001Okay. This April 14th meeting of the board of trustees for the Berles Independent School District is now called to order at 5:30 p.m. This meeting was duly posted according to legal requirements and a quorum is present. We welcome guests and employees to the meeting. Ashley, do we have any cards? Okay. In that case, the board of trustees of the Berles Independent School District will adjourn into close session at 5:30 for the purpose of consideration of matters for which closed sessions are authorized by title 5 chapter 551 Texas Government Code. 071-084 whereupon the superintendent at the request of the board president of the board of trustees will present for the board's consideration or discussion the following matters. Consider teacher administrator employment or other appropriate personnel matters. Deliberate a negotiated contract for a prospective gift or donation.
002Deliberate the use of security personnel devices and or audits, including the intruder detection audit. Deliberate a matter regarding a student or student discipline, deliberation regarding real property or consultation with attorney. We now go into close session. [Music] The board of trustees of the Berlesen Independent School District will convene to open session at 6:38 p.m. We have one item to take care of from close session. I recommend that the board of trustees grant the board president the authority to approve new hires between now and the next regular meeting in May. The board will consider ratifying those hires at the next meeting. I need a motion. Ryan, I need a second. Dallas, all in favor, raise your hand. All opposed? Seeing none opposed. Motion passes. Now, let's all stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance
003to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for alliance to the Texas one and indivisible. Now, I recommend that the board of trustees adopt the order of items for the April 14th, 2025 agenda as presented. Mike, thank you. Second, Pat. All in favor, raise your right hand. All opposed? I see none opposed. Motion passes. Now, it's time for special recognitions with Dr. Hill. Good evening everyone. Tonight for special recognitions, we have a variety to share. Beginning with state cheer recognition with Coach Butler. Hi, I'm Victoria Butler. I am the head cheer coach at Burles High School and I'm so excited to be here and to recognize our athletes. So, while I'm speaking, I'm going to go ahead
004and ask our unified cheerleaders to make their way up here together. This is our first year to have our unified cheer team and it has been so fun. I'm really excited to share with you guys that we worked really hard on a routine and went to the Special Olympics state cheer competition. Our goal was to get a medal. We were really hoping for first, second, or third place. This is a full-on competition. This is not just a performance. And our athletes got first place in the unified beginner division. and they got the second highest score out of the entire state competition in all categories. So, we are really, really proud of this team. And another shout out I'd love to say is the state director of Special Olympics came up to me and wanted to
005give a huge shout out to our buddies because he said this routine was an actual full-on unified routine. Not just about our special abilities athletes, but that all athletes were really showcased in this routine. And he was really proud of that. So shout out to our unified team. back. I'm gonna try. Okay. Me and my big mama self. Okay. There we go. There we go. All right. Everybody look right here. One, two, three. All right. And congratulations. Y'all can go sit down. I am also really blessed to celebrate today another cheer team that we've been working with this season. So, if you are a part or there's way more than who's here, but representing our varsity co-ed UIL team, please come up. So, um I just want to brag on these kids. Before I worked
006here two years ago, these kids really made a goal to get top 20. Um, they had never made top 20 in school history in Burles, like Burlesson high school history. It's never happened. And these athletes last year got 18th and got top 20 and they were really proud. And so our goal this year was top 10. And we also put a whole new unit in it. We decided to go co-ed. And these three boys are representing our co-ed. um being the first ones to just the best I know how to say this is just like break those stereotypes and be willing to be a cheerleader and be manly and you know kind of create these new norms. I think it's so cool and we went in the co-ed division at state. The goal is top
00710 and all the other teams we went against had seven or more boys and we had three and we got second place at state by only 64. Like they were so close 67 they know. Yeah. Um and second is just so good. I was just so proud. We just went top 10 and I'm just so proud to be their coach. I love these kids so much with my whole heart, all of my athletes. And so these are our kids representing our 30 athletes who got second at state. Oh, there we go. [Laughter] Of all the people, they know how to for do formations, right? Okay. You ready? One, two, three. Okay. Ready? Okay. I'm going to say one, two, three, and I'm going to ask everybody take two steps this way. There we go. We
008got it. All right. Yep. Ready? One, two, three. You either stand on the chair or probably Congratulations. [Music] And I will now be having Megan Stubblefield and Travis Campbell up to the stand. Before these parents leave, I want the parents of these students we recognize stand up so we can recognize you. Come on. do it without you. So, thank you Say thank you. Thank you. Byebye. All right. Good evening. My name is Travis Campbell and I'm the choir director at Steam Middle School. And both Mrs. Doublefield and I are going to speak tonight about our middle school/junior high TCDA Allstate Choir members. A little bit about this process. So, TCDA or the Texas Coral Directors Association is a professional organization consisting of elementary, middle, and high school, college, and university, and church choir directors across
009the state. This organization exists in large part to advocate for the coral music instruction in the state of Texas. And one way it does that is providing opportunities and experiences to students within these programs across the state. The largest and most prestigious of these experiences are the elementary and middle school/junior high all-state choirs. These groups are open to any student in the state, but only by audition. All of the students being recognized tonight took the time to prepare an audition, work with their choir director to perfect it, and then record it to be submitted to the committee. Only after that were these four students selected. I want to start by speaking a little bit about my students, specifically from Steam. Uh this is my first year as the choir director at Steam, and I have
010been incredibly fortunate to have such amazing, hardworking students. In addition to this process, all three of these guys audition for the all region choirs. They are members of the Soundwave Show choir at Steam. They are each currently preparing a piece of solo music for our solo and ensemble contest next week and are also part of the Reverb men's choir that earned a sweep stakes award at UIL last month. And this is just their choir accomplishments. All three of these guys also have other pursuits such as band, musical theater, piano lessons, and academics on top of all of that. And they all managed to excel very highly at all of these things. Earning a membership in this TCDA Allstate Choir means that these four students will travel to San Antonio this July and rehearse with the
011other students across the state who have earned this honor. They will work with worldclass clinicians and will have a truly unforgettable experience. This will all culminate with a concert on Saturday, July 26th, which I'm sure will be incredible. I hope you all will consider attending and celebrating our amazing BISD students. And I want to let Mrs. Stoublefield speak a little bit specifically about her student. Hi, I'm Megan Stubblefield, the director at Kerr. Um, I'm just going to read something I wrote. So, it's hard to believe that I've only had the privilege of being Marcy's teacher for a single year because from the very beginning, her musical talent and dedication were unmistakable. From our first rehearsals, it was clear how naturally music came to her, but beyond her musical gifts, Marcy has been an asset to
012the choir program. She's offered valuable insight into the traditions and expectations that were in place before I arrived. always doing so with kindness and respect. Her work ethic has truly set her apart and she's shown a level of dedications that rare that's rare. Going above and beyond to ensure her recordings reflected her highest standards, even re-recording to capture exactly what she had envision envisioned. She is she was a member of the region choir is part of the show choir at Kerr and is also currently preparing a solo for our solo and ensemble contest coming up very soon. She was also part of the varsity trouble choir who received a sweep six at UIL back in March. Though I've only seen a small part of her journey, it is clear that Marcy has grown tremendously as
013a musician during her time at Kerr. I have no doubt that um that high school would bring even more opportunities for her to shine. And honestly, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see her pursue some type of music at the collegiate level. Marcy, thank you for being such a wonderful part of the choir this year. I hope your time in San Antonio this summer is full of joy and inspiration, and I wish you all the best as you begin your next musical chapter of CHS. [Applause] Come on. Congratulations. Congratulations. Yeah. Sure. You come here. Is it okay? All right, one step this way. There we go. All right, everybody look right here. One, two, three. [Applause] Okay, we want to see these parents. I know you're proud in Africa. Where are you? And now,
014please welcome Dr. Staca Pierce for our spelling be recognitions. Good. Give everybody a second. Ah, okay. I just want to make sure that everybody can hear as we recognize um our spelling bee champion. Um, as you know, we do the script spelling bee. It's a well-known spelling competition for middle and uh elementary students. Each year we host um an area spelling be in Berles. This year it was January 21st at the venue and it was our third year to hold it at the venue. Each campus winner was rec recognized on our social media channels and this evening we'd like to recognize our winner of the area spelling be Lillian Warlock. If you want to give a round of applause. Lily is an eighth grader at Ker Middle School. After winning our bee, she went on
015to represent BISD at the regional spelling bee in Fort Worth. Please join me in honoring her one more time and expressing our gratitude for her family for their support and countless hours, I'm sure, practicing spelling with us. Sure. Mr. Really? I'm always photo. He goes right there. We're good. All right. All right. Yes. One, two, three. Welcome. [Applause] Well, I know who these parents are because th this is my granddaughter and I am so excited. So, stand up family. You make me proud. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you. So, the awards just keep coming. Um, and I'm thrilled tonight to introduce our two National Merit Scholar finalist. Um, and I want to talk a little bit about what this uh prestigious award means. Over 1.3 million juniors in over 21,000 high schools were entered in the
0162025 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the PSAT test. Based on the results of this assessment, students are then named semi-finalists, which is only about 1% in the nation. Then the committee looks at academic records, participation in school activities, leadership, employment, other honors, and we have two here tonight. It's my honor to present two National Merit finalist scholars. Thomas BS from [Applause] BHS and G Ray from [Applause] PHS. I'm going to have the principles come up. Sorry. We're good. Smiles. Everyone smiles. All right. One, two, three. Parents got it. All [Applause] right. Now, have you ever read school yet? Okay. Ladies first. I'm going to for UT of course. That's us for biomed. Oh wow. And you going to Dallas? Awesome. Well done. We're so proud. This is awesome. Um, and for those keeping track
017and scoring at home, the last merit finalist we had was 2016. It's been a while. It's been a while. So, very impressive. Very impressive. Keep up the good work. All right. Parents, where are you? parents. Thank you. You look beautiful, too. [Music] Yes. What? Yeah, we are. Oh, principles, where are you? Now comes us. Awesome. It is freezing in here. Yeah, I know. I'm too bad. Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome. I'm hot. You know what? They always say that back corner, but that side of the room for some reason is colder. I think that is. Man, that is impressive. That is very impressive. Yeah, that's outstanding. I just wonder if they've grown up here. Yeah, I wonder if they have. I want to say yes. Oh, good. I think they started. That's great. Anyway,
018that's great. We're just talking because we have two National Merit Scholars from BHS, one from BHS and one from Centennial High School. And that's impressive. We We're talking amongst ourselves because we're so impressed. So that's awesome. It is a really big deal. Very big deal. Oh, that was quick. Oh, they're both Frasier Bears. That was fast. Bears. Frasier. Thomas, is Thomas, right? Tommy, you went to Frasier. Hughes. and then BHS all the way through. That's awesome. Proud of you, son. Proud of you. I got to go study things to do. Okay, great. That's pretty cool. That is cool. That's That's fun stuff. It is wonderful. That'll make you smile. Okay, now it's time for comments from individual board members. Does anyone have anything you'd like to share? Whoa. Whoa. Oh, she's been talking the whole
019time all the time. Yes. She did better than her brother when he competed and so she was quite excited that she got a bigger trophy than he did. So that was pretty funny. So anyway, he did, but she didn't. She waited till he was gone from her and then she did. [Music] That's great. That's great. Okay, the next item um on the agenda is safety, security, and intruder dete intruder detection uh update with Mr. Steve Logan. Who's on the security? Is that what it is? I sure hope he's not. All I know is this uh is I can't remember if we reported last time, but I want to say that we did. Steve and I were actually out touring today. Uh right, Courtney was right. Uh went by Steam Middle. They were doing well. Um
020as usual. Hey, I'm just making this up as I go. Welcome. Sorry, I did not hear the special recognition was over. My apologies. The good news is I have a very brief update for tonight. Um, we have not had any intruder detection audits and it was last time that we that we said of course we haven't had we haven't had any findings. That's correct. Yeah. I mean, but but we did report on that last time and none this this Yeah, we haven't had any um since the last board meeting. haven't made any significant changes or upgrades or anything like that. So, my only update tonight is that I have no update. Apologize. I didn't hear that we were to this point. But all I'm going to say is is that someone over here if looks
021could have killed. I I'm not naming names, but there was somebody over here that Oh my. You don't have to worry about what we're thinking. But I can almost promise you that that's going to come up later. I was listening in the hall and I just my balls. I don't know if it is enough. Look, we might hear about it again. I have no doubt. We've we've enjoyed knowing you, my friend. Thank you. You're very welcome. Good luck, man. [Music] Okay. Um, our last uh information item this evening is the annual report of the board member continuing education hours for 202425 school year. Each board member earned the following continuing education hours. So, most of you are aware, but in case you're not, board members have professional development that is required of us just like
022for staff and teachers. uh we don't have probably as many hours but we will tell you what uh we have and all of our board members I can report uh got all of the required hours. So Mikey 5 hours, Stacy Eisner 5.25 hours, Jerry McNair 6 hours, Shawn Miner 5.25 hours, Dallas Owen 6.5 hours and she wins. And look at me. And uh Ryan Richardson has six hours and Pat Warl has five hours. And we have completed all of our hours and there are no members who are deficient in their continuing education hours for 2425. [Music] And we love that training. Board members should have received consent agenda in their packets. I need a motion to approve tonight's consent agenda as presented. motion. Uh, okay. Pat, thank you. Need a second. Second, Dallas. Thank you.
023All in favor? I see none opposed. Motion passes. Now it's time for the monthly financials with Brenda B. Excited. Good evening everyone. She's loud. I'm sorry. Good evening, Brenda. So, if you weren't here last time, I got in a little trouble because my music wasn't very loud. So, I think Paula has a surprise. The most ridiculous I could come up with. It's so silly. I was like, I know. We laughed for a long time in my office. I'm just telling we could laugh all day cuz it was that silly. It was funnier in your head. Yeah, it was. I was there. It was funny. But I was there. It's all I could come up with. I got so much grief on my ear. Look at your good. I said to find something ridiculous. You said
024the music which was air. Air. So then that didn't go well. Noise. Yeah. So I was like, I just have to find something ridiculous to offset it. So I'm done with music. It's probably my last time. I don't know. I'll think about it. Um, but let's seriously get on to the financials. So, first for general fund, this is through February, revenues are 89.1 million. We're at about 70% and our expenditures are at 71.9 million, which is about 55%. For food service, revenues are up from last year, 235,000. Uh, that's both in local and in our federal funding. And then revenues or expenditures, excuse me, right at the same 4.5 million. For debt service, our revenues are at 37.9 million. Um, up slightly from last year. And then our expenditures are at 21.7. There will be
025very slight um just some fees associated with that because we've made both of our bond payments. For special revenue funds, we're at 55.6%. Um February, we're starting in the third quarter. These will all go through September of 2025. So 55% we're at a good good rate at our expenditures for um our grants. Child care uh revenue is at 578,000. They're up 32,000 from last year and then their expenditures are at 592,000. In capital projects, which is our oil and gas revenues, uh beginning balance 14.6 million. Uh we're very similar to where we were last year at this time at 644,000. Uh one fee of 8,000. So, our balance is 15.2 million for oil and gas. And for payments over 10,000, uh the detail is in your packet listed out. Uh you can see most of
026them out are 199 and then we do have some grant funds and then our construction services. And our tax report, February is the last month where we collect the majority of our taxes. So, 12.4 million in the month of February, 84.6 million for the year. And then just our construction update. Uh we have the clinic going up as you can see. Um and our payments are slight but they're making great progress over there. If you can see even on the inside it looks great. Um and then mound um they've been moving ground and uh getting started with that. So everything's going well. And that is all for the financials. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. Next up is to consider RFQ 242503, investment management services. Yes. So, I have three action items this evening. My first
027one is the investment manager services. So, we went out for an RFQ. We had about five or six companies respond. Um, we did have a board member with us that went through the interviews. We we narrowed it down to three that we thought would be the most appropriate for us for the school district. Um, the one that we selected was TCG and we have a couple reasons. Um, one is the executive vice president who we interviewed is based out of Austin, Texas. A couple of the other ones were in a different state, so we felt like one that was in the state of Texas would be nice. We have easy access to them. Um, they have worked with districts we know in that are the same size as us and bigger. So, that was um
028something we were able to collaborate with other school districts who have worked with TCG. Um, they're very strong in the school business world. They do classes at TASBO. They do investments of course. They do 403bs, insurance planning and things of that nature. And they have a conservative strategy. They have to protect and preserve our principal. Um and then they want to maximize our financial returns. Um they do thorough reporting. They do the weighted average maturity, the percent earned, the market value, and the book value and then the changes to values during the quarter. Um they must invest in instruments that are secure and that are in our board policy. Um their basis points and fees were a little bit lower than the other ones. One thing that we liked about TCG is they were willing
029to negotiate with us. Um, when Ryan and I talked to them, they were able to come down a little bit. Um, schools that have big funding from bonds, those are the most attractive to an investment firm because they have lots of monies they can invest. Um, we do have some, but we're not a large school district. Uh, another thing that we shared with them is we're um a little concerned with the market right now because it's really more short-term than long-term. and they're willing to wait on us. And so we do not have to invest with them right away. They're willing to wait until it's time for us um to invest. And so no fees will be assessed until we feel that we're ready to invest with them. So um we are asking the board
030to accept TCG um when we are ready to do that. Sometimes it takes, you know, 30 to 45 days to be able to invest in an instrument, but um once we're ready to hedge our funds, then we'd be ready to go with TCG. And I'm willing to answer any questions if y'all have. We went through quite a process to to actually interview and and I've waited because pools have done well and they still are. So, it was kind of hard to, you know, after doing all the work to even to commit, but I feel like it's something we want to do as a district because when it the time is right, we want to be prepared. I just wanted to say uh thank you u to you to your group. Um Ryan and I were
031chatting and he even said you know this process began months ago and the amount of homework and due diligence that went into this. Um appreciate your due diligence and what you brought to the table. Ryan, we appreciate you serving and giving us uh your time to uh lend your expertise and weigh in on this to help us arrive at this decision. It sounds like we had a a group, a majority here or not even a majority, we had a everyone was on board with this unanimous. So, I appreciate the work that you all put in and Ryan, the time that you put in uh to to bring us what we think is going to be the best for us. Yep. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Um, I need a motion from the board of trustees
032to approve the award uh for investment management services to TCG Group Holdings. All right, Brian. Second. Second, Stacy. Thank you. All in favor? See none opposed? Motion passes. Okay. Next, Brenda. Uh, we are going to consider a resolution authorizing participation in the Texas Cooperative Liquid Asset Security Trust. Yes. So along with doing long-term investing, we also are members to two pools currently. Texas class, which is the short term for that, uh Jerry also does pools. Um and so we wanted to add them to our pool list, which gives us diversity. Um their rates and basis points are very similar to the two that we belong to. Um the one thing that we like about First Class that's a little bit different than uh text pool and Lonear is their relationship that we have. Um they're
033very involved in school districts. uh their their CFOs that are on their team. They have other team members that are always available for questions and things of that nature. So, we really like that they give free investment training throughout the year. Um so, that was one reason that we kind of started to look into them. They work with school districts particularly and they try to grow their program. Um they also have something that they're working on that's a it's a new term product that they have and what it is is they actually do um longer terms like six month but it's still shortterm and so it's gives you a higher yield but it's the same securities that they have in their pool so you can't go out they have to follow local policy it has
034to be low risk things of that nature but what they do is they have this portal and they're just they're just piloting right now with Florida and Pennsylvania but in this portal they're able to take our funds not take that sounds terrible but we're able to invest our funds through our pools in a short-term say commercial paper um when the when the rates are right you know and the yield is higher um then it's just a six months and it goes right back into our pool so it's another little shortterm um uh investment that we have so we would have our pools we'd have this term and then we'd also have TCG which sounds really aggressive but I assure you that we are um within policy and we want to utilize what we can with
035our with our funds because interest has helped helped us out quite a bit and now that it's growing to 44 4.25, it actually makes a difference for us. So, we're asking to see if we can add Texas class also as one of our pools. Yeah, I just want to make a comment. Um I think what Brenda I mean the last chief's been up here for a long time, but we're desiring to be good stewards of what we have and I think that um you know your comment was it sounds aggressive, but it is not. I mean it's we are we are we are trying to be good stewards of the things that we have within the policy that we have approved so that we can be the best stewards that we can and so I
036think the options that we are allowing you and your team to have access to um only serve to be better stewards and to guard our assets even further and be um accountable to the things that we've been given entrusted to to work with. So, I just want to make sure that that that's said because I know you're doing a lot to make sure that our district is in in a spot financially where um we will be sound for a long long time. So, that's uh I think I just want to tell you thank you for that, but also just knowing that um that these are all things that we are able to use and utilize within the current policy that we have, but also be nimble when we need to be. Yes. Okay. Thank you,
037Ryan. Thanks, Ryan. Okay. Now, I need a motion that the board of trustees approve the resolution authorizing participation in Texas class. Dallas, a second. Mike, all in favor? Okay. Okay. I see none opposed. Motion passes. Okay. Next, Brenda. Yes. Uh, we're going to consider a resolution providing for the defeasants and calling for redemption certain currently outstanding district obligations, delegating to certain district officials and staff the authority to affect matters related hereto and matters in connection herewith. That's a lot. Yeah, this is my last one. Jerry, I'm so sorry with all the old English there. Yeah, I'll I'll be quick. But this is a good one. This is a good one. Um, so our financial advisor Doug um reached out and and if you guys recall in 2022 the board directed the district we paid off
038our series 2012 refunding bond early and we accelerated our series 2018 25-year bond to pay off in just two years which is fantastic. That action that you guys approved was an 11 million drop off in our debt service for fiscal year 2025. So with the declining debt service and then we've had a slight increase to our RNS revenues, we have a fund balance that's available for a second round of principal payoff and debt acceleration. So our fund balance would be used to defease entirely the outstanding series 2020 taxable refunding bond and then shorten by 2 and 1/2 years our outstanding series 2016 refunding bond. So, that sounds like a lot, but what that really means is that those two actions will result in $13 million worth of savings, which is fantastic. The 11 million was
039wonderful when we did it back then. We're so excited. Now, it's even more. So, the time is right um for us to do that. The long-term benefit, of course, is that we'll have early debt retirement. It's going to reduce our interest carrying costs, and then we'll have future bond capacity when it's time. We wouldn't have to do an increase, and we we would have capacity to do um facility improvements and projects. Um along with that uh we did a Moody's call a a couple months ago and given the financial performance of the district on both M and INS. Um we recently received an underlying credit rating upgrade from Moody's. We were a double A3 and now we're a double A2. So that double A2 underlying rating puts the district as one of the highest credit
040rating quality districts in Texas according to Moody's. So, um, thanks to y'all and the the conservative approach that we have, I'm asking that we do this bond easement to put us in a better position on our debt. Absolutely. Question, what's the timing on this being done? It'll be we'll we'll start. Yeah, we'll start as soon as we give them the go-ahhead and sign the paperwork, we'll we'll get they'll get started on it. Yeah. Okay. Any more questions? Okay. I need a motion that the board of trustees approve the district's defusence resolution. Get a motion. Have Mike second. Second. Stacy. All in favor? I see none opposed. Thank you so much. Thank you, Brenda. Thank you so much. Awesome. Yeah, it's been that brings us to consider giving him that brings us to consider policy uh
041update 124 with Mr. Tommy Diamond. [Music] [Laughter] [Music] You win on that one. That was [Applause] Wow. I want Yeah, but he doesn't have any rabbits hopping around. Yeah, keep it classy. That was exactly what I was thinking when I heard the music come on. So, you'll recall we covered this last month. So, hopefully we can speed right through this. I I did rework the presentation, tried to clean it up a little bit, but we'll hit the highlights. You remember CAA, they changed, they took out designate for the superintendent. They also rewrote some reporting requirements. CDA, distributors of investment pools must be registered with state authorities. Ours already are. clarifying copyrighted materials. Clarifying that teachers need to use copyrighted materials appropriately as long as it's for instructional purpose. And this was added the word nicotine.
042Tobacco products were prohibited, but no nicotine products are included. Identifying that the dyslexia handbook can provide rule-based guidance for us. And oh, really, Tommy? Oh, wow. That's really um Well, that's embarrassing. that that uh get in there, right? That's a personal photo that I I guess I just don't know how that got in there. Okay. Are you going to give your own or would you like someone else to give it for you? Well, um that's um Go ahead. This is me crossing the Cow Town Marathon finish line from a couple of months ago and Touche. Obviously, I would not have uploaded this just to celebrate a personal milestone on purpose. Um, so that that I'm I'm truly embarrassed. I'll make sure that something like this never happens again. But while we're staring at this provocative
043image, I I think we can certainly agree that it it it uh sponsors favorable comparisons to Greek athletes of your I think. So anyway, I think uh so back to the policy review. Um again I apologize. So EHB you remember this was significant and profound terminology changes. They changed selection committee to placement committee and then FFG they they added some updates on when we report to CPS. GKA. This is another word ad. Other things had been prohibited. This now specifically adds the words vapes. Oh. Oh my jeez. Well, once again, I seem to have uh allowed my personal photo role to gain contact with the presentation. Uh still, once again, at looking at this powerful image, I think it reminds us of the traditions in elite athletics that span the test of time. Like this
044one here goes all the way back to the ancient Greek Olympics where the celebrated athlete descends from on high to mingle with the commoners. I did not make the sign, but my my daughter right there did make the sign for her hero Tommy. I just realized I called my wife a commoner on camera. Yes, you did. There's been worse tonight. always marry a com. So come up to me after the meeting if you have a spare broom closet to rent. But I have to say that my wife is anything but common. She was very supportive of me during my efforts. Well, in the end, not in the beginning. Um, in fact, the first time I brought it up, I said to her, "Hey, hun, I think I want to run a marathon." And she said,
045"Marathon? You can't get the trash to the curb without catching your breath. And I didn't care for that, but she had a point. And so now, three and a half months of training and 26.2 miles later, I can get the trash to the curb. So anyway, you have your policy review. [Music] rabbits. You got silly rabbit. For kids, well, sure was. Thank you, Mr. Dyer. Really? Is there really a thank you for that? He is ready to pass by five. Okay. In spite of everything, I'm going to need a motion that the board of trustees um a motion that the board of trust trustees approve update 124 and the deletion of policy EAB as recommended by TASBY. Got to get a motion. Okay. Ryan second. Dallas. All in favor raise your hand. I see none
046opposed. The motion passes. Okay. Next item is to consider instruction instructional materials adoption antiques cert certification with Dr. Staca Pierce. Okay. Stacia plain Jane would be so welcome. So I have no bunnies. I don't have that. Uh thank you. Thank you Staca. Good evening. Um, every year we bring our instructional materials um to ensure that we cover all of our TEICS, the Texas essential knowledge and skills for each required subject and grade level. We also ensure that our recommended instructional materials are all on the state board of educated um education approved list. All of the materials outlined um for you meet these requirements. So, I would like to recommend that the board of trustees approve the instructional materials and TEICSS certification for the 2526 school year. Any questions? Any questions? All right. Thank you. I
047need a motion that the board of trustees approve the instructional materials aotment and teach certification for the 2526 school year. Motion. Okay. Pat. Second. Second. Okay. Stacy. Thank you. All in favor? I see none opposed. The motion passes. Thank you, station. Thank you, station. Okay, that brings us to the end for this evening and this meeting is adjourned at 7:25 p.m.