Jul 20, 2023 School Board Meeting- Special Meeting

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I CALLED THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH IST BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER AT SIX PM ON JULY 20TH 2023. FOR THE RECORD BOARD MEMBERS PRESIDENT ARE SALLY DEREK.

TERROR ROBOTIC CAROLINE BENAVIDEZ, KIM BRADY, ILEANA GARCIA ROJAS, RANDY SHACHTMAN AND MYSELF. CASSANDRA HATFIELD. WE CONSTITUTE A QUORUM AND MAY CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF

[2. Audience for Guests - Limited to Posted Agenda Items for this Meeting]

YES, SIR. IT'S MY FIRST ONE OF THESE SORRY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. OKAY SO, UH, I WAS APPEARING TODAY TO SPEAK QUICKLY ON JUST TWO SUBJECTS. UM I SAW AN AGENDA ITEM THAT REFERS TO BOARD PRIORITIES. UM AND AS A SKEPTICAL CITIZEN, I TEND TO TAKE THAT TO MEAN THE APPROPRIATION OF MONEY POSITIONS OR BOTH. UM, AND SO I'M AWARE THAT THERE IS A COMMITTEE COMING UP CALLED A BOND OVERSIGHT AND A SUPER BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK AS A TAXPAYER WHO PAYS INTO THIS DISTRICT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE APPOINTED TO THAT MEETING ANYONE APPOINTED TO EITHER OF THOSE COMMITTEES. UM BE NOT CONFLICTED WITH OTHER OPERATIONS, UM, EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I THINK NAMELY IN THIS IN THIS DAY AND TIME WHERE PUBLIC CHOOSES BETWEEN PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. UM PERHAPS NOT TO HAVE ANY CHARTER SCHOOL ADVOCATES, UM , BECOME A MEMBER OF EITHER OF THESE COMMITTEES. THAT'S THE FIRST ITEM I WANTED TO BRING UP. THE SECOND ONE IS THAT I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ACCUSATION MADE REGARDING THE CHARACTER OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THAT AN INVESTIGATION IS GOING TO BE CARRIED OUT. I ENCOURAGE THIS INVESTIGATION TO TAKE PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AIR IS CLEARED FOR ALL PEOPLE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF SOMEHOW THIS DURING THE COURSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, IF ANY ACTION IS TO BE TAKEN AGAINST THE SUPERINTENDENT, IT'S DONE.

BACKED WITH PROVABLE, VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE, AND NOT JUST INNUENDOS , AND PARTICULARLY, UM, SELF INTERESTED MOTIONS. UM AS I'VE BECOME MORE OBSERVANT, UM THROUGH LEADERS IN IN COUNTY AND NATIONAL POLITICS, I'VE LEARNED THAT THE UM, MODUS OPERANDI OF CHARACTER ASSASSINATION OFTEN REPLACES SUBSTANCE, AND I WOULD JUST IT WOULD BREAK MY HEART TO KNOW THAT CHILDREN OF THE DISTRICT THAT I MYSELF WENT THROUGH AND GRADUATED FROM WOULD SOMEHOW BE DISADVANTAGED BY COMPROMISED LEADERSHIP. IF THE IF THE ACCUSATIONS ARE TRUE, BUT ALSO UH, INOPPORTUNE DISCIPLINARY MEASURES SHORT OF, UH, FULFILLING THE CHARGES LEVELED AGAINST THIS PERSON, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF ACTION IS GOING TO BE TAKEN, IT'S THE RESULT OF A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION THAT FINDS IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT AGAINST THIS PERSON'S CHARACTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. VICTOR JOHNSON 2037 CLUB. YOU DRIVE. UH I'M A BUSINESS OWNER. AND CARROLLTON. I AM ON THE SEAT THREE COMMISSIONERS, SEAT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ALSO A YOUTH MENTOR FOR BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS PREDOMINANTLY HEARING THE CARROLLTON IN DALLAS AREA. UM I DON'T KNOW IF THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE SUPERINTENDENT ARE TRUE OR NOT, UH, THE STATEMENT THAT I CAME ACROSS THAT SOMETHING OUT OF THE EFFECT OF AND I QUOTE OUR POOR BLACK BOYS ARE CONFUSED. THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE THEIR MAMA'S BOYFRIEND . THEIR MAMA'S FRIEND. THEIR MOM WAS DADDY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT COMES FROM, UM, AS A BLACK PERSON THAT GREW UP IN LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES AND MADE A GREAT LIFE FOR MYSELF AND MY

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NONJUDGMENTAL FIRM TO MAYBE LOOK INTO THESE STATEMENTS, UM, LOOKING TO WHERE THAT DATA MAY COME FROM, IF THAT WAS EVEN STATED, BUT, UH, IT WOULD BE VERY DISTURBING IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS STATED, ESPECIALLY FROM LEADERSHIP OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WOULD ALSO STATE THAT THESE TYPE OF STATEMENTS WILL REFLECT SENTIMENTS OF POTENTIAL RACISM OR AT MINIMUM, UNCONSCIOUS BIAS STATEMENTS THAT PROJECT THINGS LIKE THIS HAVE A REFLECTION THAT POTENTIALLY THEY DON'T HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY. UM POTENTIALLY MAYBE GETTING THEIR GUIDANCE FROM TV SHOWS OR SITCOMS OR SOMETHING FROM 50 YEARS AGO. BUT IN 2023, I THINK AT BEST WE COULD USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE DIVERSE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL BOARD TO DO MORE TO HELP WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH AND THE WELLNESS OF BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CARROLLTON AND FARMERS BRANCH AND AGAIN, I WOULD ASK THAT AN INDEPENDENT NONJUDGMENTAL THIRD PARTY FIRM BE BROUGHT IN TO LOOK INTO THIS EVIDENCE. AND IF THIS IS TRUE THAT WE HAVE BOYS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE CONFUSED ABOUT THIS, THEN WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS IT? HOW ARE WE PLANNING AS A SCHOOL BOARD TO GET INVOLVED WITH THOSE HOUSEHOLDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE YOUNG MEN DON'T GROW UP WITH THAT MINDSET AND THAT OUR LEADERSHIP IS NOT REFLECTING THAT TYPE OF MINDSET? TO THEIR STAFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAN MCDOWELL. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JAN MCDOWELL. I LIVE AT 29 04 PANORAMA DRIVE. I'VE LIVED IN CARROLLTON FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

BOTH MY DAUGHTERS WENT TO C F B . I S D SCHOOLS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL . WE WERE AT MCCOY COUNTRY PLACE LONG BLAYLOCK, NEWMAN, SMITH AND CREEK VIEW. I ALSO WAS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER FOR 2.5 YEARS AT NEWMAN SMITH AND AT TURNER AND I WAS ON THE PTA BOARD AT MCCOY FOR SEVEN YEARS. THROUGHOUT ALL OF THAT, I'VE BEEN PROUD TO CLAIM C F B I S D IS MY DISTRICT. I REMEMBERED A PROJECT THAT MY OLDER DAUGHTER, WHO WAS IN LEAP DID IN HER SEVENTH GRADE HISTORY CLASS AT LONG. EACH STUDENT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE COUNTRY. THEIR FAMILY CAME FROM THE PROJECTS WHERE ALL DISPLAYED AT AN EVENING EVENT AT THE SCHOOL FOR THE PARENTS TO COME AND SEE WHAT A REMARKABLE DISPLAY OF ETHNIC DIVERSITY. I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT, AND SHE ACTUALLY TEXTED ME A PICTURE OF HERSELF AT HER TABLE WITH HER DISPLAY ON SCOTLAND, COMPLETE WITH A BAGPIPE. SHE MADE A POSTER AND THIS THE SHORTBREAD COOKIES. SHE SERVED. THE FACT THAT SHE STILL REMEMBERS THAT PROJECT AND EVEN HAS A READILY AVAILABLE PICTURE OF IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE PRIDE STUDENTS TAKING THEIR OWN FAMILY BACKGROUNDS. SHE ALSO MENTIONED HER FRIENDS FROM IRAN AND FROM CHINA, SO THERE WAS INDEED A WIDE ARRAY OF CULTURES REPRESENTED EVERYONE BENEFITS WHEN WE LEARN ABOUT BACKGROUNDS DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN THE C F B I S D TEACHER WHO ARRANGED THIS PROJECT CERTAINLY KNEW THAT AND SHE MADE SURE TO PASS THAT RECOGNITION ALONG TO HER STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, PRIDE AND TRUST ARE THINGS THAT ARE BUILT SLOWLY. ONE STEP AT A TIME. THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN BUILDING THEM FOR OVER A CENTURY. NOW ALL OF YOU ON THE BOARD ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CONTINUING GROWTH.

SADLY PRIDE AND TRUST CAN ALSO BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED MUCH MORE QUICKLY. LET'S BE SURE THAT EVERYTHING POSSIBLE IS DONE TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CARRIED OUT. GOOD EVENING. I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY. COME ON THE BEHALF.

OF THE ACCUSATION THAT WAS MADE ABOUT YOUR SUPERINTENDENT. I GREW UP IN A TOWN IN MISSISSIPPI, WHERE I WAS NOT PERMITTED TO GO IN. FRONT DOORS. UM I HAVE SEEN RACISM. I'VE WORKED FOR OVER 10 YEARS WITH YOUR SUPERINTENDENT. CLOSE. UM WE HAVE SET FOR HOURS. AND TALKED ABOUT THINGS THAT I BELIEVE WHAT BETTER A COMMUNITY , EVERY COMMUNITY, NOT JUST

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OTHER THAN THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW. IS HOW EASILY WE CAN PULL THE TRIGGER ABOUT PEOPLE WE DON'T KNOW. AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU GIVE . DR ELDRIDGE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE OUT WHAT I BELIEVE AND FINISH WHAT I BELIEVE SHE CAME HERE TO DO. I'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY LIFE. I WAS ALONE AND, UH, THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION. I LET A TASK FORCE THAT STUDIED THE EFFECTS OF ABSENT FATHERS ON URBAN CHILDREN. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE. I DON'T CALL MYSELF AN EXPERT. I CALL MYSELF SOMEONE WHO CONTINUES TO GROW. AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF ONE OF THE MOST CONFUSING THINGS THAT EXIST IN OUR CULTURE. YOU HAVE HIRED. SOMEONE THAT I HATED TO SEE LEAVE. CRANDALL, TEXAS. SHE IS A VISIONARY. I'VE BEEN WITH HER, AND SHE'S LOOKED IN THE FIELDS WHERE THERE WAS NOTHING AND NOW THERE'S SOMETHING STANDING THERE THAT SHE SAW. I BELIEVE SHE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU HERE. I CAME TO TELL YOU I KNOW WITHOUT ANY SHADOW OF A DOUBT. THERE WAS NOT A PREJUDICE BONE AND THIS ONE WAS BODY. I KNOW RACISM. I GREW UP. LOOKING AT IT, LISTENING TO IT, WATCHING IT. THIS WOMAN.

THERE'S A WOMAN OF GOD AND I KNOW THAT TO BE SURE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CINDY HYLTON. I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR LAST NAME. HI MY NAME IS CINDY HILTON. THAT'S THE AMERICAN VERSION, OKAY? OKAY UM, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS AN ANONYMOUS LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO THE CARROLLTON CITY COUNCIL. UH COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT. THE ALLEGATIONS MENTIONED IN THE LETTER. AS I UNDERSTAND IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS EVIDENCE. HEARSAY. OR HE SAID, SHE SAID, ARE THEY SAID, SHE SAID. UM THAT'S NOT EVIDENCE. IF THERE IS A VIDEO WITH SOUND CONCERNING THESE ALLEGATIONS THEN. THIS IS EVIDENCE. BUT IF THERE'S NO VIDEO THERE'S NO EVIDENCE. SO I WOULD SUPPORT THE BOARD TO TAKE SERIOUSLY ANY EVIDENCE AND TO COMPLETELY DISREGARD ANY HEARSAY. ARE ANY, HE SAID. SHE SAID THEY SHIPPED SAID SHE SAID. UM PLEASE DISREGARD THAT. THEN ANOTHER ITEM HAVING TO DO I THINK WITH THE BOARD PRIORITIES IS THAT WE NEED TO ASK THE BOARD TO SET STANDARDS OF QUALIFICATIONS TO SERVE ON ANY COMMITTEE. THE QUALIFICATIONS OF COMMITTING MEMBERS SHOULD INCLUDE NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST NUMBER ONE NUMBER TWO NO CRIMINAL HISTORY BASED ON BACKGROUND CHECKS OF ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AND NUMBER THREE ONLY U. S CITIZENS WHO ARE PRIMARY RESIDENTS IN THE CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH, SD DISTRICT. NOW ONCE THESE QUALIFICATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED. THE BOARD SHOULD VOTE AND APPROVE THESE QUALIFICATIONS AND THEN REVIEW ALL CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS QUALIFICATIONS. AND THOSE NOT COMPLYING WITH THE QUALIFICATIONS. THEY SHOULD BE ASKED TO VACATE THEIR COMMITTEE, SEE? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS REPRESENTS AS AN ATTORNEY.

CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ISN'T OBVIOUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE CHARTER SCHOOLS COMPETE WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO AND OF COURSE, ARE PRIVY TO A LOT OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO HONESTLY, I WOULD REALLY ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THIS IS THE TIME. MAYBE THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. BUT SINCE IT HAS THIS IS THE TIME TO PUT IN QUALIFICATIONS

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[3. Non-Action Items for Discussion]

THE BUDGET UPDATE BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU'LL JOIN ME BY TAKING A SEAT AT THE TABLES AND THE MAIN FLOOR FOR THE PRESENTATION WITH MR AGUIRRE. I WILL LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING FOR QUITE A WHILE IN A BUDGET WORKSHOP. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY WITH US, BUT WE JUST US. DOWN THE STREET. OKAY? YES SIR. GOOD. BOARD WORK STUDY. HE'S GOING TO TURN ON THE SCREAMER. TO CLOSE TO YOU. DOESN'T HE GO BACK ANY IS HE FINE? AM I TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER? OKAY? I DID. I'VE DONE THIS PRESENTATION PROBABLY 12 TIMES. SEVEN TIMES FOR SURE.

WITH HIS DREAM. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. SO TONIGHT, OUR TOPIC WILL BE ENROLLMENT TRENDS. STATE FUNDING COMPENSATION. PROPERTY TAXES ARE REVENUE EXPENSES. PROJECTIONS ARE INSURANCE COST INCREASE TO THE DISTRICT AND EMPLOYEES. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE 80TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE DISTRICT DIRECTLY , AND THERE WILL BE A TABLE CUSHION DISCUSSION FOR THE BOARD TO DO THIS EVENING AS WELL. SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO GIVE YOU AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IS WE HAVE A LOT OF ACRONYMS IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE. SO IN THE HANDOUT YOU'LL HAVE YOU HAVE THE ACRONYMS. WHAT EVERYTHING MEANS WHAT WE SAY. IN CASE WE START SAYING IT DURING THE YEAR, FT G IS FORMULA TRANSITION. GRANT 88 AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. OBVIOUSLY. AND SO ON. SO SOME OF OUR DISTRICT FACTS ARE BASIC ALLOTMENT. AS IT IS CURRENTLY IS 6160 PER STUDENT ARE ROMAN AT

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SOMEBODY IS OUT THERE WITH A BOOKMARK. THIS IS EVERY MINUTE COUNTS. WE NEED YOU TO GET TO SCHOOL ON TIME, AND THEY'RE HANDING THEM THAT AND MAKING THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE NEED AND THE CHALLENGES THAT COULD BE GOING ON. SO THAT COULD COME FROM A CAMPAIGN WITH VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT ALSO MEETING THEM FACE TO FACE ON THE CAMPUSES. UM AND THEN WE HAD AN IDEA THAT WE HAVE CAMPUS AWARDS THAT ARE PRESENTED AT THE BOARD MEETING.

SO IN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SECONDARY, EVERY MINUTE COUNTS AWARD THAT COULD BE GIVEN OUT FOCUSED ON INCREASING ATTENDANCE. UM SO THAT'S ATTENDANCE WHO WANTS SURE ABOUT AND YOU WANT TO DO ATTENDANCE NEXT, AND THEN WE'LL SWITCH. OKAY, SO, UM, ATTENDANCE. FIRST WE HAD THE SAME THING, THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE AND EDUCATING STAKEHOLDERS AND SPECIFICALLY PARENTS, FAMILIES, EVEN STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, SO, UM , I MEAN, WE WANT THE KIDS IN SCHOOL SO THEY CAN LEARN. I MEAN, THAT'S THE ONLY THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. UM AND THEN WE ALSO SAID ON PERSONALIZING IT SO JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE THE NAME AND NEED UM, SO THAT EVERYBODY AT THE CAMPUS KNOWS, YOU KNOW, STUDENT YOU KNOW IF THERE'S OUT OF THEIR PROBLEM, WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW? AT ONE POINT WE HAD, UM, HEARD ABOUT CAMPUSES, MAKING CALLS, AND SOMEBODY REMIND ME WHEN OR ABOUT IT WAS CALLS ABOUT STUDENTS. AND MAYBE IT WAS JUST FOR ENROLLMENT, NOT ATTENDANCE, BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T. UM, THERE'S NOTHING I DON'T. WE DON'T WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO TEACHERS, PLATES OR ANYTHING.

BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING, UM, THE TEAM'S COORDINATOR OR OTHER AMBASSADORS KIND OF ATTENDANCE, AMBASSADORS THAT ALSO MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT STUDENTS BEING WHEN THEY RETURN OR BEING AT SCHOOL, MAKING SURE WE KNOW WHY. JUST NAME AND NEED, UM AND THEN SAME THING, COMPETITIONS AND BOTH FOR STUDENTS AND CAMPUSES, BUT FOCUS LIKE YOU SAID ON THE GROWTH, NOT UM, JUST THE ATTENDANCE PERCENTAGE, BUT THE IMPROVEMENT OF THAT PERCENTAGE AND THEN UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BEST TIME TO TAKE ATTENDANCE. AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, UM, I DON'T GET ATTENDANCE REPORTS OR PARENT SQUARE NOTIFICATIONS ANYMORE. BUT IF YOU'RE A PARENT, YOU KNOW YOU DON'T GET THE NOTIFICATION UNTIL 10 OR 11 THAT YOUR STUDENT AND IS ISN'T IN SCHOOL. UM MAYBE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF MORE DIFFICULT. SO MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE AN INCREASED DISCUSSION ANYTHING OR COMMENT. GOOD, OKAY? OH, OKAY. OKAY UM, ENROLLMENT. UM SO YOU KNOW, GOES WITHOUT YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THE C F B I S D IS THE BEST PLACE FOR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN OUTSIDE THE CFB COMMUNITY. WE WANT STUDENTS HERE BECAUSE THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO LEARN AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND I THINK COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE FBI SD HAS IMPROVED SO MUCH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THE COMMUNICATION CANNOT JUST BE OUR WEBSITE. UM I THINK FOR PARENTS THAT ARE ENTERING INTO THOSE MILESTONE TIMES OF KINDERGARTEN , MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL , YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHO WE HAVE TO TALK TO, AND EDUCATE AND COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH ABOUT OUR OPPORTUNITIES. WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT CF? B. I ESTEEM WHY IT IS THE BEST PLACE FOR THEIR STUDENTS, UM TO BE AND WHY WE WANT THEM HERE. UM AND I THINK THAT'S ESPECIALLY APPOINTMENT AS OUR ELEMENTARY GOES INTO MIDDLE AND HIGH, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED OF OUR PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND HOW THAT CONNECTS. UM I MEAN, I KNOW WE FOCUS FOR

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CAPTURE OUR THOUGHTS. IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT, YOU CAN SAY THAT. THE COMPETITION. I MEAN, I WOULD SAY PRIZE I MEAN COMPETITIONS AND THEY MENTIONED IT TO COMPETITIONS FOR STUDENTS.

UM AND, UH, YEAH. YEAH. OH, PIZZA ICE CREAM. OKAY, UM WHAT THE AD FOUNDATION. YEP WE COULD ENGAGE THEM. THAT WOULD BE GREAT ON OUR SIDE WITH ENROLLMENT. WE HAD SOME SIMILAR THINGS. BUT WHEN IDEA THAT CAME UP WITH PEER MENTORS, SO AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL WHEN A STUDENT ENROLLS IN THERE KNEW THAT THEY HAVE THEIR ASSIGNED A MENTOR THAT SUPPORTS THEM AND LEARNING THE ROPES AND ARE THERE TO KIND OF MONT NOT MONITOR, BUT LIKE, BE A FRIEND, BUT IT BE A FORMALIZED LIKE CAMPUS AMBASSADOR THAT STUDENTS ARE HELPING PYRAMID TOR STUDENTS DOES THAT KIND OF CAPTURE. UM AND THEN A WELCOME WAGON. SO I KNOW I THINK I'M NOT SURE IF THESE ARE THE PHONE CALLS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE'VE DONE FOR ENROLLMENT. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. WE HAD THE CALLS THAT WERE CALLING. CHECK ON EVERYBODY, BECAUSE I REMEMBER I GET CALLS EVERY YEAR. FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN LIKE HI, MISS HATFIELD WERE CALLING TO CHECK ON YOU. WE SEE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR DOCUMENTATION, BUT WE JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW AND MEET THE TEACHER IS AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND I WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND . UM ANY QUESTIONS I HAD, THEY COULD ANSWER ON THE SPOT. AND IF THERE IS A PARENT THAT HASN'T FILLED OUT THEIR ENROLLMENT PAPERWORK, THEY'RE GETTING THAT PHONE CALL, SO WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM IN DOING THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND MAKING SURE OUR NEEDS ARE MET. SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH THE WELCOME WAGON IDENTIFYING WHEN NEW PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND GOING AND WELCOMING THEM TO THE COMMUNITY WITH LIKE A CFB BAG AND FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM TO SEE IF WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE TALKED. ABOUT CAMPUS BRANDING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SHOWCASING AND EMPHASIZING THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

UM BEYOND THE WEBSITE SO THAT PEOPLE WANT TO ENGAGE IN OUR SCHOOLS. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? OH, AS LETTING THE STUDENTS KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE SEVENTH YEAR. AND YOU KNOW I'M A SECOND GRADE MOM AND OH, MY GOSH, DON'T YOU WANT TO GO TO AG? WE CAN RAISE BENNY'S YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO FEED THE GOATS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. SO THOSE ARE LIKE, KUDOS FOR THE KIDS. WOW I WANT TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT GIVES THEM LONGEVITY IN OUR DISTRICT, AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING TO WORK FOR. AWESOME THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS. UM LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THE STUFF. WE'VE BEEN BRAINSTORMING AS WELL. SO WE'LL TAKE ALL OF THIS AND WE'LL SIT DOWN AS YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND TRY TO INCORPORATE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP US GROW ENROLLMENT AND GROW OUR A D. A SO THIS IS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL FOR US. I APPRECIATE THAT. LOOK OKAY, SO NOW WE'LL GO TO THE FUN, PART STATE FUNDING AND COMPENSATION. SO TONIGHT. UM AS YOU KNOW, DOC DAVIS WILL BE PRESENTING THE FULL COMPENSATION PLAN THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AT YOUR DESK. UM ON THE FRONT, BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE BASICS OF WHAT WE WANT TO PROPOSE BASED ON OUR TASK B SALARY STUDY, SO WE WANTED TO INCREASE OUR YEAR ZERO TEACHERS BRAND NEW TEACHERS TO THE DISTRICT THAT ARE STARTING THEIR FIRST YEAR IN TEACHING. THE BASE SALARY WILL BE STARTING AT $60,000. FOR ALL THE RETURNING TEACHERS TEACHER. THEY'RE CURRENTLY ON STAFF. UM WITH TABBIES RECOMMENDATION.

WE'RE PROPOSING A $2000 RAISE AND THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL, UM WHAT WE CALL EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STEPS STAY IN THE STEP RANGE. THIS WAY, LIKE A ONE STEP IS NOT MAKING MORE THAN A STEP, TOO. SO THOSE ARE THE EQUITY ESTIMATES THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO WITH THIS ONE. UM THE STARTING PAY FOR A LOT OF OUR AUXILIARY STAFF WAS AROUND $12.50, WHICH IS EXTREMELY LOW, SO AGAIN WITH TAXES RECOMMENDATION. THEY WANTED TO GO TO 14 50. WE AGREED WITH IT AS WELL. SO EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'S NON TEACHING STAFF. THERE WAS A FLAT 3% RAISE, AND I THINK WE ALL TALKED AND THIS WEEKEND LAST WEEK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE 3. INCREASE FOR NON TEACHING STAFF, SO JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT

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THE STATE'S TOUTING THIS YEAR THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY ALLOCATED MORE MONEY TO SCHOOLS. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE LINE AND DOWN WAS BASICALLY HOW MUCH LOCAL TAXES PAID AND THE STATE COVERED THE REST TO GET. TO THAT CUP. SO WITH THE STATES PROPOSING THEY WANT TO LOWER THE TAX RATE PRESS THE TAX RATE IS WHAT THEY CALL IT, AND THEY WANT TO PAY MORE SHARE. BUT YOU CAN SEE EVEN THOUGH THE STATES CONTRIBUTING MORE THAN 61, 60 HAS REMAINED CONSTANT FOR SCHOOL. SO WHAT IT MEANS IS THERE'S NO MONEY. NO MORE MONEY TO THE DISTRICT. NO MORE MONEY FOR KIDS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WITH THE BASIC ALLOTMENT STAYING THE SAME. WE KIND OF DID OUR REVENUE COMPARISONS FOR THE YEAR AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. AND I THINK I WENT OVER THIS WITH ALL OF YOU ALL PRETTY INDEFINITELY, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET WAS 314 MILLION TO START THE YEAR. AND WITH PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS. WE ANTICIPATE OUR COLLECTIONS TO GO UP TO $331 MILLION. BUT AGAIN IT'S ALL PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS BECAUSE WERE RECAPTURED DISTRICT ALL THE MONEY THAT WE GET ACTUALLY GOES TO THE STATE. SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE COLLECTING 331 MILLION, AS OPPOSED TO 3 14 RECAPTURE PAYMENT, WHICH IS THE PAYMENT YOU PAY BACK TO THE STATE WAS GOING FROM 36.3 MILLION. IT'S GOING TO RAISE UP TO 55.9 MILLION. SO YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE ANTICIPATE WE'RE GETTING $277 MILLION IN REVENUE AND WE'RE ACTUALLY NETTING 275 MILLION, ACTUALLY LOSING MONEY, EVEN THOUGH OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS HAVE GONE WAY UP THIS YEAR. SO THAT BEING SAID, WE TRY TO BASE OUR NEW PRELIMINARY BUDGET WILL PROPOSE TO YOU NEXT MONTH FULLY BUT. AND WE'RE ABOUT 334 MILLION, BUT YOU CAN SEE OUR PROPERTY. OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT BACK TO THE STATE IS GOING UP 3 MILLION AS WELL. SO ALL IN ALL, WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO NET INCREASE ABOUT 1.1 MILLION. SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN? WHEN WE START COMPARING REVENUES, WE START TO LOOK AT EXPENSES AS WELL. SO I KIND OF GAVE YOU IF WE SPEND EVERYTHING WE HAVE THAT'S BUDGETED FOR OUR CAMPUSES THIS YEAR, AND NON CAMPUS DEPARTMENTS WILL SPEND ABOUT $284 MILLION AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE SAID IF IT'S WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE SPEND EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR WE HAVE. THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED THIS YEAR. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID REVENUES AS I TOLD YOU ABOUT 275 MILLION OUR EXPENSES WILL BE ABOUT 2 84. SO IF WE KEEP ON THE SAME CLIP AND WE'LL HAVE A DEFICIT BUDGET ABOUT 9.6 MILLION SO WE TRY TO FORWARD IT THIS YEAR TO THE NEXT BUDGET WE'RE PLANNING FOR ALREADY. AND WITH WITH A MILLION MORE DOLLARS COSTS GOING UP BASED ON SALARY INCREASES AND STUFF THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER WITH PREDICTABLE HAVE ABOUT $12 MILLION DEFICIT NEXT YEAR. UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS ON THAT'S ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET EXPENSE INCREASES. SO THE FIRST COLUMN THAT WAS WHAT WE ANTICIPATED AND THEN SO WE'RE LOOKING WITH THE COMPENSATION PLAN AND OTHER PAYROLL ADJUSTMENTS. MOVING INTO 2023 IS A 12.9 INCREASE, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A REDUCTION IN 8.4 MILLION OF OTHER OPERATIONAL EXPENSES. MOVING INTO 2023 24. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY, JUST. YES BECAUSE

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THEY RAISED THE FUND THAT ARE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T EVEN GIVE US DIRECT FUNDING TO PUT AN OFFICER AT EVERY CAMPUS WITH THE SIDEARM. SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NOW. THE INSURANCE ON THE TRS COSTS FOR EMPLOYEES AND FOR THE DISTRICT. SO TRS COSTS HAVE INCREASED AS WELL. UM EMPLOYEES USED TO CONTRIBUTE 8% OF THEIR SALARY TOWARDS THE RETIREMENT,

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UM THEY HAVE A $60,000 SALARY. THEY'RE GOING TO PAY $12 MORE A MONTH TOWARDS OUR TRS RETIREMENT. AND THE DISTRICT WAS, UM HELD ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL . SO THAT THE STATEMENT THE DISTRICT RAISED AT 25.25% AS WELL. THEY DID IT 0.25 FOR THE GRANT CONTRIBUTIONS RAISED 8.1% FOR OUR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE TEAR THE TRS PENSION SURCHARGE THAT I TALKED ABOUT A SECOND AGO. THAT THEY USED TO BE 14% WHEN THE EMPLOYEE HAD IT, AND THEN THEY RAISED IT TO 60% AND GAVE IT TO US, AND THEN THEY RAISE ANOTHER HALF PERCENT THIS YEAR. SO TOTAL FOR US PER EMPLOYEE, UM ON AVERAGE OF $60,000 EMPLOYEES, ROUGHLY $660 THAT WE AS A DISTRICT HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT'S IN THE DISTRICT. SO MULTIPLY THAT TIMES ARE EMPLOYEES. THAT'S ROUGHLY $2.5 MILLION MORE. AT WHAT LEVEL ARE WE SEEING GROWTH? AND THE NUMBER OF HIGHER BACKS.

OR ARE WE SEEING GROWTH? WE ARE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN SUCH A TEACHER SHORTAGE AND WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF HIGHER NECESSARY TEACHERS TO HELP WITH THAT SHORTAGE, BUT WE ARE FORCED TO HIRE A LOT OF RETIREES BACK INTO THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE QUALIFIED TEACHERS THAT ARE BEST FOR OUR KIDS SO THAT THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE. NOT DRAMATICALLY, BUT THEY CAN THEY CONTINUE RIGHT, SO WE CONTINUE TO PAY THE SURCHARGE. OKAY, SO. PART OF THE BENEFITS CONTRIBUTION THAT WE PAY. CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH WILL CONTRIBUTE $350 TOWARDS EVERYBODY'S INSURANCE COSTS, AND I TELL YOU THEY WERE GOING UP A LITTLE BIT FOR EACH EMPLOYEE THIS YEAR, AND I PULLED SOME DISTRICTS CLOSE TO US. YOU CAN SEE, UM WE'RE ONE OF THE HIGHEST. THERE'S EVERYBODY'S KIND OF IN THE SAME RANGE COUPLES THE SAME AS A SUMMER A LITTLE BIT LOWER. HIGHLAND PARK'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE CONTRIBUTION THAT WE PAY TOWARDS INSURANCE COSTS FOR EACH EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT. SO WITH THOSE INSURANCE COSTS, THESE ARE OUR NEW BENEFITS THAN THE GOLD FOR THE YEAR. AND THIS ONE, FOR INSTANCE, SAYS $100, WHICH MEANS CFB CONTRIBUTED. $350 THAT SO THE TOTAL COST IS 450. THE EMPLOYEE PLAYS 100 NOW AND WE PAID THE 3 50. THE PREVIOUS YEAR WAS $60 SO YOU CAN SEE IT WENT UP $40 JUST ON THE LOWEST PLAN. AND THIS DIAGRAM ON THE RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE INSURANCE COSTS REACH BENEFIT PLANS. SO IF YOU HAVE LIKE THIS ONE WITH THE EMPLOYEE WITH FAMILY IT WENT UP $152 A MONTH. SO THESE ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES. WHICH IS WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THE RAYS. WE DIDN'T WHICH IS WHY WE CONTRACTED WITH TAGS BE TO HELP US TRIGGER HOW TO FIGURE OUT THE COMPLAINT, WHICH MAKES IT EQUITABLE FOR EMPLOYEE TOO. GET A RAISE AND TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT MAKING LESS BECAUSE OF THE INSURANCE INCREASES THAN THEY WERE THE PRIOR YEAR. SO UM, JUST TO KIND OF WRAP, START WRAPPING UP THINGS. THE ADF LEGISLATION, UM, HAD A FEW TOPICS HOUSE. BILL 100 WAS A BIG ONE FOR US THAT THEY TOOK NO ACTION ON. UM THEY'VE CALLED TWO SPECIAL SESSIONS NOW AND WE'RE HOPING THEY'RE GONNA CALL A THIRD ONE WHERE THEY MIGHT ADDRESS, UH, SCHOOL FINANCE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T ANNOUNCED ANYTHING AS OF YET. SO LIKE I SAID AGAIN, HOUSE BILL 100 WAS THE BIG ONE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE COUNTING ON THAT NOTHING PAST. UM TAX COMPRESSION DID HIT. THAT WAS THE JAR. I SHOWED JOB, BUT THERE WAS NO REAL NEW MONEY FOR SCHOOLS.

ANOTHER THING THE STATE TOUT. IT WAS, UM THE TEAM OF FUNDS, WHICH IS OUR TEXTBOOK AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. UH COMPUTER FUND, SO THE PRIOR YEAR THEY HAD CUT IT 60% AND EACH YEAR THEY HAVE, BUT LIKE ADOPTIONS FOR BOOKS, LIKE NEXT YEAR'S LIKE EIGHTH GRADE HISTORY NEXT YEAR, SIXTH GRADE MATH SO THEY ADOPT NEW TEXTBOOKS FOR EACH SEMESTER EACH SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEY HAD SLASHED OUR BUDGET 60% SO THIS IS A SEPARATE FUNDS WHEN THEY SNATCHED AT 60% THE GENERAL FUND WAS FORCED TO PICK UP THE BILL FOR THAT 60% LOSS BECAUSE THEY NEVER STOPPED ADOPTING BOOKS IN THE PROCESS.

SO THEY'RE SAYING, HEY, WE'RE REINSTATING THE TEAM OF FUNDS. THEY'RE GIVING US THE MONEY BACK. BUT AGAIN, IT'S NO REAL MONEY FOR THE DISTRICT. THEY'RE JUST NOT MAKING US USE 1 89 FUNDS FOR IT ANYMORE. AGAIN THIS THAN THE SAFETY SCHOOL ALLOTMENT . IT WAS 9 72 PER 80 A AND THEY RAISED IT TO $10. SO THEY WENT UP 28 CENTS. SO BASED ON OUR A D, A. WE'RE GETTING ABOUT $6000 MORE AS A DISTRICT TO COVER THOSE COSTS. OKAY? $300 YES. THERE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE BIG SAFETY THING CAME OUT. WE'RE HAVING TO DO FENCING AND PERIMETER AND GLASS FILMING AND OFFICER AT EVERY CAMPUS THAT'S ARMED. THEY GAVE US $6300 BASICALLY MORE TO DO IT. WE HAVE 24,909. 6000 FOR EVERYBODY. IT'S JUST A LITTLE SHORT. YEAH, IT WAS SO THESE WERE GOVERNOR

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WE THREW A LOT OF STUFF AT YOU TONIGHT, BUT I WANT YOU TO KIND OF HELP US THINK. WHAT ARE THREE PRIORITIES IF THERE IS A SURPLUS, WE WANT TO ADD THIS OR IF THERE IS A SHORTAGE, OR OR SHOULD WE CUT FIRST, SO I'LL GIVE YOU LIKE AGAIN ANOTHER SEVEN MINUTES WITH A ONE MINUTE WARNING THIS TIME TO WHERE YOU JUST KIND OF THINK THROUGH SOME THINGS AND HELP US KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE IS A DISTRICT IN THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO. SO ON THIS ONE.

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THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER THING TO REVIEW. I MEAN, ARE PEOPLE REALLY USING IT? IS IT WORKING OR WE JUST HAVE THEM AT HOME OR WHEREVER WE KEEP THEM, UH, TO THAT SAME NOTE. WHAT ABOUT PAPER ITEMS? UM WORKBOOKS BOOKS. IF EVERYTHING'S ONLINE, ARE WE DUEL SPENDING THAT WOULD BE NOTHING TO LOOK AT. AND THEN AS FAR AS, UH, GRADING AND UPDATING THOSE LAPTOPS FOR EVERYONE, HOW OFTEN

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EFFECTIVE. SORRY. THE. YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS AS ITEMS TO FOCUS ON FOR THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT COULD BE A BUDGET PRIORITY BECAUSE EFFECTIVE SPENDING WOULD REDUCE. IN THEORY AND FINANCIAL THEORY WOULD REDUCE THE DEFICIT. YOU KNOW FROM THAT? HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT A BUDGET. 2023 2024. I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW THAT IT HAS TO BE PROCESSES WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF TO REDUCE THE SPENDING, NOT PRIORITIES. THAT'S MY OPINION. WITH AGE CAMPUS. BECAUSE WHEN WE GO BACK TO IF WE HAVE A DEFICIT AT HOME, DO I REALLY NEED ANOTHER CROP PARTNER ? HAVE TO UNDERNEATH? I JUST DON'T WANT TO DIG IT OUT EXAMPLE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING. I APPRECIATE THE INPUT. AND THE PENMANSHIP.

MR CARE? I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND SUPPORT AND HELPING US WORK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND HAVE SOME TIME TO COLLABORATE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS TO HELP US TONIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THREE B. A DISCUSSION REGARDING BOARD WORK STUDIES, BOARD PRIORITIES AND CALORIE CALENDAR RING FOR 22 23, AND I'LL BE LEADING THIS DISCUSSION. SO BOARD MEMBERS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A DRAFT CALENDAR THAT YOU WILL SEE AT YOUR STABLE AND THAT I'D LIKE TO FACILITATE THIS DISCUSSION WITH THIS IS FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, AND IT NOTES SOME INFORMATION LIKE WHEN SCHOOL STARTS. WHEN MEETINGS ARE ALREADY SET ON THE CALENDAR AND SOME OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AS WE SAW TONIGHT, WE KNOW THAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO BE KEY, AND SO AS IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN, AND ADDITIONALLY OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES CLEARLY DEFINE THAT WE NEED TO SET DISTRICT PRIORITIES HAVE AN ANNUAL TEAM BUILDING AND SHARE OUR LEARNING EXPERIENCES FROM CONFERENCES, INCLUDING THE ONES THAT WE ATTENDED THIS LAST YEAR.

SO IN OUR LAST MEETING, WE DID APPROVE OUR SCHEDULE FOR A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS AND FOR WORK STUDIES ARE FIRST WORK STUDY IS SCHEDULED TO BE ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, AND IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DEFINED AS OUR TEAM OF A TRAINING AND THAT MEANS WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER WORK STUDY UNTIL NOVEMBER. SO, UM AS YOU KNOW, OUR BOARD MEETINGS TYPICALLY ARE THE TIME WHERE WE RECEIVE UPDATES ON PROGRESS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. TAKE ACTION ON BUSINESS FROM THE DISTRICT.

BUT OUR WORK STUDIES SIMILAR TO TONIGHT'S FORMAT WOULD HAVE NORMALLY BEEN A WORK STUDY FORMAT IS OUR TIME TO COLLABORATE AND REALLY THINK THROUGH THINGS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION A DEEPER LEVEL. IT'S KIND OF LIKE OUR OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

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OKAY SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, DURING THIS, THIS SPECIAL SECOND QUESTION HELPS SENATE BILL TWO PAST WHICH CHANGES THE COMPRESSION RATES FOR THE TAX RATE THAT WE HAVE SO WE AS AS A DISTRICT EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE HAS TO SUBMIT ARE COMPRESSED TAX RATES TO THE STATE, AND THEN THEY ANALYZE THEM. THEY COMPRESS THEM. THEY'RE DUE BACK OUT THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST. SO ONCE THEY GIVE THEM BACK TO US, THEN WE CAN START SETTING OUR TAX RATE, WHICH IS WHAT WILL ADOPT AND IN AUGUST AND ON THE 24TH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND WHAT IT DOES IS WHEN THEY GET IT BACK TO US, AND WE GO AND DO OUR WORK. TRY TO GET OUR TAX RATES SET AND WE HAVE TO PUBLISH IT BY LAW IN THE PAPER FOR AT LEAST 10 DAYS BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING. AND OUR PAPER OF THAT WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE IT IN HIS DALLAS MORNING NEWS. THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS WANTS US TO HAVE UM, THE ARTICLE TO THEM AT LEAST ONE WEEK BEFORE THEY CAN POST IT FOR 10 DAYS. SO IT PUTS US ALMOST A 17 DAY OUTLETS. SO BY THE TIME WE GET OUR TAX RATE BACK FROM THE STATE THAT'S COMPRESSED WHERE WE CONFIGURED OUR FINAL TAX RATE. THEN IT TAKES 17 DAYS TO GET IT POSTED SO BY THE 17TH OF THERE WAS NO WAY IT WOULD BE READY. SO WE'RE ASKING, WE CAN MOVE IT BACK TO THE 24TH. SO LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NO ACTION ON THIS, BUT BOARD MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IDEA THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO CHANGE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE BUDGET FROM THE 17TH TO THE 24TH? YES, MR BRADY. UM I DON'T MIND ADDING MEETINGS. I DON'T MIND ABOUT ADDING WORK STUDIES IF WE COULD DO SOME OTHER NIGHT.

BESIDES THURSDAY'S THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL. FOR INSTANCE, LIKE ON THE I THINK IT'S A 24TH.

ACTUALLY, THAT IS SENIOR NIGHT FOR MY SENIOR FOR THIS MYTH FOOTBALL GAME. SO I WOULD PREFER TO BE AT THAT. UM BUT IF WE JUST IN GENERAL, ADDING MEETINGS SO WE CAN ADD THEM ON DIFFERENT NIGHTS. BESIDES, ONLY THURSDAY, THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL. OKAY BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS? OKAY, SO, UM. FOR THE TOPIC OF THE BUDGET HEARING. I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT IS TYPICALLY A MEETING THAT TAKES US ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR AND THE ADMINISTRATION WILL BE COMING FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. UM SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION, BUT, UM, KNOWING THAT WE MAY BE MOVING THE BUDGET MEETING TO THE 24TH. THE 17TH IS ALREADY RESERVED. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT MEETING STILL OCCUR ON THE 17TH. BUT OUR PURPOSE THAT NIGHT WOULD BE TO SET PRIORITIES AS A TEAM OF EIGHT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT MAINTAINING THAT NIGHT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT FOCUS. GREAT. OKAY I SEE NODS. SO I THINK WE WILL PLAN FOR THE FACT THAT WE WILL LIKELY HAVE A MEETING ON THE 17TH AND THE 24TH. WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING. SO UM , WE WILL BE DOING THAT IN ACCORDANCE TO, UM THE LAW, OF COURSE. SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM ONE STARBOARD PRIORITIES ARE SET. UM DR ELDRIDGE, AND I CAN START BEGINNING TO WORK TOWARDS WORK STUDY SESSIONS TO BEGIN WORKING ON THOSE PRIORITIES, SO THOSE WILL BE PRIORITIES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. BUT WE MAY BE REQUESTING INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN DIVE DEEPER INTO THOSE TOPICS AND HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE SET. AND SO ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IS TYPICALLY WE ATTEND, TACIT HAS BI ANNUALLY SO YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR CALENDAR THAT THAT'S NOTED FOR SEPTEMBER 29TH AND 30TH. AND THEN IT ALSO IS ON THAT SUNDAY. UM, WE TYPICALLY GO. UM IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND GROW AND WE GET OUR REQUIRED HOURS AND WE CAN NETWORK WITH

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BUT WE HAVE IN THE PAST USED THE EVALUATION TOOL. THAT CRS S DOES RIGHT. I MEAN, I THINK THAT WAS

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OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY AT THIS TIME, WE WILL PROCEED TO OUR NEXT AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER

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THIS IS A IMPORTANT GRAPH. UH SO I WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS. THIS IS ONE OF THE GRAPHS THAT WAS FIRST GIVEN TO US WHEN THEY STARTED COMPARING OUR DATA. IF WE LOOK AT THE ORANGE LINE, THAT'S OUR COMPENSATION PLAN FOR TEACHERS FOR THE 22 23 SCHOOL YEAR WHERE YOU SEE 58 THOUSANDS AT ZERO SALARY YEAR THAT WE SET A NEW TEACHER IF WE HIRE A FIVE YEAR TEACHER WHO HAS FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND IT COMES TO OUR DISTRICT, THEY MAKE 58 9 50 BASE PAY. THE BLUE LINE IS THE MEDIAN FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICTS THAT WERE COMPARED WITH US SO BASE SALARY FOR IT WAS 58 TO 50 FOR ALL OF THESE OTHER DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA. THAT'S THE MEDIAN. AT FIVE YEARS. THEY WERE 60,075. THE GREEN LINE. IS OUR AVERAGE SALARIES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WE HIRE IN YEAR ZERO WHO COME AND ARE RETAINED WITH US. SO A FIVE YEAR EMPLOYEE OF OURS IS MAKING 60,296. WHERE IF WE HIRE SOMEBODY WITH FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE THERE ARE 58 9 50. SO WE'RE WE ARE REWARDING THAT RETENTION AND THIS IS THE PLACE THAT WE WANT TO SEE OUR PAY.

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IN THE 14 DISTRICTS. WERE IT EIGHT IN THE IN THE MEDIAN SALARY. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF DFW, THERE ARE ABOUT 50 DISTRICTS THAT ARE WERE SURVEYED. AND WE'RE 25TH. SO IN STARTING SALARY, SO WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN OTHER AREAS, TOO, WERE KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. WE DON'T WANT TO BE AT THE CUTTING EDGE OR THE BLEEDING EDGE. WE WANT TO BE IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET WHERE WE CAN BE MORE AGILE. UM OUR RECOMMENDATION.

FROM TASK WAS TO CLEAN UP THE PAY PLAN AND BRING CURRENT EMPLOYEES INTO THE PAY GRADE COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR JOB. AND REFLECTIVE OF THESE OTHER DISTRICTS AND WHAT THEY PAY AND WHAT THEIR JOB DESCRIPTIONS LOOK LIKE. AND THEY ALSO LOOKED AT PLACEMENT SCALES FOR THE NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES SO THAT WE REINFORCE THAT EQUITY AND WE'RE COMPETITIVE, MOVING FORWARD. SO TAGS BE ALSO EVALUATED ALL OF OUR STIPENDS AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADJUSTMENTS TO SOME OF OUR STIPENDS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PLAN, BUT NOT ALL OF THE STIPENDS BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER DISTRICTS. AH AND ALSO THE COMPENSATION PLAN GROUPINGS. WE HAD A LOT OF GROUPINGS IN OUR COMP PLAN, AND WE REALLY STREAMLINED IT DOWN SO THAT WE'RE MORE AGILE AND THERE'S MORE EQUITY WITHIN THAT COMPENSATION PLAN ITSELF. SO SPECIFIC TASK B RECOMMENDATIONS. AH TASK B HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THE PAY STRUCTURES WERE ALIGNED WITH THE MARKET BASED ON BENCHMARK JOBS. THEY RE CLASSIFIED BASED ON THE MARKET RATES, JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND INTERNAL EQUITY, AND THEN THEY ALIGN THE PAY STRUCTURES TO INCLUDE FOUR MIDPOINT BASED STRUCTURES. AND ONE PLACEMENT STRUCTURE FOR TEACHERS AND RELATED INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN IN YOUR PACKAGE AND HOW THAT IS LAID OUT. UM ALSO, THERE WAS A PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUSINESS SERVICES PAY GROUPS WERE COLLAPSED INTO ONCE PAY STRUCTURE, WHICH IS CALLED ADMINISTRATIVE SLASH PROFESSIONAL. AND THEY REALIGNED THE POSITIONS BASED ON THE MARKET, THE SCOPE OF DUTIES AND INTERNAL EQUITY. THEY LOOKED AT THE TECHNOLOGY PAY STRUCTURE, AND THEY RECONFIGURED THE POSITIONS AND ALIGNED BASED ON AGAIN, THE MARKET, THE SCOPE OF THE DUTIES AND INTERNAL EQUITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT BEING DISPARAGING FOLKS WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND WHERE THEY ARE.

AH THEY LOOKED AT THE CLERICAL PAY GROUP AND DIVIDED INTO SEPARATE GROUPS, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND CLERICAL SUPPORT. UM NONEXEMPT JOBS FROM THE FORMER PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUSINESS SERVICES PAY GROUPS REMOVED INTO THESE NEW STRUCTURES BASED ON THEIR FUNCTION, MARKET VALUE AND EQUITY. AND THEN THE MIDPOINT STRUCTURE GROUP OF JOBS WITH SIMILAR MARKET VALUE, SKILL AND EFFORTS AND RESPONSIBILITY INTO PROPOSED PAY GRADES. WITH THAT MINIMUM MIDPOINT AND MAXIMUM RAGES. SO SPECIFICALLY, THE RECOMMENDATIONS TALKED ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL PAY INCREASE TO IMPROVE THE COMPETITIVENESS. THE AVERAGE INCREASE WAS. ACROSS THE BOARD. 3.1% WHAT THAT EQUATES TO HIS $2000 PER CONTINUING TEACHER. UM THEY ALSO HAD TO MAKE ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS IS DR GARRETT TALKED ABOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MARKET POSITION IN THE BENCHMARK YEARS WE WEREN'T GETTING PEOPLE BEHIND WHAT ART PAY CALENDAR WAS? UM ADMINISTRATIVE, PROFESSIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE OTHER GROUPS WILL RECEIVE AN AVERAGE OF 3% BASED UPON THE MIDPOINT. AND THEN THE NINE TEACHER PAY INCREASES WERE CALCULATED AS A PERCENT OF EACH PAY GRADE FROM THAT MIDPOINT. AND IT WAS AN EQUITABLE INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. AND THEN ALSO TO IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL SALARY ADJUSTMENTS TO IMPROVE INTERNAL EQUITY AND MARKET COMPETITIVE, SO THEY LOOKED AT EVERYBODY AND MADE SURE THAT WE ARE EQUITABLE INTERNALLY AND YET COMPETITIVE WITH THE MARKET IN OUR AREA. SO TAKE AWAYS. THE STARTING SALARY OF 60,000 IS COMPETITIVE AND COMPARABLE. THESE ARE THE DISTRICTS. THIS YEAR, STARTING SORRY FOR THE 23 24 SCHOOL YEAR . THESE ARE THE DISTRICTS THAT HAS BEEN COMPARED TO SO I WENT AND PULLED THEIR STARTING SALARIES AGAIN. WE'RE RIGHT AT THE MIDPOINT 60 TO 68. THE AVERAGE WORKS 60,000. UM AND IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING MORE OF THOSE FOLKS TO THE WEST OR A LITTLE HIGHER IN THE FOLKS TO THE EASTER A LITTLE LESS, BUT WE'RE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK WITH 60,000 AS A STARTING RATE THAT'S PROPOSED.

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THANK YOU, DR DAVIS. SPORT MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION AND RECOMMENDATION? THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST LOOKING AT THE CATEGORIES, UM I WAS JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INCLUDES BOBBY'S GROUP AND TRANSPORTATION CAFETERIA WORKERS AS WELL. YES MA'AM. THAT'S IN THE I BELIEVE IT'S THE LAST GROUP THE D O. GROUP YES, FAR AS THE PARAPROFESSIONALS. YES IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. WE'VE TASMANIA'S WENT THROUGH WITH US, AND WE'VE WE'VE TOUCHED EVERY EMPLOYEE AND LOOKED AT SALARY AND MADE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. FOR THE YES, MR ROGERS. UM SO THIS. UM TAKE TO CONFIRM THIS TAKES CARE OF. I THINK TWO STEPS WITHIN WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DESIGNED AS A PRIOR COMPENSATION AS A PRIORITY, AND THAT IS, UM UH HUH. COMPARED TO MARKET IN THIS LOOK IN THIS AREA. SO UM, IMPROVING OUR MARKET POSITION RIGHT THAT THAT'S WHAT IT DOES. AND THEN, UM, EQUITY WITHIN OUR OWN STAFF, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN ABSENT. UM FOR SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR YEARS OF SERVICE THAT KIND OF IMPACTED THINGS FOR THAT, SO AND THEN THERE WAS A FINANCIAL. THE IMPACT OF STUDY SHOWS CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. 7.8 MILLION DOLLARS. OKAY SO YOU COULD SAY OF OUR 12 MILLION DEFICIT 7.8 OF IT. UM IS COMPENSATION RELATED, UM. CORRECT YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

IT'S 7.8. BUT THERE WAS THEY TRY TO BALANCE OUT THE STIPENDS DEFICIENCY WE HAD AS WELL SO IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 300,000 AND STIPENDS, SO THE TOTAL WAS LITTLE OR $8.2 MILLION. OKAY 0.8 , ALMOST 7.9 WAS STRAIGHT SALARIES. OKAY UM, LIKE I SAID, WHICH IS ARE IDENTIFIED PRIORITY AND I THINK THIS CORRECTS TWO THINGS FOR US WITHIN THE DISTRICT BUT THEN MOVING FORWARD. UM WELL, WE ADOPT THIS, UM WELL, I GUESS WE ALL RECOMMEND AND THEN FOR IT TO THE BOARD THIS SIMILAR PAY ADJUSTMENT IN YEARS TO COME. UM BASED ON THE MIDPOINT IF YOU SAID THIS, I'M SORRY. I MISSED IT INSTEAD OF WHAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY DONE IN THE PAST THAT PERCENTAGE ON SALARY? YES, I S D S TYPICALLY. AH ONE THING IS, THEY WOULD LOOK ABOUT EVERY 5 TO 7 YEARS TO HAVE TAGS BECOMING AND JUST RECALIBRATE, BUT EACH YEAR YEAH, WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING BASED UPON THE MIDPOINT. OKAY? MEMBERS OF THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. UM LOOKING AT THE LIST IS THIS INCLUDES OUR SPED ALL OF OUR COUNSELORS AND THOSE THAT THAT'S EVERYONE, MA'AM, OKAY? LOOKING ON THIS SIDE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES. I WANT TO KNOW. SHOULD THIS PASS. DO WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION PLAN IN PLACE? BECAUSE THIS THIS ISN'T SIMPLE MATH. THIS IS YOU KNOW THIS, BUT POSSIBLY THIS. HOW ARE WE PLANNING TO COMMUNICATE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WITH STAFF? SO A LITTLE BIT OF THE STEPS MOVING FORWARD ONE. IF THIS WERE TO PASS, WE WOULD HAVE TO INTERNALLY TOUCH EVERY EMPLOYEE AS FAR AS ADJUSTING SALARIES AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE CORRECT AND THEN THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS WITH EMAILS AND REACHING OUT TO THE BUILDINGS, WE WOULD SEND NOTICES OUT, BUT ALSO WITHIN TEAMS ITSELF IS WHERE THEY WOULD GO IN, AND A LETTER WOULD BE PRESENT EXPLAINING AH, THE MOVEMENT AND HOW IT WAS CALCULATED SO THEY WOULD HAVE THAT AS WELL. AND LOOK AT IT AND TANGIBLE. UM ADDING ON TO THAT QUESTION, UM, WITH THAT COMMUNICATION PLAN, WILL THERE BE A EXPLICIT PLACE AND NUMBER TO CONTACT SHOULD THEY BE ANTICIPATING AND ASKING QUESTIONS? THAT IS CORRECT. EVEN IF THE ANNOUNCEMENT GOES OUT TOMORROW, WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE

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THANK YOU. MR ROGERS AND THE IMPACT TO US. IF THE LEGISLATURE DOES DO SOMETHING WOULD BE UNKNOWN BECAUSE IT COULD BE AN UNFUNDED, UM, INCREASE OR A FUNDED INCREASE OR WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT CURRENTLY WORKS IS IF THE STATE PASSES A BASIC ALLOTMENT, INCREASE THIS THE 6001 60 THAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT. THERE'S ALREADY STUFF IN IN STATE LAW THAT SAYS , SHOULD THEY PASS ANY INCREASE IN THE BASIC? A LOT OF IN HALF OF THAT INCREASE HAS TO GO TO TEACHERS, NURSES, LIBRARIANS AND COUNSELORS. SO ANY, UM, CONVERSATION INCREASE THAT'S APPROVED TONIGHT. UM. SHOULD THE BASIC ALLOTMENT GO UP UNLESS THE STATE DECIDES TO CHANGE THE LAW AUTOMATICALLY. HALF OF THAT INCREASE GOES TO THE TEACHERS SO THAT THEY'LL GET AN INCREASE ON TOP OF THIS INCREASE, BUT IT WON'T BE IN PLACE OF IT AND WON'T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY. IT WILL BE IN ADDITION. THIS IS JUST, UM, A REQUEST, I GUESS FOR YEARS MOVING FORWARD, AND, UM, ON THE STIPENDS, THE OVERALL LIST OF STIPENDS TO YOU KNOW, ATHLETIC, EXTRA OLIVE, THE THAT LIST. UM FUTURE INFORMATION REQUESTS. I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT WE HAVE A YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON OF THOSE STIPENDS. UM ONLY BECAUSE WE CAN'T SEE UM WHAT HAS CHANGED FROM YEAR TO YEAR? I MEAN, I KNOW I HAVE MY OWN SHEET, BUT MY LAST DATE UPDATE WAS, I THINK, 2020. I THINK WE WERE FOCUSING ON OTHER THINGS IN 2020. SO I STOPPED. UM BUT LOOKING. I MEAN, I APPRECIATE SEEING THE DATA OF THE STIPENDS. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHANGED AND FOR HIS, SO IF WE COULD GET KIND OF A YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON IN BUDGET REVIEWS AND FINANCIALS MOVING FORWARD THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

YES MA'AM, OF COURSE AND STIPENDS HISTORICALLY, DON'T GO UP WHEN SALARIES GO UP. THE EARLY STIPENDS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PRETTY STAGNANT. YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB LAST YEAR OF APPROVING INCREASE IN CERTAIN STIPENDS LIKE FOR THE BILINGUAL TEACHERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT NORMALLY THE STIPENDS ARE PRETTY STAGNANT. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD ASKED ME TO EVALUATE THIS TYPE OF BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO FALL BACK IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE WE JUST DON'T HAVE COMPARISONS.

NORMALLY WE CAN GET OURSELVES THAT TIES. ME WAS A TICKET FOR US AND SHOW US WHETHER DEFICIENCIES ARE WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT DR DAVID SAID. YOU KIND OF CHECK EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS 57 YEARS TO SEE WHERE WE ARE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING IN LINE WITH THE MARKET, RIGHT? JUST IF WE'RE APPROVING THIS NEW RATE, AND I CAN'T SEE WHAT THE CHANGES AND FOR WHICH IT IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON, AND I JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL INFORMATION. YES, MA'AM. WE'LL DO IT. OKAY? BENAVIDEZ. UM DR DAVIS, YOU YOU USED THE WORD EMPLOYEE. AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. BUT WHAT ABOUT OUR CONTRACTED WORKERS? ARE CONTRACT WORKERS THEY WOULD FALL UNDER THAT AUXILIARY COMPENSATION WOULD, WHICH WOULD BE AN HOURLY RATE OF PAY. THAT WE WOULD WORK AS TEMP EMPLOYEES. AND THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE FOR THEM AS WELL. I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM AND SOME TYING BACK TO, UH, PAY GRADES. SO THE HOURLY RATE OF THE HOUR THEY RATE CHANGES IN THE PAY GRADE. SOME OF THOSE HOURLY RATES WOULD CHANGE. BUT NOT ALL OF THEM DID SO. WE WANTED TO STILL MAINTAIN COMPETITIVENESS IN THE MARKET. WITH THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY? BOARD.

THIS ITEM IS MARKED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO TAKE ANY ACTION? MR STOCKMAN. I CAN GET MY LITTLE GREEN LIGHT TO WORK. DR. DAVIS MR. GURA, UH, PLEASE. COMMUNICATE TO YOUR

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THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE. THAT WE ACCEPT AS PRESENTED. THIS CURRENT PLAN FOR OUR BUDGET. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR SHENKMAN. DO I HAVE A SECOND MISS BRADY? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO WRITING IT. WITH A VOTE OF SEVEN IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STAFF.

[5. Closed Meeting]

[6. Reconvene in Open Meeting]

[7. Consideration and Possible Action Regarding Items Listed in Closed Session]

[8. Comments from Board Members Regarding Posted Agenda Items]