SFDR-CISD Board Meeting - June 16, 2025 - 6:00pm

001Good evening everyone. Welcome. I'd like to call this public hearing regular school board meeting of the San Felipe Del Rio CSD Board of Trustees. Today being Monday, June 16th, 2025. Mr. Secretary, would you call roll? Yes, sir. Mrs. Luna Chavez, present. Mr. Charm present. Mr. Overfell here. Mr. Mesa here. Mrs. Guanoat Webb present. Miss Haynes here. Sir, you have a quorum. Thank you very much. Let the record show that we do have a quorum of board members and that this meeting has been duly called in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551. This time we will have opening ceremonies. First with a moment of silence for personal reflection followed by the pledge of allegiance. Please stand. [Music] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and

002to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you very much. Again, welcome. We have um some people that are here from out of town and we welcome you to this meeting today. Um first item we have is we don't have any public citizens that signed up. So we we'll have a public hearing. Item six A, optional flexible school day program. Laura Sanduck. [Music] Good evening, Dr. Rios, President Messa, and members of the board. Tonight's presentation is the annual review of the district's optional flexible school day program or OFSDP for blended academy. The program allows districts to provide flexible hours and days of attendance for students who meet certain guidelines. That would be for students who are in danger of dropping out of school, may

003have already dropped out of school, and those students who are failing their classes, therefore puts them in danger of not meeting their expected graduation date. So, tonight we're going to review um some categories related specifically to blended academy. We're going to be taking a look at their attendance, credits that students earned, pathways to graduation, or what we call their EOCC results, and then the graduation rate. So, the first slide that we're looking at, this is the attendance. So, each student that participates in the optional flexible school day program, their attendance is based on minutes. TA requires these students to be in attendance each day for 45 minutes to claim any minutes for that day. We recommend the students be there for 90 minutes or the whole day if they can. So you see the a

004uh the total eligible minutes at the bottom 3,100 300,18 and then we divide that by the 240 minutes which is considered a full day which is 4 hours. So, we divide that by 240. And the students that participated in the program at Blended Academy, they generated 1,325 minutes. Next, we're looking at the credits that these students earned. So, for this school year, 24-25, the students that participated um in the program at Blended Academy, they received 797 credits. So those are semester courses that they received credit for leading towards graduation. Then you'll see the end of course results for blended academy. This is spread out by this year and then it uh takes into consideration the previous two years. So for English one we're at 36% for this year. So the students that took English one,

00536% of those students passed the end of course. English 2 was 28%, algebra 1 17, biology 67% and US history at 93%. And you'll see the comparison of the previous two years. Then when we look at the graduation rate, there were 95 students that had an entry date at Blended Academy this year. That means that they attended at least one day. And we're only talking about the upper classmen, not the eighth graders, because those are the only students that can participate in OFSDP. So, out of those 95 students that had an enrollment record for this year, 84 of them graduated on May 30th. Then we're looking for those others who did not make their graduation date. Um hopefully they're enrolled at Delil High School and they can earn their credits in the next couple of

006weeks and participate in the graduation in July. When we look at monitoring the program at the blended academy, the principal, the counselors, everyone is involved um checking attendance, checking credits, and creating individualized progress plans for the students. Those are reviewed um sometimes weekly or multiple times during the six weeks so we can make sure students are on track to meet their credits for graduation and that they're actually attending school. So, the counselor works directly with the parental aid, pulling attendance in the morning, contacting students if they're not already on campus, and then also keeping up with their grades and the credits that they've earned throughout the year. So what we need to do is look at the progress of the blended academy students participating in OFSDP and that would make us want to renew the

007application for the 2526 school year. Does anybody have any questions? I'll turn it over to board members. Mr. Orfeld back at the beginning of the right uh there. No, I'm sorry. Um there one of the one of the comments you um made there was um for those who hadn't graduate there um you said hopefully they're enrolled at Delro High School for for the summer. Um do we I mean there's a way to know if they're we can check to see if they're enrolled, right? That way they can graduate. Yes. In the summer. Okay. Yes, sir. Okay, cool. Excellent. Thank you. Anyone else? Mr. Alen, just just looking at the numbers, is there's a significant change because there's a change in enrollment. Can that attribute it or as well because some of these have have large

008drops, right? And we do know that they are doing a good job at blended academy, but when you look at these numbers, I would like to think enrollment has to be a contributing factor to it. Yes. So when we're looking at the graduation or the amount of graduates from previous years, the 129 from 22 23 is because there was a larger group of students that were enrolled at blended and then last year we had um a decrease in enrollment which leads to a dis a decrease in the amount of graduates. So it's all proportional. Okay. Anyone else? Yes, Mr. Webb. Yes. Like Mr. Galindo mentioned and visited Blended several times and they're doing an excellent job. But I guess my concern is why the drop or maybe why do we not have or see an

009increase like an English 2 and algebra one as we do for US history. Okay. Typically um students perform better on the US history exam and you'll see it when you get the results um from the spring. um the English two and the English one, those are going to be students that have tried to complete that since their sophomore year. So, they're retesting multiple times during the year. They do participate in tutorials. Um but they can still graduate. They would graduate with an IGC, but the point is to yes, to get them to um pass their exams, so we don't have to use the IGC, but they are participating in tutorials with their teachers. Dr. Miss Webb, the um the the number of students uh that take each exam I I think would help us uh

010understand it. Um for example, the kids that are taking algebra 1 uh and the kids that are taking English 2 may very well be two different cohorts of students. I don't want to put Miss Zoney on the spot, but she would have some insight into that. If if you'd like, we can ask her to come to the podium. No, that's fine. I was just wondering uh like Miss And mentioned, they are receiving tutorials. So, I guess my next question would be if the tutorials are not working for them, what else can we be looking at to assist them better so that they can have better success? Yes, that's what I was getting at. Yeah, we we'll we'll make sure that um Mr. Bara and Miss Belle get with Miss Sunni and make sure that all

011that is in place. Miss And wouldn't have that knowledge because she's just clearly reporting on the PE's data. Correct. Yeah. But thank you, ma'am. Yes. I just want to make sure we we have two other opportunities, right, for these students that did not walk uh as far as getting their diploma. Uh yes sir. They uh they have they're mainly missing credits. Uh so and I'm sure that the majority of them are at uh summer school. M Sunni has given me the yes. So as long as they're they're done by August, they can um participate in the August graduation. Okay. So that average will improve as far as Yes, sir. number of graduates. Yes sir. Okay. Okay. No further questions. Thank you very much. Thank you. Go on um to public comments from anyone. Anyone that

012wants to comment on this hearing hearing? None. Then we'll adjourn the public hearing and go on to a regular meeting and uh we're on to item eight reports. First item is projected 2025 2026 budget update. Amy Childers. [Music] Good evening, President Mesa, Dr. Rios, and members of the board. This evening, um I will be uh providing you with an update on our projected 202526 budget. And um again in front of you or before you I have our interactive workbook and you should have copies on your on your credenza also. So the first item we are going to look at is the general pay increase. Um since the former uh prior meeting we had we were able to reach out to TASBY during the first meeting that I uh budget update we provided. Um that was

013just the district's um calculations on the general pay increase. Since then, TASBY has uh provided us with the models that you see here today. The first one we're looking at would be a 2% increase. It would be our current starting salary teacher salary is 54,950 with the recommendation from TASBY. It would be to raise the beginning teacher salary to 55,450 for the teachers in the three uh zero to two years. For teachers with one year experience, they're recommending an increase of $886. Those with two years, they're recommending an increase of $1,286, which equates uh appro approximately to a 2% increase to the our current midpoint scale for teachers. With state funding, they are for teachers three to four years would receive a $2,500 raise, which equates to a 4% to our teacher midpoint. And those

014with five or more years of experience would receive a $5,000 increase, which equates to an 8% to our teacher midpoint. Those on the teacher pay plan but are not identified as teachers according to TEA would receive the same amounts. Those for 0ero to two years. Those on a with one year experience would receive an $886 increase. Those at two years would receive a $1,286 increase. Those at three to four years would receive a $2,500 raise. And those with five or more years would receive a $5,000 increase. For administrative professionals, those again with zero to two years experience would re would receive a 2% general pay increase to their midpoint paygrade scale. Those with three to four years would receive a 4% to their midpoint range. And those five or more years would receive an 8%

015to their midpoint pay range. And then TASBY also recommended some adjustments due to pay teacher pay equity and those uh that are were below the minimum of their pay range. [Music] For paraprofessionals also a 2% increase for those at 0 to two years, a 4% for those with three to four years and a 8% with those five plus years. Again, um a couple adjustments due to those that were below the minimum of their pay range or due to placement scales. And then for our auxiliary employees, the same thing, 2% pay increase for those with zero to two years, a 4% for those three to four years, and an 8% for those with five plus years, and again, a couple adjustments due to minimum pay range or placement scales. That would equate to a total increase

016to the district of 5,139,460 for the 3% increase. The second model, the starting teacher salary they are recommending would go to $55,900. [Music] for those on the teacher scale. Again, for those with one to two years experience would receive a 3% general pay raise, which equates to for those with one year experience would receive a $1,429 increase. Those with two years a $1,929 increase. And then those with three to four years would receive a $2,500 increase. and those with five plus years would receive a $5,000 increase. Moving on to those who are again on the teacher pay scale but not identified as teachers would be the same. 3% for one year would be a $1,429 increase. Two years would be a $1,929 increase. Those with three to four years would receive a $2,500 increase and

017those with five plus years would receive a $5,000 increase. When we go to our administrative professionals, same allocation. Those with zero to two years experience would receive a 3% increase. Those with three to four years a 4%. five plus years would receive an 8% general pay increase to their midpoint pay ranges again with a couple adjustments due to those below their minimum and teacher pay equity and strategic adjustments. pair of professionals, 3% for those at zero to two years, a 4% for those at three to four years, and an 8% general pay increase for those with five plus years. Again, along with adjustments needed to meet the ranges. And for auxiliary zero to two years of 3% three to four years a 4% and those with five or plus years 8% again with necessary adjustments

018due to the ranges. That would be a total cost to the district of 5,180,945. And the third model we have would be a starting salary for teachers with zero years experience of $56,450. Those with uh zero to two years experience one year would receive $2,000. Those with two years would receive $2,500. Those with three to four years again equates to a 4% general pay increase to our teacher midpoint. So it would be $2,500 increase. And those with five plus years would receive $5,000 increase. [Music] Again, those on the teacher pay scale but not identified as teachers would receive the same 0ero to two years. Those with one year would receive a $2,000 increase. Two years a $2,500 increase. Three to four years would be a $2,500 increase and five plus years would be a $5,000

019increase. For our administrative professionals, again, 0 to two years would be a 4% pay increase to their midpoint. 3 to four years would receive a 4% to their midpoint. five plus years would receive an 8% general pay increase to their pay range midpoint along with some adjustments that would be necessary to meet their pay range minimums. Pair of professionals again 0 to two years a 4% increase three to four years a four% increase five plus years an 8% increase to their midpoint of their pay range again with some adjustments and their auxiliary those with zero to two years would receive a two uh sorry a 4% increase 3 to four years a 4% % increase and five plus years an 8% increase to their pay range minimum midpoint. Sorry, again with some adjustments for a

020total cost to the district of 5,27,848. A couple things I'd like to mention and talking to TASBY I know they are recommending um increasing our starting teacher pay but if we keep it the same which is the 54,950 um it will not have any effect to our cost. That's just something we can do. It would just do uh be up our teacher scale. For the purposes of this presentation, just based on feedback that I've received that we have received, we are using the 3% model for this budget. So the 5,180,945 is what was selected for the purposes of this presentation. Questions? Dr. have a question. It's not a question, but this pay scale after Miss Childers worked with TASBY has a couple of changes and she's mentioned one of them already. The last time we

021met, we were not providing a raise for the starting salary. Tazby has recommended that u just to keep in line with other districts and stay competitive. Um the other change, Miss Childers, if we could just emphasize um the difference for the zero to two years because that is different from what we recommended. So let's just point that out for each one of the sections. Yes. So TASBY recom so originally we had the zero to two years for instance on the first model the 2% we had that everybody would be receiving the $1,286 for those with one and two years experience. In this model TASBY is recommending for the one years to receive the $886 and those with two years experience to receive the $1,286. Again, just to differentiate between the pay the steps. Same thing

022for the 3%. They're recommending the one uh in our last calculations, we had recommended the $1,929 for the anybody in zero to two years. They are recommending for those with one-year experience, the $1,429 increase. And those with two years, the $1,929 increase. And then same thing for the uh third model. Those with one year experience or $2,000 and those with two years the 2500 where in my original calculations we were doing everybody at the 2500 with one and two years experience. I'll turn it over to board members for questions. Morfeld. on the so on the interactive notebook that we have uh obvious I'm guessing obviously that's now not valid any anymore because this this particular one here goes in the one that the handout goes in and and changes some changes a lot of stuff

023up and and I'm getting confused with the math and this is why I teach history and government and I don't teach math mathematics. Uh but the um Come on, that was funny. Okay. Um the um so so as an example in the interactive notebook where I guess it was based off the 54950, right? Is is what starting pay was? Yes. Okay. Uh that was 2.041 million. And this one here, a starting salary of 55 thou or 55450 uh puts an increase at 2.26 million. But when we get down all the way to the bottom on the handout that you gave out, the 5.1 million um the 5.139 million versus the interactive workbook of 5.19 million, it somehow comes out to be $50,000 less than what was on the the notebook or the workbook. um the

0243% comes out to $119,000 less, but we're increasing the the starting salary. And then you go all the way over to 4%, it's $198,000 less than what the interactive notebook is. So I'm just someone needs to explain it to me in very simple terms uh there because I'm not grasping how we can spend less or we end up with less but we're going to we're going to give more there. That's that's the part I don't I don't under I don't understand there. So that's that's just what I need some explaining uh on. So like the this one here 2.23 23 million. Um, but the 54950 was 2.04. So, obviously there's an increase there. But then when you look at all the others, um, yellow highlighted ones, they're all decreases from what was on the what's

025on the interactive. So, yeah, I just needed to explain to me in in simple terms because I don't understand it. So about it. Well, so the I'll I'll I'll I'll say something then Miss Children can finish it with every week and every day that goes by. Uh HR and and finance is able to scrub more of the data and get the more appropriate numbers of the number of personnel. Uh and then TASBY is also doing the calculations whereas before we were uh getting as close to an estimate as possible. So, this represents more clear picture of the actual personnel that we have. Um, I don't know that between now and next week it'll get any closer, but I I think you guys are pretty close now, right? Yes, sir. This Yeah. And if if you

026recall last week or the last time we visited with I said that if the board chose some different models to pay that, you know, we would look for savings, but we still had some personnel to go through. So this just represents smaller numbers of personnel which gives us a smaller budget. So it's not that it got cheaper, it's just that there's less teachers, less employees put into the calculations. It's more more refined. Yes, sir. Okay. Is it possible to get this as an interactive to replace what we have? That way I can that way we can play with players but input the different scenarios. Okay. that that's just what was thrown at me. So, thank you for for clearing that up. Appreciate it. Anyone else? Amy, I have a question. Um, with my USB today,

027as soon as I plugged it in, it says updates have been made to this USB workbook. Okay. I'm not technology. I mean, but we can No, we're going to have to get another one. Yes. If you have your USBs, I can load it on those. If not, we'll provide new ones. Okay. Okay. So, those of you that have already told what your figures would be, it's going to have to change. Yeah. Okay. Becky, I understand you and Linda have already completed yours. So um and my other question has to do with so this is coming from TASBY recommendation from TASBY with their salary department I guess. Yes sir. M zero the breakdown zero at two. Uh yes. So what we presented last week is what Miss Childers and I had discussed and then TASBY got

028a chance to look at it. For example, when we repres when we presented, we didn't have an increase to the base salary to the the entry level salary and we didn't differentiate between the one and two-year teacher experience. So, TASBY made those recommendations based off of their experiences and um and they didn't present to y'all because just of of the way the state indicated the 2,500 and the 5,000. So there wasn't too much for Tazby to do, but they still helped us um with all the adjustments. Okay. My understanding again Amy is that from now on they want our salary structure to be based on the years of experience. Um so this is a format that will be going forward in for the rest of the future. Uh this is again u coming from commissioner

029Mike Morath. He did a presentation and it was based again from zero to three and now it's 0 to two um zero to three and then five and above. So now we have three categories 0ero to two and then zero to three and zero to five. Correct. Well Mr. Ma and what commissioner Rav presented u. Yes. But what Tasby's recommending it doesn't go against what the commissioner said. It just differentiates between the the one year and the two-year. The rest of it is the same as what he recommended. So, this really has a salary for teachers with one year experience, a salary for teachers with two years experience, a third salary with three to four, a fourth salary with with five or more. Uh again, it doesn't what the commissioner or or what the legislature

030approved doesn't preclude the board from giving a pay increase to people with one year, two-year experience. It's just a manner that you choose to do it. We did it in a simpler manner because obviously we don't have all the computations that TASBY has. So TASY just further refined what we had recommended before. But it's up to the board. uh we could have presented a model that said 0% increase for the uh one and two-year experience, but we didn't think that that was what the board wanted to do. Okay. Yeah. I I'm just trying to clarify what the thinking was because again um the way he he explained it was when you have a brand new teacher, zero years of experience, entry teacher, new entry teacher, how are you giving a raise to the ones that

031have 30 years experience and have gains on their STAR test and beyond? Compare that to one that is just starting. So that that was the rationale for breaking it into different years of experience. Okay. All right. I just wanted to ask that question. So now we're going to have to start again and plug in our numbers. Yes. When I Yes. A new interactive workbook. Yes. Okay. Anyone else? Hearing none. Okay. Uh and I'm sorry, Mr. Just So you can plug in your numbers and we adopt the budget a week from today. So this is right around the corner. Do we have a do we have a budget meeting Wednesday? Monday. Monday. No, we don't have anything. So there's nothing between tonight and what's the thing that's on Wednesday? The CNI. That's curriculum and instruction. That's

032curriculum committee meeting. Okay. Only three mislabeled. Okay. But we're available. Uh, Miss Childress is available and I'm available for any discussions between now and then. Okay. Here. Okay. Next tab is the personnel tab and excuse me, there are no changes to this at this time. We did have on the tab um to add whether or not to add the music and art positions is a choice. Also to bring the three librarians for the purposes of this uh budget proposed budget. We those are not selected. We also have the addition of the deputy superintendent, the 2024-25 district reorganization uh thing um salary changes that have happened this year, the addition of the dean of instruction at Del Rail Middle School, and then the two elementary counselors that are funded partly with the Oasis grant. That grant

033is ending. So this we will need to bring their full salaries back to the local budget. So this will be the cost for that. And for the purposes of this presentation, the deputy superintendent, the district reorganization, the dean of instruction at Delil Middle School, and the two Oasis grant counselors are selected. So it would be a cost of $658,161 to the district for those changes. The next tab we have is insurance. And again at this time I have no updates on this and we are estim for purposes of the budget we are estimating a 9.5% increase to our contribution for the 202526 year that would begin in January 1st of 2026. Um, due to the timing of the funding between last our change last year and when this would begin, uh, we we're still estimating

034that it would be a decrease to our general fund budget of $360,41. The next tab I have is our committed projects. Now, this tab um, if you make change any selections on this tab, it will not update. It will not have any effect on our general fund budget. This would be the expenditures that we would be paying out of our fund balance. We have the Delo Middle School parking lot. We have the uh middle school turf project at the Garfield Middle School and San Felipe Memorial Middle School. And then we also have HVAC repairs at Garfield Middle School, Del Rio High School, Irene Cardwell Elementary, Ruben Chavea Elementary, and Lamar Elementary. We also have the stadium lights at the Del Rio High School stadium. We have the repairs or um replacement of the old gym

035floor at Del Rio High School. We have furniture replacement at San Felipe Memorial Middle School. We have asphalt replacement at the district warehouse. We have interior painting at Garfield Middle School and Lamar Elementary. We also have exterior painting at Buenav Vista Elementary and Lamar Elementary. We also have a request for some service vehicles. Um and also on your credenza um I was asked to provide a listing of the three departments that are requesting possible new vehicles. The listing shows their current fleet and the repairs that have been done, the mileage and things like that. Uh for the maintenance department, they are requesting to purchase three used vehicles. The police department are asking to purchase two units and the warehouse is also asking to possibly purchase depending on budget two to three used units e either

036a van and a box truck with a lift or possibly two box trucks with lifts. We also have fencing at Blended Academy and Buenav Vista Elementary, roof repairs at Delo High School, the retention pond, Old Garfield roadway at the old Garfield, campus metal detectors throughout the district. And then in our technology, we have the HVAC for the server room, -ate contribution if we decide to do any -ate projects for this year, and then a district computer refresh. Again, currently admin administration has selected the Delo Middle School parking lot, the middle school turf project at Garfield and San Felipa Memorial Middle School, the HVAC repairs at the different campuses, as well as the campus metal detectors to include in our committed budget. Questions? Yes, sir. Morfeld, um, for the middle school parking lot, I know you

037said that selecting and not selecting doesn't have an overall effect on the proposed budget at the at the end there. But um the the 1.1 million this is for the parking lot that's going to adjoin the county's park sports complex park or whatever it is they're going to build behind the middle school. Yes sir. Has the county given a Let me backtrack that. Um how long have we been carrying the 1.1 million? Is this the sec going to be the second budget year or the the third that we've had it in committed funds for for this? Mr. Overfell, I believe this is going to be the second year. I did get an update uh from Judge Owens's staff where they will be releasing the money. They have also completed the geotechnical study just recently. So,

038they are ready to start uh moving dirt and uh Commissioner Vasquez mentioned possibly having a uh groundbreaking ceremony within the next 30 days. Okay. Okay. Yeah, that's news to a lot of people then. So, Okay, cool. Um the Where was it? No, it's not on. It's not different. Oh, yeah. The metal detectors that was at the high school or all the secondary campuses. The metal detectors, Mr. Overfell, are for uh 9th through 12th grade. Okay. It does not include the three middle schools. Okay. and and I'm sorry for all the questions because I was unable to attend the the last um budget session. So, I'm just trying to get caught up. Um if we go and we put metal detectors then uh can we can we get rid of clear backpacks? I think I think

039we can definitely have that conversation. I I don't want to respond because I haven't had a chance to visit with Misales and Mr. Davila and um and the spas. We can definitely have that conversation. The only reason we put metal detectors here is because the initial feedback that we got from the board members that have submitted the workbook indicated they wanted them. Uh but yeah, that's a conversation we can have. We're also applying for a grant. I think that Miss Hernandez uh completed the grant today with another member in Amy's department. So, it it is possible that we could get that grant funded, but we won't know. So, in the meantime, we're putting it in the budget. Okay. Uh on the since we're talking committed funds and stuff like that, with the new U bill

040that uh we were all caught up with on on Saturday concerning, you know, if the governor signs, and I'm sure he will, u the banning of cell phones. um what um that do we want to put something in here for for that to consider cost of buying pouches and all of that if we go that route because after September one we're going to have to make that that really big decision. Um so I'm just curious if we want to between now and and Monday look at what it's going to what would like the pouch system cost and and different things like that. So we have a kind of an idea of what that's going to cost across the the district to do. Well, my recommendation, Mr. Overfelt, would be that um I believe the governor

041is going to sign the bill. Um but my recommendation would be to continue to use uh the strategies that the high school um and and even Doro Middle School is using about collecting cell phones. um and that we see how that progresses because the pouch system is very expensive. Miss Childers and I saw a presentation at the last legal conference we went to and it was u very expensive to implement it at all our secondary classrooms u would be upwards of $500,000 uh at least the one that we saw. So my recommendation would be that we first implement the strategies that the high school were using and then a six weeks two six weeks into it we see and I'm sure that through um favorability in the budget if we needed if the the recommendation

042from the teachers and administration was that we do that we could fund it through favorability but because this would be new to us I would be ler to make the recommendation that we immediately jump into a big expense. Just for my own benefit, what is uh may I ask what spec what is the specific practice at the the high school for for cell phones if Miss Solace or somebody wants to expl [Music] and identify yourself for the record. Good evening, Dr. Rios, board president, members of the board. Um, so cell phone policy at Delril High School this year, um, this was in collaboration with team leaders, staff, PD, all personnel involved. What we did is we required every classroom teacher as students enter the classroom um it's either a box or a pouch where students

043leave their phone um so during instructional time 90 minutes of instructional time they're without their phones then they line up and they gather some leave it at their desk depending on the teachers some of them have boxes some of them have pouches and then when the prior to the bell they ensure that every student has their cell phone in hand and they dismiss Yes. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Questions. Um don't leave the podium if you go ahead. Yes, sir. I'm sorry. Um I myself have noticed at lunchtime they have their phones. Yes. So our policy states for 9th through 12th. It's a little different from 6th through 8th. We have two policies. One 6th through 8th and then the other one is 9th through 12. They can use it during that non-instructional setting which is

044lunchtime, you know, passing periods. Um, they can utilize their phones, but during instructional time, which is class time, they cannot. So, they take it up again twice after lunch. They pick it up at the end of the class period. So, first period starts at 8:15. at 9, you know, 45 when the bell rings, they retrieve their phone and they proceed to their next class with their phone in possession. Dr. and the policy or the law that the governor would sign does indicate during instructional time. So, and the pouches that they're promoting, the kids would also get them back after every period. So, so that's in keeping with the law, giving them back at the end of the class. Okay. Okay. Okay. When you say pouch, um, um, just like a holder or student or the

045phone. So, there's two pouches. One is the one that she's talking about that Malas is talking about where they just put it in a pouch. Okay. But the presentation and what the state is promoting, there are pouches. Every student puts their phone in a pouch and you can't open it until you unlock the pouch. And to unlock the pouch, you have to strike it against this object on your way out of the door and it pops the pouch open. You get your phone and you leave it there for the next group that's coming in. And it's really expensive. But at that point, it's locked and and and you you can't you'll have the phone with you in your desk. It's in this pouch, but you can't open it because you have to strike it against

046this unblocker uh before you walk out. Okay. Thank you. Anyone else? Thank you, Miss Wood. Miss Alice, at this time, do we have any students that use their phones inappropriately during the time that they do have their phones? We have. I mean, naturally, um, we haven't had as many, but unfortunately, students, you know, at times have been, um, in in situations where consequences have been given. Um but we have seen a decrease because we promote we educate students um not only the consequences from an administrative but also from the law. So we go into classrooms at least twice a year sometimes three times a year with admin and our PD our officers and we have a PowerPoint for all our students just letting them know the importance and etiquets of social media and also the

047consequences whether it's on or off campus. Okay. And and just for the record, Mr. Mesa, several of us had the privilege of attending and viewing some of the metal detectors at some of the high schools. And at those high schools, they did use the clear pouches, but they did not go through the metal detector with the pouch. Someone was standing on the right of the metal detector and they got that particular bag. They saw what was in there. Person went through the metal detector and then retrieved their computer or their bag or whatever it was. And it was we saw it very successful. It is. Yeah. You're going to be talking to Dr. Rios on that. So you can adjust the sensitivity of the metal detectors naturally coming in. We're looking at weapons, but there

048are portals. So then we're looking at other devices that shouldn't be on our campuses. Yes, ma'am. That we can make. Appreciate it. You know what else? Thank you. Thank you. Linda, did you have a question? Well, I have something else. It has doesn't have anything to do with Miss Alice. Okay. This has to do with with the the vehicles uh that we're looking at. I noticed in some of our vehicles, for example, starting with the police department, they have a couple of uh Ford Crown Victorias that are 2003 and some are in use. One is not in use. So, if we look at replacing some of these vehicles, does that mean that these particular vehicles that are not in use right now, they're not even going to be repaired? We're going to get rid of

049them totally. Is that what it is? Yes, ma'am. Okay. Amy, the only question I have for you is um this includes the increase in the safety allotment that we usually get. Are our budget funds do? Yes. They they already Yes, it's all included. Yes, sir. Okay. Okay. Any other questions? We'll go on. Okay. Yes, sir. All right. So for the purposes of this presentation we are projecting in revenue a total projected revenue of12 million141,054 and again that is based on the house bill 2 allotments that have changed and our expenditures again when we choose the 3% general pay increase which is the 5,180,945 5 the increase in salaries of $658,161 the reduction in the district health insurance contribution of $360,41 and then with our campus department operational state programs student programs our energy savings payment

050Our projected expenditures are $112,14154 which is a which leaves us with a projected excess or deficit of zero. It would be a balanced budget. Um we are looking or we are estimated to have an excess fund balance at the end of this year of $6,72,72. And then we are also pending additional state aid based on the the wind farm. And then we have already received from the appraisal district the reimbursement of attorney fees for the wind farm litigation. And we will also be receiving some supplemental taxes from the from the county. So Amy, um, one question. Yes sir. On the projected expenditures, that would be an increase of from the previous amount somewhere around $700 something,000. Yes, sir. So, okay. Anyone else? Yeah, Mr. unass. Um from the interactive workbook that we have here, it

051shows u the 2526 projected um total expenditures was uh $112,29358. Here in the in the handout we have today, it's 112,41,54. So that's a $153ish,000 difference. Um, why is that not listed in the excess deficit column? I'm not a math teacher either, nor a history or government teacher. So, that was funny. They left it. So um due to the the increase or the change and now that TASBY was able to get my um to give me my models and based on the 3% originally we had a two we had chosen the 2% model now we're doing the 3% and when I factor in the increase of taxes um TRS things like that and then I had to go in and reduce some of that increased it. So then I had to go in and reduce

052some of the workbooks. So it's just kind of netting out based on as we go through and and learn different calculations just the netting of it. Okay. Thank you. Shar I thought it was 111 million on the last it. Yes it was. Um so here in this it's 112 in the one we had last week 112,293,000. [Music] 111 was around the last that's what I had 111 million that's why I figured out like 700 something thousand yes again right due to the TRS and on behalf and all that increases due to the the general pay increase 293 598 is that on I'm sorry is that on the um interactive the interactive but but that's on the expense side or is that on the income side? It's total projected expenditures. Okay. And could it be that

053you selected something else that increased that expense? Did you select any did you hit yes on on any personnel items or different pay salary? That's probably because that would change it. Mr. address. Also, if I may, the our goal is to do a balanced budget. So when y'all ask for for items on the budget that increase the expenses, then if Miss Children has to go into certain departments and figure out where we cut um so that means that maybe I'm I'm going to pick on athletics. So maybe athletics didn't spend 50,000 this year. So then she takes it from the athletic budget to balance it out or fine arts or CNI or somebody because we have to balance it out. So that's why we continue to produce a balanced budget. Uh I just wanted to

054clarify that. Now um was the expenses based on changes that you had made? Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Yeah, it's exactly what it was. Okay. Okay. Now we'll work on this. I guess board members just keep in mind that we have like one week left so might have to come and sit down with Amy. Yes. So yes, just as a reminder, yes, next Monday we are we do have the public hearing and we will for the adoption of the compensation plan as well as the general fund budget, the debt service budget, and the food service budget. And then on Monday the 30th, we're scheduled for our final amendments for the 2024-25 end of year. Okay. Questions for Amy? Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Next item we have is item 8B, food service update.

055Amy Childress and Brenda Ellesius. All right. Um once good evening, President Mesa, Dr. Riosa, members of the board. Uh I have with me our Southwest food service uh food service management company, Miss Bridget Glaciius, and our chef, Houston Lindsay, as well as Mr. Javier Rometo to give you an update on the 202425 year. Good evening Dr. Rios President Messa and members of the board. We have successfully concluded another year here at San Falipe Dorio CISD. It has been incredible year and we'd like to share some highlights and accomplishments and improvements from our past. So this is the SF team. Myself, Brenda Glass is general manager, Laura nutritionist, and Chef Houston is our district chef. This year we were fortunate to acquire new equipment for all the campuses including pass through warmers, pass through coolers, smoke

056boxes, brazing pans, dishwashers, and new serving lines. U thank you to the board for the approval for our food service. Now looks practically new. Um at the start of the year, we replaced all broken equipment and currently updating any equipment that is 15 years and older. for our meal services. We h breakfast second chance breakfast, lunch and dinner. And this is our second year at CP, meaning that all the students were able to eat um breakfast, lunch, and dinner at no cost to them. And this is our afterchool program. So, some of the events that I've done uh through this school year uh were roving chef events at different campuses. Uh for example, at RBB STEM campus, we did uh Christmas tree crepes with the kids. Uh some other robing chefs that we did throughout

057the year were a build your own pasta station and a build your own stir fry station. The roving chef events are uh meant to engage with the kids and I send them home with a recipe that they can maybe make the dish with their families at home. Uh other events that I also do are farmers markets events. This year we had farmers markets events at Siza Hills Elementary, uh Calderon Elementary, and again at RBB. Some of the items we did were blood oranges, starf fruit, goosebererries, and uhricolor carrots. And the farmers market events are uh meant to be a little educational presentation for the kids to maybe learn a little bit about fruits and vegetables that and give them the opportunity to try some fruits and vegetables that maybe they've not had before. Um this

058is the second year that we do the flavorfest. Flavorfest. We invite a couple of our vendors to bring samples of food. Um we had it at the high school and they brought us um little like little boats and stuff. The kids wen around and grabbed from each station and then gave us their feedback if they would like it on the menu or if they didn't like it at all. These are a couple of our pictures. They did bring a big chicken, the Tyson, and it was a blowup. We had their students wear it, so they had fun in there. Um, we also had our mascot as well, and we had kids from Daryl Middle that were in the suits. And then this one's our superhero lunch day, our ladies. So, so the first Friday of

059May, it's a super lunch hero day. So, we bought them capes and a mask and stuff. They were able to wear it while they were serving the kids. Um we also had um the principles we reached out to them to make some aprons. And then these are some other events that we've done um from custom omelets, uh grilled burgers and pancake bars. And then this is actually the second time that we do this. Sena Hills invited us to their field trip. We were able to cook for the kids at the park. And then this is all our staff. And this is office staff. And any other questions? Board members, questions. Linda, I don't have a question. I just want to say great job. You can see in the kids' faces how excited they are to

060be involved in the different activities that you all are presenting at the different campuses. So, great job. Thank you. Again, thank you board for all your support. We appreciate it. And I wanted to share a couple of little things that um we didn't weren't on the slide. Just to let you know, as as of the end of May, we've served over 1.9 million meals here in in Del Rio. That's an excellent job. I guess I track most of that that information for you guys and but I think that's phenomenal. Uh, you know, we're doing fantastic. A lot of our kids are eating. There's room for improvement most definitely. But, you know, breaking the 1.9 million meals served this year is phenomenal. Uh, we've brought in over um over $7.4 million worth of government reimbursement as

061well to help us uh continue supporting the program. Mr. Paul has done a phenomenal job ensuring all our equipment is running well. the ladies are happy and um you every time when I go out in the field I kind of just talk to them and I just want to thank you board because without you guys we wouldn't be able to be as successful as we are now. Thank you. Well, thank you. Um just want to say a couple of things also Mr. Romero, thank you for being here. Um it's it's obvious that there's so many different things happening different campuses because we see sometimes post that they have um on various media whether it's a district um or or whether it's something else but they participate and it it seems to introduce different varieties of

062food that they're not used to. And um there's a lot of participation and so with that it creates an interest for the culinary programs that we have beyond the elementary schools and um so it it's an excellent program. I think a lot has been done to improve the programs through the years. Anyone else? Dr. Rich. Uh yes, Mr. Muscle, members of the board, I wanted to express our appreciation uh because of the way you've managed the program. You created a fund balance and we were able to use that fund balance to buy the equipment and to replace the equipment. It's just been huge. I remember three years ago where it was constant where we even had to set up a direct email to uh for the ladies to express I say ladies, there's some men

063that work in the program also to express concerns with with the equipment. But uh thanks to your efforts in creating our fund balance, we were able to do that. and what hasn't been purchased. I know that Mr. Paul has done a tremendous job in keeping that. So, I appreciate it. It It makes the operation a lot smoother. Your events are great and we really enjoy the chef's meals. Uh your fish is phenomenal. Thank you. Thank you. [Music] Thank you. Next report we have is item 8 C, capital projects update. Sandra Ernnandez, I'm sorry. Before she makes the presentation, Mr. Messa, because Mr. Romero drove in from out of town, as soon as we're done with presentations and the uh items, can we bring the SV contract up first so that he can uh hit the

064road early? Sure. Any objection to that? No objections. Bring it now. Done now. It's up to you. We'll bring it now. What What item is it, Amy? 13A. 13A. More reports to go here. Is that okay, Mr. President? Sure. Okay. We're going to move an item up 13A. Sorry, Sandre. Okay. Item business finance consideration to approve the renewal of the food service management company contract with Southwest Food Service Excellence LLC Amy Childress. Good evening, President Mesa, Dr. Rios, and members of the board. Our current uh contract with FS SF for our food service management company uh RFP 2206 was approved in June of 2022. It allows for four annual renewals and this year we are on our third renewal and we are requesting to approve SF to continue as our food service management contractor. Any

065questions from board members? No questions. Recommendation. Yes, sir. It is the recommendation of the administration that the board of trustees approve the renewal of the food service management company contract with Southwest Food Service Excellence LLC. Further recommendation. Is there a motion for Okay. Motion made by Morfeld, seconded by Becky Chaveis. All those in favor? Motion carries unanimous. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Okay. Thank you. Go back to reports. Item C, capital projects update. Sandra Adams. Good evening, President Mesa, Dr. Rios, and members of the board. This evening, I will be presenting to you the capital projects update. Um, just to bring you um back from where we were, we had a recommendation from the citizens committee. Um, for months, the district officials have been meeting um with our citizens committee, but also

066they have been evaluating the capital improvement projects across our district. And so the projects are critical to maintaining the facil facilities um and also minimizing disruptions to instructional programs for the next 15 to 20 years. In collaboration with the facilities committee, as I mentioned earlier, the district has prioritized the most critical projects and these are as follows. The first one is the Delil Freshman Center. Um, and so if I can bring you to take a look, you do have a copy of this presentation at your desk. This calls for the construction of a new freshman center located on the existing campus. You'll see the area that is um etched in red. That will be where the freshman center would be located. The area that you see shaded in blue would be the buildings that would

067be eventually demolished as because that particular freshman center would replace those buildings. And you'll see the shaded area in green. That is where the current cafeteria is at. And that will become a fac uh a multi-purpose facility. and the cafeteria will be located within the freshman center itself. Give you a moment to take a look at that. Mr. President, if we could take any questions from the board while we're talking about the projects. Okay. It would that way it's fresher in our minds. Okay. Sandra, what is to the left? Seems like the parking lot, but there's some areas that are kind of reddish. You see some shaded portable buildings. Yeah. Um Mr. Messa. Yes. That that is just if we needed portable buildings um for example in the if we were to go to this

068construction the immediately the item that's shaded in dark blue which is the administration building that would be demolished because that's part of the construction site. Uh so we would place three uh portable buildings there for administration if necessary. Obviously we would look to see if they could be housed in one of the other buildings but if not we would be prepared to place three portable buildings there. So it wouldn't take up any space from the uh tennis courts or anything like that. No sir. No. Okay. Another clarification Mr. Mess if I may. Initially, when the citizens committee reviewed the freshman campus, our initial recommendation was to work with a um engineer to replace the AC systems and the electrical uh and the lighting. But just in reviewing the main wing there, which is the the

069longest building uh towards the top of the page, we were already at $5 million without doing any additional remodeling. At that point, we quickly realized that it was not cost-effective to go through that and we switched to just replacing the freshman campus. I would like to discourage going back to again portable buildings. Yes, sir. That's just temporary during the construction for for admin uses. Okay. And you said it would be a two-story building. Yes, sir. Questions for Did he say, excuse me, a twotory twotory building? Yes, Mr. Gindo. So what would happen with all the open space from building B, C, and I guess D? Is there So the freshman campus would would finally have a front of the building. When we demolish that, that would become either drop off loop or visitor parking in

070the in in the front. And then the side buildings over here right above the green shaded buildings that would amplify our bus drop off area cuz it's small. Yes, sir. And based off the space that y'all have, I know these are walkways that are in that square, but the twotory and then the size of the building that you're doing, y'all are pretty sure y'all could fit all 700 or 600 freshman students in that one center. Uh yes sir. And the architect is also going to take finer measurements. But what we did is we identified a two-story freshman center in another district. We took the square footage and the number of students that served uh so it would be very appropriate. The that building would have a library and would have a cafeteria. Uh but the

071rest of them would be classrooms. uh the gym would stay uh and then of course a lot of the fine arts are done at the high school like band and choir so that would not change. Thank you. So Dr. R, when are we uh going to be looking at the the drawings? Well, Mr. And later on in the presentation, we are um asking the board for approval to have architects create the elevations which which are the drawings and uh they know that if approved tonight they would have to turn it around quickly within 30 days. Okay. Anyone else? Okay. Okay. So, we're going to move on to the next project. The next project would be the Roberto Bobby Barrera brick and mortar campus. And we do have renderings for this particular campus. This is the

072construction of a brand new uh brick and mortar uh that will be replacing the existing campus. And here you see uh a rendering of that particular campus. Questions for Sandra? Sandra? We know for sure that there's no funding from Air Force. I would like to add that at this point I am uh applying and we are working on a uh Department of Defense grant that is due in July and so the Department of Defense grant would be for uh the brick and mortar campus as well. Um I will tell you that it is a very slim chance but we are going to uh give it a try. Okay. Melt would this sit on the existing site where the campus is now or are we going to or are we going to find somewhere else on

073base to do this? No sir. The base has granted us a multi-year lease at an different site. Uh, this drawing that the architects did was based on that new site. Is it relatively close to where we are or in that kind of residential area? Yes, sir. It's still across the street from the residential area. Okay. It's just on on the It's on the other side of it. Cool. Thank you. Okay. I think some of us went on a tour and um when we were invited to go on I think we've seen I don't know how many attended but did we we saw the site they took us on a bus and it looks real close to the housing. Okay. Okay. We're going to move on to the third project. The third project is a San

074Felipe Memorial Middle School renovation project. This will be for the construction of the new tech center and uh at San Falipe and also for a gym expansion. If you take a look at this particular drawing, you'll see in red, this is the area where the proposed tech center will be located. And then next to it uh in between the gym and this uh center would be a proposed gym addition which would be a practice gym. Is that the vacant lot at this time? Mr. Melo, members of the board, yes. The blue uh or purple area, blue area that's shaded there, that is the vacant lot that we have not purchased yet. and we continue to work with uh our the board's attorneys and the realtor. The idea is that that practice gym would just be

075a practice gym, no bleachers, and it would be attached to the existing dressing rooms. So, that building between where it says gym that looks like it has a flat roof, those are the dressing rooms. So, the practice gym will be attached to the dressing rooms and then the red area we already own. Okay. I thought we closed on that property. No, sir. We the board approved uh offer price that the seller accepted except that there's a multiple errors and they keep working on getting everybody to sign off. Anyone else? Okay. All right. And we're going to move to the fourth project. The fourth project is the uh renovation project at Buenavista Elementary. This will consist of building renovations of the classrooms and the administrative offices as well of caf as well as a cafeteria expansion.

076And if you take a look at this particular drawing, the cafeteria is the area that is shaded in blue. The expansion would be that red area. And the idea is that the size of this uh cafeteria would mean the approximate same size as the cafeteria at Senisa Hills uh cafeteria. Okay. So, there's still plenty of area for outside activity there. Yes. We're not limiting. No, sir. It is encroaching a little bit on the playground activity. Uh but there's still plenty of playground left u on the the area that they use for recess after lunch there. Okay. Anyone else? Good. Okay. Okay. So the next um step here is then the board's consideration to order a bond election. According to the um schedule from our state, the last day to order an election on a measure

077for the November 4th unifor uniform election date is going to be August 16th. So knowing this date, um I'm going to show you these two next dates to think about. August regular board meeting is Monday, August the 18th. So that's 2 days after um the uniform measure which is the August 16th date. If we think about July, July regular board meeting is Monday, July 28th. Now this may be a bit early. So we may you may decide that you may want to consider um opting for calling a special called ele uh election. Um so in this case that's something to consider. I will tell you that uh the district has to certify property tax values by July 25th. And in this consideration also, uh, the more that we delay on ordering the election, the more

078time the district will have on determining that exact amount of the proposed bond referendum. So you have a window of time. Um, again, I'm going back to the previous slide. The last day to order that election is August the 16th. In August, our regular board meeting is scheduled on that third Monday, which is August 18th, which would mean it would be too far over. Then we have July 28th, which is our next scheduled board meeting. However, that may be too soon and the board might want to consider then um calling a special meeting in order to call an order of election. Um again, the property tax values must be certified by July the 25th. And this might give you an idea as to the window of time that you have. Um I know it's fast

079approaching. summer goes by very quickly, but this would be something for the board to think about. Next, Dr. Just to add another piece of information, the reason that we got we would want to go beyond July 25th is because as we now know, the homestead exemption has increased. So, it's critical that we have certified values and u and take in account the homestead exemption to know the amount of a bond that we can propose without raising taxes because what we've talked about the team of eight is to have a bond election with no new taxes. But we really need to know the certified property values and see what effect the higher homestead exemption has on that. So with that in mind, we would ask the board to consider a special call board meeting uh just

080prior to August 16th if not on August 16th. Okay. So I the 12 would be a Monday prior to the 18th. August the 12th would be a Monday. Um, August 11th, sir. 11th. Yes, sir. Anytime that week would be great. I think it would be best if we wait until after the certification of property values. So the let's kind of have a tenative date of August the 12 11th 11 Monday Monday August the 11th. Okay. Okay. Just tentative. Anyone else want to think? Yeah. Because it's cutting too close if we say July 25th. We don't have the certified values. Correct. Okay. So, let's have a tenative date of August 11th. Just be thinking about that. And again, just reassurance that it would not raise any taxes. Yes, sir. And I will update the board the

081closer we get so that we can uh prepare for the announcement of a special call so that we can call an order of election. Okay. Any other questions for Sandra? Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you. Okay. Next, next report that we have is item 8 D, annual presentation of the Texas College and Career Readiness School Models, CCRSM, and um Jane Variel. Good evening, Dr. Rios, board president, Messa, members of the board. Tonight I'll be presenting our annual report for the 24-25 school year on our Texas college and career readiness school models which for us are the um early college high school along with uh the PEK program at the Del Rio High School. Our target population for early college and for PEK are those uh students that are at risk and econ economically disadvantaged.

082Um specifically for early college, we look for students that are first generation college students. And for PEK, those that are pursuing the education field, any student that is enrolled with our district um beginning uh 8th grade entering 9th grade the following year is eligible to apply for either program. Uh we do begin stakehold uh stakeholder engagement uh with uh distribution of information at open houses uh there at the middle school. um recruiting efforts actually begin in January. Um in January is when um they begin uh speaking to the students for early college. The lottery is held in February. Our CCRMS blueprint models are for again our early college high school and then the PEK um program at the high school. Um, we do have open enrollment for any student. Um, of course, it's it's targeted

083for students less likely to attend college. Um, or any student who wishes to accelerate the completion of high school or to combine high school and college level courses while participating in rigorous and accelerated uh, instruction. Both programs include a crosswalk in partnership with Southwest Texas um college uh to align and and make sure that high school and college courses during their 9th grade uh through 12th grade uh enables them to earn an um an associates degree or 60 hours towards a bachelor's degree. Um, PEK also offers or gives the opportunity uh to students to participate or engage in work-based learning uh by visiting elementary, Cardwell or middle schools. Early College High School offers an associates in of arts and general studies and PEK offers a associate of arts in teaching early college I'm sorry EC

084through six Our programs are measured through outcomes based outcomes based uh measures and those indicators uh data indicators are related to access achievement and attainment access to ensure access um we start working with PS late September or in September and throughout October to ensure we're meeting those um economically disadvantaged and at risk students. Um also we uh work with in collaboration with um Pamela Reese. She is the CCRSM um leadership coach. So our CCRSM uh leaders in PEK and early college get to work with a coach throughout the year. They do have sessions three times throughout the year and of course there have an opportunity to attend the annual conference. The areas for um the indicators are those three areas. Again it's access, achievement and attainment. Access is really towards the student representation in um

085the programs. So again, making sure we have our our percentages of at risk and economically disadvantaged students. Um achievement is more um through high school-based opportunities. So um EOCC exams, college readiness, graduation um rates, so so on and so forth. And then the last one which is our attainment is uh looking at the attainment of opportunities post secondary um such as dual credit um associates degree uh industrybased cert certificates level one or two certificates. In this slide you'll see um the enrollment total enrollment for each program. So in this particular slide, it's for Delro Early College High School. Um they have um a projected enrollment of 485 students for next year, grades 9 through 12. And you'll see the the previous years there. Uh 2025 they had 470 students. 2024 466 and so on. our

086PEK program at the high school. Uh this next year we have a projected total enrollment of 47 students uh for the incoming year. Last year we had uh 30 students. The year before was our first year with 14 students. And then here you'll see them by cohorts. The same data uh broken down by cohort. So this last year, our um 12th grade cohort number seven graduated 112 students or um they they were in cohort number seven. Um cohort 8 had 112 uh 13 students. Uh 10th graders there was 121 and 9th graders it was 124 for early college. PEK had an enrollment of this past year. Uh ninth graders, 14 of them were in the program and then 10th graders from our initial cohort, there was 16 students. And this last slide shows um graduates

087and and those that have earned the an associates degree for early college high school. This last year we had um 110 high school graduates. 81 of them graduated with an associates degree. And you'll see the previous years there as well. And that is my presentation. Any questions? Board members? Jane. Um, I'm glad to see the numbers going up in regard to enrollment. How are we able to do that? Like 485, we had 470 last year. And again, um with the um more interest stakeholder um engagements that they have at uh openhouse, we'll continue to try and build um both programs that way, getting the information out um and of course any postings that we put through social media. Okay. And how are we um letting the parents know because in February is when you have

088the uh lottery. Ask Mr. Bar. That's okay, Mr. President, since he handled it last. And it's not that I'm skipping Rosio, it's just that he just did it. Okay. You can run up here if you want. Good evening. Good evening, Dr. Rios, President Mesa, members of the board. Um so to address your your first question Mr. Messa um we've to to to retain enrollment we've engaged the families more we've um uh just it made the the culture um that to where the students don't want to to drop out of the program. Um it's it's it's a ongoing process obviously. Um it's something that takes a lot of effort um from the staff, the faculty and and the parents as well. Um and so we've managed to to increase the retention rate of of that uh

089of our population throughout the years. We do have some attrition and and they'll drop uh here and there for different reasons. Um, but we've focused on that over the the last couple years and and it's worked. Um, as far as your second question, um, how do we get the information out to the parents? We do send emails out um, in collaboration with our middle school uh, campus. Um, we have um, we have gone um to the campus when they have parent meetings u before January. Um, and then we have a big push um at the beginning of January um to have um um parent meetings um in English and Spanish. Um we have multiple parent meetings. We've even gone as far as having meetings uh via Zoom uh for those that have trouble getting uh

090to the campuses. Um we always or since since we started doing the um Saturday um uh parent open house the district open house uh we also have a session there where where we uh present to the parents. Okay. Thank you very much. Um it's it's going excellent. I mean, I hear so many good things happening with Early College High School, and it it does a world of of good for not only the student to be able to gather with students that have similar goals and pursuing a degree, but saving the families lots of money, especially for those that are first generation college students. Yes, sir. Anyone else have a question? Thank you so much. Thank you. Next report that we have is item AE facilities and construction update. Mr. Chapa Good evening, President Mesa, Dr.

091Rios, members of the board. Tonight's presentation will provide updates for the Cordi Warlaw gymnasium renovation, the APAC equipment replacement, as well as the San Memorial Middle School and Cody Warlaw uh gym uh fence. Uh progress has been shown. Plumbing contractors been uh completed the work. the city of Del Rios in the process of connecting our wastewater system and they started today. I'm hoping they'll be done by tomorrow. Uh the electrical and HVAC continues to to progress. Uh two 25 ton units have been installed on the east side of the building facing SPC and the supply air duct work as well as the return air duct work has been installed on all three units. Uh the windows have been installed on the front entrance of the building the facing the north. The upper windows have been

092installed there. The contractor is scheduled to install the south upper windows this week as well as the exterior back doors to the gym. Uh the painters continue have placed the first coat of the gym area and they're supposed to be back tomorrow to continue to the second coat. Here are some pictures um indicating the the supply air and return air and the units on the east side of the building. and uh pictures of the interior showing the the progress on the paint. The fencing company is scheduled to come in next Monday. They've been working at their shop in Seymour, Texas welding panels, 10-ft panels. So, they're scheduled to be at uh South Filipe Memorial Middle School next week to start installing post and erecting the fence. I'll continue with the work orders. Uh for the

093maintenance department, the previous uh the past 90 days, there was a total 983 work orders created. Uh 891 were closed. were a percentage rate of 91%. Uh the 0 to 15 days, 138 were created, 115 were closed, 83%. 16 to 30 days, 166 were created, 153 were closed, 92%. 31 to 60 days, 334 work orders were created, 299 were completed, 90%. 61 to 90 days 345 work orders were created 324 were closed uh 94% right technology previous 90 days 3215 work orders were created 2941 were closed 91% 0 to 15 days 390 were created 315 were closed 81 1%. 16 to 30 days, 541 were created. 513 were closed, 95%. 31 to 60 days, 938 were created, 896 were closed, 96%. And 60 to 90 days, 1,346 were created, 1,217 were closed, 90%. Transportation 90

094in the previous 90 days 260 more quarters were created 249 were closed 96%. On 0 to 15 days 28 were created 25 were closed 89%. 16 to 30 days 47 were created 42 were closed 89%. 31 to 60 days 60 were created 57 were closed 95% and 61 to 90 days 125 were created and all 125 were closed 100%. Any questions? Yes. Just because it is listed on here. Do you have an update on the HVAC equipment replacement? Yes, sir. I'm sorry to skipped that. Uh the Steiner Electric has been working on preparing the plan work construction documents for the three locations. Thank you. Anyone else? Mr. Chop, I have a question for you. Um on the um consent agenda, we have an item for the restroom partitions. Yes, sir. Why are they so expensive?

095It's like something like 32,000 almost $33,000 there. It's specialized materials that uh rubber plastic hard plastic and it also includes the installation and all the necessary hardware to attach to the tile and the flooring. So, Dr. Do you want to add something? Yes, Mr. Ma. In the past, we've bought the cheaper partitions, but we immediately have to start replacing them. And uh ever since we made the renovations at Del Rio High School, when we renovated all the freshman's, all of those are still up and they're intact. So it is more expensive than what we had bought prior to the renovation of all the restrooms at the high school, but the investment is definitely worth it. We could buy the cheaper ones, but they just have to be constantly replaced. So, what is the unit cost

096for the single one? I'm not too sure about the single cost, but I know there's approximately 18 partitions that are being uh for the restrooms, for the toilets, and also four urinal partitions. So, you're looking about 22 32,000. So, you're looking about approximately $1,400 or so materials and installation. Okay. I just wonder because that it's like $33,000 for restroom partitions. Okay. All right. No further questions. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Next item we have is attendance and discipline report item 8F. Any questions for Miss Sandate? I just wanted to see later on if we could get the um final average daily attendance for our district. I know we had the last six weeks, but I don't I don't have the annual ADA. Mr. Messa, Amy, I asked Amy Childress to look it up. She did

097send me a text message with the um ADA for the 2324 school year, the ADA was 8,78. Of course, that's not our enrollment. That's just our our funding mechanism. And the estimated ADA for the 2425 school year is 85,000 I'm sorry 8560. It's about 140 less. Okay. You know what percentage? Uh no sir I' I'd have to calculate that would be harder. Okay. All right. Yeah. So no questions for Miss. Okay. We're good. Next item we have is the consent agenda. Again, um one action will take care of all items on the consent agenda. If um there's some minutes of some meetings that we had and also uh the donations, the donations will be already listed on social media. Mr. Luna took care of that already. Okay. want to thank all the people that donated

098whether it's individuals or organizations. As always, we appreciate the assistance that we are given by the uh different vendors and individuals. Are there any items that need to be pulled out of the consent agenda? Any questions on any particular purchase or any corrections to minutes at the meetings? hearing none. Okay, then I will call for a motion to approve the consent agenda. Motion made by Mr. Valindo, seconded by Amy Ames. All those in favor? Motion carries. Unanimous. Um consent agenda has been approved. We go on to administration. Item 10A, consideration to approve the application to uh TEA for the optional flexible school day program on behalf of blended academy. Nora Sandati. Good evening again, Dr. Rios, President Mesa, members of the board. Uh based on the presentation earlier for the OFSDP program uh located at

099Blended Academy, it is the recommendation of the administration that the board of trustees approve and authorize the board president and superintendent to sign the proposed OFSDP application to TEA on behalf of Blended Academy. Any questions? Recommendation. What do you read? I move. Okay. A motion by Mr. seconded by Mrs. Webb. All those in favor? Motion carries unanimous. Next item we have is 10B Senate Bill 401 UIL participation update. Sandra Ednundis and Frenchie McCrae. and written. Good evening once again, President Messa, Dr. Rios, and members of the board. This evening, I'm going to be uh providing you with some information on Senate Bill 401, which is the UIL participation update and the overview of those key changes from this particular um legislative session. Senate Bill 41 401, excuse me, was passed into law related to homeschool

100students participating in UIL activities. So this law creates two main changes to the current status of homeschool participation in UIL activities. So what you see here on this particular slide, you'll see the 2425 school year and then you'll see the upcoming um regulation. So last year, school districts could opt in to allow homeschool participation. If the homeschool students, they could participate in UIL activities in the schools that allowed this um eligibility for the 2526 school year. the school districts should shall provide that means we're required to provide homeschool participation unless the school board votes to opt out of allowing homeschool participation. That's a big key difference right there. um homeschool students, they can participate, they may participate in UIL activities at the school closest to the students residential address that does allow homeschool participation if

101the school in which they are zoned to opts out. So in this particular case, what we're seeing is that the school district is required to have homeschool students participate in UIL um activities unless our board decides to opt out. Um there is a date there uh if we decide to opt out not later than the date specified under the league rule. Um, this means that the school is required to allow homeschool participation unless our school board is adopting to opt out of allowing it. That date is September the 1st. So, if our school district decides we do not want to allow homeschool participation, that is the date in which we would uh the board would have to uh make a decision um at a public meeting. Um after that if we allow it this year

102and we decide the school district decides next year not to know that the date in subsequent years the date will be August the 1 of every year that the school district must uh vote or decide to allow opting uh homeschool students to participate. Um, so I will say that in speaking with our uh our director, our athletics director, we have allowed the participation of homeschool students over the past couple of years. So it's not new. Um, in fact, um, two years ago, he's uh, we've had one student participate in a swimming in swimming. um two uh recently also in swimming and then this one p this this past year um we had a homeschool student participate in golf. Um so it is uh coach McCrae he our athletic director has you know we've already allowed

103it allowed the participation and recommends that we continue um as as we have in the past. Okay. and it is up for discussion. So, it's not an a voting item today, but it is up for the board to to discuss. If you have any questions, we do have uh Mr. McCrae here. Sandra, is there a policy required for us to alter or change in any way? Not to alter or change because the policy that it's written this year is that they will they shall participate. Okay. Okay. Any questions for Sandra? I know I I've been approached especially for swimming. Yes, Mr. Okay. How does, and this may be for coach McCrae, but how do for for those individuals who are homeschooled and and were participating in these different items or these different sports, how does

104UIL eligibility come into play in the sense of past fail? Good evening, Dr. Rios, President Messa, schoolboard members. Um, in order to answer your question, it uh we developed a handbook that goes uh side by side um with our current student athletic handbook. Um I I reached out to the the former um UIL uh state director uh Miss Dr. Elsa and she kind of helped me and guided me on what we can and can't do. And basically um they have to follow the same guidelines. they they have to turn in grades. Uh it's still no pass no play. Um for us on our side, we just had to make sure that uh they coinc they they did not do any extra club sports while participating with us. Uh there was certain guidelines that that we

105had to outline to make sure that it happens. And um what we did uh the last few years is we allowed them to participate on the subvarsity level because we did not have to turn into turn them into a varsity eligibility sheet which uh goes to our district executive committee. So they did not have to approve it. Um and with this current bill, it's saying that if we do not opt out, then we have to turn them in. If they make a varsity team, we would have to go through more procedures to make sure that they are eligible and that they are homeschooled with a credited uh homeschool uh community. Okay. Thank you. Anyone else? I just had one quick question. Um as far as uh homeschooled kids, how many do we have participate in

106UIL that are homeschooled? So in uh 2122 we had one swimmer uh sub varsity. Um in 23 22 23 we had two swimmers. Uh one of which well the two swimmers were homeschooled but their older sibling was actually enrolled in our district and was competing on the varsity level. And then last year we had one golfer who did not make uh JV or varsity team but did participate in practice. So total four small amount. Yes, very small amount. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay. So this is for discussion. It'll come up for a vote later on. I'm sorry, Mr. It will it will only come up to a vote if the board requested for it to come up to a vote. Otherwise, they automatically are allowed to participate. Okay. Okay. I think everyone's fine with that

107small number. Okay, great. Thank you very much. Okay, we're down to item um 13, business and finance. Um item B, consideration to approve the submission of the applications for the 2025 2026 SESSA consolidated federal e grant application for federal funding to the appropriate headquarter authority as presented. Amy Chers. Good evening, President Mesa, Dr. Riosa, members of the board, um before you is our annual submission to our for our ESSA consolidated federal egrant application. The total planning amount that we're submitting for this year is $4,891,453. No sir. Questions for Amy? No. You want to read the recommendation, please? Yes sir. It is the recommendation of the administration that the board of trustees approve the submittal of the ESSA consolidated federal egrant application in the amount of 4,891,453 for the funding of federal programs to the appropriated

108headquarter authority for the 2025 20226 year as presented. At the recommendation, is there a motion for approval? Motion made by Mr. Web, seconded by Mr. Oo. All those in favor? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Okay. Next item is 14 um human resources. 14A discussion possible action to approve employee job descriptions and evaluation warrants. Amy Childress. Good evening once again. Uh before you this evening, we are presenting a job uh job description and evaluation form for the position of a dean of instruction new tech at San Felipe Memorial Middle School. Find that in your packet. Any questions for Amy? Mrs. Webb, did you have any questions, Frank? No. Okay. No questions. Recommendation. It is the recommendation of the administration that the board of trustees approve the employee job descriptions and evaluation forms as discussed. Further recommendation

109from administration. Motion made by Mrs. Web, seconded by Mich. All those in favor? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you very much. Okay, the time is 7:58 p.m. We're going to go into close session pursuant to policy 551.074 and 551.071 071. Uh if any action will be required, it will be taken upon reconvening to open session. We're now in close session. Okay, the time is 8:46 p.m. We're reconvening to open session. No action was taken in executive. We're down to item 18A. Consideration to approve the personnel report to include the following. New hires district vacancies, retirements, resignations. Amy Childress. Good evening, President Mesa, Dr. Rios, and members of the board. It is the recommendation of administration that the board of trustees approve their retirements, resignations, and vacancies as discussed in close session and the following new personnel.

110Christy Haristen, first grade STEM teacher at Dr. Fermine Calderon Elementary. Mara Sanchez, third grade teacher, Sena Hills Elementary. Victoria Rigggins, kindergarten teacher at Sena Hills Elementary. Katherine Gore, ELA teacher, Newekch at San Felipe Memorial Middle School. Alyssa Brown, assistant band director at Delo High School, and Andreas Vasquez, assistant band director at Del Rio High School. We've heard the recommendation from administration. Is there a motion? Motion made by Linda Webb, seconded by Mr. Galindo. All those in favor? Motion carries. Thank you. Item 18B, consideration to approve the position of vice principal at Del Rio Freshman School, Amy Childress. It is the recommendation of administration that the board of trustees approve Jesse Dabula for vice principal at Del Rio Freshman School. First recommendation motion made by Amy Haynes, seconded by Michan Maras. All those in favor? Motion

111carries unaners. Thank you. Item 18 C, consideration to approve the position of assistant principal at Garfield Middle School, Amy Childress. It is the recommendation of administration that the board of trustees approve Amy Rodriguez as assistant principal at Garfield Middle School. For the recommendation, there's a motion by Mr. Galinto, seconded by Amy Haynes. All those in favor? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Item 18D, consideration to approve the position of licensed physical therapy assistant in the special education department, Amy Childress. It is the recommendation of administration that the board of trustees approve John Sagase for licensed physical therapy assistant at the special education department. The recommendation. Is there a motion for approval? Motion by Mrs. Webb. Is there a second to the motion? Amy Haynes. Second motion. All those in favor? Motion carries. Thank you. There being

112no other items on the agenda, is there a motion to adjurnn? Motion by Morfeld, seconded by Michelle Morazz. All those in favor? Motion carries. We are adjourned. Thank you and good night everyone.