001e e e good afternoon everyone thank you all for being here today is Tuesday March 11th the time is 5:50 and we call this meeting this regular meeting to order of the Eagle Pass Independent School District first we will have Pledge of Allegiance Mr mades will you please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for okay now we will go through roll call we have Miss ilap Martinez vice president present Mr Christopher Hiller secretary present Mr Victor E Perry trusty present Mr Morris Lipson is absent today Mr Kim barera trusty is present Mr Tom Gonzalez trusty present Mr samel mikar superintendent here present uh we have
002Miss Valerie Kio present and myself present at this time we will move to Citizens Communications and recognitions and we do have two citizens Communications first we have Mr Luis Padilla appreciate it guys again I know last time was you had trouble hearing me was it true can you hear me now yes I'm again here same thing I came last month um basketball program we provide it's called play for God organization um we want to provide more for the Youth as it's we started last week we had 32 games and we're going to have 32 more this coming week but unfortunately we had to let go like five teams because they couldn't afford it they couldn't pay the $45 per participant or parents can't go in cuz we charge 7 to $6 I'm here just to
003ask you please if you could help us out um I I put some pictures out there if you guys I don't know if you guys received them um we've been doing this program since 2009 we've impacted so many youth I think the beginning of 2009 we had 17 teams um 20 before Co we had over 100 teams those kids if you see them in the picture um they graduate like 10 years ago maybe Generations those kids are doing something those three of my those kids were my my kids um my daughter's in El Paso married to a military person my son is in the in Dallas his own business my other older boy he's a firefighter EMT and Eagle Pass not only that all the kids that been impacted for the basketball progr there been
004so many um not only we provide basketball but we provide our program to so take kids to tournaments with the funds that we raised we're able to take take a lot of kids that are not can't afford it um we had a boy gentleman he was from CC win talking about maybe 10 years ago he couldn't afford to go to Corpus but because the help of you guys we could we didn't charge that much so we had enough money to take them to Big tournaments so I just ask you to please help us out um I know we have a new price on what we got to pay is I I'm going to say $32,000 for the gym that's 10 Saturdays we got a charge we we pay every week $3,227 and and I'm and
005thank you for Mr Mias he's helping me out every year um if we could help us out we could help the community not only that we have kids that come from all over I'm talking about Del Rio Eagle um giso cisto aende no Rita come down play over here not only that they're spending money and Eagle Pass so 85 86% of those teams are forat Town 15% are from Eagle Pass so I would ask you to please help us out with this community I would ask you to please be an impact to the kids kids that can't afford it that want to play in the league but they can't they just don't have the means with it I had to let go five teams there are 10 players in each team that's 50 kids that
006could be doing something else out there or they could have been playing basketball in the courts in your gyms so I ask you please again like you seen the pictures um the reason we started this basketball program is because the drug cartel was using our youth smuggling their stuff and I had friends kids that were involved in that program and and that stuff they're smuggling their drugs back to United States are smuggling their money back so that's the reason we started this program not only that if you see some of the pictures we have pictures in the boy club it was packed we came to you guys like 15 years ago to ask you to please help us out and you guys did you wav all the facility fees and you just we prayed only
007for the safety of the kids as police officers and the J the Stan we paid only for that that was $810 weekly now we pay over 33200 a week so it impact is the community not us not you guys it's the kids the kids are the ones are being impact so we went with you guys you guys helped us a lot so I'm asking you again to please help us a lot again like I said we had to let go 50 kids because they couldn't afford it so please help us out again pictures there you see pictur from all lower from 2016 wish I had more I just couldn't find them but we used the high schools and we used the jior high was for that price um like I said we have volunteers to
008help us out every single year and I thank you for that too so please if you could guys um talk to each other and just help us out please okay thank you any questions for me anybody we can but we can hear you any questions no no we're you're good thank you yes app apprciate thank you guys very much you guys have a blessed one have a good day thank you everybody know oh um the board is not allowed uh to respond to any public comment speaker so that is why they were not able to answer that question I think he walked out with just for any other uh future reference for public speakers thank you next up we have Miss Raquel [Music] Hernandez good evening episd Administration and board members my name is Raquel
009Hernandez and with me tonight are other retired teacher substitutes you stand thank you currently in our School District 65 retired teachers work as substitutes our group consists of at least 30 of those 65 of course not all of them are here because they do work and they're tired at the end of the day two years ago we formed out of the need to address the low pay episd offers us on March 21st 20123 as our school district Was preparing the budget for the following year we presented a request before the school board for an increase in our hourly pay on that day we explained how certified degreed substitute teachers are an asset because of our Decades of teaching experience our knowledge of child psychology our skill at classroom management and our love and respect for
010the students we do appreciate the $2 per hour increment that we received the following year however we would like to see a fair compensation for certified degree teacher substitutes who love their profession and still enjoy educating our community's children for years episd has kept our degreed certified teacher substitutes at the same extremely low pay as a matter of fact 20 years ago certified retirees were paid more than we are today for 7 years starting in 2005 this school district was paying certified retirees $135 a day then shockingly the daily pay was lowered to 105 that $30 reduction remained in effect for 11 years and was still in effect when we approached the board two two years ago Mr miates with the $2 per hour increment that you gave us the Daily pay for 7 and
011A2 hours amounts to $120 nowhere close to the 135 of 20 years ago just like in 2023 we are asking for a daily pay of 150 especially since many of us help with tell pass and STAR testing even our neighbors in cariso Springs continue paying 150 to their certified degreed retirees we remain hopeful that this time around you and the board will come through thank you so much from all of us [Applause] blessings thank you Mr herandez thank you all at this time we will move to our recognitions number one recognition of the Dina Kelo Graves tiger EDS dance team for receiving first place large Ensemble for Palm routine and first place Junior Ensemble for jazz routine at the HT competition in your Bron folds on February 15 2025 good evening Mr President distinguished members
012of the board and of course super inant miadas thank you for allowing me to spend some time with you this evening our first recognition for tonight is for for the Graves Elementary Tigerettes dance team congratulations are in order for the Tigerettes Squad who competed at the HTE dance competition in new Bron Texas on February 15th the girls battled it out leaving it all on the dance floor they came out Victoria nabbing first in large Ensemble palm and first in junior Jazz Ensemble congratulations ladies way to dance your way into victory at this time we invite the board and of course super hus to come forward for photos Okay okay before we get our official photo if there are any parents that would like to come to this middle area to get your shot of group
013you can at this time before we get our official one e Armando CNA is definitely raising some stallion Strong football players as their division 3 flag football team won the city championships congratulations stallions on a job well done this football season keep scoring touchdowns and snatching trophies okay once again as before parents if there's anyone who'd like to come and get their photo now is the time to do so e CC win High School is extremely proud to announc that their Maverick student council just received outstanding recognition in all all five report areas as follows pride and patriotism energy and environment drug alcohol safety and health and community service the Mavericks are also proud to boast that they received the prestigious title recognition of District honors Council also in the top 10 video for their
014Council awareness project and their top 10 project for a Maverick County Christmas recognized Statewide way to go Maverick stuco okay if there any parents who'd like to get their photo at this time e and now let's welcome out your Eagle Pass High School varsity basketball team that battled it out this season earning them a well- earned playoff bid for the first time in years led by coach David Chisum they full court pressed their way to a job well done congratulations gentlemen [Music] we do invite our parents to come forward for photos at this time oh thank you congratulations to Eagle Pass High School's band member Santiago vial on being selected to the Texas Allstate music Ensemble through a series of auditions Santiago and his base clarinet were selected to perform during the annual tmea Clinic
015Convention held in February in San anonio way to go Santiago we all applaud you for this remarkable feat if Santiago's family is here we do invite you to come forward for the to join us for the photo m and now rounding out our recognitions for this evening let's give it up for your Eagle Pass FFA chapter conducting team for competing and advancing to the state finals they play six in state out of 250 teams chapter conducting consists of the students learning memorizing and Performing parliamentary procedures they then have to conduct a fake meeting where they apply these skills by figuring out a problem that has been given to them way to represent Eagles once again parents we do invite you to come forward for your photo at this time e [Laughter] than you [Music] okay
016moving to District reports and presentations we will take one two and three [Music] together Mr mades we're good do any questions from the board nope all right then we will move to number four presentation of eagal pass independent school districts 2024 2025 annual report Mr Mar Martinez uh good evening superintendent mes and uh members of the board today we have the uh annual report which is required as part of the U accountability system uh before I start the actual presentation just a couple of things on the binder you have in front of you uh the first tab or section of the report is the actual uh PowerPoint that uh will be on the screen and the second tab that uh follows is the actual tpr the one that by law we are required to present
017to you of course we use the PowerPoint to make it a little bit more um uh user friendly for everyone involved here if at anytime you have a question please uh let me know so these are the components that are required as part of the annual report uh of course the tpr is the main part of the report but there there are other sections as well that are required District accreditation of course the tpr uh Financial standard reports campus performance objectives uh violent and criminal incidents uh report on higher education and at the Early Childhood literacy mathematics and ccmr board plan uh the tpr of course is the biggest of of of them all uh the first item we have here is the district accreditation since there's no accountability or has been for the last
018couple of years uh the accrediation has been delayed just like last year 23 same thing with 24 uh again campus accountability ratings they're delayed uh they're still in um um in litigation both uh the 23 results and the 24 results they're delayed as well uh therefore there's no campus uh designations thetion designations but we do have a St data so that data comes straight from the tpr report you have uh the different uh grade levels and the different areas uh like the First Column you have La by grade level uh you have mathematics and then you have science and you have the uh Plus or minuses so regardless of uh whether it went up or down there uh in red colors so red does not necessarily mean then it went down we have a a
019couple of great levels in a reading such as third and fourth that uh had an improvement of Two and Three Points respectfully then we have a dip there in fifth grade then we had a couple of points um higher in sixth grade uh same thing in uh seventh grade we had a dip there as well as eighth grade and English one which is usually tested in nth grade ninth graders rather um then we have English to with a a positive three or three plus three uh Point Improvement then we have the uh the mathematics scores as well uh same thing we have a a neg3 there in third grade A plus one in fourth grade uh fifth grade uh was apparently a cohort issue if you look across so uh that's 8 sixth grade -2
020sth grade no change 8th grade4 and then algebra algebra 1 which is usually tested in nth grade um no change now we do need to remember that this last year um we had what we call start 2.0 that was a a change on the examination and that was the root of the of the lawsuit that some districts presented to the state that's why they went into a litigation because of that particular um change in the examination the test itself it's not called 2.0 but that's how they call it star 2.0 officially has not been changed but that's how it's being referred to and then you have the then you have science science only has fifth eighth grade in in biology those are the scores the minus8 -9 and plus 5 in biology and then we
021have social studies which is only tested in eth grade and then US History um as a as an EOC now the approaches level which is what we just presented here is what uh is requ ired for State accountability so you're going to see approaches level and then you're going to see on the next uh slide also on your presentation the meet standard this is for federal accountability which is at a higher uh standard a higher threshold and it's it's um outlin the same way as the approaches we use the same uh method and then last but not least is the Masters this is what is used for the distinctions okay so this is used for awarding distinctions to the various campus according to their performance of course there were no distinctions because there was no
022uh accountability rating issue this year but anytime you have any questions please um let me know because just just in case I go a little bit too fast here we do have a also the the 10year comparison in attendance with the latest one being 2023 on the far right and you can see the the change in uh in numbers if you look the last couple of years 22 was the year we returned from uh remote learning and that was a a struggle for some families to send their kids back to school and uh we fell under the 90 degree threshold then we picked it up to 91.2 that was 23 and then last year will not be reported until the following time around we have the federal graduation rate which is above 93% uh the
023state uh percentage that is not reflected here is in the 96 97 it's in the 97 Range that's our completion rate and you have the different groups that you have uh identified there such as uh education disadvantage non education disadvantage Section 504 English Learners which we still use the terminology for federal um uh accountability purposes um and we have also the disciplinary placements uh students with this which has been growing lately and the atrisk population which is at 7 was at 70% 70% last year we do have uh as part of the tpr we also have uh Financial standard reports uh with a comparison from uh comparing the district and the state I know those are usually presented on a regular basis by Mr mades but we are required to put it in this report
024as well so they're in that area for your consideration now the next thing is uh what do the campuses do with a with a information they get from uh start data well now this data is reflected not only in the tpr it's also uh in other areas in the uh ta website so what campuses are supposed to do they look at the data according to the performance of the previous year and then they got they get a projection or a goal rather as to what they want to attain this current year that that we're in right now which is 2425 so that is a requirement uh and and each campus is reflected there on on uh their projection or actually their targeted goal in each area that is assessed in star star EOC we also
025have a disciplinary uh cumulative report so anytime there there's a slip and so on it is um inputed into um into the system pams and it uh it uh gets all of all of these numbers together and this is what is uh being reported as well this is part of the required uh reports um for the annual report now this one right here these are the students who graduated in 23 and entered a um postsecondary education uh I need to clarify that the only numbers that we have here are those students who attended a Texas public school so if they attended a private school those numbers are not reflected here or if they attended an out of state school uh whether it it was Private or or or or public it would not be reflected
026here because the Texas Higher Education coordinator Coordinating Board does not track those students this is only those who enrolled in Texas public schools so you see the numbers across um on that table also a requirement that we have from HB uh the old hb3 approved in back in 2019 um the uh 86 legisl legislature they had a a requirement a plan called the uh and right here the 30 by 60 by 30 plan which the target was it by 2030 uh which we're about five years uh away from 60% of all students would have would be at a certain standard so that's that's the goal 60% but the percentage point it's at the meet standard and uh they have a couple of uh checkpoints the first one is on third grade reading at the meat
027standard not the not the approaches it's it's at a higher um threshold here or standard and that's the uh those are the results from this previous um uh testing from last year which is also on the tpr it comes straight from there but it's at the me standard not not approaches and we're supposed to look at third grade reading and we're supposed to also look at third grade math and those are the The Early Childhood uh uh plans that uh had to be submitted starting in 2019 we used um uh that is the Baseline year we have to go back to the drawing board this year and come up with an additional 5-year plan because this is this ends the first 5-year cycle until we get to 2030 along with that we also have a
028ccmr component the only problem with the ccmr component or report is that one is published through accountability and since we haven't had accountability in 23 or 24 we do not have any data for that particular report so that's why it says um Na okay and that concludes my report if there's any questions any questions from the board any questions from the public I'll just clarify the uh uh state law allows uh requires actually public comment on the taper annual report by School District so if there's any comments by the public you may do so now if there is no questions from anybody thank you you're welcome and we conclude this presentation [Music] okay now we'll move to action items number one considering take aerate action and the request to adopt resolution 2024 254 to nominate
029a candidate to serve as board of directors of the MRA County apprel District MCAT we have uh we had Miss pcel who resigned is that correct Mr Miss P resigned from the yes so there is an opening at this time and we will take uh a nomination for a candidate original post tomes would you like to there is a nomination by trusty Hiller to nominate Mr Tom Gonzalez do we have a second second second by trusty Martinez if there's other questions all in favor all opposed motion passes congratulations Mr gonalez just another meeting retired i'mtired number two consider and take appropriate action under the request to approve the 2025 2026 school calendar and payroll direct deposit schedule Mr mes on the yes yes yes uh we have um the school calendars uh we have Mr
030Camaro here he did the the tallies on the approval of the calendars and also on the on the payroll direct direct deposit and I think it was a for a for both thank you was it pretty much very one-sided for both votes so it's the same as we have right now on my question what what has been the reason that it brings a lot of complaint from the employees about there being a 3-we gap period when everything is done in a bi-weekly I would think is is there a period where there's more than two weeks before they get paid on some of these schedules yes there are periods that are like that uh we try not to have so many pap periods like that but when we have a holiday a major holiday that they
031get their pay their uh they get paid before they leave for the holiday that's when we have those large gaps and I'm talking about Christmas Thanksgiving uh spring break when we have those large gaps so that's when it happens most of the time oh when we have some holidays that uh we try to pay employees a little earlier as it's in the schedule that's that was schedule a schedule B was pretty much what we had before covid and um most of the employees want to stay the way we are right now just to clarify uh I met with the tcta uh they had a meet this meet uh uh Q&A with the superintendent uh I think it was a couple of months ago and uh I clarified that situation especially in Christmas uh and they
032understood that they didn't want to be paid after Christmas they prefers to get paid before Christmas so uh so that was one of the biggest uh reasons that they decided to vote for a because they do not want to they need the money before Christmas so we can pay them before after Christmas but to to avoid that 3- week Gap but no they they they sort of said Mr M just leave it alone so I I think that's that uh some people don't understand that but once they I explain it to them they said no no you're right so uh that's why I think most of them voted this way Mr madus either of you um there's still a lot of complaints on social media regarding this uh pay schedule that the teachers either don't
033accept or don't understand um I was told that this was given to the teachers and to the employees twice a year is that correct the twice a year is this information given to them twice a year could it be put out somewhere so that they stop questioning to see when they will get paid and since as of yesterday this was still a concern on social media yes we we started last year when they vote for it they they actually get the schedule they get to see both schedules so we started giving them the the schedule uh through the voting process and last year this is the second year that we do it and then I send it out to the campus and not to all the campuses and and it's also provided to them uh
034we can also guide them to look it up on our web page and that way they can see it there on our web page so that way they can be informed of when they're getting paid uh whenever we deviate from the schedule like Mr miad was saying we will deviate sometimes because they want to get paid before a holiday a holiday is coming up and they want to get paid and sometimes when we deviated we only deviate so they can get paid a day or two earlier uh based on a on a special request but uh we can have it available on the on our on our U web page and and now they have it because that's basically what they vote on um I think it was pretty pretty um the the voting I
035think I'm not looking exactly the percentage but I think it was overwhelming it was about I think it was 75% uh that want to keep the scale schedule that we have and this time we did it a little different with the help of Mr Orlando sanas we made sure that everybody voted all the manual traits and everybody that did not have an email so they were able to cast a vote last year we didn't do that this year we took us a little longer but we had more time and we got everybody to vote on it very good uh if I'm correct or or let me know uh or not uh this this the payroll schedule gets emailed to all employees right so they can just do a search payroll and the payroll schedule comes
036out and their email maybe a possible highlight of the several times that they'll get paid in a 3-week span and then also a highlight of the times that they're getting paid early just so that it's visible to them and it's possibly appreciated explained and explained yes thank you thank you Mr madis Perfect any other questions I I just want to clarify on I think on what trusty Hitler was mentioning is recently as as far back as uh just recently in January there was an issue with uh direct deposit I think that's what he was referring to and um that was clarified that's what they're trying to avoid in the future also I noticed on the pay schedule that in December they do get backtack checks on the 12th and the 19th but then there's a
037four-week gap before they get another one so correct as long as you know they're going to know teachers are made aware of that as trustee uh Martin Martinez said yeah cuz that's going to be a big gap and there will be issues okay thank you sir do we have a motion to accept the uh Cal school calendar and the direct deposit schedule a motion by trusty barera do we have a second trust second by trusty Gonzalez no other questions all in favor all opposed motion carries unanimous and I'll move to number three consider take appropriate action on the request to approve a memorandum of understanding between Eagle Pass Independent School District Texas Education outreach program and Workforce Solutions middle Rio Grande board Mr mes yes we have me had is here uh it's item number
038three right I'm sorry I was discussing some the public hearing with the attorney um this is an mou with a with a with a work Solutions and it's just a renewal it comes to us every three years and this is for they uh provide jobs to the our vocational special ed if that's correct so questions I'm sorry I didn't catch that what exactly is it that they do us they provide uh uh jobs for our VOE they in special ed we have occational uh Miss uh well they also provide training and high demand areas and they provide occupational rehab for our special needs students they provide the transition from high school to the work field they it's a very vital service they provide for our district yeah Miss graph is our contact person okay Mr
039Cox any any changes no to the just maybe the Personnel that's going to be serving but uh like the you'll see a different signature at the bottom of theou but no no changes I see thank you that's a v program yes yes any other questions not do we have a motion so move so move by trusty Hiller do we have a second second second by trusty Gonzalez no other questions all in favor all opposed motion passes we now move to consent items we will take items number one two three and four together any questions from the board if not do we have a motion so Move Motion by trusty Martinez do we have a second second by trusty Perry other questions all in favor all opposed motion passes and like always please thank all the
040people donating all the companies donating on behalf of the board and the administration this time the Board of Trustees of legal pass Independent School District will convene in close session as authorized by the Texas government code chapter 551 to deliberate upon the following matters number one the board will hear the request to hire Personnel to fill a vacancies pursuing to TGC 551.074 and the board will hear the request to approve term contracts pursuing to TGC 551.074 do I have a motion to convene in close session so move so move by trusty Hiller do we have a second second second by trusty Gonzalez all in favor all opposed motion passes the time is 6:37 and the date is Tuesday March 11 2025 and the Board of Trustees is now in close session and no action will
041be taken in close session e e e