001I call this meeting of the Dville Independent School District Board of Trustees to order. Let the record show that a former board members is present. This meeting has been duly called that a notice that this meeting has been posted in accordance with this presentation meeting Texas government code chapter 551. Please be advised that this meeting is being recorded and will be available for public access. All right. >> Heavenly Father, as we gather for this meeting, we ask for your guidance and wisdom. May our conversations be filled with sincerity and truth. Help us listen to each other with respect and work together in unity. May we find common ground and move forward with purpose for greater good. Grant us the wisdom to remain focused on our own responsibilities and the grace to faithfully work. In Jesus
002name we pray. >> Amen. Any public comment? >> All right. Informational items. Uh PSDS teams update. >> So, we gave you all the due dates, the thousands it seems like, but I did the enrollment numbers you guys wanted with transfers and it kind of looked pretty high when it said 13% transfer. So, I went back and told you how many are employee children. The only other thing I was curious where was our enrollment last year? Do you remember? You know, >> um since I've been doing this, elementary has caught up with high school. >> Okay. >> And that's never happened since I've >> So 574 in co we was around 24, right? >> Yes, sir. 500 when I started. >> Yeah. Like 495, >> but we had a lot of those that went home. had
003an abundance amount that was home because they were scared of but I think probably most of them are female >> but yeah doesn't look like we can take any more transfers whatsoever anywhere >> mean the prek class the fifth grade class the ninth grade class those are three the eighth grade class that's >> 36 36. >> So we we have told the people that have called about transfers that we accept, you know, midterms, but >> we're >> we have to keep telling them over and over again that we're full. I don't know if we >> mean other than sixth grade. Sixth grade has third They're small group. >> Oh, but they make >> heard 574. That was where we at. >> That was today. I waited to do it today. >> I know. and tsd
004and how things work together. Just try to find >> No, no, that's okay. >> A way to simplify it for everybody to understand the first one. We'll see. There's a couple of correlations I think I'd like to see if as we get moving forward and things and we've we've talked about it enough times but I'd like to see how we grab one is around our tax rates if we can go back to precoid days back when I got into the board even first got on the board and where we're at today how our tax rate has dropped significantly down to the bottom how we rate with our peers as well and tax rate and how do we go pay the lowest tax rate that comes at least that comes to the school >> you want
005>> and that's but that's what Jana we did she's worked on that but how do you do you our size or our numbers >> that's one piece of it but I'd like it all to be where we can see that I also want to see our growth the correlation to our growth right so we we've taken on about extra 75 kidsish right and we're taking in less money I guess is where I'm kind of going with this You know, we should >> we we we should see it kind of coming here, right? >> Like she mentioned the line >> just to see what I'd be curious to see how it looks and if it tells the story kind of like I think it does end of the day. >> Um I think it can only
006help us as we move forward. will tell our story when we get back. >> This pupil data system, we used to do this three times a year. >> Oh yeah, just a little they they hit me with um master schedule. So every minute that the kids are in with Miss Smith, it pulls Miss Smith's whole record, what she's certified in, where she went to school, how much money she makes, her deductions that she has taken out of her paycheck. Like Mrs. That's just who I was working on today. She's got a whole folder with her babies. So that's pair of professionals. Usually I just put an amount of minutes. Now they want to know what teacher they're with to compare it to to Miss Brown's hard documents. other interesting thing that I found through this
007last gathering that we went to was that piece of the transparency and the expectations that they're putting on schools. For example, some of the things I noticed was when we talk about the continuous improvements, we talk about the folks working for uh their certifications and stuff and kind of how it is today. We ask them, "Hey, how you doing?" They go, "Hey, I'm all over." Uh this the way it's moving forward. Like I talked to two different superintendent already put into place basically tutorial program that anybody who's working towards it meets once a week or twice a week to show that they're specifically working on and sign off on it and they work on it after hours. >> Yes. And that's the direction if they're if they're going to stay working towards it because you
008have to show that they're working towards it and the thumb just guess they're all over it boss going to work more. You got to have a structure some sort of sound like what's coming down the pipe. So >> well and it it says I have a check box now I noticed where it says a plan >> and um it doesn't show anything past that. So I'm interested to see like what they're what what's their follow plan because Anyway, that's interesting to see. I'm I'm all for our fun getting as much help as we can. If we structure it out, if it's a learning program, that's I think it's legitimizes it and maybe they can actually get some help out. everything I've seen and even when I talked to the other schools when we talked around
009that stuff um I asked all of them this the same question. So the teachers who are doing some of these homegrown programs and some of these other programs that are out there that are going through these self-studies, right, >> and finishing and and taking and getting their certifications, they're about 85 86% or higher rate. But the teachers are taking on that already have their bachelors that aren't a bachelor's in teaching but decide they want to take their certificate. So they're going to do some of these different things getting They're not nearly as successful. Seem to struggle more with the test. They said that's a common thing that everybody said the teachers that come in with bachelor non-eing ba bachelor struggle to pass that. >> I know whenever I went to region five they told me
010no matter what I say to anybody encourage them to go there even though it's two days a week that's why nobody wants to do it. But she told me she was like, "We don't have >> All right. 2B. Uh, sorry. There was Was there anything else on there?" >> Most of the other stuff is just some due date, right? Is there anything particular we needed to >> No, sir. It just has to be documented. I shared the dates. >> Oh, I just I just put this on All right. Um to E registration and curious registration and grade level numbers. >> Um I put it all together this morning. Each >> other and E students those two um they don't come here every day. So there's really 280 five at elementary every day. Not sure of
011it. >> Okay. Well, let's uh interaction items. >> 3A discuss and take possible action to approve monthly board reports and utilities. I move to discuss and take possible action to approve monthly bills, board reports, and utilities. Any questions or concerns? Is there problem for kids at elementary taking the screen off or >> I thought it says for screen repair at elementary students peeled it off. >> But it's not bubbling off. Any questions, concerns? All in favor? >> 3B. Discuss and take possible action to approve quarterly investments report. >> I'll make the motion to discuss and take possible action to approve quarterly investments. Second. Any questions? Any concerns? All >> favor discuss and take possible action to approve monthly meeting minutes. >> I'll move the discussion. Possible action to approve monthly board meeting minutes. >> Second.
012Any questions? Concerned? All in favor? >> Carries. Discuss and take possible action to approve donations. >> Take possible action to approve donations. Do we go last? I make a motion we discuss and take possible actions to approve the donations to >> Dville. We had a one come in that made >> it was one of her cousins. >> Okay. >> Oh, that's kind of neat. >> Okay, great. Well, I don't know. Thank you card. Greatly appreciate. All right. All in favor take possible action to approve purchases over $10,000. Nothing there. And this could be a world record. >> All right. So, let's go ahead and close. All right, let's keep reconvene. We got everybody. >> All right, last time. >> I move to ajourn. N >> take possible actions like nominees for the board of directors
013county that is correct county appraisal district. [Music] >> Okay. So, I say we nominate. Uh, so as it stands today, Mr. Waldrip and myself is on the board. I've been trying to get off the board. I think we have a volunteer, Miss Shannon. Sharon. Uh, so I'd like to nominate Joe Waldram and Sharon Shepard. >> Anybody else? >> Any y'all? Anybody would y'all like to join the appraisal? >> Let's have a vote. All in favor? >> Oh, it's unanimous. >> That was unanimous. >> Okay, Mr. >> I move to second. >> All in favor? Motion carries. Look at that. Thanks to