001Please stand as Trusty Blunt leads us in the invocation and pledges of allegiance. We'll start with the invocation. Almighty and most God, we ask your guidance and blessing upon this board, students, parents, patrons, teachers, and administrators as we are assembled here this evening in the common pursuit of this great nation's wealth, our children. Amen. Amen. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all the flagis. It is now 6:01 and the meeting will now be officially called to order. Good evening and welcome to this regular meeting of the North Side Board of Trustees. Before we call our first agenda item, we would just like to briefly review some of our rules for conducting our meeting. The order
002of business is set out on our agenda. One item that you may notice on the agenda is the consent agenda and it includes things that are recurring of nature and all items under that consent agenda are acted upon in one motion. If there's a consent agenda item that anyone here would like to address, please sign up to speak to that item and we'll pull it from the um consent motion and discuss separately. The purpose is to conduct board business and for that reason it is held in the public. It's not a public forum. However, we do provide the opportunity for audience participation. If anyone wishes to address the board regarding citizens to be heard agenda items, we must complete a signup sheet prior to the start of the meeting. And if there's anyone who would
003like to address the board during an agenda item, we just ask that you please complete a signup sheet and indicate that agenda item that you would like to address. These signup sheets are located in the entrance to this room. And so, we do not overlook anyone that would like to speak to the board. We're going to review those rules for addressing that uh board later in the meeting. If there's anyone here who would like to sign up for an agenda item or the citizens to be heard and has not already done so, please let me know. I think we're good to go. So, we're now going to move to our first agenda item, our recognitions. Yes, Madam President, members of the board, uh welcome uh to the North Side Activity Center. We are excited. We
004have actually six different groups that have uh attained excellence uh in a variety of activities and so we are very very excited to recognize I believe we've got a little over 150 uh student scholars uh that you'll have the opportunity to recognize. So uh parents thank you for being here in advance. Barry Perez uh our assistant superintendent for communications is going to provide some instructions uh how uh will flow logistically. parents, uh we encourage you, you're more than welcome to have uh photos taken, take photos. Uh but uh we will also be posting the photos that are taken uh to our web page. Uh so Barry, I'm going to hand it over to you. If I can have the trustees please join me in front of the DAS and we'll get started with some really
005exciting acknowledgements and recognitions. >> Thank you, Dr. Craft. We are thrilled uh to be here tonight. We're honoring some outstanding students and some equally amazing staff this evening. And while our trustees take their place in front of the dis I am going to give a few bit of uh instructions to the honores um and also for any parents that are here. So we have reserved a small section on this front row. So, if you are a parent or family member or friend wishing to get a picture and and you're not able to from where you're seated, when your student or honore comes up, feel free to come up to this front row, get your picture, and and then head back to your place. If you're an honore, please make sure that on your chair you
006pick up your name tag. You're going to hand that to me here. When you come up, you're going to bring your certificate so that when you take a picture with the trustees, you have your certificate to hold. In just a minute, when you bring your name tag, I'll call your name. You're going to proceed in front of the DAS. You'll see all of the trustees are lined up. You're going to greet each one. At the very end, Dr. Craft is going to stop you because we're going to have you come back to the middle to get a picture with our group of trustees. You're going to exit that side of the disas and as a group we're going to have you wait on the other side because we want to get a group picture and
007rather than bring you back in front we're going to take the picture on that side in that open space. So there will be staff members who will catch you who will arrange your group so that we can get a group picture of you. Trustees you are welcome to join in that group picture. Um however because of the space limitations and the size of the groups we are going to take them in that um in that kind of area that's on the other side. And so this evening we're going to start with not a student award but this is rather an award recognizing campuses and staff and their hard work. The Texas School Counselor Association recognized 37 Northside ISD schools with 2024 2025 awards for counseling excellence. Crest stands for counselors reinforcing excellence for students in
008Texas. Schools receiving the Crest Award have demonstrated a commitment to using their school guidance and counseling programs to improve students lives and academic, career, and social achievement. Accepting the board's recognition this evening is Elizabeth Flores Northid's director of counseling. Each year, students from across Texas participate in the YMCA Youth and Government Program, a hands-on civic experience that empowers teens through realworld learning. Open to high school students, the program's judicial section immerses participants in mock trials where they serve as judges, attorneys, witnesses, and baiffs. This year, nine students from Marshall Law and Medical Services Magnet School not only qualified for the 2026 YMCA Texas Youth and Government 79th State Conference, but also won first place as the district court team and first place and third place in the county court judge divisions, advancing to the National
009Judicial Conference later this summer. This is the second time LMS has had district court teams place in as many years. They are now among the top 10 teams out of hundreds statewide. We are extremely proud of these students and their dedicated teachers. I would ask that the students come forward for board recognition at this time. We'll begin. Santiago Bautista. Brienne Garcia. Maline Garcia, Elelliana Longoria Laurel Quinn Lyman Emily Moore. Milo Pon. Brooke Ravia. Victoria Wilkins. Yes. A group photo now. >> Get your exercise tonight. >> It's the wellness program. Hello. It's good to see you. Tonight we are proud Tonight we are proud to recognize students from Clark High School and Cast Teach High School for their outstanding achievements at the Texas Association of Future Educators Teach Tomorrow Summit in Dallas. Across the two campuses,
01035 students qualify to compete at the state level, showcasing their passion and talent for the teaching profession. Students from CAS Teach delivered an exceptional performance with 10 students qualifying for the rising educators national conference which will be held this summer in Portland. In addition, the Stevens Cast TF chapter was honored as the outstanding chapter for the entire state of Texas. We are also thrilled to celebrate Maya Martinez, the CAST teach of the year. an incredible honor recognizing her leadership and dedication to the future of education. Students from Clark High School also had an incredible showing at the summit, earning six gold awards, including recognition for their breakout session team, which presented a professional development session earlier this year. Clark's chapter was also recognized by the Texas Association of Secondary School Principles and TF as an
011outstanding chapter. In addition, Clark High School set a new chapter record with 15 students advancing to compete at the national level in Portland. These students represent the next generation of educators and their achievements reflect not only their hard work and dedication but although also the support of the outstanding teachers and mentors who guide them. Please join me in congratulating them now. Ivy Cross. Janne Garza, Chloe Gonzalez, Alexis Slongoria. Uh, Maya Martinez. Audriana per Alejandro Preci, >> Addison Price, Isabelle Tate. Talon Wagaki. Haley Win. And now our cast teach TF sponsors. Kimberly Olivates, Jordan Henry, Brandy Clay. >> That concludes cast teach. So, we're going to do a group picture of of this group. >> And now we'll do a a group picture with the students. I look beautiful. We're going to continue honoring our TAFF
012E winners. These now though are representing Clark High School. And we begin with Annabelle Dion. Mariana Idalapore. Emmanuel Garcia. Paisley Huddleston. Jordan Himenez. Tae Johnson, Zion Loausano. Oh, Jana Mensel. Oh, Violet Meavo. Jaden Munoz. Unique Nolen, Sarah Pascador, Congratulations. >> Giovana Pettis Flores. Kaen Ramirez. Zariah Rodriguez. Daniela Valdez and the Clark High School TF advisor Sydney Golden. >> Nice. photo. >> Yes, exactly. Yes. Two North Side ISD academic decathlon teams continue to achieve historic victories at the state level, securing their spots in the upcoming national competition. Warren High School placed second at the state finals and is now advancing to the national competition for the second year in a row. For the sixth consecutive year, the Health Careers High School academic decathlon team is headed to the national academic decathlon competition. A record-breaking achievement that
013no other school, large or small, has accomplished. The team The team traveled to Corpus Christi where they captured the state championship title for the small school division and earned over $14,000 in scholarships. They will now head to Anaheim, California for the national competition in April. In addition, the Clark Academic Decathlon team participated in the Frisco Invitational State Meet. They finished in second place overall in the large school division, earning the team more than $3,000 in scholarships. They also won the gold medal in the super quiz relay, scoring 31 out of 39. We'll begin with Miriam Ada. Good luck. >> Alexander Almaras. Yuvon Buchayagari. VC Gaan. Wedkbal. Dalia Nicodemos. Joselyn Smith. Tanya Ugu. and the two health careers high school ACT deck coaches Anthony Bosnik Diana Johnston And we're going to do a group shot now
014with the health careers group. Next group. the Texas Music Educators Association. You're gonna hear about TMEA in a minute, but first we're going to recognize the ACT deck winners from Clark. I apologize. >> We'll begin with Ziker Bush. Karina Fetch. Elelliana Fuks. >> There she is. John Munch, >> Naomi Ty. and the Clark High School ACT deck coach Net Player. Just take a minute. First step. And now we move on to TMEA all-star students. The Texas Music Educators Association is the largest professional organization of music educators in North America. Annually, this association conducts student auditions in concert, band, jazz band, choir, and orchestra. The auditions are rigorous and test each musician's mental fortitude and music skills. Approximately 25,000 students auditioned for the concert band, jazz band, choir, and orchestra. 800 students are selected for one
015of these allstate ensembles. Selection to Texas all state indicates student music achievement in the top 1% of student musicians in Texas. It is the highest individual student music award in public school music education. Their audition work culminates with a command performance during the February Texas Music Educators Association clinic and conference held here in San Antonio. These students rehearse extremely difficult literature for two days under the direction of world-renowned conductors, then performed these masterpieces at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. 13 North Side student musicians were selected for this honor in 2026, representing six of our district high schools. Help me congratulate them and we'll begin with Raleen Angela Legion. Sarah Navaro. >> Congratulations, Sarah. Hana Sinhob, Samuel Duval, Anthony Ku. Ezra Kasanova. Haley Garza Dylan. Excuse me. M Anderson Lorenzo Ramidz. And now we'll recognize
016the directors from Brandeise High School. Choir director Bonnie Wolf from Brandeise High School. Orchestra director Olga DeLeon from Stoayor High School. Band director April Lada from Clark High School. Choir director Leslie Paleo from Stevens High School. Choir Director Emily Harwood >> from from Stevens High School. Band director Ryan Williams >> from Taft High School. Band director Jeremy Chapman. >> And from Warren High School, choir director Colin Varville. Awesome. Oh my good. I don't think so. I keep filling in mine. >> One of his That's great. technology. >> Our last group is recognition of the Texas Theater Scholar Award recipients. We're happy to recognize an outstanding group of thespian students from Okconor and Taft high schools who have earned the prestigious Texas Theater Scholar Distinction. Presented by Texas Thespians, this award honors students who excel both
017academically and artistically. To receive this distinction, students must obtain a minimum 3.0 0 GPA while actively participating in their school's theater program, demonstrating dedication, leadership, and integrity. Those with a 3.5 GPA earned the Vice President's List honor, while students with a perfect 4.0 GPA achieve the President's List recognition. These students embody the spirit of excellence in both academics and the arts, and we celebrate their hard work and commitment. We'll begin with those students from O' Conor High School and we start with Christian Bara. Allison Chernell. >> Isaac Deo. Taylor Ellis. Anderson Groover. Dominic Lopez. Alli Trevino, Cassandra Vera. And wrapping up the Okconor group, we have theater director Michael Arianiano and technical theater director GMO DeLeon. I think they're a picture. >> That concludes Okconor. We're going to do their picture and then we'll come
018back and honor Taft. I do a great job. Right. Trustees, you'll now meet the theater scholars from Taft High School, starting with Hannah Bower. Preston Buchanan. Rusemar Garcia. Sophia Garc Gonzalez. Excuse me. Sophia Gonzalez. Congratulations, Tiffany Maloney. Marilyn Pentech. Cassandra Roachcha Lopez. >> Emma Rodriguez. Alessandra Sarabia Chapa Mia Silva. Ablavi Tossu. Mary Variel and the Taft High School assistant theater director, Carlos Rodriguez. trustees. The final group that we want to recognize tonight are all of the family members that are here in support of those students. I know that the recognition may seem long, but these young men and women have worked very hard. This is their night, but it's also your night as family. If you're a family member, a parent, a guardian, a grandmother, a friend, a sibling, if you'd stand and be recognized.
019All right, line it up one at a time. >> Slightly different for tonight's board meeting, if you've been to our board meetings before, you know that at the end of the superintendent remarks, he leads into a video moment or a video highlight. And it's a special story of something in our district that truly represents who we are. Tonight, we're going to change that up because we want for all of you to see that video and recognize who we are as North Side. Koo Basera Betera is one of the newest team members of the NISD Transportation Maintenance Department. He is a student at the Nelly Reddic Center and is both legally blind and hearing impaired. But he doesn't let that slow him down. With the help of a mentor in the bus transportation department, he is
020learning everything he can about the fine art of auto repair and maintenance. If you would, would you please watch this video about this young man inspiring others to do the unexpected? 19-year-old Kaou from NISD's Reic Center always wanted to become a mechanic. And now he's getting the chance over at the Koolra Transportation Station where they teamed him up with bus technician Henry Cortez to learn a few things. >> Go back. Walk backwards. There you go. Walk it back. >> Henry says so far things are going great. >> Don't matter how much he makes a mistake or not, he's always positive and he's always smiling. >> Kaoo is not afraid to get his hands dirty and worked just as hard as the other technicians. >> Oh yeah. >> Learning everything he can about the fine art
021of auto repair and maintenance. Remember, every bus is different. They're not the same. They may be all yellow, but they're all different. The North Side program is you teach to build. And that's what we're doing with this gentleman. You got it? >> Yep. >> Oh, and there's one more thing you should know about Kaou. >> I'm legally blind. >> He's also hearing impaired. And when it comes to working on motor vehicles, some might call that a deal breaker. But Henry says for a technician, working blind is just another part of the job. We all in the shop are blind when it comes to working on vehicles because you have to use your hands to feel things. Yes, you see it for a second, but you can't get your whole head and body up there. >>
022So, you have to physically grab it, feel it, understand it. See where my fingers at? >> Crimp it. Pull. Keep the tension. He's a young man trying to build a future. And the downfall would be if I don't help him. >> And here in this garage, surrounded by technicians, Kaou is discovering that future. >> That's awesome. I'm glad I get to do this >> here. Kaou isn't different. No one stares. No one asks questions. He's just one of the crew. They even gave him his own official shirt. >> These are yours. Okay. >> Oh, sweet. When they see these, they're going to know you're an honorary technician. He's part of the team. He's part of our maintenance team. He There's no doubt about it. >> You see the fluid? Where's it at? It's right here.
023>> He's giving an opportunity for other individuals that say, "I can't do it." to sit there and see this and say, "Hey, you can do it. Why can't I? >> With us tonight are Koo and his parents, his mentor Henry Cortez, and other members of the transportation department and staff from the Red Center. We're gonna put you in the middle of attention. Thank you, >> Dr. Dudan, that concludes tonight's recognitions. >> Oh, yes. >> Oh, I know. I like >> cheers to my house. >> Okay, let me see. Make sure it looks Got to work tomorrow. So, I'm not >> jingle jingle. >> Yes. all these medals. >> Oh, yes. >> Told me that >> I mean put baby in the corner. They always do. >> There's already teams asking. >> Hi. All right, Sonia.
024>> I didn't know she would know she herself. different countries. I think Turkey >> because they want >> All right. Okay. Now, >> good. We good. >> They want to stay for a couple weeks. >> I like I like all the room though. >> Yes. >> I just want to make sure I can exercise. No, not today. >> Thank you all for coming. We're going to go ahead and move on now to our item agenda number two for the superintendent report. >> Yeah, absolutely. I I think that it's safe to say that is time well spent. Uh congratulations to all of our students and their families. Uh tremendous accomplishments. Uh really this time of year there's so many things going on. uh taking time to celebrate accomplishments and particularly uh accomplishment accomplishments at that level
025is just really really important. So we're very proud of our students. Uh speaking of uh hope you all had a nice spring break. Uh as we often say when we come back from spring break, it's really the sprint to the finish line. Um a couple of items uh that uh we've been tracking and I know there have been some questions in and around. Uh the first pertains to um uh some concerns in regards to uh the appraisal district, not just Bear Appraisal District, but several appraisal districts um and how hold harmless as a result of House Bill 2 was being calculated. Um we've been in involved in meetings with the Bar Appraisal District, with TEA, uh with uh different legislative offices. Long story short, um that has since been corrected. Um and so, uh we
026feel pretty good about our revenue projections. uh as we were looking at different or a couple of different uh budget scenarios and outlooks um I know that we had mentioned that there was concern of upwards of $14 million as a result of a calculation and really it's a it was a result of a data submission from the appraisal district uh to uh uh the comprollers's office. Like I say, we feel like as a result of most recent conversations right before spring break and then of course coming back uh that we're in much better position. Something we're going to keep an eye on. Uh the one thing we will say is the comprollers's office has articulated that they feel like that they're calculating it correctly which is gives us pause for concern. Um at the same
027time though we have uh like I say received uh administrative correspondence from TEA that like I say that's been uh corrected. Another item that we're really working hard uh here uh as we do every day but here for the remainder of the school year is really just absolute situational awareness and and safety. Um uh we're going to continue to uh check doors on a daily basis on all of our campuses. Um, and I've encouraged our principles in particular, uh, with their staff. Uh, it's a team effort overall, and we want to make sure that we're doing everything we can, particularly as we're encroaching upon the last several weeks of school to ensure our our campuses are safe are safe. Uh, congratulations uh, to the Brennan boys. Uh, they made it to the state finals. Uh,
028state runnerup. Uh it was a hard-fought uh battle uh between North Crowley, but um they outplayed them the second half. Um came up short the first half and so the math didn't math for the Brennan Bears, but um they had another tremendous tremendous season. Uh state runnerup. That is um that is no small feat. Uh soccer playoffs are well underway. Uh in fact, we have numerous teams, boys teams and girls teams playing right now as we speak. Uh Warren had advanced. Uh they unfortunately uh lost a tough one last night to Lake Travis in a two to1 uh uh battle. Um but like I say, we're really really proud of uh our boys who advanced to the to the playoffs being Brandise and Jay and our girls Jay Clark and Sodom Or like I say
029uh they're playing uh as we speak. Um had a great weekend. Uh, Los Leonus, I know that uh, many of our trustees were able to join us uh, for that really um, visual arts celebration. Uh, well, really arts celebration. Uh, we had many of our musicians out uh, celebrating as well. It was a tremendous turnout. Of course, we hosted it at Okconor High School this year. A little bit different uh, usually at Marshall High School, but um, really worked out well. Of course, we had to work around construction. Elizabeth Lopez and and her uh entire team, which they were here just a minute ago. Again, um couldn't could not be more complimentary of uh their overall uh team effort. Um we uh also had the PTA delegate meeting in which the elections were held. Candy
030Balman will remain the president and of course that slate of officers has also been elected. We had a a great class conver uh conference uh on the 4th of March. This was right before we adjourned or dismissed for spring break. Uh this is our classified or ex auxiliary staff. We actually have to divide up into two sessions. Um and this is really a professional development opportunity uh for many of our our staff that we refer to as frontline employees. they're in many cases the the registar or the um attendance secretary or maybe the principal secretary uh Monica uh and and individuals that are really uh exemplifying customer service as uh what we expect here on north side and so it was great to visit and to spend some time like I say with our auxiliary
031staff. Uh we kicked off Monday morning with the Nef Golf Tournament. Um this was um I think the largest tournament uh to date. Uh in fact they sold out in record time and of course it was a beautiful day. Uh again just a a real quick shout out to our sponsors to include include JLA uh the title sponsor. Uh that golf tournament just simply would not be possible uh without their support. Um and looking ahead um uh we will celebrate uh excellence again tomorrow night and Thursday night uh with our educators of the year uh celebrations. This these will again we be at the sports gym. Uh we'll kick off right at 6:30. Uh we'll celebrate with elementary teachers tomorrow. Uh recipients tomorrow and Thursday uh will be our secondary of course. Bobby, I promise
032you I'm not going to sing this year. Um, and then uh be sure to mark your calendars. April 1st, so uh next week uh we will be uh officially cutting the ribbon even though we've opened the facility uh to our sports complex which of course is uh the new um baseball, softball, and soon to be cross country course uh right there uh adjacent to Sodom High School. Um we're going to we're going to actually host that event at 5:00. We know that it's not maybe the ideal time, but it's going to precede six o'clock games. Um, so like I say, if you can make that, it will be a real quick short ribbon cutting and and celebration uh to officially uh open uh a beautiful beautiful uh complex. Um, with that being said, like I
033say, there's going to be a lot uh happening here in the next uh several weeks, particularly as we wrap up the month of March and enter the month of of April. And it's hard to believe, but start preparing for commencement ceremonies uh, of course, at the end of May. These will not uh linger into June this year. So, in fact, I believe our last day of instruction is uh as early as May 21st. um >> before Memorial Day will be the first time >> quickly approaching. So that being said, Madam President, uh that concludes my report and thank you for uh your patience. We wanted to like I say uh uh have the video moment obviously before uh we recess back to our our DAS and and like I say very very much worthwhile celebration.
034>> Yes, thank you. That was wonderful. We appreciate that. I'm going to go ahead and start on this side because I don't have the buttons. So, do you wanted to to give some um board reports? We'll move on to that agenda item. Uh Miss Sapata, you're up. >> Okay. Just uh is this on? >> How about that? >> All right. Carol isn't working. Okay. Here we go. All right. No, I just want to say um I know it's uh we had a lot a lot of recognitions, but um gosh, as an educator, that's what we do and that's what it's all about. And so just so proud of those students, uh so proud of uh you know their sponsors, their directors, their teachers, um their parents and you know of course the the teachers of
035North Side and you know all of that is possible because everybody coming together and and just working together and just just creates just beautiful moments like that. So, I'm just going to keep mine nice and short, but you know, that's that's that's what I enjoy as an educator. That's what I live for, and I I love it. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Salido. >> Yeah, just real quick, uh my family and I attended the Lioness this Saturday up at uh Okano High School. I think the first year that they held it because of the construction at Marshall, but I mean, it it was awesome. Uh, I'm surprised about when they talk about fine arts. I seen them doing the shock art on the sidewalks. I mean, they were doing I mean, you name
036it, they did it. It's from uh shock art to painting ceramics. I mean, they had all kinds. If it was if you could make it, it was uh uh something. Uh, I've been every year and every year I usually uh participate in the silent auction and uh this year I was able to buy um I bid for this artwork here. I think I paid like like 30 bucks for it or something like that. They kept outding me so I finally like they call me that I have one and this is this is real nice and add it to my collection. >> Awesome. >> Thank you Miss Sanchez for a great job. >> Thank you Dr. Hasso. um was also able to be a judge at the event and it was a lot of art, a
037whole lot of art, but amazing amazing art. Um I do just want to make sure everyone knows the annual special education resource fair is this Saturday from 9 to 1 at HomeGra Center. Um so if you have a chance and are interested in the resources, please um head out. I will be there for probably the morning time because I do have two HOA Easter events later on that day. And I also just want to give thanks. I was able to go to the 2026 governance camp where I was able to sit in on some really great sessions made by students and some other ISDs to really learn a little bit more about what some other schools are doing and I was able to bring um some great resources that were actually free and so hopefully
038we will be able to use those. So gave those out to some key people here on campus of some great resources that are out there. Thank you. >> Thank you Dr. Hustle, Mr. Bunt. >> Lot lot of reading focus. Uh, read across America. It was the first week of March. I think that particular week I was able to visit eight schools. I also did a couple of career days. It was interesting because um did a career day with Langley with fifth graders and I was telling how important reading was and then I went and read to them the next day. So, it was an interesting interaction uh with them. On the foundation side, um I think some of y'all doing the prize patrol. Um team grants were given today and you lost 10 $11,000 for
039a lot of those. So it was great to to go out and u really enjoyed that. The teachers and everybody and the students are really excited. So that was a lot of fun as always. Um we're down to um our sweet 16. I keep bringing up our great essay reading challenge very soon. I won't bring it up anymore, but I'm g still bring it up. U and u we've got six districts in it and North Side's got exactly eight schools out of the 16 that are that are part of that. So, it's a it's a really great competition and it's it's amazing to see the excitement of the the kids and the and the teachers. I've been all over the place in terms of uh meeting and recognizing them, etc. But it's you talk about
040excitement, you think you're at a big time Super Bowl or something like that when you go out there and see the excitement of the kids. So, April 20th is a big day. So, morning, April 20th, you know, to be at our North Side Gym and we're going to make it a very big celebration for the Final Four and >> saying we have a chance. We got a chance. There's always a chance. >> And the last one I'll bring up another event. April 11th is right solar cars. So we've been out helping with that, too. So April is going to be a fun month as always. >> Thank you, Mrs. Freeman. >> Thank you, Dr. Don. Um Les Leone is just I I tell you what. um the opportunity to judge um artwork where when you're
041a judge, you're given five ribbons that you can award and you award five out of the hundreds of entries that um have been submitted. It's probably one of the hardest things that um I've ever done regarding um awarding, but one of the top awards. Um it's a wonderful event. Um that same afternoon in conjunction with the great San Antonio reads um at Chumley Elementary School they had a literacy afternoon and uh one of their staff um teachers Dr. Desiree Rodriguez a founder of nonprofit literacy matters was there she invited some authors to come in. Um the kids had an opportunity to talk to the authors and there was some giveaways of books and that was exciting and I know that um some of the authors had the opportunity to to read to the kids as
042well and um I understand that they did log in those reading um minutes. So um good for for Chumley and um it's so great to be able to recognize kids and and what they do here. Um there's What we had here was a sampling of things that happen all throughout the year. And when these kids, it reminds me of when these kids leave here, when they graduate, they go out and do wonderful things as well. And as we go through this reading challenge and the final four and everything else, I know last year um I think there was some uh Facebook post of some of our kids that were participating in the um basketball tournaments. So if there's an opportunity if we have a list so we could publish those um talk to our athletic
043director. >> Yeah. Oh, I was thinking about our our graduates >> the some of our graduates that participate >> we we have and so to to that point not only basketball when but um as many as much as we can advertise that and the successes of our kids I think it benefits um we get to brag about our and the community gets to know how good they do. >> Okay. So, if we could do that, it'd be great. That's all I have. Dr. D., >> thank you. We want to congratulate, speaking of basketball, our state finals second place champions, Brennan High School, was at that game and it was exciting to see that competition. I wore the wrong colors, but I didn't know. I need to be more intentional about that. but they had a
044phenomenal game and honestly um our boys played their heart out. So, thank you to all that coaching staff and all the athletics folks behind that team. Um we'll get him next time. I was able to attend our um safety and security meeting. It was very well attended by the community and there we were able to get all of the updates of um all the great things that we're doing here at North Side and still things that we need to get done. So, thank you all for leading that and continuing to keep our school safe. Um, our NEF golf tournament was well attended. Like Dr. Krav mentioned, I want to shout out to the NEF Foundation folks, Terry Diaz and all the team and the sponsors that are able to provide uh the those donations for
045us to continue to do things like Grand Patrol, which is also happening tomorrow. So, if you've applied for those grants, keep applying. Uh, don't give up because you have a great chance of of getting those. And I hope everyone had a restful spring break. We're here at the final straw of of this season of 202526 academic school year. So, let's keep pushing forward and I hope everyone has a happy Easter and we'll see you all at the next meeting. That's all I have, sir. So, we're moving on to item agenda item number four. >> Yes, ma'am. Uh so uh we have three signed up uh for citizens to be heard. Uh uh Miss Sadana, I know that you indicated you wanted to speak to 5B which is an item on the consent agenda. Um which
046will be the next item uh if we want to uh like I say proceed with the agenda. So let me start with those that have spoken or signed up to speak to just the citizens to be heard. Uh item four. Uh Dancy Bowers. >> Let me just give them real quick. Oh, that's okay. We believe citizens to be heard is important and meaningful and we'll listen to what you have to say and we value your opinions although we are restrained by law from taking any action. Please make sure to address your remarks to the board. Confine those remarks to a north side policy or practice and limit your remarks to three minutes. At three minutes you're going to be asked to wrap up your remarks. Please don't make any personal attacks on individuals. Thank you.
047>> Okay. Uh, now, uh, Nancy Powers. >> Good evening. Um, I'm not sure if y'all remember, but I was at the meeting uh, last month. Um, and at that meeting, it was um, motioned and seconded that Colonies North renaming would be added to an as an action item this month to be voted on. So, I'm sure y'all can imagine my disappointment and the community's disappointment when that wasn't uh, the case uh, when the agenda was released. So, um, I felt like even though it wasn't on the agenda, I still needed to show up so y'all don't forget. Um, so since then, I'm not sure if y'all are aware, but the article came out in the community impact, uh, that stated that the board had decided not to move forward. Um, which is not true. And
048then I received an email from Dr. Hasso saying that it would be kept up for a vote this month. Um, I've, uh, just gotten a lot of conflicting information. the community has been doing their research and their homework and I'm the person they send it to. So, I've got multiple social media posts. I have a case 12 news um reel. I have just a lot of information uh that is causing a lot of rumors to gain traction in our community and a lot of conspiracy theories. And I feel like y'all might want to know what's happening. Um because the longer this drags out, the more upset the community is getting. Um, and honestly, they feel like they're not being taken into consideration at all. So, uh, just so you know, I'm going to give you
049the top three of what everybody thinks is happening. One, they think that there might be some type of type of legal, um, action threatened against the board, and y'all are using colonies as leverage to, um, prevent that from happening. Uh, they also feel like there might be some type of familial or friendly relationship between Mr. Rios and someone on the board. And third, they feel like you might be using Colonies North as um an easy campus to target because a lot of our population is newcomer and vulnerable families and it would be very easy to make this happen without much argument at all. So whether or not that's true, I don't know, but I feel like y'all need to know that that's what's um being said. Um, I had a lot to say, but I
050just want to keep it concise. So, in that time, because I wasn't sure if y'all were fully aware of how the community felt, even though there was um there was a a form that was sent out to the community via the school that was overwhelmingly against the naming, renaming, and I started a petition in case y'all didn't uh believe everyone at the school, and it has over 600 signatures, and $300 has been donated to help boost that to the community. Um, so the fact that I have another month just gives me more time to get more signatures. And I just found out today that Ray Fo also went to Colonies North, so I'll be reaching out to him as well. But I want you to know that the community hasn't forgotten, but we really feel
051like y'all are forgetting us. Um, so thank you for your time and I hope that uh we'll see this as a voting action item on the agenda next month. >> Terry Zoblaki. North Side's mission is clear to transform the learning experiences for students. Student achievement is the heart of North Side. That standard matters, especially when perception and reality begin to drift. San Antonio Express News endorsement in the Democratic district attorney's primary race has sparked public discussion beyond the newspaper. Recently, there's been television coverage of a partisan meeting held at Lubies on Saturday morning involving the two candidates and the current district attorney. As a teacher, I have attended three funerals of my former students who were killed by DWI. I've been following the DWI cases the DA recused himself from that were moved out of
052Bear County due to his personal associations. Some of the individuals connected to those matters have also intersected with North Side. Express News does not answer my individual questions. Why does that matter here? I've experienced a perception gap firsthand at a recent community event at a North Side Middle School. There were four senior north side administrative staff, six city departments present, a city council member, and numerous council staffers. There were only three community members present, myself and two others. That is two hours or more of senior staff and campus leadership time. Is that the best use of sta staff time in support of student achievement? Because when trustees engage in or are associated with partisan activity or activities connected to outside entities, it can shift attention away from students. And that has consequences in trust, in
053focus, and immeasurable impact. Tonight, student recognitions. That's the standard. That's the work. This is the ask. Reaffirm each one of your commitment, the entire board's commitment to non-partisan governance. Clarify expectations within board operating procedures. Place this topic on a future agenda or work session for publicly recorded full board discussion. Stand for it. Yes, an individual has absolutely an individual legal right to endorse someone. Absolutely. And yes, a trustee may choose to participate in events with other entities and officials. But the real question stands, and I'd appreciate if instead of looking at screens, you'd look at me because it is imperative that people that you are elected that you listen when the citizens speak. The real question stands. If you are serving as a trustee, do your actions move student achievement forward? Because that is and
054must remain the heart of North Side. Thank you. >> Uh that concludes uh agenda item number four. I know, like I say, Miss Adon wants to speak uh to one of the consent agenda items uh which is 5B. Uh so, Madam President, if you're ready to move on. >> Yes. uh to the consent agenda. Um a lot of the consent agenda uh were items that were covered in the most recent building committee andor academics uh committee. And so I know uh Miss Freeman um uh there have been some there have been some some conversations in regards to can we can we talk about some of these agenda items uh at this meeting that answer that question is absolutely the case. Um I'm tracking right now 5B uh which really pertains to the awarding of the
055virtual school provider uh contract. Um 5U uh which pertains to the adoption of the upcoming uh instructional materials for mathematics. Uh 5W uh our targeted improvement plans. Um and then uh 5Y uh would probably need to take up separately as that is a a dual creditou uh particularly with Alamo colleges. Um we can discuss if we need to but I'm just I think it might be easiest to take those items up separately. Uh those are the four that I'm tracking. If we need to pull from the consent agenda uh any other items uh we can do so. Otherwise, uh my recommendation is to go ahead and consider the consent agenda item without consideration of 5B, 5U, 5W, and 5Y. And then you can take action if you so choose on those individual items. Well, individually,
056>> we agree with Mrs. Freeman. Yeah, I would make a motion that we approve um all agenda items except items B, U, W, and Y to discuss it um immediately after this. >> Do we have any seconds? >> A second. >> Okay. All in favor say I. >> I. >> All oppose. Any further discussion? Okay. Motion carries. We'll pass the consent agenda with the exception of items 5B, UW, and Y. So, we want to just take those in order. Uh, if so, Miss Salana, like I say, would like to speak to 5B. Um, if that's, like I say, acceptable board salon, Dr. craft trustees. I attended the academic meeting last week and learned that a vendor was still not selected nor the cost to the district for the virtual academy. Yet, we had already posted
057registration information and how the school would be constructed or structured. Supposedly, the board will be voting on a vendor tonight. So now we will know this pro what this project will cost probably in the millions and we will know what it's going to cost per new students who attend. I also learned at that meeting that the teachers are not coming from North Site. They will not be district staff. How do we justify spending millions to keep the district from losing half a million since I believe most of these students applying are already North Side students? They we already receive state funds for our students. Why the rush? But more importantly, how do we justify asking our taxpayers for an increase in our tax rate when we are making decisions that will probably cost us millions
058in money we don't really have? There are a very small percentage of students who could benefit from virtual learning, but I believe most students need the human touch. and North Side is already offering above and beyond great programs and teachers for all our students. >> Thank you for listening. And Bobby, today I gave out over $27,000 in NEF grants. How much did you give? >> Thank you, Miss Sonia. So with the virtual uh uh academy initiative uh uh on the agenda with or as part of uh the bids and requests for proposals uh and purchases, Carrie Squires uh has been working pretty diligently. Um this is in essence the first form of action towards commitment if you will. uh it allows us to negotiate uh rates in a contract uh with the provider that's being
059recommended. Um we had to start um the process of recruitment and looking at interest i.e. registration um simply because in order to be able to turn this uh by the start of the school year um it was just it was going to take it was going to take some advanced effort. The other piece though is we had to really understand who the students were that were were expressing interest. Um that was one of the big questions because this is a program that's uh unlike uh even our magnet uh programs or programs of choice. Um a couple of caveats also that are really important. Ours is our model is a little bit different um than what probably even surrounding school districts or districts other districts in the state of Texas uh are implementing in the sense
060that the students will have to remain connected to their home high school campus. So they will have to make daily contact uh 10% like I say of the of the instructional time uh with their home campus. Uh the other piece I think that's important uh to remember is we're starting very very small. Uh and Carrie can share some numbers. Um uh we do have I think it's about a three quarter to quarter spit split uh north side ISD current enrolled students but we also have almost 40 students I believe that are not North Side ISD students. I'm fearful uh with particularly the a daily occurrence of school districts setting up virtual schools, virtual programs that we will see students leave North Side ISD for a virtual academy um if we do not uh proceed. That
061is my concern. And it's not just uh the recruitment of students that may not be already enrolled uh in North Side. It's also the 240 that are already even though we really haven't even started this process um that may decide a virtual school in another school district that does have open enrollment is a more um flexible more attractive option. Um, I really think that similar to some of the things that we've experienced, we need to be careful about prolong prolonging or delaying this implementation. I just I see some things on the horizon and this is not one to sit on the sidelines. And again, we're not going to be the trailblazer with the recruitment or the most students that uh will attend um especially starting off, but we don't want to be too far behind
062on this uh initiative, especially with full state funding. So, that being said, Carrie, I'll let you kind of provide an update as to the planning efforts and really where we are. >> All right. So, um this morning we had around 240. Um, by the time I left the office, we're sitting around 260 um, for students that that have pre-registered is what we're look really doing. So, they're going through their um, their regular and their their usual registration process that we already have and they're checking off whether or not they're interested um, in attending virtual um, and as Dr. Craft said, that is a hybrid model. So, they're attending 90% of that time virtually, but they also are allowed to do up to 10% at their campus. Um we're speaking with a wide variety of of
063students and families who are seeking this virtual option for a lot of different reasons. Um we have students that are working to support families. We have students that are heavily involved in extracurriculars and sports and athletics and other things outside. Um we have students that um have had you know tragedy in their family um or with themselves and medical conditions and they're looking for you know a very flexible environment. Um and so this you know when we just kind of look at the state of where education is now um co uh we most of us don't look back at that time fondly. Um but it did set it did show us that some different ways of doing things are possible. Um it showed us what is not a good model you know that an emergency
064model is not what we're looking to emulate you know with this. Um but it did open the doors um for some more you know opportunities and some flexible environments and we're finding that our community is really wanting that and so um you know we are looking at recruitment right we're looking to you know partner with a vendor that will help oper you know be an operational partner um with us in in you know and in recruiting of course but we're also looking to retain students um and so I've talked to a number of families who are saying, "I was going to homeschool next year. I was going to look at charter next year. I was going to look at other online options because I didn't think I had an option. And now that I know
065that Northside is going to provide this, I want to stay here." Um, so they're choosing us, but they're also letting us know that that they need something different. >> Thank you. >> I'm sorry, Mrs. Freeman. >> I have I have actually several questions. So when um we last talked at a board meeting, I think it was February, was it February about then about um the our virtual um program and what it might look like. I know that we we talked about whether these te whether teachers were going to be ours or was the the vendor going to provide teachers. um we talked about you teach your evaluations and at that time we it was said that we've got to we've got to look at the vendor. So now that we're looking at a specific vendor,
066this is an RFP, so it's not we don't owe them any specific amount of money, but it allows us to negotiate with them. >> I don't even know where to start. The the question that I would have with that as we look at a contract, are we looking at a per pupil? Are we looking at a some sort of flat rate and then then a per pupil piece? Do we have a break even point that we look at the number of students? Can can we talk about that first? >> Absolutely. >> Carrie, let me set some context. Um, you know, again, I mentioned 40 students that are not currently um either reside or and or registered attending North Side ISD uh schools. I mean, that's that's the equivalent of 240 $250,000 >> right there. Um,
067so it's usually most contracts, most providers are going to be a per pupil service. Uh but Carrie, I'll let you talk the details as to kind of what you've seen even though we're going to be in that negotiation phase upon uh your consideration of this item. >> So um we saw a wide variety of of different vendors and different funding options and structures. And so there was the pure uh per pupil spending, there was a flat rate, um there was looking at taking, you know, some of ADA and kind of scaling that depending on how many students you have and the supports that you're requiring um or that you're asking for. Um and that ultimately um is what we're looking at. We're not looking to get into a relationship with a vendor that's going to
068charge us some kind of licensing fees that we owe for um without changing that, you know, for years to come. um depending, you know, we wanted somebody that was going to be flexible with us. That was a big factor when we were looking at that. Um so with this particular vendor, um it is a formula based on our daily attendance rate for the district and the number of students that we have enrolled. And that was, you know, to Dr. K's point earlier, we're keeping that very small this year. Um we're uh capping out at 375 total, 125 per grade level in 9, 10, and 11 grades. Um, so we're not involving seniors this year, similar to how when we open up another brick-and-mortar campus, we don't have senior class. Um, but we're going to be
069using this coming year to really take a look at what our needs are. There are other districts that are offering some elementary options, some middle school options. Um, we're not there yet, but that our community may be may be asking for that, you know, sooner than than we think. So, we're going to keep our our minds open um and kind of think about what we need as we move forward. Um, another big consideration with this vendor, I mean, aside from the obvious compliance, they have to have a a proven record of success, um, and all of that is we wrote into our scope of work that we wanted a vendor that will transition with us. Our goal is not to get into a relationship with a vendor for the next 20 years. Our goal is
070to transition to using our staff, to using, you know, our curriculum, to doing the things that we do well in North Side. um but to launch this immediately. Um we also don't want to do anything that's going to be detrimental to the environment that we already have set up and pulling teachers off of a campus um that we currently have in place and currently you know supporting courses that we don't want to cut either would would that would not be a decision we would want to make. So that's why we're looking to enter into a partnership with a vendor that can provide the majority of those services and then we we pull away for that and we transition Mr. Pa. >> Okay. I have a couple of questions. Um, how is the curriculum as far
071as, you know, these kids are going to start from 9 through 11th grade? Is it going to be very similar to just uh a kid going in person? So, that flexibility if a kid does start on this model and then you know what, it's not for me. I want to go back to school, >> that transition should be um pretty easy to slide back in or vice versa, right? If you know, say I I I I'm going to I'm going to try my ninth grade year at Clark and you know what? It's just not for me. I'd rather just will that transition be uh pretty even? So um so it is you know a requirement of the law and we wouldn't look at anything else even if it wasn't that um all of the courses
072are offered are going to be 100% aligned to the tees AP courses offered are going to be aligned to college board all of that will be the same within the first year. So, what we're doing is we're allowing uh parents to um kind of try out the virtual like let's say that they they start the year, we're given like a two-eek window, right? Um so, if this is not at all what you thought it was going to be, it was a little harder um or not just didn't align with what you had, you know, kind of built out, um we are allowing them to go right back to their home campus immediately after that. After that though, and similar to what other districts are doing that we've reached out to and we've been um we've
073also spent some time with is we're asking for a year commitment. So by the time a student finishes a year, so you talked about finishing that freshman year and they wanted to go back the sophomore year. Yes, they will have met 100% of the TEACs required or the alignment with you know AP courses, advanced courses, all of that. But transitioning in the middle year will be very difficult. And the reason for that is because the requirements for virtual are 240 minutes a day. That's the big part of the flexible. Okay. So that includes your onampus time for you know your athletics, your fine art, fine arts, but it also includes um any of the time that you spend online. And so anytime you take a curriculum and you compress it and you compact it down
074to where you know it's 240 minutes or four hours of a school day, you are not going to have you know sidebyside alignment. So, if a student were to leave in February, we could not guarantee that they're going to be at the same place if they were to transition to that in-person class. Um, and so that's why we're asking for that year commitment. However, at the end of the year, those expectations are the same. They will have met that just in a different pacing than the students in person. And so then this vendor that we uh will hire, will they take into consideration I guess the curriculum that we're about to um to vote on to acquire? >> Are you talking about like HQIM? >> Um so they will have their own um curriculum to
075start. However, that's been part of our conversation when we were talking to all vendors was the transition to HQIM. And as we transition not only to using our own staff, but using our curriculum materials, we need to talk about HQIM as well. um testing. So when we talk about the 9010 with that 10% would they be required to come back in person to test? >> So the state is requiring that students test in person for all standardized testing. Um that wouldn't count as part of their 10%. That 10% is instructional time that they would spend on campus but um but they are required to test in person either at a campus or at a designated site. >> And then the student would have to come with their own technology. So um we are operating as
076of now um kind of with an opt-in model. So um if they have their own technology, we prefer that. We've provided guidelines for that. However, we will provide it if they are not if they're not able to do that as well as connectivity. >> And then um sorry, one more question. Um, and I know this is probably in the works, but uh, how would a student um, would there be I guess maybe like a counselor or an adviser that would um, check in on the student if there were any resources that needed, you know, maybe SEAL or um, you know, guidance counseling. So that is one of the reasons why uh the recommendation for the vendor that we have tonight is our recommendation is that they provided the most comprehensive kind of wraparound support of
077any of the vendors that we identified. Um so with the way the law is written it's very clear that even if you partner with a vendor the LEA is responsible for making sure the student stays you know according to their graduation plan you know meets all the requirements. Um so for every you know vendor um or partner staff member that they have they provide we have a mirror on our side that will be working closely together >> the entire time to ensure that >> and then my final question is about just advancement if I'm a student and I'm just doing phenomenally well um would I be able to increase the pace or the rigor or you know will there be any like um I guess advanced courses um >> so there are AP and advanced
078courses that are offered throughout that. As far as like finishing a course early, we would be um we wouldn't want to be encouraging that because uh then that would affect their attendance, right? And so we do need that 240 minutes a day to you know to meet those attendance requirements. But something that our our uh you know committee and you know cabinet members have been discussing already once we do get this vendor selected they do have a robust a robust catalog. We talked about offering, you know, the ability to take tuition based courses um for students that want to get ahead, take courses during the summer or after school hours similar to what other districts do, but we wouldn't want to um accelerate during the year. We wouldn't want a student to like start algebra
0791 and finish in three months. That would not be best practice nor good for us. >> That was a question actually that we actually we just wrestled with this morning in cabinet. Um >> and it's kind of an interesting one. um because it scaffolds and so uh we want to be careful in the sense of uh students don't accelerate an an entire high school uh experience from four years to two years. Um but at the same time uh we know that we will have students that are capable of >> accelerating just as we do in a traditional high school setting um during the over the course of the summer. And so >> do we hold them back um my thought process is let's find a balance, right? >> Um which I think we can do.
080This is in many it's somewhat like a blank canvas if you will or we're building the airplane not necessarily in mid-flight but >> on the it's it's on the tarmac. >> It's it's definitely running the engine is running. Um so we're learning a lot. >> Um we're being very conscious of making mistakes that are going to be uh obviously detrimental uh to a student's uh academic career. Um, I think we're we're definitely finding more solutions uh that we believe are going to be positive outcomes uh versus hindrances uh to the program being able to progress. One of the things I remember in our discussion to make this decision to where we're at today is that as prior school administrators when we did an exit interview, I would ask the student like where why are you
081leaving? And a lot of them after co wanted to go online. >> So they would go and enroll in these dotcoms and nobody was following up with them, >> right? >> And then the next thing you know they're not graduating. And that's one of the major pieces and the reasons why we wanted to keep them in house so that we could continue to be that support and followup and they wanted to come back but we would have them be able to still continue to keep track of our students and that was the rationale. So >> do we have any other questions Mrs. Freeman? >> I'll go to you. Um re regarding the teachers. So will we have somebody who will audit some of these classes like a north side employee if I get my concern.
082So will these teachers the these teachers necessarily be certified in the state of Texas? Yes, they have to be >> to be. >> Okay. And then does this vendor have experience or do these teachers have experience in the state with our teques? >> Yes, they do. >> Such that Okay. And then you talked about um their curriculum though and they would transition to ours or I don't know if I heard I I guess we will ensure that if a student like in in math sequencing you go from algebra 1 to algebra 2 that that student who finishes algebra 1 or whatever would be ready for the next sequence. We will be paying attention to that. >> Oh absolutely. Yes. I mean, I assume so, but I just wanted that, >> right? No, absolutely. Um, >>
083yeah. And we that was one of the things that we put in our scope of work as well um is that, you know, they were provided with a copy of our, you know, graduation plan, and they've got to meet that um at a minimum, if not more. And we wanted more. And we're finding that the students that are pre-registering and the ones that we're talking to and the families want more that. >> And and let's just say something. You said 240 minutes a day. Um, what happens if we have a student that has attendance issues for whatever reason? Are we said I I heard they got they have two weeks to transition back, but what if they're truly not >> if they're Yeah. If they're if it's just they're not engaged andor uh academic performance
084is severely lacking, we retain the ability to bring them back to >> their home campus. Right. >> Um, >> so that's one of the things, you know, Senate Bill 569 really made clear was it put virtual and inerson learning on the same footing. And so just as we have to provide interventions and also high expectations for students, we're going to be, you know, following the exact same policies and doing that in our virtual environment. >> Then and back to the teacher part, do we get to um is there we perhaps we don't know this yet um since we don't have a complete contract with the vendor. we have an opportunity to evaluate a teacher and if that teacher is say they really selected somebody who's not doing well. >> Um is that going are you
085going to have those conversations with >> Yeah, I think I think it'll be the same very similar conversation uh that we have with other providers whether that be you know one of our dual credit providers. Um I mean just it's a relationship. Um, and I I think that um I think that the service providers for the most part they pretty they vet uh those that are going to be instructors. They also obviously have to have the technical capabilities uh to be able to successfully implement. Um but no, I think I think those conversations will absolutely or probably are expected to occur. I I hope that they're going to be hard for you in between. Yeah. >> Thank you, Mr. >> Bont. If I understood what I think what Dr. Crafts has answered is right now
086at the 260, we we feel we're very comfortable that our revenue, what I call revenue, >> is actually going to exceed our expenditures at this time. I know it's negotiating everything else, but we feel comfortable in that regard. >> I do. I I really think it it will. Here's the other thing to keep in mind, too, is we're we're not uh first out of the shoot with this. Th this has been happening in Greatvine Collieville and Dallas ISD and Somerset and we can go down a list. The difference is now they're going to start receiving full ADA funding whereas up to this point they haven't. >> So that's the that's in my opinion the game changer. Um, and those programs have been sustained with approximately 50% funding, uh, ADA funding. So, that's something else to
087to keep in mind. And and we'll, like I say, we'll be able to provide a financial update. Here's what we're projecting in regards to uh, ADA. here is the um uh cost that the the service provider is um proposing and it'll be a negotiation. >> So, and I do agree that at some point there will be the migration transition uh to North Side ISD uh staff. We're just not there. >> Um and it's not a knock on um our professionals. This is a different this is a different program >> and we need we need the the uh expertise of those that have done this uh going on a decade >> proficiently. >> Okay. Um I got one more question. What what is our time frame look like? I know we said um the first year
088is 9 to 11. Are we also looking to expand at the middle school elementary? >> Possibly. Uh Carrie is very very um aggressive. Let's put it this way. She's an overachiever. Overachiever, let's put it that way. I think we need to implement uh first year and obviously assess, look at data, look at student achievement. Uh we need to look at test scores. Um is it out of the realm of possibility to expand downward into middle school, possibly elementary? I'm not ruling it out. >> I don't know that it'll be year two, >> right? I seniors will be here too. >> Yeah. I think we just need to take this abided at a time. >> Uh one to ensure sustained success. Um but really as important >> uh to work out any kinks that we in
089inevitably will experience. I mean any new pro program we're going to have some bumps in the road. It's not going to be perfect right out of like I say right out of the out of the box. Um, but as with every program, I mean, we want it to be the best um, and and the absolute best that we can offer our students. >> Um, so that may take, >> like I say, some incremental steps that will limit our ability to be able to expand. I know that's a long long answer to your question, >> but it needs to be pretty systematic and intentional from my assessment. >> Dr. Hatel >> um just wanted to kind of give my um so I mean I do know students that physically cannot come to campus. I feel like
090this is a very good option. Um, and I think it's needed. Um, and really just would like for us to really come up with a timeline for growth. Like what are the benchmarks that we'd like to meet like senior year, next year, after senior year, what's past that? And I mean benchmarks are movable, but just this full benchmark of what it looks like to really expand the online program. And then also how we look to really strengthen our promotion of it. I know this year is a small group and so our promotion is really like people that reached out to us and on the website but really looking at how do we benchmark really increasing our promotion to other individuals so that way people can find out about it because the worst is when people
091come after the fact and they're like I didn't know or I would have loved to or this would have been the best option. Um, I use it a lot as examples like with students like you know we'll say registration's coming up and we'll have like posters out, we'll have flyers, we'll have things on the computer, we'll keep them out past and then they'll come in the first week of registration they're like what am I supposed to register? What who no one told me. So it's really what are the marketing techniques that we're going to have to make sure that every single person in San Antonio when we get to that point >> Yes. knows that we have the best online program. >> Okay, >> thank you. With that, do we have any motions to move
092on uh item agenda item 5B? >> Yeah, and just for clarification, we've talked about the virtual education provider, but under this item, you can see there's numerous bids and services. >> Any votes on all of them, please? Yes. >> So, so we can parse them out. Uh but if not necessary um this would be one of uh the items included in 5B. >> Sure. >> Okay. >> I motion we move forward. Any second? >> Mr. Salo seconds that all in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Any further discussion? 5B passes. Thank you. Now moving on to 5U high quality instruction materials. >> Yeah, this really pertains uh to the adoption of our uh elementary and high school mathematics uh instruction material. So, Dr. Jordan, I'll let you lead off. And this was an item
093also discussed uh at the academics committee uh meeting that the timing was not perfect with uh being able to like I say um host this meeting without having to post the agenda which is uh really why we included on consent. So um like I say we knew that we could pull uh the agenda to discuss individually and so um glad to answer any questions regarding this item. We're bringing to you recommendations for our next set of instructional materials as Dr. Craft said in elementary mathematics and certain high school courses. We thought it would be helpful to start with a little bit of background and a reminder of House Bill6005 uh which you know has impacted the way that instructional materials really in the state are adopted. There you go. Uh so as you know from
094' 04 to 2024 uh the state operated under what we called proclamations. So anytime the state standards were updated uh then new instructional materials were put out. So starting in 2025 uh due to House Bill6005 they created what's called an IMRA instructional material review and adoption process. And so this process is very thorough. We've already been through this one time uh with middle school uh mathematics uh this time last year. So if you'll notice at the bottom of the slide, uh EMRA has a whole host of what they call rubrics and criteria um that frankly um are a lot more technical and advanced than the previous proclamation process. So in addition to the rubrics and the criteria from IMRA, we have uh additional criteria that we consider in in North Side. For example, uh in
095elementary math, you'll see here that it's very important um that we have K through five materials that um cover that particular grade span. um we need them in both English and Spanish in order to meet the needs of our learners. And then the last three really get to the quality, the coherence, and the depth. You'll see in high school, the AGA is kind of like the K5 coverage. uh that means that we need to ensure materials have algebra 1, geometry and algebra 2 to also keep uh that uh continuity from one course to the other. Then you'll see three additional criteria. So what we want to show you is the actual process uh that we used where we took not only the criteria that the state brought but then the criteria that we applied locally
096uh the feedback that we received that resulted in the uh recommendation. So I'm going to first invite Tracy Gonzalez Martinez. She is our wonderful uh math specialist for elementary who facilitated the elementary process. And so basically it started with analyzing our current instructional materials to see uh what the strengths were, what the challenges were, gathering feedback and then taking that feedback and applying it to those particular criteria. >> So you can see on the screen for elementary math we looked at six publishers that were approved through the EMRA process. Alba, Amplified, Desmos, Blue Bonnet Learning, Mine Education, Savas, and Stem Scopes. So, what you see in front of you is kind of the process that we took to end up today in front of you guys. So, if you look at the table that's in
097front of you, there are six materials that I just talked about that are listed on the left hand side. The first two blue columns represent the state level EMRA process and all six of those materials met 100% TIKS alignment and ELPS alignment and were designated as an EMRA approved uh product on the HQIM list. So they all received a yes in column one and two. The gold columns reflect our district specific criteria. As you can see in column three, the field narrowed significantly when we looked for materials approved in both English and Spanish, which only left Blue Bonnet and STEM scopes. Moving on to column number four, both of these remaining publishers also met our requirement of being available across K5. As we continued going along, both Blue Bonnet and STEM Scopes met our criteria
098for aligning with NISD's effective teaching practices and crossgrade coherence, earning a yes in columns five and six. Specifically, both these programs support researchbased strategies like the concrete representational abstract approach that we use in elementary, which ensures students build conceptual understanding. They also provide frequent opportunities for students to explain their reasoning, fostering deeper comprehension and strong mathematical discourse. Furthermore, both programs maintain consistent academic vocabulary and instructional strategies within and across all grade levels. Finally, our last criteria. Implementing a new tier 1 curriculum across 83 elementary campuses is a massive undertaking. Therefore, we needed to consider the comprehensive implementation support each product provides for our teachers, administrators, and campus math leaders. While both STEM Scopes and Blue Bonnet offer product overview training, the state works the state of Texas works with our region service centers to provide
099comprehensive training for districts that do adopt a blue bonnet. These trainings include the researchbased instructional strategies for math lesson internalization and coaching tools for teachers, math leaders, and administrators. And so before uh we move on, I just want to point out a couple things. So these six publishers are the only publishers for us to look at that are considered HQIM. So HQIM stands for highquality instructional materials. So this new process from 1605 means that publishers submit their materials to TEA. TA puts together review teams, which is actually a really good process because it uses it's used quite a few of our people. These review teams apply a series of rubrics and if these materials meet the standards in the rubrics, then they come out the other side and they're deemed high quality instructional materials. So
100at this point for K5 math, it is these six that are the option. Second thing I want to mention, this is completely different from what districts have done in the past. Um, those of you who've been here before, you know, it's typical in March, we would come and we would make recommendations for instructional materials. Those were textbooks, online versions, the whole host of things. These are what they call complete tier one systems. The state has not had complete tier one systems before these particular uh these and the other ones that are coming out for HQIM. So what does complete tier one mean? It means that they are engineered to create consistency, rigor and quality from classroom to classroom and campus to campus. So implementing frankly any of these six is a lift. Any district we
101went to Aldine back in the looking around Lori Deion and I back in the fall they've been implementing HQIM and I'm just going to say HQIM because it could be any off this list and they're doing really well um at this point but it was a lift the level of rigor and the expectations from these materials. So this is this isn't the direction the state is going. This is the direction the state has gone. So last uh this time last year uh we adopted HQIM materials for middle school math. So I'm looking over my friend Diana here. they have been working diligently and so we're learning a lot about what does it mean to implement these full tier one systems um in um in our schools. So when you look at all of these criteria
102and in just a moment I'm going to have you talk about um the feedback mechanisms uh that teachers and others had the opportunity. We, you see, when you get to round three, we were down to two. Although the state of Texas said all six meet it, we were quickly down to two. Those two hung together. They both have solid mathematical content. There are some differences and there were some pros to one, pros to the other, etc. on this particular um analysis that piece that she mentioned that was literally a little edge was uh the depth of support as we're looking about uh at as as she had mentioned 83 campuses across the district. So uh so if you'll talk a little bit Tracy about the process and teacher involvement and math leader >> Dr. Okay,
103real quick question backgroundwise though um based on what you just presented to us. Um does TEA let me know if it's too soon. is part of what sent you part of what sent you but um TEA doesn't actually look at impact and what I mean is you mentioned Aldine maybe I compare an Aldine to an ALIF if they if one was using STEM scope and another one was using blue bonnet for example to say hey which one of those districts actually perform better is that not something that TEA does or is it too soon to be able to do that >> so that is a great question and really right now it's too soon >> so uh these products and I know we're looking here at K5 math, but there's a whole system of publishers
104are continuing to put their products in this chopper, you know, to be considered and they're coming out the other end. So, Blue Bonnet, which for elementary is the former Eureka Math, which has been been around for a long time, this is a newer updated version of Blue Bonnet that I believe came out in 2024. So those that adopted it then if uh I think 2025 may have been or 2024 could have been the first year that they got the new version to our knowledge there aren't haven't been long enough studies of implementation to be able to say one product over the other um but I don't know if you >> I have just a followup just to for the audience for clarification this is all math >> yes ma'am even though we're looking at a
105colum that says we for the round three we looked at approved in English and Spanish that's not the content that's just the language used in the tests right okay and then at the end of the day my understanding is this one will provide if we were to choose to go to the round seven the only one that has support that we can go to is um blue bond learning for comprehensive implementation support >> so yes the comprehensive of implementation support. So if you note at the bottom there's like a a little key that says anything that received a three or more received a yes. >> I mean it's all math. Okay. Thank you. >> Can I follow up on yours again? They may have it but they didn't exceed they didn't get to the level
106we wanted it to. Right. We don't want to say they didn't have it. Right. >> Yes. And and Dr. Drawn that's what I would say. So every every publisher on here although once they fell off we didn't keep analyzing them. Um, every publisher has some sort of support. Sometimes they'll do, you know, a launch, professional learning, um, that is considered support and they'll have a customer service line that you can call. Um, with Blue Bonnet, we've learned that will be what the region service center supports. Um we have several grants that we've applied for through the lasso grant um which actually provides funding to for coaches to work with teachers. Um so so it so they both have support but the comprehensive support for blue bonnet was from our analysis was uh more robust. >>
107Okay. Thank you. If if I may though, I want to circle back to Mr. Blunt's question because it's a good one. I would venture to say that one of these six publishers is probably chomping at the bit to be able to objectively say our curriculum uh resulted in a correlation of the the highest uh attained standardized test scores in the state of Texas. Um I think that you know then there of course there'll be a lot of um yes buts um if you will. Um but I I will say that the two that uh our team really looked at I'm not concerned about alignment. I'm not concerned about um the support of the teaks um alignment even to the assessments even though I know that's a maybe a a bad way to look at it
108even though that's really truly what it is. Um Blue Bonnet STEM scope either one I think are going to meet those criteria. My concern in not adopting Blue Bonnet, talking about the Lasso4 grant, talking about how region 20 is being structured to support particularly with embedded uh professional development and and training uh staff to train right here full-time in North Side. I just don't know how we're going to get another curriculum off the ground at the magnitude uh that we're going to have to launch. Um, not to mention, uh, there is a financial benefit to adopting Blue Bonnet to the tune of, I believe it's $40 per student, >> which is not nothing. Uh, that's probably a double negative. We are talking math right now, so it's allowable. Uh, so that that's that's really like
109I say fine curriculum. Um, it's the implementation that causes me constrnation with just how we launch going into next school year effectively knowing that another item that we're going to be discussing uh is our uh turnaround plans. A lot of the staff quite honestly uh that would be helping with this type of lift. They're working with campuses and particularly students right now with interventions. So, it's a it's a balance. >> Okay. Mrs. Freeman. >> Yes. I know that it was published, I think I saw this like last year, um, regarding I think it was Bear County school districts as to who had adopted the Blue Bonnet curriculum. And certainly there's a lot of conversation in our communities about Blue Bonnet and um, biblical references. Uh, the way I understand there are no biblical references in
110this math curriculum. Is that >> that is correct? >> I would say yes. Um we didn't look at it bookend to bookend but we did go in in there extensively to look at the curriculum and we did not my team and I did not find any indication of that at all. >> It's certainly a hot topic in our community with the with that particular curriculum. And so I I think it's good that we >> um >> clarify. Thank you. >> You any other questions, Mrs. Apata? >> Um, if I'm not mistaken because I I I believe Do both of these come with consumables? >> So, they do. Um, there are student notebooks in STEM scopes and there is some companion books that do come with Blue Bonnet based on the modules that are consumables and
111then the teacher editions are the teacher editions for both. And are these um every year replenished? >> Uh the consumables I believe yes because those are studentf facing. >> Yes. But I don't think that the teacher editions once we purchase the teacher editions those are the hard copies of the teachers editions. >> Thank you. Any further questions? >> Do we have a motion that we'd like to make or did you have more? Sorry. didn't want to know if you want to see high school real quick. >> Sure. >> So, our wonderful Karen Dunn, she um is our high school mathematics specialist. So, similar similar process, you will see her the publishers there for algebra 1, uh geometry and algebra 2. And so, if you'll talk us through Karen, y'all's analysis. >> Absolutely. So just as
112with elementary school, all the publishers are listed on the left hand side that were reviewed by the high school CNI team. The first two columns in blue are the columns that uh represent the TEA process 100% alignment to TICS ELPS and the EMR quality review. And if they are considered HQIM, they will have a yes denoted there. Our review, we had four areas as Dr. Jordan mentioned earlier. The first one was the AGA alignment algebra geometry and algebra 1. Because many of our teachers do teach multiple courses and that these three courses are needed for students for graduation, we felt that it would create ease for teachers, students, and parents if we had consistency across the courses as far as a platform as we prepare our students for graduation. If you're looking in this column,
113you will notice that open stacks and stem scopes were only available for algebra 1 and that is denoted on the left hand side by the publisher names. For teacher planning and um efficiency, we were looking at how well the teacher supports were embedded into the lessons. How well are opportunities for discourse and critical writing embedded into the uh lessons for the teachers which are our researchbased best practices in high school and also is there guidance for EB students differentiation scaffolds and extensions again wanting to know how well these are embedded into the lessons so that this is not additional work for the teacher to have to do on the back end for a digital platform and additional student support. We were specifically looking for resources that could assist teachers, I'm sorry, students and parents outside
114of the classroom. We are often asked for additional resources so that parents can assist students or so that students can um complete assignments outside of the classroom. So, we were looking for the supports such as tutorial videos or digital question banks that would allow for extra practice for those students who want to um just get additional practice and get support while they're working beyond the classroom. The last column for student progress monitoring, we were looking for diagnostics, pretest and/or growth measures so that we could help students with next steps as far as intervention for teachers so that they could have the tools to not only do in the- moment support for students, but also so that students could track their own progress with student progress tracking and monitoring. Good. No, go ahead. >> Um, I
115have a question. So, you know, I know we're um looking at u adopting these. Were were teachers involved in the process as far as getting feedback and um >> yes, >> looking through this. Okay. And then I know it's probably I would think it would be in our best interest to do like you know if we go with one publisher at the elementary we probably want to stick with the same one right for algebra as far as like just kind of continuing that same kind of uh I guess >> yes >> continuency >> I don't know that it's as important from elementary uh to secondary I would uh very concerned about dividing up grade levels uh within the elementary but high school high school or or even secondary keeping in mind that we have STEM
116scopes at the at the middle school level I don't I'm not as concerned about that overlap level or consistency um within the high school disciplines would probably be beneficial um and Keep in mind I'm a science teacher so correct me if I'm wrong guys but I would think that that would be helpful. Yes. >> Dr. Hassel um just wanted so it's because I think someone said 40. So it's $40 if we do any of these, right? It's $20 blue bonnet edition. >> Excuse me. Thank you. >> But it's is I had read somewhere that it was $20 additional cover print charges. Is that an accurate thing? And it was kind of that it might be more than $20 for print charges. >> I do not know. I'll need to research if that is exclusive for
117print charges only. >> Okay. Well, it was like to cover like it's not necessarily $20 was >> it could also be consumables. It could be all that's my understanding. It can be for other items related to that. >> Okay. because I'm like obviously like you know $20 is $20 per student but if it's $20 that we're having to spend because it's not covered the print charges are not covered in the product then are we really getting $20? >> Yeah. Is it is it a >> like are we really getting $20 if if from what I can see the print charges might be more than $20 versus stem scope that the print charges seem to be included. So I don't know if I can >> Yeah. And I and I you know again I I don't
118think that that's the driving uh piece. I again I I come back to I just I'm very concerned about um the lift involved with the professional development i.e. training uh with our teachers. We we will have to have support and we will have to have support from the service center uh andor a publisher uh with boots on the ground and numerous training sessions and I I think it's safe to say that that's going to be an area that will be hard to address with any one of these curriculums other than blue bonnet. I I can say that with great certainty. >> So I'm looking at the and the the recommendations. So for K5 high school algebra 1 and algebra 2 with blue bonnet that you're recommending but for pre-cal and algebraic reasoning hill LC and
119consensa and associates correct >> those were the only uh publishers for pre-cal and algebraic reasoning that are considered HQIM. That's why you didn't see the other. That's the only option. >> Okay. >> What are we currently using right now for uh our elementary through high school? >> Savas. >> So in high school, we're currently in gap years and we're using maneuvering the middle and algebra one and some district created and supplements for the other courses. And uh Dr. Jordan is correct. We are in our gap year. Our TEIKS have not changed since 2012 in elementary math. So we are currently using an adoption that we adopted back when the TEICS changed. So we use part of that, but we also have an in-house North Side curriculum that we have written in response to kind of
120that gap with the alignment of the TEICSS. >> Any further questions? Do we have any motions to approve the recommendations for instructional materials adoptions? >> Mrs. Freeman. >> Yeah. I um motion that we approve the um HQIM recommendations as presented. >> Any second? >> I I have one question. I'm sorry. Um, so we we are going to if we uh move forward, >> we're going to pick one of these six or >> it's a recommended. >> It's the recommended. >> Yeah. Elementary, secondary, uh, algebra, geometry, algebra 2, blue, blue bonnet. >> Oh, I see. I see. I'm sorry. The last slide. >> Pre-calculus and algebraic reasoning. Girl and >> Conens and Associates. >> Thank you. >> Oh, I did see it now. Sorry. >> Second it. >> Wait, I have a quick question. >> M
121Dr. >> Hel, >> we got a second first and then further discussion. Go ahead, ma'am. >> My discussion is I know like now that the $20 isn't that the additional resources, was it a person was going to be able to be in how like >> several? >> Okay. Several. So several because I thought it was one but you're saying several individuals. >> Yeah. So this is going to be supported through the lasso grant along with the efforts of the regional service center. >> Okay. >> Whereas I mean I I don't think it's uh the executive director for the service center has said if we implement anything other than blue bonnet service center is not going to have the ability to capabilities to support the implementation. >> And they offered like did they give you a
122number? I guess what I'm trying to like or did they just say we're going to offer resources? >> Uh in our conversation uh they uh indicated that we would have probably two okay >> uh uh full-time FTEES in the district uh that would work with the our teachers with implementation. >> Thank you. All in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? >> One one opposed. >> Any abstain? Okay, motion passes. >> Thank you and thanks for taking the time to pull these um items and for further discussion. >> Thank you. We have the next item now 5W to keep us moving. >> What? >> Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, we do have two more >> targeted improvement plans, please. Tips. >> Yes. So, a PowerPoint will come up on this one. Um, so the timing of
123this, um, I hope didn't cause confusion. I know I had a great conversation with Miss Freeman. So, let me just dial it back to the fall. Um, so in the fall, we brought to you guys the targeted or what we call the TAP plans, the targeted academic plans for four campuses. So that's for me, Kobby Glass, Martin, and Nef. Those are required plans. They're two years in length and they are very comprehensive. Um they run from wraparound services to academic interventions to improving tier one instruction. And so it was a requirement of TEA that those be approved by the board and submitted to TEA because the commissioner and the and they all reviewed and e either gave the TAP campuses thumbs up or thumbs down. Well, while we were developing the TAP plans, we were
124also developing the tip plans. And so tip plans, the reason why they're coming to you now is for whatever reason, the due date for these from TEA is not until this month. So, we could have brought it to you because we had them. These have been implemented all year long. So, this is kind of a formality to bring to you. uh for your consideration and approval, then we'll submit it to TEA. It is our understanding that TEA really is not approving these plans per se. Uh but we need to need to show that they have been approved by the board of trustees. So um on the next slide, oh you're there actually. Sorry, Monica. So um these targeted improvement plans are one year in length and so we have 12 campuses. We have four TAP
125campuses which you know those very well and so in North Side we have 12 TIP campuses that are required to create a TIP plan and you can you can uh be required to submit a TIP plan for two reasons. One's through state accountability and one's through federal accountability. So if you are multiple D's, so remember we had uh uh 23, 24, 25, all of that released in just a few months. So campuses went from really no dings to a tip from that one release. Um or it could be your first F rating. In terms of the federal accountability, it's if you're designated what they call a comprehensive um improvement and support campus. And what that means that applies to only title one campuses and it means that compared to your comparison group you're performing in
126the bottom um 5%. So uh these 12 campuses we're going to talk through uh in just a moment. So on the next slide what's important to know is really the tip plans and the tap plans are very similar. They have the same components. The difference is a TIP plan only requires one year of implementation whereas TAP is two years of implementation. So um again I want to reiterate these plans are the pieces that we're going to describe to you. We have been implementing since August at these campuses. Uh when we brought map data to you back in I think December. Um we're seeing movement at these campuses. So this is kind of a formality for the time frame. >> Good evening. We have it broken down by grade level. So we kind of aggregated the
127information. So we put them into categories to o to to give an overview of how we're supporting the campuses. Um, the key components that elementary has focused on include the instructional support and capacity building, shared leadership through the integration of PLC's and real time coaching for instructional alignment, a targeted focus on datadriven growth by identifying student performance gaps through rigorous data analysis in order to provide scaffolding to support student learning. In addition, in the performance management component, there's a focus on routine analysis of NWA MAP, which Dr. Jordan just referred to unit assessments and priority standards while implementing coaching cycles to support teachers through bi-weekly observations and feedbacks to ensure instructional consistency. Lastly, to ensure total alignment, we close the loop with stakeholder feedback. This includes highlevel superintendent reviews of our key performance indicators and
128a commitment to stakeholder reporting that keeps our community informed of milestone progress. It's a tablet >> for our middle school strategies at Rayburn. Our support framework is three-fold. We are coaching to to immediate classroom for immediate classroom impact using data to make a real-time adjustments for pacing and utilizing our PLC's to ensure differentiated instructional planning and student work analysis. Our performance management strategy at Rayburn uses ongoing monitoring through tools like NWA MAP and extended constructed response benchmarks to monitor our student progress. And then we use instructional walks twice a month to ensure our instruction aligned with those target with those our instruction is aligned with those targeted needs. Lastly, we have our high school tips. The high school level, our capacity building is anchored um to an integrated instructional support framework. PLCled data analysis informs
129student learning and classroom instruction. Simultaneously, we are pri prioritizing our new teacher induction to ensure ensure our newest staff members receive mentorship and coaching with frequent feedback in order to inform the instructional practices and increase student learning. In our high schools, we are progress monitoring through bi-weekly feedback um to ensure our high quality instruction and our assessment strategy relies on campus data trackers to ensure all students academically progress. Do you have any questions? >> All right. So, we've got um certainly those who work daytoday at these campuses. If you have any question about a particular campus or any detail um that you'd like to know, we're um happy to share like we had mentioned these things that you're seeing here um have uh started in August. I you that last piece the stakeholder feedback that's
130been just like with tap campuses that's been very positive in terms of the stakeholders and the parents wanting to be part of um of solutions when we posted these plans as required to the website like we did our tap plans for public input and and we didn't receive any comments. >> Mrs. is about >> um so um the tip plan that's prior to getting um to a turnaround it's so we we don't get it's like uh we're trying to prevent >> Yes ma'am. >> Um and so it's only for one year and then um >> then tap next, right? >> Yeah. Because you know as you know tap is multiple years of unacceptable progress. So that would be more than one F. And so the goal is that all of these campuses are out. And
131to Dr. Craft's point when you know he talked about uh the implementation of you know a tier one curriculum across 83 campuses with limited staff and much of our staff are actually in classrooms >> um teaching alongside teachers um which part of that model has helped move things pretty quickly in a positive way which were >> and we moved a lot of folks from what do y'all call it headquarters >> what is it >> central office sorry out into the campuses to support these campuses so that we don't get to that next level. >> Okay, Dr. Mr. Salo. >> Okay, >> I one more question. Um, so the tips are were providing more resources as far as support. Is that correct in in these three categories here? >> Okay, >> that is correct. And it's
132added support for the campuses at the bottom here. So on the elementary which is a Carlos uh Carlos Coons Colonies North. Okay, >> Mrs. Bman. >> Um I I do have a question and um Dr. Jordan, so as as you have said, this has been implemented since October, and I understand that TEA is doesn't need approval until March. Perhaps if the board, if maybe we have that discussion in the fall, but perhaps we could approve it in the fall. AB just the deadline is March. >> Yes, ma'am. And that's a great point. And as a matter of fact, we've talked internally. Our we didn't want to get confusion around we wanted TAP to be the focus, but it would have been better to come all at once for y'all to see those plans at once.
133Even even though TEA doesn't need this until tomorrow, >> it just makes sense to me that if we starting to approve it, then >> do it >> because we're approving something that's already been done. >> That's right. Okay. >> Okay. We have a motion to approve item five W targeted improvement plan. >> So moved. >> First and second. >> Second. >> Zapata. Uh all in favor say I. >> I. Any further discussion? >> All right. 5W has been approved. We're now moving on to 5 Y which is a dual credit. >> Yeah. This this item we wanted to bring back u it was uh Dr. Hassel uh brought it to our attention that any dual creditou uh particularly um memorandum of understanding in between two governmental entities does need board approval. Um so uh you
134haven't seen these in the past but we wanted to go ahead and bring them forward for your uh review consideration uh this evening. Um you can designate like say myself as the uh signator uh going forward. Um but there are three um so however you want to take these up if you want to take them them up uh individually because I know uh with Dr. Hasso Dr. Ron y'all's affiliation you need to recuse yourself from one it's really however you uh so choose to proceed or that they can all three be considered together. It's like a >> however you see best >> and I did ask for it get taken out because I will be abstaining from the vote um since I do work at one of the schools and I work in dual credit
135so I will be abain abstaining myself from the vote. I also work with dual credit and I work at these institutions with these so I would have to abstain as well. So, um, I motion that we just move them all together because we don't work at them, right? Second. I can still lead this conversation. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Okay. Any further discussion? All right. Motion passes and theou >> two abstains. >> What's my second four >> Dr. Passo and I >> two no the second. >> Oh um Mr. >> Motion >> so okay >> one absent. >> Thank you. Just a question technicality but since it is being recorded we the the motion was to move to take them up al together but I didn't hear to approve I
136I know that wasn't assumed but should we go ahead and and >> your motion ma'am >> I motion that we combine them all together and move forward to approve them >> thank you let's vote all in favor say I I >> I have two abstain and one absent. Thank you. All right, that concludes our itemized voting items for the consent agenda. >> Thank you. >> And now we're moving on to agenda item six, facilities and operations. this week. These both these items were again uh presented in the last building committee uh as we've discussed uh looking forward with uh November 3rd bond and potentially Vader. Um we wanted to really just provide uh the information associated with what the CBC membership makeup, recruitment process, uh etc. has looked like uh what we're proposing uh uh
137going forward. And then also um we discussed the proposed project list um which you'll have the opportunity to uh review as well in building committee. >> Jacob. >> Sure. So thank you Dr. Craft, Madam President, members of the board. So I'm going to kind of speak to the process that we've done to date. Now that's not saying that that can't change, but obviously our bonds are changing and how we approach CBC committee can certainly be up for discussion. But in the past, it's kind of been broken up into four phases. The first phase is obviously the formation of the committee and that's the deciphered by you trustees uh your your recommendations as well as campus input, student voice. We usually get community leadership involved. Um and then we determine lead appointments of those uh the
13812 citizen leads that we typically have. Um the second phase is the uh information deliberation. So the goal of this is to obviously educate those that are on the committee. Um there's usually five to six meetings that are held here at Knack. Very large venue, large uh audience. Usually the numbers are in the neighborhood of 350 to 400 that are invited, but we don't typically have all those attend because they're usually multiple evenings and uh that are that are our the commitment is for. Um these are usually presentations by not only the superintendent, resource planning, facilities, technology to share what is included in the the proposition that's going to be considered. Uh and then these these uh larger group is then broken up into smaller groups that then decipher the proposition, the options and determine
139the priorities and their individual recommendations which are then brought into a a larger group setting. So in that larger group setting, we synthesize all the smaller groups recommendations, formulate some so what what floats to the top as the priorities for the for the majority and then ultimately a final recommendation is brought to you trustees by that committee those committee leads based on the information that is provided. Um and there's multiple roles that are played from from the group as a as a whole but also your citizens lead the different members um and then the district leads and and you the trustees. So that is currently how that process is. I don't think there's a limitation on how many nominees that you uh each can have. Um but really this was sparked the conversation that we
140need to get this going. Um and in this case given the circumstances and what we're also going to be taking in November along with the bond potential bond proposition with the Vader uh we want to encourage maximum participation and try and get as big of a group as physically possible. So with that I'll open it up for any questions on our prior processes or discussion on how we want to proceed moving forward. And I think I've mentioned this at the last um board meeting, but also the building committee meeting. Really, this is the point in time that uh we are planning on um providing a Google form. Uh and if you will please work to start uh sending submissions for nominees so that we can begin formulating the list but also more importantly formulating uh
141contact um uh providing information as to what the commitment will entail because it is going to be several meetings. It's not just a one meeting show up and um it's a process. So, um, the big thing right now is is we just need to start getting everything lined up, uh, so that we can begin to formulate this next CBC, >> right? >> Dr. Hassel, then Mrs. Freeman, >> um, just wanted like looking at the timeline, when would be a good time to have maybe like a town hall for citizens so that way we can go out to them because, you know, I know we'll go over it here. Um, we'll go over it in building committee. We'll go over it obviously in the bigger group, but I want to make sure that, you know, individuals
142that are out in the community get to hear what the bond is about or what's going on. Like when would that be when would that be strategically the best time to have a town hall out in some of our schools closer to the community? Yeah, I I would definitely wait until one uh the the bond has been called i.e. uh proposed uh by the board of trustees. And then furthermore, there's a scope because right now you'll you'll see here momentarily if you haven't had the opportunity to see it yet. you got two over two billion dollars uh worth of needs and we could really spin things up and it we're we're spending a lot of error uh in doing so. So I think that uh two things once we have like I say a refined
143list for your consideration and then the bond is called then yes I think town halls and information being pushed to the community uh and of course CBC meetings um uh leading up to that um is absolutely warranted. >> I was just trying to think like months just because like obviously scheduling is of the essence making sure that we let people know. So like strategically what months would we be doing that so that way we can already plan out and put it on people's schedule that there will be you know specific town halls for this specific information because the biggest thing is obviously like I go on to Facebook I go on to Instagram and some of the biggest things that I'm seeing right now are individuals saying like there needs to be more transparency more
144communication and so I want to make sure that the opportunity is there like if individuals want to learn more and aren't able to come to our meetings and they're able to go to their neighborhood high school or middle school or elementary school. I want them to have the opportunity to go do that. And so what does that look like? Like what months? So we can kind of schedule a town hall. We don't have to say like this is it's just schedule town hall. So we already have the dates. They're already set up. People already know that those are opportunities that they don't they can come here, but they also can physically go to one of their schools nearby. So it's already scheduled and the community knows that these will be their opportunities to hear everything
145that we're talking about, not just here in the meetings, but that way they have a full picture of what's going on. >> Yeah, absolutely. So that is our process, our normal process, as Dr. Craft mentioned, after the bond is called, then that's when those community meetings start. And so currently on our bond timeline, we're slated because this is a November election that's happening in the months of September and October where cabinet as a whole divides and conquers and they start messaging out that information not only of what's on the bond but also what directly impacts that feeder pattern of those schools whether you're going to elementary school, middle school or high school. And so you can actually see the dollars that are attributed to that. >> Mrs. Yeah, just to add to that, um, Dr.
146Hasso, in all the bonds that I remember since I've been here, and that's been well, since actually 1995, um, I'll go back that far far. We have um the district has had a meeting at every single el every single school. So, it's not only been and and it's been scheduled with the school um maybe in relationship to a PTA meeting or some other events that they've had to ensure um increased attendance, but everyone is invited within the community. So every school that's plus every in the past there's been a presentation to all the staff at each school and those have all been informational because we can't at on school property we can't advocate one way or another. They have to be informational. So there's been that we've not called them town halls, but it's been
147on every single and then >> then we've had in the community the pack has >> when I was real quick if I can just not just no separate from the pack um every HOA we know about neighborhood association uh just about any group boy scale not not boy scout but anything you got the idea I mean there's there's been at least at least 300 would be on that spreadsheet different meetings out in the community separate from the schools and other things >> separate from the schools. >> Yeah. So, Dr. Hasso, if you would look at that timeline that we've been sharing in uh building committee, um under the bond election prep, the last item there is community/school meetings. And so that shows you the months that we're going to be targeting. It's about two months
148worth of meetings that are occurring during that entire duration. Um so it'll be different this year given that we're going after a November election because traditionally this is May. uh and so that's gets pushed back a little bit but that is the target and that's after the the board has elected to call a election and move forward. Can I just can you remove like April to like February from the chart because it's like huge and >> so to start like in March. >> We certainly can. >> There's nothing in April and February because that time has passed and it just makes the chart easier to look at if you're just looking at the months that we're in. >> We certainly can. >> Thank you. Any other questions? This is just for discussion. Oh, Mrs. Freeman.
149>> Um, yeah, if staff perhaps could help us out when we start thinking about who to invite. If we are going to invite, let's say, all leadership north side, then then it would help us to know so we don't submit those people that we have appointed to those particular groups. So if if y'all could determine maybe what particular groups >> Well, so there is an existing list um that I think you've been provided that copy. Uh we actually that came up again uh another topic of conversation this morning in cabinet uh that we would anticipate unless instructed otherwise to invite both cohorts last year's cohort and this year's cohort of leadership northside >> uh participants to to engage. So, uh, yes, we can, Barry, we we can start to work to, uh, here is what
150we've got in the works thus far. Let us know, um, what additions that that's the Google form that will be forth. >> That's a great idea. And then we could continue to submit the names to you. >> Absolutely. Yeah, the Google form will help decipher any duplicates as well. So, it makes it very easy to filter those out. >> Thank you. >> All right. Next we have proposed preliminary >> um >> this this was a another conversation like I say that we uh discussed at the last building committee. Uh here is the list. Um it's uh already gone through a prioritization uh process. You'll see life safety um uh security vestibules um uh other items that are really I would argue high critical uh need um and then a lot of life cycle replacement to
151get to a bandwidth or capacity of about 400 $410 million uh capacity without uh raising the overall tax rate. if a three cent bader uh is also proposed beyond that we anticipate that it would increase the M tax rate or at least uh the consideration uh through maybe a variety of propositions would increase the um M tax rate. So really this is the work of the CBC and bringing forward a recommendation of the projects that um we would like to propose for consideration. I'm I'm a little bit um uh concerned about exceeding that 400 million mark um at this point. Uh just knowing that this election coming November is um going to be um um participation rates are going to be high. I have a feeling. Um that's not to say that we can't. it
152it just raising the the overall tax rate, our total tax rate um is a little bit different conversation. >> Yeah. So, just for a quick explanation, it's very colorcoded. I know it's might be overwhelming initially, but the green items that we've identified is exactly what Dr. Craft just mentioned. It's more your life cycle, your safety, the type of items that either department heads or our maintenance department have identified as critical need and would make that initial cut, which keeps us at roughly that $400 million mark. The next uh color is yellow, which takes in account all the green, but then adds some other items uh that we deemed as the next level of priority based on feedback we got from department heads, as well as other items that we could address on the maintenance side.
153Um, and then obviously the bond management and everything else tied to that goes hand in hand. So that's your total. That's just shy of of a billion dollars, very similar to the 22 bond proposition that we proposed and got approved by our voters. And then the red is obviously the whole kitchen sink and everything that's been requested. Uh, I'll be fully transparent. This doesn't drill down to campus principles just because the ask from department heads and maintenance is already as big as it is at just shy of 2.3 billion. And so to go add their input and their feedback would then just continue to raise that number to a number that we likely could not sustain and we'd have to decipher through all those projects. So with that, I'll open the floor. I I will
154also add that on the left hand side of this list, you'll see a couple cells highlighted in blue. Those are cells that we're trying to get clarifi clarification from bond council on whether or not they would have to go in a separate proposition or we already know that they would have to go on a separate proposition if they were going to be considered uh as part of any um any listing of options. >> Any questions? This is just a work in progress. >> Yeah. Again, this was an item that we said we'd bring back for the whole board uh to like say for information purposes. >> And I'll stress this is preliminary. Uh this is our best stab at what those numbers are based on historical bids received to date. Obviously, we're continuing to receive
155bids as you guys are approving them on consent agenda in this meeting and prior meetings and even going forward. So, as we are able to refine those numbers, we're really looking closely at the costs that we're applying to make sure that we don't find ourselves in a hole in the future, trying to project escalation and inflation based on historical data as best we can. >> Thank you, Jacob. Appreciate that. >> Very welcome. >> Our next item is uh number seven for administration. >> This is uh our uh grievance policy. U Dr. Fade and I know through policy committee has been working on this um seems like almost all year long. >> Yeah. >> So Dr. Right. >> So, well, actually, we approved uh the grievance policy in consent agenda because we did the update to
156126 in our February board meeting. And so, uh if you go back to the fall uh in our August meeting, I believe that we had uh gone through a district of innovation amendment at that uh district innovation plan amendment uh to basically uh recuse ourselves from following Senate Bill 12. And so within that, because we've changed our own local policy now, even um compared to what it was prior to um the update, uh we did not take the considerations of of of the new legislation and we implemented a new policy uh in FNG, which is um our students rights, our DGBA, which is our employment rights, and our GF, which is our public complaints. And so, um, for full transparency, we wanted to resubmit the District of Innovation submission to TEA to make sure that
157we included our new policies that they that we are still exempting ourselves through that District of Innovation from the uh, legislation that was just passed. However, we're doing it under the the new policies that we just got through adopting in those three policy areas. So, we're just asking tonight for approval on the district of innovation and we've already met with that team last week and so we're asking for approval of that tonight to submit to TEA. >> Okay. Any motions to approve? >> Um I motion we approve. >> Okay, Miss Sapata. Any seconds? Dr. Hassel. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any further discussion? Thank you, Dr. Fay. The motions passed. Thank you. And next we have our superintendent. >> The only thing I have >> uh the only I have are future
158agenda items. Uh we've got our next schedule meeting April 28th. Um thus uh in the works uh we did provide a dashboard demonstration at the last academic meeting. Uh so uh we're going to based on some feedback that was received uh refine that dashboard particularly with more interim assessment data. IE map assessment uh data. Uh we have a resolution that we'll need to bring forward regarding school seat belts um and the financial implications associated with trying to outfit all of our our fleet uh with seat belts. We hope to have CSG and our um um uh optimization study priorities and draft form to be able to prevent to present, excuse me. Uh we need to bring back an update as to the work done in and around high uh crime rate uh and walk out
159radius uh radi math adoption not radi that right >> what say it again >> radi >> the public >> oh radius plural >> yeah radius plural is radi >> um >> I think it is pretty sure >> um and so uh we'll bring back an update in that regard. Um, uh, that's what we have, like I say, in the works for April 28th. >> It is Radio. >> I know. >> He knows. Thank you. >> All right, sir. >> I have a question. >> Mrs. Freeman. >> Um, at one point, I don't I don't know if this is a a good assumption or not. My my assumption is that we um because of the the vote by the council regarding their May elections going to November, when does this board look at what we are
160going to do? Would 2027 be the same? I I hear 2029, but um when do we start looking at that? >> Yeah, we'll we'll get with council. We'll look at holdover doctrine. That's going to be one of the first things uh we have to assess uh is our board policy holdover doctrine uh stagger terms. We've got some runway uh still. I would say next fall we need to start looking at the timeline associated if if if you elect to move to a November election otherwise >> right well >> anything but we we need to have all the information so that we can decide whether to change to May to November. So we'll have that. >> Yeah. I mean the the biggest the biggest question mark is just what will be the additional expenses as a
161result of hosting May elections as you have or in accordance with uh your current board policy and that cost savings associated. We'll we'll try it just it's going to be an estimate. Um I don't know that we'll be able to nail down how many polling places, how many election judges, how many you know workers will we'll try. I was just curious as to what that timeline might look like. >> We probably need to start having the conversation. You need to start analyzing it in the fall. >> You've got you got, like I say, still another election November election cycle. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. So, now we're ready to move into executive session. Um, the board will convene into close session in accordance with the Texas Government Code sections 551.071 through 551.084.
162No action will be taken in close session. Any decisions will be made when the board reconvenes into open session. So, we'll we give you a few minutes. We're going to start at 9:06 if that's okay. Well, thank you all for waiting for us. It is now 9:56 and the board is reconvening into open session. No action was taken in closed session regarding any agenda items discussed in closed session. Is there a motion to come before the board? >> Mrs. Freeman. >> Yes. Um I would um motion to approve the administrative appointments as discussed in executive session. Any seconds? >> Mr. Salceto seconds that. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any further discussion. All right. The motion carries and it is now 9:57. Thank you all for everything you do. Have a great
163night.