March 23, 2026 Board Meeting

001and she earned to be in the top 10, but because of the 3 years residency policy of the school, she will never she will the principal told her that she's not going to get recognized for that. But as as you know, being in the military, we couldn't choose where we're supposed to be at. We are forced to be placed in places and it's not fair for my daughter that Sorry, I'm getting a little nervous. It's not fair for my daughter not to get to be recognized knowing that her history she I brought her here when she was first grade without knowing how to speak, write, or read English. She tried overcome bully calling kids calling her Chinese, but she's not. She's Korean. Kids calling her, "Oh, you're eating babies." No, you should but she's Korean,

002pure Korean. And so when I first when I brought her here, she knows nothing at all. And she works hard to learn the language, the culture, and everything. At the third grade, she start driving earning her first straight A's and B's since from third grade till now, she's she she's very achiever. She's very resilient and I would like for you all to give her um some forget the words, but um consideration to see to see if she will be recognized because I think she deserved it. That's all. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. >> [clears throat] >> Miss Irma. That's all. Thank you, Miss Irma. Next item on the agenda awards recognition, Dr. Puig. Thank you, Madam President and Trustees. At this time, I'd like to invite Miss Alejandra up for the recognition portion of

003the meeting. All right. Good evening, Madam President, board members, and Dr. Puig, and guests. Today, we start off with some really exciting recognitions which are our teachers of the year and rising stars of the year. And with that, Mrs. Deonna Silvas will come up and introduce that while I photograph. Thank you. Good evening, Madam President, members of the board and Dr. Puig. It's an exciting evening to recognize our educators who ignite brilliance, transform lives, and empower generations every single day. It is indeed an honor and a privilege. We have outstanding educators that we will be recognizing this evening. This year, we have started a new category which is the rising stars. And those are teachers that are early in their careers trying to transform lives and dedicate their time to having our students be successful.

004So, we are going to recognize our rising stars and our teachers of the year for each campus. And then at the end of the presentation, we will announce the winners that will be representing of course the teachers of the year will go on to the education service center. And whomever selected there will have an opportunity to compete for the regional teacher of the year. The rising stars for the year, of course, those do not go on to the service center, but it gives us so much honor and privilege to recognize them. And of course, they will be recognized also at our employee award ceremony at the end of the year. So, we'll start off and teachers as I call your name, if you could please come forward and stand up here in the middle, we

005would appreciate [clears throat] it. We will start first with representing Robstown Early College High School. The rising star award goes to Miss Carolina Herrera. Miss Herrera is a ninth grade biology teacher and class of 2028 sponsor at Robstown Early College High School in Robstown. She began her teaching career in August of 2024 immediately after earning a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Texas A&M University Kingsville. As a first year teacher, Miss Herrera achieved an 82 passing rate on the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness Biology exam. A milestone that reflects her resilience, commitment, and dedication to student success. She believes teaching extends beyond transferring knowledge and prioritizes prioritizes creating a classroom where students feel supported, valued, and encouraged to grow academically and personally. Please help me congratulate Miss Herrera. Dr. Puig. All that All

006that All that All that ones? One more. One more with a certificate. Miss Herrera, if you could just stand here for a few minutes and then we'll take a group picture with the teacher of the year. Next, we'd like to honor the teacher of the year for Robstown Early College High School and that is Miss Belanira Arias. >> [applause] >> She brings 21 years of experience in education including 16 years in special education. She currently serves as an inclusion teacher at Robstown Early College High School supporting students across core content areas. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Nuevo Leon and is certified in generalist EC-4 bilingual education and special education EC-12. She has been recognized as teacher of the year at both Palm Elementary in 2013 and RECHS back in 2021. She

007also serves as a department head, a mentor, and a sponsor. Congratulations, Miss Arias. Now, if you can just stand right there, we'll take a picture with both the rising star and the teacher of the year. Congratulations, ladies. Next, representing Seale Junior High, rising star award goes to Celeste Legas. Miss Legas is an eighth grade math teacher at Seale Junior High. She earned a Bachelor's of Science in Education from Texas A&M Kingsville and received her core subjects 4 through 8 certification in May 2025. She values research and is pursuing a Master's of Education in Reading and Literacy with a concentration in adolescent literacy. Through the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, she developed a strong research foundation and presented her work on math and on at out-of-state conferences. She's an educator, her primary goal is to

008cultivate a classroom environment where students feel respected, supported, and safe to take academic risk fostering both confidence and learning. Congratulations, Miss Legas. >> [applause] >> And then And then you can stand here for a little bit. Next, we'd like to recognize our teacher of the year for Seale Junior High and that is Coach Jeremiah Espinosa. He currently serves as a PE teacher, boys athletic coordinator at Seale Junior High, and head boys basketball coach at RECHS where he leads and mentors student athletes in both academics and athletics. A former standout athlete, he earned all-city honors in San Antonio and continued his basketball career on scholarship at Northern Oklahoma College where he was an all-region player and Dean's List honoree. He later graduated from Newman University with a degree in sports communication earning all-conference honors and a

0093.8 GPA. Coach Espinosa went on to serve as an assistant coach at Newman University while earning his Master's degree in organization leadership. He is known for his strong leadership and commitment to students. Congratulations, Coach. >> [laughter] [applause] [clears throat] >> Congratulations. Next representing Robert Driscoll STEM Academy, Rising Star Award goes to Briana Martinez. Ms. Martinez is a third grade reading language arts teacher at Robert Driscoll STEM Academy. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education from the University of Arizona Global Campus and is dedicated to creating a literacy rich classroom where students are engaged, challenged, and inspired to grow as readers and thinkers. In her first year, Ms. Martinez was awarded an innovation grant for project read a bit reality and an immersive virtual reality literacy program that gives students hands-on opportunities to

010strengthen reading comprehension, critical thinking, and connections to real-world She is known for her innovative hands-on approach. She prioritizes experimental learning, curiosity, collaboration, and higher-level thinking. Congratulations, Ms. Martinez. Our Teacher of the Year representing Robert Driscoll STEM Academy is Ms. Crystal Gallegos. Ms. Gallegos is a fifth grade reading language arts and social studies teacher. She holds a Bachelor's of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies from Texas A&M University Kingsville. Ms. Gallegos is committed to designing meaningful student-centered learning experiences that extend beyond the classroom. She fosters engagement, real-world connections, and a growth mindset to support both academic and social development. Through her work, she empowers students to see themselves as capable of achieving great success regardless of their background. Congratulations, MS. GALLEGOS. CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES. REPRESENTING SAN Pedro Fine Arts Academy, Rising Star Mr. Sepeda teaches elementary music pre-kinder through

011fifth grade at San Pedro Fine Arts Academy and Lots Beach Leadership Academy. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Texas A&M University Kingsville and is certified in music EC through 12. Mr. Sepeda led his students to the first sweepstakes in orchestra history for the San Felipe del Rio Consolidated Independent School District, a milestone that reflects both exceptional student achievement and his commitment to musical excellence. In addition to teaching, he performs with local ensembles and records in studios that have produced Grammy Award-winning projects modeling lifelong musicianship for his students. In the classroom, he emphasizes hands-on meaningful music making inspiring students to create, play, and experience the joy of music just as he has throughout his life. Congratulations, Mr. Sepeda. And our Teacher of the Year representing San Pedro Fine Arts Academy is Ms. Nakita Hobbs. Ms.

012Hobbs is a third grade adaptive education teacher where she supports students with diverse learning needs across all core content areas. She holds a Bachelor's of Science in General Education and a Master's degree in Special Education from Texas A&M Kingsville. Ms. Hobbs is dedicated to teaching the whole child, integrating life skills such as communication, self-regulation, and independence into daily instruction. She is known for creating a supportive classroom environment and for her strong commitment to helping every student grow and succeed. Congratulations, Ms. Hobbs. >> [clears throat] >> OKAY, MR. OKAY, REPRESENTING LOTS BEACH Leadership Academy, our Rising Star Ms. Heather Jocelyn. Ms. Jocelyn is a fifth grade math teacher at Lots Beach Leadership Academy. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Science with a minor in Sociology from Texas A&M University Corpus Christi and was twice

013named to the Dean's List in recognition for her academic achievement. Ms. Jocelyn focuses on building students' confidence, perseverance, and problem-solving skills while main maintaining high expectations and strong relationships in a structured supportive classroom where all students feel valued and encouraged to grow academically and personally. Congratulations, Ms. Jocelyn. Our Teacher of the Year representing Lots Beach Leadership Academy goes to Ms. Gladisa Barrera. Ms. Barrera is a fifth grade science and social studies teacher. A Robstown native, she graduated with honors from Robstown High School and earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice from the University of Houston Victoria followed by a Master's of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Houston Baptist University. Ms. Barrera is deeply committed to serving her community and creating a classroom where every student feels seen, supported,

014and empowered. She inspires curiosity, resilience, and confidence helping her students grow both intellectually and as individuals. Congratulations, Ms. Barrera. >> Okay, now you can. With both of So, we'll have our elementary and secondary rising star awards. And now for our secondary elementary teacher of the year, and that award goes to Ms. GLADISA BARRERA. >> [laughter] >> OUR SECONDARY TEACHER OF THE year is Jeremiah Espinosa. Let's turn the bow. >> [laughter] >> Big congratulations. >> [clears throat] >> That concludes the teacher recognition awards. Again, congratulations to all teachers recognized this evening. Congratulations to all the teachers. We do still have some recognitions. I just real quick I just want to congratulate all of you for doing phenomenal in the classrooms. All teachers are amazing. You know, you just stepped up to the What is it? For

015the classroom you all did your job. You all did your amazing I think you all do every day. So, I'm super proud of you all. Continue doing what you do. Okay. Um next step we have our Proud Year Picker Award and for this award I would like to call Mrs. Diana Mesa up as she is our Proud Year Picker recipient. OKAY, SO WE ARE honoring Mrs. Mesa this evening and I'm going to read what um Mrs. Wadis had to say. And so she says that Ms. Mesa Well, you were nominated by Mrs. Wadis, our Robs RECHS librarian and also our district UIL coordinator. Uh she wanted to recognize you because on the UIL academic elementary event on February 21st, we hosted more than 900 students, coaches, and guests from 21 different campuses across the Coastal

016Bend. Mrs. Mesa arrived at 5:00 a.m. to help prepare the campus and she remained here until after 5:00 p.m. ensuring that every hallway, classroom, restroom, and common area was clean, organized, and welcoming throughout the entire day. Her stamina, commitment, and commitment were nothing short of remarkable. What truly sets Ms. Mesa apart it was that not only the quality of her was not only the quality of her work, but the spirit in which she carried it out. She anticipated responded immediately to every request, and handled unexpected situations with calm professionalism. Multiple coaches from other districts personally commented on how incredible she was at keeping the campus spotless despite the heavy traffic. They also noted how respectful, courteous, and kind she was in every interaction. No matter how busy the moment, she greeted everyone with a smile.

017Mrs. Mesa represented RECHS and RISD with pride and excellence. Her work contributed to to the smooth operation and positive impression of our district during a large-scale event. She demonstrated initiative, ownership, and unwavering commitment to serve our students, staff, and visitors. Her dedication did not just maintain a clean facility. It strengthened the positive experience for everyone on campus that day. For her tireless effort, professionalism, and her heart of service, Ms. Mesa is truly deserving of the Proud Year Picker Award. And Ms. Mesa, I would truly like to thank you because every time I'm on campus, you also just give service and you're just you see people and you see the needs and you take care of them. So, you are truly deserving of the Proud Year Picker Award. So, thank you so much. >> [applause] >>

018And we have one more which I don't I didn't bring the agenda with me, but it's our Slackers, right? Okay, so we um I don't remember the date, but right before spring break we attended the superintendent's student governance camp in Galveston and our Slackers as we call them did a remarkable job and I'm not just saying this because they're our they were our students, but they truly were the talk of the meeting. Like the talk of the entire conference. Everybody was very impressed with our students. Um They didn't use me nor Dr. Puig to help with their presentation. They didn't use note cards. They prepared that presentation the entire drive up there and then when we got there, they were like, "Okay, we need to rehearse some more." And I'm like, "All right." So, they

019were literally the talk of the conference and so I want to just hand it over to Dr. Puig and Inti Ohm, she was one of the students. This wasn't planned, but she happens to be here. So, Inti, if you just want to say a couple of words um about the conference. And Inti is [clears throat] representing the team tonight and we were actually going to do this a couple of board meetings later, but you were here tonight. It was on the agenda, so thank you for your willingness to share tonight. Uh wait, can I bring this up? Okay. Yes, I was able to attend student-led meetings and Dr. Puig's meeting and I had the opportunity to present in front of board members and students that were also presenting there and it was it was truly

020amazing because we were we were able to showcase the achievements of our teachers, our board members, and Robstown as a district and as a student myself. And it was a really proud moment for me because I've never been involved in a school as much as I have with Robstown and I was I was really proud of myself to be part to be part of something like the Slackers and and to be able to like showcase our achievements as Robstown at a really big convention like TASB, so yes, I'm very proud of that. >> [applause] >> And Ms. Alejandro, I want to thank the parents that allowed their kiddos to go and get chaperoned by Ms. Alejandro. So, thank you for that. I want to thank Principal Trevino and Mrs. Chavira, Principal Mrs. Chavira for allowing

021the kids to be part of it cuz they did have to come come out of class quite a bit to to practice and and rehearse. And also want to thank the teachers that were part of the presentation that really were the inspiration for the presentation, the teachers. And it was nothing short of extraordinary. I want our colleagues who were there just to chime in on the experience a little bit. You witnessed. Uh I just want to congratulate of course our students and our staff. Um And I want to thank our students for taking the ownership um to be able to sit back and us as an audience watch our students present um what our district does and how it impacts them um was nothing short of amazing. Uh to be able to sit back and

022just see other students approach our students and our students be able to tell their story, to tell our story um was great. We had other superintendents approach them um other students as I mentioned, educators that were there as well just asking them different questions and they were out there selling our district. So, I really I commend them for that. Um I do want to highlight um uh a moment where Miss Alejandra mentioned our students didn't have any note cards. They had everything really off the cuff, but they rehearsed for this, right? Very professional. Um, Miss Garza and I attended a class immediately after hours. Uh I won't say the district, but um I'll say it. Uh Hold on. Okay. [laughter] But um what I will say is that it was very um uh I I

023can't even think of the word. I'm uh but it was very great to see that our students didn't have note cards and this district was literally reading off of a a note card. Um and it's just amazing how they sold our district just by their experiences and not by a being being reading off of a paper. So, thank you to our slackers, uh to our principals and our administrators who were there as well. So, I just want to commend them and thank you for telling Robstown the story at the state level. Can I say something, Miss Villalobos? Yes, I too um had gone to several different presentations and you all rocked. Let me tell you, you were like awesome because other ones had to kind of refer to their notes, they had to kind of,

024you know, look at their instructor or whoever was there with them and you guys were just so professional just out there just saying what you got to say and presenting us, you know, all the information you had. It was really great. We're so proud of you guys. Oh my gosh. Even we went to the class after that. They were like, "Did y'all go to the Robstown one?" I was all like, "Mhm." If you didn't, y'all missed out. Y'all y'all missed out. >> [laughter] >> But you made us so proud. We were just bragging about you guys. Thanks. I just want to share with the rest of the board that had you been there, it would it would have we would have all been very proud. It was a moment of truth for me. Um I've

025been on the board for 12 years now and I've never seen anything like it. So, um you guys are examples and you're product of Robstown and I couldn't be more proud. Uh and so you I just I admire everything that you stand for and I you're a girl just like I am or a woman, you're a woman in power. So, uh thank you for being here today and thank you for representing us so well. Uh Miss Trev, everybody that was there, the whole team, it is a team effort, but our students are legacy. And I think we're there and we've done it and I couldn't be more proud. So, I I'm sorry that not everybody could go, but we're all very busy, but you would have been very proud, guys. Very proud. And we were

026we were walking around with our chests up. >> [snorts] >> I'm I'm not going to lie. We walked in, they have cards. Let's go to the next one. >> [laughter] >> I just want to acknowledge real quick, Miss Garza, I'm sorry I didn't do this earlier, but thank you and Miss Alejandra. you know, she really really worked hard with the kids as well. Um and you know, she drove the kids up there and it was a it was great to see, you know, that the students got there and they had time to relax. You know, they worked extremely hard for almost a month um preparing for this. And as Miss Alejandra mentioned, it was um we need to get busy, we need to get busy. And there was a time when you know, we were

027able to relax. There was a pool and you know, relax for tomorrow. No, no, no, we're only going to be 30 minutes cuz we got to be back we got to go to the to the to the room where we're going to set up and um it was great to see that, you know, because they they took ownership um you know, and Miss Alejandra was like, "Do you want to rehearse right here in the in the pool? You know, we'll hold up the cards." No, no, we need to be in the in our setting in our environment. So, um thank you again for taking the ownership in that in in representing Robstown well. I also want to thank the folks that were able to assist Tiger Gonzalez here in the back. You always think you're

028backstage and you do a great job backstage, but you were there capturing every moment. Miss Alejandra was playing a different role, chaperone, but you were taking on her role and you did an extraordinary job and I just appreciate your commitment to brilliance, sir. So, thank you for that. And um I don't Mr. Garcia, you were part of coming in and helping evaluate and give pointed feedback to the slackers. You did an extraordinary job, so thank you, Mr. Garcia. But I'll just close it out with this and you know, the purpose of the superintendent leadership advisory committee is is leadership. And in this world, you have to learn how to write well and you have to learn how to think well, but you have to learn how to speak well. And you had an opportunity to

029speak really well, but what people need to understand and Mr. Martinez hit on it, there was astonishing preparation for that to happen. And so when Miss Garza says we're proud, we are because in the world to separate yourself is the astonishing preparation. That's who makes it in the world. So, great job. We're so proud of you. >> [applause] >> You want to say the time? Uh Miss Padilla, for the record, um it is 6:37 p.m. and Mr. Gallegos is going to be excusing himself for the rest of this meeting. Um for the record, we still do have a quorum present. So, we are able to continue this meeting as um scheduled. Thank you, Mr. Martinez. The next item on the agenda, president remarks. So, report on TASB governance camp. I think that we've already said

030our piece on how that went. It was very well, our kids represented us extremely well. Next conference will be in San Antonio and that's the the summer leadership conference. I believe that Dr. Quig, are you submitting a session? Yes, ma'am, for the trustees. And and that is in San Antonio that is in San Antonio June 10th through the 13th. So, when is registration? Has that started? Has that opened up yet? >> Has registration opened Miss Padilla? No? Okay. [snorts] Will it be at the same at the same hotel that you're aware of? Okay, okay. Okay, perfect. Um thank you. Thank you, Miss Ema. Next item on the agenda, superintendent report, Dr. Quig. Uh thank you, Madam President. Before I jump into the report, I want to say that our Madam President here is Thank you,

031sir. is We're going to be doing I'm I'm sorry for interrupting. Uh 6:38, Miss Padilla, Mr. Cantu is now present. Thank you, sir. Uh Madam President is going through a process to represent the region as a TASB director. So, keep her in prayer as she goes through her interview this week. Yes, Thursday at 12:00 at lunchtime. So, we're really excited about that. She wasn't going to mention it, but I wanted to mention it for her. Uh just a couple things we want to cover tonight. First, the attendance and ADA and then we want to jump into TEA's recent superintendent step back meeting. I'll talk about that in here just a minute, but TEA uh and the district and the service center had a call on Friday, so I stepped away while the girls were powerlifting

032to spend uh an hour or so with TEA to go over and reflect on some of the work that we're doing to move the district forward. So, we'll jump into that in here in just a moment. But the first is reminding everyone of the transformative learning that just happened. We just explained it, but I also want to give kudos to the adults that presented. You see Jaime Velasco putting on a comedic show there with Mr. Garcia laughing there. I don't know what they're laughing about, but Mr. Velasco was having a good time. Uh of course, the trustees were part of it, too, and our students were incorporated into our adult presentation as well. Clarissa did a great job. But we are really encouraged by the signal that we're sending to the communities that were there

033and this is about alignment. And deep alignment to ensure that transformative learning and brilliance is being ignited. And so, what the kids said were the same things the adults said. So, there was alignment all the way from the bottom here as the board superintendent team all the way to the top and the kids. So, that was incredibly encouraging. We talk about enrollment, a couple of things. The last row, you'll see we're still hanging at the 117 number of students that we lost, which we know has a dramatic impact on our >> [clears throat] >> fund balance. And we've talked about that every week, but I also want you to stay encouraged about these last boxes. The ADA trend with attendance. Um the ADA trend with attendance, do you see the growth there? And so, you

034see from 24 to 25 to 26. Uh as of today, 91.5% attendance. That's that's some of the highest attendance we've had in quite some time at this time of the year. So, I want to give a lot of credit to the principals, to the attendance clerks and the teachers uh Sherry Rubio and teams who supporting that relentlessly. This is very very encouraging uh to see those percentages increase. Now, the step back meeting as I mentioned just a minute ago. This is a portion of the slide deck that we went through with TEA on Friday. I want you to pay very close attention to this. This is a step back meeting, a reflection time about the work that we're doing at the campuses that are struggling, okay? And at any point, you just shoot some questions

035at any point. So, the main objective is like what I said, we're going to reflect on the what are the curriculum materials, how do the student outcomes ultimately being impacted by the implementation of the curriculum and the alignment and the strategic plan, right? In short, we told them this. There's a lot of alignment. There's tighter alignment across our systems. We are everyone is keenly aware of the strategic plan. Even Miss Ruiz, Mr. Rino talked about feeling that strategic plan at the presentation. And everyone is getting stronger in their practice as teachers and as leaders, beginning with me, getting better and growing, getting better at being better. All of the administration getting better at being better. But building the capacity in the teachers to lead a lot of the work. And that's what it takes today

036in today's teachers. So, there's real momentum as we put there. There's a lot of momentum, as we'll walk through just a moment. But there's also an attitude of, you know, we're happy, but we're not satisfied. We got to keep keep pushing uh in the right way, right? So, that's a little summary of what we're going to talk about. Of course, we know the situation, you've seen the slide before. We've got challenges at three campuses. You see San Pedro is indeed not there, B. They're out of this malaise, academic malaise, they've been in. We've got three others that we're working diligently on. I mean, the principals and the teachers and that level of alignment, all of this work is being weaved in closely together. Let's take a look at what the heck that means, right? It

037means this, there's an intensive emphasis on curriculum instruction. The second thing we're working on is curriculum instruction, and then just so you know, the third thing is curriculum instruction. Everything else is a distraction. This has been the focus of our principals, our teachers, and our support staff, us here at TL supporting the campuses in what they need. So, we went over this with TEA. Um but when we say aligned classrooms, what does that really entail? Uh you might recognize the teacher going from left to right there. That's Ms. Cornejo. And she is in costume and teaching one of her lessons. And championing the deep work and challenging rigor that she's doing with kindergartners. You jump to Crystal Martinez there, and Ms. Shabetak can attest to this, this is the student work analysis protocol. What they're

038doing is they're studying the work that students are producing, they're reflecting on the teaching. Does that make sense? Like, how do we continue to teach to ensure that what the students are producing is at a level that demonstrates their their thinking, their cognitive load on the lesson. And lastly, you see uh Kayla Arona, and she's holding up proudly her own produced, Ms. Badilla, am I correct here? That is her lesson internalization binder that she created on her own? Yes. And by lesson internalization, we just mean really deep deep planning. Really understanding how to prepare well when you do before you deliver a lesson. And you see these initials ILT. That stands for instructional leadership team. So, all of the teachers working alongside their colleague, their their principal, and their other teachers to build out this

039leadership team that's moving the district and hopefully the kids up, allowing them to rise, okay? So, we went through that with with the uh TEA folks on Friday. These are just artifacts of what lesson internalization protocols look like, developed and by our principals. Some of the professional learning community artifacts that show the depth of planning, the depth of preparation, the depth of execution. All of this stuff goes into teaching. Teaching is hard work to do well. And these are artifacts of that work. And I will be very specific. It's the system that we have to build on. We're not talking about, you know, outcomes, we're talking about the system outcomes that matter, and these are evidence of those system outcomes. What does that mean? Let's look at it. We look at system outcomes, we look

040at what are the systems we're working on. You see, you've got three rows there in blue. And each side is divided by the fall and the spring. These are celebrations of observational data. So, when the service center comes to walk our campuses that are struggling, when TEA comes to walk our campuses that are struggling in the fall and the spring, we collect that data on using an observation tool on very very specific moves, I'll call them teacher moves. You see three there that are highlighted, the first three. Is the scope and sequence of the lesson happening within plus or minus five days of the scope of the curriculum and the sequence at which it's supposed Is it happening? What do you see there? Does it look pretty good? In the fall it was 100% in

041the spring. What do you see? 96%. Is everybody tracking with me? Okay, did I put the crowd to nap? Everybody's Not me, sir. Everybody's glazed. Uh the second one, thank you. Uh is the tier one instruction. Really, are we using the high quality instructional materials? That's what you want. That is grade level content taught at a high level. We're doing pretty well there. The next one is ensuring that we're ensuring meaningful engagement and kids are and students are experiencing lots of questions related to the lesson. So, this is very very encouraging data. You see the other two in light green, those were questions that TEA added the second semester, the spring, so we didn't have data on the first. Those are related to engagement strategies, ensuring ownership, formative assessment, checking for understanding constantly, okay? Those

042are opportunities there for us, right? Now, if we go to some more celebrations, this is just our dashboard you've seen. You've seen this before. That's just a snapshot of the dashboard. I want to be prepared to to tell you how many learning walks have happened in the district. Mr. Velasco, you ready? 1,200 learning walks this year. That's a lot of commitment to learning and reflection and teachers being along those walks. That is a major celebration of alignment. So, again, uh we said that to TEA. Um the milestones that have to happen, you looked at the turnaround plan several weeks ago, you might remember. And that turnaround plan had all these milestones, there were 56 of them. Just know that we've met them all, 100%. This is a look at some of the school improvement strategy

043implementation. This basically shows you here that the teachers are maintaining alignment, the lesson objective, the structure, the pacing. You see the first time they came, the second time they came, the third time. What do you notice there, a trend there? >> [snorts] >> Yeah, all went up. Yes, yes, sir. Uh How often are the walks? They've come three times for these observations. But is then do they warn you when they're coming? We plan it. >> kind of like uh Oh, no, it's not random, it is planned. Yes, sir. Uh the same thing with evidence of teacher internalization. Again, this has been high all year. We had the second visit where we might have lost a little bit of step, but overall, incredibly high. Um All that to say is the the work of building out

044the teaching and learning, the curriculum instruction is happening with depth of alignment. It's very hard to do that. Um and we have to give credit to the teachers and the principals that are really leading the work on the campuses, and it's it's encouraging to see. Now, look at student outcomes, this is this is really important here. If I can help you understand this graph. These are five teachers that we just pulled out to demonstrate the growth of their students compared to last year, okay? If you look at one of the kinder teachers at Robert Driscoll, what I want you to notice, the top line, the lighter blue line is beginning of the year to the end of the year, how much growth their students had. Does that make sense? Okay? The second blue line, the

045darker blue line is just beginning of the year to the middle of the year. Does that make sense? So, not even to the end of the year, just the middle of the year. Already, this is just a sample of teachers, already our teachers are have exceeded last year's growth just at the middle of the year. Does that make sense? Very encouraged by this commitment to putting in all of those systems, those adult practices that we know make a difference, okay? So, next steps are, you know, besides the keep, start, the stop. I want to say the stop. We got to make sure, and our kids spoke about it in in in Galveston, that there's ownership. We have to create a climate where there's ownership, not just passively going through the lesson, but actually owning the

046experience, right? There's some student agency involved there, students have to take responsibility for that. But also, as teachers, we got to cultivate that in the classroom, and that's happening, we're very encouraged. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, trustees. Thank you, Dr. Puig. >> Thank you, sir. >> [clears throat] >> Trustees, any questions? We'll continue presentation informational items. First up, academic update, TIA update, Dr. Puig. Thank you, Madam President. Trustees, this time we'd like to invite Mr. Garcia, Josh Garcia, up for his presentation. >> [clears throat] >> Good evening, Madam President, members of the board, Dr. Puig. I'm going to go ahead, and if I can get the clicker, I will give a uh a great update on what we're doing in academics. Obviously here, what you just uh witnessed with Dr. Puig our step back

047is a lot of the work we're already doing as and a lot of the work that we're doing in teaching and learning across the district. So, this is going to be a little bit of highlights, other highlights that we're doing um just to give you an update on all academics teaching and learning. Of course, always rooted in the vision, the mission, values of the district and teaching and learning, always sticking to the strategic plan, tier one instruction, PLCs, learning walks, and coaching. So, we're going to look at how we're, you know, responding to some of our pillars of teaching and learning, right? Um today we're going to look about uh look at the red day recap, how we did, um what was going on on March 16th, our last um professional development day, red day.

048Um talk about um LASSO 4 update. We're going to talk about um how we're going to proceed, what we're doing for gearing up for LASSO 4, um the initiatives to help support that tier one instruction and coaching um aspects of our strategic plan. We'll talk a little bit about a state assessment, and then we'll end with the TIA update as we usually do. Um Red Day. So, Red Day was full of brilliance, as always. We had our partner from NIET, the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching. This is our partner that's really, really helping us become better um leaders, instructional leaders on campus. Our teachers are are being evolved into even greater teachers and even greater leaders um ourselves, district level, campus leadership level. Um we're doing a lot of great work with how we're

049going to improve our coaching and and improve our leadership um on our campuses and in the district level. Here's a snapshot of our ILT members that met on the 16th with Mr. Robert Stell from NIET um emphasizing data analysis, emphasizing how we can improve our uh practices in the classroom, and then also improve our practices with our ILT PLC framework to finish out the school year. Um these are just some more uh samples of the the brilliance that was being ignited across the district. We had CPR training, we had Stop the Bleed training, we had PEIMS um get-together. Everybody on the district in the district is learning. That's what we do. That's we're consistently, continuously growing as educators and staff members um in the school district. This is just a a preview of how we

050continue to grow as a district across the district. Um also um just to continue the work, we are going to continue um as we always do. We always want to poll and survey the principals, poll and survey the the teachers and how they feel that in professional development is going and what else is needed. So, we poll we usually poll the principals, they always say, "What we love about professional development is that it's always rooted in what we need. It's not something that is just a cookie-cutter, we just pull pull together a professional development session. It's always rooted on what is coming from the learning walks. We always poll the teachers, what are we needing?" So, they're very proud to say that our professional development is always rooted in purpose, right? And and what is

051strategically needed for the school district. So, we're going to continue that work. Obviously, things that we we get feedback from TEA, from the service center. Those are things that we're also embedding into professional development to finish out the year. Things like um um formative assessment, student engagement, things that you noticed in the the data step-back that we mentioned just previously. Those are things that we're going to continue implementing and really focusing on so we can finish out the school year. Uh for Lasso Forward, this is our big initiative that's going to help us fund a lot of the work that we mentioned in the data step-back and a lot of the work that we do in professional development. We have our lift grant which is going to be our um grant that's going to support

052our Tier 1 instruction, our math and RLA initiatives for the continuous years. Um this is going to be the grant that's going to support the HQIM. So, that's our Blue Bonnet uh math, our Amplify RLA, and this is going to be the initiative that is going to help us support that work. And with that, we do have to pick a um approved provider that's going to help come in and support us, our be our consultants. Um you'll see there what is our uh award letter, what we're doing to uh our award amount for that grant. You'll see that it's a substantial amount of money. It is. So, there's a lot of investment that we're doing into the work of Tier 1 instruction, coaching, PLCs. Um so, we want to try to make sure that we

053find the right fit. Um so, what we're doing differently this year is we are we're meticulously vetting our approved providers. What we're doing is we set up six interviews with six different approved providers from the state of Texas on the list, and we're going to interview them. We're going to tell them or ask them, "What are you going to bring to Robstown ISD that's going to help us drive success?" And we're going to put it to the to a panel. We're going to see who's going to who are we going to invest in invest in to help us reach us where we need to help us reach the marker where we need to be. So, you'll see the award letter on that. The lift PLC grant is targeting uh school improvement campuses. So, the campuses

054we just mentioned in the data step-back, that grant is going to help support those three campuses. It's going to help us excuse [clears throat] me, it's going to help us uh really focus on the PLC work, coaching, and such. Excuse [clears throat] me. So, we have 360,000 going into that grant. The provider that we pick for lift is going to be the provider also with the PLC. So, if you add that up, that's almost a million dollars worth of worth of investment. So, we are meticulously going to survey these providers so we make sure that we have the right fit for that um for that support. And then of course, we also um did get approved for some allotments, and we are partnership partner partnering with NIET, same fellows that help us with that PLC

055work, with the coaching work. We're going to partner with them to help us be get um mentors for the district school district to help us with our with our novice teachers to bring them aboard and to be great mentors for them. Um there's going to be two um pathways for uh for that allotment. So, not only are the mentors going to be learning, but also campus and district leadership are going to become um more acquainted with the with the program itself. And as far as the numbers for that, um the allotment is based on how many mentors we are going to submit for that. So, that is a guaranteed amount of money. We didn't have to really apply for that. It's just you submit, you tell them how much how many mentors, and they give

056us a an X amount of money for that. So, that again, that was uh another partnership that we really wanted to consider who's going to be the best fit for our school district. And obviously, the work we've already been doing with NIET has proven great success. We couldn't be more happy with the the amount of service. When you think about our core value service, NIET is amazing. They they always, you know, tailor their their support to Robstown ISD. Anytime we need a question, we can call Robert Stell, email Robert Stell. I know some of our principals continuously are messaging Robert. I mean, they are rooted in service. So, that's why we are proud to say that we are partnering them partnering with NIET for the prep allotment. And then moving on to the state assessment,

057uh just to put on your radar, we did um administer TELPAS um just most recently um last week. We are still doing our STAAR Alt 2 um administration. The window's still going for that one. And then of course, we are gearing for gearing up for STAAR. So, here's our save the date for STAAR. We have testing coming up next month, obviously, [snorts] but we're just we're just happy I mean, we're just happy teachers are are doing the work. And so, we're really just uh that's the day that's coming, the test is coming. We're just we're just excited for it, the learning that's already happening in the school in the schools. And we'll start with TIA update if you have any questions with for me. Thank you, Mr. Garcia. And I'll welcome Ms. Diana Sedillo to

058the podium. Okay, our journey continues. Just a little bit wavy road, Mr. Martinez, but it's it's getting bumpy. Um just a short um synopsis of what we've done between from the last meeting to this meeting. Uh we have continued to meet with our um rural uh cohort. We've attended some webinar trainings. Um most importantly, we fi- finalized our TIA staff winter submission, which was great great accomplishment going staff member by staff member, making sure that the data was accurate. And of course, we finalized our TIA application. We submitted that March 3rd. Um it was due March 17th. We submitted it early. Uh Region 15 is reviewing that for us, and they will um give us feedback. We haven't heard anything yet. But um as soon as we do, we'll tweak it, and then it'll be

059submitted for final submission. Um most importantly, we also submitted a proposal for uh to present at the TIA conference, and we were selected. So, we are excited to be presented at the state conference with the amazing team uh with Ms. Dr. Rachel Medrano and Ms. Salanis, Belinda Alanis, and Ms. Castaneda. So, we are excited about presenting our journey and our work uh with the state at our conference coming up in June. And of course, the last, we did meet with our music department during the Red Day to review uh assessments that they would be interested in uh using for for themselves as we uh start looking at the elective areas. And that was a great um great Red Day. They came to a consensus. They wanted to vote right there and then, and we did,

060and we will be piloting uh that particular assessment that they selected the coming school year. So, the journey continues. We will keep you posted. Good job. Yes. That's awesome. Thank you guys so much. Thank you both. Hope you enjoyed it. As far as assessment. Next item on the agenda, food service update. >> [clears throat] >> Dr. Quick. Thank you, Madam President. Trustees, this time we'd like to invite Mr. Williams up to give us an update on all things child nutrition. Good evening, Madam President, uh Dr. Quick, school board members, and faculty and friends. It's just good to be here once again. Um just bringing an update, you know, just being here for a year has been very exciting. Uh we've had some challenges, and we're moving forward. Uh we had a lot of participation that's

061going to we're going to see here, new items a la carte as well as our national uh breakfast week. So, I'm going to just show you uh the participation. Uh our participation as of February of uh from last year to this year has been up by 1.2%. Which is good compared to last year when we didn't have as many kids eating this year we do have a lot of kids eating based on a lot of presentation that we've been putting out for participation for our students. And also our breakfast is up at 9.8% compared to this time last year. So that's to me is is is a blessing in disguise. So and with the contribution of the ladies giving them good ideas on what to put together, how to put things together. We come we

062converse between myself, Georgiana, Ms. Georgiana Garcia and Ms. Regina Hunt. We all kind of collaborate about what can we do to probably put some you know I like to know some they're old ideas because there were some old ideas that probably that was implemented before I got here that were working. So we trying to redo some of those things back to hopefully that they inquire kids to maybe come out and participate some of the things that we have. So you see like the parfait that we put out the kids really love those and some of this is just commodity products. We not just using high dollar stuff. We using the products that we have in house and trying to create something that will help these kids you know and the staff as well to let

063them see that we can be very creative. So those parfaits there been real good so far for for what we've been using to to put out. So these are some of this the new items that we put out. We introducing to our secondary schools the yogurts, the parfaits and even if we'll go to the next slide if it's on there. You see that we have we tried out some uh Chinese Asian food with fried rice with an egg roll and as well as we give them a fortune cookie. Just something they can look forward to something different you know we just trying to incorporate something in our menus and you can see the presentation that we're putting out and you can see the fortune cookie that we have there and we offer them like sweet

064and sour sauce or soy sauce just something to give them a little tradition of about something that's different that they we may get them to to eat. In fact that that was a very good day. So so that participation is letting us know that we are moving forward in the right direction and there's probably some other things that we can implement but it's going to come gradually and we have talked to the kids ask them questions hey what do you like what do you don't like so that helps us move forward and trying to make sure that we are putting out some good products so that something that's very very cost effectiveness as well as very nutritious as well as delicious at the same time. And here you notice our rows have changed compared [clears

065throat] to last year. Our corn has changed with working with the staff on how to make sure that we're not overcooking over heating and making sure that our presentation looks good. We got to we really got to keep that on on presentation. You notice that we had fried chicken the kids really love the fried chicken that we that we put out the drumsticks that's easy accessible to cook and is very nutritious and the kids are really enjoying that. At all the levels and those days that we really have high participation and the key thing is what we're trying to have is high participation. Our pizzas we tried to do some deluxe pizzas. We've been experimenting with some big daddy pizzas from time to time even though we try to make sure that everything that we

066put out is fresh as fresh as possible but they love those big daddy pizzas and that's okay then maybe one day we'll probably get to that level so we [clears throat] can make some but these are things that we that are challenging but they're good challenges. We're trying to implement in that direction so that way we can have a good participation. So we are really impressed and we're really proud that our kids are are participating and helping us out and that helps us develop more creativity to help them to come out and into participate in our food. And then here ala carte sales we have a snack bar at the high school where we have cucumber cups, we have watermelon cups, we have mixed fruit cups you know things like that and intrigue the kids

067to come out also have to stay within our smart snack appliance. We also we have our baked chips, we have our fruit fruit bars as well as our crispy rice crispy treats and then we have our cookies so the kids are really uh doing real good and actually are making pretty much over a thousand dollars a week just in sales through through all the schools and we've been really trying to you know I want to see us do a little bit little bit better. Maybe we can try to implement more ideas and challenges but it's going to come in time. So we're trying to ask the kids what do you like what do you you know what what can help us to draw them in so they can participate in what we have to offer.

068And as long as it's healthy and long as it's meeting our our guidelines for non-nutritional values then I believe we're doing we're doing really really well. Any questions at this point? You said you mentioned you're making a thousand dollars a week. Where's that money going? It goes back into our fund. Into the into the food service fund. Yes sir. Yes sir. What kind of budget do we have there? I know we were pretty healthy on We are still incredibly healthy. Now we did create a pay down plan and spend down plan as the state requires us to do because we were too healthy. So we're in the process of paying through and moving through some of that. Are you going to touch on some of those projects that we have done? Here Yeah. The equipment

069that we have installed all the equipment that we purchased on last year. All the ovens that were that we purchased all the ovens are in place and operational. All of the ice machines are in place and operational. The reach-in warmers that we put in at the high school is in place and is operational. The electricity that we needed for Robert Driscoll's in place and everything is operational. So we have took time out to really take time to make sure we getting everything running so that way we can utilize everything that we need so that we can meet the demands [clears throat] of our kids so the service will be there. So we have really taken care of these items. Do we have anything right now sir at any of our campuses that needs attention or

070every We're working on one oven at at the junior high right now. Okay. But other than that we're we're all But they're able to operate well without Yes sir that's what I was saying. >> Okay. But they brought up the the deal about the electrical part. I remember you Yes sir. before. Uh Did we take care was that in house? Yes sir. But I know that we had spoken to and we had several bids for that one. Some were up to upwards of eighty thousand dollars. You want to talk through the solution we went through on that? >> went back and I did an evaluation on all of that and we actually spent about forty-five hundred dollars to fix that and make sure that all of our um system for our answer system is working

071correctly. All of that has has you know all that works together. So everything is in compliance so if the fire marshal came out right now we're ready. We're ready. So that has been addressed. And who was it that we were speaking to Ms. Nettles at I know that there was like a delay because we were waiting for somebody to speak to. I can't remember. >> It was TDA whether it was going to qualify or not but yeah we got the right Yes. They had said no but I'm really did come back and say yes. >> We did. Okay. Yes. So we're good. Okay. I have a couple of questions but I don't know if I should wait till the end of your presentation. Um for one of them is um on your budget or on

072the budget how are we on ordering supplies and food for all of the campuses? Cuz I've I've had some concerns mentioned to me not not by staff but by parents that food's running out during the day and we have to run to another campus to grab food. Do you have that problem in any of the campuses? Or food running out? At times we will we'll have it Madam President that sometimes when the kids come in they might eat might not eat the first time. And if it's real good the crease the it goes up so sometime we can't meet the demand so what we'll do the next time say well we just need to make a little bit more. And if somebody at another campus going to assist us and help us to meet the

073demands of the kids then we'll do that. But for the most part we'll try to make sure that we make enough to make that but like I said our participation is going up. Which is good. So we're not making the same amount like we did last year. They said oh well that chicken chicken spicy chicken burger. Well maybe it didn't taste as good last year compared to this year because now we're taking initiative to make sure that we're cooking it the right way making sure the presentation is looks looks good so that way we can inquire our kids to eat what we have to offer. So we really trying to be very concerned about the temperatures how we holding the temperatures make sure our food is in compliant so that way when the kids come

074and get a tray even they getting on a Styrofoam plate it's still hot like it's supposed to do so we can meet that. So Dr. Quig our fund balance allows for us for no food shortage. We have enough money to buy the food we need. >> Yes ma'am. Okay so the terminology of we don't have money or we don't have a budget should not be used today. No. >> Is that correct? >> No. That's >> Okay and then so like is there a menu like a thirty day menu that is published to the parents? We have a menu on for a healthy product. We do have a >> like like let's say I'm a mom and they're going to it's going to be chicken I guess on Wednesday the seventh. And then so how accurate

075is that? Like does that menu ever change and if so do we do we get complaints on that? The if the menu change and it can change from time to time. Sometime we can't get the product. That's one. Mhm. Some what we try to incorporate if we going to make it have to make a menu change, we try to make sure that the managers notify the principals and notify the nurses because if they are trying to draw calories up for a child of that day, they say, "Well, you told me you're going to have this on the menu, you don't have that." And then you're running something else. So, we try to communicate to make sure if there's a minute change because sometimes we can't get those products. Sometimes. Okay. Yeah, cuz the a parent

076called me about that that she's allergic to something and she was expecting that and Yes, ma'am. Yeah. So, I just I just wanted to throw that out there. >> if they willing to call me and say, "Hey, Mr. Williams, you know, I'm not going to >> Why direct them out of Dr. Quick? Oh, yes, ma'am. So, um and then one more thing on the air condition, is is it the air conditioner the unit or the VAV that's that feeds into the cafeteria? If that breaks, is that part of the food service budget or is that part of a maintenance budget to get it corrected? Well, it all comes from one bucket. It doesn't matter where you spend Some people say, "Well, it's 240, is it 199?" No, it doesn't matter. There's one big bucket. The

077point is this, if there's any issue, there's no slow down in fixing it. >> Okay. Are all the ACs working where um like all of are all of our employees cooled down so that way it's not so hot when all the ovens are working? Yes, ma'am. And and the one thing that we try to tell the ladies for sure, we have fresh air that's supposed to be coming. When they come in the building, the first thing they should do cut on the vents. Cut on the air vents. That's what keeps the air circulating so that way it draws all the heat out and keep all the cool air in. It keeps That's what they're designed for. If they don't cut them on like they should have, yeah, it's going to be a little warm in

078in in those cafeterias. >> Mhm. But they put those in place for that particular reason. Okay. Those are all the questions I have. Okay. Well, we have one more. Um thank you. This young man here uh decided to take a picture here with us. And this is at um Seal Junior High. Uh the folks over there did an awesome job in doing participating in the National Breakfast Week. And the National Breakfast Week was from March the 2nd to March the 6th. And this campus out of all the campuses that participated did an awesome job. I mean, they went way out trying to to make sure that everything looked very presentable and they was really determined to win. Uh I wish I could show you more pictures about uh a how how they did such an

079awesome job. But uh for the most part this all of the staff here did an awesome job. Uh I told them they had to straighten out their little castle a little bit, but they did an awesome job so everybody can fit up under it. But uh all of these ladies and gentlemen did a very awesome job putting everything together, putting a lot of emphasis, putting a lot of time, hard work, and commitment in doing a very good presentation for for that week. So, I commend them all for for doing such an awesome job. Well, I have to say that my granddaughter is 8 years and she comes home all the time now talking about some breakfast tacos and eating. Yes. Talks about all her food that she eats. Now, I was looking at some of

080that food there and I said, "Can we get some of that?" Yes, ma'am. Well, we Well, we charge adult prices so you're welcome to come and get them. >> [laughter] >> But for the most part, uh you say it's been it's really been a blessing to to work with a fine staff. They've been very creative uh with trying to find ways to give presentations to where our kids are really getting drawn in to see what we have to offer them. So, I really take my hat off to all of my staff. So. Thank you, Mr. Williams. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Williams. Next item on the agenda, M&O update, Dr. Quick. Thank you, Madam President. This time I'd like to invite Mr. Ron Lover up to the podium. Madam

081President, Dr. Puik, board members, good evening. Uh just real quick before I get into mine, I did I just cuz you asked that question about the air conditions. You know, Robert Drisco did have uh one of the units out in the kitchen Mhm. and it was I mean, it was a little part like this, but it was not a stocked item. So, it took a little while to get it, but once we got it, uh they installed it, it's up and running. Um I went over there and uh talked to the to the cafeteria manager as well. Um so, you know, sometimes, you know, I wish we had all these things stocked and ready to go, but it's not how it works sometimes, but um I can tell you as soon as we get that

082part, I mean, Rudy and Miguel do a phenomenal job of installing it. So, Thank you, Mr. Lover. Hey, Lover, since you brought that up, uh don't we have [clears throat] a like a critical spare parts, you know, where where we have it in stock? Well, we have, you know, some of the stuff that is, you know, that considered items that go out pretty regularly. That kind of stuff, but breakers and Yeah, stuff, you know, things that are to to us are, you know, normal things that wear and tear quickly, but when it's a special item it it doesn't make a lot of sense to keep something like that in stock because you never know when that's going to go out, I mean. It could be years. So, but the other items that go out pretty

083regularly, we do keep stocked items here. Um going going into my uh presentation tonight, obviously, the field house is our biggest project still going on right now. It's It's crazy. I counted the days and we're already at like 8 weeks into it. And um the plumbing is about 90 to 95% complete. Um that was the biggest to me one of the biggest concerns we had because you know, we didn't know what we were going to find once we started going underground. And and I'm happy to to tell you guys that uh nothing serious has come out. Uh plumbers have done a phenomenal job for us. Um they're right on track. Uh we're moving on to the electrician as well now. Uh he's ordering his materials. He's ordering his uh his his permits. Permits are being

084pulled. So, uh the electrician will start soon. That's another lengthy project. Uh but the plumbing uh that was the big scare for me and for, you know, the architect, but we're happy to say we're pretty much over that hump now. So, that's a good >> That's awesome. >> That's a really good for us. So, Mhm. um I'm sorry? They haven't made any ties Not yet. No, sir. Not yet. That's coming though. I saw the the 20-day show ahead, so it's it's coming. Um the electrician's going to get started. Uh lockers have been ordered. We needed to get on that list pretty quickly because, you know, it's it's a lead time for that. Um and it's usually, you know, the 8 to 10 weeks. So, we're on that. Uh they should be here and installed. We're

085hoping for mid to late July. Um so, they've been ordered. Uh dates both the custom ones and the ones we have, you know, the stackable ones as well. So, happy for that. Uh we got that done. Concrete work is starting to begin on the outside as well. Um so, we're moving we're moving right along. Feel very confident. Uh subcontractors are doing a great job. Hellas is doing a good job. Architect is coming down very often. Uh meet with him. So, he's he's coming down pretty regularly as well. So, we're in constant communication with myself, him, and Hellas. Are we paying off of AIA form? Like where you have to pay Have we paid the first payment? >> one. Pay apps? >> Can they say they can pay apps right now? Just got the second Okay.

086Can you Can you share that? Can you share that with the board, sir? The first application the Mhm. Yes, ma'am. Good deal. Any questions on the field house? >> What's the uh Do y'all know the lead time on the on the transformer? No, not yet, sir. Not yet? Mhm. We're supposed to meet with the electrician probably next week. So, hopefully we'll get some more insight on that. Do you know if uh we placed an order? Yes, the order's been placed. >> Okay. Yes, sir. Uh moving on to Sam Houston, we've had we There's a sewer line out there. It's probably about 30 ft that's that's needs some attention. So, uh when we go on uh Good Friday coming up on Good Friday and Easter, we're going to go ahead and repair that. Uh that's the

087best time to do it cuz we got to shut off all the water. So, that's been planned. Yeah, uh no. No, we got um it's a new one of our new companies that we we uh they gave us a really good price on it um because it's um you know, we sent it out for a little bit of a so bid cuz sometimes I feel that if we if I continue to use the same vendor sometimes I got to keep to me I got to keep it open and sometimes we get better bids, good quality work. So, uh Albert knows this company pretty well. So, um but yeah, they're going to come out and do the work. Um doors at Carrillo Gym should be done this week. There's four brand new doors. Um H&H is

088the company that's doing it. Uh so, they should be out this week to install them. We They have the the doors in their possessions. Um so, this week they sent me an email last week saying, "This is the week they'll come and do the install." Good deal. Any questions for me? Report on the usage rental of school facilities. Is that you, Mr. Lover? Uh yeah, yes, ma'am. So, basically, uh we just we're taking a look at it. It's been almost 2 years since I've been here. Uh one of the big takeaways was that I wasn't real involved in it. So, I would get the form late in the game sometimes. So, it was hard to plan. So, we're streamlining that a little better. I know Dr. Madrono's working on a a pretty cool and Mrs.

089Netos are working on a workflow system to where we digitally sign it and it'll get to to the people in in a in time so we can, you know, provide a good service to the people that are going to be using our facilities. Um we're going to look at some pricing as well. And uh there's a few other items on there. Good. As far as the pricing is that I haven't looked but is that online um for someone to is it online or It's it's on there right Where they can see that and um when was it that we met sir as a committee Mr. Mr. do you remember? Um it's been about a year maybe that we met. I thought it's been longer than that sir. >> In regards to the to the pricing.

090The fees are there. >> Well it was before my time. No I think you were here. I don't think you I I don't think you were just involved in that. >> Oh I got you. It was um coach Miller and Mr. uh coach Berry but um yeah if we're going to update that and of course I mean I would I would assume we get a copy of that but just inform us if we're going to be changing >> and it's not um honestly sir the the the increase isn't crazy. Okay. At all. The proposed increase. Yeah. So on the on the certification for the nonprofits said let's say that I have a nonprofit and I give you the the the documentation to prove that. Does anybody verify that or is it as long as you

091get a form it's you get you get the price. That might Mr. This is not in my bill help me with that. Okay what do we Yes yeah that they give you a date. Right but there's I mean there's a lot of nonprofits that that they'll give you a certification for 5 years but they have to renew it and sometimes they don't. So although I'll say 5 years or 3 years or 2 years sometimes they're not it's not valid for that year. >> active >> Right it's not active. >> Oh I got you. Cuz I know I know that the app like she said cuz there is an application where I believe it is it is 5 years but you're obligated to renew that you're still in active as a nonprofit every year. You got

0925 you got 5 years I thought they were years. No well you have to No some of them Well there there are there are some you have to just you have to kind of advise them that you're still active but it's a 5-year from what I understand but you may be you're right but that's what I understood. Dr. Puig I I maybe I misunderstood but I thought we were verifying that they were still active. No uh again the assumption is correct that we you give us that we we presume it's okay but I think the point of all this is to tighten up Yes. to ensure that facility rentals are in compliance with the requisite forms. So that's that's an easy thing to tighten up. Uh but one thing I want to make sure we're

093clear up we do have a I've spoke to some of you about this we do have a moratorium on the rental because it is a construction zone out there right now. Yeah. So we got a we got a moratorium on that just till we get get past the the the main construction pieces. But again it is all about safety. Uh I have to wear a a hard hat when I'm out there. I mean so And there and there's some days you may go by there and it looks like you know there's there's not a lot of traffic but then there's days it's just nonstop right now the equipment's coming in and out and uh materials being dropped off so it's hard to tell when that day's going to be so probably the best bet is

094to do that. Well I've been out on the weekends too. No we're not no ma'am. >> So we're not allowing anyone to rent right now until construction's completely over? >> um just for safety reasons. Um but again to your point they're there on Saturdays. I popped in Saturdays they were there. Wednesday I was there late during spring they were there. So um it's just going to be a construction site for a while but they're moving quickly. Mhm. And I'm confident they're going to meet the deadline that Do people still use the stadium to walk and stuff like that? I I saw some earlier uh after even after we spoke that one time I saw some uh but I haven't seen many people out there. But but but the gate stays open. Not not at night

095time at night time it is. >> sometimes yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. Until until somebody leaves yes sir and then And does that go the same for also the the tennis courts over here at Ortiz? No I mean Cuz I know at night time they're open but and I have seen at night time people are playing which is fine I just didn't know if that met the you know they >> No I I mean I think those are fine because I mean they're not attached to any more buildings I mean it's hard to police that really unless we're Yeah I mean no but I haven't seen anybody you know there. >> I saw a mom and a child playing the other night and I Okay. And you know just so you know like yes the stadium

096may be in not in use but we try to offer them other you know not the you know other facility areas that we have the football team they they reached out to me you know 707 you know they can go to the practice field we have over there behind softball maybe Ortiz I mean seal but I mean it's all dirt right now that's what stinks it's it's all dirt really. >> [clears throat] >> How are the tennis courts looking now? They could probably use some attention but um I I Mr. coach Rubio's done a great job of you know recruiting some kids to come out there and play tennis so maybe time that we take a little look at a little bit of improvement which I don't think is I mean the court itself looks

097pretty decent I would I would buy there they were for yesterday but just the the net would probably need some assistance but other than that I think it's pretty decent. Yeah it's not bad you can Sir just for my own knowledge what what's the longevity do you know on on the on the on the turf? Do you know when that when that is supposed to be >> 15 years. Yeah you know 10 years if you take care of it. When did we get it? So when did we 2021? 10 years is 2020 I was just wondering because of how we're renting it out I just didn't know if that would you know Well it it plays a part in it. >> Yeah yeah of course. We don't take care but Mhm. But I we we've

098done a better job of you know maintaining it. We sweep it we you know fill in the the turf that's um where the spots are needed so Right. And we got and we get it you know once a year part of the plan is charged to us once a year they come and they evaluate the turf and tell you hey you need this or hey they recommend that so Okay. Cool. Great. Good. Thank you Mr. Lopez. Thank you Mr. Sir. Next item on the agenda safety report. Thank you Madam President Trustees Chief Dogley. How are you? Greetings President board members Dr. Puig uh just going to give us the safety update based on March 17th we had our district safety our spring session district safety committee meeting. Uh we updated on uh the course the

099grant process that we're currently working on. Uh we also had uh a city exercise that they gave us information on basically they're wanting to the ISD to participate in and also we had our first action item where we talked about voted on enhancing our door or closed door policy which is now will include teachers and staff which won't go effective go in effect of course until the next next school year after we have our additional trainings for it. Uh March 30th through April 2nd we will be having is the Texas Police Chiefs Conference in Corpus I'll be attending late in the the past couple years school safety is a big part of it which they have a lot of information and training on there at the conference. April 1st is our fourth annual autism awareness

100walk we'll be having it at the high school. It'll be in the kind of shifted over to the front baseball parking lot area that's where everything will be at. Parking will be towards the football side and everything will be on the baseball parking lot side. Uh and then of course today we had our March uh TEA intruder detection audit at TL Junior High and I'm happy to say that we got 100% we passed. Nice. Any questions? I just like to add to your comment for the trustees myself and Ms. Belopus are the representatives on our safety committee meeting. Trustees and for the public watching we did have our first action item as Chief mentioned. So on that action item which will go into effect next year after the training of course this is in regards

101to basically if a a teacher is on their conference right correct me if I'm wrong sir usually we know there's no students in there teachers will have the door open. Um but the but the board or the committee voted unanimously to approve that those doors are to remain locked at all times whether there's students or staff in as long as students or staff in that room at the time those doors are to remain closed and locked at all times so just you all are informed that it was voted unanimously by our board. Or the committee I'm sorry. Thank you Mr. Martinez. >> Thank you sir. Thank you all. Thank you Chief. [clears throat] Chief. Next item Robstown ISD donations. Thank you Madam President Trustees if you notice there are some donations I'd like to call

102them out some very generous folks in our community. Captain Marcos Alaniz Fishing Charters $100 to power lifting. Josh Hernandez family a $300 to power lifting. Lee and Taylor Alaniz $45 to power lifting. Giano Orguin $100 to power lifting. Prime X 361 Performance $300 to power lifting. Plant Platinum Plumbing $600 to power lifting. And Armadillo Sports Chiropractic $300 to power lifting so again grateful for the extravagant generosity of our community. Um next item on the agenda >> Since you brought up the power lifting have they gotten any what about the what's the status of the rings? Yeah so the rings are in route and uh we're going to have some more rings to order too aren't we? >> [laughter] >> Have we gotten any banners yet huh? Yeah. On the rings I actually talked to them

103today and mid-April mid to late April they they uh it's South Texas Graduation I think is the name of the company. So, I did talk to them today. Okay. So, they're on it. Thank you, sir. What about the banners? Banners, which ones? The ones we were going to hang. Right. Yeah, I know we had discussed it as far as the four four time and now we took pictures of that. Did we miss out on that? We took some banner photos. They came that day. We'll talk about it. Yeah, but let me write that one down. And as far as the banners, did we ever get clear on the uh on that you recall there was an issue in regards to the UIL regulations or anything like that? Did we ever get clearance on that? I

104mean, obviously we're purchasing them, so we're in the we're in the There's definitely some opportunities to explore. We have other funds that are more permissible in others. Okay. And um I recall those donations that are done does um does powerlifting have I know that Mr. Marroquin had mentioned of how back when he did that um tournament for the baseball. As far as um athletics, does powerlifting itself have its own line item to where those donations will go there or does it go directly to athletics and we keep track or how does that work? >> Well, these are dedicated to powerlifting. So, we do have a powerlifting line that they go into receive those. Yes. >> They do they do have one? Yes. Yeah. Okay, perfect. Just want to you know, I just didn't know if

105it went to if we kept track of the money, but it went to all the funds. >> nutrition fund. Okay. >> [laughter] >> Okay, thank you. Thank you, everyone. Next [clears throat] item list of bills are in your packet for your review. As always, if you have questions, please email Dr. Puig or give [clears throat] him a phone call. Uh I'll The power the the the the bill for the power went down. What's the bill for what? I'm sorry, sir. The electricity bill has gone down. It's going down. It is. Thank you for noticing. Uh financial statement and investment reports are also in your packet for your review. Uh next item on the agenda consent agenda items. >> Okay, I'm sorry, Miss Miss Garza. Um sir, I know I have mentioned this again, but it's

106my fault. Um I'll get with Miss Padilla or well, I can get get that form to request that report. See, I thought Mr. Cruz sent that to everyone after that meeting. >> I I looked in my email, but I haven't found it, but No, okay. I know he did. Yeah, just so I can um look for that. I think it was um a like a quarterly report or something like that. Yes, yes. >> On the savings from the Ortiz building. Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Puig. [clears throat] Next item consent agenda items. Do I have a motion? I'll make a motion that we approve consent agenda items. I have a first by Mr. Martinez, so I have a second. Second by Miss Villalobos. Any questions or discussion? We have a first and a second

107to approve consent agenda items. Uh Miss Villalobos? I. Mr. Cantu? I. Miss Garza? >> I. Myself, I. Mr. Marroquin? I. Mr. Mesa? I. Motion carries. Thank you, Mr. Martinez. Next item on the agenda action item. First action item discuss and consider approval of Senate Bill 546 on three-point seat belts, Dr. Puig. Thank you, uh trustees. This is really should be information item, so I I want to make sure we don't take any action on this tonight, but I want you to be informed. I'm sure you read Senate Bill 546. So, now the three-point seat belt is required by law. We have In fact, I'm going to invite Mr. Lavra up here just so I don't misquote our fleet. We have at least four that already have the three-point. Correct, sir? Yes, the three new ones

108and we had an older one. Yeah, that has three-point. So, what this is going to require us to do is retrofit the others. We have until 2029 to do that, but what the bill [clears throat] is asking us to do is to recommend to the board uh a statement as to whether or not we have it in our ability to pay or not, budget or not. Now, I want to do an additional analysis before we bring that back to the board, but say this. We also have a guidebook for this very specific bill. There is a grant available. So, if we say we don't have it in our budget, know there's a grant fund available for us, okay, to do that. So, I want to make sure that we come back in the next meeting

109with some more detail on that and then make a more clear recommendation. So, your your recommendation, sir? To table. To table this item. Trustees? Yeah, I don't think so. I think Mr. Marroquin's right. I'd like to make a motion that we table action item A as requested by Dr. Puig. Second. I have a first by Mr. Martinez, second by Mr. Marroquin. To table action item A. I just want to make a comment, Miss Garza. Going back to that, yes, Dr. Puig's correct but on the um San Marcos conference that I attended on the legal, this was part of that update. Um they did mention this was forthcoming and um I think there [clears throat] was more than a few grants that they mentioned were going to be placed in um so, now do I don't

110I don't recall, but is it we have to be fully equipped with this by 2029 or are they just giving us that You should have it fully equipped by 2029, but I say should. If you apply for the grant, there's going to be some opportunities, my understanding, for some extension. Okay. And I'll bring back the clarification on that what that might look like. >> is okay. I just wasn't sure on that. We have a motion to table. We have a first and a second to table action item A, Miss Villalobos. I. Mr. Cantu? I. Miss Garza? I. Myself, I. Mr. Marroquin? Mr. Mesa? I. Motion carries. Item tabled. Thank you, trustees. Next item discuss [clears throat] and consider approval of Robstown Housing Authority request for modification for payment in lieu of taxes pilot amount, Dr.

111Puig. Thank you, Madam President trustees. In working with the housing authority over the years, the district has come up with a pilot. That is a payment in lieu of taxes, okay? And every year they bring in their check as they do dutifully and it's usually about, you know, anywhere from 15 to 17,000 dollars in lieu of taxes. It's been going on for a long time. Mrs. Young and I spoke last semester and they are struggling mightily with their budget, understandably so. And I explained to Mrs. Young, we are struggling mightily with our budget as well, right? So, it's about 17,000 dollars is what we get in the other entity. I think the city gets the other half, right? Uh so, you requested a third, which would really reduce the what we typically get by, you

112know, 5,500 dollars or so, somewhere in there. But I'd like to recommend to the board to show good faith and partnership is, you know, not not a third, but 10% cuz as I explained to Mrs. Young, you know, we are we're going to be facing a deficit budget, too, cuz of the enrollment that we lost, right? So, I'd like to recommend uh 10% and I'll allow that for your consideration. What is that total of 2/3? 1,700 dollars. And they're and they're asking for how much? A third. A third. Right. Yes, ma'am. Are they asking for the same thing from the city in Robstown? Well, can we have Mrs. Young come up and speak? Mrs. Young, would you like to have her come and speak, ma'am? Uh The request of this um Good evening. I'm Laura

113Young and I'm with the Robstown Housing Authority and this is Aurelia Barrera. She's our early leader. So, um we did uh communicate with the city of Robstown. We sent them the same letter and uh they looked through that uh they used November board uh outcome. But uh we were still waiting to hear from the school district. And basically, like Dr. Puig said, we lost everybody lost funding last year. We we were only funded at 82%. So, we had to do away with a lot of resident services, you know, uh not just for our for our children, but our elderly, handicapped, and disabled as well because we provide services for them. But uh the board requested that I come before the council and the board of trustees to see if they were willing to to do

114a third. A third the city, RISD, and Robstown Housing Authority. And so, we provided the information and the numbers. And uh uh like Dr. Puig said, this is something that we do every year and this is allowed by HUD. It's a formula that we use based on HUD's specific documentation. And so, um we that was the reason why we requested because of the the shortage in funding for the housing authority. So, uh but you know, everybody's in in that type of situation where where they need funding uh us because we're federally funded and y'all because, you know, enrollment and other situations. And we understand that. You you know what's on your plate and what you know, what you need to do in order to stay afloat. So, but it's just something that the board requested

115of me and I went ahead and and communicated with Dr. Puig and we did meet and spoke about it and so, the next thing was put it on the RISD trustee agenda and see what the trustees want or willing to do or were able to. So, that's the reasoning behind the letter and the request in the first meeting so, if you have questions, we're prepared to answer. I would think I just wanted to make sure that as Dr. Puig mentioned that, you know, both parties were in were in um consensual with the with the amount. The 10%. Okay. Well, I think it's important that we're good neighbors Correct. >> with the organizations within our district. Um I just we work off of a recommendation by our superintendent. >> Mhm. So, his recommendation is what, sir?

116Yes, 10%. >> Yes, ma'am. Any trustees have any questions? Do I have a motion? Madam President, I'd like to make a motion approve action item B. Approval of the Robstown Housing Authority request for modification for payment in lieu of taxes. The pilot amount at 10% as Dr. Puig mentioned. >> [snorts] >> For this year. This fiscal This fiscal year. Yeah. I second. I have a first by Ms. Martinez and a second by Ms. Villalobos. Any questions or discussion? We have a first and a second for action item B, Ms. Villalobos. I. Mr. Cantu. I. Ms. Garza. I. Myself, I. Mr. Marroquin. I. Mr. Mesa. I. Action Action item B approved. Thank you, trustees. Next item on the agenda discuss and consider approval of amendment to EIC local policy. Dr. Puig. Thank you, Madam President and

117trustees. If you look at your area there, you should have this policy EIE local. This is how you determine the class rank and the board's role in determining the class rank. And talking to our policy consultant Take care. Thank you. Thank you, ladies. Talking to our policy consultant, there was an opportunity for us to update some of these items in here. Also talking to the parent that came this evening who brought it to my attention and she had the parent had visited with Ms. Trevino. Ms. Trevino did the right thing. It's our policy. This is where it is. And I visited with the parent that was here tonight requesting that we consider updating the policy in a way that doesn't um um keep her daughter from participating in some things that she earned. And obviously,

118it's not her fault being a military student and moving from uh district to district. She's been at least four high schools is my understanding. She's landed here and been here for the last 2 years. The way the policy is currently written, if you'll turn to page three. You're really clear here. This is under local graduation honors. You'll see the recommendation on the striking there. Talking to um Lexi at TASB and she's the our TASB consultant. Uh she recommends taking out uh these areas that are struck because those are managerial, they're administrative things. They're things that uh the administration would say, "Hey, we're going to do a top 10 banquet. Okay, who's top 10? Okay, these are your top 10 folks based on the ranking, then they are permitted to be on the billboard. They're permitted

119to participate in the uh local recognitions, whatever that is." Uh the way it's currently written now is we can't allow them if they didn't come here before their sophomore year. Does that make sense? They're still going to be ranked number five and number six and we've had this happen before in the last 3 years. No one's really raised the issue uh until now. So if they are transferred in the district, you know, let's say Caesar Martinez and Bobby Martinez transfer into the district from Alice and Calallen as juniors and you all go from rank 25 to now you're rank number nine and 10 or seven and eight and these two young men would not be permitted, the way the policy is written, to be part of the billboard or part of the local uh graduation

120uh honors, local graduation honors. Now I'll say this, if you were valedictorian and salutatorian and you moved here your junior year, well, the way the policy is written is is okay, if Mr. Marroquin is third well he's going to be recognized as number one. The way it's currently written now because you can't move here your junior year or your senior year and yeah, you might be ranked one and two, but you won't be recognized as one and two. Does that make sense? The way the policy is currently written. I'll invite Ms. Trevino up to expound on anything in case we need to here. I would like to get Ms. Tre- Ms. Trevino Not [clears throat] that Sir, I understand, but she's closest to this, so I would like to get her opinion. Because I I

121just wanted to let the the trustees know. So, when this policy was approved, I was on the board when this happened. And it didn't happen exactly like Dr. Puig. So, there was a transfer student that came in and um it it was I think it was the opposite. Dr. Vidal was here and there was a lot of kids coming from the Valley area to you know, they followed her and from what I remember, correct me if I'm wrong, Ms. Trevino, cuz I'm sure you remember there was [snorts] a student that transferred here and it knocked down one of ours down to like number 11 and she was very upset and then this policy was was um to fix that so that wouldn't happen again. Am I correct, Ms. Trevino? Yeah, when it comes to the

122highest ranking students, um like Dr. Puig said, one and two, we have the protection in the policy that you cannot transfer in and be considered the highest ranking. However by law, your ranking is your ranking regardless if you came in your your senior year, your junior year, your sophomore year. You come in with your transferred grades and you are number eight, you will be number eight. And that is what the universities will receive. The only thing we don't allow is the celebra- the celebrating of that. You know, it doesn't mean, for example, if if, you know, I was number 11 and Ms. Villalobos was number 10, but she moved in here prior to her junior year, does not mean that even though she can't be part of the top 10 banquet, I moved down to

123number 10 now. We just don't honor it. Nobody gets celebrated in that that thing cuz technically, she's 10, but 11 doesn't move down to be celebrated. We just ended at nine and and we do have a banner that had nine kids in it on it because of that situation that How do you feel about that policy? Do you like the policy the way it's written now? No. You do not. >> And I I I voiced that, you know, 2 years ago, you know, uh when we had, you know, a student that was ranked number four and um he came in at the start of his junior year with his transfer grades and he was number four and we didn't celebrate him, but on his GPA and on his official transcript, he is number four. Now,

124one and two you know, it's just the ex- example that Dr. Puig gave, you know, if if we have one and two and somebody comes in and they they're the highest ranking student, we don't identify them as that. It would be the number three person. And in regards to that, Ms. um Ms. Trevino, are you okay with that portion of the policy? Because the verbage the verbage that they're asking us to strike it reads almost verbatim for this valedictorian and salutatorian and they're not recommending to strike that. No, it shouldn't it for valedictorian >> says here to be eligible uh let me see have been continuously enrolled in the district high school for two full school years prior to attending senior status and that is exactly what it says on the on the bottom. Um

125But there should be one just for highest ranking student, right, sir? This is top 10 honor graduates that they're asking us to strike the whole thing, but that verbage is verbatim for number one when it refers to valedictorian and salutatorian. So, I'm kind of confused. That's protecting the balance out. That's protecting >> what I'm saying. You're comfortable with that portion. Okay. It also creates confusion to Ms. Trevino's point. If you have to exclude number nine then or exclude number 10, then number 11 thinks that they're number 10. And they feel like, "Well, I'm number No Well, no, you're number 11. We've actually had this before. You are officially number 11. Just because we can't locally acknowledge Mark Puig for being number 10, you don't get to move up into that. So, it just creates a

126lot of confusion, but more importantly, it's about inclusion and in the policy the way it is now can [snorts] be construed as exclusionary uh for someone like, you know, we heard tonight that is touting the contributions of the teachers pouring into them and helping them get to where they are. So So, is there going to be a So, let's say that I have a child that I started in let's say TM or Calallen cuz you know, they have more students and my student is and I'm a senior, my my student is a senior and my student is not top 10, but you know what, if I send my kid to Robstown, my Robstown kid she will she will be top 10. Is that going to protect our kid from there? Where now she's going to

127be top 10 because I brought her here? That That doesn't That doesn't >> So, then my kid could come could be top 10 at Robstown within a year. Because you know, care parents do that. And I'm And I'm And are we going to do something to protect that? I'm comfortable with Ms. Garza mentioned because I know here it says 2 years, so that would be your sophomore year coming in your sophomore year, if I'm reading this correctly. But to Ms. Garza's point if I'm a senior and you have a senior and actually mentioned from TM to come over here I'm not top 10 at TM but my grades, let's just say, will allow me to go to Robstown and be top 10 in Robstown. As a senior, does that how we I mean, I understand

128that we're here for all kids, right? But at the same time our kids have worked to be where they are. To have somebody come in and just bump them down because how do we protect that? >> Can we change that from sophomore to senior year to be here before senior year? >> what I would want to see. Yeah, that would make sense. >> would want that. That would be That would go to legal. That would have to be a discussion >> I mean, if if this policy is here >> wanting to protect the whole top 10 or the whole top 20 or I mean Or just our seniors. >> Okay, we can understand 10% is 10% and then [clears throat] we start looking into that. So Because if I if there was a policy like

129this and I wanted my kid to be top 10, I'm doing that. I'm going to go to a small smaller school district so my kid could be top 10. But then what do you do with a kid like that that comes from the military and you know that it's not their fault. No, I agree. I agree, but I was here on this board when it happened the way I just said. Because there used to be a point in time where that was happening versus where parents were GPA hunting, you know, back in the day. You know, has that happened recently? No. Could it have happened possibly? >> of this. I think because I just want to I just want to throw cuz I was I was president and I was on this board when it

130happened the way I just said and it wasn't fun. It wasn't It wasn't fun to sit across our parents and they knew that that's what happened. That was hard. So, I just wanted to throw that out there cuz that could happen again if we change it to that. So, this policy being here, I mean, obviously um I would assume that it's legal. I mean, it's it's local policy and it's legal to do something like this. I do feel in my own gut that this is borderline overstepping when it comes to our board role. However, I think we're here as representatives for our students and those who don't have a voice and those seniors who have worked since their freshman year, have been in Robstown all their lives. Um you know, to have that issue come

131up if you remove this and it just so happens to go back because as Ms. Garza mentioned, maybe it hasn't happened in recent years because of this policy. Removing this, who's to say that won't happen again? And >> But just remember, it legally does not take away their ranking. No, correct. But But I mean, I I I get the point of just being celebrated, you know, um Yeah. and I you know, I I just think that we should I would like for it to read their senior year, but that's just my own opinion. Dr. Puig, do we have time to table this where maybe we can include Mr. Gallegos' vote on this item? Well, I had a I had spoken to Dr. Puig and I told him that um having discussion and now that, you

132know, uh as you mentioned, maybe tabling this. I just want to make sure that if we table it, we are going to be able to bring it back in time to where we'll be able to have, you know, the celebration the celebrations that are coming up with whatever the what- whatever the case may be, whatever vote this may go to. It would go back to >> [clears throat] >> Yes, sir. Effective immediately, sir. I I like y'all to consider this, though. Um I want to solve the problem at hand, right? The problem at hand is what we talked about uh tonight with the parent. The other problem is is hypothetical. Not that it can't happen cuz it has happened, right? Has it happened recently? I don't see that happening a lot. So, I don't want

133to let a distraction of what could happen interfere with what is happening. And so, I want to really recommend, I mean, this is an administrative to Mr. Martinez's point. It is a a a very administrative ask language, as your TASB consultant told me. It would take care of the issue we have with uh what we heard tonight from the parent. And then we can really work on going through legal around some potential edits and modifications to any future problems. But I'd like to solve the problem at hand today. So, that's what I'd like to recommend. Doesn't mean that it's perfect, right? But it does solve a problem tonight. I'm in the problem-solving business along with you all and we have a parent and a child here that um told the story about how this district

134and their counselors and principals reached out and poured into them. If we don't solve the problem today, sir, can we solve the problem in 2 weeks at our next board meeting? Potentially, we can. Yes. >> And the reason that I'm asking and I and I'm I want to ask the board this. Before the board meeting, Eric was very deep into discussion with Safdar and I and he did ask and he wanted to be part of the discussion, but I don't know something happened today where he couldn't be here. So, I'm just advocating for him. That's all I'm doing. If you guys want to vote on it today, My concern is I don't want to create a problem I don't want to change something and create more of a problem, you know, without having that discussion

135or or understanding of the whole. Not that I don't respect your recommendation, but And and I think that discussion, too, because of that and being that, you know, I I get Dr. Puig's concern as well. Um but if we can But I don't think that's the case here. >> and if it Yeah. The past 3 years, we've had issues with Mhm. sort of thing. So, I don't know. And it's just not being able to recognize the student that has come in >> [clears throat] >> When is the next board meeting, Ms. Garza? Second Monday of April. So, within 2 weeks. Uh 3 weeks. And top 10 rankings are finalized after the fifth the end of the fifth April 13th. What day is that, Ms. Ms. Turk? But it wouldn't change that. It's just going to

136change the celebration. >> Yes, yeah. Rankings are rankings. So, when when's the next celebration for to honor top 10? For senior salute. Okay, so we have time. Plenty [snorts] of time. Okay. I'm okay with voting today. I'm okay with tabling. No, other than just finalizing and and having them turn in all It's a production to do top 10 banquet. So, we like to start it like in 2 weeks in advance. We take pictures, we do educator hero. There's a lot of prep work that has to take place before April 28th. And I just want to say even pushing [snorts] it a couple weeks later is um good for us to look at a potential issue that we might have, but the issue at hand right now is pretty I think straightforward and simple. Uh and

137I just want to be mindful of potential implications. You know, if we don't solve a simple low-hanging fruit one right now. That That one's easy to solve. Well, I'm I mean, I'm good on voting tonight on it as long as we have uh we're able to edit this that Oh, yes. Yeah. Insert the the verbage that Mhm. Ms. Garza recommended as far as Mhm. Well, I I think I pre- cuz I would like to put that, but that wouldn't that wouldn't help Ensol, right? Cuz she came here senior year. No, she came here junior year. Junior year. She came in her junior So, that is why right now this policy is affecting her. Right. But But it But But his recommendation is not to put senior year at all, right? Just to get rid of

138that. >> Just get rid of it completely. The only part Just a reminder, the only part that's affecting her, that local celebration that we shouldn't even have there to begin with. So, that's really only piece. Yeah. the celebration part. You know, we included her. Personally, I would like to wait for Eric. Just my opinion. Nothing's changing. It's a little bit more work on us. Our students are worth it, but you guys make the decision cuz I'm Well, that was already made my my my recommendation just because of the fact that I I know Dr. Puig has already spoken to TASB, but I wanted assure that that portion is is really bothering me as far as the when you come in. But But we But you can come back. Yeah, we don't have to do that

139and have to come back. We can just vote and it won't affect. So, basically, what you're asking is just to to resolve this one particular issue. To give them a call >> in the morning and call mom and Yeah, to give them and say, "Hey, you know what? We you know, principal's calling you and saying, 'Hey, uh you're good. You're good. You're going to be part of the uh local celebrations rather than to have to wait Almost like I'm I'm thinking more about the student and then our core value of service and I don't want to overthink this because we can go down a lot of permutations of hypotheticals. We can. I can do. Uh but the issue at hand is what was described tonight and I think that's an easy one to fix. And

140she's a military transfer, sir? Yes, she's four high schools. Yes, military. So, again, I'm good with it as long as we can come back and edit. If we need it. >> Well, you want to make the motion then? I'll make a motion to go with Dr. Puig's recommendation. I second. I have a first by Mr. Madrigal and a second by Mr. Mesa. Any questions or discussion? What was the motion, sorry? We have a first and a second for action item C uh as to Dr. Puig's recommendation. Uh Ms. um to approve, I'm sorry. Ms. Gallegos? I. Mr. Cantu? I. Ms. Garza? I. Myself, I. Mr. Madrigal? I. Mr. Mesa? I. Motion carries. Um I do want to state for the record, sir, can we put this back on the next agenda item? Yes, ma'am. Absolutely.

141>> to do that. I was going to I was going to recommend that. Yeah, sure. Yes, sir. And can we um get with legal or how or I'll just send my recommend- or our own recommendation as to what the verbage can be moving forward. >> Absolutely. Uh next item on the agenda, closed session. Do I have a motion? I'll move. First by Mr. Mesa, second by Mr. Madrigal. We have a first and a second to go into executive session at 8:01. Uh Ms. Gallegos? I. Mr. Cantu? I. Ms. Garza? I. Myself, I. Mr. Madrigal? I. Mr. Mesa? I. Motion carries. We are now in executive session at 8:01. >> Mhm. >> All those in favor for action item I'm sorry, open session item 12. Ms. Villalobos? Aye. Mr. Cantu? Aye. Myself, aye. Mr. Marroquin? >>

142Aye. Mr. Mesa? >> Aye. Motion carries. Now, we have a motion to adjourn. I have a motion to adjourn by Mr. Mesa, second by Mr. Marroquin. Ms. Villalobos? Aye. Mr. Cantu? Aye. Myself, aye. Mr. Marroquin? >> Aye. Mr. Mesa? >> Aye. Motion meeting adjourned as of 8:51 p.m. Thank you, trustees.