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LVISD Board Meeting held on April 14th, 2025

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YouTube / Board Meetings
Date
2025-04-15
Location
Travis County, TX
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Extent
3,037 words · about 17 min
Collected
2026-06-09

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001uh to bring in three groups. Uh we have our special Olympic athletes. Uh we also have our powerlifting uh students and then also our uh boys basketball. They were not able to attend last month so we put them for this one. So she doesn't know which one first she Miss Baker first. Always uh good to recognize kids for their accomplishment. Uh certainly put in a lot of hard work this year to get the success that they've had. So see how many comes in. Yeah. So neat to see recognize all basketball. Oh [Music] yeah. Just stand right here in front and face the board members and then we'll hear all the good things that y'all done. So, hey, we're going to place the board first. Talk to them. A board. Yeah. This is your board of

002education. They're in charge of water. We got one more coming. Wow, you look great in that, too. Very short. Yeah. Well, this is a very small representation of Special Olympics. We have 33 athletes registered. Wow. Last year we had 19. So, we have a lot of little ones this year that did not come out tonight. Um, we participated in bowling, basketball, and then we practiced eight weeks for track and it got cancelled two weeks ago. Oh, no. Because of the weather. So, there's they're not rescheduling because they have stuff going on all the time. They have tennis and then soccer about every other week. there are events that we could participate in. Um the students would like to add some sports next year. They're interested in pickle ball, soccer, maybe powerlifting. Yes, powerlifting. I was

003told because they want more medals. But it takes lots and lots of volunteers, a lot of parent support, a lot of teacher support, parent support for us to be able to do this because most of our events are on the weekend. So for sure. Anyway, these guys have worked really hard. They have to practice eight weeks before they can participate in u the competition. So just really proud of them. great turn around. That way, uh, parents can get pictures as well as, uh, Miss Jackson. So, if we'll turn around and face the other direction, we'll get some pictures made. [Music] Okay. All right, M. Baker, thank thank you for what you do and all other coaches. Thank y'all for what you do. Fantastic. [Music] Thank you. [Music] Guys, y'all just come and just kind of

004stand shoulder to shoulder and face the Lord. Then stand which way? Stand face. [Music] All right, Martinez, Coach Martinez, Coach this year. Um, this is your 2025 Vista pilot team. We're a little short. Uh, we got a lot of kiddos playing a lot of different sports, so they're in practice and stuff right now. But, uh, this year we had 18 lifters. It's the most we've had since I've been here, 3 years that I've been here. Um, we had all 11 girls. uh qualified for regionals, which is really really great. Um out of those 11 girls, we had five regional medalists. Um along with a regional champions uh I guess a two-time regional champions. She went back to back years. She also holds the regional record in the bench, the squat, and overall weightlifted. Wow. Um

005so it's a huge accomplishment. She really swept it. Um out of those five regional medalists, we had three move on to state. Uh we had Liliana, uh Haley, and then Carly is probably going to show up when we're done. She's on her way, but uh so we had three men out of state and Lyanna came home with the silver medal. Um so that was uh very very huge for her. It was awesome. On the boys side, we had seven lifters. We had four of those seven lifters make it on to regionals. Um out of those four lifters, we had two uh regional medalists. We had uh Landon right here in the middle. And then we had Zayn Carson as a baseball and uh Zayn was our our lone boy that made it up to state.

006Um he did really really well. He didn't medal, but he just happened to be in probably the hardest weight class there was that year. Um there was a couple of 800 lb squatters and 500 500 lb pitchers. So it was it was tough to compete with, but uh EPR has the best beat of the year, so that's all we can ask for. Um, but I'm super proud of these kids. I mean, they started lifting back in September and we finished up uh through spring break and a lot of these kids came up at 6:00 in the morning and then practice again after school. So, seeing their hard work and dedication pay off with uh their success has been uh really really great. So, I'm super proud of these guys. your 2025 taking [Music] pictures. Awesome.

007Perfect. Thank you. Great job. Thank you. Now we have boys [Music] basketball. Yeah. Heat. Um, first off, thank you all so much for allowing us to come be recognized here today. Thank you all for everything y'all do for Lab Vista and Loa Vista ISD. This is the 2024 2025 Lab Vista basketball team. My name is Zachary Fox, head basketball coach. Clint Anderson, varsity basketball coach as well. This uh basketball team went 28 and five. Uh they were district champs, first in 25 years. They were also uh my district champs and area finalist. Uh some accolades for these guys. We have Hayden Moore. He was uh honorable mention all district. We have Dylan Stovall, second team all district. Joshua Bailey, first team all district. Colin Blakeley first team all district and uh Henry Seidmore was the

008defensive MVP and he also made the uh all region team. Uh couldn't be more proud of these guys about all their accomplishments on the court but also off the court. Uh we have a program that Clint Anderson uh does really well with our guys and holds these guys accountable. what's called the don't be average program and if they uh go below a particular mark on their grades it's mandatory tutorials and we're proud to say from the freshman to seniors we haven't had a single kid fail coach in the previous uh the past two years that's freshman senior all year long uh that's active basketball players we're really proud of them on that uh super proud of these guys these guys and this team has left a a legacy and a mark on Lava Vista and

009uh man we're going to really miss you guys. Um, thank you all again. I'd like to add one thing. This is what coach Block is saying. I had and and this is compliment to you guys. I had two superintendents during this last basketball year, not in our district but non-district. I I know pretty well. And when I talked to them, one was on the phone, the other one was a conference. They complimented you guys on your demeanor during the game. You know, they never saw anybody mouth. They they always saw you help the other player up. And uh and so I had two superintendents calling me in person or when I saw at the conference another one calling me, but two of them said that they were very impressed with your your demeanor and your

010sportsmanship on the court. And to me that's just as important as 28 wins. Yeah. 28 wins is great. Uh but it's how you play the game also makes a difference. So that's the testament to you guys, to your parents as well as the coaches. I want to share that with with y'all because you don't always hear that. So thank you. Thank you. Great job. Thank you guys. Heat. Heat. Uh 25 intermediate campus project. Yes. Got a few things just want to give you updates on visit with Casey not only today but late last week and uh he provided us a short update uh on the overall program. Things are are rolling pretty smooth here. Uh Terry H. good has um had will be submitting the required site design to the city uh early part of

011this week. Uh we had a meeting last week to just finalize everything and so Terry is working on that. Uh we have also contracted out code solutions. Uh you have to get a company to once you're finished to uh do the accessibility inspections for ADA. So, uh they'll be coming out once uh all the uh the the building has been completed. They will be looking at the plans to make sure that it it fits and they will come out and actual actually actually uh measure and and test everything at the end uh sometime probably late July. So, uh the the modular building update uh it will be shipped to Schultz uh late April, early May. The electrical application is under review by PEC. They came out a couple of weeks ago. And so we've got

012the application uh u review going right now. Uh and then once Hey, good finalizes the um the design. There's some little things that we're going to have to change. Then uh Schulz will finalize the remaining pricing on some things that we have not priced out. So, he wanted to make sure uh that the plans were were finished and then they're going to uh make those uh those quotes and then provide that to us. And that's in that allowance that we've uh that we've already kind of allowed. Uh the demo and site prep is still scheduled to start late May, 1st of June. Uh no changes there. We've also got uh final pricing from three different companies that should be in by the end of the week as far as what the cost of the flooring,

013uh painting, partitions. Uh you know, we're going to try to do a lot of things. We may have to cut some things once we get all the pricing. Uh but we should be getting those quotes in. And then on the furniture, we've had two companies come out and visit with uh with us about what we're looking for. And our goal is to uh have all new furniture throughout the intermediate and uh the modular building pending price. Uh you know when we start getting all these prices in, you know, some things could be a little bit more, but right now everything's moving uh uh fairly smoothly. Uh you know, I talked to Casey about getting these approved. He said all of the companies said that they could get a May approval uh once the quotes come

014in. He said if we were to have a special meeting in between now and May 12th, he said, you know, they would love to try to get those approved then just to give that give them an extra 7 to 10 days of of time to get those ordered. But, uh, all the companies that we've talked to said May 12th, uh, should be good on on getting the materials. Uh, we're not on the flooring. We're not going out for any type of special flooring or anything. It's going to be, you know, pretty much stock uh flooring. And so uh most these companies have a lot of that uh in place. So sorry D. Um so instead of a special meeting, are we able to take any sort of action tonight to give you authority to move

015faster without having to reconvene as a board? I mean certainly could I mean if that's the direction y'all wanted to go that'd be great. Uh I just don't we just don't know what those numbers are. I mean but whatever y'all want We have budget ranges. Like I'm just trying to like I think we can probably find four of us to put together if you want us to we can approve it with a ceiling like a Yeah. Like if we say up to like Mr. Stoner says is the budget we give that authority certainly can reconvene if it needs to be higher than that. I just want to stand on the way of getting this installed. Right. Right. Right. Right. Um, you should I know the the the one quote that we have on furniture right

016now that's that's all the way through from the front office all the way to the back uh of the module. It's uh 25 classrooms. I I don't know all the specifics will be uh one one company uh quoted 284,000. We feel like that'll be the high end uh because they they price medium and high furniture. Uh this other company will price medium to low furniture and so we feel like the 284 300,000 will be the max on the furniture side uh on the budget. Okay. No, that's what I'm saying. We're we may have to not h get to paint the intermediate for this summer. Do the flooring, skip the painting, come back next cuz we are going to have to probably cut some money somewhere to to make it work. um you know I mean

017there there is another option. So another strategy that we we spoke about internally is uh when we talked about arbitrage in 2022 we've carved out about $650,000 in construction money because we anticipated having to pay that construction money toward arbitrage. Since we talked to some bond council folks, we've said we can actually just use INS to pay that arbitrage. That has freed up about $650,000 of 2022 money and we could have a potential public meeting to reallocate that money forward to 2020 to make sure that we get everything that we need. That would require a public meeting. And we did that about a year or two ago for the buses. And is the the line between land and other use the same kind of sacred wall that requires public meeting or can the So you're

018we're only really allowed or allotted to to spend funds in 2022 on the propositions that were passed and land and since this would be going to the 2020 project. Got it. You would have to have a cuz the 2022 is the land, right? Okay. All right. So, it's it's board's discretion. Um, you know, like I say, uh, I I visit with Casey this morning and late last week, and he said, you know, all these companies said they could get it. He said, but if we do have a special meeting at some point for a different reason, he said, you know, if we've got the numbers, he said, we'd love to get them approved then. So, whatever you guys want to do, um, it's not an action item, right? I didn't I didn't think it would

019call for an action night because we just didn't have any numbers to be honest with you. So, but I can certain once we get those Yeah. I can uh, you know, if we can get four or five people together, I don't think it's going to be hard. I mean, I'm speaking for myself, but getting four out of the seven, right, for a single item agenda, I shouldn't be that hard, right? Okay. All right. Well, I'll let Casey know that that is an option and then that way you'll have a better idea of the numbers and we're not just shooting in the dark. Just so so All right, that's all I've got unless you have other questions. Any other questions? Uh discussion and possible action on superintendent hiring authority through August. Okay. Typically, we ask for

020uh asked for hiring authority in May. I'm visiting with the principles at our leadership meeting and and different folks. They're in the process of of interviewing a lot of different candidates right now. Uh started last week. I I'll have a couple um already that that we've got uh ready to get approved, but we're probably going to have six, seven hires in the next 7 days, recommendations. And I would hate to wait till May and tell those folks, "Well, hey, can you just hang on until we get board approval?" Uh, now, you know, I would do as as I always do in the summer, uh, as I said in my board notes, I would send you guys the resume, uh, the the reference comments, um, you know, any other important information. I would, uh, once I

021email the the resume to you, I would shoot everybody a text. Hey, there's an email uh resume waiting on you. Give you a couple of days. Like in the past, if I don't hear any major concerns or lots of questions, then I go ahead and approve them on the third day. That way, we can go ahead and get a contract out to them within within four or five days of of offering the position to them. I'll make that motion. Yeah, I'll second. Motion really seconded. Any further comments or questions? Oh, I'm sorry. Gerald made the motion. All those in favor say I. I. I. Opposed. I thank you all for that budget update. Mr. Stell, the very brief. Yeah, super super brief. There has been a whole lot of fluctuation between last month and this

022month with Holly shared you the new sort of up to date through uh through March. Uh attendance is getting a little bit better. I think right now we're running at projected about $533,000 deficit. Uh the biggest sort of factor in that projection is that we're assuming that we collect 100% of the revenue that we budgeted for. And with 5 months left, that's still sort of hard to tell as to where we're going. We're about $2.6 million short from where we said we were going to land at this point. So that number is not set in stone. It's just based on the projected revenue uh revenue number, but things are holding steady from one month to the next. What was our collection rate? Would we budget for again? Uh we budgeted to collect about 26 million

023and I think we're about 25 out of 24 and a half at this point. So it looks like we're going to collect what we anticipated. Any other questions? Thanks, Jason. Uh, we need a motion to approve the consent agenda. I move we approve the consent agenda. I'll second. Richley made the motion. Gerald seconded. All those in favor say I. I. I. Opposed. I vote. Superintendent report. Okay. Uh, two three items here. uh want to discuss team of eight training date and subject. Um you know I know there's a lot of changes that uh will be taking place you know with with legislative sessions and whatnot. uh would like to maybe uh you guys send shoot me a text or email on maybe some subjects that you would want whoever I get TASBY or region 13

024to come in and and provide training to give you information about that subject. So, uh y'all give us some thought over the next couple of days. if you can maybe send me two or three things y'all maybe want to to look into and learn more about, I can certainly look for presenters that can uh provide that expertise and then uh maybe give you some blackout dates that you know you're going to be gone for business or vacation or you know whatever the case may be. Uh so if you can give me some blackout dates that would be great. Uh just reminders SLI uh San Antonio will be June 11th through the 14th. Uh that's typically a Wednesday through s Saturday morning and for Worth it would be excuse me June 18th through the 21st. So

025uh same Wednesday through uh Saturday. Uh if you can let Holly know which one you want to attend and she can get those accommodations taken care of. uh and you may not be able to go and if that's the case uh certainly understand um you know work sometimes uh messes that up. So I did want to let you know June 11th through the 14th in San Antonio and then 18th through the 21st is the Fort Worth dates. And then my last item is uh we have Norma here. She's our city council liaison. We actually met this morning for for a little while and uh and so I talked to you guys last month about uh the the meeting with the city and you know I think we're all you know let's don't meet just to

026meet and so Taylor uh threw it out to his council um here in the last couple of days uh asking for possible agenda items. This is what the the council has come up uh so far that they would like to possibly discuss. uh road and sign improvements uh around the school district uh property cap uh metro pointtooint um said in the email to the high school and other campuses and then number three eent responses emergency training and preemptive measures the school and police can do to prevent an emergency. So, those were the three items that had been sent to Taylor as of this afternoon about 2 or 3:00. And so, uh, they would like to meet and norm I'll certainly let you speak to that. Um, we are still trying to work up a date

027with Gary to talk to our parents and and kids about threats. Uh, we're looking at maybe the last week in April that or that May 1st week uh to to bring something together. So, I I sent an email out to to Gary last week and he said he will get back with me on some available dates for him. So, um Norm, anything you like to answer that have to send? Uh no, you covered a lot of it. I did see um uh one item about uh the SRO officers and and how that's going and you know, do we need to do any you know uh collabor it's it's working very well. Yeah. I know the council is interested in really kind of discussing uh that program. The items that you uh discussed, Darren, I think

028were the ones that I saw as well. Yeah. Um and really just looking forward, you know, is there anything that y'all would like for us to relate back to? Well, I know Darren to relate to Taylor and we'll get that, you know, lined up. But they they're eager just to have a joint meeting and discuss those few items and see if there's some other additional collaborations that we can, you know, make it all better for everybody here in Log. Thank you. So, so when you send those blackout dates, I'll know I'll kind of use that as a blackout dates for the um joint meeting as well. Is there a window for that? Like you want blackout dates through what? Uh through maybe end of June. Okay. So is that for both proposed third item something

029we'd want to actually discuss in our open session the safety like is that something we want to dig into? Some of it could be. There may be some that we might have to go in close session. I don't know what that looks like. I don't know what that looks like with two governmental bodies. So it have to be kind of pretty you know this high level is for the sake of nothing. So I'd say let's scrap that one is my feedback right? Yeah, I'm assuming we have the chief is on the safety committee, right? Yes. So, he is the city representative digging into that stuff and I just don't think it's an open session. Yeah. Topic. U Yeah, you're right. We could probably get you pretty fast. All right. Yeah, y'all could uh look give

030me those blackout dates and I'll be with the city and we'll we'll figure something out. So, uh that's all I have on superintendent report. All right. Um that's it. I don't have anything else. Close session. have a few items in there that might go over real quick. The land, right? Uh 629. We're going back this way.

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