001I only need the time. How big? [Music] Come here. [Music] Look at that. [Music] Cheers. [Music] Hi. Why? [Music] Don't you have it? I have it on my Yep. [Music] Thank you. [Music] Happy birthday. [Music] Okay. Uh let's call this meeting to order. uh the regular meeting of the the board of trustees for county. It is April 22nd, 2025 and it is 5:34 p.m. For the record, we have a forum. All members are present. Uh first order is the invocation of the pledge of allegiance. [Music] Heavenly Father, we thank you for bringing us together this evening with a shared purpose to serve the students, families, and staff of our district with integrity, wisdom, and compassion. As we begin this meeting, we humbly invite your presence into this space. Grant us clarity as we navigate important
002decisions, patience as we listen to one another, and strength to lead with humility and grace. May every discussion tonight be rooted in fairness and guided by the desire to uplift and empower every child in our care. Bless our board members, educators, administrators, and all who labor in the mission of education. May we never lose sight of the great responsibility entrusted to us. and may our actions reflect your love, justice, and mercy. Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to serve. Let all we do tonight be bring honor to you and serve the greater good of our community. In your holy name, we pray. Amen. At this time, I invite Anna Gonzalez to recite the pledge to the US flag and Dillana Chapa to recite the Texas pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United
003States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Honor the flag. I pledge algiance to the Texas. One state under God, one and indivisible. You may be seated. Um, next item. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, next item recognition. Good evening, board president, Mr. Ramirez, superintendent of schools, Dr. Drevinho, board members, ladies and gentlemen. Every month we have the distinct honor of of gathering here to celebrate a group of exceptional students who have demonstrated excellence and commitment far beyond the norm in their extracurricular activities. It is a privilege to recognize their hard work, dedication, and remarkable achievements. This month, we are proud to celebrate the accomplishments of our CCISD Special Olympic athletes, our Sapata High School band all state students, and our Sapata
004High School soccer, track and field, and powerlifting athletes. At this time, I'm going to call Dr. Garcia to present our Special Olympic athletes. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. Uh President Ramirez, uh board members, uh Dr. Uh, I do want to say thank you very much for the support that we have received throughout the years for a special ed department and the special Olympics. Without your support, our event wouldn't have been able to be possible. There are a lot of people that uh participated in this and were part of of making this event a great success. But one of the main people that helps us keep it all together and has been doing this for the past 32 years is Miss Christina P. So she will be able to give us a little bit
005more information on the amount of of medals and students that were participating. Good evening. Thank you. First, I want to thank the parents of our Special Olympic athletes because without your support and your dedication, you're part of the team. Um, Special Olympics is a world organization and they have a lot of rules and regulations that we have to abide by in order for our athletes to even participate under the name of Special Olympics. So whenever we send those medical forms in or have some type of permission slip signed, that's part of the world organization in order for our district to be able to um have our athletes under that title and host our uh South Texas regional meet that we had uh this past March. So again, a special thanks to our school board, to
006our Sapata ISD family, to the athletic department, our special education department, our community, because without all of you having that little piece in there, um, however big or small it was, um, that was why we had a great success. We had 220 athletes on that field participating in field events ranging from softball to tennis ball throws to track events which were wheelchair races, walking events, running events um and so forth. And then at the end there was a really nice victory dance for our athletes. Um, so if you guys want to start coming forward, our athletes, [Applause] this year was the first time since CO that we were able to have a unified um, relay team and what that entails. So our unified partners, if you can come forward as well. [Music] So what our
007unified partners entails is we have two Special Olympic athletes running alongside of our uni unified partners. Um and that truly truly exemplifies Hawk pride and the teamwork that our athletes and our athletic boys and um girls have with our Special Olympic athletes. So boys, I know I have representatives from high school here. Um if you can raise your hand uh with the U relays. So, high school, we had two relay teams. We also had middle school represent with two relay teams. In fact, they even had a co-ed relay team and we had one from Verad Elementary. So, um with that, it's put us on the map. So, if you all want to take a minute and go to Special Olympics Texas and look at the unified map, um all of our campuses in our district
008are recognized as unified partner um campuses. And um besides South Texas, there's only two schools in the Rael. So, kudos for us. Our athletes brought home 18 gold medals, 23 silver, 18 bronze, 15 fourth, fourth, four fifth place, four sixth place, and two seventh place. So to the Special Olympic athletes, congratulations. Our practices may look different, um, but you go out there and you sweat on hot days like everybody else, right? and you go out to the field and you put your whole heart and soul into it and it shows. You have a lot of medals hanging around your neck, right? And we are so so very proud of you. So, thank you. We're going to take a picture right up here. Smile. One, two, three. Great [Applause] [Music] job, [Music] Congratulations. At this time,
009we're going to call coach Roas to present our powerlifting program. Uh good good evening u board members. Good evening. Uh this year uh our uh powerlifting team was one to remember. um from the girls to the boys. Uh we started off uh with five meets. We also were able to host one here in Sapata our ownelves for the very first time in probably almost 10 years. It was a big success. It was it was a small meet, four schools, five schools including us. And uh everybody just was raving on how how well it was ran and uh they wanted it to to be continued for the years to come. Um, we had in the girls division, we had nine qualifiers for regionals and in the boys we had five. Um, when I call your name,
010can you please come up? Uh, we're going to start with the girls. Uh Kayla Lorto, uh Darelli Garcia, Suarez, uh Kelsey Cooper, [Applause] uh Eva, Eva [Applause] Guerrero, Leah Lopez, [Applause] Janisa and Somara Martinez. Placing at the regional meet uh was uh Kayla Lorto got a fourth place finish. Uh Somara got a third place finish. And Kelsey Cooper was our only girl to qualify for the state meet. She finished in uh third as well. and she was also second team all academic all state. And this uh is our girls uh lady hawk powerlifting team. I'm going to call the boys up. We'll take a good picture. And uh for the boys, uh we had a very big team this year. Um we had about 15 kids and we can only take 12 to each meet
011but uh we alternated in and out. Uh we uh qualified five boys should have been seven. We had two uh not qualified due to injury but um for the most part there were all newcomers. Um we had maybe three returners that qualified from last year. Uh when I call your name uh please come to the front. Uh, Jesus J. Ailar Boso Jr. I'm Joey Gutierrez and uh for the first time in u powerlifting Sapata powerlifting history we uh can call say we have ourselves a state champion Mr. Albert Kamacho. Joey and Kelsey are my only seniors, so everybody's coming back and uh it's promising for next year. Joey also got elite all academic u all state. So congratulations Joey. These boys and girls work hard every day. any any workout we put out for them,
012they're they're in there getting after it. Uh it's always exciting to see them compete. That's the best part of this job is seeing them push themselves further than they they know they can. And uh it's a different group every year and we always have someone come in from from the middle school. It's always a freshman that they think they can't do it, but I mean they all started the same way and we have multiple regional and state state uh qualifiers every year. So uh congratulations boys and girls. Thank you. Lady Hawks, step forward. And gentlemen behind in between, take a window. Perfect. Okay. One, two, three. Oops. There he goes. One, two, three. Congratulations. This time we're going to call Mr. Mad Martinez to present our band All State students. Good evening everyone. I'm going
013to present some uh students. I'm going to start off by presenting three students that advance to the state level band. It's called the All State Band. It's a tournament of uh three different stops. The first stop is at the region level and they have to place the top five spots to advance to area and then at area they got to get into the top three to advance to state. And I'm very proud to announce that we had three students this year. We haven't had a allstator in several years. Our first student is Delila Martinez on Flute. You probably Daniel Weaver on baritone. He plays and Samuel Sandez. He's the number one tour player in the state of Texas. I would also like to present the same students again for advancing in uh solo and ensemble
014to state. Daniel Weaver, uh Delila, and Sammy are all advancing to state and they're going in the later part of May to Flugerville to compete. Along with all these students, we have Gabriella Gilan Flute from Anthony here. Uh Lucas Gera Morales, Kaylee Hernandez is here. Leandra, Lauren, Kathy, Turan, Jamie Sanchez, Pablo Gones, David Martinez, Daniel Weaver, Sammy Rosendez, Alexandro Rivera, William Sanchez, Eduardo Meskita, and Eduardo Flores. This is the biggest group that we ever had. Oh yes. And uh in uh the month of April, we went to compete in a concert contest and we brought back our uh sweep stakes trophy. I do not remember how consecutive how many consecutive ones we've had, but we've had quite a few. And this is our trophy. In case uh some of you do not know, it's a
015tradition for our students and staff members to sign behind and we keep those trophies in our band hall. Today, there are teachers and administrators that have shared that same privilege to to get to sign behind one of these trophies. [Applause] Can we form? Yes. [Music] Take the window. Okay. your tea that way. One, two, three. One more. One, two, three. Congratulations. [Applause] Today we have a rare treat for you. We're going to have Ed Ruardo Flores play his solo that he's going to present. He's not going to play the whole solo. He's only going to play about three to four minutes of it. Uh this is by Mozart. Oh, excuse me. My b [Music] to praise you. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] They have amazing talent.
016Tapata High School. Amazing talent. Great job everybody. At this time, I'm going to call Coach Boras, Coach Garcia, and Coach Gongia to present our track, track and field athletes. [Music] Wow. Okay. Okay. Uh good afternoon uh school board of trustees uh superintendent of schools Sapata admin and community. Uh first of all uh I just want to say is that as the athletic coordinator of Sapata High School I can't stress how incredibly uh proud I am of all of our sports team not just track but all of them. Uh, I'm pretty sure next month we're going to be awarding our baseball and softball teams as well. Um, and I'm pretty sure they're going to do really really well in the playoffs. Um, as far as for our our our track programs, uh, I'm extremely proud of
017our first year head coaches, coach Elhu Garcia and Coach Rebecca Lombore, both first year head track coaches who did an uh, extraordinary job. Coach John Jackson, coach Lisa Alanise, and coach Gabby Montes. Uh, as per the words of ex-coach Jimmy Johnson of the Dallas Cowboys. Now, I'm not a Cowboys fan. Just please, okay? Uh, I'm not an NFL fan as well. Um, treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be. Hey, and he will become what he should be. Hey, this has been the expectation since day one, since the day that I was very lucky to get hired here in Sapata. Um, and it's to raise and build our kids to what they uh could be and what they are becoming. Hey, at this time
018I'd like to introduce our head track coach, coach Elhu Garcia. Good afternoon. Um, today I'll be presenting our area and regional qualifiers. I also want to say that I'm extremely proud of these young men. Um, these young men didn't back out, didn't back down in for any situation. We had to make some adjustments. They're in district. Some of these young men, they stepped it up and we still managed to qualify for area. Um, right now I'm going to introduce our 4x 200 meter relay which consists of Rene [Music] Bautista [Applause] Ramirez and Ventor Hernandez. We also had JC Solis, but he couldn't make it in today. Uh these young men, two of these young men had never run ran this relay before. You know, I asked them, "Hey guys, you want to step it up?"
019They did. And again, we managed to come and qualify for area. They competed in Rio. We came in with a fifth place finish, which uh is fairly well. All right. Because we competed against not just our district, but more teams from the valley. Uh men, congratulations and thank you for all your all your hard work. All right, we also have another relay that they had never ran this race before, but they stepped it up in district and they came in with a second place finish, which qualified them to for the area meet as well. All right, so we have Christian Sanchez [Applause] Jeremy Vanuela and Gabriel Garcia. [Applause] So they qualified for our area meet with a second place finish and they too came in with a fifth place finish which again it's an an
020amazing job based on the competition that we're going up against. And we had individual qualifiers. We had Jerry Vanova who qualified to area in the 400 meter run and then we also had Gabriel Gatia who qualified in the 800 meter run and the 1600 meter run. And Gabriel came in and qualified for area I'm sorry for region regionals. All right. So Gabe competed this past Saturday and came in with a sixth place finish. And now we're not just talking about schools in our area valley. Now we're going a little bit further north Houston area. And he and he came in with a six place six place finish. All right. So it was very very amazing job. All right. And that's fairly it guys. Uh just very proud of you guys for not backing down, giving
021all that hard work. All right. And we're ready for next year. [Applause] Gentlemen, take a step. Yes. One, two, three. Great job. [Applause] Wait for the girls. We're going to wait for the girls, but that's okay. Um, good evening. I am going to talk. We had three girls who advanced. I'm going to talk about one. Yeti, where are [Applause] you? Advanced to area meet in both the two 3200 meter run and the 1600 meter run, which is the two mile and the mile. Um, Yadi ran the 3 3200 meter run. She came in third, which gave her the spot in regionals. Um, in the 1600 meter run, she missed it by just one. She came in fifth, but nevertheless, she did run at regionals this Friday. She was able to come in in a ninth
022spot out of 16 girls, and this was her first time at regionals. So, congratulations. [Applause] Okay, next we have um another two special young ladies. Uh first one is Dana Chapa. [Applause] Okay, so Diana Chapa pretty much placed um in in the top two at at every track meet. Uh she was an area qualifier and also a regional qualifier. Uh she also is about8 seconds away from breaking the school record in the 100 meter hurdles. Um as they and she also shortly broke the 300 meter record in the 300 hurdles. Um you know so extreme extremely excited to have her for another two years. Uh so Dana Chapa Next we have Anna Gonzalez. And so Anna Lee Gonzalez also placed in the top three pretty much at every uh track meet, you know, that we
023went to this year. Um she ended up placing second in district. She placed top four in in at area and then she came in sixth, okay, at regionals. This is the first time since 2003 that a Sapata sprinter uh placed at regionals and scored points at the regional track meet. She broke her record three times I think this year and and both Dilly and Anali not only broke the record but they shattered it by three seconds. Okay. Uh so that that's pretty crazy. Um so the great news, like I said, is they're both sophomores. Um all yes, all all three girls are all sophomores is and I know before their time is up, they're going to break pretty much every hurdle record that they that we have here at Zapata. But lastly, and more importantly,
024uh than breaking records, okay? I can't tell you how great of a teammates they are to one another. Uh at practice, um the other teammates kind of stop what they're doing and they look, okay, what is Dillian doing in practice? and they see them compete against uh one another as and they push each other just like their sisters as well. They cheer on each other um as and they they truly bring out the best of each other. I couldn't be more proud of them. Uh but our work is not over and we still have another two years to go uh to qualify to get into state. So congratulations girls. One, two, three. Great job. The boy should come up here, too. [Music] voice. [Music] Lady, step forward. Okay, I need two gentlemen on this side.
025Much better. One photo bomber. Sorry. One, two. I can't see. Miss back. There we go. One, two, three. Great job. [Music] Next, we'll have our our girls soccer and boys soccer coaches, coach Nadali and coach Victor Garasan. Good afternoon. Um really quickly uh the soccer program is you know really starting to grow. It's we have a very promising future and uh this year we were luckyly we were lucky enough to have you know a couple of uh all district selections. Unfortunately you know some of them couldn't make it but I'd like to still mention them by name. Uh Eduardo Garcia went ahead and got first team all district midfield for us. Uh second team uh defender, we had Fabio Nino come in for us and we had two selections for second team all district forwards.
026Uh one of them's in attendance. Please come up. Uh Patrick Starns also could not be here today. In addition to that, we had three honorable mentions. We had Henry Castillo, JC Solis, and uh Adrien Dury if he could come up as well. Yeah, we it's a long season for us. It's very taxing on the body, very taxing on the mental, and uh these guys really pulled it out, especially uh you know, Patrick, he hurt himself, and but he still was able to finish it out and earn himself some honors. not to take away from anybody else but uh very grateful for these guys. So thank you. [Applause] So hello coach Viel. Uh like coach Ga said, we have a a lot of promising future here with all of our district selection, most of our district
027selection being a group of sophomores and freshman this year. So, uh, that's, you know, that gives me a lot of, uh, hopes for next year and a lot of energy to prepare more. Uh, this whole season it was a lot of ups and downs. The we got a new team added from to our district. So, now we were competing against seven other schools. Uh, that's a whole lot more girls and uh, we were lucky to have girls show up in every single position for all district selection. I'm going gonna go ahead and start with our second team. So, we had our second team defender, Kelani. Kani Kani definitely made herself be seen as uh as short as she is right now. She would go against girls twice or triple her size and she would knock
028them down and uh made the girls afraid to go through her side for sure. Then we have a second team midfielder, Marina Sinas. Marina was the one that would look very calm on the side just kind of waiting for that pass and then once she would get it, she was just explode and take off. Uh first our second team forwards we have uh two uh we have Darelli Gustamante and Adriana Mino Ariana Mino which uh the coaches recognize for same thing them just being there all quiet and then out of nowhere they would just explode with speed and take the ball and head on. Um I the way they remember the coaches remember them was I told them she was the short little girl that she would just take off running. They're like, "Oh yeah."
029So she has some we got some crazy speed right here. Uh and our first team forward, we got Adriana Tori. I apologize if I struggle with their names. One goes by Nana and she's Tori. I never called him by their first name. Uh but and Duty also has our girls record for most goals this season. So, and uh last but not least, we got the newcomer of the year this year, freshman Sara Salivan. Crazy part is that she didn't even play the whole season with us because she was back and forth with basketball and soccer. Uh, but whenever she would play, she would make herself be seen and every coach out there knew it. She did have some competition for newcomer of the year, but like I said, she made herself be seen every time
030she showed up. So, these are our all districts. Also, I want to recognize uh Coach Silver Mustamante. He helped out with the boys team this year. Um so, give him a round of applause. Nice try. Six. One, two, three. Oops. One, two, three. Great job. recognition. Thank you. It's always a good thing. It takes long, right? There's a lot of kids to be recognized. Thank you so much. [Music] right here. Let's move on. Um, communications. Everybody left. I was ready to make this elaborate speech. Everybody already left. I just want to thank everyone, all the kids being here and parents and coaches. Thank you for your hard work, dedication, [Music] and that's it. Yeah. So, but it's really I'm real happy that everybody's here. Can I say it makes me feel good that these kids
031represent really proudly there's a lot of talent. I'm really there the that piano piece is I couldn't even imagine not I'd like to say a few words. Okay. Uh good evening. I know after all of that it's really amazing and I do have some really positive things to say but also some things that need to be said. reopen and I think this is the time and with your permission I'll take about four minutes of your time. Our district is thriving despite the noise. While others are distracted, we are doing the work. Our students are pushing boundaries. Our educators are giving everything they've got. And what we're building is not just strong, you guys. It is unshakable. Our superintendent and leadership teams are praiseworthy. The partnership with our police department is solid. Our teachers are unmatched
032and the energy in a classroom is electric. Together, we are building a foundation for tomorrow's leaders that is strong, steady, and undeniably powerful. But things have to be said out of the open for things to get better. So, instead of celebrating our progress, our schoolboard has been hijacked by some political nonsense repeatedly. And unfortunately, I've been on the receiving end of that several times. So, I just wanted to make some make some things clear so that if there are any questions, you know where to find me so I can clarify that. Last month, I was hired as a professional consultant with over 30 years of proven results. Not as a favor or as a gift. This was an effort to provide 210 Sapata High School students with instructional support to fulfill graduation requirements. It was
033a job rooted in need, not an ambition. And what happened behind closed doors? People didn't ask, "Why are kids struggling?" They didn't ask, "What do we do to make it better?" But a few did see it as a political opening and pounds like vultures, which really disappointed me the six months that I've been here. Um, they saw a political opening and on the contrary, misinformation left the room, which was not even supposed to leave, and whispered rumors started surfacing. So, I wanted to really share the facts. so that we can spread that instead of misinformation. Conflict of interest is legal and legally impossible. Our county doesn't meet the threshold. Our population of 15,000 is way under the legal limit of 35,000. Bids, they're not required for a soul source vendor like me. I'm the owner
034and the author of a company, but our district still collected that in true faith. Transparency, guys, doesn't get any clearer than that. We delivered it and still the attacks came. Accusations flew. This wasn't about ethics. It was about control. So if we're playing games behind scenes, I want the community to tell us and call us out on it and say, "You know what? You're not going to use our students and our educators as pawns because we're going to call you out every single time." Unfortunately, that wasn't it. Today was attack number two. On November 18, I was named to Sapata County Appraisal District Board, but was never officially seated because I was deliberately excluded from the formal swearing in ceremony. But today, two of my colleagues, suddenly deeply concerned about my eligibility, decided to force
035my resignation as per the Texas Tax Code without considering the fact that I never took the constitutional oath of office. So therefore, I narrowly lawfully assume the position. After consulting the legal team and the memorandum provided to all of us, I now decline the appointment because I cannot in good conscience legitimize a group that operates with such disregard for transparency and integrity. So the people listening tonight, parents, teachers, voters, hold us accountable, scrutinize us, question this because the moment this board stops giving service to the people and the students, you need to tear it down. Rebuild it with without us. It's just not fair and it's not right and needs to stop. We don't work for politics or power. We work for students and we need to make that very clear. The success of our
036district is not is our only priority. We are unstoppable, you guys. And this isn't just optimism. This is real hope built on actions, commitment, and results. The future isn't coming. We're creating it together. So, you're either with us or you're not. So, thank you for the time. I'm sorry I had to be a little spoiler there, but if that's the definition of transparency, I'm not ashamed. Thank you. And have a beautiful rest of your evening, guys. [Applause] Yes. I just like to state for the record uh the way this came about was a constituent came up came up to us and had a concern about the eligibility of Mrs. Morales on the on the appraisal board district. Now what what am I supposed to do with that? They told me that there was an issue.
037So what did I do? I went and I reached out to Mr. Ramirez and I let him know that there were some concerns when uh Mr. Garcia go went ahead and agreed that it was something that need to be brought up for discussion. So what is the where is the best place to have that discussion that is in executive session with all of us as a group. It's new information. Well, we we all were not and let's be honest, this is not Mrs. Morales's that an email was sent. I went to go talk to the chief appraiser. An email was sent on October 30th to Roelio Gonzalez letting him know that we as a board need to be aware that anyone that served couldn't be delinquent in taxes. None of us knew this, but after
038we voted that that way, Mrs. Morales is in it was the responsibility look into it and if it came up, it came up and addressed to the board. Let us know what's going on. That's not what happened here. What happened is that it was going by and no no one said. So, the constituent came, we addressed it by bringing it to the board where there is no personal attack here, ma'am. Well, if I can respond to that. Um, it is personal because if you use this October the 30th or whatever it was. Well, let me finish because number one, all I'm going to say is I represent the working force. I work for every dollar I make. So, if I owe taxes, it's none of your concern to begin with. Number two, if we're called
039trustees and we're a team, I expect that loyalty because if you can't be loyal to us, how are we being loyal to the people we represent? You think I'm judging you off, but it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. That's all I'm going to say on that point except that I tried trusting it behind closed doors and then misinformation goes out. So, I think it's time that the people know what's really happening. And other than that, I didn't mention names. So, I'm glad that you brought it forth because I really didn't know it was Yia, but thank you for that. Well, we put it on the agenda. Okay. Well, well, I didn't see it yet. So, that's my answer to that, but thank you. I absolutely respect your thoughts and your opinions, but I'm not requesting
040them right now. Well, you're entitled to have our opinions. Let's move. Okay. I guess both were heard and let's move on. I appreciate that. Thank you. Superintendent's report. Thank you. Uh well, good evening everyone. Uh what a tremendous show of uh just talent. And just to reiterate what Mr. Ramita said um just to see how our kids are performing. Um, I can tell you that, um, last week when we went to the performance of our one act play, um, at the area competition, at the very area competition, um, there was not a dry eye in the audience. And that's a testament not only to the story that was being told that is very relevant to our to our community and to our culture and our history, but also uh it's a testament to the talent
041that the students demonstrate day in and day out, and today was no exception. So, as we move into the final stretch of the school year, I do want to take a moment to recognize the tremendous effort of our students and our staff across the district. This time of year is filled with energy, excitement, nerves, and a strong sense of purpose as we begin to see the results of months of hard work. From academic milestones and UIL successes to outstanding performances in fine arts and athletics, our students continue to shine. These accomplishments are a reflection not only in of their dedication, but also the support they receive from our incredible teachers, counselors, administrators, and support staff. Each playing a vital role in helping our students succeed. Across every campus, there's a clear focus on finishing strong.
042Whether it's preparing for our state assessments, organizing endofear events, supporting students in reaching their goals, the teamwork and commitment of our district family is inspiring. I do want to had that for the first time I think ever, we had five students of our seniors that uh were up for a a Terry Scholar Foundation, which is a huge scholarship that is awarded to just a small group of kids. We had five students that interviewed for that foundation scholarship and of the five, four of them receive full rides. That is just an outstanding I want to praise just uh the the foresight you know the student a couple of the students because they're on my superintendent advisory team came to me asking for help they said Dr. can you help us prepare for this? So, uh I
043started reaching out to different individuals and and that had you know work at the university level got some information uh along with the help from Mrs. Rodriguez, Jamie, is she in here? Yes, I think so. Uh uh we put together a team and conducted a mock interview of the five students and that was an amazing experience to hear our kids articulate and and to know we in some way were responsible for producing that. uh the teachers, the parents, uh the administrators, everybody involved in preparing for in preparing these kids to be able to sit and fire off answers to questions was really outstanding. I was very proud when I started receiving messages from the students with pictures of them in their unifor in their not uniform in their business attire um taking pictures of of
044the sign but even more so when they send me confirmation that they have received full rights at their prospective university. So it's an amazing feat and something to be very very proud of. So, I want to thank uh send out a thank you to all of our families and community members for your continued trust and support. Your partnership makes a difference every single day. And together, we're building a district where every student is empowered to grow, thrive, and achieve their full potential. So, thank you all and thank you administrators for all of your hard work, sleepless nights, and dedication and prayers now for the testing and the results to come. And I know your hard work is going to pay off. So thank you. Thank you Dr. E consent items approval of item E1 sorry
045approval of the minutes for the public hearing held on February 18 2025 the board workshop held on March 3rd 2025 and the regular school board meeting held on March 1825. Thank you. Uh good evening uh Mr. Ramirez, Dr. Drevinho, members of the board. Um I'm requesting approval of the minutes for um the meetings uh the public hearing held on February 18th and the workshop regular school board meeting held in March 2025. All those in favor motion carried item F report. Thank you. For the month of March, the child nutrition fund reflects total realized revenues of 2,4,132 and actual expenditures of 1,738,811 for an excess of revenues over expenditures of $265,321. Um I would like the board to note that March's claim is not reflected in this revenues. We just received uh those claims or reimbursements
046as of last month. So uh we actually have an excess of revenues over expenditures of close to 465,000. The general operating fund uh month ended March 31st reflect total realized revenues of 22,30,849 and actual expenditures of 19,293,699 for an excess of revenues over expenditures of $2,737,150. Year-to- date comparative by function. Um, this shows the district has spent year to date of $19,293,699 for a 4% uh increase uh versus last year the same period of $91,62. Does anybody have any questions? The debt service fund reflects total realized revenues of 2,628,570 and actual expenditures of $61,958. The district does have a year-to-ate encumbrance uh including principal and interest that will be paid in the month of August of 2,61,31. At this point in time, the district does have an excess of revenues over expenditures of $2,566,612. This
047is our quarterly report for the committed fund balance. Um, just to remind the board of trustees, we committed, we requested the board of trustees to commit uh our fund balance of $6 million. Um in front of you there are a list of projects that we've budgeted up to this point we have spent uh actual expenditures of $979,970. Um and so at this point we've spent 16% um of the total amount of committed funds. Does the board have any questions about this financial Uh, next quarterly financial is the state and federal funds for the district. Um, our original budgeted expenditures is $5,388,9. Actual expenditures that we've spent year to date is $2,415,166. Does the board have any questions regarding this financial? Bills, claims, and accounts for March 2025. Uh, the district spent $849,678.52 in bills, claims,
048and account for March um 2025. Um, as compared to last year, March 2025, uh, the district spent 1.83% more for $15,268. Uh the majority of that came from our committed fund. Uh we made our first Apple payment for our lease agreement and that's the majority of our local funds. The tax collection report for March 2025, the district received $329,82489. Um h how does that reflect as uh compare to our budget? We've uh received 96% of our $9.1 million budget. We're at uh 3% versus previous year. Um there are going to be there was some adjustments to our certified values that are not reflected in this report. However, um the opening levy does show the adjustment to that certification. And so what we've collected from October to March is 83% of our total tax collections. So
049we're down about 1.07% as compared to previous year. Does the board have any questions regarding our tax collections? That's it. Item number two, reporting investment report for the first quarter. Thank you. Um, for first quarter 2025 ending March 31st, the district had an ending market value of investments of 32,719,56925 uh for uh interest earnings of $255,6435. As compared to last year, this same time, uh we are down in investment earnings uh a little over 150,000. Uh that can be attributed to about a a percent and a quarter uh down as compared to previous year. Uh the majority of that is attributed to our investment pools. Last year at this time, we were hovering over 5 and a half%. Uh we're now down to about four and a quarter. Does the board have any questions regarding
050the quarterly report? Um item G action items. Uh first one is approval of budget amendment BA24-25-03. General thank you uh Mr. Ramirez. This will be the third amendment that I will be asking the board of trustees to approve. Um we are requesting transfers in between functions of 230,000. 130,000 of that um will come from our general operating fund. Um we are requesting to increase our function 52 which is our security and monitoring. Um our police department uh function 73 uh for our debt service processing fees. We have additional required disclosures that we have to file this year. And then our intergovernmental um uh charges we uh pay our from previous year we had an increase in state aid and a percentage of that goes uh to our financial advisor and so we're requesting to increase
051that. Um I'm also requesting an amendment um for our committed fund balance into function 52 um later on in the agenda. We'll be requesting approval separately. So in that action item, this budget amendment will cover the expenditure needed to cover that item that I will be requesting for approval. Does the board have any questions? Any motion for second? All those in favor? Motion carries. Item G2, approval of or resolution extending depository contract. Thank you. Uh we're requesting um to extend our current uh depository contract with IBC. This will be our second extension uh for the 2-year term. We went out for bids uh last bienium and we're requesting an extension uh starting from September 1st uh for two years ending August 31st, 2027. Motion carries. U item three, approval of contracts and purchases over 25,000
052and or fund balance expenditures. Thank you. Um this will be our uh seventh uh over um the thresholds of contracts and purchases. Um effective today, we're requesting 635,000 in purchases from our committed fund balance. Um the first uh request that we're asking for is replacement of our Chromebooks. Um that will be about 430,000. That includes 1,000 Chromebooks. Uh so as well as the licenses that go with those Chromebooks. Um we're also requesting to um purchase two police vehicle units. Uh we do have um plenty of our units that are breaking down um and we do need to start replenishing those units. And then the last thing is our uh VM server project. These are our servers um that control all of our um computers and um internet access um um in the district. And so
053we're requesting from committed funds to replace those uh for um 100,000 uh recommended vendor barcom solutions. How many servers have um Miss Connie? Can you answer that? Consolidating all our servers down into two, but it also includes our backup solution which you know something goes down we have at least we use only one day. Police two. I'd like to approve a contract contract,000 second by your right hand. Motion carries item number four, approval of 2024 2025 uh summer school rate. Yes, thank you. Um, we're requesting approval uh for our summer pay rates. Um, through our federal budget, we are budgeting $500,000 for our summer school uh program and through our local and state funds, $200,000. Uh, our pay rate considerations are based off of uh TASBY um data sources. Um, I did include for the
054board uh to see where we were at as compared to um the data source. So, we are requesting for the board to approve pay rates um over the medium but under the highest. And um the requested uh summer school rates are exactly the same with the exception of uh three uh support staff. The first one is for instructional assistance. We're recommending a $2 increase from 20 to 22, bus drivers from 20 to 25, and our security guards from $15 to $18. The number of people hasn't changed. question by second by favor. Thank you. Thank you. Item G5, approval of the 2025 summer education program 89.12. Mr. President, Dr. Trevinho, and board members, uh, I'm here to present to you the requirements. The Texas Administrative Code 89.1250 requires LEAs to offer summer school to the emergent
055bilingual students. Uh, grades eligible are prekinder, that's our incoming kindergarten, and our kinder, and that's our incoming first grade. The program overview requirements are a total hours of 120 hours of instructional time. Duration four weeks Monday through to Thursday. Daily schedule 5 and a half hours per day for instruction which would be from 7:45 to 3:15. I'm sorry, 7:45 to 3:15. instruction developmentally appropriate with a focus on language development, literacy skills, and academic readiness assessments. A pre- and posted assessment will be conducted to measure student progress and evaluate the effectiveness of the program. parents. There there are an established commun communication strategies to inform parents of the progress. We are seeking board approval for the proposed summer schedule for the emergent bilingual summer school summer program aligned with the Texas administrative code 89250. The program
056meets the instructional hours required and is designed to support successful school entry for EB students. Requesting your approval. Question. Would this go along with the normal? Yes. This one's required. Our regular summer school program isn't a requirement. Something that we offer, but special. So, it's a little longer, too, because of all the specifications from the the regular uh program starts at 7:45 and ends at 1 1:30. Do we need to add any teachers for the same teachers that would do summer school? Yeah. Well, I mean, we open we have to go through an application process. Okay. Depending on the number of students that apply, I mean that come will be the number of teachers that we will um hire. Any other questions? Then I need a motion to approve the 2025 question. Is it going
057to be just on the one campus or is it going to be It's going to be in two campuses. So, um, South Elementary, but we'll be hosting second preK all the way to second and the it is Val, sorry about that. It's Val Elementary, the prek through second and third through 5th will be housed at South Elementary. Okay, I need a motion uh for the approval of 2025 by education for approval. Motion by second by all those in favor? Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you. Item D6, approval of non criminal agency treatment between Saka County Sheriff's Department and County ISD Police Department. Good evening, Mr. Romez. Dr. 3 and board members. I'm here today um this evening requesting approval of non- terminal agency agreement between the Sapata County Sheriff's Office and Sapata County ISD Police
058Department. You should have a copy with y'all. That copy? Okay. Since we don't have a dispatch or telecommunication uh department, we rely on them to run our driver's license check or license plate checks. Even if we have a runaway or a warrant from our department, they'll go ahead and input it for us. So, that's what this non-terminal agency agreement is. And so far, we've had it in place since 2014, and it's been working real good. Yeah, it's it's the same one. I think the last one was in 2013 that we uh annually or is it a couple years when a new sheriff comes in or so we'd like to you know implement it with him so that way we can be on the same page with him and since the new sheriff came in I
059feel that you know what let's go ahead and renew it and it's it's there till we decide to not yeah for 30 days so at this time does anybody have any questions second okay I have a motion by second by to approve the um agency agreement between county ISD Mr. We can approve it and just subject to subject to motion to approve subject to legal review. Okay, that's fine. Okay. Uh, two motions have been made. All those in favor? Motion carries. Thank you. Um and then the item G7 is approaching because that county sheriff's department is about the county police department. It's theou memorandum of understanding. It gives us overlapping jurisdiction to work with the sheriff's office. um back when CO hit, we were able to go in the system, you know, they requested our
060help and vice versa, they can come in here and help us out. Um so, and we work real well with each other and events, you know, anything uh that they need from us, the outside um and us from them the outside. We work with each other to to really um help these kids out. Um it's been in place since 2014 also. It's the same one. And um and like I said um we work with each other very well. They need information from a case they have on the outside they come to us and vice versa. We have something you know that from inside going out give us overlapping jurisdiction. If they can't work it it gives us permission or you know um to work it oursel because sometimes they're short-handed and they'll ask us hey
061can you help us out which I have no problem if we have the manpower you know let's do it. You know, we hold the same license as anybody else and jurisdiction and everything. So, at this point, I'm asking for the approval of theou memorandum. It's the same one that's been in place since 2014. The same one. We have not changed. No wording, no nothing. Same answer. Does want to take should we get y'all should have it. Okay. And I need a motion to approve the item as presented subject to attorney approval. Motion by second by all those in favor. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Item number eight, approval of resolution to adopt an early separation incentive program for the 2024 2025 academic year. Thank you, sir. And good evening to all of our members
062and Dr. Theo. What I have uh before you is a resolution to adopt an early separation incentive program. Uh as we had briefly discussed and went through the the information at our workshop. Um to remind the board on what we had planned on was the purpose of the incentive was to help the district plan and project our staffing needs for the upcoming school year. uh the eligibility requirements. We we uh provided that full-time and employed district uh district employees for the entirety of the 2425 school year. Of course, for our employees to end in good standing and complete their full contract uh work schedule, uh have served full-time uh employee in the district for at least 20 years and be planning to retire resign at the end of the school year. The incentives uh the
063incentive amounts that were discussed were $15,000 for contract employees and $8,000 for par profofessional and auxiliary employees. Uh the program conditions uh I'd like to highlight that participation is uh limited to a first come first- serve basis. Uh and the notice and agreement of these forms must be submitted within a time within a timely manner. Uh and we've discussed that May 5th would be timely for that to be turned in. So the employee will have a couple of weeks to to submit their paperwork and these individuals um could not be rehired by for by the district for three full school years following the resignation. Can I answer any I had placed three we had discussed it three I I we felt that five was a little excessive but we're open to to discuss however you'd
064like. We discussed this. I'm with the I think it's just that if we're going to let we're going to pay somebody to go they go for three years then we hire them back and we're going to pay another penalty to have them as a retired teacher you know retired employee we pay a penalty for that then we already paid an incentive for them to separate it just to me it doesn't make sense in that manner in you know because you yeah whether three or whether three or five years you would still have to pay the penalty if they were rehired. You don't get to make back to five penalty. So in five years you'll make back what you would have paid. We can extend it to five years if that's the wish of the board.
065Great. Is there going to be like a limit? We have a budgeted amount, but the the the it's going to be based on that. So, the the idea is that we're going to open it on as soon as we get all the paperwork done, as soon as the board votes on how they want to do it, then we're going to go back to staff and kind of organize that uh for them. Okay. I'd like a motion to approve the resolution to adopt an early separation program. with the five years the five year change. Okay. Motion by a second. Second by all those in favor. Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you. Um item H. Uh the board will now adjourn into close session pursuant to section 551.071 and 551.074. It is 65. [Music] We are back
066from executive session. It is 7:44 p.m. So, we have Item approval of 20. Yeah, one approval of 2025 2026 administrative teacher and professional support staff term and probationary contract. It should be recommendation is to approve as presented in close session. Motion by second by all those in favor. Motion carries. Um items. So information of the district communications. Yes. Uh we've got a lot of events coming up board. Um there are some listed here. Uh Mr. Monsades from the HR department provided you a a checklist of all the different uh events that are going to be happening uh across the different campuses as we get into May. But um just know that testing started April 8th and it goes through May 2nd. We do have a board workshop uh on May 6 at 9:00 in the
067morning. May 20th is our next school board meeting. We have a student holiday, but but it is a professional development day on the 26th. We have our retirement banquet that evening. that you all are invited to attend that and on May 30th is graduation at 7:30 and we'll be providing you all with further details on that on the retirement banquet. I know it's always held here, but I think this year you're going to have a lot more than normal. The venue may change, but I'm still planning for here just invite less people. like I won't be inviting any of these people. Okay. Any other business? No. So, I need a motion to to motion by second by favor. We are returned and it is 7:47. Thank you very much everyone for