001And we do have a quorum. If everyone would please stand for the invocation and pledge. Our most gracious heavenly father, we come before you tonight, Lord, with thankful hearts. Lord, thank you for the the rain that we've received. Thank you, Lord, that we have not any devastating weather like some of our friends out in West Texas. Lord, Lord, we just ask you to be with us tonight as we celebrate this retirement. Lord, we ask you to be with us as we uh make decisions that will possibly affect this district in the coming days and in the years to come. Lord, pray that you'd give us wisdom everything that we do. Lord, we ask all these things in Christ's name and for his sake. Amen. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
002and to the republic for it stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. We'd like to welcome everybody here tonight. Thank you for coming. We'll go to item number four, opportunity for opportunity for public comment, including any item on the agenda. And we have four people signed up. Miss Simon, if you'd like to speak, you can go over there to the podium and there's a button with a per just push that. Uh but before you go, go ahead and go and then whenever you get up there, I'm going to read something. Yeah. Audience participation at a board meeting is limited to the portion of the meeting designated to receive public comment in accordance with this policy. At all other times during a board meeting, the audience shall not enter into discussion
003or debate on matters being considered by the board unless requested by the presiding officer. Individuals who wish to participate during the portion of the meeting designated for public comment shall sign up with a with the presiding officer or designate before the meeting begins as specified in the board's procedures on public comment and shall indicate the agenda item or topic on which they wish to address the board. Except as permitted by this policy in the board's procedures on public comment and individuals comments to the board shall not exceed five minutes per meeting. The board shall not deliberate or decide regarding any subject that is not included on the agenda posted with notice of the meeting. When speaking, please refrain from using personal names. So, she will start a timer for five minutes. Whenever you get to
004about a minute left, about two minutes, we'll start letting you know how much how much time you have left. Okay. Okay. All righty. I am here today because of some ongoing issues um at the Venus High School regarding my daughter, um the cheer sponsor, and the principal's leadership in administration. What should have been a joyful and memorable year for my daughter um senior year has turned into a year of bullying from the cheer sponsor. The principal has done nothing about it. Currently, my daughter has had no contact with the cheer sponsor since January after leaving the cheer team and I told my daughter to stay away from her. I will talk on that topic shortly. This first the first of the month, May 1st to be exact, my daughter received an invoice from the principal
005that the cheer sponsor gave to him for her missing items such as chair pants and a jacket. I asked if she had these items and she said not to her acknowledge, but mind you, it's been 5 months. So, I asked her to please doublech checkck her room and car. Then to find out that two other parents received the same exact identical invoices that my daughter got. Oddly enough, these two students had some of the same issues as my daughter did with the cheer sponsor during cheer and throughout the school year. The principal um when handing out these invoices never said that these items were to be turned in by a specific time or that they did not if they did not pay the invoice, they wouldn't be allowed to attend senior week or that their
006diplomas would be withheld or um not allowed to walk. This abruptly became news Thursday after the senior walkthrough. That again should have been a joyful day for my daughter, which started that way since breakfast was provided through the top 10%. She called me hysterically crying not even 20 minutes after finishing the senior high school walkthrough. The cheer sponsor made sure to make it known that these girls had not paid and told the principal that they could not attend senior week. And the principal passed the message on to my on to the girls. The person my daughter that has put in her past, the cheer sponsor was working to sabotage her senior week and prevent her from getting her diploma. Then my daughter said while going this while doing senior walk that this cheer sponsor turned
007her back then rolled her eyes and laughed at her. She didn't understand why she was being laughed at because there was nothing funny. another childish behavior from this cheer sponsor. Then shortly after the senior walk, my daughter gets a screenshot from of the cheer sponsor's Tik Tok pose from a student. It says, "Giving myself a round of applause of staying quiet instead of punching them in the face." Whether this was rhetorical towards my daughter or any student in this school is uncalled poor behavior. You have two minutes. Two minutes. This is what's being allowed to happen under the principal's administration. By the end of the day, thanks to some of the teachers who fought for the girls, they were told they could attend senior week. But the principal said their diplomas still will be withheld
008until the invoices are paid. I feel this is retaliation from the principal and the cheer sponsor for having filed grievance this year. I have emailed the principal requesting more information and the cheer sponsor has gone on to social media saying she has documentation showing uh she has seen these items which I have not and she has communicated to she has not communicated me so whatsoever or my daughter. The cheer sponsor also took to social media and saying I as a parent couldn't pay for these items. So, she has currently taken that post from her social media, but the funny thing is people I didn't even know sent me screenshots of the cheer sponsor's ugly behavior on social media. This was all due to my social media post, that was currently what we're discussing about. So,
009while I have several meetings while the with the principal throughout the school year regarding the cheer sponsor's behavior, including things she has done, said, or even acted towards my daughter and other students, bothered me as a parent in the meeting. the principal were there. There was never a solution. There was I'll check into it in a lot of backpedaling. At the last and final meeting, the principal before filing the grievance, his exact words to my daughter, well, you know, we all have your best interest here. We left the meeting that day feeling frustrated and defeated that we have gotten nowhere the past three months. The cheer sponsor has been playing favorites with the cheer captains as my daughter is one of the captains and was excluded from cheer captain duties. Even though Shirley relied on
010my daughter to make the runthrough signs for the for the football games, the cheer sponsor had her chosen captain and would have private meetings practices and she would even take the students home daily. And I found this wildly inappropriate and there's more to go on. and then Miss Ramirez. And it'll be this the same. I have to hit a button. No, you should be good. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Oh my god. Oh, sorry. I am London Ramirez, a current senior at Venus High School. I was a former cheerleader. I quit in January. Um, today I would like to talk about the cheer sponsor's behavior and the failure to solve any problems this year throughout Venus ISD. I am a four-year varsity athlete for Venus High School. I do multiple sports. I'm normally at these schoolboard meetings
011getting recognized for things that I do on and off the field. I have great grades. I'm a great student. I don't ever have any problems with anybody. Um, I'd like to start off by addressing the cheer sponsor's behavior throughout the year. Throughout the year, we've had many problems with everything that she has done. I personally, when a lot of other things happened throughout the year, and there were a bunch of formal complaints filed, I did not file one. I chose with everything that I knew to set it aside and move on further with my education. This past week, I got a couple weeks ago, I got an invoice for some things that were missing for cheer. I don't have the things. I did not sign up for the things. I know there is another athlete
012on the team who quit sooner before I did that does have the things and she was not she did not receive an invoice. I spoke with her when I got the invoice. She did not turn in the things. And that's not what I'm here about today. I don't that doesn't bother me that she didn't and I had to. It's the fact that it has to be equal and fair. I feel as though nothing has been fair throughout the year. I was a Venus cheer captain and shortly after I quit, there was a repost on social media made about a favorite captain shortly after I quit. So, it obviously wasn't me. And it was not the first time Cassell or sorry, it was not the first time that the cheer sponsor had made comments like that.
013I had an issue with her earlier on in the year that I didn't address where she used very uncalled for terms with my mother and I work at a job another teacher another faculty of Venus ISISD came in and told me what she said and I didn't speak about it after so it had been spread throughout Venus ISD which I do not appreciate the words I won't repeat they were uncalled for for someone to say I also know that she prides herself on being a favorite of administration and anything that she has done, I've seen no discipline, no actions following behind it. I didn't file a complaint when everybody else did because I wanted to move on. But then I found out that now my diploma is at stake. I don't understand why. Me of
014all people, great student, straight A's. I didn't want any problems with her. I let it go. I moved on. I play soccer. I moved on to the next sport. And then I find out after we walk that I'm not going to be in senior events and that my diploma could potentially not come towards me because of a decision that she made. It was also told to me by someone that works for Venus ISD that she was pushing for me not to be in senior week. You have two minutes. Okay. I think my main issue today is the fact that this sponsor who was we were told did it out of the kindness of her heart. It was not kind anywhere throughout the season and it's slowly getting worse. The behavior is slowly getting worse. So,
015I would just like it to be fixed for the sake of next year. Obviously, I graduate, I leave, I'm not a cheerleader anymore. It doesn't involve me, but for the sake of the safety of the other athletes and for the sake of their mental I grew up cheering, did it my whole life. I quit not because of my own decisions, because of somebody else's. That's all I have to say for today. Miss Simon, my name is Chassity Simon and I've come to talk. I'm um a I'm a senior this year and I've been on the varsity cheer team for the past three years. I've attended Venus for the past 13 years. So I have had the help with BYSA. I have had coaches from BYA. I've grown up in cheer. I've grown up with Liberty
016coaches. And I think this year has been very disappointing for me for it being my last year. And I made I made aware of the I made Kamacho. I made the principal aware of this come September when um this cheer sponsor had a outlash at me and another cheer captain and she had said that she's doing this out of the kindness of her heart but she doesn't want to do this. She doesn't like us. She doesn't like the way we talk to her. She doesn't like being here. She doesn't like how the freshman treat her and she doesn't like it. She doesn't like this at all. So, it kind of made me upset because it's I get it. The freshman have a learning curve, but it's also they're learning you. It's students. People talk like
017it's okay. You have to move forward. You have to be the coach. You have to have the backbone. You have to have a standing ground. So shortly after that, no issue. This shortly after that, there is nothing resided about that issue. And we continued on. I let it go. I moved past that because it's my senior year of cheer. It's okay. We had three captains. we were going to do great. And I had ended up quitting later in January after the after a UIL competition because of the cheer sponsor's failure to read the rules. And we ended up competing a completely wrong routine and she had stated that she didn't know she had to read the rules and that she was reliable for reading them even though she was responsible for us and we did
018not have a coach. So, I quit shortly after that and later, probably a couple weeks ago, I received an invoice, a Canva invoice that we buy the sweats through varsity. So, she didn't send us an itemized receipt or anything showing that we get when we buy our uniforms since we pay $600 for our own uniforms when we get an itemized receipt from varsity. She did not use that. Instead, she used a Canva document. And then I was never during that time I was never told that this would have my diploma withheld. I would be withheld from senior week. I was never told that I had a certain time that this needed to be turned in. It wasn't until last week on Thursday right before we were going to walk the high school that not a
019principal, not a counselor, not even one of my teachers had said, "You're not going on senior week." Instead, it was an elementary teacher who had told me on the bus that you're on the list to not go. And so then I called my mom because I didn't know what to do. I didn't know why I was on not on the list. And then later after I turned in my Chromebook, I had found out that um we were going on senior week. We were going on senior week, but I wasn't getting my diploma, which I found out from another student, not a principal, not a counselor, not from anyone. seven days before graduation. And then again today I have found out that not from a principal, not from a counselor, not from anyone in administration that
020my transcripts will be withheld from another student which hasn't been communicated to me at all or nor communicated to my parents since I am a minor. This should have been communicated weeks ago because I know a couple people who aren't graduating and this was communicated to them weeks beforehand. that I would have liked to know that this could have put me in potential of something that I did not have, something I left long ago, like five months ago. And that cuz the cheer sponsor has she has showed favoritism, unprofessionalism throughout the year. And we saw this. Um so we had about six people who um joined the team through an not sorry not a professional try out. It was the three captains we judged it and because of that we were interchanging the sweatuits because
021they did not pay for a uniform and they weren't on the original itinerary of who we would have there. So, we constantly interchanged the sweatpants and the sweatshirt sweatshirts. That's how items were getting lost. We didn't have a system for this. And this is how things were constantly interchanged since they weren't on the original roster. So, in that mix, the sweatpants and the sweat shirt were mixed up, even if like we constantly had to interchange them. That's kind of all I have to say. Miss Phelps. Good evening, board members and Superintendent Torres. My name is Natalie Phelps and I'm a concerned camp parent and member of the Venus ISD community. Over the past few weeks, even years, I've been prepping for tonight. I've been collecting feedback from not only dozens of parents and Venus ISD
022staff across our district, throughout our neighborhood Facebook group, and through direct conversations. I'm here tonight not just as one voice, but as a collective voice for the families who care deeply about the quality of education and safety in our schools. We love this town. Many of us chose to raise our families here because we believe in the strength of a small close-knit community. But belief without accountability becomes complacency. And too many of us has have experienced a district that is no that no longer listens to the people it's meant to serve. We've heard repeated concerns about bullying, both student and staff related, that has gone underressed. In my own family, both of my daughters have experienced bullying, including once from a teacher. Parents have reported situations where concerns are brushed off or meetings are denied.
023I've tried for years to speak with superintendent and board members and have not had any success. This is unacceptable. We have teachers that are being silenced, discouraged, and even bullied by administrators, according to multiple sources that I've spoken with. Meanwhile, they're leaving for nearby districts that offer better pay, professional respect, and support. We've heard disturbing reports of moldy and undercooked food in cafeterias, broken sinks, and trash cans for no or no trash cans for feminine hygiene disposal. The middle school bathrooms, their stalls don't lock. The high school bathrooms are left unrepaired even after being reported. Students are being sent to gyms as placeholders because there aren't enough teachers or substitutes available for their classes. And yet, the district is over $426,000 in back taxes, according to Superintendent Torres from an email in 2024. Where is
024the urgency to fix these issues? And most shockingly of all is there was a teacher arrested for drugrelated charges on the very first day of school this year. Parents were never notified. We've have lockdowns, death of staff, and serious safety incidents kept quiet. This lack of transparency is dangerous. Parents are being left in the dark, and our children are paying the price. Despite all this, there are bright spots. Some teachers are going above and beyond. They're educating and nurturing our children and protecting them. Families have shared heartwarming stories of student progress and teacher support, especially at the primary campus. But this isolated excellence does not excuse systematic failure. We are not here to tear down this district. We are here to build it up and demand accountability, transparency, and action. Communication with families truthfully and
025consistency. Respect and retain our teachers. Here at 10 minutes and um respect and retain our teachers. Don't drive them away. Fix what's broken literally and systematically. Let parents be a part of a solution, not an afterthought. Venus ISTD is at a crossroads. We can keep covering up the cracks or we can finally start filling them. We will continue to show up. We will continue to speak out and we hope you will finally begin to listen. Thank you. Thank you. Go to item number five, presentation of campus reports and recognitions. The campus reports were included in our board book. Did anybody have any questions? No. Okay. Okay. Yes. Good evening. So, um we've got some students that we want to recognize throughout the year. We want to rec recognize our students for the great achievements that
026they what they've been doing whether it's academically whether it's in a sports etc. So we've got our first group coming in here and we've got Dr. Morgan. Just come on in on Dr. Morgan and he's going to recognize a student from esports. Go ahead Dr. Morgan. Hello. For those of you who don't know, uh, esports is, uh, a competitive gaming league just like football. The only difference is we don't work up a sweat like you do in football, but the competition is the same, the teamwork is the same, reputation same, sportsmanship is the same. We got invited to go to the undisputed state tournament, which they take the top teams from all the other tournament, state tournaments, different leagues that we have in Texas, and they're invited to compete at that tournament. We got invited.
027Elwin placed high enough to be invited that term at the last minute. They changed the rules on what the cut off on your rank was, which cut him off. So, he earned that spot without. But Venus ISD has a reputation with esports leagues. That's good. And we got an invitation to go anyway. And when Elwin showed up, he didn't just play, he won. and he advanced in farther rounds against very very stiff competition. So even though um Owen may not may not have made it to the finals, he represented Venus very well. Got farther than anybody else in our district and farther than hundreds of other students in the state of Texas. So Elwin Sor Baron Soore everyone has gamer tags or like nicknames. His is Soore. So, this certificate says, "Elwin Sor Baron, Venus
028ISD recognizes you for outstanding achievement at the TechF Undisputed State Tournament in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate." Okay, we're going to get some pictures here. [Applause] Okay, next we've got uh band. All right, come on. Yeah, you set that trophy right up there. Here they come. Y'all come on in. Here they come. Oh, I don't need that. We got people on. Oh, internet. All right, guys. Y'all just come here and line up across the front. I know it's kind of crowded, but scoot down a little bit. All right, Mr. Ward. Go ahead. Okay. Good evening. Uh, my name is Mr. Ward. I'm the head band director of Venus High School. Um, we are here to recognize the high school band on their uh, sweep stakes. Sweep Stakes is making straight ones in marching contests in the
029fall, straight ones in concert and in sight reading. If you don't know what site reading is, it basically give us seven minutes to learn a brand new piece of music and they made straight ones. So that's awesome. Uh this is the fourth year in a row. So we are building consistency and greatness in the band hall and we hope you we can't wait to perform our new show for you at halftime. So um So, this certificate is for the Venus ISD uh high school band. The Venus ISD recognizes the following outstanding achievement in the following areas of our sweep stakes award. Here you go. These are some of our leaders for next year. So, we're excited for them. That's it. You want the trophy in front. Aaron, you're too tall to be in the front.
030You hold Yeah. Yes. Yes, sir. Yes. Also, um Dr. Torres wanted me to mention um that we also have a certificate for the middle school uh honors band who also made a sweep stakes except they didn't do the marching band part. They did just the concert and site reading and this is their third year in a row. So without without all that success at the bottom, that's what drives the success at the top. So um I want to say thank you to uh Mr. Kamacho and all his support team, Miss Buck, and everything they do for us to support us and help us. I also want to thank um Dr. Peter Morgan. He's been my mentor for my first year here in Venus, and I truly enjoy being here. And um so I'll read this.
031It's the uh it's um the certificate of recognition for the Venus Middle School Honors Band recognizes you for the following outstanding achievement in the following areas of a sweep stakes award for the third year. Thank you. Okay, thank you. All right, we've got welding now soups. Come on in. Don't be shy. All right, gentlemen. Y'all come on up and you can line up here across the front. Yeah. Kind of slide down a little bit, guys. Got a good group here. All right. Okay, folks. Okay, you've got the floor, Mr. Web. All right. This is a mixture of welding classes. We've got one out of the high school welding class that's not PEK. But that doesn't stop those students. If they have the skills and either teacher recognizes it, they are able to go to the
032contest. And you're going to hear when I read some of these certificates that some of them have been in several different events. One of which we've had our fifth annual Venus FFA welding contest this year. and it's a good fundraiser for us. And they actually went to work and they won their own contest for the first time ever. [Applause] So, I have some certificates and then when I get through, oh, when I get through, Tyler Henrich, which is one of my ex-weling students, is working for Panther City and they provided eight hour training certificate to four of our welding guys. Robotic training that all I can say is robotic training. I sat back and watched and I didn't touch it because I was afraid I'd break something. Okay. The first certificate, Jose Kamacho, Arc Labs
033Fort Worth Regional Welding Competition, which once he won there, that allowed him to be able to compete at the state competition two weeks ago. Is that right? Okay. Gage Britain at the Ark Labs regional welding competition. He won first place in the cutting torch [Applause] contest. Christopher Sanchez, he was on the first place team here for our welding contest. There you are. Orlando Rodriguez. He qualified back in October at Red Oak High School welding series regional welding competition. Got six high out of I can't remember how many. He was on the first place team here. You're going to get another word in a minute. He also qualified for state with his sixth place there at Fort Worth. Axel [Music] Wararez qualified at Red Oak High School Welding Series competition back in October which qualified for
034him for state. L Gonzalez. I've heard of it, watched it, and it's totally different from what the actual job is underwater at these high school welding series contests that we go to. You think, "Oh, there no water. They got their elbow in there. Well, Louise here, he come over and said, "I want second place." No, you didn't. Sure enough, they called the names out. He got a bunch of wars for getting second place. That qualified him when we went to the state welding contest and people put it up, everybody on your team. I had all their liability. Every one of them got in the water, tried it out. They got a good taste of it. So, Luis Gonzalez, got second in underwater welding at Red Oak and in Fort Worth in February. He competed with
035his welding, won ninth place out of 60 some odd, I think, with it. And then he was also on the first place team for our welding contest. [Applause] William Jacob he and two or three more I think and I hope that they finally understand and I looked at him and said guys you got to pass your classes that's most important you pass classes you get to go and it knocked them out more than once. But hey, that's part of it. That's leads us to life. But I think it'll be different next year. Every one of these guys you see up here, besides the sophomores, I'll give two more years. [Applause] William PCO was on the first place welding team and also on the he was one of Tyler will talk about here in a minute.
036And then Brandon, Brandon Abdor, he was on that robotic crew that went and did that learning which they told me that company did. Maybe there'll be more to come from that. [Applause] Now you step up a little bit. Tyler has one that wasn't here, but this is their certification. Okay, let's get a picture here. So during the eight hour certification that they got um I was able to teach them how to operate um it's called an ibot. It's a uh welding robot that basically a lot of companies and industrial uh powerhouse companies are using to help speed up the process of welding. Um because you know like people are you know welding and then they're going to stop and adjust and stuff whereas these robots nowadays can just constantly weld without having any stoppage and
037having to move and stuff. And so during the eight hours, I was able to teach them how to operate the robot, how to, you know, safely uh program it and how it, you know, runs. I uh they they were able to pick it up in like 15 minutes or so. It's really simple, you know. It's that you basically sit here and set point A to point B and the robot will weld it. you can do different angles, different speeds and uh I know with technology nowadays um it's advancing constantly and robots are becoming like a big part in everything and so a lot of companies are looking for people to be able to run these robots and so Mr. Web was lucky to bring these guys out and we were able to show them. So
038now the four guys that showed up are trained in this. So it also helps them when they graduate, if they go into a job that's looking for someone to run the robot, they're already trained and have that knowledge that they don't have to go and learn and stuff. They can get right off the bat start using it because you don't have to spend time training. Yeah. They've already Thank you guys. Congratulations. Thank you. Okay. What we would like to do now Yes. Um parents, if you're all here, you want to stay. We're finishing up with recognition. We got one more. You're you're you're feel free to stay for the remainder of the meeting, but always if you would like to leave at this time, then you can. Okay. Well, I want to take a special
039moment and time here now um to recognize an employee that has made a longl lasting impact in Venus ISD. Um for over 32 years or 32 years, uh this teacher has given her heart and soul uh dedicated to teaching and molding uh young children. that's several decades through all the trends that come and go and has been a longest standing teacher um in Venus ISD for 32 years. This time I would like to welcome Teresa Hoffman. Come on up Teresa. So I'm going to read this here. says, "In honor of Terresa Hoffman, who has dedicated 32 years of educating and inspiring our students, your impact will be felt for generations to come, wishing you a wonderful and fulfilling retirement. Congratulations. All right, Greg, need you to come on down. We've got a lot of family
040members that have traveled. Um, so let's get a I want Mr. Hoffman to come on down. We'll get a picture. And then family members, come on up. I know you've traveled from all over trying to get here through the rain. And so we'll take a as many pictures as you want. There we go. Got a student here. Anybody? Just I'm just kidding. Congratulations on a round of applause. [Applause] We'll go to item number six, CTE PEK program update. So, first I'd like to thank the board for allowing us to come today and um share the great things that are happening in the CTE world. Um I'd also like to take a moment to thank all the CTE teachers both both at VHS and VMS. Without them, the successes that we have would not be possible.
041Um, I'd also like to thank those that have served and shown up on PEK leadership team meetings um along with CTE leadership team meetings. Without their valuable input, we would not be able to be making the progress that we're making at this point. So, I am ready whenever you are, Warren. Um, so right now as far as CTE participation, out of 701 students at V VHS, 619 of them are in at least one CTE weighted course. 345 students are enrolled in at least two or more CTE weighted courses at Venus Middle School. And we're t it's just seventh and eighth grade because those are the only ones that can enroll in um CTE courses. 85 of 438 students are enrolled in at least one weighted course and at least 12 are enrolled in two or
042more CTE weighted courses. It's kind of hard to see at the bottom. Um, as you know, the numbers fluctuate quite a bit as students move in and move out, but those numbers are at the pulled at the end of April. So, as of I think April 29th is what the bottom says. Um, we offer seven of the 14 state recognized career clusters and nine programs to study. five programs that five of the programs to study are um have a PEK program embedded in them and um according to the Perkins 5 state plan, we offer well above the required number of CTE programs for our school district. The programs that we offer that our PEK um pro our PEK and or CTE programs are animal science, agricultural technology and mechanical systems which we know is welding,
043plant science, cyber security, teaching and training, criminal justice, graphic design and multimedia art, teaching and training and entrepreneurship. Um I was asked to include some label market data in um the presentation today. We are fortunate to have a um recent labor market um review as a result of being part of what's called the college and career school readiness models um as a result of our PEK program. So this is the most um recent labor market data that was provided to us by careercraft. Um when they pulled the labor market data, they dropped a pin at the admin office and then went 45 miles outside of it. Um the most data shows that um if people don't live within where they don't work within where they live, they at least drive about 45 minutes. So that
044pin is a 45 minute. Um the orange that you see is where our 45m minute circumference is. Now that doesn't take into account traffic. Um but mileage wise it's 40, you know, 45 minutes. Um so the largest sectors industry sectors in our VISD um laborshed market is healthcare and social assistance, retail trade and accommodation and food services. Um I do want to make note that um the information that they pull off is from the federal recognized programs. Um and so the names are a little bit different than what we what you see on the state level. Um the sectors in our labor shed um that have the average highest average wages per worker are management companies and enterprises, mining, quarry, oil and gas extraction, and finance and insurance. And then the sectors with the most
045job growth are transportation within the next 10 years, transportation and warehousing, professional, scientific and technical services, and healthcare and social assistance. In the next 10 years, employment in the VISD labor shed is projected to expand by 338,320 jobs. The fastest growing sector in our region will be healthcare and social assistance. Um the strongest forecast for the number of jobs over this period, healthcare and social assistance, professional, scientific and technical services, and transportation and warehousing. Um, the occupation groups in our labor shed that have the highest wages per workers are legal occupations, manage management occupations, and computer and mathematical occupations. And then we can take all of that data and put into a graph. I know it's small, but it's hard to make it big, but you the programs on the right or left, excuse me,
046are the CTE career programs. And then you can see where the grow the growth is. The great thing is is that in our labor shadow there is nothing that is below living living wage. We have everything that is above or ahead of our living wage. And then it shows that the career request then they also provided us with career requesters that pay more than an average occupation wage in our area. We also as part of the Perkins 5 initiative. So this was the first time in I believe five years that VNSISD has applied for Perkins funding. Um so as part of the Perkins funding that we receive as a federal grant program, we have to provide we have to have a program review. So we had our program review conduct conducted by SEAT which is
047the career and technical association of Texas. And so this is just a program some program highlights and observations that they provided us after our review. So, as far as our facilities, we do offer a mixture of older and newer facilities with the CTE spaces spread throughout the district from portable buildings to off-site welding lab. Um, while expansion efforts are evident, opportunities exist to utilize current dormant spaces and upgrade existing facilities. Our program strengths, we have a strong agricultural program with exceptional CTSO. You'll hear that um acronym several times. So, it's career and technical student organizations. So, a the FFA is what's considered a CTSo. Um um the participation is impressive. Our engineering program with industry aligned instruction, growing programs in law enforcement, entrepreneurship, education and training, graphic design, and cyber security. As far as our
048financial compliance, BISD spends 67% of CTE funds on direct program costs, exceeding the minimum requirement of 55% mandated mandated by the Texas Education Code. and our district maintains proper documentation through program intent code 22 expenditure reporting and complies with state and federal guidelines. The they did provide us with some key recommendations to continue to grow. So to continue to support the CT department in budgeting and facility planning, implement a process for reviewing IBC reimbursement, create a flowchart for reviewing PI22 expenditures, continue auditing program needs, and implement equipment phase out systems. ensure adequate funding through PIK 22, establish an industry advisory board, and expand middle middle school ex career exploration offerings to line with high school programs. So, some of those things we're going to talk about later are some things that we are already starting
049to implement. Their overall conclusion was that we strive to provide excellent um educational experiences for all CTE students. Our district offers robust career options aligned to many dual credit opportunities. students earn industry certifications, attain technical skills, and pursue sec pursue secondary education. CATAT does recommend that the leadership of EISD the leadership of EISC administration for ensuring equal access and opportunities while cultivating innovative and PEK aligned programs. So, program highlights. So, um, as far as the programs that we offer, um, the next couple of slides we're just going to talk about the IBC's that we offer, which are the industry aligned, um, cert certifications, our industry based certifications. Um, these are pulled from the state. The state gives us a list of industry based certifications that we can use that are aligned with our CTE programs.
050And so, we pull those off of there. And then if a program is a PEK program, the associates degree that's associated with it. So for our animal science, our students start off with our basic fundamental animal science certification working up to their licensed veterary technician level one certification and they have the opportunity to earn an associates of science and general studies. Our plant science program, they focus on the Texas State Floral Association knowledgebased floral certification and then the Texas State Floral Association level one floral certification. That's a lot of words. Um for welding there's a lot of things that are happening in welding. So they have IBC's that are offered which they earned the American Welding Association D1.1 structural steel and D 9.1 sheet metal metal welding. Students who are in the PEK program are
051award they have the opportunity to earn four additional level one or level two certifications that are awarded by our um Institute of Higher Education Hill College. and then they have worked their way up to an associates of applied technology and welding technology. Um all CTE programs it is recommended by TEA that they have an align CTSO. So for our agricultural and food n and natural resources programs national FFA association is the align CTSO. Our next program is graphic design and inter interactive media. Those students are able to earn three different Adobe certifications through the through their coursework and then entrepreneurship. This was our first year to um have students eligible to take um IBC's through that program as you know it's been a phasein program and so students took the entrepreneurship and small business certification
052and then next year we will be adding in what's called student which is a social media marketing certification to those students. education and training. Those students, the only one that they can offer um earn is their educational aid. Um but that's a really great one for our students to earn that allows them to be employed out of any school district as an aid as they um work through their program. They are um able to earn an associates of arts and teaching degree and then their CTSO is um the Texas Association of Future Teachers um information technology which is our cyber security program. The students they're earning their comp TIA IT fundamentals and comp TIA security plus. The unique thing about these IBC's are these are ones that people working in this industry have. They are
053not some of the other certifications. They're a high school aligned certification. These are industry recognized certifications and the students in that program have the opportunity to earn an associates of science and general studies. Um law enforcement, we are still in a phase in on this program as well. So students actually won't um be eligible to earn their non-commission security officer level two license until the 2627 school year. Um but we are working towards that. This is a PEK program. So they are um able to earn some level one and level two certifications through Hill College. And then they are also working towards an associates of applied science and criminal justice engineering. um they work on their Autodesk associate um Fusion 360 and then their CTSO that's aligned with them is the technology student association at
054VMS we are have four programs four CTE programs currently at VMS um principles of education and training principles of ag principles of applied engineering and robotics one and they offer they also have those students in those programs are able to participate in um CTSOs as well um so FFA Taffy and TSA. So, we have had some great CTSO success. Um, I could go on and speak about successes that we've had all all night long. Um, I tried to pull some of the highlights. Um, our VHS Taffy chapter was recognized as an outstanding chapter at their state convention this year. We have a TSA state officer. Um, VMS Taffy has teams that qualifi has a team that qualified for national. We have four FFA students who have qualified to earn their Lonear degree. that is the
055highest degree that you can earn in the FFA before moving on to a national degree. So, it is a lot of work and a lot of time put in to recordkeeping, record books, and they go through multiple certification processes. Um, so that's a really great opportunity for those students. We have multiple TSA teams advancing to the state and national competition. And then, as you guys just saw, we had four students that qualified for the Texas State High School Welding Series this year. work-based learning is a large part of CTE. Um that's where we're able to take the practical knowledge that they're learning in in the classroom and apply it into the workforce. Um so this is a growing program. We are um and it's in its infantile stages, but as we grow, we hope to
056see more opportunities for students. Um so right now we have two vet students who through their vet lab class um they have to do so many hours. That's 2,000 hours of um hands-on learning to be be able to even take their um their licensed medical sorry their veterary license degree. And so those students through those practicums have their jobs off their places that they're interning offered our students jobs. So our students were able to earn part-time jobs as a result of their practicum and internships that they're doing right now. We have a practicum of a student who is currently employed at a vet time at a veterary office. Um VHS hosted a college and career fair with over 30 colleges and careers represented represented. Um VHS students have been able to tour Baston Steel for
057steel day and visited Panther City Industrial Supply. Our education and training students and instructional practices students are interning at VMS, VES, VPS, and our daycare. CTE students are serving as social media ambassadors with our communication departments. And this year we um hashtag blooming bulldogs for our floral design team. Um and those students have had the opportunity to work and assemble floral arrangements for prom and graduation events. So, it's giving them some experience outside of the classroom on what it would be like to be party planners or be work in a floral design and have those um events just outside of what we think of a traditional arranging flowers. Um, so this is a working number. Um, and it's actually changed since I submitted our um our um PowerPoint. So, I'm going to pull that slide
058real quick so I can add in the extra things that we've had. So, we had 26 students that earned their basic arc welding certification. So, that means that they completed 16 college credit hours this school year. So, that's their level one. We have 22 students who earned their Adobe Certified Professional in graphic design and illustration. 16 students um earned Adobe Certified Professional in visual design. We have five students that have already earned their educational aid. I think we have three or four more, five more that they can't earn it until they turn 18. So, as soon as they turn 18, they can they have earned that thing. Um 19 entrepreneurship and small business. This is our first year to do that one. So, that's a great opportunity for those students. We actually have seven Autodesk
059certificates. We had one that um retested and earned his certification. Seven students earn their floral and basic knowledge certification. Two animal science certifications, 29 D9.9 sheet welding medals. We have six students um that earned their Alanco veterary medical applications certification and we have one certified veterary assistant that earned that earned her and passed the exam. So, we're really excited about that. Um and then CCMR matters. actually haven't updated for that too because our dual credit numbers our dual credit grades have come in. So when we talk about dual credit um for PEK specific those students are only in ninth and tth grade. Um and so for the class of 2028 which is our freshman collectively they have earned 249 college credit hours as freshmen. We have some freshmen currently that have earned um 369 12
060college hours. Sorry, I had to put the math together. So, as a freshman, they've already earned 12 college credit hours through our PTA program. And then as a class of 2027, which is our sophomores, um as of today, they've earned 557 collective college credit hours. So, that's a really great number for um our students as the program continues to grow. Um CTE completers and concentrators, we do have some updated numbers for that as well. um we have 72 actually who are completers with an IBC. So that means that they have completed um three or more CTE classes for four or more credits and they passed their IBC. So that means that they are college career and military ready by the standards of the state. We have 100 concentrate our completers, excuse me. They have just
061not passed their IBC or sat for an IBC yet. 21 of those are concentrators. 21 of that 72 number are seniors only and 71 of that 100 number that I mentioned earlier are seniors only as well. Um so TSI that is our college entrance exam. This is an exam that our students begin taking in 8th grade if they're interested in PEK and they continue to take it until they become TSI complete. that is what incur um allows them to take certain dual credit courses. Um this test is designed for students who have completed four years of high school and are going into college. So keep that in mind when you're looking at the numbers that these students in particular are eighth grade. Some of them are eighth graders, ninth or tth graders. They have not
062had junior English. They have not had senior English or those courses that actually are meant to prepare them for that. So having students that are able to pass it this early on is a great opport. So we have five that are TSI complete. That means that they have passed both EL and math. Um and then 35 that are ELA are complete. That number is as far as math they most of the students haven't sat for their math test yet because they don't they don't need it yet. So we focus on English first and then math. The ones that are five are ones that are um took algebra 1 in middle school and so they're ahead in their um math sequencing. And then we just tested the eighth graders last year um last week and we
063had eight that passed their TS um AI TSIA both sections of their EA EL. So they are already complete as an eighth grader. Um and then VHS as a whole 9th through 12th grade we have 44 students who are TSI complete in both EL and math. 152 that are EL complete and four that are math complete. And then CTE moving forward, um we are projecting six new CTE classes at VHS. We are in the talks to open a school store that will be run by our practicum of entrepreneurship students. We are um investigating two potential new CTSO chapters for our programs. We are projecting four new CTE classes at VMS based on teacher certifications. And then we um are we will be planning and so I encourage everyone that's on the board. If you work
064for a company, work for a business um or know someone who would be interested, we will be starting um a CTE and PEK advisory board for our community um to come in and provide us with input on how we can um strengthen our programs and ensure that our students are college, career, and military ready. I have a question. Okay. So in your report it shows that the number one is um healthcare and we don't offer anything. Is that anywhere going to be put in the next year or so? So that would be a goal absolutely but we one would have to have the teacher approved. So we'd have to have an FTE approved for that position. Um and we'd have to have the space to put that in. And then that is a pretty expensive
065program to start off the at the at the baseline. Um because you are talking about earning a full they earn those students earn like their full bonabby license, they earn their patient care technician and so those students you're talking hospital beds um IV poles all the the equipment that would go with that. those aren't classes that are currently offered and that like medical billing isn't a CTE course. So that's something that we could explore and look at what that pathway would look like as far as um the sequencing of courses. Um, so absolutely like it's definitely an opportunity for growth and advancement to look at what that sequencing of courses would look like and then present what we would need as I guess a startup to start at the base level. No, I don't I
066abs no I don't disagree with you and that is a program that I would love to um explore further and look into um and finding the space. I think it's a great opportunity for something to think about as the school board moves forward with the bond that was passed recently and this classroom spaces and looking at that being a part of your expansion in your as you build the high school um as a program for growth. Anyone have any questions? Anybody else? Okay. Thank you. Thank you. We'll go to item number seven, camera installation update, Mr. Hudson and Chief Wood. I don't want to get too crazy with it. Um, all right. So, this we uh our goal is give you an update on the uh camera system upgrade at at Venus High School. Um,
067be aware I'm I'm speaking a little out of my lane because this is this would normally be a Chiefwood and Mr. Hudson conversation. Um, if if y'all are good with that, I was okay with him him staying out there uh taking care of the bad guys. But uh just to give you an overview work on our uh our our two-eek project that has turned into a a five-month project began back on January 15th. Um some some key key dates in in that are um we started having uh configuration issues around January 21st. Um what that means is that the the the hardware and the software didn't exactly integrate as the uh as the vendor um described that they would. And so we've had had some had a subcontractor initially arrive and start doing the work
068on the 15th of January. And then on by the the 29th that subcontract subcontract had to move on to um another project while ours still wasn't quite finished. Um had a subcontractor return to complete hardware installation on February 17th. And uh most recently and probably the most impactful thing we've had um was on May 5th May May 14th we had a a a vigilant engineer. And so that's that's not necessarily someone who works for um Aerowave which is the company that we contracted with. It's a guy it's a expert that works for the system that we are adopting for our our camera system. And Aerrowave was able to to contract with them to get him out here a couple weeks ago to take an in-depth look at the at the setup and we had a
069very productive day when he was on site. Um so since February our president status is that uh the primary elementary middle schools have continued using video insights which has been our legacy camera system and so have had significant changes there. Um V high school has had camera coverage um but it's just taken some some near daily attention to to ensure the all cameras have have stayed online. Um the biggest challenges that we've experienced is um turnover and with employees and contractors with with Aerow Wave who is the went with on this contract or on this project. Um where we thought we were going to have a team of people, we had a a person arrive installation. Um it it at different points there were more than just one person working on things. And so that
070the installation really um whether there was a team of people or one person, it didn't it didn't take that long. Um the problem is that the installers weren't necessarily able to resolve the issues um that that arose. Um, another big issue, um, part of the the project was to bring all of our our old legacy cameras onto the the new vigilance software. Um, that wasn't something that the initial subcontractor was able to do. And so, it took took quite a bit of troubleshooting. It's something that that my staff has put a good amount of hours of work into. Um, and it's not something that we were able to solve. And so, it it took getting the a vigilant engineer involved to to get that result. And so, um, the cameras at the other campuses have
071not been pulled on just yet, but now we at least know that that is a possibility because it for for a while it wasn't wasn't something that was happening successfully. Yeah, Warren, let me jump in for a second. Hop on it. So, on that issue with the um, excuse me, with the old cameras not coming onto the new platform is we had to send a camera, one of our cameras out to vigilance so they can look at it and have their um, their guy um, their IT guy look at it a little closer and stuff and okay, he was able to get it to work and it worked just fine. And what we found out is that there was a program in our programming for between a vigilon and or VI system to where it
072was just a click of a button and they didn't know about that button because we thought it was a power thing and everything else. So they actually purchased equipment and software to figure out what these issues were and now we're like I'm glad we found it because we're have we have issues with other school districts that we're moving to where they're saying they're not moving on over either and now we know due to these things that we can we can find it out. So it took us to bring this to their attention and constantly stay on them that they were able to figure it out and so they can move forward now with it. Um, also had a small issue where that the initial plan that was done or that was put together by by
073a former airway employee by the time it came to install the realized that that there was a a couple of places where it just physically would not work the way that the uh that the job was quoted. Um, and so that that's I believe added around $1,600 to the to the cost because they're having to um change where change where cameras are located and uh change the runs on that and that's something that the technology department has uh got got a part taken care of to get that rolling. I have a quick question. Have we paid though everything? Um, we have paid for the the hardware uh that has been delivered, but the chief would have been really diligent about We've not paid installation yet until everything is installed and everything is up and working.
074Okay. So, um May 14th has been been a critical day that we've been looking forward to for for a good long while. Um it just it took a very long time for Airwave to be able to book a vigilant engineer to get them on site. And so on on the 14th, we had we had two representatives from Airwave and then the representative from Avigilon come out and then they provided us we worked together to come up with a timeline for how to get things resolved. Um so beginning beginning next week um the engineer should be taking care of an issue that that's plagued us for a while which is a couple cameras to drop off which is requiring some daily attention. Um between now and mid June going to going to have a a camera
075relocated and uh take care of that exterior camera at the high school. um the week after graduation um we should be rolling all of the old cameras onto the new system. And so that that that should take all of that week as we go go from one canvas or camera server to the next. Um and so our our hope is that if the contract is able to execute on these things, we should be doing training the week of June 16th and then by the 18th um finally complete the camera project. And currently Warren and I are both in contact with them daily if not every other day. Um just looking at things and see where they're at on it making sure that we have somebody available that's going to be here on site when they
076said they're going to be on site for any other issues that we see. Um I'm on the cameras more than anyone else and when I notice something I shoot war email and that the head representatives and everything else in the vigilant integrator and everything else too. So we're just staying constantly on that weekly. So, whenever this was first uh presented to us, and it's been a while, so my memory could be wrong, but were we supposed to have to use a lot of our our own people like we're having to use? Um, no. And I've tried to be diligent about not doing that. And so, we've made every effort to to push that those man hours back on to onto the vendor. Part of that has has probably led to well, it might have contributed
077to to the timeline going so long. Um, however, what as some of the problems have been solved, it's not things anybody on my staff would have been able to to accomplish. It took someone who who works for a vigilanton to be able to to solve those those software and hardware issues. And then are we paying anything additional for anybody that's come out to try and get this going? No ma'am. And uh we we've actually gotten some free labor, so to speak, from a from a different vendor. Um we've reached out to we had a relationship that also is a vigilant, I guess, certified installer just to get some advice to bounce ideas off of and also to to verify information just to make sure that we're the information we're getting from from Arowave was accurate.
078And so we were very thankful to have to have have a second opinion on that to help guide us. And uh we've also reached out to a few different school districts who use the vigilon and have gotten some advice from them as well. All that being said, it it it really did take getting an engineer on site to take a look at at things to to get significant progress. It's just disappointing that what they told us is something totally different. And I did we keep track of our own man hours for our own people. We can build them back for what we are having to pay for our employees to be taken off of other jobs and build them for for our hours and our our daily or our hourly rate. Um that that is
079not data that I currently have. Uh I could probably compile that but I'm not sure what what to go back and build them. It it it would probably add up to a significant portion of the overall contract. I would I would see that going to litigation which may not be the that's kind of where I stand on it. We we heard that presentation from not only VISD employees but also their representative and this was a not our only questions was why the other campuses weren't getting the benefit of this outstanding system. It's going to flip over and it's going to be facial recognition. You're going to be able to click and down the hallway and it's this is the greatest thing since sliced bread. My question is why the camera wasn't sent to them and
080we worked out all these bugs before we approved the contract. That just seems like a lot of things. This is January. this is not, you know, they we signed a contract that these things were going to be fulfilled and not only we not have a working project 6 months later or 5 months later, but we're not even there's and I respect the work y'all done, but there was a whole lot of we expect and we hope to to do and we think it's going to be completed by but if it hasn't been completed from January till May 20th, what what May 19th? What is the what's our expectation it's going to be completed in the next two weeks? I mean, you said you thought it'd be completed by in the next couple weeks. What has
081changed to where it couldn't be completed in six months, but it's going to be completed in the next two weeks? we were able to get a vigilant engineer on site to to to troubleshoot the issues. And so it's getting the right person that has the right experience and knowledge to to look at the problem and solve it. This is what is are we contractually obligated for a number of years? No. To this. So we have this product. I'm just I'm ly of all the money we spent and and the promises we made to other campuses because they're going to be all the older cameras that are going to work just as well. So when we try to put the old cameras on Vigilon, I'm assuming we're not going to get any of the benefits that
082they sold us on. Correct. If we couldn't get the new cameras to work with it, are the old cameras going to work with it? Yep. the uh the cameras will work with the new system. So that that part has been confirmed. We just have we didn't we didn't roll it over at that time because we had the engineer for that day. Um and uh so there's an engineer then there's also an awave. I don't know if he's an employee or a subcontractor, but he's a technician who will be coming out and doing that work. So he was here on site that day, but it's it's a big it's a bigger task than than a single day to take care of that. And so I think that's time. But we need to look into you know
083litigation, but that's that's something charging back because we didn't we didn't have any of that presentation. There was no there was no conversation at all about using our own people to do any of this work. They were going to come in. It was gonna be a turnkey project. We're gonna take the new cameras, put them high schools gonna be state-of-the-art. All the old cameras get rolled down. We're gonna roll. If you'll approve this hundred some thousand dollar contract and so I would definitely look a little bit more, maybe speak to them about what they're going to do to compensate for nothing in the contract about not being completed. There was a penalty for not being completed by a certain date in the contract at all. Not that I'm aware of. I mean, if they're uh
084obviously we're not going to pay them until until work is complete. Um, but we we have good relationship with a different vendor who who is able to step in and and complete the project if need be. I've been hesitant to do that because that's going to be uh funds out of our out of our uh or funds from the district to that other vendor to get taken care of. So, I've been I've been doing my best to to not not spend twice for for one work. Okay. So, with that, you have a Yeah, the the balance we haven't paid is between $2 and $3,000. So that part we're not looking at a significant chunk of change. The the vast majority of the the cost of the project was was the hardware itself. And so once
085the hardware was delivered, we we paid for that. Um not I I have not reached out to that vendor to have them come out and quote anything because it's that the project is is incomplete. So it's a difficult thing for them to quote. Um, but my assumption would be that it's going to take more than two three, three, three, thousand dollars to get someone else out here because they're going to have to start at square one to understand the current state of things. This is totally unique to Venus. I mean, I'm sure we vetted this this company, some somebody who ever vetted this company at a I mean, I'm sure we call people and said, I don't understand how that what would happen to Venus to make we're the only company only school they're working
086with where they it takes them six months and they can't fulfill their obligations or have they do they have this problem with other schools and we maybe we didn't vet them as as thoroughly as we could have. I don't remember who did a presentation on from from what I understand and and growing up I've been in this role for about a year and so I learn learned about the company as as we uh got into this bid but this this used airway for a number of years on a variety of projects um and haven't ran into issues like this um what I've observed through the course of this project the it it seems that they've had significant turnover um in their installation staff um as well as in the subcontra contractors they use to to
087get work done and so from from what I gathered in this in this industry subcontractors are are how work gets done and whenever those subcontractors highly in demand. It's it's difficult to to get good people and uh that that that's been a been a challenge for them. And so so so so several things. Let me just recap on things. The high school camera system works. Okay. The only issue we have is that there was one drop on the far end of the building that it appeared that there was cameras there in the past and now there's not a drop there anymore. So that's what this extra thing is is we have to run it from another location to get that drop to fix and then that camera will be up and it'll give us that
088last spot that we have on the cameras that we um ordered and everything else in positions. Okay. the cameras moving over from the old system to the new system. We're not the only district from my knowledge. There's been usually been smaller districts that have this outdated stuff and outdated cameras. And and the issue that they had that we have also is that when we installed those cameras before Warren's time, technology is the ones that put those cameras in. They did the installation and they're not installers on those cameras or anything else. And so they weren't properly installed and with different things and different settings and everything else. So, that's one of the issues that we're kind of finding at the same time is that we use our own labor to be cheaper on labor before
089and it's causing some conflict right now. Okay. Um, but like I said, we're on this every day. We're waiting until next week to move those cameras over to the new system because more than likely what we're going to have to do is we're going to have to wipe those servers to be able to put them on and everything else to get everything done correctly. And that's probably what it should have been done with the first installer and we've addressed that issue with them is that that one server should have been wiped out and we should have started from fresh and everything else to put those old cameras into the new system. And so we we've addressed those issues with them. Um but yeah, they're not getting paid for anything until we get everything up and
090running on that. I mean, well, I mean that that's that's the main cost of it is the the equipment and I mean that's the equipment and license, but these guys are they came down and met with us last week and and they continuously are in contact with us daily. So I don't think they're going to run and leave us. But when it's said and done, yes, it's a system that other people can do installation and different work on for us from a different company if we decide not to use that company again for it. So, we always have that option instead of using our own people. Was that it for your presentation or I don't Yes, okay. Sorry, I didn't we just kind of started talking. Anybody else have any questions? I have questions, but
091just about general cameras and I don't know if it rolls into new cameras, but it's more along the lines of safety and security and kind of what's happening in some districts around. So, we talk about installation of cameras and where they are. Do we have cameras in like our high-risisk classrooms like life skills, VAC? Just I would think to protect our students and our staff, but from my knowledge that is separate than what I deal with and that's all been done through what board policy and what um education coach says that if somebody requests it then it has to be put in there. It has to be up for so many days and everything else. From my understanding um and I don't look at those things because I'm not even supposed to review those cameras
092or nobody's supposed to watch them live all day long at all. Um from my understanding, we do have those in those classrooms because I know that we have several in there and stuff. Um, and if I ever see one of those pop up on our camera system, like I said, I'm on the camera system more than anybody else in the district. If I see one pop up for whatever reason, I contact one of them. Hey, get that off of there. Nobody should be watching that live anyway. Can you speak to that, Mr. Gateway? Is that actually the way that policy works, uh, two ways going to happen? Be requested that we put install those cameras and, uh, monitor them. Uh, it could be parent requested, it could be board requested. Uh right now we do
093have a parent request for the elementary school to go in. Uh and so we do have cameras going in that particular classroom to make sure they all work. There are some spaces at the middle school that Mrs. Buck has request that cameras go into. Uh they have some in the main room, but she has I believe two two side rooms that cameras be installed. So they could be requested by administration or by a parent. So administration. So if do we have cameras in all of our like high-risisk classrooms? BAC life skills. We currently have cameras in all of those classrooms. No ma'am. No ma'am. They have not been requested. Uh once once we received the request, we put the cameras in. Uh like I said, right now we have requests for the middle. I understand
094that. But as administration, do we not just proactively do that every year to protect ourselves? So if you said administration can so what part what administration can actually request those principles or higher level or so like all of our principles could request that cameras be installed and be turned on? Yes, ma'am. The entire school year because it from what I understand it's school year to school year. Yes, ma'am. Yeah, I said school year to school year. Right. So like if we have a change from I mean because we see classroom changes across campus all the time. So if you move one life skills to room 2011 right to 310 you have to move those cameras. Right. Right. But we don't have that currently in place. It's just by request only. Okay. And I'm I'm asking
095like I said just because in light of things that have happened in other districts, how long do we keep like our footage? Do we keep them on service? And I'm talking about just school like schools in general and not just BAC or life schools. I'm talking like overall how long do we keep our footage? It has to be kept for 30 day I mean for 90 days. Okay. For three months. And that's one thing we talked with these um with the the people from Avigilon and everything else and moving this stuff over. That's a lot of data and a lot of server use that we have to have all that on there. But we can actually schedule the cameras to be during school business hours and that's the only time it has to record under
096the state law is under school business hours. So we'll cut down that it's not recording at night. It's not recording on weekends or everything else. We'll just do it Monday through Friday because some days we go to school on Friday, someday on Thursday. It's kind of hard to make that change every day. So, we'll do Monday through Friday during school hours and everything else when we do those and they'll record that information. And you said it's 30 or 60. You said that we currently keep our records for 90 days. Yeah, it's up to three months. Okay. So, and is that the same moving over to the new system? Will be a will we be able to store more? I know you said it was a data issue. So, moving over to a new system, does
097it give us more data? Yeah, we're we're going to we're going to with this new system, we can actually put all the recording what what you're storing is recording. Okay, so those cameras in those bedrooms would have to be recorded for those hours of school hours. Okay, so all that goes into a junk box. Okay, that's being stored and everything else for three months. Now, the other cameras and everything else, what we're going to lower it down to is recording for motion and different things like that and stuff. So, we don't have to have everything recorded and stored. You just have just what's motion and everything else when something comes into the frame of that camera. Okay. So, that'll help us keep that cost down. Go ahead, Warren. Sorry. Just Just want to clarify the
098uh my current plan is not to move uh special education cameras over to the new system just for security reasons. it's it's a lot easier to manage access if if no one can accidentally see something that they're not supposed to see. And so with the with the current camera system, we have we have server licenses that that are already bought and paid for. Um and so my my plan is to continue using uh one of our one of our camera servers that already has a license for it to to be the repository for all of all of those classroom style cameras. And then all of the security cameras are going to be on a vigilant. And so two two separate systems that that that way there is a clear definition between a camera in an
099instructional setting and then cameras that are focused towards security. Well, just to clarify one other thing, Warren, is that when he says all the other cameras would be moved over to a vigilon, that's incorrect. It's only the campus cameras. Correct. Because we use campus grant money for that. So any additional cameras that we put up outside of these two and our license that we got will be on an aid will be on the old system still to to cover areas that we need extra coverage with, but it'll be on a different server than what the bed cameras will be on. Okay, thank you for all that. Any other questions? No. Okay, thank you. We'll go to item number eight, executive session at 7:37 for 551.071, 551.072, 551.074, 551.076, 551.082, and 551.0821. Item number nine, reconvene
100from executive session at 8:16 p.m. Go to item 10, consent agenda. Did anybody have any questions? Motion by Greg, second by Amber. All in favor. Motion carries. Go to item number 11. Consider approval of Texas Instructional Leadership. Dr. Morgan. Hello. Yes. This is just a continuation of the ESF focus grant we received on behalf of the high school. It's uh over it's a two-year grant, so we're going into year two. The purpose of the grant is to pay for the um technical assistance being provided by the service center. So the total amount for year two uh is $31,50 which of course is over our $25,000 limit. And so we just need um if you all would approve that purchase so we can uh make sure we have we can pay the service center. Any questions?
101Motion by Amber, second by Greg. All in favor. Motion carries. Go to item number 12, consider approval of AVID Summer Institute registration. Dr. Morgan. Yes. So this year we are able to send um over 20 people to uh Avid Summer Institute uh from elementary, middle, and high school. And the total cost for the registrations um will be 31,500 um oddly close to the other one. Uh but uh all of the payment is going to come from money that is geared for um professional development. So we will be spending about 12,800 from our bilingual ESL aotment which has to be spent on PD. Um 7 15,750 from school action because AVID is one of our P20 model elements. and then the remaining 2100 we will take from title 2. So all of these funds are are
102designated for professional development. Uh and the number of people that were able to send this year is the reason why the cost is above the 25. Anybody have any questions? Do we have a motion? Motion by Amber. Do we have a second? Second by Don. All in favor? Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you. We'll go to item 13, reports. Okay, just a couple things here. Um, as you know, it's the final week of the school year and um there's a lot of things going on, a lot of activities, a lot of great end of year celebrations uh for a lot of successes. Um we have um we'll be wrapping things up on Thursday with all of our students. Um and then Friday is a teacher work day. We're going to do some end of the
103year recognition. Uh and then we wrap everything up on Saturday morning at 9:00 am weather forecast looks good uh to graduate our senior seniors and and send them off. So I'm really excited. Uh it's just amazing to look up that that the school year is coming to an end. But a lot of great things. I'm just looking forward to wrapping everything up uh and and ending strong for this year. We do have Do you have anything, Mr. would regarding uh Helis is on time. They did deliver the new goal poster up and uh Ray Bine just completed the asphalt uh repair today. They did a top notch job. I see it was $33,000. They actually tore out the whole s section instead of patching it. So, they did a great job on it. The field
104is ready for graduation. Uh looking forward to an awesome day. Uh we did take the old go gold goalpost and put them over in maintenance area uh for future use.