001good evening everyone welcome to Port ISD and thank you for being here it is now 7:04 p.m. Tuesday March 11th 2025 and I hereby call this meeting to order notice of this meeting was posted in a manner required by law at 5:00 P p.m. Friday March 7th and the subjects to be discussed and or considered or upon any formal action may be taken have been listed the Board of Trustees that Port Independent School District is now convened let the record show that we do have a quum in our chur shopy will be joining us shortly um a quorum is present at reportd Board of trustee every student successes are number one priority we are here to set goals adopt policy approve budgets contracts Personnel appointments and communicate the district's vision and success to the community
002it is not the role of the board to make the day-to-day operational decisions the management and day-to-day operations of the district are the responsibility of the superintendent this is a public meeting of the Board of Trustees not a meeting of the public school board meetings are open to all who wish to attend and hear the matters discussed however audience participation is limited to the stakeholder presentation portion of the meeting and board members may not respond to those comments made in the public comment section these proceedings may be recorded and I respectfully ask that you please refrain from talking while others are speaking and at this time I ask that you please stand for the presentation of colors LED by the lefor high school Roc tonight on the American flag we have Cadet Captain Sonia Naz
003Nazir American Rifle private first class Eden Gloria Texas rifle Cadet private first class Mike Morales and Texas flag Cadet Captain Taylor Pew you'll join me in the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible andice now the Texas flag Texas one state God indivisible colors ready arms order arm Center face more time March forward March now will you please bow your head for tonight's invocation given by truste Melissa cretcher Lord there's so much chaos in our world so many terrible distractions on top of people's everyday struggles and still so heavy Lord You're the clear path through those distractions and you lighten the load you know what lies before lies before us before it comes to
004pass and we just just have to trust you father we know that you have who are hard at work through our students through our staff through our community members and every day we humbly ask that you just watch over them and keep them healthy and safe Lord we thank you for the opportunity to serve them all it is our hope that we have your guidance in all that we do you have blessed lpisd so much we know that you have only just begun and we just want to be your hands and feet to achieve your will and we love you and it's in your name we pray amen thank you may be seated we're going to move on board to item five our board recogn in tonight's recognitions as always presented by director of communication
005Mr Adam Holland thank you sir good evening ladies and gentlemen as our LX Elementary first graders and uh their director Shelby zika make their way toward the front uh to perform for us here in a moment we [Applause] just we just want to let you know after their performance they will be headed out that door they'll exit we ask that parents do the same it will prevent a bottleneck up here and you'll you'll kind of go all the way around and and you'll be glad you did so with that go baby there we go good evening thank you so much for having us here today my name is Shelby zika and I'm fairly new to the port ISD I got hired last year in January so this is my first group coming to a board
006meeting we are so honored to be here I brought my best group my first graders um they are awesome they are I fully claim them as mine I did their very first program with them in kindergarten last year and they're super excited to be here with you tonight um they were lucky enough to have an amazing program last week and I said let's just keep this going I mean let's perform it over and over uh I'm lucky enough to have an amazing first grade team to work with as well and so our one song for you tonight is something that we work on to work on our cross-curricular we did a little bit of science with music so this is the parts of the plant thank you so much for being here [Music] [Applause] [Music]
007sun and air [Music] ands leaves sun andir in start with the Tiny Seed in the ground burried in the dirt Roots will be found The Roots water in form of B The Roots will hold the plant in [Music] place [Music] Andes the keep the plant alert fruits leaves flow sun and [Music] airs [Music] leaves andir are not just thees will work to the Sun make it s [Music] colorful flower is so very bright will stop and rest spr around the SE fall to the grounds leaves Sun andir ining Roots leaves FL sun and Air theing [Music] [Applause] shower good job [Laughter] good there we go too busy performing the song over [Laughter] there here oh he so cute parents get pictures good [Applause] ear it's still going in my head I love [Laughter] that is
008impressive Jeff was saying I wonder his name ladies and gentlemen moving forward in our recognitions I would like to introduce you to Dr Cade Griffin principal of leaport high school thank so one of the absolute greatest honors and privileges that a high school principal has is being able to announce who the valorian and salutatorian are for their High School um it's the greatest honor that we can give students on our campus and I feel so privileged to be to have two two such great examples uh to serve as our valudor and so Liz Olivera and Moz chat has been named the valorian and salutatorian respectively of leaport high school for the class of 2025 as a top graduates of their yeah please as the top graduates of their class both have demonstrated exceptional academic achievements
009leadership and dedication throughout their time at leaport high school Oliva and CH both intend to major in biology to eventually interent medical school and to become a doctor and they are more than wel to be my doctor later on uh Miss Al plans to attend the University of Texas at Austin uh and Miss CH plans on enrolling at Rice so please another hand for these great graduates [Laughter] congrats you're the star of the show used to that [Applause] con three leaport High School Deca students Advanced to the Texas Career Development conference recently after successful competitions at the 77th Texas Deca District 3 Career Development conference say that real three times fast senior Kimberly aosta and juniors Robert Mendes and teammate Nathaniel Koslowski competed in accounting application Series and Entrepreneurship team decisionmaking respectively by the way
010our leport students were among more than 2,000 other competitors in their quest for estate bid and their sponsors are Aaron Wells boss and Tamara Jones [Applause] right there over [Music] there there you go we can put our arms [Applause] by the way you'll notice that some folks couldn't be here tonight and that's because we have softball games going on baseball games going on Lots going on in the district six members of the leaport high school Texas Association of future future Educators chapter recently Advanced [Music] estate in one competition they taught a lesson on the history and importance of showing appreciation to our teachers they want a bronze for their efforts [Applause] congratulations the other competition involved one student who qualified to compete nationally for her ability yes to plan and deliver lessons in Spanish congratulations
011to Taffy medalist Lily Gibbs Ariana Holt mallerie black Victoria Travino hares Rios and lesie Betty qu who will represent leaport high school at the national competition and their teachers are Miss Kenda Atkins and Miss Christina wler those are it good J and they're all going to come back and teach in leaport in a few years we hope finally tonight six leaport High School lady dog basketball players CA the 24-25 season with all district honors including three players who were named to 25A first team and eight players earned academic all district accolades and just in today Jaa Glover has also been selected to to the TABC All Region team head coach Alicia Thompson meanwhile was selected as the district's coach of the [Applause] year and that's for leading the team to a district championship and well
012well beyond the 2425 varsity team won District by district and area championship and was a regional semi-finalist coach Thompson by the way more than 250 career wins to her credit congratulations okay and again we have folks playing softball this evening so we're going to call out the names here Kaa greena [Applause] Walt Isabelle Rodriguez Bella Spears Brooklyn Wiggins Taylor rhods Jaa Glover and Sophia Rodriguez coach Thompson would you like to introduce us to your assistance just one oh Connie Lindsay Connie Lindsay ladies and [Laughter] gentlemen conat she was I'm so excited my awesome aw [Laughter] he's not [Music] here congratulations [Laughter] guys I mean you evered to these microphones are good evening tonight we also have the honor of recognizing izing some of our Community Partners who served as mentors for our recent young entrepreneur
013Expo which was on March 1st uh this is a project of the leaport Bayshore Chamber of Commerce and leaport ISD and it gave Elementary and sixth grade students the opportunity to create build and showcase their own businesses this is the fourth year for this project the first two years it was called lemonade day and we extend our thanks to Jeff Martin the chamber leaport Bayshore Chamber of Commerce president and Comm chair Frank Nance for bringing the idea to Dr Jackson so that our students had the opportunity to grow their own businesses this year we had nearly 100 aspiring entrepreneurs and they spent a month working with their campus sponsors and volunteers from the chamber to get ready for the actual event students benefited from the wisdom experience and guidance of these Representatives most of whom
014have been involved in the project for several years and we'd like to thank these local business representatives for their work in helping our students be successful um our first is Preston Bearden with bioc City industrial contractors who was the mentor for Bay Short Elementary for two years and Preston was unable to be here tonight uh next we have Brandon lindford who is the owner of Garden of Eden Floral and t- room Brandon has been the mentor at College Park Elementary and one year helped coordinate the entire program for the past four years Megan Weaver with the laort bore Chamber of Commerce Megan was also a mentor at College Park Elementary uh for this year but because of her role with the chamber she's been a driving force behind this project for the past four years
015Carol spru was also unable to be here tonight she's with 316 realy she's been the mentor at Heritage Elementary for the past three years Thomas and Alicia green of South Region Driving [Applause] School Thomas and Alicia were the mentors at leaport elementary and have been doing this for the past couple of years thank you uh our next two mentors were at LX Elementary School Amanda de Alejandro with Community First ER and Jeremy huling with Evergreen North American Industrial Services and they were both unable to be here tonight Frank N with Frank Nance State Farm was the mentor at Jenny Reed Elementary and Frank has been involved as a mentor in addition to helping coordinate the project for four years Jenny Allen with sweet pea Coffee Company she was a mentor at Jen Reed Elementary School
016and this was her first year in the project and we're going planning to have her for many years to come Melissa cretcher with Texas [Applause] stress Melissa has been the mentor at Leo rudo Elementary for four years and we've appreciate her hard work thank you for your service and last but not least Angie Thatcher with Air Products was a mentor Angie who is the current chairman of the board of the littleport chamber is with Air Products and she was at our Baker Sixth Grade Campus this was her first year as a mentor and before we go on we also announced on Friday our young entrepreneur of the year and we have her in the audience tonight Danica Wendell of bashore elementary [Applause] school and we wanted to get her picture with with our group so
017you you can go right in front hey why y'all standing here cuz she's way way way too modest but this event does not happen without our great friend Terry cook a mive baby like facilitated the whole thing thank you thank thank you Jeff thank you to all of our mentors we appreciate you so [Laughter] much I and then I have it's okay board in consideration for some of our guests this evening and there's no objections from the board we're going to take an item out of order you do do you sure okay all right we will now hear public comments item six the board will now hear those who wish to make comments and who have completed and returned the public comment participation requests this section will be conducted in accordance with the Texas open
018meetings act and board policy as such this is a reminder that board members may not respond to those comments made in the public comment section complaints Andor concerns for which other resolution channels are provided shall be directed through those channels Vice President Martin do we have any registered speakers Mr President we do not have any speakers this even please let the record show that we do not have any registered speakers so now we will go to item eight our consent agenda the board will now proceed with our consent agenda unless removed from the consent agenda items identified with this consent agenda will be acted on at one time a determine and approve any consent agenda items B approve board meeting minutes one regular board meeting minutes February 11th 2025 see receive principal reports one Early
019Childhood Center two bashore Elementary three College Park Elementary four Heritage Elementary five J Reed Elementary six the port Elementary seven rudo Elementary eight LX Elementary nine Baker Sixth Grade Campus 10 leaport Junior High 11 LX Junior High 12 leaport High School 13 DeWalt High School D receive financial reports for January 2025 e receive Human Resources report Mr F approved budget amendment G approve employment of professional staff H approve interlocal agreement for printing services with pastina Independent School District I approved purchase of library books J approve receipt and first reading of tasby local policy update 124 affecting local policy CA a t d a c y d h ehb ebb FFG and gka K approved term and non-certified contract recommend recommendations for certify teachers administrators and Professionals in pay grade 1 through 7 L approved certification
020declaring candidates unopposed for May 3rd 2025 General trustee election M adopt a resolution number 2025-the election vice president will you please readback our consent agenda Mr President our consent items for approval are items a b c d f g h i j k l and m okay I seek a motion to approve our consent agenda seconded by Mr Caris I call for a vote and it is unanimous let the record show the motion is carried we will now hear discussion on item e Mr Paris thank you I'll just one question I guess sir the leport high school numbers I know we got this updated but it's still very high I mean whatever it is substitute 191 for the for the total yes sir I have we had enough Subs throughout that process to but have
021we had enough Subs to handle all that we we we have and we we make calls every morning we send out notifications to our subpool so that they can have an opportunity to pick up jobs um there's been a lot of sickness obviously uh during this this February month and so uh we try to do a really good job of making sure we have our sub training so we have train Subs coming through every month to join our pool um but again with school business Athletics other school events and and then you know just people getting sick and you know having to to need doctor's appointments and things like that um but we communicate with the campus um anytime there's a high high volume of absences to make sure they're covered if they need us
022to make any additional calls so we do we do touch Bas with them so on any of those instances are we combining classes or having them be in the Student Center cafeteria it's it a little bit of both it really depends on the day one of the things that really was kind of uh problematic that we've had going on it's also topass testing time and so when you add that onto the sickness and onto the Athletics at one time the problem with Tass testing is that any teacher that we pull to test in order to tell pass the kids we have to get them a sub whereas with State Testing sometimes if they teach all nth graders we pull that teacher so there's not there not something we need to get for that one teacher
023because all the nth graders are testing so telepath testing in particular is really problematic and we just finished that so thank goodness so my question leading to that was if we're pulling them and putting them in the student center wherever we're putting them if we are we using parent professionals to do any of that or are we always using subtit it's it's a little bit of both I mean it honestly really really depends on the day and and what the need is um you know we we we have to be very careful withay professionals because there are minutes that they have to serve kids we got to make sure that they're still getting those minutes if we pull them so there are certain ones that we can pull because their case load that they they
024have the minutes that we can play with um but it really is a dayby day Stephanie Gore and Rebecca chaplain do an amazing job every morning keeping us covered um but yeah every day it's a little different that my concern yes sir right yes sir you're welcome not just as a high school just a district as a whole do we have analytics or data on how often like an interventionist or reading specialist is pulled into I understand like happen time uh all hands on that type scenario but I've heard rumors that in maybe some circumstances it happens only much more often basis than not is there is that something we track when we get access to obviously the princip to understand their role as an interventionist and and their their first priority is to work
025with small groups of students to be pulling those students on a regular basis to receive their intervention um as you said it it is a case-by case basis sometimes where there may not be another option to make sure students student safety and coverage is is happening um sometimes classes may be combined or uh a pair of professional who has already met the minutes for their students that week is able to be pulled um but we certainly do support the campuses on on making sure that those those teachers are not pulled on a daily basis because then you know what what would purpose would that serve again it would be in in uh times of need that's a very L point I just think I don't know if it's true or not but I guess as
026a board member we get here also sure we don't want interventionist thinking that they're above being ped because everybody in the building helps even administrators that are supposed to be covering discipline am I right or wrong principles sir so I don't want an interventionist thinking that they can't be put into a classroom we don't want that to be the norm but it is the practice when we needed I mean the spring semester uh TR Ste Martin it brings about a whole lot of other CH challenges you just heard Dr Griffin talk about that it happens more at the secondary level than it does at the elementary we don't want intervention is in CL uh you know being pulled like that every day but when we have to we we we have have to kind of
027keep that open so my concern and maybe I'm way off based on this but you know as prayer professionals push into classes and the general education teacher has an expectation that they will have that support and so I know you're saying that the minutes get met I hope somebody's keeping a record of that but typically when we write an IEP there's an expectation that that those pair of professionals will be available to that General Ed teacher and let's just say for argument sake we're pulling up pair a professional out on a Thursday from Miss Jones's class and Miss Jones is giving a test that day and then who is there to help read provide the accommodations because if it's special ed minutes at some point that General Ed teacher is not going to be enough
028so I mean I was going to say I mean I that is 100% the the purose are our last resort we and I I know that in everything possible before we we go to that that's good yes ma'am thank you Martin a good point and what I'll do if if if it pleases the board I'll ask the principles uh after spring break to kind of give us some qualitative data where it's just what what do you do what are your practices and and it can be a couple of sentences and then I will pass those on to the board so you can at least get a glimpse into every campus because every campus is different and on any given day it's different but I do know that these people work really hard and I don't
029think you don't think that happen not it's not happening but I know that it's it's a Juggle to kind of keep up with all of these things even with substitutes that are in the building it's still a jugle because if somebody gets sick or somebody has to do something else it just happens but uh I I'll get some qualitative data and I'll give a report to the board I want to say like clarify like there's no there's nobody come to me that's that's saying that they are feel like they're above anybody else they don't want to do this the issue is they were hired for a specific job to get us to a goal the scores and whatnot and if you're in a substitute role repetitively maybe not every single day multiple times a week
030even multiple times a month it it's hard for them to that see have any on how much time is that truly an issue or is it just happening one off absolutely what can we do to get more and I know it's a moving Target every but we're coming into Compensation Plan and those sorts of things where are we at I've asked it before on substitute pay and is would you think there would be a is it comparable but do you think there's a benefit and maybe a slight increase to get where we need to be you know what are your thoughts on that right well we definitely always look at our surrounding areas we are pretty competitive and you know higher than some around us um $100 a day for non-certified and 125 a day
031for certified so um and then of course we have long-term rates for for ones who can come in and take a long-term position for someone who's going to be out so we do have very competitive rates uh we we take our sub trainings all the way through uh April so we have another one we have one in March and we'll have another one in April just to help help us get through the end of the year because sometimes they'll they'll start with us and then as the year goes on they get busy or their lives get into you know the things that they can't sub as often as they would have liked to or or had planned to so we definitely want to keep our pool going strong great thanks I have a question I
032I learned just through my leadership tasby class that some different districts do different things not just compensation wise but maybe they have special parking places or if they've subbed X number of days in a semester they get a different rate of pay or you know have we looked at other options that will make them feel valued not just the amount of the day you know what I mean yes um I'm trying to think of the name of the district but I I'll go back in my notes and figure it out and send you a copy of that yeah also are they just some different ideas to you know to make them feel Valu are they get we do I'm sorry didn't mean to interrupt you but we do Spotlight of the month with with our
033subs we ask the the campuses for you know who are some of your subs that have done a great job they're there every day they're you know they don't they don't uh you know call in or you know call out at the last minute and cancel um you know who are the ones that are doing a great job working with kids and then we we go and visit the campus we bring them a treat and we recognize them and we post that on social media we celebrate them and then we also uh do uh we did it a couple of times last semester and we a couple of times this semester where we take like on a Friday we'll take a basket of brownies or pre-wrap treats to the front office and then they're able
034to get those when they come and just a note to say thank you for being here we wish we could do more obviously there's probably some great ideas out there um those are just a few of the things that we we already do good are Subs getting the what is it called citric or whatever that little key pass is they all have those to yeah they're all getting those too okay thanks that's all I got yeah that's important there's an emergency they can assist think you both for any other I'm sorry any other questions comments okay then I seek a motion so second call for the vote please all right there unanimous thank you board so we will move back to our item seven our administrative reports Dr Jackson thank you Mr President uh first
035of all if it uh if it's okay with the board I'd like to introduce um some new hires that you've just approved and I'd like to uh certainly welcome to a new role and certainly he needs no introduction in the district but Mr Sam zaboski would you please stand let's give him a [Applause] hand Mr zabowski a leaport graduate and 22-year teacher in the district is honored and humbled to be named the manager of District facilities and events his dedication and pride in okay there you [Applause] go his dedication and pride and leport will serve our district well in this role Mr Z currently serves as a career in technical education teacher at leaport High School in the area of audiovisual Productions as well as provides District leadership in video production and sports broadcasting during
036his years in leaport he has also served as an a athletic coach senior class sponsor and coordinator for Shattered Dreams a drug and alcohol awareness program that included district and Citywide collaboration in his efforts of educating our young people Mr Z holds a bachelor's and master's degree in history from the University of Houston Clear Lake please join me in welcoming him to a new [Applause] role Sam you might have a that you'd like to introduce my wife clire they came along to to support and always support for us also thank you very much thank you also you're not getting rid of shatter dreams either you know you have to keep going with that so just just just letting you know ahead of time yeah that's other duties as a sign I think congratulations are in
037order for you too as well correct you got some congratulations is in order for the two of you oh welcoming a new son-in-law yeah congratulations congratulations thank you I'm also thrilled to welcome Dr Bobby Martinez to leport ISD as Deputy superintendent of administration and support services Dr Martinez comes to leport with 17 years of experience in education most recently in Alvin ISD where he currently serves as the associate superintendent of secondary education in his 12 years in Alvin he has also served as Junior High and high school principal executive director and assistant superintendent prior to these experiences he served for five years in Texas City ISD as a bilingual teacher curriculum specialist and assistant principal in addition to this school uh his school district roles Dr Martinez has served as a university adjunct professor in
038education in the education department and he holds a bachelor's degree in political science and Spanish from Texas State University a master's degree in international studies and educational Administration from the University of St Thomas and the doctor of Education in professional leadership from the University of Houston ladies and Gentlemen please join me in introducing Dr Bobby [Applause] Martinez thank you all so much um I'm super excited to join I family my family with me is my wife ficia she's an educational diagnostician and then we have um my daughter Zoe she's um in seventh grade and Adam is in fourth grade and we're just very excited and humbled so thank you all so much I look forward to um getting to work all right welcome welcome welcome welc welcome welcome okay so Bard you have my board
039update and uh I won't I won't read the superintendent's board update date tonight but as uh is our custom during the legislative session I'd like to just quickly uh go through just a couple of bills that are in the uh being talked about and discussed at this time uh and I'd like to just share that um House Bill 2 is certainly one that we've talked a whole lot about it's it's designed to increase the basic allotment from 6160 to 6380 uh an increase of $220 and this equates to an additional uh uh additional dollars uh in revenue for the school district the bill states that 40% of house bill to said should it be passed of this uh increased allotment must be spent on compensation increases for teachers uh and so uh the port ISD
040is certainly hoping that these bills will pass and that they even might be considering increasing those numbers uh also House Bill three the education Savings Plan providing 11,500 00 per student uh and $2,000 uh each to homeschool students an unidentified amount for special education at this time those are still bills that are still being discussed in the house house bill 8 is uh reducing the maximum compress rate by an additional 331 per. uh also House Bill 217 is uh to increase the required vote threshold to pass a TR which is a tax ratification election from 50 to a super majority of 60% this would become effective after January 1st 2026 and so these are some things that we're just keeping our eye on uh at the capital House Bill 7 uh 763 um is on
041the on the on the books as well and certainly we we have some thoughts about that it it's designed to eliminate the disaster pennies for school districts uh House Bill 1502 uh to not allow disaster pennies after a failed Vader so I think this District understands that more than most districts around uh house bill 2671 would allow a Vader election date only in November as we know that used to be something you could host both in May and November but now will only be allowed in November in even numbered years which means you can't do it every year and so we'll certainly be watching that carefully Senate Bill 2 uh is a cre of savings plans the voucher Bill to provide a $10,000 per year for eligible students that enrolls in a private school students
042with disabilities would receive 11,500 and a homeschool student would receive and be eligible for $2,000 per year that's Senate Bill two Senate Bill four would increase the homestead exemption from 100,000 to 140,000 and provide hold harmless state aid for prior tax relief measures it is not clear if the hold harmless would be been beneficial for all districts as there are many contributing requirements to qualify for the hold harmless Senate Bill 26 known as the teach uh teacher Compensation bill would provide teacher retention allotment to cover the salary increase of $2,500 for teachers with at least three but less than 5 years experience and a salary increase of 5,500 for teachers with over 5 years experience this is not an explanation of if this is a permanent pay increase or not but they are still working
043through this in the state legislature and lastly Senate Bill 260 would be to increase the safety allotment from $20 per student in the school district Ada to $3,000 per campus and then Senate Bill 533 is being discussed which would require all Bond and TR elections to be held in November only and would be effective September 1st of this coming year 2025 and that will conclude the superintendent report and legislative update at this time there was no good news on there we're going to remain cautiously optimistic Mr President hey Bo before we move on our guest we won't we will get you off the hook if you would like to leave you're welcome to there will be no judgment but uh just so you know you don't feel obligated to listen to me ramble all right
044you'll be stuck at enough for meeting yeah yeah all right we'll move on to uh item we're going to move to item seven upch 7B uh Dr up church I think we just show we make copies didn't make C okay so I get to talk to you about our summer learning plan we have some exciting things that we're doing for students from our very Litt to our uh seniors in high school so um we're going to go through these and uh talk a little bit about what all we have as well as some summer enrichment some academic as well as some enrichment funds okay first of all for our elementary students we know that our Littles sometimes miss school we also know that they sometimes just need need some extra Extended Learning time so we
045have two things that we offer to our our little ones the first one is our English language learner program this is for our students who are who speak English as a second language so they we have a bilingual classroom and we have an ESL classroom and they have they meet for a long time they have a specified amount for um the tea requires 120 hours so we do that and that um then we have the elementary promotion program these are students in grades 3 through five who have struggled in school and have not been successful in their St exam so our next learning for elementary is for our Littles as you guys know we've been really focused on reading and building our reading capacity our students and making sure that they are ready to read
046um before they get into the third grade really and so we are offering some options at their home campuses for the primary reading Camp which is our kid I'm sorry our first grade and second grade students these will be in small block of of time like an hour at a time with an interventionist or with their their classroom teacher and they will work on these specific skills to close some of these gaps for our students before they go the next grade same thing for prek and Kinder um they they will also be in small groups of four or five and it will be for just an hour at a time parents will drop them these kinds of things and um and the teachers are going to work on very specific skills that our Littles need
047so that we can help them be ready for the next next grade level then for our second secondary students we have for uh junior high we have 6 through eight again this is students who have not been successful on our St test and and need some academic uh support there to be successful for the next grade level then for high school we have two options the first one is the EOC preparation these are students who have not yet passed their EOC exam um they have had lots and lots of uh practice during the school year and this is just the last big push and they're going to retest uh the next week that last week of June 23rd through the 26th they'll retest then and um hopefully all of them will pass so um that
048is what we're doing there they they have two sessions during High School EOC then we have something that is new we're calling it The High School summer rescue class these are students who have maybe taking taken an English class and haven't been successful so they didn't earn their credits for that so we're going to provide an opportunity this is another opportunity there's lots of opportunities that take place during the school year for them tutoring after school and some online credit uh opportunities there but this is a last opportunity for them to take their English class for example and regain that credit before the next school year so that they can have their credits to be an official next class um now the new piece is that we are uh charging a fee because we want
049students to have some ownership ship in this they've had lots of opportunities um and so we are starting with um if you are um a student who needs one class it's $40 for that class now if you are qualifying for the discount it would be $20 per class free reduce lunch sir would it be free to reduced lunch yes sir yes sir and then anybody else who needs like if you need two classes you need an algebra class and an English class that would be $80 or $40 for the discount and then more classes after that if you needed multiple then we would look at that conversation so in the past just just for clarification for the board there were many students that we would we would hire staff for and they start they come
050two days and we didn't find them for the next 18 days yes sir and so we we just really need some some skin in the game we used to charge yes we did and we went away from it I know yes we did and so we're kind of just but we didn't feel like we could just jump right in with the the the old charges we felt like this was a a fair way to go because we had not charged recently and so that's what we're doing for our our credit recovery um summer rescue class and then our enrichment so we also want to have fun not only do we need some academics and have fun with our academics but we want to have fun doing some all um all sorts of things so we
051have GT summer camp and this is for 4 days and they come there's no fee for them but they come and they do all sorts of really neat uh Innovative creative activities our Fine Arts Camp is also 4 days and they come and they learn all sorts of instruments art uh just a ton of things and these are all staffed by teachers that we have on campus I mean in the district already stem camp and for Camp invention is an outside company that comes in and they're they meet uh for a full five days all day long and we have a a district employee who uh oversees that and and do some amazing things with uh with our stem learning there and then Galveston Bay Foundation is for our junior high students and they do
052some things with the nature uh preserves the wetlands those kinds of things it's it's two or three uh days um in the in one month and then summer training camps as you know coach Thompson has tons of summer training camps that are athletic as well as strength and conditioning uh sports related as well as strength and conditioning does g bay do that other school district as well or is it I think they do based on what I was reading today I think they do yeah it really is and we have quite a few who take advantage of it it's fun when will the dates for the camps and stuff be released excellent question no no that's perfect that's perfect you are right leading right in um we are finalizing everything and so a lot of
053them are are pretty solid we're just making sure we have a last bit of it and so hopefully after spring break my goal is actually maybe April 1st um if not the Monday after spring break the April first part um so that everybody can start planning all their vacations and all of the things around this because these are there some great opportunities then let's see then we have something new and miss vor's going to talk about this but this is something that we want to share with you guys um that's going to be an exciting opportunity good evening we are very excited to offer this pilot program the fast forward and so what this is is as you all probably have noticed with assessment calendars the state is continued to move of start testing into
054April as a matter of fact we start April 9th this year um and so most all of our testing will take place in April so we have the month of May and while we want to reserve that time for celebrating end of year parties um things like that we we certainly are going to continue that but we're just looking at how we can capitalize on that instruction time for students that first few weeks and so this is something that we're looking at and after Consulting with our principles just keeping in mind that we want to honor this but continue those interventions that have been going on throughout the year as you know the state um requires certain minutes for for students who don't meet um requirements for STAR testing and so we're looking at continuing
055those interventions throughout May um those supports that are just tailored to the students needs before we get to the summer break um the second thing we want to accomplish is accelerating next year's learning by introducing the follow the current I mean I'm sorry the the priority standards for the next grade level to our students so they'll get that instruction um ahead of time um the third thing we want to do is to leverage our time by providing enrichment opportunity unities to students who might be exceeding standards and in that Master's level but we we certainly want to capitalize on that too so our goal is just to reduce what we sometimes refer to as summer learning slide um for students who don't have instruction during those couple of months and so we're just going to
056um take advantage of that time with our students while still having it be a fun environment and excitement because we do know it's May um but this we hope this will also encourage our students to be in attendance um as they can be um and so just really looking at that um celebrating kids successes but also capitalizing on learning after star thank you thank you yes we'll now move on to item C our library Improvement plans miss a how are you I'm well thank you you good good evening everyone I am here to talk a little bit about libraries the next chapter I know we've had some conversations in the past about where we're going and I just want to update you on on what that looks like um as you know we have we
057have um had a lot of conversations about the state of our libraries and we've done a lot of work in the fall and early spring to examine um exactly where we are um we've considered that you know our our collection sizes across the district are small they're limited and there's a need for us to improve what those collection size look like at each campus we recognize also that the age of our collections is something that we are of concern and we need to to to consider how we can improve that as well we also talked a lot about how we've had to weed our collections for damaged books and titles Lost Books things like that um we have some campuses that are prone to to mold or some poor conditions and so that affects the
058health of the book If you will so some of those things um factor into to why some titles get get weeded um we also take a look and talked about how we need to expand the learning opportunities at our campus libraries not just offering books for students to check out but also what are those interactive and Collaborative Learning spaces that promote inquiry and how to those look on each of those campuses um so we have this opportunity to reset our libraries and and and as we talked um at the last meeting about the fiveyear plan of what that looks like so I'm going to share a little bit about that with you we have five goals that are going to work through um that are going to guide the work that we do as we
059improve our libraries the first thing we want to do is expand and diversify our collections as we've talked about we really want to make sure that our libraries have those up-to-date titles that they're diverse they're engaging kids want to check them out and that we also capitalize on the digital resources that we provide to students as well they appropriate that they're appropriate absolutely I'm going reflect just what what our community expects for our students to have the next goal we have is we really want to as I mentioned enhance the student and teacher engagement of our libraries so not just a place where kids go and check out books of course that's primary what we want to do in libraries but we also want to make sure that there are programs that are implemented that
060really get kids in involved in just inquiry and collaboration and as a Learning Hub if you will of the campus we want to take a look now also at how do we upgrade the technology that we offer to students it's a it's not just a book world anymore it's a digital world and so how can we promote digital learning um with our students in our libraries and how can that be a hug for that work um so equipping our libraries with modern technology internet access digital learning tools Etc to support that research to support that inquiry and literacy development um and and and provide that across those campuses um we also want to make sure as we do these things and we work on these improvements is that we ensure those there are minimum standards
061for each library to reach um so that we can guarantee some minimum things for each campus and that we look at accountability in other words looking at how we evaluate our programs across the district annually and how we ensure to fill gaps as we as we do that so just establishing those consistent Library resources and services making sure we're Staffing appropriately and really taking a look at those t- slack standards to help us with that work and then finally of course we can't do anything about money so how do we increase funding how do we maximize our resources to ensure that we're able to do these things so really advocating for additional funding through grants Community Partnerships budgeting allocations to the district and so forth so lots of those are our primary goals as we
062work to improve um the state of our libraries most immediately um and our priority right now is to just really increase the collection size and ensure those minimum standards so as we've talked before we've been working really hard to um you know we've had a policy implementation change in the fall we've worked on um upgrading and changing our um procedures for selecting Library materials and putting putting those things in place um with your leadership and with your blessing we have been um able to um allocate some significant Bond funding so thank you for your approval of that tonight um that will go a long way to helping ensure that we have some minimum standards as we start this Rebrand or this reboot of our libraries across the district District um we also have a lot
063of campuses that do a great job of allocating their own funding and so they they work really hard at providing Book Fairs or other fundraising opportunities to to infuse their libraries and they're working hard to to purchase materials and and books right now um and also the Lort Education Foundation has done a great job of helping us as well with some books and some titles and collections Even in our classrooms and so that's been a great thing to help us um increase those sizes so all of these things are working together um we are currently finalizing all of the titles that we will be purchasing um with the bond allocations that you've approved tonight um we hope to have some purchasing happening in well we will have some purchasing happening in April um but we
064are in the process now of finalizing all those competitive bids so we are excited so you should start seeing loads and loads of books coming off the trucks and coming into our libraries very excited about that priority two as we round out this school year as I mentioned is just really trying to figure out what we can do right now to promote learner engagement in the libraries how can we how can we help support that that um the bond has also allowed us to provide for furniture and facility upgrades in some of our campuses so we're looking forward to some of those pieces happening to to make some of those spaces more welcoming um we are working on providing e-reader stations in our library so and now allowing our students to have those accesses to
065those e-reading or the digital resources that we talk about subscribing to um allowing them a different place in the library to do some different kinds of reading um and then really promoting those reading challenges as you hear about with bean stack so those are the things that we're doing right now we hope to you know we'll finish up as the year ends long range um is the strategic planning of how else are we going to do this across the district in a strategic manner over the next 5 years so um what we will be doing in the next months is um convening a library Improvement committee um made up of of folks across the district to help us weigh in on how do we want what is the vision for our libraries what do we
066want to see happening in our libraries and how are we going to make that happen over the course of the next 5 years and what is it going to take to do that so so that strategic planning process is going to be happening the next couple of months and I hope to come back to you maybe early spring or in the fall to talk about what that plan will be and how we will Implement that for the next five years that'll be the biggest piece and once we have that plan in place then we'll be able to really start moving forward and really seeing some some improvements happening across our district and that is the next chapter of our libraries clever thank you any questions board I question on the uh of uh the T
067slack you mentioned that last time again tonight what is the actual standard in terms of like stacking the amount of bullets they require to H and with our Purge how far below that standard we go so there are there's a a Continuum of Standards if you will um I can get you that full information after this meeting or this week um but I don't want to speak I don't have it in front of me to be honest um but there's it's rated so you you if you have this many books per capita on your campus you would be developing or you'd be needs Improvement or you'd be proficient Etc and so it just varies and it's a combination of not only titles in your in your library but also the percentage of your titles or
068resources that are digital so there's a combination that that ranks that there's all there's so I can get you that information from those standards question funds we appr tonight those how would those be allocated is it singular couple campus every campus will receive um titles now certainly as we try to ensure that there are minimum standards being being implemented across our district some of our campuses are going to need more books than others and so we're working really hard right now to figure out how how we do that what that fully looks like um we are really hopeful that our competitive bidding process will allow us to really stretch that dollar and ensure that every campus gets a significant impact from this from this allocation so more to come we're excited and the current Librarians
069and our PA professionals have been part of the selection process yes so the the selection process is committee driven so the the the the three certified Librarians in our district work collaboratively to support the other campus pairs who are working with the principles to help select those titles so it is a pyramid way of of selecting at the district level for all campuses yes sir yes ma'am thank you okay thank you so now move on to a budget and finance update Miss ston how are you ma'am I'm good I'm good I also have a son who got engaged so congratulations pray for me pray for me get your it's it's all good it's all good they're thinking Vegas guys so we're and I can tell you it was really hard giving away that sun oh
070my gosh but I like her a lot so [Laughter] um well good evening board members of Dr Jackson I'm be presenting the financial report to the board tonight so we will be discussing sorry um we will be discussing our legislative update which Dr Jackson's already just you know uh gone over in detail uh our fiscal year 2025 by the numbers and then also uh how we're going to build our fiscal year 2026 budget so this is uh on this slide here this is the list of the house bills that Dr Jackson um presented in in his superintendent legislative update but the M I just want to kind of touch on the main topics of the bill so uh you see we have increased daily allotment our vouchers reducing our MCR which is our maximum um
071compressed rate uh for M taxes uh eliminating disaster pennies and changing uh Vader election dates but the bottom one here the only one that really would be extremely beneficial to us other than House Bill 2 obviously the top one would be removing the average daily attendance from their funding formula and replace it with average enrollment um for the school year so um let's let's hope for that as we move on to our Senate bills uh that again Dr Jackson already uh presented to you so going over our Senate bills they also include vouchers increasing our homest set exemption from 100,000 to 140 as you remember in our 88th uh legislative session it went from 60,000 to 100,000 so they already dumped to 40 and they're thinking of doing another 40 uh this one also included
072uh teacher pay and then Senate Bill 260 would actually uh double what they currently have for our that they give us for our school safety allignment currently we would get $10 per student in Ada and 15,000 per campus so this would be an that would be a great thing too so great still absolutely all the way around 100% agree so let's move on to uh fisal year we will be grateful fiscal year 2025 by the numbers so right now we are 66% complete with FIS year 2025 you know it started in July so this is through February so these numbers right here are what we currently have um our enrollment is at 70,000 oh sorry wouldn't that be warning 7,000 that we would be really building here um 7,096 students our our daily attendance is
07391 and you might think that's that's pretty low and and it is but it's kind of be expected to because we were much higher at the beginning of the school year and as it school year kind of dwindles down and you get and and uh after that Christmas break before spring break you know it kind of goes down but we we are doing everything we can to to bring that back up as much as I hate to compare ourselves to other districts is that kind of normal um or is the dip is normal okay um but 91% is low well this is looking the six weeks right this is the six weeks so it's not those right so it ranges typically first 6 weeks going be your high 95 96 it goes like this but
074it takes the average at the end of the year of all of them and that's what we thank yes sir so um our average daily attendance using these numbers would be 6,457 so everything is built off that number um so it's not the enrollment as we spoke of it's It's the average daily attendance so uh leor Rd we receive $ 10,42 per student from te so what that is it's your 6160 of your basic allotment it's your weighted allotments that we get and then it's also the tax revenue that they let us keep let us keep right um so when when um a student is absent from uh for a school day it costs the district $61 so that's just kind of to keep in mind it's I'm just throwing numbers out here we have
075an understanding of if it would be um it it would be more sry it's if it's based on enrollment so it would it would be that um 10,402 times the 7,000 divided by 170 days that the kids go to school so I I I will send that to you yeah it would be signant it would be yes it would be much more so that would be you know but that would be even more reason or if they just let us keep it if they let us keep it that'd be great too um and quite honestly if they got rid of average daily attendance it's you know it would would be a game changer for us yes so here's uh just want to kind of remind you what our adopted budget was uh that yall adopted
076last June so so the adopted Revenue was 107 million our expenses were 120 million so we estimated the impact to the fund balance to be you know a a $12.6 million deficit uh our starting fund balance was 61 million so we expect at at if we go by budget numbers I can't give you actual numbers yet because we're right 66% way through um next month I will be able to give you much better numbers so the estimated fund balances that we budgeted was you our funding would end at $ 48.4 million so our and our recapture payment that we expect to make in June would be $26.5 million it can it can go up because it I and I wish I I I might actually I'm going to send this to you because I want
077you to see from the beginning when they we do a preliminary uh what the state tells us here's what your numbers are at the preliminary how much what versus when they get all the data cuz you know you get data all throughout the year you get your tax rates information your your property valuation your kids all once we turn all this peam data throughout with all of our submissions they update our summary of finances so you can see how that recapture payment fluctuates right now though it's 26 and that's what we budgeted so I'm feeling pretty good about that um so on the on the under the property and taxes we actually just received our 2024 so this is final so do you see final is in we got it January 30th for this is
078what we paid our taxes on um which mean this is what we budgeted back in June so um our certified property values $1 19.1 billion our deductions and exemptions is 4.4 so our total tax bill value is 14.7 and then I just listed out what our our total tax rate is um that y'all adopted in September so kind of um some of the deductions and exemptions if you want to know what that 4.4 billion that's deducted out that's all your regular all Homestead exemptions um your regular ones you're over 65 you're disabled it also includes our our reductions or exemptions because of our chapter 313 agreements uh we also do an optional homestead exemption a local one that the district gives to um people on top of the one that the state gives so that's
079that's a decision that we make um to help our community um and then also all the industrial pollution all of those kind of exemptions um also last year for the we we stayed the certifi values were still there were 19.1 but we had more deductions uh and so we actually ended at 13.6 billion last year versus our 14.7 so that means we're going to get more tax Revenue this year because our valuation is higher um but that means we're also going to give more weight yes okay yes sir all the Stu that Shar the board and I I Shar with Stacy I remember 10 15 years ago 15 years ago that total tax rate number in County where I live and ours is point not even a dollar and I shared with him just it's
0802019 we've lost 48 cents in our tax rate yeah okay moving on so now to build our fiscal year 26 budget so these are the puzzles pieces uh that we need to build the budget and they are all estimates these are all unknowns so our student enrollment and attendance as we just discussed with Dr bronley that's that's ongoing it's every six weeks and then they take an average and we're hoping that it's a a high number our property values um what they give us in July we really don't get the factual actual 100% final ones until January um but we're budgeting in June our Max going to press rate TAA gives that to us based on property valuation they give that to us August 5th every year um and then the beautiful legislative changes that
081we don't know are going to happen and we're we're hoping for the best and planning for the worst right that's what we have to do so here's our timeline for fiscal year 26 um in April we will have our April 8th board meeting just FY it's my 25th wedding anniversary that day also so want to show that it's going to be a great night guys it's going to be a great night um April 22nd is our tentative uh Compensation Plan work workshop and April 30th we'll actually receive our certified estimated property values see all these different types of property values you get four different numbers throughout the year um that that amount right there is what we will build the 26 Budget on and then we will uh the board will need to start thinking
082about how are we going to go about um building our tax rate in May we have May 6th is a tentative budget workshop May 13th will be our board meeting and in June we'll have uh June June second is the end of the legislative session so um hopefully we won't have additional special sessions as we did in in you know the 88th we had four special sessions so we didn't even get to final until November and then June 10th is our board meeting and that's where we will uh present the final 26 budget and Compensation Plan and and asked that the board adopt it and that is all I have is there any questions I can I'm I'm sorry I didn't understand what your question was on the uh the homestead exemption going from 100
083to 140 last year is am I correct in saying it only affected ISD like they didn't take the tax was not affected by that I I can't speak to that I'm sorry I can find out I believe that's correct like I mean is it I I think you're right I think you're right but we we I'm just C we we spent all this time in Austin I just curious if they're sticking it to us again or is it now going to impact cities as a whole yeah so let me let me clarify that and I will let you know but I think he's right about I feel like you're right also but I I don't want to I'd rather let me just do a little D digging and I'll I'll provide that we get you
084answer is there anything else I can help you with thank you ma'am all right [Laughter] guy just this we'll be nice to you here all right short and sweet tonight all right good evening president H Porter trust it's Dr Jackson here to give you your March update as it relates to bond projects across the district um lots of dirt I talked a little bit about LX last month as it relates to foundational stuff so that's what we're doing out there um there's a lot of underground happening we just finished up in the front of the school there was a lot of sewer systems sewer pipe that they had to put in and we're trying to work around the kids uh and work with the principal in the campus uh we'll be doing some sign ific
085work over spring break they actually have to go underneath the track out into the field to put a water line and some other items in because that's where it tracks from that retention in the back so um that will be a big deal but we've got a good plan for that obviously M Rose and her team is aware but we won't have kids there but um uh it shouldn't take but a few days we've got a couple Crews that'll be doing that very quickly but it will be fairly uh is summer track there I didn't mean to cut you off sir okay we come with that's right we should be good there that's the most significant we're just fighting rain and trying to you know for weather as so long as all that stands good
086then we're we're in good shape there we're really going to start pouring concrete here in the next week out there the peers have been uh built out and they're going to start grade beams tomorrow so everything's on par at lowmax as it relates to that high uh Bulldog Stadium Legacy complex for you know the the stadium part is probably 98% I mean we're we're touching up things I know yall took a walk out there some of you did so you probably felt the difference of Just The Concourse and things are clean and uh traffic coating's about to start going down the video board was put up this week they've got the trim to come out and finish but nonetheless it's up uh and it's just amazing to watch how they do some of that stuff
087I mean those are just 4 by8 and they like like a suitcase in the back they just kind of buckle together and they just put it up and it's a hanging system but um it looks very good as it relates uh sound systems going in so you've seen the speakers that are going going throughout uh the stadium and then landscap starts NE next week so that'll be a big deal they'll start grading all that out uh we've got a mixture of of mulch grass they're going to do some Hydro spray out there um we've got a contract with a company that will come out and actually treat that for one solid year uh so they'll water it for us ensure that it's all good uh and maintain it sidewalks lights are starting to go in
088we match the city of leaport um so those same lights that you see throughout the city yeah so we spent time working with the city on that to ensure those those lights match so it kind of flows correct uh so those look good uh and then cameras and safety and all those items are starting to go in uh as it relates to kind of those controlled access points in the concession again it's very close um we've got some painting going continued back on the concession area excuse me on The Concourse area we got painting going on in the eating area as you've saw some of that remember we got two of those sites on each side both home and visitor uh we'll have picnic tables that will be put in there and that'll be kind
089of just a a hangout area that's what it will be we'll be chasing kids out of there but uh you know just an area to kind of relax and as you get your food uh you can go in there and have some space uh the control systems are in so that's a big deal for us the AV part of this stadium is unbelievable uh as you can tell we've got that pretty video board where all that's got to connect and come all to the hub of the Press Box and then it also runs into the legacy center well we got to have control systems that can manage all that so we're we're getting to the very end of that uh we've got several teams working on that but you can see that's some of the
090modular uh for the AV that's the tabling system will be monitors there set up LP Sports Nets different groups like that will be using all those items but uh we're getting very very close on that as it wraps up and really it's going to kind of close out as we relate and we're going to be in punch list items starting next week uh so into the next two weeks we'll be punching items out of there saying look we're done or this is good uh but you know there's a big process for that we won't be fully done as it relates to it signage will start going up uh we're a week and a half out from the Bulldog Stadium sign going on on um Texas uh it's huge that's just a kind of an idea
091of what it's going to look like it is and that's the picture here bottom a second from the top U but it's very very large so we're excited to get that up that kind of namesakes it uh and it's illuminated so at night time it'll have a backdrop on it you'll be able to see that across the city um our street signs are in um we've got several of those and I think you guys vetted some of those names so those will be at every intersection around Bulldog Center that whole village even going up front to where the competition gym is you'll see some of those and then lastly I don't have an image but I put kind of a blueprint picture for you each one of the entry points of the stadium will have
092Northeast uh Southeast Southwest Northwest and that'll be lit up too so you're starting to see those entry points uh they're they're brick they've got the the stone on them and then on top of them and they're about 4 feet I believe they'll have those different areas so obviously as we we find and start to communicate what it looks like in our Stadium um those things will start to shine at night so it'll it'll it'll be a good piece for us so close teach Direction because I think we're all used to okay we're coming in you know and and and the The Challenge and the beauty of what we what we're dealing with is while there is a home and a visitor and we know that you can come in anywhere right and then you can
093just make your way so that kind of makes it nice because we know our challenge with parking and so forth um Legacy complex is making huge strides um it's fully uh it's got the HVAC system up so now they're enclosed they're able to work it's being locked up up all that is very good uh cuz some of the big ticket items are in there we got our lockers this last week they're put in place in the four programs for the soccer cross country and track remember we've got those four programs on the northwest side of the complex um and we're waiting for our lockers for football so we've ordered new Lockers in there so all that's kind of closed out the painting you can see that same kind of theme throughout the entire facility so
094you see that not only in the stadium in the eating area but you're going to see that in the lock rooms you see that in the weight room and then some you're going to see more way finding as it relates to excuse me more signage as it relates to logos and so forth also as as things start to close that's right that's right thank you very much uh they're about to put the ceiling in the PD space upstairs um that's a modular ceiling it's it's it's kind of a wood look so it's going to bring a good tone to it and then they're going to put those partition doors in they're already they're in those crates kind of hard to see but they're in those crates there um so again things are moving along as
095expected uh and we're pushing the envelope to close out you know while we've got those construction projects there's always things happening in the district we' continued to supplement the campuses working on different things whether Blake steam putting in carpet flooring Furniture as Miss Abram mentioned uh we've got our first Fleet of the vans that come in uh and I think I shared I know Dr Jackson has with the Suburbans we got those in um so that's exciting our guys are really really excited about that they're fighting over those yeah we're going to put that I missed that one some of them some of are a little strugg Bourbons are very nice Jeff and I took it off they don't shake or anything they keep you on the road well they don't shake and the steering
096wheel when you point it straight does go straight they're very nice the automatic braking systems something to get used to but it was very nice little tough um buses are are continuing to come in remember we've got the grant so and we we went ahead you blessed us to go ahead and proceed on on getting those ordered so we're getting a shipment in April we'll have a shipment shipment in July and then we're getting close to getting those 20 if you recall that clean clean energy uh Grant baseball and softball has been a been a ticket for us we're just slowly getting into it we started at baseball obviously with the logos and the and the turf uh but a lot of painting you can see some pictures of some way finding that's on its
097way so they should be here in a week we covered the back of the uh the uh stance and fenced it slatted it so people can't go in there again just it's about beautification and making our places look good we painted the poles and advertising will start to come a part of that and then we're moving to softball to do the same thing uh a big piece for us that we'll be doing soon is the foundation we've got some Foundation issues at rudo we got some quotes back on getting that work done so we'll start that work obviously with the bilingual move going there we we're using that entire facility so we got to make sure it's ready to go when they when they get there any questions for me whenever we complete both of
098these facilities we're working on will the you just said the name of it s the badic be it'll be a part of the stadium and Bulldog whatever we're calling it okay we'll add that have to come back to you but it will be an added site yes can we pay for that out of bond money yes yep for I think the million dooll question the elephant in the room May State oh absolutely yeah we're good I think we're we're graduating in that St 100% or else or else period comfortable to say that I think we're reaching for some and they given me that reasonable yeah they're cleaning up now well we'll be in the stadium the complex the complex will not be ready but we feel we feel fully confident we'll be able to host
099graduation and be fully functioning now we won't be in the legacy center now the board will work and all of that will function and and we're prepared for all of that but uh Legacy Center will not be OCC sorry so I got to walk it yesterday and the top three things that stood out to me um besides it just being I don't know just it felt like another world from from the previous Stadium um but the top three things that stood out to me is the attention to details and not just how beautiful it is but how every every line every structure everything is just it's it just seems so much more reinforced and and like backed up than anything we had before and so just saying gosh this is going to last us a
100long time right um so that that was number one to me just like the longevity and the Legacy that it's going to going to have um number two the beautification just when you walk into the stadium itself it's gorgeous um and has so so many details like lines the angles of different things like if you pay attention to that kind of stuff right it it is just another level um he was talking about the ceilings I mean was like what seeing just a section with the with the ceilings it was it was so awesome and um the the school spirit it is there is not a space in there that does not have scream a level of leport in its element from the details in the flooring to like he said the painting I was
101shocked that there was paint on the walls like I was and so great job everybody getting it done because it is so it's so inspiring to see the progress and to see what it's going to be um and I just can't wait for our students to get to use it so ready absolutely on this we do a lot of events the chamber and we're finding a lot of rooms weent don't have audio visual capabilities leg it'll have it in every Bay right so you could go the smaller bays and when you all those will have the capability and then if we go long ways and you know what let me see um oh I didn't take I add another opposite of this wall here is a uh I think it's about a 30ft projector drop
102that comes out we'll have TVs on the side as well there's floor plug yes yes the answer is yes it'll be fully capable of totally the pictures don't do it justice y you know and the beauty obviously is is all our furniture the tables everything stored there the kitchen components you know stored there cuz I mean this takes an army every time we have to set this up you know we change it our team comes over so it's going to be there and uh you know we'll all the furniture is in so we're storing it it's a matter of being able to start putting have four small two B correct and there's also Flex rooms right so if you go uh outside when you come out of those we have a whole another classroom that's
103huge up there that we equip that the same way obviously Athletics can use it too but it's also another space really gives a six uh you know at full capability as we as we move in there so you know we've had two we had two uh tours yesterday and one Friday and we just kept trying to reiterate This Is Not Just Sports Stadium a multi-purpose really cic Cent for Community for the entire community so we we're trying to just really make sure we send that rage at home absolutely when the TVs get in and the wall of Fes are on there we've got M murals that are going to start going up in the legacy center that are going to blow you away they've not even started them yet they're going to come in once
104the drywall's done talk about spirit and it's GNA look really good it's going to speak of who LP is anything else for before you leave just want to say really you know from the bottom of my heart from all of us you know thank you for all you've done you have definitely left the Legacy um you have had an impact from day one um you're you're charismatic and you're just you're that guy and it has been a pleasure uh to work with you you and uh they're damn lucky to have you sir and uh you're always welcome here anytime nothing against you you're welcome too it'll be good it's a good one but um yes we appreciate you know I know those to that point the details and stuff in in the projects that we've
105done in this short period of time has just been mind-blowing and it's exactly what we needed so I appreciate you we appreciate you and if there's anything we never do for you we're just a phone call away appreci thank you guys so much it's going to bless [Applause] you now get out not just yet he's got to he he and Bobby and I have some some conversations to have okay after that um and then we will move on to item nine action on Clos session items we do not have any items so we will hear closing comments from the Board of Trustees and the superintendent board Bo's yours oh I am uh don't have much to say other than the fact that have a great spring break and uh to be honest turn all your
106social media off uh for this spring break and enjoy it uh and don't read it um it's frustrated me over the last couple of days but just understand we know you guys are doing the right thing Dr Jackson's doing the right thing uh and people on social media really don't know what they're talking about and I'll just flat out say that and maybe Friday night around 700 p.m. uh Central Standard Time say a little prayer for Ryan he's running his last Ino uh that's one in Virginia Beach if anybody knows what to do in Virginia Beach please let me know we're going to stay there for a while a lot to do see it a lot Melissa so like I said I got to tour the stadium got to tour the stadium yesterday um my
107son has been home since the first and um he goes back to the Air Force tomorrow um in North Carolina and he got to tour the stadium and he played as a freshman in the old stadium he was in shock and in awe and just you know super excited even brought it up again today just like I can't believe you know that that these kids are going to get to to be be a part of this and be in um in this facility and he he was just um really kind of singing the Praises of aort ISD um which if anybody who taught my son knows that's not the easiest thing for him to do um just because he was not school was not his thing um but he we were blessed that he went
108to the academy and um and graduated from um The Academy of B Walt and um then went into the air force so thank you for setting him up for success that's kind of what I wanted to say in all this was that just he is a product he came back um and is has grown into um a fantastic young man and y'all are doing that for students all across our district every single day um you're making an impact and I just wanted to say thank you for the impact you're Mak it in my kids lives um but in all of our students lives so please enjoy your spring break take time for yourselves take time for your family um and really truly askask in what you are being successful at and that is impacting their
109lives I want to go on record again saying thank you to uh to Terry for her uh her patience probably more than anything but her her kindness and her leadership with the with all the different things you help us with specifically this time with the young entrepreneur Expo uh really truly we couldn't have done that without your help so also want to thank the principals uh Mrs Greenwood thank you for trusting us with your campus I hope it was okay uh but it turned out to be it turned out to be a pH I was nervous about having indoors but uh it turned we got a lot of compliments uh about having there at in the cafeteria at Baker and using that outside area so again thank you for allowing that and thank you to
110all the other Elementary principles uh for allowing us to come onto your campus uh with our volunteers I know we mentioned that the mentors but I want to brag on our our our sponsors this year most of those if not all of them are members of of our partners in education uh typically what we do is we give each team a $50 gift card to Walmart to help offset their uh their expenses this year it was a $150 gift card wow uh for each team they provide each each child a shirt a bank bag from amig uh they gave out over $700 worth of uh $20 increment gift cards Dairy Queen texacone other things uh they also gave us $1,000 to go spend at the booth and so I think that every one of those
111kids uh they all made different amount of money but they all were very very happy and I think the the whole the why really is to help them learn how to start a business and hopefully take that passion and and take it elsewhere and so we are it's always chaotic and but all you know the day of the event always seems to come together uh thanks a part to all the District Health and so again we're we're very blessed that you guys allow us to do it and we thank not just the district but certainly our our principes our our Community Partners and all those that help that show up for the kids the day of so again thank you guys also Dr BR is Echo of the sentiments again we we're going to miss
112you for sure we we we start wish you all the very best in your your future endeavors and we look forward to the the next chapter but again you definitely have made a lasting impact in your short time here so thank you for that I to say and again this week can be kind of brutal right before spring break especially I mean my experience at the high school was this was open let's just make it to Friday so you all enjoy your spring break and thank you um for all that you do I mean we are so blessed to have such a great you know principls and teachers and you know I get emotional because my kids I graduated from here I've got three kids that one almost done this is last year and so
113I just want to say how much we all appreciate and Russell's right don't look at Facebook because sometimes when you see the the comments there it really does and do y'all justice so thank you I would agree would stay off Facebook while you're on your Spring Break um I may try that myself and I don't even have a spring break but I may try that um I've been to a couple of events um in the last couple of weeks I went to the chili cook off it was zudo for go Texan day and let me tell you they got some good Cooks over there it was yummy and um then I went to Heritage Elementary for re Across America and um had a great time there as well I always enjoy reading to the little
114ones um the stadium tour was as Melissa said just blew me away and um one of the things that we haven't mentioned that I was really impressed with was the collegate level timing devices that are going to be in that track for our track program and um that made me very happy and very proud on top of all the million other things that people have already said that I'm not going to waste time repeating um happy to see Sam zabowski going into a new role for the district I think that's going to be um just a blessing and Dr Martinez and your family welcome to laort um we're looking forward to working with you and great things that will be coming ahead and Dr Bramley I saved you for last um we're going to miss
115you I know you're going to do great things where you're going and we're going to be following you and we're looking forward to seeing you at some of those conventions with your team at that point and um you've definitely left um a legacy here and made quite an impact in leport and so we appreciate all the hard work that you've given us the last couple of years thank you uh I'm probably going to stay on Facebook I don't have much going on so if y'all get curious what's going on just give me a call I'll update you um I do want to welcome uh Dr Martinez uh and your family thank you all for coming and staying uh sorry to your kids for having to sit through this queen yeah Miss Pat's very nice she'll
116take care of you um anyway so we're very excited to have you here um I want to thank Adam and your team um because you've had an eventful a few weeks days and it's a lot of work and no one no one thinks about that you know how much it is to do all that work and I'll thank Terry too just because she's great um at everything um principles you should have got an email from Adam about the silven beach parade make sure you sign up for that uh please uh so we can have full participation again and you know fun yeah it's a lot of work but it's a lot of fun and I know that the students like doing it so uh when I got the text message about Dr Bramley leaving I
117immediately texted him and told him he was dead to me uh because I was just so heartbroken that he was leaving I'm I am very dramatic but uh no stop really you but I was uh you know you have been a great great great asset to leaport ISD and I think it you know based on everybody's remarks and the faces and the audience uh you know you're really going to be missed and Splendora is is gaining a very very well equipped superintendent so thank you for your service and that is all I have awesome I'm not going to keep you Al so I hope you all have a a one Wonder ful spring break Welcome to our family um we're glad to have you and look forward to working with you and and your family
118here um but everybody enjoy their spring break and with that did you have something I do if you don't mind yeah go ahead because I want to make sure I go on record and say uh first of all welcome Bobby and your family uh we're excited to have you all and uh it's you're going to be in for a great ride and you can see that this is a wonderful town a phenomenal school district and these people are as genuine as you see all right uh we we we we really care about each other but we we don't always agree about how we care about each other but we do and and and I can honestly say they take care of their superintendent and they allow me to bring great people Dr Bramley um I
119I just want to say one more time publicly thank you um you you you made this job uh phenomenal for us to grow together and learn together but I want to send a very strong message to everybody that's listening to us that's what leadership is about growing other leaders if you ain't growing other leaders you probably are not leading in two years this school district not Walter Jackson this school district in two years in 12 months not two years have place two superintendents into superintendent roles that's something special that's going on and Bor you should take notice of it and make certain that we can bottle it because it's not common for that to happen and it's because you allow me to go out and find rock stars and we allow rock stars we don't
120micromanage them we allow rock stars to thrive and so he was a rockar when I hired him but we still had to coach him up and so now he's ready to go help grow other people but if you're not growing leaders Dustin Bobby Julie Stacy others executive directors we're not leading so we have to get used to turning the page of a chapter in our lives because that's what we do we grow leaders right I I know some some some districts say that they grow things I won't say what but they grow things here but we grow leaders and that's what leaport is all about that's part of your brand board that's your brand that's not Walter Jackson now that's this board has put people into those roles and I don't want to let this
121night go by without saying thank you for allowing us to be uh Risk Takers and reach out out and go get rock stars and let them come for a while so what we only have them for 3 or 4 years I'd rather have a rock star for four years than a dud for 40 so thank you Dr Bramley God speak to you may he cause his face to shine upon you and your family and that you may go in peace and be prosperous all right all right