May 04, 2023 Regular Board Meetings

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MAY RICHARDSON ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING.

I AM REGINA HARRIS, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM THIS EVENING AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM.

DR. HELLER, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE OUR GUEST TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE? YES. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HARRIS.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS WHO ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF OUR RICHARDSON YOUTH LEADERSHIP COHORT THIS YEAR, AND WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING THEM THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE CELIA SCHAEFERS, WHO IS A STUDENT AT RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS MICHAEL VEGA FROM J.J.

PEARCE [APPLAUSE]. IF YOU WILL, PLEASE STAND TO JOIN US IN THE PLEDGES.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AND NOW FOR THE TEXAS PLEDGE.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, IT IS NOW TIME FOR OUR RECOGNITIONS.

[I.B. Announcements / Communications]

YES. THANK YOU.

AS THE BOARD IS COMING FORWARD AND SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM, AS WE DO EACH MONTH AT OUR REGULAR MEETING, WE TAKE TIME TO CELEBRATE AND APPRECIATE ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING ACROSS OUR DISTRICT AND IN OUR CLASSROOMS. AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW RECOGNITIONS AND APPRECIATIONS, ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE COMING INTO THE LAST MONTH OF SCHOOL.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THE LAST MONTH OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

FIRST AND FOREMOST WE WANT TO KICK OFF OUR RECOGNITIONS AND APPRECIATIONS THIS EVENING IN HONOR OF ALL OF OUR INCREDIBLE TEACHERS HERE IN RICHARDSON ISD.

BECAUSE THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.

SINCE 1984, THE NATIONAL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION HAS DESIGNATED ONE WEEK IN MAY AS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, A SPECIAL TIME TO HONOR THOSE WHO LEND THEIR PASSION AND SKILLS TO EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN.

EVERY WEEK WE KNOW SHOULD BE TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.

BUT THIS WEEK HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED, AND WE KNOW CAMPUSES ACROSS THE DISTRICT HAVE HOSTED MANY ACTIVITIES TO LET OUR TEACHERS KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE AND SUPPORT THEM. THERE'S NEVER A BAD TIME TO LET YOUR CHILD'S TEACHER KNOW THAT YOU APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO.

A KIND NOTE, A FRIENDLY EMAIL OR A THOUGHTFUL ACT ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED BY OUR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS WHO WORK HARD FOR ALL STUDENTS ALL YEAR LONG.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING OUR NEARLY 3,000 TEACHERS IN RICHARDSON ISD WHO SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT GOALS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS AND SUCCESS AND GROWTH FOR ALL [APPLAUSE].

THIS WEEK AND MONTH WE ARE ALSO RECOGNIZING ANOTHER HARD WORKING GROUP OF STAFF HERE IN RICHARDSON ISD AS IT IS SCHOOL LUNCH HERO MONTH, WHICH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CREATIVE, FORWARD THINKING, HARD WORKING, RELIABLE, DEDICATED AND UNSTOPPABLE HEROES AND HEROINES ON OUR FOOD SERVICE TEAMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THIS YEAR ALSO MARKS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF SCHOOL LUNCH HERO MONTH, SO BE SURE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE AND SPOTLIGHT ALL OF THE NUTRITION PROFESSIONALS AND THEIR ONE OF A KIND SUPERPOWERS.

ONE. YES [APPLAUSE].

ONE OF THOSE SUPERPOWERS IS DOING MENU ANALYSIS, WHICH IS A COMPLEX AND TIME CONSUMING PART OF MANAGING AND OPERATING A K-12 NUTRITION PROGRAM.

SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS MUST BE ANALYZED FOR COMPLIANCE BY OUR KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF FOR DAILY AND WEEKLY REQUIREMENTS, AND THAT MENU OVERSIGHT ENSURES THAT WE'RE SERVING ALL OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT COMPLIANT MEALS THAT STUDENTS WANT TO EAT.

AND OUR CHILD NUTRITION TEAM WAS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ABILITY AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL IN THIS AREA.

SO JOINING US THIS EVENING ARE MEMBERS OF OUR CHILD NUTRITION TEAM.

I'D LIKE TO ASK THEM TO PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE ALL OF YOU [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS ACROSS RICHARDSON ISD.

I TOLD YOU WE WERE GOING TO CELEBRATE A LOT THIS EVENING.

MAY IS ALSO A TIME WHEN RICHARDSON ISD CELEBRATES ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.

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RISD CELEBRATES THIS MONTH AND HAS A FULL SLATE OF ACTIVITIES YOU CAN BE SURE AND GET YOUR TICKET AND TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES BEING PLANNED ON ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.RISD.ORG.

AND THIS IS YOUR INVITATION AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THE MANY ACTIVITIES THAT ARE BEING SPOTLIGHTED THIS MONTH.

SO THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. SO I KNOW LAST MONTH WE CELEBRATED FINE ARTS AS PART AS PART OF FINE ARTS APPRECIATION MONTH, BUT SHORTLY AFTER THAT WE GOT THE RECOGNITION OR THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ONCE AGAIN FOR THE 12TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, RICHARDSON ISD IS ONE OF THE BEST COMMUNITIES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRY [APPLAUSE].

YES. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING EFFORTS BY TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, PARENTS, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO HAVE MADE MUSIC EDUCATION PART OF A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS.

THIS IS AN AWARD THAT IS HOSTED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC MERCHANTS, ALSO KNOWN AS THE NAMM, WHICH HAS BEEN HONORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR EXEMPLARY MUSIC EDUCATION FOR 23 YEARS.

RISD'S MUSIC EDUCATORS ARE LEADERS AND INNOVATORS WHO PROVIDE ENGAGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT THEIR PRE-K THROUGH 12 CAREER.

WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AT THIS TIME OUR DISTRICT AND LEARNING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TEAMS AND ANY OF OUR FINE ARTS TEACHERS THAT MAY BE HERE THIS EVENING.

PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE YOU [APPLAUSE].

WE ARE NOW GOING TO CONTINUE WITH SOME STAFF RECOGNITIONS.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP OUR TEACHERS THAT ARE BEING RECOGNIZED AS PART OF THE TEACH PLUS LEADERSHIP FELLOW GRADUATES.

IF YOU CAN PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME, IF YOU CAN COME UP TO MY LEFT.

I'M GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT AS YOU COME FORWARD.

I'M GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TEACH PLUS PROGRAM.

THE MISSION OF TEACH PLUS IS TO EMPOWER EXCELLENT, EXPERIENCED TEACHERS TO TAKE LEADERSHIP OVER KEY POLICY AND PRACTICE ISSUES THAT AFFECT THEIR STUDENT SUCCESS. TEACH PLUS WORK IS TO SUPPORT TEACHERS SO THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE PREPARED AND READY FOR SUCCESS IN COLLEGE, CAREER AND IN LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS EVENING, WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 11 TEACHERS.

I KNOW SOME OF THEM HAD SOME CONFLICTS AND COULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING.

BUT WE HAVE 11 RISD TEACHERS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE ONE YEAR OR TWO YEAR LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

SO WE WILL BEGIN IS RACHEL EGBO HERE FROM FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY? CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO FROM THURGOOD MARSHALL, WE HAVE MITCHELL HODGE [APPLAUSE].

CONGRATULATIONS. LAURA KERRY FROM MOSS HAVEN ELEMENTARY [APPLAUSE].

AND AMANDA NAKOMIS, ALSO FROM MOSS HAVEN ELEMENTARY [APPLAUSE].

I KNOW WE WANT TO GRAB A PICTURE OF OUR TEACH PLUS TEACHERS.

PALMQUIST IS HERE, IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE YOU NEXT [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TEACH PLUS FELLOWSHIP GRADUATES.

OUR NEXT STAFF RECOGNITION IS FOR DEBI PALMQUIST, WHO IS A TEACHER AT BIG SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, AND SHE WAS RECENTLY AWARDED THE LAMAR AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION

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THIS AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1988 AND IS AWARDED TO STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ACADEMIC CITIZENSHIP, COMMUNITY SERVICE OR SPORTS. CONGRATULATIONS, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO CELEBRATE YOU THIS EVENING [APPLAUSE].

OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO DIG INTO SOME OF OUR STUDENT RECOGNITION RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.

COULD WE INVITE THE RISD 2023 AVID DELL SCHOLARS TO PLEASE COME FORWARD? [APPLAUSE] AS OUR AVID DELL SCHOLARS ARE COMING FORWARD.

LET ME SHARE THAT A DOZEN RISD SENIORS HAVE BEEN NAMED NATIONAL DELL SCHOLARS THIS YEAR [APPLAUSE].

THE MICHAEL THE MICHAEL AND SUSAN DELL FOUNDATION BEGAN A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN 2004 TO ASSIST HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND UNDERSERVED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THERE ARE ABOUT 500 DELL SCHOLARS NAMED ANNUALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN RISD NOW HAS 88 DELL SCHOLARS SINCE 2009.

THE AWARD INCLUDES $20,000, A LAPTOP, CREDITS FOR TEXTBOOKS AND A PERSONALIZED, MULTIFACETED SUPPORT NETWORK.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STUDENTS, PARENTS, FAMILIES AND TEACHERS [APPLAUSE].

OKAY. WE'LL START WITH OUR PEER STUDENTS.

FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ [APPLAUSE].

JOSE LUIS MENDOZA ACOSTA [APPLAUSE].

MERCEDES PEREZ RODRIGUEZ [APPLAUSE].

FROM LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, ROSIE THLUAI [APPLAUSE] . ALSO FROM LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, SHER MOO KU [APPLAUSE].

FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL ZAIN ALI [APPLAUSE].

AND FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL, OSWALDO MERLAN.

WHILE THEY ARE HAVING THEIR PHOTOS TAKEN.

IF YOU ARE A TEACHER, VOLUNTEER, COACH, SPONSOR OF ONE OF THESE STUDENTS, PLEASE STAND AND LET US RECOGNIZE YOUR EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF THEM [APPLAUSE].

ALSO WHILE THE PHOTO IS BEING TAKEN, IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM, PLEASE LINE UP ALONG THE WALL.

MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT.

WHILE OUR [INAUDIBLE] STUDENTS ARE COMING UP, LET US SHARE THAT RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL ROSE UP AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RHS HISTORY, THE EAGLES ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM FINISHED AS STATE RUNNERS UP [APPLAUSE].

IT'S A BIG DEAL. THE TEAM WALKED AWAY WITH NINE MEDALS IN THE STATE COMPETITION, TWO OVERALL INDIVIDUAL AWARDS, THE THIRD PLACE SUPER QUIZ TEAM AND OVER $5,000 IN SCHOLARSHIP MONEY.

EACH DECATHLETE COMPETES IN TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SUBJECTS LIKE MATH AND ENGLISH, BUT ALSO LESS TRADITIONAL SUBJECTS LIKE MUSIC THEORY AND ART HISTORY.

THESE NINE STUDENTS ARE TRULY BRILLIANT AND REPRESENT WELL-ROUNDED YOUNG PEOPLE.

PLEASE HELP US CONGRATULATE THE FOLLOWING STATE RUNNER UP DECATHLETES FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL.

CELIA SCHAEFERS [APPLAUSE].

ZUHAN ASHROFF KHAN [APPLAUSE].

NICHOLAS TU [APPLAUSE].

HENRY KIRKLAND [APPLAUSE].

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BROOKE JAYE [APPLAUSE].

LILY REID [APPLAUSE]. JACKIE FOLEY [APPLAUSE].

WE'LL GET A PHOTO OF THEM.

AND IF YOU'RE A TEACHER, COACH, VOLUNTEER OR SPONSOR OF ANY OF THESE STUDENTS, PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU [APPLAUSE].

IF YOU ARE A DECA STUDENT, PLEASE COME ON UP AND LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL, PLEASE.

WE'LL GET TO YOU NEXT.

WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT DECA.

DECA IS THE DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUB OF AMERICA.

DECA PREPARES EMERGING LEADERS AND ENTREPRENEURS FOR CAREERS IN MARKETING, FINANCE, HOSPITALITY AND MANAGEMENT IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AROUND THE WORLD.

THESE STUDENTS RECENTLY COMPETED AT THE DECA STATE COMPETITION.

AND THE FOLLOWING, STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR NATIONALS FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE NIALL PAUL [APPLAUSE].

MARLEN GONZALEZ [APPLAUSE].

AND MARLIN IS A DECA INTERNATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP WINNER AND A SENIOR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INVITEE.

SO SHE'S WEARING TWO HATS.

GOOD JOB [APPLAUSE]. WE HAVE THATCHER BARTLETT [APPLAUSE].

THATCHER IS A THRIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INVITEE, WHICH IS RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEADERS IN DECA [APPLAUSE].

KIRA GEFFERT [APPLAUSE].

ANTONIO DURAN [APPLAUSE].

IF YOU'RE A TEACHER, COACH, SPONSOR OR VOLUNTEER IN SUPPORT OF THESE STUDENTS, PLEASE STAND UP [APPLAUSE].

OUR NEXT GROUP. IF YOU CAN COME UP ALONG THE WALL, PLEASE WOULD BE OUR HOSA STUDENTS HEALTH OCCUPATIONS STUDENTS OF AMERICA.

ANYONE FROM HOSA.

OKAY, WE'LL LET THEM KNOW AND INVITE THEM BACK TO A FUTURE BOARD MEETING.

THE PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS, P-51 MUSTANGS.

I KNOW YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE I CAN SEE YOU [APPLAUSE].

AS THEY'RE GETTING LINED UP.

THE PEARCE ROBOTICS, P-51 MUSTANGS HAD A SUCCESSFUL SEASON THROUGH LOCAL AND REGIONAL COMPETITIONS, CULMINATING BY QUALIFYING FOR THE STATE COMPETITION AND SUCCESSFULLY QUALIFYING FOR THE WORLD COMPETITION, FINISHING AS A TOP 5% ROBOT IN THE WORLD.

THESE STUDENTS HARD WORK IS WORTHY OF CELEBRATION.

AND FROM PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL, WE'LL START WITH ISAAC PABLO MOLINA [APPLAUSE].

BENJAMIN TRIN [APPLAUSE].

ABBY ZINK [APPLAUSE].

EMMA THORPE [APPLAUSE].

YDANIS RODRIGUEZ [APPLAUSE].

MATTIE THORNGREN [APPLAUSE].

CONNOR BRYANT [APPLAUSE].

STEPHEN SON [APPLAUSE].

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IZZY CAUTHEN [APPLAUSE].

ALEXA HOANG [APPLAUSE].

ALAN TRIN [APPLAUSE].

NOAH ROSENFELD [APPLAUSE].

ANDREW THORPE [APPLAUSE].

TY MITCHELL [APPLAUSE].

MARIO AGUILAR [APPLAUSE].

ON BUOY [APPLAUSE].

AND CHASE BEVERLY [APPLAUSE].

IF YOU ARE A TEACHER, SPONSOR, COACH OR VOLUNTEER THE SUPPORT OF ONE OF THESE STUDENTS, PLEASE STAND UP [APPLAUSE].

WE'LL GET A PHOTO OF THIS TEAM.

AND AS THEY'RE HAVING THEIR PHOTO TAKEN, IF WE CAN HAVE THE RICHARDSON ROBOTICS CYBIRDS COME ON UP ALONG THE WALL, WE'LL GET YOU SETTLED . AS THEY'RE DOING THAT RICHARDSON ALSO NAVIGATED DISTRICT AND REGIONAL COMPETITIONS, HAVING A SUCCESSFUL SEASON AND QUALIFYING FOR THE STATE COMPETITION. THAT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO, AND WE'RE PLEASED TO CELEBRATE THEM THIS EVENING.

ROBOTICS CYBIRDS, STATE QUALIFYING TEAM.

WE HAVE LUIS CORTEZ [APPLAUSE].

AIDAN DONOVAN [APPLAUSE].

ALEX [INAUDIBLE][APPLAUSE], KEVIN MOORE [APPLAUSE].

ANGIE HALL [APPLAUSE].

AUSTIN HAMEL [APPLAUSE].

DANIEL KADAR [APPLAUSE].

ONICHI NAIDOO [APPLAUSE].

MICHAEL MELO [APPLAUSE].

OLIVER GILBERTS [APPLAUSE].

ADRIAN CRISTIANO [APPLAUSE].

EVAN CAMPBELL [APPLAUSE].

RISHI PATEL [APPLAUSE].

AND JOSEPH LOU [APPLAUSE].

IF YOU'RE A TEACHER, SPONSOR, COACH OR VOLUNTEER OF ONE OF THESE FINE STUDENTS, PLEASE STAND UP [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE GETTING PICTURES IF OUR TAFE TEACHERS WILL HEAD UP TO MY LEFT.

GO AHEAD AND HEAD UP WHILE WE'RE GETTING THE RICHARDSON PICTURE.

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ALL RIGHT. WHILE WE'RE GETTING THAT PICTURE, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR STUDENT RECOGNITIONS.

WE HAVE OUR TAFE TEACHERS, WHICH ARE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS.

SO LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TAFE PROGRAM.

THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS, WHICH IS CALLED TAFE, IS A CO-CURRICULAR STATEWIDE NONPROFIT STUDENT ORGANIZATION CREATED TO ALLOW YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THE TEACHING PROFESSION.

THE ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED IN 1984 TO PROVIDE THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST HIGH SCHOOL IN MEDICAL MIDDLE SCHOOL NON-MEDICAL STUDENTS IN TEXAS WITH THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT PURSUING CAREERS IN EDUCATION.

SO WITH US TONIGHT, WE HAVE CARLENE CANNON FROM PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

TARYN CLASBY FROM PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL [APPLAUSE].

AND BELLA EVANS FROM PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

WE DO HAVE A FEW OTHERS AND THEY ARE NOT WITH US TONIGHT.

BUT THESE STUDENTS WILL BE COMPETING IN NATIONALS THIS SUMMER.

SO GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE [APPLAUSE].

AND WHILE THEY'RE TAKING A PICTURE, NEXT ON DECK IS OUR 2022-23 TEXAS THESPIAN STATE FESTIVAL'S HONOR.

SO IF YOU CAN START MAKING YOUR WAY UP TO MY LEFT AND DON'T FORGET YOUR CARD.

GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

AND IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF ONE OF THESE STUDENTS, PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS WELL IF YOU ARE HERE [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE NOW MOVING ON WITH OUR 2022-23 TEXAS THESPIAN STATE FESTIVAL HONORS.

LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM.

SO ALL FOUR RISD HIGH SCHOOL THEATER STUDENTS COMPETED AT THE TEXAS THESPIAN FESTIVAL IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR IN GRAPEVINE AT THE GAYLORD.

THESE STUDENTS COMPETED WITH OVER 8,000 STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE FOR THEIR HONOR OF ADVANCING TO THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL IN NEBRASKA THIS SUMMER. PLEASE CONGRATULATE OUR STUDENTS.

AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL GABRIEL PHELPS [APPLAUSE].

ALEXANDER PHELPS FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

JULIANNE CASADOS FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

OLIVIA TRIPPIER FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

VIVIAN STEEL FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

CAROL YONAS FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

WE GOT STUDENTS DOING DOUBLE DUTY OVER HERE.

SO HOLD ON WHILE WE FIGURE IT OUT.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE BELLA DENNISON FROM PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

OKAY. I THINK THAT MIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER 2022-23 TEXAS THESPIAN STATE FESTIVAL HONORS.

OKAY. OKAY.

BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE. YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO.

OKAY, SORRY.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.

AND WHILE WE'RE TAKING A PICTURE, WE ARE GOING TO ASK OUR AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE ALL READY TO GO.

AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME OVER HERE THAT WILL HAVE TO COME BACK.

BUT OUR PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL MEAN GIRLS CAST AND CREW.

RIGHT? OKAY, PERFECT.

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AWESOME. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL MEAN GIRLS CAST AND CREW.

LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM.

SO SEVEN SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO PERFORM ON THE MAIN STAGE AT THE 2023 INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL.

THE ANNUAL THEATER EVENT THAT REPRESENTS HIGH SCHOOL THEATER'S BIGGEST STAGE IS HELD IN JUNE IN INDIANA.

THE HIGHLY COVETED INVITATION TO THE MAIN STAGE IS A HUGE HONOR FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY STUDENTS.

MORE THAN 30 PRODUCTIONS WERE SCREENED THIS YEAR AND ONLY SEVEN WITH ONLY SEVEN AVAILABLE SLOTS.

SO THAT IS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT RIGHT THERE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO START WITH RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS FROM PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE LIBBY COHN [APPLAUSE].

CHLOE GARCIA [APPLAUSE].

SHAYNA BLOOM [APPLAUSE].

[INAUDIBLE]E GIRARDEAU.

[APPLAUSE].

WE HAVE RYAN BRADBURY [APPLAUSE].

AMELIA PENNY [APPLAUSE].

GINGER JOHNSON [APPLAUSE].

JACOB MARSHALL [APPLAUSE].

AND BELLA DENNISON [APPLAUSE].

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET A QUICK PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL CAST AND CREW.

Y'ALL FILE IN OVER HERE.

GET COZY WHILE THEY'RE TAKING A PICTURE.

WE ARE GOING TO GET OUR ACADEMIC ALL-STATE ATHLETES LINED UP FOR SOCCER AND TENNIS.

IF YOU WILL COME OVER TO THE LEFT.

MY LEFT? THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

OKAY.

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE MY SOCCER TEAMS FIRST AND THEN MY TENNIS.

BUT IF WE GET IT MIXED UP, IT'S TOTALLY FINE.

SO LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS GROUP.

WE ARE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS, ATHLETES FOR SOCCER AND TENNIS.

THE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE TEAMS RECOGNIZE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES WHO EXCEL IN THEIR GPA, CLASS RANK AND ACT AND SAT SCORES.

WE APPLAUD THESE STUDENT ATHLETES FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO SUCCEED BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE COURT OR FIELD.

SO WE ARE GOING TO START WITH OUR STUDENT RECOGNITIONS.

TANNER BOGART BERKNER HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS [APPLAUSE].

MADDIE MEYER FROM PEARCE SOCCER [APPLAUSE].

WE HAVE KATE MEYER FROM PEARCE SOCCER [APPLAUSE].

LEAH DIAZ PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER [APPLAUSE].

RYAN HO FROM BERKNER TENNIS [APPLAUSE].

JACE TELSHAW BERKNER TENNIS [APPLAUSE].

RICHARD AL BERKNER TENNIS [APPLAUSE].

ENOCH CHAN BERKNER TENNIS [APPLAUSE].

AWESOME. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE WITH THE STUDENTS.

AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE ANY TEACHERS, SPONSORS, COACHES, PARENTS, IF YOU ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, STAND AS WELL.

WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU WHILE WE'RE GETTING A PICTURE.

YOU'RE PROBABLY MAYBE ON YOUR WAY UP HERE TO TAKE A PICTURE.

[APPLAUSE] WHILE THEY ARE TAKING A PICTURE.

IF I COULD GET RICHARDSON YOUTH LEADERSHIP TO LINE UP TO MY LEFT.

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WE ARE CELEBRATING.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE THE ATHLETES RIGHT THERE [APPLAUSE].

AWESOME. SO TONIGHT, WE ARE CELEBRATING THE RICHARDSON ISD STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE RICHARDSON YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.

IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS Y RYL.

IT IS SPONSORED BY THE LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

THIS PROGRAM FOSTERS LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS.

DURING THIS PERIOD OF NINE MONTHS, PARTICIPANTS SPEND A HALF DAY EACH MONTH AT VARIOUS SITES IN RICHARDSON.

THEY LEARN ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THEY PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK SKILLS.

SO TONIGHT WE ARE SO GLAD THEY ARE WITH US.

AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH MICHAEL VEGA [APPLAUSE].

SOFIA COSTANTINO [APPLAUSE].

[INAUDIBLE] GILBERT [APPLAUSE].

[INAUDIBLE].

ALEXA [INAUDIBLE].

MEGAN HANNAS [APPLAUSE].

OLIVIA SANDERS [APPLAUSE].

DYLAN TEAGUE [APPLAUSE].

CELIA SCHAEFERS [APPLAUSE].

KNOX WITHERSPOON [APPLAUSE].

MAX REYNOLDS [APPLAUSE].

SAHARA PASUER [APPLAUSE].

GILBERTO HIRAM TÉLLEZ [INAUDIBLE].

OKAY. ALEXANDER GIRARDEAU [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. AND I KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME OF OUR SPONSORS HERE FROM LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON, SO IF YOU WANT TO STAND BECAUSE YOU DID A LOT OF WORK WITH THESE STUDENTS OVER COMING, IF THE STUDENTS COULD GATHER AROUND, COME AND GET CLOSER SO WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE [APPLAUSE].

AWESOME I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK TO DR.

HELLER TO FINISH WITH OUR STUDENT RECOGNITIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENTS COMPLETING THE RICHARDSON YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND TO ROUND OUT OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS MONTH. WE ARE GOING TO CONCLUDE WITH OUR RISD BELIEVES STUDENTS, AND WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS THIS EVENING THAT WE ARE INVITING UP FOR RECOGNITION. THE FIRST IS GISELLE GARZA FROM MERRIMAN PARK.

IS GISELLE HERE? WE WEREN'T SURE IF SHE CHECKED IN BEFORE WE GOT THE MEETING STARTED.

DO YOU NOT SEE GISELLE? OKAY. WE'LL BE SURE TO INVITE GISELLE BACK NEXT MONTH.

ONE MORE TIME FOR GISELLE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MISS HER.

OKAY. THEN WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL RISD BELIEVES AWARD FOR ONE OF OUR CURRENT STUDENTS WHO'S IN 12TH GRADE AT PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL. MR. GILBERT HERNANDEZ. CAN YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? [APPLAUSE] WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WAS SUBMITTED AND WHY WE ARE CELEBRATING GILBERT THIS EVENING.

GILBERT COMES FROM A LARGE FAMILY AND WORKS WITH HIS MOM AND A FEW SIBLINGS AT ROSA'S CAFE OVER ON COIT.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS WAS SUBMITTED BY TWO OF OUR STAFF BECAUSE IT IMPACTED THEIR FAMILY AS WELL.

SO THEIR ELDERLY PARENTS HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW GILBERT WELL AS HE OFTEN WAITS ON THEM AT ROSA'S.

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HE HAS CHECKED ON MY MOM AND CALLED MY DAD TO HELP OUT EACH DAY.

WHAT A BLESSING HE HAS BEEN TO MY DAD.

I APPRECIATE HIS CARE AND CONCERN AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP OTHERS IN NEED.

WHAT AN HONOR TO MEET GILBERT AND KNOW THAT HASHTAG RISD BELIEVES IS ALIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE GILBERT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, GILBERT.

THANK YOU SO, SO VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE].

WE WANT TO BE SURE AND GET A PICTURE CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, GILBERT [APPLAUSE].

AND LET'S GIVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL OF OUR RECOGNITIONS AND CELEBRATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY [APPLAUSE].

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MIC] THANK YOU, EVERYONE, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO WAS RECOGNIZED TONIGHT.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT.

WE ARE GOING TO TAKE US A QUICK BREAK BOARD AND WE WILL BE BACK IN ABOUT 6 TO 7 MINUTES.

[II. PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION]

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WELCOME OUR VISITORS.

WE HAVE A BRIEF VIDEO TO INTRODUCE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

PLEASE WATCH ME.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN WATCHING THE VIDEO.

[VIDEO] THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO CONVEY INFORMATION TO THE BOARD.

SPEAKERS MAY COMMENT ON AGENDA RELATED TOPICS OR NON AGENDA RELATED TOPICS AT REGULAR BUSINESS MEETINGS, AT WORK SESSIONS OR OTHER CALLED MEETINGS, PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO AGENDA RELATED ITEMS. PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MUST COMPLETE AN ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT FORM BY SIGNING UP AT THE DESIGNATED REGISTRATION LINK ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE, BEGINNING WHEN THE MEETING AGENDA IS POSTED THROUGH 12:00 PM ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING.

PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK MUST COMPLETE THE ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM IN FULL TO BE ELIGIBLE TO SPEAK AND BE PRESENT WHEN THEIR NAME IS CALLED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION TO MAKE THEIR OWN COMMENTS.

ANY REGISTERED SPEAKER WHO IS ABSENT FROM THE MEETING AT THE TIME THEIR NAME IS CALLED FORFEITS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THAT MEETING.

SPEAKERS WHO WISH TO PROVIDE WRITTEN MATERIALS TO THE BOARD SHOULD PROVIDE NINE COPIES TO AN RISD STAFF MEMBER PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.

PLEASE DO NOT APPROACH THE HORSESHOE AREA OR CONFERENCE TABLE DURING COMMENTS.

THE BOARD WILL NOT ENGAGE IN DIALOG WITH THE SPEAKERS.

THE BOARD CANNOT DELIBERATE OR MAKE A DECISION ON ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

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EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES UNLESS THE TIME OF ALL SPEAKERS HAS BEEN REDUCED DUE TO A LARGE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.

A SPEAKER MAY NOT TAKE THE TIME OF ANOTHER SPEAKER.

SPEAKERS WHO SPEAK THROUGH A FOREIGN LANGUAGE OR SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TIME.

THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO PRESENT FORMAL COMPLAINTS.

THE BOARD WILL ONLY CONSIDER FORMAL COMPLAINTS THAT REMAIN UNRESOLVED AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED THROUGH PROPER ADMINISTRATIVE CHANNELS AND WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE AGENDA. THE BOARD SECRETARY WILL STATE THE SPEAKER'S NAME AND COMMENT, TOPIC OR TOPICS AS IDENTIFIED ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORM.

A SPEAKER SHOULD APPROACH THE PODIUM AT THE FRONT OF THE AUDITORIUM WHEN HIS OR HER NAME IS CALLED.

EACH SPEAKER SHOULD CLEARLY STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND THE RISD SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS THE SPEAKER'S CHILDREN ATTEND OR HAVE ATTENDED BEFORE BEGINNING TO COMMENT.

A DIGITAL TIMER WILL PROJECT ON THE SCREEN AND WILL COUNT DOWN A SPEAKER'S TIME FROM THREE MINUTES TO ZERO.

SPEAKERS MAY REFER TO THE SCREEN FOR THEIR REMAINING TIME.

SPEAKERS WHO SPEAK THROUGH A FOREIGN LANGUAGE OR SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TIME.

A SPEAKER MUST PROMPTLY END HIS OR HER COMMENTS WHEN THE ALLOTTED TIME HAS ELAPSED.

NOT YIELDING THE PODIUM AS WELL AS REMARKS OR OTHER CONDUCT THAT DISRUPT THE MEETING ARE CONSIDERED OUT OF ORDER AND WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.

VISITORS AND STAFF MUST LISTEN QUIETLY DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.

IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR STAFF OR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE TO CLAP, CHEER, BOO DISPLAY BANNERS OR OTHERWISE ENGAGE IN DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT.

PERSONS WHO DISRUPT THE MEETING WILL BE CAUTIONED TO OBSERVE MEETING RULES.

ANY PERSON WHO PERSISTS IN ENGAGING IN DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING.

A PERSON WHO CHOOSES TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION IS CONSENTING TO THE ONLINE PUBLICATION OF HIS OR HER COMMENTS.

A COPY OF THE PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS LOCATED ON THE RISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES WEBSITE.

AS A REMINDER, SPEAKERS ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PROTOCOL AS NOTED ON THE RISD WEBSITE.

ATTACKS OF A PERSONAL NATURE AGAINST TRUSTEES, STAFF, STUDENTS, OR OTHERS BY NAME OR UNIQUE TITLE ARE NOT ALLOWED.

SPEAKERS PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AT THE FRONT OF THE AUDITORIUM WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS MR. EWAN BLACKMAN.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM.

TESTING ONE, TWO. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ESTEEMED EMPLOYEES AND STAFF.

WHY ESTEEMED? BECAUSE I HOLD THE FOLKS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PODIUM IN HIGH REGARD.

THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, THE UPPER MANAGEMENT DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES AND BECAUSE OF OUR SIMILARITIES.

I'VE MET WITH MOST, IF NOT ALL OF YOU OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, MEETINGS THAT USUALLY GO A WHOLE HOUR OR TWO LONGER THAN SCHEDULED, AND YOU'RE ALL GRACIOUS TO MEET WITH ME DURING THAT TIME AND EXPLAIN AND DISCUSS THE DECISIONS THAT YOU ALL MAKE.

THAT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

IT BUILDS FAITH IN YOUR LEADERSHIP.

EXAMPLE MR. PATE I APPRECIATE ALL THE ASSISTANCE IN NAVIGATING COMPLEX FINANCIAL TERMS SUCH AS LEGAL FIDUCIARY DUTIES AND CAPS.

UNFORTUNATELY, I WOULD THINK MORE FOLKS, BUT I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES, SO THANK YOU TO THE BOARD ALSO WHO PUSHED TO GET A HIGHER PAY RAISE FOR THE VETERAN TEACHERS.

MRS. TIMME, YOU HAVING BEEN A TEACHER UNDERSTANDING THE JOB, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK 8% FOR 16 PLUS YEARS IS A FANTASTIC PROPOSAL AND I HOPE THEY'LL VOTE THAT WAY.

BETTER PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS.

THOSE ARE THE REASONS AS TEACHERS HAVE HOPE.

BUT WHAT SAPS THAT HOPE VERY QUICKLY IS AN ATMOSPHERE OF TOXIC POLITICS UNDERPINNED BY NAME CALLING AND RANK PARTISANSHIP LOCAL POLITICS SHOULD BE NONPARTISAN.

LAST YEAR I SPOKE AFTER THE LAST RANCOROUS ELECTION AND I SAID, AS WE EMBARK UPON THIS PERILOUS JOURNEY, WE MUST BEAR IN MIND THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THOSE WHO DON'T WISH FOR US TO SUCCEED, THAT HAVE HIDDEN AGENDAS AND CUTTING WORDS FOR THOSE WHO MAY SPEAK UP AND SPEAK OUT, THAT MAY BAN THEIR VOICES BECAUSE THEY WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE CHALLENGE TO THEIR OWN IDEOLOGY.

I THEN SPOKE ON THE HOPE THAT ALL THOSE ON THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT IN THE MIDDLE, THAT THEY WANT THE BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE SHALL PROVIDE A WORLD CLASS ACADEMICALLY EXCELLENT EDUCATION FROM A DESTINATION DISTRICT.

SO WHEN OUR LOCAL COUNTY JUDGE, CLAY JENKINS, DECIDED TO ENDORSE TWO INCUMBENTS, MS. RENTERÍA AND MR. EAGER, IN A TEXT BLAST, THAT WAS A BIT EXTRA.

BUT THEN WHEN HE REFERRED TO THEIR OPPONENTS WITH DISPARAGING WORDS, MISS.

[INAUDIBLE] AND MR. SAWYER USING NAME CALLING, WELL, THAT CROSSED THE LINE.

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I REACHED OUT TO BOTH OF THE INCUMBENTS TO ASK IF THEY APPROVED OF THIS BECAUSE MR. JENKINS MR. JUDGE JENKINS CAN DO WHATEVER HE PLEASES.

BUT ALAS, I GOT NO REPLY.

NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE.

NO RESPONSE.

THAT'S NOT LEADERSHIP, FOLKS.

THAT'S NOT LEADERSHIP.

MR. BLACKMAN? YES.

JUST ANY ATTACKS ON A PERSONAL NATURE.

YOU MIND STOPPING THE CLOCK FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE? I JUST WOULD REMIND YOU OF THE RULES.

THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU.

SO, AGAIN, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER.

AND AS MISS ANGELOU WOULD SAY, WHEN YOU KNOW BETTER, DO BETTER.

SO THERE'S YOUR CHALLENGE.

SPEAK UP. SPEAK OUT. LEAD US IN REPUDIATING DIVISIVE PARTISAN POLITICS ATTACKS.

RICHARDSON RESIDENCE PLEASE GET OUT AND VOTE.

IT'S THIS SATURDAY. THIS SATURDAY IS YOUR CHANCE TO SPEAK UP AND TO SPEAK OUT.

THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. BLACKMON.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. RANDY BLANKENSHIP.

HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RANDY BLANKENSHIP AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT TOPIC TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, CHAPTER 11.

IN MY STUDY, YOU HAVE NOT ONLY FAILED TO DO YOUR JOB, BUT WILLINGLY ALLOWED LEADERSHIP TO CONTROL YOUR DECISION AND ACTIONS.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WRITES THE AGENDA, AND I HAVE NOT WITNESSED ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA RECOMMENDED BY YOU.

YOU LISTEN. YOU LISTEN TO TASB, BUT NOT THE LAW OR THE VOTERS.

WHO IS IN CONTROL OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETINGS? ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM RUBBER STAMP OR DOORMAT? ILLEGALLY ADOPTED A CHANGED POLICY CH THAT IS ILLEGAL AND UNENFORCEABLE.

IT ILLOGICALLY ADOPTED TWO EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHIES AE AND AEA.

NO ONE CAN OBEY CONFLICTING SCHOOL DISTRICT PHILOSOPHIES.

HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE TE SECTIONS 11.185 AND 11.186, LAWFUL INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO BOARD GOALS.

YOU FAILED TO COMPLY AND SET SPECIFIC ANNUAL GOALS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIVE SCHOOL YEARS TO REACH QUANTITATIVE GOALS.

THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION IS COMING UP SOON, BUT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO CONDUCT YOUR DUTY.

WHO ARE YOU LISTENING TO? WHY DO YOU LISTEN TO DECEIVERS AND NOT THE TRUTH? IT'S IN THE LAW.

YOU CANNOT EVALUATE IT FOR 2023.

THE GOALS GO TO 2024 AND 7.

YOU CAN'T DO IT NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER THAT.

YOU GOT AN EVALUATION COMING UP PRETTY SOON AND YOU CAN'T DO YOUR OWN JOB BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T FOLLOW THE LAW.

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT TAKING CHARGE FOLLOWING THE LAW? I GIVE YOU THE SPECIFIC DATE.

I MEAN, LAWS.

SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERSHIP BRINGS OUTSIDE PERSONNEL TO GIVE TESTIMONY FOR ANY ISSUE THEY WANT TO GIVE SUPPORT FOR THEIR PLANS.

DO YOU HAVE ADVISORS OR CONSULTANTS TO ADVISE YOU? WELL, THERE IS NO LAW PROHIBITING ANY ONE OF YOU FROM HAVING OUTSIDE ADVISORS OR CONSULTANTS FOR ANY ISSUE.

YOU CAN BRING ENTRUSTED PERSONNEL TO RENDER TESTIMONY OR ADVISE THE BOARD.

SINCE I HAD BEEN HONEST AND TRUTHFUL IN ALL ADVICE PRESENTED, I CAN BE CONSIDERED A TRUSTED VOICE.

BEGINNING TODAY, I MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO ONE AND ALL FOR PROVIDING A LAWFUL RESPONSE AND HELPFUL CONSIDERATION. CONSIDERATE INFORMATION FOR YOUR ADDED TOOL IN MAKING DECISIONS.

GIVES YOU AN EXTRA VOICE.

THEREFORE, I MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO YOU TODAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BLANKENSHIP. OUR NEXT SPEAKER TONIGHT IS MS. ADEPOJU.

EXODUS 14:14.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT TRUSTEES AND STAFF.

YOU KNOW THAT MY PRECIOUS DAUGHTER WAS GRIEVOUSLY INJURED AT AN RISD SCHOOL.

THE EVENT FOLLOWING THAT INJURY REQUIRED MANY SURGERIES AND INTENSIVE CARE STAY, WHICH WAS RATHER TRAUMATIC AND DISAPPOINTING IN HOW THE DISTRICT HANDLED THE SITUATION.

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AND I WILL HAVE TO PICK UP MY CHILD INSTEAD.

UPON ARRIVING AT THE SCHOOL, I COLLAPSED TWICE ON THE FLOOR AND FOUND IT DIFFICULT STANDING.

THE SCHOOL INSISTED THAT I HAD TO TAKE MY CHILD OUT OF THE SCHOOL AND TO THE HOSPITAL MYSELF, AND I WAS USHERED OUT OF THE BUILDING WITH MY INJURED DAUGHTER.

THE SCHOOL THEN EXCLUDED ME FROM THE SCHOOL MAILING LIST, WHICH MEANT I WAS NOT INFORMED OF CRITICAL INFORMATION.

AND WHEN I CONFRONTED THE SCHOOL, THEY BLAMED IT ON COVID.

I WAS REFUSED ACCESS TO THE PRINCIPAL AND THREATENED WHEN I INSISTED I WANTED TO SEE THE PRINCIPAL REGARDING MY DAUGHTER'S ACCIDENT.

THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IGNORED ALL MY CALLS AND LETTERS AND HANDED ME OFF TO A LOWER LEVEL PERSONNEL WHO WENT ON AN EXTENDED LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND WOULD NOT RETURN MY CALLS.

AT SOME POINT IT WAS ENOUGH BEING PUSHED ASIDE AND I FILED GRIEVANCES ONLY TO BE DENIED AT ALL LEVELS BECAUSE I MISSED AN UNKNOWN DATE.

AFTER MUCH CAREFUL THOUGHT RECOVERY AND RESEARCH, I FILED A LEVEL ONE GRIEVANCE OVER A WEEK AGO REGARDING CONCEALMENT OF POLICIES, THE DISTRICT'S NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ALL TASB AND TEAS POLICIES CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF THE POLICIES.

INSTEAD OF SCHEDULING A LEVEL ONE CONFERENCE TO HEAR MY GRIEVANCE, RISD DENIED AND DISMISSED MY LEVEL ONE GRIEVANCE OUT RIGHTLY.

THIS IS NOT JUSTICE OR EQUALITY OR EVEN CARE.

THIS IS AN ACT OF RETALIATION.

RISD IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE DISTRICTS IN TEXAS AND THE COUNTY, YET IT HAS FAILED TO PROMOTE EQUALITY FOR DIVERSE CULTURES IN ITS SCHOOL.

COMPARE THE POLICY PUBLICATION OF SURROUNDING DISTRICTS SUCH AS DALLAS ISD, ALLEN ISD, AND IT IS CLEAR THAT NOT ONLY DOES RISD FAIL TO COMPLY WITH TASB REGARDING THE POLICY PUBLICATION, BUT IT IS INTENTIONALLY AND DELIBERATELY CONCEALING THE POLICIES FROM ITS CULTURALLY DIVERSE GROUP OF POPULATION, WHICH WHICH IS INTENDED TO ME TO MAKE IT DEFICIENT FOR THEM, TO KEEP THEM DEFICIENTLY INFORMED AND ENGAGED.

REMEMBER THIS JUST AS WE COME INTO THIS WORLD WITH NO MATERIAL BELONGING, WE SHALL ALL LEAVE WITH NOTHING.

ALL WE LEAVE BEHIND IS HOW JUSTLY AND UNJUSTLY WE'VE TREATED OTHERS, WHETHER WE'VE STOOD BY WHILE OTHERS ARE UNJUSTLY TREATED, OR WE'VE DONE THE RIGHT THING AND ENSURED THAT JUSTICE IS DELIVERED.

I HOPE YOU CONSIDER MY PLIGHT AND MAKE THINGS RIGHT.

IN CONCLUSION, MY NAME IS KIM AND MY CHILD WAS INJURED AS TOLD THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. ADEPOJU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. HAAS.

HELLO, MY NAME IS EMERY MOONEY AND I'M A GIRL SCOUT IN TROOP 2103.

I CURRENTLY PLAY VOLLEYBALL AT DIG VOLLEYBALL CLUB AND ATTEND LAKE HIGHLANDS JUNIOR HIGH.

I PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED WHITE ROCK ELEMENTARY.

HI, MY NAME IS HAYLEY TILLERY AND I'M ALSO A GIRL SCOUT FOR TROOP 2103.

I ATTEND RICHARDSON WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND PLAY FOR VICTORY VOLLEYBALL CLUB, JUST LIKE THEM I WENT TO WHITE ROCK ELEMENTARY.

HELLO, MY NAME IS SOPHIA HAAS AND I'M ALSO A GIRL SCOUT WITH TROOP 2103.

I WENT TO WHITE ROCK ELEMENTARY AND I CURRENTLY GO TO LAKE HIGHLANDS JUNIOR HIGH.

I PLAY CLUB VOLLEYBALL AT MADFROG.

WE ARE HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR VOLLEYBALL TO BE INTRODUCED AS PART OF THE PE CURRICULUM IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITHIN RISD.

DURING TRYOUTS IN JUNIOR HIGH, WE SAW THAT WE HAD AN ADVANTAGE.

WE KNEW ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES AND HAD RESOURCES TO PARTICIPATE IN VOLLEYBALL BEFORE SEVENTH GRADE TRYOUTS.

THIS WAS NOT THE CASE FOR A LOT OF THE GIRLS.

WE WANTED TO CHANGE THIS AS OUR IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY IMPACT PROJECT FOR OUR GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD.

FOR OUR AWARD, WE HOPE TO REDUCE THE DISPARITY IN VOLLEYBALL SO MORE GIRLS CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY.

TO DO THIS, WE PLANNED, ORGANIZED AND HOSTED THREE SUCCESSFUL VOLLEYBALL CLINICS FOR ANY FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE GIRLS WHO HAD NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY BEFORE.

THESE CLINICS WERE COMPLETELY FREE TO ATTEND FOR ANY GIRLS WHO HAD NEVER PLAYED ORGANIZED VOLLEYBALL BEFORE.

WE INTRODUCED AND TAUGHT BASIC VOLLEYBALL SKILLS, HAD FUN TOGETHER, AND GOT THEM EXCITED ABOUT PLAYING THE SPORTS WE LOVE.

WE CAN'T SUPPORT THEM ALONE, SO WE ARE ASKING RISD TO INTRODUCE BASIC VOLLEYBALL SKILLS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THROUGH PE CLASSES.

I'VE THE LAST OF THESE FREE CLINICS, WHICH WERE ONLY FOR THOSE THAT WANTED TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL BUT DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE ASKED THE GIRLS THAT ATTENDED TO FILL OUT A SHORT SURVEY ABOUT THESE PRACTICES.

HERE'S WHAT WE FOUND OUT FROM THEIR RESPONSES.

FIRSTLY, WE HAD A TOTAL OF SEVEN FIFTH GRADERS AND FOUR SIXTH GRADERS.

THIS MATTERS BECAUSE IT SHOWS US THAT THERE IS A DEMAND TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL WITHIN THE GROUP THAT CAN'T FOR ANY REASON.

NEXT, THE SURVEY SHOWED US THAT PEOPLE DID WANT TO GO AS WE HAD 11 PEOPLE AT OUR LAST DAY, 36% OF WHICH HAD ATTENDED ALL OF THE OFFERED PRACTICES.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE GIRLS FELT THEY IMPROVED AFTER ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF PRACTICES.

IMAGINE WHAT THEY COULD DO IF VOLLEYBALL WAS ADDED TO THE PE CURRICULUM, EVEN IF ONLY FOR TWO WEEKS.

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ALL OF THE GIRLS FELT PREPARED TO CONTINUE PLAYING VOLLEYBALL AND WANTED TO CONTINUE PLAYING.

IMAGINE IF THEY HADN'T HAD THIS EXPERIENCE WHILE ALSO NOT BEING TAUGHT HOW TO PLAY IN SCHOOL PE.

MY FRIENDS AND I NEVER GOT TO PLAY IN SCHOOL, BUT LUCKILY WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PLAY IN SVAA.

HOWEVER, THE KIDS WHO AREN'T OFFERED THIS OR DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PLAY IN THIS LEAGUE NEVER GOT TO EXPERIENCE THIS SPORT.

THIS PROVIDES THEM WITH SUCH A LARGE DISADVANTAGE FOR JUNIOR HIGH TRYOUTS.

RISD NEEDS TO START INCORPORATING VOLLEYBALL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT RISING IN POPULARITY, BUT IT CAN WORK A TON OF MUSCLES IN YOUR BODY.

MOST SCHOOL TEAM SPORTS START IN JUNIOR HIGH, BUT IT IS HARD TO JUMP INTO THEM WHEN YOU HAVE LITTLE TO NO EXPERIENCE.

WITH VOLLEYBALL IS POPULAR AS IT IS TODAY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO INTRODUCE KIDS TO VOLLEYBALL EARLY SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING INTO WHEN THEY HEAD TO THE JUNIOR HIGHS.

VOLLEYBALL IS ONE OF THE FEW SPORTS WHERE YOU ARE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY CHALLENGED.

IN MANY WAYS, VOLLEYBALL CAN IMPROVE COORDINATION, AGILITY AND OVERALL FITNESS IN PARTICIPATING STUDENTS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TEACHING KIDS TO COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER. ADDING VOLLEYBALL TO PE CURRICULUM WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND EXPOSE [INAUDIBLE] SKILLS WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT THE RISD SCHOOL'S ATHLETIC SYSTEM AND ITS STUDENTS IN YEARS TO COME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. MISS HAAS, MISS TILLERY, AND MISS MOONEY.

MS. HARRIS THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS FOR THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU, MR. POTEET AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE WHO CAME UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

[III. CONSENT / CONFIRMATION AGENDA ITEMS]

BOARD MEMBERS AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RECOMMENDATION FOR TERMINATION OF NON CHAPTER 21 CONTRACTS. THE SECOND NAME LISTED ON YOUR PACKET THAT YOU HAVE HAS RESIGNED PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING. ACTION WILL NOT BE NEEDED ON THIS EMPLOYEE AND HR WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATED LIST.

OKAY. DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL ANY CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION? RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? NOT ALL AT ONCE.

SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MISS TIMME.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS MCGOWAN.

ALL RIGHT. SO THERE IS A MOTION BY MISS TIMMY.

A SECOND BY MISS MCGOWAN.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? RIGHT. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

RIGHT. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THAT'S GREAT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO REVIEW GIFTS.

[IV.A. Consider Gifts]

THANK YOU, MS. HARRIS.

WE HAVE COME TO THE PART OF THE AGENDA THAT WE ALL LOVE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR APPRECIATION WITH OUR PTA.

THIS MORNING, ACTUALLY, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THIS YEAR'S LEADERSHIP LED BY THE PRESIDENT OF OUR PTA LOLITA, AND THEN INSTALL THE NEW BOARD. MS. TIMME GAVE REMARKS AND SHE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.

BUT IT'S JUST A REMINDER OF LOOKING AT THOSE PHENOMENAL LEADERS OF ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT JUST GIVE SO MUCH TO OUR KIDS.

I THINK ALL OF US HAVE BEEN AT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT EVENTS LATELY WHERE SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO OUR STUDENTS.

AND THIS IS OFTENTIMES BECAUSE OF THESE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS A POST HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

SO JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO GIVE SELFLESSLY TO OUR SCHOOLS.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK MR. PATE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR GIFTS.

THANK YOU. MRS BRANUM.

I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT GIFTS RECEIVED THIS MONTH.

WE HAVE TWO GIFTS OVER $5,000 SUBMITTED FOR BOARD APPROVAL.

THE SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED $6,300 TO SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY, AND THE WHITE ROCK ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED $11,871.50 TO WHITE ROCK ELEMENTARY FOR A TOTAL OF $18,171.50.

AND WE HAVE FOUR GIFTS LESS THAN $5,000 FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES TO CAMPUSES ACROSS THE DISTRICT, TOTALING $2,858.33, WHICH ARE SUBMITTED FOR THE BOARD'S INFORMATION.

TOTAL GIFTS THIS MONTH ARE $21,029.83.

THANK YOU, MR. PATE. AND WITH MS. HARRIS WITH THAT, I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT THE GIFTS OF $5,000 OR MORE AS LISTED.

THANK YOU, MRS. BRANUM.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MR. POTEET. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU.

MR. EAGER. ALL RIGHT.

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AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT.

BUT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, I MEAN, OUR OUR GIFTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IS 34% HIGHER IN ONE YEAR.

SO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S JUST WORTHY OF HIGHLIGHTING THE THE GENEROSITY THAT WE'VE GOT WITHIN PTAS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

SO THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT PARTNER THAT WE HAVE IN ALL OF ALL OF THOSE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND I WOULD ABSOLUTELY PIGGYBACK ON THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

WE APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

SO THERE IS A MOTION BY MR. POTEET, A SECOND BY MR. EAGER. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN ACTION ITEM TO CONSIDER THE FIXED RATE NEW MONEY AND REFUNDING PARAMETER ORDER.

[IV.B. Consider Fixed Rate New Money and Refunding Parameter Order (Part 1 of 2)]

I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN IT DIRECTLY OVER TO MR. PATE. THANK YOU MRS. BRANUM. MS. HARRIS WE HAVE JEFF ROBERT HERE WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES, THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR, AND WE HAVE JULIE PARTAIN WITH BRACEWELL, THE DISTRICT'S BOND COUNSEL.

AND, AND JEFF WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION ON THE THIS AGENDA ITEM AND THE FOLLOWING TWO COVERING THE, THE THREE DIFFERENT PARAMETER ORDERS RELATED TO OUR BOND ISSUANCE.

I WILL JUST ADD THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT PLANNING TO TAKE ACTION UNDER ANY OF THESE THREE ORDERS, BUT THIS WILL BE THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THAT YOU HAVE GRANTED MYSELF AND MRS. BRANUM THE ABILITY TO EXECUTE THE ANY OF THESE THREE OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND IT JUST PROVIDES US FLEXIBILITY AND REALLY QUICKER REACTION TIME TO THINGS IN THE MARKET WHEN YOU GIVE US THIS AUTHORIZATION UP FRONT.

AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. ROBERT. THANK YOU, MR. PATE. PRESIDENT HARRIS TRUSTEES SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM JEFF ROBERT WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES.

ALSO JULIE PARTAIN, THE DISTRICT'S BOND COUNSEL WITH BRACEWELL, IS HERE AS WELL.

AND SHE CRAFTED THE THE DOCUMENTS.

SO I'LL YIELD TO HER IF THERE'S ANY LEGAL LANGUAGE, BUT I'LL TRY AND QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION FOR THIS FIRST SLIDE.

I'M SORRY, THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS ON THERE, BUT WE'RE TRACKING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITH REGARD TO THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE POTENTIAL ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES.

2023.

YOU HAVE $150 MILLION OF REMAINING AUTHORIZATION FROM THE 2021 BOND AUTHORIZATION.

IN LATE NOVEMBER OR IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR THE CAPACITY OF THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND GUARANTY, WHICH IS THE STATE'S INSURANCE POLICY, WAS COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED.

HOWEVER, IN FEBRUARY, THEY REDUCED THEIR RESERVE REQUIREMENT, WHICH OPENED UP A LITTLE BIT OF CAPACITY GETTING WITH MR. PATE AND MRS. BRANUM, WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AND WE DO HAVE THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND GUARANTEE ON THE DISTRICT'S REMAINING AUTHORIZATION.

THE ONE CAVEAT IS, IS THAT WE DO HAVE TO CLOSE THAT ISSUE WITHIN SIX MONTHS.

SO WE WOULD NEED TO CLOSE THAT ISSUE BY MID SEPTEMBER.

I BELIEVE IT IS IN ORDER TO KEEP THAT PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND GUARANTEE.

AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY EXCELLENT UNDERLYING RATINGS, BUT THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND GUARANTEE WOULD SAVE TAXPAYERS ABOUT A $1.5 MILLION TO $1.75 MILLION IN INTEREST COST BEING ABLE TO SELL WITH THE PSF VERSUS JUST SELLING ON A STAND ALONE BASIS.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT'S A MUCH LESSER IMPACT, IF YOU WILL, THAN MOST DISTRICTS WOULD EXPERIENCE.

AND THAT, AGAIN, IS BECAUSE OF YOUR EXCELLENT UNDERLYING RATINGS.

ALSO, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION.

THERE ARE MANY, MANY BILLS RELATED TO BONDS AND DEBT ISSUANCE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

ONE OF THOSE BONDS EXCUSE ME, ONE OF THOSE BILLS THAT WE'RE TRACKING IS SENATE BILL ONE, WHICH INCLUDES THE INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION EXEMPTION OF $30,000.

SO THAT MIGHT IMPACT US WANTING TO GO AHEAD AND ISSUE THE REMAINDER PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 30TH.

I BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE WE WOULD THEN RECEIVE A HOLD HARMLESS FROM THE STATE ON THAT ISSUE.

IF YOU ISSUED BONDS AFTER THEN YOU WOULDN'T RECEIVE A HOLD HARMLESS AND YOU'D HAVE THAT LESSER TAX BASE RESULTING FROM THE INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

SO WE'RE TRACKING THAT ONE AS WELL.

AND THERE ARE THERE ARE OTHERS AS WELL.

SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE FINISHES UP AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

COULD BE A SPECIAL SESSION, BUT MAYBE WE'LL KNOW SOME OF THE DIFFERENT BILLS THAT HAVE PASSED AND BE ABLE TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION ON ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ISSUING THE DISTRICT'S REMAINING AUTHORIZATION.

WITH REGARD TO INTEREST RATES, THAT'S A QUESTION THAT'S BEEN ASKED A LOT.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE SEEN THE FED HAS RAISED RATES QUITE A BIT OVER THE LAST ROUGHLY 18 MONTHS.

THAT IS CERTAINLY IMPACTED THE SHORT END OR EARLY YEARS OF THE INTEREST RATE CURVE OR YIELD CURVE.

IT ALSO HAS LONG TERM INTEREST RATES, BUT NOT TO AS GREAT OF AN EXTENT.

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SO WHILE I KNOW RATES HAVE GONE UP, THEY'VE GONE UP FROM THE LOWEST INTEREST RATES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN MOST OF OUR LIVES AS A RESULT OF COVID.

SO THEY'RE STILL RELATIVELY LOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A HISTORICAL BASIS THAT THE GRAPH IN WHITE THERE GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE EARLY 80S.

AND THEN THE GRAPH IN BLUE JUST SHOWS WHAT IT'S DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR.

BUT AGAIN, FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST BELOW OR EXCUSE ME, JUST ABOVE PARDON ME, JUST ABOVE THE TEN YEAR AVERAGE AND JUST BELOW THE 15 YEAR AVERAGE OF THIS INDEX. IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL PICTURE OF THE ISSUANCE OF THAT 2021 AUTHORIZATION IN COLUMN TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, WE'VE ISSUED 600 MILLION UP TO THIS POINT.

COLUMN FIVE THERE, WE'D BE LOOKING AT THE ISSUANCE OF THE REMAINING 150 BASED ON VERY CONSERVATIVE, TAX BASED GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT OUR TAX RATE PROJECTION IS GOING FORWARD.

WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF CAPACITY OR THE ABILITY TO LOWER TAXES IN 2026, WHATEVER THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY DECIDES AND ADMINISTRATION DECIDES.

BUT YOU CAN SEE WE'D BE AT THAT 35 CENT LEVEL AND THEN THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE CAPACITY MOVING FORWARD IF THERE'S THE NEED FOR ANOTHER ISSUANCE OR ELECTION.

WITH REGARD TO THE PARAMETERS INCLUDED IN THE FIXED RATE PARAMETER, WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT, AGAIN, A TRADITIONAL 25 YEAR ISSUANCE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE DONE HISTORICALLY.

IT WOULD HAVE A NINE OR A TEN YEAR CALL PROVISION.

WHENEVER WE SHORTEN THAT UP, IT COST US A LITTLE BIT ON INTEREST RATE, $150 MILLION WOULD BE THE MAX AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE REMAINING AUTHORIZATION ALL FROM PROPOSITION A.

THE REFUNDING PARAMETER.

IT WOULD ALLOW US, AS MR. PATE MENTIONED, IT ALLOWS US TO MOVE A LITTLE QUICKER.

YOU KNOW, THE INTEREST RATE MARKETS MOVE MOVE VERY QUICKLY AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HOPEFULLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY IF RATES DO COME DOWN SOME.

IT DOES INCLUDE ALL OF THE DISTRICT'S OUTSTANDING DEBT.

IF WE CAN MEET A 4% PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS, THAT WOULD GIVE US THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE WOULD NOT EXTEND THE TERM ON A REFUNDING BOND ISSUE.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE WOULD DO A REFINANCING OVER THE LIFE OF THE CURRENT BONDS THAT ARE BEING REFUNDED.

THE VARIABLE RATE PARAMETER.

THE MAIN REASON WE WOULD LOOK AT DOING THAT IS FOR FLEXIBILITY.

AS I MENTIONED, ON A FIXED RATE ISSUE, WE HAVE A NINE OR A TEN YEAR CALL.

ON A VARIABLE RATE ISSUE, YOU PAY SHORTER TERM INTEREST RATES, BUT ALSO THERE'S EITHER A 1 OR 2 OR A THREE YEAR CALL PROVISION ON THAT WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO PAY PRINCIPAL OFF EARLIER IF THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES AGAIN, THE MAXIMUM THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT DOING ON THIS WOULD BE $50 MILLION, WHICH IS WELL UNDER 10% OF THE DISTRICT'S TOTAL DEBT PORTFOLIO. THE DEFEASANCE PARAMETER ORDER THAT WOULD JUST GIVE US THE FLEXIBILITY TO PAY OFF BONDS EARLY IF THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF.

IF WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE AT THE END OF THE BUDGET CYCLE, THERE'S EXCESS MONEY IN THE I&S FUND, AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE CAN LOOK AT PAYING OFF BONDS EARLY, WHICH WOULD SAVE MONEY FOR DISTRICT TAX PAYERS.

AND THEN THE PARAMETERS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PARAMETER ORDERS THAT MRS. PARTAIN IS PREPARED ARE LISTED HERE.

DELEGATED PRICING OFFICERS WOULD BE SUPERINTENDENT OR CFO.

AS SO LONG AS THESE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS ARE MET, THEY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OR DEFEASANCE OR REFUNDING FOR ANY OF THESE PARAMETERS LISTED HERE SO LONG AS THEY'RE MET.

AND I KNOW I WENT THROUGH THAT VERY QUICKLY.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR SOME QUESTIONS AROUND THE HORSESHOE.

NO QUESTIONS? SPEED THAT THINGS CHANGE.

SO THE, THE WHOLE SO WHAT OR THE WHY OF ASKING FOR THIS 365 DAYS IS TO GIVE YOU THAT FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE WE SEE MOVEMENT HAPPENING AT A RATE FASTER THAN WE HAVE OUR BOARD MEETINGS OR COULD GET IT ON AGENDAS FOR CONSIDERATION.

IS THAT AM I ON THE RIGHT TRACK? YES, YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

OKAY. YOU CAN ADD TO THAT IF YOU PUT SOME MEAT ON THAT BONE THERE.

HAVING DONE THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

I CAN TELL YOU THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE INSTANCES WHERE WE'LL SEE A MAJOR MOVE IN THE MARKET AND I'LL CALL THE DISTRICT IN QUESTION AND SAY, HEY, RATES HAVE MOVED, WE NEED TO DO A REFUNDING. AND THEY'LL TELL ME, OH WELL, OUR BOARD MEETING WAS LAST WEEK, BUT WE MEET AGAIN IN A MONTH.

AND IN A LOT OF INSTANCES, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TAKING MARKET RISK WHEN YOU DO THAT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO THEN WAIT A FULL MONTH IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET APPROVAL.

YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE AND BE DOING ALL THE DOCUMENTATION AND APPLYING FOR PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND AND DOING THINGS BEFORE GETTING BOARD APPROVAL.

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I'VE GOT TO FOLLOW ON REAL QUICK.

AND THIS IS MORE OF A COMMENT, BUT I THINK I SAW IN THE WHEN I WENT THROUGH BOARD BOOK THE OTHER DAY, I MEAN, I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS KIND OF COUCHED ALSO UNDER THE THE UMBRELLA OF WE'RE TALKING BUDGET, WE'RE TALKING REVENUE, WE'RE TALKING EXPENSES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY THAT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GETTING AND MINIMIZING THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPENDING.

SO I JUST WANTED I READ THAT I CAN'T FIND IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THERE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMMENT WAS OUT THERE, TOO, THAT THIS IS PART OF THAT STRATEGY OF A LOW RISK MOVE IN ORDER TO GET HOPEFULLY A GOOD GAIN OUT OF THAT FOR THE DISTRICT SO.

YES, AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT THIS IS ALL ISOLATED TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE INTEREST & SINKING TAX RATE.

SO IT IT WILL NOT GENERATE SAVINGS ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE THAT WE CAN USE TO PAY TEACHERS.

BUT CERTAINLY ANY TIME WE CAN TAKE ACTION THAT REDUCES OUR DEBT COST, IT SAVES OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.

AND BECAUSE WE ARE ON A FIVE YEAR BOND ELECTION CYCLE, IT GIVES THE BOARD THE MOST FLEXIBILITY IN WHAT IN THE THE AMOUNT OF BOND AUTHORIZATION THAT WE ASK OUR PUBLIC FOR.

AND THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL AND THIS, IS TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE FLEXIBILITY ON THOSE FIVE YEAR INSTANCES WHEN WE GO TO OUR VOTERS FOR A BOND ELECTION. AND OF COURSE, WE WANT TO REDUCE OUR BORROWING COST AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND TO YOUR POINT, WHICH YOU BROUGHT UP AS WELL, THIS YEAR'S DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR AND DIFFERENT THAN NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE WE'VE ALSO GOT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION RIGHT NOW THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO LAND.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE FLEXIBILITY INTERNAL ASIDE FROM WHAT GOES ON IN AUSTIN IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

SO THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

AND I WOULD JUST ADD ON THE TIMING ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE GENERALLY DO NOT HAVE BOARD MEETINGS IN THE MONTH OF JULY AND COMING OUT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND WHAT AND, YOU KNOW, LETTING THE INK DRY ON THE LEGISLATION AND GETTING OPINIONS FROM BOND COUNSEL.

YOU KNOW, THIS ALLOWS US TO REACT TO ALL OF THAT BASED ON THE LEGISLATION THAT HAPPENS THAT MR. ROBERT WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.

THANK YOU, MR. POTEET.

DID I HEAR. SEE SOME HANDS OVER HERE? MR. EAGER. YEAH. I THINK YOU ANSWERED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS.

I MEAN, REALLY, THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ON THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BE AND CONTINUE TO BE GOOD FIDUCIARIES OF TAXPAYERS MONEY, BE THE ABILITY FOR US TO EXECUTE WHEN WE NEED TO, ALL IN THE IDEA OF MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE SAVING INTEREST DOLLARS.

AND JUST BECAUSE WE HAD TO WAIT 30 DAYS, IT DOESN'T COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE WE MISS A MOVEMENT OR OPPORTUNITY IN THE MARKETPLACE.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MR. EAGER. MR. POTEET, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

SO I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE ATTACHED ORDER DEFEASING AND CALLING CERTAIN BONDS FOR REDEMPTION AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO RISD AND LIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING AND REFUNDING BONDS.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND. WAS THAT MISS PACHECO? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SO THERE IS A MOTION BY MR. POTEET, A SECOND BY MISS PACHECO.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

[IV.C. Consider Order Defeasing and Calling Certain Outstanding Bonds for Redemption and Other Related Matters]

HE PRESENTED ON ALL THREE.

THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THESE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. BUT IF THERE ARE CERTAINLY ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE DEFEASANCE COMPONENT, WE'LL BE GLAD TO ADDRESS THOSE.

SO I DO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE ATTACHED ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF VARIABLE RATE RISD AND LIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING AND OR REFUNDING BONDS.

THIS IS THE DEFEASANCE.

THE. I'M SORRY, BUT YOU WERE READING AHEAD A LITTLE.

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MATTERS. THERE YOU GO. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

THANK YOU, MISS TIMME. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU.

MS. RENTERÍA. THERE IS A MOTION BY MISS TIMME, SECOND BY MS. RENTERÍA, IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT, SO ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

AND THEN THE THIRD ONE, I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD APPROVE TO CONSIDER A VARIABLE RATE NEW MONEY AND REFUNDING PARAMETER ORDER.

[IV.D. Consider Variable Rate New Money and Refunding Parameter Order]

POTEET.

AND SECOND.

THANK YOU MR. EAGER.

A MOTION BY MR. POTEET SECOND BY MR. EAGER. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY AND YOUR WORK.

WE DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT SEEING YOU AGAIN.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE 2023-2024 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN, MRS.

[IV.E. Consider Approval of the 2023 - 2024 Employee Compensation Plan]

THIS HAS BEEN A JOURNEY, BUT WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

AS YOU KNOW, EARLIER YOU HAD A ACTION ITEM THAT ADDRESSED CONTRACTS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD AS A TEAM OF EIGHT IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES, BEFORE TURNING IN THAT SIGNED CONTRACT, WOULD KNOW WHAT THEIR COMPENSATION WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR 2023-24.

AND SO TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING YOU WITH A RECAP OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR BUDGET.

THE BOARD ASKED US TO BRING FORWARD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT WOULD FURTHER DIFFERENTIATE OUR STRATIFIED RAISE FOR OUR MORE VETERAN STAFF MEMBERS.

SO WE HAVE MODELED THAT BASED UPON THOSE NUMBERS.

I WILL BE AFTER MR PATE AND DR.

GOODSON PROVIDE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, I WILL BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT I FEEL LIKE BOTH IS AGGRESSIVE IN COMPENSATION, BUT ALSO IS REALLY LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY KNOWING THAT OUR BUDGET IS WHAT OUR BUDGET IS AT THIS CURRENT MOMENT AND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US TO TO STABILIZE OUR BUDGET.

SO I WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BUT ULTIMATELY WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK AND MY RECOMMENDATION AND MY, YOU KNOW, CAN BE AMENDED BASED UPON THE BOARD'S FEEDBACK.

SO JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT OVERVIEW.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. PATE AND DR. GOODSON.

THANK YOU MRS. BRANUM.

SO TONIGHT, AGAIN, STRUCTURING THIS AS A BUDGET UPDATE.

I WILL NOT BELABOR OUR FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, BUT WE HAVE SOME PUSHING THE WRONG BUTTON THERE.

WE HAVE THE YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT I'VE PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY, HOPEFULLY TONIGHT WE ARE DEFINITELY ADDRESSING THE BELOW MARKET COMPENSATION.

OUR BUDGET OBJECTIVE, AGAIN, WE'RE HAVING TO ATTACK THIS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO RIGHT SIZE THE BUDGET.

AND AS FAR AS BUDGET PROCESS, WE ARE IN THE SECTION THREE, THERE PHASE THREE STILL ON INPUTS.

AND. OOPS, DID I? SORRY. I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF THERE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO BRING BACK IS SOME COMPARISONS WITH OUR PEER DISTRICTS ON WHAT THEIR COMPENSATION LOOKS LIKE.

I HAVE INFORMATION FOR GARLAND, MESQUITE AND LEWISVILLE ISD, AND THIS IS THE COMPENSATION PLANS AS APPROVED BY THEIR BOARDS.

AND I HAVE DONE MY BEST TO TRY TO ALIGN THOSE UP TO OUR COMPENSATION PLAN.

YOU CAN SEE THERE WHAT I'VE MODELED HERE ARE USED IN THIS COMPARISON FOR RICHARDSON ISD IS OPTION B2 AND I'LL GO INTO ALL OF THE THE THE FOUR DIFFERENT PLANS FOR RICHARDSON ISD IN AN UPCOMING SLIDE.

GARLAND IS RAISING THEIR TEACHER STARTING SALARY TO $61,000.

THEY HAVE A STRATIFIED RAISE THEIR STARTS AT 2% AND CAPS OUT AT 4.5% AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATORS ARE LOOKING AT A 2% RAISE IN GARLAND AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE.

IT WILL BE RAISED TO EITHER $15 AN HOUR OR GET A 1% RAISE.

MESQUITE IS RAISING THEIR STARTING TEACHER SALARY TO $61,000.

THEIR TEACHERS ARE LOOKING AT A 7 OR 7 TO 8% RAISE.

NURSES, LIBRARIANS, COUNSELORS ARE ALL LOOKING AT A 6% RAISE.

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AND THEN LEWISVILLE ISD IS RAISING THEIR TEACHER STARTING SALARY TO $60,850.

MOST STAFF ARE GETTING A 3% OF MIDPOINT RAISE IN LEWISVILLE WITH SOME MARKET ADJUSTMENTS FOR SOME POSITIONS THERE. AND I AM NOT EXACTLY DETAILS BEHIND THAT MARKET ADJUSTMENT WERE NOT PROVIDED IN THE INFORMATION THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO ME.

MANY OF THE OTHER SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, THEY ARE REALLY IN THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK ALSO APPROVING THEIR COMPENSATION PLANS.

SO WE ARE ALL ABOUT IN THE SAME TIME TIME FRAME THAT THESE ARE THE THREE THAT WE DO KNOW SO FAR.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON BUDGET REDUCTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRANSFORMING SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WILL RESULT IN EFFICIENCIES, ELIMINATING SOME HISTORICALLY VACANT POSITIONS, ELIMINATION OF POSITIONS AS THEY BECOME VACANT, REDUCING SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS AND THEN LOOKING AT CAMPUS ALLOCATION FORMULAS FOR PARAPROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS.

AND THEN OUR RAISE SCENARIOS.

WE WENT OVER THE FIRST TWO AT OUR PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, OPTION B AND THEN OPTION B2.

REALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO IS A IS THE STRATIFICATION THERE FOR THE T-TYPES STARTING AT 5.75% AND CAPPING OUT AT 6.5% FOR OPTION B1, OPTION B2 STARTS AT THE T-TYPES AT A 6% RAISE AND CAPS OUT AT A 7.5% RAISE.

BOTH OF THOSE OPTIONS RAISE THE NEW TEACHER STARTING SALARY TO $60,000, INCREASE OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF, GIVE THEM A $2 AN HOUR RAISE, AND THEN ELECTRICIANS, HVAC, PLUMBERS, OUR SPED PARAS BOTH LOOKING AT A 6% RAISE, OUR NON T-TYPE EXEMPT EMPLOYEES. SO ADMINISTRATORS LOOKING AT A 3% RAISE OUR NON T-TYPE NON EXEMPT SO HOURLY ALL OTHER HOURLY EMPLOYEES A 4% RAISE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE CALCULATED THERE FOR YOU THE 100% COST OR THE COST OF THOSE RAISES IF ALL POSITIONS ARE FILLED.

AND THEN BELOW THAT I'VE ADDED A 95% OCCUPANCY AMOUNT FOR THOSE AND YOU CAN THOSE NUMBERS THERE ARE ACROSS AND THOSE NUMBERS WILL CARRY FORWARD TO THE MULTI YEAR AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

AND MR. PATE, LET'S JUST STOP THERE FOR A MINUTE AND, AND THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S AN ACTION ITEM.

WE HAVE TO SAVE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FOR THE END.

BUT I DID JUST WANT TO FIND A LITTLE FRAMING AROUND THE 95% OCCUPANCY AND WHY WE CHOSE THAT NUMBER.

I THINK AS WE ANALYZED OVERALL EMPLOYEE TYPES THERE, WE HAVE SOME EMPLOYEE TYPES WHERE WE ARE CLOSE TO 100% OCCUPANCY.

WE HAVE OTHER EMPLOYEE TYPES WHERE WE MIGHT BE SITTING AT 85 TO 88%.

AND SO WE WANTED TO PICK A NUMBER THAT WE FELT LIKE WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF.

WE KNOW WE'RE MORE LIKELY, THOUGH NEXT YEAR COULD BE OUR YEAR.

MORE THAN LIKELY WE WILL NOT BE AT 100% OCCUPANCY.

SO WE FELT LIKE A 95% ACROSS ALL EMPLOYEE TYPES WAS A STRONG KIND OF REPRESENTATION.

WE KNOW THAT THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE, BUT CONSIDERING WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR BUDGET, WE WOULD RATHER BE A LITTLE BIT CONSERVATIVE THAN BEING BE OVERLY AGGRESSIVE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE REALLY NOTED MORE.

THE MORE LIKELY COST ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THE RAISE SCENARIOS IS THAT 95% OCCUPANCY OR LOWER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. MRS. BRANUM.

AND THEN OPTIONS B3 AND B4 BOTH START THE STRATIFICATION AT 5.75% FOR OUR T-TYPES AND THEN CHANGE THE PERCENTAGES IN THERE.

SO UNDER OPTION B3 WE GO FROM A 5.75% RAISE FOR 1 TO 4 YEARS, 6.5% FOR 5 TO 9, THEN 7% FOR YEARS 10 THROUGH 15, AND THEN 8% FOR 16 PLUS.

AND THEN THAT ALSO INCLUDES A $3 AN HOUR RAISE FOR CUSTODIAL STAFF.

OPTION B4 EVERYTHING IS THE SAME, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE T-TYPE STRATIFICATION THAT AGAIN STARTS AT 5.75%.

BUT WE RAISE THEN THE 5 THROUGH YEARS, 5 THROUGH 9 ARE AT 7%, YEARS 10 THROUGH 15 ARE AT 7 AND A HALF.

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AND THEN AGAIN, EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE SAME THERE.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE WE HAVE THE OTHER COMPENSATION PACKAGE ISSUES, AND I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO DR.

GOODSON. THANK YOU, MR. PATE. GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM.

JUST A FEW REMINDERS, BECAUSE AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT COMPENSATION REALLY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY BE AT THE TOP OF ALL OF THE LISTS FOR EVERY POSITION.

AND SO WHILE THIS HAS EVOLVED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE ALSO, AS A DISTRICT WITH THE BOARD SUPPORT, PROVIDED A LOT OF ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND SUPPORTS THAT WERE THAT WE KIND OF INCLUDE AS PART OF THE OVERALL PACKAGE.

AND SO THESE ARE JUST A FEW REMINDERS.

THE ITEMS AT THE TOP ARE NOT NEW.

THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN PLACE AND HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR A WHILE.

BUT WE ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL STIPENDS IN PLACE FOR PROFESSIONALS, CLASSROOM TEACHERS.

WE HAVE A BILINGUAL CLASSROOM TEACHER STIPEND OF $6,000.

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE BOARD APPROVED RAISING THAT BY $2,000.

AND SO THAT HAS DEFINITELY MADE A DIFFERENCE.

WE HAVE A CLASSROOM RESOURCE, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER STIPEND OF $2,000.

WE HAVE A CENTRAL SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM TEACHER STIPEND OF $4,000.

THAT'S ALSO A NEW A NEW STIPEND THAT HAS THAT WAS APPROVED A FEW YEARS BACK BECAUSE THOSE CENTRAL SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS IN THOSE CLASSES, A LOT OF AND WE HAVE A HISTORICALLY HIGH TURNOVER RATE FOR THOSE CLASSROOM POSITIONS.

ALSO, WE STILL HAVE SECONDARY CORE SUBJECTS DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF CLASSES THAT A SECONDARY TEACHER HAS FOR CERTAIN SUBJECTS, THEY CAN GET UP TO $2,000 OF A STIPEND.

WE ALSO HAVE A CTE CRITICAL NEED STIPEND OF $3,000.

ALONG THE WAY THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER STIPENDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, WHETHER IT'S DEPARTMENT CHAIR OR DEPENDING ON ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAT A TEACHER MAY HAVE THAT THEY ARE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO AS WELL.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE OUR RISD EMPLOYEE CLINIC THAT'S UP AND RUNNING.

WE'RE THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH METHODIST RICHARDSON EMPLOYEES OF ALL TYPES, REGARDLESS OF THEIR INSURANCE, CAN ACCESS THIS NON-EMERGENCY CARE THAT'S RIGHT AT THE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES BUILDING, AND IT'S ONLY A $10 CO-PAY.

AND SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT THAT RESOURCE IS REALLY AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY WHO NEEDS IT FOR ANY EMPLOYEES AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY.

AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE VIRTUAL VISITS AVAILABLE, TOO, BECAUSE SCHEDULES CAN BE TOUGH.

WE WANT TO JUMPED A LITTLE BIT.

I'M SORRY. LOOK BACK HERE.

WE HAVE OUR RISD EMPLOYEE DAYCARE OR THE NEWLY NAMED CHILD LEARNING ACADEMIES, HIGH QUALITY PRIVATE LICENSED DAYCARE OPTIONS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. THE LITTLE EAGLE SITE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE OPENING IN THE FALL.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE OUR LITTLE MUSTANGS SITE EXPECTED TO OPEN IN JANUARY OF 24.

AND AGAIN, WE THINK IT'S A VERY A VERY IMPORTANT DATA POINT HERE TO SHOW THAT FOR $350 A MONTH FOR AGES, SIX WEEKS TO THREE YEARS FOR CHILDCARE IS UNHEARD OF.

AND SO WE APPROXIMATED ABOUT A $7,500 SAVINGS WHEN COMPARED TO NON RISD OPTIONS.

AND THEN THE FINAL ONE THERE IS THE RISD EMPLOYEE PRE-K.

WE HAVE HIGH QUALITY PRE-K AVAILABLE AT MOST OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR THE LOW COST OF $150 A MONTH.

AND AGAIN, WHEN COMPARED TO DAYCARE OR OTHER PRE K PRIVATE PRE-K OPTIONS, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S ALSO A SAVINGS, A POTENTIAL ANNUAL SAVINGS OF $8,700.

AND SO WE THINK THAT ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER REALLY COMBINE IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE THAT YOU APPROVED TONIGHT TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF RECRUITING AND RETAINING.

AND THE FINAL BOX THERE AT THE BOTTOM.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE TALKED IN OUR LAST MEETING AND JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK UP AS BECAUSE IT IS ANOTHER CONSIDERATION FOR US IS EXPANDING THE BENEFITS, THE SORRY, THE INCLUDING MATERNITY AND PATERNITY LEAVE AS ALLOWABLE USE FOR THE SICK LEAVE BANK AS WELL AS THE HARDSHIP DAYS.

CURRENTLY THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

AND SO BY EXPANDING THAT, WE ARE GIVING EMPLOYEES A LOT OF ADDITIONAL OPTIONS AND ACCESS TO POSSIBLE DAYS SHOULD THEY NEED IT, AND THEN ALSO POTENTIALLY ALLOWING THREE SICK LEAVE BANK DAYS TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR BEREAVEMENT.

AND AGAIN, AS LONG AS THE EMPLOYEE HAS JOINED THE SICK LEAVE BANK, THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE DAYS.

AND SO THOSE ARE JUST THAT'S KIND OF A SUMMARY OF A LOT OF THE OTHER TYPES OF BENEFITS AND SUPPORTS THAT WE PROVIDE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE WOULD BE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU THE DRAFT OF THE POLICY CHANGES TO ALLOW FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL LEAVE OPTIONS.

AND THEN WE WOULD ASK YOU TO APPROVE THAT IN THE JUNE BOARD MEETING.

SO BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS WILL BE COMING FOR YOUR REVIEW AND POTENTIAL APPROVAL SOON.

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MOVING ON TO THE MULTI YEAR FORECAST, I WOULD JUST REMIND YOU THAT THE REVENUE LISTED HERE IS ALL BASED ON CURRENT LAW.

AND OF COURSE, I DEFINITELY EXPECT CHANGES IN THE REVENUE JUST UNABLE TO PREDICT THOSE AT THIS TIME.

THE RAISE I'VE USED IN THE MODEL HERE IS THE OPTION B2 AT 95%.

THE FUTURE YEARS ARE 3% RAISES, ALSO AT 95% CARRIED ACROSS THERE.

AND THEN THE VACANCY AND BUDGET REDUCTIONS LINE REPRESENTS A COMBINATION OF THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS WE'RE MAKING AND EXPECTED VACANCIES. AND THE REASON THOSE ARE COMBINED IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE ELIMINATE, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY UNFILLED POSITIONS, THAT WE'RE NOT DOUBLE COUNTING THOSE.

I DON'T WANT TO COUNT IT AS A VACANCY AND A BUDGET REDUCTION SIMULTANEOUSLY.

AND YOU CAN SEE THEN I'VE CARRIED THAT ACROSS.

AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY CHANGES IN THE MULTI YEAR FORECAST.

MR. PATE THE I'M SORRY, THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS.

DOES THAT INCLUDE BUDGET REDUCTIONS THAT WE BEGAN TO MAKE IN 22-23? IS THAT A TOTAL FOR 22-23 AND 23-24? THE OOPS, THE 22-23 REDUCTIONS ARE ACTUALLY UP IN THE JUST IN THE RECURRING COST.

I JUST CONSOLIDATED THOSE INTO THE RECURRING COST TO TRY TO SIMPLIFY AN EXTREMELY BUSY SLIDE.

THANK YOU. I FORGOT TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.

AND OH, AND I JUST WOULD POINT OUT TOO, ON THAT NOTE THAT THE RAISE SO THE 23-24 RAISE MOVES UP INTO THE RECURRING COST. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE SEEING ONLY THE INDIVIDUAL YEARS RAISE BUT A RAISE THE PREVIOUS YEAR IS OR THE SUM OF THE PREVIOUS YEARS RAISES IS ALWAYS BUILT INTO THAT RECURRING COST LINE.

AND MOVING FORWARD YOU PROJECTED A POTENTIAL 3%.

YES. RAISE, BUT AGAIN, THAT MIGHT BE THAT'S SUBJECT TO THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AT THE TIME.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS TRADITIONALLY WHAT WE HAVE USED FOR OUR MULTI YEAR MODEL IS A 3% RAISE.

NOT THAT IT ALWAYS HAPPENS OR IT SOMETIMES IT'S MORE, SOMETIMES IT'S LESS.

BUT I NEED A NUMBER TO START SOMEWHERE.

SO I'VE USED 3%.

THANK YOU MR. PATE. I'LL JUST HIT ON THE LAST SLIDE BEFORE I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.

UM, REALLY OUR WHAT WE HOPE TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU IS A WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO MODEL WHAT WE PROJECT MIGHT BE ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE WOULD HAVE AS A DISTRICT PENDING THE CURRENT LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN.

AGAIN, WE DO NOT KNOW IF WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET A FUNDING FORMULA THAT COMES OUT OF THE SESSION AS IS OR IF IT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF A SPECIAL SESSION.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO KIND OF PLAY IT AS IT GOES.

BUT WE WANT TO AT LEAST HAVE YOU AND THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POTENTIAL NUMBERS WERE IF WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED NOW MOVES FORWARD.

ADDITIONALLY, AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL BRING FORWARD TO YOU DRAFT POLICIES FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO ULTIMATELY VOTE ON IN JUNE.

UM, MR. PATE WILL ALSO PROVIDE FOR YOU SO WITH THIS BUDGET, WHAT ARE THE TAX RATE IMPLICATIONS? AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE LOWEST TAX RATE THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE DISTRICT IN 30 YEARS.

AND SO JUST TO CONTINUE TO HELP MESSAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT OUR TAX RATE IS LOWER, BUT BECAUSE PROPERTY VALUES ARE WHAT THEY ARE, THAT IS WHY THEY ARE SEEING THE BILLS THAT THEY ARE SEEING. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WE DO NEED A BUDGET TO LAUNCH 23-24 AND SO WE WILL ASK YOU TO APPROVE A BUDGET ON JUNE 8TH. AGAIN, KNOWING THAT OFTENTIMES WHEN WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A CALLED SPECIAL SESSION, WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK AND EVEN CALL A SPECIAL WORKSHOP IN JULY TO AMEND THE BUDGET, OR POTENTIALLY, AT LEAST IN THE FIRST BUDGET IN AUGUST, MAKE THAT AMENDMENT.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE TALKED ON AND OFF AROUND OUR HEALTH INSURANCE.

WE RECEIVED A NEW DATE OF POTENTIALLY MAY 30TH FOR INSURANCE PREMIUMS. MAYBE SO WE MR. PATE, WE'RE ALL SCHEDULED TO BE ON THERE TO HEAR WHAT THE PROPOSED MAY 30TH HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS WILL BE ANNOUNCED.

SO AGAIN, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO YOU IN THE JUNE MEETING AND EITHER MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF ANY ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS WE WOULD RECOMMEND MAKING OR JUST A REPORT TO THE BOARD AND TO THE COMMUNITY.

HERE'S WHAT THE RATES WOULD BE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TALK OVER THOSE NEXT STEPS.

SO I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE LOTS TO CONTRIBUTE.

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ONE IS THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE ITERATIVE.

WE STARTED WITH ONE MODEL, AND BECAUSE OF YOUR FEEDBACK, WE HAVE BROUGHT BACK MULTIPLE DIFFERENT MODELS TO TO BRING WHAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BE A COMPENSATION PACKAGE THAT THE BOARD COULD SUPPORT.

UM, THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY SEES THAT THIS REALLY IS A WORKING PROCESS.

I THINK THE SECOND THING THAT I, I REALLY HOPE OUR STAFF UNDERSTANDS IS THAT IT COULD BE VERY EASY FOR THE BOARD IN THIS MOMENT TO WANT TO SHIFT TO A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH AROUND COMPENSATION, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE OUR FINANCIAL CHALLENGES.

BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU AT EVERY MEETING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING HAVE SAID OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS OUR PEOPLE, OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS THAT WE HIT YOUR GROWTH GOALS, THAT THE BOARD GOALS THAT YOU SET, BOTH MY ANNUAL AND MY FIVE YEAR GROWTH GOALS, THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE STAFF MEMBERS, WHETHER IT IS THE TEACHER THAT IS CLOSEST TO THAT STUDENT EVERYDAY TEACHING AND EDUCATING THEM.

OR IT'S THE CUSTODIAN THAT CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN OR THE BUS DRIVER THAT GETS THEM THERE.

CHILD NUTRITION STAFF THAT WAS CELEBRATED TONIGHT.

OUR TECHNOLOGY. I COULD GO ON AND ON.

I WISH MORE THAN ANYTHING THIS NUMBER COULD BE HIGHER FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEE TYPES.

I KNOW THAT WHEN OUR STAFF, AS MUCH AS MANY OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE NUMBER ARE GOING TO FEEL CELEBRATED AND SEEN, THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME THAT DON'T DO NOT FEEL AS THAT IS AS AGGRESSIVE AS THEY WISH IT COULD HAVE BEEN.

BUT I HOPE THAT OUR OUR OUR STAFF, OUR 6,000 SCHOOL DISTRICT FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE HEARD YOUR COMMITMENT, YOUR PASSION FOR HELPING THEM ADDRESS WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN IN INFLATION, IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND COMPENSATING THEM FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY DO.

SO I JUST THOSE ARE MY TWO BIG TAKEAWAYS OF THIS PROCESS OF GETTING TO THIS PLACE.

SO I DO NEED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION SO YOU CAN GIVE US FEEDBACK.

I'M GOING TO START WITH AN OPTION, BUT KNOWING THAT WE CAN AMEND THAT BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE APPETITE OF THE BOARD IS AND HOW AGGRESSIVE FROM HERE WE WANT TO BE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT OPTION B BASED UPON THE FEEDBACK THAT I HEARD AT OUR LAST MEETING.

I THINK WE FEEL LIKE THAT IS STILL A LITTLE BIT TOO CONSERVATIVE AND THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT KNOWING WE'RE NOT GOING TO FILL POSITIONS AT 100%.

SO I'M GOING TO AT LEAST START WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF B2 THAT STRATIFIES THOSE RAISES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER STARTS AT A 6% FOR A 1 TO 4 YEAR AND MOVES TO THAT 7.5% AND THEN THE ASSOCIATED COMPENSATION RAISES FROM THERE. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD APPROVE OPTION B2 AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU, MISS BRANUM.

THANK YOU, MR. PATE. THANK YOU, DR.

GOODSON. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SO MOVED.

OH, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD, DEBBIE.

YOU GOT IT. SO MOVED.

THANK YOU, MS. RENTERÍA.

IS THERE A SECOND? I THINK I'LL SECOND THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS TIMME.

ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION BY MS. RENTERÍA A SECOND BY MISS TIMME.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND BEFORE WE DIG INTO, I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM COMMENTS.

IF WE COULD PAY OUR STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS AS MUCH AS WE REALLY WANTED TO, WE ABSOLUTELY WOULD.

WE ABSOLUTELY WOULD.

I WANT TO THANK MISS BRANUM AND HER TEAM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID ON THIS.

I TELL YOU, THERE ARE SO MANY MODELS THAT WE HAVE THEM GOING BACK AND REDOING AND HAVING US LOOK AT AND THEY DID IT WITH POISE, WITH EASE AND WITH GRACE. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

WE WANTED TO DO THE BEST THAT WE COULD FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR TEACHERS, FOR OUR PARENTS, FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A TOUGH TIME AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO I'M GOING TO OPEN UP QUESTIONS TO THE BOARD.

SO, MISS MCGOWAN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS FOR A WHILE.

THIS IS MY FIRST QUESTION.

OPTION B2 MY QUESTION IS WHY B2, NOT WHY NOT B3 OR B4? I'M PROPOSING THAT WE DO AN AMENDMENT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS WE CAN WITH THE CUSTODIAL CUSTODIANS PAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AT $3 PER HOUR.

AGAIN, I STARTED WITH B2.

I FELT LIKE IT WAS KIND OF A COMPROMISE IN THE MIDDLE.

AND IN TERMS OF, AGAIN, I WANT TO BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS POSSIBLE, BUT IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, I CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE ADOPTING A

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THERE IS LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN B3 AND B4 IN TERMS OF OVERALL COST TO THE DISTRICT.

AND SO I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS THE CONSIDERATION OF EITHER B2 OR B4.

YEAH, I'M IN AGREEANCE WITH THAT.

WHATEVER MY COLLEAGUES ARE COMFORTABLE WITH TONIGHT WE CAN DISCUSS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US BE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE CUSTODIAN PAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS MCGOWAN.

MISS TIMME. OKAY.

THANK YOU, GUYS. FIRST OFF, THANKS TO YOUR ENTIRE STAFF, DR.

GOODSON, MR. PATE, FOR BRINGING BACK ALL THE INFORMATION EVERY TIME WE ASKED FOR IT.

I AND YOUR STAFF'S BEEN GREAT ABOUT THAT AND BEEN FLEXIBLE AND ACCOMMODATING.

I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE RESEARCH WILL SHOW YOU ANY RESEARCH WILL SHOW YOU THE MOST IMPORTANT VARIABLE IN A CLASSROOM IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET STUDENTS TO GROW, IS THE TEACHER IN THAT CLASSROOM.

AND I WOULD EVEN VENTURE TO SAY THE STAFF THAT INTERACTS WITH THEM REGARDLESS OF THAT LEVEL.

SO TO ME, THIS IS PROBABLY JUST ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS WE WILL MAKE.

AND I THINK ESPECIALLY WITH THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SHORTAGES AND ALL OF THAT AND WE'RE COMPETING AND WE'RE BEHIND IN THAT, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS THIS BOARD WILL MAKE. AND SO I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN.

UM, I DID WANT TO ASK THAT ON SLIDE FIVE.

WHILE WE KNOW, WHILE WE KNOW THE PERCENT'S THAT THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE GOING UP AND WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING, WE DON'T KNOW HOW FAR BEHIND THAT STILL PUTS US BEHIND THESE DISTRICTS, EVEN WITH THAT INFORMATION.

CORRECT? RIGHT.

EVEN AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, EVEN WITH THIS.

IF YOU REMEMBER THE WHEN WE SHOWED YOU THE YEARS OF SERVICE AND WITH THE ORIGINAL B OPTION, WHICH HAD US A 5.75% TO 6.5%, WE WERE STILL BEHIND OUR BENCHMARK.

AND EVEN IF YOU MODEL OUT THE 5.75% TO 8% FOR OUR VETERAN STAFF, WE WILL STILL BE BEHIND OUR BENCHMARK, IT IS MUCH CLOSER WITH WITH OPTION B4, BUT WE ARE STILL A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.

OKAY. AND THEN I THINK THIS IS REALLY JUST MORE FEEDBACK ON THIS.

AND I'M SORRY IF I'M LONG WINDED AND RAMBLING.

I CAN'T HELP MYSELF.

AGAIN, THIS IS AN AREA I'M SUPER PASSIONATE ABOUT.

BUT LET ME JUST SAY, I SAID TODAY AT THE COUNCIL OF PTAS, AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE THAT WE HAD THE GREATEST THING HAPPEN IN MY HOUSE YESTERDAY, AND THAT WAS THAT MY KIDS GOT IN AN ARGUMENT. ONE OF MY OLDEST IS GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE AND MY KIDS GOT IN AN ARGUMENT AND IT WAS SUCH MUSIC TO MY EARS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BECAUSE THEY WERE ARGUING OVER WHO WAS THE BEST TEACHER THEY'VE HAD.

THEY WERE ARGUING OVER I MEAN, AND REALLY IT WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

I MEAN, THEY WENT ON AND ON AND BUT ANYWAY, BUT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S THAT IMPORTANT TO THEM.

MY SON'S GRADUATING.

HE WENT TO SCHOOL. HE WAS SO PREPARED WHEN HE THINKS ABOUT HIS COMMUNITY AND WHEN HE COMES BACK, IT IS IN LARGE PART TO THOSE TEACHERS.

YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS TOUCHED MY CHILD THAT WAS 22 YEARS OLD TO MAKE HIM INTO THE MAN THAT HE'S GOING TO BE WHEN HE COMES BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS WHERE HE WANTS TO BE, THIS IS HIS HOME.

I IT'S HARD IT IS HARD TO PUT A VALUE ON THAT.

AND WHEN I'D LOVE TO PAY EVERYBODY $1 MILLION AND THAT PROBABLY STILL WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH FOR THIS MOM, WHO'S INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

THAT BEING SAID, I THINK OUR BOARD HAS ALSO BEEN SUPER CLEAR THAT WHAT WE WANT IS WE WANT ACADEMIC GROWTH AND OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE HAVE A WHOLE NORTH STAR, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE WE HAVE GOALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IF WE ARE NOT AGGRESSIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS A DESTINATION AREA TO COME TO AND TO STAY FOR OUR TEACHERS, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO SEE THOSE GOALS RECOGNIZED, IN MY OPINION.

AND SO WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THAT, WELL, I WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE TO GO MORE.

I THINK B4 IS I WILL SUPPORT ANY OPTION THAT INCREASES THAT PAY AND GETS US CLOSER BUT B4 TO ME, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT WE ARE.

THAT IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT. OUR PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT TO US.

OUR PEOPLE THAT TEACH OUR KIDS ARE IMPORTANT TO US.

AND WHILE WE WOULD LIKE TO BE EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVE TO CATCH UP TO WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE IS, I KNOW WE CAN'T DO THAT NOW, BUT I CHOOSE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT A DEFICIT BUDGET BECAUSE I'D RATHER FIND CUTS IN OTHER PLACES.

I DO NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT THAT HAS SOMEONE LEAVE OUR DISTRICT TO GO FIND BETTER PAY.

I WANT THE BEST IN HERE FOR MY KIDS, FOR YOUR KIDS, AND I WANT THE BEST IN HERE FOR THE OUTCOMES, WHICH WE FOUND IS A PRIORITY FOR THIS BOARD.

UM. LASTLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, IF THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT OR THESE GROWTH GOALS, I WOULD LOVE AS A BOARD AND I'M TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS AS WELL, IS FOR US TO REALLY ENGAGE IN SOME DISCUSSIONS AROUND A STRATEGIC WAY TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND TO GET BACK TO WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO BE FOR OUR TEACHERS OVER TIME.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE UP THIS DIFFERENCE IN ONE YEAR.

BUT I THINK IN THE MIDST OF HARD CONVERSATIONS, I THINK THIS BOARD NEEDS TO GIVE OUR DISTRICT SOME DIRECTION, THAT THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE MAY WANT TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN.

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BUT I WANT THE BEST AND I WANT OUR POOLS TO BE ROBUST AND I WANT OUR PRINCIPALS TO BE ABLE TO PICK THE BEST.

I WANT OUR CUSTODIANS TO WANT TO COME HERE AND BE THE BEST.

I WANT OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO ARE WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS TO.

I WANT US TO HAVE THE BEST TO CHOOSE FROM.

I REALLY WANT US TO LOOK AT HAVING MORE EXPERIENCED TEACHERS IN THIS DISTRICT.

I'M GOING TO I'VE SAID IT A MILLION TIMES, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN AS A TEACHER IN MY FIRST YEARS, THE ONLY REASON THAT I WAS GETTING BETTER AT MY CRAFT WAS BECAUSE OF THOSE WHO WERE MORE EXPERIENCED IN TEACHING ME.

THEY WERE INVESTING TIME IN ME BECAUSE THEY HAD LEARNED THEIR CRAFT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW THANKS FOR THAT.

MR. POTEET AND I WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY AROUND STARS, TEACHERS, AND HE MADE SOMETHING THAT WAS WAS PRETTY PROFOUND.

HE WAS LIKE, LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR TEACHERS WHO WE SAID ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST IN THIS DISTRICT.

IT'S THEIR EXPERIENCE WHERE THEY'VE REFINED THEIR CRAFT.

I WANT MORE OF THAT AND I WANT TO CELEBRATE MORE OF THAT.

TO ME, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN DO IF WE ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO THE GROWTH GOALS THAT WE SAID WE WERE.

AND SO, LIKE I SAID, I WOULD I WOULD RECOMMEND B4, BUT I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THAT WE AS A BOARD DECIDE TO ENGAGE IN HOW AGGRESSIVE WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE DISTRICT TO BE GOING FORWARD.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MISS TIMME. I APPRECIATE THAT.

MISS PACHECO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND ALL OF THE HARD WORK.

YES, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE SO MUCH AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.

I DO ALSO FULL HEARTEDLY AGREE WITH MISS TIMME.

OUR TEACHERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

THE GROWTH GOALS FOR OUR STUDENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.

AND LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS, I WON'T CONSIDER ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF B4.

I THINK THAT'S THE BEST THING THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY, I GUESS, ON AS FAR AS NUMBERS AND WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR TEACHERS UNDERSTAND THAT WE VALUE THEM.

I WANT OUR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS TO STAY HERE, TO CONTINUE TO TEACH OUR KIDS, TO PREPARE THEM TO FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY'RE READY WITH OUR GRADUATE PROFILE AND THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL FOR THEIR LIFE.

I'M ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ON THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY NICE AND ROBUST AND HOW THE STIPENDS ARE GIVEN.

I'M SO PROUD OF OUR DISTRICT TO PROVIDE THE CHILD CARE LEARNING COMMUNITY.

SORRY, I DIDN'T EVEN SAY THAT. RIGHT.

CHILD LEARNING ACADEMY AND THE NEW ONE THAT WILL OPEN NEXT YEAR, EARLY NEXT YEAR.

THE CLINIC IS SO BENEFICIAL BECAUSE I KNOW BASED ON THE NUMBERS AND RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED, NOT EVERY TEACHER HAS INSURANCE THROUGH US, BUT THEY ARE ABLE TO GO HERE AND RECEIVE CARE AT A LOW COST.

AND FINALLY, THE MATERNITY PATERNITY LEAVE THAT I KNOW MISS RACHEL MCGOWAN WAS A BIG ADVOCATE FOR EARLY THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE MADE THIS HAPPEN DUE TO HER ADVOCACY. AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STAFF AND TEACHERS.

SO B4 IS FOR ME, I HOPE OUR COLLEAGUES SEE THAT WE HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND MAKE DECISIONS TO CUT ELSEWHERE WHERE WE CAN.

I KNOW IT WILL BE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, BUT I THINK OUR TEACHERS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT.

THEY'RE WHAT MAKES OUR KIDS BE LIFELONG LEARNERS.

THANKS. THANK YOU, MISS PACHECO.

MR. POTEET.

YEAH. I THINK WE'VE WE'VE ROLLED INTO MORE COMMENTS AND DIRECTION THAN WE HAVE QUESTIONS.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE ITERATIVE PROCESS WE'VE GOTTEN TO.

UM, TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT'S BEEN SAID.

YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THESE RAISES AND I COME FROM A DIFFERENT INDUSTRY, WHICH THESE ARE HEALTHY RAISES IN OTHER INDUSTRIES AND SOME MAY KIND OF FLINCH AT THESE HEALTHY RAISES OF THIS THIS MAGNITUDE.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BECAUSE AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED EARLIER WHERE WE ARE COMPARED TO WHO WE'RE COMPETING WITH, WE DO HAVE GREAT TEACHERS.

I THINK IN OUR WORK SESSION, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'RE KIND OF STRATIFIED, THOUGH, AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR TEACHERS ARE YEARS 1 TO 4.

WE DON'T HAVE WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT VERY FEW THAT ARE IN THAT 5 TO 10, 10 TO 20.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GROW.

AND I THINK MISS TIMME SAID IT DIDN'T USED TO BE LIKE THAT, BUT WE'VE KIND OF DONE THAT UNINTENTIONALLY, I THINK, AS A DISTRICT, AND WE'VE LOST A LOT OF THAT EXPERIENCE.

AND I KNOW FOR A FACT IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR BEFORE CONTRACTS.

WE KNOW THAT SOME DISTRICTS HAVE COME APPROACH OUR TEACHERS AND OUR LEADERS TO MOVE.

WELL, ONE THAT TELLS ME WE'VE GOT GOOD TEACHERS AND LEADERS BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING TO US AND THESE ARE HIGH PERFORMING DISTRICTS THAT ARE COMING TO US TO TRY AND TAKE OUR PEOPLE.

BUT TWO THAT PUTS ME ON THE DEFENSIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SAYS, HEY, WE GOT TO KEEP THESE PEOPLE.

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BUT THE OTHER HALF OF THIS, AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THIS IS OBVIOUS, IS WE'VE GOT TO HELP THESE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS LOVE THEIR JOB.

SO IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO LEAVE SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE APPROACHED AND THEY HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LEAVING FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, IT'S DIFFICULT.

WE CAN'T COMPETE WITH THEM LEAVING THE INDUSTRY AND GOING TO BE A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER OR WORKING FOR A TECH FIRM IN EDUCATION OR SOMETHING.

WE CAN'T COMPETE. THAT'S NOT WHO WE'RE COMPETING WITH ON THE SALARY SIDE.

BUT SURE AS HELL WE CAN WORK ON MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT WHEN THEY'RE CONSIDERING THAT FOR THEM TO LEAVE.

AND THAT COMES INTO OTHER FACTORS WHERE WE CAN HELP WITH DISCIPLINE THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH.

WE CAN HELP ON TAKING STUFF OFF THEIR PLATE.

WE CAN CHANGE SOME PARADIGMS A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF THE FOCUS ON TESTING, I THINK OVER TIME AND SOFTEN THAT APPROACH.

SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WILL HELP THEM LOVE THEIR JOB EVEN MORE.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AS WELL.

AND THAT THAT DOESN'T COST AS MUCH MONEY.

THAT JUST TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT AND CREATIVE THINKING ON SOME OF THAT.

THAT'S LEADERSHIP.

SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST I KEEP THINKING ABOUT.

UM, LET'S SEE WHAT I HAD HERE.

I, I APPRECIATE AND I KNOW THIS IS A HARD DISCUSSION, BUT ON THE SAVINGS, I KNOW OUR LAST MEETING A MONTH AGO, I THINK WE WERE PROJECTING $3.45 MILLION AND NOW WE'RE UP IN THE $14 MILLION.

AND I KNOW THAT'S IT'S NOTHING TO BE CELEBRATED, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S A DUE DILIGENCE AND I APPLAUD THE WORK AND THE HARD WORK AND THE CONVERSATIONS AND DETERMINATIONS TO GO INTO THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A DISTRICT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOOKING AT THAT SIDE OF THE EQUATION.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE LOOKING AT, ESPECIALLY IN A DEFICIT BUDGET, LOOKING AT THIS SIDE OF THE EQUATION.

SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S ALMOST HARDER WORK THAN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT COMPENSATION.

SO I APPLAUD THAT EFFORT, EVEN THOUGH I HATE THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT.

UM, LET'S SEE HERE WHAT I HAD AND FORGIVE ME, UM, THE INSURANCE PREMIUMS I THINK WERE BROUGHT UP.

YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF TEACHERS ASK ABOUT OUR COMPENSATION PACKAGES AND IN THE PAST AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE GOTTEN A RAISE AND THEN COME TO FIND OUT THEIR PREMIUMS ECLIPSED THEIR RAISE.

SO IT'S REALLY THERE.

IT DOESN'T HELP.

AND SO I KNOW THAT IN COMING UP WITH THESE PROPOSALS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE PREMIUMS ARE.

BUT I KNOW WE'VE PUT SOME ESTIMATES TOGETHER AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT ENOUGH TO HOPE THAT WE'RE AHEAD OF THAT.

AND IF WE NEED TO ADJUST, I THINK THAT IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN AGAIN, I THINK WOULD BE SUCH A MORE A MORALE HIT.

WE CAN'T WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE END OF MAY WHENEVER WE GET THOSE NUMBERS.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'VE I THINK WE'LL BE WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON THAT.

SO TO MS. TIMME'S POINT AGAIN AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A PEOPLE BUSINESS.

I THINK 88% OR 85% OF OUR BUDGET IS LABOR AND A VAST MAJORITY OF THAT, OUR TEACHERS, ALMOST 3,000 TEACHERS.

UM, WE'VE WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR GREATEST ASSET IN THE DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE SELLING CARS, WE TAKE CARE OF THE CARS.

WE'RE IN A PEOPLE BUSINESS. YOU TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE.

AND TO MS. TIMME'S POINT, I THINK WE ARE ALL SUPER COMMITTED TO MOVING THE DIAL ON STUDENT OUTCOMES.

WE NEED TO.

WE'RE NOT PERFORMING LIKE WE AND WE'RE ALL SUPER.

WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR PERFORMANCE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO BETTER IF WE DON'T HOLD ON TO THESE TEACHERS AND GROW THE TEACHERS.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE EASIEST WAY, THE MOST DIRECT WAY TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THOSE OUTCOMES WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO THAT REALLY I MEAN, I'M WITH WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN OPTION B4.

I RAN SOME QUICK NUMBERS.

I MEAN, YOU HAD RECOMMENDED B2, I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION BETWEEN THE TWO.

AND I THINK I HEARD OUR HILLTOP ADVISORS SAY THAT HE COULD SQUEEZE OUT A MILLION AND A HALF SOMEWHERE.

SO THAT KIND OF RESONATED WITH ME, THAT MILLION AND A HALF.

BUT I KNOW, I KNOW.

I THINK THAT THE THAT OUR STAFF WILL BE SUPER HAPPY WITH PROBABLY ANY OF THESE BECAUSE THEY ARE ROBUST BUT I DO THINK THAT FROM AN OPTICAL PERSPECTIVE, US COMMITTING TO THE BEST THAT WE CAN PROVIDES EVEN GREATER THE GREATEST SUPPORT THAT WE CAN FOR OUR STAFF AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE WE PRIORITIZE THEM.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. POTEET.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? MR. EAGER.

YOU KNOW, I'LL KEEP REPEATING WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS, BUT THE THING THAT I YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT KEEPS PEOPLE HERE IS CULTURE AS WELL.

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AND WHILE WE KNOW IT IS FISCALLY CHALLENGING TO ADOPT A DEFICIT BUDGET, WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT FOREVER.

BUT IT DOESN'T DO US ANY GOOD IF THIS YEAR THAT OUR TEACHERS LEAVE SIMPLY FROM THE FACT THAT THEY COULD GET ANOTHER 2 OR $3,000 AND BE CLOSER TO HOME AND NOT HAVE TO DRIVE AN HOUR EVEN THOUGH THEY LOVE OUR DISTRICT, BUT THAT THAT MONEY COUNTS AND IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

THE OTHER THING WHAT I LIKE ABOUT BEFORE IS THAT YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO CATCH UP.

YOU WILL NEVER CATCH UP IF YOU'RE DOING A STRATIFY OF A 0.2% BETWEEN A ONE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE THESE AND I APPRECIATE US DOING THAT.

BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT B4 IS THAT WE'RE A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE TO SEND A SIGNAL TO THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE TEACHERS THAT ARE IN THAT 5 TO 9, 10 TO 5, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU MEAN A LOT TO US, AND WE'RE DOING WHATEVER WE CAN TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO REWARD AND KEEP IT WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE HIGHEST PAID DISTRICT.

WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THOSE RESOURCES.

BUT WE CAN DO IS BE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THE DIFFERENCE WILL THEN COME FROM THE CULTURE AND THE SMALL LITTLE THINGS THAT WE DO. THE.

YOU KNOW, THE BENEFITS OF SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, SOME TEACHERS, YOU KNOW, THEY START LOSING FAMILY MEMBERS.

I'VE LOST MY MOM AND DAD, YOU KNOW, 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO.

BUT THESE THINGS START HAPPENING AND HAVING THAT ABILITY TO SEND A MESSAGE, HEY, WE CARE ABOUT YOU.

AND IT'S THREE DAYS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

WE GOT YOU COVERED.

HEY, YOU KNOW, I GOT YOU GOT A NEWBORN AND YOU WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY.

WE GOT YOU COVERED.

OKAY, SO THESE ARE THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WHEN THINGS ALL COME TOGETHER, IN MY EXPERIENCE OUT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THESE ARE THE TIPPING POINT DIFFERENCES OF, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY MAY NOT BE THE HIGHEST IN TOWN, BUT GOSH DARN IT, THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SEND THAT MESSAGE THAT WE CARE AND WE WANT YOU HERE IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND SO I KNOW IT'S A RISK.

THE BEANCOUNTER ME LOOKS AT THAT DEFICIT AND I DON'T LIKE IT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THAT COURSE CORRECTED.

BUT THE DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, THE MILLION DOLLAR DIFFERENCE, WHILE I KNOW THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, BUT IN RELATION TO OUR OVERALL BUDGET AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING TO REHIRE AND RE RECRUIT TEACHERS, I THINK IT'S WORTH THE RISK.

SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY COMMENTS AND I KEEP TRUMPETING WITH ALL MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES HAVE DONE, BUT I THINK WE'RE VERY UNITED IN OUR WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO US AND SENDING A MESSAGE.

I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO THANK THE BOARD BECAUSE I DO THINK YOU ALL HAVE APPROACHED THIS.

LAST YEAR, WE HAD A REAL FOCUS AROUND BENEFITS AND HOW CAN WE BE A STAND OUT DISTRICT FOR BENEFITS.

AND I CANNOT TELL YOU AGAIN, EVEN WITH THE AGGRESSIVE OPENING TO TWO OF OUR CHILD LEARNING ACADEMIES, WE STILL HAVE A WAITING LIST.

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY EMPLOYEES HAVE STOPPED AND SAID TO US WHAT A DIFFERENCE THAT IS MAKING FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

IT IS GAME CHANGING.

AND SO AGAIN, I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB AND I THINK BETTER THAN MOST AROUND HAVING A BALANCED APPROACH TO COMPENSATION.

AND I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, MISS BRANUM.

I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT FROM MS. RENTERÍA. YES, I'M THE LAST ONE AND THERE'S PROBABLY NOTHING MORE I CAN ADD THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVEN'T ALREADY SAID.

ABSOLUTELY. AS MR. EAGER JUST SAID, I AM ON BOARD WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

SO SO B4 IS ONE THAT I DEFINITELY WOULD ALSO APPROVE.

UM, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMPETITION THAT WE HAVE TO THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, ISDS THAT OUR COMPETITION WHERE OUR TEACHERS WHERE WE LOSE OUR TEACHERS, OUR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS ESPECIALLY.

BUT I ALSO THINK AND I THINK MR. POTEET MADE A POINT OF THIS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALWAYS STICKS TO TO TO MY MIND AND STICKS WITH ME AND REALLY MAKES AN IMPACT FOR ME IS THAT THAT 77 NUMBER THAT 77% OF OUR EDUCATORS ARE THINKING ABOUT OR ARE ALREADY MAKING MOVES TO LEAVE THE PROFESSION ALTOGETHER. AND WHILE THAT SADDENS ME, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE AS MR. EAGER POINTED OUT AND AGAIN, MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID THE SAME IS THAT WHEN WE SEND THE MESSAGE THAT WE WE DO CARE.

WE REALLY CARE ABOUT YOU, AND NOT ONLY TO PAY YOU WHAT WE KNOW YOU DESERVE, AND EVEN MORE SO THAN THAT, BUT THAT WE DO WE CARE ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT STARTING A

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YOU KNOW, WE WE CARE ABOUT YOU.

WE SEE YOU.

WE NEED YOU.

DEFINITELY ALSO, I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT AND I REALLY LIKED THAT OUR THAT OUR TEACHERS DEFINITELY ARE THEY'RE THE MAIN ONES IN THE CLASSROOM BUT THAT WE DO OVERALL EVERYBODY OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF AS A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN WHEN YOU GO INTO THIS CLEAN CLASSROOM OR A BEAUTIFUL ESTHETIC CLASSROOM CAFETERIA PLAYGROUND WHATEVER THAT IS.

AND AGAIN, AS WE ALL MENTIONED, THESE ARE PEOPLE WITHOUT THESE PEOPLE, THEY DON'T MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND ALL OF THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO THE LEARNING OF OUR KIDS THAT GO IN THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SO OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS I KNOW THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

I WAS A PARAPROFESSIONAL FOR A LONG TIME AND SO I KNOW THE WORK THAT GOES IN THERE.

I KNOW HOW THEY PARTNER WITH TEACHERS.

I KNOW HOW THEY HOW THEY'RE IN THERE.

WHEN OUR TEACHERS CALL OUT AND THERE ISN'T A SUB AND THEY TAKE OVER AND TO PAY THEM AGAIN WHAT THEY'RE VALUED.

AND AGAIN, I WISH IT COULD BE $1 MILLION AS WELL TOO MRS. BRANUM. BUT, BUT TO ACTUALLY SHOW THIS I THINK AGGRESSIVELY GOING WITH WITH THE B4 OPTION TO REALLY SAY THAT WE DO CARE ABOUT YOU, WE SEE YOU, WE VALUE YOU AND THAT THE CULTURE WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THAT I THINK THAT IT SETS IT DEFINITELY SENDS THE MESSAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ALL THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THAT FROM THE CLINIC, EVERYBODY ALREADY MENTIONED THEM, THE THE CHILD LEARNING ACADEMIES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SO WONDERFUL AS THIS PAST WEEKEND THAT MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE OUR STARS TEACHERS.

AND AGAIN, I LOVE TO SEE THE PASSION IN ALL OF THESE TEACHERS, THE PASSION THAT THEY HAVE, THE LOVE THAT THEY HAVE FOR NOT ONLY THEIR CLASSROOMS, BUT FOR THIS DISTRICT.

THEY JUST CARE SO DEEPLY.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KEEP.

AS MS. TIMME SAID, THAT'S WHAT I WANT MORE OF.

AND SO. ABSOLUTELY, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY, DR.

GOODSON, MR. PATE, AND EVERYONE WHO KEPT COMING BACK.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

WE KNOW IT'S A JUGGLING ACT.

WE KNOW WE ASK A LOT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST SO, SO GRATEFUL FOR CONSTANTLY GOING BACK TWEAKING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAKING THAT WORK.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.

AND ANYWAY, YES, DEFINITELY A SUPPORTER OF B4.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MS. RENTERÍA.

WE'VE GOT ANOTHER COMMENT FROM MS. TIMME. YEAH, JUST REALLY QUICK.

AND I MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I DO KEEP HEARING AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A STRATEGY OF OURS OVER A LONG TIME AND THAT'S THAT WE THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT WE CAN'T WE CAN'T BE AT THE TOP OF THE PACK.

AND OUR GOAL IS TO BE IN THE MIDDLE.

I WANT TO CHALLENGE US TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

I WANT TO CHALLENGE US TO DECIDE IS THAT REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO SAY AND IS THAT REALLY WHAT OUR PRIORITY IS? MAYBE IT IS. I KNOW WE HAVE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT.

BUT I WANT IT TO BE PROVEN TO ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER CHOICE AND THAT WE CAN'T INVEST THIS WAY.

I KNOW WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE LISTEN, I KNOW THAT MEANS TOUGH CONVERSATIONS AND I KNOW THAT MEANS TOUGH DECISIONS.

BUT I'M WILLING TO ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE I JUST DO NOT WANT TO ACCEPT THAT ASSUMPTION AND THAT MAYBE THAT'S WHERE WE LAND.

BUT I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER.

THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. AND AGAIN, EVEN WITH.

LOVE THAT YOU JUST SAID THAT.

AND AGAIN, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME EMPLOYEES WHO LOOK AT THIS AND SAY IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO GET ME TO THE TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE PLACE THAT WE WANT TO BE COMPARED TO.

I KNOW IN OTHER DISTRICTS THIS POSITION MAY MAKE MORE.

BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE FACT THAT YOU ALL ARE ALLOWING OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS TO GET A 3% RAISE TO GET OUR DIAGNOSTICIANS, OUR [INAUDIBLE] EVERYONE IS GETTING A 3% RAISE.

IF YOU'RE NOT IN ONE OF THE OTHER IDENTIFIED EMPLOYEE TYPES, THAT IS HUGE.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING, MANY DISTRICTS ARE NOT DOING THAT AND THEY ARE.

WE CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR BUILDINGS AS WELL.

AND SO BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES MAY LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, BUT, HEY, WE'RE STILL NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE.

WE KNOW THAT. BUT I THINK YOU'VE JUST HEARD AGAIN FROM OUR BOARD OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE WILLING TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISIONS IN THE NEXT 12 TO 18 MONTHS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.

AND MISS BRANUM, I DID JUST WANT TO SAY, LIKE, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S NOT THAT WE MAY NOT WE MAY END UP HAVING TO BE WHERE WE ARE.

WE MAY END UP HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT.

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AND I WOULD SAY, DR. GOODSON, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I WOULD THINK RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM HERE FOR A WHILE.

RIGHT? LIKE OVER TIME, I WANT TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM IF WE CAN.

I MEAN, WE CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES, BUT WE SURE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS TIMME.

MISS MCGOWAN, I THINK YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD.

I'M JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT THE WHOLE CONVERSATION.

I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT, LIKE MS. RENTERÍA SAID, TAKING CARE OF OUR TEACHERS AND KNOWING, LIKE, WE SEE YOU.

WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR FAMILIES.

WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.

GROWING UP HERE, I REMEMBER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS LIKE I REMEMBER MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THEY WERE 30 YEAR IN VETERANS.

AND ONE OF OUR TEACHERS PASSED AWAY MAYBE FIVE YEARS AGO.

AND MY HUSBAND ACTUALLY SUPPORTED HER FAMILY THROUGH HOSPICE CARE.

I MEAN, IT'S THOSE KIND OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE AND SET OUR DISTRICT APART.

I'M WITH YOU, MISS TIMME.

I WANT US TO BE THE TOP.

I WANT US TO BE NUMBER ONE IN ALL THINGS RISD WAS THE DISTRICT TO GO TO.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE DISTRICT BETTER THAN ALL DISTRICTS.

AND I WANT US TO HAVE THAT REPUTATION.

I DON'T WANT TO CONSIDER ANYTHING ELSE.

WHICH IS WHY I ASKED YOU WHY NOT? WHY DIDN'T YOU? WHY ARE WE NOT LOOKING AT B3 AND B4? BECAUSE I WANT TO BE AT B4.

WE ARE BEHIND.

WE ARE STILL BEHIND.

I DON'T WANT US TO BE BEHIND.

I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED AND I SUPPORT THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL.

WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

WE'VE GOT TO CATCH THIS UP.

OUR KIDS DEPEND ON IT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO I THINK I HEAR A VERY LOUD RESONATING AROUND THE HORSESHOE D4.

RIGHT. B4.

NO MORE OPTIONS. NO MORE OPTIONS.

NO MORE OPTIONS. EVEN THOUGH WE WISH THAT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY PROVIDE SOME OPTIONS THAT WERE GREATER THAN THIS.

BUT WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STAFF, OUR PARENTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR STUDENTS, EVERYONE TO HEAR US VERY LOUD AND CLEAR THAT WE CARE ABOUT YOU.

WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN FOR YOU.

WE WANT TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT RICHARDSON IS A PLACE THAT YOU FEEL YOU CAN MAKE YOUR HOME FOR 30 YEARS SO THAT STUDENTS CAN REMEMBER YOU.

BECAUSE I, LIKE RACHEL, AM A PRODUCT OF RICHARDSON ISD, AND I REMEMBER MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS FROM THE PAST AND THEY WERE THERE FOREVER.

WE THOUGHT THEY WERE THE RICHEST THING IN THE WORLD.

WE DOTED ON OUR TEACHERS AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT.

I WANT TO DO IT AGAIN.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS ACTUALLY FOR APPROVAL OF B2.

IS THERE A BOARD MEMBER WHO WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE RECOMMENDATION TO B4? SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

AND IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, MISS MCGOWAN.

SO THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND THE MOTION TO FROM B2 TO B4 BY MISS TIMME, A SECOND BY MISS MCGOWAN.

ALL IN FAVOR.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO ADD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

ALL THAT DID WAS JUST AMEND THE MOTION.

SO NOW YOU'LL NEED TO VOTE [INAUDIBLE] ON THE MOTION.

OKAY, SO NOW WE'VE GOT TO GO TO THE MOTION.

SO IS THERE A MOTION? AND NOW WE'RE MOTIONING [INAUDIBLE].

SO THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE NOW IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE B4.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR.

ALL IN FAVOR.

ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE B4.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN MS. HARRIS, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO AN ACTION ITEM EARLIER, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY RECOMMENDATION AROUND ONE OF THE BOND RECOMMENDATIONS WAS CLEAR, CONSIDERING WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION AROUND WHICH ONE I WAS READING.

RIGHT. SO IF WE COULD GO BACK TO AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS KIND OF ANTI CLIMACTIC, CAN WE CELEBRATE THAT? WE HAVE A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR 23-24 FIRST [APPLAUSE].

WAIT, SORRY. I WAS GOING RIGHT TO THE BUSINESS CELEBRATING.

THANK YOU BOARD.

AND I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE EXCITED THAT A GROUP DID NOT GO WITH MY RECOMMENDATION.

NORMALLY I'M. YOU KNOW, I'M NORMALLY NOT EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS.

PLEASE KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO BE SENDING A PERSONAL EMAIL TO THE STAFF TOMORROW MORNING AND I WILL CONVEY THE EMOTION AND THE MESSAGE THAT YOU JUST SHARED WITH ME AND WITH THE TEAM THAT'S HERE AND THOSE WHO ARE LIVE STREAMING.

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SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SORRY. GOING BACK TO WE DID WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M GOING TO BE GOING BACK TO THE ITEM TO CONSIDER THE FIXED RATE NEW MONEY AND REFUNDING PARAMETER ORDER.

[IV.B. Consider Fixed Rate New Money and Refunding Parameter Order (Part 2 of 2)]

OKAY. SO BOARD.

I DO MS. HARRIS. I DO ASK THAT THE BOARD APPROVE TO CONSIDER THE FIXED RATE NEW MONEY AND REFUNDING PARAMETER ORDER.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

THANK YOU, MISS PACHECO.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. EAGER. THERE IS A MOTION BY MISS PACHECO.

A SECOND BY MR. EAGER. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU, MISS HARRISON. AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION.

NO PROBLEM. OUR FINAL ITEM PRIOR TO CLOSED SESSION IS A

[IV.F. Discussion of Legislative Issues]

GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU.

I LOVE THE BUDGET DISCUSSION.

I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE I CAN BRING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE LEGISLATURE.

AND I'M GOING TO START, FIRST OF ALL, BY TELLING YOU ABOUT DEADLINES, BECAUSE THESE ARE IMPORTANT AND THEY WILL MEAN THAT A LOT OF THINGS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, A LOT OF BILLS WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING WILL NOT MAKE IT THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

HOUSE MEMBERS ARE IN FOR SOME LONG DAYS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WITH THE REALLY IMPORTANT DEADLINES THAT ARE COMING UP.

MONDAY, MAY 8TH IS GOING TO BE THE LAST DAY FOR HOUSE BILLS TO BE HEARD IN A COMMITTEE.

SO IF YOU HAVE A BILL AND IT HASN'T BEEN ASSIGNED TO A COMMITTEE AND THEY'RE NOT HEARING IT YET, THEY WON'T HEAR IT.

ON THURSDAY, MAY 11TH, BILLS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN HOUSE BILLS FOR THE HOUSE NOW THAT HAVEN'T BEEN READ ON THE FLOOR FOR THE SECOND READING ARE ALSO GONERS. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

ON MAY 20TH, ALL SENATE BILLS THAT ARE OVER IN THE HOUSE NEED TO BE HEARD.

THAT'S MAY 20TH. SO THAT'S A FEW DAYS FROM NOW, AND THAT'LL TAKE A WHILE.

BUT YOU WILL SEE NOW MOSTLY PARTICULARLY IN THE HOUSE PUBLIC ED COMMITTEE, GOD BLESS YOU, THAT THEY WILL BE HEARING MORE AND MORE SENATE BILLS.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO GET TO ONE OF THOSE IMPORTANT BILLS THAT'S COMING UP.

MAY 23RD ALL SENATE BILLS HAVE TO BE HEARD ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.

MAY 26TH ALL THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEES MUST HAVE THEIR REPORTS FILED.

AND MAY 29TH IS THE LAST DAY.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL FEEL LIKE THIS OR NOT, BUT THE TIME IS GOING REALLY FAST.

SO THOSE ARE ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

THE HOUSE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE JUST POSTED A NOTICE AND THEY ARE GOING TO MEET ON MONDAY.

AND ONE OF THE BILLS THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR IS A GREAT BIG BILL, SENATE BILL NINE, WHICH THEY ARE CALLING THE TEACHER BILL OF RIGHTS.

AND THIS BILL HAS A LOT OF THINGS IN IT THAT ARE PROBABLY TOO LONG TO GO INTO RIGHT NOW.

BUT JUST KNOW THAT THAT IS A MAJOR BILL ABOUT TEACHERS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR ON IT.

IT'S THE BILL THAT HAS THE $2,000 PAY RAISE FOR ONE YEAR THAT THEY WILL EXPECT US TO KEEP GOING FORWARD IN THE FISCAL NOTE THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.

THEY TALK ABOUT THE MONEY TO THE STATE AND THEN FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THEY TALK ABOUT THE MONEY [INAUDIBLE] THAT IT'S GOING TO COST THE DISTRICTS TO KEEP THAT UP.

SO THEY DO EXPECT DISTRICTS TO KEEP THAT GOING GOING FORWARD.

IT HAS IT'S CREATED A NEW POSITION IN THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.

THERE ARE GRANT PROGRAMS AND THINGS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN TEACHERS.

THERE'S A MENTORING PROGRAM AND ALL THAT.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT'S INTERESTING, I THINK WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE EXPANSION OF PRE-K ELIGIBILITY TO ALL EDUCATORS.

SO IF YOU ARE A TEACHER AND YOU HAVE A CHILD OF PRE-K AGE THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ENROLL THEM IN THE PRE-K CLASS IF IT IS AVAILABLE.

IT DEALS WITH DISCIPLINE.

IT DEALS WITH DISTRICTS.

IT REPEALS THE PROHIBITION OF PASSING THROUGH COSTS OR CHARGES FOR RETIRING FOR REHIRING RETIREES.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR PRIORITIES, WAS TO TRY TO GET RID OF THAT.

I LOVE EVERYBODY'S NODDING THEIR HEADS, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

SO THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS IN THIS BILL.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE FRUSTRATING, LIKE GIVING YOU A $2,000 RAISE, WHICH YOU KNOW THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY WANT TO CAMPAIGN ON ONLY TO HAVE THAT ONLY LASTS FOR ONE YEAR THAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR.

SO THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT'S HAPPENED REGARDING FUNDING IS HOUSE BILL 100.

AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN EMAILS COMING THROUGH.

THAT'S ANOTHER BIG SCHOOL FUNDING BILL.

WELL, THERE ARE TWO THINGS INTERESTING.

FIRST OF ALL, SO THEY POSTED ALL THE BILLS THAT THE HOUSE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO HEAR ON MONDAY.

WHAT THEY HAVEN'T POSTED YET IS SENATE BILL 8, WHICH IS THE ESA AND VOUCHER BILL THAT THEY ARE DOING.

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THAT'S POLITICS AND THAT'S THE WAY THINGS GO.

BUT AND WHO KNOWS, THAT COULD BE INACCURATE, BUT IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE.

SO HOUSE BILL 100 IS A FUNDING MECHANISM.

IT SPENDS THE $5 BILLION THAT THE HOUSE IS ALLOTTED, AND THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS IN THERE.

IT DOES INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT BY $90 THE FIRST YEAR, $50 THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

AND THEN IT'S TIED TO AN INFLATION FACTOR, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE.

IT COULD BE GOOD. IT'S A TEN YEAR AVERAGE, SO IT WON'T NECESSARILY BUMP US UP TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

BUT HOUSE BILL 100 IS ANOTHER GOOD BILL.

WE'VE GOT SOME CURRICULUM BILLS, HOUSE BILL 1605 THAT IS NOW IN THE SENATE, AND THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

WE'VE GOT SOME SCHOOL SAFETY BILLS THAT ALSO ADDRESS YOUR PRIORITIES.

ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE PRETTY MUCH STILL IN FLUX.

BUT I CAN PROBABLY TELL YOU NOW, I WENT THROUGH A BILL LIST THAT I FOLLOW AND I PROBABLY HAVE DELETED AT LEAST HALF OF THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE NEVER GONE ANYWHERE.

ANYBODY THAT HAD A MARCH OR A FEBRUARY DATE, I'VE CROSSED OFF THE LIST.

IT WON'T HAPPEN.

SO THERE ARE SOME REALLY BIG BILLS MOVING THROUGH THAT HAVE LOTS OF DETAILS INVOLVED.

AND I WOULD JUST ASK IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING.

MS. MORRIS, CAN YOU MAYBE SHARE WITH THE BOARD ANY TRACTION THAT YOU HAVE SEEN WITH OUR MAY DAY EVENT? AND JUST KIND OF HOW SO HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AWESOME COMMUNITY AND OUR NORTH TEXAS, OTHER DISTRICTS ARE ALSO AWESOME.

WHEN I TALKED TO THE RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS REPRESENTATIVE, WE USED THEIR LINK.

I THINK EVERYBODY HERE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE MAY DAY EVENT, THE NEWS CONFERENCE THAT WE HAD.

OKAY. SO WE USED THEIR LINK IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THINGS THAT WE SENT OUT AND THE VIDEO THAT YOU RECORDED TO ASK OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF TO PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK AND THAT IT WOULD SEND AN AUTOMATIC LETTER TO OUR LEGISLATORS.

SO WE BORROWED THAT LINK.

ORGANIZATION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL IT.

IT'S A FEATURE, I GUESS. ANYWAY, WE BORROWED IT FROM RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS AND THE RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS PERSON I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TELLS ME EVERY DAY WHAT THE RESULTS ARE.

AND WE HAVE HAD SOME TREMENDOUS RESULTS IN THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LIKE OUR REPRESENTATIVES.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A SINGLE REPRESENTATIVE THAT HASN'T RECEIVED AT LEAST 200 EMAILS FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

SENATOR JOHNSON.

I THINK HE'S RECEIVED LIKE 1,700.

I'M SURPRISED HE HASN'T CALLED ME YET TO TELL ME.

BUT SO WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

AND WHEN I ASKED THE PERSON FROM RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS, IF YOU KNOW WHAT SHE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS.

AND SHE SAID, OH MY GOSH, WE'RE HAPPY WITH 50.

SO Y'ALL, OUR COMMUNITY HAS REALLY STEPPED UP FOR US AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

IT'S IF THERE WAS EVER A GOOD REASON, THAT'S A GREAT REASON TO STEP UP.

AND WHILE LIKE AGAIN, I WANT US TO HEAR THAT NUMBER, THOUGH, BECAUSE WHY WE SAY LIKE 200.

WOW. LET ME I WANT TO JUST JUST.

IF NOTHING ELSE, I'M BEGGING OUR STAFF TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD.

IF WE WANT TO SUSTAIN THE FUNDING, THE COMPENSATION THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, THEN WE NEED THEIR VOICE TO BE HEARD.

WE HAVE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE 37,000 KIDS.

EVERY ONE OF OUR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS NEED TO PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK AND HAVE OUR VOICE HEARD AGAIN.

WE'VE WE HAVE BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL TO NOT REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE THEM RALLY AROUND A TOPIC OR A UNTIL WE ARE READY. AND I NEED EVERYONE TO MOBILIZE TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING.

AND THEY'VE DONE THAT IN JUST AN ENORMOUSLY BIG WAY.

RAISE YOUR HAND. TEXAS TELLS ME THEY USUALLY GET AROUND $8,000 FOR ANY CAMPAIGN THAT THEY DID I SAY $8,000, 8,000 EMAILS FOR ANY CAMPAIGN THAT THEY SEND OUT STATEWIDE. AND OURS IS AT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, 7,273 AT NOON TODAY.

IN HOW MANY HOURS IS 24? 72 HOURS MAYBE.

MAYBE.

SO AGAIN, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITING IT IS TO HAVE PEOPLE JOIN WITH YOU IN SOMETHING THAT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT.

AND AFTER YOUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT, THAT IS JUST SO VERY IMPORTANT.

SO I AM WORKING WITH A GUY NAMED JOHN DELANDER IN DISD AND WE'RE REACHING OUT TO HOUSTON AREA DISTRICTS IN PARTICULAR.

A LOT OF THEIR MEMBERS ARE SIT ON THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.

AND SO THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT.

I SAID SOMETHING TO SENATOR JOHNSON'S OFFICE.

I SAID, ARE YOU GUYS GETTING SOME EMAILS? THEY GO, OH YEAH. AND I SAID, WELL, KIND OF SORRY ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT.

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WOULD YOU PLEASE DO SOMETHING? SO THAT'S A GREAT EFFORT.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND AND BE A PART OF THAT.

AND MISS MORRIS, I WANT TO SAY WHAT AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAD TO PARTNER WITH, WHAT, 8 OTHER DISTRICTS.

12 TO COME TOGETHER AND TO VOICE HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

THE OTHER THING WAS, TOO, WE DIDN'T COME OUT THIS WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT YOU ON THIS.

THIS WAS VERY MUCH A I THINK THEY CALLED IT A DISTRESS CALL.

THE. MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY.

WE'RE IN DISTRESS.

PLEASE HELP US.

WE WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE MAKING CUTS AND THE CUTS THAT WILL HAVE TO MAKE IN THE FUTURE.

WE WANT TO DO RIGHT BY OUR TEACHERS.

YOU'RE MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT.

AND IT ISN'T YOU.

IT'S INFLATION, WHICH IS IMPACTING EVERYBODY.

SO I'M HOPING THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING THAT MESSAGE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S BEING AGGRESSIVE ABOUT IT.

IT'S MORE OF A PLEA.

YEAH, IT WAS, MR. POTEET. AND ONE COMMENT FROM THERE AND I REALLY DID APPRECIATE ALL OF THOSE DISTRICTS.

A LOT OF THEM WE DON'T WORK WITH TYPICALLY OR AS MUCH BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ONES THAT BORDER US.

BUT THERE WAS FRISCO, THERE WAS DENTON, THERE WAS LITTLE ELM DOWN TO LANCASTER.

I MEAN, JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO THAT WAS THAT WAS VERY POSITIVE.

BUT I THINK IT WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR LANCASTER THAT KIND OF WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR SPEAKING, BUT TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE END.

AND SHE HAD SOMETHING THAT KIND OF IT WAS I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPER IMPORTANT AND SHE HAD A LONGER STORY TO PREFACE THE COMMENT.

BUT SHE SAID THAT THIS MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN AUSTIN WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS, THIS WE'VE GOT TO START LOOKING AT IT AS AN INVESTMENT AND NOT A COST.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT WE ALL WE TALK ABOUT OUR COST, ALL WE ARGUE ABOUT IS COST.

BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN INVESTMENT AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENT IN OUR KIDS, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITY, OUR REGION, OUR STATE, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY BENEFITS FROM THAT INVESTMENT.

EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY HURTS WHEN WE DON'T INVEST IN THAT, WHETHER IT'S TOMORROW OR IN TEN YEARS.

SO BUT JUST HER COMMENT ON WE'VE GOT TO RETHINK THIS AS AN INVESTMENT NOT A COST, I THINK WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND SHE REALLY KIND OF STUCK THE LANDING OF THE WHOLE THE WHOLE EVENT WITH THAT.

I THOUGHT. SO, YEAH, THAT WAS GREAT.

UNEXPECTED, BUT SO TRUE.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT CLOSE.

YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH. AND WE DID.

WE HAD LOTS OF DISTRICTS FROM OTHER PLACES.

AND WE ALSO HAD THERE WAS AN EVENT IN TYLER AND THEY HAD ABOUT 15 DISTRICTS THERE.

AND THEN AUSTIN ACTUALLY I THINK IT WAS HELD IN THRALL, NOT IN THRALL, BUT IN THRALL, A DISTRICT OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN. AND THEY HAD SEVERAL DISTRICTS COME AND THEN ODESSA DID SOMETHING TOO.

SO IN THOSE FOUR PLACES THEY HAVE HAD AN OUTREACH LIKE THIS AND THE OTHER PLACES, IT JUST IT CAME TOGETHER REALLY, REALLY FAST, WHICH IS WHY IT WASN'T IN HOUSTON AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EL PASO AREA.

BUT WE WERE REALLY PROUD.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD BECAUSE THE RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHOA, YOU GOT IT GOING ON UP THERE? AND WE'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE DO.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MORRIS.

YOU DID GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR STAFF, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND ALL OUR COLLEAGUES FOR BEING HERE.

AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL TAKE A BRIEF BREAK AND THEN ENTER INTO CLOSED MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

[V. CLOSED MEETING]

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND SECTION 551.074 DELIBERATION OF DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICER.

THE BOARD WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 8:40 P.M..

THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

[VI. RECONVENE]

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IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR WORKING VERY HARD.

I WILL SAY THAT YOU GUYS WORK VERY HARD AND DILIGENT ON THESE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

YOU DUG IN DEEP.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

YOU BROUGHT SOME GREAT IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS TO THESE PROCEDURES AND I'M READY TO IMPLEMENT THEM.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

SO THERE IS A MOTION BY MR. EAGER A SECOND BY MS. PACHECO HAVING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 10:43 P.M.

ON MAY 4TH, 2023.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.