June 2, 2025 – Board Meeting

001You're welcome. Thank you for indulging me on that. I now call this regular meeting of the Goose Creek CISD board of trustees to order. The time is now 6:02 p.m. Mrs. Guy, was the meeting properly posted? Yes, it was. And do we have a quorum? We do. Thank you so much. Before we get started, I am going to pull from the agenda item number eight and nine from the agenda for further consideration at a future meeting. And with that, Dr. O'Brien, I will turn it over to you. We have Miss Karen Thomas. We'll begin our meeting this evening for administration. Good evening, President Campees, school board members, Dr. O'Brien. We will begin the June 2nd board meeting with the prayer led by Helen Barat Tims and the pledges led by Mercedes Reneria. Would everyone please

002rise? Thank you. Would you please bow your heads with me, please? Dear heavenly father, thank you for your faithfulness and provision in our lives. We thank you for each person in this meeting tonight. And we thank you for the opportunity to gather together and work toward a common goal. In everything we do, we give thanks to you and and as we pray and and continue forward, may our hearts be filled with gratitude as we start this meeting and may it guide us through. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Place your hand over your heart and repeat after me. I pledge algiance 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 all. Honor the Texas flag. I

003aliance to the Texas one state one and indivisible. Thank you. You may be seated. All right. This evening, we'll begin our recognition and acknowledgements with uh Anna Espinosa, the director of our GCCSD education foundation. Please welcome her to the podium for an acknowledgement. [Applause] Good evening, President Campy, board of trustee members, and Dr. O'Brien. On behalf of the Goose Creek CISD Education Foundation board of directors and donors, I have two very special donations to recognize this evening. Our first donation is a designated grant from our longstanding partner, Exxon Mobile. As you know, Exon Mobile has a history of being one of our most generous donors, and tonight is no exception. Representing Exxon Mobile this evening is Miss Connie Tilton from their public and government affairs team. We appreciate everything Connie does to advocate for GCCISD.

004And tonight, she and I are pleased to announce the donation of $51,000 for the following departments or pro programs. Partners in Education, $15,000. Math Counts, $1,000. K12 Science Department, $30,000. And the robotics program, $5,000. I'd like to ask Connie and any of our other education foundation board of directors to come up for a photo. [Applause] All right, Matt plug. The Education Foundation's mission is to partner with the community to provide resources to enrich teaching, inspire learning, and provide opportunities for excellence in education for all students in the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District. Since its inception, the top priority for the education foundation is to put funding directly back into the classrooms through our innovative teaching grant program. This year, we had 145 applications submitted across the district, which were read and scored by board

005of directors who serve on our programs committee. From those applications, we are thrilled to award 49 grants. 44 of those being from this year's grant cycle, as well as five many grants from the 2324 cycle that were purchased by businesses and individuals at our gayla fundraiser in November. We are honored to stand here tonight and present the 2025 2026 innovative teaching grant donation to Goose Creek CISD in the amount of $195,844. and 85 cents. [Applause] Hi. All right, we'll move on to our recognitions this evening. And first, we want to welcome Faith Longoria, associate director for social studies, to recognize students receiving recognition at the Texas History Day competition. And then she'll be followed by Dr. Norma Martinez, director for secondary CNI, who will recognize our UIL academic winners. Good evening, school board. Um, thank

006you so much you and and Dr. O'Brien for this opportunity to represent our Goose Creek kids who competed this year. Uh, National History Day is a 35 year tradition that we have been competing at the state and national level. Quite a long list of accolades that have gone with that. Uh, this project is completed in all social studies honors classes at the junior high and high school level. At the regional contest, we have between 200 and 400 students every year who compete and then the first and second place winners at every category level will go on to compete at the next level. So, we're going to go through the students who competed at state, some of our winners, and then next week I have 13 students that we are taking to the National History Day

007contest. So, starting with the students who competed at Texas History Day, junior group performance, Melanie Blakesley and Natalie Blakesley with a project entitled Medical Malpractice: The History of Suing Doctors. They are students at EF Green Junior School and their sponsors are Addison Ramsey and Josh [Applause] Anderson. Junior Group website, Joseph Mendoza and Jesus Reyes. And we're going to take a picture outside afterwards. Their project is entitled Guide Dodds: Bridging the Gap between Independence and Support for the Blind. They attend Highlands Junior School and their sponsor is Emily [Applause] Ibara Junior Individual Exhibit. Isaac Graham with his project, The Right to Serve, the Integration of the United States Military. He attends Gentry Junior School and his sponsor is John Hefernon. [Applause] Senior historical paper Frederick de la Rosa with his project titled the Lemon Grove Incident

008how a school board failed in its responsibility to support educational rights. He attends Sterling High School and his sponsor was Shauna [Applause] Bernhausen. Senior group documentary Yario Kingo and Alexis Ibara with their project children's rights and adults responsibilities. They are students at Sterling High School and their sponsor is Roxalyn Anson. [Applause] Thank you. Senior group documentary Lily Wyn and Advita Shindai with the project the Texas city tragedy, a cautionary tale. They attend Impact Early College High School and their sponsor is Elijah [Applause] Milanavanovic. Senior individual website Arya Patel with the project right to protest governmental responsibilities the 1989 Tianan Square protests. He attends Goose Creek Memorial High School and his sponsor is Stephanie [Applause] Shroll. Senior individual exhibit Elise Sanchez with the project board v board of education and the denigration of the public school

009system. She attends Sterling High School and her sponsor is Roxalyn Anen. Thank you. Senior group exhibit Emily Escato and Railen Crianza with the project the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. They attend Goose Creek Memorial High School and their sponsor is Stephanie [Applause] Schro. Senior Group Exhibit Axel Moreno, Destiny Ramos, Carson Purcell, and Matteo Ortegan. Title Project Protecting Childhood, the National Child Labor Committee's fight against child labor. They attend Goose Creek Memorial High School and their sponsor is April [Applause] Vogle. The next group of students that I'm going to um announce all were in the promoted to the finals round of state. They didn't make finals, but that means that they were in the top 10 of the state, but they did not rank. Junior group documentary Colin Pinkerton and Kinsey Pinkerton with their project entitled

010The Pinkertons: How the expansion of their rights and responsibilities backfired on the pri first private eyes. Uh they attend Gentry Junior School and their sponsor is Sarah Capistani. [Applause] Junior individual exhibit Ava Flood with her project redefining service rights responsibilities and the women's armed services integration act. She attended Cedar Bayou Junior School and her sponsor was Matt [Applause] Fled. Senior individual documentary Anuna Sud with the project consumer's rights and the Titans responsibility standard oil versus the United States. She attends Goose Creek Memorial High School and her sponsor is Stephanie Shrell. [Applause] Uh at state placing third in junior individual website is an Gupta with the project breaking the trust the struggle between rights and responsibilities at Watergate. He attended EF Green Junior School and his sponsor was Claude Garrison. a bunch of these people. Got

011a bunch of the following students, and we have almost all of the 13 are here, um, are going to be competing next week at National History Day. And I'm very excited. We have students competing in all five categories, junior high and high school. It's going to be an exciting trip for our kids. Uh, first place at state and junior group exhibit for the third year in a row. Anna Lee Ramirez, Gabriel RmIrez, Jonathan Lewis, and Yashir Singh Gil with their project set the fire earth on fire mining for rights, responsibilities and equality during the arenthraite coal strike. They attended EF Green Junior School and their sponsor was Klay Garrison, Isaac Arusco and Addison Ramsey. [Applause] Yeah. Yes. They are eighth grade. Just finished their eighth grade year. They placed sixth in the nation as sixth

012graders. They placed fifth in the nation as seventh graders. And I have high hopes for them this year. They have a really interesting project. first place at state in junior historical paper which means he is going to be published by the Texas State Historical Association. Medavendra Choen Chowen with project entitled the Montgomery bus boycott empowering rights embracing responsibilities in a journey towards equality justice and social change for all. He attended EF Green Junior School. His sponsor was Klay Garrison and at state he also received the colonial dames award which is for historical papers dealing with the impact of innovative ideas embodied in the US declaration of independence or [Applause] constitution. First place junior individual performance Caleb Keeling with his project titled Frank Franklin on the origins of the fourth. He attends Gentry Junior School and

013his sponsor was Patricia [Applause] Oment. First place junior individual documentary Brinkley Benis with her project titled The Great Idea: Speaking for Those Who Cannot Speak for Themselves. She attends Cedar Bay Junior School. Her sponsor is Adam Clemens and she won the outstanding regional project award for the junior division at [Applause] state and second place in junior individual exhibits. So we took first and second place in this category at state is Reagan Benois. her project entitled racing out on the orphan trains balancing rights and responsibilities in an early child welfare program. She attends Cedar Bay Junior School and her sponsor was Joanne Bell. [Applause] And also our second place group in junior group exhibit. So we took first and second and junior group exhibit as well is Austin Thomas David Oraniano and Jack Patine with their

014project entitled Exxon Valdez navigating the tides between rights and responsibilities. They attend Baytown Junior School and their sponsor was Seth Tunic. Uh great announcement for these guys on Wednesday of next week. They are part of the US history Smithsonian showcase. They are the only Texas project that will be showcased at the Smithsonian. And these boys placed ninth in the nation last year. So I have hopes that they will place again as well. Second place senior individual doc Oh, she's not here. Second place, senior individual website, Sadv Kora with her project, Ethics on Trial, the controversy of the Willowbrook Hepatitis Study. She attends Goose Creek Memorial High School and her sponsor is Stephanie Shaw. [Applause] and parents, we're going to take a group picture outside if you want to come and get a copy of that

015as well. So, thank you very much for the opportunity to represent these outstanding students. They start this project in August and for these kids, that means they have literally worked on it the entire school year. So, they've done an outstanding job. Well, don't go anywhere yet, friends. Good evening, President Campy, Dr. O'Brien and board members. The secondary CNI department is proud to recognize Joseph Capeki, a 2025 GCM graduate for his outstanding achievement in the 2025 UIL state accounting competition. Joseph placed seventh in the state, demonstrating exceptional skill and dedication in a rigorous academic field. We also commend his coach. I know he's here, but he might be lost in the outside. Um, we also commend his coach Charmaine Brooks and principal Kelly Start at GCM for their guidance and commitment to excellence in preparing students

016for academic success. They're right here. I'm sorry, Joseph. So, please help me in recognizing and congratulating Joseph, Miss Brooks, and Miss Start on this remarkable accomplishment. We're gonna get him inside. [Applause] All [Applause] right. Now, we get the opportunity to recognize some of our award-winning campuses. So, Amanda Kennington is here. She's our coordinator for healthy community schools. to recognize winners of the Shaq whole child wellness award. Good evening, board of trustees. The GCCISTD School Health Advisory Council officers, Mr. David Reid and Miss Ashley Cox are and I are honored to recognize campus school health advisory committees for the key role that they play in advancing the health and well-being of students, staff, and families. The whole child wellness award applications outline the criteria that are required for each award level from bronze to platinum based

017on 10 school health focus areas. 18 campus committees led by champions successfully submitted evidence implementing strategies that were outlined in the district's wellness plan. Key factors contributed to the success of the award recipients and includes things like the support and commitment by campus administrators, a school health team that meets regularly, promotion and effective communication for school health initiatives and resources, participation in regular assessments of implementation to monitor progress, engagement with family and the community. Committees earn bonus points for integrating school health strategies into the school improvement action plans, providing evidence of professional growth, incorporating healthy fundraising options, and integrating sun safety practices into the school environment. The 2025 whole child wellness award is supported by Bwell Baytown. Bwell Baytown is an initiative of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center sponsored by Exxon Mobile.

018Each gold level campus will receive $350 to use towards campus coordinated school health initiatives and each platinum level campus will receive $500. At this time, we ask the campus committee representatives to come forward when you hear your names to take a photo. All righty. The first campus is going to be Alamo Elementary. Principal Aaron Clement and champion Amanda Lucas. [Applause] All righty. Our second campus to be recognized is going to be Austin Elementary. The principal is Amy Henderson and the champion is Delila Caro. [Applause] Our third campus to be recognized is going to be Crockett Elementary. Principal Talis Aniwan and Amy Adams is their [Applause] champion. Our fourth campus to be recognized is going to be Desavala Elementary Principal Leah Abbott. Abbott, sorry. And the campus champion is Sharon Parker. [Applause] All right, our fifth

019campus to be recognized is EF Green Jr. Principal Alicia Babin and campus champion is Carla Ariano. [Applause] Our sixth campus to be recognized is going to be Travis Elementary principal Carrie Lannis and Angela [Applause] Dunen. Yes, ma'am. All righty. Our seventh campus to be recognized is going to be Victoria Walker Elementary principal Paige Bird and campus champion Brent Gry. [Applause] 10 campuses earned a platinum level whole child wellness award. First up is Asheville Smith Elementary Principal Lacy Gordon and champion Cynthia Martinez. [Applause] Next up is Benuelos Elementary principal Erica Box and champions Justin Capato. [Applause] Next we have Bowie Elementary principal Damon Mcleammore and champion Tyianne Ramos and counselor Georgina Holm. [Applause] Next up is Carver Elementary principal Erica Smith and champion Michelle Hayes. [Applause] Next up is Clark Elementary Principal Kimberly Shite and Champion

020Joe Mcgru. [Applause] Next we have Harlem Elementary Principal Betty Baka and champion Sher Young. [Applause] Next we have Highlands Elementary Principal Blanca Capato and champion Joel Coons. [Applause] Next is Impact Early College Principal Laura Reyes and champion Myra White. [Applause] Next is Pumphrey Elementary Principal Renee Meyer and champion Jennifer Star. [Applause] Next is Saneno Elementary Principal Luis Munoz and champion Kristen Reyes with support from campus student success specialist Sarah Serrano. No. [Applause] Thank you. We would like to thank you all for your support. [Applause] All right, we have one more special recognition this evening and so I'll turn it back over to Dr. O'Brien. Yes. One of the blessings that I have as superintendent of school is I get to serve alongside our board of trustees. And sitting next to someone for a year, you

021get to know them a little bit better. But I wanted to share just a few things about our immediate past president with you before we provide her with her gavvel that she can take home and hit as much as she wants. [Applause] [Laughter] I'd like to inform our audience that Miss Helen Barat Tims became board member in 2021 and served as president in 2425. She's part of the 2022 honor board by the Texas Association of School Administrators. She's born in Baytown and a product of Goose Creek CISD, Lee College, and Prairview A&M. She went to Harlem Elementary, Highlands Jr., and Ross S. Sterling High School. She is retired from Harris County Precinct 2 after dedicating more than 30 years to a career in public service, working in leadership with communities and families. Outside of the

022GCCSD school board, she served on the Baytown Opportunity Center board, the Bay Area Rehabilitation Center board, the Juvenile Probation and Children Assessment Center Advisory Council, and Girl and Boy Scouts. She's married to Richard Tims and is the mother of Courtney, Bianca, Brandon, Terrence, and Heaven. Her greatest joy is being called Nana by her grandchildren, calling them, and she calls them her grand hearts. Miss Helen brought Tims, on behalf of my colleagues, the board of trustees, and our entire community, we'd like to say thank you for your year of service as president of Goose Creek CSD Board of Trustees. [Applause] graduation. I'll be here. [Applause] All right. We'd like to wish congratulations to all of our award-winning students in schools and a special thank to you to Miss Brock Tims for her dedication and time to

023our school district. At this time, I'll turn the board meeting back over to President Campy. Thank you very much. Um, that was a good initiation for new president, Miss Bro. You didn't tell me taking pictures was that difficult. Your cheeks start hurting. They They do. Um, okay. So, we'll move on to number four on the agenda, which is citizens participation. Citizens participation is the time that the board will hear public concerns or public comments from those who have properly signed up to address the board. At regular board meetings, the board shall permit public comment, regardless of whether the top the topic is an item on the agenda posted with notice of the meeting. General public comment is limited to no more than 30 minutes per meeting. At all other board meetings, public comment shall be

024limited to open session items on the agenda posted with notice of the meeting. Each speaker is reminded that he or she is limited in his or her presentation to a maximum of three minutes which can further be limited or reduced by the presiding officer and that he or she should respect the confidentiality concerns and refrain from attacking the personal character of any individual student staff member or board member in addressing student I'm sorry in addressing concerns or comments pursuant to state law and board policy be illegal. The board cannot consider or take action on concerns at this meeting unless they pertain to an item on the posted agenda for this meeting. Any deliberation or decision on an item that is not posted for consideration at this meeting shall be limited to a proposal to place

025the subject on the agenda of a future meeting. We have four people signed up to speak today. Mrs. Guy, will you take time and give everyone three minutes when you approach the podium? if you would please state your name and the topic you're uh speaking on and your time will start once you begin speaking. Our first speaker is Paul Wankowitz and Don Coffee. Good evening Goose Creek CSD Board of Trustees. Uh my name is Paul Wankowitz. speaking on behalf of the Rotary Club of Baytown. Uh I'm also the uh president nominee for the club as well. Uh I'm here representing the club and what we're going to do is we're going to present to the board that uh the Goose Creek CISD Professional Development and Event Center, which currently does not have a formal name,

026uh be named after Dr. Randy O'Brien. Okay. I have a letter here in support of that as well from any of our uh members which I'd like to read as well. uh to the Goose Creek CISD board of trustees. As superintendent, Dr. Bryant has led with integrity, vision, and a strong belief in the potential of every student educator. His leadership has not only guided the district through growth and transformation, but has also fostered a culture of excellence across our school and throughout Baytown. Dr. Bryan's commitment to service extends far beyond the school district. As a member of the Rotary Club of Baytown, he lives with the motto service above self in everything he does. Each year, he alongside with Goose Creeks ISD has supported our club's annual shrimp and catfish festival uh in meaningful and

027generous ways, whether through resources, encouragement, or helping to ensure the success behind the scenes. And for the past several years, our catfish and and uh Captain Special has has raised tens of thousand dollars, which we have been able to give back to the community. Uh this year, Dr. Brian went a step further by offering the use of the professional development and event center, uh as the venue for our 2026 event, uh an act of partnership that speaks volumes about his dedication to Rotary and the Baytown community. In recognition of Dr. O'Brien's legacy and leadership, service, and community partnership. We respectfully ask that the board consider naming the professional development and event center in his honor. Such a tribute would be a meaningful and lasting acknowledgement of his impact and a way to honor his years

028of visionary leadership to remind future generations the power of servant leadership. One minute remaining. One minute. One minute. Yes. Uh this dedication would honor the value of Dr. for Brian as modeled through his career and service as a reminder to the future leader of power of education service and committee partnership. We thank you uh for consideration for our continued commitment uh to service the students and families of GCCSD. The vertical of Baytown uh stands ready to support this request remains proud partner in serving our community. Uh I do have few of us here today uh Dr. I mean, excuse me, uh, Judge Coffee, and also his wife, Janice, and, uh, others too that are in support, Gilbert Santana, uh, David Smith, Jade Cox, Lauren, uh, Heferman, uh, Calvin Mundinger, Dr. Thomas Kelchner, Jim Ferris, who

029was also here, Elansancy Robinson, David Despat, Daryl Fontnner, who is also here, Rob McDougall, Sheila Crawford, myself, Paul Wankowitz, Doug Walker, and Sonia Cather as well. Thank you guys so much. Thank you, Mr. Wanit. Your time was perfect. Our next speaker is Janice Coffee. Good evening. I'm here to speak about the facility naming of the professional development and event center. Good evening, uh, Dr. O'Brien and board members. I'm Janice Coffee. I taught school in this district for 27 years and served on the school board for eight years with 35 years of experience with a variety of wellrespected superintendants including Johnny Clark, Jerry Roy, Toby York, and Randy O'Brien, one of our longest serving superintendent who has served fewer years than only George Gentry and Johnny Clark. I can say that Dr. O'Brien is a leader

030who always has the best interest of the school district in every decision he makes. As you know, he led the district through the difficult years of the Corona virus pandemic and has initiated a variety of innovative programs, all while adapting to the constant fluctuations in budgeting support from the state legislature. During his tenure, the district has completed construction of several new auxiliary facilities, including the transportation, technology, and robotics centers, established seven career acade seven careermies, and opened new campuses including Impact Early College High School, Sheila C. Lile's Early Learning Academy, Jesse Lee Pumprey Elementary School, the newly designed Saninto Elementary School, EF Green Junior School, Stewart Career Tech High School, and the Stalworth Stadium Fieldhouse. Dr. O'Brien became one of our district's he became our district's 50th superintendent in 2014. After joining the district as

031deputy superintendent in 2013, he has been recognized as superintendent of the year in both region 12 and our region 4. He was also honored as a 2024 Sam Houston State University Distinguished Educator of the Year, an award recognizing and honoring alumni educators who have made a significant contribution to the field of education. As a team of eight, I know that you have experienced Randy O'Brien's professionalism and efforts to meet every need of the students and employees of this district while heeding the desires of the taxpayers and working to listen to each one of you in seeking an appropriate honor for his years of excellent leadership in our district and in seeking a wellrespected citizen in our district for whom you should name the new professional development and event center. I believe the most obvious choice

032you can make is Dr. Randall O'Brien and I strongly encourage you to name the new facility after him. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Coffee. Our next speaker is Martin Lamond. Good evening to all the board members of Goose Creek ISD. I am Martin Lamont and I'm here to speak on behalf of Howard Samson on naming the newly constructed fieldhouse at Stalart Stadium to be named in his honor. Howard is individual has always put others first. His his 16 years of service to Goose Creek ISD board is firsthand evidence of his desires to communicate how important education is to future generations. He has coached on all levels, little league to college level athletics. He's inspired many of us as teammates, friend, mentor, community leader, and also as a devoted brother in Christ who has always been

033a true inspiration to those who have gotten to know the person. There's no doubt among family, friends, and acquaintances by having the name of Howard Samson permanently etched on the new fieldhouse will forever be a reminder of how hard work, self motivation, and dedication will be rewarded. Howard has always been Baytown proud. He and always been a great ambassador for all Bonians. It's my honor and pleasure to nominate Howard Samson for this honor. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Lamont. Our final speaker is Warren Singleton. My name is Warren Singleton. I'm a local historian and the founder and president of the Baytown Carver High School Recognition and Preservation Society for which I am representing today. I'm here on behalf of Mr. Howard Samson wanting his name to be etched on the new fieldhouse. Mr. Samson I've

034known for a long time. He was an outstanding athlete, three sport athlete, Sterling High School, football, basketball, track and field, but he excelled in football where he was one, if not the best, one of the best defensive backs in the state of Texas. He went on to earn a four-year scholarship full ride at the University of Arkansas where he excelled on that level. Also, he was the captain of the defensive team and received other honors. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers and played as a defensive back and on the specialty team. And after his football career was over with, he was a coach, a collegiate coach at several colleges. And also he has the honor of being one of the people that have played as an athlete in four bowl games and coached

035in two bowl games. That's an honor. There's not very many people that can do that. Also, Mr. Samson is a pillar of Baytown. He came back to Baytown and he worked for Harris County Precinct 2 for years. He was appointed to the board school board here and then he was elected and then reelected. He has served 16 years on his board. One minute. I remember sitting down talking to Mr. Samson to see what's in his head. and he mentioned then he's still saying today the number one thing that he wanted to do was do for the kids and he's still doing that. So I recommend that this building be named after Mr. Samson. I think it would be a good idea to have someone that is from Baytown has his roots here has done well

036for the community has served the community for a long time to have his name on that building. Thank you very much. [Applause] Thank you, Mr. Singleton. And that concludes public comment. Dr. O'Brien, I'll turn it over to you for superintendent reports. Thank you. Yes, sir. This evening, the administration brings before the board of trustees for consideration the superintendent reports. The first report will be the school health advisory council shack annual report for the year 2425. Want to thank my fellow Rotarians for showing up here tonight. Thank y'all. Appreciate you so much. While we're waiting to get set up, we also want to thank the speakers for Mr. Samson as well on his behalf. Thank you, Miss Kennington. We're going to let you um allow the members of your panel to introduce themselves as we go

037along. Typically when we have a technological um moment we allow the visitors the community members to either sing or dance. David Miss Cox Okay. Fortunately for y'all, I think our techn is coming online. Show us what you got. There it is. All right. Good evening, President Kimzy, members of the board, and Dr. O'Brien. My name is Amanda Kennington, the coordinator of Healthy Community Schools. I serve as the co-chair along with Mr. David Reid, a parent from GCM High School. Members of the SHAK executive committee are here tonight to summarize the annual progress and share highlights from the 2024 2025 school health advisory council board report. You can find the full report of all the SHAK activities on the SHAK board report official letter that you have in front of you and that will be posted

038on the SHAK website. Before we start our presentation, we'd like any school health advisory council members in attendance tonight to please stand and be recognized. Miss Caldwell Time. Thank you all. Thank you for your commitment working toward achieving the GCCSU wellness policy goals and school health initiatives. And special uh thank you to Kendall David for being our executive committee leader liaison for the SHAK. We appreciate you as well. Every independent school district is required by state law to establish a school health advisory council for SHAK. A primary goal of the shack is to assist the district in ensuring that the local community values are reflected in the district's health instruction. The members of the members act in an advisory capacity to the board of trustees regarding coordinated school health programming and its impact on student

039health and learning. The shack functions in compliance according to Texas Education Code 28.004. The GCC ISD board of trustees approved and appointed 45 members to the volunteer advisory council. This year, Shaq was composed of 28 parents, 11 campus staff, nine district staff, and three community organizations. I'm currently serving my third term as the Shack parent chair and happy to highlight that 27 members or 60% of the SHAK were returning members. Participating in the shack is a wonderful way to collaborate with the school district and community organizations or agencies to increase parental awareness and available community programs and services. This group of individuals provide invaluable advice to the district on methods to advance student academic performance by promoting, practicing, and coordinating school health education and services. GCCISD hosted four general Shack meetings. To read more about

040these items, please review the SHAK board reports, meeting minutes, or audio recordings, which are posted on GCCSD's Shack website. The SHAK is divided into four standing subcommittees to address health issues that we may see in our school age children. 12 subcommittee meetings were hosted this year to ensure that all members were engaged in their efforts. I'm going to turn it over to Shaq secretary to share some celebrations. Ashley. Hi, my name is Ashley Cox and I have served as a parent member for the past four years and have witnessed how important it is that the home, school, and community interact to contribute to each child's success. The Shack collaborates with various district departments, campus health advisory committees, and community partners to implement coordinated school health programming. As you witnessed earlier this evening, many of our

041schools were recognized for their whole child wellness efforts locally. Our school district has been recognized on a national level with 14 of our schools on the Alliance for Healthier Generations America's Healthiest Schools list. As a community, we earned second in the state for the Healthier Texas Community Challenge by uniting together to support health. 100% of our GCCISD campuses completed healthy school assessments this year. The Shack successfully conducted an annual wellness policy and plan review and have seen a 73% growth overall in meeting our wellness goals collectively from 2024 to 2025. The catch program is sustaining successful imple implementation of nutrition education, nutrition promotion, physical education, staff wellness, and family engagement initiatives. But wait, there's more. Let's hear from some of our district leaders. Amanda. So, I'd like to highlight that the district successfully hosted a

042family wellness festival this year, achieving its goal of providing health education and wellness resources communitywide. The event engages and empowers students, families, staff, and community to promote healthy habits made possible through strong staff collaboration and community support. The health education PE physical activity and fitness subcommittee learned that the district leveraged resources this year to paint concrete areas with activity zones at Buouie Crockett and Highlands Elementary. PE teachers volunteer volunteers participated in training cohort to increase the capacity of our catch implementation and support for active recess. The cohort also promotes physical activity throughout the school day. And we did host nine walk to school events this year, engaging families in active transportation. The district advanced sun safety by installing shade structures at Harlem, Buouie, and Benwellis Elementary with Clark, Desabala, and Asheville Smith selected for installations

043this year. Six sunscreen dispensers are maintained at three high schools for athletics and band students. Sun safety education was provided to grounds and summer nutrition staff and 45 trees were planted at Benwell in partnership with United Way's MLK Day of Service. The Shack Health Education Subcommittee explored innovative ways to integrate comprehensive physical, emotional, and nutrition nutritional health education including abstinence, substance abuse prevention, and suicide awareness into classrooms. The goal is to deliver a holistic engaging wellness program using existing instructional time efficiently. Let's take a moment to hear from a few of our different committees. Natalie Edwards, nutrition services director, leads our nutrition subcommittee. Good evening. This year, the nutrition services subcommittee had the opportun opportunity to visit three campuses and observe lunch routines. Members also participated in food tasting and provided input on menus in

044addition to educational opportunities. Nutrition promotion can be found on campus cafeteria walls, on bulletin boards, plasma screens, social media, on the district website, at family nights, and via home snacking challenges and contests. At least High School recreated a campaign to encourage second chance breakfast for students hungry after the first period of the school day. The program provides students with a quick and easy option for breakfast to fuel their day of learning. Before we move on, can you go back, Miss Kennington? I just want to point out the the kids in the middle picture on the bottom participated. Uh would you share, Miss Natalie? Oh. Oh, okay. Right. Would you share what that is? Yes. So, um, we had a a culinary competition for our fourth and fifth graders, uh, Francesca's friends. So, they, um, each

045campus could, um, participate and we had a winner. Those are our winners from our elementary campuses. And they got to, uh, showcase their winning dishes before the board meeting. And the top prize was your dinner that night. And it was in late February. So, that's our little junior show. The reason why I thought it was important to pause just for a moment and let you share that story about who those kids are is because I was approached this year by a senior who was a fifth grade champion culinary chef who then enrolled at Steuart Career Tech High School and graduated this year with level three certifications in culinary arts. His name is Eric Gonzalez and he played the national anthem on guitar at graduation. So, uh, these kids, they they listen and they pay attention

046and when you provide pathways, they latch on. We just don't always know when, but this student walked up to me and let me know that he was a fifth grade culinary champion. So, I wanted to commend you on having that program. Well, thank you. Thank you. Um, so right now, uh, we're right in the middle of summer feeding and actually Dr. Price can attest, it started out with a bang. We had a cookout at Sterling Library and we fed just under 200 kids. Um, the line extend. We never fed that many kids out there. So, um, it was very busy. So, we wanted to try something different this year. We normally have cookouts, but we wanted to promote it more and hand out the flyers so people can know all around where they were. And

047I think that is very helpful for just letting them know all the parks and the serving times and breakfast and lunch. Um, next year, um, Goose Creek will have the opportunity to participate in the fresh fruit and vegetable program where we'll be able to give, uh, students a fresh fruit or vegetable, um, during the school day after aside from breakfast and lunch, and they'll learn about the nutritional nutritional benefits of whatever fruit or veggie we're serving for that day. Um, additionally, in response to federal guidelines, the USDA has announced more significant changes to sodium and added sugar standards beginning this upcoming school year. So, we're currently working on menus to uh meet those goals. Um, and we appreciate all the Shack volunteers that put their input in our um, nutrition services subcommittee. And I'm going

048to turn it over to Miss Pena. Good evening. My name is Patricia Pñena. I serve as a health services coordinator for Goose Creek. I serve as a SHAK committee subleader and wanted to highlight the district's HPV related cancer prevention efforts. The district participated in the all for them HPV vaccination grant program in partnership with UT health for the fifth year. The program was expanded to high schools and significant growth in participation has been has been seen especially at the junior high level. The program targets students as young as fifth grade and aside from HPV, students are able to get other required and recommended vaccines. Goose Creek will be hosting other vaccine clinics throughout the summer. We'll start H we'll start off all for them back up in the fall, but others will we'll offer other

049regular clinics throughout the summer for our uh community to get to get started for the new year. Thank you, Miss Pñena. The Shack will continue to implement the wellness policy goals with the support of uh a diverse set of stakeholders. The SHA would like the board to consider the following four recommendations. uh first is convey the link between health and learning to school leaders, parents and the community. Second, support the implementation of the GCC ISD wellness plan strategies and evaluation. Third, enhance collaboration between the GCCISD board, district leaders, and SHAK to promote student health and wellness on board priorities. Lastly, support comprehensive physical activity programs with training to give students multiple daily activity opportunities. The SHAK would like to invite individuals that are interested in participating in the 2025 2026 committee to complete an application

050by visiting the GCCISD shack website. Applications will also be sent via parent square. Paper copies are also available upon request. And we just want to say thank you for the opportunity to present the ongoing efforts um and progress of our of our council. And we're happy to answer any questions that you have at this time. Any questions or comments from the board? Just the the recommendation to the board was that we would u support the engagement of this program and I think they've demonstrated that so far. Uh Mr. Reed, Miss Cox, thank you all as um parent liaison with the community being on part of this committee. Everyone else has to. No, I'm just kidding. But uh but um but one of the ways the board I think could help you. Wouldn't you agree if

051we all started off every meeting with jumping jacks, push-ups, and sit-ups? Are we in? Great presentation. Thank you all very much. Appreciate you. Thank you. Mr. Mr. Campezy. Next up, we have a superintendent report called anti-bullying committee giving their annual report 2024 2025. Thank you, Dr. O'Brien. I know this one well because I sit on this committee along with Mrs. Guy. Okay, we ready? Okay. Good evening, Mr. Campy, Dr. O'Brien, school board members. We're here to present a quick update on the anti-bullying committee. And so we'll go ahead and jump right in and then of course if you have any questions feel free to to ask. And so first of all our purpose is uh again we have campus anti-bullying committees um that that serve the campus and then we have a district-wide committee that

052meets quarterly. We'll get into that here in a minute. But the the overall purpose is just to make sure that we're improving and strengthening safety for our students and staff uh security and also working on um developing student voice. So if there's a problem that if our student sees something, we expect them to to to vocalize that. If there's something they want to improve at the school, they they feel comfortable enough that they have a pathway for for increasing student voice and sharing that information either with the administration at the campus, with their teachers, um or or with the committee that they serve on. Um, also our focus is is overall to to strengthen uh the culture at our campus uh at our schools to make sure that we're developing a campus of respect, of

053um inclusion, that we're taking care of one another. So that's that's the goal. Uh for our goals for uh for this year, we have four goals goals. One focuses on um prevention efforts. So making sure that what we're implementing at our campuses is um helping to prevent bullying actions. uh as shared in the previous slide, a second goal is to make sure we're elevating student voice that again students uh feel like they have voice in um in in in their campus and in decision making. I'm also expanding staff training and accountability, making sure that that our staff, primarily our teachers, are aware of any indication or signs of bullying and they know how to intervene so they're trained to to address that. Um and then also we're we're looking at uh survey data that you'll

054hear here in a minute. Um and we're helping that that data is helping to drive some decisions that we're making for our district committee as well as our campus committees. Our process again is we we meet quarterly. We have uh several individuals who are represented on the on the committee. Uh we have parents, we have uh principal all of our principles are on the committee. Um we have schoolboard members. Um and then also we have students at two two of the four meetings we invite students to participate so that we can uh hear what they have to say and they can provide input as well. Um also what we did this year is we provided certain bullying scenarios and had the uh the students and the staff break up into small groups to discuss those

055scenarios and and responses that should happen at the campus so that they can start to see um how they can play a role in addressing bullying at their schools. And then also at our last meeting we had an activity where students generated different ideas for their school and they share those ideas so that they can learn from one another. Okay. And then also some of the strategies that that we focus on and some of the the resources that we focus on um start with hello. So if there's a student new to the school or a student who's alone that um students know how to be proactive and making sure students again feel like they're a part of the school that they're being included. Um we do lean on the student handbook, the code of conduct

056uh for the definition of bullying and how we address certain disciplinary actions. Um each year we do a student roundt and we do that at the district level as well as the campus level where they have opportunities again to share what's working and what's not working. So we're constantly having a conversation on how we can get better on this topic. Um, also we again in the last activity we worked on how can we make sure we're advertising um at the campus level that students have a way to to publicize um anti-bullying efforts. And then that last item, adult visibility in key areas is very important as far as our staff being present in certain areas so that um so that students again feel safe and secure at their school. Okay, I'll turn it over to

057Dr. Reminik for the next piece. So good evening. Many things are working well with our anti-bullying efforts. One being the reporting tools that we use. Our students are taking advantage of the online systems that they have to report an anonymously. It's we have the P3 app and then also the bullying link. Additionally, uh our students will report bullying through their Google Google classrooms to their teachers. the visibility of staff and the staff being in front of their doors greeting students, checking in with them, that's working well. And lastly, peer-led change. So, of course, our students being the voice and talking to their peers about anti-bullying efforts. That's working as well. Okay. So, as Dr. Bolinger stated, uh we have a student culture and climate survey that is given to all third through 12th grade students.

058And this survey focuses on um engagement, safety, inclusivity, belonging, and bullying for our district. We run that data districtwide, but in addition to that, we run that uh for our campus leadership teams for individual campuses. So with that data we um at the anti-bullying committee host student roundts and that is where we analyze the data by elementary, junior and high um and have some some robust conversations and those help drive our anti-bullying goals and our campus goals um for the upcoming school year. In addition to that, um we have our principles go through the data and compare uh their campus data to the district data and we um model different activities that they can do with their campus anti-bullying committees and leadership teams. Um and in addition to that, we monitor um these responses in

059the strategic plan by taking um four targeted questions that pertain to social and emotional wellness and bullying. and we monitor the responses for agree and strongly agree. Um we have been doing the survey since 2021. In 2021 uh we sat at 82% um for that average and we've been stagnant in 22 23 23 24. But we are happy to report that we have seen an increase by three percentage points um of students who feel um that they belong in school, that bullying is decreasing, that they have ways to report. Um and so that we is a celebration for us because we have been working very hard to try to move the needle in that area. Okay. So what are the student roundt takeaways? Um again, these are generated by the students. Um and that happens

060at the um anti-bullying uh anti-bullying district committee meeting. So in the elementary um they have a focus area for school pride and increase education and increase educational consequences related to bullying. So their goals at the campuses are really going to to be driven by that identified focus area. In addition um they have a celebration. They feel like there has been improved intervention and increased staff visibility in um very important areas at the junior high. Their focus area um is they noticed that students prefer to anonymously report, but one of the issues that we're seeing is that they're failing to provide um sufficient data to act upon that uh report and have action for that. So, one of the things they're going to focus on is training students how to give the best possible details um

061even though it's anonymous so that administrators can act upon that report. Um but they also note that successful anti-bullying strategies such as mentorship um providing student ambassadors and reporting tools that are very visible has been something that has improved this year. at the high school, they really want to focus on students being more involved in the reporting and in the prevention of bullying. Um, and they celebrate that they feel like their campuses uh provide um a more of a sense of belonging and really focus on those uh peer-to-peer and peer-to- relationships. All right. So for our 25 bullying coded data um you can see that I'm happy to report bullying incidents have gone down um in the last three years. Um we were at 65 incidents of um coded bullying this year. Our hazing um

062code was at seven which was down one from last year. Uh the cyber went down to four and we had one severe case of bullying. So, our total incidence of coding of bullying this year was at 77. And just as um our panel stated that I do believe it's because of the work we've done these last three years, um I've had um comments made from principles that say students are speaking up more. Um they are actually saying, you know, don't do that. That's bullying to other kids. Um which I think is an impact on the that voice that we're talking about. Um, and just as we said, the um, visibility of the reporting tools and them being able to um, put up their own signage and, you know, their own language that they want to

063use to prevent um, the bullying. So, um, I'm happy to report that I believe those incidences have gone down to our efforts these last few years. As we close out this school year and prepare for next year, we are currently working on new campus ambassadors. With our resoning, our kids are moving around. So, the campuses will be taking a look at the student ambassadors and getting um those names prepared. We will continue to focus on our strategic plan, the targets, and the strategy so that we can continue to make growth in all of the areas that we need to. And also we will have a specialized focus on classroom behavior strategies and support next school year as well. Okay. At this time we'll entertain any questions if you if you have some anyone. Yes sir.

064And and again, I believe it goes back to, as I've stressed before, um there's other incidences that can evolve from something. It might not be bullying, but it could be coded something differently. Um and again, um even the cyber bullying, um a lot of these instances that we've had, a lot of them were at the elementary level. And it's a lot of the education that goes back to educating parents on social media, um and educating those younger students. Um our older ones obviously know what can be done on social media and if they intend to do it they intend to. Um unfortunately the younger ones um I don't think are as well educated on social media and um so when we come across incidences as I've used examples before um it's a matter of bringing

065those parents in talking to them and saying you need to monitor your child. you know, when they're in group chats, when they're in group text, when they're posting on Instagram or Snapchat, um they need to be aware that what they can say can be hurtful. Excuse me. Um on the last item, uh celebration, strong sense of belonging and relationships. Are we talking about getting groups together or when we say this particular yes and no? I mean it it really depends on what the campus is uh focused on in terms of how they you know provide that sense of belonging but a lot of it has to do with every student having an avenue to be involved. I'll tell you um we review the survey data and we've done so for four years and that is

066one of the target areas in the past especially for high school um and so I know principles are taking that data into consideration when they're planning for the upcoming year and they are asked to make changes to their um campus based on that feedback from students and so there have been principles who are really focusing on providing opportunities for students to be involved Yeah, I see the numbers have gone down. So, evidently the campuses and principles and everyone is taking a little bit more serious about bullying and that's a good thing for us our campuses. Uh because for a while there it was kind of out of control. Uh, so now it looks like we're trying to get it under control. Yeah. So, whatever you're doing, let's keep it up and get better and better

067at where we won't have any bullying, which possibly is impossible. Any other questions, comments? Thank you all very much. All right. Thank you'all for a great presentation. Our next presentation will be our budget update. Miss Bridget Clark, our CFO, will be presenting. Are you bringing anyone with you? Uh Dr. Ballinger for compensation. All right. Good evening, uh, President Campey, board members, Dr. O'Brien. This is the moment you've all been waiting for. This is a this is our, uh, second to the last possibly, uh, board uh, budget update. And happy siny die. Today is siny die. So, it's the last day of the regular legislative session and I think we can all say a yee-haw on that one. And uh we haven't seen any uh indication of having a special session. So, looks like it's going

068to close uh with a whimper instead of a scream it sounds like at least. Um and we're all very grateful for that. Um it's been a long session. With that, we will go ahead and get right into it. We're going to talk about um you know, all the information that came flooding in at the end of the session or or the end of last week um the compensation update um and what our budget uh calendar and next steps will be. All right. So, um the 28th was the last day for the House to vote out any Senate bills and Senate joint resolutions and the last day for the Senate to consider all bills and joint resolutions. Today of course is siny die and then the 22nd is the last day the governor can sign or

069veto bills. There's a little bit of wiggle room I understand. I'm not sure exactly what the procedural rules are on that but I know there's some wiggle room on that but uh I don't expect uh there to be much controversy hopefully. All right. So, something that came up uh procedurally last week um was uh something I haven't had to uh have any close-up dealings with just because the the bills have either been approved and signed or we've gone into special session and it wasn't necessary. Um but the governor a bill can become law without the governor's actual signature and that is when the go the governor receives the final form of the bill which he does house bill 2 right now and he has it for 10 days not counting Sundays uh and he has

07010 days to return the bill to the legislature if he has no objections um and then if that happens then the bill becomes law as if he signed it. So um there's that. So, I mean, he does have thousands of bills, so it makes sense that he wouldn't have to actually physically sign each and every one of them, and there is this procedural option for him. Um, House Bill Two was sent to the governor's desk on the 29th, which means the bill could become law by 611. Um, even if not signed, Moch and Casey has stated on the record that there was no concern of House Bill 2 not becoming law. Now, I trust them as the gold standard of all the organizations that we deal with. They do have insiders that have worked with

071TEA and for TEA that have recently joined Moch and Casey. So they have a lot of contacts and uh I think um even uh Dant Casey and uh Lynn Mo both work for TEA at some point. But nonetheless, it's still not 100% done deal, but that is the messaging that we're receiving. Um again here it's been voted on by the Senate. it's still it's on its way to the governor's desk and he has that uh period of time of 10 days to sign it or it becomes law if he has no objections. All right. So, the major legislative changes in House Bill 2, they came um since the last we met on May 6. So, they had major changes. Basically, the Senate just gutted House Bill Two as it was written by the House and

072pretty much put their own um items back in there from Senate Bill 26, their teacher raise section and all of that. They gutted the basic aotment. Um it was it is included in the Senate bill or the Senate's version of the bill um of an increase of $55 per basic aotment. That's not really a true increase because they took away from the golden penny formula. So they just they just reallocated it from tier 2 to tier one and they called it an increase. But at the end of the day, the net increase of the bottom line is zero. That's pretty much how that's going to work or it we actually will get just a tiny bit and it's not going to be $55. Not even close. Um the Senate's version of the required raises is

073what made it to the final bill. And that's again with the three and four-year teacher and five plus year teacher experience. Those uh separate categories for 2500 and 5,000 respectively. And then they did add a non-staff non-administration um component as well. But all the salaries in the aggregate is is by far the line share of the bill. It's $8.5 billion dollars. So you see here um the line share of the 8.5 billion the 4.2 is for teacher and staff payraises. So that's nearly half of it right there. And then they did add uh 1.2 billion for a lotment for basic cost right at the end. Now these all come with strings. Um they this particular allotment is to in uh pay for expenses like increases in insurance, increases in utilities, increases in payroll costs as

074a result of the raises and uh increase in any TRS contributions. Also, there's going to be about a $2 billion increase to special ed funding formulas, but that the line share of that is not going to take place this budget year. It's going to take place for 2627. Now, they have accommodated us in the assessment area and have given us some additional funding for that, but the line share of that bill is not going to be implemented until next session. And then they did add some items for school safety. Um the school support um pay raise component is going to be calculated by taking ADA times $45 and that's for all um school districts. safety. They increased the per student aotment from $10 to $14 per student and increased the campus allotment from $15,000 to

07537,000. So that gives us about a $800,000 increase um from last bienium whenever they first put that in place. And also the allotment for basic costs which covers insurance and utilities that 1.2 billion that's going to be calculated using enrollment times $106. So, and that's going to equate to about $2.5 uh million for us. And so, but you'll but we have exorbitant increases in um in health insurance costs and we've we've contributed millions in the past year to offset and keep those uh premiums down for our employees. So, we've contributed uh quite a bit of money. This is going to help. Is it going to cover all the deficits? Absolutely not. But, we will gladly take it. All right. So, as as I said earlier, um what made it into the bill, the House's version

076had a $395 increase for basic aotment, and we were all overjoyed and thrilled because that would have given us the discretion to spend those dollars as we needed to as a district, and so did all the other districts across the state. It did not make it into the budget into the final Senate bill that way. It made it into 55 as $55. And as I mentioned, that's not a net funding increase. And of course it did create and uh create that new basic aotment for uh basic costs of $106 per student. Um some of the positives of course is the increase for teacher raises. That's very much welcomed. Um it does have increases for the underfunded state uh school safety mandates that we received over the last uh couple years in putting uh security officers

077at each campus and uh so forth. And then um a lot of those safety provisions that that uh were handed down as well like fencing and all those not enough to cover the expenses but we'll gladly accept it once again. And then again the special ed increases and then non-admin and non-teer staff uh aotment increases and then the of course the offsets to insurance utilities and district costs for payroll and TRS. some concerns. Um when I uh submitted this, of course, we still don't have the governor to officially sign the bill into law. It um I saw one report that it had been signed, but I think that was misinformation. I think it's still um is sitting there on his desk along with a lot of other bills because this today's sign die. Um but

078again, we're not hearing any objection what whatsoever coming from the governor's office. um myriad components of the bill have not been defined. So, it's a 229page bill and a lot of that will have rules handed down by our commissioner in the fall like we did last time. And then we found out a lot of surprises that were underfunded unfunded mandates that were included like, oh, by the way, House Bill 4545, you've got to have a three three to one tutoring for those students that don't pass. And you know, then of course the safety components that they added with fencing and adding those uh officers and all those things, millions of dollars in unfunded mandates that we had to cover the costs for. So just be aware of that that the rules will continue to be

079handed down and you may have to be comfortable or you will have to be comfortable with budget amendments moving forward in these situations. Um districts are required to adopt budgets by 6:30 and comply with the law by its effective date of 91. So July 1 start uh districts are under extreme pressure to get their budgets adopted whether it's signed into law or not. So um it's something that's required of us and and we have to move forward with doing that. So just to uh to uh illustrate here one of the changes that happened since we um approved the original deficit of $2.4 $4 million on the 7th of April. Last board meeting on the 6th of May, the board removed from consideration the land sale um in the Highlands area of approximately 12 $1.2 million,

080which was baked into that original deficit. So that gives us an adjusted budget deficit as of this evening of $3.6 million. Now, of course, that does not include House Bill 2 incorporated into the bill. It's just clean with what we uh approved on um April 7th. And of course, it includes the 2% general pay increase for all employees. So, the 1.2 million here was already counted as income. Yes, sir. It was already baked in. It might be more appropriate for that box next to it to say administration counted on Monday. Money that wasn't in the bank. Well, yes. Administration pulled this. It was estimates. Yes, sir. So yeah, you are correct. So I agree with Mr. Clen. The board did not remove that from uh consideration. That was administratively uh pulled. So I believe uh

081that should be corrected. The board did not take a vote on that. Yes, sir. We uh we will correct that language here. Thank you. Administration pulled that. I'm sorry for that um misinformation, but it does it did affect the the amount that we were considering. So, just don't want you to know. I think I pulled a fast one with adding $1.2 million without you all knowing where that came from. All right, so let's get into some illustrations. Um, this illustration, the first one here is just 2526. So, um, scenario A is going to be what you all approved, um, whenever you approved the original deficit plus that 1.2 2 million in the land uh sale that was removed. So that gives us that 3.682 starting deficit. And you can see here if you look at

082line 10 um even with that being uh the approved it does have the 2% uh raise for uh all employees as well. You can see there on line four uh $4.2 million. But you see on line 10, our estimated fund balance is going to be um pretty healthy still even though we're you know we've hit it for the last couple years mainly with health insurance is what what we've hit it the hardest with. Um so uh that's that's unfortunate but that was something that we needed to do for employees. But you see we're well within the range of having three months expend expenditure uh reserves with that $67 million. And then you move over to um scenario B and that's House Bill two either coming into law by um not being objected to by the

083governor um by I think around 611. I don't have the official date but I think it's like uh June the 11th. And um you can see here the pay raise increases because of the House Bill 2 law. We're going to be required to give teachers um a $5,000 raise if they have five or more years of experience and a two point a two $2,500 raise for uh three and four year and then it would be 2% for the other individuals. You see here we are still uh we even have a surplus um of $3.7 million. So again, our fund balance looks great and Dr. Bowlinger will get into some of the specifics of the compensation once we move past these scenarios. I'm kind of giving you the 40,000 foot view and then he's going to

084get into the details of some of the questions that you may have moving forward on the 20 25 26 scenario B the pay increase of eight 8.8 That's just House Bill two. That is requirements. That is House Bill 2 plus the 2% uh general pay increase for other employees plus equity adjustments, which you'll see that broken down in the in the future slide. Yes, sir. Yes. And I do want to apologize. I'm the one that did not catch uh that misprint earlier in regards to the administrative withdrawal. But I do want to point out as Bridget has, these are only illustrative purposes. Everything that we've seen so far as a board has just been proposal uh possibilities of preparing this budget and getting it ready. The final won't be the final until um the next

085board meeting. Right. Correct. Yes, sir. And we got I mean we Friday was a busy day. We just got the Moch and Casey run on Friday and we were hammering out numbers, meeting, going back and forth trying to make sure we got everything included because they made it very complicated to I mean you see all the just these three a lotments have different calculations and then we had to go and figure out the difference between the 2% and what House Bill 2 was going to call for and then add that back in. So um yeah, they they didn't make it easy by just giving us a basic aotment increase. So these next uh scenarios are going to be 2526 uh versus um 2627. So on uh the blue column that's 2526. I'm we're just going

086to pull in the data on this illustration as if House Bill 2 for some reason did not get signed. That's the one um that you all approved last time with the addition of that $1.2 million land uh purchase being removed or excuse me, land sale being removed. Scenario one is 2627. Um, and this is meant to illustrate, and you've seen this slide before. This is just repetition, but this is as if this is if some some kind of crazy scenario happened and for some reason House Bill 2 did not get signed or he vetoed it or or something in the next few days, you would see we are quickly uh starting out the year next or excuse me, yeah, the ne the year next time whenever we're preparing the budget with a $16.2 million deficit.

087Now, it does incorporate 2% raise general pay increase for this year as you see in scenario A and then also a 2% raise incorporated in 2627 as well. That's not mandatory of course that could be pulled and that could reduce the deficit, but just for illustrative purposes, just so you could see what that might look like as far as what we're going to have to start out doing, you can see that here. Now, this one is um with House Bill Two. um being signed by the governor or approved by procedure with him not objecting. And this scenario B you're seeing here in the blue is that same illustration that we just saw with revenues uh there being a slight surplus you see there on line eight with that $3.7 million. And then um you see

088even with House Bill 2 and all of its grander and it's $ 8.5 billion invested in school uh school funding. Um you see if we want to give a 2% general general pay increase next year on line four um we're still going to see a on line eight an $ 8.9 million deficit starting off. Now of course the 4.4 four pay or 2% pay increase is not required but just want the board to be able to see what how we're going to start off if we want to give a 2% raise to remain competitive. So um and that in both scenarios is if House Bill 2 is signed and becomes law by procedure andor. So do y'all have any questions on these slides so far? On on House Bill two, did the inflationary bump in

089the bianium get axed? Yes, that was completely taken out of that. Yes, sir. So, it's in essence, it's a one-year balanced budget. That is correct. That's why the that's why so many superintendents came out trying to and they did get some some things done like the aotment for basic cost that was not in there until the very end. It was a brand new thing that they pushed for at the very end to at least give us some relief because everybody was getting, you know, crucified with uh, you know, the increases in in insurance costs. I mean, they were just killing us. And, um, that was a huge thing. And plus all the um, you know, when they uh, force us to give a raise like by giving an amount like 2500 or 5,000 for teachers

090specifically, it also has payroll costs associated with it that aren't covered. Um the 2500 is just a base increase. It doesn't incorporate all the benefits and everything as well. So that was a win. We got that. We were very happy we did get that. But as far as basic aotment and having the discretion to spend um funds as we need to or or as we feel we need to, that was not part of it in the end. And the teacher increase is one time as well the first year which carries over. Yes. It's a permanent raise. Yes, sir. But it doesn't go up on year two. Correct. Yeah, it's it's a it's fixed. That is correct. Yeah, next year we'll have to start from scratch with raises again. So, I have a question. Yes, ma'am.

091I at one point saw something and then I saw that it maybe somebody misspoke. Um but that there's a lot of that that prek was going to be fully funded. That that was a misstatement. That was misinformation. Right now, prek is still funded at 0.5 ADA, not one And what they did was that I found out in a Moch and Casey webinar on Friday as well was they went and they um they kind of what they did with um the basic aotment. They went and um re they call it reallocation of the early education aotment. So they're taking money away from the early education aotment and using it to fund full day prek. And there are going to be winners and losers in that scenario. And uh you know it's just gonna the calculations are

092they haven't been really released yet but there's going to be winners and losers and they're using that as in stating that they funded a fully funded uh full day prek. That's not the case. So some districts are going to get less money than they got before with the early education a lotment. So they're going to have less money to do full day prek than they did before. So that was misinformation. I just have one more thing to say. It's not really a question, but I'm very disappointed on our governor. The least he could do is sign the bill, you know, so that people could pass budgets. So, just think about that. I'm not convinced. We'll know by June 20. June, what is it? June. Well, if June 11th, if he has no objection, it will

093become law if he has no objections by June 11th. Thank you. Yes, sir. That's yes. Yes. So it's coming but it's not here yet. So so pray that he [Laughter] forgives more but generally speaking uh Miss Clark rather than increasing bas basic a lotment as you said they've given pockets to certain things without consideration of how that impacts the organization as a whole. So our board will let be left trying to figure that out. Uh good example is the increase to safe and secure schools. The original increase covered about 10% of what we're spending on safe and secure schools. So, I'm just speculating this would probably be another 10%. If it was if it matched what we previously did. So, they're they're putting money in pockets that don't cover everything. And um and so it

094it makes it challenging to for for us administration to balance the budget and present a balanced budget to the board of trustees for consideration. Exactly. We needed a a 1.3 or excuse me, $1,300 increase in basic aotment. I saw it today to balance everything to just to keep up with the inflation since 2019 because we haven't had a basic aotment increase since 2019. So that's what it would take. Um so we got some money. We're we're very thankful and grateful for it, but it's not going to solve our problems. So but we'll certainly take it. So, um, one thing I need to mention real quick on the timeline before we talk about the options is, um, because of where we are in June and we have to adopt a budget by June 30th, um, our

095next budget, uh, or our next board meeting is the 19th of June, which it was the 16th. But um if we wait until this is why the do the uh compensation options are on as an action item for you all because we're going to have to take action this evening one way or another because of the timeline. If if we wait until 619 to approve or adopt the compensation plan. It doesn't change the fact that we have to publish it in the paper by 69, which means we have to know what to publish in order to have time for the paper to post it because they can't just post it and submit it on the 9th and then post it on the 9th. We have to submit it to them by the 4th for it

096to be published by the 9th. And then you see how it all it's all kind of like a timeline that pushes uh you know hard deadlines as you go forward just because of the the statute on publishing uh public notice. But the current compensation recommendation which we're about to get to will match what we've done previously and would not be out of line with what the board would be um normally presented with. That's correct. We're going to give an option for uh on the next slide. I'll get into it and I'll go ahead and so you can look at it. Um but even if we were to move the budget adoption to the 30th, which is the very last day and gets very dicey. Um and doesn't give us time for payroll trials and all

097of those things that we need to do. Um the latest we could adopt uh the latest that we would do can adopt by law is the 30th and then we'd have to have a special meeting by on uh to publish by the 19th. We'd have to have a special meeting on the 16th. So, it's really not going to help us, right? It's not going to help us to even change the meeting to the 30th to try to buy more time because it would have to be submitted and known um the numbers would have to be known by the 16th to submit it to the paper to be able to be published. So, it would help to get part of the equation solved tonight. Yes, sir. The lion share of it if we could get it

098because we have to know what we're going to have and then we could get it in the paper. It has to be in the paper by we have to give it to the paper by tomorrow um in order to adopt our budget on the 19th because of the 10day requirement for uh publishing and the lead time the paper requires to publish it in their paper. So but we won't know till the 11th it that's that's what I'm saying. So, we have the option if you look at this slide, we can adopt the compensation plan that we originally wanted to do, the 2% because we were already prepared to do that, right? Um, we already actually approved that or approved that deficit with the exception of the $1.2 million for the land. Um, we approved that

099on the 7th of April and we approved that with that $2.8 million deficit. It's now 3 uh 9 or 3.8 or whatever it is. But, uh, we did do that so we could go ahead and move forward with this. So, but, um, if we're going to have to change those numbers, uh, and we decide to adopt House when House if House Bill 2 gets signed tonight or tomorrow or whatever, two, if if we don't do that, we're still going to have to have another meeting because the numbers are going to change, right? because the the compensation plan is going to change from being a well I guess we the way we can do it is word it uh if you wanted to adopt um option two but contingent upon the house bill 2 being becoming

100law either by no objection by the governor or by him signing it you could uh make that language in the motion and then we could give the delta between the 2% % and uh the House Bill Two required amounts. Um and if you state that in the language that way, then we can make those adjustments, which some of it will explain itself as we move along in this presentation. I say, can we get Dr. Bolinger to go ahead and do his presentation because we're kind of putting the cart before the horse right now. Yeah, this is just the overview and then he can do his and then I just wanted y'all to see this uh just so you could kind of chew on that until we're to the end. But that'll be uh an action

101item later on in the meeting. So, and you see here the June 2nd meeting that's sign tonight. Then we just have the one additional regular board meeting unless we decide to call a special on June 19th. And with that, I'll turn it over to Okay. Can I All right. So, for the compensation plan, what we presented initially was uh several different options. And so right now, and this is just a summary of what Miss Clark just shared. So if we did a 2% general pay increase across the board, uh the cost to the district would be 4.1 almost $4.2 million. And so that's listed at the bottom. This includes all the equity adjustments plus 2% for each group. Okay? So just remember that number. Uh, Miss Clark shared that there was a House version and

102then uh the Senate came in and made some complicated adjustments to to the bill and that's what's moving forward is the Senate version. So, what we want to do is explain kind of get into the weeds on on what uh the Senate version of House Bill 2 looks like. And so, first of all, what it does is it adds a spend requirement for teachers that have 3 to four years uh of experience. And so that spend requirement is uh $2500 for for those teachers. And so we get funding for that. Um for teachers that have five or more years of service, that increases to 5,000. Now these numbers are different for small districts, but for mid to to large districts, these are the numbers that we're working with. If you go to the slide previous,

103it gives you more detail if you're interested in that, but rural schools get get more funding than we do. And then there's also a spin requirement for non-teer non-admin. And so Miss Clark shared this, but just as a reminder, um we get $45 per ADA aotment um for the non-teer non-admin staff. And that equates to almost a million dollars for Goose Creek if if we did our math correctly. And so that that's pretty much a breakdown of the sentence version. So when we look at our current staff, what does that mean? Um, so right now, and this number can fluctuate because right now we're in early summer. So we have a lot of vacancies, a lot of teachers are leaving, a lot of teachers are coming. Um, so this that that total number of 1417

104is probably going to be closer to 1550 um by the end of the day. But if you look just right now, these are this is the breakdown of those those teacher groups of years of experience. We have 186 teachers today um that have zero to two years of experience and so we don't get any funding for them for for pay increase. We have 179 teachers who who fall into the three to fouryear uh you know experience and so we get $2,500 uh per teacher for for pay increase for those staff. And then you can see the bulk of our staff is five or years more experienced at a,52. And so again, we get funding for $5,000 per teacher for their pay increase. Okay. Okay. So, we're going to go a little bit more detail on

105this. And so, if if we were to apply 2% raise, if the board approved a 2% raise and House Bill 2 passed here, here's sort of what we're looking at. Our teachers with zero to two years experience. we don't get any funding for them, but if we were to pass a 2% raise or if the board were to approve that, um then we would have to fund that portion of it. But for all the other teachers three years and higher, that that House Bill Two takes care of their raise and so we don't have to fund that portion of the raise. And so the estimated cost to the district just for the teacher group uh on a 2% raise and House Bill 2 passing is about $255,000. Okay. And we're going to go through each

106group and then add it up at the end. So, so you'll see that here's what the adjusted pay raise would look like. So, if you're interested, you know, how much is 2500 extra dollars for those teachers or how much is $5,000 extra dollars? Well, it's it's pretty significant. Um, uh, so you can see that 0 to two years, you know, again, that equals a 2% raise here. Um, that that number is fixed at 1375 for for teachers at 01 or two. But then when you get to years three and four, they again, if House Bill two passes, they get $2,500 towards compensation. And that's almost a 4% raise for those teachers. And then when you get to five years and more, um that $5,000 uh of additional funding equals depending on where you are on

107the pay scale for teachers, it can be uh 7 and a half% all the way down to about 6 and a half%. Okay, so that's that's a that's a substantial raise uh for teachers with experience. And that that really is the intent of the bill is to keep teachers in the profession longer. And so money talks and so that that's that's the intent. Now there's good news and bad news. The new higher salary column is right now today's numbers right now 635. Correct. That's correct. All the way to 31 plus. That's right now today. Yes. And then the percent increase would be Well, wait. It would be Goose Creek hitting the 2% for 0 to two. Correct. Everything else is on the state. Correct. Thank you. That is correct. Okay. So, that's that's that's the

108teacher group. Okay. like uh House Bill Two signed by Governor and we're going to put 8.8 million into salaries. That's that's our money and the new state money all added together. Yes, sir. Plus some more that's about to be explained to us. And it's uh all the required uh teacher raises which comes out to be over 6 million and then it's the benefits uh which is around 10 or 11% plus the pay raises for the 2% that's not covered by any state funding. Okay. Yes. But we're coming to that, right? Yes. Okay. Yeah, we're going to go through each group. I'm just trying to stay on board. They made it They made it very complicated. I I just had to stop and blow up my life preserver. Yeah. All right. Okay. And then this this

109is this does get a little muddy. So, your your non-admin non-teer group. Again, uh there's some funding to supplement raises for for for for those roles. And so what we get again is about a million dollars, $45 per ADA. And so the math here is on the slide. Um but so if you were to apply a 2% raise um for that group, it equals almost $1.2 million. And so that that additional funding from the state doesn't quite get us to 2%, but it gets us about 80% there. And so just like the the district having to pay for teachers at year zero one two zero one and two um we would also have to if we wanted to apply a 2% raise we'd have to supplement about 20% of the cost for for these roles.

110And so that that number is at about $223,000. That's about 20% and then the state would fund uh the other almost a million969,000. Does that make sense? So, so our portion of payment is an example of that that fits in that group of staff. Sure. Uh your custodians, your your pair professionals, your bus drivers. Yeah. Anyone who who's not a teacher and not an administrator would fall counselors, nurses, they would fall in this group, too. Well, no, no, no, no. Counselors fall under administration. They're on administrative contract. Yep. And we'll talk about nurses here in a minute. because that's also uh something different. Okay. So, uh so here here's a rough estimate. If if the board and this is sort of the take-home message here, if the board were to approve a 2% raise and

111House Bill 2 would pass. Um this is a very rough rough estimate. TASBY has made it very clear to us that they're not running anything until it passes because they don't want to do work that that's not necessary. And so, um, we do have a meeting with them on Wednesday, but, um, but they their numbers are official, but so the rough estimate goes like this. Um, teachers would cost the district $255,000 if House Bill 2 were to pass and we were to pass a 2% raise because we're funding teachers 0 through two. The state is funding the rest and then some. Non-teers, non-admin, that's what we just covered. um we would have to fund about 20% of that 2% raise which equals 223,000 give or take. Administrators aren't included at all. So if the board

112were to approve a 2% raise, that portion is $745,000. The next bullet is is uh very much a rough estimate. We don't know really what to do here. We know that there's going to be substantial equity adjustments um if House Bill 2 passes. And so what we did here was we just doubled the equity adjustments that TASBY originally put out. Um and here's why we're we're concerned about this. It's a good that it's good news that teachers with experience are getting a dramatic raise 7%. Um the the downside to that is that creates a huge pay compression issue. So, you have teachers now who are going to pass other groups such as our entry level administrators, um our SSAs, our elementary counselors, some um some individuals who are on the teacher pay scale but aren't

113teaching anymore. And so, they're going to get passed up. And so, as a result, we need to go in and or the right thing to do is to go in and make equity adjustments to make sure we still have uh the proper promotional pay scales in place. um otherwise we're going to have a shortage in those areas and you're going to see that even more dramatically on the next slide. But but if you add all this up together, it's about 1.7 million. Um we don't want to be quoted on that number because again it's it's uh just us doing the math based off what we have. But but TASBY will be able to give us a more clearer picture, but that's kind of what we think would cost. And so a good way to look

114at it is if we were to put the whole 2% across the board bill, that's $4.1 million. If you remember that that first slide, $4.1 million. If House Bill two passes, it's probably going to be closer to about 2 million. 1.7 to2 million. Okay. So, about half. So, thank you, Matt, for explaining that because my question was going to be what is a first year administrator make and what does the first year counselor make? Because if you're not much more is the answer, not more. Yeah. And so, it doesn't make sense for anybody to go in those positions, right? like a uh an elementary counselor is on a 197 admin 3 and so it's it's it's a little bit above teacher pay but with a 7% raise that's probably going to be it's going to

115create an issue. Um so here's the other complication. This is my last slide and and this is a real complication is that there are certain positions that are on the teacher pay scale but they're not defined as a true classroom teacher and so they don't qualify for House Bill 2 raises. And so a good example is is our teaching and learning coaches. Those are experienced teachers who who leave the classroom to start coaching teachers on campus. Um we have uh we have athletic trainers who fall in that category, librarians, nurses, media specialists. So we have a group and every district has this problem. We have a group of of staff who are on the teacher pay scale, but they're not classroom teachers. And so, so what's going to happen is most likely when House Bill

1162 passes, individuals that fall in in these groups are are going to get passed up by by experienced teachers. And so if I'm a teacher coach coaching a group of teachers and now they're making more than I am due to House Bill Two, my my tendency is probably going to be to go back into the classroom. And so we're going to struggle with some of these other other positions. if I'm a librarian, um my tendencies is going to be to go back into the classroom. And so as as a district, and that's one of the reasons why we're meeting with TASBY, we're going to have to make a decision. Um and we have three options. So option one would be just they get a 2% raise like administrators and and we let it ride, you

117know, and see what happens. We're not recommending that option, but that that's option one. Option two is we go ahead and foot the bill on on what House Bill Two would cost if we were to apply it to these staffing positions. And so Brooke Dockery helped run these numbers. We we have 112 staff that fall into this group. Okay, 112 staff. And then she broke it down into years of service. And so the the total most of these individuals um I think 106 out of out of 112 were five or year more five years or more experience which makes sense because they're in you know leadership positions. And so the cost would be $520,000 if we were to say hey we're going to apply House Bill 2 raises um out of our own pocket. And

118so that that would be a pretty significant equity adjustment. So that that's option two. And we don't have to make this decision tonight. We're just sharing the information and we'll come back to it. And then option three would be you you'd place all these positions on the administrative pay scale. Um but the problem with that is it probably cost even more than applying it to House Bill 2 because you're having to push them above that that 7% raise. So So anyway, the other problem is is you become you give the appearance of being heavy administration and it affects our first rating. Yes. Yep. Correct. The title Correct. And it would give us a topheavy field which we've worked very hard to to reduce and eliminate. The TLC's are paid through title money. Right. They are.

119Yes. Partially or completely? Completely. So how does that affect our decision on raises? administrator. I I think we all agree that's a bad idea. Yeah. If we don't, I don't think that's a good idea. But just in my thinking, we may have to reallocate some of our title money for the purpose of raises, but it's not going to affect the general fund overall. Um, I'm also help me through this. I understand if we hire a teacher with five years of experience and we hire a counselor with five years of experience where there might need to be an equity adjustment there, but I can't get past people saying, "Well, this 31 year old teacher is making $85,000 now or whatever the number is, but this first year AP is only making 75." Yeah. that that's not

120something I don't think we need to worry about because if you want to be an AP, be an AP. If you want to go back in the classroom, you're only going to be four or five years experience anyway. And that's especially true of the SSA positions because I haven't seen very many 20 plus year SSAs go into that position. And plus, they're kind of already devaluating them just a little bit by making them split campuses to save money. No, you're correct. A lot of things like that that we haven't thought through yet. No, you're correct. And and it's it's not going to be it's never going to be perfect. Um and and you're right, if if I have 30 years of experience as a teacher, I'm probably going to be bringing in more income than

121someone that's first or second year. And the other side of that is I'm not going to leave the classroom now and go become an AP. You know, if I wanted to be an AP, I would have done it 15 years ago. Yes. I think the the comparison is more apples to apples 10 years versus 10 years. But I the topic outside of this room is what I'm hearing is those those highear teachers are going to get all this money and the beginning APS are not going to get it. But if they're not there is still they're going to be a beginning teacher if they don't become a beginning AP. So make sure we're looking at apples to apples. But I I agree. I I do think we need to look at though like the tenure

122teachers, you know, if they're a if you're a teacher with 10 years experience, I think that would be a great person to move into an admin position if they have the qualifications. And so, we need to make sure it's beneficial to those types of people. You don't want it you don't want it to where it's only incentivized if you have like five years or less of teaching experience. But then you're on the point of it maybe that but what if a teacher has been or someone came in that position but had been a teacher in another district they have the years of experience. Is that what you're still you're saying? Yeah. Okay. No matter where they've taught. Okay. Gotcha. Yeah. Okay. But but there are pay compression issues that we'll have to iron out. I

123think what you're indicating though is it's just going to be somewhere in the neighborhood of a half million dollars in in that to rectify that. the numbers are not as scary as I was thinking they were going to be. So, if we go back to where it says compensation plan options that we really kind of need to decide tonight. So, and we may be saying the same thing, but yeah, but but our our recommendation, and correct me if I'm wrong, Miss Clark, is that that the board would approve a 2% pay raise across the board, and then if House Bill 2 passes, then we would apply that that funding to, of course, we would have to apply that funding to those uh staff who qualify. In previous conversations, it was said and questioned and said

124again that if we approved a 2% pay raise before House Bill 2 became law and then it became law, we would have to keep that 2% and add the 7% for a net 9%. Has that changed? That that provision didn't make it into the law. So, um it it won't Okay, I'm I'm real slow tonight. Yes or no? Do we have to add? We do not. Thank you. So if we approve option one, we're not backing oursel into a corner that may give some people 9% raises. Correct. Pos possibly though. If it's not signed and it goes back into special session, then yes, that could happen. Highly unlikely, but it could still happen. It's always goes back to the 3 whatever deficit we agreed to months ago, right? Yeah. Special sessions, it's all out the

125window because they can start over. Sure. And have a whole different proposal before us instead of House Bill Two. Special session could just start from scratch and recalculate everything which is post our required adoption date of June 30. Anyway, if we choose option one, we are not backing oursel into an unsustainable corner. Correct. But the only caveat on that is that if we want to adopt the full budget on the 19th, we have to submit tomorrow the legal posting that has to have the number that we approved. So, we would have to call a special meeting and repost again um to correct that if we change the number because we we can't say either or in the posting. It has to have a definite number. If we choose option two, we're We're considering that as

126passed. That's correct. So that's the So if we if we consider option three, which is no raise whatsoever, can we come back after House Bill two is signed or not and change our compensation package as a budget amendment? We can. So we could come back in July and say we got our money, give it to the teachers, give it to give it to the staff as we discussed tonight or we didn't get our extra money, give everybody 2%. And just write it off as a budget amendment. But the the problem I see with that is is you start off July one pay deficit. So you'll be making up past we're going to have to retro. have to retropay and change the check amounts and that sort of thing. So, it gets a little bit messy.

127But the other the only other option would be to have the meeting that we were supposed to have on the 16th. I don't know if there's a reason. I know that we had to move it to the 19th because of uh legal needing to be present, but in order to um meet the deadline, you know, to uh publish um the latest we could do that would be having a special meeting on the 16th because you have to publish 10 days before um the adoption date. So, we'd have to have a meeting on the 16th to adopt the compensation plan so we'd know what numbers to put in to the publish uh posting. And then we'd also have to call um another meeting uh actually we could so if we the latest we can adopt is

128is the 30th of June, right? And so we'd have to call a special meeting and publish it by the 19th. Um, right. See, see how confusing? And I mean, because you have to have Right. Yeah. Just just because of the timeline. It's so arduous. And I mean, because we're so late in the game with, you know, no definitive signing of the bill. even though we don't think there's going to be any issue. But I mean, would your wording be pending House Bill Two going into law? Like they're passing it pending House Bill Two going into law. Can you do that? Yeah, we could do it that way. Um or do you not like that idea? I mean, we could do it, but you don't have a definitive number. So, I can't publish it tomorrow. I

129can't call the paper and say this is our budget number and it legally has to be I have to have I have to legally post it. So, it sounds like we're going to have to come back for a special meeting or approve to have good numbers or approve compensation tonight and do the opposite of what Mr. Clim proposed is come back and make a budget amendment to change the approved amount instead of doing nothing and then coming back for a special meeting in July. Well, we have to do adopt a budget with something in there compensation. Yeah, we have to adopt a budget by by the 30th. So, I have a question. If we do option one and do the 2% general pay increase to everybody, um, and then it passes, could we come back

130and do a budget amendment and it not be quite as messy because the people that it really affects their new pay rates don't really start until That's right. August or September. Yeah. the lion share of it. It won't be affected until the September one start dates, which is basically teachers, right? Yeah. So, we could really, it would just be those kind of equity adjustments for any administrators that we'd have to kind of fix, but that shouldn't be too crazy, right? Right. Um, I mean, we could adopt the budget without a compensation plan at all and we could just post it in the paper and then once it does finally get approved, um, then we can go and, uh, adopt the compensation plan. But here's, you really need to adopt it. I mean, it's in its

131entirety as part of the budget because if you don't, it just gets very messy. So option and that I mean option two doesn't include 2%. Does option two back us into a corner of having to match what House Bill Two says if it doesn't become law? Yep. That's exactly we need to do option one. Yeah. So option one is our 2% rate we've agreed on. Yeah. And then we will be required by law to change compensation. Correct. And then like she said, option uh two that incorporates everything from House Bill two is going to be the, you know, mostly teachers because of those are going to be the $2,500 and the $5,000 forced increases. I don't see this listed as an action item tonight. So, you just need our guidance. It's listed as an action

132item. Standalone 6B. It's by itself. Y'all need Y'all need to quit sneaking stuff in there. Okay, come real quick. So, Miss Clark, what are you recommending at this point? What is administration's recommendation? I would say do option one with with the 2% because that gives us our our safety, but just know we're going to have to um we're going to have to come back after the fact once this does officially become law to accommodate HB2 and all those increases. Correct. And that could occur between now and the 19th. It could. It could. The latest likely will since the 11th is the last time he can change anything. So they have between the 11th and the 16th to come back and approve. The 11th is the date that that's going to be the 10 days that

133uh allows it to become law without uh objection by the governor. Even if he doesn't sign it, it will become law on the 11th as written. as written unless he comes back with objections. So before that date, right? So I still think we're fine for the 19th to to modify option one if necessary. Right. No, it's not going to give us enough time. It's going to have to be after the fact. Yeah. The last day is the 16th, right? So the board president could move for a special call meeting on the 16th. Correct. If required prior to the 11th, right? If it becomes law by the 11th. If we call special uh meeting by the 16th, then we we're within the timeline to make that change. But hey, maybe we'll get good news in the

134next day or so. Maybe he signs it. Maybe he Yeah. I mean, I'm pretty sure he's going to sign it. I mean, I You know, we're getting He if he he's gonna let it just Rod Mo and Casey, they got the Yeah, they have contacts. Leo Lopez is is a senior member of Moch and Casey and he just came from TEA working as their um master, you know, template and school funding person. So, and he's the one that said they didn't anticipate any problems. So, but again, it's not 100%. It's 99.9, but it's not 100. Hey, we based our decisions on less than that before. I can tell you that. So, I I just And strange things do happen. So, and we're gonna blame Randy for that one point, too. Any further questions? We we'll

135discuss it again in just a few minutes. All right. Thank you'all. Thank you. Pretty good job. Confusing. Yes. All right. And with that, Dr. O'Brien will move to item number six, action items. Okay. So, I I can assure the board that this list of action items will be simpler than the one you just heard from. 6A consideration of consent. Number one, donation from CRvestro of 10,000. Number two, donation from GCCD education foundation designated grant by XIM Mobile 51,000. Number three, board policy CDA local other revenues and investments. Number four, resolution for the school district's approved sources of instruction relating to investment responsibilities. Number five, list of qualified broker dealers and financial institutions for 2526 school year. Number six, engagement letter from the independent audit firm of Maize and Associates PLLC, formerly Start Garcia and Stanley

136LLC, who the districts has done business with for the district's annual financial audit for the fiscal year 2425. Number seven, memorandum of understanding with Harris County Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program, JJ AAP, for the 2526 school year. Number eight, grant memorandum of understanding between the city of Houston Health Department, HHD, and Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District. Number nine, job order contracting JOC is the delivery method. Delegate authority to the superintendent or designate to negotiate and to approve the contracts and subsequent amendments for projects to be funded by 2019 bond remaining funds. And number 10, property foreclosures. Number 11, tax refunds. Thank you, Dr. O'Brien. I'm trying to do my part. Are there any items that the board member a board member would like to pull for discussion or separate consideration at this time? We'll

137start on my right and work to my left. Mr. M. Number nine. Pull or discuss? Discuss separately. Okay. Separately. Anything else? Miss brought Tims, Mr. Samson, Mr. Clint on property foreclosures. Once those go to auction, if the uh auction. Does that money go into We have Mr. Benwis here this evening to answer that question. Tell me what happens if it sells and if it does not sell. So these that have come before the board have already gone to a first sale. There were no successful biders. If it goes back to sell and there is a successful bidder, then the money that we receive gets split prata between the various taxing entities. If it does not get resold, it stays on our struck off list, which we maintain, the school district maintains those properties for a

138future resale. Okay. So, all these properties we're looking at tonight, we've already take them off property. Correct. They're they're currently held by Goose Creek for the benefit of all the taxing entities. We're not receiving any tax revenues, which is one of the benefits of getting these put back out. Sure. Sure. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. So, we maintain them on behalf of all three entities. Correct. and and we're able to these properties are generally held by various entities across town. So some some are owned and maintained by Harris County, some are owned and maintained by the city of Baytown. These we foreclosed on because we were the lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit. Um generally speaking, you're talking about mowing uh is kind of the main thing. Each of these properties that are up for for

139consideration tonight are vacant lots um with the exception of one upon which a a a recreational vehicle, an RV has been moved on. Along with a an old Mercedes bins that I don't know works. Uh so we're talking about mowing mainly uh in very irregular mowing. I don't think we're going out, you know, in the same frequency we do with our campuses. These are all second. This is correct. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Clen, would you like to leave it in or All right. Anything else, Mr. Clen? To my left, Mr. Martinez? Yeah. On the uh 6 A8. Um I just have a question about the um like the choosing the best teacher fidelity clause. Is that um the teachers choose the curriculum discussed or if anybody can speak to that? I think the question

140is what is best? Yeah. Choosing choosing the best. Um can you speak to that Miss Kennington? Yes. Yes. that this is our sexual risk avoidance. It is the district sexual dis uh sexual risk avoidance or absence education that was approved by the board in 2022. Okay. Yes. And and so um the choosing the best is just refraining from these uh like sharing personal stories, discussing religion, expressing value judgments. It's not necessarily choosing the curriculum that's being discussed. Correct. You're talking about the fidelity clause. Yeah. Yes. Okay. Mr. Martinez, are you good with leaving it in or would you like to pull it? Thank you very much, Mrs. Guy. All right. What is the pleasure of the board relating to items 1 through 8 and 9? I would move 10 approve consent agenda items 1 through

1418 uh 10 and 11 as presented. I have a motion by Mr. Clem for items 1 through 8 and 10 and 11 on the consent agenda. I'll second. Seconded by Miss Guy. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? By show of hands? Any opposed? 740 against. Motion carries. We'll move on to item number nine. Yes, sir. Mr. Ria, can I answer your questions or attempt to? What are we using? So remaining from the 2019 bond, there were no no funds remaining other than interest earned. So of that interest earned, the last citizens bond oversight committee authorized the district to spend those funds on future capital improvement projects. Uh this money was designated for two two critical areas. one is the conversion of Lamar Elementary into the Peter Highland campus and two the mass

142critical operational needs that Dr. Price had submitted for consideration. So each summer Dr. Price uh presents critical mass operational needs. It can range from um uh boilers um hot water heaters things of that nature, transformers that How much money is he asking? So, it's broken down right there on page um 114. I'll pull that up for you. So the the $4 million is what's remaining through the interest earnings and all of that must be spent on capital projects. So right the conversion of Lamar outside of um originally I think the board was estimated to be about 1.2 1.4 somewhere in that range and it has increased to double that to incorporate a couple of other programs. The programs that weren't included in the original estimate uh included the Texas Workforce Commission becoming a part of

143that campus and the Houston food bank becoming a part of that campus. What was discussed uh without a lot of detail was bringing the um the virtual academy onto that campus and the early childhood onto that campus. One of the things that we were a little bit unprepared for um Miss Davis has been on that committee. she may be able to speak to a little bit more, but one of the things we were not prepared for is, for example, just relocating a playground. Uh, playgrounds aren't the old playgrounds that cost a few thousand dollars. They're um upwards to close to $100,000 to um build a playground because they're no longer just poles stuck in the dirt with sawdust thrown down. They are actually fabricated concrete slabs that then have the soft foam uh poured into

144that on top of that uh to to provide a safe landing pad for kids that slide up and down and things of that nature. So, we're going to spend how much on the playground? I don't have the exact breakdown for the playground itself, but for the entire conversion, everything needed including signage, um the the programs that I've discussed just now is 2.8 8 million for the Lamar conversion, including what was added since our last conversation. And then for the emergency repairs, it was 1.2 million. So, it is expending the entire amount. So, there's no longer funds floating around waiting to be spent. We were able to identify we could use it on like the roof for Roberty Lee. That's an expenditure that could be a capital. I'm not sure if that's part of Dr. Price's

145uh summertime operational. Do Do you have the items? So you have the the Roberty Lee. Okay. When they sold it to when they sold us this project at Lamar, we said or they said that we weren't going to be spending that much money. Now we're in to the millions. Yeah. So, you know, I'm I'm I'm probably going to vote against this simply because of the way that they sold it to us and said that, you know, it's not going to be much of a, you know, we're going to put a wall. We're going to everything's already there, you know, and here we are in a budget crunch and deficit that we've always had, adding three million to something that, you know, I didn't agree with in the first place. Right. But one of the things

146still on that when I read here on the critical FCA work Dr. Price it does list here that uh the scope of work for the for the critical uh is that uh chill and hot water pipe and a roof unit at Lee High School and replace the chiller and driveway at Austin Elementary. Yes, ma'am. Yeah. Is that part of the roof that that's the roof Robert Le said it's coming from a different fun. Oh, it was on here. from there. Okay. The full. Okay. I just wanted to point that out since it get mentioned and we said it wasn't, but it is on here in our notes. So, in the notes here also I build a list of all the things that Lamar Repurpose is doing. It's going to accommodate relocation of the childcare. did

147say convert a wing into the virtual academy, repurpose classrooms and administrative spaces to accommodate the empower academy and staff including truency department renovated portion of the campus to accommodate the district's vision for Peter Highland Center. Those are the other elements that I listed. Project will include new exterior signage a marquee project will include relocation of numerous staff from the original Lamar campus uh current point campus and current Peter Highland campus. I get it. I and I hear the itemized list that you gave. Again, my protests or my thoughts are that, you know, we said that we weren't going to spend a lot of money and here we are when we have a lot of needs. I mean, that's why we ran that bond that one time because we had so many needs in the district

148according to the reasoning for running the bond. And here we are converting something and spending millions of dollars when we probably should have uh thought this out a little bit better than we did. And it's very disturbing to me that So, I can understand your your frustration with expenses, but the the alternative is also true. We couldn't have done nothing uh because uh well my my plan Randy was that we reszone and then we don't have to do any changes there. Well, the the opportune moment was because we were wrapping up a bond. But beyond that, Peter E I mean Point the Point campus uh serves about 100 students and they're in the old Sanenta building. As if you'll recall just walking back history uh when the legislators passed in the last legislative session that

149all children who vape will go to Point, we did not have the facilities to house that many students and we were previously in Highlands and in portable buildings. Why didn't why when we when we discussed this in open session out here, why didn't why didn't we Well, we have a more comprehensive view of all of the changes. That's why it's being presented to you as it is now. But you're you're absolutely right. We didn't have a full scope of all the things that would be required with this. But but the opportunity is is that the Sanino Elementary School can no longer serve points. I get it. I get it. But that was so it has to have a new home one way or the other. So, uh but you're right. It has grown to some

150degree, but it is it's not we're not adding programs specifically. We're we're rearranging the programs that we currently have. Point is in a building it can no longer be in because the HVAC alone would cost over a million dollars to repair for that campus. I get it. But that's colossal growth that you know that I believe is you know wasn't managed well when we're having to do that and spend money after the fact when we didn't think it through the right way. because I sat here and questioned every bit of that every time even a meeting after that I said hey give me the numbers as we're going so I want to see how much we're spending there so you were right you did ask for that information but for example the reference I just

151gave for vaping all having to go to point uh moving forward we found that out after sin die snee die we found it out in June and we had to Dr. Price had to move an entire campus from Highlands to the old Saninto. We did that in 30 days. So, so what I'm saying, Randy, though, is that we rushed it. We didn't think it through and now we're paying the price for it cuz that money we I think we did think it through. We just didn't have all of the information. There's a lot of strategic planning going into this program, you know, and we're saying that we're not going to spend that much money because it's already fit for what we're doing. And then here we are right being asked to you know this taxpayer

152money any way you slice it you know whether it's money of interest or bond money you know they want us to use and appropriate that money in a good way and so the question would be to answer that would be is the new Peter Eland campus and the vision that goes along with that a service to this community and I believe it's overwhelmingly the answer to that is yes Okay. I mean, like I said though, I mean, the way y'all sold it to us was we gave you the information we had at the time, and I agree with you, it was short with information because we we knew we were having to roll we were having to roll campuses, but we did not have all the details at the time, and I take full responsib

153and and do things what we were trying to do without having that kind of money to spend. Yes, sir. But the good news is it's not coming out of maintenance and operation fund. It's not coming out of the board's budget per se, but it's money we could use in other areas that are d more dire in dire. Well, I'm saying this is one of those other areas. I mean, it's it's about that's debatable on, you know, I get it. Yeah. The priority of the district's vision and mission. Anyway, I'm just disagree with you. I don't disagree with you with the original presentation was um um short of information. I do agree with you on that, sir. Any other questions? So, be glad to answer. I would echo uh what Mr. Enter was just speaking of.

154The number that came in is uh considerably higher than what I was even expecting. I did go tour that facility on Friday um with Miss Brenda Garcia and there's not a lot of fluff or anything like that going into the building. Uh I'm not happy about the 2.8. I was expecting something less, but after touring that building personally, um I see the direction this district's going and because of that, I can support it. But as a board member, I want to say upfront, we need more information, more real numbers on the front side so we're not getting sticker shock on the back. Yes, sir. I agree with you. And I I understand that a lot went into this. Um but again, I'm sitting right here in the middle and I see both sides. Um it's

155just difficult situation. However, uh I think there's a good solid plan in place. Most of the all the furniture is being reused. Uh a lot of it's minimal work. But there's expensive work. Um, with that, is there any other questions or discussion? So, when we were talking about this initially, we talked about, you know, putting in walls, uh, adjusting the toilets, um, you know, just things like that that, um, were really not that expensive. I'm just wondering exactly where this new number comes from because this is substantially higher than what we were sold. And is it just the playground? I know you've mentioned the playground, but um I'll defer your team. I'm just going to read this slide again. Right. Um what what page is that? 114. Mine's not I will say Mr. Martinez when

156I was touring that building that some of the toilets are low and the response was they're just going to have to squat a little more. Yeah, the toilets are staying. So the same thing with the with the playground. Can the playground just not be uh continue used? Do we have to build a or relocate that playground? So there's there's are a few technicalities. For one, the Petri Holland campus the primary campus will be for high school students, secondary students. Um the the playground that we're talking about relocating was close to $100,000 was um provided for the child care center at the current Peter Highland location. It was grant funds and therefore it has to um be replicated uh andor replaced and relocated um per the grant. Um the other projects that we're talking about um

157were the compartmentalization of the early childhood center. For example, um the all high school students will come in one end of the building which will have a secure vestibule. The um the children will come into the children under four years of age will come into a different entrance that currently does not have a security vestibule. And we've established a standard districtwide for security for all of our campuses. So, we would not we would not allow um parents or anyone else um um you know to come into a building where they're not greeted by a reception desk and by the vestibule uh safety matter. So, that was something that I did not have the information for on the original because you might have thought they could all come into one entrance, but that's not the case

158because of the classification of the students. The other example given was the child care. We thought inside this elementary campus, Lamar Elementary, it would have early childhood features. One of the good examples of uh an a required by law increase was for four, five, and six year olds, the sinks in the room were adequate. But for under four years of age, instead of having one laboratory, you're required to have two lavatories. That's just one example of how technicalities got us caught up in making the building legal uh to pass national standards for child care for daycare. So, those are just a couple examples. Obviously, the resigning and the repurposing uh the marquee and things of that nature. The good news is that Lamar had not received a brand new marquee as most of the schools

159across the district had. Um, we did not know if that was going to be a campus or one of the other campuses would be a consolidated campus, but there were only about a handful of campuses that did not already receive new marquees. So, so in essence, the money that we'll be spending on mares was just deferred from earlier in the 2019 bond project. So, I wanted to cover all the bases here. early childhood required some sink modifications beyond um the restrooms did have the classrooms most of which had restrooms in them which is also a national child care requirement. Um but the virtual academy was also a consideration to be relocated here. We didn't know for sure if it would follow here but that is a little bit unique in that those students are in

160virtual uh instruction for a reason. They don't fit mainstream or for some other reason. So, but they do require we do require them to come into the campuses for assessment and things of that nature. So, the teachers uh that are their virtual teachers can do the assessments face to face. In that scenario, we are providing classrooms for instruction for preassessment and things of that nature for teacher uh for those students to come into the building on a separate floor on the second story in particular in this case. So those rooms have been modified from fourth grade level to secondary level and beyond to accommodate the virtual academy. We also anticipate and these are some of the things I was talking about I did not have when we originally presented to you with this one of

161the strategies of increasing the child care capacity is a teacher incentive a teacher retention incentive that we've talked about as a board. Uh we're trying to make now not only students whose children qualify to attend the Peter Highland child care, but opening up to all teachers who have children of that age level as a retention and an incentive to those teachers. So that doubled the capacity of the child care just by opening up to our staff members. The virtual academy we currently serve about a hundred students. We anticipate through promise of this legislative session even that the virtualmies um could be expanded across the state of Texas and in particular we could go from having a 100 students to having 200 to 250. Again they don't come to a classroom you know 5 days a

162week but they may be coming to a classroom two days a week. So we'll need the capacity to have those students housed in the upper floor above the child care. So when I said we didn't give you all the information is because it's been in the developmental process since the very first time we mentioned it to you about the rotation because we didn't want to leave a building open because if we had consolidated Lamar and left Lamar's campus a vacant building, the Texas Education Agency has the authority to come in and um um take that campus and make it available to other educational programs across the state of Texas. So, we saw the the good value in utilizing a campus and then maximizing the potential of that campus. The other programs I talked about the

163Texas Workforce Commission. I've not been working with our local workforce commission. I've been working with the president of the Texas of the entire state of Texas Workforce Commission to have a satellite office teaching students uh employable skills like handshaking, eye contact, resume writing, application um and things of that nature. will have someone from the Texas Workforce stationed on that Peter Highland campus. Uh the other side is the Houston Food Bank. Dr. Price had been working diligently with them to get a standalone freezer and the original location was proposed to be uh in Memorial Field at Roberty Lee campus so people driving on market with a combination could go into the freezer and get food. Uh the idea is to put it at the Peter E. Paling campus within the center um having both a a

164freezer and a drive goods commissary. So you are absolutely right and that I did not have all of that information but we've had multiple strategic meetings about how we could maximize the use of the taxpayers dollars with this building because we did double the square footage or more than double the square footage of the former vision or version of Peter Howland campus. Sorry for rambling, but it's sort of I want you to have an idea that that it didn't just we didn't just snap our fingers and say we need more money. We actually grew the program through enhancing what we're offering to the community. We'll also offer potentially offer English uh classes and Spanish classes on this particular campus to serve the immediate community around it and anyone across our community. So basically uh we

165had a miscommunication and what we have now is a multi-purpose building. Yes sir. And campus. So what we need to do when we got situation like this, we need to make sure that we have communication going between us whenever there's something changing as far as where we are right now with the building and the finances and everything. Yes, sir. uh instead of saying we're going to just, you know, repurpose the building to be this the other building, but we seem like we've added more to the building. Agreed. And so, um it's understood, you know, we we know more and more um and more uh frequently and and sooner. This all has occurred over the last um three months probably the development of this like I said it it the basic thing like I always say

166communicate so we'll know the board will know and you'll know our feelings and whatever it may be whether we like it or not we've already got to that point now you know we can't reverse it so I wanted to share that Miss Garcia would be here tonight, but she she's uh could not be here this week. So, well, and and like I said, she would have done a better job than me. Yeah. With Brenda and you and whoever else, it's uh you know, but now we have the information. We know what's going on. So, now we can't, you know, we can't say, "Oh, you know, let's take out this, let's take out that." I believe that the the board as well as the general public would be proud to take a tour of this building

167once this work is done and and the hope is to have this work done in the next 60 days. Yeah. And it's not going to go over budget now. No sir. There is no over. Well, that's what I'm saying. No over over budget, you know. So, let's uh let's move on to I got one last thing. retrospect and I want to address this. Yes, sir. I try to tell you when you were sitting right next to me this was not going to apply very well and it's in my district and I told the board you know when you engage on taking on a task like this we should have in retrospect we should have never ne we should have left Lamar alone that's what all those people were here engaging with us and trying to

168tell us hey don't don't mess with Lamar leave it alone and you know I I think that we we didn't listen and now we're going to pay the price for for not listening. And you know, here's my other thing. We passed this, you know, we we've y'all passed this bond before we were here because the bond we had didn't pass. And and I hate to bring this up because I know it's a sore subject to some of you that are here, but you know, in order for the community and taxpayers to trust us with the money that they that they're allowing us and honoring us to invest for the for the kids, we have to use it appropriately. When you take on a test the magnitude of that size at Lamar and look what happened,

169you don't take on a test without the information first. You don't you just don't do it. You don't build in and say, "Okay, hope they'll come." Now, we got a food bank there. We're we're in the business of academics. And you know our kids when the community sees that our grades are going down amongst our students and our kids here yet we're involving oursel in creating food banks and you know all these other things that we I get it. I just want you know I want them to trust us you know because even me when I go out there they're going to go it's the board that are allowing this to happen. It ain't I mean even though I fought against it, it's I'm included in that. Yes, sir. So, you know, I want them

170to trust us when when they allow us to to serve in this capacity. But when things like this happen after destroying Lamar and all the community and everything that was built over the years there, you know, it's very very um discouraging for lack of better words. Yes, sir. I respect that 100%. I really do. The I I hate to to hear that though in a vacuum of tonight because this happened over a period of time. What in speaking to our taxpayers, we had three campuses that will hold 800 plus students and they had less than 500. They had 420 440 450 students. So the message to the taxpayer is is uh we're not going to operate buildings at half capacity. And that was when we were in the course of understanding and realizing that our

171state legislators have not fully funded public education. And we've had to make budget cuts to the tune of $10 million a year for the last three years. And we're making tough decisions. Absolutely. And in in in the case that you're speaking of, very sentimental, very connected to our community. I'm the one that had to go and face those teachers and talk to them about the the demise of that campus as it currently was. But now we'll have a building that's operating at 90 to 95% capacity through these programs. And the other campuses that Lamar Elementary dispersed to will also be operating at 80 to 85% capacity. So it's we can't talk about things in a vacuum without considering the the picture whole. We've been a budget reduction for at least three consecutive years as a

172result of inadequate funding by our legislators. So, um, it would be easy to just accept the blame for everything, and I'm happy to do that in most cases, but but what we're talking about tonight does not come near encapsulating everything that this board has been through, the administrative team has been through and our teachers and faculty have been through for the last three years. Um, this was, in my opinion, a best case scenario where we're using our facilities at a maximum rate u to serve the community better. And to speaking of what's on the board there, it says developing the whole child. So I do take it beyond just academics sir, but our academics are not going down. They vary between campus to campus each year, but we holistically are improving everything we do for

173this district. So um I I'm not saying that to be argumentative. I just I respectfully um want to want to put things in a in a a broader picture than just what the decision we're making tonight on this $4 million. Right. And like I said, I'm not arguing. I'm just conversing with you about it. You know, why agree? Yes sir. Why Why didn't they pass the bond? Why don't they trust us with money? Well, I think anyone who participates in any committee like the GC 2035 committee, every single person on that committee got to see it up close and personal. The people who don't trust choose not to understand, choose not to dig in, choose not to go to our website, choose not to meet with anyone on this team or any one of you

174to get more information. The thing is though, Randy, we can't blame it on the legislators that they haven't given us money. they giving us I mean they sure sure they cut back some you know and we're all for funding public education but you know we have to live within our means too you know we're at a time again I know you know a lot of people in the public say well you know if they're they're using our money because they they think they got an open checkbook to write and do and spend the way they want to. This is what they're saying out there. We've cut our budget to beyond 2019 budget years. So there can't be a living beyond our means as we're we're operating on less now than we did 6 years ago.

175I got you. Dr. O'Brien, Mr. Entry, and Mr. Samson, thank you very much for the robust conversation on that. Uh it was respectful and I think we all learned a lot. With that being said, there is not a motion on the table. Dr. O'Brien, would you read number nine, please? Yes, sir. Administration still brings before the board number nine, job order contracting or the JC as the delivery method to delegate authority to the superintendent designated negotiate and to approve the contracts and subsequent amendments for projects to be funded by the 2019 uh bond remaining funds as presented. At this time, the chair will entertain a motion on this. I'll move to approve. I have a motion by Mrs. Guy. A second. I'm sorry, I heard Mr. Clem first. I have a motion by Mrs. is

176got a second by Mr. Clim. Uh, do we have any further discussion on this item or comments? You know, it's hard for me to keep my big not the CBOC, the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee approve this remaining funds to be spent on capital improvements? Yes. Did they specifically approve it for these two things or did they specifically approve it used? the discretion of the superintendent. Correct. The letter a rather large committee of taxpaying citizens have approved this expenditure. That is correct. And and there was one notation as Mr. Renteria pointed out that they would like for the board to oversee the funding of this project and they do so in general by authorizing the superintendent. Right. Thank you. Any further comments or questions? Yeah, I'll be against this simply. I don't think Ricky, you have

177a big mouth because you spoke your piece. I think that we all should be able to speak our piece about what what what our thoughts are about using taxpayer money and whether it's for or against any projects like this. But Yes, sir. Mr. Entry, I appreciate that comment very much so. I think this board is demonstrating that we can have honest fair dialogue with different opinions. So I do appreciate that. Is there any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? Show raise of hands. Any opposed? I have 64 one against. Motion carries. The next item up, Mr. President is consideration approval of the 2526 compensation package. I see Miss Clark moving forward already. Would we like to start with a motion on this item before? She's had time to think. I move to approve option

178one as written. Mr. Clem has moved to approve option one as written. Do I have a second? I have a second by I'm sorry, Miss Brought Tins. Now we'll begin discussion. May I make a comment here real quick? Absolutely. So, um, just to kind of put a bow on this and give give better clarification. So, tonight if you adopt option one, which is the 2%, we will publish it in the paper as our official uh budget with our total budget adoption as that $3.7 million deficit with the 2% incorporated. We will publish it in the paper because it's timely to do it now. Then um we will adopt the total budget on the 19th as planned with the 2% only GPI. Even if the house bill passes between now and then immediately after we adopt

179the budget which has been properly posted, we will amend the budget. So you it has board action associated with it. We will amend the budget that night after the budget is adopted to have to include the delta for uh house bill 2 passing. I just text uh sent an email to Moch and Casey and they expect for the signing of the bill to happen within the next week. I think they're going to have a signing ceremony my understanding or is what they shared with me in Buckley's um uh area in Salado. So in the next week we expect to see that. So um when we come back everything will be uh cleared up and properly approved with board action. That way we can all also send out communication with because we have board action on

180House Bill 2. So um just wanted to clarify that and and kind of give you some more details. And while we're on discussion portion of this, I I want to just clarify my comments. Um my comments in relation to the legislators, I'm very grateful uh that this moved forward and has passed. And I don't want to I don't want to short sight that we we need to be grateful for the actions they do uh take to help public schools. My reference was merely probably the last six years of being in suspense to to come to this moment in time. Yes, sir. Thank you. And Miss Clark, thank you to you and your team. U I know you don't do it alone. You're the face of our finance department, but you have a team behind you

181helping you. And I want to recognize all the work that they're doing to get here. This legislative session has been a roller coaster to say the least. Yes. I watch and monitor it every day in the background at work and it's it's been a roller coaster every day. I couldn't do it without them. So, yeah. Right. So, thank you for that. Thank you for recognizing them. Any further discussion? thousand raises, you know, that's what it comes out. So, you know, hopefully it'll work out. There are some positives in it. We just have to look for them all very much. So, any further discussion hearing? None. All in favor? By show of hands. The decision is unanimous and it passes. Moving on to item. Thank you, Miss Clark. Thank you. Item C, future board agenda items,

182board training and board meetings. Anything for future board? Just a reminder, Miss Garcia has probably gotten out your notification for the summer leadership institute, June 12th through 14th. And then we do have a few items scheduled for future board meetings. I'm trying to recall them off the top of my head from our executive council meeting this morning. We have a report coming from STAR and of course in July or is that August? July. Um, Miss David, do you remember what other programs are for future board meetings? That is our energy efficiency company contractor that will be giving an update on the year in review for savings. Is that June or July? Okay. coordinating that also Miss Ellen Acres. Okay. Dr. Acres. So, those are the future board meetings. I just want everyone to be aware

183of the topics that'll be forthcoming. Any others that the board would request uh beyond what we've shared? Maybe request something in the future that we could look at as it as it applies to agenda and board meeting nights as we can review our agenda. But also if we have additional questions maybe we can have like an outline that oh how do we go about getting those questions answered before the board meetings. So you know with some discussion that happens that it's in the agenda but maybe it's not discussed enough. So I I may not be referencing that right. But I I I I think I could comment on that Miss Broims a little bit. If if the agenda comes out and you send a an email to uh Miss No Amy Garcia and Dr. O'Brien,

184then their responsibility is to reply with the answer to the entire board. Am I correct in that understanding? That is correct. So any board member that questions something officially to Miss Garcia. Okay. That response should come back to the board whole and that would help in our meeting nights if that would be a procedure that we may follow. Right. Thank you. I don't think it can go to the whole if it's one way communication. It's not. I got you. I think because she's going this way and come back. I I think an example would be for clarification on an agenda item. What does this entail? Like for instance, I'll just kick the dead horse. What does the 2.8 million entail? Uh then come back and answer to the whole board. However, it's up to us

185not to make any response to that. We can receive that information, but we cannot comment on that information. There's a fine line on that Texas Open Meetings Act is why. Yes, sir. My goal is to answer your questions before you have them on the weekly updates, but um but there are occasions when the board agenda comes out and you have questions and I agree with you, Mr. Campy. Just uh let Miss Garcia know and we just um between the executive council and myself will get an answer. I think that's just a practice that we don't do so much in Goose Creek. A lot of other boards do when there is questions for clarification on an agenda item, it's up to the board uh secretary to the board to uh gather that information added to the

186board packet and advise the board without discussion. Correct. All right. Um a reminder though that the June 16th meeting from Monday has been moved to Thursday, June 19th. Correct. I just want to make sure everyone knows that. I will send out reminders via text. Miss Garcia, I had asked you to put that on our calendars for those of us that wish to use calendars. We're going to start doing that moving forward as well. Uh prior to going into close session, I want to also make a note for the public that may or may not not have been here at the beginning of the meeting that item eight and item nine, which is the naming of the facilities, has been pulled by the from the agenda for consideration at a future meeting. I don't want you

187to stay here waiting for the outcome of that. Uh if that's what you're here for tonight, that'll be addressed at a future meeting. All right, with that we're going to recess into the July meeting is going to be on the 14th, not the seventh, correct? And there's just one meeting in July. Yeah. And then preparing for the naming in the future. Um, if I choose the wrong word, I apologize, but could we get a list of any of all auxiliary and/or ancillary buildings that don't have names on them? Yes, sir. We can provide that. And and and by don't have a name, I mean like a person, place, or thing name. I mean, I know we've named everything Goose Creek, this, that, or the other, but they've not been named after a And then on

188the two in question, the fieldhouse and the U PD building, can we open that up for further nominations and request the current nominations beefed up a little bit, okay? Because we got we got some things tonight just in public comment that strengthen some of those that we didn't have in our notebook. All right, Miss David, you will pres u prepare a another window for submission and acceptance of those proposals and u we'll provide that timeline to the board of trustees. Um typically it's a twoweek period or and then so so theoretically it could occur between now and July 14th and so it could be presented to you then or we could postpone it to an August date. It's your preference. Did you say a two week period? That's the window policy or a pra it's

189a practice. That just seems like a short window for a building that may have a name on it for 60 or more years. Just my opinion. I think it's based speak David please. Um you post it you get a lot of feedback immediately then nothing happens thereafter. All right. Thank you very much. The board will now recess into close session pursuant to one or more of the following sections of the Texas Government Code. Sections 551.071, 072, 073, 074, 075, 076, 082, 083, 084, 087, and 089. No action will be taken while the board is in close session. The time now is 9:03. now reconvene into open session. The time is now 10:30. No action was taken while the board was in close session. We'll move on to F, consideration of personnel. Dr. O'Brien. Yes. Administration

190brings to the board this evening request to approve the elections and accept the resignation of retirements as presented. I'll move to approve. Second. I have a motion by Mrs. Gia, a second by Mr. Martinez. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor, show of hands. 740 against. Motion carries. Next, we have four administrative positions. Principal of Stephen F. Austin Elementary, Heather Aleron. Move to approve. Second. I have a motion by Mr. Clim, a second by Mr. Martinez. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor, show of hands. 740 against. Motion carries. And for the new principal of Alamo Elementary, Selenus Rivera Bayz, preferred to go by Miss Rivera. Move to approve. I have a motion by Miss Helen Brat Tims. I'll second. A second by Mrs. Guy. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? 740 against. Motion

191carries. Administration brings before the board some positions of assistant principal. We have Steven Bingham for assistant principal at EF Green Jr. Move to approve. Second. I have a motion by Mr. Clement, a second by Miss Brat Tins. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? Show of hands and hit the microphone if you wish. That's 740 against. Motion carries. We have Ayari San Louise. She goes by Yaya as assistant principal at Sanento Elementary to approve. Second. Have a motion by Mr. Clem and a second by Mrs. Guy. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor by show of hands. 740 against. Motion carries. Administration brings before the board positions of academic dean. Um recommended first for Goose Creek Memorial is uh Tanara or Tori Bernard. Move to approve. Second. I have a motion by Miss Bars, a

192second by Mr. Alm. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? Show of hands is 740 against. Motion carries. And for academic dean at Impact Early College High School, Melissa May to approve. Second. Have a motion by Mr. Clam and a second by Miss Barat Tims. Discussion hearing none. All in favor? Show of hands. 740. Yes. Motion carries. Administration brings before the board for position of counselor at Alamo Elementary Bombck. I'll move to approve. Have a motion by Mrs. Guy. Second. And a second by Mr. Clam. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? Show of hands. I have 74 zero against. Motion carries. Counselor at Crockett Elementary, Herb Alanise. Have a motion by Mr. Ren. Second. And a second by Mrs. Guy. Any discussion? She was. I'm waiting for Jess to jump back in. All in

193favor? Show of hands. 740 against. Motion carries and counselor at Clark Elementary, Michelle ShraMM. Move to approve. I have a motion by Mr. Martinez and a second by Mr. Enthria. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? Show of hands. It's 740 against. The motion carries. We have educational diagnostician being um presented by administration Amy Estus. Move to approve. I have a motion by Mr. Martinez and a second by Mr. Enteria. Any discussion on this item? Hearing none. Show of hands. All approved. Mr. Enteria. Miss Bratins. Was that approve? Yes. I didn't look over there quick enough. At 74 zero against. Motion carries. Student support administrator split between Travis and Highlands. Latoya Landry. Move to approve. Oh, I'm going to give the tit to Mr. Martinez and a second by Mr. Clem. Any discussion? Hearing none.

194All in favor? Show of hands. 740 against. Motion carries for position of student wellness interventionist at Gentry. Billy Garcia. Have a motion by Mr. Ria and a second by Mrs. Barat Tims. Any discussion? All in favor? Show of hands. The 740 against. Motion carries. Are any of our new employees still in attendance tonight? This is your chance to stand out and be Oh, we have more. We have more. Another student wellness another student wellness interventionist at Baytown Jr. Tina Holloway. Move to approve. I have a motion by Mr. Clam and a second by Miss Mrs. Guy. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? Show of hands. 740 against. One more. Student wellness interventionist at Horus man Jr. Patricia Feice second. I have a motion by Mr. Ria and a second by Mr. Martinez. Any discussion?

195Hearing none. All in favor? Show of hands. 740 against. Motion carries now. Is that the last one? That's all recommended for approval. Are any of our new employees still in attendance? Okay. So, we have action item number seven. Consider and take possible action to propose midcontract termination of term contract employee Demetrius Haynes. I move to propose the mid contract termination of the term contract of Demetrius Haynes for good cause and to authorize the superintendent or his designate to notify Mrs. Haynes of this action. I second. I have a motion by Mr. Clam and a second by Mr. Enteria. Any discussion on this item? Hearing none. All in favor? 740 against. Motion carries. And postponing numbers eight and number nine to a future board meeting. We go to number 10. Discussion and possible action to approve

196foreign trade zone tax equivalency and contribution agreement with Dway USA Inc. And pursuant to such agreement authorizes superintendent to issue letter of nonoposition to US foreign trade board. What is the pleasure of the board? I move to approve the agreement. I'll second. I have a motion by Mr. Clemen, a second by Mrs. Guy. Okay. Any discussion? Yeah. [Laughter] Due. Uh, any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? Show of hands. The 740 against. Motion carries. I'll leave number 11 up to you, Mr. President. With that, uh, we will stand in German at 10:37. Yay. Not close tonight. [Laughter] No more recognitions.