001e e e me [Music] I'm you know [Music] you're [Music] e e [Music] play you're okay you still have two minutes know you're coming like I know [Music] good evening good evening I Dr lasagna flowers president of the Duncanville ISD Board of Trustees called this meeting of the Duncanville Independent School District to order let the record show that a quum of the Board of Trustees is present 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 5 5 51 we will now move to Opening Ceremonies we will begin with our invocation by Miss Andre Fields please pray with me Sovereign God how grateful we are for another opportunity to gather together tonight we're thankful for our school
002district our school family our school Community this place that we love Duncanville Independent School District we we're grateful for our Board of Trustees our superintendent our leadership our teachers and our wonderful students we ask now for your gracious presence tonight during our deliberations and discussions as we work toward what is best for our students we ask for peace in all things guide us as we lead with impact through these days ahead to make the best decisions to serve our students the Next Generation we ask all these things in your mighty name amen amen thank you Miss Phils will you please stand for the pledge Al to flag United States of America and to the for it stands one nation God indivisible with liy and justice for all Texas flag i al to Texas St you
003may be seated we will now move on to the superintendent report I will now turn the meeting over to Dr goree thank you very much Madam president and good evening to everyone assembled here today I would i' like to begin our superintendence report by highlighting the beautiful picture that's displayed as our cover story this this month the Duncanville High School Visual Arts Department showcased their talents at the visual arts Scholastic event where five of our outstanding students earned the honor of advancing to the state V competition later this semester a special thank you goes to our Duncanville High School art department for their dedic to nourishing the creativity and preparing our students for success and providing meaningful opportunities for them to Showcase their artistic Excellence we look forward to seeing our students shine at the
004state level let's give them a round of [Music] applause our Duncanville High School choir and Junior ROTC were invited to be a part of the inauguration of congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in her swearing in ceremony they did a phenomenal job representing our school district and truly we're grateful to be invited recently Duncan school high school graduate Colin Simmons a University of Texas at Austin football standout and co-founder of the clays color Color Crew Foundation surprised students at Maryfield Elementary School with a donation of crafts and art supplies we also had on hand Walmart who made a charitable donation to his foundation thank you Colin for your act of [Music] kindness every February we recognize and appreciate the contributions of school counselors they truly play a vital role in they truly play a vital role in Student
005Success and well-being thank you to each and every one of our counselors for all that you do to help us write success stories one student at a time we could not imagine doing this work without our amazing counselors let's give them a round of [Applause] [Music] applause another big celebration and congratulations goes out to our Communications and public relations team who have immeasurable value for our school district and for our community congratulations on winning one Crystal finalist two best category 14 Go star awards four silver star awards and one Bronze Star Award at this year's Texas school public relations Association conference last week that was a mouthful so congratulations to our Communications team to all their success we are a district that believes that our neighborhood schools are the perfect choice for our students however
006we also appreciate that some students have special interest so we offer Choice programs at our elementary middle and high school levels join us for Champions Choice showcase on March 22nd from 10: to one at Duncanville High School to learn more about the amazing learning experiences throughout Duncanville ISD all schools and most of our programs will be present and we encourage everyone in the community to come out and see what it means to truly be a champion in every aspect as a Harvard trained historian Carter G Woodson Started Black History week in 19 1926 to celebrate the contributions of African-Americans it was first celebrated during a week the first week in February that accomplished the birth days of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas the celebration was expanded to a month in 1976 throughout the month
007and especially that week campuses throughout our district host Black History Month programs at this time I would like to invite Miss Pam Brown our Chief Human Resource officers to make a introduction Miss Brown thank you good evening Madame President Board of Trustees and Dr gory I would like to invite our interim police chief Max Garen to the podium with me we are excited to announce the appointment of interim police chief Max Garen for Duncanville ISD with 35 years of law enforcement experience including 27 years with the Dallas Police Department chief Garen has held key leadership roles such as supervising Patrol and detective units and retiring as a acting Deputy police chief in Dallas he has also served as the police chief in Rockwall Texas and as the health and public safety director at the meow
008mental health policy Institute most recently he was the chief operating officer of the karuth Police institute at the University of North Texas at Dallas Chief Garen is dedicated to building positive relationships within div diverse communities focusing on student safety and Community engagement he has worked to Foster trust and understanding between law enforcement Educators students and families Chief Garen holds a bachelor's degree from Midwestern State University and a master's degree from the US Naval Postgraduate School he is also an Adjunct professor professor excuse me for the national Center for biomed research and training at Louisiana State University and an FBI National Academy graduate as interim police chief he will oversee the district's Police Operations ensuring a safe environment for students and staff we are confident his leadership will guide the department through this transition please join
009us in welcoming interim police chief Max Garen to Duncanville I thank you I don't think thank you very much Madam president that does conclude the superintendent's report before we move on on uh Miss Hillary and Mr Jeffrey you two are usually behind the scenes with a camera can you guys come to the front I mean people know who you are maybe but get and miss miss miss Angela there she is Miss Angela as [Applause] well can somebody somebody get a picture board can we just stand where we are we don't have to go down to the no we have people joking Miss Wallace I'm so sorry I don't know how I missed you please join them cuz you didn't have a camera in your hand today I guess I don't [Applause] know oh he brought
010his metal with him there you go there you go there usually behind the lens so we just want to take this time to recognize them thank you all so much no thank you we appreciate you all we will now move to recognitions I will turn the meeting over to miss Connie Wallace thank you so much Madame President um Board of Trustees Dr gory um actually before I move into our donations if I may um introduce you guys to three um amazing folks that are here tonight um they were going to be with me last week because the team was away at the conference and so I invited our student interns last week to help me out to take pictures um and then they agreed to come this week even though the team was back here
011so if Cassidy Martinez will you um Arian Mason and kayn Simmons thank you all so much these are students in our CTE program um we get to know them because on the sidelines at the football games on the sidelines of basketball games and all of the different events here in the district they are usually where we interface with them or interact with them and so we are grateful to them and to Mr Clifford Reed um their teacher and leader of that program who allows us to tap into some of their pictures when we may not be able to stretch our team to be everywhere they usually capture the moment and so thank you students we greatly appreciate you and thank you for being here this evening and this month we are excited to once again
012have a community that stands up and supports the efforts here in Duncanville are there any questions about any of the donations that are presented here okay thank you all right moving into our made with pride this happens to be one of my favorite parts of board meetings um at this time if I can please invite Sophia Lura to come to the podium taking some pictures all right everyone this is Sophia um she is an eighth grade student at kener and miss Shay Hopkins her teacher nominated her for made with pride in Duncanville and Miss Hopkins says that her reliability and determination set her apart she says that Sophia shines through her willingness to ask or answer questions she approaches challenges with a calm and steady focus never backing down from an opportunity to grow grow
013Beyond academics her kindness and dedication to helping others create a welcoming classroom environment and she represents everything we hope to see in a student she's hardworking she's compassionate and always striving to be her very best and with her unwavering commitment to learning and Leadership Sophia truly embodies what it means to be made with pride in Duncanville congratulations [Music] sopia have a you back to take a picture okay at this time it's Sophia's family um our friends any guests here representing Sophia please stand and be recognized thank you at this time miss Mr F James F in our business services come on [Applause] down all right in today's world where great customer service is often lacking I think it's important to recognize those who go above and beyond says Miss Latrice Walker a retiring Duncanville D
014employee she says that Mr James Forte is one of those people James ensures that every question is answered and every concern is addressed he takes the time to explain things in detail and James exemplifies what it means to be made with pride in Duncanville because he is kind he is professional and he has an unwavering support for those that that he serves thank you for all that you do James you are made with pride in Duncanville and if you have family and friends here family and friends please stand and be recognized thank you you know and last but absolutely not least Miss Haley beckus come on down all right so Haley embodies what it means to be made with pride in Duncanville says her principal Miss Tiffany Dr Tiffany stats she is an outstanding educator
015whose passion for for students is undeniable as a proud Duncanville High School graduate yes once a panther always a panther Haley return returned in 2017 to begin her teaching career in the past 5 and a half years she has become a pillar of support for her students creating a classroom that is both welcoming and inspiring Beyond academics Haley ensures her students feel valued her dedication is reflected in her students and their achievement for all of those reasons Haley your heart everything that you bring to DHS every single day you are made with pride in Duncanville congratulations Haley thank you you have family and friends here and will will her family and friends please stand and be [Music] recognize before we see the video may I ask our three honores to please come forward and our
016board will stand and so y'all can get a picture right here with our board come on down Hillary thank you for helping me get them organized do you want [Music] all right three two [Music] one now let's check out this video that show cases are three honores congrat UL Ates the following student staff member and teacher who are made with pride in Duncanville hi my name is James Forte I'm the payroll manager for Duncanville ISD a payroll manager handles all of the payroll for the district a regular day can range from uh questions about obviously paychecks uh questions about their w4s taxes um TRS time sheet questions to comp time um typically it's data entry as well um but it's also interactions with um employees at the front uh when they come in so it's
017it's kind of all over the place we have a lot to do um so we try to handle everything as as well as we can every day I try to put the uh employee first that's really the what it comes down to um employees are uh what make up obviously the district without them we wouldn't be here so um in order for me to um service them um as best I can I just want to make sure that um they're well taken care of so hi my name is Sophia LMA I'm from K middle school and I'm at 8ighth grader I think what takes to be a good student is being respectful during your work on time or if you can't do your work on time just do your best and try to do it
018and to just think positively especially on tests because tests are really stressful and stuff like that something I want to point want to be when I go is probably a nurse or something similar in that category because I like helping people a lot I like helping people cuz this feels nice like you just get this warm energy when you help somebody and plus it like also helps you because you learn how to be more mature I guess or like you learn how to help people more quicker and notice the signs to help somebody if that ever happens hi my name is Haley bakis and I'm an English teach teacher for the Duncanville High School Collegiate Academy so I uh teach English too in the Collegiate Academy and since we're uh an early high school program
019I bridge the gap between English 2 and college so I'm preparing my students for their AP classes and English composition once they get to their junior year um my favorite parts of the day are really just after school and before school when I get to hang out with the kids um I host a couple groups like Dungeons and Dragons and the creative writing Club so I have a lot of students who are just kind of always hanging around in my room uh telling me about live asking for advice and so my day is just always full of talking to kids and teaching kids about life I love my job um I love teaching in the Collegiate Academy uh we have an amazing administrative group here and an amazing group of teachers and the students are
020so special they really dive into their work and they they know the effort that it takes in order to achieve greatness and and go to college like they want to um I really love teaching and getting to hang out with the kids and I also love being at Duncanville CU it's my alma moer um and it's just really special to come back to a place that was just such a a big part of my life um and to like hopefully be a big part of some of these students lives as well these honores truly are made with pride in Duncanville thank you and congratulations to all of our honores and now I have another group of Stell um individuals that we would like to recognize and these are our area students selected as Texas All
021State musicians so at this time can I please have Noah Johnson dearion Hamilton um oel ernandez song BR win Andreas um Rubio Ethan rosadio Mark rosadio come on down guys um auana Luna Jonathan compos Ziona and Reuben G Galia all right so we are looking at I don't know the choir people heard you miss Wallace yeah yes come on down all of our students being recognize y'all can stand on this side of me yes we want to see these talented musicians we are so excited that these 11 Duncanville ISD students earned the prestigious honor of performing with the Texas allate Ensemble these talented musicians and vocalists showcased their skills on Saturday February the 15th in San Antonio as part of the 2025 Texas music educator Association clinic and Convention these students were selected were chosen
022for this honor through a highly competitive process held at the district the region and area levels um high school students selected to perform in all state ensembles have demonstrated exceptional skill and commitment competing against approximately 70,000 students students from across the state that fewer than 2.6% of those who auditioned ACR achieved the distinction of being named to a Texas All State Ensemble so let's give these students and their teachers a round of applause so I'm gonna congratulations um I'm going to ask our photographers to come and see if we can get them assembled so we can get a picture with our board this is an amazing accomplishment and we are so proud of each of them thank you to Mr till to miss Scott to Mr duay for all that you all do to make
023this these great things happen for our students we really appreciate appreciate you all and it is Miss Gibson now everyone she's married come on y'all get in too congratulations Miss GI and on the screen you're seeing a picture that includes their magnificent principal principal bird because we all know that the great accolades that they attain requires great leadership so thank you to their directors to the director of Fine Arts and to principal bird and to our board for their continued support let's give them one more round of applause [Applause] thank you and Madame President this concludes my report thank you Miss Wallace and congratulations everybody we do not have any Communications from the citizens regarding app pending agenda item the board will now adjourn to close session under the Texas open meetings act section 071
024and 551.074 thank [Applause] you e e e GL e for e spe e spe ch e we are now back uh from close session we're now at Agenda item six consider action on matters discussed in closed session do I have a motion to approve the appointment of the director of purchasing as presented so moved second are there any questions comments or discussions please cast your vote electronically motion carries 7 Zer we will now move to the consent agenda do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda some moved it's been moved and second are there any questions comments or discussions please cast your vote electronically motion passes 70 we now move on to the action agenda item a district campus and targeted Improvement plans Dr Sam Nicks good evening Madam president members of the
025board Dr G Texas state law requires that District campus and targeted Improvement plans be developed be presented and be uh approved through a formal process that involves public input and board approval so I'm going to invite Dr Melanie Lewis who is our executive director of school Improvement to present on all three of these Improvement these plans as she has facilitated the development and the support of the campuses through the process and through implementation good evening president flowers Board of Trustees and Dr Gore tonight I have the pleasure of informing you giving you some information on the Improvement plans for the 2425 school year historically we have presented this information in October but this year the Texas Education Agency changed the targeted Improvement plan requirements and they release that information to districts in December of 2024
026pushing back the date until February 28th of 2025 so BQ local states that in compliance with law Duncan bille ISD School Board shall approve annually the process under which the district and campus Improvement plans are developed to ensure stakeholders input was gathered and it is in compliance with all mandated components in Duncanville ISD our decision-making process is always done through collaborative committees for the at the district level any District level decision is through the district educational Improvement committee and on the campus level it is through the site-based decisionmaking committee these committees are comprised of members that are nominated by their peers and serve no more than two years on the Comm committee they should the committee should consist of 2third of classroom teachers a non-teaching professional community members parents business members and District professional the
027role of the committee members is to complete a comprehensive needs assessment as well as an improvement planning our district has four main priorities through our strategic plan plan and each campus and committee members receive this information and all goals and strategies are directly aligned to our district priorities when creating those goals and strategies based on the comprehensive needs assessment each campus may have some varying in their goals and strategies based on their specific needs for their campus targeted Improvement plans are a little different targeted Improvement plans are required of any campus that holds a federal accountability designation so not every campus is going to have a targeted Improvement plan so our targeted Improvement plans come from those Federal designation and there are two possible Federal designations the first one is a comprehensive designation which means
028that there are low perform performance of all students on a campus a targeted is when there is the low performance among a specific special population of students so in 2023 it is important to note that Duncanville ISC had eight campuses with a federal designation we had four with a comprehensive designation which were Bill Harts Alexander Smith Hastings and we had four that had a targeted designation that is Acton Daniel Hyman and Maryfield so at the time we knew with this in domain 3 closing the gaps that we had to do something and so what we did was we applied for the effective schools framework Grant and teacher in the Texas instructional leadership Grant and we received that Grant and through that grant our campus leaders were able to participate in monthly professional development they also
029receive training on observation and feedback cycles for teachers they also receive training on how to identify lesson alignment informative assessment alignment to ensure students were receiving high quality teaching every day on tier one every day in the classroom so we have the tip redesign for 2024 now focuses those targeted Improvement plans rather than each campus saying the actions that they're going to do to meet those uh Des to get out of school Improvement now it is a district Focus the targeted Improvement plan asks the district what are you doing to ensure that students have access to high quality instruction and high quality instructional materials on a daily basis I have some great news for you so based off of our um Grant campuses that we have had we started this journey with eight campuses in
030targeted Improvement and with that Federal designation and the four with Comprehensive and four targeted today that eight is now three that have participated that hold a federal designation so right now we have Bill hars is a comprehensive campus we have Acton as a targeted campus and we have Daniel as a targeted campus now while the grant is still going because it was a 2-year Grant all eight are submitting a targeted Improvement plan because it is part of the grant uh requirements so we were recently found out from tea that because of the progress that Duncanville has made we are going to be recognized as an Exemplar district for the State of Texas in leadership development so we're extremely proud of that today that we get to celebrate coming out of losing that Federal designation that
031is not an easy task it takes two years of consistent Improvement to lose a federal designation once you have that Federal designation so tonight we asked the board to approve the district campus and targeted Improvement plans for the 2425 school year and at this time I will gladly take any questions or hear any comments truste fahe thank you do are we supposed to have a copy of the plans so what are we approving the the three the three schools and their plans so we have the campus Improvement plans you should have a copy of the district Improvement plans as well as the eight targeted Improvement plans and I believe Miss Lofton created the Google Drive for them okay okay okay I'm not sure what I'm voting on if I haven't seen the plans was that
032sent to the board already okay so we will we'll have to table the vot and we'll have to get those out to the board it was my I'm well we'll get those to the board okay thank you but congratulations thank thank you so I'd like to make a can I get a motion to table the action for this item until the next board meeting second it's been moved and second uh all in favor please vote electronically motion carries 70 thank you even though that item is tabled if we got if you guys have any questions that you would like to submit let's get them to you can email um Dr gory or Miss Jodie so that it can be included in the um presentation for next time next month absolutely can you we do have
033some questions though I have some as well truste Colton good evening thank you for your presentation um I have a question regarding the CSI designation and how long it's been around yes ma'am so that's the comprehensive designation is when all of the areas are low performing with all of your subpopulations also students are underperforming so you receive a comprehensive designation anytime they have been low performing for a period of 3 years consistently okay I was wondering how long that designation has been available the comprehensive I can look that up for you I'm the comprehensive label has we've had it for a few years but I can look specifically when it became called comprehensive and I can get that to you okay and then I have a question question regarding Bill Hearts yes ma'am um so
034how long have they been a CSI school so this is actually we're in year three of full comprehensive and so we have we are working this year to prevent from being in year four so through year three we have certain interventions that have to take place in year three because by year four we have to come up with another plan we're working with school Improvement to ensure that we get out of that designation but this is year three for Bill hars but before year three before we were reconstituted um they were program Improvement I mean it was a different status but before year three they were in a different category before that what was that uh Dr Goodman it was through the state so the state Ander I apologize good evening it's okay good evening
035so we're talking about Bill har so state and federal are too uh different what we're talking about right now is the federal designation you may be talking about school Improvement uh from the from the state level or Improvement required is that what you're asking about maybe yeah I was just wondering because I know that um since I've been on the board I've heard that bill hars has been not you know performing and so I guess my question is you know has there been any Improvement and when we see the plans I guess we'll be able to understand exactly uh what is taking place and what it you know is planned but um to me it's been too long and we can't have that so that's that's you know what I was wondering about because you
036know our students you know they we got to have it we got to they got to bring it you know so right yeah now we didn't present out last year but there was gain at Bill Harts I looked at their data and there was significant gains but we did a overall presentation um at the end of the year but I just wanted to make sure that we weren't presented it it seems like it's just year three but actually there was even if it's state or federal we want to make sure that it's been a a pattern and yes ma'am the timeline was longer that's what I think that's what Dr um trustee Colton was pointing out right and if I could that one thing to that please Madam president and truste Colson is that on
037uh when we go back on March 24th we come for our Deep dive into Data ex everything you just described is what we're going to talk about length of time what do those plans look like and we'll take care of that and and let me apologize to the board that you do not have that but uh you will have that in your email before you go to sleep tonight okay you'll be able to see from that information the difference in where we were and where we made gains at the state level versus where we are as a with the school Improvement designation at the federal level truste Colton um I know that after a certain period of time there are things that the state can do uh and so if we when we bring this
038back if we can you know provide those details as well I would appreciate it right and one thing I'll add to that and of course Bill Hart is in one of our most de probably our most delicate situation as relates to what the federal government can do so we will show you we have a detailed plan around what we're doing today uh to support them and we will present that is that fair Dr Louis that bill Hart's being comprehensive yes sir yeah and I'm not sure if the report already has the targeted subgroups in it because we don't have it but if it doesn't can you identify the targeted subgroups in the Target category absolutely and my other question was going to be who's delivering the PD to close those gaps and how often okay
039right and those things will be addressed in the plan we will get that yes I'll have all of that for you thank you and lastly does the signin sheet for those meetings reflect the different categories the decision making if you can go back to that decision making slide like parents non teing she the signning sheet does designate what role the person plays that's on the committee okay great like a cop if we looked at the signin sheets we will be able to see that they're there yeah if you could just put a sample one in our in that packet that would be nice and it should be in the plans once you have the plans tonight the signing sheets will be a part of it okay thank you so much sweet uh oh some fun
040reading we will now move to action item B building the future raising Champions rezoning the presenter is Mr Graham Madam president if I may right before Mr Graham comes with his presentation I do want to take this opportunity to thank our board as well as our community as we've gone through this process of rezoning I think we all know that this can be a very challenging uh conversation but I do believe uh because our community has been so responsive and uh because the communication's been in place rather you know early meetings with you madam president or what those may have been with the board and with the community we have seen a pretty uh smooth process of resoning our school system so just want to publicly thank everyone for their engagement uh Mr Graham will
041present some information at some points it may seem like he's repeating himself but again that's just our efforts to make sure that we have the best messaging out around the things that we're doing with our bond thank you right good evening to president flowers our esteemed trustees Dr gory thank you for allowing me to share our key updates on the building the Futures raising Champions proposed attendance boundary changes in traveling across the district and speaking to diverse employees and stakeholders our superintendent shared his vision for for every child to reach their Wildest Dream with that in mind we remain dedicated to providing Championship level learning opportunities for each student every day empowering them to excel at wherever they choose in November of 2023 our community voted to invest $170 million to ensure Duncanville is ISD
042continues to innovate and provide exceptional opportunities for our students with these funds we developed a district wide reconfiguration plan that minimizes campus transitions for students creates an early learning academy for three-year-olds transitions elementary schools to prek 4 through fifth grade and aligns middle schools to include 6th through 8th grade additionally this plan includes a significant Renovations across all schools transform selected campuses into specialized learning environments and establish new school choice acmy and signature programs as a direct result of these efforts resoning became necessary and tonight we'll discuss the details of the resoning plan so tonight I'll present a review of our resoning plan with updates from our previous meeting resoning helps us optimize resources balance student populations and ensure Equitable access to high quality education by preventing overcrowding and underutilization we're creating a stronger foundation
043for every student's success in the process we took a district-wide approach to ensure every voice help shape this reconfiguration HR is now aligning staff to bring this exciting Vision to life for all of our students in the committee we met multiple times with staff parents students and the community leaders to include every stakeholders perspective with guidance from an established demographer we refined our plan to present to senior leadership team in December the changes will impact around 900 students in our district streamline transportation and align each campus with a clear feeder pattern building momentum for Success across our entire Community now let's have an opportunity to look at our current boundaries and our proposal boundaries in looking at our current boundaries our main priority was resolving the islands of students who attend schools far from their
044nearest campus in our proposed boundaries on the right you'll see we've eliminated those islands along with the elimination of Central and Smith attendance zones as we look at the charts on the right is the proposed attendance zones located or for clarity the attendance zones is marked by the Blue by the black coloring so you'll see the actual Alexander attendance Zone you'll see the marfield attendance Zone and the Harding attendance Zone in the black the red stars that are smaller that you may not see give the give the placement of the actual campus so on the right is the proposed Elementary attendance Zone our next slide highlights each school's enrollment capacity and utilization showing exactly how much of the building will be used under the proposed plan this slide shows our current intermediate and Middle School
045boundaries please remember that all intermediate schools are being repurposed and we're adjusting our middle school zones to accommodate these new students this slide shows illustrates our proposed Middle School boundaries carefully adjusted to balance enrollment across campuses you'll see Reed's boundary now extends to the northernmost part of the district while bird has gained areas that were previously a part of Reed's Southern Zone and just just like our elementary this is a review of the capacity this slide highlights what's available at each middle school now now accommodating sixth grade students and offering Choice programs throughout all of the campuses our next slide gives our new theater pattern for Duncanville Independent School District you notice that we now have three current feeder patterns with one that will start in the year 2026 27 under the bird feeder pattern
046you will have Daniel Elementary Hastings Elementary Alexander Elementary and Bill Hart's Elementary in the ker feeder pattern you'll have Hyman elementary acon elementary and Bill hars Elementary in the read feeder pattern you'll have Maryfield Elementary Harden Elementary and fair medals beginning or opening in the year of 2026 2027 we will have our Smith Early Learning Academy which will accommodate our prek-3 students also in the 2026 27 School year Central Academy will open for our kindergarten through fifth grade students and the following year brandenberg Middle School Academy will open to accommodate those students next if approved tonight the transfer application link will be available beginning February 28th um and the transfer options will be considered for students entering fourth fifth and eighth grade if they are impacted by rezoning by completing the sibling option form Provisions
047can be made so siblings can continue to attend the same campus Transportation impact this slide highlights the impact of rezoning on Transportation currently we route approximately 3,51 Riders across the district with the new boundaries fewer than 100 student students will become ineligible for transportation while all eligible K12 students those living more than 2 miles from their campus or in a tea designated hazardous area will continue to receive Services additionally students attending a choice program can request Transportation due to the district reconfiguration school T School star times will also need to be adjusted to a three- tiered schedule with 45 minute gaps in between the proposed times for the high school will continue to be the same 7:30 to 3:00 p.m. the proposed times for elementary schools will be shifted 15 minutes from 8:00 a.m. to
0488:15 to 3:45 p.m. and finally middle schools will stay the same at 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. these adjustments will improve efficiency and better support student needs across the campuses and these these changes will have to be voted on in the next board meeting since our last meeting since our last meeting in January our senior leadership team under our superintendent's Direction has met with every campus and hosted multiple Community meetings to ensure full transparency in this process after each meeting our Communications team addressed all questions electronically and dedicated an FAQ page FAQ web page has been available for staff and Community to access any time if the plan is approved we will update the site with maps and other key information to keep everyone informed recommendation The District administration recommends the app recommends the approval
049of the proposed attendance boundary changes effective for the 2025 2026 school year by adopting these adjustments we anticipate improved student experience enhanced operational efficiency and better distribution of resources across schools we appreciate the school board's consideration of this important step in supporting the district's continued growth and success are there any questions at this time do I have a motion to approve the proposed planning resoning plan for the 2025 26 school year so moved second it's been moved and second are there any questions comments or disc truste fah I'm seeing fingers go different ways uh trustee ver Cruz did you have a question okay truste ver Cruz okay thank you how are we doing with communicating this to the uh Community how is that looking like for them to understand what's happening so we've taken several
050steps again we first started off at each campus meeting with with all of the staff members and employees to ensure they understood what the changes were we we had an opportunity for three different meetings um in the community at at two different campuses and here at central office to offer for any person that wanted to attend to gather information there about the proposed changes and again we do have the website that's available and we're open for any questions that any Community member has and I want to make sure it's in bilingual as well yes it is in biling I attended uh a couple of those parent and community members and we also had someone to to translate yes truste fahe yes I have two questions the grandfathered students they will not have an opportunity for
051the bus um right no they would not have they could get grandfathered in but they would have to have their own trans yes ma'am okay thank you also what what are LOE and IDT LOE is limited open open enrollment students students that transfer from from outside of the district into our district um which means we have certain qualifications that they must meet in order to enroll in our district and also IDT is inter District transfer students so students that choose to transfer that live in our district truste Colton thank you Dr Graham and thank you Dr Gory for um you know an extraordinary effort to get the word out you know to the community and U let them know what was going on so I I do have a question and I want to uh
052piggyback on trusty F's uh question um the ones that are going to be grandfather why is it that they won't have um access to the bus system it so we are when we when we made this change our goal is to ensure that every student is going to that school that's in their attendance Zone um those students that choose to go back they're choosing under their own bition so therefore we don't provide the transportation for them at this particular time one thing I'd like to add to that too is that there was a lengthy conversation and really it went back to uh efficiencies but let me look what I want to really reassure the board is that as we move into our choice opportunities and I think this is a good lead into that we
053are committed and uh I have charge our operations team with working towards if we're going to say this is a choice that we have to provide transportation and that's something that we're working towards with all of our choice programs and again we're working towards those efficiencies and how do we actually make that happen in the district so um I do hear the spirit of your question I want you to know that we are working towards making those we know for Choice that's going to be Transportation provided we're working in that direction and and they're similar to our in District transfer students we don't provide transportation for a student that chooses to transfer only choice students that are in those particular programs get TR Transportation thank you for that explanation and so uh you didn't mention
054a TA has this area yes um could you provide more details regarding what that is TAA has it as areas any area that that causing an issue for that student to walk to school so right now we don't provide transportation for students that live within the 2m radius but if there's a bridge that doesn't have a walk a sidewalk on that bridge or if there's a a business that's a a major business that causes a hazard in that particular area um we we send that through tea and they provide us and say that that is now hesit us area and we have to provide transportation for those students to get to school okay I I know that we have um occasionally we hear of incidents on Camp Wisdom and so I'm just wondering if that
055would possibly qualify for this um ta hazardous area and if yall have looked at that the transportation department has looked at all of the areas I don't know that area but I can find that out but they have already designated every haest area in the district and that's Camp Wisdom and what is that area yeah and it was by old Acton that big street old act well it's now over across okay over by kener at one time okay I thought it was gonna it was discussed right Miss MO is not with us tonight but we will follow up to make sure because that one could be one that's already been designated one that's already designated okay thank you and even if it isn't the T EA qualified as hazardous I'm wondering if that can be
056um an item that we use a crossing guard we have had many students involved in accidents and it may be a Simple Solution as adding crossing guards yes and we we will look into that trusty fah are the crossing guards still city employees they're not our employees is that correct they're City okay thank you thank you Dr do I have a motion to approve the proposed resoning plan for oh I'm yes we already did that please cast your votes electronically motion carries 70 thank you we will now move to action item C purchase of data center and core Network upgrades presenter is Dr Brown good evening Madam president Board of Trustees and Dr goree thank you for the opportunity to provide an update on the district's ongoing technology infrastructure and network upgrades as part of
057the 2023 Bond referendum we issued a request for proposals on November 5th 2024 seeking solutions for core Network and server virtualization equipment the RFP closed on December 3rd with 10 bids coming in from 4 different vendors the selection Committee of seven technology department members carefully evaluated all submissions after an initial round of evaluation three vendors were invited to present their proposals on January 22nd and 23rd 2025 following the second round of evaluations we enter negotiations with net netsync Network Solutions on January 24th and finalize the project scope on January 30th this upgrade project will cost just over 1 million 1,27 $1,181 193 to be exact and we replace aging infrastructure including the Cisco Nexus 7000 data center installed in 2014 and the Dell VX rail server virtualization system last updated in 2019 moving forward will'll
058be implementing a Cisco spine Leaf architecture alongside a Lenovo powered nanic server virtualization system a key highlight of this project is the significant reduction in physical footprint on our data center Network equipment which is expected to bring a significant reduction in energy usage contributing to both cost savings and sustainability goals for the district these upgrades are a significant step forward in modernizing our District's technology infrastructure the improvements will enhance Network performance scalability and reliability ensuring we're well equipped to meet future operational needs thank you and I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have representatives from netsync uh Network Solutions are present if they need to address any additional questions do I have a motion to award the request for proposal 2425 as presented for the purchase of data center and core Network upgrades
059to netsync Network Solutions so moved second it's been motioned and second are there any questions comments or discussions I have question yes ma'am in our in our books it noted that there was a particular the list was given by Adam Wilson oh that's on the next one it's on the next one it's not this one on the security cameras okay so never mind okay please cast your votes electronically motion carries that 70 motion passed thank you very much you ready yes all right good evening once again Madam president Board of Trustees and Dr Gore thank you for the opportunity to share an important update on the district's ongoing efforts to enhance School Safety and Security through technology upgrades a key part of the 2023 Bond referendum today's presentation is a culmination of a partnership between
060the department of technology and the Duncanville ISD Police Department that began approximately N9 months ago as part of the bond initiative the district has allocated a total budget of 5 million to improve School Safety and Security updates including 3 million to upgrade and expand our security camera systems to ensure these updates align with our district specific needs we partner with a certified local partner to conduct a thorough evaluation of our existing systems through the interlocal purchasing system or tips under purchasing in contract 23105 we are requesting approval to replace or add new network video recorders and upgrade security cameras that have either failed or at risk of failure across all academic and administrative campuses this phase of this investment totals 1,255 48011 and we've selected data Vox incorporated as our vendor to carry out these
061improvements with the remaining budget we will continue accessing and implementing additional security enhancements to further strengthen our District's safety measures these upgrades are a crucial step in enhancing campus security improving surveillance capabilities and ensuring a safer environment for our students and staff by modernizing our security technology we're ensuring a more reliable and effective system that will better support the safety needs of our schools thank you and I'll be happy to address address any questions you might have represented us from day to Vox president if needed do I have a motion to approve as presented the purchase of security camera system equipment from datavox Inc under tips purchasing contract 23105 for the amount of 1,255 48011 so move second it's been motioned in second are there any question comments or discussions trustee Colton thank you Dr
062Brown I just uh have a question regarding um how we arrived at U selecting data box and it's a simple question yes ma'am it is um they are um an ailon certified dealer and they um worked with us on our special education sery that we did last year okay does that mean there wasn't a bidding process it's done through the purchasing Cooperative so yes ma'am it was not a it was not an RFP competitive bid so did they offer the most competitive price on that Cooperative um by by the way the Cooperative purchasing contract that would be that's their that would be the set price it's it's pre-negotiated that's what the purchasing contract would be so okay yeah I know with the Cooperative there are you know a lot of times several different vendors um
063we did not ask our other vendor because of um the relationship there so we only went with them because of the success of the the special education server that we felt like they were best suited to meet our needs thank you is it I'm sorry trusty fahe thank you thank you Dr Brown the the pre does that include Replacements and upgrades only or will we buy be buying purchasing more cameras I believe there are there are some additional cameras in there as well and then of course all the uh recording devices some of the cameras have been installed since 2009 and you know our students know which ones don't work not good so get them fixed yes ma'am is there a hand up trusty be okay is it what what would we have to do
064to get other quotes from some of the businesses that are in the co-op uh well it might be a different Co-op um I'm not sure what co-ops some of the other vendors would be in but we could we could go get get bids from them I I'm just concerned that with as fiscally responsible as we're trying to be not having options or or saying what other rates would be I I would feel more comfortable at least knowing that they were they gave us the best price I understand we're about 1.8 million under budget on this project yeah so so it was a $3 million budget and we did it for 1.2 I get that I mean yes but I I would still like to know that we that we had a choice and and we
065brought an option versus it it just seems subjective to go with I mean I get that they we have good experience with them with the special ed it's very limited because of the security camera system that we have there's there's only a couple in in the DFW area and so it's it's there not a lot of options for working with our current security camer system okay that that's kind of why we're we're Where We Are truste Savage Martin we we need to notice it does say security camera system and if this gentleman in his Department as well as the police are not don't feel comfortable with the company providing a really good service with purchasing you have two choices you can go by the bid or you can go with previous working relationship any questions
066or comments I had another question um the list that we were given in in the board book it says it was presented by Adam Wilson yes ma'am is I'm I'm wondering did one person do the entire assessment is this in collaboration with uh we only have one security camera technician that's Adam Wilson so so yes he did that but he didn't do it alone he's just the District representative uh datavox was involved with the evaluation as well so no other staff members security um there were probably some other police officers involved and then of course my network engineer was involved as well okay so my concern is one person kind of leading that and we have a new interim Chief and I it just didn't seem like m mle eyes were on this project so
067my I'm just wondering we go to this and then we come back and we need additional something and um I I didn't I don't see a collaboration how many people did you have on Two And yeah so we had a so data box had two technicians here an engineer and a technici and then we also had Chief Lambert involved as well okay so say that again it was so we had two technicians from datavox and then our technician and our chief of police and then our network engineer were all involved in in the selection of the like how many cameras were actually and then of course our system engineer as well because the servers are involved in this project as well and I'm I'm wondering why we didn't have like some security and our coordinator
068of safety our coordinator of security the people that are actually um on the campuses that know what happens when the cameras are malfunctioning just some feedback I just think it should have been well Mr Wilson would know which cameras aren't aren't working okay I I agree with Dr flowers on this is that I would have liked someone else to come behind and say this yes well the the Locos on it say the police were communicated yes ma'am he was our chief at the time any additional questions or comments okay please cast your votes electronically um sorry okay on this cancel the vote Yes pleas cancel V vot ask my question thank you sir um okay our board book has the proposal is valid until 21325 so if we I mean where are we at if
069we vote on this representative from datax indic Ates it's still valid the representative from datavox indicates it's still valid you normally do those in 30 days don't you yeah so the the normal the normal uh proposal is 30 days which makes it kind of hard to get the proposal submit it and it still that you'll see that quite often actually it's a few days out of date plus we're a week behind yeah we will start we'll need to get updated documents to put in the uh in truste fah the new data center that we just purchased does does it go in good does it mesh good with the cameras I mean are the technology pieces all glued together yes ma'am okay thank you I have one more question is a resolution better will it be
070topnotch I think there'll be some improvements in resolution when you're talking about 2025 technology versus anywhere between 2009 up till you know 2024 I mean but vast majority of those cameras that we have out there right now are a little bit older okay so it should be an improvement in in that Madam president if I can add what I can add is that we can because the representative is saying that we can update the date the motion could reflect that if the board so chooses to vote if not staff will be more than happy to get the information updated for a future vote date thank you yes um I think it's our responsibility if it's not in writing it doesn't exist um that's just me um I'm not really sure how to ask if there
071can be a motion to table this for next board meeting good evening one second still yes we go on a 30-day expiration so just needs to be updated so if we want to am the the motion we would just include the original plus a different date today's date May May I make the amended motion you're voting to approve the current proposal and the current proposal regardless of it saying effective it's what you're voting on if they change it that's not what you voted on so the date is really based upon when your last board meeting is what you're approving today is what's before you if they change it you haven't approved it okay oh cool thank you thank you thank you this is just my comment I would really like um feedback from the interim
072chief on that that's just that's just my comment and at this time we will um please cast your votes electronically motion carries 43 thank thank you the motion did carry but Chief I really would like some feedback from you on that pleas at the board we will now move to action item e approval of job order contractor for moving services of portable buildings for Bond project Dunville High School presenter Miss Phils good evening Madame President Board of Trustees and Dr goree and waiting audience again it is my privilege to come before you tonight uh with a proposal uh and approval of a job order contractor for our bond project uh before you in your board book you should have really the overview as you can imagine as we begin the work at Duncanville High School
073with our CTE uh design Bill building and along with the renovations of part of Duckville High School particularly The Freshman area we're going to have to uh relocate our Scholars um a lot of our Scholars to uh the portable building complex and so before you uh as we want to begin this work uh this spring uh we have uh engaged through our uh Bond project management company La um uh part of the logistics to make a recommendation to use Core Construction uh with who is a member of again a purchasing Co-op uh equalis and a little bit about equalis it is through region 10 ESC um and equalis is a a corporation or cooperative excuse me purchasing organization and it provides contracts uh in a multiple different areas and they bid the work competitively themselves
074if you've heard the previous board item we talked about a contract of Cooperative group equality is one of those they use competitive solicitations as we would do if we had done it ourselves conducted according uh to all the purchasing laws the procurement guidelines and they do everything from school buses to Furniture to HVAC systems uh they have a multiple list of uh vendors and services that qualus provides through region 10 tonight we are asking for your approval so we can continue to move the work forward uh we've worked with Lan and we've also worked with sedalco construction they need to move 16 double wide Portable Buildings that belong to Duncanville isg they are out at various campuses this company Core Construction uh is a a Dallas Fort Worth based company it is one of the
075big major five construction companies they did not bid on any of our work but they have a this is something specific they're going to do for us is a job order contract in other words they're going to do this specific work for us to move these portables for our students to to have places for instruction on next uh school year uh Core Construction of course uh does work they do design build work work as as well HVAC building management so they have a wide uh plethora of services they provide uh along with they have about 1,200 employees to do this work this is not going to be a small task we're working with the city we we're trying to get all of our permits I was just talking to Mr Hawke this evening and the
076city's going to charge us for each building these buildings belong to us and once we finish the project the plan is if you will appr approve in the future is to sell these buildings and then recoup the funds to bring back to the school district so with that um you have in front of you uh the recommendation of the quote there you also kind of have an outline of the plan of how this is going to be along with the 16 double wi for instructional uh spaces we also will have uh some spaces of or Portables that will be portable restroom facil facilities we're going to cover that uh it's going to be fenced in all the things that we've talked to you all about but Core Construction has uh agreed to give us a
077quote and I have Mr Hawke here from laan want to give you as much information as possible so that we can get this going to the tune of 1, 304,000 $ 1.34 42 28.25 and I will answer any questions you may have for me at this time do I have a motion to approve Core Construction as the job order contractor to move the current District Portable Buildings to the Duncanville High School site for the work to proceed on the bun project with the total cost of 1 mil 34,2 228 $228 25 so moved it's been moved and second are there any questions comments or discussion trustee Savage Martin do we have Portables that can be moved in Spring no kids we you move the kids too many excuse many of the portable buildings have other
078ancillary programs there and we've already begun the work we've um and La has helped us with this along with with the campus principles so that we can we already told them we're going to be moving them we are not moving the panther Pantry I to say that again we're not moving those Portables they will stay where they are but there are Portables around the district that are probably not being fully utilized uh for necessarily con uh classroom instruction there may be uh a pull out program possibly there maybe the speech therapist maybe there those are some of the people who possibly will use the spaces along with store storage uh they become some of them become storage and we've really checked out some of them I I don't remember how many Mr Hawk said that
079are not worthy to be moved because we're afraid if we move them uh down Camp Wisdom uh wherever we have to move them that that they they could probably fall apart so those will be just basically auctioned and trashed I don't know who would who would really want them okay second question or statement I think now my memory okay but since 1965 when that campus was built I don't believe there's been portable buildings on it I could be wrong so we're going to make it real quick right we we're going to make it quick and the city has required us once the CTE building and all the work inside of the high school is done we have to have the moved within 6 months or we're going to be in trouble but we're going to
080move them before then because we want to be like on the show move that bus you know so we can reveal that beautiful new building on the front there and so uh yes ma'am I understand yes they they are requiring us to have them gone and trees replanted and making it pristine and beautiful for our community within 6 months truste fah I'm sorry would you repeat why the city's charging us no I really don't understand I mean because we're using their streets I mean some of those Portables are in Dallas I don't really understand come to good evening Dr flowers trustees and Dr gory the city is charging a very minimal amount called building permit fee they're reviewing the drawing so that's their that's their fee it's a very minimal amount and because these Portables
081are there they're going to have electric they're going to have water they're going to have it they're going to have fire alarm so that's the reason they have to make sure they're there for about a year so they want to make sure they're safe and connected and all that so that's all they're doing there this is just a very very small fee so what kind of very very very small Fe it's $125 per portable per double portable okay thank you truste thank you Madame President so reiterate you were saying that there were going to be fixed up with fire alarms electrical what water they needed is that correct yes okay thank you fire alarm is required and of course we're redoing the entire High School uh so yeah with the high school this will not
082be connected we're keeping it separate so as soon as we are done we disconnect and connect uh sell the Portables and just remove all the temporary utility there's all totally everything is temporary absolutely I just want to make sure the community understands that they're safe yes truste Colton Mrs Fields the uh scope of work was not attached to the proposal or at least I didn't does anybody have it um could that be provided to us and then I have a question regarding the uh number of Portables and if core scope includes um you know what what all does core scope include yes ma'am you want to talk about it and we'll provide that I I provided what was sent to me from uh from LA but they have the scope of work it has been
083done so we will certainly uh provide that for you we wanted to make sure you had the amount with you and so we will provide that plus the total number I believe is 16 yeah the 16 Portables are being moved from the existing schools to the Duncanville High School um northern parking lot they'll be all connected um they'll have the steps and the ramps and the canopies so student can be protected and there be all the lights and all the electric and the fire alarm everything will be connected there 29 classrooms were required by the camp by the uh High School principal to be relocated there one of them 16 is also the some of the staff members will be also there so this will be a complete Ninth Grade Center isolated there they'll continue
084to use the gymnasium and the uh cafeteria so walking back and forth and we have all this aligned while the construction is going on so this is an important piece of the puzzle to get started with the big High School uh the addition CD so the capacity of the 29 I guess will be um 600 we we went by the uh number of 29 classrooms so each classroom has uh 23 24 students so they are all being accommodated they all they are all double wide so there's two classrooms in each back to back okay and so um Mrs Fields this is a a Cooperative as well yes ma'am it is it is a Cooperative um I I do want to speak to the um the student numbers we did this group has met with Mr
085bird and the staff there to really talk about this because these will be incoming freshmen so we know that's a little nerve nerve-wracking so uh all the things uh that that incoming freshman parents and a grandmother like me will be nervous about but the students will also have access to the other uh fine arts classes they'll be in the main building for those so they're not all going to not all 1100 are going to be in the uh in the Portable Buildings at the same time because if you're in athletics you're going to be there if you're in choir you'll be there if you're in dance you'll be there etc etc and so they'll still rotate we're that's why they're the uh scoup work will include canopies for the students to walk so they won't
086get wet it's going to be very close to that entrance that that comes out and of course we'll have the space for the uh administrative team the assistant principal the security all of that will be worked out uh and um this is not the ideal thing but I I've been I told the high school staff I went there myself and I told them it's going to be inconvenient for a little while but when it is over they are going to be so happy it's going to be beautiful inside the building and the CTE building okay I do have a question regarding the Cooperative so um I noticed that a core is charging a fee on top of the base total at could you elaborate on that yeah the uh The qualus Cooperative has certain standards
087um and the fee this fee includes providing the bond the insurance and all the necessary equipment and everything everything else it's in that fee included and that's their fixed fee according to quas uh so that's how we did we the base fee is the all the uh the the big part of the base fee is the moving of the portable and building the temporary decking and the ramps and the steps uh contingency we're carrying that for some unforeseen conditions we have Anor to deal with we have water sewer we have fire alarm so we just keeping that as a just as a uh Safeguard just in case if we run so we don't have to come back and ask for a change order and a change order so we're hoping this would cover we've studied
088this for three months and uh collected all that the most important part of the Mover that we have selected there were three four movers we talked this was the only moving company which will move a double wide everybody else going to split split is not going to work with us if you take it apart I've got to redo a lot of things interior that would have cost more initial proposal was $2 million so we're hoping that that's the reason we came up with 1.3 because of the moving and this person has moved for for you all about 10 years ago thank you very much for those details I really appreciate that yes ma'am thank you truste fahe I promise I'm not going to harp on the city charging us but if they if they if
089they charged 125 is per building to move in will they also charge that when we move them out no they're moving out it's one one 12 one time fee just have to be budget conscious truste Savage Martin Miss phills have we developed a communication process to the ninth grade parents uh the eighth graders yeah it'd be the eighth graders uh I will tell you we probably have even though they probably been hearing about it but we're going to have to be very intentional uh they're just beginning to do their course selections I know that is cu I have an eighth grader a granddaughter and so talking about that haven't shocked her yet that she's not going to be fully at the high school but I I believe that working with our Communications especially now that
090we've reone the you all have approved the rezoning that's another big Cog in what we're going to have to do not only for incoming freshman but then everybody else all the CTE classes were going to be moving around so we've got a a lot of Mammoth tasks this spring to make sure that we communicate we'll be certainly uh talking about it a little bit more uh and sending something out on social and everything else that we're going to be we're using to get the word out especially to the Freshman thank you so much please cast your votes electronically motion passes 70 thank you both so much that was very helpful thank you think I'm next we will now move to action item F Local District update FFA local student welfare and health services policy edit
091Miss phills will continue yes and this is very simple uh board thank you again last month I presented this to you it's really a a simple edit but because it is a local policy I brought it to you last month this of course is our policy deals with student welfare and Health Services and as part of tas's recommendation and a request from the administration we're asking you to edit the title under implementation from the assistant superintendent of operations which position no longer exist to the director of nursing and that is the addition and we're asking for your approval tonight do I have a motion to approve the recommendation of the administration for the edit of local policy FFA as presented so moved Second Spin moved in second please cast any questions or comments or discussions
092please cast your votes electronically thank you board motion carries 70 thank you we will now move to action item G bird fencing presented our presenter will be Dr Brown um Miss Zamora is presenting at a conference I believe yes ma'am I am I am not miss Zora so good evening Madame President Board of Trustees and Dr G in January 2024 you the board approved fencing upgrades to meet State safety standards for secure enclosed areas with your improvement we increased fence Heights eight uh to 8 ft and these upgrades are now complete funding for these upgrades came from the safe safety and Facilities enhancement safe Cycle One Grant and the school safety standards Grant these grants are restricted though to only fund certain safety measures because bird middle school has parking on three sides fencing is
093only feasible at the back of the building where the track and Open Fields are the Texas Education Agency did not approve funding for this fencing under those grants because the track and Open Fields are not considered instructional facilities however the district has s secured additional funding through the safe cycle two Grant which covers both required and non-required safety enhancements allowing the board middle uh bird Middle School fencing project to move forward the proposal found on page 247 of the board book includes the installation of an 8ft fence at the back of bird Middle School enclosing the track and surrounding field if approved Core Construction will install over 2500 linear feet of fencing along with two double Gates and two pedestrian gates equipped with emergency egress Hardware to prevent unauthorized entry from the outside the layout
094of the fence and gates are on page 253 of the board book Core Construction has been preved and holds contracts with over eight purchasing cooperatives the project is expected to be completed by June 2025 therefore tonight we recommend the board approve the proposal from Core Construction for the bird Middle School fencing project project exceeding $50,000 Mr Joe PKA director of Maintenance and I are available to answer any questions you may have do I have a motion to approve the proposal from Core Construction for installation of fencing at bird Middle School exceeding $50,000 second it's been moved in second are there any questions comments or discussions trusty Savage Martin did I hear you say We'll close the track yes ma'am it's going to go around okay so we're not allowing people to utilize the track is
095this closed during well you said we've kind of already done it uh so are we not going to leave let people is that is correct no longer can use but they can use read cannot use read they cannot walk on our tracks thank you what about the tennis courts tennis courts and track and our citizens use those weekends and Mr PCO could you come to the mic please nights but the tennis courts so with the fencing we did they still have access to some of the East End Courts at the high school but they cannot get access in behind the high school so they have a few tennis courts that they have access to and at bird they will still have access to the tennis courts but nothing else inside that fenced area okay okay
096thank you did I hear that this work has already been done no ma'am okay it will be completed in two month June 2025 so month already begun no no me' soon as you approve it they're going to be out there and doing okay so it'll be done in two months yes ma'am got it and trusty fahe it's been motioned and second please cast your votes electronically motion carries 70 thank you thank you we will now move to action item eight review of existing debt position and potential Bond refunding opportunity uh Miss Mayo is not with us we have Mr Josh mclen to do our presentation our CFO is at a conference she was prepared to be here at our last meeting um this was already previously scheduled of her agenda and so that's why she's
097not here tonight she made a good decision that conference is a good one to attend uh Madam president president members of the board Dr gory it's a pleasure to be here tonight it's been a few months since I've seen you since the last Bond sale uh hopefully tonight I could bring you some good news so with that I will try to be brief in comments uh before we talk about tonight's opportunity I always like to remind folks about how the district actively Managed IT its debt portfolio either through refunding debt at a lower interest rate or pre uh prepaying bonds prior to final maturity since 2005 the district has reduced the interest cost for itself and its taxpayers by more than 61.2 million and we have an opportunity tonight to add to that total this
098gives you a look at The District's current debt profiles it stands right now roughly $322 million of debt outstanding those bonds are repaid over a 30-year period you could see that it your debt does go down over time uh that is so you you have additional Bond capacity should you need additional funds in the future for Capital Improvements uh your ratings are a A3 by Moody and double A minus by S&P which are fantastic ratings and just by a way measure every time we go out and sell bonds we apply for the Texas permanent School fund guarantee and for a Bargain Basement price of 1,500 you get the automatic AAA on the bonds which gives you the lowest borrowing cost possible if we look at the 3 22 million have outstanding 259 is callable prior
099to final maturity if you look at the first two bond series your school building bond series 2015 and refunding bond series 2015 those bonds are callable uh starting a couple weeks ago and under federal tax law within 90 days of that call date you can now refund those bonds which is just a fancy word to say refinance uh you can refinance those bonds at a tax exempt rate within that 90day period and because of that those bonds carry uh interest rates that would provide a savings by reducing that cost so if I flip over to this page currently you have 29.4 million in your series 2015 bonds uh that are currently outstanding in an average interest rate of four and a quarter if you were refinancing those today that would be 3.42% that would generate
100a savings to the taxpayers of 1.26 million on a present value basis that's about 3.6 is a general rule of thumb anything over 3% the government uh Finance offices Association says that is something the board should uh consider we also put a sensitivity analysis as you know every day rates go up and the rates go down and they've been pretty volatile uh since the start of the year but if rates go up 25 basis points the savings would go to $882,000 if we go down 25 bis points from here it would be 1.6 million so ultimately what we're trying to do is pick the most advantageous time to go out and sell these bonds as you can see it's about $143,000 a year so what we're asking the board tonight is to consider a parameters
101order this will allow us to prepare everything to go out and sell the bonds subject to certain parameters and it would allow the district's Administration to move forward with that sale assuming we made each and every one of these parameters those parameters that we would have to achieve a savings ratio of at least 3% which is approximately a little more than a million dollars of actual savings to the taxpayers net of all cost that we cannot issue more bonds than we refinance which is the 29405 million the maximum interest rate cannot exceed 3.6% uh the final maturity cannot exceed February 15th of 2035 that is the same final maturity as your existing bonds so when we go refinance we do not extend the term we simply replace higher interest rate debt with lower interest rate
102debt and then we have 180 days to get this done un least each and every one of these parameters are met uh we could not move forward until we come back and get additional direction from the board so this timetable was set up as we for a meeting last week obviously that got pushed to this week uh we would be hopeful to be in a position uh mid-march to have everything wrapped up to be in a position to start monitoring the market and try to pick an advantageous time uh generally when we sell bonds we close 30 days later but once we close you have essentially extinguished uh your higher interest rate debt replaced it with lower interest rate debt and locked in that savings amount at that time I know I went through that
103relatively quickly I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have do I have a motion to adopt an order authorizing the issuance of Duncanville Independent School District unlimited tax refunding bonds and an aggregate principal amount not to exed $ 29,45 th000 so moved beenin moved in second are there any questions comments or discussions trusty f u maybe I shouldn't do this but I've been looking over at Dr Bigby this is something that I would always think of referring to you but maybe I'm out of order which is not new but can he can he comment on anything he can shake his head okay see see he okay any additional questions or comments please cast your votes electronically motion carry 70 thank you thank you we will now move to item I consideration of adoption
104of resolution approving contingent fee Legal Services contract including findings needed for submission of contingent fee Legal Services agreement and request for expedited review by the Texas Attorney General our presenter is Dr goree thank you very much Madam president and other members of the board at this time I'd like to invite our attorney uh to the podium to give us some general information as it relates to this item good evening this resolution is for the board's consideration to join um in in a group of Texas school districts to ask the Attorney General to allow the school districts to join in the social media litigation litigation against uh various social media companies for for the D damages that have been stain sustained by Texas school districts through Mental Health Services counseling disciplinary issues ETC to adopt the
105resolution to author um the resolution before you um tonight about the to enter into the social media litigation do I have a motion to adopt the resolution approving contingent fee Legal Services contract including find is needing needed for submission of contingent fee Legal Services agreement and request for expedited review by the Texas Texas Attorney General okay I have the motion here pretty much what you said it's required by Texas government code 2254 Sub chor C and that are needed for submission of a contingent fee Legal Services agreement and a request to the Texas Attorney General for expedited review is there a Second Spin motion and second any questions or comments please cast your votes electronically motion carries 70 thank you so much we will now move to action item J consideration and well somebody has
106the motion no um you have to read the action item we will now move to action item J consideration and Adoption of contingent fee Legal Services agreement with Thompson and Horton LLP Island and bonnan PC and oh Hanan demarra and Castillo PC may I have a motion so moved motion I would like to make a motion I move that the Duncanville ISD Board of Trustees adopt and approve entering into a contingent fee Legal Services agreement with Thompson and Horton LLP Island and bonan Bonin PC and oh Hanan demarra and C ow PC to represent the district in youth social media usage and related litigation second it's been motioned in second please cast your votes electronically motion carry 70 thank you thank you much doc thank you very much Dr flowers board members and Dr gory
107thank you thank you thank you we we'll now move to information and discussion items the first item is building the future raising Champions human resource and finance presenter you got Dr G thank you very much Madam president at this time I'd like to invite our chief human resource officer Miss Pam Brown to the podium she will present uh information tonight and in fashion that's really worked well for the board will present the information tonight and there will be some actionable items that will come next month uh at your board meeting on March 18th I also would like to take this opportunity uh to publicly thank Dr Bigby let's give him a round of [Applause] applause so now you want to know why we're clapping well Dr baby thank you so much for coming in in
108our inum role and filling that void uh probably some of the the best work that that I've experienced with Dr big least i' say is the work he did around Cost Containment so he will join join Miss Brown tonight to do a wrap up of his Cost Containment work and again Dr Bigby we do appreciate you because it will be that work that we will use as we go into the budget process uh next month as well so thanks again Dr Big B for coming off of your vacations and spending time with us good evening Madame President Board of Trustees and Dr gory tonight I will be presenting information on the district's strategic efforts to to achieve academic goals our focus is on making targeted adjustments and optimizing our resources to ultimately ensure the best
109educational outcomes for students earlier this year we presented an update on our district strategic goals focusing on priority three personnel and professional development goal one is centered on supporting un uncertified teachers in achieving their certification we also reviewed priority for fiscal stewardship and operational excellence with Goal one ensuring effective financial management to maintain compliance and to support the district with student outcomes and goal two aiming to enhance operational efficiency and service quality throughout the district today's presentation will take a deeper dive into these goals and our ongoing efforts to advance them today we will highlight key objectives that impact student learning and District Effectiveness reflecting on our commitment to continuous Improvement reducing teacher vacancies ensures classrooms have qualified Educators we want to ensure that students receive high quality instruction because that's a top priority for
110our district also we aim to increase the number of expert teachers in the classroom enhancing Student Success with skilled and knowledgeable Educators we want to strengthen the support for new teachers through mentorship and development and we want to help them succeed and stay in the profession long term we're committed to fiscally responsible operations aligning District decisions with priorities while staying within our budget constraints these goals are interconnected and crucial for educational Excellence supporting our students teachers and uh District resour sources I would like to address some questions you may have about our current data teacher vacancies on the first day of school for the 2425 school year decreased by 22% compared to the first day of school for the 23 24 school year we have also reduced teacher vacancies from 80 on the first day
111of school to 65 as of February 1st currently we have 208 uner excuse me currently we have 208 certified teachers with fewer than 5 years of experience teaching and we are actively in supporting our uncertified teachers and achieving their certification these Trends align with Statewide challenges Statewide 57% of newly hired teachers are uncertified today we will be focusing on two items restructuring our instructional support through a program change and adjusting the middle school teacher daily schedule and professional Learning Community or PLC structure structure plc's Center on groups of Educators who work collaboratively together to improve their teaching and learning and student learning so what is a program change a program change may occur for various reasons such as the redirection of resources efforts to improve efficiency changes in enrollment a lack of Student Response to
112specific course offerings legislative revisions or a reorganization or consolidation of schools departments or districts on the next slide I will be presenting a proposed program change for the instructional support specialist currently part of our curriculum instruction Department who Provide support districtwide this proposed change is designed to better align with the district's goals of maximizing student outcomes while maintaining fiscal responsibility we are proposing a new instructional support model that will replace the 19 instructional support specialist with 11 instructional coach coach roles this change aims to bring our most effective Educators closer to the classrooms directly impacting student achievement Acton Bill Harts and Daniel all comprehensive and targeted Improvement campuses will each have a full-time instructional coach with the aid of grant funding the remaining Elementary campuses will be paired to share instructional coaches to support them
113campus-wide each Middle School will have their own instructional coach and the high school will have two instructional coaches instructional support Specialists who are not hired as instructional coaches will transition to Mentor teacher positions these teachers will be assigned to various campuses assuming the role of teacher of record for a classroom they will receive compensation based on their years of experience in alignment with the teacher salary schedule along with an additional $7,500 stiping for their mentoring and their coaching responsibilities we are excited about this transition as it allows students to receive direct teaching from some of of the best Educators in our district this restructuring ensures that we are placing expert Educators in the classroom driving student achievement and fostering improved teaching practices districtwide through coaching and mentorship we want to assure that no we want
114to assure everyone that no staff member will lose their job due to this program change all employees in good standing will retain a position with the district the goal is to align resources more effectively to support student achievement and improved teaching practices this restructure will place our best teachers directly in the classroom maximizing their impact on Student Success also by priority by prioritizing excuse me classroom instructure and teaching and teacher support we want to ensure the high quality education for our students mentor teachers will be providing essential mentorship and coaching strengthening teacher practices ensuring that all teachers have the support that they need to continuously approve our goal is to align both financial and human resources to support student achievement at the next board meeting the school board will be asked to take action to
115approve the proposed program change in alignment with board policy DF FB local reduction enforce program change while the term reduction enforce is used in policy it's important to note that it does not mean anyone will lose their job every employee in good standing will retain a position with the district as a result of the change the proposed program change including staff and reorganization and rooll adjustments will be detailed in the formal board resolution this resolution will outline how we're reach structuring to better align resources and supporting student achievement once approved the program change will be implemented to improve our educational structure create a more efficient system that enhances classroom experiences and maximizes educator impact on Student Success on an earlier side slide I mentioned changing the PLC or the professional learning community structure at the
116middle school campuses currently core teachers have a mandatory mandatory conference period and PLC period we plan to transition from the current 45 minute PLC period for core content teachers at the middle school level to schedule a full day of planning at least every six weeks during these full day planning sessions substitutes will be provided to cover classrooms ensuring that grade level teams have the dedicated time that they need to collab elaborate effectively and plan more in depth this change allows for more comprehensive discussions data analysis and alignment of instructional strategies across teams this change also will allow highly qualified teachers to teach additional sections of their subjects increasing opportunities for students to receive instruction from highly qualified Educators while also generating cost savings for the district this aligns with both the district's student achievement and
117fiscal goals also on the earlier slide we presented priority four goals the remaining part of this presentation will focus on priority 4 with an emphasis on Cost Containment and budget development keeping in line with the Strategic plan and the goals of priority for fiscal stward ship Dr gory created The Cost Containment committee with the support and Leadership of Dr Bigby this committee was composed of District staff from all areas of the district bringing together their unique perspectives and ideas on Cost Containment strategies for the current and upcoming fiscal years all while ensuring that we provide every Tri child with a high quality education at this time and Dr gory has already uh addressed it but I would like to give a heart thanks to Dr Bigby for his dedicated work on this committee cuz he
118was very instrumental in this so thank you again Dr Bigby his commitment to the students staff and families of Duncanville ISD has been truly invaluable we sincerely appreciate his leadership guidance and unwavering support in helping us to move forward in last month's budget update Miss Mayo presented the top five cost savings identified by The Cost Containment committee through a review of historical data we have projected budget Savings in these key areas the projected savings from energy management are based on the estimates calculated from Statewide data tied to the hbac systems added since summer 2024 with additional systems to be implemented in the current and upcoming fiscal years the projected savings from excuse me the estimate is derived from last year's utility data however fluctuation in utility rates or changes in weather patterns could impact the
119estimat that are provided the estimated savings from a temporary campus closure due to renovation are based on projected costs reductions during the one-year construction period that will be taking place at the identified campuses expected budget savings include salaries from positions closed through attrition utilities and non-payroll expenses these savings will be incorporated into budget projections for the fiscal years impacted by the closure as we move through line line item budget details the HR team will be conducting a staff and Analysis and then this impact may also be adjusted in addition to the program changes that we discussed earlier additional adjust adjustments have been made that will impact the general fund budget last year the board reviewed position changes including reductions in assistant principles campus AIDS and counselors these reductions have been implemented gradually through attrition and
120are reflected in the financial analysis additionally as previously mentioned uh program changes central office positions are currently under review as bacancy arrives vacancies arise the necessity of rehiring is carefully evaluated these reductions have impacted departments including curriculum instruction student services and business services Miss Mayo is currently reviewing preliminary figures for taxable values and estimates for enrollment for the 2526 school year to determine uh for revenue forecast the district is also expected to experience additional reduction to Char's Revenue above the cut scene in current and prior prior fiscal years Administration will continue to review and analyze possible additional Cost Containment initiatives and bring to the board approval for approval during the budget workshops Miss Mayo is also developing and will be working with campuses uh with campuses and departments to develop the line item nonone payroll
121budget HR is enter into the Staffing review for the 2526 school year and we're looking at positions districtwide and the outcome will will determine the impact to the payroll budget and Miss mail will Contin continually review budget savings related to the temporary campus closures due to bond construction and Energy savings and will share details at the upcoming budget workshops on this slide are the proposed budget workshop dates that are presented here for your review are there any questions it's late but I have one quick question the mentor teachers if they are teacher of record when are they going to provide the additional support to other teachers the mentor teachers will have different opportunities similar to an older model a principal could get them a substitute the district if we needed them to Mentor a campus
122across the district or maybe model or co- te classroom substitute can be provided as well um also they'll have opportunities to work with those teachers after school before school and throughout the day um as the principal can relieve them so we don't have it like scheduled we we have the stien the $7,500 stien but not really sure how they're going to be used at the let me at the secondary level Mentor teachers will have additional periods off but at the ele level it will have to we will have to use more of the substitute model to relieve them and so um we still will have instructional coaches in the district as well and so just collaboratively working with the team to make sure that they have that Mentor time as well but the secondary level
123yes there are able to have an additional period at middle school and high school um if they're assigned to those campuses right and we've had that very conversation and I agree with m brown the elementary does create a unique challenge because of the schedule but but uh one thing I will say and I'll add then I'll go back to that is that we're really excited to see these 19 highquality Educators that have been housed uh here at central office returned to the campus and we do believe that this will provide the best opportunities for children we do feel the mentor structure is important because they are some of our best teachers and uh that's how they ended up being promoted uh or moved into these positions at the central level but again we do see
124this as a way to continue to a get the best highest quality teachers in front of children but also let them mentor and support other teachers the elementary does present a unique Challenge and and we are working through that but there will be opportunities uh through their planning times or different times where the the $7500 will uh be used to so that we can require additional things of them at those levels okay thank you and lastly as we are thinking about cuts and and um being fiscally responsible can you guys bring us some options for pay raises um as we are looking for ways to decrease the budget but bring us some options for pay increases um and my second thing is um an option a strategy for increasing safety uh security officers not just
125at the high school campus but on the middle school campus and Elementary campuses as well that's actually to you Dr G yes ma'am I will and I tell you one thing that we've talked about this music to M Miss br's ears as I can see her look there because she has spent extensive time uh studying the pay cycles and even looking at if the state does provide a certain amount of dollars that we really if we're going to focus on building the future going to have to look at providing additional dollars so that we are competitive within this region so we are already looking in that space and appreciate your question about security we will look at that as well yeah we would love the other districts but we know we can't but we should
126try we'll see let's see yeah let's we're working towards that direction yeah let's try um so if you guys can bring us some options to look at that are sustainable that is the key word for me is that sustainable absolutely agree any additional questions or comments thank you than you thank you now I lost my place I got really into we will move to the information discussion agenda Item B Bond project update Miss fields that was my soap box right there well good evening again and I know um these next two uh reports that I'll be presenting of standing between us going home so we're going to try to give you some good news and and expedite the policy review that will be coming be the next item I am so excited to uh introduce
127or present I don't think she's coming or they've come I'm not sure who all is coming but ailia W and Seth Stevens from W if they'll make their way they're behind me maybe uh they are the principls that are working with us on the central Academy in Brandenburg they're going to present first so you can kind of see what they've been doing and then uh following them you'll have Miss uh Elisa kamano from hucke who will talk to you about Smith and you all are going to like what you're going to see oh you're going talk all right good evening Madame President Board of trusty and Dr gory uh my name is ailia WN I am going to be representing W AR Tex tonight to present Central and Brandenburg Academy to you um we are
128grateful for the opportunity to work on these two campuses with the district we understand the historical significant of central to the district and the community and we also understand the exciting opportunity to introduce the new Choice programs at these two campuses for the past month um we have been working closely with the district leadership team to provide meaningful designs to both sides and I'm excited to present these to you tonight starting with Central uh currently shown on the screens are the existing exterior conditions for Central on the far left is the historical facade and current front entry uh while beautiful and unique the existing secure vest wheel does not provide an accessible entrance for the building's visitors the central Courtyard connecting to three separate structures on campus with several free standing canopies have seen better
129days days and on the lower right hand corner shows the existing playground and shade structure for the exterior site we are concentrating on addressing that front entrance the central Courtyard and the playground area at the bottom um as mentioned earlier the current front entry and secure vestvood does not meet Ada standards so we are proposing to relocate the front door and secure vestel around the corner within the front Courtyard um indicated by the big large Arrow there on the floor plan so by doing so we're able to add an accessible ramp um while still maintaining that historical front entrance uh at seen on the rendering the ramp will be off to the side of the building and we'll have a canopy to protect the visitors from the elements with the different structures on campus creating
130a nice Central Courtyard we wanted to remove some of the concrete pavement and introduce a Synthetic Turf uh which will not only help with the current drainage issues but also provide a more welcoming space for staff and students and we'll be replacing all of the freestanding canopies and existing sewer line to help with that drainage as well and finally on to site will'll be replacing the playground equipment shade structure and moving it closer to the building moving inside where the majority of the work will occur you can see some of the existing conditions on the screen while functional to an extent the classrooms and Library are under sized per the latest tea standards the finishes would need some upgrades and there's some remnants of old Graphics before Duncanville Consolidated all campuses to be Panthers overall
131we Face the challenge of fitting the required program within the existing exterior walls there are also other constraints such as different level changes inside and outside um this is a large overview of the proposed floor plan and I'll be zooming in in a little bit to Showcase some of the more prominent spaces uh essentially the blue are all of your classrooms uh K through second grade are on the left hand side and then third through fifth are on the far right hand side you have the admin Suite right in the center up north and the darker pink is the library next to it is the existing cafeteria and kitchen location and then all of your fine arts program are in purple with the gym in green so Central will receive a new admin Suite uh
132that will include the new VES as I mentioned earlier leading into a new Reception Area the library will be moved to a more central location within the school and we'll have enough shelves to accommodate the tea requirements for book counts the cafeteria and kitchen will remain in their current locations but will receive updated finishes uh the leadership team from the district actually had a great idea for this historical graphic wall to showcase the history of the central building and site and we believe the best location for this graphic is in the cafeteria since it's a central piece connecting the two wings and there's a large storefront in front um where you can possibly see in and see this graphic being displayed we'll be moving the auditorium from The West Wing to the east Wing to
133utilize a slightly large higher roof structure and the auditorium will consist of a built-in platform with curtains and Theatrical lights and enough room for a maximum capacity of about 180 audience members and while the gym will remain in the existing condition in the existing location we are looking to give all of the finishes an upgrade as well the flooring will be replaced with a multi-purpose surface to accommodate both PE and dance activities and within the same gym building will be the piano lab and dance studio with these upgrades we are transforming Central Elementary into an Innovative Academy and celebrating the rich history of the campus as well up Nexus Brandenburg um currently here are the existing exterior conditions which are in overall good condition uh we'll be upgrading some handrails to bring them up to
134Ada code and looking to replace the wooden planters that you see here to be concrete um we'll be cleaning the masonry wall walls and resealing some joints there's no major changes being proposed to the Brandenburg site uh the front entrance and all parking will remain the same same going inside you can see from these images that the finishes are not in terrible condition and due to limited budget here we're looking to maintain a lot of the existing flooring ceiling and light fixtures and the corridors and the more recently upgraded restrooms however similar similarly to Central we had the challenge of working in the required programs of a Fine Art Academy into an existing footprint with limited roof height in this overall floor plan again the classrooms are in blue Fine Art space is in purple
135admin in the dark red cafeteria remaining word it is light pink uh library is Central in the darker pink we have a couple of science labs in the light green and the gym remaining where it is in the darker green the cafeteria kitchen and Stage will remain in the existing location as mentioned will'll be upgrading the walls and ceiling finishes along with the light fixtures for a more cohesive appearance with the other new spaces planned for this building and while we're keeping the existing floor and ceilings in the corridors we'll be introducing a new ceramic wall tile for added durability and since we're removing the existing uh lockers we're going to introduce these built-in Nooks which can be utilized for pinup space and benches the library will remain at a current location but it'll get
136expanded for additional shelving and collaboration space and we'll be introducing a blackbox theater um with an Associated makeup room dressing rooms uh restrooms and depending on the seating arrangement this space could host up to 80 audience members across the hall will be the choir room on the other side of the blackbox leader is the new band hall with dedicated Ensemble room and practice rooms and again the gym will remain in the same location but it will re receive upgraded finishes thank you again for the opportunity to work with Duncanville ISD on these two unique projects we're excited to see these Visions come to life and take any questions from here are there any question trust Savage Martin uh going back to Central the two entrances that are existing have been whatever are those windows now
137um so there are three entrances right now on right I figured y'all close that one off all together yeah we'll close off the middle one but the two sides will remain doors oh okay so one of them the main entrance now will become staff only that leads into the private admin Suite so it'll be staff only entrance right okay got it cuz those are hallways yes okay and then what floors are you going to put in the dance rooms uh there's a specialized um gym flooring that is also multi-purpose for PE and dance tap I'm going to come back and teach yeah I'm serious what kind of floor are you going to put uh um it can't be squashy right okay yeah it's not squishy and then the and then the stage will be the
138same too right stages at both brandonburg and Central so for Brandenburg we were not going to switch out the stage flooring since they're getting a new black box okay but at Central we will provide a wood look floor that can accommodate the dance it won't sound the same you know you could move some of the boards from the gym if you're going to redo that floor over into there but you know just something to think the gym right now has VCT at Central oh doesn't so another reason we wanted to refresh it even on stage yeah cuz I thought there was wood there but it could have been changed Central has the stage uh the stage at Central is so old it's probably has as bestus they put asbest under the wood EV it yes
139it's yeah okay we're live please edit that if possible trusty Savage Martin did I hear you gonna come back and teach tap okay for the kids from people all right are there any questions comments discussion thank you so much we will now move to the information discussion uh oh okay good evening president Dr gory trustees thank you Mrs pH for the introduction can you all hear me well I'm sorry I'm a little congested apologize for all right good evening again I'm ID Alisa kamacha with hakabe Architects I have the honor to represent hakabe um to provide an design update and show the progress for the full interior renovation of Smith Elementary Learning Academy a place where little Champions will embark on their educational Journey so the first slide we're showing the purpose and objectives this
140is not our words this is the district words and this basically DRS the design approach and strategy that we implemented for the design basically we can summarize the design approach as a a vision where we place where the student staffs and Community connect to inspire learning and growth we believe that learning flourishes when everyone feels connected in support we prioritize one of the most important connection which is the connection to Nature that's why why we implemented biophilic design strategy as a key aspect of fostering these connections we aim to create spaces that are not only a stimul ated engaging but also support the well-being of students and staff research has shown that exposure to Nature can improve cognitive functions reduce stress anxiety and enhance creativity we're showing here big ideas and these slides will show
141represents basically some of the strategy that took place uh as part of the design process as you can see here there is a palette of color we're showing texture we're showing ideas all inspiring nature that were part of the design process and ideas that we implemented in the concepts of the project another layer of the design intimately related to the connection to Nature is the cyclical beauty of the Four Seasons this is one of the main themes that we uh took in consideration to create the identity of all the spaces throughout the building here this is a floor plan diagram that summarizes basically the main ideas that we implemented for this project you can see that we have four neighborhoods each one of the neighborhoods we who have the identity basically formed with one um
142primary color that will be related to the one of the seasons in addition to that um as you can see on the floor uh plan as well you have different icons showings the location of each one of the experience that will be um designning uh in those classroom and those experience classroom will be paired with standard classroom for a total of 18 uh classrooms this is one of the um spaces this is the library area as you can see there are colored shapes materials that are um directly um inspired in nature this is a main hub for the library area this is uh one of the collaboration spaces is designing around the idea of winter one of the season the next one this is our favorite this spring this is a summer and last but
143not least this is the fall as you could see on each one of the collaboration spaces we're changing the colors but we are keeping same uh consistent elements um like the reading NES the tree elements the lighting so even though they have different identity the kids will be familiar with those components as they move um throughout the school so with that we finalized our presentation this are main Concepts Big Ideas that we are implementing to the project um we're currently at uh design development phase and thank you for your thank you any questions we will now move to information discussion agenda item C Texas Association of school boards policy update Miss Phils see if I can talk fast like that commercial you know when they have that extra uh they don't really want you to
144hear the the uh sponsored by that that I'm going to try to move through this of course board you know um this presentation is update from tasby 124 last year about this time we did 123 and you have in front of you the Powerpoint and also uh the policies and we're going to really pwn in on the local policies and I'm going to try to move through this very expeditiously just for your background uh this is uh Tas is our policy um service and all these changes are really in compliance of not this legisl lative session but the previous legislative session some law became laws immediately others did not and so these are the the latest there were 52 legal policies that you did not have to vote on which total about 300 pages that
145we didn't put in your book and then there are eight local policy changes that you have in front of you that I'll walk us through um the first one that you have is CAA local Financial ethics and uh this this particular policy matches a legal policy C BB legal and it's really editing uh changing the word design out of this policy so that only the superintendent or the board president won for reporting fraud the the superintendent and the board president will be uh listed as those that will report fraud to the board and the superintendent will conduct investigations and disciplinary Act so it's really taking out the word design out of this local policy and it's connected to financial ethics CDA local sellers of Investments and there are some requirements there for you where it
146says that the uh sellers of the investment and their representatives must be registered with these couple of State uh agencies W the Texas state Securities board and have membership in the Securities investment investor protection cor uh Corporation and that they must be registered in good standing with the municipal Securities Ru making board I'm not as familiar with all that but I did run by run this by uh Miss mayo and she gave a a thumbs up before she left on this and if you have questions I'm sure you can reach out to her about that see why local is about intellectual property and of course board uh this is nothing new we have a policy on intellect ual properties but they're really strengthening this because of copyright infringement and so uh even when people leave
147our district and they perhaps created something here that they want to take it with them and so here you have a little bit a stronger language clarifying the circumstances in which an individual uh can use intellectual property and it also clarifies that we have some abilities to use things uh in instruction like musical uh uh uh music or perhaps even some other kind of other books Etc that we can use as part of instruction but this is strengthening that particular policy DH local is um as you all know we've had Chang in law about use of um ecigarettes and other uh items and so for the schools they want to make sure that we address this that even uh tobacco and ecigarettes are prohibited even if if it only contains tobacco and so this will
148out line up with our model employee handbook the language uh ehb local deals with our special programs and dyslexia and Related Disorders and this is again uh board we have this policy but strengthening it based on legislation uh where uh students who have dyslexia that will be addressed through the administrative code that we follow those laws and also any reference to dyslexia that is um discussed and decided on through the admission review and dismissal the art committee under ebb these are e policies are connected with instruction of course and the GT program and really for this the bottom line for this particular uh policy is to make sure that the money we receive for the students who are coded GT or gifted and talented goes back to the program and to the student that's that's
149what this policy is about and FG FFG local student we welfare and I want to highlight this when I'm almost done uh because this came up in discussion even on last year when individuals would have to make a report on child abuse and neglect and now it is required the person who is making the report must rep give their name and cont contact information which of course creates with some individuals fear but the policy still states that the identity of the person that reports it that information will be kept confidential and only disclosed with in accordance to law so you have if I report it I have to tell you I reported it I have to give you my contact and then they have to guarantee that whoever the parent or the grandparent or the
150teacher or the whomever committed the abuse will not find out who reported it but this is a two-step it used to be you could be anonymous and no one ever knew so just wanted but some people have getting really nervous about this even from last year we knew this was coming and then of course this is connected to the one in d uh no electronic vaporizing devices even if they have uh tobacco or ecigarettes and this is for our community anything in our property our buses school events Etc uh this is against the law and do you have questions next month we'll ask you to approve these thank you all right thank you being there are no further items to discuss may I have a motion to adjourn the meeting so moved it's been moved
151in second good night good e