001Reno thei >> here. >> Adrien Gera, Dr. Kelly Moria >> here. >> I now want to invite all to stand to participate in the pledge of allegiance, Texas pledge and the prayer. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. Please join me in prayer. Our Father, please bless our schools and staff as they return to prepare for the new school year. Keep our students safe as they enjoy the remainder of their summer and help us all work together and remain focused on our mission. We ask in your name. Amen. >> Thank you. We're now
002going to move on to citizens to be heard. Members of the public will have the opportunity to address the board of trustees during this section on any agenda item or any subject within his jurisdiction except a matter related to pending litigation. Anyone wishing to address the board should have signed up to speak prior to today's board meeting. Speakers should limit their comments to three to three minutes. The p the presiding officer may, if he deems it necessary, limit both the number of speakers and the time allotted to each speaker. Speakers are not allowed to address board members or district staff members by by name. However, the use of titles is acceptable. Under the law, the board of trustees may only take action on items specifically listed on the agenda. Subject matter presented which is not
003part of the agenda will will be referred to the appropriate department for review and sub subsequent action. Therefore, the board of trustees may not take formal action on any requests made during public comment which are not on the agenda but can refer such requests to school staff for review if appropriate. We have on citizens to be heard. We only have one person speaking today and it's Mr. Tom Cumins from AFT. Thank you, President Tijerina, members of the board, Dr. Yino Hosa. I'm Tom Cumins representing teachers and support personnel for South San AFT. We have a few concerns with the compensation plan as it's being presented tonight. First, we do appreciate the starting pay of uh going to $60,000, which will help the district attract f uh qualified teachers in the future, but also it sets
004the trend. It's another mark setting the trend for the for the future of South Sand. However, the second and thirdyear teachers should receive a significant amount more than the beginning teachers which would reflect the experience gained as well as uphold the integrity of the salary schedule. Second, non-eing professionals such as counselors, librarians, nurses, educational diagnosticians, uh etc. uh are not included in the larger payraises of the teachers. They are recommended for a 1.53 pay increase and this should be raised to at least a 2% as was discussed at the prior board meeting and actually should be higher than that uh due to inflation. The few early Trump tariffs are already having an effect on inflation as there is now an estimated 2.7% inflation rate. That's a much larger increase than their pay raise. As the
005bulk of the more recent tariffs are felt, the inflation rate will in increase dramatically if not geometrically. Um third, we are very much concerned about the pay of par profofessionals and auxiliary personnel. inflation will hit those pay families the hardest, especially with pay much lower than it should be when they when they start. Uh that's been a tradition here at the district that I hope we'll be breaking as soon as possible. Beyond the importance of having adequate living pay, the pay of paraprofessionals and auxiliary personnel are they are hourly employees. because they're are hourly, that means a raise can be given later in the year when you have a better understanding of what the budget is for this school year. So, we hope you will take a look at that possibility. But for now, we
006hope you will move to at least 2% if not more. And that's for the reasons that I cited above. Finally, in the last few days, actually last two or three, we've been approached by a few teachers concerned about the blue bonnet curriculum. Since teacher pay is going towards a bonus system, several are worried about being able to achieve their goals using a curriculum that focuses on religion, not achievement. They're deeply concerned with the weaknesses that they see in the curriculum. We'll follow that up with you at a future date. Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Mr. Cummings. Appreciate you >> there. T. So, there's no remarks today. So, we're going to move straight into presentations and reports. The board will now move on to presentation and reports. board members. Unless the presenter pushes for
007question, pauses for questions. Please allow the presenter to complete the presentation or report prior to asking questions or providing comments. Each board member will be given up to three minutes to ask questions or make comments per round with the maximum of two rounds. For your convenience, I remind board members that there is a countdown clock at the podium to help you keep track of how much time you have left. Actually, we're supposed to go content. Sorry, my fault. My apologies. I just went over this consent agenda like I own this place. Um, we will move on to the consent agenda. [Applause] These items are of a routine administrative or controversial or a non non controversial nature. The board has been furnished with background and support material on each item and has been discussed at a
008p previous meeting. All consent agenda items will be acted upon by one vote without being discussed separately unless requested by a trustee in which in event the item or items will immediately be withdrawn for individual consideration in its normal sequence after the items not requiring separate discussion have been acted upon. The remaining items will be adopted by one vote. Uh Dr. uh do you have anything on the consent agenda? >> Yes, sir. Um we recommend that the uh board of managers approve consent items 1 through nine as presented. >> Uh the chair will now entertain any motions regarding this item. >> I motion that we approve items 1 through nine as listed. Thank you, Miss Sanchez. Do I have a Do I get a second? >> I second. >> Thank you, Miss Partardo. Uh, Miss
009Martinez, can we get a roll call? >> Yes, sir. Raymond Deiharina, >> yes. >> Carl Miss Sanchez, >> yes. >> Daryl Balorama, >> yes. >> Ailina Prado, >> yes. >> Jesus Reno thei, >> yes. >> Dr. Kelly Morgia, >> yes. >> Motion passes. Thank you. >> So, I will not read presentation reports again. Uh so we're going to go right into presentation reports. The first uh presentation is the approval of the South S San Antonio ISD resolution to establish a local school library advisory council. >> Yeah, we're going to have u executive director of human resources uh Miss Rita to present. Uh the next few items you're going to see are a result of legislative action that was taken uh this past legislative uh session where the uh board needs to approve uh these actions
010which will be changing our local uh policy. So all of these uh actions uh have to be passed before the first day of school and that's why we're here today. So with that said, Miss uh Urste. >> Thank you Dr. Anosa. Good evening, board president Theharina and board of managers. Uh, this agenda item is a resolution establishing a local school library advisory council. This resolution outlines the district's procedures and process to establish establish a school library advisory council to consider recommendations from the Slack before adding library materials to school library catalog, removing materials from the school library catalog, or making changes to policies or guidelines related to the school library catalog. Uh Senate Bill 13 from the 89th legislative session relates to the district's library materials and catalog. um the establishment of a local school
011library advisory council which we will refer to as slack. So this resolution uh does just kind of want to point out a few things about this resolution. It must consist of at least five members which with each member appointed by the board of managers and with each trustee appointing an equal number of members. A majority of the voting members of the slack must be persons who are parents of students enrolled in the district. One of those members of the slack shall serve as a chair of the council. The board of managers may also appoint one or more members uh one or more persons to serve as a non- voting member and they can be from the following groups. Classroom teachers, librarians, school counselors, uh school administrators and so on. The slack shall meet at least
012two times each year and at other times as necessary to fulfill the council's duties. Uh this resolution also includes other procedures uh for the conduct of the slack council meeting. And so at this time um I am uh on behalf of the superintendent um requesting that uh you do approve the resolution establishing a local school library advisory council. There are any questions? >> Just confirmation. You said is five members and one of those members is a school um employee. Did I get that correct? >> So consist of five members being students who are enrolled and then also members and members. And the this council is going to be making recommendations or will they have the authority to make decisions? Could you clarify that for me? >> They're going to be making decision I have a
013question Musti. Um, we can only appoint one member or one voting member or can we, you know, do one voting member and then non- voting members? >> You will actually appoint one voting member and also appoint non voting member. >> Okay. Thank you. uh question kind of logistical and I know that we'd have to first approve this but what is the timeline look like and how um do folks like identify interest or what's like the outreach looking like for this particular board. >> So um the voting the voting and nonvot voting members will be appointed by you all. So, we will probably have to, you know, send out a survey that um lets um our comm community community know that we have a library council. We'd like to get um interest in that and um
014see which parents um of students are interested and then um from the campus level which you know uh campus level members are interested in participating in the in the council. Um we do have to um vote on the resolution and then vote on the new board policy that goes along with the resolution. And so we do have to establish the the council, you know, pretty quickly within, you know, within this Yeah. within this beginning of the school year because um the council will be voting on the the library materials that will be um any new library materials that we will be adding, they'll have to vote on that. And then any um materials that are going to be removed, they'll have to be voting on that as well. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Does that include
015books? >> Yes, books. It's going to be library materials, books, audio, um you know, whatever videos, things that may might be in the school library. >> All right. Um Dr. Hos, do you have a recommendation on this item? >> Yes, sir. We recommend that the uh board of managers uh go ahead and establish a school library advisory council for South San Antonio ISD as per the 89th legislature. Uh the chair will now entertain any motions regarding this item. >> I'll have a motion to approve the resolution as stated. >> Can I get a second? I'll second. >> Thank you, Mr. Don. Uh, Miss Martinez, can I get a roll call, please? >> Yes, sir. Raymond Dearina, >> yes. >> Carl Miss Sanchez, >> yes. >> Daryl Balderama, >> yes. >> Prao, >> yes. >> Jesus
016Reno thei, >> yes. >> Dr. Kelly Muria, >> yes. >> Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Restie. Uh the next uh item up is uh the to approve a proposed board policy EFB local. >> Yes, sir. So, um as I just mentioned, this board policy is going to be in relation to the resolution that was just passed. So, this is a proposed new board policy, EFB local. Uh the purpose of this policy is to ensure that the district provides a wide range of library materials for students and faculty that support student achievement and present varying levels of difficulty, diversity of appeal and a v variety of points of view. This policy will also um provide standards for collection development and the selection and evaluation of library materials. This is an again in relation to
017Senate Bill 13 of the um 89th legislative session. And so this board policy, it's uh brand new, so you're not going to see any of the blue that um we norm normally indicates additions or the red which normally indicates deletions. Uh but this board policy is going to specifically include the role of the school library advisory council. It's also going to um uh establish the process and procedures for collection um a collection development policy. Uh it's going to include goals. It's going to include recommendation and uh procurement of materials. Uh it's also going to include um donated and proposed procurement lists. Um it'll also include a parental access plan, access procedures. Um it'll include information on protection from inappropriate materials. Uh it'll also include the process uh for a challenge of library materials, the maintenance
018of the library materials and then gifts and donations that are um donated to the library as well. So it is a very broad um policy. Uh this concludes my portion of the um agenda item. Are there any questions? >> No questions, but rather a comment. um just thank you for the intentionality behind this because you know with any new policy that is enacted um there can be hiccups and so with more clarity more guidance um it's a little bit helpful to work um within those um parameters as opposed to just kind of freely approving or denying access. So just thank you for your thoughtfulness in this um report. >> You're welcome. But I mean, I do I want to make sure that I do we do get um advisement from uh TASBY um board policy.
019So, you know, we do we let them know what direction that we're wanting to go and they do give us um feedback and direction on that. So, definitely don't want to take credit for all of that. But thank you. I I appreciate that. >> Dr. I'm sorry. >> Yes, sir. Um, I recommend we approve um board policy EFB local as presented. >> Uh, can I get a motion regarding this item? >> I make a motion to approve um, EFB local as stated. >> I second that. >> Thank you. I got a motion and I got a second. Um, Miss Martinez, can I get a roll call, please? >> Yes, sir. Raymondina, >> yes. >> Carla Gomez Sanchez, >> yes. >> Daryl Balderama, >> yes. >> Aelina Prado, >> yes. >> Jesus Reno thei, >> yes.
020>> Dr. Kelly Morgia, >> yes. >> Motion passes. Thank you. Uh, the next item up is approve the proposed revision to board policy FNCE, local. Yeah. So, this is going to be the I guess the hot topic that's going around the state because we're dealing with cell phones, right? And it's going to be a big change. Um should the board uh approve this uh which again is uh um is a state law now where u no kid or student is allowed to have a cell phone from the time the bell rings to the time that the last bell rings. Right? Where the flexibility and local authority comes in. What happens when uh student violates that? Right? So, we've established some parameters uh and some um recommendations as to what uh will occur, but I I
021just want to add that we will be uh on social media um and you know blasting uh the the new law that this is anywhere in any school district in the state of Texas that no student now is allowed to take their cell phone out during the uh school day. So, we'll obviously have to communicate that with uh parents uh as we go. But uh Miss Ustee. >> Yes, sir. You pretty much covered it all. Um this is going to just uh be a revision to our existing board policy. Um and you'll uh notice on the board policy that you're going to see the um additions in blue and the um deletions in red. And then basically the policy is going which will be communicated uh via social media but also um in our student
022handbook. It will align with this um board policy. It's going to just establish um the regulations for what happens when a student um does use their cell phone outside of the instructional day. Um and that will be that the the phone will be confiscated. Um it will be housed in the um uh principal's office. parents will be contacted um you know uh and then the there could be a fee associated of $15 to um have the the cell phone uh returned. Um and so the if a parent or student does not come to collect the phone or a parent does not come to collect the phone um it will not be disposed. It will u maintain be maintained in the office um tagged and then they'll continue with that um parent communication. So, uh, that's
023basically what the policy outlines. >> Yeah. And it is going to be a I'm going to call it a herculean task, right? Because students have been accustomed to to using cell phones during the school uh school day. So, uh I know we're going to be meeting with our um principles, especially at the junior high and high school cuz that's normally where um students do have cell phones and uh in order to um you know train our parents and our students uh obviously as students leave uh for extracurricular activities uh then of course they they'll be allowed to use it because they're not uh in that's not part of the instructional day per se. So there there are provisions and things that uh we'll make accommodations for. I'm sure there's if there's any other questions for
024the board. >> Um does this include the lunch hour? Like it's >> it includes the lunch hour. They cannot have it out during lunch. That's they we we did get uh clarity and it's very specific. So from the time the first bell rings to the uh the time that the kids let out, they cannot have their cell phone out. >> And what's the uh plan to enforce that like at a large level like in the cafeteria? >> The my again we'll we'll uh have to pick that up. If the student refuses uh then at that point the parent will be called uh for a mandatory meeting at the campus to have that discussion. So, uh it's going to basically accountability has to be shifted to the parents and uh there'll be mandatory meetings on campus
025uh when kids refuse uh or defy the uh intent of the law. And again, this is not a U South San ISD um policy. This is a state legislature uh law that was passed. So, we're just following uh uh the law that uh was passed by the 89th legislature. Are there any exemptions that are allowed for this particular policy? Mr. Dest, do you know if there's any exemptions? Did you see any? So, a student shall be authorized to use a personal communication device um if it's if the student's use is necessary for the implementation of the students um IEP uh 504 or a similar program or plan. And so that will all need to be documented. Um and there will have to be a directive from a qualified physician. Um the students use is necessary
026to comply with the health or safety requirement imposed by law. Um, so that will be the exemption for the cell phones if it is documented in a IEP or 504 and that um if a medical physician uh you know does include that in in the a note or some sort. And so they'll have to come to a 504 committee or a an R committee to probably um go ahead and uh have that accommodation or modification in place. and and currently is the only exemption that is that is allowed. >> Yes, sir. That's currently the only exemption that's allowed. >> Okay. >> It it's it's concerning to me the the administrative burden that that this is going to place on our teachers. Um it's going to take away from the instructional time. Um because we all
027know in this room that it's going to be difficult to enforce. And so I am I am concerned about um how this is going to be rolled out not only for this district but for students across the state. So >> yeah. Is there um in the legislative writing? Is there any discretion that an administrator would have? And and are there any punitive actions that will be taken against an administrator? If let's say there's 20 kids with their phones on they can't pick up all of them, bell rings, some of them run. Is there anything punitive that would happen to an administrator in the law? >> I have not seen um any of that. I've not seen anything punitive as of right now that's going to happen to the administrator because um you know they couldn't
028confis confiscate all you know 20 phones or whatnot. Um but I know that you know our our students and our parents are going to hold our administrators to be consistent with applying the the you know this policy um across the district. So, um I know that there's going to be there's already been communication with our administrators and um they're going to communicate with their administrative staff to just make sure that they're implementing the policy um consistently um and fairly throughout the campus and instruction. >> I think that's where I'm getting to is is I could see one student saying he had his phone out and then he didn't take mine. And >> so um I mean I'm glad you um answered that question because I know there's some um students with you know diabetes or
029other that they use their cell phone to track um and I understand that they will get their cell phone or have access to it in extracurricular activities but um I'm concerned on later on an administrative side if a phone is taken in and then if something gets lost you know things get lost or something happens or gets damaged um that what will happen to the school and how we are prepared to handle that that will cause more issues or I don't more money probably going different direction than where we want to go but then have we thought or could we think of other innovative solution that will keep us within the law but allow um student not to have it in class but in other means where they can still access and my point is
030more you know those students that don't have a car but they do different activities they walk home and there's some communication that happens you know with parents or or incidents that happened right um we've all seen the news hope is not at southside but we all seen the news where things happen in the classrooms that um they get recorded on the cell phone and then there's administr there's actions that happen after what security we're giving the parents not only the student but the parents that everything is being followed fairly across the board um without having that access to a phone I'm putting it out there but I don't want to be like blaming somebody for doing something they're not supposed to But it happens and I want to make sure that >> there's alternative and
031innovative solutions there. >> Right. I I think it um you know in every scenario is different. If a kid was in danger, somebody's threatening them and they reach out to their parent you know and they get caught. I think that's uh uh up for discussion that you know we there'd be some type of discretion. Obviously we'd have to investigate that. Um and in those circumstances I I I would agree, you know, uh but primarily, you know, during class time, you know, um I mean, it's pretty pretty specific. Now, the kids walking home, obviously, you know, bell rings and now they have the opportunity to use it because, uh it's not instructional time at that point. But yeah, I I think I I could see that if somebody was in danger wanting to hurt themselves or
032hurt somebody else that and and and we investigate and that holds true that they'd be some type of accommodations at that point. >> Also, >> yeah. Um, okay. Because I think that was the other thing of like, you know, god forbid, um, there's a lockdown, but that's kind of our reality. Um, and as a parent, you know, wanting to hear from your child just that they're okay. But that is part of the exception three or >> okay, >> that um, if there was an emergency then obviously the administrator would wave >> the cell phone restriction at that time. So, it is stated in our student code of conduct. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> And Mestia, I'm not sure if you can answer this. Um, but do we have any idea or a pulse on what
033folks in the community do they even know that this bill is is happening? Uh because I I'm assuming that a lot of folks don't really follow all of the Texas politics because this is a really a big issue that I think is going to going to hit us pretty hard. Um not just us, but I guess um publicly education across the state. Do we have a sense of of how that's gone or if there's been any community meetings to kind of say, "Hey, this is coming. You you guys need to prepare for this?" Um, we have not had any community meetings on, you know, this recent legislation, but I know that, um, we do have a a communication plan to, um, get it on like the website, social media, and then they're also going to
034be having a meet the teacher night uh, this week, two, two nights this week. So, that's another opportunity to start um, letting parents know and students know of the new policies that will be coming up. And then >> I sent a letter last week. >> Oh, you did send a letter last week. Okay. Thank you. Do you want to? >> So, we sent a letter to all parents just letting them know that this was coming and we were having a board meeting and we would update them um once you approve the resolution and the student code of conduct. We would update them with um the new policy. So they will be getting information and again um our principles and staff will share that information at meet the teacher this week as well as Miss Udest
035shared >> and and just to Mr. Baladama's point. I just want to say that in speaking to colleagues across Bear County, you know, meetings there there is concern, you know, they're how they're going to, you know, cuz there's the unknown the first day and uh we know parents are you're they're not aware a lot of them, right? They're going to it's going to be awake awakening, right, where they think kids can use their phones and they can't. So, it's going to be an adjustment obviously. And uh again, this is I just want to say this was not something that this board created. this was uh as a result of u state legislator, you know, a bill becoming a law and and uh that's we're having to deal with. >> Yeah, I think I want to
036piggy back off Dr. Hinosa like I want to make sure that like parents and families do understand this is something that's at the state level. However, I feel like I do have to kind of I want to like voice that um and this is probably more for the state legislature that we need to figure out different ways to incorporate the technology instead of pulling it out of their hands and saying we don't understand it so we don't want you to have it. I feel like in a way I feel like I'm pulling access from a kid uh access to knowledge out there that we all use as adults and I feel like pulling it out of their hands is probably longterm not the way to to go about it like I said but I understand
037it's a state legislature thing our our leadership here is tied where you know we have to you know abide however I just want to kind of like put that out is that I mean right now it's phones I I you know social media and then you we have AI I coming down the pipe. So all this stuff like connects. So I'm just kind of like I just want to make sure that people understand and like keep that on the forefront especially the educators in the room like executive people like think about ways we're going to be able to incorporate this technology as we move forward instead of like pulling it out of their hands. So that's like my only push and my only like hope. Uh uh yeah. And I just want to add you
038said it's only phones. Uh it also includes smartwatches as well. life here but as well >> I've got a question miss do you have a gauge on what the teachers think if this is to is this going to be something that's going to help them have the students focus in the classroom is it is it a tendency where they pull things out and and my second question is you mentioned a fee um potentially or potentially not what's the sentiment of uh of of our direction in going with that and I say that because I remember when the iPhone first came out and I was in high school, everybody well the rich kids who had the iPhone were always on it and texting and I remember the admin used to pick up the phone and they
039would charge a fee and the fee went to the scholarship fund and and I remember that cycle but I'm I'm guessing the full story of this is maybe they didn't have the right to do that so they couldn't pick up phones. Do we do we pick up phones now? um >> it it already the $15 fee is already in our handbook. So, it's already um an established policy that you know students are not supposed to be having their phone out during instructional time. Um and if they don't comply there, it's it's been in our policy already that there may be a $15 charge. Um it's just never been at the um the state level that it's something that we have to enforce. Um but now it it's even a little bit stricter more stringent. So
040um now you know it's something that we are going to have to comply with. Um I would imagine I mean I uh I was a teacher I was a principal so I would imagine that yeah that um the yes the the earbuds are distracting um cell phones are distracting if students you know are using them during the um instructional day when the teachers are teaching or when they're supposed to be in groups um working together. So, I can imagine that that um this law and this policy um is going to help with that portion, but I do understand the other concerns from you know parents as far as safety and um you know, >> right lunch are the other safety wanting to know dismissal plans or whatnot. I can understand that other side as well.
041>> Okay. Thank you. And and if I could just get a point of clarification, um this only applies to students or are teachers, administrators also being restricted from using phones during the instructional day. >> So um the law is is only for students. However, we already we have a policy with our teachers as well, even our substitutes because I I train the substitutes. we do let them know that they're not supposed to have their phone during instructional time because they're the models for our students. Um they should be actively engaging in instruction um and not being distracted with their phones as well. >> And then I'm sorry to keep this I just I'm >> I want to get all these questions out. And are all the campuses prepared for I'm assuming that parents that are
042concerned that have issues they're going to be calling the campuses and leaving messages and trying to connect with their students. Are we going to be prepared to handle those types of calls or what is being put in place to make sure that that is taken care of? So um we already do um I mean we do have our parents who already do communicate with our teachers and our staff um through different modes um you know email uh class dojo different things that they already do communicate with um teachers and staff on on different things like you know my son's going to ride the bus or is going to go to the afterchool program instead of walk home. So, we're we're we're already um that we're already used to having that type of communication with our
043parents and our staff. Um if you go to our schools, you'll see that we have um parents that, you know, stop by to drop off, you know, glasses, lunch, or whatnot. So, we're already prepared for um our families coming in to uh talk with staff to uh get information or, you know, send communication to their students. um our teachers are already used to communicating with um their parents uh via email or phone calls. So um we're we're already prepared to be communicating with our families in in that manner. It's it's going to be even more so now that you know students don't uh have their phones, but we are already prepared to begin that communication um with our parents or continue that communication I should say with our parents. >> Thank you, Mr. Resty. Appreciate
044your time. Appreciate it. Uh Dr. Henos, do you have anything regarding this item? >> Just want to recommend that the uh board of managers approve uh board policy FNCE local as um as voted upon the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas. >> Thank you. Can I get a motion around this item? I motion that we approve the proposed revision to the board policy FNC local. >> Can I second? >> We have a We have a motion and we have a second. Thank you. Uh, Miss Martinez, can you conduct a roll call, please? >> Yes, sir. Raymond Deiharina, >> yes. >> Carla Miss Sanchez, >> yes. >> Daryl Balorama, >> yes. >> Orina Prado, >> yes. >> Jesus Reno thei, >> yes. >> Dr. Kelly Morgia, >> yes. Motion passes. This is going to be
045a tough one. >> Motion passes. Thank you. Um the next one, the next item up is uh approval of the 2025 2026 paying compensation plan. >> Thank you. And this is my last board agenda item for the night. Um so yes, this is the uh this agenda item is um for the presentation of the 2025 2026 paying compensation plan. Uh this plan contains all pay scales, pay ranges and stipens for each and every position within the district. Uh the plan also uh the pay compensation plan is fundamental in supporting the vision, goals and operations of the district uh and to recruit and retain highly qualified staff um to promote positive student outcomes. Uh at this time, I'd like to go ahead and review the presentation material with you. while uh Miss Sudesta is uh uh
046getting u it up, I I just want to state that um we did have a uh our finance committee involved in this. Um and as was earlier stated uh during uh public comment, you know, the the district has uh been pigeonholed uh in the sense that um before um money was allocated through basic aotment or other means where the district had some flexibility of how to disperse right uh additional revenue. What has happened now is the state has been very specific uh where the additional revenue uh and actual amounts uh have been stated that it's going to teachers right and then there was a small portion uh that we'll uh learn uh today where uh we um can use those funds for our other employees, right? um you know some of them are you know
047and it's our discretion how to use that. So that's where the 1.53 comes out. Uh where it's a minimum amount of a um that will still be in the black, but looking at the at the future for 2020 uh 627, it's an amount that we feel that we can make up to to bring us to a u balanced budget two years from now. And that that's what we're looking at. So again, that's how the money uh was allocated by the state. Uh and uh that's why uh we're making those uh proposals today. Uh so uh I'm going to go ahead and uh uh let Miss Ustee uh present, but just to let everybody know that um it was like the state telling us this is how you're going to spend your money based on the
048money that we're giving you. We we're not we weren't given any flexibility. Thank you, sir. And so, um, I'm going to go ahead and just, uh, bring your attention to the agenda, which is the next slide. Uh, and so I'll be covering the the teacher retention allotment, the support staff retention aotment, uh, pay for teachers zero to years experience, uh, pay for administrative staff, and then just overall the, uh, 2526 paying compensation plan. And so um as Dr. Nosa stated through your budget workshop meetings um I do bring to you the recommendations that our district at the superintendent is proposing. And so the first one is the teacher retention aotment uh which is through house bill 2. Uh the state has set uh 2500 for each classroom teacher with at least three years and less
049than five years of experience and then $5,000 for each classroom teacher with five or more years of experience. Uh when we look at this recommendation, the base salary increases will be about 1.8 million. the related benefit cost to that will be um a little over $200,000 and then the total compensation impact is going to be um a little over $2 million. And then we when we look at our support staff retention aotment, this is again two uh this is again through House Bill 2. Um we are proposing a 1.5% increase and these this is going to be for the groups that are counselors, librarians, teacher assistants, custodial staff, food service workers, bus drivers, administrative assistants, and other support staff. Um like such as maintenance and and whatnot. Uh this allotment would be calculated by multiplying
050$45 per ADA. Uh we're looking at a 1.5% uh increase in raise. 260 uh that will be base salaries. 260,000 that will be base salaries. We'll have a related benefit cost of 31 uh,000 and then the total uh compensation impact will be 291,000. Then when we look at um the teachers with less than three years of experience uh they we will have a starting salary of 60,000 and then we're looking at year uh one and two will remain at 60,000 as well. Uh we're looking at a base salary increase of uh 14,000 related benefits costs of 2,000 and then a total compensation impact of 16,000. >> Mr. to if I can just add though uh because of the um I'm going to say the um way that we changed um how we pay our teachers
051zero to one two even though the state is not giving anything we're actually giving them u uh we or we're budgeting $3,000 which is 5% of their salary. So, we actually um budgetwise have the highest uh we'd be the highest paid in Bear County because if you if you take that 3,000 that's 63,000 that 63,000 could be 70,000 uh you know 71,000 could be 65 you know uh the teachers that are not performing you know then would not get the 3,000. So, uh, again, uh, budget-wise, we're, uh, we're really budgeting 5% more than this. You know, it's just, uh, again, the teachers have to earn it. But I just wanted to make that known that we have 1.5 million allocated to these teachers, uh, that they'll get above and beyond what you see here. So,
052I just wanted to point that out, sir. Uh and then administrative staff, we're looking at the same uh 1.53 uh% increase. And this would be for principles, APS, and other administrative staff. So, we're looking at base salary increases to be 70 um how it's going to affect the budget is 75 um,000. We're looking at 8.7 uh,000 in related benefit costs for a total compensation impact of 84,000. And and again I just want to add that uh as part of the incentive pay that we have that our administrators are also included in this. So uh based on the uh their campus performances and the principal performance they can also earn additional pay on top of this uh 1.53 uh%. And then lastly, uh I'd like to present the o the uh 2526 paying compensation plan in
053its entirety to include not only the increases uh that I just presented, but any edits to include additions, deletions of positions and stipens uh andor any rates for substitutes, part-time, extra duty pay, DOI teachers, and any other temp uh at any and or temporary staff. Um so, uh this is going to be the entire plan. I've presented it in two different formats for you. So, I know it's a little bit small here, but at the very end of the presentation, um there's going to be a larger PDF scale of the entire plan for you to view all of the um the edits that were made to the plan. And and I do want to add especially our par professionals because they they do play an important part uh with our teacher incentive aotment um currently
054the way that it's structured our paras are given 10% of the money that the district gets. So that's not annotated here but that money is dispersed amongst all our par professionals. So in addition to the 1.3 uh uh 53 they are going to get 10% of the teacher incentive aotment. So that percent of course would be a little bit higher. A lot of districts currently don't do that. Uh where uh it's been the practice here at South Sand where Paris do get these additional funds. So I I did want to point that out as well. So, that uh concludes my presentation and I'm just going to have um Daniel just kind of go through you'll you'll uh you can see all of the additions or deletions that were made in the plan which also includes
055the increases for each pay group. And it's this is going to include anything from positions to stipens and any other sort of pay that the district does um issue for different types of um employee groups that we have. And this is just the larger scale of the um entire compensation plan. So this concludes my portion of the presentation. Are there any um questions that uh the board of managers has for me? >> Um Dr. Do you have anything recommendation on s? >> Uh, no. I I I um I recommend that we approve as uh uh as presented. And again, note that it it's not perfect. Um, you know, I'm not sure why, uh, you know, it was done, uh, uh, as far as how, uh, the state decided to fund, but again, we do have
056some, uh, incentives, uh, uh, in order to, uh, I'm going to say pay all of our employees, right? Uh, so again, we do have through the teacher incentive plan where we are paying Paras, uh, more than uh, the salary uh, allocated. uh we do have uh you know the 1.5 million of that 5% which those teachers 0 to2 are going to be able to access. So um they'll uh be able to earn a higher salary and we did that by cutting all the central office uh administrative jobs this past year and reallocating it back to our schools. Uh so uh you know feel that this district did their part. you know, the the state had a different idea. Uh you know, they they didn't treat librarians, counselors, and nurses um alike. Uh but again, that's
057the money that we have and that's what we have to work with. So that's why we're going uh today going with the uh 1.53 um percent. Um can I get a motion regarding this item? I'll do a motion to approve the 2025 2026 pay and compensation plan. >> Thank you, Miss Pra. Can I get a second? >> I'll second that motion. >> Thank you, Miss Sanchez. Uh, Miss Martinez, can I get a roll call, please? >> Yes, sir. Raymond Deharina, >> yes. >> Carlos Sanchez, >> yes. >> Daryl Balderama, >> yes. >> Aelina Prado, >> yes. >> Jesus Reno the third. >> Abstain. >> Dr. Kelly Muria. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. Thank you. Uh the last uh the last thing we're going to talk about today is Pivot Point CTE Cosmetology Program. >> Yes,
058we have our director of secondary education, Miss Jetty Lee Taylor, uh to present on this item. [Applause] >> Okay. Good evening, President Tiharena, board of managers, Dr. Henosa, executive leadership team, staff and guests. Good evening. Please allow me to present to you an overview of the pivot point curriculum proposal for our cosmetology program. Pivot Point is a fun foundational fundamental lab aligned resource used to teach cosmetology, barbering and aesthetics. This lab is a comprehensive beauty education library designed for successful lensure pass rates and entrylevel proficiency. It is developed to help learners transform information into learning that deepens meaning relevance and to prepare for lensure exams. Within the online lab modules are multiple activities that allow for collaboration, inspire deeper cognitive thinking, provide support for multiple learning styles, and reinforce the need to know foundational information.
059This pivot point includes curriculum resources, a digital lab platform, as well as preparation resources aligned to state licensing. I wanted to provide you with an overview of our current course enrollment, principles of cosmetolo, excuse me, cosmetology design and color theory at level one, 81 students. Introduction to cosmetology level two, these are our sophomores, 64 students. Then after completing level one and two of the introduction courses, students can move on and choose which advanced courses they'd like to take. Estesthetician is the level three and four specialty. We have 15 students currently enrolled and to note this is the first year our esthetician uh program will be available for students. Cosmetology one at the level three for juniors grade 11 41 students and cosmetology 2 level four for our seniors 31 students. I wanted to show that
060this cosmetology program is actually a growing program. So I've included an overview. You can see we are trending with higher enrollment. Uh it's important to note after looking at the enrollment we are also retaining students as they advance to the upper level courses. Some background on our former curriculum and why we're proposing a change. The Malay curriculum was very confusing. There were multiple resources that were not consistent. uh only one of our two teachers at the high school had access to those resources. Uh so it it was very inconsistent and Malay also did not provide any real world applicability or experiences for our students. The cost per student for the digital access under Malay was $125. Pivot Point aligns with realworld experiences and the cost per student is only $99. Cosmetology is part of our
061CTE programs of study at the high school. Uh there's different pathways for students to earn our college career military readiness indicators and be prepared uh for postsecary opportunities. Pivot Point prepares our students through access of a digital lab, specialized programs, and aligns with current industry trends. Students are prepared with a personalized licensing prep testing platform. Notably, this test prep platform aligns with the Texas Department of Licensing, regulations, and testing, so our students are ready once they're entering the career, the workforce. The online lab allows for many different resources. In summary, Pivot Point offers a lower cost per student and gives both of our amazing cosmetology students access to resources to provide a customized, engaging learning experience. Thank you for your consideration and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. >> I have a
062comment and a question. First of all, I'm I'm very passionate about this one. My mom was a commtologist and she had her own salon. She retired from that. But also because I saw I have two cousins that went through a similar program. One that used it to work so she can pay for her um college and now she's a um um doctor. So my question is, would this program help with the retention rate? cuz I saw you have 81 now enrolled, but as you continue on into the different higher levels, it seems like that number um decreases like by half. >> So, is this going to improve it and what is what is your thoughts on it? >> Sure. So, great question. Uh, one of the goals of all our CTE programs is to increase
063and maintain that retention and enrollment in the level three and level four courses and then ultimately to lead to industry based certification, state licensing. So we are very hopeful that this solid curriculum, online resources, the test prep will promote that retention and uh continuing in our courses within this pathway. >> This is going to be the first. So this is new if it's adopted this would be the first time that it's implemented in the schools and so that's a question and then do we happen to know any of the success rates from students that have taken this in terms of completing and and getting their state lensure >> great question so first question uh yes this is the first time that uh this will be this particular curriculum and resources will be used at the
064high school I don't have information but I'm happy certainly to find out about its use and of implementation and follow up. >> Yeah, I think it's great if the if there's some cost savings, I think we all like to hear that. Um, but if it's at the expense of the students passing and and getting access to that license, I I think that's something that I would like to look at a little bit further. >> Sure. And absolutely, just to note, uh, I've been working with the high school about for the past month really digging into the CTE programs of study. So, uh, this curriculum recommendation does come at the, uh, request and, uh, uh, recommendation from our two licensed CTE com cosmetology teachers at our high school. >> That's good. Thank you. >> Yes, you're
065welcome. >> I have a question. Do you have um I guess for comparison in the future um the rate of students who completed these previous programs you've used who have uh gone on to obtain their state license or their certification so that we can compare in the future. What are the rates now? >> Sure. >> You know that. >> Yes ma'am. So uh I can definitely uh get that information since I've come on board. We like I said uh working with our new CTE master teacher and the high school department. We are pulling data looking at uh enrollment rates. We're tracking industry based certifications and we certainly can get that information uh to make some comparisons of past success verse future success. So it is to the betterment of our students. >> You're welcome. >>
066Yeah, I I know that's uh been a challenge. I because I when I first got here, I did talk to uh the teachers and they need a thousand hours, right? So again, it's u making that time available where the teachers sometimes have to come in on Saturdays so they can get hours or they partner with a local uh salon so that they're getting those hours. Uh but I I know that's the biggest challenge is u having students, you know, come after school or or come in on Saturdays to to get those particular hours needed in order to gain the certification. >> Yeah, that's a great question. in terms of like salons out in the community. Is there is there anything that this curriculum has or have we ever thought of like yes, we're teaching them,
067you know, this this this material, but is there also like any kind of like entrepreneurial program where we can like get these kids like matched up where they can go in the community and start their own salons? >> So, right now, uh I'm happy to look into that. I don't know. Um I do know again from my short time with CTE, our partnerships are robust. Um, and the goal of CTE is to link industry and set up our students for placement in their career fields, but specifics I can definitely circle back. >> Got it. Thank you so much. >> You're welcome. >> No, I was going to I was just going to add I I think there are some components, a business component, you know, as far as um, you know, when you when you
068do start a business, a salon, you know, what are you know, some of the things to look for of setting up a a business and a component. But I know it is a growing industry. Uh not you know you think of hair and my but nails now. I mean >> I know it cost a lot of money. I got nieces and so forth and I do it pretty uh pretty often >> and this is just a curiosity question. Um this is interesting topic. Um I know in the neighboring district at Southwest High School they offer uh barber for students who learn to be barbers. I I noticed you use the word cosmetology and maybe this is my ignorance. Is that something that is included in this curriculum? >> So right now have our students complete
069the pathway uh for the industrybased certification right now. but all based on student interest. You're welcome. >> Um just a maybe comment perhaps um since my colleagues asked a lot of great questions. Um there's yeah like a wondering around like what student voice might share of like what are the barriers or the challenges. So, like I love that the cosmetology uh teachers were um asked about the program and such. Um and to like hear from our youth of maybe doing like a listening tour um with the students of like what is it that is um challenging for them in this and like how we can help mitigate those um in the program. But this sounds exciting and so thank you for presenting this. >> You're welcome. And thank you for that great idea as I'm
070on boarding and trying to really uh boost our CTE opportunities. I I really would like to work with our master teacher and our CTE department to to have that and gather that student input. Thank you. >> Got one last. I I can't count how many students who I've taught at Palo Alto who go through cosmetology, want to start their own business, and they say, "Oh, I went to South Sam, but I couldn't join because my I didn't do it as a freshman or something." What's what's that? Is there merit to that discussion? Can they jump in their junior year and and um multi-day class and get the certificate or their senior? What what's where's the deadline? >> Yes. So, that's a great question as far as access and entry into the program. So, uh we
071c you can join to answer your question as a sophomore. Uh the coursework there's uh the introduction to cosmetology level 2 grade 10. Uh however, to note when you do join a little late uh you have to make up some hours. So, there's a commitment on part of the student. Uh like Dr. Dr. Henosa said it is about a thousand hours. So, there is some makeup, but uh that is one of the things that we've looked at uh and reviewed to make sure that our pathways are accessible and that uh maybe that freshman doesn't know exactly what they're interested in or they tried a different class and now uh they've heard about this class or their interests changed. >> Okay. So, so the cut off is >> really up to them if they want to
072put the hours into it and it's very unlikely if they're a junior or senior they'll be able to make up their hours, >> right? So, they they can enter the lower level classes are for those grades. So, the the entry point for introduction to cosmetology level two could be grade 10. It just would be an additional commitment to make up hours for licensing, but they certainly can take the course. >> Okay. Is there partnership with the flex students who are at risk? Is there a heavy focused where, you know, they they can only come in, but they make up hours? Do we have that? >> Not that I know of, but I can look into that. >> Okay. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Okay. Dr. Hos, do you have a recommendation on this item?
073>> Yes, sir. I uh recommend that uh the pivot point cosmetology program be approved as presented. Uh, the chair will now entertain any motions regarding this item. >> I motion that we approve the Pivot Point CTE cosmetology program. >> Thank you, Miss Sanchez. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Baldorama. Um, Miss Martinez, can you conduct a roll call, please? >> Yes, sir. Raymond Deharina, >> yes. >> Carla Gomez Sanchez, >> yes. >> Daryl Baldorama, >> yes. >> Aelina Prao, >> yes. >> Jesus Reno thei, >> yes. >> Dr. Kelly Mia, >> yes. The motion passes. Thank you very much. Uh, the chair will now entertain a motion to adjourn the meeting. >> I make a motion. >> I second it. >> Thank you. I get a first and I get
074a second. Uh, all in favor. >> All opposed. >> Meeting adjourned. The time is 7:07. Turn this like that.