001okay really yes this March 10th meeting of the Board of Trustees for the barison 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 Ashley do we have any cards no all right in that case the Board of Trustees of the Burleson Independent School District will adjourn into to 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 d uh 084 whereupon the superintendent at the request of the Board of Trustees will present for the board's consideration or discussion the following matters consideration of teacher administrator employment or other appropriate personnel matters including the consideration of hiring an athletic coordinator head football coach at Centennial
002High School deliberate a negotiated contract for a prospective gift or donation deliberate 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 an attorney at this time Board of Trustees will go into close session the Board of Trustees of the Burleson Independent School District will now reconvene into Open session at 6:34 p.m. we have a few items to take care of from the Clos session I recommend that the Board of Trustees Grant the board president the authority to approve new hires between now in the next regular meeting in April the board will consider ratifying those hires at the next meeting I need a motion Dallas I need a second Ryan all in favor raise your
003hand all opposed motion passes next I recommend that the Board of Trustees approve the hiring of the athletic coordinator and head football coach at Centennial High School as presented I need a motion Pat I need a second Michael thank you all in favor raise your right hand all opposed none opposed motion carries well that was a good sign for our new coach uh wanted to uh I know a lot of folks have been waiting on this night and uh tonight we just hired our new coach our new coach that we just hired has actually been on staff here since 2010 he's been coaching for 25 years and has been our defensive Co coordinator for the last 15 he has been a part of all the good runs and the success that we've had over its
004Centennial that success includes securing 11 excuse me 11 consecutive playoff appearances since 2014 Six B District championships three area titles and a state quarter final appearance he was on the staff that contributed to CHS set the BISD record for most wins in a season uh in a season that's right and with a defense that allowed just 16 points per per game that season he's also been uh instrumental i' say that actually his wife was more instrumental in in creating the wrestling program than he was uh but uh was instrumental in creating our wrestling program as well and uh and of course has gone on to do some tremendous things there and I believe you're still coaching on the the wrestling team assistant if I'm not mistaken so that's right so with that we have a
005familiar face who's been a part of the ride since the beginning we're pleased to announce that he's going to stay and he's going to assume the helm he is here joined tonight with his wife Tara his daughter L and his son Matt and I don't see Ben Ben doesn't like uh public appearances but in anyway they're all here so I'd like to introduce now the new athletic coordinator head football coach at CHS Mr Blake Meyer thank yeah but we're not Balan [Applause] okay next let's all stand for the pledge flag of the United States of America and to the repblic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible withy andice for all flag Al toas one state God one and indivisible so next I recommend that the board of TR trustees adopt the order
006of items for the March 10th 2025 agenda as presented I need a motion Michael need a second Dallas thank you all in favor okay see none opposed motion passes now it's time for special recognition with Dr Hill good evening everyone and the new Podium um tonight we have a variety of special recognitions I'm going to begin by turning it over to Brent Smith from Centennial all right good evening thank you for uh for your your time this evening we are pleased to present uh three of our own from CHS who uh have earned the title of all state musician uh at the beginning of this process over 70,000 students began the process of auditioning uh through the All Region process all area process and eventually to the all state level and we have three tonight
007that are named All State musicians this is less than 3% of all students uh who entered the audition process uh who earned a spot in an all state Ensemble um and like I said this year we have three of them this is the most we have ever had at CHS which we are extremely proud about we're creating that culture of of Excellence that just keeps on giving Which is excellent uh first up we have Susan Korea Sorano she's a sophomore flute player so just a 10th grader we have lots of time to to continue to perfect her craft uh she earned eighth chair in the entire state of Texas uh we want to say yeah this is Susan right here see you and we want to thank we want to thank her teachers uh for
008their support in providing a strong musical Foundation over the years uh Elementary music teacher was Sandy Tucker Middle School she had Katherine kleene Andrew Klein and Brennan Ross and her private lesson teacher is Sherry ostri um next we have Zachary walk Walker he's a sophomore as well percussionist [Applause] and uh even as a sophomore he earned 18th chair in the entire state of Texas uh and a fun fact for All State percussion auditions is that students have to perform four udes on three different instruments uh in comparison to learning three a2s on one instrument for our other win players so lots and lots of playing for everybody involved here uh his Elementary music teacher was Robert Bray middle school he had Katherine Klein Andrew Klein and Brennan Ross and then in high school he had
009Richard Kars um and his private lesson teacher is Dr Nathan seagull and then finally we have Kayla Simpson and Kayla is a senior um she earned 10th chair in the entire state of Texas and I just asked her uh backstage a little bit I said Kayla you're going to have to make a decision here what college are you officially going to and I think we're going to go with Baylor University the one and only sick and Bear as a music Major uh music education with a with a a a focus on trumpet performance there as well uh her Elementary music teacher was Deborah Applegate Middle School teacher uh was Katherine Klein Andrew Klein and Elise Tolbert and then her private lesson teacher is Katie Kelly would you please join me and congratulate Susan Korea Sorano
010Kayla Simpson and Zach Walker one step back Mr Crawford do you want to get in here too hello come this way there go perfect right all right one step this way here we go okay ready one two three [Music] if you're a proud parent of one of these students would you stand up and let us congratulate and thank you thank you for your support great job good job good evening hi I'm coach mfy I'm the head s coach at Burleson High School tonight I have the privilege of reintroducing you back to uh Gavin Markle Gavin is a junior at Burlison High School this is his third time participating at state for swimming this is his second year in a row for his individual events this year he qualified in the 100 back and the 200
011IM he placed 18th in the 100 back at prelims and after finals was 13th in state in the 200 IM the 200 IM is the the event where he had to do all four strokes the 50 down the back of each without stopping it's it's kind of a remarkable event um yeah in addition first time I swm last in addition to competing with his high school swim team Gavin also competed with the BHS uh cheer team this year also competing I saw him down the sty lines a lot yep yeah he went to their state competition as well he also trains and competes with Sigma swimming his club swim while all well maintaining his Gres uh Gavin's going to continue to swim next year and sheer next year and after graduation is looking forward to
012furthering his education for a career in kinesiology as either a physical therapist or a coach [Applause] so all all right ready one two three good I got it all right [Applause] get to turn it over to our Bress and wrestling team all right good evening School Board Dr Jimerson everybody in attendance tonight uh tonight we come together to celebrate a group of soon athletes who have demonstrated incredible dedication perseverance and grit the wrestlers who qualified for and placed at the state championship meet this in itself is no small feat it takes countless hours in the wrestling room early mornings late nights and a level of discipline that truly few understand it takes pushing through pain exhaustion and heartbreak losses all for the chance to step onto the mat against the best in the state so
013we have six state qualifiers so we're just going to go one one by one first we want to have a huge congratulations to alisten andai who not only battled through tough competition to earn the uh to earn a sixth place finish on the podium but also made history as the first athlete from Burleson High School to place at state in [Applause] wrestling so this is an incredible milestone fil for both Alyssa and our program and we could not be prder prouder of her hard work and determination we also want to recognize Gavin oou and Cassidy Hill both Juniors Alyssa is also a junior so these both Juniors who fought hard and came just one match short of placing and standing on the podium though they may have fallen just short their performance showed the heart
014of Champions and we know they'll carry that fire forward towards their goals for next season so yay good job guys a special shout out to Ethan Martinez who is now a senior this year and a two time State qualifier qualifying once is hard enough but do but doing it twice is a testament to his skill dedication and Relentless effort good job a huge congratulations to Kaylee deer who made history as the first freshman from Burleson High School to qualify for state to achieve this so early in her High School career speaks volumes of her Talent work ethic and bright future [Applause] ahead and then making history for our program Noah youngan became our first ever Regional champion this is an incredible y this is an incredible achievement and we are so proud of the way
015he represented our team in such a high level good job Noah Beyond individual accompl accomplishments both our boys and girls teams finish the season ranked among the top 10 teams in the state that is a reflection of hard work and commitment of every wrestler coach and supporter who helped build this program into one of the best we also want to take a moment to acknowledge our head coach Claude Davis who couldn't be with us here tonight he instilled in these athletes the values of discipline resilience and sportsmanship he has believed in them even when they doubted themselves he has pushed them past their limits because he saw their potential before they even realized it to the families thank you for the support the sacrifice and the encouragement you've given along the way long road trips
016early weigh-ins you guys have been there throughout this entire Journey uh we wouldn't have been able to do this without the parents time effort donations are a testament to the culture that's being built at Burleson High and Burleson wrestling finally to our senior Ethan two time State qualifier you've you're the foundation you've helped build this program from day one and your name will always be on the record board for you to come back and point out to your kids and be proud of so congratulations to all of our state qualifiers and placers your hard work is paid off and tonight we celebrate you and as we always do Champs on three one two three James wanted me to give you guys a message he wanted to say thank you for all you guys have done
017this dark time is obviously not herebody know reason he just want to say [Applause] than I know right easy all right squeeze in a little bit squeeze in we should be good my usual St okay all right all right everybody two I got you [Music] with these parents these students stand up so we can recognize the parents I know [Applause] you CH wrestling is next yes all uh good afternoon my name is coach radkey I first want to thank you guys for having me out and most importantly recognizing these three athletes who didn't just have a su successful season who've also showed what it takes to be leaders in many different ways not just to the other athletes in our program to but me as well as a coach there's many times where I felt
018sorry tired didn't want to do it and these three as many as other people definitely held me accountable and pushed me through it the first person I want to recognize is Jaden Ferguson the biggest thing I like about Jaden Ferguson is and the biggest thing I want to recognize is he's a dual sport athlete this year he came third at the richon Roundup first at Randall Ruckus fourth in Lamar a district champ fifth at regionals with the total record of 25 and8 with his hard work and dedication he really showed what it takes to do the tough things easy uh Jaden Ferguson is committed to play football at the division 2 level at Min not State as well as being able to walk on to the wrestling program which is a huge feat being a
019dual sport athlete at a big school like this and doing it in college that's that takes some guts and some leadership that's in North Dakota North Dakota uh next one I'd like to do or uh recognize is cutter Vick uh cutter Vick this year was second at Timber Creek Fifth at Rand Ruckus third R uh Lamar Invitational third H haltam City District Regional runnerup with a total record of 23 and 16 the biggest thing I want to recognize about cutter Vick is this year came to a slow start um and and didn't look very promising but at some point cutter just said no I'm not taking it no more we're doing this and came out of nowhere and decided to to get after it having a fantastic uh District Tournament coming back and upsetting a
020lot of people at regionals and making it the state and it was a it was incredible to watch I can tell you that right now um the next person I'd like to to recognize is NY po n pal let's see a lot of first tier first at Timber Creek first at Richardson Roundup second at Randall Ruckus first at Paulie Aubrey first at lady cougar classic first at lady Trojan classic first at halam s ped District champ ion third at regionals and as well as a sixth place at state championship yes ma'am yes sir yes [Applause] sir so what what makes this season even more impressive is one she went 38 and six but not only that she came back from ACL surgery right or UCL no ACL yep ACL surgery um last year didn't get
021to finish the goals that she wanted to do but she came back and I mean came back in the summer never missed a practice practice was there in the entire year you know there's a lot of reasons why she could have gave up the injuries the lack of of females on the team the whatever but she found a way to be a leader to the boys team as well and she did a very good job stepping up and and setting a tone and and setting a reputation for us so I would love to give these guys a round of [Applause] applause i' would also want to thank the families that have helped me out tremendously being a young coach at a new school it is extremely hard to learn and do the things I had
022to do and without the help of them I don't know if I could have done it uh as well as Administration I know they've uh they've helped me out a lot by a lot of things that I can't express you know they they've put up a lot for me and I know I make their life hard sometimes but they've done a lot for me and helped me out tremendously um and then of course I want to uh congrat or thank uh coach Ashcraft who's not here today and the man who really made the wrestling program go was coach Meyer you know that guy did a lot of things for for wrestling and made sure I was in line and made sure I was doing the right things and was a true leader for me and
023a mentor for me you know his wife actually began the program that right she literally dided me but I want to say those thanks and appreciate you guys I like it no I like it all right we can take two steps this way there we go all right ready one two three [Applause] let's see the parents where are the parents of these stud [Applause] I'm not kidding she cornered me because she was officing up here at the time [Music] like cuz Hank was coming up and they needed a wrestling program cuz he was like a state ranked wrestler and really do so like the wife that made it happen yes pretty much was and of course Kyle actually you know kind BL but she's the one that was really working me twisted my interesting okay
024now it's time for comments from Individual board members does anyone have anything that you would like to share this evening I do right I just want to thank the uh burlon Senior Center for displaying a bunch of cerr middle school art uh from what I understand we were there earlier today um there was a piece of artwork from every kid in an art class at Kerr and so they had it all all over the walls they brought in like the partitions and put them up on the partitions and there was in one room and out in the other and so it was cool to be able to go see uh my own daughters but I mean it was there was some I mean obviously there's always some really good artwork and so we appreciate uh
025the burlon senior center letting us have some space to to do that and to display our kids art it's always good time to see what our kids are doing so just wanted to say thanks that was a good time for us P well we had our character Council lunch in since last meeting and uh it was a grand success it's always such fun to get to celebrate those kids that have shown their the good character and celebrate with the parents that are there so awesome absolutely absolutely thank you else okay the next item this evening is the safety security and Intruder detection audit update with Mr Scott Shahi hello I am here to report that since the last board meeting we've had two campuses audited by tea for the Intruder detection audit the BHS and
026hack both passed with no findings that leaves us uh 13 campuses that have been audited of our 18 this year all with no findings uh so special thanks to the teachers the students uh administrators principes sro's ssos everybody playing a hand and and making sure safety is first every day team effort yes and I want to thank all of our principles and administrators team effort just says you're putting it up there every day and I appreciate that and I know our parents in our community appreciate that too so thank youall for making that a priority because if you didn't we wouldn't have clean audits every time so thank you thank you thank you Scott thank Scott I'd like to add something I was at stribbling elementary the other day just delivering something anyway and um
027there was a parent in the office and she did not know who I was she was and I cut that out and she she was her she does now no I didn't talk to her I just I didn't talk to her I just heard her talking to the SRO and telling him how much she appreciated him and it made her feel good the parents feel good and totally unsolicited solicit solicited so anyway it was it was really it was an affirmation just totally unexpected so anyway so but she does know who I am now so okay thanks fat uh next we have a policy update 124 with Mr Tom Dyer everyone please just try to sit back and relax this is this is going to be riveting please hold on to your seats because this
028is going to be over the toop energetic lot of fun news stuff going on Ain that right with your policy update your policy update is that right that about right and he's got his policy update book here we go well then why don't we just have a little fun tonight since so who says policy reviews can't be fun by the way I don't even know who that character is but this is wrong this is know who that is but you know how hard it is to find GIFs that have the word policy in it I mean I found one wow wow proud of that proud of that one update 124 the first one CAA tasby has decided that they just need to keep removing design following superintendent so they struck a bunch of designes so
029I don't get to have a design anymore well you can they just don't want it Rewritten everywhere in every single policy uniquely there's one policy that gives you the authority to delegate and so it doesn't have to be in every other policy there's some minor rewrites to the reporting requirements when it comes to the use of federal grants so a little bit more guidance there next we have CDA this is a little bit behind the practice the Distributors of investment pools must be registered with State authorities ours already are see why clarifying copyrighted materials use by our teachers because you know it can get somewhat confusing and our teachers are not lawyers but I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings you how many how hard it is to find GIFs with
030the word lawyering in it you know we got to get a gif generator for you that so and and I couldn't think of a better way to illustrate the proper way to approach copyrighted materials use than to use a commercially available G so DH tasby recommends adding that nicotine products are prohibited by employees on property and not just tobacco based products um ehb the the specifically referencing the use of the dyslexia handbook is guidance which we already do but the policy has not said that before ebb is probably one of the most major boasts one of the most major changes in all of these policy revisions word profound profound profound terminology changes and I have an example of one for you that is profound yes so we have placement committees not selection committees and is
031profound moving right along FFG updates on reporting to CPS just a little bit more guidance in that policy gka is sort of the companion piece to the DH policy that prohibits nicotine products on property this is for the general public that not to to bring Vapes on property so public yep we're not going to go there and that's it so like I said policy the pingpong episode it yes yes so you're welcome thank thank you Mr Dy okay Brenda you got to bring game now you gotta bring hey you got to bring game to the mundane yeah I said [Music] that one minute yes okay but before we get to hear from Brenda which we are anxious very anxious to hear from Brenda uh board members should have received the consent agenda in your pack
032and so I need a motion to approve tonight's consent agenda as presented right Ryan thank you do I hear a second second Dallas all in favor I see none opposed and so the motion passes now it's time for the monthly financials with Brenda M thank you hey Brenda what you got a new Podium your game and the Oscar goes to this is fancy okay um I have music to mine so yeah that is money floating in the wind because it's March and there's no special holiday in March so everybody should keep their money whoa whoa who St Patrick's Day does not St Patrick's Day hello no St Patrick's Day is only a the average amount spent is only like $43 to $44 so I don't feel like that that is a lot of money that
033is to be worried about because and then I looked it up no what they spend the money on is um number one is uh T-shirts they buy like custom t-shirts and then number two were was green hoodies and then like four or five was um leprechaun outfits so I wouldn't I wouldn't advise that so that's Courtney Courtney you got a leprechaun up it no no what elf well I think you you a leprechaun out it too okay find out um and so I didn't think that I mean Valentine's Day M was like $185 like that was a little more serious wait a minute you said you said music didn't you it's the wind do you hear the wind the money's flying Hold On Tight Okay that's SP advertising I mean it's the wind it's March
034yes you get it not really well what I was going to talk about too is it's March Madness and 2.7 billion dollar US dollars is spent on gambling which I don't no I don't condone that either I would think that's a bad idea to spend your money so hold tight to that um and for so what I did find out I looked so in 2021 when Baylor beat Gonzaga which was surprising so no offense Baylor people but I mean congratulations you did win but they um a lot of money was you know those were yeah exchanged hands because the odds were wait a minute but Baylor is is what kind of school it's an excellent educational what kind of school are they miss and then how much gambling yeah oh my scandalous I'm just kidding
035to all watching at home hi I'll do that um and then in women's basketball last year uh when Iowa played South Carolina they like had a lot of increased gambling which like I said I'm not condoning that it's just that that's where the money's been going in March so that's pretty good Brenda well done thank you Madness March Madness it's coming up next week I won't be gambling um okay so January we're doing January financials compared to last year so third quarter second semester uh revenues at 80.6 million um slightly up from last year and then our expenditures are at 62.2 moving to Food Service uh revenues are up to 4.2 million or about 55% um slightly up from last year about 250,000 more than last year it's both in local and federal programs and
036then our expenditures are at 3.7 million which is actually down from last year Debt Service uh revenues at 32.8 uh most of it in our local and intermediate collections and then we did make our debt service payment um on January 31st it's due on February the 1st so we are at about 100% of our expenditures at 21.7 million for special Revenue funds uh we're at 51.9% um if you'll see it's it's from going through 2024 and then also when it extends out to September of 2025 Child Care revenues are at 484000 and expenditures right at 4 484000 so um they have slight increase in their expenditures from last year and then capital projects which is oil and gas uh we started at 14.6 million we're adding 580,000 which is similar to where it was last
037year at this time uh one expenditure and then the remaining balance um is 15.1 85 million and payments over 10,000 the list is in your packet uh split up up here you'll see most of them coming out of 199 um also Food Service activity um our construction and then our workers come tax report um if you see in January we do collect um a majority of our taxes at this time and so we're at 27.2 million for the month of January and year to date at 72.1 and that is it for me short and sweet that's it okay thank you you have any questions thank you awesome no okay so that brings us to consider an application for staff development waiver by Dr April Shelli this is so boring they didn't tell me they were
038all doing uh you didn't bring your aame well I mean I just thought Sharon was my aame today I didn't know I needed music or other things thanks Tom and Brenda yeah thanks a lot I didn't have things blowing in the wind or whatever just get real that was not music that's true that's true it's like a noise machine kind of situation um thank you so much y'all I am here tonight with um a staff development waiver tea offers a staff development waiver that provides a maximum of 2100 total waiver minutes districts may choose to apply those each year um that are they're applicable to our calendar the implementation of this waiver is built into what I'm bringing next which will be the 25 26 Calendar this allows us to end school in May and
039increase the number of days of Staff Development provided to the staff this year we're asking to use 1,740 minutes of the available 2100 minutes the state allows us to as part of our required 75,6 minutes okay okay first I'm going to need a motion that the Board of Trustees approve the proposed staff development waiver for the 20 25 2026 school year here a motion Pat thank you a second Dallas thank you all in favor none oppose motion passes now April is there anything else you want to add to the calendar uh no I'm just I'm going to talk about the calendar next okay so I'm also here to talk about our uh proposed calendar for 2526 thank you for the staff development waiver that we will include on there on March 3rd our district educational
040Improvement committee met and I'm here tonight to present to you our calendar recommendation that is in your board book it's essentially ex last year's calendar just moved forward to this year no new changes it continues to ensure we have 75,6 minutes for students teachers 187 days students 174 we incorporate five campus days before the school starts as well as two work days to the first day of instruction our first instructional day would be August 13th and our last day is May 21st just because of the way Memorial Day is falling this next year early Memorial Day that's exactly right spring break is still the third week in March as always and we've included PD and work days throughout the year just to provide extra support and time for our teachers and when we return from
041Christmas they still get a work day before we we bring back students on Tuesday that starts on Wednesday that's exactly right our teachers really like that and they really appreciate that extra work day coming back from the holidays that's really helpful okay awesome now I need a motion that the Board of Trustees approve the calendar for their 2025 2026 school year as presented okay Michael to here a second Ryan thank you all in favor see none opposed motion pass thank you thank you you April and thanks to the deic for working on the calendar right and last but not least is a consideration for the cancellation of the May 3rd 2025 trustee election with again Mr Tommy Dyer expert time to go music oh sorry I'm ready now good evening good evening it is time
042to cancel the election thank you would somebody give him some courtesy laughs please I mean he was working it really hard I mean something thank you Tommy okay with that I need a motion that the Board of Trustees approved the certification of unopposed candidates and that the order of cancellation for the called election of May 3rd 2025 Ryan do I hear a second Pat second all in favor raise your right hand I see none opposed the motion passes okay well that brings us to the end for this evening and this meeting will be adjourned at 7:17 thank you very much for being here it is daylight oh my gosh yep