001Okay. >> Got it. All right. I call this meeting of the independent school board to order. Let the record show that a quorum of board members is present, that this meeting has been duly called, and that a notice of this meeting has been posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Governance Code Chapter 551. Please be advised that this meeting is being recorded and will be available for public access. All right. Well, let's have a prayer. >> Dear Lord, we thank you for this day. I pray you show us what is yours to do, Lord. Show us what is ours to do. Show me what's and make their heavenly in Jesus name we pray. >> Amen. >> Thank you, ma'am. We have any public comment on all right. Soformational items 2 A introduction
002of new county sheriff's deputy assigned to Diggo ISP. >> That's all you. >> Good evening guys. Um so Mr. Anderson and I met the other day um about the SRO program. U here he's with the New County Sheriff's Office. Um been in law enforcement over 19 years. I think he'll be a good asset to you guys here at the school. Um he's big on community involvement, the kids. a TEA certified teacher. He's got his TCL schoolbased law enforcement certificate. So being in the school, there's no trainer to him. I'll give that floor. Anyways, no. Um, like the sheriff advocator said 19 years police department two years and decided left from there to county where So, I decided, you know what? I guess I'm going to go get go get a trial. I went through the
003education certification program and it's criminal justice and I found something I've actually fell in love with criminal justice. program. We had probably kids and department >> and you go into law enforcement. >> Yes, actually you know I have two letters from my graduation just graduated with a criminal justice degree sheriff's offices at the jail. She's actually going to be wrote me a letter said she didn't know what she wanted to do. She says now when she went to college and I spoke it may take us a little bit of get flying out the kings you know but we'll possibly you guys just >> Thank y'all. >> All athletics get >> there's actually junior high football schedule. questions. >> Uh 2025 2026 junior high school grading policy. It was just it was the day >> correct.
004>> Is there a driver behind that? >> Yes sir. Um we do have multiple teachers with multiple preps especially in our career technology classes 10 grades for every single course it's pretty extensive but even more so I think it's important that we focus more on quality instead of quantity is really the driving force beh Um, we have a lot of six week periods that don't end up being six weeks. We have a couple that are five week periods. Then at the hospital level, when we add in benchmarks every six weeks, especially at the end of each semester with semester exams, benchmarks, we're just testing our kids today. And so, >> so the benchmarks don't count in that. >> They do not. We do not put our benchmark that go into the data on the do
005not we use that for mainly just segregation >> is there a minimum requirement >> for is there anything that says you got you have to have x or we said it ourselves >> we said it ourselves and that's why I was asking >> is there a state recommendation or anything that we follow or is it just whatever we Okay anything more than anything like that. And this is >> if you guys think this is best, I'm good with it. With whatever guidance comes out, >> I do I think we'll see a little bit too, you know, not giving grades, you know, those participation rates just couple hundred in the period. I know one of the concerns that I've seen with years is we get to the star test or we get to a benchmark and
006we don't pass it. If we don't pass the benchmark or we don't pass the star exam and a teacher or a parent says all that's put there to get in that 10. So again >> and the teachers are aware these are minimum it's just a minimum requirement. That's I figured they would be they'd be excited. >> Yeah, I know. That's what I was saying is there's probably a lot of teachers that are going to do more than than seven or eight or nine or 10, but that's because they they >> think that that's the right thing to do or they know that's the right thing to do for their class. And so I like this. >> This is not exactly there's not a maximum. This is just a minimum, right? Because again it is important
007to make sure they hit the minimum because thatffects an average >> and our test% >> one more question. >> Thank you. >> Uh financial handbooks >> I didn't change anything but what was required by legislation all the same. >> So no shattering. >> Any questions? DISD activity fund manual. >> Those are the two in 2E 2025 2026 student handbooks. employees campuses, >> you know, earth shattering changes as far as >> policy changes are refisive. >> Nothing has been any kind of major issue. >> Cell phone. >> So are we Is that live now or is that >> out of curiosity? How are we man? Are we gonna what are what is our >> we have a plan and they have to be >> but it's is it no cell phones >> power >> so in
008some classes if I recall it's allow teachers allow them to bring their phones out historically and do whatever it is they I don't whatever it is they do with their phone does that go away now as well or is it still with teacher commission is it pretty much point blank The only exception is >> correct. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Lunch time. >> I need to check with my mama. All of none of those come into play. Keep it in your book. >> No. Yes. So, keep it in your Keep it >> they go to extracurricular like when they get on the bus to go are at hospitals. >> If parents don't know that, then they haven't >> listening to any kind of news or anything. >> Well, we got a complaint that we had
009told them too many times. That's good. I'll take >> I know it's late now, but during meet the teachers and stuff, we kind of say, "Hey, this little >> Okay, cool. >> Good. Very good. >> So, my question because I >> even though you know there's there's always we've done our due diligence. >> So, how are we enforcing what's what are the steps on the enforcement?" So we if it if it comes out >> we do we take it up >> where does that come down because I didn't see it. >> So step one is confiscate the phone. Um there's an immediate lunch detention the very first time and a parent phone contact a parent contact your phone your kids phone is confiscated today and they are going to lunch and I will return the
010phone to the student level two and starting at level two I will return for the next two levels also detention the two detentions ISS administrator >> and then after that hopefully we don't get to that. So, but I'd be I'd be prepared. We have some rebels out there. >> They're going to push the >> We already know >> they're going to go to the bathroom with it and we already know. Do we have Yeah. Do do we have um cell phone finders in the bathroom so we can >> So what are we going >> So what are we doing with the phones when you confiscate them? Are they going to your office? >> They are. And that is one thing that I do think that has been the admin I did think about having some
011sort of ziplock bags >> and just put the name on it just make sure >> and I hate to see it go into that into that uh box and end up the battery dies and there's two of them in there that are exactly the same. So >> I know this is primarily over the hospital. Do you see any any issues over at the elementary? Do any of the kids have adult cell phon? my kid text. They're not supposed to have it except for >> y'all getting a lot of push back or did y'all get a lot of push back during the meet the teacher? >> We don't really have a choice. few complaints to me as individual students. >> Um there's just been a few concerns in the past couple of years. Parents have gone
012out to get personal devices or laps laptops to send with their kid to school to do. It was never required to provide those books and desktops in the classroom. And so a lot of it is how are they going to do their work without their personal device and what they don't finish their work in class and then have to come home. In that case, prepared to teach the kids how to save the Google doc. So that if you work on a personal computer, you save it to the Google doc on any other Google computer and it's there no matter where you're at. >> Our dual credit kids figure that out that's going to be their future, right? So that's all part of learning to be a dual credit >> even a document on a junk.
013>> So and all all those things they learn Google Docs and all that they learned coming out of co. So >> I like the guidelines. I I I know that it's going to be challenged for y'all on the front end. I'm going to guess. I hate that. But at the end of the day, this is not something ISD just made up. This is a mandate that came down on us and we have to enforce it. So, >> okay, cool. Any more questions? Concern. >> Let's see. Board reporting budget highlights. I don't really have anything that we haven't talked about already. We've got the teacher raises in. We got the percentage for our um raise for our support staff. Um we had to remove the bus route. I did not budget for the bus payment that
014that will come up due and for the Christmas loans. I did not budget that and that was the only way that I got budget to finally balance. So when it comes up time for that to be due, we'll have to do a budget ament. >> But the budget is balanced, >> enrollment numbers. I've heard that there's been a bit of an uptick, but we don't know who's not yet. Do you have a pretty good handle, you think now? >> And we're turning folks away, right? They don't live here. >> But I think which one of our classes are currently full? I think >> pretty much all of prek elementary as a whole, right? >> Okay. 2G Edcons. >> Did you are they booked for Thursday night, Friday night, and Saturday? >> That's the one in
015Houston, correct? >> So, they're Thursday night, Friday night, and Saturday night. >> September 11 through the 14. >> When it was September, what was the actual date of it? This is a little bit >> but we need to let you know by Friday if we're not going. Ready? Yeah. Oh, did you get the gas? intent to reduce district local. >> That is the TEA letter that you have that you voted on last time. >> Any questions, concerns? All right, let's move into action items. 3A discuss and take possible action to approve donations if applicable. 3A.1 booster club donation. Make a motion to discuss take possible action to approve donations to Google Independent School District if applicable. Uh 3A1 athletic booster clubs donation to the athletic department. >> Second Miss Oh my gosh. $5,000. >> It's
016a bigger deal. >> Way to go. >> That's a lot of work right there. That's a lot of burgers right there. >> Good job. >> Yes. Great job. I've sat there before. That is a lot a lot a lot >> and it's a strain on you and your family too. Completely greatly appreciate it. >> A lot of good volunteers. >> Any questions, >> concerns? All in favor? >> Thank you. 3B. Discuss and take possible action to approve budget amendments number three for the 2024 2025 budget. >> I'll make the motion to discuss and take possible action to approve budget amendment number three for the 2425 budget. We have that. >> What was this one? What was moving over this one? >> We are moving from fun balance to cover. in 1994. This is child balance
017to those debt service. We needed to move from the debt service fund balance $1,000 to cover the debt service fee. Any questions? All in favor? 3C. Discuss and take possible action to approve 2025 2026 budget for general fund 8 million,78 INS 973,300 child nutrition 391,000. Make a motion to discuss take possible action to approve the 2025 2026 budget for general fund 8,100 100,78 is 973,300 child nutrition 391,600 >> second. >> Now each year it's kind of gone up a little bit. What was the primary driver that construction? So that was the pay raises I'm assuming. >> Yes, sir. >> Yeah. >> Any questions, concerns? All in favor? 3D. Discuss and take possible action to approve the 2025 2026 maintenance tax rate of 6822. It's school debt service tax rate of for a total tax rate
018of 81827. I move to discuss and take possible action to approve the 2526 maintenance tax rate of 6822 and school debt services tax rate of.136078 for a total tax rate of 818278 >> and you I guess you was right after further Louisville has the lowest tax rate of anybody within 100 miles of the most about what 40 cents 43 cents lower than what >> I don't know I guess that's something how you don't fix it I mean it's something that's driven wherever we Okay, questions, concerns. All in favor? 3E, discuss and take possible action to approve monthly bills, reports, monthly bills, board reports, and utilities. I move to discuss and take possible action to approve monthly bills, board reports, and utilities. >> Any questions? Concern. All in favor? Carries. 3F. Discuss and take possible action
019to approve monthly board meeting minutes. >> A motion to discuss and take possible action to approve monthly board meeting minutes. >> I'll second. >> Any questions? All in favor? Carries. discuss to take possible action for purchase threshold resolution. I'll make the motion to discuss and take possible action for purchase threshold resolution. >> This is one we got to do every year that says, "Hey, anything underneath our threshold?" Any questions, concerns? >> All in favor? Motion carries. 3 H. Discuss and take possible action to approve the 2025 2026 ISD student code of conduct. I move to discussion take action to approve 2025 2026 student I'll second >> any questions or concerns there is it and it's pretty much aligned right all in favor three I discuss and take possible action to amend the Dville ISD Local
020renovation plan 2023 to 2028 to ISD from statewide grievance policies Senate Bill 129 legislation session. Make a motion to discuss. Take possible action to amend the DWville ISD local innovation plan 2023 2028 to exempt DWville ISD from the statewide grievance policy established under Senate Bill 12 of the 89th legislative session. >> Second. >> We had to vote on this to keep our grievance policy the way it is. >> Any questions? concerns. All in favor? 3J. Discuss and take possible action to nominate discuss and take possible action to approve the nomination for board of directors of the Newton County Central Appraisal District. I move to discuss and take possible action to approve the nomination for the board of directors of the Newton Central Appraisal District. So we have Joe Wal and looks like Sharon Shepard will
021replace any questions. All >> in favor 3K discuss and take possible action to approve purchases over 10,000 the lowman education >> a motion to discuss take possible action to approve purchase over 10,000 dollars and for low education >> second >> this is curriculum for math social studies that we need >> and is it just sixth grade and up >> it's just different things of it is Any questions? Any concerns? All in favor >> and close. Let's roll up in the close. I'm going tell you, Samantha was impressed with our note takingaking for our meetings when y'all weren't here. >> I heard that one. >> That was mine. >> You're welcome. >> Oh, we take four minutes. >> Got cracked somehow. >> Did it really? That was Morgan. >> That was Morgan. Morgan owes us a
022call. >> All right, let's bring 727. >> Uh 3 discuss matters and close. We have nothing to discuss and 3 discuss and take possible action to approve new hires and resignations if applicable. Um nothing there. So that leaves us. All in favor? >> All right. Thanks everybody for being muted. >> But I'm gonna tell you Lan, after the first night that the coffee pot, somebody tattled on us. Whoever tattled on us, we all went and checked the coffee totally