholarship applications. Currently, we have
06734 students who have applied for the merit scholarships and 76 for the national scholarships. Uh we have been trying to push those national scholarships because we do know financial burden of the student. I mean, besides applying for the college and merit, yes, it does go with university, but financial aid only covers so much. You still got room for you got the tuition cost. And so, we're hoping that this is going to help them provide those extra costs and help those families know that there is more affordable ways for them to attend college and actually give those students a dream that they want to go to those colleges. because I want to say I have two students right now at the high school that have gotten accepted um full scholarships. One of them to university the
068student did accept and one to the University of Chicago. So we do have two questions. [Applause] Do we have any questions for Mr. regarding the budget revenues more quarterly investment reports and uh I know Mr. Do you have anything else that you want to add to your facilities update you want to add anything on the fields on the fields would you want to add anything I was informed today by public director. [Music] So, so that being said, the process in order to get our We were planning on that control and control and I talked about [Music] and back [Music] Thank you, sir. But thank you for having a plan. We have appreciate Robert. Thank you. Any questions for Dr. for Mr. Bennett or Coach regarding fine arts or athletics? If not, then that's it for
069presentation to students. Agenda motion by Any discussion? All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. So, we're going to move on to item eight, which is nationalities. Yes. Thank you. Just for the record, I would like to publicly thank the Wy Ranch for providing a $20,000 donation to our matching program and all that supported the federal programs department during their conference. Uh the action item is consideration and possible action of offer to purchase tax sale property suit 09-3-1469 discussion. All in favor? Yes. AB consideration of possible action of offer to purchase tax sale property [Music] #04-02-13178-bot carries. We're going to move on session matter 912 retirement 934. person. So it is 199 possible action resations. I'm sorry retirements by Mr. Mina. by Mr. Any discussion all in favor item C is there possible action resations we
070second by any discussion all in favor Motion carries and there was move on to item 12 which is 9:31 p.m. I heard it. Good to see you. Oh my god. Oh, it's cake. It's good. It's good. We need to go get some United States. Whoever made the cake next year, Maybe I was like She's She's upstairs. going up. I heard We don't need that. Thank you. Bye. You did good. I know that. What do you want? Have a good one. Okay. I had to get up. That was a serious I didn't want to put That's way start to shake. You're trying to do Okay, She called Facebook. I know. How are you?