Regular Board Meeting - March 24, 2025

001e e e there nutrition hereby given that a regular meeting of the board of Tred of the Roa Independent School District will be held on Monday March 24th 6 p.m. in the Board Room of the robon administration building 801 northst Street robon Texas at which time the agenda items will be discussed in the course of the meeting the board may change the order of business at its discretion without advance notice first item on the agenda call to order roll call Lor guard the present not with us at the moment Bobby Mari next item on the agenda moment of silence Dr would you like to leave us in prayer sir yes ma if you will please you me in prayer bow your head uh father God we are so grateful for tonight and Lord tonight we

002pray for an explosion of Joy let your joy and your peace reign in this room and we ask you heavenly father to guide our decisions and guard us as we are entrusted with your most precious resource your children and it's in your son's name we pray all this amen amen thank you next it unit stes of America and rep for it stands one nation God indivisible withy and Justice all Texas i al toex one St and indivisible you every next item on the agenda Vision Mission statemented Vision our vision is to and impct lives by providing transformative learning opportuni that Empower students and generations to come our mission statement is to empower Inspire and invest in our students and staff igniting the best version of themselves together we positively impact our community and the world

003thank you next item IP mad pres you would allow me under item five public participation uh open Forum as per policy bed local in accordance with board policy bed local the Robson I Board of Trustees welcomes comments from citizens on any agenda any agenda item or non-agenda item at any regular board meeting in the event of a special board meeting or board Workshop public comments will be lied lied to agenda items only those wishing to address the school board must provide their name for the record and observe a three limit 3 minute time liit during this time the Board of Trustees may not respond to the citizens concerns as for the Texas open meetings act evening school board members and superintendent my name is liar I am a parent to three boys that attend Robert

004Elementary I also own two businesses in the community I am here today because one of my sons needs help particularly because he often display agressively vient behavior and is a danger to those around him I am concerned for other students staff and the community as well as himself the first few days of school I informed the staff his first grade teacher of these behaviors that he diss and stated that he needs help at that time I signed paperwork for what I was told to begin the process to determine if he has an emotional disability and qualifies for special education services the school had 90 days to complete the assessment process to include a meeting to tell me whether he qualifies for emotional disability and is in need of the services I have since signed same

005documentation two additional times prolonging this timeline in fact the school is supposed to expedite the process when a disability is evidently probable especially due to his latest Behavior where he slammed another first graders head against a concrete wall my son is being frequently removed from classroom missing instruction to walk around with an adult various different adults this is not legal and I feel like filing due process may be my only option I have had I have made several accommodations including structure to his schedule and environment at home that have decreased negative behaviors at home I have shared these strategies with the school but my suggestions have been disregarded it seems like his behaviors have increased in frequency at school I Contin to get phone calls he recently attended two behavioral hospital stay for multiple days

006where he stayed to get counseling and develop self-controlling strategies upon his return to school from spring break he has since been in ISS since spring break 2 now I strongly believe that my son has an emotional disability and I am concerned that his behavior will continue to escalate which will result in him hurting another person children adults alike and himself and this is a statement just because y'all may not be aware of this okay thank you for your time thank you Miss car [Music] good evening uh Madam president uh school board members superintendent ladies and gentlemen pres uh I'm here to ask for a teaching contract my name is G herandez I am a Texas Education Agency certified psychology teacher that can teach students how to be civil in other words how to be respectful

007follow the rules and laws of America students needing help or chronic absentees or truin or in school suspension attend a disciplinary alternative education program da or those that have started reporting to the satellite Office of the newes County jenal Justice Department here in rown these students are intelligent but need to be taught to be consciously aware of the importance of a high school diploma dap was design to design as a temporary setting to address behavior issues and return students back to their regular schools and prevent students from dropping out of school and vaping if your D is 100% effective you do not need this psychology teacher I hope that you are not thinking in the back of your minds when will this Asian elderly man uh knows when to quit I practice what I teach

008the answer is simple as a school teacher I always told all my students never to give up on their Gos in life yet I hear growing men and women say that they only have a few more years for their retirement are they serious giving up on the on jobs that they work very hard academically in their early lives their dream job with regard to being Asian I have a number of Asian women that have placed their hands together and bow uh actually in Mexico I was born in L and my parents were real pises Cotton kickers as a matter of fact my parents pick cotton in the coal bin my parents pick fruits and vegetables in different states I remember as a child that you had to walk on the streets here in rown with

009so many people on the sidewalks buying all sorts of items the word elderly elderly and old are no seos they're bad they're they're NE netive Words which are the opposite of placebos I am not old I am I have been on planet Earth for 78 years and I'm blessed for every day of life that God allowed me thank you I'm Hol Ro is property taxer pass around as a template for a request for reconsideration letter regarding devasis green ammonia also known as AA air quality permit number 17951 if you missed the deadline last July to sub public comment to TCEQ to deny the vena's air permit I invite you to submit this reconsideration request letter to TCEQ by April 11th this would unequivocally show your support for the safety of the estimated 2200 students enrolled

010in Robstown ISD Aina May publicly tout the safety of their plant but what else could we expect as they are interested in profits that are enhanced by government's green subsidies and tax abatements certainly SA can't be proven as this type of plant has never been built I remind you again of the 16 million gon storage tank on the proposed site full of ammonia to be kept at minus 27° at all times we also worry about emissions Leakes and other plant failures however we also worry about water usage water we don't have Aina has a signed contract with wasis County Water control Improvement District number three that gives Aina senior water over any other customer regardless if they are residential commercial or school aena has secured these rights for 25 long years please consider and support

011the safety and wellbeing of the students of rocktown and the safety of rocktown and Western uis County Citizens by sending in this letter of request for reconsideration to tcq to deny their air permit all the information you need is on that letter please send in before April 11th as always I thank you for your time thank you m next item Awards and recognition Dr qu thank you madam president trustees at this time we'd like to invite aleandro for the rec of thank you good evening Madam president Dr qu and Bo of um this evening we would like to start out with our teacher of the year recognition and for that I want to call Mrs good evening we have the privilege this evening of recognizing our outstanding teachers of the year dedication passion and commitment

012to our um students is unmeasurable these teachers um are exceptional leaders they ignite Brilliance transform lives and Empower Generations every single day in their classroom uh they create positive uh environments and all students thrive in their environments so this evening we're going to recognize every teacher by campus and then at the very end we will of course announce our elementary and secondary teachers the so teachers as we call your name if you can please come forward the very first campus Miss Hannah [Applause] baile is an early childhood educator dedicated to nurturing a love of learning and young children she teaches free kindergarten at Robert GIS junor STEM Academy where she Fosters an engaging environment and promotes academic and social emotional growth Mr Le holds a Bachelor of Science and interdisciplinary studies with a focus on

013early childhood education along with an associates degree in Liberal Arts and Child Development her diverse educational background equips her with a solid understanding of Child Development and best practices her philosophy izes respect for all living things and recognizes the uniqueness of every child she is committed to creating a safe supportive classroom where students feel empowered to express themselves develop their potential and appreciate differences congratulations [Applause] [Music] we [Applause] [Music] Miss Mar is a fifth grade math and science teer at s Federal Fine Arts Academy she earned a Bachelor of Science and interdisciplinary studies and a master of science and educational Administration both from Texas UNM University in King Miss maras holds multiple certifications including early childhood education Elementary English Elementary self-contained bilingual English as a second language and a principal certification her extensive qualifications combined

014with her passion for teaching equip her to meet the diverse needs of her students a lifelong learner Miss marus is committed to inspiring her students to develop a love for learning she is a strong advocate for all students ensuring they not only achieve academic success but also push beyond their limits her goal is to empower her students to become confident lifelong Learners who have the courage to pursue and achieve their dreams congratulations Miss [Applause] we would like to honor Miss Kayla oron [Applause] seconding teacher at lot speech Leadership Academy a proud Robstown native Miss Arona has a deep rooted love for her community and school system her own experiences as a student in Robson ISD where she was surrounded by unwavering supported encouragement have greatly influenced her approach to teaching additionally her passion for education

015is inspired by her family of Educators who have served in roxon ISD further fueling her commitment to nurturing Young Learners missa is devoted to fostering a love for reading and Crea a positive engaging learning environment for her students can Thrive she holds a Bachelor of Science in early childhood development and Early Education from Texas A&M University Corpus Christie where she gained the Knowledge and Skills necessary to support academic and social emotional growth of her students congratulations [Applause] next we'd like to honor Miss Kaitlyn [Applause] gree ucat at Robson ISD for six years and currently teaches secondary English atson College High School she creates a supportive environment where students feel empowered to reach their full potential Miss ree holds an associates degree in teaching from delmare college a bachelor's degree in English from Texas A&M Corpus

016Christie and a master's degree in educational Administration from Texas A&M K she believes all students are capable of critical thinking and effective communication and incorporates Innovative practices such as student Alle learning andic seminars to make learning engaging and relevant in addition to teaching Miss re serves as a campus Mentor an English department chair a curriculum developer and professional development presenter she also coaches junior varsity volleyball assists with powerlifting and sponsors U events in headline and editorial writing building strong connections with our students beyond the classroom congratulations [Applause] next we'd like to recognize [Music] [Applause] J MREs is a Theater Arts educator at seal junor High where he teaches sixth through eth grade and leads the dros the school's theater program he Fosters creativity and self-expression by engaging students in performance script writing and Stage production

017MREs holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and communication from Texas University Chris his expertise allows him to create Dynamic Hands-On learning experiences that build confidence collaboration and critical thinking he believes theater education equips students with valuable life lessons life skills excuse me such as discipline empathy and adaptability at seal Junior High MREs has strengthened scho connections through initiatives like Christmas Town a collaborative performance and the Weevil weekly a student run news program his dedication inspires the next generation of performers and enriches the school's culture through Theater Arts congratulations [Applause] a very tough decision from what I hear from the judges of course we bring outside judges to judge and interview our teachers of the Year and that took place right before spring grade they could not say enough words about the exceptional teachers that we

018have in our school district it was it was really tough um they they were just appalled with with each and every one of them but of course there can only be one elementary teacher of the year and one secondary and the elementary teacher of the year this Miss Zelda Martinez [Applause] and our secondary teacher of the year [Music] [Applause] [Laughter] my wife full love Community while you're here I just want to take a moment to lift up all the teachers that are here the teachers are doing the most important work on the planet especially right now the most important work on the planet save the clarity do they do God's work right but so do they so let's continue to reever and lift our Educators right here in Rob congratulations God bless you all we

019all thank you for your service you for you know myself you know getting up early sometimes being there first and Le last you know and sacrifice especially for those of us who have families but uh we appreciate you everything congratulations we're going to continue with some recognitions today is indeed a day of Celebration so um we have our proud your picker award so I'd like to ask Miss zadu FFA advisor and animal science teacher at rocktown Early College [Applause] she is the aget teacher animal science Miss K you were nominated for your outstanding dedication and Leadership during the noises County junior Livestock Show and Beyond um the nomination stated due to unforeseen circumstances Miss Gan stepped up to help our FFA students get through another year of the ncjls she had great communication with not

020only the students but parents as well miss ganu did her best to be everywhere at once running from one Barn to another and always with a smile Welcome to our cotton picker family and thank you for helping our Robstown FFA student show their pride I also want to add that there were other shows after ncjls the Mercedes show San Antonio um rodeo and Livestock Show and um Houston Rodeo and you continue to help our students so for that we just want to thank you for going above and beyond so thank you so very much [Applause] have some little gifts from our picker Partners so please enjoy them and I want to get y picture Okay time out is also miss kant's birthday in thec okay happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday

021dear Happy Birthday to you [Applause] next up is our student superintendent student leadership advisory committee this is something new that we're starting this year and I am going to just recognize the students who are on this committee councel and so if you would come up when you hear your name so representing Robstown Early College High School we have two students Christian Moreno and enel [Applause] representing SE Jun High AEL Lopez and Clarisa Salazar from Robert dri School junior St Academy Riley Chava and [Applause] EM from Sedro Fine Arts Academy Ellie [Applause] Gonzalez and lot speech Leadership Academy Anthony [Applause] Martinez so this wonderful group of students will be meeting with Dr myself and our our leadership team and just making continuing to make rown IC brilliant and um we just wanted to introduce them to

022everyone here today so howedes in community we have been watching these kids very carefully and we know very carefully very carefully and we have watched these kiddos mature we've watched them want to serve and leave and persevere and we've also I've seen them in action SE they have a spirit of Joy about them this is the next generation of leaders and so this superintendent superintendent leadership advisory council is going to help us make decisions alongside the kiddos the generation is different than me and this young man here we remember we were a little younger remember that a long time ago right long time ago different generation this new generation of leaders they have to have a voice they have to have agency Christian you have had conversations right about agency and advocating and I'm so

023proud of their willingness to do this so we're going to give them what we call a challenge coin this is a coin that we give in the district when a student or a staff member or a board member exhibits leadership they exhibit service they exhibit perseverance all of our core values and you are about to serve and you don't even know what you're about to serve in exactly all right let's give them their challenge coin okay [Applause] aome next up we have a recognition of John Paul GES student from Robert drisol STEM Academy he could come up okay John Paul you did something extraordinary you um John Paul the fifth grader at Robert Driscoll Junior STEM Academy and he is actually newly enrolled into the GT program on February 26 John Paul scored a perfect

024100 on his interim math exam an achievement that deserves great [Applause] recognition when I asked your principal Mrs NES to give me a few words about you she said John Paul has consistently demonstrated a a profound understanding of the course material and has gone above and beyond in all your classes your ability to grasp complex Concepts quickly um coupled with naturally curiosity for a deeper learning sets him apart from his peers Beyond academics John Paul exhibits qualities including perseverance a growth mindset and a strong sense of responsibility toward his learning he works diligently to achieve his standards constantly producing quality work and his self motivation to explore topics on his own he also plays the piano so John Paul we just want to congratulate you for your ex extraordinary work and keep reaching for the

025stars because your future is so bright than [Applause] you John Paul [Applause] congratulations mrz my name is uh ericos I am a math teacher um I just want to commend you on done um the math has changed so much even me try to teach it I'm not even too far out of classroom it's changed so much from the way I learned it so having to relearn it I know it's tougher so congratulations on being a perfect score congratulations so our last recognition today we've had such great celebrations is from from um Robstown Early College High School Andrea [Applause] Espinosa Andrea sposa is a freshman a freshman at Robstown Early College High School and she accomplished something also remarkable she is one of Mrs lorine M what's business management classes and she successfully passed seven Microsoft

026Office certification exams [Applause] wow the exam that she passed and she is certified in she's certified in word word expert Excel Excel expert access PowerPoint and Outlook so Andrea this is something that most adults out here thank you so much and miss Morales you even to remarkable she came in as a freshman and I'm going to tell you that she's made history this year because no one nobody has gotten all of the seven certifications these are industry based certifications that people that work in the industry take them and they don't pass them diff uh I have students that'll take it three four times it's like they'll do anything to see Miss do the little happy [Laughter] dance she did it so that I wouldn't do it but she is truly a one of a kind

027G uh she is very quiet but she got busy and she did on her own she tried and tried and she tried all she did all of the prac exams one at a time and she would just come real quiet and then she Tak I'm going to tell you she started taking them October she almost got all of them in the first semester she got C maybe two of them or so in January so I am just excited excited beyond excitement because I've never had that happen so I'm very proud of she did get all seven but she does get recognized and they do give her out a special to through the industry she gets the Microsoft Office specialist associate and also [Applause] all students and our staff member um we're recognized today it's truly

028amazing being at Rob each and every day thank you [Applause] I think we're done I think we can call the meeting I congratulations to all students and most especially the parents as well I know that it's hard work to jugle your work duties and then also make sure that your child's right on time for everything so kudos to everyone involved tonight next item on the agenda Madam president remarks uh we do have a training Summer Leadership Conference will be in San Antonio and it is June 11 through 14th let us when you item the agenda super report okay uh just continuing the theme of Celebration just two at the top there we all know our lady Pickers by now have done something extraordinary they have completed the 14 at the Tex [Applause] we're working on

029a a celebration for that so we're waiting on the boys to finish the boys finished in aene last week had four boys compete and two finished in the top 10 so that's a big deal Brant's going on there now if you want to continue down where it says enrollment growth I want to emphasize enrollment continues to rise for us you can see at uh 2539 last year at 2516 at this time attendance is at nearly 91% this time last night we were 89.5 but here's one I want to emphasize to you the third bullet point you have enrollment attendance rate and then you see the projected fsp which is the foundation school program which is how we get paid historically we have been um upside down on that and every September we've had to send

030the state backwards call back $2 million beginning last year we started to get u in the in the black on that one we got about $215,000 at this point though remember there's aot lot that goes into school Finance lots of variables property values Ada rated Ada Ada enrollment tax collections if you look at this document right here real quick this is a portion of what we call the state's summary of finance and we work on this I don't expect to understand anything here other than what I'm about to show you that's highlighted you see where it says projected balance right now we are earning more than they are paying us have you heard me say that before you know so we're earning more than they are paying us there's a time when that happens they

031have to settle up so right now the settle up the state owes us do you see the amount there of $929,000 so you we're managing that process very well want to emphasize that uh and again that's a function of the Ada and the attendance and those other variables I just mentioned now I want to tackle some legislative updates some of which you're very familiar with the first one is the Senate Bill 26 and this has to do with the teacher salaries you have been tracking this I'm sure at home but the public that's listening out there we can be pretty positive that and we heard this from the governor teachers will receive a significant raise this year and if you notice there there's going to be some differentiation between urban and Suburban teachers and Rural

032teachers it's not final yet it's still getting massaged right Senate house have to come together and work through that so if you go to Senate Bill 2 there are some additional school funding enhancements and if you go under sen bill I really want to talk about the three uh sub bullets uh beginning with high school advising aot so there's a consideration for an allotment for career advising for 11th and 12th care so an additional weighted allotment for those upper classmen and here's what's really exciting A Fine Arts allotment how about that how about that Mr A Fine Arts here we go and then some additional funding as they call for struggling schools so I think what we're seeing the right now is a lot of creative funding bills that I think are going to vote

033well here in June 2nd when it's all said and done House Bill three I'm just going to call the school choice bill as I written there that's going to pass so what's the implication for us as a district is to keep celebrating the good work that we're doing keep rolling up our sleeves and challenging one another to be the best version of ourselves like our mission says so that people want to be a part and stay here and so it's going to create some competition and some people say Well it's around here well it's around here micro schools and home schools it says right here are funded so be be weary of that weary of that but let's be strategic about addressing it if you go to 1481 this is important too well let me

034sorry let me go back to hospital 6 this is very important if you remember I talked a little bit about the Tea Report with 20,000 teachers and one of the big findings was the overworked overburdened teachers and the lack of respect and discipline in the classroom some teachers felt they had been robbed of that this is called the teacher Bill of Rights bill essentially and it's going to really give some teeth to maintaining discipline upholding academic Integrity in the classroom we'll see um if it gets all the way through but it has a lot of support C 1481 that's the no cell phone no cell phones that one just interesting will also require a board approval okay uh as it's written right now now let me ship here Education Foundation strategic planning Dr wat and

035I are working closely with the foundation uh we also have participation from Madam president who's on the foundation board we are working with the Rob Education Foundation to really align their strategic plan to ours you want to comment about I that's what it sounds right now do you I'll will share it with board as it is now okay sorry also sit on our board on oh you're yes both of you both of you you want to chime in on the Education Foundation planning process I want to know you finish your homework no no it's just pretty much you know us all collaborating on how it is that we're going to come up with a goal that we're all kind of in agree with something that's reachable that we all can strive for you know it's

036it's not something that it's set in stone at the moment because we're all kind of brainstorming still but we're already coming down to it and it's going to be awesome it's going to be achievable everybody can do it thank you Miss and what I was teasing miss about one of the assignments that Dr wat I gave is creating a draft framework it's called the ghost framework and every member of the committee had to go home and come up with what are the potential goals what are those measurable objectives what are your proposed strategies and then what are your tasks or tactics okay so we get into the next one's facility and property updates we talked about an insurance plan for the Fieldhouse that is still in progress we have some testing happening this Tuesday going

037do some more testing water actually out there at the build house we have another engineering coming engineer coming out from the insurance uh company for that so that's still in the works our Fieldhouse design process is in full motion we are scheduled come out Thursday and continue that process architect will be here and he says he's already got a graph design to share So based on what we got last time will you be here Mr mon I won't be here can I can somebody me in I'll abely we patch Mrs in okay and then uh property sale we I met with this ran our realtor and we've got a an offer on one property that we are looking at that we will have to bring back to the board for consideration and possible approve the

038next this morning looking at carefully and we'll come back Jer I'll tell you exactly I'm sorry how you have so we'll look at that and bring that back to the board for consideration and possible approval uh just real quick on the um Department of Education reduction course so we received a letter from the doe on March 14th and essentially says that you know this Rift will not directly impact students and families we we will see um you know we have to watch uh that very carefully um we know we get probably $2 million every year from the feds so that's that's something that we're keeping our eye on very carefully and finally I'll close with a town hall meeting on April 2 2025 at 6m this one will be at the new Asis County keich

039Family Library we have arranged for some student participants we have some from high school uh we have junior high and I think we also have Elementary performing so that's going to be on April 2nd again 6 p.m. I think that's a Wednesday Mrs Alejandro yes sir how's the how's the attendance at your at your town hall last one was well attendance attendance what kind of questions are you getting are you getting any questions um we've probably had a question around security and really the thrust of it has been around academics and really focused on literacy academics and literacy and academics um we really need to use these Town Halls to sell what we're doing as a school district and really concentrate on the transformational culture the principl and the teach read that's been a big

040big part of it and featuring the talent of our kiddos we had some robotic kids in fact Riley was there and was there as robotics they presented um Crystal I think we had Mr EPS play some guitar and then we had the seal J higho exceptional so it's been really around celebrating asking questions I have a question um as far as the locations might be beneficial if we had maybe at a campus different campuses for each Town Town Hall this way that maybe we can give like a tour of the campus and we can let the parents actually see because if I'm on this side Robert I may not know what has you know and vice versa they may not know what speech you know or some have never seen the high school you know

041improvements we're giving the parents the opportunity to interact with the principles ask questions hey what's your Academy offer and this way they can we can answer questions pertaining to that campus and any issues that may be coming up for this or that or the other it kind of give everybody the opportunity to be able to see each campus for what the academy offers you know because I've had Parents ask me you know and they' said I didn't even know that some offer you know F arts or a lot of spee offered you know and and like you know you've never gotten a chance to go to those guys I have no reason so this way they have that opportunity to go over there because our town hall is there and then we can kind of

042address questions that they may have they can look at the school they can speak to the principles and you know get to Vis no it's a great idea I think um the approach with these Town Halls been very unorthodox very untraditional intentionally uh in that the message has been about three things three really key things academics and after we're done talking about that we talk about academics after after that we talk about academics and then also creating just a different space you know we'll get someone to sponsor and bring in Pizza like we last time Pizza uh so it's a little different but your idea is well taken because it's important to also have those kinds of events at the campus to celebrate sir on the next one are we going to are we going

043to be I know that the firstall meeting that we had at the church questions last one we didn't do that are we be doing that going forward um I know there are some people do the work arble to attend but still want us to make questions and have their questions answer are we going be doing that next next certainly could do that think at that time is when want to ask their questions you being that it's online it's more convenient for them um and I know that some people are are live at the events so they I don't know this is time to ask this but um can you a an update on the um electrical issue oh you're talking about the fire we had last yes we had a um we had a vent

044that ignited and we had someone in this room that was in there when it ignited and we were notified very Qui fire department very quickly so had a great response on that um the event also reignited once it fell down so we have some wiring issues here that we need to address and we address some of those're pretty confident about that and because of the the awful electrical smell electrical fire was ter we sent the staff that for we recover main a tremendous job making sure that the was remedied quickly dumpster fire the literal dumpster fire yeah we're we're investigating it's um trying to determine whether it was spontaneous which does happen this time with all the high winds and so forth but um we looking at some camera footage and try to make a

045determination if we can if anything else everybody have a question I know that I guess the fire here um you close down there was a training at Martin was that can training can no I'm just asking just to inire thank you does that conclude your update yes ma'am thank you next item on the agenda is presentation of informational items first one is academic update TI he should he's part of the committee Mr you ready talk about all the core business that's happening with you and your team good evening Madam president Dr quig trustees tonight um since this work does not get done by any one person but the collective Team U we're going to tag team different parts of this we do want to talk about how um our progress is going public and people

046are taking notice of the great things that are happening at ws and I see um and we're going to discuss uh the state of assessment where are we on on testing uh last time Mr maras you asked about RTA visits that were fixing to come so we have a a report to share with you all this evening um we want to talk about momentum and motion how progress is gaining attention not only at the local level but also the state and even the national level and then we will wrap it up with missas with our TA TI teacher incentive allotment update so first St I'd like to invite M Belinda anise our coordinator of assessment to come and share some inform good evening sorry good evening board Dr P and people in the audience just

047a kind of quick update on the state assessment um when we say State assessment we're not just talking about star we also have our tail pass test which is for our EBS our emergent Bal students um every year the EV students have to take a test additional to Star um and it's showing the progress of how much they're learning the English language um and that's from kinder through 12th grade um we have a window of about three weeks so our window this Friday um we are about 98% complete on that we have about three or four kids um that still need to finish up their testing um and we pe's ver peam verification um just to clarify the peam verification PE has a lot to do with our accountability system making sure that everybody's coded

048correctly um especially our special ed our EB students are economically disadvantaged because when it comes to accountability every little part counts so the higher our Ecco disc and at risk population it kind of like lowers our account of ability that we have to score it's a whole different complicated um number but we just need to make sure that we have all our kids quoted uh coded correctly uh so like I said our our ctc's came in on Friday and we verified that so we're going to go on on our our EB students um our star alt two is another test that we take um 3D through 12th so this is a a test that our life skills but of our students that have a um more of a defound um disability um where they can't

049they don't test at our normal grade level um so we have a window for those two um actually we have a preview window so that the teacher the test administrator can look through the test and they get to modify it according to our students sometimes you know as visually or um tacal and they can make the test bigger or adopt adapt it to the way the the student learns a lot of or a lot of our special ed students you know sometimes they're not verbally so they can point to the answer sometimes they have different colors so you know the teacher knows what works best for our students so they can make the test up to that um so we have a preview window and then today actually opened up the testing window so I

050didn't want to say we're at 0% but um because today the window just opened today um and then our next our busy season is our star test and just to let yall know that that window opens up on April the 8th and then our last test will be our algebra and our math test which will be um April the 25th and each window um like our R has a twoe window our math has a twoe window each subject our science and our biology so um we have a PS verification deadline for each window so I can't just it's you know each one gets his P so we check it all the time you know sometimes we get new students in or sometimes our kids are changing um you know going to at risk or special

051EDS so we just have to keep with of that so that's on the dates that we have coming up I did put a one pager uh test um of our schedule of there looking at arlay and then it's usually all the same but since um junior high is a little bit different because they have all kids testing we kind of split it up into two different dat so they'll have sixth and seventh grade testing on one day and eighth grade on another day because our eighth graders do take the four test they do math reading science and social studies so that's why there's an additional day when you see the E grade science and social studies and for the math and we have uh they also have algebra attitude or eth grade math so that's

052why there is a little bit different um just also a quick update to highlight we did our benchmarks and our interims and this are our test that we take to get prepare for our kids for Star um across the board in our AR which is our our reading language art um we just see an increase in our passing percents and also our growth measures um they increase across allev um and for our ecrs um this is one component that we've been really working on is you know once we went to online our our all of our students have it's called ECR extended constructive response it used to be the essay you oh my God the is so hard but now the kids are having to type it in so you know teaching a third grader

053typing and then you know making sure they get the graphical errors and as spelling correct so we have a program that we call writable and it actually um grades the students how it is graded sorry the AC turned on I got quiet um so our our ecrs are the writing portion of our all test so even within it's built into our science test our biology test our social test they all have an ECR to type um this program grades it by AI the artificial intelligence and that's the same way that ta uses to grade it um this is helps us because it's a quick turnaround I mean as soon as the kids type it within a couple of hours the day it gives them direct feedback we can print it out we can give it

054to our teachers and it gives them tips on what they could have added or things that they could have done different to make it a 10o because they get Five Points each well and there's two uh graders so it just tells them things that they could have done better so before we've done it and our teachers have had to you know get pulled out of class we had to get subs and they've had to sit there and braid you know 500 essays you know especially for high school so this program has really helped us when turning around this writing component part and giving immediate feedback um in our maps to we've seen you know increases in our math scores also the interim test but I do want to give a big shout out to our

055seventh graders at se Junior High they're already at an 80% growth so remember domain one is all kids and then domain two is our growth so we saw 83 um points of growth in our on C so that's a big shout out to C M very Qui I have a question um to U from your experience uh how effective are have you has there I I know that in the past I think last year they were in regards to the AI gr it how effective is that um as far as like to an actual person and I know that there was talks last year about this whole AI think coming in but from your experience has it has it affected any of our kids as far as I'm going to be honest with you last

056year after we looked at our ECR scores our riding part we were kind of taken back because we had a lot of kids that got zero like a lot of kids I can say almost like we had 83 kids if I can remember off the top of my head just an English one that got zero points and so we've been able to you know print those out look at them and study why because now with AI I mean it's computer generated so we have to teach the kids highlight what you know AI is looking for especially the key words and you know this is the prompt and you know sometimes they have to restate The Prompt so if they don't even restate The Prompt or get the main idea they're automatically zero points so we're

057having to train our kids to get computer graded so this program has really helped us you know and we're trying to get them to do it every six weeks whether it's just a quick synopsis but you know one's the typing you know because some of our kids are a little bit slow at typing they should be fast cuz they're all on the phone but you know it's just we've been so even our teachers have been used to grading to a certain style you know the main point and you have enough you know paragraph but now it's all AI generated so it's computer set up so they're they're tipped off to look for certain words so we're having to teach our kids how to do that but I think with this writable is you know really

058helping us a lot in the classroom especially on the teachers big off that um the the program writable um it it gives the the teachers the opportunity to attach a rubric um and this program rable has embedded the star rubric that the actual T um adopts and the AI graders are using at tea so any any essay that we we through we we run through rable it is being graded using the actual official tea rubric scale stall rubric so anything that's getting feedback we're getting the ACT verbage that te uses when they're providing the feedback to just wanted to add the question are we using a as a tool to help our kid learn how to write that something that's geared towards what they want I understand that's kind of a scary conversation to have

059but I think you know AI is in we're going to get towards that so I feel like at some point we should teach them to do it responsibly I definitely want to start at the elementary school level but definitely the high school they've been doing at the high school yeah the writing teachers especially English one English 2 because 20 last school year they were already seeing how chat gbt and other tools be used to help engineer and teach the kids how to actually manipulate AI for their Ben not necessarily write their essays but help generate ideas exactly this is kickoff like I'm stuck well and so last year right last year when we adopted the curriculum at the high school the high school did start using rable last year so last year so the high

060school is this is our second year doing then all the other cands of their first year but I mean I give kudos to misso and her High School teachers I mean those kids already know how to get on there log on they know how to create the prompt so they were kind of like our guidance and this year giving it to the other students um so um I believe a few meetings ago um my is you also asked well what are you seeing consistently in the classrooms when you are doing learning lots and I shared uh two out of the three at that time that we're seeing the need for to increase student discourse students being able to talk about what they're learning also being able to to answer and discuss high at high levels

061with high level questioning and we've also been seeing the need for academic monitoring and that it's just the new term for formative assessment right making sure that we catch what the student needs in the moment and not waiting until the star not waiting until the chapter test not waiting to the end and so these three things we've consistently seen and we've already um provided some professional development aligned to what we're seeing and so one of the best things that came from our visits with tea is that they saw the exact same things um and so uh this is some of the feedback and I have the full report for both seal and lot speech um that I will have share with Dr Pig I think you already have it so but we'll email it through

062um so some strength the use of high quality instructional materials how I've been you know sharing that the last two to three years that's been a big push for the district um and our U our uh rep from tea Miss Donell she said you know don't take it for granted that just because I walk into a campus they're going to use the curriculum and she said this is one of the first districts that I've been in that I can walk into every single classroom and I've seen consistent use at high levels of the high quality instruction materials um they she also highlighted positive School culture at seal and um focused that the classrooms were safe students felt comfortable taking risks we walked into one class and actually saw students teaching we were like where's the

063teacher and she was in the back checking on kids doing the aggressive monitoring for the academic monitoring um some opportunities of course academic monitoring was highlighted student discourse and then higher order thinking and questioning so those three exact things that we've been working on and I see it as a big challenge um she identified for um the visit at lot spee leadership academy uh some of the strengths identified positive School culture Miss Bia and her team have worked extensively on that that was a lot of the work we did on the front end with our esc2 partners um the use of high quality instructional materials um just the level of of alignment between what the kids were supposed to be learning and what they were talking about and what they were doing was was amazing

064um some opportunities identified specific to lot speech student discourse rigorous questioning and aggressive monitoring and so it you know it felt really good to to know that we were on track with what we're working on um and and although we did see it we're not seeing it consistently and so that's why we're providing the professional development and I want to I want to highlight Miss um uh Chava who took it upon herself as soon as she got the feedback and said you know what we were right so let's just keep doing it and she offered her own modeling and and did the aggressive monitoring and added student discourse when she did her training with her teachers this class time so definitely some momentum we're moving in the right direction and um super excited to share

065with you how our progress is gaining the attention of others um we're going to share about some District Partnerships curriculum Partnerships and some other really amazing things um so I'm going to turn it over to miss Leo who's gonna assist in talking a little bit about our partnership with Kingsville thank you madam president Dr quig and our school board members so when districts collaborate students win and so with what the amazing thing that picker pass has at seventh grade for every seventh grader is they get to explore 20 different careers in one school year Kings LD has found out what we are doing at our district and their leadership team collaborated with our leadership team to come and do a visit of our picker path at seal they got to spend the day they got

066to go into the P the two classrooms they got to talk to the teachers also afterwards and do a debrief of how that curriculum is working in that classroom and the great success we have seen just since August of this school year so it's amazing partnership we have with Kings LD I'm going to pass it back to miss tol she's going to talk about our next partnership that we've built so I wish Norma Coro had stuck around because when I called nor and said hey TM wants to come they want to come see some of the classrooms she said you're not you're not telling me the truth why do they want to come see us I said because you guys are doing amazing things and word is getting out that you guys are doing amazing

067things and she was a little unsure I had to forward her the email request from their assistant superintendent to show her that I wasn't making this up that I didn't ask them to come they asked me several times to come so super excited to partner uh with tosu Midway and uh we provided an experience for for their District level leaders campus uh leaders and also their teachers to come and they did learning walks with us we did nine learning walks we bust them to the three Elementary campuses and they were amazed I mean taking pictures of all everything and then after which was the most powerful part is we invited our teachers who who allowed us into their classroom we invited them to lunch here and they got to collaborate our teachers with their teachers

068and their teachers just asked come on tell us the truth how hard was it and our teachers got just miss said I was going to retire I I didn't want anything to do but then she said um she stood up and she challenged their leadership and she said if y'all want this to be successful you have to do what they did to help us and that's when we said we needed something they got it when uh we needed time you know they made it possible through subs and um and so it was amazing we provide a full day of showcase and we allowed our teachers to really Shine the way they've been doing in the classroom but now another District um uh saw it and immediately tm's like okay can we send more teachers and

069we said absolutely because when we collaborate and we learn from one another we become the best version of ourselves and our kids win um so very excited about that partnership and Mr Gar so what I'm going to what I'm going to sh good evening uh Dr uh members of the board mad president um what I'm also sharing today is wrapping the attention of also our our curriculum providers um so what you see here is a picture of of the leadership team also with our success manager from amplify which is our curriculum for uh rla K8 um Mr Mark Ros he's our success manager he is the one of the the individuals we've Amplified that meets with US Weekly with missano and I they check in with us they see how we're doing they provide us

070with the data um as far as with our benchmarking and they really just help us analyze Trends and help us with also purchasing materials and supporting us in that in that realm um what what he is sharing is that he's he wanted to come and meet us because we usually just see him on Google meets we usually see him online but he is so impressed and So Satisfied with the success that robon is doing with amplifying he says I have to make it out to robon Texas I have to go out there and meet you guys and so he brought us a little gift and he's just saying we're here to help we're here to to just support y because we love what yall are doing um and actually he he actually connected me with

071the marketing team National level with amplify and we actually sat down and we had an interview because they wanted to hear what we're doing we wanted to hear the success they wanted to hear the success stories and I actually sat down with them and shared with them and they're going to be able to use some of our testimonies with n with the national uh uh districts all around uh the nation that use amplify and also in Texas so they're actually going to feature Robson ISD in that realm so really really excited for that opportunity that amplify is bringing for Robson teachers and students um and hitting on the national level this is a slide that Mark shared with us and our also partner Kelly um shared with us this is a slide that they sent

072out to the directors for amplify this is showing how Robstown ISD second grade students and teachers scored against n in the National realm in second grade for growth so our our students take a good beginning of the year assessment and then they take a minute of the Year assessment and we look at growth so if you notice at the very top at the very top this line right here this is where the nation scored the the mean the average of the nation of second graders and that was a 60% and robon ISD is right here second grade scored 69% growth and we are outperforming the nation in growth for second grade so real kudos to them this is an actual slide that they shared with their executive board okay and here they actually put in

073their slid how can we model what Robson ISD is doing so just to show you I mean the great things that we're doing that is not that is not only getting the attention of our neighbors down the street but also State and National recognition So speaking of national recognition this past weekend we had a lot of our students we have 46 students from elementary level go down to San Antonio Texas and compete in the regional science we had 46 contestants 22 of them have qualified on the national level to compete in Orlando Florida just put that in there Orlando so we have 22 students of course they they competed yes uh this past weekend on Saturday um we had great chaperon we had Dr kovas Who was our GT teacher attend with them Miss uh

074cilia Letta Stringer also spear Hing the GT program she also attended in great shop runs you are some of the uh the 22 uh qualifiers and then on my next slide I want to show you our students that actually meddled and and placed on the in the regional science be up here on the top we have our champions in their divisions we have Mr Link Sturgis who is a first grader he was the champion in his Division and his division was first second and third graders he got Champion against third graders as a first grade student amazing amazing work and we have of course Miss Raley chaveta in fifth grade she was the champion in her in her division so kud to her other Champions and and plays uh uh competitors in in the bottom

075here we have Jay sco the vama Noah Alan and then Mias Rafael so really really pleased with the progress that they're making kudos to the students they're excited they're excited to possibly compete in the National level and they're excited to potentially go to Orlando yeah thank you so much I will now kick it off to miss uh Seas to give you a tiate excited about progress of teaching and learning and we also have a lot of progress in tiia so I've given you the entire road map turn to page four that's where we're at at this High P foury I think we're on the the straight path almost almost almost yeah maybe in the next one you kind of you know High won be so so curvy but since we last met at the last

076board meeting February 25th the Tia spending plan survey was sent out to the district to get feedback from our teaching staff so that spending plan went out which consisted of the the 9010 or the 8010 and 10 7010 Etc we created uh some samples send it out to to the staff memb so that we could receive their input um we were very specific and gave them details of the spend in plan so they were able to share with us uh through the survey results as to which plan they they preferred that will be coming to the board of course for approval once we receive approval of the application we have to the board will have to approve the the spending plan so that will be coming forth to to all of you with some specifics

077with details exactly of what the plan consists of after that on February 25th the same day then we attended a rural cohort webinar about nbct and then on the 26th uh the committee met and we went through the full Tia application the application was due on March 18th the day right after Spring Break um however we met our deadline way ahead of time but we we met and went through the entire uh TI application and then on the 28 the district en campus administrators went through a test calibration training with Dr Dalia thores from esc2 which was extremely beneficial and we'll continue to have more calibration trainings um we were divided a morning group and an afternoon group of Administrators we went out to the to the campuses and we um conducted some learning walks

078went in there some observations and came back and calibrated very very um effective training that we will continue to have making sure that administrators are also getting trained and that we're all on the same on the same uh path uh to calibrating when we do observe teachers then on March the 3 the t Team met with the high school and um seal Junior High administrators to to discuss the pee service IDs we wanted to ensure that the correct teachers um um were eligible for Tia in phase one so we specifically went through every single uh teacher that is um eligible and we ensured that their team service ID was correct it took a good while but we it feels really good to know that it's accurate that way no one's left out and they have

079the correct team service IDs then on March the 4th uh the planning committee attended a webinar about CTE and music testing options um those are elective areas so they are sharing with us uh different um opportunities of Assessments that are out there for the area of music and CTE so it gives us an opportunity to review those as we move forward to to um uh involve those particular areas when we when we get to to their face and then on March 6 we actually submitted our application to to the rural cohort which is exciting because that's ahead of time time and we do have um March 31st we will have our visit well our Zoom visit we'll see how that goes and they'll let us know where we're at so it's our next meeting in

080in April we will give you a status of where we're at with our application application is due to TAA on April 15 so we're excited to look forward to uh feedback from the rural cohort questions very tedious extremely Ted it is it is thank [Music] you we're fortunate that we have multiple members so there's a five people there on the planning committee and it's we're very fortunate that we have that because some districts there's one person that's doing all of thank you all for work you know benefit our fo ISS definitely but for the time that you're putting in thank you so we do have a meeting scheduled um next Monday next Monday uh with another important task but we're excited about it I mean we can actually see a little bit of the light

081you knowel a little bit but we know that there's a lot of work forthcoming but there's a lot of progress so we wanted to share with you the progress that we're that we're making with Tia well mad president Dr seems like set the standard us right we're showing in the way thank you a Jes gentl if you would allow me I know we have some individuals here been waiting um I think Foundation is going to give a donation sir mad president you would allow me to I don't know make motion or not but can we move item D next um under donation I don't see a problem with that see a problem with that ation make that change next item on the agenda [Music] donations this is the first time I've ever presented the school

082board and superintendent and all of you here as so um good evening superintendent and distinguished guests on behalf of the robon I Education Foundation we are excited to be here today to present a check in the amount of $5,000 as part of the second wave of the grants funded to for our dedicated teachers These funds support the teacher Innovative Grant application that were submitted in the fall ensuring that the creative and impactful classroom projects come to live in addition the foundation has approved appropriating the remaining unused funds from the district initiative Grant totaling uh $4,000 to further expand the reach of the program with these combined funds we are proud to announce that five additional grants will be awarded to a teacher in each of the campuses bringing the total allocation to $99,000 in the

083second wave of funding the Ron Education Foundation REM remains deeply committed to to empowering teachers who work tirelessly to Foster creative thinking and Innovative learning experiences for their students these grants are a testament to our belief in the vision and dedication furthermore we assure you that our board will continue to engage with our generous donors and Community Partners to make these opportunities possible year after year their un waving support enables us to invest in the future of Robson ISD and we are proud to stand here in celebration of our educator we are proud and it's an honor to present the additional funding to you in support of our teachers and students for Ron ISD go red go get it sir than thank you Victor next item on on the agenda M update thank you Madame

084President uh Professor laer up sir good evening uh Madam president Dr Pig and you awesome board members I'm actually really fired up to give you the briefing today just to add to Contin progress across the district um since we last met we uh actually got a lot of things done uh HVAC project I got that in all the projects that I've been part of that is one of the toughest ones to complete but what I will tell you is the silver line for me is I actually learned a lot from this project um so I was really happy to be part of it uh but we are done the insulating is done the controls are here so our chills are not operating 247 um insulating is done piping's done the only thing we have left

085to do is the walk through with the engineer so we are scheduling that but as far as the work it has been completed we are waiting on heat strips for the high school uh shouldn't affect anything since we're about to hit the summer um but they will be arriving and probably looks like the lead time is about 10 weeks so it was 15 that's how fast it's going we're down to 10 uh roofing project uh that is coming on uh phenomenal I think part of it is the weather so they're working about 12 to 14 hour shifts seal and hady Martin are about 95% complete moving on to Ortiz so that's really good if you have a chance go to look at it um but it's coming along just fine uh we have our preconstruction

086meeting coming up but we plan to start Ortiz first week of April parking lot Mr marim has been restriped looks sharp they did all and it was no charge was under our warranty like that yes San Pedro I'm sorry sir it going last I hope so we got till October robt I forget the tree that we warranted as well yes the tree that's about four weeks out palm tree yes one of them was out or it looked like it was cut off right so that one's been ordered already sir fre yes yes um San Pedro there's some concerns that the the partition there was leaning and there were really concerns about it that has been repaired they came over the break and repaired that so that one's done as well one of the things that

087we did do I noticed during football season at the concession stand uh the band boosters you know they it would always be dark when I walk in there because they were tripping the breaker or they'd have to unplug things to use to use things so we added a whole another panel allowing them to be able to use it now and operate all the things that they need not just have to unplug or work in the dark or wait on somebody to flip the breaker back so that has been complete the gym floor at Gillespie gym remember when you first walk in GL and rotted that has been repaired and it looks great what was with that it was just the wood was rotting got wet I think I think initially it was that pan that

088pan that was under the AC it was UNL at some point dri that cost us $1,000 didn't we just do that we did on the other end the on the other end coming both ends that happen so didn't we just get a new floor M how how old is that floor I don't think that it's old we had it refurbish like they went out and they redid it but like repair it all it's I know that there was time there was a time that everything was replaced because the the L that was in the middle I think that was under Dr VI yeah it's been a while 10 years maybe seven years no because it was when I was here yeah and i' I've only been on the board 10 years has to be like

089[Music] warrant years can you check sir ma'am I it is that's a lot you know because I I remember getting beat up over our cotton ball getting removed there was a cotton ball the and it was everything was replaced so I thought everything was brand new at that time it's not been when I first I was on the board already when that happened okay so if you could just sure ma'am absolutely please absolutely uh P control we completed our third round of pest control so we've been on a great path quarterly to get that done every campus got hit um retention just for uh for us the most important people are on in my department our bus drivers because that's who gets our kids here uh 100% of them coming back except for one gentleman

090uh Mr Chico Molina will be retiring uh he's been with the school district for several several years he came up to me and uh said sir it's time I want to go enjoy whatever the rest of my life here so it's been fun uh he's been a great great uh bus driver for the district really one thing about Mr Molen has always got a funny story and and and I didn't realize until I was talking to him recently he was telling me about his son he was like yeah my son's a band director at Corpus and everything was saying I come to find out he's my next door neighbor we're neighbors me and no way adolina yeah you don't see your neighbor we share a driveway but I he he never told me his dad

091was a bus driver he knew I was coming to robone he still never told me does Dr work you that hard no I'm good actually I you know know honestly at Spring break I catch a second wind I I'm even more fired up and the gentleman that got up here spoke in public speaking fired me up because he's right I get up every day and I love it I love becom the work do I have bad days absolutely but I love become the work and I like to set the tone when I walk in the office the two ladies know you know the guys know you know we we're blessed to be here uh we we got to do a good job while we're here but we're here let's get to it let's have fun

092let's get after it so I try to have approach um two things I did want to touch on because I know Mr Martinez you mentioned it what happened in that bathroom was the motor just it overheated it's old age and it was running it never stopped so what we did do Hector our electrician has now done when the light comes on the motor comes on the light goes off the motor goes off so it wasn't like that before uh it's just and it is old age so it just overheated it happened some people here right that that is right sir point about if we needed to just replace all electric because this building been I was going to ask about the the wiring the inspector wiring there there there's some concerns there I mean and

093we're going to look into it like grounding the wire as well so yes sir um one of the last things I'll talk about just because um and I know Mr uh is going to talk about you we got that fencing done behind the welding shop and the band hall and uh I would tell you when we initiated sorry sir I had I had some questions but I'll wait for oh okay so so basically what happened was number one it was not a Ron lava project contrary to properly Bel I didn't want the fence I I don't like the way it looks but you know Chief T said hey the state came the auditor came and said hey this needs to be enclosed I met with Mr rho uh Chief T and they told me what

094they wanted on the f initially the the gate was near the band hole right so when the band kit come out we can open it up there' be no problems for them um but when I miss toinho called me with Miss p and said it was going to cost us 600 a month for the I mean 600 for the oh when y were deciding where to put the gate right so we get monthly CTE the welding shop gets equipment deliver to them and if we would have left it the gate where it was they were going to have to rent a forklift every time to move the equipment over so instead we moved it over 12 feet which is inconvenient for the band and I get it um but it didn't make sense not to

095do that financially uh and I wish we could have put two gates but we just didn't have that in the budget it wasn't our budget it was through the state um but I Know Chief said that they are U getting uh some new funding so we can add that date but for now that that was a concern and you know it wasn't like we wanted to inconvenience anyone that's never the plan for us um but unfortunately it just happened that you know band's got to walk 12et over uh on the way out so that yeah that was going to be my question I guess now that you're on it sir okay and I guess I come to Chief do I guess this was funded Sir Chief this was funded only by a grant like this

096is only how how much was it that we that we paid for this or that the grant, 24,000 around 23 23 okay um and when did they did the state come and tell you like we need it specifically this way or they just told you we need to enclose this is how much we give you need they basically walked it with us and they showed us more or less what we're looking they basically what they've kind of split up is the fencing part it used to be we had to have a fence around the whole school now there's perimeter fencing and secure area so they change it to where yeah we have a fence and a gate there that opens to the vehicle come and go the school isn't secure on the inside because of

097again we did have doors open because of transition but we've since uh came up with a resolution for that also but they told us basically because our welding lab is always open and we have kids in there uh because we have a lot of Robotics part also goes through there then the band also goes through there we had to have some additional fencing to uh make sure that they were enclosed even if the fencing was uh open or something we had fencing on that side that again another barrier uh for the school so this this all this was paid by that Grant a general I went through Mr on that um could there have been another way that we could have maybe added something on our end to add to this um back to what

098Mr robber mentioned um I'm just curious because um the design of this did the team that put this together y be with all the class like the band The welding lab and Robotics as to what their daily activi no we just met with Mr and M TR the auditor that with us I think that would have been my personal opinion you know something you know what are your daily activities what what is it that you do on a daily basis um now I completely get it and I took pictures and actually give to the board here I completely get them the the the part of theing because you obviously don't want to spend more to have to move that but um I really do think it's a very big inconvenience to our band students um

099uh they have that long trailer that they have to back up for equipment they have very very heavy equipment and then um now how does that work sir as far as um there's a gate here at the sidewalk our bank kids they have to push all their instruments alongside that fence um and now it's going to inconvenience them again on having to go out through that big I gu big gate and then back on the sidewalk on the sidewalk adjacent to the gym to get their instruments to the practice field in the front um is there something that maybe we can look at to put a gate there I mean that's not getting inconvenience our B kids um I really do think that's a huge in commun what's exactly the way huh what's exactly the

100there there's a that picture that has the gate can you explain on this one okay so there's there's three yes so there's three gate there's three gar door here so in front of the band hall there is no Gates where they can back up so you were in b as we're walking to the front parking lot okay there's a there's a picture here that this pole is blocking the sidewalk so they would have to I don't know where this is that that is coming from the high school you know we remove we can remove that thaton and that was a plan to remove the pole of it's just one gate for the instruments yes but it wasn't a rolling it wasn't R it was a 12 and just you know well that's what we have

101okay they just have to go down about 12T so when they walk out of the band hall right instead of being right there is that something we could look at in the future I mean it sounds like an easy F it's just it was the money wasn't there and really to be honest with you the 12 foot one gate we have now six Fe of that was donated by Prime for the because I said's Str to get out and this the the side right and he said you know what you guys I'll do this I'll donate you six the so that made it a 12T six and six right are they still able to back the tra there yes sir it's just it's not directly there okay and i' see I've seen ban when they

102do their you know when their load comp mwhere will that affect them on the dayto day or just on Friday well what what really just for them to move you can move that pole that you're referring to I mean that yes but I mean in in the end I mean having having them load their instruments I mean they have a b crops they have all this you know and I think I think it's no it won't affect them on a dayto day as far as a Trader but the times that they do prob would be inconvenience them for the four games that they're going to go and perform out you know um having them having to walk you know um their props they have and you know and I get it they just have to

103walk 6 more feet but at that point they're having to move their from this end more that way and put them out again um and then another question did they recommend the bar wire I that shows our kids are not prison or something I know I'm say it is like very bothersome yeah there's barb wire there and I feel like if other people were to come to our school and look at that that is an ugly image to put and I'm just curious if that was the what the state recommended part of the State Rec we we get our Ida audits right now which is where they try to they try to come out to our campus the DVA audits that they all come in there we're not on the list this year but we

104might be on the next day this year well they'll they'll come in that's the ones that recommended the fencing again the bobar part wasn't uh on the the design I saw the understanding of it part I think part of it is right it's either got six with bar wire so bar wire com see and I'm going to be honest the bar I felt like we were protecting our kids with the bar it's just perception only bar why don't we study that a little bit um I agree with the poll I think we can look at reducing the hassle factor for Fine Arts we look at that and the cost I mean should be minimal bar I just want to clarify with the state you know we have the rules on the height in that and

105again the perimeter fening has a standard these are exterior fencing it may not be the same standard I'll double check on that and and I'll tell you I talked to them this today the guys that did defensing one another company to ask how hard would it be put another G he had told Chief told me you we got some more funding that's coming that's not going to be an issue at all right so just may speak only to B but to robotics as well you know I mean everyone has their gate they all have a big garage door for a reason um so you know so that each one is accessible let the teachers know that they're going to be you know in charge of making sure that's locked at all times unless it's being

106monitored when they're loading their equipment or something yeah I'm not myself I mean you know the Bing that was inevitable because we needed it but I was just I was just wondering if was it oration come I just just feel who else and so did we since Tred to redefine it now that it used to be all perimeter fening now there's per perimeter fening and it's basically F inside fces yeah and next year they're well they want us to put a fence around our Courtyard yes that's another recommendation if we're going to have kids eating in our Courtyard they want us to fence for Courtyard that's to keep up it's is there a fence between the B and the softball field now so now there is there wasn't before right there's one but not on

107the back side Miss just next to the B hall there's a gate oh that's right that's right I don't think that there's I don't think there's any other school like that I think it's just the way our school is designed yeah so I think that's the reason for all these extra fening because so help in were so spread out um you know we mention so they wouldn't necessarily need those so I get where sheap is coming from where they want basically you want to close a school you think about it and then you have your fence to come in yeah everything inside so they're going to make a a wall basically around the school and then um yeah can into that I just really would like to B Just the G are well just in

108general but just like the Robotics and bank if there's money there we can give everybody a fence where they're all able to you know load in load out those three areas which will be speak Mr Mr and Miss SS just ask them if that would be you know something that they would like because we don't know their day-to-day activities um maybe they have instruments or those people that from South Texas Music or that they come in um and want to showcase their instruments and they have no you know it just to make it more easier and accessible we while he's trying to remember um Mr K mentioned about our first in the baseball field the very first bleacher as you're walking from the ticket booth on Friday's game someone almost fell and the bleacher like

109popped up is that the boards are very loose we we've shown that concern several years we should the first the first walk wood right when you on the left or get rid of it a quote you got a quote what was the quote 28 to the G you see very minim people they any other questions we have any for the AC you know we did not I think we had one or two very change orders for the AC's I think we we did really well with change and if we had one it was very minimal right did good deal thank you all very much thank you sir Mr L I do want to just give you one comment uh the baseball game on Friday everything ran very smooth sir and I saw that it was

110your team so thank you and to your team for making it very smooth it all the paring was good everybody was FL perfectly so thank you so much for that next item on the agenda safety report professor Chief wish greetings president Dr um one of theat was theing pretty much talk about we've also uh just started the process to order our six set of uh open gate web detection systems for our lost spech Elementary the last one it doesn't have one of course after that we'll start building up to we have multiple ones probably like at the high school and at the junior high and of course VAP uh we're also in the reviewing process with our safety climate survey hopefully we'll have uh finalized for the next board uh board meeting we can go

111over it um we have the we are currently working on the L spe sidewalk project which Tex do it's called the Tex do uh Transportation alternative funding Grant it's a competitive Grant that's put on by the state I brought officer here so he go into a little bit more details on information on what exactly when we're talking about the side what we're actually dealing with as far as the scope of the whole project even Madam president board members uh I'll keep it real simple um we submitted the application text got reviewed it and it's being considered for funding at this time um we do have a scheduled meeting this Thursday at 9:00 a.m. uh going to review our application um as far as anything else goes uh it's looking pretty good moving forward so that

112if it pans out we're looking at about possibly $300,000 towards this project right so the the process is pretty competitive uh Texa did receive a total of 3 25 applications uh through 250 unique entities uh we were considered for funding so that's that's pretty that's pretty impressive uh given that there's a lot of competition out there for this for this funding so hopefully moving forward we get this that's cover spech we're the we're allowed to I think it was two times try again we're learn through this process because again it is competive I think I think there's out of all the requests there was 1.3 billion requested uh we uh they only have 250 to 250 million to uh to actually fund but we we've moved on we're still in phase one but we going

113on to the second meeting now they're going to want to meet with uh school and City officials because it's going to be collaborative that's what they really like about this project is that involves the school district and the and the city uh collaborating together to make it because it is it's coming from Mar School the last week goes to the big Apartments to Parkin Street and it goes to the pat shutter again we want it open to where the city can Branch off of that but because our kids leave from that with school those are the directions they're going uh so and again with the meeting that we're having we've taking pictures showing our students and parents walking to the schools uh to show them there is a need uh and again like I said

114uh it was kind of like my vision that it looked like we had a Calk there at one time but the legs everything that is ACC he's the one that's actually working on the project getting all the numbers for me getting everything ready so we can move forward like I said uh they told us pretty much if you haven't got called yet uh for the second meeting then you're probably not going to be considered and like I said we've got called for the second meeting so it's a good sign that we're head for whech Access we have to all their standards as far as on the text that's going to through 8 all them so that's benefit anybody that lives in that in that in that in that area for the most part what about

115the drainage or anything yes ma'am on that note we do have U we do have a schedle appointment with the public works director Mr mat he's going to be coming in and helping us out and kind of give us a general idea as far as what to expect when it comes to the the drainage and all that stuff that has to be addressed with tax so he's going to be helping us out with that and signage the new signs as far as you know for them to pedest walk you anything like that right so Tech st's going to have Engineers on board and they're going to be helping us out with any kind of sence that needs to be put up as well get to that to that phase they're going to give us engineer

116to help us work with the project like all the numbers they've already pre reviewed them that's why we got this level so the next one get more detailed the further on in just get more detail that's why we need more like City officials because again it's it's our sidewalk plus their sidewalk because it goes from our from our area to the city Side not did you get anybody did you interview anybody yes we're I'm really right now it's at the speed of TCO I've sent off the last final forms that I need to to move forward and as soon as I get those I keep say I kept trying to think of dates and stuff like that but every time something T wants to take longer they P so I st saying any more about

117projected this day right now like I said I've submitted the last form and I can go forward with so we made an offer to we found the top candidate is your team uh and I think your committee actually pretty Rous process Cates inter app next agenda bills those are there for your review and so is the financial statement report any questions on I'm sorry no go ahead oh did I skip something well we covered the donations earlier but we just covered the foundation donations and I want to recognize that uh we had a donation for the last town hall meeting from Denise Theo state representative to cover the pizza at NGS and then we have $0000 donation for the next town hall meeting from the RBF uh Credit Union to cover the expenses for that

118one so lots of folks pitching in help the town thank you thank you Dr Qui sorry about that uh next item list of bills and financial statements are in your packet for your review any questions on the bill for the financial statement No thank you next item consent agenda items if you refer to C discuss and consider approval of should not be on there it should just start with annual certification of thees and approval correct sir so do I have a motion to approve consent agenda items I'll second the first by Mr marukin and the second by Mr Martinez any questions or comments all those in favor say I I all opposed motion carries next item on the agenda discuss and consider approval of taxy local policy manual update 124 objecting the following local policies

119c a a c d a c y d h EB ebb FFG and gka do I have a motion I make a motion to approve have a first by Mr Mar have a second second by Mr Mar all those in favor say I I all all all oppos motion carries next item on the agenda discussing consider approval Pur exceeding 50,000 for Amplified taxes K through e l instruction onal please thank you madam president trustees I just want to be clear about the funding mechanism for this one this is to Ima the instructional materials allotment that we get from the state to cover the curriculum that the te team was talking about earlier so do not have a general fund IMA that we get from the state thank you Dr okay do I have a motion

120second first by Mr M and a second by Mr Martinez any questions or comments all those in favor say I I all oppos motion carries next item on the agenda discuss and consider approval of purchase order exceeding 50,000 for Chromebook Dr thank you madam president trustees you may recall a couple of updates ago I mentioned the last Grant from the state I mentioned 50 150 about a little bit more than 150 actually a portion of that we wanted to allocate to our devices in this case the Chrome V will support the curriculum so again this is Grant funds allocated through the you probably read through that already that technology lending rant so we' like to recommend for your approval yes yes so the final m in here and is which Cod did we go with

121128 I believe we5 to 13 15 so how many are we going to be purchasing here oh goodness we have as you remember at one point we discussed that we were verying going to need District wide I I think what we'll do this is going to be a good injection but we're going to have to go on a good replacement schedule moving forward and because we have to keep that and then we also have to evaluate the sustainability of some of the devices we're using so one things we got to be careful just doubling down the same device that's something we'll talk about with our principles and some of our de MERS are we going to use one to one here this is was ready I'll have to defer to Richard Gonzalez he is 39

122years [Music] old so um we do have um at our secondary we are almost one to one a lot of our devices have um have been damaged uh we have uh some replacement that we need to do um our principl have been very strategic with the funding through other funding sources to uh supplement that but we are hoping that this 350 is the start to our replenish if you if you think back to when we bought the bulk of the devices it was Co and we bought them all at the same time and so uh we're being very strategic about trying to create a rotation so that we don't get into this position again um but again uh we received 160,000 for the technology lending grant that was a competitive GR there were only um

123between 50 to 100 districts that were awarded and we were one of them so 160,000 um we do have the three quotes for you they are all Edgar compliant and uh it is a co-op vendor so they meet the procurement um specifications Mr Gonzalez these um Chromebooks that we have currently are how for are they able to sustain all the updates Uh current ones possibly no um a good amount yes but that's why we're doing a replacement plan um moving forward it would it will be able to sustain updates for the next I would say 10 years that's a Google policy but the current ones that we have in place right now they're not going to last another two years two to three years most of them are in honestly so I do want to

124um specify that question soon we purchase the next 25 and we have M goley gave us testing chome books that we use just for Tes we're talking individual we did purchase substantial amount last year when we did our buring booster after school Camp so we've been able to utilize and reallocate some of those devices uh but one of the things that I I really appreciate about the grant allowing us to do is also purchase the um insurance on the devices um and so that that's that's a big help because when a keyboard gets damaged or a screen things like that um normally it would just then make that uh item obsolete but now we're able to purchase insurance through this spr Wonder any other questions trustees do I have a motion first Mr Mesa do

125have a second second second by Mr marz any questions or discussion all those in favor say I I all those motion carries thank you Miss thank you Richard next item on the agenda discuss and consider approval of out ofate trip request for seal Junior High School students to travel to Washington DC during the 2025 2026 school year thank you madam president uh trustees we have an exciting opportunity we trying to ignite Brilliance and that means exposing kids to various opportunities so the dream team has come up here with Metta to discuss what this might potentially look like require board approval the Flo is yours all right uh so good evening Madam president Dr quig and members of the board I stand before you humbly stand before you um to humbly request um you're approv for

126an exciting and I'm going to say it's a transformative opportunity for e8th graders and that is to take them to Washington DC next summer um 2026 how much is it going to cost you you think right um nothing so what all we're asking is for your permission free um we're just asking for approval okay um to allow our students to on this trip so several weeks ago we were in my office and it was actually my science department and we were talking about ways to engage our students right how do we get them excited about history and science and so I think you've seen our social media post we did the um our science teachers did the um circulatory system and doing project and so we know that students benefit when they have experiences there's

127nothing like them experiencing that and so couple of weeks after that conversation I got an email and um the vendor the name of the program is explore America um we're offering us a chance they have 60 years of experience in planning class trips for schools what really um made me feel um that this was somebody that I'd like to even reach out and have a conversation with was the fact that they're already working with districts around here and we always say why can't our kids do what other kids are doing why can't our kids have what other kids have and so they are working with Cunningham middle school they're going to Washington DC in New York in 2026 are working with TM London and Gregory Portland so we a meeting um had a conversation and

128we set a window so this is so you know it's just informative and so we have a meeting plan for tomorrow but it's just to see what the interest is is this something that our kids and their parents would like to invest in the window that we have set for is June 20th through June 27th of next school year the reason why there's that 7-Day window is because of flights right to make sure that um there's some wiggle room on that um the most exciting part is of course taking the CL right and and the experience of the things they learned they learned about events they learn about students um sorry um uh people in history and taking that and then being able to travel to the very center of where government and Civics and

129all those things happen and um they'll be able to visit uh the World War II Memorial they're going to be able to go to Arlington's National Cemetery to visit Mount Vernon um the US capital and several other places so it's an action pack day I'm not going to say it's sightseeing because it's not sightseeing it's just emerging them and immersing them in these opportunities to see history and these places that are um extremely important um so all that's included in the pricing is the airfare the a director full-time director they'll have hotel accommodations they're going to have breakfast lunch and dinner it'll be cashless so they'll get like a an app on their phone so they can pay they will have um overnight security that's really important while they're at the hotel um they'll be

130um overnight that is with with the with the travel team um local guides all the guided tours activities Transportation gratuities um all of that is included in the package so um as of now we we did send out a link and we have 60 interested families and so we're hoping to at least have 20 spots that are guaranteed for every 10 we are able to send a cherone for free these the two but there's several others that would like to go they whoever show so I want to go but my daughter would be eligible to go we want to do it just for e8th grade eighth grade is US History that's what they learn about and so we want to tie them to that and you know like I said Miss science one of our

131teachers was saying that back when she was from the valley and she said we all our eighth graders would go every year it was what we did and she we just studied all year long to know we were going to they wanted to talk the top right when we got there that's kind of the conversations that we had so I would like to wait um until my daughter goes so that I can go with her she'll be there she'll be able to go in eighth grade she's barely going to sixth grade uh but there's plenty of people that would like to go um plus extras as well that's awesome good for you thank you thank you for doing this for our kids great so tomorrow um I'm going to flash this really quick because the

132reason why there's an urgency is because we want to give them PL of time our eighth graders would have 15 months to save now we also want to already for our seventh graders because that will give them more time and so less payment right um for them to go in fundraising that they would have to do really we're just facilitating the opportunity to go that's all that we're really asking for your permission evening so if so if I'm sorry I have a motion on the floor by Mr Martinez do I have a second I have a second by missos so if like a faculty member will go they would pay their own way or would the school pay it no so for every 10 students that go they the the way is paid for a

133staff member and then it's pro rated so let's say we get 27 so the third staff member would get 710 of their trip paid and they'd only have to pay the rest the 310 310 thank you any other questions or discussion yes oh that's what you mean yeah they wanted to go in there not can I just say real quick we miss and I went to a thatf tour put on last week and we got to talk to a couple of people from Gregory Portland one of which it was um a former administrator that I had worked with before and their kids just went over spring break on this exact tour she said their kids loved it they took about 40 kids it was such a great trip she said it was a 4 day

134trip it was the perfect amount of time it was it was she said it was a fantastic experience for the to go on the teachers loved it everybody enjoyed it and they had I think she said they had parents that actually volunteered to help out also go cheron um that paid for themselves but had about 10 people total between teachers and and parents that went with the 40 kids and it was just a really great opportunity for them to to experience and and immerse themselves like you said in the history of what they're learning when they're eth graders raise this money or so they they do and so we could have fundraisers but really want that to be something that their families do we will facilitate some if possible so those are conversations we still

135need to have right with our board our business office I think like you can get like three family members to donate 20 bucks a month you know that brings down your monthly payments 100 bucks and then that's how I would break it down and then you know 50 bucks you like the sponsorship like I would like spor yes so obviously there'll be opportunities there's a personalized giving page that um each child gets at Le do they have toif honestly I don't we just want every went everything awesome and there's other ones I wanted to go for the shortest one that was than you thank you too I think this is a great opportunity for a kids so thank you all those in favor say [Music] I thank you L very much next item on the

136agenda is a Schoolboard item discuss to consider approval ofby active member nomination for region so the person that holds this he is a incumbent he's been there on there for a long time I know I've reached out to him sever several times to help me with something came to the family board so if anybody here would like to nominate themselves or have a nomination if not we can support him and his reelection well it just us putting on motion notion thank you next item on the agenda session have a motion okay so next item is CL session do I have a motion first Mr second Mr all those in favor say I I all the board will now conven e e e