001Good evening. I call this meeting of the Northwest Independent School District to order at 5:00 PM. Let the record show that a quorum of board members is present, that this meeting has been duly called, and that notice of this meeting has been posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code 551. The board will now convene in close session pursuant to Texas Government Code Chapters 551, including sections 551.071 071 consultation with the board's attorney and 551.072 real estate matters and 551.074 personnel matters. Good evening everyone. We'll reconvene our general session at 6:31 p.m. This evening we're starting with a public hearing for Ellen and Audra Parin Elementary targeted improvement plan. Good evening board and community members. Um we are here tonight um we are required by TEA to hold a public hearing
002to um share with you aspects of the development and implementation plan for Parin Elementary's targeted improvement plan. So to give you some background um as you recall in August of 2024 Parin Elementary opened in a new subdivision uh the Wildflower Ranch area. To give you a little bit of background on the growth that they experienced that year, you can see um what their demographic numbers looked like um when they opened the first day of school and then what it looked like at the end of May. And I think that's important to keep into perspective. a new campus, a new area that was growing and um some shifts in their population throughout the year. In August of 2025, um based on the 2024 2025 star results, PAR was identified by TEA as a targeted school improvement
003um with an accountability score of an F or a 59. So, we have been working very closely with uh Miss Pierce, who is um here tonight as well, um working right alongside her and her staff to develop a targeted improvement plan. Um it's been an incredibly collaborative effort. Um Carrie and her teachers are doing such an amazing job both developing the plan with our CNI support and um definitely putting it into place. So um some aspects of it um they did a comprehensive needs assessment a very thorough needs assessment um based on their first year of data. Uh they held a student in uh excuse me a stakeholder engagement meeting um at Parin uh with community in invite to gain in input from staff community we had central office um folks there as well. uh
004they've done a tremendous amount of goal setting and strategy building to make sure that they're targeting the needs of the students. So components of a targeted improvement plan um they've established student outcome goals as I already um referenced. Um there is a very thorough school improvement strategy. Um the impact and the things that we're really paying close attention to with our curriculum instruction. um capacity building um making sure that we're supporting our teachers to be able to meet the needs of all of their students. There are um a number of milestones that are articulated in their improvement plan, a performance management aspect and resources. So um in your packet you see I believe it's a 30 some odd page document that has the entire plan um as along with the milestones. So just some things
005that uh Miss Pierce and her staff along with our CNI team have been engaging in on a very consistent and regular basis. Um there's collaboration among um Miss Pierce, her assistant principal, her campus instructional teacher um and teachers as part of their campus instructional leadership team. Uh they have really strong PLC structures in place and um they're engaging in PLC's on a regular basis. a lot of collaborative team planning and um teachers really internalizing the lessons that they are designing together and they have a process for which they are um doing that on a regular basis um really diving into their data. Their data is looking really good. We're really proud of the work that they're doing but consistently monitoring their data in their PLC's and also through their instructional leadership team. Uh we have
006coaching cycles to help support teachers, our instructional coaches and coordinators. Um as well as Miss Beacon and Miss Williams and Dr. Espinosa and myself, Dr. Johnson um going to the campus and visiting with teachers and helping support uh teachers and um the campus. And then um all of that is just that continuous support from our district leaders as well. So with that, you also have in front of you a timeline that outlines when things um have taken place. So you can see um August and September, the work that Miss Pierce and her staff and our team were engaged in. Um we did submit the TIP plan to TEA by a certain date in November. And then you can see from mid November until now the work that we've we are engaged in. So, this is
007just an opportunity for us to answer any questions that you may have or um that members of the community may have and then it is an action item on our agenda uh later this evening. So, any questions that you have, this is a public hearing. If anyone in the audience has a question or would like to step to the podium, please do. And also, board members, anyone have any questions? Mr. Looter. >> Yeah. My question is how are the teachers reacting to this collaboration and all the changes that are taking place? I know it's not a lot of changes because they were all growing anyway, >> but are they like, "Yeah, yeah, let's get this thing done." >> They absolutely are. They um they are an incredible incredible very dedicated um highly engaged staff and
008working right alongside each other supporting each other um meeting the needs of the kids and um they're they're really an incredible incredible group. >> Dr. Mr. Griffin, the the qu as y'all have been working through this targeted intervention plan, have has there something been that that's been the main cause as to why a brand new campus would get an F right out of the block? Because we we open campuses all the time, open elementaryaries all the time. It's so this was kind of as a surprise. So, what was is there one thing in specific that caused this um that y'all been able to identify now that we've been going through it? I think the growth that happened, the rapid growth that happened throughout the year and um I don't think it's real typical for us
009to see changes in demographics as rapidly as they um happened. Lots of new families moving in and so um having systems in place and our feet under us with the campus now open for a year with really strong progress monitoring um processes in place to really know where our students are. um and knowing the families um now as well is certainly helping. >> So, so you must have read my mind because that was my next question is has a campus population stabilized so that in a growing community, you know, kids move in all the time. So, you just have to you don't know where what their background is or where they came from uh and the and the failures that they had before they get they got to us and watch failures in the in
010their educational uh leadership before they got to us, >> right? So I guess have is that population stabilized >> somewhat. There is still some growth happening there. It is still one of our neighborhoods that is still growing. Um not at the rate that it was last year and um I think some of the demographics are remaining a little steady steadier this year. >> Okay. And also the next question is uh this might be for Mrs. Pierce, but how is the parental involvement at your campus PTA watchdog? because I know that that I've seen that over the years. Uh where parental involvement is up, the campuses seem to do better. >> Uh thank you for asking that question. That is actually one of our main campus. >> Hey, Miss Pierce, could you come to the microphone?
011Yeah. Thanks. >> Thank you for asking that question. That is actually one of our big campus goals is to really increase not just parent involvement but more of parent engagement where it becomes a dialogue rather than a one-way conversation from school to families. Um there's so much res research that supports the growth and academic achievement and well-being overall of students if we have engaged families. So that is actually something that we've really focused on this year. We did a book study, optional book study with our staff last summer to implement some new engagement strategies which we've successfully done and that has continued to be an area of focus. I actually had a teacher text me yesterday afternoon to say, "Mrs. Pierce, I have this great idea. What if we" and then he started telling me
012his idea to get more parents engaged and we could create an event? We could call it this. So, it's really exciting because our we have a lot of teachers who are very supportive and want to bolster that uh family engagement. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Thank you for that. >> Are there any other questions? Reminder, the audience can ask questions as well. >> Okay. >> If I could just make one comment. Um so this public hearing is an opportunity for the interaction. The board agenda item is uh the for the board to consider approving the tip plan. So we don't have a separate presentation. This was the presentation and then if there's any additional questions that come up between now and the agenda item. If the board approves the agenda item, um then
013we make TEA aware that the board's approved the agenda item, they'll tell us what the next steps are. We are waiting for their uh feedback from our November submission. Haven't received it yet, but this is just another step in the process. One more thing I want to say. Um, thank you for your hard work for you and your staff. Um, your leadership makes a difference. Your folks are working incredibly hard on that campus. We know you're getting the support that that you need, but um, you guys are doing the work and we appreciate that. It's good for kids. >> Thank you for the presentation. We will reconvene the regular meeting now and move to the invocation and pledge of allegiance. >> Would you guys please stand? I'm going to open us up in a word
014of prayer and I'll invite you to join me. Uh if you'd like uh please bow your heads. Heavenly Father, we come to you humbly, Lord, just with many thanksgivings. You've blessed us so richly. We thank you so much for all the blessings that you shower upon our school district and our families. Lord, as always, we pray for your heads of protection uh over our students, over our staff, and our families in our community. We pray for godly wisdom for the board as they conduct uh the school district's business and public. We pray for godly wisdom for our administrators, our faculty, and staff. Uh just that we can do the best we can for kids each and every day to the best of our abilities that you've provided us. These things in the Lord's name we
015pray. Amen. I'm really excited to introduce a couple of students from Rono Elementary. Come on down, guys. We've got Ella Joy Hores, a fifth grade student from Rono Elementary. Uh and also Jacob Johnson, another fifth grade student. I'd like to introduce them very quickly. Uh Jacob's parents, Jos, Jennifer Johnson, are here with us. Thank you for supporting your son. Jacob's favorite subject is math. Um he loves all sports, but football is his favorite. uh and he enjoys hanging out with his friends. His proud principal, Miss Appling, said that Jacob is a natural-born leader and that he leads by example, showing a strong commitment to their core values of being safe, respectful, and responsible. So, thank you for being here. And his partner there is Ella Joy Hores. She's a fifth grade student, as I said.
016Thank you, Julian, for being here with us. Uh and mom Anna, I'm sure, is is is somewhere as well. Um favorite subject for Ella Joy is science. So, we've got math and science covered at the podium tonight. It's great. Um, she also likes to draw and complete puzzles and sings. That's awesome. Uh, her proud principal said that Ella Joy is a shining star at Rowan Oak Elementary. She's incredibly kind, helps everyone she comes in contact with and has integrity as a model student. So, that's pretty incredible. Will you guys lead us in the pledges, please? I pledge algiance 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 allegiance to thee,
017Texas. One state under God. One and indivisible. >> Hey guys, y'all stay right there for just a second. Miss Murphy, our board president, is going to come down and give a small token. Can we give them a round of applause? And yes, you guys can be seated. Thank you. Thank you very much. Good job, guys. We'll hand it over to Mr. Toy and team for recognitions. Good evening, President Murphy, Dr. Fast, members of the board. Tonight, we begin with recognition of volunteers who have ensured students in need with dietary restrictions receive support. The Robes and Ranch Lions Club purchased and delivered water, peanut butter crackers, fruit snacks, juice, and slim gems to keep on hand for students with diabetes. They initially started with our two North Lake elementary schools, Daniel and Lance Thompson, but have
018since expanded to our Justin area schools. In addition to the snack pack support, the group also assisted with vision screening for preK students who attend schools in Justin, North Lake, and Rono. We're greatly appreciative of the work that they have done. And I know that from my time in Denton ISD about a decade ago, they are heavily involved in supporting public schools. They had a mentorship program out there. So seeing them involved and supporting all students is great. Uh so we'll invite them up to be recognized. Next up, we'll hear introductions from three new campus leaders. So, for our first leader, you'll hear from Sher Jones, the incoming principal of 7 Hills Elementary School. She comes to us from El Paso ISD, where she currently serves as principal of an academy for elementary and middle
019school students. Prior to that, she was an assistant principal for 10 years. She was here earlier today, but she had to head back to El Paso. So we will watch a video from her. >> Good evening school board and Dr. FA. Thank you for the trust you have placed in me as the new principal of 7 Hills Elementary School. I am truly honored to serve our staff, students, and families in Northwest ISD. Seven Hills is a strong and vibrant community and I'm excited to build on the great work that Miss Blackburn has already started. I believe strong schools are built on strong relationships. I look forward to partnering closely with our teachers, families, and community to ensure every student has the support they need to succeed. Thank you for this opportunity. I am excited to
020leave Seven Hills and eager to begin this work together. Next, Hannah Garcia will serve as the next principal of Cox Elementary School. After previously or currently serving as assistant principal at Carter and before that, she was assistant principal at Lance Thompson Elementary School. Prior to moving into administration, she was an exemplar educator at Peterson Elementary School. And I do want to say that much to my chagrin, she's very good at pranks. Uh, I don't know that I've had a a restful day. I'm always worried about what's going to come next. Uh, so she's good at involving her staff in that though. She establishes a great campus culture. So, I'm excited for her, but I'm a little bit worried about what's next for me. So, I'll invite her up to speak. >> I've prepared two scripts
021just in case I didn't know what he was going to say before me. Um, I'm honored to be here today with you all. Dr. Faustst School Board. Um, it's truly an honor to introduce myself as the new principal of Cox Elementary. I am thrilled to join the Cougar community and can't wait to begin building strong relationships with our students, our families, and our staff. As a longtime Northwest ISD educator, I know the strong reputation that Cox holds. It's a place where Cougars show up ready to learn, ready to lead, and ready to support one another. That spirit is something special, and I'm excited to be a part of a school community that values both academic excellence and meaningful relationships. I'm passionate about public education and believe deeply in maintaining a school environment where every child
022feels valued and challenged and supported. My core beliefs center around making a meaningful impact, finding joy in the work we do each day, and preserving persevering through challenges together. Schools thrive when we work as a team, and I am committed to partnering closely with our families and supporting our teachers so that every Cougar has the opportunity to grow and succeed. Thank you, Mi. >> Miss Gar Miss Garcia. Miss Garcia, something with the name tag. I It's just What's going on with your name tag? >> It gets me into all the places. >> It gets you. Okay. Next, you'll hear from Ashley Kaylor, the next principal of Medlin Middle School, where she currently serves as AP. She's been at Medlin as AP for eight the eight previous years uh including this year and prior to that
023she was an educator at Tidwell Middle School and a neighboring school district. Uh whenever we announced her I can safely say that all the community including parents and staff were extremely excited. So I I think that we made a very good decision with moving her up and I'll let her speak about herself now. >> Good evening board of trustees and Dr. FA. Um, I'm absolutely thrilled to stand before you today as the next principal of Medlin Middle School. Um, I want to thank Miss Cantrell who is here. Um, not only has she been an amazing leader who has, um, earned that well-deserved retirement that she's looking forward to, but she's really taken me under her wing for these last eight years. Um, and I am going to be an amazing leader um, partly due to
024her leadership. So, I appreciate her. Um, as for you, um, I appreciate you trusting me. Um, I know that decision is not made lightly. Uh, my mama served on the school board, u small hometown for years and years, and I remember her being up late at night reading through her board packet and all the things. So, um, I know that the decisions you make for our kids, for for our staff members, uh, for our Northwest ISTD family, um, it carries a lot of weight. And so, I appreciate you trusting me. Um, if you haven't had the pleasure of walking on to Medland's campus, um, I encourage you to do that and, uh, come see me over there. Um, the energy is fantastic. Uh, we're a good campus. We've got a lot of really good things
025happening. Um, and as Dr. F and I talked about, um, good can sometimes be the enemy of great. And so that's what we're going to do. We're going to continue the great work that has been happening at Medlin. Um, but we're going to tweak a few things and we're going to make sure that our students get every opportunity that they deserve. Um, my core values, the way that I will lead, uh, first of all, one of my core statements is rules without relationships lead to rejection. Rules without relationships lead to rejection. Um, and then we're going to do the right things, right? We're going to spend our time doing the right things. And then finally, what we do matters. uh every single day what we do matters. Um and my staff will feel that. Um
026I know that they believe in student success and as Dr. F and I also talked about success is the only option. At Medlin sometimes we know that success is found through the failure through the learning of the mistake or the failure. Um and so we're going to teach growth mindset, okay? We're going to teach teamwork. We're going to teach integrity and of course those positive relationships and build a really strong Medlin family. So again, I'm thrilled to be before you today and I appreciate you trusting me with this uh role and I will not let you down. Thank you. Okay, that concludes our recognition. So we will move to item seven which is public testimony, public comment and there are none this evening. So we will move to eight the consent agenda. >> Madam President,
027>> Mr. Schlutoter, >> I will first ask if any of the board members have an item they would like to pull off the consent agenda. >> Seeing none, I move to approve the consent agenda as submitted. >> Second. I have a motion by Mr. Schlutoter and a second by Dr. Roush to to approve the consent agenda as submitted. All in favor absent. Okay, we will move to item nine which is consider any item removed from consent agenda and there were none. So we will move to 10. Our discussion action agenda for the evening. Item A is consideration of a teacher's late resignation without good cause and proposed complaint to the state board for educator certification for abandonment of contract. Yes, we did have a teacher Joshua Lang who vacated their position without approval. Bringing that
028to the board for consideration. Madam President, >> Mr. scrolls. >> I move that the board finds that good cause did not exist under section 21.21 or 210 C of the Texas Education Code for Joshua Lang to resign his contract for the 2025 2026 school year. That the board did not consent to his recommendation and that the board authorizes a superintendent to file a complaint with the state board for educator certification to seek sanctions for his abandonment. >> Second. I have a motion by Mr. Sprouls and a second by Mrs. Hatfield that the board finds that good cause did not exist under section 21.210C 2110C of the Texas Education Code for Joshua Lang to resign his contract for the 2025 2026 school year and that the board did not consent to his resignation and that the
029board authorizes the superintendent to file a complaint with the state board for educator certification to seek sanctions for his abandonment. All in favor 6. Thank you. Item B, we'll move to the targeted improvement plan for Allen and Audra Andra Parin Elementary School. >> Yes, ma'am. Just presenting the uh board book. The board actually has the tip plan. You can see how elaborate that is and and the work that's been ongoing and building the plan is a lot of work, but executing the plan is uh is a lot more work. So, uh, as we said earlier, we're grateful for the leadership, uh, and, um, we are asking the board to consider approving this tip plan. >> Madame President, >> Mrs. Hatfield, >> like to make the motion to approve the targeted improvement plan for Allen and
030Andrew Perin Elementary School as recommended by the administration. >> Second. I have a motion by Mrs. Hatfield and a second by Mr. Daring to approve the targeted improvement plan for Ellen and Andra Parent Elementary School as recommended by the administration. All in favor 6. Thank you board. Thank you for all your work on that everyone. Um, we'll move to item C, the board policy update 126 and the local district policy update uh 2026.01. >> Yes, ma'am. This is a second reading as a cadre of policies that Miss Hobbs presented last meeting and it's here for the board's consideration. >> Madame President, >> Mr. hearing. >> U motion to approve board policy update 126 and local district update 2026.01 as recommended by the Texas Association of School Boards and Administration. >> Second. >> I have a
031motion by Mr. Daring and a second by Mrs. Hatfield to approve board policy update 126 and local district update 2026.01 as recommended by the Texas Association of School Boards and Administration. All in favor 6. Thank you board. We will now move to item D. The order of cancellation of board of trustee election. >> Madame President, >> Dr. Rous laughing. Um, I motion to approve the order of the cancellation of the board of trustee election as recommended by the administration. >> Second. >> Okay. I have a motion by Dr. Roush and a second by Mr. Dearing to approve the order of cancellation for the board of trustee election as recommended by the administration. Any questions? All in favor? Six to zero. Thank you board. And that concludes our discussion action agenda for this evening. We will
032now move to reports. The first report on the agenda this evening is our demographic report. Good evening, board president Murphy, members of the board, Dr. FA, thank you for the opportunity to be with you this evening and talk through uh a little bit of uh a few numbers and maybe a few charts and graphs. So, with that said, I'll start this up and uh kind of reference >> Would you would you mind introducing yourself? Oh, I apologize. I sometimes jump ahead of things and um Hudson Huff. Um so been a part of Zonda Demographics for a little over just about four years now. So have had the honor of being able to work with uh Bob Templeton for for several years and look forward to um working with our team on continuing to to support
033the district. >> And and you're not you're not just a person that works for Zonda, you're also a customer or previous customer of the district. >> Yes, sir. that I am I my family's been in been in the district for uh many many years now. So long enough to know that we had um kindergarteners uh at Hughes Elementary uh but then also have had two um two proud graduates of uh Byron Nelson Bobcats. So uh excited to to see them and and uh they're now hopefully uh going to be moving on and and doing some great things moving forward. So uh but yes, thank you sir. Um so just touching base on kind of the overall economics of what's happening uh in the local area, I will say that we are seeing a little bit
034of softening um with what we see with economic numbers. Um so we've seen a slight uptick in unemployment. Um and then I would also say when you kind of look at uh our uh amount of job creation from what we see related to new jobs this year compared to the number of new jobs that were created last year, we are seeing a few a little bit lower number than what we've seen the last few years. Um I would also say that when you look at the overall um areas where we've where we're seeing some tightening, you're seeing that in manufacturing, you're seeing that kind of in that financial uh financial activities, professional and business services, those kind of things. a a few things related to the manufacturing as well as the the professional business services
035and even the tightening offormational services has really tied into kind of that AI evaluation of uh efficiencies and and and some of those challenges. So we do see some some adjustments happening in the marketplace related to that. Um now seeing all that we also see that uh we also have an AI uh super plant that's opening up in the region um in which we will see some creation of some additional jobs. So uh this is kind of in that alliance corridor potentially uh two two new plants uh that will be creating about 8 to 900 jobs uh over the next few years. So again um it it taketh and it giveth. So we're going to see see a little bit of both related to that that market. Um overall what I would say when we
036look at the the overall housing picture um what I would say is within the region you're going to see um you know overall we've got about 46,115 um homes that were sold over the last 12 months. Um and that is a little lower than what we've been last year at this time. So we saw about a 2% drop. Now the other thing that I would I would reference is we kind of evaluate what's what's happening in the market is we're seeing that uh that builders are really evaluating closings. So they're they're going to evaluate how many closings are taking place and making sure there's a close correlation to how many homes they start. So they don't want to build up a certain amount of inventory. So again, something that they we we see continuing to
037monitor um the the consistency of those numbers um together. Now again when I look at the overall uh numbers for the district again you're going to see some fairly strong numbers related to starts and also some fairly strong numbers related to closings. So when we look at various different areas around the metroplex um this year we're we've seen a little bit of a decline related to starts and closings in the last several quarters. Um and that we're not seeing that uh here in the district. We're actually seeing some some fairly strong numbers. So continuing to see some degree of resiliency um in the marketplace related to to to what we see with starts and closings. Uh again, now one of the things I would point out as you as you look at this list um
038it's going to reference um a number of the campuses related to the concentration of of activity that's taking place in several of the elementary schools. We know we've got some new we've got a new elementary and also have a new middle school. Um so that will be reflected in the the the future reports that we have. This was our center our our winter seasonal report. Uh so it's kind of our fourth quarter. So it was it was at the end of last year. So um we will be updating some of this to reflect the the new elementary um zone that will be included in this. But again you can see that concentration uh in in Parin. Um you can see it in Carter. again kind of the reference of of the work that the district's
039been doing related to the opening of the new campus. Um you can see that there is a pretty significant number of homes that are under construction. When you look at over,200 homes uh under construction currently right now. Um we do continue to track the inventory um to to monitor that to make sure that's not creeping up. Um but we look when we look at those those numbers related to the inventory numbers that we had in this quarter um it's very close to what we saw last quarter. So again, not seeing those uh get too elevated. Overall price points uh for new as well as as uh existing have continued to be relatively high. You'll see that the the new home prices uh have softened just a little bit compared to where we saw those numbers
040in 2024. So again, a little bit of an of an increase continuing with the existing home sales market, but uh again, land also figures into those those numbers as well. Then what I will say is we we in our winter reports now we're referencing kind of an overall summary of the demographics of the area so that you can kind of see when when uh we talk about the enrollment numbers as they are um you can also see that population increase that we've seen over over the last several years. Uh not a shock uh to see that significant in that population increase um from what it was 10 to 15 years ago to what it is today. Um, again referencing all that traffic that's out on 114. Uh, that wasn't the way it used to be.
041I can speak from experience. Um, but what I will say is you you do reference down below uh there there's just that reference of um wealth index uh is still fairly strong within our region. So when you have two uh uh two contributors to the to the household income, we do have about 128,000 household income median age at that 35.6. six. Um, but I will say what we do see is we do rank well related to housing affordability. So that is part of why I think we our numbers continue to be extremely strong in the area is because our our our price points for a number of the developments in our area have uh are are much more affordable than some of our our neighboring um districts. Overall, when you look at the uh the
042density of where our students are, you can see that we have about 568 students that actually reside outside of the district. Again, that's going to be u really about 1.7% of the overall district enrollment. That's a fairly low um number compared to the overall uh enrollment in many of the districts in our area. Um and again you'll see that a large percentage about 53% of our our students are within the uh uh Fort Worth city limits. So we'll briefly touch on um a few of the house uh housing subdivisions that we have in the district about 68 active subdivisions that are out there. Again over,200 homes that are under construction. That's definitely what we want to continue to track. Um we do have about 5,500 lots that are out there that are available to build
043on. So, we want to make sure we continue have a pretty strong inventory of those lots available to build on to continue at the pace we've been going. Again, you're going to also see that within about 16 of those subdivisions, we're referencing about u almost about 6,800 almost 7,000 lots that are out there that have um a lot of ground work taking place. So you can see in a couple of these slides the amount of work that's taking place out there with uh continuing to to build roads and infrastructure in several of these developments. Uh Aendelle again is is one that we've we've highlighted just ground work underway. Um and we do anticipate that there's going to be some some some housing activity as we get get through this year. Uh and again still still
044early on in that overall development. Uh we see Cattleman's Crossing where we do have uh about 25 homes that are under construction currently right now. They do have several of those homes that are um completed and are uh in inventory and available for sale. Uh so again, just very in the very early stages of of uh of that development. Um price points in that 295 to to almost 400 range. So again, that's u that is a good price point compared to many of the many of the developments that are out in the area. Lapril is also about 793 total lots. Again, I will say this has been a been a development that's been there for a while. It's been we've had a few reports. If you'll look kind of in the south uh southeastern uh
045kind of entry area, you'll see we finally have a few uh foundations that are starting. Uh so we do have a few models. So we do anticipate some some housing activity in that development um very very soon. And then Lonear at Liberty Trails, about 1,600 total lots that are a part of that. Quite a bit of home homes being built currently right now. We show about 90 homes under construction with a few um few inventory homes that are finished currently right now. And again, referencing that that price point in that 300 to 350,000 range. Um and Madero, again, you're you're seeing a pretty significant development um there in that area. Again, when you're talking about the the amount of homes under construction, very few districts have have developments that have that much activity in them,
046but Northwest has definitely been one that's become accustomed to that that amount of activity, showing a little over 277 homes under construction currently right now with a few of those uh homes that that uh that have been completed and are available for sale. And right now with the 700 755 uh occupied homes that are there, we're showing that that yield at that 376. So that's continue we continue to want to monitor that to to evaluate how many students that being close to close to four students for every 10 homes um that that are enrolled in the district. And then Terra Villa again uh a little over,400 total lots there. Uh several futures. they've got that first uh first section of 161 vacant develop lots they're ready to be built on. So just in the early
047stages of of getting getting that that development wrapped up. And then Wellington. Uh again, this is another one that has a significant amount of homes under construction currently right now. You'll see that that has about 84 homes under construction with uh 56 homes that are um completed and available for sale. So, and again, a fairly significant yield um as we look at that almost um seven students for for every 10 homes in that development. So, a pretty substantial yield in that area. And then Wildfire Ranch, uh as we go through that, you can see that there's about 747 vacant developed lots um there. And we're showing a uh uh again about 143 homes under the under construction in that development right now. So again, pretty pretty substantial amount of activity there. So that's kind of
048covering single family. So then we'll just briefly touch on kind of what's happened with multif family within the region. Um we can tell that that there's a the occupancy rate related to the multif family developments that we have uh are about 92%. That's just about what we consider fully occupied. They have a little bit of turnover. So that makes up that gap. Um what I will say is the the other part of it that we anal an analyze is we want to analyze bedroom mix. The bedroom mix does matter related to yield and so we want to make sure as we uh evaluate current and future developments to have a really good idea of how many two and threebedrooms are in that development um because the higher the two threebedroom counts that we have there
049the the actual more significant the yield potentially potentially is. So, and again, these are just some highlights of what we see related to the the market conditions with uh with the rental rates in the area. And then again, we're going to track and as in in our winter reports, we'll provide a little bit more detail as we analyze kind of the the yield. Um when we're looking at multifamily, again, we're we're tracking um a little over 12,000 units um 2,182 students uh coming out of that. So, that yield at that 178. Um, we also know that as sometimes we we also evaluate not only bedroom mix, but we want to evaluate kind of the older properties. Um, potentially those some sometimes are more affordable. Some sometimes they have a little bit higher yield. Uh, so
050you can see again when when you look at the overall number of of uh multif family developments that we have, we've got a little bit higher yield in some of those older units. Um again that 212 when you get to those that have been built over the last 20 years and then um what we're seeing just in the last um last last few years um we are seeing developments that have concentration of more single bedrooms. So if you have a higher concentration 60 to 70% of your single bedrooms you're going to have a little bit lower yield than what we have in some of those older traditional um developments. And again, looking at a little over 2,900 uh rental units across the district. Again, about 950 of those are those single family for rent that
051we have across the district in many, many different locations. Uh and then we know we've got a little over about 5,000 rental units in various stages of planning. So, um quite a bit to account for in the in the future related to that type of development. Uh we do have Freestone Oliver Creek. Uh this has about 300 apartment units. Um again, construction underway. You can see some some rooftops currently taking place. So it should should be coming along and leasing several of those units as we get uh get later into uh this year. We also have Bonds Ranch that has about 193 um apartment units. Um Dr. F, I I will tell you I did I did try to look for the details associated if to be able to share what the bedroom mixes of
052these these are. um we haven't been able to gather that detail quite yet, but we do anticipate that we will have that information as we kind of move forward uh into the next quarter. So, we'll we'll bring that back to you. Uh again, that's they've got uh there's going to be a few multiple phases of multifamily uh incorporated in into this overall development. So, this is um Bond Ranch 2. Uh and then there will be an additional development that'll reference Bond Ranch 3 in the future. And then Rosa Rosa North City uh is about 464 total units there. Again, construction well underway on on on that portion as well. Anticipating leasing uh units potentially being in that uh in that spring of 2027. And then trails at Champion Circle uh again had uh foundation work
053this past month. So quite a bit of activity taking place over there for 341 total units. uh and again uh anticipating some some portion of that being ready to lease next year uh at this same time. So when we look at all of those uh numbers, we evaluate um what our anticipated projections are going to be um for next school year. We do have a estimate of about 410 students uh a growth of about 1.2% uh for next year. Um, and then you could see as as we continue to move forward, um, potentially getting up to about 35,700 by the time we get about five years out. And then our 10-year range right now, um, by what we're referencing here is about 37,547. So, um, we have gotten a little bit more cautious with our,
054um, with our projections, uh, with with knowing some of the challenges that not just Northwest, but many districts are going to face as we go into next year. So we are trying to be a little bit more cautiously conservative as we as we go into projections uh for for this next year. And again this will reference kind of uh a breakdown of those elementary campuses again several of which um are being uh accommodated by the the elementary changes that that uh in the boundaries and the new campus that's taking place. So you can see that um definitely see that the the challenges and the needs at at several of the campuses that will be addressed and those numbers will be updated as we move uh into our reports later in the spring. And again, same
055same uh same type of condition for the middle schools where we know we've got uh some some relief um at uh at at Pike and Midland, I believe, uh in uh with with the changes that we have coming with the middle school, new middle school. So, again, pretty significant growth uh over the last number of years, almost 7,500 students looking looking at over the last five years. um 820 students this past year. Again, really show overall our our our housing numbers are still fairly strong. Um when you look at where we were the last few years related to starts and closings, so continue to see strength in that. Um 1,200 homes under construction. So, a lot of activity currently taking place. Uh and so we've kind of gone over the numbers of where we think
056we will be. And uh again, when we think about long-term what we think the district's enrollment potentially could be, it's going to be at that 37,550 total. Um and and we know there's still a lot to lot to be done before we get to 3536. So with that said, I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> Hud Hudson, right? >> Yes. >> Okay. So on the uh you don't have to go back to it, but the slide with the multif family yields pretty much averages point to across the board. Does that include that single family rental communities as well or is it that apartment complexes? >> That's going to be more focused on your apartment complexes. Um your your single family for rent. Um we're still going through and analyzing those. Uh
057what I would say is I could give you a couple of examples. Um I think uh over over by Litzy is is the cottages. Um, so that has a a there's about 396 units in that development. Um, and there's about I think we've got a rough about 55 students that that are currently enrolled at that in that area. So um I think it's a 39.139 um yield currently right now. And part of that is is we're seeing in those in some of those developments because of the higher price points, those rental rates that they have specifically in some of those that we're seeing, we're we're still seeing some relatively low yield. Um so we we will track those we'll track those um independently of our overall multifamily numbers. >> Okay. You know, something I thought
058was interesting is you didn't have the when you were showing the new developments, the ones that are just north of Sandere Ranch, the community there. I think there was a couple with active building and just this isn't our problem, but it's just the pain of the infrastructure, the lack of roads. I just can't see how they just want to keep adding communities out there when it's two-lane farm roads and sometimes you got to wait five signals just to get through the intersection. So, I was just amazed at that one, the second one that had uh 2,000 3,000 homes being built on it. So, that just surprised me that they're going to overload the infrastructure even more. But, you know, we as a school district have to react to what the city of Fort Worth approved.
059So, >> I was going to add to um there there are other areas of the district where we have multif family growth and this isn't exhaustive is not an exhaustive list. there are other neighborhoods that are cranking up um that have vacant developed lots and other multif family that are going in. So, we tried to pair it down since there's so many, you know, 68 active subdivisions, we tried to pair it down to the ones with the largest growth in in the near future or that are going to hit the quickest. Is that the right way? Yeah. I think we don't have any other questions. Thank you for being here this evening. We appreciate your work. >> Thank you all very much. >> Okay, we will move to uh report B which is January financial
060report and quarterly investment report. >> Good evening board. Dr. house. We're going to start with our financial report uh for January. And so if you're looking at this, as always, we kind of look at that trend of that percentage and you can see we've received about 81% of our revenue, well above where we were at this point last year. A lot of that's due to the state and some of that pass through money that came in a lot earlier that from the new TRA aotment. What I really wanted to look at was expenses. And this is a good time about halfway through to really trend expenses and see how they're looking. And if you see here, we're about 46% as opposed to almost 49% last year. Sounds great, but if you'll also look at our
061total dollar figure, we're about 161 million this year. We're 162 million last year, but our budget's $20 million higher, $19 million higher. So, you can tr see we're trending very, very well at the moment. Um, if I look through each functional category, all of them are lower except two by a little bit on the percentage side, but a lot of them are less in dollar figures. And part of that's because some of the cuts we made to make sure to become more efficient. So that percentage makes that change a little bit, but we are trending very well in the general fund for this year. There's a little box that showed up up there. Oh, thank you. Okay, looking at our food service, as you can see here, we're about 61% of our revenue is composed
062of 55 and then expenses are 56 to 42. This is the one where we finally started getting our expenses caught back up. So, you can see now how we're trending in that. Um, revenue is up um or at least more than we expected at this point. Part of the expense too was if you remember we we spent some money outside to catch up on some fund balance issues where we had to bring that down but that law has now changed. We can keep six months of fund balance instead of three. So that has changed this fiscal cycle but I think food service is trending well. um expenses are up a little bit so we're going to watch it but I don't see anything of concern and then accordance debt service debt service is um 81%
063of our revenue 73 at this point last year and then of course the expenses are 27 versus 24 um in February I made the big payment that we make we make them in August of February if you remember so we made our big one in February I think it was around 113 million that we paid paid out. So when you see that number on top of that 149 or 59 50 million, we'll be about to that 160 or 170 million in making that full debt payment. So we're trending very well and I do see a refunding coming in the very near future um that we've already authorized, but we'll be doing that to pay some of that debt down. Are there any questions on January financials? >> Jonathan or more Dr. FA since we're talking
064about the money going kind of going back to the demographic report we just had with the slowdown in growth you know we've been a thousand plus new students for the last 10 plus years and we've kind of gotten used to that so when we get into budget season and we start talking about next years I'll be kind of curious to see what impact really the slowdown in growth is going to have on us going forward because we made some assumption with INS with that and also with M I'll be kind of curious to see how that plays out so don't need an answer tonight but just something I'd like to have to the conversation later. >> I can give you a pretty good answer. Looking at the growth side, we've already been looking at that
065is no new growth revenue. I think we kind of talked about that in that last meeting when we talked about staffing, how we didn't really add any students compared to last year's shortage. So, revenue should be pretty stagnant on the M side. INS even though students are slowing down, you also see that closings didn't slow. So, property values are still going up through the roof. So, I do feel like we're going to hit our at least our property value assumptions for the INS side as well as the new business coming in. We get that as well as any increase in value for current property owners. And then of course, if you remember, Tarant County has kept theirs frozen for three years. So, they'll be frozen for one more year if I remember correctly. And then
066next year, they're going to jump up. So, I could see some big dramatic increases in some of those property values. So, INS, we're trending really good right now for property values. M it's based on students. So yes, there is a dynamic there that we're already taking into effect. >> And from a budget standpoint, um, beyond what we showed you last week where we or last meeting, I should say, where we pretty much showed where the additional revenue from Proposition A where it's all going, that is the only additional revenue we're expecting. So on that second staffing, uh, with the exception of special ed and a few kind of we just have to key places, you won't see a bunch of other staff that we're going to bring back to you because we staffed for it
067partially last year, added in the the growth that we're estimating for opening the three additional campuses. That's it. There's not there's not a whole lot more once we make the market adjustments to pay scales and figure out what we can do for teachers for a little bit of a raise. uh following a pretty big one from the state pass through. There's just not much left. Um so it's a very tight it's a thank goodness we did what we did by cutting the millions of dollars out of our structural budget in the last cycle. Painful, but we'd be in a really challenging position right now have we not done that. Okay. Well, let's look at our investment report. So the first page we're going to look at is page five here of the report. Um I
068always like to point out the very the number we all want to know, right? What did we earn in interest for that quarter? So in that quarter we earned about 12,974,000. So it was a very good quarter. for the fifth school year to date, which is July through December, total interest of about $26 million during that time period. Also, looking at this, um I know I always like to when I say this, look at Deian's face because she always smiles, but if you look at the very bottom of this page, you can look at the m the maturity dispersements by security type. So we've really because of interest rates and the volatility of them dropping possibly a lot of the talk of whether they will or won't. We wanted to lock in interest rates for
069a little bit longer to kind of because if they drop our text pool rates go down dramatically with those. So we try to lock in and kind of ladder out our payments based on cash flow needs especially for our construction projects. So you can see here how we've laded out three months we have about 224 million 36 260 and so forth. So really have laded that out for the next year to really try to maximize this. The other thing that this doesn't take into effect is that we got a lot of tax payments in in January and February for INS and M. So now we'll have to go back and look at some of those accounts with that added revenue that came in and see how we want to ladder some of that out, especially
070INS because we don't make another payment until August. So that'll continue to change and you'll see that same thing on this next slide. You just see the asset allocation, the different ways we have that allocated, whether it be in some sort of CD type program, bank deposits, commercial paper, liquid like text pool funds, and all those things. So, you can see how it's laded out there. Again, this just shows kind of the trend of interest rates. So, the lower we see that number go, the scarier, right? That's less interest we make. But that kind of shows the trend and how we've compet competed in that market. This one I always just kind of touch on this. This shows by the different activities or the different funds of where the money is. The majority of our
071interest made is of course in capital projects. We sold that 800 million. There's cash there. Um I did have them do an analysis by us selling that $800 million when we did to make sure we got that homestead exemption. We saved taxpayers $82 million by the state having to hold us harmless. Had we not done that, then we would not have got that $82 million over the life of that 800 million. So, it was a pretty big deal that we made that sale. So, we did give that equation, but that's where a lot of that cash is sitting right now and making interest. Um, in general fund for that three months, we made about 1.2 million. And then I think the last thing I'm going to show there it was is page 24 here. And
072it just shows here based on our current ladder and none of the revenue we've received for taxes in January, February on both M and INS. This is the ladder schedule. Kind of shows you the projected of those interest costs. So we already know because we've locked in some of those what we're going to make. Some of these at mature, we'll go back and reinvest if we can. So this is the bare minimum that I see us making even if interest rates drop. So, we're guaranteed probably another $11 million over the next six months because we were able to lock in some of these rates and that doesn't include the additional funding we will be putting in there. So, um I think it was a really good decision. You can see that here. So, I just
073wanted to show you that. Any questions I can answer on the investment report? >> I think we're good. Thank you. Report. >> Okay. Okay, we'll move to C which is facilities planning and construction report. Good evening board. Dr. Fast. Tonight I will give you guys an update on our construction report, ourru construction updates. This is just gives you the percentage of all of our projects that we're um handling right now. And then here is a Gant chart to show you when things are finishing. A lot of projects are finishing this summer and so we're we're going to be hot and heavy um opening up campuses. So we want to first start with our um administration annex building. As you can see, there's a lot of work that's happening in front of this building. But if
074um as we go around the building, you can see that there's brick going up on the west side facade of this building, you can see a little bit on the left and top of the picture um fire lane going in. But here's a better picture of all the concrete work that's been uh poured in the last month working on the fire lane. And we have our maintenance uh fleet um parking lot uh poured already. These are a few pictures inside. on the left, that's the entrance to the construction and planning um area. On the west side, that's where you would walk in from the administration building. And on the right hand side, just shows you the warehouse portion of um the maintenance side. It's just one hallway. So, they have multiple hallways um for each
075trait. Next, we have Barkstdale Middle School. A lot of landscaping is going on on this project. As you guys know, we are very early on getting this building ready for uh move in, which is great. So, it allows us some more time uh to move in as it as a secondary campus. This is a better picture of all the landscape, the grass that's going in. It's um we've got some greenery. Not sure if that's um grass turning or if we need to grab some weeds, but um it's it's definitely taking out there, which is good. We don't normally have this much time um from when we lay down grass to where kids are running on it. and um having a good time. Inside we have um left side showing ceilings going in, flooring's going in.
076The right side is our collaborative area. It's got all flooring and everything uh and the ceiling are in. Um the left side's more traffic area. So those are one of the areas that are last floored. Um but it's it's moving along pretty well. The right the left picture is our cafeteria. Right picture is the kitchen. We've got our equipment in protecting it from all the dust and construction debris until it's ready to be cleaned and uh put in place. Now we have um Davis High School. Um I did a little something a little different this time. We used to do this um for Eaton High School and I think it helps with knowing where we truly are um construction wise on the project. Just to give you guys a reminder, this is our our site
077um for Davis M High School. And then this is a floor plan of the concrete flat foundation and slab completion. So the first floor is completed except Jay and the stadium. Um you'll see that in some pictures coming up. And then we have structural steel in progress where you see the bold blue and then there's steel completed in E and D um on this site. That's all levels. So, this just gives you an overview of um the site and hopefully you can see where we have the slab down and steals up. This gives you a closer view of our academic wing. This is our um athletic area. The in the front of the picture we have the uh which is take a look at the indoor activity center which is the big square in the
078front that has no slab. And then we have concrete around it which is our um athletic area with weight room uh locker rooms, coaches offices. And then in the middle of the picture is of course the stadium and then the foreground is our arena. Now we're in the front of the picture front of the building where you have the arena in the front, stadium in the back in the middle and then the um indoor activity center in the back. This is just giving you a a notice of what the rendering looked like versus where we are in the project and just gives you a u just something to compare of where we are and how it's going to look in the in the long run. And another one in the academic hallway where we have
079our collaborative areas outside the classroom. Notice it's not a double loaded corridor which we're used to, but this gives some more space for the students to expand out in the coro corridor and um learn out in that area. Here's our cafeteria. Um the left is obviously the rendering and the right hand side is the second floor view um of the cafeteria. So we're on the arena so you can see that there's um the seating area is being uh poured but if you look in the foreground we have steel up at the indoor activity center. So um they're moving pretty fast out there and doing a great job. Um going to walk it this Friday and can't wait to see all the the difference of when I walked it last month. Um Dr. Hicks, Early Childhood.
080We They are rocking and rolling out here. Um they are um sorry. Um this building we're a little we are um stretched for time on this one, but they are pushing as fast as they can. We have um structural steel is nearly nearly completed. Um roof decking and and temp windows are going in so we can get this building enclosed. And then ongoing our interior, exterior framing, MEP, overhead, and the ruffins. Here's just a picture. We've got our planning department. I believe that's Lauren over there with our principal and Rachel Lawson to to walk the building. I believe that was a very successful walk and they're very excited for this building. And on the lefth hand side is our collaborative area that's between the typical classrooms and our museum like classrooms. Now we have Dr.
081Romer Elementary School um site utilities are nearly nearly completed. Permanent power by end of the March is where we're hoping for. Um MEP overhead roughins and are nearly completed and wall tile is ongoing inside. Just give you a few views of around um the building and then inside. So the left hand side is a typical classroom, double classroom. It looks a little larger than one. And then on the right hand side is our cafeteria. Then on the left is our library. As you can see the trees forming and then um picture from the cafeteria kitchen side look or the stage side looking at the library towards the library. Byron Nelson um our stadium uh CMU is going up is ongoing structural steel is ongoing and MEP is ongoing for the stadium. As you can see,
082a lot of work is happening. Trying to get the contractor slow down just a little bit, but no, they're pushing. They're they're blowing and going. Um, this is our pack and the cafeteria. Pack is has MEP work nearly completed. Finishes will be starting this week inside the pack. And then on the right hand side is the cafeteria. You can see that um grade beams, they've been doing um ground work and the grade beams will start this week. inside the pack for Byron Nelson. And then we have Eaton High School, the stadium. Um right now we're working on Piers grade beams on the visitor side. Um and then slab will be poured this week. The pack is um they're working on the roofing interior and exterior framing and MEP ruffins. Curtain wall will start u within
083the next week or so. That's inside the pack area. And then transportation. We have completed the building pad. Peers are uh nearly completed. Gray beams to start soon next. And then um site utilities are ongoing. Any questions? >> Thank you. >> Do I have one question? Okay. Yes, sir. Sorry. So, the administration building over here, we have a access road down to uh down by the little warehouses. >> Yes, sir. >> Who's utilizing is that emergency access or >> um that was initially intended for our maintenance guys to be able to get in their vehicle in the morning and get to 114 to be able to go east and west instead of taking Texan drive and delay um where they needed to go. We've started using it for athletic events as well where we release
084the buses after um sporting events. Um and it helps them because they're not stuck in the traffic on Texan Drive. Yes, sir. >> Thank you. >> That concludes our reports agenda for this evening. I'll move to the board president's report and um remember that the primary election day is March 3rd. So, please get out and vote. And Wednesday night, we have the NTAB meeting at HB ISD at 6 PM. Now, the superintendence report. >> Just a couple of quick things. Uh busy week. Uh Thursday, we have a couple events. Our connections lunchon is here in the boardroom at 11:30. Uh where we host our local realtors. Um they're very interested to get an update. We'll provide them with the demographics update and some other things. Um facilities update. Also, Thursday evening, our famous expo, NISTD
085Expo this year hosted at Northwest High School. Uh, I know Byron Nelson's probably really excited about that, but we actually will have sufficient parking. Um, so that's exciting. Uh, we expect a big turnout and this is kind of a showcase of incredible things that our kids are doing. So, we're really excited. I want to close out with a congratulations. Um, he he didn't toot his own horn, but uh, Jonathan Pusk and his team received an acknowledgement. Um they're at TASBO this week which is the Texas Association of School Business Officials. I think there's a national version of that. Um is it ASBO? >> Yeah, Association of School Business Officials. And from that organization, the national organization, they received a meritorious budget award for the 2526 budget for sound fiscal management and strong budgetary procedures. So,
086um, kudos once again for making good decisions, keeping it tight, and, uh, empowering your team. I know you guys work really hard together, um, to put together a great product for our, you know, to be good stewards, uh, for our community and and for our schools. So, thank you. Congratulations. That's all we have. Oops. Move. Second.