001Should [clears throat] I break out in some? >> Yes, >> please do. >> Good evening. I would like to call this meeting to order. Time is 6:30 p.m. We will begin with roll call. Keyn Lewis, present. Jennifer Roach, >> present. >> Heather Barrett, >> present. Karen Thomas >> present. >> Lisa Kiss >> present. >> Philip Chapman. >> J.R. Humphre >> present. >> We have six or seven board members present. We have a quorum. Please rise for our prayer led by trustee police and our posting of colors and pledges by allegiance by first lieutenant Daniela Montaldo and Sergeant First Class Alexander Fagan. >> If you'll bow your heads, please. Father God, we come to you with grateful hearts for the care and provision you have so graciously blessed us with. Tonight, we humbly ask that you
002give us the discernment, wisdom, and knowledge to make decisions that benefit our students and bring you honor. Father, we pray a hedge of protection around our students and schools and ask that you continue to keep them safe. Thank you for the privilege and strength to serve you in all we do. In Jesus's name, I pray. Amen. Amen. What? [snorts] What the What? See ghost present on order on one step to the right. US pledge. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Now for the Texas pledge. >> Honor flag. I aliance to the Texas. One state under God. One, indivisible. >> Forward. [clears throat] Okay, I'll open the floor up
003for word remarks. All right, we'll move into recognitions. Good evening board president Lewis, board of trustees, Dr. Patterson, and our Crosby community. It is my esteemed pleasure to present the Cougar Excellence Awards for this month. Each month we celebrate paraprofessionals, teachers and students who exhibit cougar excellence throughout throughout our school community. So I want to start with our pair of professionals. So we'll start with our Newport Elementary um Miss Anita Roberts. [applause] For dees we had Miss Stacy Riandu [applause] for CES. Miss Mon'nique Narga [applause] for Bees. Miss Liliana Vodka [applause] for CKC. Miss Jamie Lacy [applause] for CMS. We had Laquadra Ducket. [applause] And for CHS, I had Miss Doulsece Hernandez. [applause] I think you'll be perfect. I have everybody. One, two, three. Thank you all. Congratulations. [applause] >> And so for our teachers,
004for NES, we have Miss Claudia Landerin. [applause] For DEES, we have Miss Crystal Clark. >> [applause] >> CES I have Miss Christina Stokes. [applause] Bees I have Myra Perez [applause] CKC. Miss Pamela Brousard [applause] for CMS. I have Miss Amanda Amanda Canada. [applause] And for CHS, we had Dr. Melissa Gable. [applause] two second window. [snorts] And for our students for NES we have Callie White [applause] DEES I have Taylor Davis [applause] for CES I have Brooklyn Bias [applause] for Bees I have Jonathan Bodaka >> [applause] >> For CKC, I have Owen Hensley. [applause] CMS, I have Sebastian Santos. [applause] And CHS, I have Miss Macy Hicks. [applause] Hello. Congratulations. >> [applause] >> Okay, parents, in just a moment, don't leave because I'mma follow you outside. I also have a yard sign for all of my
005students as well. Okay. Okay. I have one more recognition today. So, tonight we're also proud to honor two outstanding educators. Can I please get Mr. Christopher Nightingale and Mr. Rashard Kelly to come to the front for us? [applause] >> [applause] >> So they are being recognized today for their commitment and dedication because it makes a lasting difference on our campus each and every day. I apologize. Each and every day. Their passion for students, strong leadership in safety and discipline are tireless work ethics that help create a school where every child feels secure, supported, and ready to learn. We thank them because of their compassion, their high expectations, and their belief in every student's potential that the campuses are stronger, safer, and full of opportunity. We want to thank you for your service to our campus,
006your heart, and the impeccable impact that you continue to make each day. We're gonna get a picture [applause] around the center. One more. Thank you guys. [applause] Okay, I'm gonna let my board get settled in for just a moment, but I now want to present to you our health science program, which is a dynamic hands-on learning experience that prepares our students for real world careers in health education. Through the rigorous coursework, the clinical skills trainings, and the opportunities to earn industry certifications, our students gain knowledge, confidence for what it is to be a professional in the real world in healthcare. We are extremely honored to be able to present to you a video tonight about health care that can talk about it better than I can. Thank you. >> Good evening, members of the board
007and our Cougar community. Thank you for joining us as we showcase our cougar excellence and action organization, our CTE Health Science Pathway. In 2017, the CTE department created a clinical style learning space where students gained hands-on experience. This pathway began with only one teacher, 90 students, and two course offerings, principles of health and science and medical terminology. Since then, the program has grown steadily. A second teacher and clinical courses were added in 2018. Certification exams began that year. A third teacher joined in 2022. And as of fall 2025, we have approximately 375 students enrolled in the program. We have also added a brand new health science lab for students use with the great house expansion project. We currently offer three certification tracks. patient care technician, EKG technician, and phabbotomy technician. Each pathway is aligned to
008industry standards and designed to prepare students for certification, dual credit opportunities, and entry- level employment in healthcare. Our program success is driven by expert teachers who bring real clinical experience into the classroom. Miss Chrissy Thompson brings over 15 years of nursing experience in neonatal intensive care and executive nursing leadership. Miss Candace McMahon with 10 years in cardiac nursing is our EKG expert and HOSA sponsor coordinating heart screens for hundreds of student athletes. Miss Amanda Nicholas offers 25 plus years of NICU leadership and introduces our freshmen to the world of healthcare with precision and care. We've seen steady growth in certifications earned 83 in the 202425 school year and 32 so far this fall. In total, this pathway has seen 262 certifications since its inception in 2017. These numbers reflect both increased enrollment and instructional quality,
009a clear return to the district's investment in CTE. Recent events hosted by the health science department included a blood drive in October that was well attended and has helped run in conjunction with the G Coast Regional Blood Center. Also, our students ran a heart screening event with the Cody Stevens Foundation, which started right here in Cross. This annual event helps EKG students earn in real time the skills needed to monitor and report heart health. These programs combine classroom instruction and simulated clinical labs. The result, students who are ready for certification exams, dual credit opportunities, and entrylevel employment outcomes that support our district's workforce and community needs. >> Okay, if I can please have Miss Candace McCann, Amanda Nicholas, and Christy Thompson to come up. >> [applause] [applause] [clears throat] >> Come on board. Thank you.
010[applause] >> [clears throat] >> Okay. Thank you to all the teachers, pair professionals, students, and families for joining us this evening to celebrate these wonderful accomplishments. If you would like to depart before we proceed with the regular business of the district, please feel free to do so at this title. >> Yeah. 11. So they get free. And so like everybody said on the screen from school every day on top [laughter] was like working really hard to get his name with like you know they had a lot of stellar stuff and it was like every day they were probably writing it Well, he's been two frowny face. We will continue the evening with the public hearing to discuss the 2024 2025 Crosby Independent School District annual report. The public hearing time is now o now open
011and the time is 6:47 p.m. Thank you. [snorts] >> [clears throat] >> Good evening, Madame President Lewis, members of the board, and Dr. Patterson. Tonight, I am presenting the Crosby ISD 2024 2025 annual report, which also serves as the district's required public hearing. The annual report is organized into eight sections that cover academic performance, financial reporting, compliance rep requirements, student safety, and student outcomes. I'll begin with the Texas Academic Performance Report, commonly referred to as the taper. The taper is compiled each year by TEA using PES and student assessment data and provides a comprehensive view of district and campus performance. This includes accountability ratings, special education determination status at the district level and any distinction designations issued by the state. Star performance is reported across all grades and subjects at the approaches meets and masters
012performance levels. Student progress is reported through annual growth, accelerated learning under house bill 1416 and academic growth used in accountability. Performance data for bilingual and ESL students is reported by instructional model and includes both achievement and growth. Assessment participation is reported by subject and includes exclusions and how participation impacts accountability. Attendance, chronic absenteeism, dropout rates, and graduation rates are reported across multiple grade levels and student cohorts. College, career, and military readiness data includes TSIA results, AP and IB performance, SAT and ACT outcomes, and post-secary enrollment indicators. Additional information is provided on student demographics, staff experience, staffing patterns, and program participation. Next is the PE's financial standard report which reflects the district's required financial reporting. This includes actual district and campus financial data from the 2023 2024 school year including revenues, expenditures, and fund balance. The
013report also includes the district's accreditation status assigned by the Texas Education Agency. Crosby ISD's accreditation status for the 2024 2025 school year is accredited. District and campus performance performance objectives are established through the improvement planning process. Each campus and the district have approved improvement plans that are based on data aligned with B board priorities and monitored throughout the year. State law also requires reporting related to violent or criminal incidences on campus. This includes the number and types of incidences along with the safety and prevention measures in place to support students. The annual report also includes information on students performance after graduation. This data reflects the GPA of 2022 2023 graduates during their first year enrolled in Texas public colleges. Progress towards board adopted House Bill 3 goals is also reported as part of the annual
014report. A summary of progress towards early childhood literacy, early childhood math, and college career and military readiness goals is provided to the board. Miss Castillo and Miss Gosy are going to give an update. >> [snorts] >> Good evening. The first slide we are looking at is the percentage of third grade students that score meets at the grade level or above on star reading. And our goal is for them to increase from 52% at meets to 63 by 2030. So the way we look at it, we have highlighted 2026. We have the milestone data. The goal is 52%. Right now at MOI they scored at 38% meets. You can see that last year they scored at 30% meets. In the middle we have the star scores from April 2025 and we have our approaches meets and
015master scores for the milestone which was taken in November of 2025. The next slide we have is the closing the gap student group yearly targets. So these are the goals that we have for our house bill 3 goals by student groups. You can see on the top the different student groups and going straight down are our yearly targets. and we provided where they were at meets for each student group at the November milestone. We then move on to progress measure one which is second grade and we have that the percentage of second grade students that score at benchmark or above on the EOI literacy assessment will increase from 70% to 90% by June of 2030. And so we can see at MOI our students scored at 57%. Last year at this time they had scored
016at 53%. We move on to progress measure 2 which is first grade. Our students scored at 54%. Last year at this time they scored at 53%. And our goal is for them to increase from 75% to 95% by June of 2030. We then move on to kindergarten and the EOI literacy assessment will increase from 81% to 93% by June of 2030. This year we're at 59% at MOI. Last year we were also at 59%. We move on to pre kindergarten and we have that they will increase from 85% to 100% by June of 2030. MLY they're at 61% and we can see last year at this time they were at 56%. We now move on to math and we start out with third grade and we have the goal at 46 to increase from 46%
017to 65% by June of 2030. At the milestone they were at 26% and we can see that last year at this time they were at 25% at the November milestone. Again in the middle we have the star scores and on the bottom we have the approaches meets and masters for the milestone. We now have the closing the gap student group yearly targets and we have how each student group performed at the MOI milestone at milestone one I'm sorry. We then move on to progress measure one which is second grade. The percent of second grade students that score at benchmark or above at the EOI amplify M-Class math assessment will increase from 56% to 76% by June 2030. We can see that at the MOI our students were performing at 56%. Last year at this time
018they were at 29%. Our next measure is first grade. We have our students performing at 41%. Last year they were at 29%. We move on to progress measure number three, kindergarten. Our goal is to increase from 72% to 92% by June 2030. We can see this year our kindergarten students at MOI are at 60%. Last year at this time they were at 28%. And finally [clears throat] we move on to progress measure number four which is pre kindergarten. Mi our students are already at 89%. Last year at this time they were at 35%. We have seen significant growth across all grade levels, pre-K through 2 through third grade, I'm sorry. Um, both from BOI and from last year at this time. Our action plans are to provide TE's training with the focus on student expectation
019verbs. We have already started this. We've hit the ground running from the beginning. Um and so th this is what we will continue dedicated planning time with our curriculum coordinators to ensure campus and district alignment and provide questioning and vocabulary staff development you utilizing lead forward resources. These are just some of the examples of some of the supports that we are providing and that we're working very closely with the campuses and the teachers. I'm going to hand it over to Miss Cosby. Next up is our college career and military readiness. And our goal is to go from 75% to 94% in 2030. Right now, um, our goal is to be at 90 at the end of the year. Right now, we're at 53%. The, um, down from 60% last year. So, the caveat with CCMR
020this year is this is the first year that they have to have all four credits. So, we have a lot of our students that are in their fourth class. So, they have not received that credit yet. Therefore, they're not in our numbers. So, we will see a jump up. Then, we also have our student groups for closing the gaps um for each of our areas that we are evaluated in. Some of ours were very close to meeting our targets for each of our student groups and we expect that to go up very soon. Our first progress measure is for college readiness. Our goal is to be at 56% at the end of the school year. Right now we are at 30% which is up from 26% last year. Even this we have our college prep
021math and English classes that will go into the calculation. So we will see a large bump at the end of the year but they're currently in that course right now. So they have not received credit yet. Then our progress measure two is for career readiness. We're expected to go from 57.5 to 73% in 2030. Right now, we're currently at 32%. Our goal is 65%. But that has to do with completing their classes. Have no fear. And then military readiness, we are still awaiting the reports back from Department of Defense. Once they do that at the end of the year, then we'll be able to report out on um the amount of students, the percentage for military ready. Some of our action steps that we are working on in our senior math classes, the financial math
022and college prep classes, we're working on preparing our students for the TSIA2 exam. That is one of the exams that they can get college readiness credit for and earn a CCMR point. So working diligently with those students. Then providing TSIA2 interventions um during the school day to help them successfully pass. [snorts] Then we've started an ACT preparation and we have inschool and after school tutorials. Today started our first afterchool tutorial. So that was successful to see the kids wanting to come and then tracking and ensuring the completion of the cce program of study and making sure that they're successfully passing those industrybased certifications. [snorts] Okay. The annual report also includes the taper glossery. The glossery provides definitions and explanations for the data reported and is is available in both English and Spanish. The [clears throat]
023annual report and the taper are posted on the district's website with copies available at the operations center and contact information is there if you have any questions. The floor is now open for anyone wishing to comment on information presented. Okay, thank you. The time is this concludes our public hearing for this evening and the time is 7:02 p.m. Public comments and hearings of citizens. At this time, we do not have any requests to comment to the board. We'll move on to our next item on the agenda and that will be reports. Item A, construction update. [clears throat] >> Good evening, board of trustees. Superintendent Dr. Patterson. For tonight's construction update, we will have two presentations. Uh, first up will be Nicole Barios from Stantech to update on the administration renovation. >> [clears throat] >> Good
024evening to the board and Dr. Patterson. happy to present our um Crosby administration building renovation um through schematic design as of today. So, we have been working on the design portion of the project and we're moving into construction documents. Um as you're aware, we've working with an existing building that's about 22,000 square feet. Um we are in the process of analyzing some of the structural components um necessary to um help us with the overall floor plan um and maintain an open work environment uh for all of the departments that we are um designing for. So we do have um several departments that we're making sure that we're accommodating um through the design process. Um the floor plan we'll show you in a bit, but first I want to start with the site plan. We have
025uh an existing parking lot that we are working with where we'll have a main entrance on the plan west side and then an employee only entrance on both plan plans northeast and southwest um side. We are looking to add additional parking to accommodate the amount of um folks who are going to be housed in this building. So, we're looking at um we're working with our cost estimator at the moment to look at what the cost impact will be on that. Um we do have as mentioned several departments that are being housed in this building. We are also accommodating a open community room as well as a shared admin learning lab and several other um meeting spaces throughout. We [snorts] have the existing structure that we're working with. As you can see, we have a centralized
026corridor going down um the middle of the building that helps create um some an open feel but also collaborative between each department. So, we are housing communications, student services, um special ed, CNI, um superintendent's office, uh operations, accountability, business and finance, and human resources. We also have several spaces that we have blocked out for, uh building services as well. and a break room for the employees. The next few slides are the design component of the building. So you can see in the the entry vestibule, we'll have um an open secured vestibule. Uh we will have a building receptionist um in this area as well as an entry into the main corridor which um helps also accommodate the community room that's um in that same area. We are working with existing materials. So the um the
027structure itself is to remain. We will be exposing that to create um more of an industrial feel, but we are finishing it out with new carpet, paint um and suspended light fixtures. We're looking at providing additional windows in the facility for added daylight. And this is a view of the community room where we'll have um various formats of seating styles um presentation wall and um writable surfaces. This is the learning lab. So this also accommodates um the flexibility to use this as a as a ability to learn um the training I should say. And this this room also allows several different types of um seating as well as a teaching wall. Human resources. This is similar to majority of the department entries. We'll have a receptionist area before getting into the workstations. the open workstations
028and office space area. Again, as I mentioned, we'll be exposing the existing structure. We'll be adding additional uh windows to allow natural daylight into the space. And this is a typical private office. So, this is just pretty similar throughout the entire building. Um this is a corridor view. Um gives us the ability to add um some just highlight the space a little bit with some graphics. And then we have the break room, just a space where we'll be able to warm up food, have two fridges, and a little collaboration island in the middle. And an image of the superintendent suite, which will have meeting space within the office itself. Just some views of the exterior development. There are existing canopies that will remain. We're working again with the existing structure. The building envelope itself will
029be updated to meet current building code as well as the windows. Um roofing will be updated and uh building signage view of the main entrance. That's the end. Any questions? [clears throat] >> So y'all are in the construction document phase now. >> Yes. Yeah. Design development. Yep. >> Yep. >> I have a question, but I think it's really more for you and kind of the board. Um I'm just I'm going back to the um June 2025 meeting where we had the demographic study and um in that presentation essentially I'm I'm looking at my notes. We would have three campuses over capacity by with the new information. not going to hold a bond election in May. It's going to be pushed out to at minimum November. Um should we do we have available funds to expand
030or provide additional classroom space at our campuses? >> So at the last meeting you asked well according to the demographic study when we will be over capacity. I did not have a chance to put it on the newsletter last week, but it will be on this week and it says that we are looking at all of that information. We do have bond funds. So, we will come with these are the bond funds that are left. These are the items that need to be prioritized and and come up with the plan. >> So, I thought at the last meeting when we approved the the fieldhouse and this we were over on the bond funds and having to dip into fund balance. And so, I guess that's my question. Should we put a pin in this and
031use our funds for the imminent needs of classroom spaces and then come back to this or is this the most pressing concern? I guess my question is do we have additional bond funds because I thought we were over on the bond funds and actually dipping into fund balance for these two projects. So, we'll collect all the data and we'll present it. I don't want to speak on that because I don't have those numbers right in front of me. This was uh just a an update on how the project is going and the status of the project. >> Okay. And I Well, then I guess my question for the board is should we consider pausing this so that we have the funds needed to accommodate students in classrooms? >> I don't think we can even talk
032about that. We can't talk about pausing construction during the construction update. >> You're the construction update is about one particular thing. I don't I think if we start discussing something outside of that, I don't know if we should do that since it's not >> okay >> like in the actual business. I feel like we're getting into regular business at that point. Maybe I mean asking them questions about this is one thing. I think if we start discussing that that probably needs to be on the agenda that way is my guess. I could be wrong on that. Just we don't need to risk being wrong on any agendas. >> I can understand that. Thank you. >> I think one of my questions on this are you okay? Um, is have we gotten with each department and
033found out or is this do we know that this is how much each department would need and are planning for future um additions to the specific ones that we know were missing or does that make sense? Are we leaving any room or office space to be added? >> Yes, we've been uh we've had several meetings up to date uh with each department. Um we've been given feedback of what the current needs are. We um have created an efficient plan overall with o open workstations um if there is a need for additional workstations. There is flexibility there to be able to provide or subtract um if needed. So um that's kind of the beauty of the layout is that it allows us to accommodate the need the needs not only currently but future needs as well.
034So are the walls that we're building like between the shared admin learning lab and special education is that like a hard wall or is that going to be a wall that is able is does is this like are we future planning because something that we don't want. >> So great question that so we're working with the existing structure currently and there are some construction walls that are existing that we have to structural walls that we have to work around. um if we were to look into demolishing those walls, there would be a structural impact that we would need additional bracing um framing and would increase cost and we're working [snorts] to avoid any thing that increased cost at the moment. >> So each wall that's in here and again I'll go back to the shared
035admin learning lab if you want to pull you know which floor I'm talking about in between special education. >> How do like I know there's a big thick wall on some of these and then there's >> Yes. a miter wall. >> Yes. So the big thick wall is actually there's there was actually three times of the construction happening in this building. So it hap it started on the left side of the plan and then there's a middle part of the building that was built after that and then the final phase was the buil the the east wing. Okay. Um so so there's actually um two walls which is why it's showing as thickened um because of that construction phasing that happened. Um so so yes so there there will be a wall there. Um the
036we're also working with the existing walls so that we're not doing too much more demolition than than what's needed. So, it's really working with the existing grid lines and some of the existing walls in order to to maintain the existing structure. >> Okay. And there will be some type of safety vestule area for the in main entrance as well. >> Yes. So, um, where that big red arrow is, the biggest one on the north side of the plan, that's the main entrance, which will have a secure vestibule and a reception, um, area there. We also have a second set of doors that enters that main hallway. So, there's actually a second layer to security down the hallway to the, um, other departments. [cough] Is there um an expected time frame on when the project will
037actually start? >> Yes. So, we're looking to go for uh proposals out for contractors in May. Um and so once we receive those back and get board approval, they can give an NTP to a contractor. >> [clears throat] >> Okay, thank you. Okay, the second portion of the uh construction update is uh SECO projects. So, just some background on the SECO projects. There were two components. Uh the first was cool chillers which consisted of HVAC equipment. This was appro approved in September of 2024 with a budget of 3.9 million. The second portion of the project was Lonear that consists of HVAC and lighting that was approved in January of 2025 with a budget of 4.3 million. the cool chillers project list. There is an air cool air cooled chiller and a water cooled chiller at
038Crosby Middle School that were replaced. Two water cooled chillers at Crosby Elementary that were replaced and two aircooled chillers at Drew that were replaced. These have all been installed and are running. The Lonear portion of the project, there are two air cooled chillers at Crosby Middle School. One is being worked on as we speak. It is up and running. Um should be final touches finished tomorrow. [snorts] And then the second air chiller will be scheduled for installation as soon as the first one is complete and up and we do have the equipment. The contractor does have the equipment. So they're just ready to get the first one rolling and then they'll start on the second. And then there is a water cooled chiller at CMS that is also being replaced at the same time as
039air cooled chiller number one and that should be up and running tomorrow. And then we have rooftop units and split system unit that are planned for spring break. The contractor does have those um units on hand and they're just coordinating with the previous projects to make sure that the building is sufficiently cooled. And then Lonear continued. There's some water pump replacements. The CMS water pump replacement is ongoing with the U chillers in the previous slide. Uh there's a Crosby elementary water pump replacement. That contractor has the equipment and they are just working to schedule that installation. The LED lighting uh is complete. Entire district is complete other than the high school which was already had LED lighting. Uh the building automation update is in progress and the power factor and electrical phase uh protection have
040been completed. So in summary, uh the cool chillers project is substantially complete. They're in the punch list and cleanup phase of that project. Uh Lonear, the lighting is complete and the chiller installation is ongoing. Any questions? >> I don't really have any questions. I want to say thanks for y'all's work on this. I mean, this was a big deal that the community, there's a bunch of schools of thought on how to pay for things like this, but the what y'all were able to find through these programs, I remember being a really good deal for us. finding almost grant style or very low interest rate loans to get these done was something that needed to happen. It's one less thing that we it's all these extra things that potentially would have had to be on a
041bond possibly if we couldn't have done found this. So for the whole team and everybody involved from finding these programs to bringing them before us, presenting them to us, it's been great. I I think that they were outstanding programs that y'all were able to find for us and I know they're they're not always available everywhere. It's not like this is just something that's easy to find. I know that. So, I know it took some work and effort. So, I appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. >> Okay. Item B, TEA intruder door audits. Good evening, [snorts] Dr. Patterson and board of trustees. I'm here this month to report on our latest TEA door and intruder audit. So, we had an audit on February 4th. In phase one, the intruder detection audit. There
042were no findings. [clears throat] In phase two, the exterior doors, there were no corrective actions. And we had our weekly door sweeps and our documentation in place at this campus. And in phase three, the classroom door audit, all doors were locked and closed in every classroom. So there were no findings. So I'm happy to report we're still on a perfect streak. We have two more campuses left this school year. Two more >> questions. >> I just want to say thank you for for the [clears throat] perfect street. Let's keep speaking that in existence and um thank you to everyone who's continuing to make the campus as safe as possible. >> Thank you. Great work. >> Okay. Item C, 5x5 accelerated schedule. Okay. All right. Good evening, President Lewis, board of trustees, and Dr. Patterson. Thank
043you for having us out tonight to present uh what we're presenting as some potential future changes for Crosby High School as far as our master schedule and our bell schedule. Um, we have decided as a campus, just so this is a little extra information before we present that we are not going to implement this until the earliest the 2728 school year. That way we have plenty of time to make sure that we are aligned and all ready to go with this implementation. So again, at the earliest the 2728 school year, we've decided as a campus that that's the earliest we would uh implement this. Uh we do feel strongly that it will help our students. Uh and we do feel strongly about the 5x5 overall. Uh real quick, I'd like to introduce who are with
044who the people are with me. Uh we have the dean, Dr. Hickden. We have the district lead counselor, Nikki Blanchett, and our college and career counselor, Miss Laos. All right. All right. The 5x5 accelerated schedule overview. All right. What is an accelerated 5x5 schedule? Uh the five by five is basically the students take five courses in the fall semester and five different courses in the spring semester. There's a potential for 10 credits in one school year. All right. The courses meet daily for a longer period of time. Currently the schedule that we were working with is 83 minutes. Uh students earn course credits at an accelerated pace. Instead of half a credit at the end of a semester, you earn a whole credit per semester. Uh you can think of it similar to a college
045schedule where you earn a credit during a semester. Uh there's built-in flexibility for support, intervention, and enrichment. >> So why shift to the 5x5 schedule? Well, our students needs are growing. There's greater accountability with things like our EOCC test, the TSIA, um different TE pass, CCMR, which is our college career and military readiness. That's changed as well. Um, and there is a need for flexible targeted intervention time that's built into the school day. The accelerated 5 by5 allows us to respond intentionally to these challenges. All right. There's built-in support for all students. There is dedicated support classes for end of course preparation, college readiness, including TSIA, SAT, and ACT. There is career readiness with our CTE pathways and certifications. uh TEPASS language development. We're able to build in more uh classes for the TEPASS students,
046college and career military readiness, intervention without pulling students from core instruction, and also timely support when students need it most. >> So, some of the benefits for students, um there is an 83 minute class period. So that's a much longer class period to support projectbased learning for things like CTE um labs and handon hands-on activities. There's more material covered per class. Meaningful discussions can take place in class. Industry based certification opportunities and more class time for fine arts, JR, OTC, athletics. Um and also because there's fewer um classes, there's fewer daily transitions, which would mean more instructional time and fewer opportunities for behavior challenges in the hallways during transition. >> All right. Some benefits for the teachers. There will be fewer students per semester. Instead of a teacher teaching six uh sections a semester, they
047would be teaching four sections a semester. They will still have a conference every day and 83 minute uh conference period every day. There's increased flexibility and lesson design. There's greater impact through the targeted support classes. There's more time to build relationships and also more in-class support for our ICS sped students. >> [clears throat] >> So, what this means for our campus culture, more opportunities for all students, whether it's our accelerated students that are taking dual credit, AP, working on those CTE certifications, fine arts, athletics, um, or those that are taking SAT, ACT prep, and TSIA prep, Telpass, TSIA, and EOCC support, um, and CTE pathways and certifications. It doesn't matter what the student is involved in, this helps support them individually. Um, and by doing that, it builds stronger connections with our students, proactive intervention
048instead of reactive remediation, and increase student confidence and success. And this is a master schedule. Uh, it's a little confusing, but um, we wanted to show it because it is um, you have the fall semester and the spring semester, and there's two different classes in each semester. But when you think about this, think about it being tailored and flexible for each specific student. So think about it as a college class and how you have a degree plan. So we've kind of put together the next slide which kind of shows what that would look like. So on this slide you have your advanced [snorts] learners in the red on the left. Those are going to be our students that are taking those honors AP courses. You have your ontarget learners in the middle. Those are our
049students that are um taking those level courses. And then we have our special populations and support students who um have traditionally needed several opportunities to master their EOCC's um to exit Telpass, things of that nature. So by looking at this, you see really um one of the big changes um is the EOCC courses. So let's take English one for example. Um, in the spring semester, our honors students are testing the the STAR test in the spring, meaning they have creative writing, which is preparing them for their EOCC in the fall. In the spring, they would take their EOCC. The reason our honors is scheduled that way um is because those students are traditionally the students that master. So, we want to spend the fall enriching, the spring enriching so that they do reach mastery when
050they test in the spring. But our level and our um support students in the middle and on the right side would be taking the English one EOCC in the fall. So they would have English one in the fall taking the EOC. If they're successful on that EOC, then in the spring they could take creative writing, which is our TSIA focus for that next step. um if they're unsuccessful on that fall administration of the EOCC, then they would go into a creative writing class that's tailored for EOCC remediation to help get them to where they need to be before they retake it in the spring in that same accountability year. So, that's building in those opportunities for either um enrichment or remediation. Um and then the rest of the opportunities, the rest of the courses, they
051still have their core courses. The real difference is um you go to the next slide. fifth grade is is pretty much similar. Um but the real difference that you see is when you start getting to 11th and 12th grade. Um that really allows for the flexibility because this is tailored for each specific student. So if you have a student that is that meets their core classes um and they have the ability to kind of choose. So if you look at the schedule, there's lots of opportunities for our athletes or fine arts students or um students that are still needing their CCMR points or want that enrichment. um those AP honors students, there's room for them to take that. So instead of um having to tell a student, no, you can't take this AP class because
052it conflicts with athletics, for example, it gives them the opportunity to to choose and do both because they've freed up that space by the time they're 11th and 12th graders. >> All right. Our commitment is through thoughtful implementation, teacher voice, and refining the model. Uh we have met with teachers, we've done surveys, we've met with department chairs, we've gotten teacher feedback, teacher concerns, teacher questions, and uh we are for sure uh making sure to try to address all of those concerns and also prepare. That's why we're waiting for 2728 at the earliest. That way we're completely u aligned with everything that we would like to do and uh all the teachers u and all of their feedback is being heard as well. Uh there's ongoing reflection and adjustment. We have a standing weekly meeting as
053well and uh that would that will continue in the future as we build towards potentially uh u implementing this in the 2728 school year. Uh we we like to say this is not just a schedule change, it's a student success strategy. All right. We also had some frequently asked questions on there uh for you guys to have and to see. Um a couple of them like will this mean more work for teachers? Uh teachers will be supported by their coordinators and administrators for changes to curriculum and pacing. So we will support them. Um what about students who need acceleration or enrichment? The 5x5 allows flexibility for advanced coursework, electives, certifications, CTE pathways, and college readiness. So that's some of the frequently asked questions that that we provided for you guys. U on the on the
054last one, the last one is kind of important. It says, "Will will this allow students to graduate early as far as as juniors?" No. An accelerated 5x5 schedule does not change the state graduation credit requirements in Texas. Those requirements are set by the TEA. Crosby High School will offer English one in the freshman year, English two as a sophomore, English three as a junior, and English four as a senior. All right, so students cannot graduate without successfully having a fourth English credit grade their senior year. So that's some of the frequently asked questions. uh and thank you for your time and uh together we can create a more create more opportunities, more support and more success for every student. Are there any other questions? >> So my first question is will teachers have more preps
055like they'll teach different subjects than they've been teaching? >> Potentially. Yes, ma'am. Potentially. >> And what is the financial impact of this? Will we need to hire additional teachers to >> No, maybe even less. >> Okay. >> According to, you know, if we can get everything aligned and implemented the correct way. >> I just had one uh said EOCC's would be offered in the fall >> if it was a fall course that had an EOC. This the those come from the state as well, right? So is I mean are other districts already doing this? I know some are looking at it, but is the state ready for that? Like >> there are some districts that have been doing it for multiple years. Okay. >> Over 10 years. >> So the state doesn't have any problem
056having those ready, >> right? And we already did it last year. >> Okay. >> Yes, we did it for our English one. We had uh some English one students that were not successful on English as a eighth grader. And so as a ninth grader, we gave them all of English in the fall and some of them tested and some of them actually passed in the fall and then we gave it to them. So we've already done it here. >> Great across the >> Okay. Yes, sir. >> So I'm an eighth grader and it's course selection day. It's the oranges conference on your sample. >> Yes. On. >> So where is where's my fifth class? >> Like teacher schedule. Okay. >> Yes, ma'am. That's the teacher. >> So, the next slide would be what the student
057would be looking at for their schedule. >> Okay. >> So, there's their five classes and they have different options. Um, it's tailored to each student. So, not everybody, every freshman would have this schedule. It would be um depending on what pathway, what their choices are and where kind of the classes they took in in junior high. >> And we may or may not have mentioned it, athletics, fine arts, band, choir. They are still in that class all year long for every year. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> So it's more time for them. It's 83 minutes during the class instead of currently 57 >> for band and choir and dance and cheer and athletics fine arts. >> How does this impact our dual credit or MECA students? >> So it doesn't really change the dual credit
058pathways at all. It really um lends itself to matching the college schedule. So it doesn't really change anything for them. >> So with this schedule, are you able to take a fine arts class and athletics class or just one or the other? >> Uh yes, ma'am. If you uh if the student has um met the the core classes, then yes, they there's lots of space because instead of being in the same class all seven periods for the entire year, they have different classes in the fall and the spring. So that opens up quite a bit of room for students to try things that maybe they haven't tried or um take multiple fine arts, athletics, whatever that student's forte is. So instead of seven periods, it's 10 periods throughout the year. So it's more openings, more
059space for them to add classes. >> But it's five classes per semester. >> Yes. >> So if you're in athletics, most of the time you're in athletics in the fall and the spring, right? >> Yes. >> So where does like the the foreign language like how does that I don't understand how that fits in if you're going to be in athletics all year. >> So if you go to the go to the freshman year I think we put it on there. So freshman year um for example they don't have to take it in this in this order. So some of our let's say middle school kids come in with the CTE credit. So in their fall maybe that CTE course they could take their Spanish there and still have room for athletics. Um, if not,
060then maybe they would have their CTE course in the fall and take their Spanish in the spring and they would get Spanish one credit in the spring. Um, the whole credit instead of the half credit. So, they're only having to take one period to get the whole credit each semester. >> With the tail pass prep, is it an elective? The child have to lose an elective to pick that up. I'm sure that would be assigned to the tail pass prep school. >> So, there's special uh topics in what is it? language other than English. So that's actually a it's a full credit. It's actually a credit, not just a local credit. So it supports their um language development and test taking strategies, things like that. Anybody else? Okay. Thank you. Next on the agenda for
061tonight's meeting is the consent agenda. From the items above, are there any items requested to be pulled from the consent agenda and discussed? >> If not, do I have a motion to approve to approve the consent agenda? >> I'll second it. I have a motion by Trusty Humphre, second by Trusty Lewis. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed by nay. Motion carries. >> All right, moving to regular business. Item A, discuss and consider approval of resolution regarding wage payments during emergency school closure due to severe weather on January 26. >> Move to approve the resolution regarding wage payments during emergency school closure due to severe winter weather on January 26, 2026. >> Second [laughter] robe. Second. I have a motion by trusty Barrett and a second by trustee Roach. Any
062discussion. All those in favor signify by saying I. Opposed by name. Abstensions. Motion carries 6. Item B, discuss consider approval of the memorandum of understanding between Harris County Public Health, HCPH, and Crosby IC for the community health and wellness division, CHNW, Substance Use Prevention Services. Move to approve the memorandum of understanding between Harris County Public Health and Crosby ISD for the Community Health and Wellness Division Substance Use Prevention Services. >> Second. Have a motion by Trusty Humphre, a second by Trustee Thomas. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I [laughter] opposed by nay. Extensions. Motion carries 6. Item C, discuss and consider approval of the purchases of two box trucks from Chastang Ford in the amount of $137,958 via board contract 724-23. >> Move to approve the purchase two box trucks
063from Castain Ford in the amount of 137958 [snorts] via board contract 724-23. Second. >> Have a motion by Trusty Humphre, a second by Trusty Thomas. Any discussion? >> Is this an additional box chart? I feel like Did we just buy some or is this not >> It's not an addition to the additional the previous box truck purchase. What happened was we the board approved the box truck purchase. By the time we got the purchase order to the vendor, they ran out of that year, model year. So the price went up a little bit. So we're taking this in replacement of the previous item. >> Okay. So we didn't buy those and we're buying more. >> Correct. We did not buy the previous one. >> Trust was the initial one for only one and now we're
064buying. >> No, the initial one was for two. >> Okay. Yeah. >> Because it's for band and maintenance. >> Correct. >> Yeah. Well, transportation maintenance, but band uses the transportation. Yeah. Correct. Yeah. Okay. >> Okay. Any more discussion? >> No. >> Thank you. >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> Opposed by nay. Abstensions. Motion carries 6. Discuss and improve. Sorry. Discuss and consider approving a policy change to AE local. >> Move to adopt policy change to AE local. >> Dr. Patterson, will you elaborate a bit on it for me, please? So this is the mission and vision that we have been working on and it's actually in policy. So in order to update for what we created, it needs to be a policy revision. >> I second. [snorts] Any discussion? Have a
065motion by trusty Humphre, a second by Lewis. Sorry. Any discussion other than all those in favor signify by saying I >> opposed by nay. extensions. Motion carries 6. Item E, discuss and consider adopting a statutory resolution to designate time each school day at every campus for students and employees to pray and read the Bible or other religious texts. >> I'll go ahead and start this and I'm going to make a little comment about this because these are the type of things that in this position get on my nerves quite a bit. Um, this is one of those things to me that legislators are creating uh are putting us in a position to legislate here and put some ostensibly some solution government legislative solution to a problem that I don't even think exists here. So, um,
066I'm not going to be going for this. Uh, so I'll make the motion in the way that we need to since it does have we're forced to vote on this. I move not to designate adopting a statutory resolution to designate time each school day at every campus for students and employees to pray and read the Bible or other religious text. >> Second. I need to write it. Um, I have a motion by Trusty Tom, uh, Trusty Humphre, a second by Trusty Thomas. Sorry, there's no room. Any discussion? >> I did want to say one thing. I think that um I agree with you, Jr., And I just want to say that I don't I don't think just like you said, we we have prayer groups that we open our campuses for to meet and um
067we don't we don't need to legislate that. We don't need to put it in policy and set it aside. Um, our community has been clear that instructional time really matters to us and so we need to protect it and keep the focus during our school day on academics and promote students freedom to practice their faith as they deem appropriate. And so I think that for those reasons I'll be voting no, but I I want to say because I feel like this is going to be the next headline. >> Just so we're clear, you'll be v voting yes. >> I'll be voting yes. I'll be voting yes. >> This is to not designate a specific time. But I think that the the headline for this is going to be polarizing. And we know that our state
068lawmakers who often have many negative things to say about our district will make this very polarizing and make it seem like we are not um Christ followers and and I think that's unfair because we can believe in God and not say that we should open the school and have designated prayer and create a red tape nightmare for our campuses. So, for that reason, I'll be voting yes. >> Amen. Anybody else? Okay, I have a motion. Um, yeah, [snorts] we already did that motion by Trusty Humphre, second by Trusty Thomas. Any more discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed by nay. Abstensions. Motion carries 6. discuss and consider approval of competitive sealed proposals method of project delivery for red bar renovations. [snorts] Robert's going to come up to explain the
069difference of the two. >> Good evening board of trustees. Superintendent Dr. Patterson. um brief explanation between the two um methods of um construction method deliveries. Design build is where a single entity basically takes a criteria package that the district designs. They take that design a building or project and then build it. Competitive seal proposals is where an engineer or an architect prepares construction documents and then we go out for bids for a contractor to bid based on the architect or engineer architecture engineers designs. So initially when it was brought to the board there was a company that did the facility study and they offer design build services. So their recommendation was design build for this building. The board made the decision we're moving forward with the project but decided not to use the company. And
070so it's difficult for us to find another company. So the request is to change it to competitive bid so that we can uh like the presentation we had earlier with administration building it would be that process. >> Correct. And when L reviewed the design that we the previous company had supplied, they recommended switching to competitive seal proposals for the best value for the district. It would save district money and then the very little difference in timeline. >> And [clears throat] one more thing that there's a million schools of thought on which way is better. The smaller the project, the more I like styles like this versus you're just you end up not going through as many middlemen. I feel like you you can get more direct to the source when you do this. And you
071know, with really big projects, you need more firms involved, things like that. So yeah, I mean, I think this is the way this one should be done anyway. >> So what is the projected time frame for all of this? So to stay with the design build, the projected time frame would be about 18 months. To switch to the competitive seal proposal would add two months. So it would be 20 additional months that would bring the district cost savings. >> And around what time did we know that this was an um like what we had presented, you know, when did y'all realize that that wasn't going to work? It was about December of this year [snorts] where we started evaluating whether competitive seal proposals would be better. So this wasn't the same I'm just trying to
072remember. This wasn't the same like um when when we were presented the uh proposals for like the different facilities um the upgrades along with the admin building. this that wasn't the same thing when we were given like the picture like the three designs and of like the different designs of the buildings and the three designs of like the red barn and how we the three of us kind of met and we talked about the design C would be a good design and how you know remember that so that's >> so that all through the other contractor >> so that's the if I am understanding you correctly that is the work. This is how to get that done. >> And that wasn't the same thing that was presented to us with the admin building. I'm just
073asking. >> No, it wasn't. >> Remember it all being at the same time though. >> It wasn't or we would have had to come back and ask to change for admin building. Admin building was competitive bid from the beginning. >> Yes, ma'am. >> So around 20 months, >> correct? and no sooner. >> We'll do our best to do it sooner, but they don't like that. >> So, this will come after the proposal of the construction of the admin building. >> Correct. [snorts] >> I move to approve the competitive seal proposals method of project delivery for Red Bar renovations. >> Second. have a motion by trustee com H com H com H com H com H com H com H com H com H com H com by trustee Kiz any discussion >> I don't know
074that it's discussion I just want to justify my reason for voting no is that I just think we should pause on these projects until we make sure we have the funds available to create spaces for students so that's the justification for voting nobody I just want to add that our student facilities need to come first before anything else. >> Okay. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Um nay. >> All those in favor I mean opposed by nay. Sorry. Nay. >> Absentence. Motion carries. 51. The board will now move into close session. The time [snorts] is 7:50 p.m. We are moving into close session according to Texas Government Code 551.071 pursuant to section 551.071 1 2 3 and 4. Section 551.072 1. Section 551.0741 2 and three. Section 551.0761 section 551.082
07508 What? I want to make >> Okay, we'll reconvene from close session. The time is 8:09 p.m. Open session item A. Consider approval of administration administrative contract recommendations as presented. >> Move to approve administrative contract recommendations as presented. >> Second. >> Is that where should I have a motion by Trusty Humphre, a second by Trusty Roach. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> Opposed by nay. >> Motion carries 6. Item B, consider the hiring and contract of Carlos >> okay. for director of construction. >> I move to approve the contract of Carlos Aiano for the position of director of construction. >> Second. >> First one we've ever had. >> Yes. I have a motion by Trusty Humphre, a second by Trusty Lewis. Any discussion? >> Yes. Very excited. >> I'll need
076to meet meet him and shake his hand soon and tell him when I need him to get to work. But, uh, sounds like y'all picked somebody with some good experience. I'm I'm very excited for this. Thank y'all. >> Our patience paid off. >> Yep. >> Thank y'all very much. >> Any more discussion? >> All right. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> Opposed by nay. >> Stensions. >> Motion carries 6. Do I have a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. I have a motion by Trusty Roach, second by Jesse Kis. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> Opposed by nay. Motion carries 6. Time is 8:11 p.m. >> Happy birthday, J.