001It is April 23rd. Here it comes. March. >> March 23rd. Already messing that up. 5:02 p.m. I'll call this meeting order of the Santa Fe Independent School District. Let the record show that we have a quorum of board members present and this meeting has been due the called and its notice has been posted in accordance with Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code 551. Board members will now adjourn to executive session as authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code section 551.001 concerning any and all matter purposes permitted by the act. Should any final action, final decision, or final vote be required, then that final action, final decision or final vote shall take place in open session. And we are now in executive session at 5:02 Good evening and welcome to this meeting
002of Santa Fe ISD board trustees. We believe that is important that this meeting be conducted in an organized and efficient manner. To that end, we'd like to outline some ground rules for all of us to follow during the course of the evening. First and foremost, you should recognize that this is the board's meeting. By law, most of the discussion and all of the voting must be done in open session, but but public participation by necessity must be limited to that part of the agenda that is reserved for public input. Occasionally, the board may seek comment clarification from the administrators in attendance or even from someone in the audience. It is the board's prerogative to seek information from non-board members as it chooses. However, unsolicited participation from the audience is inappropriate. Secondly, at times it seems
003that we are voting on issues of importance with little or no discussion. Please be advised that all board members get a packet of background information about the various subjects on tonight's agenda several days in advance of actually coming here to participate in the meeting. After receiving our packets, all board members have and often exercise the opportunity to contact various school administrators to ask specific questions in an effort to better understand the issues on which we are expected to vote. We thank you for being interested in your school district as witnessed by your presence here tonight. We encourage your active participation in the educational process of your children. We appreciate your cooperation in helping us conduct a business of Santa Fe ISD in an organized and civil manner. And with that, we hope that you enjoy
004our evening. Um, Mr. Pastor Greg, do you mind uh helping us in the imocation, please? Gregory, sorry. Please bow your heads. Well, Lord, I'm thankful. thankful for the mercy, the goodness you show us, the the mercy and goodness you show this school district, Father, in this city, Lord. I thank you for that, Lord. Lord, I I ask your blessing upon this meeting tonight, Father, that your hand would be upon it, Lord, that you would guide this school board, our superintendent, Father, that you would give them wisdom, lead them uh not only in this this meeting, in this day, Father, but but throughout the year, Father, guiding their decisions, Father, leading them in a way that would please you, Father. Lord, I ask your continued blessing upon the school, Father, protecting it. Father, leading uh our
005teachers, the staff, the principles, Father, keep your hand upon us, Father. I thank you for this. And Lord, I do it in the name of Jesus. Amen. >> Amen. And I'm going to invite Mr. Weston up to lead us in our pledges tonight. And if y'all would please stand. Algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Honorable Texas flag. I pledge algiance to the Texas. One state under God one and indivisible. Appreciate. >> Thank you. Mr. Timman, Mr. Weston, do we have any um action items from our closed session? >> Uh just one. Uh, I move that we approve the superintendent's recommendations for the administrative contracts and related action for the 2026 2027 school
006year as detailed on the related pages. >> Second. >> It has been motioned and seconded that we approve the administrative contracts that were talked about in executive session. Anybody have any questions? If not, will you please cast your vote? And it is passed unanimously. Thank you. Is there any other items? >> That's it. >> Okay. Thank you for that. And with that, we will move into our recognitions. Miss Davenport, do you have those for us? >> Yes. We would like to start our recognition this evening by inviting Miss Hubby up to recognize our Santa Fe Junior High cheerleaders. Good evening. I'm Coach Alyssa Hubby. I'm the Santa Fe Junior High cheer coach. I'm here to recognize our Santa Fe Junior High cheer team for their accomplishments this year. Our team members consist of Addison Miller,
007Addison Strange, Adeline Oday, Ellison Luy, Emma Griggs, Juliana Agular, Casey Bis, Kinley Reynolds, Kinsley Hurst, Lillianne Thompson, Macy Pelichek, Mackenzie Unbehagen, Madison Garza, Mey Watson, Ryan Garza, Riley Ruiz, Skyler Rockhind, Stevie Milligan, Tara Lawson, and Kinley Thomas. We were here last November to recognize their accomplishments at UCA cheer camp and the UCA and NCA regionals, earning first and second place. Um, since then, we have competed our performance routine at NCA uh regionals virtually, winning first place. And most recently, we traveled to Fort Worth, braving a storm, to compete at NCA Nationals. We earned third place in our medium junior high game day division, a first for Santa Fe junior high. And we earned first place in the intermediate performance division, earning the title of NCA national champions, making junior high school history in this division
008as well. So, congratulations girls. parents, once Miss Lissy gets a picture, then you'll have an opportunity as well. >> And ladies, y'all don't need to hold those medals so they don't bang together. You earned them. Let them ring so everybody can hear it. >> Hey, can everybody shuffle this way? The whole group, can you guys all shuffle this way just a little bit more? Keep shuffling like uh a little bit more. Just a hair more. Sorry, guys. Symmetry. Okay. Find a window and hold still. All right. One, two, three. Okay. All right. >> Okay. >> Don't move. >> Not shy. You already know. >> Feel free to scooch up there. >> Keep smiling. >> You guys can go a little bit up if you don't want to. That way the podium's not in your photo.
009One more. >> Great job, ladies. Great job. >> Next, we would like to invite Miss Plight up to recognize our Santa Fe High School cheerleaders. Okay, I would like to call up the Santa Fe High School cheer team up at first. Arabella, >> Aella, Avery, Bella, Cadence, Callie, Carter, Emily, Emma, Haley, Jade, Jaye, Kaye, Callie, Cameron, Carly, Caitlyn, Kenzie, Maddie, Nate, Remington, Riley, Sky, Skyler, Skyl, Sydney, Trinity, Cody, Jenna, Kate, Lizzy, and Summer. Thank you for the opportunity to share a brief overview of this year's Santa Fe High School cheer program. I'm Lindseay Plight, head cheer coach and district cheer coordinator, and I am joined by our assistant coach, Hannah Cantrell. This season was a historic one for our program. Our year began in the spring with early training and team development where athletes committed
010to building skills, strength, and trust. That preparation carried into summer camp where the program earned overall game day champions along with multiple individual recognitions for leadership and performance. Throughout the fall and winter, our cheerleaders consistently represented Santa Fe at football and basketball games, helping build school spirit and support athletic programs across campus. In addition to sideline responsibilities, the team competed at a high level and achieve the following. multiple first place finishes in game day and crowd performance divisions, top placements at regional competitions, and then a seventh place out of 76 teams at UIL State, earning the first top 10 finish in school history. The team continued their success at the national level, earning second place in varsity performance and third place in game day at NCA nationals. Beyond competitive success, this program emphasizes leadership, accountability,
011and teamwork. Our athletes consistently demonstrate dedication through early mornings, late practices, and commitment to representing Santa Fe with pride. This season reflects not only competitive achievement, but also the growth and character of our student athletes and the strength of our program. Thank you to our administration, staff, parents, and community for your continued support. Thank you. All right. I am so sorry. I tried to wrangle you. >> Great job, ladies. >> I was like, she's gonna call your name. >> What is the head count? >> Yeah. Squish in. >> Squish in. >> Just all five. All right, you ready? >> You might want to squat right. Yeah, this row right here. Squat down a little bit more. Feel the burn. Okay. Yeah, kids. Scooch up. There you go. Perfect. Oh, yeah. Make it wider. It's fine.
012Five, guys. All right. One, two, three. All right. All right. >> Wait. Don't move. Parents, you want a picture? >> Squat again out. Hold on. Hold on. Everybody get a picture. >> Okay. Congratulations, guys. Y'all head that way. Coach Rider and Mr. exhaust. She could be Great job. Great job, ladies. >> At this time, we would like to invite Miss Britain up to recognize our Taffy and FCCLA students. She's coming the cheerleaders to get out and get her. >> Good evening. Um, my name is Miss Brenton and I am here with two different student organizations at the high school. The first one is our FCCLA chapter. That stands for Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America. This is our third year as an established chapter. We're pretty excited. And our second year to send students
013to Nationals. So, um let me let me introduce some of these students here to you today. Um we have um Sarah Ayala and Emily Lara who competed in chapter service project. Joselyn Lozano who competed in event management. Madison Kaggel uh who competed um in digital stories for change and she also ran for a region officer position and she was voted in as the new VP of membership and will begin her duties at the state conference. She also advanced to na to the national conference and will be competing at the national level in June. And then we also have and she advanced last year and I never had her recognized. Um I had some medical issues when she was in in um when she went to nationals and I just never got back around to it
014and I felt horrible about that. So we're really glad that she advanced again. Um and she coached um one of her buddies so well that she advanced as well. That's Janois Breto who is um one of our newest chapter members and she uh competed also in digital stories for change and advanced to national. So she's going to be bringing a buddy with her this year. Um so we are really proud of these students. Um it's amazing what you can do when you have um the support of a great um school board and great administration and all the wonderful parents uh who help support um our student organizations here on our campus. And um so congratulations ladies and I don't know this is we're going to go take your picture if you guys stand over there
015and then turn and face me >> and take your picture with Miss Britain. >> Nope. >> Great job guys. >> Okay, perfect. Okay, >> Mr. Mr. Davenport, will you scoot that way just a little bit? There you go. All right. One, two, three. Perfect. All right. Got it. >> Great job, ladies. >> You don't have to get the podium. >> Awesome. Congratulations. You guys head that way to to Miss Eva. Love you. Okay. >> Yeah. This is the great thing about when you get students that want to want to do things, they want to be involved in everything. So, a lot of my students are going to walk right back in the door because they also competed with Taffy. So, um Taffy stands for Texas Association of Future Educators. Um this goes along with our
016education and training pathway at the high school. and um very near and dear to my heart. Um so these students also competed with Taffy. Um let me see where we got we've got Bailey Houston competed in interactive bulletin board and portfolio. Sarah Sarah Ayala project visualize service and also the elf test. Emily Laura project visualize service. Hayden Iserttoel, exploring careers, noncore teaching, breakout session and portfolio. She doesn't slow down. She is our president. Sydney Borne, interactive bulletin board and portfolio. And Isabella Beltran, interactive bulletin board and portfolio. Um, and this is our fourth year having a Taffy chapter here at the high school and our very first year to have students advance to nationals. So we were very very excited for that. Um so Sarah and Emily with their project visualized service advanced and Bailey
017Houston and she her she was in a team event and her partner dropped out at the very last minute and she went on anyway and she advanced all by herself to uh with interactive bulletin board. So um very proud of these young ladies and a great example of what we have here at Santa Fe High School and Santa Fe ISD students. Um, congratulations, ladies. Thank you. And once again, we could not do any of this without people standing right over there. So, y'all go take your picture with them, girls. Smile real big. >> Yeah. Yeah. You'll hold your banner out. Oh, I forgot to say we als >> All right. Do I need a zoom? Is there a zoom? No. >> All right. Ready? One, two, three. Okay. I hope that's close enough for you.
018>> All right. Hold on. Don't move. All right. You ready? All right. One, two, three. Keep smiling. All right. Gotcha. >> Parents, anybody want a picture? >> Congratulations, guys. Go ahead. At this time, I would like to invite Miss Harris up to talk about our elementary campuses receiving Texas Honorroll Distinction. >> Hey, so it is my honor to present uh a special recognition to RJW or R.J. WM where >> I think Michelle's out. >> Oh, she's out. Okay. Um, Kubachek Barnett Elementary. Um, all three of our elementary schools for their outstanding achievement as recipients of the Texas Honor Role distinction. The Texas Honor Role is a prestigious acknowledgement that highlights schools where students are meaning mastering a the fundamental skills that employers value most, which is reading, writing, math, and science. This recognition shines a
019positive light on campuses and that consistently demonstrate academ academic excellence. And so all three of our schools receive this Texas honor role. The Texas honor roll um only acknowledges the top 15% of Texas schools. So that's quite an accomplishment. So congratulations to uh R.J. Wooll. It's student, staff, and parents. Barnett student, staff, and parents. if we have anyone in here and Kubachek student, staff and parents. There's one. So, congratulations to all to all of them. And at this time, I would like to invite Miss Paige, a representative of the Girl Scouts up. >> Come on up. You're welcome. If you'll forgive me, I just need to get my bribes over here. I do have cookies. Hello again. Hello again to you. How are you? So, I am here. My name is Paige Shoot. I'm here
020um as a representative for Girl Scouts. I'm also a Girl Scout. And I'm here to say thank you. I'm here to say I'm sorry. and I'm here just to give you a quick snapshot of what we are all about at Girl Scouts. Excuse me. So, I want to first of all say thank you especially to Gina Welsh because she has consistently reached out and tried to develop relationships with us and pulled us in. And finally, I think I'm going to be able to make a gayla next month. So, that's being firmed up. So, I'm looking forward to that. Uh the other is I'm sorry it's taken so long to get back down here. Um but here here we are and we hope that we can do what we're doing in other uh areas nearby. Here
021we have developed troops in Dickinson and Santa Fe and Hitchcock all over Alvin, Clear Lake, uh excuse me, Clear Creek ISD, uh Pasadena, Pilland, Friendswood. I think I said Alvin already, but I've personally been doing this since the beginning of the school year. So, what I wanted to do is just take a quick second to let you know that we're not all about cookies and we're not all about having fun. I mean, we do uh have a good time. We zipline, we do archery, we we take the girls out and teach them how to horseback ride, but being a Girl Scout is really about being a leader and not to be the boss. That comes later. Um, but really about leading their lives and leading their dreams. And it's about being a girl who has
022courage, confidence, and character. The courage to speak up if she's being bullied. The courage to try something new even though she may not be great at it. Uh the resilience to work her way through failure. Um the confidence to have self-awareness of who she really is. Despite what may be whispered down the hall or what the world may say, she knows who she is and she's proud of who she is. Um, so that's really what it is. Um, being a Girl Scout is a girl who tries her best to have good character and that is to be honest and fair and friendly to hold herself accountable, apologize when she needs to. Um, and like in our Girl Scout promise, uh, it's about really being a good citizen, honoring God, and, um, holding yourself accountable and
023being a good good person. So, that's what we're hoping to do in this area, um, like we've done in all the other areas. So, that's it. Thank you for having me tonight. >> Thank you. And there's a there's two packs over here that have the new cookie in it, so y'all can wrestle over that one. >> Thank you, Paige. Uh the district at this time would like to announce that we will be celebrating Occupational Therapy Month, National Assistant Principal Week, National School Library Week, Public School Volunteer Week, and Administrative Assistant Professionals Week, I'm sorry, Professionals Day in April. And at this time, we would like to recognize our employees of the month. So, if you are in attendance this evening, please join me at the podium as I call your name. From Barnett, we have
024Sarah Lowour. From Kubichek, Erica Uppam from Wulm, Jennifer Sandaval from junior high, Adri Reigns. I know you're here, Miss Reigns. from high school. Alexis Otto, I know you're here from ISA. Melody Green from transportation. Terry Pringle Bowman from maintenance and operations. Robert Tol from the custodial department. Martha Gonzalez from administration. Matthew Sees and from our police department, Kayn Scales. Congratulations and thank you for your service to our students in the district. And now y'all get your picture. >> Great job. Best >> Mr. Ber. Yeah. And then now, Miss Lambert, if you'll Yeah. Perfect. Scooch. I haven't said that one time this meeting. Perfect. One, two, three. All right. Got it. Great job, guys. >> Great. >> Yes. If you all head that way, you can get your certificate from your administrator. And that's all our
025recognition this evening. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Davenport. And with that, we'll move into our public comment on the agenda items. Public comment on agenda items. The board trustees will hear public comment agenda items on all open meetings in accordance with Texas Government Code section 551.007. And with that, tonight we do not have anybody signed up. So I'll hand this over to Julie. >> We'll move into ourformational items. And it looks like Dr. B, you have a few. >> Just one, Missic working. Just one. Miss Harris is going to give us a brief update on uh our dual credit options. So, starting uh the next year, we're going to have uh three different dual credit options that we're going to offer students. We've had college college of the mainland uh and we've diversified that
026as much as we can. But, um two additional options that we're going to give students is what we call one is called on-ramps. And onramps is part of uses a University of Texas as the backing of it. And um it takes one of our teachers. We train that teacher. They train that teacher. And so you might have half of your kids that take um a particular course. And um this other half that that's in there also want to in addition not only get the the generalized course for uh school, but they also want to gain a dual credit option. They would do some additional work through UT and our teacher helps. And so um it's also a backed, you know, it's no one's going to say UT credit doesn't doesn't qualify at their their campus.
027Um, so it's it it's well regarded and so we'll start start slow with that because it is a it's a gen it's a different program. So that's one additional option that we're going to um offer and we're also going to uh begin working with Alvin comm sorry got to change that. It's not Alvin Community College anymore. It's actually Alvin College because they offer a four-year degree. Um, so we're going to be working with Alvin College as well to provide some additional opportunities uh for dual credit. Um, some might be online, some might be in person. So, we're we're still working on all of those types of things, but um our goal here is to um you know, I'd love it if all of our kids graduated with a substantial amount of dual credit. Uh so
028doing it in three different ways and there may be more to come after this but certainly this next year we want to offer at least these three options. >> Okay any questions any comments? >> Yeah ju just so that I understand uh next year will be the first year that we do the UT dual credit. >> Yes. So that we'll have to uh we're working with Miss Sebuck and I was very I am very careful not to say which class it might be in um because you know we have to go talk to those teachers and make sure they're on board. Um but we're going to be working with the a few classes uh that we with teachers we already have. And so instead of them just, you know, like being adjunct professors, this would
029allow a teacher who is not certified in college to teach a higher level um math or English >> science and they would have additional curriculum supported by UT. And so the the um dual credit part of that class is backed by UT. >> Yeah. I want to I want to thank you and your staff for looking out and uh bringing in somebody like UT uh you know goes along with the other two colleges that were we've got dual credit and I think yeah >> I think a little competition is healthy. So I want to say thank you. >> No problem. No problem. It's yeah I mean it's the high school's been great and you know that so and open to different options. So, I think it's going to be I think it's going to be
030really good for our kids. >> The cost of the UT program, is it comparable to what they would pay for ACC? >> Yes. >> I'm sorry, Alvin College. >> No, you're good. I'm still I'm I still have to almost correct myself on a on a on the daily on that, but yes. Um, price-wise, it's about the same. Um, and so we're we're still working out some of those details, but it's it's about the same. >> Okay. Thank you. If I may clarify, the tuition at Alvin Community College would be higher, but they would not be charging the cost for books and material. >> I thought you were talking about on-ramps. I'm so sorry. >> I'm sorry. Be clear on ACC. >> But yes, a >> yes, >> Alvin, my mistake. >> College is the tuition
031is higher. Um, but we would not be charged for books. So, it would um level out actually and and be actually a cost savings to us for those classes. In addition to that, I also want to say I'm really excited about this because, you know, Santa Fe is large and to require students who live on the west side of town to have to go to Texas City for class doesn't necessarily make sense and adding these two additional options for those students really opens up a lot of opportunities for them, right? >> I understand. I have a zip code. >> Yeah, it's true. >> Anybody else? All righty. Thank you. More to come. >> That's all we have. >> Uh, next we'll move into our consent agenda. Dr. Bond, >> we just have minutes and a
032budget amendment with our proclamations that Miss Dav mentioned earlier. >> We approve agenda items. >> Second. >> It has been motioned and approved that we go forward with the consent agenda. Any questions or comments? If not, will you please cast your votes? And it has passed unanimously. Thank you. With that, we'll move into our regular agenda. And right now, we'd ask Dr. Bot to present the first one for the Santa Fe Junior High Auxiliary J. >> It didn't get clear. >> Yes, sir. So tonight, um, I'm here to present the first agenda item, which is, uh, a request to to name what is the current gym over at the Nelson building as the Butler Gym. That request was made a couple of months ago by Mr. Dean Evans, who's here in the audience, and I'll
033invite him to speak here in just a moment. For those that are not familiar with the process of naming or renaming the facility, anytime that request comes to the school district, we go through a a a process that's in uh, policy CW local. So anytime that request comes, it goes before our facilities naming committee to which several of you are member. I want to thank Miss Davenport for for organizing that. But a facilities naming committee in Santa Fe has a a wide range of criteria that we have to consider that's also in CW local. And so the committee has two choices to not consider that facility request at the time or and not take it to the board, potentially revisit it in in coming weeks or months or years or take that request to the
034board and allow the full uh school board to consider that request. And so this committee uh did not take us very long to decide to bring this uh uh uh request to to name this gym as the Butler gym to this full school board. That was unanimous u decision by the committee and we we we are essentially asking that tonight. But before we move forward, I'm going to ask Mr. Dean Evans to come and speak a little bit more to his request and to to to the Butler family. >> Dr. about and board of trustees. We appreciate the opportunity to bring this uh agenda item before you tonight. Uh that gym is very special to all of these old folks you see sitting over here, myself included, and uh my brother John Couch. I stumbled
035upon this because uh my wife and I have two grandchildren in the Barnett School. One of them is in cheerleading here in Santa Fe and they were having a clinic contest, performance, something, I don't know. And so we got ready to go and I said, "Well, where is this uh contest going to be?" And the first thing I got was the FBI gym. And so I thought a minute and I thought, "Well, that's Fritz Barnett." So we went to the Barnett School. Nobody there. So, we called, we got Nelson Gym. I didn't know exactly where that was, but I knew that this building over here, uh, that was once a high school was, uh, named after Nelson. So, we went there and lo and behold, we drive up and the sign says Santa Fe Junior
036High Auxiliary Gym. And I thought to myself, as special as this gym is to these group of people here and myself and John, it needs a name on it. And so I began to research who might be worthy of having that gym named after them. and using uh your guidelines in your policy book. Uh it requires a substantial contribution and time to the school district and to the community to have something named after you here. Uh such as Elizabeth Cowan, Roy Wallum, Daniel uh Coach Daniel Kubichek, and Mr. Fritz Barnett. I could not think of one single person that would fit that mode that had really served our school district and our community for years. But I remembered the involvement of the Butler family here in Santa Fe since 1955. And I thought with all
037that they have contributed, not just one of them, but all of them together collectively as a family that it was worthwhile to pursue uh this name change. Number one, to give the gym a name, period. And number two, to recognize the Butler family for their contributions for all these years being involved in our school district, our community, and in basketball. I bring your attention to the first part of it to explain myself to explain why I put an attention getter in that first whereas and that has to do with the oyster shell road because this generation over here that was all we had was an oyster shell road and that was a generational thing. Uh, I put that in there just to to get that part of our past and the Butler family past in
038this thing. At any rate, we feel like that it is worthwhile, that it is proper, and uh, we respectfully request that you would approve this agenda item. Thank you. Okay. So, he said my part. We are respectfully requesting the board consider approve the naming of the gym over here, the Nelson facility as the Butler gym. >> Well, considering everything the Butler family has done for this community, and I think this is kind of a no-brainer for the board. I mean, not just the family, but you know, as a whole, but and you kept referring to those old folks and John Dean has done so many successful things in Santa Fe except for teach me to dribble left-handed. And that wasn't because he was a bad coach. That because that was because I was hard-headed and
039didn't want to. But yeah, I think this is a pretty easy decision for this board. So, >> got a few comments. Um in 1965 um I started playing basketball fifth grade and part of that was uh uh Dean's dad was coach at that time Dewey Butler and his um brother Dwey played uh varsity basketball. So, I was a three years behind Dean Evans and Dean Butler. And by the time I guess I got to be a a freshman, I played basketball all the time. So, they they moved me up on the varsity. So, I practice against these guys. Let me tell you, um, Dean's knowledge of basketball, um, was rooted in, uh, a lot of basics that, uh, he picked up from Galcowski and and Coach Gail Hass. And those guys were great players. Dean
040Evans went and played at Sam Houston State. and uh Dean Butler. Um I remember practicing against those guys and not only were they good players. Um that senior class was high character and everybody looked up to him. Um, I can remember Dean playing in uh um several games uh you know the JV would watch the varsity game and I watched Dean at O'Connell hit seven or eight shots in a row 15 foot out with a beautiful jump shot. Um, what that would gravitate to was his son Josh would come along and uh perfect that jump shot and be all state. Um Dean I I built a house down the road from Dean and his sons were just ideal kids um growing up and uh just just role models and Dean spent just an awful lot
041of time um coaching basketball in that league. Um, I refereed several of Dean's games. Uh, Dean's Dean was always in control. Uh, always mastering fundamentals of basketball. Um, and he's he's had so many of his family be a part of Santa Fe. So, um, and you know, in retrospect, I can't think of, uh, um, any more any anybody more deserving. So, you know, I would wholeheartedly, uh, make the motion here that, uh, we approve this. Uh, as Butler Jim have one comment as well. You know, I met Coach Dean 40 years ago with the guy sitting in front of him to Brad. Um, one of the things that we we all talk about is basketball with coach Dean, but one of the best things that I've ever walked away with 40 years ago was you've
042been my one of my best life coaches. And so, you know, basketball was secondary to that. So, um, with that, I accept your motion. Does anybody second that as well? >> Why don't you read the official motion? >> Yeah, but thank you, coach. >> Yeah, that one. >> Okay, I'll make the official motion. I move to approve the request to name the SFJH Santa Fe Junior High Auxiliary Gym, formerly known as the Nelson Gym, as Butler Gym. >> Second. It has been motioned and seconded that we name the Nelson Gym as the Butler gym. If there are no other comments, please cast your votes. And it is with great honor that the new name of the gym is the Butler Gym. Congratulations. If the board is agreeable, if we could have the members of the
043Butler family please come stand up front and get a picture with the board. We would we would appreciate that. >> You're not off the hook. You go. I was about to say I need a chair. All the all the >> goodness. Jade is short. >> I thought there was more. >> Okay. Miss Lambert, if you will find that window right there. Perfect. All right. One, two, three. All right, got it >> for the glass. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Yeah, this the one time we're allowed to stand in the morning. >> Congratulations. >> You're the oldest, right? >> No. Congratulations. Okay. Yeah. >> Dyn >> good to see you. Thank you, Dan. Good. >> Thank you, Mr. Evans. >> Four DS, >> right? >> Dennis. >> Johnny. >> John. >> Yeah. >> Or my
044brother. Thank you, Mr. Evans. Thank you, Dr. Bot, for uh that wonderful presentation. Uh next on our regular agenda item, we need to discuss the Senate Bill 546, threepoint seat belt budget determination. Good evening. I can't really compete with what just happened. So, um I'm going to go ahead and get um some of the boring stuff out of the way. Um Senate Bill 546 passed during the 89th legislative session. This bill is actually or was created with the intent of making all school districts move on to three-point seat belts in their school buses. Now, this is obviously with the spirit of making sure that the safety of our children is number one priority, which we know that the board uh is is is with that. However, um it is an unfunded mandate. uh with this
045um the state of Texas passed this law where they want to basically remove any seat uh any buses that do not have any seat belts or if they have any twopoint seat belts or what you call the lap bands um on on the school buses. Well, under Senate Bill 546, we have to bring it up to the board to determine whether or not it is feasible within the budget um to allow the purchase of new buses to replace the old vehicles that contain either the two-point seat belts or no seat belts at all. So, with that, I'll go with a little bit more of the background on um Senate Bill 546 added to the transportation code 547.001 001 or 701. It required all buses to have two or three point seat belts installed. However, Senate
046Bill 546 came along and said that that has to change and it has to be threepoint seat belts. Okay. This um bill also allows the district to opt out of it if it seems or it deems it creates a hardship for the school district under budgetary constraints. Currently, we have fully threepoint uh seat belts in 28 of our buses. We have five buses that are equipped with only two point seat belts. And then we have 18 passenger buses with no seat belts. Okay. The approximate cost to add the three-point seat belt will be approximately $44,916 per bus. Okay. The total cost to retrofit the buses without seat belts and to upgrade the two points seat belts would be about1,33,060. Okay. The law also states that if the board of trustees determines that the district's budget
047does not permit the district to purchase a bus that is equipped with seat belts, then this transportation code does not apply. Basically, if the board seems that it's at this point unfeasible to actually purchase all those buses to replace the ones that we currently have, that um it basically can make a motion to opt out of this particular um transportation code. We are requesting that the school board opt out of transportation code due to budget limitations. I'll entertain any questions for this. To be clear, our Texas legislature passed a law requiring us to have threepoint seat belts and which is a unfunded mandate, but in the same law gave us the opportunity to opt out and ignore the law. Am I following all this correctly? >> Yes, sir. Absolutely. Made this >> you have to
048do it unless you can't afford it and don't want to. >> Correct. It's just as clear as the Mississippi mudwater. >> I'm glad they passed that law. I guess I got a couple of questions. >> Um, you mentioned the 1.34 million is what the total cost it would be to retrofit the 18 buses. Is that correct? >> The 18 buses and the five buses. So, it'll be the 18 that have >> and that that would go to three point or two point >> to three point. >> Okay. >> As mandated by the bill >> and that's basically $44,000 per bus. Is that correct? >> Okay. >> Yes, sir. Now, just to be clear on that, if there's any other buses that we have that have that two seat belt or no seat belt that have
049any warranty, that would be voided out as the warranties get voided out once there are any changes or adjustments to the structural side of the bus. >> Okay? >> Because of the way that the seat belts are created in these vehicles, the structure has to be adjusted. So sometimes the flooring has to be replaced. Sometimes the actual physical structure of the bus has to be adjusted. So on some of those vehicles, the actual um in this case the the the people that we spoke with the Thomas bus, they cannot guarantee uh um the work that they done. So they'll upgrade them, but they won't really confirm that they will follow the same safety standards that getting a new bus would. >> I got you. My I guess my my question and this may be to
050Dr. Bot as well as yourself. Do do we have a plan in place uh to replace those 18 with at least >> Yes, sir. >> a three point. >> And actually um I was going to talk a lot a little bit about it on the next agenda item. Okay. >> But since we're already at it, um yes, we we uh originally in that last bond that we had, we had a a bond specifically for transportation, >> right? Um, and we were looking to replace with that bond to start a replacement cycle of buying five buses per year >> which would allow us, you know, the district to create this replacement cycle so that it doesn't all fall at once. You know, right now we're running into the issue where we have these large amounts of
051buses because they were all purchased at one time with the bond uh um proceeds. So, what we're looking to do is to start that replacement cycle. Now, unfortunately, the bond did not pass. However, the needs are still there >> and we are actually looking to implement at least buying one bus per year in the coming few years to start that replacement cycle. Again, at this point in time, it's a little difficult to kind of forecast how many I can have, but we are trying to find the best way possible. >> So, so, so refresh my memory. How much would a new bus cost? >> And that's awesome question, too. Uh, which again, um, I'm going to go over in the next agenda item. I'm sorry. >> No, you you're good. Uh because the next agenda
052item is actually the purchase of a bus. Um so with that said, the the the next agenda item that I'm going to present is the purchase of a bus. But um we asked out our our three vendors, which is International, Blue Bear, Blue Bird, and Thomas Bus. Okay. Um and we asked them for the same type of um um items that that we have on our current buses and our newest buses, which is, you know, cameras all around the system for security, uh Bendix uh uh collision system, um the the fire suppression and all this stuff. Um Bluebird came in at the lowest bid. However, they did not have all the items that we had requested. Those would be additional items that we would have to purchase and retrofit in the bus itself and they
053tend to have a lot of u very expensive auto parts but to that point um their price was about $1.5 million. Um Thomas bus came back they did not have all the requirements like the Bendix collision system included in there and they only included six cameras versus the nine camera system that we currently have and their price was roughly about $1.8 8 million $1.7 million. International came about. They gave us everything that we had asked for. These are the buses that we have there. And from speaking to our mechanics, they're the recommended because it is easy for them to be able to replace and maintain. >> Yeah. >> Um and that's what we currently have in the majority of the newer buses. Those 50 those 28 buses, the majority of those are actually international. So
054we would basically maintain our fleet to be pretty standardized and that one comes out of about 1.9 1.8 1.9 um million dollars. The problem is with any of these is that we have about a 360day lead time. So with any of these buses because we're asking for some stuff to be added into them, they take a pretty serious amount of time um to come back. But those are the costs. So, we're looking to add about another million and a half to$2 million dollars in the budget per year to purchase those buses. >> I got you. Um, where are these 18 buses in in terms of routes or is this the younger kids or the older kids? So, do you have that information? >> I I do not have that information at the top of my
055head. I know that we do use the buses all around. Um I know that um if you recall we did have an accident earlier this year and um I know for a fact that that route has a three-point seat belt route >> um for for the safety of our students and also to make them feel more comfortable because they had already been in a situation that >> and my understanding is all those children had their seat belts on. >> Yes sir, that is correct. And that actually helped minimize some of the the injuries. So, um, again, we are looking to change that and and and to u move forward. Um, it's just going to take us a little bit longer than we had originally expected just because again, the bond did not pass, but it
056is one of our priority lists. So, if we are able to pass a bond here in the near future, know that that is actually on top of the list. >> Apologize for jumping ahead, Alex. >> No, no, no. You're you're good. Actually, I mean, those are really good questions and they're related to that as well. So, so with that being said, I know we have two action items to address here. However, we did bleed over which are good comments and commentary. >> Do you have anything else to present on the second one? And then we can kind of circle back to take in the first action item and then bus. Give me one second. >> Yeah, since we're already there. >> Go ahead and take care of this one. Huh? >> Yeah. if we got
057>> I have questions on the first motion before we move on. >> Okay. >> So, just for my own clarity, um on this first one regarding the uh the seat belts, we're not saying So, basically what we're saying is no um to the requirement to retrofit overnight and then you said that we would do it over time. What does that timeline look like? >> Like the replacement cycle, you mean? So, we have wouldn't have passed a bond, >> right? But what does that timeline look like? Especially because we can't guarantee a bond. So, >> that is correct. So, I'm looking and and again, I can't currently guarantee what we're a replacement cycle is going to be until I see where we're going to be landing in the next couple of months so that I can
058start putting money aside. Yeah, I mean we were I can remember we were talking about this five years ago in finance. I mean that this cycle is we're fixing to get burned because everything is getting pushed to they're all going to go bad at the same time. >> And that's the concern because I don't want us to be in a situation where we continue to kick the can down the road because it is our responsibility to make sure that this happens. >> That's correct. And and again, that's what we're looking at. And uh we are adding one bus at least per year to get to that point. Okay. Um it's just >> it's why we've had buses on every single bond >> and it hasn't. >> I mean, it's been a part of every bond.
059>> I totally agree with you. I'm just trying to make sure it's not going to take us 18 years to do this. Do you see what I'm saying? >> I see what you're saying. Now, >> here I I'll say the elephant in the room. It's It's about the budget, though. I mean, where where do we start cutting what's left to cut. I mean, you really got to start getting that's why we're starting to have those types. We don't have $1.5 million to cut. I can promise you that. >> So, to help with this cycle, I mean, we we really got to find find something, you know, unfortunately. I agree. It's not just Santa Fe ISD. It's it's across the state that's going through this, you know, as as we all know. >> Yeah, I totally
060agree and that's completely fair. I'm just trying to figure out what is the timeline we're setting for ourselves so that we're not saying this is going to take us 18 years to do. >> Well, okay. And I'm I believe I may have misspoke. Okay. I told Mr. Couch about $1.5 million. That's what we're wanting to put aside to purchase buses. It's about $200,000 to purchase a bus. So I'm looking to buy few buses at a time to maintain the same type of replacement cycle that we had looked at during the bond. So I do apologize. I want to clarify that um just because I may have misspelled. Okay. To your point, I'm looking to start the replacement cycle and in five to 10 five to six years have a full cycle going. So we're constantly
061replacing. We have what? How many CNG? 10 to 12 CNG uh vehicles that are about to go out of life because they have to be reertified. And some of that it's going to cost us probably as much as getting a new bus. And so that's going to be not only that, but also the the um refueling station that we have requires a lot of maintenance that happens through the uh um through the years. We had to buy a new CNG compressor maybe last year or the year before that and that was quite um an expensive item. So what we are trying to do is move away from that move into the diesel area. So again, we're looking in the five to sevenyear range, not the full 18, but by then a lot of things could
062have potentially changed, >> you know, and just Sorry. Go ahead. >> And aside from time-sensitive issues within the 28 that are already equipped with the three-point uh safety belt, I assume that we're going to prioritize the 18 that don't have any seat belts at all. >> That is correct. >> Okay. >> So now those five, they're very minimal, but we are going to focus on those 18. So hopefully we can get a few of those replaced in the next coming year. Um I do have one bus that's coming up for purchase tonight and that's just a replacement of the vehicle that we lost in the accident that was actually considered a total loss by our insurance company and actually our mechanics due to safety reasons. Um, and so we want to go ahead and start
063that purchase this year so that we can have it on the books set up because it is going to take about a year's time uh to get it and then coming up uh uh once we're able to get the budget settled looking at what we're going to potentially receive for the coming year then we can get a better estimate into that. But that is something that we are adding in there. As you know um the buses are not the only thing that we currently have that the district needs. Um there are a lot of needs in the maintenance side that that Chris has been working on to try and and help us find creative ways to do, but um a lot of it depends on on on the budget and us being able to uh
064obtain enough funds to cover that while still maintaining our staff and our uh programs that we currently have. >> Yeah, we can't say enough about uh the the magic that you guys have pulled off with the budget so far. Um, and we're still very sorry that you guys are in the situation that you're in. >> So, I got a quick question on the um the buses that we have, say the 18 that don't have any. >> Uh-huh. >> You couldn't put a plan in place to like maybe reout one a year or one every two years. >> We we can try and re outfit. >> The ones that aren't that aren't going to be replaced anytime soon because if if we do a bus a year like >> Cost a fortune to redo is a
065problem. Sorry. >> It cost a fortune to retrofit them. It's not 44,0004,000. >> I mean, you save 20 grand a year. You could do more, but >> you also may lose warranties or anything else. >> I understand, but I'm just saying like So, my next question is, does it leave us leave us open legally if we was to opt out of this? >> So, um, tor immunity does not extend to vehicles, which is our biggest exposure when it comes to legal. Um, so the fact that we retrofit them with three-point seat belt, yes, it does create the safety. However, since we are not guaranteed that work, we cannot with full percent or full certainty say that they are as safe as they were before. That's one of those things that the dealer is telling us.
066It's like I'll change it for you as requested, but I can't tell you that they're just as safe. So, u they kind of put that >> Yeah. You know, fine. >> But even to the point at least we'd be trying. >> Correct. >> And that's really the only thing I'm worried about in opting out. I mean there's no penalty to opt out. Correct. >> No, >> I mean for as many years as we can. >> Correct. >> As far as right now. >> Well, and and and the opt out is for us to do the change all at once, >> right? >> Um we are still, as you guys are aware, safety of our students are number one priority. And so we're still going with, okay, we need to find a way to make sure
067this happens. either purchasing new vehicles or retrofitting what we have or buying the new vehicles and moving these old vehicles out of the way and selling them out of state, selling them to uh um other uh what is it called? um small homes or whatever they want to do them with, you know, uh finding ways to to to use them and and and just use the the buses for something that's not necessarily for the transportation of children. So, we are looking at um innovative ways to to um be able to do that. But to your point, yes, uh um it is something that we are looking at. >> Yeah. It's just uh like I said, I can't give you more specifics until I'm able to see what our budget's going to look like. Um and
068so I probably will be able to provide you a little bit more information on this in the next board meeting once I have a little bit more understanding as how our budget and our costs are going to be uh uh looking like by by for next year. >> Well, that's normally that's a question I would ask in a budget meeting. I was just we were talking about it, so I just figured out >> No, and it's it's it's a it's a it's a good point. you know, we we we don't want anybody to think that we're not trying. You know, this opt out is not a fact that we don't care about that. It's just that it doesn't allow us the opportunity to purchase all of them at once. So, >> so, so just to
069recap, you are considering doing retrofits on the 18 and you're going to come back with a recommendation. So I'm >> on how many per year we're going to do or some other alternative. >> So we had I had not considered the retrofit as being one of our options. I had considered the purchasing of our vehicles and the replacement of those vehicles. >> Yes. >> Over the retrofitting. However, I can work in a combination of purchasing of new vehicles and the retrofitting to allow us to basically move a little faster. you know, if we're talking about like a $200,000 bus, I can do four retrofits, you know, maybe do one bus and >> uh uh prepaid >> three retrofits or whatnot to allow us to continue that. So, that is an option. >> And so, um
070I can bring that over to you guys perhaps bring it either at the next board meeting or at um maybe a board workshop when we can discuss a little bit further what uh um you know, how the the board would like to see that broken down. Yeah, I know. I know it's a tough call and and gosh, on balance, I'd much rather see us buy new buses uh because it's going to save us in the long run with maintenance and everything else. But I in in lie of of having to go out and buy that many buses over a short period of time, um I think we're going to have to at least consider doing doing retrofits um just to try to come into compliance. Uh now all that goes out the window if we
071we pass a bond or at least we could alter that plan if we passed a bond. >> I do. So the state of Texas is also basically in this particular Senate bill um they they are allowing districts to seek out for uh funding for this. So we can look for grants. we can um potentially ask the public for donations to to upgrade our buses. Um however um there is an area where we have to document the information and send it over to the state and I believe it's through the sentinel system um that we use for uh safety. Um, and it is my understanding that they are looking at how many districts are opting out and how much it's going to cost them to retrofit and they are going to potentially fund that. I don't
072know how true that is. >> Again, at this point, it's just some of the information that has gotten out of of of um tea It's okay. We learned a long time ago to not trust them for funding. So, >> yeah. Question. We >> won't hold you to it. >> Let's assume everybody does a retrofit. What's the start to finish time? What's the duration? >> Um, that I I don't know at the top of my head. >> So, some of this is a moot point. How long does it take to get a new bus if you order new buses? >> A year. >> It takes about a year. 360 days. >> So, we need logistically need to back into it somehow. >> Yes, sir. So ultimately >> how long it's going to take to retrofit all
073those because then if you're out whether have your buses for that 300 something days are they going to rent you a bus or you get it or use one for free? >> So no >> what's that extra cost going to put on there? >> Well and and that's a great question. So, one of the things that um these vendors that we talked to, they already in line or they're already talking to HISD, they're talking to Creek, and we're talking to districts that have substantially larger fleets. And so, that also puts us at a disadvantage. >> You know, we have 18 buses that need auto, you know, to be retrofitted, but um maybe that HISD has 150. So, they're obviously going to focus their systems and their fleet to support that because obviously it is far
074more money coming in a lot faster um than us. >> About Fort Ben ISD that closed down six schools. They have any extra buses they want to sell. >> Um you know, great question. I actually reached out to HISD of all people. Um and and they do have some buses that they want to sell. I'm hoping that they have three point seat belts. I'm not 100% sure on that one. That would be good. >> But but they do they do uh um they do like to sell some of their their buses because they are downsizing and they are uh consolidating schools as well. >> It is a catch22 situation because if we're spending $240,000 to retrofit five buses that we're going to replace over the next three to five years, >> then that also, you
075know, messes with our budget even more. So, if we're turning around and we're selling those, that's an investment that didn't make any sense. >> I'm never going to approve $44,000 to retrofit an old bus. >> Yeah. Let's get past this first motion recommendation here. >> Any other comments? Yeah. >> Yeah. Just I'm not trying to drag this on, but I want to be very clear and I'm going to call a spade a spade. This is a political bill. >> This is a political anecdotal bill. Let's force school district to do something right now that we know they cannot financially afford or prepare to do. And I would argue that probably close to 90% of school districts are opting out of this because they simply cannot afford it all at once. To Miss Lambert's point, we
076have a plan to try and make sure we maintain safety and security when it comes to our buses over the next five to six years. They're on every capital project list and every maintenance operational list we have projected since I've been employed here and probably since this board's been here. We can only do so much so fast and they know that. >> So for us to to to say that we're not already doing everything we can to do that uh would wouldn't be true. We are. you've done a phenomenal job trying to project and still build in that replacement cycle even without our bonds. But the idea that we would all be forced to do it right now is not realistic and they knew that when they passed that bill. >> So I want to
077be very clear about that. >> You don't have time to do it all. >> Yeah. >> It's going to if everybody says how long is that list going to actually go out? Five 10 years back to 18 years. >> The only districts we know of that have done that are ones that have passed bonds or already previously had three three-point seat belts on all buses. Otherwise, they're opting out for now. >> And that's why I brought it up is because it is just so misleading. If if we were to make this motion the way that it reads right now and vote on this without having the discussion that we just had, the general public who's listening to this would think, "Oh, they voted to not put three-point seat belts in the buses." And they have
078no plan in place to do something about it. So, I'm glad that we had a discussion. So with that, I move to approve the district op out of transportation code 54701 due to our budget limitations. >> Second. >> Hold on. >> You got a motion or a second? >> You said 547701. Okay, I got a first. Do I got a second? >> Yes, you do. >> Got a first and second for Senate Bill 546 for the threepoint seat belt budget. Um, no other questions, comments, please cast your vote and it is passed unanimously. We do have the second one with the buses and that is the purchase new bus. >> Do you want to do you have any other commentary regarding that? >> I I do not. It's actually for a total of 184,875. So,
079>> okay. And I move to approve the purchase of a school bus with the cost not to exceed $184,75 plus the cost of byboard fee of $800 for a total of $184,875. >> Second. >> It is moved and seconded that we approve the purchase of the bus. No other commentary. Please cast your >> How long will we get this bus? >> It'll take about 360 days. And just so uh the board is is u clearing it, we're using the insurance proceeds that we received for the loss of of our vehicle to cover uh the majority of the bus. So it's not um it is hitting our our budget. However, it is not a large impact because we already had some of those funds. So we wanted to put it into the uh purchase so that
080we can get it as soon rather than than later. So, can we take this money and invest it and buy the dip on a few stocks and buy two buses once it's all over at the end of three years? >> So, I can't buy the dip, but I can definitely put it into interest bearing. >> Yeah. >> Um, since we are kind of limited in our in our investments. >> So, after we receive this bus, we'll only need 17. >> Yes, >> that's correct. Okay. >> Well, actually, no, because this was actually one of our newer buses. So, um, we didn't count it on there because we lost it. Uh, but it was one of our newer buses. It had three-point seat belts on on there. So, >> so what safety factor died? What are
081they going to do with the old bus? >> Uh, the old bus was already taken by the insurance company and it was u either shredded or taken as scrap. >> We pulled the three points out and put in one of our other buses. >> Well, >> we're going to get cost. >> Still got to retrofit the chassis. It has been moved and seconded that we approve the purchase of the school bus. Uh, please cast your votes, please. And it has been approved unanimously. Thank you so much, Alex, for all the discussion in the board. Thank you. >> Thank you. And we have Rachel coming up last with to approve the health advisory committee. >> I feel bad for Alex because every time he thinks he's going to be presenting something simple. Sorry, Alex. >> So,
082>> there you go. My brain was just >> You did good. It took me a little bit to process. >> Thank you, Alex. >> So, mine might be a little easier, but is no less ridiculous. So, >> we love the cander. >> I can't help it. Okay, so in Senate Bill 12, okay, >> go back back up. >> We're gonna we're gonna back it up a little bit. Uh several years ago they allowed um for a committee called SHAK to be uh which is the school health advisory council to be um incorporated into your district educational improvement committee which is just kind of a it was a help in not having too many committees and causing additional time and that sort of thing. They didn't take they never took any of the the things that
083are listed for a shack committee to do were never taken away and they were just placed under DO uh the district of innovation I mean sorry >> sorry DEIC and you had to just pass your district of innovation saying we're not going to do our shack committee we are going to do it all under DEIC so over the summer they just decided they would I don't know take that away. So um it's we're not allowed to put any of these um items into DEIC. We have to have a separate committee uh school health advisory council. The difference between DEIC and SHAK is that you the board has to convene this committee. Um so I'm asking you to convene this committee and then next month we'll ask you to change our DOI for what they just
084took away. Awesome. >> So, that's why I said it was really no less, you know, but I did try to put in the board book what that this committee does. Um, but it was all things that have been presented to you um through DEIC. Now, we'll just basically separate the two committees and um one committee will deal with some of the more health advisory issues. Um, it is still just an advisory group just like DEIC is. Um so any kind of curricular changes or um differences in minutes on any of these types of things would still come to to board approval. >> So any questions for me? >> Any questions? >> All right. Then I and then I ask that you approve um the school health advisory council and the members for this year and
085next since we're getting um a late start. >> Okay, Mr. Vice President, I move to approve the shack membership of the 2526 and 2627 school years. >> Thank you. >> Second has been moved and seconded that we approve this membership. If no further questions, please cast your vote in just one moment. It's Mr. Corey back there. >> And it has been passed unanimously. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> And that concludes our regular agenda section of this board meeting. Um we will now move into board communications and I'll start with Mr. Couch. Um, don't have a whole lot to say here other than I think there are staff and our teachers doing a great job out there. And uh, I would I would uh like to add the uh, >> we have having
086our elementaryaries in the top 15% I think is a big deal. So, anything that we can do to advertise that up on billboards, signs, whatever, I'm I would like to see us do something. And I I just think that's fantastic. >> You don't have any money. >> Okay. Uh I just want to say thank y'all to all the departments for what y'all do and I appreciate y'all. Have a good evening. >> Miss Lambert. >> Uh thank you guys for being here tonight. We appreciate y'all very much and congratulations to the Butler family on the renaming of the gym. >> Mr. Gresman, >> don't forget to get next month. Mr. Herenburgger, thank y'all. Have a good evening. >> Awesome. Short and sweet. >> Dr. Bot, very blessed to work in Santa Fe. We we sometimes forget
087how how fortunate and blessed we are. So, just thank you again to all the principles and directors and leaders for all you do. >> And um also thank you to each one of y'all for being here. Um a few things that we have going on. Obviously, we have some fine arts type things fixing to start ramping up over at the high school. Um, we have all of our spring sports in full swing. Um, we have the education foundation gayla that Mr. Grassmite just uh mentioned. We do have the Houston fair that just kind of closed up this past weekend as well as we have Galveastston fair and rodeo. So, please go out and support your kids. Um, and happy Easter to each and every one of you. So, >> with that, I'll uh take a
088motion to adjurnn. >> Motion to do a second. It's a minute motion second. All raise your hands. It is adjourned at 7:19 him. Hey