001of that each month. We'd like to also have one of our board members read our mission statement each month and tonight that is Brad Alfred. Good evening guys. Our mission statement is bigway IC will maximize individual potential with a learner centered and supportive environment to prepare students to excel in a global society. Uh, I know here lately with Pete retiring and some other things, it's hard to me to figure how we move on as a board, as a school district and things like that. You know, we had little angst when we lost George several years ago and looked at the opportunity it gave us here with Chris. So, moving on as a district, we need to do that. I know losing people, like I say, is a big deal, but we always just keep our
002focus as to kids is our number one goal. When we do that, I think we always move forward. >> Yes. Very good, Brad. Thank you. Next, we'd like to have a moment of silence for everyone to reflect as they wish and especially with this holiday season. So, please give us a minute. Thank you. Next, we have the Pledge of Allegiance. And tonight, we have Huitt Elementary and Christy Wallally up to help us learn about the kids that are here. >> All right. Well, good evening members of the board, families, and community. Uh we're honored to welcome several leaders from our Huitt Elementary Garden Club. uh who will lead us in our pledges. Uh this incredible group is supported and guided by our kindergarten teacher, Miss Angela Brown, and our campus secretary, Diane Roberts, and then
003our campus nurse, Miss Delmareie Veles. I'd like to take a moment first because I have the microphone to be able to share and brag a little bit on Miss Brown um for two remarkable accomplishments. um she recently u received and was named a national board certified teacher um I believe it was last weekend and um so we're very excited about that and then also this weekend uh she is also going to graduate from Baylor University with her master's degree in educational leadership. Um so and we're so proud of her and the examples that she sets for our campus. Um two years ago Mrs. Brown uh took on the afterchool garden club and has transformed it into a true learning environment um for both our students and our teachers. Our garden area now features raised beds,
004a greenhouse, a reading tepee, a mud kitchen, and even a chicken coupe. Um, so the garden club not only supports our campus beautifification efforts, uh, but it also actively plants and grows vegetables and cares for our chickens and maintains our outdoor learning spaces. And so our students are learning more than just gardening. They are uh getting real life um, real world experiences um, in learning how to be responsible um, and sustainable and entrepreneurship because they're going to be selling their eggs um, as they get them to produce funds to buy more feed and supplies. And so and it's inspiring to see um how this space is helping uh to cultivate u that curiosity and leadership within our students and just giving them a love of nature. And so um I want to introduce a few
005members of our garden club. We have about 15, but I just asked our fifth graders to come. And so I have Mr. Liam Buoie, Arya McCra, and Hazel Freeman. And of course, Mrs. brand and our so you'll please go ahead and stand up for the pledges. We're going to face the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. >> Good job. >> Thank you all very much. Well done. Next we're going to have recognitions and tonight um Brad Alfred is also going to help with that. So Brad, we'll let you go down and get ready and Dr. Allen's going to tell us about the December recognition days. >> I
006am and I'm going a little bit of a non-traditional order. So December 8th through 14 was is uh was computer science education week. Um and then the other one that's listed officially here is December 2nd which is National Special Education Day. And I want to end it on that one for a specific reason. It may not always be apparently obvious to people the minor miracles that occur in our special education department every day. Um, but I just want to really give them a note of gratitude and recognition by telling you a short story. Last Friday, I was at a dance recital that was held by uh Midway ISTD that featured our middle school dance programs and our high school dance programs, not including our goalenders. And what I know that not everyone knows is that
007we had a partners' dance that night, which was our typically developed students that were dancing alongside some of our students who have special education needs. One of the young ladies who danced that night uh started off in midway in a wheelchair. >> Oh. >> And through the hard work of the special education department uh and the committed parents, she made her way to a walker. And then from a walker, she got to the point she could actually physically walk. And on Friday night, what we got to see was a young lady dance and jump and hop. >> Um, because of the visionary leadership of Lindsay Benning, who has a heart that makes sure that every kid who wants to dance will, and because of a special education department that doesn't look at kids and think
008about what it is that their disabling condition keeps them from doing, but ask them what their greatest hopes and dreams are and then tries to find a plan for how to get them there. So, Lisa, I see you standing back there. If we do nothing else in this district but continue to live out that aspiration of making sure that every single child has a place to be connected and involved and engaged and every kid has a place that they know that they have a home, man, that's worth all the heart, music, and heaven in Golden Fort Knox. And so, thank you for your leadership of that department. Thank you to all of our special education employees. >> Wow. Okay, Emily Parks is going to help us do recognitions tonight. >> Yes. Good evening, board. Um,
009I have a uh several recognitions this evening. Um, just really showcasing all of the amazing things that our students and staff here in Midway do. So, we're going to start tonight with a major accomplishment in fine arts. Uh, two of our Midway High School musicians, Aiden Hyatt and Colt Everett, if y'all are here, come on up. We're going to come to the front. There they are. We're recognized through the Foundation for Music Education's Mark of Excellence program. Um, for anyone that is unfamiliar, the Mark of Excellence is a national competition that evaluates recordings submitted by the top ensembles across the country. A panel of nationally respected adjudicators selects the most outstanding performances, making this an elite recognition in school music. So this year, Aiden earned honors for a virtuosic piccolo solo on Malcolm Arnold's Tam
010Oanter and Colt received recognition for his expressive Torax solo on Omar Thomas' Come Sunday. Congratulations you two. Being named among the top performers in the nation speaks volumes to your discipline, um your musicianship and the exceptional teaching in our band program and we're incredibly proud of both of you. GOT TO CLOSE FOR THE parents >> and then y'all stay still and then you can go. >> Okay, Emily's going to stay at the podium and do the holiday ornament artist for the district. Um, our next uh celebration tonight is um it's special to me. It's something I worked with the district 56 representatives office on. Uh Dr. Allen and I did and um I have a guest with us this evening, the district director uh from Representative Curry's office, uh Hannah Beth Jones is here. So,
011we're going to celebrate um Midway High School senior Sakina Careshi, whose artwork, her ornament, you can see up on the screen here, was uh selected to represent the Texas House District 56 on the 2025 Texas Capitol Christmas tree. Um so, we'd like to invite Sakina and her teacher, Miss uh AP art teacher from the high school, Miss Kim Abberrombie, if y'all want to come right up here to the front. So, the Capitol Christmas tree at the Texas Capitols decorated u by ornaments that are made by each district. And each district representative gets to select a uh constituent artist to design the ornament that highlights something about their unique house district. And so for us, um that's House 56. and representative Pat Curry asked Midway ISD to design this year's ornament. And Miss Abberrombie chose Sakina
012based on Sakina's attention to detail. Uh the quality of her work and the beautiful and artistic talent that she has shown through her career in AP art while at the high school. So Sakina's ornament is a stunning 3D winter scene. We're going to zoom in here so you can see just what she did. And she did all of this in paper 3D. It's showcasing a handpainted forest and cabin nestled beside a shimmering river inside of a glass globe. The whole ornament itself is a piece of glass. Wow. >> The intricate design includes a miniature log cabin, the snowman, and the hand painted pine trees, all framed with red, blue, and silver embellishments. And on the back, the ornament reads, "Merry Christmas Midway in white script." It's a festive nod to our community and our school.
013Um, now with us again, I've already introduced Hannah Beth Jones from um, Representative Curry's office. She has some special gifts that she'd like to present to uh, Sakina and um, you're welcome to go up. She is um, presenting her with a certificate uh, for her participation in selection in the program. And in addition to that, she is providing her with a flag that has been flown over the Texas capital. And this is to recognize Sakina and Midway's contribution uh to the ornament program for 2025. So congratulations Sakina and Kim, Miss Abberrombie. We're very proud of um just what you do to showcase the excellence of Midway. Wow, >> that is a beautiful piece of art. >> Gorgeous. >> Well, you'll be sitting there. >> Okay, Emily, you're going to stay at the podium once again
014and do our holiday card. I am doing that. This is also um an important and special program for me. So, every year, Midway ISD sends a holiday card to uh Midway ISD staff and several of our vendors. It's a longtime tradition that pairs the festive message with original student artwork. Um, we rotate rotate campuses annually to make sure that the creativity across our district uh gets its moment to shine. And this year, Midway Middle School uh was selected to create the artwork. And these students absolutely delivered. We had a super cute, amazing card um from the art classes of Miss Campbell Stars. if you'll come up and join us. And Gretchen Lamour, come on up. We've got recognizing eighth graders, Jolie Turner, Dayton Macauen, Riley Susa, Adeline Taylor, Aaria Anderson, and Kylie Wheeler. and sixth
015graders Samuel Duny, Spencer Gyos, Audrey Ames, Christopher Skinner, Linda Lamb, Annalia Rodriguez, Neckla Eig, and Vho. So, their artwork is featured on the district Christmas card. And what we did is they students, the sixth graders designed Christmas sweaters that the schoolboard members each got to pick their favorite Christmas sweater to represent them. And the uh eighth graders did winter scenes. And so we combined all of different pieces of artwork from each of them uh to make the actual card that we presented out to them. So we're going to send that out to our staff. We're also presenting each of the students with five copies of the card. Their names are printed on the card so that they can have that for their family um to give uh to anyone that they want to have and
016to showcase at their home. So, we got our certificates all sorted out here >> almost. >> I kind of went fast on reading the names. My apologies. >> I'm I'm doing a little bit of double duty. Normally, I just take the pictures. So, tonight I I uh just speaking a little faster than normal. Did I get one? I say teamwork makes the dream work. There we go. >> Squeeze in together. Maybe we can get y'all in two rows. Let's get the eighth graders in the back and the sixth graders in the front. >> So, let's give a round of applause for these students that have designed these amazing cards FOR THE DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT, ON THREE. I CAN SEE EVERYBODY. ONE, TWO, THREE. One more. One, two, three. And you'll stay here for all the
017moms and dads. >> We will have a copy of the uh Christmas card on the website for anybody that wants to see it. And we will send it out in the board wreath so you can see a picture as well. So, anyone that was here to really appreciate their artwork and their artistry, thank you all very very much. >> Yes. Thank you. Okay, Dr. Becky is going to come up and tell us about the US News 2026 best elementary and middle school rankings. Thank you. Tonight, we get to recognize three Midway elementary campuses for earning statewide distinction in the US News best elementary school rankings. US News evaluates schools across the nation using state assessment data, student growth, achievement in core subjects and equity indicators. In Texas, more than 5,400 elementary campuses are evaluated. To
018be in the top ranking is a highly selective honor. Here's how Midway performed. South Bosski Elementary School led by Principal Sher Burns ranks number 46 in Texas. Come on up, Sher. This places them in the top 1% of elementary schools statewide. An extraordinary achieve. Congratulations. Woodway Elementary School, led by Nicole Griger, ranks number 469 in the state of Texas. Come on up, Miss Greger. Welcome, Greger. CONGRATULATIONS. And Huitt Elementary School led by Principal Christy Watley, ranked 471 in Texas, just a few spots behind Woodway. Come on up, East Watley. Having three campuses land in the top 50 and um out of 500 statewide showcases, not just um not just isolated excellence, shows the district-wide consistency. So, we're very proud of these schools. These elementary schools join Midway High School, which was recognized in October by
019US News as one of the top high schools in Texas and in the number one ranked high schools in the Waco area. These rankings reinforce what families already know. Midway ISD has academic strength as the standard and not just the exception. Congratulations on these rankings. That is excellent news. This ends our recognition portion of the board meeting. We appreciate all of you coming and we would love for all of you to stay to hear the business details, but this is the time you may leave if you don't want to stay for the whole meeting and have a wonderful holiday. Do I have to wait till they leave or can I go ahead? >> Okay. Okay. Next agenda item is public comments, but we do not have any this evening. So, we're going to go on.
020Are we ready? Is this for your family here? Okay. >> Um, we're moving on to administer the oath of office to our newly appointed trustee, Jordan Barry, who we're very excited to welcome to our board. And Carolyn Wyn is going to swear him in. >> Wait a second. >> Okay. You ready? >> Mhm. Okay, there you go. Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. In the name and by the authority of the state of Texas. In the name and by the authority of the state of Texas, >> I Mary >> do solemnly swear >> that I will faithfully execute the duties of the office >> that I will faithfully execute the duties of the office >> of Midway ISD Board of Trustees >> of the State of Texas >> and will to the
021best of my ability >> preserve, protect, and defend >> the Constitution and laws of the United States >> the Constitution and the laws of the United States >> and of this state. >> So help me God. >> Thank you. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> JORDAN. JORDAN, will you introduce your family? Have them come up and introduce your family members to us, please. >> My beautiful wife, Sarah. >> And I've got my >> Come on up. Yeah. >> And I've got my three girls, Catherine. You guys are M and Sloan. A well, we're glad y'all came tonight to support your husband and your dad. >> It's awesome. >> Yes. S. >> Mhm. >> We want to give you a welcome to kick off your board service. I don't know. >> You got to leave. >> We didn't get
022that. >> A >> Yes. All right. Welcome to the board, Jordan. Yay. Our newest trustee. Awesome. >> It's official. It's official. >> Jordan has to stay, but you guys don't. >> Yeah. Sorry. >> That's true. That's right. Goodies. I know things have changed around here for the better. Okay. Item eight, reorganization of the board of trustees. We're going to pull that and move it to the end of the meeting after we have our close session. So, we're going on to the uh presentation discussion items. And that is the bond sale presentation by our friend Victor Hiroga. >> Yes. Did >> I say it right? I've been doing this 25 years and nothing clears a room as fast as municipal bond. So, I stopped taking offense a long time ago, but um honorable president, members of
023the board, Dr. Allen, thank you for having me here this evening. For the record, my name is Victor Kuroga with Specialized Public Finance and we have the honor of representing the district as your financial adviser. It's been a little while since I've been here. I had to plug it in my uh Apple map so make sure I got to the right place, but it's I'm excited to be here. And first I wanted to congratulate you on a successful bond program. Uh passing the three propositions by the levels of margin that you did is pretty phenomenal and says a lot about um the community's trust in the district. So I'm here tonight to present to you uh the financing plan on how to now move forward so you could provide the funding and uh start working
024on those projects. Uh I wish you got my good side. That's not my good side here. But thank you. But uh a presentation regarding the next steps for the financing. Whoops. Technology isn't my thing. Um here we're going to talk about the financing plan on the steps moving forward so we can provide you that funding. Um and in we'll talk in general about the district's current outstanding bonds that you have. uh we'll talk about and review the bond program that was approved by your voters and also the financing plan, how we're going to move forward with this transaction and provide those funding to you. And then we'll give you an overview of the agenda action that you're taking this evening. So to start, the district's uh uh bonds outstanding represent about $146.15 million. That's outstanding
025in principle and that's spread out over six different bond issuances. Those bond issuances represent uh new projects that you all uh funded for infrastructure purposes and also refinancings that have been conducted in the past. Um all the debt is relatively short for a school district. Uh many school districts these days uh can't afford anything if they can't finance it over 30 years. Uh the district historically has been pretty conservative and you've kept your repayment terms at 20 years or less and have actively also um paid off your debt. I'm also happy to report that all your bond transactions, including the one that we're getting ready to sell, uh carry the state's uh AAA rating from their permanent school fund guarantee, just like our personal credit rating. The higher the rating, the better interest rate you
026get. Uh but even if we didn't have that, Midway SD would not have an issue entering the market and getting a quality rate. That's because uh major rating agencies like S&P and Moody's uh rate the district very highly, and you're not very far from the AAA rating uh yourself. So, I think we're going to have a great sale and a lot of interested investors when we go into the market. Before I get into more details, I'd like to point this out because Midway ISD, uh, the current previous, uh, boards and current and previous administrations have been doing a phenomenal job and been prudent with taxpayer monies. And uh the district has not only pursued refinancings when it made economic sense to save your taxpayer money, but uh we've also gotten a a good percentage of
027our debt paid off through what we call a defeasance program where we take extra cash each year and then start paying off principal. Uh the district, as you can see, has been very active in this and the board uh now and then has saved about 11.6 million of taxpayer money through these defecances and refinancings. Uh, and what more excites me more is since 2019 through the defeasences, you've all have actually paid off about $14 million in principal early. Uh, so that um, not only generates the interest cost savings for your taxpayers, but also allows you to be at this point where you are where you could do a bond program with a no tax rate increase. So I just wanted to commend the board and the administration for that. Uh, here I hope uh, Miss
028Parks doesn't get mad at me because this is just a copy and paste from your website. Uh and so uh this is just an overview. As you know, we had three propositions. The total bond amount was $83.5 million. And we also promised the voters that we could finance and issue this uh without a tax rate increase on the INS side. So uh just an overview of that. Regarding the financing plan, our goal is to uh issue the full authorization of $83.5 million uh in early 2026. Here it says 25 years, but that's just to give us some cushion. The plan is to target a 20-year repayment term or less. Uh we're going to get a fixed interest rate. Uh we're going to conduct a negotiated sale method. Um we've already received the permanent school fund
029guarantee pre-approval letter uh so that we could use the state's AAA credit rating to get you the best interest rate possible. And go of course the goal is to also get uh and not uh have a tax rate impact on your NS side. So that's going to be zero. Right now, uh, we're contemplating entering the market in late February. At that point, we're going to lock in the interest rate and then that'll set up a closing date of late March where the district will receive the full $83.5 million in your project account so you could proceed with your uh projects that you promised the voters. So, the last page here, ladies and gentlemen, is the uh a summary of the parameter sale bond order that you're considering tonight for approval. Basically, this is a uh
030a tool that the attorney general allows us to use. Uh you all have more than $100 million in debt, so you qualify as a sophisticated bond issuer. And the state allows you to uh uh approve the bond documents uh and authorize and delegate the authority to the superintendent or uh the CFO to sign the final documents so that when we do go into the bond market in late February, we don't have to plan that sale around a specific board meeting. So it gives us a little bit more flexibility on when uh to enter the market and uh the superintendent or CFO sign the final documents locking in the rate. The way these have to be structured is that we have to have parameters. That's why they call a parameter bond sale order. Uh the parameters
031we're using is obviously we're not going to issue more than $83.5 million. That's the legal authority here. We're giving ourselves some cushion of 25 years, but the goal is 20 years. Uh the interest rate is super conservative there. Again, we're just providing cushion. We hope to be well below that as well. If for some reason the market is bad, things are happening, crazy things are happening in the world, um the action that you're taking today has a shelf life of 12 months, uh but again, right now we're foreseeing that we'll enter the market in February and deliver those bond proceeds to you in March. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> What What is your take on the interest rates? I know the Fed's just changed it and >> yeah, way
032things are going. Uh so when the that's the interest rate that's mostly in the news and everybody even if you're not in the finance industry understands that things are changing interest rates are going down. The interest rates that we're targeting here for your municipal bonds these are uh long-term interest rates. We're going to try to get a 20 interest rates. So they don't always correlate but uh when the Fed reduces the short-term interest rates uh sometimes the long-term interest rates start falling a little bit. Um for sure right now we've seen most of the drop on the short-term interest rates. So, you're seeing that in your investment pools or or checking accounts wherever you have uh money sitting as a school district. Those have been going down uh uh pretty rapidly, but right now we're
033still seeing attractive municipal bond interest rates for a 20-year transaction. We put 6% here, but our goal is to be uh 4% or less. But I do put a disclaimer. I have no idea what the interest rate is going to be. My crystal ball is pretty foggy. And so, uh, but I I anticipate because the district is a high credit, um, we'll be fine. And, you know, for some reason, February is looking kind of murky and weird, we we could always go earlier or a little bit later, uh, to get that interest rate. >> Good question. Here we are a month after we passed a we passed these bonds and the the state required language that says this is a tax increase and and you're here telling me that still this is a 0% tax
034rate increase, right? That we're still actually not increasing taxes despite what the state required us to print on the ballot. Is that right? >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. >> That's that's amazing. >> Yes, sir. >> Thank you. >> I'll save my com I have commentary on that, but I'll just I'll be quiet. I'll >> also save it. >> Thanks. But you're right. >> Good to point that out. Any other questions for Victor? >> Okay. Thank you for coming tonight. >> Yes. It's great to see everybody. Congratulations again and uh we'll >> home tonight. >> Well, yes, but I'm going to stop in Austin at our we're headquartered there. So, yeah. Thank you very much. It's great to see everybody. >> Be careful. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Okay. Wesley Brooks, that's up next with our
035monthly finance report. >> Okay. Good evening, members of the board. um our finance report uh for the month month of November. Uh really pretty brief, not a lot to report on. Um we do have um our ADA data through the second six weeks. We're projecting the year um about 28 students lower than what we budgeted. Uh however, our WADA, we're projecting 47 units higher. Um so just based on that piece of the state funding, u we you know project about $300,000 more than what we budgeted. So that's uh that's positive trend there. uh beginning in February, I'll start presenting an overall projection of general fund revenues and expenditures as part of the financial report. Um you may notice too in the consent agenda, we do have the um final audit um report available for approval.
036If you remember last uh month uh we had to um just include a draft because the OM supplement was not yet um released uh by the federal government, but on November 25th they released it and it's essentially um the same as what the the draft was. Um, so really no change in the audit report. It's just available for approval this month. >> Any questions >> for Wesley? >> Do we have any sense yet of what the special ed funding changes will be for this next year? Is there any any other information yet? >> You want to answer that, Wesley? >> Uh, no sir, I have not seen >> nothing. Okay. What all I can tell you is that in my conversations with Lisa when she goes to her conferences and talks to the folks they
037say budget flat. >> Okay. >> And if you get anything above that be thankful. Would you add anything to that, Miss Cochran? >> The only thing that we saw that we've seen that's additional is the $1,000 for evaluation and the state did they have sent those funds and I think that was approximately what $300,000 bring in special education. But as far as our overall funding system, we we do not have clarity on that at all at this time. >> Thanks. >> So Chris, to follow up on that, you said budget flat. Remind me what the state was discussing. I want to say promising, discussing. >> During the session, they told us that they were putting 850 million worth of new dollars in special education funding and that we were also going to go to a
038tiered services uh funding formula >> and that the intent was for districts to get more money as a result of that. Ultimately, I I think we might, but because they really don't right now, they're in a bit of a data collection mode on trying to figure out what that tiered services model is going to look like. And so when they're telling us to budget flat, I think I think that is a conservative approach. But the 850 million um hitting us in ways that we thought was going to generate significant income from the district, I do not believe that's going to be the case. They made some tweaks to the amount of money we get on miles for special education buses >> um or special education routes. Um it's murky whether or not this $1,000 per
039new initial evaluation might have been folded into that. And so, um, as tends to be the case, the state will communicate things coming out of session in ways that have one sound, but then when you get into the details, the reality is far different from that. >> So, I recall there was a great deal of excitement back in the spring about how much new money was being pumped into public education and and so far what what have we seen? >> Uh, we've seen teacher pay raises. >> Okay. which is worthy. I I don't I don't want to drive by that like it's not meaningful, but I I' I've said it so many times. Um they did a lot for adults, they did almost nothing for children and not all adults, cuz when I say teacher
040pay raises, y'all know we've been through this a 100 times. A a select group of teachers, not all teachers. And within that select group, teachers that have three years of experience or more. >> And by the way, the most that our teachers got in Midwestd was $5,000. You can go to Abbott and it's $8,000 for reasons no one can explain. I don't know why a teacher teaching 22 kids in this district is somehow less valuable than teacher teaching 22 kids in academy but for whatever reason that seems to be the case. >> I think if if I may that's a point to be reminded of as often as possible. Uh I got a note from one of our public education advocates who just wanted to point out all candidates have filed for Texas legislative offices
041as they launch their campaigns. this is the time to tell them to commit funding local commit to funding local public schools and uh there's a it's raise your hand Texas and you can find more information through that. I just think it bears repeating what we've been promised what we've received and now is the time to continue that conversation forward. >> Indeed. And what I would say is I can say almost anything right now and it's going to be lost in the wash of Merry Christmas. But starting when we come back in January, I'm going to start trying to communicate to our staff in as many different ways as I can that you can't wait till the general election. The primaries are in March >> and that's when elections are won in the state of Texas.
042They are won at the primaries and we have to get our educators more active and involved in the primary election process. And so we're going to >> as we did last spring, we're going to hit it hard again this spring. >> Thank you. Anyone else for Wesley? All right. Thank you, Wesley. Okay, next we call Ken Wolf up to the podium. He is going to talk to us about the project delivery method presentation, >> which is always interesting. >> Always good stuff. >> Good evening board. Uh thanks for letting me come up here and visit with you about our delivery methods. Um just to kind of a little overview, there are several things that a board must do uh once we pass bomb before we can get started with construction. One of those things we're
043going to talk about tonight which are the various uh construction delivery methods. The other one is adopt a prevailing uh wage rate schedule. Um prevailing wage rate schedule and the survey. Uh they're required by Texas government code. Uh there are two different methods that we can uh use to get that prevailing wage rate schedule. Uh one is to conduct a survey of wages in the immediate district area. So think region 12, what Waco is doing um temple colle of labor uh wage rate schedule which is commonly known as Davis Bacon. Um we are currently updating the wage rate schedule that you all adopted back in 2019 as part of that bond program. So we've reached out to the Central Texas Association of General Contractors for their most current survey. um reached out to Waco ISD
044for their most current survey uh and some of the other larger districts in the area to see uh what they're paying and then we will uh compile all that information and then bring you a recommendation uh in January of what the wage wage rate schedule that's hard to say uh should be. Um so talking about the different types of delivery methods uh you see up there on your screen there are several different types that the board or the administration can recommend to the board uh to utilize for various different projects. Uh competitive bidding competitive seal proposals uh construction manager agent uh construction manager at risk design build and then job order contracting uh kind of better known as inter interlocal agreements. You'll hear us talk about buy things like that. That's kind of what that's
045alluding to. Uh competitive bidding is just your basic old way of getting a price for something. It's low bid. There's not a whole lot of negotiating negotiations that you can do with it. It's kind of you get what you get and you don't throw a fit. Um you can't negotiate uh any kind of additional scope uh creep or anything like that. You're kind of locked into the price uh of what you're going to do. Um it's the more traditional method of procurement. So you hear everybody talk about low bid. um that that's what it is. It's kind of what everybody the gold standard that kind of everybody goes by. Um competitive seal proposals is kind of a little bit of a step above that. Uh competitive seal proposals kind of use a um rating metric
046that is predetermined uh to help select the contractor uh that you're wanting to use um or would like to use. Uh and those metrics are are set forth in the proposal. uh when you set those proposals out um that method uh you've got to kind of rank them uh by what you consider to be the best value, not necessarily the lowest price. So just because contractor A gives you a lower price, but contractor B may hit your time deadline or is a little more reput reputable than contractor A, you can kind of weigh those things out and shake them out and get what's truly uh better for the district. Um you can also kind of negotiate some of those things without having to solicit new proposals. So maybe your proposals come in over budget, you
047can tweak those a little bit to say, "Hey, we we need to get this thing a little bit tighter. What can we to do that?" So that gives you a little bit of flexible negotiation there. Um construction manager agent. Uh that one is a little more different a little more complicated. Um this is where the district would actually be kind of like the GC and hold all the contracts with the subcontractor. They assume all the risk. If the subcontractor goes belly up, they've got to handle uh getting new subcontractors, uh working uh with the construction manager agent to try to figure out what that looks like, different things. Um the construction manager agent does not assume any risk. All that risk and liability lies solely on the district. Um they basically kind of come in
048and help you administer the project. Uh kind of, you know, maybe some of the paperwork or uh working with the permits, things like that. um they uh again like I said they don't hold they can't direct the subs on different things that do all that kind of comes from the district itself all the pay apps get submitted to the district the district has to cut all the checks um so it can be a very lengthy long process uh come the monthly payroll for uh putting up all those pays and stuff it's not something that you see real common in school districts some of your larger ones maybe Dallas Fort Worth uh Austin some of those might do this just because you save a little bit of money by not having um a construction manager at
049risk, but you also have a whole staff dedicated to that. So, it kind of washes out. Um you've got to be ready to, you know, handle all the the fallout of the project and you you kind of got to lean on the individual subs and not just one prime uh point of contact. Um the construction manager at risk, that's the one that most everybody in our general area utilizes. Um it's the one we're going to recommend later on. Uh that's the one where you get a a contractor and they basically assume all the risk. Um they are the ones that negotiate with the uh subcontractors. They're the ones that uh you ultimately pay for the project. um they come in early on to kind of help you with um pre-construction, you know, so whatever your
050project may be, they can come on board a little early, uh work with architect and help kind of work out some of the kinks ahead of time that you might run into during that project, which is why they're kind of best used for uh complex renovations or tight schedules or brand new ground buildup. you know, they can be on there and tell you, you know, look at the soils and tell you, you know, different methods and means of of construction that'll help save you some money in the long run. Again, like I said, most every district in our immediate area utilizes this one. Um, and it's probably 90% utilized across the state as the the main po uh course of delivery method for for larger projects. Um, design build is not one you typically see
051um for for a major project. It may be something good for a little one-off project. Um, but it is one where your contractor, your architect are kind of the same same person or they will the contractor will go out and solicit and hire the architect themselves and kind of work that way. Um, it can get real costly um because you don't have co total control over your project. Um, it also requires an independent third-party oversight to help oversee and manage that uh part of it. So that becomes a whole another cost aspect utilized by that. I don't know of any district around that has ever done a design build project. Uh personally I haven't done one and and like I said I the districts I've been at and have visited with that I know of
052have never done one. It's just it's just not something that's in the best interest of the of the way we do things. Um, job order contracting. Uh, JooC, what you hear everybody talk about is is kind of a a method used for minor construction, more more of maintenance and repair. Uh, think of HVAC unit change outs. Um, you know, you may just go straight to one contractor, solicit some bids, uh, get him to change those units out for you. There's not a whole need for a lot of construction documents, uh, things like that. Uh, it can save you time on bidding. Um, it's great for for quick repairs and emergencies. um you you you can use those for smaller projects. You don't you know you wouldn't JC a whole addition to a building. It's just
053and actually I think there may be some legalities that don't allow you to do that. Um again, the district can enter into interlocal agreements with other districts and purchasing co-ops to help utilize their existing JOCC's. Uh we're a member of just about every purchasing co-op there is in the state. Uh so we can utilize all those. Uh we're we'll be visiting about this. This is one that we'll also utilize for HVAC repairs, maybe lighting upgrades, roofing upgrades, um things like that throughout the course of this bond. Um so I said, our intended delivery methods, we will uh intend to use a couple of different of those delivery methods that we've reviewed. The CM method will be used primarily for the U high school athletics additions and renovations. And then the campus utilization improvements uh that
054will come at a later date. We'll also use the jock and the interlocal agreements for methods like I talked about for uh single projects like the field lights uh roofs HVAC uh some lighting change outs in campuses maybe some flooring uh whatever other uh little small projects that we've identified uh uh through our facilities assessment. So with that I will turn it over to Mr. Shelton to talk a little bit about the lights and then we'll circle back for some questions y'all might have. Thank you. Good evening. >> Before we transition to lights, I just want to say that there's an item later in the agenda that would uh authorize the district to use CM for the third edition, the the addition of the third gym at the high school. >> And all the district
055would be asking for is permission to use that delivery method. We would then go out for RFQ, >> correct? >> And start having construction firms for just that one portion of the bond. >> Yes. just just it for now. And then we're also going to talk about field lights. So we're we're actually asking for like permission for two different things. So C just for the third gym at the high school and then Brad's going to talk about field lights, which we're going to talk about doing a job order contract in a local agreement. And those are both later in the agenda for consideration. But just wanted you to be aware before we transition that that's the big picture about what we're trying to get done tonight so we can start getting some of that feedback
056from our local construction firms so that when we do get funded we can go good evening. Just a little bit about the lights and and just specifically talking about the soccer lights uh at our game field, our grass field next to Panther Stadium. We've had several bulbs out for the past year and we've kind of been holding off on replacing those just in the hopes with the the board's leadership and and uh packs that we that we would get the the bond approved. Uh so we would not put money which could have which was going to cost $8 to $10,000 to get those lights up to where we needed them to be. Uh invest that money knowing that we were going to have a bigger project if the bond were to pass. Uh you know
057obviously soccer season, we're in our scrimmage portion of the soccer season now. the foot candles is the way we measure lights. Uh the the light output and UIL basically says that our range is 30 to 50 is an acceptable range. Uh we're right now operating between 11 and 19 on our field. Uh we've got several bulbs out. Uh and again, we didn't want to put money into it and then turn around and have a whole replacement project. We didn't think that was very responsible. Uh so that's what we're asking tonight is if in athletics if we could go ahead and address that soccer field complex. uh now with the hopes of getting that project done in January uh to allow those kids to have the season that'll go through till March uh playing under some
058some quality lights that one that are UIL compliant but just you know obviously better better lit field for our kids to participate on. Uh there's a couple of pictures of just some of the bulbs that that that we're operating with right now. That's a recent picture. Uh any any questions about the the soccer field, soccer lights or >> will you talk a little bit about how you came up with that estimate at 190,000? Like how many different groups did you talk to? >> Absolutely. Uh so using using the uh our cooperatives uh we've gone to three different companies uh and and ask them to price out not only the soccer complex but all of the all of the projects. So, tennis, Panther Stadium, baseball, softball, river valley, rice field. Uh, because we would like to
059use one company for all of them just for ease convenience and ease of use. We would have control remotely of all the lights. We would have monitoring from the company over all of the lights instead of piecing out the projects. Uh, so we've itemized each project and then I have a total number. Uh, the soccer came out to about 185 190 with a little contingency. And then all of the projects, uh, I've got different quotes, but three of them, but one of them was under 1.2, one was a little over 1.2, and one was 1.5. Uh, so I I I think we're going to be in a good spot under budget of what we allocated in the bond process uh for all of the projects. And then once we get soccer done and we have
060the accessibility of the funds, you know, we would try to move to Panther Stadium next so we would have those lights for graduation. Um, and then, you know, it's it's the special LED lights is going to be the cost saving. uh we'll have the ability to do different colors and make them dance and you know make games special when we score, make graduation a little more special. Uh and one of the bigger things uh you know we do the fireworks show at graduation. Well, you know, turning off the incandescent bulbs, you turn them down, they have to cool down, you can't turn them back on. So, we've been real limited in what we can do with these LEDs. We can schedule them, switch them on and off, turn them back on. Uh and hopefully make
061that a little more special evening. >> All we'd be asking for tonight is the money just for the soccer >> just for soccer. we would do as part of a separate permission because we might even need some light engineering. Not I don't mean boy that was a pun. I didn't mean minor engineering cuz we're actually going to have to wreck poles at River Valley Middle School. >> Correct. River Valley would be new construction. We when we uh did the construction of River Valley and added the athletic edition, we did run the conduit but they're just conduits. So you we will have to construct poles and the foundation for those poles and add the new lights. Everything else we will use existing poles. Okay. >> Uh and go up and just replace the incandescent with some
062LEDs. uh the RGB bulbs and and and the paparazzi effects. So >> So the new LED lights will work fine with those poles and the wiring there. >> None of not any none of the three have indicated that we would have any issues. >> Okay. So the poles are healthy. >> And what's the guarantee on these LED lights >> in terms of >> um warranty is the word I meant to use. >> Uh we get a 25-y year manufacturer warranty on all of them. So you know hopefully you know they say the incandescent bulbs you get about 4,000 hours. the LEDs closer to 10. Uh then there it is coupled with a 25-y year warranty. So I I think it is a good investment. >> So assuming we move forward, will you have everything you
063need in place in time for soccer season? >> Uh yeah, yes and no. So we have a little scheduling conflict. We have a big soccer tournament that for our girls soccer program on January 8th, 9th, and 10th, I believe. So we' probably start now on procuring materials, getting everything lined up, and then probably start January 12th. Uh which is fine. It works on our schedule because then they kind of go into the soccer tournament season where they're out. Uh and if there were was an instance where we needed a game field, we would play them at Panther Stadium. >> Uh so our our goal would be to have it by the end of January >> in time for district play anyway. >> In time for district play and this and our soccer season won't end
064until March 21st, 22nd. Uh we go into playoffs. So I they will have a couple two months playing under the new lights for sure. Are there any local firms involved or are they all out of town? That >> all out of town. >> Can you repeat your answer? I didn't hear that. >> All out of town. >> And which procurement method are you looking to use? >> The co-op. >> This is pricing. So, basically, we're going to use the general funds to pay for the lights for the soccer field and be reimbursed by the bond money that comes in later in the year. >> Yes, ma'am. >> What are the other So, River River Valley, we talked about Ricefield. Are we are we doing baseball and softball out of this too? >> We're doing baseball,
065softball, >> tennis. Uh we did half the courts in LED uh about a year ago last summer. So we need the other half. Uh and then they will connect them so they're all on the same system so we can control them remotely or are on site. Uh soccer obviously Panther Stadium would be the other one. Rice Field, Midway Middle, >> right? So >> just to clarify, are we replacing all of the soccer field with LED or would we peace mealing? >> All all of our bulbs would go to LED >> and that's going to be fed into the central control so that you would have access to >> you can turn them on from your phone. We just had that done in our house for the holiday lights and it is the greatest thing to
066bread. But but having centralized control over all of our utilities I think is amazing 100%. >> But it's also a lot of fun. >> To your to your point, we have a lot of coaches that like we'll run cross country practice in the morning or track practice in the morning or seventh grade football in the morning and our coaches are having to go underneath the stadium manually, turn all the lights on, come back, turn them off. Well, you know, the sun's going to come up at 7:00. We're not going to turn them off immediately seven because they're coaching, you know. So now all of a sudden we can schedule those just on a phone to come on and go off at certain times. Yeah. >> We could turn them all on from our phone. Turn
067them all off from our phone. So the convenience level actually >> extremely efficient. >> Yeah. >> And then if you can sync it up to your the fight song and make the lights dance in >> that there are there will be a couple of fields that we will be able to do that with. >> Sounds great. >> Yep. Awesome. Any any questions about >> any more questions for Brad? Not that I have a vested interest, but how's baseball and softball? Are those uh >> I know they're not as bad as soccer, but I know that's a season coming up pretty soon. >> It is a season coming up. And and to be quite honest, I I don't have the whole our very next project would be Panther Stadium. >> Uh because of graduation being such
068a big event and community event, >> uh then it is trying to find time in the season like you know, we're playing BA, you know this, we're playing baseball games four days a week. >> Yeah. I I I anticipate it would be very challenging to do baseball and softball in the spring. Uh we would probably do that right at the end of May, early June, uh to get those projects up and running. And you know, River Valley is going to require some construction. Uh so maybe pushing that project to the summer. So our goal would be to have everything up and running summertime. >> While you're replacing, you're have you have you might have moments where you actually have no lights because you're in between old >> 100%. And you know, like in baseball, softball
069that that just not tenable, >> right? Yes. >> Okay. Any more questions for Brett? >> Can I ask a It's more of a Ken question probably. It's actually kind of a Jesse question, too. >> Um I'm assuming the various technology pieces that Jesse needs to move on are effectively these co-ops and job order contracting. That's that's the process you're going to use. You you don't need extra authority to get moving on servers and memory and stuff, right? Okay, good. Because I know that's >> I've heard about memory costs going through the roof and they're closing down manufacturers and things. So yeah, >> prices are currently surging. >> Yeah. Okay. >> I'm going to get to you guys as fast as I can. >> Yeah. I just didn't know if we needed >> We might even
070have something January 8th. >> I mean, is that something that we would need to actually approve again? >> You'll have what you'll have to approve is this is the >> the method >> the dollars. >> Oh, the dollars. Okay. Okay. >> And we can do so like tonight what we're going to ask you to do later is approve the delivery method of um job order contract using my board >> for the lights and then authorize the superintendent negotiate >> not to exceed $190,000. >> You could see something very similar to that January 8 or regular January board on complete data center refer every day we wait is costing us money. Now we're also having to do our due diligence. So we want to be quick without rushing you know necessarily. Jess has been working on
071this like a coal miner for a while already trying because it is the I'm glad that you brought that up because the price increase on this is >> well the timing with the time of year everybody shuts you know so many people shut down and don't work as much with the holidays so that adds to the >> could be hundreds of thousands of dollars of difference >> that's good >> um I got a couple comments so um >> I' I'm not a big fan of board and my experience is I mean one one of the things They they they I can't remember is it 2 and a half% >> um Wesley, you got you guys don't see it, but they charge the contractors. >> The vendors pay it. Yeah. >> Yeah. They charge us money
072that would be savings to the district. So, you know, I I would definitely say if something's on a larger scale and speed is not necessarily the most important thing, I I would go competitive seal proposal or design build. About 30% of the business I did at Capstone was design build. Did a lot of it for school districts, too. And if it's a project that's a single focused project, HVAC, or if you're just doing a roof or you're, you know, doing a a single scope type project, uh I would prefer those methods over over the co-op method. Um I I think you'll get you'll get a better price overall. It might take a little more work on the district side, but I think it pays off. >> Well, and locally, right? It's a chance to work
073locally potentially, too, with some folks, which might actually be some have some value. >> Yeah. And it gives everyone a fair shot. >> Yeah. >> And sometimes that's important even though it's painful sometimes. >> I've had some experience with design build. We did it where I came from and it worked out very very well for us. But to your point, there were kind of single not scope like single discipline work. Yeah. >> But there was work that we're doing that was like that. And so we'll be looking at all these delivery methods project by project. >> Yeah. >> There's there's no one that would have bid on these lights that wasn't already in the buy board deal. and and Brad Ly was calling them and having them compete with each other in the process. And
074so that's why we kind of felt comfortable with this >> for the purpose of these soccer lights especially. >> Yeah. >> Um and I know the I know there's a little bit of effort at the uh state legislative level to investigate by board on some stuff too. So yeah, >> that's good. We we need them to squeeze better on their >> Yeah. >> fees that they're hiding. So >> yeah. Well, it's always good to go over these methods and what what they mean, what the acronyms mean. So, thank you, Kim, for that. We appreciate it. Anybody else have any questions? >> I have one for Ken. Um, you talked about the two acceptable methods for um wage rates. What have we traditionally used? Have we used the local method or are we using the Davis
075Bacon? >> The last one that was adopted was a local method. Um, I believe Angela, our current our council is the one that conducted the the survey and compiled all the information, then submitted it uh for approval. So, I've just taken I've got that one and then just doing all that work without having to run it through her office. >> And that that will typically give you more competitive wage rates. >> That's what I've heard too is that that usually can save >> the federal rates are ridiculous at some point. >> Yeah, you save money adopting your own versus the Davis bacon. Yeah, that's what I've been told as well. Thank you. >> Yeah, >> good question. >> Yeah, >> you're on the board. Good job. >> And you can if other questions come up
076later, you can ask Chris or reach out to Ken. I'm sure happy to help. >> Perfect. For sure. >> Complicated. All right. Thank you so much. >> Thank you, Ken. Thank you, Brad. >> Okay. Consideration items. Consent agenda. We have minutes of the November 17th, 2025 special called meeting. Minutes of the November 18th, 2025 special called meeting. Minutes of the November 18th, 2025 regularly scheduled board meeting. Minutes of the December 2nd, 2025 special called Called meeting. Early graduation request designate alternate approver for Texas Education Agency. Carolyn Wyn, MISD 202627 academic calendar, new course for MHS, principles of chemistry 2, which is a lecture, and introduction to chemical practices 2, which is a lab. List of recommended library materials. Approved construction delivery method for MHS addition and campus utilization projects. We talked about and approved construction
077delivery method and authorize superintendent to negotiate purchase of soccerfield lights and Midway High School. And hang on, that's it, isn't it? No, >> we do. That's still under consent. Thank you. My page turned. um policy update 126 affecting local policies and then the annual financial audit report. Does anyone want to pull any of these items out before we vote on the consent agenda? >> I'd like to look at number seven just for a couple questions. >> Okay, >> calendar wants to pull number seven. Any others that want to be have pulled? Okay. So, I'm going to need to ask for a motion to accept the consent agenda items number one, two, three, four, five, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. >> So, moved by Brad. Do I have a second? >> Second by
078Jordan. He's in right away. There we go. Awesome. All right. Any further discussion? Okay. All in favor say I. >> I. I. >> Any opposed? Okay. That motion carries unanimously. All right. Colin number seven. >> Hey, so I read through the um the write up on this um and I just two questions, one specific question, but more generally, what you said there were some tweaks to to see based on feedback from staff kind of what were those what areas were those in? Could you just just sort of generally because I looked at these but we didn't really talk about them at our last meeting. So I should know what was changed if you >> Thank you. >> Um we moved a date from October 30th to November 1st which moved a a teacher work day
079from the last day of the six weeks to the first day of the six weeks because it gave us another full week in the second six weeks. rather than having another four day week in the second six weeks and it just bumped it to the third six weeks. >> Okay. Okay. >> Um so there was that change and then there was uh that may have been the only other change. >> Okay. Hey, so just tell us sort of the thinking behind doing the doing the Monday Tuesday in October rather than what I would say is the more traditional Friday Monday thing that that we've done in the past. Like what's the thinking? So the the greatest help is that it gives you more uninterrupted weeks in that second six weeks time frame because when we
080have the Friday Monday and then also we had that Friday off on the 30th or the 31st for Halloween, there were four to five interrupted weeks in the second six week of school. So we could never get started with a five day week before we had to stop again for a holiday. And then with um a Monday, Tuesday, we have you get a 4-day fall break and it includes that Columbus Day when other families would have that day off potentially for the holiday break. Um but it keeps us from having two 4 day weeks. So you only have a single interrupted day or a single interrupted week. The other thing that it helps us with is anyone who has a child or is involved in an extracurricular program in the fall, >> like a Friday,
081>> because those people will not be off on a Friday in the fall. >> Yeah. >> Because all of our athletic groups are going, they're going to meet on a Friday. >> Our band and dance and all of those programs are also going to be at school on a Friday. It's you well know that it's Bandtober in October. So all of those groups also meet every Friday and Saturday in October. And so for for those groups, it's I mean it's a heavily weighted secondary kind of uh thought for that. But um with those programs functioning on Fridays, they weren't getting the day off anyway. So this gives us an opportunity to actually give some people potentially at least a three-day break that Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and it includes that Monday off for Columbus Day when
082other people may have that day off as a family. So, um it allows us to have more full weeks so that we can have weeks of instruction. Um and then it allows us to have a holiday with that actually giving more people potentially a three-day break at least in that in that time frame. >> Yeah, I I think that's great. I think it the it's interesting to me because the one you know the one feedback I'd had from a parent when these calendars came out a month ago and people were kind of looking at them um was people thought it was strange a Tuesday because it the the reaction from one parent was man it's going to be a lot harder for me to do child care and other things since Friday is more of
083a traditional day off kind of thing but I totally get what you're saying especially about the Friday night lights kind of thing so >> right >> so so last I know last year there was more intentionality of creating in 4 day weeks. >> Yeah. >> Because of the competitive natures of area districts. >> Mhm. >> Um and maximizing the number of those. How how did that play out? Was that as important as you thought it would be? I mean, you're not you're you know, choosing not to maximize it here, >> right? >> So, is >> it was a lot of interrupted school? >> Yeah. the the teacher committees that we worked with um they appreciate having um breaks throughout the year and the professional development days I think throughout the year but there was as
084much of a balance of we would like to finish a school week and establish routines >> um and not have the disruption while we have those routines and things going on. It's difficult to to have instruction and give an assessment in a week when there's only four days week weeks after weeks after week. So we saw both sides of it certainly. >> So So this is more teacherdriven to to make some of this >> I think instruction driven. >> Instruction instruction driven. Okay, there you go. >> Yeah. >> I'm And let me just say I'm not opposed necessarily what we're doing. I just wanted to get a better sense of what what was changed. >> We did this a couple years ago and it worked out well to have a Monday Tuesday break because it
085gave us less interrupted weeks. >> I think I thought we did a Thursday Friday. I didn't think we did a Monday Tuesday, but maybe maybe you're right. Maybe you're right. But it's the same concept. It's the same concept. >> And if we had done Thursday, Friday, we wouldn't have had Columbus Day off, right? Which would have been around then. No holiday that other people would have had off. >> So is graduation then May 21st or is that May 28th? >> Be the 21st. >> 21st. Okay. >> Yeah. >> And then teachers would come back the week after, >> right? that would be an option for teachers to come back because we plan to deliver a lot of our what would traditionally have been summer professional development. We would house during that week so that they
086would have it right after school gets out so they wouldn't maybe be on vacation yet and they could come back and have it >> all combined in that one week and be able to attend it >> potentially together as a team before people were out and had, you know, various scheduled things happening. >> Excellent. Thank you. Thank you. Anything else? Call in. Everybody good? >> Okay. So, I need a motion that we accept uh consent agenda item number seven, MISD 20 26 27 academic calendar. >> So moved by Colin. I have a second by Jonathan. Any discussion? Okay. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? The motion carries unanimously. Okay. Okay. Next, we need to consider the district's bond order. This is an order authorizing the issuance of one or more series
087of the district's unlimited tax school building bonds in the maximum amount of 83,500,000 levying an ad valorum valerum tax for the payment thereof. Delegating the authority to district staff to approve and execute related documents and other matters in connection therewith. just go straight into the motion. There's nothing really to discuss. Moved. >> All right. So, I have a motion by um Rick. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Okay. >> Second by Pam. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? >> Okay. The motion carries unanimously. Consideration of personnel. Uh we need to do deliberate the appointment employment evaluation reassessment duties disciplines or dismissal of public officer or employee here complaint or charge against an officer employee. We do need to go into close session under Texas government's code 551.074 to
088discuss personnel and reorganization of the board and Texas government code 551.081 personally identifiable information about public school students. Before we go into close session, Dr. Allen, would you like to address your superintendent's communications first? >> I will do so briefly. First of all, just draw your attention to the fact that I've delivered to each trustee self-evaluation and blank evaluation documents for you to use in preparation for superintendent evaluation. Um, if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me about that. Quick shout out to Amarie and the district. Really, she she leads this effort, but it really is a group effort. Campus leaders work really hard in all this. For Thanksgiving, we packed and delivered 180 boxes for Hunger-Free. And the next event that takes place in this room will be a repeat
089of that same effort for Christmas. There'll be another 180ish is what I'm hearing in Amarie. And we'll be in here Wednesday and Thursday packing and loading. And we have local churches and other civic groups that come in to help deliver those boxes. So, in about a 4 week span, 360 meals. Uh, well, that's true because it's more than one meal per box, but 360 boxes. A lot of people work on this district's fund raise. We sell t-shirts and whatever, but Amry's the point person on that. And I just wanted you to know now in a time when um a lot of folks kind of kind of wonder like what are we doing to take care of our people? I just wanted you to know that that that's kind of the big effort right now. And
090uh kudos to for all that work and those who support that. Um, speaking of food, the district has been named a finalist, one of three finalists for the HB Excellence and Education Awards in the district category. >> Awesome. >> We are communicating with um folks who are going to need help come in. They're going to be here the January 16th. We can only have 12 people. It's really funny. They said, "I'm invited to lunch. I'm just not allowed to talk." So, um, their instructions are very clear and specific. So, we're working on what that looks like and we'll be contacting you over the next several weeks. But wanted y'all to know that and we've not we've not talked about it a whole lot yet. They'll be a blast on that tomorrow. But it's a pretty
091high honor being one of the top three in that small uh district category. And so we're excited about that and that'll be occupying quite a bit of our time just as soon as we come back from break. And then and then the last thing I would say is merry Christmas to everyone. We're about we're a hop skipping a jump from being out of school for 2 weeks and I want everybody to be safe and do things that are responsible and smart. I'm talking to the young people here. Um, but also to have time with friends and family and fellowship and if you're traveling, be safe and all that good stuff. >> Thank you very much. Merry Christmas to you as well, Dr. Allen. >> And it is so important to take care of our own.
092So, thank you, Emry, for always taking care of the hunger-free MISD program. And congratulations on your retirement. Um, we're glad you're not completely going away. So, that's that's good. Trying to be positive. Trying to be positive, but thank you for all you do and you have done. So, we appreciate you very much. Okay. I'm going to announce that we are going to go into close session session pursuant to Texas Government Code section 551.074 and section 551.081 at 811. >> All right. >> Let's go. over. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Oh, sorry. to jump in my little chair. Okay. >> Wow, we're getting through in record time. >> I know. I'm trying to go fast. Okay. The board is going to reconvene our public meeting at Sure. You don't want to be >> 8. No, I
093can't. Yes. >> 8:41. Does that sound good? No action was taken in close session. With the vacancy of the president, members of the board of trustees must reorganize ourselves. President, Vice President, and Secretary will be elected from the seven member board. I will need someone to make a motion to nominate our new board president. And well, sorry, have to name a new board president and then we will >> I nominate Susan Vic. >> Second. Thank you very Okay, I was going to ask you any other discussions. >> I do have a point. >> Yes. >> Which is unusual. >> That's okay. You want to >> um You want to vote? >> No, I'm not. I just I just want to make a quick point before this vote's taken. I just want to acknowledge the historical
094significance of what may be getting ready to occur. For the first time in the history of the Midway Independent School District, we're about to elect a female president to the board of trustees. >> And I think it's worth just contemplating that uh like in a positive way. I'm not saying everybody slow down, but >> it is positive. It is positive. >> It's a it's a historic moment. And I just wanted to to take a second to acknowledge that before the board votes. I appreciate that. It's um wasn't my intention to make this historic moment, but I'm I'm very happy and proud to have been nominated and to be the first president if that happens in a few minutes. So, it's pretty cool. Okay, so I believe we had a motion to elect Susan Vic as
095president and we had by Rick and we had a second by Pam. Is that correct? >> Correct. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? That motion passes unanimously. Thank you all very much for your votes of confidence. >> Congratulations. >> Let's go. >> I'm excited. Big change is coming. Just get ready. >> You need to have and I will give you memorized by the next meeting. I don't want you not anymore. >> We will need We will We need to get Jordan a robe before graduation. I'm just saying. >> Would you like to read? >> No, I told you that after I got elected. There we go. and the stone questions. The stone Susan questions. >> Okay. So, the next position we need to fill is is that of vice president.
096Um >> I >> do I have any nominations? Okay. We've had >> a second. We're moving so quickly. So, we got Yes. So, Pam Watts has been nominated to be our vice president. It has been um the motion was made by Colin. It was seconded by second seconded by Jordan. So, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Okay, that motion passes unanimously. Congratulations, Pam, on being our new vice president. >> Two female officers. >> That's right. That's probably also historic as well. Um, we also need to name a new secretary with Pam now being the vice president. So, do I have any motions to nominate a secretary? >> I nominate Colin Whit. >> Okay. Do I have a second? So, >> okay. So, it was nominated by Jonathan for Colin Wit
097to be our new secretary and Brad seconded that motion. All of those in favor say I. >> I make sure. >> Any opposed? That motion has passed unanimously. So, congratulations Colin. Thank you for serving the secretary. >> We needed one man on the officer's board >> already practicing signing my name. >> That's right. >> What did he say? signing his name. Okay, we are out of agenda items. At least on my multiple sheets here, I do not see any more. So, at >> I need my cell phone. >> 8:46. >> 84. >> 8:46, we would journ the meeting. Merry Christmas everyone. >> I don't think we have a thousand.