Jan 24, 2023 School Board Meeting- Work-Study

[1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER]

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I CALL THIS WORK. STUDY SESSION OF CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH EYES THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER AT FIVE PM ON JANUARY 24TH. 2023 FOR THE RECORD. THE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT OUR SALLY DEREK CASSANDRA HATFILL. TERROR ROBOTIC CAROLINE BENAVIDEZ, KIM BRADY. ILEANA GARCIA ROJAS AND MYSELF LESS BLACK. WE CONSTITUTE A QUORUM AND MAY CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. UH I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO WELCOME YOU ALL HERE TONIGHT ON THIS COLD. WET RAINY JANUARY NIGHT. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TO HELP US WITH OUR GOVERNANCE RESPONSIBILITIES TONIGHT. I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT BEFORE WE LAUNCH INTO OUR AGENDA TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY TONIGHT THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS GRIEVING OVER THE LOSS, UNEXPECTED LOSS AND SUDDEN LOSS OF KIDNEY AND FONT. HE'S AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT NEWMAN SMITH HIGH SCHOOL AND A GRADUATE OF NEWMAN SMITH HIGH SCHOOL. AND HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. AND UM , A LOT OF THINGS I COULD SAY ABOUT KENNY. BUT I DON'T THINK I COULD GET THROUGH IT, SO I WON'T BUT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST LET HIS FAMILY UM AND HIS FRIENDS KNOW THAT THAT WE HAVE THEM AND OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR PRAYERS TONIGHT HAD IF IT'S OKAY, I'D LIKE TO AS TO JUST OBSERVE A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE AND KENNY'S MEMORY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA AGENDA.

ITEM TWO IS AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS. PERSONS WHO WITH WHICH TO WISH TO SPEAK DURING AUDIENCE FOR GAS MUST HAVE COMPLETED A FORM FOR THIS PURPOSE AND PLACED IT IN THE DESIGNATED LOCATION PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANYONE FOR AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS? CANADA TELLS ME WE DO

[3. WORK/STUDY DISCUSSION ITEMS]

THANK YOU. DR BLACK. WE WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THINKING OUR PARTNERS FROM HUCKABEE AND SHE WOULD PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS SO WE COULD SHOW YOU OUR APPRECIATION. WE HAVE MISS LESLEY WEAVER AND ARENA. BLAKE AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR PARTNER FROM LP, A CRAIG DRONE. THAT'S VERY MUCH WE'D LIKE TO THANK MALCOLM, MARONI AND LILY A GATHERING FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. THEY PUT IN NUMEROUS HOURS AND OPERATIONS TEAM, SO WE'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR APPRECIATION OF THE YEAR. WE ALSO LIKE TO THANK CABINET FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID BEHIND THE SCENES TO HELP SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE WANT TO THANK YOU BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE WORK THAT YOU PUT IN. IT'S BEEN TRULY TRULY AMAZING. AND WE TALKED AS A CABINET. WE'VE NEVER WORKED WITH THE BOND COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN AS DEDICATED, ENGAGED OR AS PASSIONATE AS YOU ARE. AND I KNOW YOU KNOW YOU WENT TO EXTRA MEETINGS AND AT LAST MEETING WHEN EVEN AN HOUR PAST THE SCHEDULED TIME. IT'S PRETTY AMAZING, AND YOU'LL HAVE SOME PRETTY ROBUST CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS, BUT ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND OBVIOUSLY FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR FUTURE. SO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START THE PRESENTATION AND THAT'LL START WITH MISS BRANDIE SMITH. HONORING MY FRIEND AND CLASSMATE, KENNY. UM IT'S AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE 2023. C F B I S D.

CITIZENS BOND COMMITTEE. UM AGAIN. MY NAME IS BRANDY SMITH. I'M A SINGLE MOM OF THREE.

AWESOME KIDDOS. I HAVE A SOPHOMORE AT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY AND MALIA MARTINEZ.

RECKON TECH. MY MIDDLE CHILD. DOMINIC MARTINEZ IS A FRESHMAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN. THEM HORNS AND MY YOUNGEST ERICA MARTINEZ IS A SENIOR AT CREEK VIEW. SO GO STAYING. MY KIDS ATTENDED MANY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT FROM KELLY, PRE K CENTER, BLANTON, ROSEMEAD, BLAYLOCK AND CREEK VIEW. MY CHILDREN ARE MY Y AND, LIKE MANY OTHERS ON THE BOND COMMITTEE, WE HAVE A VERY PASSIONATE PARENT PERSPECTIVE AND A FEW GRANDPARENTS TOO. I MOVED TO THE DISTRICT IN 1990 NOW FOR SOME OF US THAT FELT LIKE YESTERDAY. BUT FOLKS THAT WAS 33 YEARS AGO. AND SO, LIKE MANY OTHERS ON OUR COMMITTEE, WE HAVE A LONG STANDING COMMUNITY MEMBERS PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. I'M ALSO A CFB ALARM. AS I MENTIONED I ATTENDED MCLAUGHLIN, DALE B.

DAVIS, BLAYLOCK AND SMITH. UM I WAS IN MANY ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT MY TIME IN THE DISTRICT FROM TRACK SPIRIT SQUAD, BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, CHOIR THEATER, CHEERLEADING AND MY FAVORITE WAS ORCHESTRA. I GRADUATED FROM NEWMAN SMITH IN 2001, WITH A VIOLENT SCHOLARSHIP TO THREE DIFFERENT COLLEGES. SO LIKE MANY OTHERS ON OUR BOND COMMITTEE, WE HAVE A STRONG

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LET'S GET STARTED. GOOD EVENING . MY NAME IS DR RUTH SHACHTMAN. IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO START THIS PRESENTATION. DR BLACK. MRS DERRICK BOARD, MR MORRISH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE. MY ROLE IN THE DISTRICT STARTED IN AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER. UH, VIVIAN FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 2000. I BROUGHT WITH ME TOO. VERY SMALL BOYS. WHO HAVE GROWN UP TO BE EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG MEN. THEY ATTENDED MCLAUGHLIN, MCCOY PERRY VIVIAN FIELD, AND WE'RE BOTH GRADUATED FROM TURNER HIGH SCHOOL, HARRISON IN 2011 AND HUNTER IN 2015. I CURRENTLY HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF BEING THE HB 45 45, ENGLISH TEACHER AT CREEK VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE WITH OUR DISTRICT ALMOST 25 YEARS AFTER WE STARTED. THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT, CFB AT A GLANCE. HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, WHILE CFB SUPPORTS A DIVERSE GROUP OF LEARNERS, TEACHERS, STAFF MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE COMMITTEE MAN.

MEMBERS SHARED STORIES. OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, THEIR SONS , DAUGHTERS, FAMILY MEMBERS. AND SPECIAL STUDENTS THAT MADE THEIR DEDICATION TO OUR DISTRICT HEARTFELT. A LIFE CHANGING COMMITMENT. EVERY TIME WE MET. THOSE STUDENTS, THOSE FAMILIES, THIS COMMUNITY WAS IN THE FOREFRONT OF EVERY DECISION THAT WE MADE. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR FOUR HIGH SCHOOL SIX MIDDLE SCHOOLS 24 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, FIVE SUPPORT FACILITIES AND ADMIN. ON THE CHART ABOVE US IS THE 30 YEAR BOND HISTORY. LOOKING BACK. YOU CAN SEE THAT. IN THE DISTANT PAST. WE HELD BOND ELECTIONS. EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS. THERE IS A 15 YEAR GAP FROM 2003 TO 2018. IN 2018 VOTERS APPROVED $350 MILLION BOND. AND SINCE THAT TIME OUR DISTRICT HAS ADDRESSED CRITICAL MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT ISSUES. THE DISTRICT RENOVATED UPDATED CAMPUSES IN KEEPING WITH A NEW GRAND VISION FOR OUR SCHOOLS. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR COMMITTEE. AS BRANDY TOLD YOU COMMUNITY MEMBERS REPRESENT A TRUE CROSS SECTION. OF OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT.

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PLEASE LISTEN NOW TO DIANE ETHRIDGE, WHO WILL INTRODUCE HERSELF AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DIANE ETHRIDGE. I AM A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH AND ALUMNI OF CFB SCHOOLS. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE $2 WHO ARE ALSO GRADUATES OR ALUMNI OF THE DISTRICT. AND ONE OF THEM BEING A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE. ADDITIONALLY TWO OF MY GRANDSONS ATTEND CURRENT OR CURRENT STUDENTS AT RAINWATER ELEMENTARY AND BLAYLOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL. AFTER RETIRING FROM BAYLOR, SCOTT AND WHITE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS. I'VE SPENT MY TIME VOLUNTEERING IN THE DISTRICT, UH, SERVING ON SEVERAL LOCAL P T A AND COUNCIL P TA BOARDS, CFB HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DISTRICT OF EXCELLENCE DURING MY WHOLE LIFETIME. SO WHEN I WAS PRESENTED WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE BOND COMMITTEE THOUGHT FIRST AS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I REALLY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE PROCESS ITSELF. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I SAW IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE LEGACY OF CFB CONTINUE FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT COMMITTEE PROCESS NOW, AS SOMEONE MENTIONED BEFORE THE CITIZENS BUYING COMMITTEE AMID NINE TIMES OVER A SIX MONTH PERIOD OF TIME, WE STUDIED A LOT OF INFORMATION HAD LOTS OF GREAT DISCUSSION, AND WE EVEN ADDED ON TO MEETINGS AT THE VERY END TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE OUR WORK THOROUGHLY. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED DURING THE MEETING AND THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS WE ENGAGED IN GROUP WORK. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK AND ROTATED WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO T TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT WE DID NOT KNOW AND HEAR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. THIS SLIDE IS A REAL HIGH OVERVIEW OF OUR NINE MEETINGS, AND WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THOSE MEETINGS ARE FIRST FIVE MEETINGS WERE FOCUSED ON STUDYING VARIOUS PROJECTS PROVIDING INPUT ON THOSE PROJECTS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE. WE DIDN'T FOCUS ON JUST

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AND AFTER EACH AREA OF STUDY. WE ALSO PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON WHICH ELEMENTS SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED.

THAT FEEDBACK WAS THEN USED TO DEVELOP THE PACKAGES AND OPTIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION, WHICH THEN LED TO OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS. ALONG THE WAY, I EITHER WAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION AND TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHERS.

THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL AND ENSURING THAT WE HEARD DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND DIFFERENT LIFE EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS. AT THIS TIME GOING. I'M GOING TO TURN THE MEETING OVER TO NO WAY. NO WAY WHO WILL INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS WE CONSIDER TO ENSURE WE WERE INSTINCT. UNDERSTANDING THE BIG PICTURE. THANK YOU. AH. GOOD EVENING. UM. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME'S NOEL FRANCO. UM I WANT TO START BY THINKING CFB . FORGIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS COMMITTEE THIS COMMITTEE. UH IT'S AN HONOR, AND , UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY. UM AS A LONG STANDING COMMUNITY MEMBER. I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT SINCE 1990 AS WELL SO, 30 PLUS YEARS UM I ATTENDED AND I GRADUATED FROM RL TURNER, SO I KNOW THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE SCHOOLS. WELL, UM THERE. I FOSTERED THE LOVE OF SPORTS AND UM, REALLY ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THAT MAKE ME WHO I AM TODAY. UM YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO PLAY TENNIS. I PLAYED TENNIS FOR A LONG TIME, BUT, UM, I ALSO DEVELOPED THE LOVE FOR BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURE. UM I AM A I STILL REMEMBER TO THIS DAY ALL OF THE CLASSES LIKE, UM.

DRAFTING CLASSES, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. THE BUILDING TRADES ALSO THE TENNIS TOURNAMENTS THAT WENT ON DURING MY TIME AT TURNER, UM AND ALL THOSE WORDS SUPER EXCITING AND THINGS THAT HELPED ME DEVELOP. AND SO ALL THESE MEMORIES ARE MY Y, OR AT LEAST PART OF MY WHY I WANTED TO SERVE IN THIS COMMITTEE. SO UM, YOU KNOW, CFB, HELP ME REACH MY GOALS AS A INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL. UM I DID ATTEND TEXAS A AND M GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. SO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, I WAS ABLE TO LEARN A LOT OF THINGS AND THINGS, BUT THAT FOUNDATION HERE IS WHAT REALLY HELPED ME. SO I'VE BEEN IN IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FOR COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION FOR 20 PLUS YEARS AND A LOT OF THAT TIME I SPENT BUILDING K THROUGH 12 FACILITIES FOR A LOT OF DISTRICTS. FROM CALIFORNIA TO TEXAS, MANY DIFFERENT PLACES, SO I BRING A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THAT REALM AS WELL. UM MY WIFE AND I HAVE TWO KIDS, TWO WONDERFUL KIDS. AND UM, YOU KNOW, DAVE ATTENDED KINDER AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. NOW MY DAUGHTER IS , UM, SEVENTH GRADE AT FIELD. BOTH MY KIDS ATTENDED START AND MY SON IS CURRENTLY AT FRESHMAN AT OUR ALTERNATIVE. SO FOLLOWING HIS DAD'S STEPS, I GUESS SO. UM THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE. JUST MY KIDS , THE COMMUNITY ALL THE THINGS THAT THAT THAT I EXPERIENCE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT OTHER PEOPLE GET THAT SAME EXPERIENCE SO WITH THAT SAID, UM , WHAT? I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO

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WHICH WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMITTEE. WITH A STEADY ENROLLMENT. AND SOME EXCITING CAPACITY WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. OUR BUILDINGS. UM. OUR BUILDINGS HAVE THE SPACE NEEDED TO ADDRESS EARLY CHILDHOOD. NEEDS OFFER PRE K INSTRUCTION AND MORE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. UM THE NEXT SECTION. THE ACTUAL BUDGET. AS YOU WILL SEE LATER ON THEIR PRESENTATION ARE WORKING CONDITION TONIGHT WE WILL SHARE SOME COSTS AND BUDGETING NUMBERS WITH YOU. IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE WHAT WE CALL AN ALL END BOND BUDGET. MEANING THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS MORE THAN JUST CONSTRUCTION COST. IT IS A TURNKEY COST FOR THE PROJECTS THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE ESCALATION COSTS OR PROJECTED ESCALATION COSTS. SOFT CAST FEES, FURNITURE EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY. AND FUNDS FOR CONTINGENCY MONIES IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. THAT IS THAT SLIDE. SO A BIG PART OF UM, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN CAN'T REMEMBER IF HE WAS MEETING THREE. BUT WE HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION GIVEN TO US AND SOMETHING THAT I EXPERIENCED EVERY DAY AS A PROFESSIONAL. UM I CAN TELL YOU A LOT OF WAR STORIES ABOUT ESCALATION IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. UM ESPECIALLY IN THE K THROUGH 12 MARKET. SO UH, ALL OF US ARE AWARE THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE THINGS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH, NOT JUST ON OUR PERSONAL FINANCES BUT IN BUSINESS. UM THINGS LIKE JUST BUYING EGGS AND THINGS THAT YOU GO SEE IN THE GROCERY STORE JUST SKYROCKETED. RIGHT? SO, UM THIS INFLATION AND ALL THE COSTS HAVE REALLY HIT THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND IN THE COST OF HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO ACTUALLY BUILD A BUILDING. SO UM, IN THE SLIDE , YOU'LL SEE. UH THIS ILLUSTRATES THE ANTICIPATED INFLATION. UM THAT. IN THE IN THE TIME OF THE BOND IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS. YOU YOU WILL EXPECT TO SEE IN SOME OF THE RAW MATERIALS THAT ARE NEEDED TO BE, UH, TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECTS. UM SO. THAT YOU MIGHT BE THINKING. WHY NOT COST COME DOWN BEFORE THE WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE BOND. IF YOU'RE THINKING , WELL, MAYBE THINGS ARE GOING TO COME DOWN AND SLOW DOWN.

WELL, HISTORY TELLS US THAT MOST OF THE TIME. ONCE PRICES GO UP, THEY'LL NEVER REALLY GO DOWN. SO THERE'S REALLY NO TIME LIKE THE PRESIDENT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BOND. IF WE WAIT ANY LONGER THAN COST WILL PROBABLY GO UP. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS SLIDE IS. IT'S TELLING US. THE OTHER BIG PART OF OUR LEARNING WAS HAVING INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS SUCH TO MYSELF.

COME TALK TO US ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES. WHAT THINGS THEY'RE THEY'RE SEEING AND LOOKING AT IN THE MARKET. SO YOU KNOW, OUR COMMITTEE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THEM. UM AND WE HEARD ABOUT NOT ONLY HOW AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL COSTS HAVE RISEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OVER 20% SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED. UM BUT ALSO HOW THE MATERIAL AND THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO BUILD THESE THESE BUILDINGS HAS GONE UP IN LEAD TIMES, MEANING IT TAKES LONGER FOR FABRICATION TO HAPPEN. IT TAKES LONGER FOR THE DELIVERY OF THESE MATERIALS TO

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SO, UM. AS WE LEAVE THIS REALITY DAY TODAY AND MY PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT UH, YES, THIS IS HAS BECOME A NEW NORMAL. AND WE HAVE TO ACT NOW SO WE DON'T GET CAUGHT ON THE NEXT BIG WAVE THAT IS, SURELY BECOME OUR WAY. BUT THEY BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO MANAGE THE POTENTIALLY AND POTENTIALLY LESSENED THE PAINS OF THIS REALITY. AND I AM ENCOURAGED TO KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT IS EXTREMELY PROACTIVE AND LEADS THE WAY IN FINDING OUT OF THE BOX SOLUTIONS. TWO ISSUES LIKE WHAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. ONE OF THE ONES THAT I HEARD THROUGH THE PROCESS IS HOW THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN PURCHASING HBC EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE ALL THESE EQUIPMENT PROVIDED TO THE PROJECT SO THAT YOU CAN MITIGATE SOME OF THE LEAD TIMES AND COST ISSUES THAT, UH, WE'VE WE'VE SEEN AN INDUSTRY SO THAT'S THAT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE TO ME. UM AND THIS KIND OF OUT OF THE BOX THINKING SOLUTIONS, UH, WILL LEAD TO MORE SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS , IN MY OPINION. SO, UM THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE LEARNED FROM FROM OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS, SO NOW I LIKE TO TURN TURN IT OVER TO BILLY BOB TO HEAR ABOUT THE FINANCIAL UH, ON BOND. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE IS WHAT A PLEASURE IT WAS TO START ON THIS COMMITTEE. UM I'M BILLY BOB MESSER. I'M A ALL MY OWN CONSULTING FIRM HERE IN CARROLLTON. UM YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WHEN I JOINED THE COMMITTEE TO HEAR HOW MANY OF THE MEMBERS WENT TO SCHOOLS HERE IN CFB. UM I DID NOT. I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN EAST OF HERE MARRIED, SPEND SOME TIME IN COLLEGE STATION AND THEN MARY WITHIN OR ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER. UM, SO I'M MARRIED INTO THE DISTRICT. UM WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO KIDS ATTENDING MCCOY. AND WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO JOIN THE COMMITTEE, I JOINED IT, YOU KNOW FOR THEM, OBVIOUSLY, FROM MY WIFE AND HER PASSION FOR CFB SCHOOLS AND THEN AND THEN MORE THAN ANYTHING, JUST THE THOUGHT THAT I FEEL LIKE WE SOMETIMES GET AWAY FROM THE IDEA THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM BENEFITS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE STUDENTS WHO ATTEND THEIR REACHES FAR AND WIDE. SO AS A MEMBER OF THAT COMMUNITY COMMUNITY. I REALLY WANT TO SEE THE DISTRICT THRIVE. UM SO THIS IS DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA COME TO NEWS TO THE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT FOR THE AUDIENCE, UM YOU KNOW, OUR SCHOOL TAX RATES ARE ARE MADE UP OF KIND OF TO THESE BUCKETS, ONE THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE. SO THAT'S TO PAY FOR LIKE THE LIGHT BILL, AND THAT'S TO PAY FOR JUST KIND OF YOUR STANDARD DAY TODAY. WHAT IT COSTS TO DO BUSINESS HERE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM MOST OF THAT RATE GOES TO PAYING SALARIES AND WAGES. THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THAT GOES. THIS OTHER BUCKET AND THIS WAS NEWS TO ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKED THE OTHER BUCKET THE INTEREST IN SINKING FUND TAX RATES SO THAT THAT RATE GOES TO PAY DEBT SERVICE THAT GOES TO PAY OFF BOND BOND DOLLARS. THOSE THOSE DOLLARS ARE USED FOR BIG ITEMS THOSE ARE USED FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED H V A. C H V. A. C. REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS, REPLACING SCHOOLS . ALL THE BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT THAT YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TO DO NOT ONCE EVERY DAY, BUT YOU KNOW, ONCE EVERY FEW YEARS UM, SO WHEN WE PAY OUR TAX RATE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, CITIZENS WE PAY THE TOTAL TAX RATE AND WE SEE THE TOTAL TAX RATE WE GOT TO THESE TWO BUCKETS. SO EVERYTHING WE TALK ABOUT TONIGHT AS FAR AS THE BARN COMMITTEE IS FOCUSED ON THIS IRON X I N S TAX RATE BUCKET THAT RATES SET BY THE DISTRICT 100% CONTROLLED BY THE DISTRICT. THAT'S THE FOCUS OF WHAT OUR COMMITTEE WAS FOCUSED ON TONIGHT, ALL RIGHT? DURING OUR PROCESS. NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE PRESENTING TONIGHT. THIS IS MY FAVORITE CHART. FOR A FEW YEARS. IT'S ONE I REALLY LOVE LOW TAX RATES. UM BUT ALSO TO I THINK IT SHOWS JUST WHAT A GOOD STEWARD THE DISTRICT IS OF THE FUNDS THAT CERTAIN THOSE RATES IT DOESN'T DO IT WITH WITH WITH THE LIGHT HEART, IT TAKES IT VERY SERIOUS AND ITS STEWARDSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES. WHEN WE LOOK AT DISTRICTS IN THE AREA, WE HAD THE LOWEST R N S TAX RATE,

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THE SAME IS TRUE WITH BLAYLOCK. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RIVET RENOVATED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH SIMILAR LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT STUDENTS THAT PERRY AND PHIL ARE EXPERIENCING NOW. OUR GROUP HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR TURNER HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND THE AMAZING RENOVATIONS THAT WERE POSSIBLE WITH THE 2018 BOND. AS YOU KNOW, ONLY CERTAIN SPACES. WERE PLANNED IN THE PART OF THE 2018 BOND AS TO START THAT GRAND VISION. IN 20TH 23 BOND. WE COULD FINISH THOSE RENOVATIONS TO ENSURE THE GRAND VISION IS COMPLETE ACROSS BOTH THE C F B S OLDEST HIGH SCHOOLS . UM, ON THAT TOUR, WE WENT TO SOME OF THE CLASSROOMS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE LIKE THERE'S NOT A TEACHER TEACHING IN THAT CLASSROOM, AND I WAS LIKE I WAS THERE FOR ME. THE TEACHER, MY SON'S CLASSROOM IS THIS ROOM AND YES, THEY ARE TEACHING IN THOSE CLASSROOMS. FOR CREEK VIEW AND RANCH VIEW HIGH SCHOOLS. WE CONSIDER SOME STRATEGIC WAYS TO SHOW THE BUILDING SOME LOVE AND FRESHENING UP THOSE INTERIORS.

WE HAD BIG DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BATHROOMS. THAT'S PART OF THOSE FRESHENING UP. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME CONSIDERING WHAT EARLY CHILDHOOD OPPORTUNITIES WERE RIGHT FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE CONSIDERED WHAT STANDARDIZATION IN EACH EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOMS SHOULD HAVE SPECIALIZED FURNITURE TO DEVELOP , LEARNING THROUGH PLAY ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE SIZED RESTROOMS AND MORE. THERE GOES OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT RESTROOMS AGAIN. SIMILAR TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. WE WANTED TO ENSURE OUR SPECIAL OR SPECIAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAD ACCESS TO THE SAME SAFETY FEATURES AND SPACES THAT WERE APPROPRIATE FOR STUDENTS. WE WERE SERVING. WE STUDY HOW TO UPDATE CLASSES AND RESTROOMS YET AGAIN. INCLUDING APPROPRIATE CHANGING TABLES, RESTROOMS AND PLAY GIRLS. FOR CTE. WE WANTED TO BUILD ON THE WORK THAT WAS PART OF OUR 2018 BOND PROGRAM. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT CT UPGRADES THAT SMITH AND TURNER BUT OUR COMMUNITY ALSO LOOKED AT EXPANDING OUR CT OFFERINGS TO INCLUDE AG AND FOOD RESOURCES AT RANCH VIEW, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SERVICE THAT PREVIEW AND ENERGY AND STEM PATHWAY AT TURNER AND MANUFACTURING AT SMITH. WE WANTED TO COMPLETE THE WHOLE CTE PROGRAM. THE FINE ARTS DIRECTOR PRESENTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE ART DANCE BAND CHOIR THEATER SPACES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WE HEARD ABOUT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AND HAD TO CONSIDER PROJECTS THAT WERE FEASIBLE WITHIN THE SCHOOL'S EXISTING FOOTPRINTS. SIMILAR TO FINE ARTS. WE HEARD A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO UPDATE AND EXPAND OUR EARTH LIKE SPACES. WE STUDIED EVERYTHING FROM LEARNING SOFTWARE USED IN ELEMENTARY P TO THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STORAGE TRAINING ROOMS, GYMS AND LOCKER ROOMS. SAFETY AND SECURITY COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THIS BOND. NOT ONLY HAVE RECENT EVENTS SHOWED A SPOTLIGHT ON SAFETY AND SECURITY NEEDS IN OUR SCHOOLS ACROSS THE U. S BUT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS ISSUING NEW RULES FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY. CFB WILL NEED TO ADDRESS THIS. THESE INCLUDE PERIMETER FENCING, BULLET RESISTANT FILM AND MORE. AND FINALLY, WE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW CRITICAL IT IS TO HAVE REDONE DIN NETWORK. TO ENSURE OUR DISTRICT STAYS ONLINE IN THE EVENT OF A FIBER CUT OR EMERGENCY. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, EXPAND OR FIBER NETWORK AND PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR DISTRICT SYSTEMS AND FUNCTIONS. I NOW TURN IT OVER TO BRANDIE SMITH TO DISCUSS THE PROJECTS THAT WERE

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WE LOOKED AT THE GROUPS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS YOU SEE UP HERE IN TERMS OF AGE, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT THE SIX TIERS THAT WE USE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS GROUPING THOSE CAMPUSES.

AS A RESULT OF THOSE BALLOTS WE SUBMITTED ON MEETING SIX. IT WAS CLEAR LIKE AT THE TOP HERE THAT OUR COMMITTEE PLACED A HIGH PRIORITY ON REPLACING THOSE THREE OLDEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT WERE MENTIONED CARROLLTON CENTRAL AND FARMERS BRANCH AND THEN ALLOCATED MONEY TO RENOVATE WHAT WE CONSIDERED THE BASE NEEDS AT THE NEXT YEAR ABOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. ALSO IN OUR BALLOT FEEDBACK. YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT OUR COMMITTEE RANKED ESSENTIAL SAFETY AND SECURITY PROJECTS HIGH AS WELL AS PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL AND PLAYGROUND. UPDATES FOR THE ROOFS. WE PRIORITIZED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT HAD ROOFS INSTALLED BETWEEN 2008 AND 2009, WHICH WAS ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THOSE RESULTS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER TO THE RIGHT OF EACH CAMPUS, YOU'LL SEE HOW THE PROJECT CATEGORIES RANKED AFTER THE COMMITTEE VOTING, THE LOWER THE SCORE, THE HIGHER THE PRIORITY. IN FIVE OF THOSE TEARS YOU SEE EARLY CHILDHOOD WAS EITHER OUR HIGHEST RANKED PRIORITY OR. FOUR CATEGORIES AS WELL. AH, IF YOU LOOK AT TIER SIX AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT 89% OF THE COMMITTEE PREFERRED TO REPLACE THOSE THREE SCHOOLS. WE THEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AND RANK THE SAME WAY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS THIS TIME, 1247 DATA POINTS. UM, AGAIN, OUR COMMITTEE RANKED SAFETY AND SECURITY HIGH. FOLLOWED BY PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL THAN THE H VAC UNITS AND ROOFS. AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. WE LOOKED AT THREE TIERS PERIOD FIELD. WE'RE IN THAT TOP TIER BECAUSE, AS MENTIONED THEY WERE BOTH BOTH RECENTLY RECEIVED MAJOR INNOVATIONS IN THE 2018 BOND. BUSH AND POLK WERE IN TIER TWO. AND BLAYLOCK AND LONGER UNTIL T OR THREE CALLED OLD NOW . MALCOLM AND I BOTH TAKE OFFENSE THAT ANYTHING IN THE EIGHTIES IS CONSIDERED OLD. BUT THAT WAS THE NAME OF THE TEAR. YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM HERE THAT WE HAD CONSENSUS THAT THE EDUCATIONAL AND COMMON SPACES AT BLAYLOCK AND LONG NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED AND THAT THE TOP YOU CAN SEE THAT AFTER OUR FIRST ROUND OF VOTING, OUR COMMITTEE WAS SPLIT ON HOW BEST TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS THAT BUSH AND PORK BUT WE DID HAVE A CHANCE TO COME BACK AND VOTE AGAIN IN THE FINAL MEETINGS. HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIORITIZATION LIKE YOU SAW WITH THE ELEMENTARY RANKING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE LOWER THE SCORE IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.

OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WERE GROUPED INTO TWO TIERS, ONE FOR RANCH VIEW AND CREEK VIEW AND ANOTHER FOR SMITH AND TURNER. NEWISH AND OLD. YOU CAN SEE HERE AT THE BOTTOM, LIKE THE LAST SLIDE IN THE FIRST ROUND OF VOTING. WE HAD CLEAR CONSENSUS THAT WE SHOULD ADDRESS BOTH EDUCATIONAL AND COMMON SPACES AT SMITH AND TURNER, COMPLETING THAT GRAND VISION THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. BUT HERE AT THE TOP AGAIN THE FIRST VOTE WE WERE SPLIT ON HOW TO ADDRESS THE RENOVATIONS AT CREEK VIEW AND RANCH VIEW. THE RESULTS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL SHOW ON THE RIGHT THAT FACILITY UPDATES AND SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS WERE RANKED THE HIGHEST PRIORITY. WE ALSO STUDIED THE NEEDS THAT CFPB'S ADDITIONAL SITES. UM YOU CAN SEE THERE A DRINKING HERE.

THE C D A B CELLS ARE MARY GRIMES AND THE OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED. THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, YOUNG AND OLD. HERE'S THAT FEEDBACK. WE HAD NEARLY 100% CONSENSUS ON THE PROJECT AT C. D, A AND THE OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER. TAKING ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK. WE HAD THE CHANCE TO COME BACK AND SUBMIT OUR FINAL VOTES DURING MEETING NINE IN A WAY THAT WAS DECISIVE AND HELPED OUR COMMITTEE BUILD CONSENSUS ON THIS PACKAGE THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT. SO AT

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COPY ANGEL. UM. UH THEY LOVE CFB AS MUCH AS I DO AND ARE JUST AS PASSIONATE. SO JOIN THIS PROCESS. I'VE WALKED THE HALLS HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND MET FOLKS WHO LOVE CFB JUST AS MUCH AS MY FAMILY AND I DO AND WE HAVE THE SAME VISIONS OF WHAT IT COULD BE IN THE FUTURE. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. ALRIGHT AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF THE BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WE REALLY TOOK A HOLISTIC APPROACH AT WHAT WE REVIEWED WHEN WE REVIEWED THE WANTS AND NEEDS OF THE CFB FACILITIES. WE STUDIED 38 SITES OVER 100 PROJECTS THAT COULD HAVE HAD A PRICE TAG OF OVER $3 BILLION. BUT LIKE BILLY, BOB AND DR RUTH ALLUDED TO EARLIER WE WERE A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUNCH AND MAINTAIN THE LASER FOCUSED ON NECESSITY AND BUDGET.

PART OF THAT NECESSITY WAS MAKING SURE OUR CHILDREN ARE MADE SAFE AND CONNECTED. SO TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING, UM, THAT UPDATED SECURITY AT EVERY CAMPUS IS COMPLETED. CRITICAL MAINTENANCE AT EVERY SITE FACILITY UPGRADES THAT AT LEAST 26 OF THE SCHOOL'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT TO SUPPORT ALL THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AND ALL THIS BOND PACKAGE TO STAY AT THE 20 CENT I N S TAX RATE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. THE PROJECTS ARE ORGANIZED INTO FOUR CATEGORIES. SAFETY AND SECURITY , STUDENT SUPPORT FACILITIES, REPLACEMENT SCHOOLS, RENOVATIONS AND UPDATES. HIGH RANKING PROJECTS LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD FALL UNDER THE STUDENT SUPPORT FACILITIES CATEGORY, WHILE OTHER ITEMS LIKE H VAC AND FIBER UPGRADES, WHICH WE AGREED WE'RE NOT NEGOTIABLE, FALL UNDER THE RENOVATIONS AND UPDATES. AS I SAID EARLIER, SAFETY AND SECURITY WAS OUR MAIN CONCERN AND OUR FIRST PRIORITY.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COST BREAKDOWN, YOU'LL SEE THAT NEARLY HALF OF THE FUNDS WOULD BE ALLOCATED FOR RENOVATIONS AND UPDATES. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE AGE OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THE FACT THAT CFB HADN'T HAD A BOND FOR 15 YEARS, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT MANY OF OUR PROJECTS FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY. BEFORE REPLACEMENT SCHOOLS MAKE UP 28% STUDENT SUPPORT FACILITIES 18% SAFETY AND SECURITY 5% AND JUST 5% OF THE TOTAL PACKAGE, SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SAFETY. WITH THAT 5% OF THE BUDGET. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT DOORS HAVE LOCKS OR COULD LOCK CAMERAS WERE PUT IN PLACE OR MADE FUNCTIONAL AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ACCESS WAS CONTROLLED. WITH THAT IN MIND, OUR COMMUNITY RECOMMENDS $37.7 MILLION BE ALLOCATED FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY. NOW, IF YOU'RE A TEACHER OR A PARENT WITH CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE BURNING QUESTION IN YOUR MIND IS PROBABLY HOW DOES THIS AFFECT MY SCHOOL? RIGHT? SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE IMPACT ON THE SITE LEVEL. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE MADE THAT SAFETY AND WE MADE SURE THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY HAD THE BROADEST STROKE OF COVERAGE. ESSENTIALLY THE SAFETY PROJECTS WILL TOUCH EVERY STUDENT AND EVERY CAMPUS ACROSS THE F B. I S D. NEXT. LET'S LOOK AT SUPPORT FACILITIES. THE STUDENT SUPPORT FACILITY CATEGORY ADDRESSES EVERYTHING FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION RENOVATIONS TO EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOMS, BATHROOMS AND FURNITURE. IT ALSO INCLUDES AG SITE RENOVATIONS, WHICH WERE NOT JUST ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE MULTIPLE GRADES THAT USE THE FACILITIES. UM FOR FIELD TRIPS.

I KNOW I'VE BEEN ON A BUNCH OF THEM, BUT IT WOULD ALSO IMPACT THE CTE PROGRAMS, WHICH WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING TO BE EXPANDED. LAST BUT NOT LEAST UPDATES TO THE FINE ARTS, P E AND ATHLETIC AREAS. THESE PROJECTS WOULD TOTAL $130 MILLION. HERE'S HOW THAT WOULD

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THEY THEN FOLLOW UP WITH A QUESTION THAT ASKED, HAVING HEARD MORE ABOUT IT. WOULD YOU VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THE BOND? AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SUPPORT INCREASED ON THE INFORMED BALLOT AND AFTER LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED, THE NUMBER JUMPED FROM 53% IN FAVOR.

TO 74% IN FAVOR. IN FACT, ALL THREE CATEGORIES IMPROVED. THE FOURS WENT UP. THE INSURERS WENT DOWN AND THE AGAINST DROPPED TO 20. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SHARED IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INTENSITY OR HOW STRONGLY SOMEONE FEELS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL. AND LOOKING AT THE INITIAL BALLOT WAS ONLY 9% POINTS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE STRONGLY FOR AND THOSE STRONGLY AGAINST. AND IT WAS 30% STRONGLY IN FAVOR TO 21% STRONGLY AGAINST BUT THE INFORMED BALLOT SHOWS THAT INTENSITY REALLY GREW FOR THOSE IN SUPPORT. IT WENT FROM 30% STRONGLY FORWARD TO 40% 46% STRONGLY FOR WHICH IS A 33% PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER THAN THOSE STRONGLY AGAINST. SO WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE PRESENTER IS THAT THOSE WHO HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ARE MOST LIKELY TO VOTE. THIS IS A BUSY PAGE. BUT IN ADDITION TO THE INITIAL AND INFORMED BALLOTS VAST LIST ALSO ASKED ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS. NOW, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE BLUE COLUMN, YOU CAN SEE THAT EVERY PROJECT SHOWED THAT RESPONDENTS WERE IN FAVOR OF THESE PROJECTS. THE TOP FOUR ELEMENTS WERE ESSENTIAL UPGRADES TO SCHOOLS LIKE H VAC SYSTEMS, ROOFS, PLUMBING, ETCETERA.

SPECIAL EDUCATION, CLASSROOMS AND RESTROOMS, SETI PROGRAMS AND SAFETY AND SECURITY. AND THEY ALSO ASKED ABOUT REPLACING THREE OF THE DISTRICTS, OLDEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, CARROLLTON, CENTRAL AND FARMERS BRANCHES. AND 70% OF RESPONDENTS WERE IN FAVOR OF THESE PROJECTS AND WITH ONLY 10% UNSURE. SO THIS WAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY. WE RECEIVED AN IN DEPTH PRESENTATION AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY. ASK QUESTIONS OF THE POLLSTER. THE KEY FINDINGS HE SHARED WERE THE FBI S D HAS A 67% POSITIVE IMAGE RATING WITH 35% OF THOSE HAVING A STRONG POSITIVE IMPRESSION. SUPPORT FOR A BOND WAS 53% ON THE INITIAL BALLOT, AND THAT ROSE TO 74% ON THE INFORMED BALLOT. GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN A BOND THAT KEPT THE 20 CENT I N S TAX RATE AND A BOND THAT WOULD RAISE THE RATE HALF AS PENNY. AND A BOND THAT WOULD RAISE THE RATE ONE WHOLE SENT MOST RESPONDENTS WOULD ACTUALLY PREFER BOND THAT RAISED THE MINUS TAX RATE, HALF A PENNY. MESSAGES THAT TESTED WELL , WE'RE MESSAGES ABOUT GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS SAFETY IN THE DISTRICT'S LOW TAX RATE. OVERALL WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE SURVEY RESULTS SHOW THE COMMUNITY WOULD SUPPORT A BOND PACKAGE. I THINK IT'S A STRONG INDICATION THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS WANT TO KNOW THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING THAT OUR INVESTMENTS AND ENSURING STUDENTS HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO LEARN, WHILE ALSO STAYING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO RUTH, WHO WILL TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS. ALRIGHT, NEXT STEPS AND LOOKING AHEAD. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE AND ANYONE WATCHING. I WANT TO SHARE

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BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE AS BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TO CONSIDER AND PARTS OF THE NEXT STEP, YOU KNOW? YES, WE'VE HEARD . YOU KNOW FROM THESE COMMITTEE , THE COMMUNITY SURVEYS. YOU KNOW HOW THERE'S A BALANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW THERE. WHAT'S THE RIGHT DECISION? WHAT IS OUR ACTIONS AS THE RIGHT STEWARDS? UM YOU KNOW, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS EFFORT TAKEN TO MAKE SURE I NOT JUST EFFORT DEDICATED, PRECISE EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT WAS COVERED AND TOUCHED BY ANY ACTION THAT THE LIKE THE BOARD MIGHT TAKE. UM AND IF THAT GOES FORWARD, ULTIMATELY THAT IF THE VOTERS DECIDE TO UM, THE FORWARD , SO, UM, IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH THESE WITH OLD FRIENDS AND NEW FRIENDS . UH AND IT WAS, UH, IT I JUST CAN'T EVEN I CAN'T EVEN COMMENT ENOUGH ON THE EFFORT AND THE DEDICATION THAT THE COMMITTEE DID. THANK YOU. COMMENTS QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE ELSE. MR ERIC. I DON'T KNOW IF WE PUSH THE BUTTON OR NOT. OKAY, GOOD. UM, I WANT TO JUST I GUESS. BUILD UPON WHAT YOU SAID. YOU OBVIOUSLY HAD A MUCH MORE AND INSIDE VIEW THAN THE REST OF US DID. AND AS SOMEONE WHO SAT ON WHERE YOU ARE BACK FOR THE 2018 BOND I MEAN, I CAN SEE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DID. AND EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T AT THOSE NINE MEETINGS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I'M LIKE I JUST SAW THAT LIKE IN YOUR PRESENTATION, EVERYTHING Y'ALL SAID AND THE WORK Y'ALL DID. IT IS SO EVIDENT TO ME. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT AN EASY TASK. AND I JUST IT MAKES MY HEART HAPPY.

I'M STILL YOUR LINE BECAUSE FOR OUR COMMUNITY ON THEIR OWN TIME TO COME TOGETHER AND REALLY PUT THE TIME IN EFFORT INTO THIS. I MEAN, THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO US, BECAUSE WE NEED Y'ALL TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WHAT IS RIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO I CANNOT THANK Y'ALL ENOUGH. THIS IS INCREDIBLE THE WHOLE TIME. I JUST KEPT THINKING THIS IS INCREDIBLE. UM I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR TOO. SO I'M JUST GOING TO PUT IT INTO THE UNIVERSE. AND THEN, MR MARSH, YOU CAN HELP ME FIGURE OUT WHO THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR UM, JUST RELATED TO THE THREE SCHOOLS THAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING FOR TEAR DOWN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG QUESTION OF THE COMMUNITY. UM WHAT KIND OF NOT ONLY DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY WORK THAT WE DO, BUT, UM, ENROLLMENT WORK DID WE DO TO ENSURE THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THOSE SCHOOLS? I THINK, MR MULRONEY YOU RESPOND TO THAT ONE. WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT. UM SO THAT WAS PART OF THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY AND WE SEE THAT LITTLE BIT OF TRAINED EITHER UP OR DOWN WHAT WE DO SEE A GROWTH AS IN OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD AND THOSE SPECIAL SWEETS, SO WE DO SEE THE NEED FOR THOSE SPACES. WHILE THOSE SCHOOLS ARE NOT WHAT THEY WERE BACK WHEN WE WERE CLOSE TO THE 26 26 500. NUMBER THEY'RE STILL VERY NEEDED. AS FAR AS THAT GOES AS FAR AS THEIR CAPACITY GOES, SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THEM LOCATED WHERE THEY ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY, UM, WHERE WE COULD ADD WHERE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT ENROLMENT.

WE COULD BE ADDING CERTAIN PROGRAMS THERE. WE COULD BE LOOKING AT OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS THERE. SO THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE TO RECOMMEND THOSE SCHOOLS FOR REPLACEMENT. EVEN THOUGH THE ENROLLMENT WASN'T WHAT IT WAS ONE IN THE PAST. IT'S STILL VERY VALID. THAT IS SUPER HELPFUL.

THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BENAVIDEZ. THANK YOU. UM I'M GONNA STILL THERE TAGLINES BECAUSE MY HEART IS TEXAS FULL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING OUR SPECIAL NEEDS. UM FACILITIES AND CHILDREN ON THE LIST BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST

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BUT YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UM AS FAR AS CENTRAL, UM, ENTRY AND THE TEAR DOWNS. UM I WENT TO CENTRAL I WENT TO CENTRAL FOR FIRST THROUGH SIXTH GRADE IN MY BACKYARD WAS THEIR PLAYGROUND, SO I GREW UP RIGHT THERE IN SOUTH CARROLLTON, AND, UM, THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF IS WHERE ARE ALL THE CHILDREN GOING TO GO? BECAUSE SURELY WE'RE NOT GOING TO REBUILD IN THE SUMMER.

SO MAY I ASK THAT AND THAT IS PART OF THE PLANS AND PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS AND THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS, AND THAT'S THAT'S STILL TO BE DISCUSSED. ALRIGHT? WELL UM, WHEN IT WAS TIME TO COME HOME, MY MOTHER WOULD FLICK THE BACK PORCH LIGHT AND I KNEW I HAD TO GET HOME AND AS A TEENAGER WHEN WE BUILT THE TRACK UM, THAT WAS MY WEIGHT LOSS PLAN. ANYTHING I ATE WRONG? I WAS OUT THERE RUNNING THAT TRY . BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. MY HEART IS TEXAS FULL AND I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY OF HOW THOROUGH YOU COVERED EVERYTHING. THE IMPACT IN MY MIND IS LIKE YES, BECAUSE YOU DID SUCH A FABULOUS JOB. THANK YOU. MR BRADY COMMITTEE DID AN AMAZING JOB PRESENTERS. SUPER AMAZING LIKE YOU GUYS THAT WAS INCREDIBLE PROFESSIONALS COMPLETELY. AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN. MY QUESTION IS KIND OF PRIDE AND MALCOLM AGAIN. UM MALCOLM, ARE WE COMPLETELY DONE WITH THE 2018 BOND? AND IF THE ANSWER IS NO WHICH I'M PRETTY SURE IT IS BECAUSE THIS PLOT CHAIN BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. WILL WE BE DONE BEFORE ELECTION DAY AND THAT THE ANSWER IS NO. THEN. DOES THAT MATTER WHEN WE'RE ASKING THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMUNITY FROM OUR MONEY SO IT'S A THREE PART THREE PRONGED QUESTION. I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF BECAUSE IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED QUESTION. IT'S A GOOD ONE. YOU NEVER WANT TO BE OUT OUT. WE SAW THE DAMAGE OF THAT. I MEAN, REMEMBER THAT OUR BONDS ARE THERE SO THAT IF WE NEED A MAJOR H V A C REPLACEMENT, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THAT. M AND O MONEY THAT EVEN KNOW MONEY IS THE SAME ONE THAT PAYS OUR TEACHERS. SO YOU NEVER WANT YOUR I N S TO BE OUT OUT. THAT'S A DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE SO YES, WE'RE AT ABOUT 300 MILLION OUT OF THE 350 OF THE 2018 BONDS SPENT, UM WITH WORK SKATED FOR THIS SUMMER OF ABOUT 20 MILLION OF THAT, SO WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO SPENDING DOWN THE 2018 MONEY. KEEPING A LITTLE IN OUR CONTINGENCY BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION DOES NOT GO WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BE RUBBING THOSE PENNIES TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE CAN KEEP THE DISTRICT GOING AND CAPITAL NEEDS ROLLING OVER. UM SO THAT'S PART ONE PART TWO. WE ALSO DON'T STEP OUT MAY ONE OF MAY 7TH AND HAVE PROJECTS STRAIGHT UP THE GROUND. WE WILL HAVE SOME TIME TO DESIGN THEM ABOUT 6 TO 9 MONTHS AND DESIGN.

THEN WE'LL HAVE TO GET DESIGNED. WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOB SITE AND GO IN THERE WITH TEMPORARY BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND DO ALL THAT KIND OF CONSTRUCTION STUFF WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, SO THAT'S SEVEN. HUNDREDS OF 16 MILLION DOESN'T COME AVAILABLE.

ALL IN ONE GO. UM SO THAT WOULD BE A FIVE YEAR SPEND DOWN SO THEY WILL TAKE US FROM 23 TO 28.

WE'LL SPEND THAT SYSTEMATICALLY THROUGH THOSE YEARS. OKAY I'M SORRY. PROBABLY BETTER QUESTION WOULD HAVE BEEN HAVE WE DELIVERED EVERYTHING WE PROMISED IN THE LAST BOND. SUBSTANTIALLY YES, WE'RE ABOUT THAT. 80% MARK THOSE LAST SEVEN CAMPUSES, THE STRATEGICALLY CENTRAL CARLTON FARMERS BRANCH, UH MCCOY FOR NO ROSE MEETING. COUNTRY PLACE WERE KEPT TO THE END IN THE EFFORT TO COME BACK WITH ANOTHER BOND. SO WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON THIS SUMMER? NON STRUCTURAL CRITICAL NEEDS? UM SO THAT IF WE GOT A BOND, WE COULD PROCEED STRAIGHT INTO REPLACING THOSE SCHOOLS.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE 2018 BOND , THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH TO DISRUPT THOSE BUILDINGS, BUT WITHOUT ACTUALLY MAKING SUBSTANTIAL WORK SO ABOUT 5 TO $7 MILLION AT EACH ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS. WE COULDN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING WITH THAT. SO WHAT WE DID WAS STRATEGICALLY SAID LET'S WORK ON THE WORK WE CAN DO AND THEN PREPARED TO REPLACE THOSE BUILDINGS LIKE WE SHOULD. SO WE KEPT THAT MONEY. SO IF THE BOND FAILS THAT MONEY SITTING THERE RIGHT AVAILABLE, IT'S ALL DOCUMENTED IN YOUR BOND REPORT. WE WILL GO BACK AND COMPLETE THE 2018 SCOPE AT THOSE CAMPUSES IF THE 2023 BONDED, SUCCESSFUL, LET'S HOPE THEN WE GET TO REPLACE THOSE CAMPUSES, WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THAT. THANK YOU. MISHAP FIELD. UM. YES OBVIOUSLY, I GO FROM THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO YOUR QUESTION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WAS ALSO A PART OF THE CONVERSATION. WITH UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE WAITED ON THOSE LAST CAMPUSES IN THE EVENT THAT THE NEXT ONE PAST SO THAT WE DIDN'T SPEND MONEY UNNECESSARILY ON SOMETHING THAT COULD BE REPLACED. SO THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE CONVERSATION IN THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, AS THE TRANSITION OF THIS PROCESS WAS HAPPENING, SO I THINK THAT'S

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GOTCHA OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. COMMENTS FIELD JUST WANTED TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU. I GOT WRAPPED UP IN MY QUESTION. DIDN'T SAY HOW WONDERFUL THIS HAS BEEN. AND IT IS VERY EVIDENT, UM, THAT ALL OF YOU WERE LEARNING AND GROWING TOGETHER, AND I'M SURE YOU MADE NEW FRIENDS AND DEVELOP NEW RELATIONSHIPS ALONG THE WAY AND YOUR PASSION FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS EVIDENT . AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TO THE WHOLE COMMITTEE, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE DEDICATION THAT WENT INTO THIS PRESENTATION. CUTE. HOW ABOUT YOU IN FOR, UM MY BOARD COLLEAGUES AS YOU THINK ABOUT THIS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS OR WEEKS, OR, UM UH, YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE UNDER THE CITIZENS ACT, THE BOND COMMITTEE AND ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE UM SAW ARE THERE AS WELL AS MEETING NOTES FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. UM A LOT OF DATA AND INFORMATION IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC ITEMS, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER, UM, YOU KNOW IF AND WHEN WE DECIDE TO TAKE ACTION EITHER WAY, UM, ON THIS, YOU KNOW THE THOUGHTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE AMOUNT YOU KNOW THIS IS YOU KNOW A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT FUTURE BOARDS, YOU KNOW, WITH WOULD DEAL WITH FOR YEARS. LARRY'S KIND OF GOING RIGHT, BUT , UM, BUT IMPACTFUL MONEY AS WELL, THINGS TO THINK ABOUT LIKE, MALCOLM SAID. AS UM YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTS AREN'T READY MADE. EIGHT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE MONDAY. YEAH OKAY. BUT THAT YOU KNOW THERE'S YOU KNOW, COULD BE AN ESTIMATED YEAR YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE PROJECTS EVEN START . SO AS YOU SAW SOME OF THE IDENTIFICATION OF OLD OLD ISH NEW NEWEST, EVERYTHING ISN'T THAT, YOU KNOW, YEAR YEAR AND A HALF TO, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING HOW THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, WOULD YOU KNOW VIEW THIS BEST FOR THE VOTERS TO SIDE YOU KNOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER AND THINK ABOUT AND REACH OUT WITH QUESTIONS. AND YOU KNOW, TO HELP AID AS WE GET UP TO THE NEXT STEPS THAT DR SHACHTMAN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW AS FAR IN THE PROCESS. THANKS.

THANK YOU. ONE LAST THING, MR MURRAY. COULD WE GO AHEAD AND GET THE BOND COMMITTEE TO STAND

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I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SAY YOUR NAMES. MISS BRANDIE SMITH. DR. RUTH SHACHTMAN, MISS DIANE ETHRIDGE. MR KNOWING FRANCO, MR BILLY BOB MESSER. MISS DIANNA NUNES, MISS TAMIKA ADAMS AND MR ROB SHADDOCK. I REMEMBER YOU IN THAT TROJAN COSTUMES. I WOULDN'T HAVE RECOGNIZED YOU UNLESS YOU SAID THAT, BUT NOW I SEE IT. YES IT WAS. TOUCHE UM, THAT'S VERY TRUE. VERY TRUE. UM I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU. IT WAS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. UM I SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S MADE THEM FEEL REALLY GOOD. I THINK HEARTS FULL HEARTS HAPPY SUPER CALIBER, FRAGILE. UM AND I THINK, UM ONE OF THOSE REASONS ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY IT'S MADE US FEEL THAT THE WAY WE DO TONIGHT, AND I SHARE THOSE FEELINGS. IS THAT A WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF FORMER STUDENTS SPEAKING TONIGHT PRODUCTS OF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND YOU ARE IMPRESSIVE. UM AND B. I SO APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL SHARED OR SO MANY OF YOU SHARED YOUR WISE. UM YOU GUYS SPENT MONTHS AND MONTHS WORKING REALLY HARD TALKING ABOUT. THE WHAT? AND THE HOW AND HOW MUCH UM. AND THERE'S A LOT TO DISAGREE ON, RIGHT? I MEAN, THOSE CAN BE CONTENTIOUS CONVERSATIONS AS YOU GUYS ALLUDED TO EVEN WHEN YOU'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT BATHROOMS, RIGHT? UM BUT I THINK YOU DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMUNITY. UM HOW IT EASY IT IS TO COME TOGETHER WHEN YOU KEEP YOUR Y AS YOUR PRIMARY FOCUS, AND WE ALL I THINK IN THIS ROOM HAVE SHARED THE SAME Y RIGHT AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WHAT I FOUND REALLY FULFILLING. AND UM, FROM LISTENING TO YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT, SO THANK YOU. ALL I KNOW WE'VE KEPT YOU A LITTLE LONGER, PROBABLY THAN WE SAID THAT WE WOULD. UM, BUT WE APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION AND WE APPRECIATE THE MONTHS AND MONTHS AND HOURS OF HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS. THANK YOU. GIVE HIM ONE MORE HAND, OKAY? ALL RIGHT, UM. THAT WAS AGENDA ITEM THREE A. THE CITIZENS 2023 POND PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT. WE'RE GOING TO

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