001Just want to appreciate everyone for being here, especially the boards. Thank you so much for being here student. And I came here to sing a couple songs. This is my last song, but I hope you guys enjoy. What's your name? >> Mateo Alberto Lopez. Mateo. [Music] Foreign [Music] speech. Foreign speech. Foreign [Music] speech. Foreign speech. Foreign speech. [Music] Oh, you [Music] I am a son of God. [Music] Fore [Music] story. [Music] Oh, [Music] I love [Music] special me. [Music] [Applause] So, Mateel, come back. Am I we're going to welcome you and thank you for coming, but we just want to recognize you as one of our um Hispanic Heritage students that really represents us very well all across the world. You've been in Milano. You've been all over the place and you're a student here
002at North Side and you were named the youngest Mariachi at the age of four. That's when you started your career as a mariachi singer. Um you also are in the Guinness Book of World Records. You've been on the show Little Big Shots, Mexico Talento, and um you've sang the different national anthems at MLS games, at the Boston Red Sox game. Uh you arm wrestle Dwayne the Rock, my boyfriend. Gosh. And and you also sing um alongside Maria Mariachi legends like the Mariachi Vargasan. and you are also a junior reporter for the men's Mexico national team and you interviewed Memo ooa Marcelo Flores and Tata Martino. So we just want to tell you we're so proud of you. Thank you for serenating us tonight. Keep up the good work and we can't wait to see where
003your career goes to next after you finish high school. Gracias. Thank you. Woohoo. All right. So with that, let's please stand as Trustee Salceto leads us in the invocation and pledges of allegiance. >> Almighty merciful God, we ask your guidance and blessings upon the 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. Amen. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Honor the Texas flag. I pledge algiance to the Texas. One state one and indivisible. All right, it's 6:08 and the meeting is now officially called to order. Good evening and welcome to this regular meeting
004of the North Side Board of Trustees. Before we call the agenda, the first agenda item, we would like to just briefly review our rules for conducting our meeting. This um order of business is set out on our agenda and you may have noticed the consent agenda. that includes items that are routine and recurring of nature and we will act upon those in one motion. If there's an item that anyone would like to address, please sign up to speak to that item and we will pull it from the consent motion and discuss it separately. We are also required by law to allow for public participation regarding the proposed fiscal year 26 2026. Oh, that was last meeting. Sorry. Um the purpose of this meeting is to conduct board business and for that reason it is held
005in public. It is not a public forum but we do provide the opportunity for audience participation. If anyone wishing to address the board regarding citizens to be heard agenda items, you should sign in prior to the start of this meeting. If there's anyone who would like to address the board during an agenda item, we ask that you please complete that signup sheet and indicate the agenda item. Those are located at the entrance of this room. This is so we don't overlook anyone who would like to speak to the board and we will review the rules for addressing board later in the meeting. If there is anyone here that would like to sign up for an agenda item or citizens to be heard and has not already done so. All right. So, we're going to go
006ahead and move on to our first agenda item which are recognitions today. Yes, Madame President, members of the board uh and community. Uh good evening. Uh this evening we have a very special group of individuals. These are our very own as we talk about developing leadership and building capacity. Um we have uh 34 individuals that have recently completed uh the North Side Leadership Academy or NLA. Now this is not to be confused with Leadership North Side which are community members uh that meet on a monthly basis. Um but these individuals like I say are uh really truly uh our future leaders uh as we look forward uh in in uh filling leadership roles uh throughout the school district. And so I'm going to ask the board to join us at the dis and then uh
007following we also have our annual um decision of respect which I'll uh describe a little bit more in detail here momentarily. Um, I think we're ready to recognize our uh most recent North Side Leadership uh Academy uh uh completers. >> Come on. Good evening, Madame President and Dr. Craft. Uh, thank you so much. My name is Dr. Fay, uh, deputy superintendent for administration at Northside ISD. It is my extreme pleasure and honor tonight to present the members of the 2425 North Side Leadership Academy class for board recognition. For the past 50 years, we have held specialized training in one-on-one form or another to identify and train future leaders of North Side ISD. NLA is a year-long program that focuses on our core competencies as they apply to school or department leadership. The admittance process to
008this program is very rigorous. In addition to the application, participants are required to complete a problem-solving exercise and undergo an interview. At this time, each graduate will come forward to be congratulated by the board. After you get this congratulations, you'll proceed out to the door to receive your certificate of completion. I'm supposed to have an example one. >> There you go. Right there. There you go. Uh there you go. So there you go. Some >> we've we've really come a long way. And so some of these individuals are already leaders in their various areas and have not previously gone through this specialized program. Some are aspiring leaders who one day hope to become campus or department leaders. at this time >> or trustes >> or trustees. That's right. There you go. And so at this
009time if we will there >> okay I'm trying to figure this out. So Enhelica Benvitas Roads Elementary [Applause] >> Ashley Santiago Min Elementary. >> Thank you. Brenda Khaled, Henderson Elementary. >> Denia Heredia. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Nolton Elementary. Thank you. Danielle Morales, Rabba Elementary. [Applause] >> Cara Beavers, Scarboro Elementary. [Applause] Marisa Martinez, Coun Elementary, [Applause] Nicole Tovar, Nolton Elementary. [Applause] Rebecca Martinez, Evers Elementary. Sandra Zmaripa, Martin Elementary. [Applause] Iet Lisaraga, Esparza Elementary. Zyra Diaz, Glenn Oaks Elementary. [Applause] >> Elena Zavala, Jones Middle School. [Applause] Andrea Carmichael, Vale Middle School. >> Renee Lozano, Vale Middle School. [Applause] >> Stephanie Lemona Zachary Middle School. Brandy Clay Cast High School. [Applause] Priscilla Sigala Bernal Middle School. Did I do it right? There you go. >> Betina Melton, Health Careers High School. >> John Castillo, Clark High School. [Applause]
010Olivia Chamberlain, Brennan High School. [Applause] Tammy Rivera J High School. [Applause] Thank you. >> Sandra Ostrouski, Brandeise High School. [Applause] >> Veronica Esposa, Curriculum and Instruction. Amanda Esposa, Lewis Elementary. >> Vanessa Martinez J High School. >> Vanessa Rodriguez, Clark High School. Aaron Balon, Stevenson Middle School. Ashley Nino, curriculum and instruction. Dei Cruz Holmes High School. Is that it? Is that it? That concludes our award recipients. Thank you so much for receiving them. >> I started saying I can't believe they're all leaving. Hang on just a second. Where are you guys going? Sorry, we got we got to go celebrate. Oh, >> absolutely. How about another round of applause for our NLA graduates? >> You know, as we talk about uh like I say, the uh building of the future, um these individuals that you just
011met and we recognize they're going to play important roles. Um uh we're also very excited uh that we're going to be launching a North Side Leadership Academy 2 uh that's going to be really geared um more towards visioning uh and uh really looking at uh departmental uh leadership. So we're excited about that effort. Um also uh this evening uh many years as many of you are aware uh we've had uh the district-wide decision of respect uh day for students K through 12. And so I'd like to introduce Elizabeth Flores. Uh she is our director of all counseling support services. Elizabeth, you'll come on forward. And of course, I think many of you know Dr. Kimberly Ridgely. She's our assistant superintendent for the whole child. Um this year, absolutely. Uh this year, October 3rd, uh we
012will hold our 14th annual district-wide signing uh day for our students, our and our staff. Um and so this evening um we have the opportunity uh as a board of trustees as well as I'll sign on behalf of of the staff um really in celebration of uh the month of October um as we uh engage in anti-bullying uh and our campaign uh our counselors uh have obviously been equipped with training materials and uh provided the skill sets and lessons for classroom presentations uh to teach the necessary skills really to promote a safe, respectful, and healthy school uh climate. And so uh with that being said, I'm going to uh invite the board uh to sign uh the decision of respect. And again, these will be signed across our campuses uh on October 3rd. Uh really
013as a declaration that we uh will not accept any form of bullying in the month of October. Uh we're going to ensure our students uh and staff are provided the resources uh to um ensure all students are provided a safe uh and healthy learning environment. Robert, >> he's like, "What is that? I go see like live. Yeah. >> Oh no, it's recording it. >> I know. Now I've got two of them. One, two, three. >> And then he takes it away. Yeah. Yeah. The other item that we had under recognitions uh is our code of ethics, but we'll bring since seeing that we didn't have the opportunity to uh review the code of ethics with our operating procedures, we'll bring those back with uh like I say the annual review of operating procedures um and
014then any um adaptations or changes we need to make to our code of ethics for the board to review uh in October. Um uh and that completes I believe this portion of recognitions. >> Thank you, sir. And our next agenda item is now uh item number two, which is our superintendent's report. >> Thank you. Um I I'll try to be brief. I always say that and it usually uh is not the case, but um we do have several of our student ambassadors again with us tonight. And so I'd like to introduce uh those that are with us. Uh Cole Corbner uh with Marshall High School. Cole, if you'll stand up. It's good to see you again, Cole. He's been he's been very very busy. Um, Ismmail Morenes, Holmes High School. I believe Sophia Gonzalez is
015with us, Comm Arts. Uh, Joshua Albert, uh, Insight. Good to see you, Josh. Again, Josh has also been several events. Uh, Abel Franco, uh, who is representing JSEA [Applause] and also Brian Gonzalez. It's Brian. Did Brian make it? Yeah, Brian. Uh, also JSEA. So, uh, again, oh, I'm sorry, guys. >> That's that that's okay. So, so you get to introduce yourselves. I'm sorry. >> Hi, everyone. My name is Also, [Applause] my name is [Applause] yourself. >> Awesome. >> Ladies and gentlemen, we have se >> Well, and again, uh thank you so much uh to our ambassadors. Um you guys look incredibly sharp in your blazers. Um, but again, they're helping us already with events across the school district. And I can't tell you how many positive comments um I've received and just uh your communication
016skills uh and really telling your phenomenal stories about your experiences uh all throughout your careers in North Side. So, thank you guys again to to our ambassadors. Um uh last um Monday or excuse me I should say on the 8th I guess it was the Monday before last uh we did wrap up again leadership north side and so we'll be recognizing uh these community members at our next board meeting. uh they had the opportunity to engage with our operations and safety staff to include Chief KS and our police and um like I say that's a that's a wrap for this cohort and of course uh we will be excited to start this next cohort um which I believe the nominations are still being uh accepted. So, uh, just as a reminder, if you have individuals,
017community members that are interested in learning more about, uh, the the, uh, operations, um, sometimes behind the scenes, uh, um, it's what we do. Uh, please, uh, be sure to submit to Nicole Franco those nominations. So, >> in November, >> okay, coming to come in November. So, be thinking about nominations. Apologize. Um our uh North Side Education Foundation annual giving campaign kicked off. Uh we had a great pillars reception uh on the 15th. Um and again uh just want to congratulate uh all of our pillars uh and particularly one of our very own Chris TJO, our assistant superintendent for technology services. Um we had the opportunity to celebrate our AP scholars at Holmes High School uh last Wednesday. Uh Mr. Ham, uh, one of the stellar teachers at homes, uh, had this idea of, let's
018celebrate all of our students who scored a three or higher on AP exams. They had just under 300 students. It was pretty awesome, pretty awesome celebration. Again, thank you to the trustees who were able to attend that that event. Um, I think it's always important uh to celebrate what I will argue is really most important, and those are our our scholars. Um, had a great texted uh con uh meeting. Uh this is of course uh the replacement formerly called Tassa Tasby, but uh superintendents and board members from across the state. I know that there was a lot of legislative uh unload, but um I again appreciate our trustees that were able to engage in that important process um which I know you'll hear hear more uh about here momentarily. Um also last Wednesday we had
019the opportunity to meet with our citizen bond advisory uh committee. uh we actually met at ATA so they had the opportunity to see the new facility uh associated with the 2022 bond. We went ahead and started laying the the foundation for uh bond projects in association with the 2022 and projects that we're really analyzing particularly as a result of construction escalation and of course our de changing demographics but then also looking forward at the 2026 bond and potential uh voter approved tax ratification elections. So again, had great conversations uh in that regard. Um yesterday had the opportunity to visit Fields Elementary School. Uh we had a little bit of fun with the principal uh Ilana Perez. Uh she uh knew that KAT was going to be celebrating an educator of the month. What she didn't
020know was that educator of the month was actually her. Um, and so it was it was great uh to like I say um be a part of that celebration, but then also really to visit with uh their broadcast students uh who did the morning announcements every morning. Uh and they do a phenomenal phenomenal job. So again, thank you to KAT. Uh Stephanie Cerno uh with Kesat was there to present uh Iliana that award and we couldn't be more proud. Um we have uh uh started the open enrollment for our health insurance plan. It starts the open enrollment process starts the 29th. Uh so we're going to have several fairs to include our health fair at um Brandise High School here in just a couple weeks. Um we're reminding employees that this is an active enrollment.
021So uh each employee will have to enroll not only themselves uh but any uh beneficiaries as well. Um again, we're really really proud of the fact that we're able to maintain flat health care premiums uh in a pretty challenging time. Uh there's not a lot of um entities that are able to maintain flat health insurance uh premiums just really as a result of uh that whole industry uh increasing. Um and then it's obviously a busy time of the year. I know that many of you have had the opportunity to attend uh football games, volleyball games. We're going to be um hosting a a district uh water polo uh event here in the very near future along with district cross country. So um as the weather begins to cool down or at least um somewhat cool
022down I should say um as it's only 106° today. Um you know again please join us if you'd like to uh engage in the coin flip. Let us know before football game. We'd love to have you. And um we've still got um I believe uh six weeks of of regular uh district play remaining and then we'll be off to the playoffs. Um so uh a lot of exciting things are happening across North Side particularly as we finished uh the first marking period. I believe the first day of fall was marked by it was marked yesterday. um even though it may not feel like it um uh cooler weather's on the way and like I say uh please feel free to join us um in any and all events uh because it is like I say
023a really busy time of the year. That being said that completes my report. I believe we do have a video moment um many of you are familiar with our afterchool program or learning tree. Um this is our enrichment program and uh we have the ability actually to employ many uh of our high school students, seniors uh as they work with our prek through 8th grade students. Um and um we've got just like I say a real quick highlight uh that's going to demonstrate articulate uh their hard work. Um and we couldn't be more proud like I say of our very own students uh helping us uh out with our afterchool program. Um, so, uh, if we're ready, we'll roll learning tree, >> laughing with friends, making plans for the big dance >> for prom. I
024was thinking like, what if we sound like a ger >> wearing her favorite princess backpack and then halfway through her school day, something changes, Sariah heads over to Roba Elementary. Hi. >> Sariah Arispa becomes Miss A. >> And Miss A's going to take over. So, be really really good. >> Working with a classroom full of kids in the Learning Tree after school program. >> So, we are going to grab our snack and I'm going to tell you guys where to sit. Okay. We're going to split it between this table and this table just like always. Okay. >> So, what's this all about? Well, I'm glad you asked because Cody Miller, director of adult community education, can't wait to tell you. It's really just an opportunity for employment for high school seniors who um want to
025work with kids. This is a great opportunity for them to kind of start their career in education. >> Today, we're just going to be practicing some very important skills. >> The program gives high school seniors enrolled in the education and training endorsement program a chance to work with kids in learning treat. >> Okay, we're just going to spread some dots throughout our paper. and real world experience as official NISD employees getting the hands-on experience they need for a career in education. >> Let's all just add one more dot, just one. >> For future educators like Sarah, it's an invaluable part of their study. >> I think that this has helped me gain so much experience and so much knowledge. Uh it's definitely given me a lot to think about just classroom experience. I had never
026controlled an entire classroom on my own. Now everybody grab any color of their choice. >> It's a real job with real pay and benefits. >> It's definitely a bonus. >> Okconor student Karina Medí spent her senior year working at Beard Elementary. She says the payday helps even if it's not the only reason she signed up. >> I'm going to trace a little bit of your arm in all of your hands. I would do this without the pay even if I had the opportunity. But it's good to kind of have little spending money and be able to also save some money and put that away for college. >> Okay. >> Cody says even if education isn't in a student's future, working for the learning tree is still a great choice. >> It looks so much better
027on a resume to show that you've worked with kids uh than to show that you've worked in a fast food because if you can work with, you know, 15 to 20 six, seven, eight year olds uh you can you can probably conquer the world. Are you raising your paper hand >> and when they're here working with the kids for hours a day? >> It doesn't take long to figure out if being an educator is really the right thing for them. >> It's so sweet to watch them share work with one another, pass paint brushes, little things like that that you just see those building blocks be set in their lives and watch them develop and grow as little kids. >> That's okay if we make mistakes. Mistakes happen sometimes, right? It's definitely put a lot
028into perspective for me, but it's shown me that it's really all worth it at the end. >> It's pretty heartwarming uh story. Absolutely. Um and and you'll see here momentarily. We're still hiring. So, if there are seniors that are tuning in, um come come talk to us. Uh we'll be glad to put you to work at Learning Tree. Um that concludes my report. Uh if you have any questions, u please let me know. >> Thank you, sir. All right. Now moving on to our board members reports. Does anyone have anything they'd like to share with us today? Don't forget to press your button. Thank you, Dr. Harl. Um, thank you. Um, first and foremost, I lost a bit. And so, back on uh the the last Saturday of August, um, Ohio State played University of
029Texas in um, This is hard for you. >> It's hard. This is hard. This is hard. And the bet was if UT lost, I was to wear um Ohio State colors. So, here's your red. >> Um although I do appreciate David's saying true to the burnt orange. Um but I brought back a gift and I'm not sure what the gift means because everyone had it except the Longhorns. Um but this is what they they held up during the gang. >> Oh, yeah. Okay. The Ohio State. I like So, is there another Ohio State? No. The Ohio. And they had tears going with the and so Bobby, this is your gift. Um >> along with wearing a red dress. Um but it was fun and and the Buckeyes were really nice people and you know the
030nut guy was it was lots of fun. So anyway, um but congratulations Bobby. Oh, thank you. >> Um, >> I'm coal myself. Thank you. >> Um, I do want to recognize and thank very, very much um, from the bottom of my heart the North Side um, vision impaired the VI department, which is under the special ed department. Um, they took a book um, I'm not really good at standing at a podium and reading. Um, I don't know what it is. I know I dived in a pool that had not a lot of water in it and hit my head when I was young. So, I'm I'm blaming it on that, but I can't read and talk at the same time to large groups. So, I always have a gimmick that helped me. And I have
031this book, which I love because it's called Unstoppable. And I read it to my grandkids and it's really about a group of animals that work hard together against this Congress of Animals. and and they they win because they they banded together and had this incredible message. Well, that wasn't my message at convocation. I was using the book. I was standing there and using the book with my notes on it like I was telling a story about it. And so there the VI department was there and they said, "Oh, we love that book and so can we borrow it or where did you get it?" So anyway, I said, "We'll just take it and you know you can have it." Anyway, they gave it back to me and what they did is they um did a
032braille transcription for the entire book. So, it's all in braille, which is wonderful and just incredible. Yeah, it makes the book more special. And I got it on the day that we found out one of our granddaughters is blind in one eye, but she's getting there's really good advancements that are going on right now. and talking to the VI uh department about it really helped me be um much more um okay with it. But the work that they do is incredible. The the service and the support that they give our teachers in the classroom is priceless, but more importantly the kids and their families. So hats off. And I wanted to make sure um they sent their their cute little pictures with it. But it was Shauna Patino and Janice I think it's Dames Da
033Mes but sometimes we're in San Antonio Damus. Um so I'm not real sure but I will go meet them in person but for trans their beautiful Braille transcriptions. So um thank you for that. That was un unexpected and definitely much needed. Um I really did um um love the education forum last week. the highlighting of um our kids from various magnet programs inside and Marshall M LMS and Sachary Cyber and the Moss kids from Marshall really showcased a lot of incredible things and there was a lot of community and and government support leaders there that that really u made the evening wonderful for everyone who attended and so I know there'll be some more but um special thanks to Holmes and I know other people will say their thanks as Well, um the Nef um
034folks did a great pillar reception. It was wonderful. Our pillars um are the most incredible people. The only person I didn't get to talk to that night was Chris, but I I figured I'd see him at a UT game >> or something. I don't know. But um we certainly are very very proud of them. And um that was just that was just so much fun. The scary thing is it was at a a car dealership and I >> you wanted to buy >> I there was a car that just says Carol buy me. But anyway, it was hard like like leaving the dog pound. I want to take all these dogs home too. Um and then I just wanted to make an announcement before our next um board meeting because we won't be together I
035don't think until then later on in October. But one of my favorite events here is um through the hotel department they do be well stay well. It's a full day on October 11th at Brandeise. They have everything from physical exercise, mental, um I think you walked into on us doing some mindfulness activities. Um last year, but just a lot of it. Oh, and financial planning, things that cause stress. Um all of that's in one location at Brandeise and it's a phenomenal day. And then October 14th, um this is just piggybacking off of Bobby brought this up before, but that's a kickoff to the the North Side Bowling and they really do want our our board members to have a lane. So, um they'll give us a lane. Um I've been practicing so if anyone else
036wants to join, they'll give us the information >> only. But I'm sure you'll find matching bowling shirts, Carla, for us to wear. It's I'm sure she'll find them in in our colors. We've got bowling shirts. Come on, Laura. We could do this, you know. So, anyway, um so the 11th and then followed up by the 14th. So, thanks everybody. >> Thank you, Dr. Hall. Miss Abata. Um, I just I just wanted to say, um, it's, you know, everything that we've done since I've been here since May, it's been fast and furious, you know, just trying to prepare for this school year and and, you know, especially with all the changes that are um um coming into play and and and just figuring it out. And I think, you know, just with my teaching background, my
037coaching background, it it's it's it's game time. And so now it's time, you know, it's it's an exciting time because I the teachers get to do what they do best. And so we have the best teachers in San Antonio. And I just it's it's this is a a great opportunity and just, you know, to see them to see them at their best and and with the kids is I know it's exhausting, but it's also an amazing time. Um just fall sports, uh football, we got to do I got to do the coin toss at the Brad Dais Conor game. It was phenomenal game um that kicked off, you know, the host season. water polo, cross country volleyball, just some and many great organizations that are coming together and just just a great time of the
038year, the fall, right? We're hoping for the cooler weather, >> but again, just coming back from Edcon, I think it was great to work with everybody here on the board and just to share that time. we don't have a lot of time to really share together. And so, um, just to be able to hear those speakers and and and to take in from other people and and getting ideas and, um, I think just also being unified was a great experience for me. And so, I I look forward to many more opportunities that we get to be out there together again. >> Thanks. With matching jackets, >> we have matching jackets. Thank you, Miss Dr. Hassel. Thank you. Um, just super appreciative of all the hard work that goes into the football and volleyball games with
039band cheer, trainers, parents, a lot of parents. We see the parents before the game starts. And um, if I get there early enough, we try to go and say hi to everyone cuz those parents are, you can tell they just finish work and then they're there um, supporting their children. And so I just wanted to super appreciative of everything that I see whenever I go to the games because I can tell that there's just a lot of love for our north side students and just super appreciative of that. Um also wanted to mention um was able to go to Latina Leadership Institute which is part of the San Antonio Hispanic Chambers. They invited myself and actually Dr. Duran um to go and talk to individuals and tell them about our experience as board members. And
040I feel like that's super important to let people know what it's like to be a North Side board member. and so super appreciative of that. Um, I was able also to go to Texas Educ 2025 and I got to sit into some really good CCMR trainings and also a board training. And um, thinking of all our board members, there was a little TASBY um, little quick guide that they had and they said if I wanted to take extra, so it made it on the flight and everything and made it to the board meeting. So, I put some on your desk. Um they're just they were just extras and I thought it would be nice for y'all to have. No problem. Um and then of course our amazing pillars um at NEP. That was super amazing.
041Great group of individuals. A lot of individuals that give so much back to the community and it's great to see them giving back to North Side. I was able to go to the Piper Meadow and Northwest Crossing HOA meeting to really let them know about the great things happening here at North Side. A lot of them are interested. They were like, "Where are the meetings? When are the meetings?" And so I was able to let them know um when the next meetings are and also just let them know that I would be going on a regular basis to let them know um if there were any topics that they were interested in so they could come to the meetings. Um, of course the public education forum, really great event. Um, handinhand with many organizations, of
042course, North Side ISD, Northside AFT, um, our schools, our democracy, um, really did a great job of highlighting public education and that was really the point of the event was to highlight the great things going on at the school. So highlighting the mariachi, highlighting student council, highlighting Mexican-American studies, really just highlighting some of the things that really make North Side so amazing and let a lot of the community know the great things that public education is doing and more to come. Just really open to highlighting a lot of the schools. One of the biggest things when I go to HOA meetings and I tell them like, you know, the school right down the street or has all these amazing programs and they're like, what? Like right there? grandma. Yeah, in behind those doors, they do
043some pretty amazing things and so it's amazing to really get those opportunities to highlight those out. But that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Hustle, Mrs. Freeman. >> Thank you. Um Dr. Craft, thank you. I I was um trying to push my button before Carol did, but um I wanted to answer >> a nice pause. No, I I had I had a method to >> to this. Um I wanted I wanted to um congratulate you and your daughter um since your daughter is one of our pillars, too. So, thanks for saving that for me. >> Cam, that was all cam. >> Well, I was afraid you were going to mention it and I didn't wasn't quick enough here to the shot, but congratulations to her. She's a um graduate of Okconor High School, product
044of North Side, and >> yeah, >> it's very it's very nice. >> Um our Mary performance before this board meeting, that was really a treat. Um whoever made that possible. Um >> of Mattail since he was four. >> Oh my gosh. Um he absolutely wonderful. What a what a talented um guy. Um the com the the Tassata Tasby conference in Houston was um was chalk full of stuff. One thing um part of the delegate assembly um Sonia and I the board had appointed us to um attend the delegate assembly and because we um North Side participated we were entered into a drawing for um a $1,000 scholarship for a student and we were one of 10 districts that happened to win that. Oh, good. So, if we haven't gotten the note from uh TASBY yet,
045it should be shortly. >> Yes, we do. I'm surprised they haven't mentioned that yet, but um so another >> now with interest. So, another scholarship. Um, also uh to fellow board members here, one big change um uh that was approved by the delegate assembly was that there we will no longer have resolutions and North Side um has been very active in the past in um in creating resolutions and submitting them after after the grassroots. So, um perhaps the board needs to talk about this, but the the point I'm trying to make before grassroots, which is usually sometime in February, it might be that we as a board um committee talk about priorities so that we can bring those priorities to grassroots and then if we have something else that comes up in between, we'll have
046um Dr. Harl bring that to the TASBY board. And um >> so we'll we'll talk about that when the time comes. Sounds good. >> And um as a point of personal privilege, after the uh conference, my husband and I joined my son in Maryland and he participated in a an Iron Man triathlon. So after he swam um the over two miles in chop chop tank river and um battled the the choppiness of the river and the um and the jellyfish they had >> it was dense with jellyfish nettles and all the swimmers um could not void could not avoid them including my son. But after that, after um 13 13 hours and 21 minutes, he finished. So um I'm real proud of him. Also a graduate of Okconor High School. And another um another piece
047tonight, I'd like to um send warm wishes to those in our community who are celebrating Rashashana at this time. Um we wish them uh peace, joy, and um and renewal for the for the new year. So thank you. Thank you, Mrs. F, Mr. Dr. Blunt. >> Thank you uh to Dr. Hall for this very special gift. >> I thought about it coming in. I wish I would have said whoever lost had to sing the fight song of the other just a couple other items. Uh the first one, it's interesting. I'm very pleased to see the learning treat video. Um on what's today? Tuesday. I lose track. On Monday, I visit my 40th Learning Tree uh school and I've got 56 more to go. I told them I would do all 96 and they've got a
048schedule to do all 96. So, everybody's always welcome to join. But just a couple of quick things out of it. Uh the first one somewhat related to Learning Tree is the end of school's dismissal. I didn't realize how complicated that was. For those who don't know, you don't just say, "Hey kids, uh go get the bus. I mean the technology involved the accountability it is simply fascinating. Uh if anybody don't know what I'm talking about you really need to find out it it is really something else. But from learning tree itself you know every single school you go to at Learning Tree is different. I mean I don't care who you go to. They all have the same mission and goals but every single campus the challenges they face it is just it's something else
049something else to see. So so thanks again for showing showing that video. Um and thanks to Zen over here. I know she's here this evening. Uh we're continuing with our um great essay reading challenge. Um we've got a meeting coming up on Monday where we're going to meet with the do orientation with the district and all the different partners. And again, we're encouraging the not only the competition among all the third grade uh third graders in the San Antonio area because we're trying to get every single company and organization also to compete themselves. So I think that's going that's going extremely well. And I will announce that the lead leader reading network gave us our very first gift as a sponsorship. My wife had called me. It was actually about six o'clock at night. Said
050there's a pallet out there, a truck with books. >> Oh my goodness. >> I'd actually asked to be delivered to my house. I didn't know it was going to be a pallet. That was a box. So that was very interesting. >> We got them. We got them. >> U. The other thing I was going to mention is when we mentioned our sports, I also say I also didn't want anybody out. So, middle school cross country, you may have said that, but middle school cross country is also going pretty heavily also. Uh, so that's also definitely good to see. Okay. And I think that's everything I have. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Uh, and for me, also had a good time and, you know, hanging out with some of our fellow board members at
051the Techadcon meeting in Houston. Um, shout out to the North Side Educational Foundation for their pillared ceremony. Uh, it was really nice to serve on that committee and there were a lot of amazing candidates. So, look out for that next nomination cycle for our North Side Pillars. Um, and congratulations to Kimberly Harl, um, to Melissa, to Chris, and all those that were recognized for all the good stuff that you're doing in our community. And to the foundation and president, Lilia Gibson, thank you for all you all do and all of our um, board of directors on that foundation. They really make all of these events really, really nice. Um, I was invited to the 100year celebration of San Antonio College, celebrating 100 years of existence. We're in our 76th year, but it just really impresses
052me how long good organizations like ourselves have been around. Um, I want to give a shout out also to um the education forum that was held at Holmes High School. And I want to thank uh city council member Galvan, uh city council member Morgia, our mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, uh Councilwoman Terry Castillo for coming out and really um showing up for our community and um the students at MA at Marshall High School. Thank you, our student council president who will be a future politician for sure. I was there >> and um Northside Educational Foundation for putting that event on. >> The AP Honors Night was really impressive, but it really show it was so nice to see all the families excitement for their students being in AP honors classes and their hard work. And I
053think that I can see that event happening now at all of the different high schools. So, I I really hope that we celebrate early on um wins because these students have been working really hard already starting in their freshman year to earn uh honors credit that helps their grade point average, but also helps them graduate uh with honors and hopefully get some college credit. So, it's really an investment of your time if you can start doing that early. Uh, I also went to read at Colby Glass and thank you to the librarian Irma Perfecto for inviting me. I got to read a fabulous book called Perfectly Norman. If you've never read that, you have to read it. It's about not cutting your wings, not hiding who you are authentically because once you become who you're
054meant to be and not hide that, others will follow. And so, I spread my wings and I hope all of you do too. Um, the Grant Patrol was also a lot of fun. And I got to be I didn't know there were three apples. Okay. I thought there was just one and I thought it was Annie. So I got to be with a brand new apple on our very first Grandpa tour ride. It was a lot of fun. And um I just want to thank um the foundation for giving our new teachers those little boosts of encouragement at the beginning of the year because they spent a lot of their own money setting up those classrooms. So if you have donations, keep those coming because they're all going um to good use. I still want
055to let y'all know that our Taft Bike Club is still accepting uh bikes. So, Zachary Krasco would be the point of contact. Him and his family will graciously pick that up from you if you have a bike to donate that you want to donate. Um I also want to I think that's all I have actually. Oh, we're highlighting Hispanic Heritage Month this month starting in September 15th. A lot of different uh cultures all month are celebrating their heritage. Uh again, shout out to everyone celebrating Raj Hashana today. Uh also was able to attend the global forum on the state of public and international exchange and diplomacy and it was really interesting to hear those conversations about glo global um diplomatic relations and how they affect us here in San Antonio. So, uh, gets us thinking
056about where we are in our hub here in San Antonio and in Texas and how important it is to create our workforce and we do that in our classroom. So, thank you to all the teachers that really prepare our students for um the next uh phase of their lives. We I was able to attend some athletic events. So, I want to thank shout out to our new athletic director for doing an amazing job. Coordinating the logistics of running a game is not easy. Um, so thank you to our booster clubs that are out there in the heat selling merchandise. Um, really nice swag. If you ever want to buy any, come to one of our games and support our booster clubs. Um, also to thank you to alumnest and current mayor uh for attending the
057John J game. It was really uh she gave them a big pep talk in their locker room and they really loved it. So I think those that's great when you don't forget where you're coming from and you come back and give. So, if we have any other famous people that graduated from our schools, please come back and touch base with our students because they need to hear that you made it and that they can make it too. So, thank you. >> Just want to real quick >> I missed you, Mr. Sado. I'm sorry. >> Last but not least, >> just a quick u some feedback from the football games where my colleagues been going. Uh, I had a parent walk up to me and she was so excited that uh, her her kids had been
058this uh, showcase on fan cam and she was going like I just kept telling them to get up and dance and sure enough they were on there and right before she left she that's the best $8 I've invested but just just watching those kids they were so excited they were on the fan camp. I believe the communication department was in charge of that. >> Shout out great job. I I know we're working out as as the years get get better. We're starting to showcase more of the fans. that >> the fan cam if you want to be on it come to our games. >> Thank you all so much. And so now that moves us to our next agenda item which are reports. >> Uh yes uh we have our very own PTA council president
059Candy Bowman and she's going to provide like I say a quick overview of uh their work um tremendous work uh across the school district. Uh as you're well aware our uh council of PTA is just truly phenomenal do phenomenal work. Um I believe we are uh the largest PTA organization in the state if not correct the largest second. So um >> so with that >> we sure are >> Candy take it away. Thank you for all you do. >> Yeah and I just wanted to add thank you for the other night too. You did a great job >> and your boots were wonderful. >> Thank you. like now I'm >> Oh, you've got the earrings now. It's I love it. >> Okay, awesome. Thank you guys. So, good evening, Superintendent Dr. Craft and Madame President,
060Dr. Carla Dan, and members of the board trustees. On behalf of the North Side Council of PTAs, thank you for the opportunity to share the state of council with you guys. My name Candy Bowman, serving as your 2526 council president, a proud Cougar, class of 93. I'm saying it. Okay. I also have two daughters that attend Harland High School GoHawks 3 and 0 right now football since we're talking football. So today I'm proud to report that our council represents 117 local PTA serving every corner of the district. Together PTAs are powered by 20,562 dedicated members. 20,000 members. That's incredible. parents, caregivers, teachers, administrators, and community partners all united for one mission to make every child's potential reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to act advocate for all children. So this year our PTA
061has strengthened family engagement through programs connected to schools and communities such as don donation drive benefiting the north side market and also threads provided thousands of volunteer hours to support classroom libraries fine arts and extracurricular activities raised funds and organized initiative to directly enhance student opportunities and well-being. That's an example of our Jaxi Jordan scholarship currently right now for graduating seniors. Provided hundreds of programs align with the PTA mission to make every child's potential a reality. So our numbers actually reflect more than membership. They represent relationships. Each of these 20,560 members plays a role in creating a stronger or more inclusive educational experience. Together, our PTAs extend the reach to district by fostering parent partnerships and ensuring families feel welcome and valued in our schools. So, I challenge you actually to invite you to be
062like Bobby and to join all the PTAs in our district or to be like David where he joined in his district. Just join PTA. So we invite you at our delegate meeting that's coming up actually November 6th at Knack North Side Activity Center and you can be part of the conversations. We invite everyone to come. As our council we actually work to connect, train and support our local leaders helping them grow a sustainable PTA. When our PTAs are strong, our schools are strong. Our students thrive. council along with over 70 other PTA leaders here attended launch in July along with over 3,000 Texas PTA leaders across the state of Texas. We learned more about our PTA jobs, about family engagement, about parent education, about programs and state and local advocacy. So this to me means
063an unstoppable PTA. Looking ahead, one of our primary goals is to calibrate collaborate closely with school administration and growing PTA membership to collectively build awareness on every campus. By working handinhand with principles and teachers and staff, we ensure families feel connected, engaged, and valued as essential partners in student success. We will accomplish this through our new addition of our monthly distributed council connection and our checklist. We host monthly trainings to ensure all PTAs have the knowledge moving forward in their own personal PTA growth as leaders as we have unstoppable fun too because we do have lots of fun. Uh join us at our annual PTA event, Founders Day, February 5th at 6 p.m. at Stoayor. This year's theme is Alice in Wonderland. >> Okay. >> Through the looking glass of PTA legacy. Come and enjoy
064tea, but you know, don't be late. Don't be late. Okay. So, on behalf of our entire entire council of PTAs, I thank you for your continued partnership, leadership, and support. You make a real difference. We look forward forward to building a a momentum as we continue to advocate for every child in North Side. >> Thank you, Miss Bowman. And again, thank you so much to our council PTAs. They they really do phenomenal work. um they're very very organized meetings uh and just the overall community outreach. We couldn't do it without you. So again, uh look forward to another really successful year. Uh thank you guys so much. >> I had a real quick question. >> Yes, Dr. Hall. >> Yeah. Um real quick, I I I love um Bobby and David joining. Um I I
065just couple questions. If you know, do you get the total membership amounts at each of the schools? >> Yes. >> So are there I would just like to know like the bottom >> the bottom 10. Yeah, the bottom 10. The ones who are not if you don't mind. Thank you. And share it with the board. >> I have invoice for everybody. If you if everybody wants to >> Yes, they Oh, I'm working on I want to be in that million dollar club. Yeah, >> that's your brand membership. >> Yes. >> You can put your face on a big old >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you all. Thank you so much for being here today. And so now we're moving on to our citizens to be heard. >> I got one more one more
066real quick. >> Mr. Blunt, I had another comment. >> No, that's okay. No, I was just going to say as you all know that this um going into last year and we're fortunate that the council uh allowed us to to to to be a part of it and I've been able to attend the last couple of meetings and it's been extremely great. It's like uh Dr. Dr. Craft said not only the minute meeting is really efficient but just to see their their dedication and commitment and excitement that they have. So I want to thank them again and I did ask them to give us a challenge. So the challenge this month was uh you know help out uh with the growth side of the house enrollment side of the house within PTA. So hopefully everybody
067does that part and then I told them to give us another challenge when they come back next time. So thank you again. >> Thank you. I think that's all we have now. Okay. All right. So, we do believe that all citizens to be heard is important and meaningful and will listen to what you have to say. We value your opinions. Although we are restrained by law from taking any action, please address your remarks to the board and confine your remarks to a north side policy or practice and limit those to three minutes. At three minutes, you're going to be asked to wrap it up and please don't make any personal attacks on individuals. Thank you. Uh we have several signed up uh for the citizens to be heard. Uh just to ensure no one has
068signed up for a specific agenda item. It's all citizens to be heard I believe. Um okay great. Um we'll start with uh Brian Groover. >> Good evening members of the board. Uh my name is Brian Groover and I'm the parent of Branden Groover who is a deaf and heart of hearing student at uh Marshall High School. This is not our home campus. Brereslin was placed here by the district because Marshall is a designated DHH cluster for the district. I'm here tonight because my daughter's education and well-being are being significantly impacted and my family is facing monu mounting stress and hardship due to issues that should have been resolved weeks ago. NISD is failing my daughter. Despite the district's legal obligation to provide transportation, Brereslin is repeatedly arriving to school late and stressed. The assigned bus
069takes over an hour and a half to get her to school despite being the one and only Marshall student on the bus. It has become so stressful for Brereslin that beginning on September 3rd, we've had to start driving her to school 30 minutes from our home each day, which disrupts our jobs and family responsibilities. This issue was raised in an ARD meeting on August 29th, and we've heard promises, but no solutions thus far. School started on August 11th, and this has gone on far too long. She has several deaf peers that live outside of the district that are able to get to school on time. Marshall's aging campus is under renovation and construction. We're concerned about the presence of asbestos, radon, rodents, and other health issues. What protocols are in place to protect the students,
070especially those with disabilities. We want transparency. Breland is failing biology with the 63 and barely passing world geography with the 72. No one from the school contacted us. We found this out through the home access center or hack. She's historically a high achieving student. She was a member of the National Junior Honor Society in 8th grade and received the presidential award for academic excellence for maintaining an A average in her core classes for all three years of middle school. Where is the support we were promised? I am deeply concerned about whether Marshall is adequately adequately equipped to provide the DHA support the district claims it can. She does not have a certified teacher for the deaf in her core classes apart from applied English. She is not she's being supported by instructional assistance which is
071inadequate and inappropriate. They are not trained, educated or qualified to mod modify her assignments in line with deaf education best practices. These modifications should be provided by professionals trained in DHH instruction uh ensuring she has full access to curriculum content in a linguistically and visually accessible format. Brlin does not have any cognitive, emotional, social, or mental disabilities. She simply requires appropriate access and communication support, which must be provided by trained professionals. Brandon does not need generalized special education approaches or one-sizefits-all solutions. We were contacted by a staff member with no qualification in deaf education, asking vague and personal questions. It is unprofessional and it crosses a boundary. We are asking for the following. immediate review of all her DHS services and clarification as to why there's no certified teacher for the deaf in her core
072classes as required, reliable transportation that does not require daily parental involvement, transparency and safety asurances about construction related risks at Marshall and assurance that the only appropriate trained staff work with our daughter and all communication follows professional guidelines. We want to work collaboratively, but this cannot continue. Brezen deserves full equitable access to her educ her education now, not weeks from now, not months from now. Now, please help us. Thank you for your time and attention. >> Thank you, sir. We'll be following up. >> Yeah. Yeah, we'll follow up. Uh, next signed up, Jocelyn. And I apologize. I can't quite read. U Morquin >> Morin. Apologize, Joselyn. >> Sorry. Um, Thank you, sir. So, um, my name is Jos Marin and I am a junior at Clark High School. I'm up here to tell you what
073happened on August 29th and what it felt like for me. I had woken up having a bad bad mindset and I felt like my life was nothing to me anymore. And my mom, who is usually home, had to leave for work that morning. When she's at work, I tend not to bother her because I know she's in ars advocating for a kid like me. So, I fought my urge to lay down and wait for my sister so that I can have alone time with the reoccurring thought of my life that it doesn't have anything to give to me. So, before first period, um I had went to base hoping hoping someone could help me. It felt good believing I was in a safe place with someone to listen to me and help me figure things
074out. But during our conversation, that adult that I was opening up to was on her phone and I felt um unseen and like a joke. When I thought things couldn't get worse, two adults um that I had never met before were escorting me to the police office and instead of helping me um I was punished and put in handcuffs. My thoughts swirled around and I didn't know what to think. I wished my mom was here and I didn't understand what was taking her so long. If I hadn't reached out and opened up, this would have never happened. and I was hoping my mom could keep her cool because I didn't want things to escalate and I had just wished um that she was there. I didn't understand why they took so long to contact her
075and um for 45 minutes my mom finally arrived. I couldn't help but feel like this could have all been prevented and I wouldn't feel like a burden for this happening. I wanted to finally open up because I rarely do that. But now I feel like I can't do that anymore. I thought to myself that I can never turn to an adult after the way I was treated. Um, the next thing I knew, my mom was arguing with two male police officers, telling them their actions were just going to make me do it next time. I had told my mom to let it go because I was already tired of all this. An officer then put me in tighter cuffs which led me to bruises and marks on my hands and I was put into police
076car and making way to a mental hospital. I was hoping I would never have to be put in a mental hospital because of everything I went through while I was there in a previous time. Thankfully, I do have a support system at home and my mom that is aware of my rights. Thankfully, it's happened to me and not to another kid who doesn't have a mom like mine. That is why I'm here being vulnerable and sharing my story. I'm here to make sure kids in crisis who don't have a voice will never feel helpless like I did on August 29th when I was treated with disregard and not supported like I should have been. I hope there will be action and um sorry I hope there will be action for those kids that are in
077need. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you for sharing >> Jamie Espada. Okay. Before I begin, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to Mr. Blunt and Mr. Pettes out um because out of everyone I contacted on August 29th, you were the only two compassionate enough to answer the call of a distraught mom. So, thank you. My name is Jamie Espatada and I am the parent of 16-year-old twin girls who attend Clark in District 5. Jocelyn, who you just heard speak, and Jenna, who you will speak after me. I am here in good faith. I ask you to listen to my story with parent ears and visualize it with child's eyes. On August 29th, Joson asked for help. She went to her safe place expecting to be heard. Instead, her counselor ignored her
078IEP, bypassed her parents, and called the most punitive person on campus, the SRO. The officer questioned Joselyn about suicide and whether she would attempt it at school. While um she told him she would never traumatize other classmates. Though calm and compliant, Johnson was taken into custody, searched, and handcuffed. Her father and I were called after she was detained. We were not told she was in handcuffs. While in handcuffs, Johnson was escorted to the nurse's office. She was forced to pee with the door open. Once done, Jocyn was immediately recuffed with staffs and peers watching. By the time I arrived, Joson had been restrained for 45 minutes. My request to remove her cuffs were denied based on NISD and police policy. I helplessly watched my daughter, a child with documented history of mental illness, sit handcuffed,
079slumped forward, and staring into space as she disassociated to cope with the trauma. When the transport officer arrived, I again asked for the the policy justifying this. He dismissed me and tightened Dawson's cuff before parading her to his car. At clarity, he delayed intake to tell her about people dying in his arms. By then, Joson had been cuffed for at least an hour and 15 minutes. Join visible handcuff marks and bruises on her wrist and hands. I shared the pictures with the NISTD leadership in an email that same day. Join's two previous outcries in um Loride were treated with compassion and I was allowed to take her home on August 29th. That compassion was replaced with handcuffs, humiliation, and fear. It sets a precedence that she will be punished instead of supported. Will she ask
080for help next time or will Jocelyn suffer in silence and take action to actually kill herself? I am asking for transparency and accountability. Please provide the policies cited to justify these actions. Explain why Jo's IEP and safe school plan were ignored and state what measures will be taken to ensure no other child in crisis is treated this way. Lastly, Miss Sabata, your lack of response to my repeated um tries to to contact you were largely ignored and it speaks volumes to uh how you feel about the children in district 5 and um how they are prioritized. Uh thank you for your attention to this matter. And Miss Aspatada, just so you know, uh, Miss Potter did reach out to me and like I say, we made sure to follow up with you as well and
081we'll do so again. Jenna Morin, you good? >> Okay. Good evening. My name is Jenna Marin and I am a junior at Clark High School. I stand here today to enlighten you on the situation that happened to my twin sister Joselyn. How she was wrongfully placed into handcuffs too tight for her fragile wrist. How she asked for help and instead her problem worsened by so much. How all she wanted to do was talk to someone and ended up in the back of a police car like some criminal. Mike's sister is not aggressive. She treats everyone with respect, especially people of authority to her, like for example cops. So can anyone tell me what went wrong? Why is it when I asked to see my sister, they told me they had it handled? Because I'm not
082sure this classifies as being handled. How confused do you think I felt when the counselors told me they had it under control? And then I come to find out she was taken to a mental hospital. Why did they resort to handcuffing her and taking her there? How did they see this 5-ft girl as a danger to them? Can you imagine the shame she felt walking in handcuffs out of her school and people seeing her like that? Not only the shame she felt, but the realization that she would have been better off not talking about her problems. School is supposed to be a safe space, a space where kids feel comfortable enough to ask someone for help when needed. Do you think she's ever going to do that again? Because I don't think so. What happens
083next time she feels like this in school again and can't tell anyone? What then? I wish there could have been something I I had done. I could have done anything. It sucks knowing that I had zero part in this and wasn't updated at all by staff. That's my blood. Wouldn't you want to know when your family member, especially your twin, was being taken out of school and transported to a mental hospital, someone you so deeply you're so deeply close to that nobody else can possibly comprehend? I can't even begin to explain what how much disappointment I feel towards the staff for letting this happen. How could you let the poor cops do this to my poor sister clearly in distress when it's not even a part of your policy? A policy they referred to without
084providing proof. I hope that my mom, sister, and my words have helped you come to the conclusion of this being heavily wrong. Thank you for your time. >> You Good evening, Superintendent Craft, board members. My name is Juana Hernandez, and I'm here to speak on behalf of a student, a brave student, very brave student, who has struggled with depression and anxiety, and who made a courageous outcry for help. Instead of receiving compassion and care, she was met with handcuffs. A child who says, "I'm not okay," is not a threat. She's a child in pain. When her mental health crisis was met with force, not support, we sent her a clear and devastating message that asking for help will only make things worse. Now, how do we expect for her to go to a trusted adult
085when feeling this way again? Or what will she do instead? Which is a question that should terrify every single one of us. This is not just about one child. This is about the message we're sending to every student in the district who is struggling silently. When we criminalize mental illness, we drive it underground. When we treat emotional distress with restraint instead of resources, we make our schools less safe, not more. I'm asking this board and North Side ISD collectively to take immediate steps. One, review and revise policies on how schools respond to mental health crisis. Two, train staff in trauma trauma-informed care and deescalation. Three, ensure that mental health professionals, not police, are the first responders when a student is in crisis, especially if their IEP already outlines that. Next, research local agencies that can
086provide training to law enforcement staff. One being ABC of Southwest Texas, formerly known as Any Baby Can, who trans trains SAPD cadets monthly on similar situations. and most importantly center the voices of students who have been harmed by the current system. This child deserves better and unless we act others will be hurt the same way. Please do not let her story be ignored. Let it be the start of real systematic change. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> That's the last sign up for citizens to be heard. >> All right. Thank you all for being here. Um consent agenda is our next item up. >> Do we have any motions? >> Mrs. Freeman, >> I would move approval. >> And Dr. Hall, >> second. Okay. All in favor say I. >> I. Uh, any opposed? >>
087Any other discussion? >> No, I just wanted I had two late entries. Um, Dr. Jordan, thank you very much for getting those on there. So, I appreciate you very much. >> All right, the motion has passed. Thank you. >> And now our uh seventh item on the agenda is for human resources staffing updates. >> Yes, ma'am. I was really just one thing, >> Mrs. Freeman. >> Yeah, Dr. Don, especially since we have some some of our students here with us and some new people who haven't been with us before. Um, I know you mentioned it, but it's worth mentioning again. When we have um people to speak on items that are not on the agenda by law, we cannot dialogue with them. I just wanted to repeat that so people understand >> what we do
088is Dr. craft follows up with those individuals, especially if we never heard any situations or there's things that that we have to follow up with as a district. So, thank you. >> All right. >> We thought it would be appropriate this time of year to provide a quick staffing update. Um, Ben Mure, our assistant superintendent for human resources, and his entire team have been working uh pretty feverishly uh this year. And um I'm happy to say that while we're not 100% staffed um which I don't know that that has ever been uh a case even for one day um >> we have made a lot of headway. He and his team we're in a much better uh position across the board uh with staffing particularly in comparison to the last couple years. So, uh, we
089thought, like I say, we'd take a a moment just to provide you an update. Uh, because I know, like I say, that's been a pressing question, not only at Texas Con, but really across the state and and nation. Um, and we still have some work to do, but we're in a much better position. >> Y, >> so, thank you, Dr. Craft. Um, I hope hopefully tonight I'm able to bring a little bit of good news and give you a little comparison on how we've looked over the last couple years to where we are now. So just very high level um right here. So right now total vacancies elementary and secondary is 92 which just to give you a little bit of context two years ago at this same time we were sitting at about 170
090vacancies and last year at this time 145 vacancies. So we're trending in the right direction. Um got to give a lot of credit not only to my HR team but also to the campuses. I know we have some campus administrators here who are absolutely vital in the hiring. Um as well as Dr. Jordan and I'll talk about how she's instrumental in in a lot of our hiring as well kind of moving forward. One of our pain points, as we've talked about be before, is the special education vacancies, which is sitting at 57, which is about half of where we were last year. >> Great. >> So, once again, trending in the right direction, not exactly where we want to be, um, but in a much better place. The other thing I also want to point
091out about these 92 vacancies is we do have long-term subs that are sitting in some of these positions that are awaiting certification. So, um that number we're hoping is going to continue to go down. So, just a high level on that area. >> You still have that program, Ben, where they can apply to be alter uh alternatively certified? >> We do. We do. And I'll talk about that here in just a little bit. Just a little bit. give you some data on that. Um, next slide is our classified auxiliary vacancies. So, these are these what I'll say about these is basically every single one of these positions our fill rates are above 90% except for our maintenance department which is sitting right at about 70% filled. um to be in a position where I can
092say we're 90% filled in the classified auxiliary two years ago I would have I mean it would have been I mean these are about half of where we sat two years ago we were really really struggling in this area and obviously we're doing a little bit better and just to give you a little bit of context actually our transportation and custodial numbers because we do review this every Tuesday at cabinet so we give a report to the cabinet and we're actually in the 60s in transportation and in the custodial and child nutrition we're down in the 40s. So just to give you also a little context with that. >> You think that 4% helped? >> Absolutely. Okay. >> Absolutely. I think >> one more >> anything that you know we can do for our employees
093I think is a plus. >> Um >> one group I did not put on here is Learning Tree. So, I want to talk a little bit about Learning Tree and and and Mr. Blunt talked about it earlier, but we are sitting in Learning Tree in a in a position that I've haven't seen as low as we're at. I think the high school hiring has helped considerably, but right now we're sitting at 29 vacancies and our youth leaders total across the district and we're completely staffed um on-site leaders and assistant leaders completely staffed which I can say in my time we've never been like that. So good things are happening. um to see the high school kids be so excited and want to get in the classroom. You hope that that's kind of a kind of
094a hook to maybe >> get them back after college, but you know, we'll see. We'll see. >> Um give you I don't talk about this slide a little bit, our hiring data. So, new to new to North Side about 380 and that seems very low for us and it actually is. Um we're usually anywhere from 700 to 900 teachers every summer. Um which is good, bad or indifferent, but that's how it is. This year with the increase um the class size that we've done at elementary and secondary reduced our basically our numbers by 420. So I always take that 420 and add it to that and there you're right at about >> 800 hires. So, um, the other piece I want to talk about is kind of our our little pipeline that we've had over
095the last few years. NRPS are the non-renewable permits. And these are students that go through a traditional university to be a teacher, go through the clinical teaching side, but don't take any tests for whatever reason. They don't take them or they don't pass them, and they want to be hired. So, we've got in the business of hiring nonrenewable permit teachers, >> right? >> It's good for one year. It's good for one year, and I'm going to talk about that piece later on. So, that's where we are right now at elementary and at secondary. And we're able to do things with the non-renewable permits thanks to our DOI if for some reason within that year they don't get the certification. So alternative certification, these are people that get into a program and they come to us
096with an intern certification. So they've got one year to kind of finish off their program, which usually involves tests. Usually involves tests. DOI and the board, right when Dr. craft got here. Um, basically you as a board adopted for us to be able to hire uncertified teachers and reimburse them upon getting their standard certification. Um, so I put a parenthesis there. 27 are in core content and all 27 are in the secondary level. So either English, reading, math, science, social studies. So they're in one of the core content areas. That will be very important on what I'm going to talk to you about here in just a little bit. But 27 are in core right now. Elementary, everybody that we have in an elementary classroom is completely certified. So there we don't have any DOIs
097at elementary. Retire rehire 27. We actually hired one yesterday. I was telling the group um she came in. We celebrated with her yesterday. She's coming back. She's going to teach fifth grade. Used to be a former administrator of ours. Shana Hansen. So, >> yay. >> She's back teaching fifth grade at Linton. So, we just increased that number by one. >> Question about that. They don't have to wait one year anymore. >> Ye. Yes, they do to come back and teach. >> There's no more that emergency stuff that was happening for a little while. >> So, no. But what we have done is with the retire rehires, we now can pass the expense of the searchcharge back to the employee. So that came out of this LA legislative session. So >> Okay. >> So come back,
098y'all. >> Yep. Come back. >> And is it 12%. >> Actually, it's a little I think it's a little higher than that. >> It's It was 12, but is it >> 14ish? >> 14. So So they would incur the 14. >> They would. >> And no benefits. Okay. Just >> you too. >> Thank you. >> And I also wanted to talk about our subpool. We have a huge subpool. As a matter of fact, we had to shut down the application for a little bit so we could catch up on onboarding people. And a fill rate for us at 88% is amazing. Um, two years ago we were sitting about 70%. Last year we got right at about 80%. So right now, as of last week, our fill rate, daily fill rate is about 88%. So,
099and as you probably configured, a lot of our unfilled positions in the sub are usually Fridays and Mondays. >> So, and we pay our subs a little bit more on Fridays and Mondays. So, >> Oh, good to know. >> Yep. So, so here's kind of where we're at and what we're going to continue to do. Um, you may recognize a lot of this, but we talked about retire, rehire. I talked about Dr. Jordan earlier. Um we've really and she's made this a priority through title two funds on the recruiting end for us um and what we are able to pay our new teachers when they come in based on what we're hiring them for. So, you know, we give a 2,000 for specialed, bilingual math, science, CTE, and world languages. We also do a relocation
100because we find that yes, we have lots of teachers within San Antonio, but we have a lot of teachers that like that want to come here and live in San Antonio and want to work in North Side. So, we implemented a a little relocation stipen. It doesn't pay for everything, but it pays for usually down payment on a apartment or whatever that may be as they're relocating. So, that's been pretty pretty beneficial for us. talked about the $5,000 reimbursement for our uncertified teachers. Once they get that standard certification, what we'll do is we'll we'll pay up to $5,000 on what their bill was. All they've got to do is sign that they're going to stay with us for three years. So, we've had about a hundred teachers that have taken advantage of this and we've
101paid out. We've had five that have had to leave and we've got reimbursed on that. Um, that's a pretty amazing percentage. Now granted, we do have some that will not want to sign off on it. We'll pay for it on their own because they don't necessarily want to commit to three years, but a majority of us sign it and are so appreciative that it ends up paying off their their uh altser program. Um continuing to work with all the altserve programs and they still continue to crank out some ones I've never heard of. Um, so we're always kind of, you know, questioning that and we'll continue to work with our colleges and universities as I think they still struggle to get people into the education field. Um, and we're hoping to see a little revival
102with that eventually. So, we'll continue to work with them. Then the last one I just want to point out, um, the Texas Veterans Commission. So, I've gotten hooked in with them and I'm actually doing two job fairs this week. I'm going tomorrow and Thursday. One's at Brook City Base and one's down at the Alamo workforce tomorrow. So, it's for basically active duty people that are now getting out and transitioning as well as their families. So, I'm going down there and recruiting from every for everything. I mean, teachers, yes, but also us drivers, custodians, whatever. Anybody wants to come work for us, we've got spots for you. So, hooked in with them. It's it's free of charge. I'm I'm really excited to see kind of what becomes of that. And then the last my little last
103piece here, and this this kind of sums up where we were at talking about our non-certified teachers. Um, and this this affects everybody no matter what school district you're in. If you have uncertified teachers out of this last legis legislative session, out of House Bill two, which had a lot of things in it, but this discussed especially about how by the year 202930 that every district in the state of Texas will not have uncertified teachers in the core content areas at elementary and at secondary public schools. >> Yes. So I say that because earlier you saw in our DOI slide that we have 27 secondary teachers right now that are currently uncertified and working on certification in a core area. So as you can see the timeline this year status quo next year elementary K5
104in reading and math. And like I told you earlier, right now we don't have any teachers that we're using DOI for elementary. So that doesn't necessarily affect us. But 2728 is when it hits secondary. So if I had these 27 teachers this year and next year I couldn't have them in core, we would be separating if they did not have their intern certification by the end of this school year. So, I don't know what I can predict two years from now will look like, but there is a little caveat in here in the delay. So, that's why I bring it to you on the delay piece. So, there is going to be some type of I don't know what it application that we would as a district have to go through and answer a lot
105of those questions and that goes straight to the commissioner. So it's not like DOI where you get a group of teach you know people together and you come up with a plan you approve it as a board we send it in and it's just a check mark. There's no nobody's approving it. This would have to be approved by the commissioner for us to delay until 2930. >> We have a question on the floor. Dr. a little bit more. >> Sorry, mine's a little bit more um on slide three. Um it's multiple questions. Thanks, Ben. Um so my question is I see like the total of instructional assistance that we're missing. >> Um my question is is have we looked into like Cass teach students once they graduate being able to be instructional assistants? >> Yes.
106Yeah, that's a that's a that's a great question. Actually, we had that conversation just today. Uh we will have 100 students um that will take the IA certification exam. Um in order to be able to sit for that certification, they have to be 18 years of age. That's part of the challenge. But we'll have 76 prior to graduation uh meet that qualification who will all sit for the exam. and then the other 24 actually uh prior to uh August 15th. Um so yes, to answer the question, um we hope to be able to utilize >> approximately 100 graduating seniors or soon to graduate seniors uh to help fill some of those vacancies. >> Perfect. >> A great pipeline. >> And then I know we have like a good amount of subs. Are there any subs
107that meet the criteria to be AIS or discussion with them? >> There's Yes. And that's one of the things when they come in on board with us, that's one of the questions we always ask, you know, because we'll we'll see if they have certification. >> Do you want to teach? Would you like to be an IIA? And I'll be honest with you, a lot of the people that come in and sub >> love the flexibility. Yeah. Right. >> They don't want to be tied into something. And that's kind of the beauty of >> Being a sub, right? But we do try to >> wrangle them in. And I know the campuses also, they may have a sub that's there that's really good. We've had it where that sub's told us no, but they've been on
108the campus for a couple weeks and they're like, "Man, I'd love to work here." >> That's amazing. >> So, that goes back to that campus culture that'll snag them into. >> Shout out to our subs. >> And then I do have two more questions. So, um, so I know we have the learning tree kind of set up for our seniors where they're seniors, they can do learning tree. Do we have anything for like seniors being able to be plumber electrician interns >> their senior year? >> Well, I mean we do have our construction careers academy associated uh with Warren. >> I mean that that's the whole um that's that's the program uh of study. Um they build tiny homes. They learn everything from wiring uh plumbing. Uh I mean it's a pretty amazing apprenticeship program.
109So, so yes. Um, and they also have the opportunity to sit for many of the examinations, particularly entry level, uh, certification exams. >> Yeah. I just figured like cuz like the Learning Tree seniors, like they're like leaving half day. They're going to work at NASD. They're like clocking in and doing all that. And so I just didn't know if that's something for like our students that are interested in being electrician or plumbers to be able to use their like free senior time to be able to clock in to North Side and be able to do a quick shift of engineering and plumbing and get the hands-on experience with our experience engineer or electricians and plumbers on campus and then they can put that on their resume cuz yes, how amazing that our students are at
110learning tree learning but how amazing is it for them to put on their resume that they were a north side electrician or plumber during their senior year and having that background. So, just uh >> yeah, I mean that's a great idea. I know that we've had some graduating uh or graduates that have come back to work for >> uh the maintenance department. Again, these are going to be in most cases entry level positions as a as a apprenticeship. >> Yeah. >> Uh working under say a master electrician, master plumber. One of the things that we're going to that we're uh in the process of um um procuring uh is a salary study. We know that in particular with our maintenance trades um a lot of it is driven by the market. Yeah. >> And it
111is absolutely supply and demand. If you've uh hired a plumber um anytime lately, >> you've experienced uh supply and demand. >> Yeah. what that entails. Now, >> I mean, and that's why like, you know, a student that is a senior that currently like doesn't have any experience would be kind of a great person to bring on at a at a at a good rate to be able to. And then my last is just I know have we talked to any of the apartment complexes by some of our schools to see if they could offer a discount to some of our new teachers coming in um to be able to like offer them to come in and be like, "Hey, new teachers, not only can you come teach here, but at X like right by where
112you're going to be teaching, there's an apartment complex that's going to offer you a discount based on the fact that you're a brand new teacher coming in." So yeah, >> that's it. >> Okay, it is >> good partnership. Thank you, Dr. Dr. Ha, Dr. Harl, >> um I was going the same location, same place that uh Sonia was going. Um and and I I wouldn't just stop with my recommendation was not just stopping with maintenance, but are there opportunities all the way down to child nutrition where students could do internships, pre-apprenticeships, and apprenticeships? And I'm looking at all of those could qualify if and and I talked about it two or three years ago and it's kind of just you know maybe through partnerships or whatever but maybe it I should have been talking to
113HR because the opportunity for kids to um and and it would be low cost but high gain and high impact on kids um to continue either in that same line of work or uncover discover what else they might want um be possibility. So, thanks Sonia for bringing that up. Um and the other was of those I can't remember when we were doing budget and I know Dr. um Crafty said we were going to do a salary schedule, but of those we still want more to get minimum wage. I can't remember who still doesn't make minimum wage in that group, but revisit that. Um, I know we were going to wait a year or two, but um, Megan, do you remember what those groups were? >> Yeah, we're we're not waiting a year. We're we're that's
114underway right now as we speak. So, Megan, I'll let you provide >> Thanks. >> So, we have already met. Ben was part of our meeting. Yes. So, he might can answer this, too. Uh so uh Tiffany, Ben, myself, and Gabby have met and we're working on the the groups of employees that are below the $15 per hour to try to figure out how we can um work to get as many of those up to that in a creative way um before coming back for the next compensation round. So there are less numbers there. And so there's a few ideas that we're working there. But I do want to clarify that we don't have anyone paid under the minimum wage. >> Okay. >> So yeah, the minimum wage is Yeah. $725. Oh, I I I meant
115the $15. My My dream is $15. That's the livable wage. The livable wage minimum wage. Sorry. Sorry. Thank you. Thank >> Thank you. >> And then the last the last question is and I brought it up uh before too. Um but one of our pillars works for Endeavors and they also have a a veteran to classroom program that um I've shared before but it hasn't >> hit you in some shape or form. So maybe it's another opportunity since we're open to possibly having veterans um or classrooms. >> Absolutely. >> Partnership >> with our pillar. Thank you Mr. Thank you, Miss Dr. Hall. Mr. Blunt part of question that you had asked. >> Well, there are a number of programs that at least know I know did exist before at the high school and I may
116have to rely on high school students. I wanted you all to help out in that regard. For example, actually my support staff that I had for 15 years in my corporation, I actually brought her on when she was at home high school as a junior and she'd come for half days and she just stayed with us. And I've hired a number of engineers, computer science and others out of high school to work actually from our company and others were doing the same type thing and including some of the areas that you're talking about. I know there's some companies like Bulan and others that would that are doing or want to do that. So I don't I can't remember the name of the programs but they used to do that as a half day and I
117assume that's still there. But I want to bring that up. Um the other thing I'm sorry, this is when it's dangerous for a trustee to go out too much. Um the I I was also fascinated by because we forget about this on the learning tree. That's sort of my theme for tonight. I'll change it next month, but the number the instructional assistance we don't realize they're needed there too. >> We still have students at the special needs that have got to be taken care of after school program and that's another sort of challenge I hadn't thought about until you actually get out there and see that. So, >> absolutely. >> And Mrs. Freeman, >> thank you. I I had a question um from somebody in the community um actually a parent um about a um
118special ed teachers at our high schools. This person said that there was one specialed teacher at each high school that was focused on vocational tech. >> Um, can you and this person had some questions on it, but at some point in maybe Friday letter send us what that program looks like and participation in that program. >> I'm sure it has to do with transitioning services uh that like I say we're obligated to provide. Um but we we can provide an update. >> I'm just curious as to how you know how many in each high school that we have too that >> it's like an exit interview, >> right? >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Thanks. That's how >> and also I was wondering are we partnered with the ready to work for San
119Antonio at San Antonio ready to work? >> I do not believe so. >> Maybe we can look into being partners with them and then what they do is pay for training. As a matter of fact, I'll probably be with them tomorrow now that you say that. >> Hi, Kavana. And child care and then we just get to like reap the benefits of an employable adult. Awesome. Thank you. Dr. Hall, did you have another question, ma'am? >> Okay. Thanks. >> I mean, you work really fast. We just got to manifest it. >> Well, as Ben indicated, we we look at this and we look at fill rates and statistics every week. um because it's really important um um especially we get as granular as looking at it per campus um and where do we need to
120try to really apply extra energy effort um if there's a particular campus or campuses that um has numerous vacancies luckily we're not really in that position this year but um >> we have been in the past >> we pay pretty close attention to it >> thank you Dr. I did just forget to say thank you so much, Ben. I know that this is a lot of work to get this to get the individuals. I know the hard work that your team does when individuals come in. So, I just wanted to take the time to thank you for your hard work and for everything because I know that these numbers have changed a lot since, you know, the last time that we met um in the summer. And I know that doesn't just happen with magic.
121I know that that's a lot of hard work, >> you know, and a big part is obviously your support, but also I've got a great team. Um, and then I will say this, we we collaborate monthly with with other HR departments in Bear County. So, we're not on an island by oursel and we actually, for the most part, all of us play pretty nice. So, >> yeah, >> that's important because to your point, you're the face of the organization and HR. You're the first touch point and their experience is going to determine if they stay or if they're going to recommend anyone to come. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. >> Thank you all. Appreciate it. Okay. So, our next item on the agenda is uh Dr. Craft, Superintendent. >> Uh yes, ma'am. Uh Madam President, members of
122the board, uh there are uh an opportunity there are three opportunities actually um to nominate candidates um for the uh three taxing entities. So that being Bear County, Medina County, um as well as Banter, Bandaraa uh um and these are again nominations. So let me let me explain. U as you probably recall uh you will also be asked to cast votes um as uh one of the taxing entities and one of the largest uh taxing entities particularly in Bear County uh second to the city of San Antonio. Um but this is to create the ballot. So in other words, these are this is the nomination period uh for these three taxing boards. Um and I said entities, the three taxing boards uh to be placed on the ballot to then later cast ballots uh for
123these boards of of directors. Uh I think you probably saw this information in Friday letter. Again, they must be have been a a district um um resident uh for two years prior to the day they take office. Um cannot be an employee of um the participating tax unit. Um not to say a board member but an employee. Um, and then one of the others that um is important is also uh not delinquent on uh personal uh >> homestead property taxes. >> Oh, that'd be nice. >> Yeah, >> it's not it's not always mentioned, but it's part of tax code. Um so, uh that being said, uh the Bear County Appraisal District is seeking uh two seats. Um uh Medina, excuse me, uh county is also seeking two. And then Bandaraa is actually you have the
124opportunity for five um a consideration of five candidates. >> Wow. >> I like Bandaraa. It's really nice. >> So um a couple of items. Um uh Gerald Lopez, former NISD trustee has reached out. uh he is interested in serving uh and would uh be interested in uh seeking your support for candidacy and then also having a conversation um with uh the chairman of the Bear County um appraisal district uh board. Dave Ganon uh has mentioned uh Rebecca Ree uh who Becky Ree who is a Harlandale ISD uh board member. Um, so those are the two, like I say, candidates uh that I'm familiar with or potential candidates if you so choose uh for Bear County. And then uh as again you're well aware with Medina and Banderea, we just we don't have >> nearly as
125large of a stake uh in either one of those taxing entities. Megan, did I miss anything? I know you've been, like I say, working on this as well. >> I just want to clarify that. >> Sorry. I just want to clarify that the individual being nominated has to be a resident of that county. >> Yes. Thank you. >> In addition to North >> Thanks. >> Oh, Mr. Blunt. >> Yeah. And just to clarify, I should have asked before, but um so the two names we have um do they think somebody else is going to put them on there? because the voting will come later, but we've already got somebody that >> possibly uh Almo Colleges possibly with uh Mr. Lopez and then Harlandale is anticipated to make that nomination as well, I believe. Um haven't
126confirmed that with the board, but >> um I believe that's that's the case. >> Okay. Okay. >> Thank you. Let's see what the see if the board thinks, but thanks. >> Yeah. And I'm sorry. uh if you elect to make these nominations uh with board action, we will then complete the resolution and have it submitted to the uh respective uh taxing entity or board, excuse me. >> Mrs. Freeman, >> thank you. Please remind me how we do this again. So, we nominate the individuals, but we know how many votes we have. So, do we allocate those votes? >> Not yet. >> Yeah, that that's that's going to be forthcoming. This is simply for the ballot. That's the name. >> Yeah, this is the slate that will go on the ballot that will then come back
127to you >> uh for the casting of the votes. >> All right. >> And I believe you've got that actually on that's I think it's in your board packet. Uh we have for Bear County apologize >> for Bear County >> 707. >> Yeah, I'm looking at the percentage >> 14. No, that was last 18.4. 42%. >> What is that? >> So you'll see and then the city of San Antonio at 20.1. So we're a large we have a large >> Dr. Harl >> say in regards to who sits on that board. >> We're still large enough though that we have >> we have the number of votes to have one. >> I believe we're just a few votes short if I'm not mistaken and we encountered that last year as you recall. Um, now I
128say that mathematically it works out, but but in order to clinch that spot, we're just a we're a few votes short. I want to say 40 or 50 votes. >> Dr. Har, it's not an issue. >> So it's not an issue, >> not to confuse matters. >> So what are we doing tonight? Are we going ahead and approving two names or what? What are we doing? Because I can't find the names in here. And >> no, you won't >> you don't have names. >> You won't find the names. Say this is this is an opportunity uh as a taxing entity to um to make a nomination. >> To make a nomination, but do we have a bio? I I know Gerald and his work and his what he's doing now, but I don't know the
129other woman. No, those are the only two that like I say have been presented as and like I say Gerald reached out uh right seeking support and then I just know that Becky Ruiz uh at Harlandale is also a name that um is being considered but no this is completely a blank canvasank. This is >> so so bios would be >> well >> everyone that lives in Beay County and meets the age requirements and residency and it's not delinquent on taxes and has lived here for two years. >> Mr. Salo. >> Yeah. Yeah. Just a nomination vote on it or how does that work? >> Yeah, you can make a motion and if there's a second and any further discussion then we cast votes. Oh, >> so >> what Mr. And that's I don't know
130this may or may not help a little bit but remember all right >> Dave Ganon is the ones that we've been putting forth he's already he's >> retired not retired he's not up this time >> he's not up for for election >> we got and this is sort of >> do we want to put additional name or whatever but I mean it's not >> we can put two names right >> two >> for Bear County >> two for Medina and five for >> we only have two to give today >> correct quite understand county. Hey, so so there are three we have three boards. >> Jordan, >> no. >> The overwhelming majority of our uh taxes, property taxes are collected through the Bayer County Appraisal District. Very small amounts are Bandera uh and Medina. This
131is again an opportunity simply to make a nomination uh through a resolution which like I say we'll submit uh to these uh boards for consideration to be placed on the ballot which will then come back to you and I'm trying to remember the timeline. I want to say it's >> December. Yeah. It will come back to you where you'll have the opportunity to cast your votes. That's when you go about splitting up. >> We divide the number. We want these number of votes to go towards this candidate or >> so we get 900 >> by candidate >> 21 votes we can say I want 700 to go to this person or whatever >> as of last year >> in December >> 921 secretary >> it's not going to win this year >> 920 >> 921
132votes >> Dr. I hope so. But we don't have to nominate someone today. >> You don't have to nominate anyone. >> No, no, no. But like I just because So part of it is like I know Gerald. Like I would feel comfortable nominating Gerald. I think we all know Gerald. Like he was on the board and you know I don't I I haven't even done a Google search on the second person. So it feels weird nominating someone that >> I have no idea who that is. Like I have no clue. So my question is is like do we have to nominate today or can we nominate in the next meeting >> or is that too late? >> We have we have to submit the resolution to uh the appraisal district by the 15th of October.
133>> Do we have time to add names or do we >> Yeah, like that's kind of the thing like do we have time to add names? Do we have time to research this? Like can we look to see who this is? Like >> that's why >> cuz I feel like a nomination is kind of like we like I get you're like we're going to vote on them later but like we're like nominating someone that kind of means something doesn't it? >> It does and that that's again why we put the blurb in Friday letter to be thinking about candidates because we just received this information. We could call a special meeting in between now and the 15th but >> I can't this this is >> this is the nomination opportunity >> fully booked. Yeah. So,
134can I make a motion? >> Sure. Dr. Harl, >> that I move that we go ahead and um let me think of the verbiage. Um make a motion to include Gerald Lopez for consideration or for nomination or for what what's what are we doing? >> Nomination would be a nomination. Um tonight um for the Bear County appraisal bear county appraisal. >> Thank you for the finishing up. Second, Mrs. Freeman. Second. >> And then I want to because I know Rebecca I think Rebecca would do well also. So I'd like to move to amend if we can do Where's my sheet at? Um move to amend to add uh Rebecca. >> I also want to add to Becky Ru. She uh ran in 2023 for the for the seat. I know she's a real estate agent.
135I met her at Okay, good. Yeah, I met her at Tassy Ty the last three time three years already. So she's from Harden though. That's why I have a connection to Hardo. So I know who she is. So >> yeah, I do too. >> I feel comfortable too. >> So you have a motion to amend, a second to amend if that's okay with Dr. Harl to accept the amendment >> through further discussion. >> Any further discussion? Any further nominations? All right. So, all in favor to pass the amendment of the motion to include Jerald Lopez and Miss Becky Ruiz. Um, for the slate for the Bear County Appraisal District, say I. >> I. >> Uh, any oppose? Okay. Motion carries. >> So, we will go about, like I say, submitting the resolution. will need signatures
136uh to follow up for Gerald Lopez and Rebecca Becky Ruiz uh to be considered candidates for the board of directors for the Bear County Appraisal District. And then like I say, you'll see this uh item coming back um in the form of a ballot. combined. >> The only other item uh that I have um like I say, we'll bring back our code of ethics with the conversation uh uh to include review of our board operating procedures. Uh our next regular meeting is scheduled for the 28th of October. Uh we'll be bringing back the school financial integrity rating system report or otherwise known as first. uh we'll need to bring back or bring in after uh following uh our academic meeting uh already scheduled our uh campus turnaround plans. Again, I mentioned we'd like to recognize
137our leadership in ISD uh graduates from this uh second uh cohort. Um there'll be a pretty lengthy uh consent agenda. Like I said, we've got another building committee uh scheduled in between uh now and the next meeting. Uh we'll bring in our House Bill three goals uh and annual report along with our district improvement plan. Uh the schematic design for the Holmes High School project as well as the GMP or guaranteed maximum price for the Clark High School uh project. Uh we'll actually need to bring in budget amendment number one already uh adjusted for uh average daily attendance. Um and we'll kind of explain um with that a budget amendment how we're going to experience some changes in uh the re the receipt of uh state funding and going forward uh not significant changes but
138I think it's important uh for the board to understand um and then we'll have uh another round of safety security audits u for your consideration. So, it'll be a little bit of a lengthier agenda, particularly uh looking at building committee and academics um being scheduled prior to the 28th. >> Mrs. Freeman. Thank you. Question. >> I'm sorry, Monica. I'm sorry, Mr. >> No, no, go ahead. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, we'll come back to it. We'll have to recall the agenda. Uh Adam, >> um question for the board. just past experience as we've discussed um the code of ethics and the board operating procedures, it rather lends itself to more of a another team building meeting. I don't know if this board is um willing to go ahead and and do such like another special
139meeting, but it it could it could be rather lengthy and I don't know that we want to add that to the board meeting. Yeah, we can we can absolutely uh have a have a called or special meeting >> up to the board. >> Okay. >> Do we want to look at the 14th of October? We've kind of used that um as a workshop date. Um >> I don't know when I'm coming. I I think I'm out of town, but >> All right. Let us let us work uh we'll we'll send out like I say an email just with dates that you're available. >> Okay. >> We'll we'll try to work it out. Um that'll give you an opportunity to look at calendar. Um Madam President, going back to uh item B and C. Um Medina
140uh and Bandaraa, no nominations just for clarity purposes. >> Yeah, we don't have any names to give. >> Okay. >> Today. >> Okay. So yeah, we will not submit those nominations. That's all I have. >> Sorry, I wish we had names. >> Okay. >> It's a small number like I say. Um um but we do receive taxation from those uh two entities as well. >> Okay, >> it's all got. >> All right, sir. Thank you. So, now we're on to our next item, which is our executive close session. And so, the board will convene into close session and we'll meet at 8:15. >> You want to go to your >> Yeah, we can. We can absolutely >> roast. >> Yep. We've got dinner. And >> so, we're going to convene into close session in accordance
141with Texas Government Code section 551071 through 551084. No action will be taken in close session and any decisions will be made when the board reconvenes into open session. So, thank you all for coming tonight. The time is now 8 I'm sorry, excuse me, 9:15 and the board is reconvening into open session. No action was taken into close session. And regarding agenda items discosed in close session, is there a motion to come before the board? Any motions? >> Doc, Mrs. Freeman. >> Yes. Um, I move to approve the administrative appointments as discussed in executive session. >> Any second? >> Dr. Hassel. >> All right. All right. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Any discussion? All right. Then motion is carries. Unless there are any objections, we're now going to adjourn at 9:16
142and have a great evening.