Regular Board Meeting, 4-27-2026, 6 PM

001All right, good evening everyone. We'll go ahead and get started. Yeah. All right, everyone. Welcome. I call this Medina Valley regular board meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. on April 27th, 2026. Our first item is to establish a quorum and we have a quorum of board members present. Absent is Nathan Fillinger. Um the next item is a pledge of allegiance to the flag followed by a moment of silence. All right, thank you. The next item on the agenda is student and staff recognition, Dr. Kahlos. Yes, so we still have some of our outstanding students present tonight who have competed in competitions this year that we want to recognize and and uh brag on their successes. So, Ms. McCracken, their high school principal, is here to get that started. So, Ms. McCracken, if you come on

002up. Yeah. Woo! Thank you. Got you. Thank you, Mr. Laney. Thank you for having us tonight. I know when I talked to Ms. Gill about our recognitions, we had to cut it in half because there are so many. So, we are incredibly honored tonight to recognize our SkillsUSA program, our high school robotics program, our powerlifting teams and coach Payne. So, I'm going to first start by having uh our SkillsUSA, Mr. Martinez, is going to come up and talk about their accomplishments. >> [applause] >> I'll have that. I'll use my use the army voice. Thank you, board members, for having us tonight, uh Kahlos, parents, staff. Uh it's my seventh year doing Skills and this you've been the most difficult year for Skills, but I can't thank you enough. We're actually missing some students, so I'll

003speak on their behalf and also Mr. Switzer. I'm going to take over his kiddos as well. I do want to give recognition to construction. Uh we have Andrew and Austin. They are VP and uh go ahead and raise your hand and president. This year is difficult, let alone less, they actually made to state. There was a new sheriff in town so I'm missing Switzer this year and nonetheless he succeeded above and beyond and they got to fish the first time at state, so that was pretty nice. On the other hand, we have automotive. We're still missing quite a few. Uh this year alone in automotive we showed over nine projects and all walked away with a perfect score of 200. >> [applause] >> It is not easy when you're wrangling a bunch of cats and

004I'm allergic to them, but you just got to make it work. In order to get in competition, you have to have a binder for job exhibit. You must show your work and you must have a job resume. That's important. That's one of our requirements. You must also have inside all that you've done. When you're leaving out to Skills, we want to see you work, so that's why we push and majority of our students who have done Skills successful, they're out in the job force right now. We've actually walked away, if you want to hold it up, a best in show state of Texas, WHICH IS NOT EASY. >> [applause] >> IT'S NOT EASY. SHE WON AGAINST MOTORCYCLE competition with a scooter of all things. All her work is hand painted to the T, the details,

005you name it. I'm a little military OCD, but the Medina Valley standard is to excel. Mr. Laney said it best. Right? We walk in with pride, we leave with pride and it's very important that Skills sustain where it's at. As you know, Creekview's coming up, so it looks like we'll have to start a new chapter and have some rivalries going. With that being said, no matter what, what Skills, always Skills. I'm very proud of you. Mr. Aris proud of you. Mr. Switzer's proud of you. We could not thank the parents enough and the staff here to support us along the way. Thank you. >> [applause] >> Mr. Martinez. >> [applause] >> Do you know the names of I do. Do you want them to do a picture? Let's let's talk about all the groups first

006and then we'll get the picture at the end. >> [snorts] >> Um next on the agenda is Mr. Campbell and his robotics team. Mr. Campbell's worked really, really hard to build this team. I love I know. You can come on up, Mr. Yes. I can I can speak to you what I see when I walk by his classroom. Students are coding, building, all the things that we want you guys to do, but then you they were so successful. So, so great credit to you all the accomplishments that you've done and also to your coach, coach Campbell. All right, thanks for coming out and supporting our robotics team. I'm here to recognize our compete our competition like um accomplishments that we've done this season. So, first off, FTC is what we compete in. This is our

007robotics challenge. In First Tech Challenge FTC robotics, we focus on hands-on engineering, programming, and teamwork through competitive robotics. It's not BattleBots, but we do various tasks, and whichever robots are the best at doing those tasks score points, and you compete using teamwork and strategy. And it's a lot of fun. Students design, build, and program, and test robots while developing problem-solving, collaboration, and project management skills. The club emphasizes innovation, real-world engineering practice, and STEM career exploration. Our achievements this year, we advanced directly from our local region. We We advanced directly to Central Texas Regional Tournament from our local league in San Antonio. We were able to place first and second with our two robots that we had competed with. And we placed first overall at our at our league as an alliance of our two robots

008in the tournament. This qualified us for both regionals and Texas UIL State competition, where we placed fifth in state this year. >> [applause] >> In addition, one of our teams received the Innovation Award recognizing outstanding engineering design and creative problem-solving. Now, this is only our second year participating in robotics FTC, and we're incredibly proud of our students' hard work and dedication this year. So, thank you. >> [applause] >> And then if they can like stand up and wave, like this is our This is our team right now. And those ARE OUR JERSEYS. >> [applause] >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR LAST STUDENT group to honor is our powerlifting teams. They've advanced to state for the second year in a row, and so Coach Parker and Coach Salinas are here to introduce their their teammate and

009and all their success. >> [applause] >> Uh thank you, board members, and thank you to the administration, Coach Bridge, Coach Davidson. And I just want to say um these kids are very special. Um this year uh you know, there was adversity as far as um you know, personally, I lost my father this year, and I will say that um the community was really so supportive, and I appreciate everyone here for that. The team was supportive, the parents. Um it was just um just a good place to be as far as um work-wise is concerned, as career-wise is concerned. And um you know, I wouldn't have it any other way. And um the kids are special. I don't know if I already said that, and um I like to call them up here if that's okay.

010Oh, okay. Um Charlie Sterusas, um if you want to come up here. She um >> [applause] >> She's our state champion. Literally a leader in the weight room and in the classroom. Um she'll be going to UTSA this year representing Medina Valley well. Um Malia Zapata >> [applause] >> I believe she placed fourth at state. Um just from the jump, these two have always been in the weight room. Um even during football season, you know, they just check in with me and like they're in there. So, you know, sometimes I go to open the door, they're already there, you know. A few times. Um Tam Carney, she can't join us today, but we have the girls' team. They won state as a team, and I believe um >> [applause] >> I think as a team

011it it's been since 2007, I believe, our our last state championship here in Medina Valley. And we're super proud of them, and Coach Salinas and I, we were not surprised. We went in there knowing that we were going to dominate, and we did. Um next for the boys, we have Brody Vigil. >> [applause] >> Brody actually won state um as well. And representing Medina Valley well, he's another one that's just stays in the weight room and um ask questions. You know, he's very coachable. And that's a common theme with all the powerlifters here. Um next we have Clayton Barron. >> [applause] >> Clayton Barron, dual-sport athlete, football and powerlifting, very strong, and good to have him. He's um comes to me about a lot of things, and I'm going to miss having these guys around.

012They're most of them are seniors here except Malia. Um Raymond Benteau >> [applause] >> dual-sport athlete, a football player, good having him on the D-line. And it's it's been fun. It really has been. Next we have Brandon Barnett. >> [applause] >> Brandon Barnett's shirt's a little tight today. Um >> [laughter] >> Uh so, Brandon, he's our comedic relief there in the in the gym. Um a lot of times we're we're in there. If you Char, she might be smiling right now, but when she's in the weight room, it's serious. She's like the Terminator in there, and and Barnett kind of just, you know, jousts in there and pokes fun of everybody, and it it's good having them around. Um but I would I would like to say that, you know, um it's been a blessing

013as a coach. I know Coach Salinas would say the same thing. Um you know, we we 6:00 a.m. 6:00 a.m. practice every morning, and it's not easy. It's not easy for anybody, and for them to be in there and give us that same energy back, and sometimes even more, is is awesome. And and the parents, thank you. Thank you to the transportation department. Thank you for the administration and the school board and the community. And appreciate ALL YOU GUYS. >> [applause] >> SQUEEZE IN. YEAH. Y'ALL WANT TO LET THE LET THE BOYS squeeze in. Want to squeeze in right behind them? Mhm. All right. Yeah, let's squeeze in. Stay right behind Charlie. Put her on the edge. And then they're going to stay smiling for parents, please. All right, keep smiling parent pictures. They're strong.

014They're really good. Really amazing. All right. >> [applause] >> Here you go, Coach. Thank you, Coach. Congrats. So, Bobby Let's count them out. Let's count them out. So, did you like that? Well, he announced his. I know. That's why I just feel like we should at least announce their names. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. What's his name, Campbell? Campbell. We're going to be a little out of order. Yeah. Just like the Sure. All right, Cody, they're going to They're going to talk about the kids. So, to give a little more insight about our team in robotics, these These are These make up kind of the the core foundational members of each of the two teams that you see here. We had We had two teams, and the the teams are are registered with a number, right? So,

015we had last year we only had one team, which was the 27172. That's the yellow team that you see there. Their Their robot's name was Taco Cat. And And if you if you realize the number is the same forward and backwards, 27172. So, it's a palindrome. So, we figured we'd name it a palindrome name as well. So, it kind of flowed. And then we had our sister team, which just developed this year, 31938. It's kind of a random number, right? But um because it's a sister team, we we figured we'd name it something that matches Taco Cat. So, Burrito Dogs is what we had come up with. So, I'll go through like down the line, left to right. I'll I'll kind of explain each of our members and what their contributions were to our team.

016On the On the left, we have Charlie Burby. And Charlie was a coder on our on our Taco Cat team. So, he uh he helped us to develop the code for our robot to um essentially the competition the challenge this year was was shooting balls into a basket essentially. And if you ever went to my classroom, you'd hear loud motors running and all that stuff, right? So, our our our camera tried to like look at the target and calculate what speed um and velocity to to spin the shooter wheel at and kick out kick out the ball at the perfect, you know, speed so that it goes far enough to like land in the basket and score some points. Um so, Charlie worked on that with the coding. And then next we've got Bridger. Bridger

017is on the on the other team, so Burrito Dog. He was our primary coder for that team. So, remember both both teams are completely separate. They're building different robots, different code, all of that. And Bridger um helped to develop his team's uh code for for shooting their ball. And uh their team actually ended up ranking in the qualifying rounds uh first place in our in our local league tournament. And they were able to choose Taco Cat as their alliance. But Bridger, heavy contribution. Unfortunately, he won't be uh at our campus next year. So, such a a great loss. But uh he'll he'll be over at Creekview. So, if they start a program, then then they'll have a great member for their team. Uh next we've got Justin. Justin was our our club president. And he

018was also uh one of the drivers on the Taco Cat team. He was our um our it was [clears throat] a very dedicated uh team member this year. He was he was on all of the teams kind of overseeing everything happening all at once. So, he was he was a a big influence on the the build of Taco Cat, the coding, the programming. Um in in the in the competition the the robots drive around the field. And they they kind of use data to understand where on the field they are. And he was a big influence on on getting the the Taco Cat robot up to up to the standards of of being able to compete at that such a high level, getting us ready for regionals and state and and stuff. Uh of course,

019the other team members helped as well. But uh he was he was our our club president. And he was in my classroom day in day out, you know, lunches, spending all the time uh as much as he could coding and building with our robot to improve. Uh next we've got Rodrigo here to to his right. And Rodrigo, you want to wave? So, he he was he was our Burrito Dogs captain. And Rodrigo was was uh a big influence on the design of of the Burrito Dogs robot. So, he helped to he was like our mechanic, our lead mechanic on that team. As well as the the team coach. So, within the team you have to have somebody that um is in charge of like what's the strategy, let's go communicate with the other teams, and

020the kind of the interpersonal relationships that happen between our team and the other teams. If you understand how FTC works, you're partnered up with random other teams. And you have to work out what's going to work the best between your two robots. Some of them have strengths and weaknesses. And they they kind of align that way. And lastly, we've got Darius. Darius is a new member from this year. And Darius was also part of the coding team. So, he was working closely with Bridger and uh learning learning all of the the chaos and fun that goes into coding and getting our robot all set uh for those standards. He was also our driver two along with someone um else that was not able to make it. Steven was our driver one. But this is our

021our robotics team. And we're very proud of them. So, we'll kind of uh take some pictures here. >> [applause] >> Yeah. >> [applause] >> All right. With that being said, um as I mentioned it's currently ready to go. So, you've got to be ready, right? So, in order to be a job objective, you have to be you have to pass district. This year district quiz bowl placed first. On that quiz bowl team, uh it's a very mixed team. So, you know, besides if you come up representing quiz bowl. >> [applause] >> All right. We've got a line here. She is our president of SkillsUSA. She's our only senior, so she's leaving this year. She placed perfect in auto diesel component uh 200 points, Alexis Gonzales. >> [applause] >> Also, we have also auto service technology

022individual with her Evo Turbo 200 points, Nila Rangel. >> [applause] >> All right. You couldn't be here this evening, but we have a team of uh for auto cylinder head multiple with our only import cylinder head there. You could so clean you could eat off of it. I literally ate a sandwich off of it to prove a point. Christian Montalvo and Sebastian Arroyo. Okay. All right. >> [applause] >> All right. We also have power equipment technology. This one is again one of the closest to me. She's a freshman. She killed it. She redid everything from top to bottom. Uh even the paint changes color. We invite you all May 5th our banquet. All the projects will be out. This is perfect score, Kinsey Warner. >> [applause] >> ANOTHER ONE AS WELL. THIS ONE'S GOING TO

023BE POWER equipment technology multiple. This one is awesome school colors. Even a tiger stripe on it is pretty. Chef kiss. Kenneth Talamantes, Lexi Venz, and Emelyn Trejo, 200 points. >> [applause] >> All right. This one is our Ford engine that went all out a long block. And we looks awesome and amazing, well built. This one's going to be Sheer, Shawn Amadi, and Max Phil Payne. Actually, Dominic Adams. All right. 200 points. All [applause] right. We also have here uh our only import engine that went uh we invite you to come see it. You can put your hand on top and feel the colors. This is school colors. It's hydro dip valve color. No one else did it, but we were the only ones that did it for the state. This is our auto single engine.

024It has to be ready to go and drop in the engine. Marco Vasquez, Rafael Ferrell, Wilfredo Morales, 200 points. >> [applause] >> Also, uh auto brake component. This came off my car. They broke it, so we entered it in the show. Uh this is auto brake component. This is Naomi Aguila. I know she's not here, so I believe one of you have her certificate. She's also she's 198 points. Okay. Then we've got also uh Did my guy dirty. You competed in two events. The judge changed your score. I went over 200 value fashion. I fought, got him to 200 points. He's the only go-kart there from ground up. Christopher Badillo, 200 POINTS. >> [applause] >> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MELINA, ALSO DISTRICT. You're in here. Your brake component. Awesome. Should have went. But we'll get

025there next year. Let's go. >> [applause] >> And last but not least, this one here is best of show state of Texas uh motorcycle technology individual points. She went up against some real bikes, Harley Davidsons, Ducatis. And it was a scooter that kicked everyone's butts. We got a scooter. >> [applause] >> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE HAVING OUR BANQUET MAY 5th at the on campus. Uh we invite you guys to come see skills, your projects, of course the Bill Millers. And they're having all this stuff out for you as well. All right. Cheese, guys. I hate to ask all this, but since we've got a big group, do you guys mind in this front row just moving back a little bit? I'm so sorry. I just want to try to get them all in. We shouldn't

026be next to each other. >> [laughter] [applause] >> Congratulations. >> [applause] >> I'll speak on behalf of Mr. Sweitzer. I don't have the height, so I'll tippy toe this one. All right. Mr. Sweitzer, I what can I say? Um this is full circle. I started Skills off with him back then Mr. Noah, Mr. uh Alvarez. And this year before I head off to Creekview, it's back to me Mr. Sweitzer again. And uh he's like an older brother, stepdad, and a mentor that definitely the district will appreciate. Okay. So, his students want to recognize him real quick. We have for district carpentry champions state competitor Joab Mansilla and Andrew Ortiz. >> [applause] >> All right. District gold winner for construction tool ID competition compete at state Jaylen Hernandez. >> [applause] >> All right, we had district

027masonry winner qualify for state competition Austin Osberg. >> [applause] >> And our also construction were competing at district as well and placed. Come on up. >> [applause] [clears throat] >> All right, tonight we also have the honor of recognizing one of our staff members. Uh coach Payne, if you'll come forward. We're celebrating >> [applause] >> coach Payne's 250th win. Uh to me he is more than a soccer coach. He's one of the first people I met at Medina Valley and he very much embodies that spirit. Um he runs our FCA, cares for our students in a way that uh we expect all coaches to care but also cares for our staff and he's often my partner in the way that we think about how we support staff and so it's very easy to celebrate coach

028Payne. He is the originator of our soccer program. I learned that today. Yes, and so um so it's uh it's with great honor that we celebrate you tonight. Uh 250th win. YES. >> [applause] [applause] [snorts] >> ALL RIGHT, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC comment and we have no one signed up. Uh so moving on the next com or the next item is announcements, communications and presentations. Um and we'll begin with the annual report of continuing education credit hours for the board members and I'm glad to report that Joe Biediger, Jason Bonnie, Matt Castellione, Nathan Fillinger, Ben Wadas, Suzanne Lee and Blaine Nash have all exceeded the requirements uh for the continuing education with the exception of the team of eight training which will be completed this summer with our new superintendent. Um so we're

029good there. Uh next on the agenda is the board committee reports. We'll start with the finance committee. All right, good evening. The finance committee last met on April the 8th. That committee consists of myself, Nathan Fillinger and Suzanne Lee. Uh the following items were discussed. Um we got construction updates regarding current planning for elementary number seven and kind of where we stand with those plans um and some very preliminary cost basis on those plans. Uh We had some discussion about the Creekview High School track and getting um a longer warranty on that surfacing for that. Um Had discussions around Medina Valley High School which is the current status of our HVAC upgrades. Uh the video board for the football stadium and we had some discussion around uh the Medina Valley or excuse me middle school

030number three um the CPS charges and what that looks like. Um that campus is currently in the middle of construction. Um we had some MEP discussion with walk-in freezers and coolers at various campuses um and the needs for those upgrades for next year. Um and then we also had the some discussions just around some basic facility alterations. Um We had discussion around the attendance rezoning um which is currently in the works for middle school number three and then a very preliminary look at what it looks like when we open uh elementary school number seven. Athletic advertising packages for next fall, what the what that looks like and kind of where we stand with those. Um we had some discussion around grandfathering and uh potential transfers which is going to be discussed later in this meeting.

031Purchases for Creekview, all basically bond money. Um we had an amendment to the depository resolution extension and then we had some discussion regarding the Bippert and the Youngman property, what those leases look like. Both of those are coming up to expire this year and what we're going to do on those moving forward. Um that was it. All right, thank you. Anybody have any questions? All right, next we have a construction committee uh with Joe Biediger. All right, good evening. Uh the construction committee met on April 8th, 2026. Uh members consisted of myself and Matt Castellone. Uh the following items were discussed. So item number one around construction updates, uh discussed elementary uh school number seven. We met with architects on the current design status. Next item in construction was Creekview High School track, uh warranty

032on the surfacing. Next item was had a few here from Medina Valley High School. We we discussed the HVAC upgrades and the status of that work. Uh and design and then next was the video board at Panther Stadium and then sports lighting upgrades uh around the campus. Next item in construction was around portables and the location the planned location of those on various campuses. Uh in preparation for next year. Next item was around Medina Valley Middle School number three and the CPS easement and the current status of that school as well. And we also discussed MEP walk-in freezers {slash} coolers uh at multiple schools um in the the district. Uh item number two was around purchases uh that are that are included in our consent agenda. Uh third item was around attendance rezoning updates uh

033for the middle schools and very preliminary for elementary schools. Next item was around athletic advertising and the pricing uh plan for pricing in upcoming fall. Uh fifth item was around grandfathering and transfers which we're going to discuss more this evening. Uh sixth item was around amendment uh to depository resolution extension and last but not least item number seven was around the Bippert and Youngman uh property lease agreements. All right, any questions? Okay, the next is the safety and security meeting committee with Mr. Wadas. Uh good evening. The safety committee safety committee met April 9th uh this year. It consisted of myself, Nathan Fillinger and Blaine Nash were in attendance. Uh the following items were discussed. Uh police department updates uh regarding their calls for service throughout the last several months. Uh some of the updates

034that are coming up into play with the police department. Uh we also discussed the safety project update regarding access control projects to the schools as well as the district window film uh safety film that's being placed on the on the school campuses. Uh some of the other discussions were health protocols, camera AI, uh BTA overview, a project using bond 23, uh the cell tower land agree land lease agreement and TEA safety audits. Okay, any questions? All right, the next is the curriculum committee with Ms. Lee. Uh good evening. The curriculum committee met on April 9th. The myself and Matt Castellone were in attendance. The following items were discussed. First, the Sky Los Improvement Plan was presented. The goal is to move from a 67 to 72. Second was TEKS certification. Medina Valley ISD has adopted

035instructional materials that cover 100% of the TEKS for all courses for the 25-26 school year and is on the consent agenda for approval tonight. Math curriculum, 2014 was the last year for adoption. HB 1605 five allocated additional funding. K through five will continue with STEMscopes. Six through 12 will also adopt new materials. The new instructional materials will be implemented in the 2026-27 school year and is on the consent agenda for approval tonight. Uh virtual schools were brought up and that was in House Bill 595. At this time it is not under consideration. Discipline reports, Mr. Lang explained the process of recording different discipline categories and entrance into Skyward. Different discipline issues require different codes and ranges of consequences. Assault is determined on a case-by-case Bilingual ESL dual language, currently rewriting pre-kinder curriculum for dual languages.

036New materials, fonetica for Spanish phonics and true way curriculum for American sign language will will be adopted. Telpas was administered to 801 emergent bilinguals. Scores are expected by May 20th. Uh shared overview of Telpas composite scores. State is changing the formula on how categories will be scored and affects the overall overall closing the gaps. More rigorous standard for emerging bilinguals. All right, thank you. Any questions? All right, moving on. We'll have the next item is a construction briefing with Mr. Barajas. Good evening, Mr. Vice President, members of the board, Dr. Caylor I have Mr. C's here to assist on this presentation. We'll start with Creekview High School. We're currently at 94% complete overall, which 54% is the uh proposition B. And I'll explain a little bit on that early um in a second. So, when

037it comes to the site, the overflow parking, as you guys can see on the right side of the screen, that's what was worked on the last month. There's very uh little work to be done on the site. Uh one of the other items is the completion of the bus loop, but that one's being held uh because of the stadium improvements, but that will be completed shortly. When we move on to prop B, uh the these are the visitor grandstands. They were placed, they're being worked Uh the last 5 days of rain we had last week did delay them a little bit, but this one's scheduled to be completed in about a week or so. Um and then they'll move over to the home side. The home side is scheduled to be delivered in about 2

038weeks with installation of 2 to 2 and 1/2 weeks, uh and then the press box will be installed. Again, the number that you saw 54 uh 4% is low because they weren't able to bill for the grandstands, which is a large portion of the scope. But if you can see on the vending area, the cladding the brick cladding is also uh being installed throughout the home vending building. Moving on to the interior of the building, a lot of the finishes are getting complete. Uh a lot of punch walks are being uh scheduled throughout. This is outside of the ghost or what would be the future ghost center on the seating area. Across that is the second uh cafeteria space on the second level. Again, all finishes have have been installed and final cleaning is scheduled.

039As we move to the cafeteria area, again, final cleaning is scheduled. Uh final paint coats are done. The item that's left, it's right in the front of the screen. Uh there's a about a glass uh railing that was uh started to be installed today. Moreover, on the art classrooms, again, you guys can see the general finishes. There's still a lot of final cleaning to be done, but the final touches are are being implemented. On the auditorium, they're finishing the last set of uh lighting overhead lighting. So, why you see that scaffold, but carpet, seats, uh and trim is being uh installed throughout. And I'll let Mark talk a little bit on where we stand on punch. So, we've completed all the punch in the first level. Um we're working on uh second level E and

040F, which is this area here. Um getting that scheduled this week, and then um working through we've done all the classrooms and office area. So, last little bit, last little stretch. Elevators were inspected and passed. I know fire alarms being inspected this week. Uh should be completed by the end of next week. So, primarily just punch list items and inspections at this point. Yes, sir. Good. >> Equipment startup. And equipment startup. So, the stadium will probably late June. Late June. Now, we have talked to um our athletic coordinators. They'll be able to use softball, baseball practice field uh for strength and conditioning as soon as summer let out. Uh weight room, so they'll be able to use a lot of the outdoor areas for for their camps. All right. For Ag, JROTC, we're about 58%

041complete on this one based on April's pay app. Uh a lot of the stone uh and brick cladding is going throughout the building. Again, looking at the east side of the building. Um and then the the opposite west side of the building with the brick branding banding, excuse me, on the shop side of the building. On the interior, a lot of overhead work and all trades are pretty much on deck. Plumbing, HVAC, uh fire suppression, electrical. All of the sheeting inside the building's complete. All of the uh window framing is also installed. We're pending the installation of the glass, which is scheduled to be delivered in about 2 weeks or so. Um again, more of overhead. Paint is also scheduled to start as soon as um the building is fully dried in and closed in.

042Any questions on Yeah, all the all the safety related items, uh window film, cameras, and all that were are included in this in this project. >> follows the standard 6 ft and below um is being filmed. So, it's all part of the the deliverable. >> our projects is part of our projects. Any other new capital improvement projects. All right. All right, and then I'm going to hand it over to Mark to give you a give us an update. Again, we're at 34% complete on Middle School number three. So, starting on the left side of your screen, the track area, we've got the Musco lighting complete. Um they're pretty going to be complete this week on base for the track. They got a little held up with the rain. Moving to the right there, that parking

043lot uh north parking lot, they're going to start pouring that this week. Uh they're set to pour it on Thursday. Um they've already uh lime treated and ready to set base on the west portion of the property there, the roadway and the south parking lot. Uh here's area A. Uh they've completed the sheeting at 80% Um they're starting the roof blocking and waterproofing in order to start the exterior finishes. Roofing is ready to start pretty pretty quick. Um here's another shot of the roofing. They're going to start CMU in area B, which is closer to the bottom of the screen. Uh they've started steel right where the crane is in area C, and looking to pour area E, which is the top part of the screen, uh Wednesday and Friday. Here's a picture of the

044interior. Uh MEP is moving along. They're um they're 60% complete in level one, area A, and uh started area level two, area A, and they're about 30% and moving into level one, area B, and they're about 20%. Any questions? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right, the next item on the agenda is the financial briefing with Ms. Hunter. Good afternoon, board, Vice President, board of trustees, Dr. Caylor, and staff. So, this afternoon I'm going to go over the March financials, and I'll start with the general fund. So, through March, we've received 77.5 million in revenue, which represents 69% of our budget. You'll notice on our local revenues and state revenues, we've both received about 50%, 38 million and 38 million. What you'll also start seeing next month is most of the tax revenue has

045come in, and TEA we will start receiving payments from TEA starting in April, and that will continue through August. So, you'll see a shift in where the revenue is coming in. Our expenditures on the general fund are about 55% or 63 million for the general fund. And um then we'll go to food service. So, food service revenues are about 5 million, which also represents represents 69% of the budget, and expenditures are 54%, which represents 4.5 million through March. We got service or interest and sinking, whichever. Same thing, just how you want to refer to it. So, we're at 99% collected through March of our budget. And that's 60% spent. You will You will stay at 60% spent until uh August when the final payments are due for the year in August. So, that payment is

046February and August. The next is bond 23. And so, our three active uh very active projects are the high school two along with the agriculture and JROTC facility, updating safety and security, and a little bit on the middle school three, and that's coming out in the fall 2023. And finally, we have bond 2024. And again, we've got three active projects, which is the middle school three, elementary number seven, and the PreK high school stadium improvements. That is the drill hall. Team just gave y'all an update on Any questions on the financials? I just have a question. If Can you go back to the debt service? Yes, sir. Our receipt from the state exceeds our budget. Yes. What is that differential? I mean, that's a good thing, but where's that extra 1.1 Oh, from the existing

047general allotment. I I noticed that it was It's more than what the other years that we had. I was looking back at that today. But we've already received that. >> We have received that. Okay. Thank you. And we can bring a budget amendment probably in August to show that All right, thank you. Moving on, the next item is the Silos Elementary Local Improvement Plan uh with Dr. Caylor loss and Ms. Estraya Payton. So, base based on the 2024-2025 accountability rating, Silos Elementary was required to develop a local improvement plan. If a campus receives a first overall rating of D, it must develop and implement this local improvement plan. Uh this plan is retained locally and does not have to be submitted to TEA. So, we have Ms. uh Ms. Estraya, the principal from Silos here

048tonight to present the plan that they have put in place place for this school year. Okay. Good evening, members of the board. Um I'm here to share a summary of our plan, and uh Ms. Farias also, I know she shared with you guys the outline of our plan. When we took a deep look at our data, three main three primary challenges became very clear. First, we were seeing inconsistent tier one instruction across classrooms. Second, there was a limited use of data to adjust instruction in real time. And third, the intensity of our interventions for struggling students was not targeted enough to close the gaps we were seeing. So, in response to these challenges, we implemented this data-driven instructional model that strengthened tier one instruction through blended learning, while also identifying target students who needed the

049most support. This intervention system is what we call the shuffle and deploy, which is where we group students uh based on specific needs uh according to map data and common assessment, and deliver uh focused uh intentional instruction. To accomplish this, we have strengthened our PLCs so that they are focused on student data and instructional planning. We're also providing small group tutoring that is not centered on STAAR test-taking strategies, but instead on the foundational skills that students need to close the learning gaps. There's a strong emphasis on fluency and phonics in reading, and in math, we're focusing on number sense, number fluency, and understanding operations. Our instructional coaching is directly tied to what we're seeing in the walk-throughs, and we're using frequent common formative assessments to monitor the progress and adjust instruction. At the beginning of

050the year, we established these SMART goals to ensure that we are addressing both achievement and growth. Our first goal is to increase overall proficiency from 54% to 65% by spring of 2026, and right now, our mid-year map projection is already at 73%. Our second goal was to reduce the math achievement gap for African American students from 14 points down to five, and our current projection is at one point. In addition, we are increasing the percentage of students meeting growth expectations from 48% to 70%, and based on our most common uh recent uh common assessment, we're already seeing an average of 67.8%. So, we're getting there. Throughout the year, we've been monitoring our systems. Our PLC meet consistently to analyze student work and adjust instruction. We conduct regular regular walk-throughs and provide coaching feedback tied directly

051to what we observe. We review campus data at least once a month, and we also engage in district walk-throughs to calibrate and strengthen our implementation. We're using multiple sources of data, including common formative assessments, benchmarks, walk-through data, and interventions through shuffle and deploy. We have also built a clear plan that shows a proactive approach. So, at tier one, we have increased our coaching frequency, strengthened PLC expectations, and provided targeted professional development to align instruction. At tier two, we will strategically assign our strongest teachers across grade levels, increase the time and intensity of tutoring, and add additional district oversight. And if needed, at tier three, executives would look at leadership restructuring, bringing in external partnerships, add staffing, implement uh and implement board directive uh corrective actions. We began implementing this plan back in August, reached full

052implementation by November, and have continued to monitor progress throughout the spring. Our final evaluation will take place at the end of the year when we receive our MAP scores and our STAAR results. This local improvement plan is research-based and data-driven, and most importantly, is designed to strengthen our instruction, accelerate student learning, and ensure that Silos has not only improves sustains a healthy academic achievement over time. Any questions? No. Uh the question I have is >> Yes. what caused this grade? Being the first year you guys opened, and this happened. Was it a failure in teachers coming together, learning the program, trying to relate the information to the students, or not following instruction? Um I would say it was >> [gasps] >> a compilation of uh various factors. I will say like a lot of it

053I will take ownership myself, you know, being a first-year, you know, principal, you know, my focus, you know, I would say it was split in multiple directions. And when you see, you know, from afar, you see that things are looking good instructionally, but you know, the zeroing in into the data was not consistent. >> Okay. Mhm. Well, I appreciate you taking ownership, because at the end of the day, people are going to look to Mhm. the principal and the superintendent. And I know there's been a hard drive this school year to make sure that we get to where we are expected to be as a as a district, and I appreciate that. >> Absolutely. No, we are um I I think our data is trending upward, and that's the only thing that that we can

054hope for, you know, that you know, right now, I know that our summary and our uh you know, outline will not do justice to the hard work that the teachers are doing and that the district is doing to support our campus. So, we're hopeful that you guys are going to see the results that you guys want. Okay. Any other questions? All right, thank you. All right. The next item is a superintendent briefing with Dr. Caylor loss. All right, so as the board is aware, PLCs is a big push for our school district this year, and each month we've been highlighting some of the good things each campus has has been doing in this area. So, this month, we are going to highlight some of the uh things happening at Ladera Elementary. So, we have a

055short video to show on that. Let me check the audio in here in a second. Should Should we move on, Scott, while you look for it, or Yeah, please. My favorite teacher is Mr. Credit. My favorite teacher is Ms. McCullah. I would say my favorite >> subject is science, as I'm really interested on like all the types of experiments and cool things about like what we can learn. My favorite subject is ELAR because I really enjoy it. I like reading a lot. A PLC [music] is an opportunity for teachers to collaborate and work together to come to a [music] common understanding of what the TEKS are, what the kids should master, and how can we monitor for understanding. [music] We'll do a TEKS unpacking and then we'll create products to ensure that the students learn

056to the TEK [music] and we can look at that data on the next one. To group the students based on how they need to be [music] taught and what parts of the TEKS that they need. So, it really just helps us target the instruction to the individual child. I find the PLCs to be very important. I know that when I show up, I'm going to get something that I truly need and I know that I can ask any question even if it's off topic, they'll pull me aside, they'll [music] make time to explain that to me. We learn and grow from each other through the PLC process [music] because the way Ms. Goodenough teaches something have taught me, oh, that's a way better way to explain that. [music] And I think she would say the

057same about me. Just us getting to collaborate helps us be better teachers. [music] All right, thank you, Scott. So, in addition to the students that we had here tonight, we have some other students in the district. I think we're going to have to get a bigger board room. But, we we've had some great accomplishments this year. Our track team, our girls track team were district champs and you can see we had several that qualified for the regionals, 12 qualifiers for regionals. We have them listed there. And so, that competition is this week, this Friday and Saturday. Bless you. This Friday and Saturday, so we wish all of those all those young ladies the best at their competition and hopefully we get a few that qualify for state. Softball team, they they finished second in district

058and had another another good year. Finished 22 and 11 overall. They did qualify for the playoffs, had their playoff game last year. Sad to announce that they did not advance from that from that game, but we are still very proud of them and the season that they had. Baseball team, they they finished as co-champs for the district and they start their playoff run this week. They face San Marcos in a three game series this week, so best wishes to them as they start their playoff run. Our our golf teams, so our boys golf team, the team advanced to the regional tournament and you know, had had a very successful season. We're we're successful in a lot of the tournaments that they entered. And on the girls side, we had one girl, Allison Trevino, that advanced

059to the regional tournament as an individual. Our our girls team did not advance, but she did as an individual. So, congratulations to our golf teams as well. I think most of you know coach Kirkpatrick. He's our girls soccer coach. Has had some very successful teams here over the last few years. I believe he was named coach of the year last year and has has been named again this year. They had a 42 and three record over the over the past two seasons, back-to-back district titles. I know I know they they were a little disappointed in the in the end of their season this year, but they they did have some some injuries at the end of the season that had a impact on their success. But, congratulations to coach coach Kirkpatrick. I also know this,

060he's not only a great coach, but he's a great teacher in the classroom as well, so we appreciate all he does for our kids. Our theater students, so they recently competed in their one act play. Um and they they they earned advancement to the bi-district round, so congratulations to those kids as well and and um you know, just grateful for all that they do as well. Our color guard so, our color guard had a very successful competition at the West Area TCGC championship and they placed fifth there and they have advanced to the state competition. So, we're very proud of them and all their hard work and dedication and wish them the very best as they compete at the state level. We recently had our pre-K and kinder round up and had a good turnout

061for that event, over 250 families that were in attendance. This this this event is important to us cuz it helps us to, you know, we don't know how many pre-K kids we're going to have attending our school next year, so this helps us give a get a good picture of how many kids we will be having in those grade levels next year, so great turnout and great job by all of those that helped put that on. So, April was the recognition of the military child, right? And so, with us being a big military dis school district, we have over 20% of our kids that are military connected. We want to make sure that we are doing everything we can for those kids to make it an easy transition. You know, some of those kids attend

062several school districts throughout their time in school and so, we want to make that transition and and welcome them. And so, our campuses do a great job of doing things for these kids to making sure that they are welcomed. Gifted and talented students, we recently had a Oh, look, there's Mrs. Streya. We recently had a our It was awareness week for our gifted and talented kids. These are important group of group of kids. We want to make sure that we are doing everything possible to push them, right? And make sure that they are getting everything they can out of their education, so very appreciative of our our campuses in recognizing them and making sure that we're doing everything to make them successful in their education as well. Recently had our education foundation annual golf tournament

063and it was another great turnout. Over 30 over 30 teams, so you know, very grateful to our education foundation for all the work that they put in for our kids and and you know, raising money so that our kids can get some things in the classroom that will really benefit them in their education, so just want to thank them for all they do. Also want to thank all the sponsors that were part of the golf tournament. They are having an impact on our kids as well. We recently had our senior spotlight breakfast for our top seniors. So, you can see a picture of those those 10 students. Great event, some outstanding students. Um they they um I I I tell them this, you know, this is a this is a great accomplishment in any school

064district, but I think even more so when our school district because we have so many outstanding students. And think of it this way, too. This is probably this is the biggest senior class we've ever had here, right? So, they they they them making the top 10 was a tremendous accomplishment. Um I I have no doubt that these 10 are going to go on to do great things and so, we're very proud of them and wish them the best moving forward as well. I also understand that seven out of the 10 are going to be Aggies. All right, there it is. There it is. One to MIT, yeah. One one to St. Mary's, too. Right, Ms. Potter? One to UT, there you go. All right, so we have employees of the month for February and March

065listed here. Again, we do this by campus and by department. We have some great employees. We want to make sure we're recognizing them and letting them know how much we appreciate all they do for for our school district and for our kids. And so, we've listed the employees for February and March and just want to thank them for all they do. And then, we also have gold card recipients. And so, you see we have several gold card recipients. Again, thank I want to thank the the employees that fill these out, right? This takes this takes time, effort to fill out these gold cards, so anytime you can recognize a colleague, that means a lot to the colleague and so, we want to thank them for doing that. And then, last is enrollment. So, you can

066see there where we are as a district as of April the 23rd. Still hanging right around that 10,500 students. And so, any questions the board has. Okay, next is discussion and possible action items and consider approval of the consent agenda items. Dr. Kalos. So, consent items are listed on the agenda. All item information on all items have been provided to the board either through committee meetings, board updates, or board book. And so, it is recommended that that approve consent items as presented. All right. Everybody good? Nobody wants to pull anything? All right, I'll look for a motion. I, Jason Bonnie, move to approve the consent items as presented. Second? I see Stanley second the motion. All right, thank you. All those in favor? I have a motion and a second. Are there any more questions?

067All those in favor, raise your hand. All board members voted for and the motion carries. The next agenda item is consider approval of intra-district student transfers FDB regulation, Dr. Kalos. Okay, so I was asked First of all, as we as we grow as a district, we know we're opening up four campuses over the next four years. I was asked by some board members if we could visit implementing a regulation on student transfers. And this is intra-district, which means those students that live within the district. Not students We don't really have students that live outside the district. We don't allow them to transfer in, but this this entails those students that live in the district. So in other words, if a student is zoned to one campus in the district and attends that campus, but would

068prefer to attend another campus, this this this regulation would outline the process that that student can go through in order to make that happen. So we've had we've had some conversations. We had a special meeting last week about this with the board. We presented a a very rough draft of a regulation at that meeting. Through conversations, the board had some recommendations as far as additions and and subtractions from this regulations. So we have updated that regulation that we presented after the meeting and have presented to you again tonight. So just just a quick overview, what we did is we ended up breaking this into three different sections. First, there's the high school choice section, then there is the student transfer section, and then there is employee transfers employee student transfers. Okay? So with the high

069school choice and and this was a good conversation we had last week cuz I think there's some confusion between high school choice and student transfers. So with high school choice, we tried to define that as as best as possible. And basically what that says is when a student goes from eighth grade into their ninth grade year, they will have a choice on which high school they can attend. Okay? Now, there are some criteria that have to be met in order for this to happen. And one of the big criteria is the capacity of the campus. If the campus is at 90% or above capacity projected capacity, right, for the for the next school year, then that student will not be able to attend that campus. Right? If that's their if they're if that's their campus

070of choice and it's out of their attendance zone. We also have some other criteria in there as far as attendance and student discipline. Right? They have to meet certain criteria with that. There would be a procedure for for applying for this. The student will apply and it will be on a first come, first serve basis. All right? We we discussed that last week. If there's 10 spots open and 15 apply, the first 10 that apply will will get the transfer or get the get the high school of choice. Extracurricular and UIL when it comes to high school of choice will not be impacted. In other In other words, the student will not become ineligible if they choose a campus that is not in their attendance zone. Transportation will not be provided to a student if

071they are attending a campus that is not in their attendance zone. And then we have some information on closed campuses, right? If if again, if it's if a campus is at at 90% or above projected enrollment, that campus will be considered closed and no transfers will be allowed. We go into district revocation. So a And I keep saying transfer. I'm sorry, this should be high school of choice, right? A high school of choice can be revocated if the student does not meet certain criteria. And again, a lot of that is based on behavior, based on attendance. A parent A family can appeal a transfer or revocation I mean high school of choice denial. And then we get into a little bit of the Still talking more about revocation. This This These next two parts we

072added based on our conversation because there there is a concern as far as when if a student if a student chooses to attend a high school outside of their zone, they they select that and they're granted that, but then by the end of the school year at some point over the summer, they decide, "No, I don't want to do that anymore. I want to attend the the the school that I'm zoned to." That can create some issues as well. So we wanted to put some timelines in there as far as when they could and couldn't do that. And so that's what that next part is talking about. The student request to return to zone campus after the start of the school year, the student needs to understand that that would result in them being ineligible

073for extracurricular activities UIL activities for 365 days. So that's high school of choice kind of a summary. Do y'all want to discuss that before we go to the next one or you want me to go through all of them first? Do all of them first? Yeah, that's fine. Okay. So the next next one would be the student transfer. And we tried to define that as best as possible. So that's basically The high school of choice just applies to a kid going from eighth to ninth grade. Student transfer applies across the district. Right? Any grade level. And so if if a student Again, if a student is wanting to attend a school that is not in their attendance zone, then they would have to apply for a student transfer. Okay? And this is Again, this is

074any grade level. And so we did Again, there's got to There's They've got to meet certain criteria. And one of the big ones is capacity of that campus. If their projected capacity is again over at or over 90%, then that campus will will not accept transfers. Applications are on a first come, first serve basis. I know we talked last week about student ratios. And you can see in the at the elementary level, we kept the ratios in there. And so let me explain our reasoning behind that is because the elementary's up to fourth grade have their state laws on student ratios, right? If if we get into a situation where a campus may not be at that 90% capacity, but a grade level may be at capacity as far as the teacher student ratio, if

075we were to allow that student to attend that campus, then we're going to have to add a whole new teacher to that grade level just for that because of that one kid. So we wanted to keep the ratio in there for the for the elementary campuses in particular. Again, guidelines that they need to meet in order to stay on that campus. The procedure still again, they they would apply. There would be timelines where they can apply. It goes through the principal for approval or disapproval. Renewal request, we discussed that. Again, that that's going to have to be approved by the principal as well. UIL, we do have in there for extracurricular and UIL that at the middle school and high school, if they were to if they were to transfer, then it would impact their

076eligibility for 365 days. Transportation not provided if a student wants to attend the school out of their attendance zone. Non-renewal of transfers, district revocation, appeals a parent can appeal or guardian can appeal a denial. >> Students return request to return to zone campus. Same thing again. That request can be granted, but they will become ineligible for 365 days. And then the last part would be the employee student transfer. And again, we discussed this some last week. We want to give our our employees first priority. And so they they will be they will be granted the campus that they prefer their student to attend. Basically is what that says. But they are still they are still subject to being revoked that transfer being revoked if the kid is not meeting the criteria. All right, that's a

077quick summary. This time open it up to the board for conversation. I got a question and I'm not understanding it, so please help me understand. When we have a student who wants to come back to their zone school, why are we punishing the child if he is athletically inclined, wants to go back and says he's basically ineligible for your sophomore year? I don't understand that. It doesn't make sense to me. >> So so part of that is we we want to prevent kids from being able just to to go from school to school. I'm going to go to this school. Oh, it doesn't work out there, so I'm going to go try it this school. So but you're thinking of the worst. What if there's a specific reason why student A cannot go back. Could

078be there's personality issues with bullying that we have all heard of here or he's not getting along and he wants to go back to be with family members or is there going to be an exception to this rule? Because Yeah, there's bullying information in there. >> No, no, I get it. What if he just wants to like I'm done with this school, I want a fresh start and I want to go back to my zone school? Well, that's what I mean, I would say we're trying to stay away from that because I mean, we we talked in depth about this last time. When you get to high school, you're on a pathway. So if we just enable kids to decide that today I like it, tomorrow I don't, like it's going to be extremely challenging.

079So I mean there's not a scenario in the world where I mean, there's very specific like you brought up bullying. Bullying is actually it's actually in it's not just local policy. I mean, that's addressed through legal already. So the legal policy specifically addresses bullying and and being able to transfer campuses, but we have to limit you know, there's actually I'm on the other side of this fence here. I actually think that the the where we added student request to turn to return to zone campus after starting high school, I think our expectation is is that once you start high school, that's where you're going to stay unless there are some very extenuating circumstances that would allow you to to switch back and forth. The other thing about UIL Jason is that's a PF regardless. I

080mean, we're we're writing it in here the 365 days, but if you go to high school and you participate in athletics or UIL and then you want to go to a different high school, UIL is going to step in on that regardless. >> Well, that's a different this but I'm I get that, you know, being a former athlete in in high school and college, I get that. But my issue is if there is a legitimate issue that's not outlined in here. You know, for whatever reason. You know, what if the student doesn't have the transportation no more like he did at the beginning of the year to go from one campus to another and we're not providing it for it. So we're going to punish the student? I I'm just trying to think of you

081know, help me understand it better. But I don't know how we're punishing them. That that's a choice to go to I mean, they always had the choice to stay at that campus >> a choice, but if the choice to go to campus A is no longer there and he's basically being hey, you got to go to campus B because of whatever reason, this completely eliminates his potential. So it you're asking the student to just go to a different district. Okay, if that was the case. You know, cuz you what if somebody was at the summer time? I'm not talking inside the school year, I get it. But at the end you know, we're in summer time and the student goes I just want to come back to my zone school to make it whatever. We're

082going to punish the kid a whole 365 days of not doing something that he likes doing. Because if that kid transferred to a different district, there would be no issues. >> That's not true. They would have to follow PF. It's a waiver. It is a waiver, but if you're going to be going from one district to another district But you're talking you're you're talking about two different things. You're saying if I live here and I move there, well, I moved. In this situation you're you're not talking about a move. That's a different kind of transfer. You with me? No, I I understand that, but I was just >> let's play devil's advocate here a little bit. What if I freshman year, I want to go to Creekview, my sophomore year, I want to go to

083Manor Valley and then I want to go to How's it diff- But I mean, how do you determine what's abused and what's not? I mean, you don't set the regulation. >> Is there going to be a clause in it to say like hey, well, why do you want to you know, transfer back or go back to your original school? Whatever the reasons. Well, so so I kind of think >> That's outside of what you were saying. You you you see what I'm I understand the point. >> I I understand what you're saying, yeah, but what what what Who do you believe and who do you not believe? Well, we don't know that. That's why we're we're we're creating this dialogue now that you know, hey, we want to as best if we're doing as best

084for the students, we don't know a situation. We're going to assume right now by making this this is going to happen. And I'm not saying there won't be people if we don't put this in that will try to game the system. I'm not saying that. But there has to be an exception. Well, and so so my thought was and I highlighted that same thing Dr. Caylor swore where we wrote in the student request to return. What what if we just had in there that you know, in the high school choice that and I mean, I'm pulling this basically off the other districts that do this. Basically that the expectation is once you determine your high school choice, the expectation is that you will stay there unless there are extenuating circumstances that have to be approved

085by the superintendent. I'm I'm for that. Cuz there can be some very but those have to be those have to be addressed on a case-by-case basis. We can't we can't generically just say hey, there's there's no there's no expectation that you I mean, think about the challenges for the principals. Think about the challenges for like that that creates a whole multitude of issues but if you have kids jumping back and forth. So No, I agree. What what most of of what you'll see with districts that have high school choice, I did a lot of research on this by the way, is that they will they will say that they're basically their expectation is that you're going to you're going to stay where you where you selected out of out of middle school or eighth grade

086and if there is a transfer, then that's basically got to be to your point an extenuating circumstance that has to be looked at on a case-by-case basis. >> And and we did I mean, we did add a disclaimer there right at the end right before interdistrict transfers. You know, the district understands that unique situations may arise. Extenuating circumstances may be considered on a case-by-case basis at the superintendent's discretion and in accordance with district policy. Well, then that yeah, then that's in there. So then that kind of covers your basis, too. Okay. But those got to be I mean, what I'm what what I'm saying is we have to have some clear definitive rules regarding. So if that's already in there, then that kind of clears up both of those. >> I just wanted to make

087sure that they knew. Not just us cuz 90% of parents aren't going to read this. Yeah. The the other thing that you know, this is on a different. So we have high school choice then it's specifically looking at the transfers. A transfer technically could apply K through 12. There's verbage in here that says a transfer is only authorized for one scholastic one scholastic year. Which is pretty pretty clear, but is that going to be the case at a at a high school, also? I mean, cuz that would defeat exactly what we're discussing. What's that? They have to reapply. Well, that's that's what I'm saying, but that would defeat the whole point of what we're arguing about if I'm at the high school. We're we're we're saying in one sentence that we want them to stay

088at their high school. So >> that's not what it says for high school. So for the What's that? For high school choice. Well, the transfer could be at the high school, too, is what I'm saying. Mhm. Yeah, it isn't it? >> [laughter] >> Yeah, it is. Yeah. But I mean, in theory I mean, I think the goal is you're you're going to go where you're going to go and and we're going to we want you to stay there. I mean, that's that's what that's what Well, I don't have any questions as far as what is written here and stuff. I'm coming from a different slant. I'm concerned about this actually taking place, okay? And because I had time provided to think about the process, think about the situation, different issues and stuff. Well, my initial

089question to this regulation was what is the rationale? What is the reason that we're doing this? Okay? How does it benefit the students? What was Why was this not proposed in August of 2025? Why are we waiting at this point to try to implement a new program, okay? I do think this needs decision needs more consideration. We did receive information from Dr. Caylor who had sent out an email to some of the staff and they all responded 100% they all wanted the students to remain at their school attendance zones, okay? Uh and the some of the reasons they gave that they favored this was because attendance zones support stable enrollment, build strong communities and traditions within the school community. There was also another meeting set up by some very some board members and with staff

090and they presented this to them and I don't know what the consensus was there. It'd be interesting to know what was the consensus. What did they think about this regulation, okay? Uh There are school districts, as we know, having implemented this and very often Medina Valley, the 27 years I've been here, we often look to other districts for new programs. What might work with for Medina Valley? Okay, well my question for that is are the school districts that have implemented this, how did it impact the district and its schools? Can we get official data to support it? What issues were encountered by the districts when it was implemented? Did they have any issues? Did the schools become unbalanced? Did all the kids want to go to the new school? Do they How did How did

091that work out, okay? And another question, is this effective for the 26-27 school year or the 27-28 school year? I personally do not see how this is going to be feasible to do it this year. And the reasons are one, the secondary students have already selected their courses, class schedules are set. Uh elementary schools are now working on moving the class the students up into the next grade level. Uh also Creek View and Medina Valley, they've started training with the athletes as well as cheerleaders and dance teams are established. Teachers are being hired based on attendance zones. Uh Creek View also has a meeting upcoming meeting for band parents this week at Loma Alta. If passed, I feel like this notify notification has to go out this week. It would have to go out this

092week and a deadline has to be set for around May 15th. Also in Skyward, there's going to have to be a choice form set up so parents can go in and ask for the choice if they want to change their go from Preview to Medina Valley or Creek View to Medina Valley. Uh so that needs to be set up this week, also. We need to plan for the worst-case scenario. How many are we going to allow to transfer? To change from choice at their choices, okay? Um will it the extended work days will extended work days for staff be needed to help make any [clears throat] changes and what is generated? Um so this policy needs to be to me needs to start if we pass this in 27-28, okay? Uh in order to plan

093a timeline for requests and a number of transfers to determine how many are going to transfer. If the schools have the capacity and effect on staffing needs I would say let the upcoming school year start with the students attending their assigned attendance zones to allow for the transition between the two schools to kind of settle and make any adjustments. Okay, and also Medina Valley has always been diligent in getting feedback from staff the parents and community. And it is essential, in my opinion, to canvas the community, to canvas the teachers, to canvas the uh parents. It is essential that we do this. As a board, we must always do what is best for students. That is always the first thing we always say, what is best for students. And we need to be transparent in

094all we do. And that is my take on this regulation. So So I'll speak a little bit to that. So one one issue, Suzanne, that has come up already is the fact that we already allow these transfers to occur. But yet there's >> yes. So what's the permission? There's there it's very Well, there's a policy set, I believe, for the district that kids can ask for transfers. >> definitive policy. The The policy is is basically you can fill out a form and turn it in and we'll let you know. I mean, there's no I'm not saying I'm saying there is no definitive policy as to >> We We don't have a policy. What we don't have a policy regarding transfers. So currently speaking >> some some guidelines in place to help make us Yeah. And

095I'll tell you something else that has come up, you know, specifically speaking with with elementary schools is the fact that there's also some language in here that allows reevaluations of these transfers. There's currently not one. So those those transfers Well, my question is is specifically, especially, what is the reason what is the rationale? Why are we doing this? I mean, I guess that's I mean, is it about athletics? Is it about UIL? Why all of a sudden are we wanting students to go out of their attendance zones? Well, I I don't say I wouldn't say we want students to go out of their attendance zones. >> Then why would we establish this and not just make up a a different path transfer? >> are you referring to? The high school choice or the transfers? Well,

096everything. Well, the transfers is for elementary. Well, they've been basically only go to Castroville because all the others are at capacity. That's the only one open plus Ladera and Lacoste have the bilingual hub. Mhm. So we have to take that into consideration when we send any kid transfer any kids there, okay? So it's really Castroville. The other ones would of course would be Loma and middle school. Now we didn't have a a problem with this when we opened Loma. We never offered those kids the what, fifth graders, do you want to go to Loma or do you want to go to Medina Valley? But yet we're considering this and I think it Basically this involves the high school. I think that is the major students that are going to be wanting to transfer or have

097a choice. I would tell you that we have well over probably I would I would guess 200 current transfers within the district. Are those [clears throat] primarily employee employee transfers? Yeah, do we know how many of those are employee? I I don't I don't know. I just know that there's at least 200. >> do you have any Yeah, don't don't don't tell us if you don't know. I'm sorry. I I would I would I don't know the the total number. I would say the majority most of our transfers are employee transfers. Whatever that number is. Now, I'll just I'll just add a little bit on my take on this, right? So I I do think as well that this this regulation was brought forward in a very fast manner and didn't follow the the normal

098process that we follow as board. So that's that's a little bit of my frustration on this. I will say I do think we need a regulation. I'm not going to disagree with that. I think we need it, but I think this whole regulation was brought up in a in a very fast manner and it didn't follow the protocol that we normally follow as a board. I think, you know, normally when we have something like this, we have a first reading. Um we have it we actually have that first reading in committee meetings, right? We follow a committee meeting, we sit down and we get to hash it out with administration and get their feedback on a policy like this or a regulation for that matter. So that that didn't happen on this one, right? So

099I I feel we should actually kind of roll this back a little bit and pump the brakes a little bit. Take a good hard look at it. Allow all the board members a chance to get in front of the administration to fully review that. Get their feedback and get their understanding what they like and don't like on this. I think we as a board need to to welcome that feedback and get their input and get consensus with the board and the administration on what this policy is going to look like. I I will say I I think we need it, right? And we need to get that moving, but I think we need to scale this back quite a bit and put some pretty heavy guardrails on what we're going to allow and not allow

100as a district if we're going to implement this for 26-27, right? We shouldn't Right now this is an open door policy. Pretty much if you want to transfer, you can transfer. Right? This is what it says here in high school choice and what it says in transfers. And And I don't think that's something we can really afford to to do in the 26-27 school year. I think we need to have guardrails to say what you the reasons you can and it needs to be specific, right? You have a hardship, you're getting bullied, something to that effect. Um if there is a extracurricular activity that's provided at one high school versus the other, I think that should be something that that we allow and we take a look at, but to have an open door policy

101say if you want to transfer here, right? It It opens up a lot of things that I don't think are are very healthy um for the school and school district. So that's my opinion. I I would say we need to scale this back and take a uh another look at it in our committee meetings and allow all of us board members the chance to really get in front of every person within administration that's affected by this, not just the central office, the prince I think it needs to involve the the principals for every school. And I also think it needs to follow needs to involve all of our athletic director and all of our athletic coordinators to be involved in that discussion, and each board member needs to get to hear their piece first hand

102on what their opinion is on this. I agree because there's a lot of detail and either kind we need to really look at it and make sure okay, is there too much or can we scale it back? You know, also I think we need to involve parents in the community what what do they think of this? Do they want to their kids to go out of the attendance? I mean, you know, do is this something that they would support? I want to know if they would support this policy. >> And and we do that in a lot of cases, right? Especially with when we when we come when it comes to, you know, the the the two high schools and creating zones, right? We have a whole zoning committee that sits down multiple meetings and

103hashes this out and says this is what we're willing to go with, right? It's administration and it's community members, and we we haven't done our due diligence on this one to involve those folks. Well, I I will say that I've had multiple element I was I was more focused on the elementary side of the house because that's who elected me. And I can tell you Lucky Ranch and Silos are very happy that we are considering this because we have still parents who love Medina Valley but have issues at their schools with these staff, with with the students, and they're very unhappy but they have nowhere to go. Just the opportunity to go. They want to stay in the district and they don't want to pull their kids out of their schools. One cuz they're just

104they they feel that them talking to the leadership at their schools don't do don't do nothing. So, this is a a relief. So, if you want parents involvement, go speak to Lucky Ranch. They will tell you how they feel about that school. I've tried to bring it up. Nobody listens. I've tried to correct issues. I can't go to the elementary school and talk to the teachers. What is >> It's very very sad that their elected official cannot go and talk to the the teachers cuz they're afraid that there's going to be some backlash. Parents pull their kids out and send them to elsewhere. And if we're all about keeping our kids in our in our districts and our zoning areas but we're not helping the kids. I've done everything in my power to make sure

105that we don't lose students. And sometimes it's not enough. I brought my concerns up to Dr. Caylor's. He's and every time he's I've had a parent talk to Dr. Caylor's, they've done their best to work it out. But there's some people who just don't like confrontation and they'd rather just withdraw their kid. And it happens all the time. You want to know the real numbers? Look at our enrollment numbers at the beginning of the year and how many students we lost. I pulled my kid from Lucky Ranch. I am not afraid to say it. On day four of school. Nobody knew about it except for one person. One person of my of the school district came and talked to me about it. And it was because of bad leadership at the campus. >> I mean,

106I think we're getting a little sidetracked here. No, I'm I'm just saying parents are happy for this. Very happy. >> I agree and the ones that I spoke to but to I mean, if we need to you know dig more into it, get more I mean, I can tell you with a policy like this you're you're not going to make everybody happy. We all know that, right? So, I I will say that, you know, the specifically the high school choice there is, you know, basically this first option and so once that school year happens, there there will be things that are are different for next year because of the fact that uh that school will already be open. So, it's it's it's no longer first opportunity because first opportunity when it comes to a lot

107of uh UIL opportunities and all those things, first opportunity applies when the school first opens but once that campus is open first off it's not first opportunity anymore cuz that campus has been opened. So, I agree with you this should have been looked at significantly sooner. I I I would agree with that. Um but I you know, Suzanne asked, you know I I think the timing of of trying to get this done so that it's not, you know, in the summer time and all of that I think is is really so I mean, it's it's however we want to move forward with it. If if we want to table it and, you know get more feedback or or whatever but I I will tell you that once that high school's open, this particular policy as

108it's written will not be able to be written like this because there is not first opportunity anymore. I don't think the policy actually lays it out, right? That it's going to be by our decision on what that looks like, right? So, we we we can make that window look however we want it to look. >> What What do you mean? As far as when they can actually apply for it, right? So >> Oh, yeah. I'm not I'm not talking about that. I'm I'm saying specifically regarding um like I'll give you an example. If you have a freshman that's a freshman at the high school now once that school's open, if he transfers, that's a PAPF for and the 365 day rule applies cuz that opportunity for him to go to that school has passed because

109that school has been opened for a year. I'm just putting all the information out there. So, we're pretty much talking about UIL. Well, it's not I mean >> and etc. for that would put them into the 365 days if they didn't go weren't able to give their choice when the school opened. I think I know what you're saying. Yeah, yes, I would agree. Right. The choice can only happen, you're saying, when they open the school brand new. For first for first opportunity. >> Correct. But they could transfer but they would have to wait 365 days if they transfer versus choice. I I think, Elaine, what you're saying and correct me if I'm wrong is if we if we do it now your your current ninth and 10th graders are going to have that choice without

110being penalized That's correct. >> That's correct. >> If we wait till next year to do it then it's only going to be your incoming ninth graders that are going to have that opportunity. >> I would like to get clarity on that cuz I'm not even sure that would still apply. I my understanding of of the whole thing is that it's done when the campus opens. What And how how does it Bernie do that now? Cuz they started it when the campus opened 18 years ago. >> Oh, so you're saying it you can't change that after the campus is opened. I mean Coach Davidson's here. I mean You know anything about that, Mr. Davidson? I'm not 100% sure but I do think that an eighth grader would have you could enact it later and eighth graders

111then would have first opportunity. >> definitely get clarification for the eighth graders for the eighth graders. Yes. Correct. So, I I would say if if if, you know, we're going to move to table this, this doesn't need to get put on the back burner. We we this needs to be immediate and and brought up to to Joe's point committees, get people involved because I don't want to wait till next spring to to start, you know, then then we're back to the same. I will tell you I've I've had very specific discussions with lots of parents and and some of the principals myself. The feedback that I've gotten is that they absolute not that everybody doesn't want this exact writing but everybody that I've spoken to is in agreement that there needs to be a clear-cut

112policy regarding how we're handling these situations because it's actually tying administration's hands when there's not clear-cut policies. So, so so there are a multitude of benefits for the people that we be should be supporting which is those principals. And I agree we need a specific transfer policy. I think we all agree with that. >> Yeah, from what I've seen the policy the policy itself the local the local policy is is written. It's a pretty much standard for all districts. It's the regulation that associate that accompanies that policy that defines the specifics. >> to say regulation. >> Yeah, we don't have a regulation for that policy. >> And we need that regulation even though we do have a way to handle transfers but but for me like I said and stated, it just seemed to just

113be a very hurried and rushed to try to get this done now. I can see if we started in 2027 2028, well, by then we can discuss this through the summer and August and like Bernie, I think they start application in December and they're finished in March. So, they have a clear-cut idea of what is going to happen. Yeah, so that that's the the the question I have then is are we saying are we saying we're going to we I think there's no doubt we everybody wants to move forward with something. Right? Put something in place. But are we saying is our goal now the 27 2028 school year? Or is it still the 26 27 school year? I would say we need a regulation for 26 27 but it needs to be scaled back

114and not this. Okay, so what needs to be scaled back? I I just I think there needs to be guardrails on why why they're wanting to transfer cuz right now there's really nothing that says that requires them to say why. >> but it but again, why you're So, so I mean, I like playing devil's advocate, by the way, sometimes but so if you're if you're saying that they have to say why, then it's somebody's interpretation of whether it's going to be approved. >> has to be within the regulation on the reasons why we're allowing them to do it. That's what I want. I want the regulation to say, here's the parameters for why you are going to be allowed to transfer. Here's the reasons that we're going to allow. >> that don't set those now?

115What are What are we going to do with the kids that don't meet those regulations now that are transferred? There's kids at Castroville Elementary, I know for sure, that that are not employee transfers. So I'm saying we got to go through this, right? I I I hear what you're asking. >> trying to And I don't definitely don't have the answer for you right now, right? But we definitely need to walk through this process. >> walking through it, but I don't agree with with setting trying to set every rule in every situation, but I mean cuz that that's just virtually impossible. I mean he I mean I I have done a lot of research on this, and I can tell you that that I I would say for sure what remove high school No, I'm not

116saying but I'm saying if you look at the transfer policy, it it's basically pretty much what every district is doing now. I mean it it's it's it's like I I feel like some of this is we're trying to reinvent the wheel a little bit. When when it's worked for you know, a multitude of other places, but you know, we can reevaluate that. I think I think you know, we need to agree on what works for us as a school district. That that's that's I think that's my one of my biggest points, right? I understand it's working for a lot of other school districts, but we as a board and as administration need to agree on what works for us. That's my point, right? That's why I want to scale it back. I want to walk

117through it. I want to provide some guardrails that we agree on. This is what works for us. That that's all I'm trying to say. Mr. Biegel, I agree with you. We need to do what's best for Medina Valley. We need to think of Medina Valley. For us it's yes, there are other schools that do this, but some of them were very different than what we have here at Medina Valley. Yeah, I mean we need to look at the parts of this that, you know, you know, there's three parts, high school choice, transfer and transfer and employee. I mean I think we can all agree that the employee transfers absolutely need to be, you know, that's need something we need to allow. But but even now, even with employee transfers, I'll tell you something that was

118brought up. When there's an employee transfer, all these revocation rules that we have in here, that those Correct. They don't have those. So you so you can get an employee transfer. The specific example I was given was was, you know, um late to school multiple times, and they just have to deal with it because there's no there's nothing put in place for them to address that. So those are the things that I mean there there are multitude of benefits that come into play with this. Because currently it it's it's evaluated on an annual basis only. So if you have a kid that starts, you know, is transferred, and they're late, you know, 35 times in the first semester, they're still going to stay at that campus. That's not what's best for that kid. And it's

119not what's best for that campus, either. All right, you guys How do you want to proceed? You want to table this? I agree. Okay, well then I'll look for a motion. Before before y'all move forward, you want to give us some guidance on what what you would I know you said more conversations, more input. I I I think >> to survey? Should we send out surveys? I think we should ask ask the community. I don't think we're going to get the response quick enough for that kind of for that kind of thing. Um I think I think we need to talk to it amongst each other a little bit more on this this whole matter, and we have I would just need to discuss it just a little bit more in detail on what we

120want to do. I mean I guess through committee. We have committee meetings in what, 10 days or 12 days or 11 days or whatever it is. I mean I would say through committee, but again, you know, like I just want to make sure that we're moving forward with something because I I I know we have to get something in place even for next school year. Could we have another special board meeting where we could all really get into this in depth and bring it back and discuss it and people that and have questions and answers. do more of a like a workshop. >> Yes, like a workshop. We We Everybody has this in front of them and we dissect it. >> And I'm not against that. Yeah. I think like I said, I I like

121the way we walked through it in committees, right? It gives everybody an opportunity to to voice their opinion and and get hear the feedback from the administration. >> Yeah, that's the problem with the I like the workshop idea because it's everybody in the same room. Everybody like >> I'm good with that. Cuz we're all together at that. Like with the committees we're kind of Yeah, I just want to say, right? We should have gone through that process to begin with, right? But yeah, we're at the point where yes, a workshop's the right opportunity to do that. So we'll just table it. All right, I'll look for a motion. I Joe Biegel move that we table uh the create the topic on creating FDB regulation. I Ben Walo second the motion. All those in favor, raise

122your hand. All board members voted for, and the uh agenda item has been tabled for further discussion. All right, uh next item on the agenda is consider approval of infrastructure uh for the Medina Valley High School Stadium Scoreboard, Mr. Barajas. Yes, good evening. Um at the last or last board uh last month, the board approved the video board purchase for our Medina Valley High School Stadium. Uh this month we're coming um for the approval of the infra- infrastructure cost. So we looked at different options, uh three overall in terms of location where the scoreboard should go. Um More often than not, the if we placed it on the east side, that kind of had a domino effect on additional infrastructure that needed or additional projects that needed to be encompassed as part of this um

123this project. So our recommendation was to keep the portable in the same general location uh that the current one stands. We do have uh an existing electrical panel that we can tie in right off our our world tower on the north side. So uh as you guys see that table, that's kind of breaks down the infrastructure cost for electrical, technology, mechanical, and then allowing some contingency in case we have any unforeseen. So uh we are recommend that the board approve the infrastructure budget it as presented. Um and I'm here if you have guys have any questions. Any questions? All right, I'll look for a motion. I Ben Walo move to approve the costs for the Medina Valley High School Stadium scoreboard infrastructure not to exceed $78,000 as presented. Second. I Joe Biegel second the motion.

124All All those in favor, raise your hand. All board members voted for, and the motion carries. >> [clears throat] >> All right, the next item is the child nutrition small wares purchase with Mr. Mrs. Eickenroht, sorry. Good afternoon. I need my glasses. This is for all of our small wares and small equipment for Thank you. This is for all of our small wares and small equipment, kitchen small equipment, um for Creek View High School. It is over 50,000, so we are um asking to asking for you to consider approval of purchase over 50,000 for that. Um we did reach out to five different vendors. This would be the lowest price of those five. Um it's 116 different pieces. Quantities of each is different depending on their needs. I did ask managers at different camp high

125volume campuses to help with input on this for what was needed. Um so not only what we need, but what they're going to use. Um So this is 56,286.19 from Culinary Depot. And this is funded from bond FF&E? No, sir. It'll be from child nutrition. Any questions? All right, look for a motion. I Blaine Nash move to approve the purchase of small wares from Creek for Creek View High School from Culinary Depot, not to exceed the amount of $56,286.19. All right, second. I Ben Walo second the motion. All those in favor, please raise your hand. All board members voted for, and the motion carries. The time is 7:54 p.m., and the Board of Trustees will now convene in closed session as authorized by section 551.071, 551.074, 551.076, 551.089, and 551.072 of the Texas Open Meetings

126Act to discuss agenda item 683D. No action will be taken in closed session. The board is now in closed session. >> Mhm. >> All right, the board is reconvening into open session at 9:02 p.m. For the record, no action was taken in closed session. The next item on the agenda is continued discussion and possible action items. Consider approval to name Emily Lorenz as the new superintendent of schools for Medina Valley ISD as of June 1st, 2026. You might have any questions? All right, look for a motion. I Blaine Nash move to name Emily Lorenz as the new superintendent of schools for Medina Valley ISD as of June 1st, 2026. I have a second, please. I Jason Bonnie second the motion. Okay, I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? All those in favor,

127please raise your hand. All board members voted for and the motion carries. >> [applause] >> All right, congratulations. >> [laughter] >> Please Please note, I was the first one to clap. >> [laughter] >> All right, next item is consider approval of employment contract for the new superintendent of schools Emily Lorenz. Anyone have any questions? Uh I'll look for motion. I Joe Beicker move to approve the employment contract for Emily Lorenz as superintendent of schools for Medina Valley Independent School District. I Ben want to second motion. All right, I have a motion and a second. Is there any further discussion? Um All those in favor, please raise your hand. All board members voted for and the motion carries. Ben moves to second. All right, next item. Consider approval to name Scott Caloss as superintendent emeritus as

128of June 1st, 2026 and approve the employment contract regarding this new position. Any discussion? All right, look for a motion. I Blaine Nash move to name Scott Calos as superintendent emeritus for Medina Valley ISD as of June 1st, 2026 and then approve the employment contract regarding this new position. Yeah, I'll second the motion. All right, I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? All those in favor, please raise your hand. All board members voted for and the motion carries. Congratulations. One step closer. All right, the next item is a consider approval of employment of specific personnel as security specialist authorized to carry a weapon, Dr. Calos. Administration recommends the appointment of specific personnel as security specialist authorized to carry a weapon as presented in closed session. Any questions? They are still going through

129the same protocols as uh the police department or are they going to go through a different protocol? Uh yes, sir. No, they'll go through the same hiring protocols and they'll also go through the training that is required over the summer. Thank you, sir. Okay, anyone else? All right, I'll look for a motion. Uh I Ben Huertas move to approve the appointment of specific personnel as security specialist authorized to carry a weapon as presented in closed session. All right, second. I Jason Bonnie second the motion. All right, I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? All right, all those in favor, please raise your hand. All board members voted for and the motion carries. Congratulations. And oh, wow, the next item is considered the consideration of future meeting dates. The next regular meeting is

130scheduled for Tuesday, May 26th and we have a special meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 13th. Um next item is adjournment. I'll look for a motion. I Joe Beaudry move to adjourn the regular board meeting at 9:06 p.m. on April 27th, 2026. All right, I have a second. I Ben Huertas second the motion. I have a motion and a second. All those in favor, please raise your hand. All board members voted for and the motion carries and we are adjourned. Thank you.