001Good evening. I, Jacqueline Coloulton, president of the Duncanville ISD Board of Trustees, call this meeting of the Duncanville Independent School District to order. Let the record show there is a quorum of the board of trustees that the meeting has been duly called and that notice of this meeting has been posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551. Our mission at Duncanville ISD is to engage, equip, and empower all scholars to achieve their unique potential. So, I would be remissed if I didn't uh acknowledge the beautiful choir. Y'all just I mean, we could leave. Y'all were that great. Y'all are just wonderful. continue, you know, letting your light shine and just, you know, using your gifts. Yeah, I'm we're amazed. >> So, thank you again for that. [applause] [applause] >>
002You mean you're not going to do it? I thought >> Yeah. You ready? >> Yes. So, Trustee Bar Cruz will lead us in the invocation as we start the opening ceremonies. Good evening, everyone. Please join for a word of prayer. In this season of celebration and hope, we pause to give thanks for the gift of community. May the joy of the holidays inspire us to be kind, just, and compassionate in our work together. Bless our students, Lord, teachers, staff, and families with safety, health, and hope. May our decisions reflect care and service to one another. And may peace and good will guide our hearts now and throughout the coming year. We pray this in your name. Amen. >> Amen. Thank you, Trusty Farra Cruz. Prayer is always in order. So now we turn the meeting
003over to Miss Aila who will introduce our students who are leading us in the pledges. So we're excited to see them and hear them. Thank you. Thank you. So good evening, Madame President, trustees and Dr. Gory. Tonight we have student ambassadors from Daniel Elementary School who will be leading us in the pledge of allegiance and the Texas pledge. Students, please face our board and introduce yourselves. My name is Quentyn Marshall and I'm in the fifth grade and I attend Daniel Elementary. My name is Kaylee McFan and I go to the wait. My name is Fan. I'm in the fourth grade and I attend Daniel Elementary. My name is Elijah Sanders. I'm in the fourth grade and I attend Daniel Elementary. My name is Jackson Williams and I go I mean I'm in the fourth grade
004and I go and I attend Daniel Elementary. >> Awesome job students. Everyone, please stand. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, with indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Honor the Texas flag. >> I aliance to the Texas one state one and indivisible. >> Thank you students. I'll go ahead and grab that microphone. And then trustees, if y'all could remain standing so we can take a quick group photo with our students. >> We'd also like to give one last shout out to our DH High School chamber choir. Thank you all once again and thank you students [applause] for joining us. >> Parents, if we have any parents in the room of our kiddos that did our pledges,
005please stand to be recognized as well. Thank you for joining us and for bringing your kiddos this evening. [applause] So, thank you Quinton, Kaylee, Elijah, and Jackson. Y'all did an excellent job. Fourth and fifth graders brung it. So yeah, keep keep that same that that same energy. Thank you. Now, uh we will move on to the superintendence report and I'll turn the meeting over to Dr. Gory. Thank you. >> Thank you very much, Madame President and other trustees and everyone assembled here today for our December 15th, 2025 school board meeting. I'd like to begin, of course, by recognizing our TAEA distinction of of our district. Duncanville ISD has once again been named a TA district of distinction, and this is for our fourth year in a row that we've received this statewide honor. This recognition
006celebrates our commitment to highquality visual arts education, student creativity, and outstanding instruction across all of our campuses. Congratulations to everyone associated with this wonderful award. On December 3rd, we celebrated five Duncanville High School football athletes that signed their national letters of intent to compete at the next level. Congratulations to these standout Duncanville Panther football players from the class of 2026. We have Landon Barnes who is taking his talents to Old Miss. We have Victor Lincoln Jr. Jr. also going to Old Miss. KJ Ford going to Florida Gator to play football. Zachary Turner going to Old Miss. And Asan Theus going to TCU. We are incredibly proud of these student athletes and look forward to watching them continue their success not only on at the college level but many of them's on a TV on a
007Sunday very soon. Duncanville High School football is going to the ship. Yes, we are headed to the state championships after a dominant 31-9 victory over Allen. They will take on we will take on the Northshore Mustangs on Saturday, December 20th at 3:00 p.m. at AT&T Stadium. Please be sure to visit our social media platforms to learn more about ticketing as well as live streaming details. Congratulations to our football team and looking forward to Saturday. We had an incredible turnout at our December 9th job fair. Thank you to everyone who came out and spent time with us. And if you were unable to join this time and interested in joining, don't worry. There will be more opportunities ahead. Be sure to check out our upcoming job fairs at duncanvilleisd.org/ org/jobfares and explore current or explore current
008offerings openings on our Duncanville ISD website. Again, please if you know of anyone that's interested in a career in education, direct them to our human resource team or to our Duncanville website. And last, but certainly not least, just a friendly reminder that Duncanville ISD will be closed for winter break from December 22nd, 2025 to January 1st, 2026. We truly hope everyone has a safe, restful, and welldeserved break. Students will return to class on January 6. That does conclude our superintendence report for the month of December. And thank you, Madam President. >> Thank you, Dr. Gory. We will now move to recognitions, and I'll turn the meeting over to Mrs. Aila. >> Good evening once again, Madam President, trustees, and Dr. Gory. Thank you for the opportunity to present the donations received in December 2025. Each
009month, we are proud to share the incredible generosity of our community and the ongoing support that they show Duncanville ISD. Please take a look at the screens as I read the donations for this month. For Hyman Elementary, we have Clark Road Church of Christ for $500. The remaining donations are for the Panther Pantry. Up next, we have Epsilon Sigma Alpha Theta Pi Chapter for $100. Next, we have Knickknacks for $36.80. Up next, we have Alicia Brown for $1,500. Next we have CH Gunther of Pioneer Foods for $477. And next we have Southwest Dallas area retired school employees for $150. And last but not least, also going to Panther Pantry, we have Random Acts of Kindness for $120. Our total year to date for the 2526 school year is $46,18521. Once again, thank you so much
010to all of our donors. We really, really appreciate you. And then we have a special announcement. I would also like to take a moment to recognize our incredible donors for their generous contributions to the trustees 8th annual student coat drive. Please direct your attention to the screen and join me in giving them a round of applause. [applause] As you can see at the bottom of the screen, our total donations was $2,000, $2,343. I'd also like to give a special thank you and shout out to our Duncanville communications department and of course our wonderful warehouse team for helping coordinate and make this initiative happen every single year. And then of course, we could not do it without our trustees. Thank you so much for doing this continuous initiative every year and giving back to our students.
011We really appreciate it. We will now move into our made with pride honores. First up, we have our teacher made with pride honore, Paula Tagalis, band director of Duncanville High School. Please come on up. [applause] Today we proudly recognize Paula Tagalis as an exceptional educator whose leadership, artistry, and dedication make her a shining example of what it means to be made with pride in Duncanville. Nominated by Paul Duceay, Paula is described as a teachers teacher, someone who continuously grows her craft while creating a calm, structured, and inspiring environment where students thrive. Her classroom is a place of focus and curiosity, and the musical excellence she cultivates is unmatched as she ensures every student feels both supported and challenged. Paula's impact extends far beyond her own classroom. She is a respected leader in the state's music
012education community, representing, excuse me, presenting to more than 300 directors at the Texas Music Educators Association and championing the power of the arts at every level. As her nominator shared, Paula exemplifies everything the award represents through her unwavering commitment to excellence, leadership, and dedication to both her students and the broader community. Her ability to inspire growth, guide students with wisdom, and elevate the district on a state and national stage make her truly deserving of this honor. Will friends and family of Paula, please stand to be recognized as well, and join me in giving her a big round of applause. [applause] Congratulations. >> Thank you so much Paula. Up next we have our staff honores and this is our first group of the year. So we are so excited to welcome the pe department to the
013podium. [applause and cheering] Hello ladies. Thank you for joining us. All right, so today we proudly recognize Martis Solunos, Stephanie Farmer, Dorsia Crawford, and Gabriella Grant. Our incredible Pee's team nominated by Melinda Turner for their extraordinary commitment and behindthe-scenes service. During this year's resoning and reconfiguration, they worked late nights and weekends to ensure every student and staff member was accurately assigned in Skyward, reviewing more than 12,000 addresses and processing transfer requests with care. They also supported enrollment throughout the summer and the first week of school, ensuring that families experienced a smooth and efficient start. Beyond those efforts, the team established courses and grade books so teachers could take attendance and record grades one day one on day one all while servicing the district's frontline experts for scheduling transcripts and gradebook support. As their nominator shared,
014this was an extraordinary effort for a small department tasked with a major beginning of the year changes and their work was critical to the smooth start. Maris Soul, Stephanie, Dorsia, and Gabriella exemplify dedication, excellence, and teamwork. And they truly embody what it means to be made in pride, made with pride in Duncanville. Family and friends of all of our PES team, please stand to be recognized as well. And let's go ahead and give them a big round of applause. [applause] Thank you all so much. And last but not least, we have our student honore. Give it up for Alana Smith. Come join me at the podium. [applause and cheering] >> So today we proudly recognize Alana Smith, an exceptional Duncanville High School collegiate senior whose dedication and determination shine in every part of her life.
015Nominated by her mother, Alana is a member of the student council, the honors society, and the Dville varsity cheer squad, all while completing her associates degree at Mountain View College. Despite experiencing two concussions this year, an overwhelming challenge both academically and physically, Alana au refused to let adversity define her. Instead, she found strength and perseverance, stepping into the role of cheer manager so she could continue supporting the team that she loves. As cheer manager for both JV and varsity, Alana offers unwavering encouragement, motivation, and leadership to her teammates, including the mascots. Her commitment to excellence, even in the face of hardship, reflects a maturity and resilience far beyond her years. As her nominator shared, she is an example of hard work and dedication. Alana truly embodies what it means to rise above challenges, serve others
016with heart, and lead with strength, making her a shining example of being made with pride in Duncanville. Alana's family and friends, please stand to be recognized while we go ahead and give her a big round of applause. [applause and cheering] [applause] Crazy girl. D congratulates [music] the following teacher, student, and staff member who are made with pride in Duncanville. >> My name is Alana Smith and I am a senior the Duncanville cheer [music] manager. >> My day-to-day duties are very very like hardworking. I [music] am taking upon a lot of task. I do a lot of things. Even though the cheer organization isn't as big as it seems, we are everywhere [music] throughout Duncanville High School. I did get a concussion and I did feel like that scared me, especially my second one because I
017started to [music] feel like I was losing memory simply because that's literally what cheer is all about, memory. And I felt like [music] I wasn't at my best potential with me not having my memory. So, I did know that I did want to be involved in something my senior year, but being a cheer manager was definitely the fit opportunity for me. To me, the only thing I love the most about Duncanville is all the activities. I feel that like I'm involved with everything because it's [music] never nothing that I'm not doing pertaining Duncanville High School. So I feel like the involvement itself [music] and with Dunville being such a big school, it's always exciting for the games at least and [music] that's what I love the most. Just knew it was my mom because she's
018my number one supporter putting me in anything and I'm super grateful for it because without her I wouldn't be as involved and as confident as I am now. [music] I want to attend University of Houston. I want to major in public health to become [music] an orthodontist cuz that is my dream career and I'm very excited for that and I can't wait. [music] >> Hi, my name is Manis Munos. >> Hi, I'm Stephanie Farmer. >> Hi, I'm Dorsio [music] Crawford. >> Hi, I'm Gabby Grant >> and we're the PES team. >> Working in the PES department, what I like most is solving the mysteries. And solving the mysteries means [music] working out the problems that come from all kinds of different people. We get um customers [music] that need help such as our parents and
019our students and we have to interpret what problems they have so that we can get those fixed. Then we have stakeholders that are our nurses and our bilingual [music] department, our counselors and we have to interpret their language, put it into our language so that we can find the solutions that they're needing. So [music] that's always fun. just the mystery of it all. >> What I like about um working in the PE's uh department is uh being able to work together. [music] And so um we're handed projects and and knowing that uh [music] we can work and solve it together is the best part, but uh also coming along together and learning from one another is what I like. What I like about working with the PES team is I may not be the teacher
020that's standing in front of the classroom with the student every day and I'm behind the scenes, but I still make a impact on the student while they're here from prek on out when they go into [music] college. >> What I love about being a part of the PES team is I love to help people. Um I'm the secretary for the department. Uh, so a lot of the times I'm the kind of go-to person that people will uh reach out to. Um, and I always do my best, even if I don't know the answer to what they need to, I do my best to try to at least get them to the right resource. Um, but for me, the most meaningful part is to actually get to help um, anybody that I come across. Um, it's
021just it's what makes my job so many. >> Hi, my [music] name is Paul. the director of bands for Duncanville ISD. So the director of bands [music] basically facilitates and oversees all of the band and win programs um in Duncanville ISD. So I am the head director here at Duncanville [music] High School where I oversee our five bands as well as the facilitator and overseer of our three middle school campuses uh and their band programs. I think that [music] there has to be, you know, for sure a level of dedication. dedication to the craft, dedication to the kids, [music] dedication to being better, dedication to, you know, committing yourselves to to their families [music] as well. I really like my job. I love the people I work with. I love being a part of these
022students lives. [music] I think that the dedication and commitment of the program and just of the staff behind the program is far larger [music] than many people realize. knowing that although I am extremely excited to be recognized for this that none of that can happen without the support of the staff behind me because without [music] them you know it's truly a branched system and without the foundation which is the students and the people that are leading up to me it it would not happen. So I am [music] a facilitator more than anything else. >> These honores are [music] truly made with pride in Duncanville. [applause] >> [applause] >> So once again, congratulations to our December made with pride honores. And before they leave, we want to take a quick group photo. So trustees, if you
023could please stand in your place. >> And then if my honores could come on up How many years did you >> Oh, support. Everyone here in the center. >> Big smiles. Two, three. >> Thank you. [applause] >> And that concludes our made with pride honores. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Leila. And thank you to all of our Maywood Pride honores. Uh from Miss Elena Smith who has she's learned the secret to life already. She's learned how to persevere and redirect and just to still soar. And then to our PE team and then of course to our band director. You know that y'all are very inspiring. Uh and then for everyone who has donated anything to this district, we are very very appreciative and for those who donated to our coat drive to ensure that
024our students, you know, have the opportunity to have a warm coat and even shoes. Thank you. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. It's much appreciated. Okay, with that we ask uh that Miss Brown uh come and please introduce our new personnel. Good evening board president Coloulton, board of trustees, and Dr. Gory. Tonight, I'm going to ask Mr. Caesar Caesar Cano to join me at the podium. We are pleased to welcome Caesar Cano to Duncanville ISD as the new principal of Fair Meadows Elementary. Mr. Cano is a skilled instructional leader with a strong record of improving academic outcomes and strengthening campus systems. He currently serves as an assistant principal at Midlotheian ISD where he helped lead notable gains in reading and math and math growth and supported the campus earning a TEA B
025rating for the 2425 school year including distinctions in top 25% academic growth in top 25% closing the gaps his leadership in PLC's data-driven instruction and restorative ative practices contributed to reduced referrals, stronger student supports, and improved teacher coaching cycles. He previously served as an instructional coordinator at WH Adamson High School in Dallas ISD where US history EOC performance reached 97.9 97.7% approaches and 69.3% meets surpassing state averages. His teaching experience in Duncanville ISD, Cedar Hill ISD, and Dallas ISD further strengthen his expertise in multilingual education, instructional alignment, and culturally responsive leadership. Mr. Cano holds a master of education in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Texas at Arlington and a bachelor of science from Texas Tech University. He holds Texas certifications in EC6 and bilingual education. He taught at Fair Meadows Elementary
026during the 2122 school year and we are excited to welcome him back to the Panther family. [applause] And then we um I'm going to ask his family members and friends to stand at this time. I believe he has his wife and his two children. [applause] Thank you. We are certainly glad and honored to have Mr. Cano to join the staff of Fair Meadows and to join the district and um uh we love your track record and we're looking forward to great things here at Fair Meadows. Thank you very much for considering uh Ducketville ISD. Okay. Uh do we have any board members who have announcements or acknowledgements? Okay. So, um we've had board members who have had um uh family members to um pass and then we have some that have family members that are
027not well and uh just know you know that our thoughts and prayers and are with you all. Thank you. So, uh we will now move to communications from citizens. However, there are not any. So, with that, uh, we're going into close session. We will now join to close session under the Texas Open Meetings Act sections 551.071,551 and 551.0742. Deliberate on the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property. deliberate on the annual superintendent evaluation and superintendent contract and consult with board counsel on any subjects or matters authorized by law, including any matter listed on this notice agenda. Should final action, vote, or decision on any matter considered in closed session be required, such final action, vote or decision shall be taken once the open meeting covered by this notice reconvenes or at a subsequent meeting
028of the board. Okay. So, we'll we're going into close session now. Thank you. Good evening. We are back from close session and we'll continue with our agenda items. So, we will now move to take action on items from close session. Do I have a motion to approve the superintendent's completed evaluation as discussed in close session effective December 15, 2025? >> Second. Okay, it's been properly moved and second. Are there any questions, comments, or discussion? Please cast your vote electronically. Motion passes 6. Thank you. Next item. Do I have a motion to amend or modify the superintendent's contract with Duncanville ISD? >> Yes. I move to u authorize the board president to negotiate a supplemental contract with the superintendent of schools based on terms discussed in close session to be voted on at the next meeting.
029>> Second. [snorts] >> Okay, it's been properly moved and second. Are there any questions, comments, or discussion? There being none, please cast your vote electronically. Okay, motion passes 6. So we will now move to the consent agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay, it's been properly moved and second that we approve the consent agenda as printed. Are there any questions, comments, or discussion? There being none, please cast your vote electronically. Okay. So, did someone can >> Oh, okay. So, motion passes 5. Thank you. We will now move to action item A policy update 126 local policy revisions with Mr. Graham. Thank you. Greetings to President Colton, to all trustees, and to Dr. Gory. Tonight, I will present update 126, which is a comprehensive restructuring
030of our local policies. It aligns Duncanville ISD with the new state laws. Update 126 is the largest on record in Texas education. Out of the 28 policies included in this update, three are entirely new. The remaining changes incorporate laws passed during the 89th legislative session, most of which we are already following in practice. the board has received I mean today I will provide a highlevel overview rather than reviewing each policy in detail. All district departments have reviewed these policies, offered feedback and confirmed alignment. The board has also received the full packet for review. We will start with our board governance adjustments be and be local. These policies clarify how board meetings are conducted and how public participates. Meetings must be held outside of normal work hours. Public comments occur at the beginning of the meeting
031and notice requirements are updated to three business days. Board voting is now recorded to increase transparency and accountability. Next is the contract services standards. CJ local. This policy sets clear limits on what outside vendors and contractors must provide to Duncanville ISD. Contractors may not perform DEI related duties or provide prohibited classroom instructions as as described by the state law. The next section deals with technology and data regulations. These policies focus on protecting district data and setting clear expectations for technology use. CQB requires the district to respond and report cyber security incidents. While CQD is a new policy that establishes required training and guidelines for the appropriate use of artificial intelligence by staff and students. Together they ensure technology is used responsibly, securely, and in compliance with the state law. Next is the construction and purchase
032rules CV local. This policy clarify clarifies how construction contracts are approved based on cost. Projects over $100,000 require board approval while projects at or below $100,000 may be approved by the superintendent. This ensures the board maintains oversight of larger expenditures while allowing smaller projects to move forward efficiently. Next section deals with employee conduct and restrictions. DBD local and DH local. These policies set clear expectations for employee ethics and professional conduct. DBD requires employees to disclose conflict of interest or outside service while DH outlines standards of behavior and prohibited actions in the workplace. Together they ensure transparency, professionalism, and compliance with the state law. Some examples of the prohibited duties under this policy are providing or facilitating prohibited classroom instructions while not that's not allowed by state law and using one's position to influence students on
033restricted social and political ide ideological topics. Next, the leave policy overhaul DEEC local. This policy claris clarifies how employees leave is calculated and used. It defines the daily rate of pay, outlines rules for bereavement and sick leave and out and also allows certain types of leaves to be used at the same time as permitted by law. The goal is to ensure consistency, fairness and legal compliance across the district. The [snorts] next section deals with the nonrenewal of grounds have been expanded. That's DF DFBB local. This policy clarifies additional reasons a term contract may not be renewed and strengthens the documentation requirements. Examples of prohibited duties that can lead to non-renewal include providing prohibited classroom instruction, assigning or performing prohibited DEI related duties, or engaging in conduct that violates employee standards under the law. The next
034few policies are about instruction requirements. That's the new EP local, EFA local, and EIA local. EP local is the lesson plan policy requires lesson plans and course syllabi to be accessible to parents. EFA is the instructional materials policy. It allows parents to request a review of instructional materials used in the classroom and EIA is the grading and progress report policy. It requires the district to provide at least two in-person parent conferences each year to support communication by about student progress. Our next section deals with the grievance and discipline systems. There's several policies here. That's FNG, DGBA, and GF local. We also will talk about FO local and GKA local. FNG is the student parent complaints and DGBA is the employee complaints. It updates timelines and the required formal hearings for certain cases. GF is the
035public complaints policy. Clarifies how community concerns are submitted and addressed by the district. FO and GKA are the conduct of the how to conduct yourself on school premises. It clarifies rules for behavior and weapons on the district property that aligns with the state law. Again, that is the new policies for the 126 update. At this time, I will take questions. Are there any questions? >> I think we should alphabet. [laughter] >> That's true. So, uh, thank you, Mr. Graham, for your presentation. So, I, you know, a number of these policies, there are administrative regulations and procedures that have to be developed or they already developed. Basically, >> we do have several that have been developed. When we talk about EIA local with the AI policy, we do have an administrative regulation that we developed before
036this policy came into play in September and a few others will have to have some new regulations that will be developed for them as well. >> Okay. And then so the implementation date uh >> all of them will be implemented >> as soon as soon as they are approved and many of them they are laws which means that many of them we're already following in fact most of them we're already following currently they just sent out the actual policy behind the law. >> Okay. Um, does anyone have any other questions or anything like that? All right. Thank you. So, yes. So, uh, do I have a motion? uh that the board of trustees adopt the local policy revisions included in the um TASB policy update 126 as presented. >> Some moved. >> Second. >> Okay,
037it's been properly moved and second. Are there any questions, comments, or discussion? There being none, please cast your vote electronically. Okay. Has everyone voted? >> Okay. >> Now you're good. >> Oh, I guess not. Okay. So uh [cough] uh [clears throat] that vote that motion carries 50. All right. So next item uh 8B is consider approval of me memorandum of understanding between region 10 certification program and Duncanville ISD. [cough] Uh the presenter is Mrs. Pam Brown. Greetings board president Coloulton, board of trustees and Dr. Gory. Tonight I am going to present theou between Dunanville ISD and region 10. Um the state has started an initiative with the prep aotment grant the prep aotment program and that is preparing and retaining educators through partnership and the purpose of this is to strengthen the recruitment and preparation
038of teachers across the state. This is a state initiative and it aligns us in partnership with EP providers. Those are educa educator preparation programs um the ones that are preparing our teachers and it will allow allow us to have paid resident teachers to be placed with cooperating teachers in our district. And so those residents will earn enhanced standing teacher certificates. they will actually get a certificate uh sim similar to a valid teacher certification saying I'm a resident teacher um while they're working on this residency. And so this helps to support our strategic alignment goals with personnel and professional development by helping to address the staffing needs by allowing us to build a sustainable pipeline over time with the residency program and focusing on building future teachers with our district. So, the goal is that you
039serve as a resident teacher with our district with a cooperating host teacher uh with the plan to hopefully retain you with our with Duncanville ISD. And so, the districts are responsibilities are similar to that of a student teacher or student interns or student teaching positions that we have in the district except these are resident teachers. It's a new certification area with TEA in order to help fill the pipeline of teachers across the state because they realize it's a teacher shortage. And so we would place them with a pre-K12 class teacher that's certified in their area. Uh we would allow them to make sure that they have at least 750 hours of teaching time. And so these people would be employees of the district serving in similar to a paraprofessional role. uh we would provide co-eing
040and lead teaching opportunities and we would support the residents as they cont continue uh to take more leadership and scaffold the instruction to where they're providing more of the instruction to students uh in alignment with region 10 benchmarks. Um, we currently do have resident FTEEs or full-time or positions within the district and so we are looking to expand that partnership with region 10 so that we can continue the with them next year as they are an official provider of the state so that we can expand this resident program and it is no cost to the district no additional cost to the district and so we're requesting that you approve thisou as presented. Are there any questions? >> Yes, Dr. >> Uh, thank you for that. That's exciting. My question is um what is the criteria
041for the the teacher that we will staff or pair the resident teacher with. So the the region 10 and and any future additional partners we hope to expand this partnership. They would have the criteria for the resident teachers as their partner with the state. So they would identify the teachers that are eligible for that resident teacher certification with the state that have made it to a certain part of their program because many of these students they haven't graduated with their teacher certification but they're in the process of obtaining it. They're usually um like I said it it's similar to at the student teaching you finished all of your coursework but now you're just kind of getting that clinical internship experience is very similar is that now we're moving towards paying them whereas as a student
042teacher years ago you used to just do that for the experience and for free and so it's similar to what you would think of as a student teacher. So they identify those students that are ready and they identify those students that meet the criteria, but we would pair them with the host teacher. >> I think I asked the I'm really talking about how or what criteria are we going to use? >> Oh, I'm sorry. You the host teacher >> to to pair with the host teacher. I've seen this and I've seen it very successful, but I've also seen it when we have um really strong uh interns and we pair them. Well, I don't need to say what I've seen. How will we pair them with the host? How will we select the host teachers?
043>> So, theou talks about it being a partnership. First, we look at certification. The host teacher also has to have at least three years of experience. And then another criteria that comes from the state is that the host teacher also has to have good performance evaluations. And so, we're looking at that not just from test, but also academic performance uh and our other local criteria for what is good performance evaluation for a teacher. what does that look like? But those are the three requirements for the state that they have the three years of experience. Of course, they meet the the guidelines for the resident teacher within itself from the program uh and that they have those good performance evaluations and they're that they're certified in the area of the resident teacher. So, we wouldn't pair
044an art teacher with somebody that was doing EC6, >> of course. But proficient rating at the minimum. >> Yes, ma'am. Yes. Thank you. Yes. We our goal is to put them with our higher performing teachers. Yes. Our highest performing teachers in the district. >> Are there any other questions? >> I have a question. So the fullear residency at least 750 hours minimum 21 hours a week for the paid resident teacher. Right. So how does that correspond to a student teacher? uh tenure. >> So, this position would be a full-time some some people may make this as a part-time position, but this would be a full-time position, but they would be like a paraprofessional hired pretty much as a paraprofessional in the classroom. So, you wouldn't receive a teacher's pay. You would receive the pay for
045an instructional aid uh but labeled as a resident teacher getting that cooperating exper experience. So they would they would get beyond the minimum required hours as they would be here on a day-to-day basis, but they must have part of the requirements. They have to have release time, you know, for PD uh and you know, if we're having meetings with their programs and things of that nature. So there's a a small portion of release time that your traditional pair of professionals would not have, but our our resident teachers would go beyond um those hour requirements. And how would they qualify? >> The um well the resident teachers it would be twofold. The really the program will let us know that they have um a very you know a certain amount of candidates and from there there
046would be a we would meet um similar to the student teachers. We don't necessarily interview them per se uh but we kind of have a meeting. We talk about various host teachers and they kind of match the resident teachers uh with the best program. So for for example, region 10 would be working with several districts you know across the DFW region. And so they would try to match candidates according to our needs. They usually have a meeting saying what is it that you need? What are your highest area needs? You know what are some of the programs some of the campuses where you think you know um the resident teachers will have a good experience? And so we just kind of have a conversation back and forth where we work with the program uh and
047then they select candidates based on that and then we decide upon the host teachers and the cooperating cooperating uh campuses. >> Okay. So yeah so basically it's to fill the pipeline of teachers because there's such a critical shortage. Um >> yes yes and this is initiative that's coming from TA. So that is the goal. >> Yes ma'am. Okay. Uh, thank you very much. So, do I have a motion that the board of trustees approve theou between region 10 certification program in Dunville ISD? >> So moved. Second. >> Okay, it's been properly moved and second. Are there any further questions, comments, or discussion? There being none, please cast your vote electronically. Okay, the motion passes 50. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Graham. So, now we will move to action item C. Consider approval to submit the
048application for delay of teacher certification requirements with uh Miss Pam Graham. Greetings again, board president Coloulton, board of trustees, and Dr. Gory. Uh tonight I am going to present the application for the delay of teacher certification requirements. And so as we've discussed uh in previous board meetings with the teacher shortage um uncertified teachers now make up the majority of newly hired teachers. And so, um, TEA produced some information on their website where they showed that 67% of newly hired teachers for the 2425 school year were uncertified. And statewide, out of all total teachers, not just the newly hired, but out of the total teacher population, approximately 12% is uncertified. And so, the teacher shortage is affecting everyone statewide. Currently, Duncanville ISD, excuse me, Duncanville ISD has 110 uncertified teachers with 58 of them being assigned
049to the foundation courses and those are your core subject areas. El, excuse me, [clears throat] ELR, math, science, and social studies. And on average, we hire about 94 uncertified teachers per year. So, with House Bill 2, as you've been seeing a lot of legislative changes that have come with House Bill 2, uh it automatically um removes any district of innovation or DOI waiverss for the foundation core curriculum courses. And so, beginning with the 20 with next school year, the state has said that you cannot have uncertified teachers at the elementary level. And so districts because of the data that I just showed you on the previous slide, the state realizes that this poses a significant challenge with 60 with twothirds of the teachers being newly hired being uncertified. So they have posted an application to
050the commissioner to delay the certification requirements to the until the 2029 2030 school year. And so the state um is offering several supports to address the statewide teacher shortage. One is they are providing certification fee waiverss and reimbursements for special ed for special education and bilingual education. Duncanville ISD has went beyond of that beyond that in partnership with the commit organization so that any of our teachers not just fed and bilingual that are taking their exam can get the certification and fee reimbursements if they meet the criteria. And so we have been sharing all of that information with our un uncertified teachers as we've been having individual one-on-one meetings with them. Uh the state is also um providing grant information about teacher residency and mentorship partnership opportunities. Uh the teacher residency that I just discussed
051with region 10 is an example of one of the partnerships where they'll build help trying to help districts build a pipeline and pathway to help teachers get certified and and to recruit and retain certified teachers. Um, additionally, the state will be sending $1,000. They will be giving $1,000 incentives or stipens for teachers completing their certification requirements. And so, they will be emailing district HR departments. Thank you, cuz my voice just totally broke up here. They will be emailing district HR departments in the spring about these people were uncertified on this date. They tested between this window. they have sent met their met their certification requirements and so they're going to be providing $1,000 stipens for their teachers. So that's an incentive that the state is saying, "Hey, we're trying to help you get certified teachers.
052We realize this is a real shortage." Additionally, they help us all out uh they have posted the application to delay certification requirements. They do realize that it is a challenge to say no uncertified teachers in the classroom for foundation core curriculum courses for the next school year. So that is the law. They do realize that it will be detrimental to school districts all across the state. Therefore, they have posted the application, but it requires board approval to apply. And so the recommendation is to um approve for the district to submit the application for the delay of teacher certifi certification requirements under HB2. Uh this will allow us to maintain instructional continuity while strengthening our recruitment and certification efforts at the same time. Um if approved, we would submit the application. They are doing what they
053call rolling [clears throat] rolling uh review approval. So they're not waiting till the deadline deadline as they are receiving them they are approving them. Uh but the the all decisions will be shared by March 31st. Are there any questions? questions. So, um so currently uh 58 of our uncertified teacher are in the foundation courses. >> That is correct. >> Is that um I guess how many do we know how many are on the elementary school level? Uh or is that >> we can pull that down. >> Yeah, we can we can get that data. >> Absolutely. >> Okay. [snorts] >> All right. I I don't really have any. >> One thing I think we'll point out is that if you look at our teaching staff, that's probably about 5% of our staff. So, I do
054think we're trending a little below the state there. But again, we'll be more than happy to provide that information to the board around um what subjects and grade levels. I think that'll be interesting information for the board to have. Okay. All right. So, there are no more questions or comments. Do I have a motion to approve the application for delay of teacher certification requirements? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. It's been properly moved and second. Are there any further questions, comments, or discussion? Okay, please cast your vote electronically. Okay, motion passes 5-0. Thank you, Mr. Brown. We will now move to action item D. Compel competitive seal proposal for RFP number 25-26.015 Brandenburgg renovations with Miss Samura. Thank you. >> Good evening, Madam President, trustes and Dr. Gory. So bond 23 2023 projects included
055the renovations of all of our intermediate schools. So to finalize these renovations, the district sales set of contractor proposals on October 27th, 2025 for Brandenburgg, the request for proposal RFP 2526.015 was issued as a competitive seal proposal or CSP and included a non-mandatory pre-proposal conference that was held on November 3rd. And at this conference, we reviewed the project scope and the details with the potential uh contractors. The completed proposals were submitted prior to the closing deadline of November 18th, 2025. The district received eight completed proposals from general contractors which were then evaluated by district staff. the competitive sealed proposal evaluation summary that is on page uh 220 of the board book. That evaluation shows Sataco incorporated ranked first based on price referrals and prior experience in Dunanville ISD. They were determined to they were determined
056to provide the best value to the district. Their proposal was more than $ 1.5 million below the estimated renovation budget for Brandenburg. It is a recommendation of the administration and that that the board consider and take act possible action to negotiate and enter into an agreement with Saddaka Incorporated for Brandenburgg renovations. I'd be happy to address any questions you may have. Also with us tonight is um architects Saddakco John Fischer and of course Len. Thank you. Are there any questions, comments or discussion? [snorts] I have one question missa. So in looking at the um evaluation screening uh integrity contractors actually looks like they had the lowest base proposal. However, their rating was a little over what 1.6 less than sedal. So they came in under what the two areas that if you'll notice the two
057areas are one the references um Saddakco outscored them in references and also prior positive experience with the owner. Those were two main areas that reasons why Sedalo an outranked uh integrity. >> Okay. All right. I don't have any that further questions. So, do I have a motion that the board of trustees consider and take possible action to negotiate? >> So, moved. >> Okay. It's been probably moved and second. >> Second. >> Now, so are there any questions, comments, or discussion? Okay. Uh, please cast your vote electronically. So motion passes 5. >> Thank you. So we now move to action item E. Consider approval of budget amendment with Miss Darla Moss. >> Thank you. Good evening, President Coloulton, trustees, and Dr. Gorie. Tonight we're presenting the second budget amendment for the current fiscal year uh for
058your consideration and approval. In September, if you'll remember, the board approved an amendment adjusting both the general operating fund and the child nutrition fund. Tonight, we're requesting board approval uh and consideration for just the general operating fund. So this table shows the items we are proposing for amendment tonight. Our human resources department has presented adjustments due to position leveling and other adjustments netting $727,200. The financial services team met with senior leadership to discuss budget reduction strategies. This collaboration resulted in a reduction or resulted in the identification of 324,442 in reduced expenditures. An analysis of vacant positions as of this month resulted in 2.9 million in additional expenditures and reductions. The total amount of proposed changes to the general operating fund is $4,34,200. This slide shows a comparison of the original adopted budget and the amendment
059we are proposing tonight for your consideration. The general operating budget was adopted in June with the deficit of just over $18 million. The board approved the September amendment adjusting the deficit down to 16.7 million. Tonight's amendment, if approved, will reduce the general operating deficit to 12.6 million. In summary, we're requesting a reduction to the general operating fund of $4,34,200. There are no changes to the food service or debt service budgets. I'm glad to answer any questions you might have. >> Thank you, Miss Moss. Are there any questions? Okay. [clears throat] Um, do I have a motion that the board approve the budget amendments as presented? >> Absolutely. So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. It's been properly moved and second. Um, please cast your vote electronically. Okay. Motion passes 5. And um thank you and your
060team for identifying you know additional budget amendments that cuts that can help us you know with our financial um situation. Okay. Uh so the um we will now move to information and discussion items. The first item is financial update. >> Thank you again president Coloulton trustees Dr. Gory. Um December marks the midpoint of our current fiscal year and tonight's presentation is just u an update briefly. Um I'm going to review the 2425 fiscal year close out. Uh we'll look at current year to date information and look at some budget reduction strategies that the district has been working on. So we want to start with last year uh or the year that just ended on June 30th. Our external auditors completed their review um in November and their review of the financial statements and reported to
061the board. So tonight I just want to share some highlights of this fiscal year and the impact to the fund balance as a result of that closeout. If you'll look at this table, we ended the year with a $27 million fund balance in our debt service fund. As a reminder, these funds are used strictly to pay down debt. Revenue ended with an excess of 352,000 over the adopted budget and expenditures were 3.9 million under the adopted budget. The debt service fund has a strong fund balance which ensures that all voter approved debt obligations including principal and interest payments are met as they come due. Then I want to take a look at our child nutrition fund or our student nutrition fund. It ended with a balance of 3.4 million. Revenue exceeded the adopted budget by
06236,000 and expenditures were 1.9 million below the adopted budget. We had 276,000 transferred into the general operating budget to cover our student meals. And then when we look at the general operating fund, the adopted uh budget deficit included I was $18 million. Audited actuals improved the deficit to 7.9 million and our revenue was short of the adopted budget by 487,000. expenditures were 11.3 million below the adopted budget. This difference mainly uh reflects our unspent payroll. So then I want to take a closer look at fund balance as we ended 2425. Uh the general operating fund remains again financially stable and continues to support the district operations. This table shows the beginning balance which was 59% of the total budget as adopted in June of 2024. After the audit, the deficit of 7.6 million, the percent
063of total expenditures is 48%. While this is still indicative of a strong fund balance, it must be monitored closely and our team is watching it um on a regular basis. Now I want to switch over to current year that started uh July 1st of this year and it ends on June 30th of next year. So as we look at our debt service fund as of October 31st we have received 667,000. Historically we received most of our tax uh revenue in the month of January. So we're we're on target for those dollars. The expenditure amount of 7.1 million represents interest paid in the month of August on bunded debt. We have $18.4 million that is due in principle and interest on February 15th of 2026. When we look at our child nutrition as of October 31st,
064we've received 1.3 million um and that is approximately 19% of the budget. The expenditures were just over 1.9 million or 21% of the budget. So we're tracking well there as well. Then I wanted to take a look at what we started and what our assumptions look like when we built the budget or the board adopted the budget in June. And um student enrollment for budgeting purposes was forecast at 10,740. As of November 30th, it was 10,946. Um which is under the 10,946. Well, the 10,740 is under the 10946. So, we're still trending well based on what we budgeted, not on what the district said, but what we budgeted for student enrollment. Our average daily attendance was 89.35 on ne November 30th compared to the forecast of 93%. So that's just one day in time that
065amount has increased uh since November 30th. Our basic aotment if you look at it from that perspective we bud uh the budget amount of 10,740 would result in 66.7 million. As of November 30th, the 10946 would uh result in just a little more revenue of 68 million. While student enrollment is one of the largest drivers in forecasting revenue, we know that our staffing and salaries is the largest expenditure of the district. Uh we monitor this very closely as well. This table shows the staff position count as of June 2025 compared to November of 2025. The general fund staff count decreased by 24 and staff for all funds decreased by 30. The table also shows the decrease in the number of vacancies over time. uh our human resources department worked hard over the last few months
066to reduce the number of overall vacancies as you can see by the 196 uh reduction or difference. We collaborate uh with Miss Brown and her team to monitor the impact of vacancies. That's how we're able to bring to the board those budget amendments um that we brought. And when we look a little closer at the general operating fund, our revenues are performing as anticipated midyear, we're our sp our spending is also aligned with the approved budget. And as stated earlier, we continue to monitor payroll and what that impact of vacancies um are as well. We will also monitor utilities and contracted services. uh we received approximately 25% of our revenue as of October 31st and expended 24% of the budget as of October 21 31st sorry. So I wanted us to take a closer look
067at fund balance and where we might be based on some of the things that we've done this year. On June 30th that fund balance was 63.8 million or 48% of the total budget. the board adopted that deficit of 18 million which represents about 13% of the budget. In September, we uh our amended amended amendment that we brought to the board as I stated earlier reduced that deficit to 16.7 million or 12% of the total budget. And in December tonight, we asked the board to amend the budget again and that reduced the deficit to 12.6. Based on the 12.6, thank you. Based on the 12.6, the projected fund balance ending June 30th of 2026 would be 51.1 million. Um, that represents about 38% of the total budget, which is still a strong fund balance, but it
068also represents a 20% decrease in overall fund balance. So that's something that we have to monitor and look at very closely and we have to continue the work that we've done so far in trying to reduce that deficit and reduce our expenditure so that we can and keeping in mind that we've got to continue to support students and staff. So it's one of those balancing acts that we we have to do as well. So the work going forward is to stabilize the general operating budget through budget reduction strategies including minimizing the impacts to students. So we currently have some short-term reduction strategies in process here. I won't read them all, but these strategies are mainly focused on minimizing disruption while achieving budget savings. The first two short-term items that you see on the screen have
069resulted in the budget amendments that we brought uh or we mentioned earlier today and that totals just over 5.3 million. On the long term, Dr. Gori and the leadership team continue to look at long-term strategies that will both impact the deficit and align resources with the strategic plan. Uh that concludes my update and I'm happy to answer any questions you might have. Yes. Okay. Dr. Ivory, >> Dr. Flowers, >> u [laughter] uh I have a question. You don't have to provide this tonight, but at some point I would like to see um like our staffing budget this time last year compared to our staffing expenditures is what I'm saying uh this year. >> Absolutely. >> At this time. Yeah. Thanks. >> Are there any other questions? >> I I have a question. So, the debt
070expenditures were 3.9 million below the adopted budget. >> Are you in the 2024 25 or 256? >> Okay. >> And I was just wondering, is that because we did the re and it's not called the refinance of the bonds but because we did something with the bonds where we lowered the interest or I guess could you explain >> I don't I think we if I recall correctly our FA shared with me that you they actually brought an item to the board to approve a defeasence last year >> that didn't h but that didn't happen. So um we also brought another defeasence for this year. Typically we would wait until after we do our um bond payment in February to see where we kind of stand. We work with the financial adviser and at that time
071he'll determine us whether conditions are favorable for us to actually go in and do a defeasence or a refunding. >> Okay. And then on the um on page 243 on the general fund budget assumptions where the um I guess the basic aotment there is a 6215 listed is it and then I heard a 10,9 a different number. >> Yes. So our basic allotment that we we get for each student is 6215. So what this slide represents is when you look at the budgeted number for student enrollment of 10,740. If you multiply that by that 6215, you get 66.7 million. So that's just a rough estimate of what we might generate in revenue from our student enrollment. We actually uh are are paid by average daily attendance, but that's just a rough estimate of what we
072might receive in comparison to what our number is right now as of November 30th, the 10,946 multiplied by that 6215 basic allotment would generate 68 million. So based on what we budgeted, we're a little bit uh to the good and on that. >> Okay. Yeah, because that was my question. And I was thinking it was based on the average daily attendance. So the the student enrollment I guess is just the max. >> Yeah, it's just the number of students. It doesn't take into uh consideration the average daily attendance. So when we do the state revenue template, we actually use the average daily attendance. >> Right. One thing ADA >> and one thing I like to add that too is that uh the average daily attendance is a space that we are putting a lot of
073time and attention for a shortterm win. uh from a budget perspective for long-term benefits to children when we have them in school. So uh please know that we are doing some specific things around uh trying to outperform our fall numbers in the spring. And traditionally in school systems uh the spring attendance is not as strong as it is in the fall. So we're really uh specifically every school's having a plan around how do we outperform the fall and the spring is kind of the title that we're we've labeled that with. All right. Are there any other questions from trustees? Um, there being none, thank you, Miss >> Thank you. >> Appreciate you. Okay. So, we will now move to the information discussion item B 2025 demographic report. Good evening once again, President Coloulton, to all
074trustees and to Superintendent Gory. Duncanville ISD has partnered with Zonda Demographics, formerly Templeton Demographics, over the last five years to provide us up-to-date information on housing research and student mobility rates. Um, this allowed us to, of course, do our long-term planning um for reasonzoning and other areas of the district. Tonight we will present the 2025 demographic report and it will be be presented by Dr. Paul Cash. >> Thank you. >> Well, good evening, uh, President Coloulton, Dr. Gore, board members, executive team. I am Paul Cash and I'm here to give the demographic report for you guys. Uh, as Mr. Graham mentioned, we are previously Templeton Demographics and we've been uh, you know, working in the state for almost 25 years. And so, I'm going to I'm going to try to be fairly brief. You guys
075have heard a lot of numbers and a lot of letters tonight. And so, uh, I thought I was going to go after the letters, but now I'm after the numbers. And so, that that'll be fun. So, uh, one of the tools we use to look at a specific area is unemployment rate. And in DFW and Dallas County, the unemploy unemployment rate has gone up over the last year. Uh, it's still at 4.5, which is less than five. And this slide, which is new to us, is you can look at the different uh trades and how the unemployment rate is uh is each of those trades. And so, just some good information for you. uh the the economy is still pretty strong here in the area. Um this slide talks about the national um level in
076regard to home sales. I may not cover every slide uh just for the um just for time, but uh this is this does say that uh housing sales right now across the country um are are behind what they were a year ago. When we look at regional uh sales, you can see on this graph uh the one line, the purple line is our housing starts the and the the blue line is house is closings. And you can see over the course of the last year, they are on the downhill slide. Uh the bottom line, and you're going to hear this more than once, is um with the economy where it is and the interest rate that's only dropped a quarter or half a percent the last year, uh until um until this interest rate changes,
077uh people really just aren't buying a lot of houses and builders aren't building a lot of houses. And that's not just true in Dunkville ISD. It's true in a lot of um school districts that we work with. So when we look at specifically in Dunkville ISD in regard to starts and closings so far this year through three quarters you guys had 41 only 41 starts which is behind the pace of what it was last year and then however closings uh you've had 46 closings homes closed in the Dunkville ISD area which is higher than all of last year higher than 23 higher than 22. uh and so houses are have been sold uh over the first three quarters of this year. So when we look at uh housing activity uh this slide uh looks at
078the activity across the different elementary school zones and you can see here that the Alexander schools uh school zone um has the most activity. Hyman has some activity and then even Bill Harts has some futures. Total the district has about 121 lots that are prepped and ready for building and then 800 over a little bit over 800 future plan lots. So now as any good educator or any great educator I might add I have put in some key terms for you uh just so that when you look at these maps it kind of guides you through what what exactly we're talking about. So overall, um overall the district has three active subdivisions in the district and those are the ones in the green. There's two down here in the Alexander area area and there's one
079little small one up off of Camp Wisdom. Uh there are only about 35 homes under construction and there are 120 lots ready for building. In regard to potential future subdivisions, there are six of those. Uh, and a total of about 640 single family lots. But you have to be careful with futures because just because somebody buys some land and submits a plant to the city doesn't mean they're going to get the funds or the utilities or anything else for that to for that to come to actually start building homes. And so we we kind of take that into consideration until streets start going in. I do want to talk about just a few of these. Homestead at Daniel Farms is an active subdivision. You can see that down there on the southeastern part of the
080district that uh it has 455 total lots. 193 of those are occupied. So that's about 40% of that subdivision uh has act have finished homes and the student yield there >> question. >> The student yield there is. 264. What that means is there's 2.6 students for every 10 occupied homes uh there in Homestead at Daniel's Daniel Farms. So, another one we look at is 10mi Creek Estates. That's also in the Alexander Elementary School zone in the far south part of the district. Uh 368 total homes with 305 of those occupied. And so, this subdivision is 83% full. And so it should be completely built out in 3 to five years. And right now there's about two students for every 10 occupied homes that attends Dunkville ISD. Now the little small subdiv uh active subdivision we
081talked about is Camp Wisdom Estates. It's the one up there obviously on Camp Wisdom, hence the name. Uh 23 total lots. 14 of those are occupied and you guys have four students uh for every 10 homes there. And you can see the satellite image on the left just how they're almost finished with that. So the next one, uh the next couple I want to look at are futures. Uh Jun Juniper Creek and Heritage on the Hill, they are again in the um in the Alexander Elementary School zone. Uh total they have 206 total lots and those both of those are in the very beginning stages of planning with the with the with the city. Um Capella Park South that is on the far northwest part of the district. Uh it is uh in the Bill
082Harts Elementary zone. Uh currently 133 total town homes. Um uh the development was approved in October 24. Uh but they haven't started building yet. And you can see it's just an addition to the Capella Park that's already there. But those are going to be town homes. 133 town homes. So we look at multif family housing in Dunville ISD. Uh there's only one um subdivision that's under construction and it's 234 multif family units. Uh and it's there. It's the purple dot. There are some multifamilies coming online later in the in the other in the two other school zones. Mountain Creek Apartments is the one I just talked about there in Hyman. 234 lots. Uh they are expecting uh it's they're at least a year away before they start leasing units. Park at Daniel Farms. Uh that
083is a a is a multif family subdivision. It's in the It's It's planning for 400 total lots, 480 total lots. Sorry about that. It's in the Maryfield Elementary zone and um they expect to start leasing mid 2027. So that's not even really close to the radar there. You can um that they're just now beginning work. So we talk about students that uh live in multif family homes. So the the district's yield for that is 2.6. And so about 2.6 6 students for every 10 multif family units across the district. So now let's start talking about enrollment and enrollment trends. Um this slide here shows newcomers and levers. And I know y'all seen this before, but newcomers are exactly that. They are students that were not in the stu in the district last year but are
084in the district this year. And that doesn't count prek or kinder. Um this year in regard to newcomers there was 1438 newcomers and then the other category the light blue are levers. Those are students that were in the district last year not counting seniors but are no longer active students this year. And so that was uh that number was 1675. And so this the difference between the newcomers and the levers this year is the greatest it's been really since we we've been tracking that there's been a slow trend of it going down but they've stayed pretty even and then this year um had a lot more levers than than newcomers. So, we tal uh one of the the hardest grade to make enrollment projections is kindergarten. And we try to use birth rate data to
085do that. Uh just kind of anticipate what that is. You guys average about 6 uh students for every student that's born in the county. So, let's talk about numbers. So, the numbers uh that were submitted to me were 10,910 uh which now uh it's gone up a little bit from that. It's at 10,946. So, it's grown 36 students since the I ran these numbers. And so, that really puts the the difference from last year to this year at um 689 students less than what you guys had uh enrolled last year. And if you look at the two largest grades, 11th grade is the largest grade in the district. And if you can see and if you look at the diagonal of that, they've been the largest grade in the district since they were ninth graders.
086Now, it's pretty common that a ninth grade group's the largest just because you have those kids that are just half a credit short. Ninth grade is the second largest, but that 11th grade group was largest as 10th graders and our also largest as ninth graders. So, that's a big group. So the caution there is when that large group graduates in two years, it's going to be another drop because uh um it's it's going to be another drop because there's such a large group. So you need to you need to kind of plan for that that that's a big group coming through. The the table at the bottom just so shows the biggest growth from year to year. Uh from 8th to 9th grade and then also from sixth to 7th there was a lot of
087growth. So when we look at projections, um I am projecting about a 1% decrease in enrollment uh over average over the course of the next 10 years. Um this 725 or 689 really didn't help with that. We hope there's a bounce back. Um and really I'm planning for a b bounce back. I'm not expecting to to have that that happen again. So what that would mean in five years the overall enrollment would be about 10,2 almost 10,300 students in 10 years uh projected the enrollment to be right about 9,800. And so um these two slides this slide just shows the projections for each elementary campus uh through 10 years what those projections are be are going to be and those uh remain pretty flat. uh there's some that grow a little bit and there's some
088that that lose a little bit. And then the same thing's true for the secondary campuses, middle schools and high schools. And so you can look through that. So this slide talks about a a high and low projection. Um really with the economy and the interest rate the way it is, uh really looking more at the mid or low projections would be the most benefit to the district. And really to summarize, um, you know, you guys h do have some housing activity in the district, but really had a tough year with students this year, projecting, um, just under 10,300 in five years and then around 9,810. So questions that you guys may have for me. There are no are there any questions, comments? Okay, there being none. Thank you, Miss Dr. Cash. >> All right. Thank
089you guys. >> Appreciate it. >> All right. So, we have >> uh we will move to the information discussion item C bond project update. with Mora. >> Good evening again, Madam President, trustees and Dr. Gory. It's been two years since our community voted for bond 2023 and we've made significant progress and putting that investment to work to build brighter futures for our kids. Um tonight we're excited to share some updates from Central Fine Arts Academy, Smith Early Learning Academy, um and Duncanville High School. Now, while some of the photos you're going to see may look stark as the buildings have been opened up and demoed, uh but this is a clear sign of transformational transformational work that's happening inside the buildings. So once again, our partners with Len are here to walk you through these
090updates and we're going to start with Central Fine Arts Academy and Mr. Kevin Simon. >> Good evening, President Colton, board of trustees, Dr. Corey. Um, I'm just going to give you all some updates on, as Miss Samura mentioned, these pictures aren't the best pictures right now, but with that means progress is coming. We're opening up these schools and I mean so as you can see we're opening up and we're going to transform these into beautiful spaces and as the months go by till the summer you're going to see a very transformative growth with these schools. So I'm not going to spend too much time on these because it's it's kind of just random renovation pictures. So that's the that's the cafeteria at Central right now. I mean it's going to look totally different whenever it's
091complete. And when we move to Smith, as you can see, we've it's kind of looks a whole lot different when you walk in. So, you wouldn't recognize it at all because like on the left, you have the cafeteria. On the right, that used to be like three classrooms. So, there's a lot of things we're uncovering that we need to address with the older building like that, but we're working through that and to make it all make it all function properly. So, we have asbests abatement that we had to do, remediation, things like that. So take care of before in the construction. So all of that comes into play, but we're working through all those all those processes. Now I'll turn it over to Mr. Kamar Hawk. He'll go through the high school and we'll kind
092of run the show for >> Good evening, President Colton. >> Good evening, >> board of trustees. Dr. Corey, uh the high school is moving along in good shape. Uh the first photograph you see a white beam. This is the beam we all signed a couple of weeks ago. >> So um this area is now as of today is under roof and the roofer is going to start here in couple of days. So uh things with the good weather now we're picking up some speed. Um this is the inside of the shelter area which is coming along. Um this is some of the work we have done in the auditorium. This is Shine Performance Hall. Uh we have changed the carpet finally and got the new lights in the eyelights. So this has been an improvement.
093Um we don't have a photograph for the Alexander but we did painted all that and the the roof leak has been fixed and there were some roof drains issues. So we have fixed all those. We've painted the all the walls and patched all the ceilings. Uh the next one um right in the holiday seasoned December 22nd, Shine Performance Hall will start the sound and the AV system and um the Alexander will start the uh some of the replacement of the carpet. The carpet when we replaced there were two layers of carpet and it took us a long time to get them out. So these were uh but again this this is a big improvement on the auditoriums and once the sound system and then the the house lighting will start also keep changing with that
094area. Duncanville High School the CTE edition is moving along at the building M was is going to be done in the next two weeks and we'll move over the holidays from some of the CTE from building J to uh to building M which is the old ninth grade center. So that area is coming up well uh continuing the high school is moving along good and then J will start uh next month. Central Elementary is moving along. Again, all these projects that we're finishing up in July 2026. So, the summer of 26 is going to be the busiest we have ever seen. >> Any questions? >> Any other questions or comments? Thank you very much. >> Thank you. So that was our last report of the night. So being that there is no further items, there
095are no further items to discuss. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All right. Property moved and second. Good night and thank you all.