Nov 06, 2025 School Board Meeting- Regular Meeting

[1. Call to Order]

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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM ON NOVEMBER 6TH, MEMBERS, DISTRICT STAFF MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

YOU ARE FREE TO JOIN ME IN STANDING AS MR. SHACKMAN LEADS THE MESSAGE, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGES LED BY PAUL GILMORE AND CAROLYN BENAVIDES. I WOULD INVITE YOU TO PRAY WITH ME.

FATHER. WE APPROACH YOU, THANKING YOU FOR ALL OF THE GREAT BLESSINGS THAT YOU PROVIDE EVERY DAY. AND AS WE LAUNCH INTO THE START OF THIS MEETING, WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE. BLESS OUR BOARD AS WE WILL MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE LIVES OF OUR KIDS, BLESS OUR EFFORTS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, BE WITH ALL OF OUR ACTIONS SO THAT THEY TRULY WILL BE INSPIRATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL TO OUR STUDENTS. NOW, LORD, BLESS US IN THIS MEETING. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. WELL, WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING. IT IS A SEASON OF THANKFULNESS, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO KICK OFF OUR CELEBRATIONS THIS EVENING. AND AS A DISTRICT, WE DEDICATE ALL OF OUR EFFORTS AND RESOURCES TO OUR GOAL OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL. THE BOARD USES THIS GOAL TO GUIDE AND DELIBERATE EVERY DECISION, ACTION, AND ACTION AS ELECTED TRUSTEES, THE BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING OVERSIGHT, SETTING THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION OF THE DISTRICT, AND ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY ALL IN THE SERVICE OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. YOU WILL WITNESS THE BOARD CONDUCTING ITS WORK IN OPEN SESSION, EXCEPT FOR SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT MAY BE DISCUSSED AS IN CLOSED SESSION, AS PERMITTED UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW. THESE ITEMS TYPICALLY DEAL WITH PERSONNEL MATTERS, CONSULTATION WITH OUR ATTORNEY, OR REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE AGENDA TONIGHT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF SUPPORTING KIDS. WITH THAT IN MIND, WE ASK THAT EVERYONE PRESENT A MODEL OF RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE AND CONSTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR AS THIS MODEL IS WHAT WE EXPECT OF OUR CHILDREN. FOR THE RECORD, BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT ARE KIM BRADY, ILIANA GARZA ROJAS, MARJORIE BARNES, CAROLYN BENAVIDES, PAUL GILMORE, RANDY SCHEKMAN, AND MYSELF, CASSANDRA HATFIELD. WE CONSTITUTE A QUORUM AND MAY CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT THE BOARD WILL ACCEPT COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT AND DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING THE MEETING, YOU NEED TO HAVE COMPLETED A FORM BY 1:00 TODAY FOR THIS PURPOSE. SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY. WHEN THE BOARD ADDRESSES AGENDA ITEM NUMBER

[2. Public Meeting to Discuss the 2024-2025 State Financial Accountability Rating (FIRST Report)]

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, PRESIDENT HATFIELD AND ESTEEMED BOARD OF TRUSTEES. STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE DISTRICT CONDUCT THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE SCHOOL'S FIRST READING, AS ASSIGNED BY T SCHOOLS. FIRST IS THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS, ORIGINATING WITH SENATE BILL 875 OF THE 76TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE BACK IN 1999, AND FINALLY PASSED IN DURING THE 77TH IN 2001, IT EXPANDS THE PUBLIC EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IN TEXAS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES. THIS SYSTEM IS A TOOL THAT CREATES FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND CELEBRATES THE HIGH QUALITY OF LOCAL MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING PROCESSES THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT USES. AS FINANCIAL STEWARDS OF STATE FUNDING AND LOCAL TAXPAYER EFFORT. THE 2025 RATING IS BASED ON THE FINANCIAL DATA FOR THE 2324 FISCAL YEAR, AND THIS ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS NOW APPROACHING TWO DECADES OF EXISTENCE. AND WHILE THE SYSTEM ITSELF HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS AND CONTINUES TO EVOLVE, TONIGHT WE WILL REVIEW THE 21 INDICATORS THAT MAKE UP THIS YEAR'S RATING. RATINGS ARE LIKE YOU WOULD SEE IN ANY OTHER REPORT CARD GROUPED BY A'S, B'S,

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ONE OTHER ADDITIONAL SOLVENCY INDICATOR ON 15 ONLY HAS A MAXIMUM FIVE POINT SCORE, AND IT WOULD BE WORTH NOTING THAT THE DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO RECEIVES FULL FULL POINTS ON INDICATOR 13. THE LAST GROUP IS FINANCIAL COMPETENCE INDICATORS NUMBER 16 THROUGH 21, WITH NUMBERS 18 AND 19 HAVING A HIGH SCORE OF FIVE POINTS, AND THE REMAINING ARE ALL PASS FAIL INDICATORS, AND THE DISTRICT RECEIVED FULL POINTS FOR ALL OF THESE INDICATORS AS WELL. ULTIMATELY, CFB ISD IS RATED AN A SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT WITH THE FULL 100 POINTS. AND I THINK IT'S AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE TO COMMEND THE BOARD, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE LEGACY OF WORKING WITH DILIGENCE TO MEET AND EXCEED THE EXPECTATIONS FOR FINANCIAL INTEGRITY INTEGRITY. CFB ISD HAS MAINTAINED A SUPERIOR RATING FOR 23 YEARS. JUST IN FULL DISCLOSURE, WE HAVE REQUIRED WE HAVE FULFILLED ALL OF OUR REQUIRED DISCLOSURES, AND ONE OF THEM INCLUDES REIMBURSEMENTS BY THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND IT IS ALSO TO BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR COMMENDED FOR THEIR GOOD STEWARDSHIP, AS IT IS ONE OF THE LOWER BUDGETS FOR THESE TYPES OF REIMBURSEMENTS THAT I'VE SEEN IN MY CAREER. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LOOKING TO OUR LEFT AND RIGHT WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND SOME COMPARISON DISTRICTS. SOME FOLKS HAVE CAUGHT UP WITH US BY ADDING A FEW POINTS HERE AND THERE. BUT YOU SEE, CFB GENERALLY RISES ABOVE THE REST. AND WITH THAT I WILL YIELD THE FLOOR. PRESIDENT HATFIELD, TO ANY QUESTIONS? YES, I WAS JUST LISTENING SO MUCH AT THIS TIME. THE BOARD WILL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE REGARDING THE FIRST REPORT. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT THE REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE AND HEARING NONE. THE TIME IS NOW 7:08 P.M. AND THIS

[3. Special Presentations and Recognitions]

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING AND THANKING OUR AMAZING COUNCIL OF PTAS. AND BEFORE THE PICTURE, IF THE REMAINING BOARD MEMBERS CAN MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE CENTER OF THE DAIS FOR A GROUP PHOTO. THIS ONE THAT WAY JUST A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN WE'LL ALL KIND OF SQUEEZE TOGETHER. OH, THAT'S SO SWEET. THEY BROUGHT THEIR BABIES. OH, SO. RIGHT. ON. I

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WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT ENROLLMENT TRENDS AND BUDGET IMPACTS AND ALL THOSE THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE NEVER EASY. THEY ARE IMPORTANT. AND THEY REMIND US THAT EVEN THROUGH CHANGES, OUR SHARED FOCUS MUST REMAIN ON DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS AND ENSURING THAT EVERY DECISION SUPPORTS THEIR SUCCESS. AS WE ENTER THE SEASON OF GRATITUDE, I WANT TO JUST GIVE A SINCERE THANKS TO OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, OUR ADMINISTRATION ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. THE WORK THAT THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND DO EVERY DAY MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR KIDS AND HELPS THEM BE SUCCESSFUL. SO WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AS WE ENTER THE SEASON OF THANKFULNESS, BECAUSE THE IMPACT YOU HAVE ON STUDENTS REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO PLACE YOUR TRUST IN US. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR COMMITTEE UPDATES. SO WE DO HAVE BOARD SUBCOMMITTEES. OUR BOARD SUBCOMMITTEES IS A SUBSET OF THE BOARD WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO SUPPORT A PARTICULAR FOCUS. AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE FOCUSES ON THE SCREEN. EACH BOARD MEMBER SITS ON AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES. THE GOAL OF THOSE COMMITTEES IS TO DRAFT DOCUMENTS AND PREPARE WORK PRODUCTS FOR THE BOARD'S REVIEW AND ADOPTION. AND BOARD MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES FROM ANY OF OUR COMMITTEES SPECIFIC TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE? ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR OTHER COMMITTEES, WHICH IS OUR DISTRICT LIAISON COMMITTEES. SO THIS BOARD IS COMMITTED TO ENGAGING IN THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BY WAY OF SUPPORTING REGULAR AND SMOOTH COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOARD TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. MORE SO INFORMATION TO THE BOARD FROM THE DISTRICT COMMITTEES. SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES THAT ARE DISTRICT COMMITTEES. AND THE BOARD HAS AT LEAST ONE LIAISON ON EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES. BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY UPDATES FROM DISTRICT LIAISON COMMITTEES? MISS GARZA ROJAS THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HATFIELD, I HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THE SHACK. WE HAD A MEETING OCTOBER 23RD. WHERE? APRIL WHO? APRIL. WHO DISCUSSED THE KABUKI SYNDROME, WHICH WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE. AND THEN WE THEY INVITED DOCTOR BAUMOL WITH HEALTHY MIND, PSYCHO PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES AND KATIE MARKHAM, A LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST ASSOCIATE, TO DISCUSS MENTAL HEALTH, BEHAVIOR AND EFFECTS IN

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THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY ADDITIONAL UPDATES FROM BOARD LIAISON COMMITTEES? MISS BRADY? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HATFIELD. THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MET AGAIN AND WE HAD UPDATES ABOUT WHERE OUR CONSTRUCTION IS ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES. I KNOW IT'S BEEN INCONVENIENT FOR SOME OF YOU, BUT IT'S GOING TO LOOK GOOD WHEN IT'S DONE. WE WANT TO THANK MISS CARLIN FOR HER DEDICATED WORK AS BEING CHAIRPERSON OF THAT BOARD, BUT SHE IS, I GUESS, HANDING OVER THE REINS TO MR. JAIME RIVAS. AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT WRONG.

NO, FRANCO AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ELECTED CO-CHAIRS FOR THE FURTHER BOND COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

WE DISCUSSED JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, THE REALLOCATIONS OF THE REMAINING MONEY. AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO LOOK ONLINE AS OUR MINUTES FROM THAT MEETING. THANKS TO MISS RODRIGUEZ. LOOK BEAUTIFUL. AND YOU CAN REFLECT ON ALL OF THAT THERE FOR MORE DETAIL. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON BOARD LIAISON COMMITTEES? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISTRICT ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS. ITEM THREE D DOCTOR ELDRIDGE. WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PTA FOR THE GREAT WIZARDS EVENT. I GOT TO SERVE AS THE REFEREE AND MY HUSBAND TOLD ME I DIDN'T DO ENOUGH, BUT I DID REALLY ENJOY IT. I KNOW I DIDN'T HAVE TO RUN UP AND DOWN AS MUCH, BUT WHAT A GREAT CELEBRATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST TO SEE ALL OF OUR KIDS AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR ALL THE TAYLOR SWIFT SONGS ALL AT ONCE. SO IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING OUR CHAMPION TO THAT. WE HAD A WORK AVERSARY EVENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE STAYED WITH US. AND SO WHAT, A OVER 400 OF OUR EMPLOYEES GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT EVENT, WHICH ADDED UP TO 5100 YEARS OF SERVICE IN CFB ISD TOTAL. ISN'T THAT AMAZING? AND SO I JUST WHEN YOU WHEN YOU PUT THE DATA DOWN, IT'S IT'S INCREDIBLE. SO METRO LEADERSHIP, WHICH MISS GARZA ROJAS AND MYSELF ARE PART OF THE METRO LEADERSHIP WE PUT ON EDUCATION DAY. OUR STUDENTS GOT TO SHOW OFF ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THEY DO. AND SO I THINK OUR TEAM AND CLASS ENJOYED THE EVENT TO SEE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STUDENTS ACTUALLY COOK THE LUNCH FOR THEM. SO I THINK IT WAS AMAZING. OUR MUSICALS ARE COMING UP. SO THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 20TH, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT FOOTBALL, EVEN THOUGH OUR FOOTBALL TEAMS ARE ALL CROSS YOUR FINGERS, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. BUT WE HAVE GREAT MUSICALS COMING UP AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 20TH, WE HAD PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY, SO ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES HAD A PRINCIPAL FOR THE DAY. AND THE FEEDBACK, THE LUNCH. IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE THAT OUR COMMUNITY GOT TO GO INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND SEE HOW OUR KIDS PERFORM, AND THE FEEDBACK WAS AMAZING AND IT JUST WAS SO ENERGIZING. HEB, THE GROCERY STORE CHAIN, NOMINATED OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR BEING AN OUTSTANDING. WELL, WE DON'T KNOW WHO NOMINATED THE NOMINATIONS OR ANONYMOUS, BUT WE I WANT TO THANK MISS HOLCOMB FOR FILLING OUT 14 PAGES AND HIT SUBMIT THE OTHER NIGHT AT 1001 OR 10 RIGHT BEFORE THE DEADLINE FOR US TO HOPEFULLY MAKE THE FINALS. AND THEN KIM, BRADY AND THE REST OF THE BOARD, WHO WAS AT MARJORY, MISS BARNES, WE WERE ALSO NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOOL BOARD. SO WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.

THOSE ARE JUST TO BE NOMINATED AND TO PUT ALL OF OUR EVENTS AND ALL THE THINGS WE'VE DONE THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE ON A PIECE OF PAPER IS INCREDIBLE. AND I THINK IT ALMOST BROUGHT TEARS TO MISS HOLCOMB AND I AS WE WERE REVIEWING IT. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR STUDENT SERVICES TEAM. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE REOPENING OF THE GIVING HOUSE. WE HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS TEXTS AND EMAILS ABOUT HOW CAN THEY DONATE. AND SO I WOULD I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO I COULD READ THE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR DONATIONS, BUT I ALWAYS THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEND SOME INFORMATION OUT SO THEY CAN DONATE ITEMS TO YOU ALL, BECAUSE THAT IS SUCH A GREAT THING TO SERVE OUR FAMILIES AND OUR KIDS THAT WE GET THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO BE IN OUR CAMPUSES. SO I CAN'T GO WITHOUT SAYING THAT WE HAD OUR RETIRED TEACHER PERSONNEL AND STAFF THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON YESTERDAY, AND TO SEE ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT CAME BACK THAT SCHOOLS ARE NAMED AFTER, AND THEY COME BACK AND WE SERVE THEM THANKSGIVING LUNCH. I MEAN,

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OH, SORRY, I DIDN'T TURN IT ON. I'M STACEY HOLMAN, PROUD TO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF CFBISD COUNCIL OF PTA'S. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 5096 MEMBERS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. WE ARE AT 83% OF OUR MEMBERSHIP FROM LAST YEAR, AND WE'D REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S HELP GETTING PEOPLE SIGNED UP, REACHING FOR THAT GOLDEN APPLE, DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO SO THAT WE CAN EXCEED OUR MEMBERSHIP FROM LAST YEAR AND WIN ALL SORTS OF COOL AWARDS AT LAUNCH, AND GET TO GO ON STAGE AND BRAG TO THE OTHER DISTRICTS. THE BEST WAY TO JOIN A PTA YOU CAN VISIT, JOIN PETA.ORG, AND THEN YOU CAN PICK OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE PTA THAT YOU WANT TO JOIN. YOU CAN ALSO JOIN MULTIPLE PTAS THROUGH OUR COUNCIL PTA WEB STORE. YOU CAN JOIN ALL 32 OR 1 OF THE FEEDER PATTERNS FOR ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS. AND THAT AGAIN IS AT CFB PTA AT OUR WEBSITE. AND WE ALSO HAVE THESE T-SHIRTS FOR SALE STILL OUT ON THAT WEBSITE.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO ENJOY THE WIZARDS FOR CFB CHAMPIONS SHOW. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN FOR THOSE THAT ATTENDED. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T FILL THE HOUSE AND SELL OUT LIKE WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO. HOWEVER, THOSE THAT CAME REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME. THANK YOU FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO CAME. I THINK YOU ALL ENJOYED IT. AND THANK YOU TO DOCTOR ELDREDGE AND COACH POTTER FOR ACTING AS OUR REFEREES. ALSO, I WANT TO THANK DOCTOR JIMENEZ AND NEWMAN SMITH'S STAFF FOR FILLING IN WHEREVER WE NEEDED THEM. THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL ALL DAY, SO WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR GIVING THEIR TIME TO US. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ROSEMEAD ELEMENTARY. THEY SOLD THE MOST TICKETS AND THEY GOT A SPECIAL VIP SECTION AT THE GAME. THE NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS CONTEST IS COMING TO A CLOSE. THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS I BELONG.

WE HOPE ALL OUR SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED. THE ADVANCING SPREADSHEETS ARE ACTUALLY DUE TOMORROW ON 11 OVER SEVEN, BUT WE GRANTED A COUPLE EXCEPTIONS SO WE WILL ACCEPT THEM UP TO NEXT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH. IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE YOUR JUDGING YET OR YOU WERE DELAYED FOR SOME REASON, WE WILL EXTEND A WEEK. SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE ON DECEMBER 1ST AND WE WILL NOT EXTEND SUBMISSIONS BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE JUDGING RIGHT AFTER SUBMISSION, SO THERE WILL BE NO EXTENSIONS IF YOU MISS THAT. SORRY. OUR CURRENT CALENDAR INCLUDES DATES AND TIMES OF ALL DELEGATE MEETINGS AND ANYTHING ELSE WE HAVE GOING ON WITH THE PTA SO YOU CAN FIND THAT AGAIN ON THE CFP. ORG CLICK ON CALENDAR AND YOU'LL SEE EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR AS OF NOW. OUR NEXT DELEGATE MEETING WILL NOT BE UNTIL JANUARY 14TH AT 5:30 P.M. AT NANCY WHARTON CENTER. AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE HOLDING THAT RIGHT BEFORE OUR REFLECTION CEREMONY, WHICH WILL BE IN THE BALLROOMS AT NANCY WHARTON CENTER ON JANUARY 14TH, WHICH IS A WEDNESDAY. SO WE HOPE TO HAVE ALL OF OUR FAMILIES THERE. IT'S USUALLY A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION OF THE ARTWORK AND ART THAT OUR KIDS DO. WE HAVE TWO WINNERS FOR OCTOBER CHALLENGE. THE CHALLENGE WAS OCTOBER FALL FESTIVAL EVENTS, FRIENDS, FAMILY AND FUN FOR OUR PRIMARY AWARD. THIS SCHOOL HAD A FUN DIWALI EVENT WITH DANCING AND SHARING CULTURE. AND FOR THAT, CONGRATULATIONS! FREEMAN ELEMENTARY. FOR OUR SECONDARY AWARD, WE HAD A SCHOOL WHO WERE HANGING OUT AT SENIOR SUNRISE AND GIVING AWAY DONUTS TO SENIORS, AS WELL AS A HALLOWEEN AT THE BALLPARK, PLAYING A PICK A TREAT GAME WITH ALL THE KIDS, AND THEN HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SO CONGRATULATIONS, R.L. TURNER.

YES. YOU GOT TO GET A STUDENT IN HIGH SCHOOLS OR PTSA. WE HAVE TO GET THE STUDENTS

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TRUDY. TRUDY. THE NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ORDINANCE FOR GUEST PERSONS

[4. Audience for Guests]

TODAY. AS OF THE POSTED DEADLINE, WE HAVE ONE SUBMISSION TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

SO BEFORE I BEGIN, I WILL REMIND OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD'S PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS. THE DEADLINE WAS 1 P.M. TODAY, SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY, AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ONCE DURING AUDIENCE FOR GUEST, THE SPEAKER DESIGNATED AS A STAKEHOLDER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES, AND SPEAKERS DESIGNATED AS NON STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF ONE MINUTE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AS DICTATED BY BOARD POLICY. LOCAL. BECAUSE THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM AS MANY AS POSSIBLE WHILE KEEPING THE MEETING RUNNING EFFICIENTLY. GROUPS OF FIVE OR MORE WHO WANT TO PRESENT A PARTICULAR VIEWPOINT ON A TOPIC SHOULD APPOINT ONE PERSON TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE BOARD CANNOT DELIBERATE ON ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING. BOARD MEMBERS WILL LISTEN TO COMMENTS BUT WILL NOT RESPOND OR ANSWER QUESTIONS. RECOGNIZING THAT STUDENTS ARE AT THE HEART OF OUR WORK, WE ASK THAT SPEAKERS MODEL RESPECTIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR THAT WE EXPECT OF OUR STUDENTS. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS CIVIL AND COURTEOUS AND AVOID PROFANITY OR PERSONAL ATTACKS. REFRAIN FROM DISCUSSING STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT YOUR OWN CHILD. YELLING, DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, OR DISCRIMINATORY REMARKS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE JUDGMENT THAT YOUR COMMENT BY THE IN. IN THE EVENT THAT YOUR COMMENT IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER CONSTITUTES A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE OR OFFICER, IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR ME TO INTERRUPT YOU TO STOP AND DIRECT YOU TO PROCEED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FORMAL GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES. IF A SPEAKER IS SEEKING BOARD RESOLUTION ON A SPECIFIC COMPLAINT, THAT CONCERN SHOULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCESS, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ONLINE THROUGH POLICIES GBA, F AND G AND GF. GRIEVANCE FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. PLEASE NOTE AGAIN THAT THE BOARD WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC DIRECTLY AND WILL ADDRESS AGENDA ITEMS AS DEEMED NECESSARY WHEN THEY'RE LISTED ON THE AGENDA. THE TIMER WILL BE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, AND YOU WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE PODIUM TO SPEAK AGAIN. THE PRESENTATION IS LIMITED FOR STAKEHOLDER COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES, AND OUR SPEAKER TONIGHT IS DANIEL BRASZCZOK. I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME. IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS DANIEL BRASZCZOK AND I LIVE IN IRVING, TEXAS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TOPIC OF SMART SNACKS AND SCHOOL COMPLIANT VENDING DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 100 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE DALLAS DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA, AND BASED ON MY RESEARCH CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD, IT APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT PROHIBITS SMART SNACK COMPLIANT VENDING DURING THE SCHOOL DAY FOR BOTH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. I BELIEVE THAT THIS POLICY MAY BE BASED ON A FEW LONG STANDING MYTHS, WHICH I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS BRIEFLY TONIGHT. MYTH NUMBER ONE, VENDING IS NOT ALLOWED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. WHILE THIS IS TRUE BASED ON THE DISTRICT POLICY, IN REALITY, BOTH THE USDA AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REGULATIONS CLEARLY ALLOW FOOD AND BEVERAGES TO BE SOLD IN VENDING MACHINES DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE SMART SNACKS AND SCHOOL STANDARDS. THESE ITEMS MUST MEET STRICT NUTRITIONAL LIMITS FOR SUGAR, SODIUM, CALORIES, AND FAT, ENSURING

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[5. Non-Action Items for Discussion]

NON-ACTION ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM FIVE, A HYDRO POINT UPDATE. DOCTOR ELDREDGE, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE ITEM. SO HYDRO POINT WAS A WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT WE PARTICIPATED IN. AND SO I ASKED MR. MOORE IF HE WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH AN UPDATE.

SINCE IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS. SO, MR. MOORE, THANK YOU. DOCTOR ELDREDGE, PRESIDENT HATFIELD. TRUSTEES, IT'S BEEN A MINUTE. IF I COULD DO MATH QUICKLY IN MY HEAD, I WOULD DO 11 MONTHS WORTH OF MINUTES, BECAUSE IT WAS LAST DECEMBER THAT WE WERE HERE TALKING ABOUT HYDRO POINT. IT WAS A ONE OF A KIND OPPORTUNITY THEN THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU HERE IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA. AND TONIGHT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S COME FROM THAT OPPORTUNITY. WE WERE CHOSEN TO PARTNER WITH HYDRO POINT AGAIN IN DECEMBER OF 24. IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT CAME ABOUT IN LARGE PART THROUGH THE WORK OF OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. MASON. DRIVER. MASON, WHERE ARE YOU, SIR? WOULD YOU WAIVE MASON? DRIVERS? ARE ENERGY MANAGERS. STAND UP. THEY CAN'T SEE YOU. AND I KNOW YOU DON'T PUT ON A COAT ALL THE TIME. SO THERE YOU GO. THERE'S MASON. MASON IS IN FACILITIES. BOBBI SHAW AS WELL.

SO THEY WERE REALLY KIND OF THE THE DRIVERS, NO PUN INTENDED. THE DRIVERS OF THIS TO GET TO GET THIS IN PLACE. WE WERE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT SELECTED FOR THIS PROGRAM, AND THAT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOCATED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ELM FORK TRINITY WATERSHED. AND WITH THE POPULATION SURGING AND JUST PROPOSITION FOUR PASSING YESTERDAY, ALL OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH WATER THROUGHOUT THE STATE, WE PILOTED THIS PROGRAM WITH HYDRO POINT AT STARK ELEMENTARY IN 2024. SINCE THEN, WE'VE EXPANDED. WE'VE EXPANDED THE PROGRAM TO, I BELIEVE, 20 IN TOTAL. AND HERE TONIGHT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS IS JEFF WELCH. HE WAS VISITING WITH US LAST DECEMBER. AND SO HE'S GOING TO KIND OF GIVE US AN UPDATE AND TALK TO US ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. SO, MR. WELCH, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE IT. I JUST WANT TO DO A REAL QUICK RECAP ON WHAT WE DID. JUST SO I THINK THERE'S MAYBE 1 OR 2 NEW BOARD MEMBERS HERE. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DID. SO HYDRO POINT I WORK FOR HYDROPOINT. I'VE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY ABOUT 20 YEARS AND WE WORK WITH DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PARKS AND RECS DEPARTMENTS. WE HAVE SMART IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY TO HELP CONSERVE WATER. WE WORK WITH A LOT OF BIG NAME ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING GRANT PROGRAMS, TO BE ABLE TO FIND MONEY. AND IN THIS CASE, WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO I THINK IT WAS ABOUT $1 MILLION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH. MICROSOFT. MICROSOFT HAS A VERY LARGE SERVER OFFICE BEING INSTALLED OUT THERE. THEY USE A LOT OF WATER, SO THEY'RE TRYING TO OFFSET IT BY GETTING MONEY OVER TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO BE ABLE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THEIR WATER USAGE, TO KIND OF OFFSET WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN THESE BIG SERVER WAREHOUSES. SO WE CAME IN AND EVALUATED ALL THE SCHOOLS, CAME UP WITH A LIST. YOU'LL SEE, AS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH A FEW SLIDES HERE. AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH IT. I THINK IT'S ABOUT 5 OR 6 SLIDES, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY 20 OF THE SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH ONES WOULD BE THE BEST BENEFICIAL, YOU KNOW, TO SAVE AS MUCH WATER AS POSSIBLE. WE INSTALLED SMART CONTROLLERS, WE INSTALLED FLOW

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IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY GUYS. I MOVED LAST WEEK AND. AND I'M GOING TO DRIVE HOME TO AUSTIN TONIGHT. SO THIS COULD BE AN INTERESTING LONG DRIVE TONIGHT. SO ALL RIGHT SO AGAIN THE PORTFOLIO KIND OF OVERVIEW. THIS IS OUR OUR INTERNAL TEAM DOES A QUARTERLY REVIEW. AND THEN WE SIT DOWN WITH MASON AND HIS TEAM AND DO AN UPDATE. UNFORTUNATELY Q3 JUST ENDED. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET ALL THE DATA. SO THIS DATA THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER TODAY IS ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE END OF Q2, WHICH WOULD BE THE END OF JUNE, BUT THERE WILL BE MORE UPDATES.

YOU GUYS WILL GET PRIVY INFORMATION, SLIDE DECKS ON IT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. FEEL FREE.

IF YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ADDRESS THOSE TO MASON. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO GET ON SOME KIND OF CALL OR DISCUSS SOMETHING IN FURTHER DETAIL, WE CAN. SO 20 TOTAL SCHOOLS, WE INSTALLED OVER 40 CONTROLLERS ON THESE PROPERTIES. 23 CONTROLLERS HAVE FLOW SENSORS. THAT'S ACTUALLY DETECTING REAL TIME AND REACTING TO A PROBLEM. AND THEN WE HAVE TEN TOTAL METER MONITORING DEVICES. SO THERE WERE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO HOOK A FLOW SENSOR AND WIRE IT BACK TO THE CONTROLLER. SO WE ACTUALLY USE ONE OF OUR DIFFERENT DEVICES TO MONITOR AND MANAGE THAT. AND IT'S AN INCREDIBLE DEVICE. THE ONLY ISSUE IS IT DOESN'T REACT IF THERE'S A PROBLEM. SO WE ALERT MASON INTERNALLY. OUR TEAM ALERTS MASON AND THEIR TEAM. THEY'RE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND ADDRESS AN ISSUE. SO THAT'S THE THE TOTAL NUMBER I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE 10 TO 12 MORE SCHOOLS. THAT WOULD BE A POTENTIAL OUTSIDE OF THIS PROGRAM TO GET THE WHOLE CAMPUS ENCOMPASSED. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE I'M WORKING WITH THEIR TEAM. WE'RE EVALUATING THAT, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT PRICING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO CURRENTLY WE'VE SAVED 8.2 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER THROUGH THE END OF JUNE, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT $66,000 IN SAVINGS. SO WE'RE WE GET ACCESS TO YOUR WATER BILLS. THEY'RE GIVEN TO US, WE EVALUATE THEM. WE PUT THESE QUARTERLY REPORTS TOGETHER. SO THOSE ARE REAL NUMBERS. THEY'RE PROBABLY ROUNDED A LITTLE BIT. WE DIDN'T GO ALL THE WAY TO DOLLARS AND CENTS ON THAT. BUT THAT IS JUST THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE COOLER PART OF THE SEASON. AND THEN AS WE WENT INTO THE SUMMER, WE'RE GOING TO SEE EVEN MORE, ESPECIALLY OFF Q3. SO OUR GOAL WAS ABOUT 20 MILLION GALLONS SAVED THIS YEAR. AND WE ARE ON TRACK TO ACTUALLY POSSIBLY EXCEED THAT TO ABOUT 21, ALMOST 22 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER WE'LL SAVE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BREAKDOWN. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A MONTH BY MONTH. AGAIN THIS WENT THROUGH JUNE. BUT YOU KNOW, KIND OF A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT IT, HOW OUR TEAM LOOKS AT IT. SO THERE'S YOUR EXACT GALLONS SAVED. NOW PART OF THIS PROGRAM WAS THERE'S MONITORING INVOLVED. SO OUR INTERNAL TEAM MONITORS IS A TEN YEAR MONITORING CONTRACT. I USE THE WORD CONTRACT LOOSELY. MICROSOFT PAID FOR THE WHOLE THING, BUT WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT IT. WE RECRUIT ESCALATION CASES INTERNALLY.

THAT'S WHERE WE REACH OUT. WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. I GET PRETTY INVOLVED IN THAT JUST BECAUSE I'M LOCAL. I WAS INVOLVED IN ALL THE INSTALLS THAT WENT ON OUT HERE, SO I KNOW THE SITES PRETTY WELL. BUT WE HAD 25 OPEN CASES THROUGH THE END OF JUNE.

THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM WE HAD A MAJOR BREAK, WE HAD A MAJOR STUCK VALVE, WE HAD BROKEN HEADS OUT THERE. THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN. WE HAD 25 CASES IN AND WE RESOLVED ALL THOSE CASES AT 100% RATE. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT. OH I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT WE HAD A DIFFERENT SLIDE IN THERE. SO SOME CASES CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO RESOLVE. WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THEIR TEAM IS TRYING TO ADDRESS WHAT'S GOING ON OUT IN THE FIELD. BUT WE'RE CONSTANTLY FOLLOWING UP. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ISSUE IS RESOLVED. WE'RE IRRIGATING THE CORRECT WAY. WE'RE NOT WASTING WATER AND, YOU KNOW, MONITORING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT. SO AGAIN, A BROKEN HEAD IS ONE THING, AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE, A BROKEN MAIN LINE THAT CAN BE WEEKS OF REPAIR THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. BUT WE'VE TURNED THE WATER OFF ON THAT SITE. SO THERE ARE CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE IF IT'S A MAJOR REPAIR THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, STRESS CAN HAPPEN TO THE LANDSCAPE BECAUSE WE WANT TO TURN THE WATER OFF. WE

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EVERYONE'S TRAINED UP ON THEIR TEAMS. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A LEARNING CURVE FOR THEM.

THEY'VE USED TO DOING IRRIGATION A CERTAIN WAY, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HOLDING THEIR HAND ON A REGULAR BASIS. I'M MEETING WITH THEM ALMOST MONTHLY WHEN I COME UP HERE FROM AUSTIN. AND SOMETIMES WE'RE WALKING SITES, SOMETIMES WE'RE IN THE OFFICE JUST GOING OVER STUFF. SOMETIMES IT'S MORE TRAINING THAT WE'RE DOING WITH EVERYONE. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT'S GOING ON. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? YES, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROGRAM. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO AS A MILLENNIAL, I GET A LOT OF MY NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, NOT GOING TO LIE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS COOLING DOWN AI CENTERS. SO THAT'S LIKE THE CURRENT DISCUSSION. IS HYDRO POINT A PART OF COOLING DOWN AN AI CENTER? NO. OKAY. SO WE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TECHNOLOGY. OUR TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT. THEY COULD PROBABLY USE OUR TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE WE HAVE INDOOR WATERING DEVICES, BUT THEIRS IS SO PRECISE, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO A EIGHTH OF A GALLON OF WATER. AND THEY HAVE TO KNOW THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY. OURS GOES DOWN TO LIKE A GALLON AND A HALF ACCURACY. SO ON THAT NOTE, WHAT'S HAPPENED IS WE'RE THE FIRST SCHOOL THAT WE DID WITH MICROSOFT, AND IT'S THE ONLY SCHOOL WE'VE DONE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE NOW CURRENTLY HAVE THREE OTHER PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, NOT JUST WITH MICROSOFT, BUT WITH AMAZON, PEPSICO. THEY SAW WHAT WE DID FOR YOU GUYS, AND THEY SEE THIS AS A BIG BENEFIT. SO KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR ACCEPTING OUR, YOU KNOW, I GUESS MILLION DOLLARS FREE OF CHARGE. BUT YOU KNOW, YOU LET US, YOU KNOW, USE YOU GUYS AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO SAVE WATER. AND NOW THAT'S GOING TO CASCADE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN TEXAS, DOWN IN THE HOUSTON MARKET. SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU GUYS ARE THE PIONEERS ON THIS WITH US. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND IT'S GOING TO EVOLVE INTO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS BECAUSE THE SERVER WAREHOUSES AREN'T GOING TO GO AWAY. I MEAN THEY GOT TO DO IT. YOU KNOW IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY USE THE AMOUNT OF WATER. HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME OTHER TECHNOLOGY LATER DOWN THE ROAD IN THE FUTURE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO USE LESS WATER. BUT RIGHT NOW WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO OFFSET IT. FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A TOOL TO DO THAT. OKAY. I'M SORRY, I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION.

YEAH. OKAY. SO I GUESS JUST TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE WATER, WE'RE COUNTING THE GALLONS THAT ARE BEING PULLED OUT OF OUR DISTRICT PER SE. THE SCHOOL. STARK. IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE'RE PULLING THE THE GALLONS OUT. WE'RE COUNTING THE GALLONS. AND IT'S GOING TO THIS MICROSOFT CENTER. IS THAT CORRECT? OR IS IT LIKE WHAT? I GUESS HELP ME UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I'M NOT I'M NOT CONNECTING THE DOTS HERE. SO MICROSOFT'S GOING TO USE X AMOUNT OF WATER FOR THEIR AI SERVERS. OKAY. SO WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO IF THEY'RE USING THIS FOR MATH PURPOSES THEY'RE USING A MILLION GALLONS A YEAR. HOW CAN WE, MICROSOFT, HELP OUT AN ORGANIZATION TO SAVE $1 MILLION, A MILLION GALLONS OF WATER? SO THAT'S WHERE THEY CAME IN AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE MONEY TO GIVE YOU THE TECHNOLOGY. YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE AND OFFSET SOME OF WHAT WE'RE USING. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. OKAY. SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT WORKS.

THEY CALL THEM WATER CREDITS IS WHAT THEY ARE. THEY'RE REALLY NOT GETTING A CREDIT. THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY VALUE OUT OF IT, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THEY'RE DOING GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT TO DO SOME KIND OF OFFSETTING. AND THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PAYING FOR IT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO OFFSET IT TO MAKE THIS WORK. SO WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, DRAWING DOWN THESE WATERSHEDS TO SUCH LEVELS THAT IT STARTS AFFECTING US AS THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, THE SCARY THING ABOUT THIS, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF MY MORE OR LESS MY THOUGHT, BUT IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT THAT THOSE SERVERS WORK. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE WATER IN OUR HOUSE. AND WHERE DOES THAT LINE GET DRAWN? SO WE'RE DOING OUR PART TO HELP. MICROSOFT'S DOING THEIR PART. AMAZON'S GOING TO BE DOING THEIR PART.

YOU KNOW AS WE WORK ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS PEPSICO, ANHEUSER-BUSCH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT ARE TRYING TO OFFSET SOME OF THIS WATER USAGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

MISS BENAVIDEZ, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHAT CAMPUS RECEIVES THE SAVING WATER SAVINGS. GREAT.

GREAT QUESTION. SO WE DID A WHOLE WE CALL IT A IT WAS AN ANALYSIS OF NOT ONLY THE WATER BEING USED AT THE SCHOOL, BUT HOW BIG THE LANDSCAPE AREAS ARE. WE MEASURE ALL THAT WITH SOFTWARE AND WE FIGURE OUT, OKAY, THESE ARE GOING TO THESE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO HAVE THE MOST SAVINGS. OBVIOUSLY, THE BIGGER THE SCHOOL, THE MORE WATER IS BEING USED. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A NO BRAINER AT THAT POINT. BUT AS YOU START TO GET INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE EVALUATED ALL THAT AND WE DETERMINED WHICH ONES WERE THE TOP ONES THAT WOULD FIT IN WITH THE HIGHEST SAVINGS OF GALLONS AND FIT INSIDE THE BUDGET,

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SOMETIMES THE MECHANICS ON A VALVE WILL GET STUCK OPEN, DEBRIS WILL GET INSIDE THERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT COME INTO PLAY, BUT WE WANT TO CATCH ALL THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SO YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND. AND I KIND OF EXPLAINED THIS A YEAR AGO, BUT WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM IT MONITORS IT FOR THREE MINUTES. AND AFTER THAT THREE MINUTES IT REACTS. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING STUCK JUST RUNNING FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE BIG WATER SAVINGS. AND THEN WE GET NOTIFIED RIGHT AWAY SO THEY CAN GET OUT THERE. THE NEXT MORNING THEY GET AN EMAIL SAYING, OH, OKAY, WE GOT A WORK ORDER. WE GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. THANK YOU. YEP. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU RIGHT. YEAH. YOU SAID Y'ALL HAVE IDENTIFIED 20 MORE THAT WE NEED TO DO. AND YOU'RE PUTTING NUMBERS TOGETHER SO THAT YOU CAN GO GET US ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS, RIGHT? THAT WAS THAT WAS A GOOD TRY. I GIVE YOU CREDIT ON THAT ONE BECAUSE WE'RE A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YES. SO OKAY, I JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT. SO NO, THE MICROSOFT MONEY IS DONE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TEN MORE SCHOOLS. THAT WOULD BE GREAT POTENTIALS, YOU KNOW. SO THE WHOLE CAMPUS WAS ON THIS. YEAH. THAT'S GOING TO BE OUT OF YOUR GUYS'S BUDGET. YOU KNOW WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE NUMBERS TOGETHER. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME VERY FAIR PRICING. IT WILL MATCH WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH MICROSOFT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S GREAT THINGS.

YOU KNOW, AS WE SAVE MONEY, THERE'S MONEY THAT CAN BE REAPPLIED FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW AS WE I WORK A LOT WITH HOSE AND HOSE WILL COME IN BIG HOSE AND WE'LL REPLACE ALL THE CONTROLLERS. THEN WE TAKE THAT SAVINGS FROM THOSE CONTROLLERS, ALL THAT WATER SAVINGS, THEY KEEP IT IN A FUND AND THEN THEY APPLY THAT TO LET'S ADD FLOW SENSORS OR LET'S UPGRADE OUR SYSTEMS, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S THAT SAME KIND OF BUSINESS MODEL, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE SAVINGS, REINVEST, TAKE THE SAVINGS, REINVEST. AND EVENTUALLY IT REALLY DOESN'T COST ANYTHING. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER TO GET DONE THAT WAY.

BUT YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT TO CAPTURE ALL THE SAVINGS WATER SAVINGS NOW AND PAY THE BILL UP FRONT? SURE OR OTHERWISE, WE CAN JUST PHASE IN AS WE GO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WHAT I SAW AT THE SAME TIME, THE TEACHER SALARY IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE SOME OF THESE STUDENTS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MR. WELLS, AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE THE SAVINGS.

AND I'M SURE THAT YOUR TEAM IS ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF THE TECHNOLOGY, HELPING WITH THE JOB AND EFFICIENCY. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. YOU TOO. GOOD LUCK ON YOUR DRIVE HOME. YES. IT MIGHT BE A LONG ONE. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM FIVE B WHICH IS OUR ATTENDANCE AND ENROLLMENT UPDATE. DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, COULD YOU INTRODUCE THE ITEM? YES. SO THANK YOU TO MR. SULAK AND AND HIS TEAM BECAUSE HE IS MONITORING ATTENDANCE AND ENROLLMENT DAILY. WE GET EMAILS SOMETIMES BEFORE SEVEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITH A DIFFERENT THOUGHT. BUT WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO MONITOR ATTENDANCE BECAUSE AS WE SPEAK ABOUT OUR FINANCIALS, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GENERATE REVENUE? IT'S FROM ATTENDANCE. AND I THINK THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE. AND SO JUST TRACKING IT AND ALSO OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT, YOU KNOW, WHERE OUR STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE OFFER. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'RE DONE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, PRESIDENT HATFIELD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, TONIGHT, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A STUDENT SERVICES UPDATE FOR ALL, ALL AREAS WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT. FIRST OFF, WE'D LIKE TO START WITH OUR MOTTO WITHIN STUDENT SERVICES, WHICH IS CARING FOR EVERY STUDENT, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. THAT IS TRULY WHAT WE BELIEVE. WE ARE A CUSTOMER SERVICE GROUP. WE FOCUS ON HOW CAN WE SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR CAMPUSES AT ALL TIMES, AND SO WE TRULY STRIVE FOR THAT. AND ONE THING, AS A DISTRICT, WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR IS UNDER ONE UMBRELLA. WE HAVE OUR TRADITIONAL STUDENT SERVICES.

WE HAVE OUR HEALTH SERVICES NOW UNDERNEATH THE STUDENT STUDENT SERVICES UMBRELLA, AND WE HAVE OUR STUDENT INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION UNDER THAT AS WELL, WHICH ALL SUPPORTS THE OVERALL GOAL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. SO WHAT GOES DOWN IN STUDENT SERVICES? ALL ATTENDANCE, ENROLLMENT, PARENT ENGAGEMENT, PARENT SUPPORT, HEALTH SERVICES, ALL THINGS RELATED TO THAT AS WELL AS HEALTH SERVICES. STUDENT INFORMATION, LIKE I MENTIONED ARE WITHIN STUDENT SERVICES. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE FIVE AMAZING DIRECTORS THAT WE HAVE. EACH ONE OF THEM OVERSEE AN AREA OR A DEPARTMENT, AND THE AREAS ARE ALIGNED TO THE FEEDERS, AND THEY ALSO HAVE A FOCUS AREA THAT THEY BECOME THE EXPERTS IN AND ARE ABLE TO SHARE THAT KNOWLEDGE WITH ALL THE OTHER DIRECTORS AND THE CAMPUSES, AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATORS AND

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AS A STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRACKING LEAVERS, STUDENTS WHEN THEY LEAVE, WHERE THEY GO, WE LOOK FOR TRENDS IN THAT, WHICH I'LL GO INTO HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. WE ALSO ARE TRACKING DOWN OUR 98, OUR STUDENTS, WHERE WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY WENT AND WHERE THEY'RE AT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TRACK DOWN THOSE STUDENTS, ONE FOR FUNDING AS WELL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL, WHICH I'LL I'LL LOOK INTO THOSE NUMBERS HERE IN A LITTLE BIT AS WELL. LOOKING FORWARD, WE ALSO HAVE AN ENROLLMENT TASK FORCE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO BE LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE MAKE OUR ENROLLMENT PROCESS EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, EASY FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR CAMPUSES FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR? IT'S CRAZY TO THINK, BUT YES, WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A FOOT IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE AROUND THE CORNER WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT PROCESS, AND WE WANT OUR FAMILIES TO HAVE A SEAMLESS PROCESS THAT THEY FEEL SUPPORTED AND WORKS WELL FOR THEM FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AS WELL. LOOKING AT OUR ATTENDANCE, AS DOCTOR ELDRIDGE MENTIONED, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY THAT THERE ARE TWO MAIN REASONS WHY I THINK ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR DISTRICT, AND IT ALWAYS GOES BACK TO NUMBER ONE, OUR STUDENT ACCOUNT, OUR STUDENT ACADEMICS, STUDENTS. THEY NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL TO LEARN. SO NUMBER ONE, STUDENT ATTENDANCE IMPACTS OUR ABILITY TO LEARN IN THE CLASSROOM. SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN GETTING IN THE CLASSROOM AS WELL AS THE FUNDING ASPECT OF IT AS WELL. AND THE FUNDING WE GET FOR STUDENTS BEING IN CLASS THIS YEAR. OUR CURRENT ATTENDANCE RATE IS 95.53%. THAT IS TRENDING HIGHER THAN WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. OUR OUR GOAL FOR ATTENDANCE, FOR OUR PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDANCE FOR THIS YEAR IS 94.5%, WHICH WOULD BE A 4/10 OF A POINT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR OF A 94.1. ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE ARE WORKING TO ASSIST WITH OUR ATTENDANCE IS OUR TRUANCY TRIBUNAL, WHERE WE HAVE CONTRACTED OUT JUDGE PEYTON AND HIS TEAM TO MEET WITH STUDENTS WHO HAVE EXCEEDED THE THRESHOLD OF ABSENCES AND ARE NEEDING TO HAVE THAT INTERVENTION WITH THE JUDGE, WHO THEY GET SUMMONED TO THE ESDC AND ACTUALLY HAVE A COURT OPPORTUNITY WITH. JUDGE PEYTON. WE HAVE SEEN 422 STUDENTS SO FAR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE WHAT WE CALL THE STATUS CHECKS OR RETURNING STUDENTS. THAT'S ABOUT 130 OF THOSE STUDENTS HAVE RETURNED FOR A STATUS UPDATE TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING. AND THEN THE OTHER REMAINING ONES ARE NEW STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUMMONED TO THE TO THE TRUANCY TRIBUNAL. AS ALSO MENTIONED, THE SENATE BILL COMPLETION RATE IS AT RIGHT NOW AT 78.9% AS OF NOVEMBER 3RD TODAY, SITTING AT 79.1. AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES WITH THAT COMPLETION RATE, BECAUSE WE WANT OUR FAMILIES TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THOSE HEALTH SERVICES AND COUNSELING SERVICES. UNDER SENATE BILL 12. NOW LOOKING INTO THE LEAVERS AND TRANSFERS. SO LEVER ARE TRACKING THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY LEAVE OUR DISTRICT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE TI DEFINES THIS TIME PERIOD WHERE WE REPORT THIS NUMBER AS THE SCHOOL START WINDOW. THAT'S DEFINED FROM THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL THROUGH THE LAST FRIDAY IN SEPTEMBER. THERE ARE 19 DIFFERENT CODES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH STUDENTS WHEN THEY LEAVE OUR DISTRICT, AS MENTIONED CODE 98. OUR STUDENTS THAT WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY WENT, WE THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS WE ACTIVELY ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY WENT, BECAUSE THAT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT OUR FUNDING AS WELL AS OUR ACCOUNTABILITY. YOU CAN SEE IN 2024, WE HAD 211 STUDENTS FROM SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE THAT WERE LABELED OR IDENTIFIED AS A 98. 153 OF THOSE WERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. THIS YEAR. WE WE LOWERED THAT NUMBER TO 67 STUDENTS, AND 56 OF THEM ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. AND THAT'S THROUGH THE WORK OF OUR CAMPUSES, OUR RECORDS DEPARTMENT, OUR TEAMS, STAFF MEMBERS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, CALLING OUR FAMILIES AND FINDING OUT WHERE THEY ARE SO THAT WE COULD GET THE BEST CODE FOR THEM, FOR THE SCHOOL, FOR THE SCHOOL. START LOOKING AT TRANSFERS AS WELL. YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. ONE OF THEM IS NOT NECESSARILY A TRANSFER AND THAT'S THE LAST ONE. BUT WE HAVE INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS. THOSE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE ZONED FOR ONE CFB SCHOOL WHO ACTUALLY ATTEND ANOTHER CFB SCHOOL. WE HAVE OUT-OF-DISTRICT TRANSFER STUDENTS THAT ARE ZONED FOR ANOTHER DISTRICT WHO ATTEND OUR SCHOOL OR VICE VERSA. AND THEN WE HAVE PROGRAM OF STUDY PLACEMENT, WHICH IS NOT A TRANSFER, BUT IT'S THE PROCESS FROM EIGHTH TO NINTH GRADE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE STUDENTS SELECT THEIR PROGRAM, SELECT WHAT CAMPUS THEY'LL BE AT. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A TRANSFER, BUT IT IS A PLACEMENT TO THE NINTH GRADE CAMPUS. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIGURE ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE HOW HOW MANY STUDENTS LEFT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THIS YEAR AND HOW MANY WE GAINED. AND WE WERE TRENDING AT ABOUT 1200 STUDENTS LESS THAN WHAT WE HAD AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR. SO DIVING INTO THOSE LEVERS A LITTLE BIT MORE, WHERE

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THESE ARE OUR NEW STUDENTS TO CFBISD. WE HAD 1200 STUDENTS TRANSFER IN FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WITH THAT GRAPH ON THE RIGHT SHOWING YOU THE TOP 15 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HOW MANY STUDENTS CAME FROM EACH SCHOOL. WE ALSO HAVE THE NEW STUDENTS THAT HAVE COME FROM CHARTER SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND OTHER NEW SCHOOLS, SUCH AS PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS. IT'S THEIR FIRST TIME ENROLLING IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY ARE NEW STUDENTS TO US AS WELL. AND SO THAT NUMBER TOTALED 5500. LOOKING AT OUR OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS DISCIPLINE AND CODE OF CONDUCT INFRACTIONS, WE HAVE HAD OVER 5700 INFRACTIONS DISTRICT WIDE. WHILE THAT IS A SLIGHT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S NUMBER, AS YOU CAN SEE, A LARGE PERCENTAGE, ALMOST A THIRD OF THOSE HAVE COME FROM THE HB 1481, THE CELL PHONE LAW THAT WAS PASSED THIS YEAR AND THAT IS A L 23 IS A LOCAL CODE WITHIN OUR SYSTEM THAT THAT IS CODED ON THE DISCIPLINE INFRACTION FOR THOSE ELECTRONIC DEVICES. SO AS FAR AS BEING PROACTIVE IN HOW CAN WE GET AHEAD OF IT AND HOW CAN WE SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS THAT WE ARE HOSTING. THE STUDENT SERVICES DIRECTORS ARE HAVING MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES TO LOOK AT TRENDS AND TO LOOK AT PROACTIVE APPROACHES FOR DISCIPLINE, AND THEN FOR THE ELEMENTARIES. WE'RE HAVING QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS WELL.

UNDER THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AREA, WE'RE HAVING THE RAINBOW DAYS PARTNERSHIP WITH WITH A NUMBER OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE THE CONCILIO, WHICH IS A PARENTING PROGRAM AS WELL, SUPPORTING OUR FAMILIES WITH STUDENT NUTRITION, KINDNESS TRAINING, PARENTING, DIFFERENT PARENTING TIPS AS WELL. AND AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THE GRAND REOPENING OF THE GIVING HOUSE, THERE'S A PICTURE OF THE ELKS THE IRVING ELKS GROUP DONATED.

DOCTOR ELDRIDGE MENTIONED WAYS TO DONATE THE FINANCE TEAM. WE'RE WORKING ON A WAY TO TO COLLECT MONEY THROUGH REV TRACK. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OTHER BUSINESSES AND SUCH REACH OUT TO WANT TO DONATE BACKPACKS AND CLOTHING ITEMS AS WELL. SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY PARTNERING WITH THAT, FOR THE FOR THE GIVING HOUSE TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES. ANOTHER EXCITING THING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS WITH METRO CREST, WHO'S A WONDERFUL PARTNER, IS THE CFB SERVES, WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE SPRING THAT ON JANUARY 31ST AND APRIL 28TH, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK ON A SATURDAY AND GO SERVE AT METRO CREST. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY COMING NEXT SEMESTER. SO WHAT'S HAPPENED WITHIN STUDENT SERVICES THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS? EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS. WE WERE VERY THANKFUL TO BE AWARDED THE ABOVE AND BEYOND RECOGNITION AWARD. WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE FINAL STEPS. WE WERE AWARDED A POSSIBILITY OF $159,000 FOR THE CELL PHONE GRANT THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH WOULD ASSIST WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF HB 1481, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OR NEEDS THAT ARISE BECAUSE OF IT, SUCH AS FINE ARTS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THEIR PHONES FOR TUNERS AND SUCH. I ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH DOCTOR RAU TODAY, WHERE HE LISTED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SINCE THEY CAN'T USE THEIR CELL PHONES. THE ATTENDANCE AND CODING AND POLICY OF THE MONTH TRAININGS. MR. PRUITT'S DOING A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THE ATTENDANCE CODING, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE CODING OUR ABSENT STUDENTS CORRECTLY. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT GOES INTO THE PERCENT OF ATTENDANCE AND ALL THE THINGS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR CODING IS CORRECT, THAT OUR STAFF IS TRAINED. MR. PRUITT, AS WELL AS STUDENT INFORMATION TEAMS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. AND WE ARE ALSO INFORMING OUR OUR PRINCIPALS AND STAFF OF IMPORTANT POLICIES WITHIN STUDENT SERVICES THAT IMPACT ATTENDANCE, ENROLLMENT AND DISCIPLINE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THERE WAS A RECENT AUDIT FROM THE STATE WHERE THEY LOOKED AT SOME OF OUR RECORD KEEPING, SOME OF OUR TEMPERATURES WITHIN OUR VACCINE REFRIGERATORS AND SUCH, AND WE DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THAT AUDIT. THE STOP THE BLEED HAD ABOUT 60 TO 70 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO THAT. I WANT TO SAY A WEEK AGO, SHAQ, AS MISS GARZA ROJAS MENTIONED, WAS A WONDERFUL WE HAD A WONDERFUL MEETING LAST WEEK AND THAT THAT PARENT I REMEMBER THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE WAS SAYING AS WELL AS MENTIONED, THE SENATE BILL 12 RAFFLE AND SOME OF THE INTERNAL DOCUMENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE GRIEVANCE CHECKLIST, THE PARENT OBSERVATION FORM, A CUSTODY RESOURCE DOCUMENT FOR THE FOR THE CAMPUSES, THE STUDENT HANDBOOK AND THE PARENT PORTAL. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW? ONCE AGAIN, IT'S ONGOING. THE TRAINING FOR ALL THINGS STUDENT SERVICES IS ONGOING. WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE. WITH THAT, WE ARE BRINGING BACK THE STUDENT OF THE NINE WEEKS, WHICH WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. THIS THESE ARE SOME OF THE GRAPHICS, SOME OF THE YARD SIGNS, CAMPUSES.

WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT TWO STUDENTS PER NINE WEEKS TO CELEBRATE. AS A

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IT'S A GREAT WAY TO HIGHLIGHT A LOT OF THE GREAT STUDENTS AND THINGS GOING ON WITH THE CAMPUSES. THE HEALTH SERVICES TEAM HAS MENTIONED, AND OUR TEAMS, DEPARTMENT AND STUDENT INFORMATION DEPARTMENT HAVE MOVED UNDER THE ONE BUILDING FOR THE ONE STOP SHOP FOR OUR FAMILIES AT THE ESDC. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS WE'RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING AS WELL.

THE PARENT PORTAL, THE FORD EXCHANGE PROCEDURES, EXIT SURVEYS. WHEN A STUDENT WITHDRAWS FROM OUR DISTRICT TO GATHER SOME DATA AS TO WHY ARE YOU LEAVING? SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO MAKE THE EXPERIENCES BETTER? IF THERE IS, IF THERE IS A NEED FOR THAT SUBMISSIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE AS WELL AS THE HOME VISIT PROTOCOL AND THEN WHAT'S TO COME. AND THESE ARE OUR ENROLLMENT PLANS. WE WERE A PART OF THE NORTH TEXAS ENROLLMENT COALITION, WHICH IS A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER FROM THE STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MOST OF THE NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM VERY CLOSELY. WE'RE NOT THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT AROUND THAT HAS EXPERIENCED A DECLINE.

IN FACT, WE TOURED A CAMP OR A DISTRICT LAST WEEK, AND THEIR NUMBER IS AROUND 3 TO 4000 STUDENTS SHORT OF WHAT THEIR PROJECTION WAS. AND SO THIS IS NOT A LOCAL THING. THIS IS NOT A DFW. IT'S A IT'S STATEWIDE IF NOT BIGGER THAN THAT FOR THE ENROLLMENT DECLINE. AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS AROUND US TO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE ENROLLMENT EFFORTS, HOW CAN WE ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO COME BACK TO TO SCHOOLS. AND SO WHEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND HOW TO MAKE THAT EFFICIENT EASY FOR OUR FAMILIES AND USEFUL FOR OUR CAMPUSES, WE'VE WE'VE MET WITH OTHER DISTRICTS THAT USE THE SAME PROGRAM THAT WE USE THROUGH FRONT LINE TEAMS AND LASERFICHE, SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY, SO THAT THEY ONCE AGAIN BECOME EASY FOR OUR FAMILIES TO USE AND EFFECTIVE FOR US. WE'RE UPDATING THE TRANSFER GUIDELINES, THE TRANSFER REVOCATION PROCESS, STUDENT RETENTIONS, AS WELL AS THE DISCIPLINE MATRIX FOR OUR CAMPUSES. A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES. WE WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT SERVICES TEAM. WE ARE. WE FEEL VERY LUCKY THAT WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY EVERY DAY TO SUPPORT EACH CAMP, EACH CAMPUS AND EACH FAMILY IN THE DISTRICT. AND WITH THAT, I'D LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. MR. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DETAILS. IT'S SO GREAT TO HEAR.

BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MISS BARNES? FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE A COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT YOU ALL ARE ALREADY LOOKING AHEAD FOR ENROLLMENT NEXT YEAR, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE SO HELPFUL. MY FIRST QUESTION WAS JUST FOR GENERAL PUBLIC AS THEY'RE LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION, CAN YOU GIVE A SHORT EXPLANATION OF WHAT SB 12 IS? YES. SB 12, THERE WERE A LOT OF LAWS PASSED THIS YEAR THAT REALLY GAVE RIGHTS TO PARENTS FOR EDUCATION AND THE THE CONSENT FORM THAT PARENTS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO TO SIGN IN OUR DISTRICT ALLOWS PARENTS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR STUDENT TO SEE THE NURSE FOR BASIC MEDICAL NEEDS, AS WELL AS SEE THE COUNSELOR FOR FOR DIFFERENT AREAS AS WELL, WHICH I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THE COUNSELING SIDE TOO WELL. BUT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE SERVICES FROM THE HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT OR THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT, FAMILIES MUST FILL OUT THAT CONSENT FORM AS REQUIRED BY SENATE BILL 12. AND YOU SAID CURRENT. THE CURRENT NUMBER IS AROUND 79%, JUST OVER 79%. OKAY.

SO WE BASICALLY 20% OF OUR OUR FAMILIES ARE STILL MISSING THAT CONSENT. YES, MA'AM. AND WE'VE WE'VE BEEN WORKING. WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT MEETS REGULARLY AT THE DISTRICT. WE DID THE CAMPAIGN WHERE WE ACTUALLY GAVE OUT A PIZZA PARTY TO FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT POSSIBLY IF IT'S IF WE'RE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY DO A PAPER VERSION AS WELL THAT CAN BE UPLOADED INTO OUR SYSTEM AS WELL, BECAUSE NOT ALL OF OUR FAMILIES MAY HAVE THE ACCESS OR MAY NEED THAT TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT AS WELL. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A PAPER BASED COPY FOR THOSE FAMILIES TOO. EXCELLENT. MY SECOND QUESTION WAS, IS THERE ANY FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF THE LEVERS, LIKE HOW MANY OF THESE STUDENTS ARE ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL? WHERE ARE WE SEEING THE, I GUESS, LARGEST GROUP OF KIDS LEAVING? I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA IN FRONT OF ME OR PREPARED TONIGHT. I CAN GET THAT DATA TO YOU. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT OF THE 1200 STUDENT DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR, IT IS PRETTY CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL THE GRADE LEVELS, BUT I COULD DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT TO MR. MERCER. DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, WITH THE BREAKDOWN BY GRADE LEVEL, THE DIFFERENCE FROM YEAR OVER YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS MISS BRADY. THANK YOU, MR. SHERLOCK, FOR YOUR WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AND YOUR HARD WORK AT THE STUDENT SERVICES BUILDING. MISS BENNION, THE THE GIVING HOUSE LOOKS AMAZING. LIKE. ABSOLUTELY. I'M SO EXCITED FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT. MY I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU AGAIN ABOUT THE HOME VISITS, AND I'M SURE YOU'VE COVERED THIS BEFORE, BUT CAN YOU REMIND US ALL WHAT THE HOME VISITS ARE THAT YOU LISTED UP ON THE SCREEN? SO SO STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT RETURNED OR HAVE, IT'S LIKE, WE MISS YOU. YOU HAVEN'T BEEN

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THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION. GOOD JOB. I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE SB 12 PERMISSION SLIP. WILL THAT BE SOMETHING THAT'LL GO WITH ENROLLMENT NEXT YEAR, OR IS IT A EVERY YEAR THING? I IT ISN'T EVERY YEAR THING. AND THE INITIAL PLAN IS TO PUT THAT WITHIN THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS.

SO AND HONESTLY IF THIS WAS PASSED SOONER IN THE YEAR THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS. HOWEVER, SINCE THIS WAS PASSED LATE, SINCE IT WAS INCLUDED LATE, MOST OF OUR FAMILIES HAD ALREADY COMPLETED ONLINE REGISTRATION. SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE ROLLOUT THE WAY IT WAS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT YOU AND YOUR TEAM, ESPECIALLY MY VISIT YESTERDAY AT THE TRIBUNAL COURT. THE TRUANCY TRIBUNAL COURT IS WHERE WHERE I WENT TO GO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS WERE DOING. AND YOU REALLY ARE DOING SOME INCREDIBLE WORK THERE. YOU KNOW, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, SOME OF OUR FAMILIES DO NEED A LOT OF GRACE AND THEY DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE. AND THAT'S WHAT STUDENT SERVICES DOES FOR FOR ALL OF US, FOR ALL, FOR US AS A PARENT, FOR ME, AS A PARENT, FOR OUR FAMILIES, FOR OUR KIDS. AND I WANT TO EXPRESS LIKE A DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS IT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE. IF ONE PERSON DOES THAT FOR YOU, THAT COULD CHANGE IT. AND I'M THANKFUL THAT CFB HAS THAT RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE SECOND PORTION OF IT IS ATTENDANCE. WILL THERE BE A CAMPAIGN OF SOME SORT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ROLL OUT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT ATTENDANCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE IN OUR SCHOOLS, TO JUST PROMOTE IT, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHY YOU NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PREPARE TO PRESENT TONIGHT, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT, IS HOW CAN WE INFORM OUR KIDS, TALK TO OUR STUDENTS, TALK TO OUR FAMILIES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE? I KNOW AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, THAT'S SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE TIME. WE SPEAK ABOUT ALL THE TIME, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO DOING THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL AT DISTRICT LEVEL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND TO TOUCH ON YOUR TRUANCY TRIBUNAL COMMENT, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PARENTS GOING TO BE SUMMONED TO COURT AT TRUANCY TRIBUNAL, IT'S NOT. IT IS TRULY ABOUT HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THE FAMILY AND HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THE STUDENT TO GET THEM TO SCHOOL. IT'S NOT A PUNITIVE TYPE THING. IT'S HONESTLY FROM A LENS OF HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THEM? AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. SCHULAK. IF THERE WOULD BE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN THIS WORLD, IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT WORLD. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. WATCH OUT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THE STUDENT SERVICES TEAM IS DOING, YOU GUYS HEARD A LOT FROM THE CAMPUSES AND YOU HEARD THE NEEDS AND LIKE THE ACTIONS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, ARE YOU WE'RE SEEING THE ACTIONS AND WE'RE SEEING THE DIFFERENCE YOU'RE MAKING. SO THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM VERY MUCH. I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE LEVER SLIDES SPECIFICALLY. I STARTED KIND OF LOOKING AT THE DISTRICTS THAT WERE REPRESENTED, AND SOME INTERESTING THINGS POPPED OUT TO ME IN THAT WHEN LEVERS ARE GOING TRANSFERRING TO ANOTHER DISTRICT, ARE THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN CFB AND ARE ATTENDING SOMEWHERE ELSE, OR ARE THEY LIKE LEFT THE DISTRICT MOST OF THE OR IT COULD BE A MIXTURE, BUT HONESTLY MOST OF THESE HAVE LEFT ADDRESS WISE LEFT MOVED OUT OF THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL AND I'LL GO IN DEPTH A LITTLE MORE. THE REPORT WE GET, YOU CAN SEE EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE CAMPUS THEY'VE GONE TO. WE GET A PRETTY IN-DEPTH REPORT WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT WHICH SCHOOL THE KIDS HAVE GONE TO. OKAY, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS I WAS LOOKING AT THE DISTRICTS THAT BORDER US AND LEWISVILLE, DALLAS AND COPPELL. IF YOU COMBINE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE LEAVING TO GO TO ANOTHER DISTRICT, THAT IS ONLY 29% OF THE ONES THAT ARE TRANSFERRING TO A TEXAS ISD SCHOOL. BUT IF YOU FLIP TO THE NEXT ONE, THE ONES THAT ARE TRANSFERRING TO US, IT'S 71% OF THE TRANSFERS. SO THERE ARE, WHEN YOU REALLY THINK OF IT THAT WAY, ONLY A SMALL PORTION ARE LEAVING TO GO TO OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS VERSUS THE ONES THAT ARE COMING ARE LARGER PORTION OF THE KIDS THAT ARE COMING. THE OTHER THING WAS VERY INTERESTING TO ME WAS THE NUMBER OF RURAL DISTRICT KIDS THAT ARE LEAVING.

SO KIDS ARE LEAVING OUR DISTRICT AND GOING TO A RURAL AREA. THAT IS NOT A SYMPTOM OF THEM NOT LIKING CFB. MOST LIKELY THAT'S A SYMPTOM OF THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR HOME. SO I JUST REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE, I EVEN I MEAN, I BROKE IT DOWN ALL THE WAYS LIKE REGION TEN, REGION 11, LIKE WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE GOING? AND IT WAS REALLY FASCINATING TO ME TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO OUR NEIGHBORS, IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GENUINELY LEAVING THE AREA. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND IS IT'S NOT JUST A CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH SCHOOL PROBLEM, IT'S THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING A CHOICE TO MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL AREA. AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN THE DATA, BECAUSE I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BREAKING IT DOWN LIKE THIS, BECAUSE WE COULD LOOK AT IT IN

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AND THE HONEST TRUTH IS, A LOT OF THE SCHOOL WE MET WITH PLANO LAST TWO WEEKS AGO AND PLANO, WE'VE ALL ASKED FRONTLINE FOR MAKE IT MOBILE FRIENDLY AND WE ARE HOPEFUL, BUT IT'S JUST NOT THERE YET. IF I COULD WAVE A WAND, THAT WOULD BE THE WAND. IT'S OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO ALL HOPE. WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT ONE DAY YOU WILL WAVE THAT WE DO. YES WE DO, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO FOR KIDS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE FINANCIAL UPDATE ITEM FIVE C. DOCTOR ELDRIDGE WILL YOU INTRODUCE THIS ITEM. SO AS WE FOCUS ON ATTENDANCE AND WE PROBABLY NEED A CAMPAIGN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. YOU HEARD ME, MR. PRUITT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK MAKING OUR FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING PRESENT, AS MR. SULAK SAID, FOR NOT ONLY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, BUT ALSO THERE IS VERY FEW WAYS THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN GENERATE REVENUE. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT TONIGHT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOSE, WHEN YOU HAVE A DECLINE IN STUDENTS OR ATTENDANCE IS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN MAKE UP FOR THAT. HOWEVER, WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT FORMULAS THAT THE STATE HAS DEEMED APPROPRIATE THAT WE DON'T SEEM FAIR. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY, BEFORE MISS SETTLE'S PRESENTATION HOW MUCH OUR TEAM, EVERY CAMPUS, EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN A HARD LOOK AT OUR FINANCES. THEY'RE BEING EDUCATED, AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO SO THAT WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR MONEY, BUT WE PROVIDE FOR OUR STUDENTS. THAT IS THE NUMBER THAT IS THE REASON WE'RE ALL HERE IS FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE NEWS ISN'T ALL THAT GREAT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE EVERYTHING WE HAVE SO THAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED FOR EDUCATION. SO WITH THAT, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. ALWAYS HIT THE BUTTON. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, PRESIDENT HATFIELD AND ESTEEMED BOARD. I'M HERE TO PROVIDE A FINANCIAL UPDATE AFTER THE FIRST MARKING PERIOD. IT'S THE ROLE OF EVERY DISTRICT CFO TO PRESENT TIMELY AND ACCURATE INFORMATION SO THAT YOU, AS BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR COMMUNITY, CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL FUTURE. AND THERE IS NO DOUBT OF THE TOTAL COMMITMENT TO FULFILL OUR ROLES AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL COVER THREE AREAS OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT SITUATION, THE FUNDING IMPLICATIONS, AND OUR COLLABORATIVE PLANNING APPROACH FOR THE 2627 BUDGET CYCLE. AS DOCTOR ELDRIDGE MENTIONED, AND HAS BEEN REITERATED SEVERAL TIMES BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THIS DISTRICT HAS A LASER FOCUS ON STUDENTS AND THEIR OUTCOMES.

AND TO THAT END, WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR STUDENTS. SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ENROLLMENT. I WANT TO KEEP IN MIND MY PRESENTATION REFLECTS MR. SUNAK'S OCTOBER 27TH SLIDES.

SO A LITTLE BIT HAPPENED BETWEEN OCTOBER 7TH AND NOVEMBER 3RD. BUT THIS IS OUR CURRENT TREND LINE WHEN ON OCTOBER 27TH, THE DISTRICT ENROLLMENT STOOD AT 22,950 STUDENTS. WHEN WE COMPARE THIS TO OUR HISTORICAL DATA, WE DO SEE A SIGNIFICANT TREND THAT REQUIRES OUR ATTENTION. AND THIS ISN'T UNIQUE TO OUR OUR TO ONLY OUR DISTRICT. MANY TEXAS DISTRICTS ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS, BUT THE MAGNITUDE AND THE PACE OF OUR DECLINE DOES HAVE MATERIAL FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS. NEIGHBORS LIKE LEWISVILLE AND PLANO THAT YOU'VE WE'VE MENTIONED TODAY ARE SEEING PROPORTIONATE DECLINES OF 3% AND 5%, RESPECTIVELY. SO WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS EXPERIENCE. THE CHART YOU SEE HERE SHOWS OUR DECADE LONG ENROLLMENT TREND AND AND SOME SPECIAL STUDENT POPULATIONS THAT HAVE WAITED FUNDING AND OUR FUNDING FORMULA. THIS BREAKDOWN HELPS US UNDERSTAND TO SEE WHERE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE AND INFORMS OUR STAFFING AND FACILITY PLANNING DECISIONS. SO THIS IS A VERY COMMON PICTURE. IF YOU ARE A DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR AT CFBISD, WE GET THEM QUITE OFTEN, BUT ENROLLMENT AND ADA IS MONITORED AND ANALYZED BY MANY DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE DISTRICT. BUT AS STUDENTS MIGHT ENROLL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OUR BEST

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THE DECLINE OF TOTAL ENROLLMENT IS THE SINGLE MOST CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO OUR REVENUE DEFICIT.

FOR THOSE LESS FAMILIAR WITH TEXAS SCHOOL FINANCE AND THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA, LET ME PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW, AS IT'S ESSENTIAL CONTEXT FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SITUATION.

TEXAS SCHOOLS HAVE THREE PRIMARY COMPONENTS THAT AFFECT HOW WE CALCULATE THE FUNDING FOR THE DISTRICT'S ENTITLEMENT. THE MIDDLE PICTURE THERE THAT IS DETERMINED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE, NOT THE BOARD. THERE'S LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES THERE ON THE LEFT GENERATED FROM OUR LOCAL TAX BASE, AND THERE IS STATE FUNDING WHERE THE ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE BASED OFF ENROLLMENT AND VARIOUS STUDENT NEED FACTORS ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE ENTITLEMENT. THE THIRD COMPONENT IS SOMETHING WE CALL RECAPTURE, ALSO KNOWN AS ROBIN HOOD, WHERE THE DISTRICTS WITH HIGH PROPERTY VALUES LIKE CFB ISD RETURN EXCESS LOCAL REVENUE TO THE STATE FOR REDISTRIBUTION THAT IS OUTSIDE THE ENTITLEMENT DETERMINED BY THE STATE, DETERMINED BY THE STATE. THIS FORMULA IS COMPLEX, BUT HERE'S WHAT MATTERS FOR OUR PLANNING.

WHEN ENROLLMENT DECLINED SHARPLY IN A PROPERTY WEALTHY DISTRICT, RECAPTURE CALCULATIONS CAN LEVERAGE AGAINST OUR TIER ONE ENTITLEMENT RECRUITING, CREATING ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL PRESSURE. HISTORICALLY, CFB ISD'S RECAPTURE PAYMENTS WERE LIMITED TO OUR TIER TWO ENTITLEMENT. THE SHARP DROP IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR IS USHERING THE DISTRICT INTO THIS ARENA OF TIER ONE RECAPTURE. AND YOU'LL SEE HERE IN THE DARK GRAY BARS, THOSE ARE ALL TIER TWO RECAPTURE. THESE ARE GENERATED FROM THE ADDITIONAL PENNIES ADOPTED BY OUR VADER FROM 20 1718. IN 2526, BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED OUR TAX RATE AND WE HAD ALREADY GENERATED THE TAX EFFORT FROM OUR OUR PROPERTY VALUES, THAT HAS AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP TO RECAPTURE. WHEN YOUR ENROLLMENT SHRINKS AS SHARPLY AS IT DID.

SO A LITTLE MATH FOR THE MATH ADOPTERS OUT THERE. OUR CURRENT REVENUE PROJECTIONS HAVE ESTIMATES HERE BASED OFF OUR DISTRICT SUMMARY OF FINANCE TEMPLATE. IT SHOWS HOW OUR LOCAL TAX EFFORT, ENROLLMENT AND RECAPTURE INTERACT TO IMPACT OUR AVAILABLE FUNDS. SO AS PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE WHILE ENROLLMENT DECREASES, WE SEE RECAPTURE OBLIGATIONS GROW FROM $9.8 MILLION IN OUR ORIGINAL PROJECTION ON THE LEFT TO $14.8 MILLION MORE THERE ON THE RIGHT, WHICH REDUCES OUR AVAILABLE REVENUE. WE ALSO ARE EXPERIENCING THE EFFECT OF OUR ENROLLMENT DECLINE JUST IN THE BASIC REVENUE FORMULA OF $5.6 MILLION. SO OUR LOSS IN STUDENTS THIS YEAR HAS A TOTAL EFFECT OF $20 MILLION. OOPS, SORRY. OH. THERE YOU GO. $20 MILLION HIT TO THE BOTTOM LINE. IF YOU LOOK BACK, CFBISD HAS ALWAYS PROACTIVELY RESPONDED TO THE DATA WE TRACK. FOR INSTANCE, AFTER THE BOND IN 2023, A CAMPUS CAPACITY STUDY INFORMED THE DECISION TO CONSOLIDATE SCHOOLS AND REVISE ATTENDANCE ZONES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS TO OPTIMIZE OUR INVESTMENT PER CAMPUS. OTHER COST CONTROL AND AVOIDANCE STRATEGIES WERE IMPLEMENTED TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF A REVENUE DEFICIT AND FY 25. AND WHILE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN COMPLICATED WITH LEGISLATIVE CHANGES COMBINED WITH UNFORESEEN ENROLLMENT DECLINE, THE DISTRICT DID BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THE REDUCTIONS MADE IN THE PRIOR YEAR AS A STABILIZING FORCE DURING UNFORESEEN CHANGE. BUT NOW WE

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EVERY LEADER AND THEIR TEAM IS BUILDING THE BUDGET IN A PRIORITY BASED BUDGET FRAMEWORK, AND THAT WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN OVER THE LAST MONTH. I'D LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE BUDGET TIMELINE SO THAT YOU ARE FULLY AWARE OF WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN NOVEMBER, WHICH MEANS WE'RE BEGINNING THAT INTENSIVE PHASE OF BUDGET PLANNING WHERE WE CONDUCT OUR SNAPSHOT ANALYSIS AND WE START TO WORK WITH ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS FIRST, MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOM. FIRST, WE MAKE STAFFING RATIO DECISIONS, AND WE WILL PROVIDE QUARTERLY REVENUE PROJECTIONS TO THE BOARD LATE IN JANUARY THROUGH EARLY MARCH, WE MOVE INTO CAMPUS LEVEL BUDGETING, WHERE WE DEVELOP PRELIMINARY PAYROLL SNAPSHOTS AND FINALIZE POSITION RECOMMENDATIONS. IN APRIL. WE RECEIVE OUR PROPERTY VALUES, OUR PRELIMINARY PROPERTY VALUES, WHICH ALLOW US TO FINALIZE OUR REVENUE BUDGET.

AND THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL MONTH BECAUSE WE CAN'T BUILD AN ACCURATE EXPENDITURE BUDGET UNTIL WE KNOW WHERE OUR REVENUE CONSTRAINTS ARE. IN MAY THROUGH JUNE, WE DEVELOP OUR COMPENSATION PROPOSALS AND DRAFT THOSE PRELIMINARY BUDGETS AND INCORPORATE THE LATEST REVENUE PROJECTIONS SO THAT IN JULY, WHEN WE RECEIVE CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUES ON THE 25TH AND T PUBLISHES OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE, WE WILL HOLD THEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE ADOPTING THE FINAL TAX RATE AND BUDGET IN AUGUST. THIS TIMELINE IS STRUCTURED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH REGULAR UPDATES AND MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT BEFORE FINAL DECISIONS ARE REQUIRED. YOU'LL NOTICE THROUGHOUT THIS TIMELINE THAT WE BUILT IN SPECIFIC BOARD UPDATE POINTS THROUGH THE PROCESS OCCURRING IN NOVEMBER, JANUARY, MARCH, APRIL, AND BEYOND. AT EACH STAGE, WE'LL PRESENT OPTIONS. OUR JOB IS TO SHOW YOU THE DATA, OUTLINE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS SCENARIOS, AND PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS YOU NEED TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THE DISTRICT. TO SUMMARIZE, YES, WE ARE FACING AN OVERALL 10% ENROLLMENT DECLINE FROM THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHICH DOES HAVE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING IMPLICATIONS, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE LIVE IN A RECAPTURE DISTRICT. BUT WE'RE RESPONDING THROUGH STRATEGIC COLLABORATIVE PLANNING THAT KEEPS STUDENTS FIRST. THIS PLAN REFLECTS RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP, THE LEGACY WE'VE SET BEFORE CONTINUING TIGHTENING OUR OPERATIONS SO THAT OUR CLASSROOMS REMAIN STRONG TOMORROW. EVERY DECISION MADE IS ABOUT PROTECTING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STABILIZING OUR CFB COMMUNITY.

THE BUDGET TIMELINE AHEAD PROVIDES MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS FOR BOARD INPUT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL REALITY AND THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS IT. AND I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE WE ARE IN A PLANNING PHASE. TONIGHT IS ABOUT INFORMATION. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR DECISIONS.

AND AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS TIMELINE, WE WILL BRING THOSE OPTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

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AND THAT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CUTS THAT WERE MADE AND THE OPTIMIZATION OF OUR POSITIONS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO WORK HARD TO STAY WITHIN OUR MEANS, BUT THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL FOR THIS YEAR. I HAVE LOTS MORE I COULD SAY, BUT I'LL TURN IT TO MY COLLEAGUES. MISS BRADY, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO AS YOU PAY YOUR TAXES AND YOU PAY YOUR SCHOOL TAX BILL, IF YOU WILL, EACH ONE OF OUR STUDENTS GETS THEIR $6,180. BEYOND THAT, YOUR TAX DOLLARS GO BACK TO THE STATE.

THAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. SO Y'ALL ARE THE ONES PAYING US. THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN CARROLLTON ARE PAYING THE STATE EVEN THOUGH YOUR KIDS GO HERE. SO IT'S REALLY THE ILLUSION OF LOCAL CONTROL. SO JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO ALL THE EXTRA WE GET EXACTLY. FOR AS MANY KIDS THAT ARE HERE, WE GET OUR 6180 AND THEN SOME.

SOME KIDS GET A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE OF THAT SPECIAL NEEDS WHATNOT. BUT THEN IT'S YOUR DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING WE'RE PAYING THE STATE, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE $20 MILLION EXTRA IN DEBT BECAUSE THE STATE GOT OUR MONEY. SO THIS IS THE TIME TO CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS AND START ADVOCATING FOR SCHOOL FINANCE BILL TO BE REEVALUATED. RELOOKED AT. WE ARE ONE OF SIX STATES IN THIS WHOLE COUNTRY THAT DO IT THIS WAY BECAUSE IT'S SO ARCHAIC. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU, ALL THOSE OF YOU ONLINE WATCHING, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SENATORS, YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, YOUR YOUR MAYORS OR WHOEVER, BECAUSE IT'S GOT TO GET CHANGED. WE'RE GIVING MONEY BACK TO THE STATE, WHICH NOW, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'LL SIT IN A SURPLUS. THEN THEY'LL BRAG ABOUT HOW MUCH SURPLUS THEY HAVE, THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF SURPLUS THAT THEY'RE TAKING FROM OUR KIDS. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU VOTE AGAIN NEXT YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS? MISS GARZA? ROJAS. SO JUST TO JUST TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT ON YOUR SLIDE WHERE IT SAYS REVENUE RECAPTURE,

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WE BASED OUR BUDGET ON THOSE KIDS BEING IN THEIR SEATS, AND WE HAVE STAFF THAT ARE WE CAN'T THE STAFF ARE STAYING. AND SO I GUESS MY COUNTER QUESTION WOULD BE IF WE HAVE 1200 STUDENTS LESS THAN WE ANTICIPATED, HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THOSE 1200 STUDENTS ARE MAKING THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, BECAUSE

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THAT MONEY IS GOING TO GO SUPPORT THE KIDS THAT NEED IT THE MOST IN THIS DISTRICT THIS YEAR. AND WE WILL USE THAT MONEY FOR GOOD, BECAUSE WE HAVE HIGH QUALITY STAFF IN THIS DISTRICT THAT CAN SUPPORT THOSE KIDS. AND THAT IS MY EXPECTATION BECAUSE I ALMOST SEE IT AS A GIFT. WHILE I DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THIS SITUATION, WE CAN USE THAT MONEY TO HELP THESE KIDS BECAUSE THOSE ARE HIGH QUALITY STAFF IN THESE SPACES THAT MAY HAVE LESS STUDENTS IN THEM. SO I THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW BECAUSE OF THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT RESULTS WE GOT LAST YEAR, WE WILL MAKE THIS THIS SITUATION THE BEST THIS YEAR FOR THE KIDS THAT ARE SITTING IN OUR SEATS. AND THAT'S WHAT I EXPECT. AND MY SECOND, MY THAT WAS MORE OF A COMMENT. I GUESS IT WASN'T A QUESTION. IS THAT COMPENSATION COMING OUT IN MAY? SO I UNDERSTAND WE'RE IN A VERY WE'VE GOT TO WORK THROUGH ALL THE STEPS. WHEN THE LEGISLATURE PASSED THE PAY INCREASE THAT THEY FUNDED THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT. YES. THANK YOU. THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT, DID THEY PASS THAT INCREASE FOR THIS YEAR AND THEN INCREASE IT AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR. SO SOMEBODY WOULD GET A RAISE NEXT YEAR? NO, MA'AM. IT WAS A ONE TIME BIENNIUM INCREASE. SO THE SAME MONEY WE HAVE THIS YEAR IS WILL CONTINUE TO NEXT YEAR. BUT WE WILL NOT GET ADDITIONAL TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT TO ISSUE ANOTHER RAISE. OKAY. SO IT WAS BASICALLY LIKE A TWO YEAR DROP IN THE BUCKET, NOT A ONE YEAR DROP IN THE BUCKET. SO ANY RAISE THAT WE GIVE NEXT YEAR HAS TO COME OFF OF IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT BECAUSE THAT'S OUR BASELINE HAS BEEN COVERED. AND THEN WE HAVE TO COVER ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WE PROVIDE. THAT IS CORRECT OKAY.

THAT'S HELPFUL INFORMATION. SO IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION KNOWING THAT WHAT COULD BE THE IMPACT TO OUR RECRUITMENT IF WE NEED TO RECRUIT BY HAVING OUR COMPENSATION PACKAGE IN MAY.

WELL, BY BRINGING COMPENSATION EARLIER IT DOES HELP US BE MORE COMPETITIVE. AND THAT IS THE TYPICAL CALENDAR THAT THE DISTRICT FOLLOWS. WE ADOPTED COMPENSATION LATER IN THE YEAR LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE WERE DOING THE SALARY STUDY, AND WE WERE WAITING FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO FINISH THEIR WORK. OKAY, SO IT COULD BE EARLIER THIS YEAR BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LEGISLATURE, CORRECT? IT'S NOT A LEGISLATIVE YEAR. OKAY, GREAT. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. AND I RECOGNIZE THAT TONIGHT WAS NOT EASY TO BRING. BUT I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO US AND FOR THE INTENTIONALITY TO CONTINUE BRINGING THE INFORMATION TO US AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. I HOPE THAT YOU SEE THAT THE HARD WORK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO IS SUPPORT STUDENTS. AND SO SOME TOUGH DECISIONS ARE GOING TO BE MADE TO STREAMLINE THE SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS, BUT NOT CHANGE THE QUALITY OF SERVICES THEY RECEIVE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THAT, WE WILL SEE.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO TAKE A RECESS? YES. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 838. AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF TEN MINUTE OKAY. THE TIME IS NOW 8:47 P.M. AND I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE

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ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS TO BE REMOVED, DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED? MISS BRADY, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM SIX W AND SIX X MOTION FROM MISS BRADY. I HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. GILMORE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED BY A VOTE OF

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[7. Items for Discussion and/or Action]

SO WE WILL PROCEED TO ITEM SIX A THE TITLE OF THE ITEM IS. WELL, BOTH OF THE ITEMS IS SIX W. CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 2ND, 2025, AND CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE BOARD WORK STUDY MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 9TH. AND I WAS NOT PRESENT AT THOSE MEETINGS, SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED TO PULL THE MINUTES. I BELIEVE WE CAN. MISS BRADY, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM SIX W AND SIX X AS AS WRITTEN. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS BRADY.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND FOR MR. SHAKMAN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED? FIVE OUT OF SIX IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND ONE ABSTENTION BY MYSELF. THE MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM SEVEN B CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF BUSSES AND WHITE FLEET. DOCTOR ALDRIDGE, COULD YOU INTRODUCE THIS ITEM, PLEASE? YES. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED LAST YEAR WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A REPLACEMENT CYCLE FOR OUR SCHOOL BUSSES. AND YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STUDENTS. TO ME, TRANSPORTATION IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND SO MR. MOORE WILL INTRODUCE THIS ITEM OF THE PURCHASE OF OUR BUSSES AND OUR WHITE FLEET, WHICH INCLUDES OUR WORK MAINTENANCE TRUCKS AND ANY OTHER THINGS DEEMED UNDER THAT. AND HE WILL ALSO GIVE YOU THE YEARS OF SOME OF OUR WORK MAINTENANCE VEHICLES, THAT AND HOW MANY MILES ARE ON THEM. SO, MR. MOORE, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONTINUE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. DOCTOR ELDRIDGE. PRESIDENT HATFIELD, TRUSTEES, THIS IS AS WAS MENTIONED, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF BUSSES AND WHITE FLEET. JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU A STATUS WE COLLECTIVELY CALL BUSSES. YELLOW FLEET AND OUR SERVICE VEHICLES ESSENTIALLY WHITE FLEET. BUT SO THE YELLOW FLEET, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 136 ACTIVE BUSSES. AND WHEN I SAY ACTIVE THOSE ARE ARE ROUTE BUSSES, ACTIVITY BUSSES, FIELD TRIP BUSSES. ALMOST 40% OF THOSE ARE AT LEAST 12 YEARS OLD, AND TEN OF THOSE THAT ARE 12 YEARS OR OLDER ARE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 YEARS OLD. AND SO THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF A SCHOOL BUS, THEY'RE DESIGNED TO LAST BETWEEN 12 AND 15 YEARS. SO THAT'S AN OVERVIEW OF OUR BUSSES, OUR WHITE FLEET. WE'VE GOT 143 THAT ARE ACTIVELY IN OUR WHITE FLEET, AND THAT IS FACILITY SERVICES. THAT IS DISTRIBUTION WITH THE WAREHOUSE, STUDENT NUTRITION, SAFETY AND SECURITY. MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE ARE AT LEAST 12 YEARS OLD, CLOSER TO 56, 57%. THREE OF THOSE WERE ACTUALLY MANUFACTURED BEFORE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IN A BOARD MEETING THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO REFERENCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY IN ANY PRESENTATION, SO I WAS KIND OF HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 35 OF THEM ARE 20 YEARS OR OLDER, 68 OR 15 YEARS OR OLDER. AND AGAIN, THE AVERAGE SERVICE VEHICLE LIFESPAN IS 12 YEARS.

JUST A NOTE ON THE 35 THAT ARE 20 YEARS OR OLDER. COLLECTIVELY, THOSE 35 VEHICLES HAVE 2.4 MILLION MILES OF SERVICE ON THEM. NOW, I DO WANT TO BACK UP. THESE VEHICLES ARE SAFE. THE BUSSES ARE SAFE. THOSE ARE SAFE. BUT I'M GOING TO GET TO WHY THEY'RE SAFE HERE IN JUST A SECOND. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT, THOSE ARE THE VEHICLES THAT WE WOULD ADD FROM THIS PROPOSAL. ONE F350 SUPER CAB. THAT IS OUR SERVICE TRUCK. WE HAVE OPERATED IN THE PAST WITH TWO SERVICE TRUCKS FOR OUR OPERATING OUT OF OUR SHOP, AND THEY ASSIST WITH THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE OUT IN THE FIELD. YOU KNOW, THERE'S COLLECTIVELY CLOSE TO 300 VEHICLES THAT COULD BE OUT AT ANY POINT IN TIME THAT'S RUNNING OUT OF FUEL, FLAT TIRES, BATTERY ISSUES, ELECTRICAL ISSUES, KEYS BEING LOCKED IN THE VEHICLE. THOSE SERVICE TRUCKS FILLED THAT LAST MAY. ONE OF OUR TWO SERVICE TRUCKS WAS STRUCK WHILE IT WAS CROSSING AN INTERSECTION. NO FAULT VEHICLE OR A NO FAULT ACCIDENT ON OUR END, IT WAS STRUCK. IT WAS T-BONED.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS THE NEWER OF OUR TWO SERVICE TRUCKS AND IT WAS TOTALED OUT. SO WE'VE BEEN RUNNING WITH ONE SERVICE TRUCK NOW SINCE LAST MAY. THE 14 PASSENGER SCHOOL BUSSES. WE'RE PROPOSING TO PURCHASE TWO OF THOSE. WHAT YOU MAY CORRELATE THAT TO, IF YOU'VE SEEN OUR BLUE EIGHT PASSENGER SCHOOL BUSSES, THERE'S ABOUT 10 OR 12 OF THOSE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. WE USE THOSE FOR MCKINNEY VENTO RUNS. WE'LL USE THOSE FOR TO TAKE STUDENTS OVER TO IRVING FOR THE DEAF EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP. WE USE THOSE OCCASIONALLY FOR FIELD TRIPS. THE 214 PASSENGER SCHOOL BUSSES. THEY ARE ON A CHASSIS THAT IS NOT THE GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT, IS NOT REQUIRE A CDL. SO WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT PEOPLE IN THOSE THAT DO NOT

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THOSE ARE UNDER 33FT IN LENGTH, AND WE WANT TO STICK WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT IN THE PROPOSAL BECAUSE SPECIAL EDGE DOOR TO DOOR PICKUP AND DROP OFF. AND SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU GET INTO NEIGHBORHOODS OR APARTMENT COMPLEXES, IT CAN BE HARD TO MANEUVER THINGS MUCH LARGER THAN THAT 54 PASSENGER FOR US TO GET TO DOOR TO DOOR. AND THEN THREE OF THE 77 PASSENGER SCHOOL BUSSES, AS WE AS WE HAVE THE ADD TO THE THE FIVE THAT WE PURCHASED LAST YEAR, THE TRANSIT 350 CARGO VAN, THERE ARE SEVEN OF THOSE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO PURCHASE. THOSE ARE FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE. AND THOSE ARE JUST HEAVY DUTY CARGO VANS, TIE DOWNS, SHELVES, THINGS THAT ARE OUTFITTED FOR SERVICE FOR THE FOR THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. IN PURCHASING THOSE, WE WOULD ROLL TEN YELLOW FLEET, TEN BUSSES OUT AND EIGHT OF THE WHITE FLEET. WE WOULD AUCTION THOSE UPON THE APPROVAL IN THIS PURCHASE. JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER NOTES. IN GENERAL, OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, WE HAVE ADDED 50 BUSSES IN TOTAL, 77, 25, 77 PASSENGER BUSSES AND 2554 PASSENGER BUSSES. AND YOU CAN SEE THE INCREMENTS THAT WE HAD IN THE YEAR WHEN WE PURCHASED THEM. DURING THAT SAME TIME, WE'VE AUCTIONED 27 OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, RATHER, SINCE 2018, WE HAVE ONLY BROUGHT INTO OUR FLEET ONE TRUE WORK TRUCK, ONE TRUCK THAT HAS BEEN OUTFITTED WITH RACKS, LADDERS, BOXES. WE'VE ONLY BROUGHT ONE IN SINCE 2018 FOR THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. AND THEN THAT WAS WHEN I MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLES ARE SAFE. THEY ARE SAFE. BUT WE SPENT CLOSE TO $1 MILLION LAST YEAR ON MAINTENANCE ALONE. OUR OPERATIONS BUDGET IN TRANSPORTATION IS 4 MILLION. WE SPEND ALMOST A QUARTER OF IT ON JUST MAINTENANCE FOR THESE VEHICLES, AND THAT IS AN OVERVIEW OF OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'VE GOT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. MR. MOORE, I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHITE FLEET AND YELLOW FLEET TONIGHT THAT I DID NOT KNOW. SO THANK YOU FOR THE WHITE AND YELLOW EDUCATION.

AND IT'S REALLY ORANGE. I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD THAT EITHER. OR I'M COLORBLIND. THAT'S KIND OF LIKE I GREW UP IN ROCKWALL. WE WERE THE YELLOW JACKETS AND WE WERE ORANGE. RIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MR. SHACKMAN, IT DOES NOT DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE OVERALL PRESENTATION, BUT WERE WE INSURANCE COMPENSATED WHEN THAT VEHICLE WAS TOTALED? YES, SIR. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. MR. MOORE, I THINK YOUR PRESENTATION PRETTY WELL CONTAINED IT. BUT I ALSO LIKE TO SEE THAT WE'VE PLACED THAT REPLACEMENT CYCLE, WHICH WAS A REQUEST TO THE BOARD. IN THOSE NUMBERS, YOU START TO SEE A CONSISTENT PATTERN WHERE WE'RE REPLACING VEHICLES. SO THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH BECAUSE THAT WAS A REQUEST OF THE BOARD A FEW YEARS AGO THAT WE GET ON A REGULAR CYCLE. SO I APPRECIATE ADMINISTRATION WORKING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT LIVING IN THE LAST CENTURY. I GOT TO SAY IT TOO WELL, AND THE WHITE FLEETS, ONE THING, BUT A LOT OF WHAT WE PURCHASED FROM OUR BUS FLEET IS WHAT WE INHERITED WHEN WE WHEN DALLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS FOLDED.

AND SO WE'RE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE STOCK THAT WE GOT FROM THEM WHEN THAT TOOK PLACE IN 1718. SO WE'RE STILL BUILDING UP FROM THAT AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. ALL RIGHT. BOARD. SO THIS ITEM CONSIDERING APPROVED BUSSES AND WHITE FLEET IS MARKED FOR ACTION. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO TAKE ACTION? MISS BRADY I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM SEVEN B TO THE PURCHASE OF BUSSES AND WHITE FLEET. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS BRADY. I HAVE A SECOND FOR MR. GILMORE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED BY A VOTE OF SEVEN IN FAVOR? ZERO OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES.

THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM SEVEN. C CONSIDER AND APPROVE REALLOCATION OF THE 2023 BOND FUNDS. DOCTOR ALDRIDGE, COULD YOU INTRODUCE THIS? YES. SO THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MET.

AND I THINK THE PLANS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AS FAR AS WHAT WE WANT TO REALLOCATE THE BOND FUNDS DUE TO CONSOLIDATION. SO MR. MOORE AND MR. BLACKBURN, WOULD YOU PLEASE TALK ABOUT WHERE THE REALLOCATION FUNDS WILL BE GOING? YES, MA'AM. SO TONIGHT'S THE SECOND TIME THAT WE'VE SHARED THIS WITH YOU AS A BOARD. OCTOBER WAS INFORMATION ONLY TONIGHT WE WE'RE COMING BACK WITH A WITH A SECOND RUN THROUGH. THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT HAS CHANGED WITH THE OVERALL INFORMATION. HOWEVER, AS DOCTOR ALDRIDGE JUST SAID, WE DID HAVE A SECOND MEETING WITH THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TALKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS. AND ONE OF THE BIG AREAS THAT WE THAT WE WILL TOUCH ON IN A FEW SLIDES IS WHEN WE LEFT THE LAST MEETING, THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF UNALLOCATED FUNDING. AND SO

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AND THAT SURVEY RAN AUGUST 5TH THROUGH EIGHTH. BUT JUST KIND OF THE THE OBJECTIVES OF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, REALLY JUST WANTED TO GET A GENERAL AWARENESS, GAUGE THE SUPPORT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND GAUGE THE THE SUPPORT AND THE INTEREST IN OUR PRE-K PROGRAM EXPANSION AND SUPPORT AND UTILIZING SOME OF THE FUNDS IN BOTH OF THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS. SO THE KEY FINDINGS MENTIONED LAST MONTH THAT IT WAS REALLY BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO PARTS. THE INITIAL THOUGHTS OF THE RESPONDENTS AND THE INFORMED POSITIONS OF THE RESPONDENTS. THE INITIAL REPORTS OR THOUGHTS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.

YOU HAVE NO INFORMATION ASIDE FROM WHAT YOU IMMEDIATELY THINK OF, NO ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. AND THEN THE INFORMED POSITION IS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF INFORMATION TO TO TO THINK THROUGH. AND THEN A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO GO WITH THAT. YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT JUST INITIALLY OUT OF THE GATE, 67% OF THOSE WHO WERE POLLED SUPPORTED USING A PORTION OF THE FUNDS FOR PRE-K EXPANSION, AND 64% WERE SUPPORTIVE OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BOTH OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AND THEN TAKING IT A STEP FURTHER, ONCE THEY HAD RECEIVED AN INFORMED POSITION OR THEY RECEIVED A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, THEIR INFORMED SUPPORT, IT INCREASED FROM 67 TO 76 ON THE PRE-K EXPANSIONS AND FROM 64% TO 73% SUPPORTING ON BOTH OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AREAS. AND THERE WERE REALLY THREE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT THAT THE PEOPLE WERE ASKED. THE SURVEY INDIVIDUALS WERE ASKED FOR WITH REGARD TO WHAT THEY WANTED WITH REGARD TO THE SURVEY, WAS, DO YOU WANT A PRE-K ADDITION AT CAMPUSES? DO YOU WANT PRE-K CENTER OR DO YOU WANT A COMBINATION OF BOTH? AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE THAT 79% WERE SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING THE THE CAMPUSES, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WANTED AS WELL. BUT REALLY, NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT, THE SUPPORT WAS THERE FOR FOR THE PRE-K EXPANSION WITHIN THAT. AND THEN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS, AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF TOUCH ON WHAT WE WERE WANTING TO DO WITH THE REALLOCATION, BRING MORE FACILITIES UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS, PRE-K EMPHASIS FOR BOTH THE FREE AND THE TUITION BASED, GETTING STUDENTS BACK CLOSER TO HOME IN THOSE IN THOSE TWO MAIN REALLY IN THAT ONE GEOGRAPHIC AREA UP NEAR THOMPSON. AND THEN CONSTRUCTION COSTS I'D MENTIONED THAT'S NOT DECREASING AT ALL. AND THEN MORE SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO THAT WAS OUR OCTOBER RECOMMENDATION. YOU CAN SEE THE TOP TWO. THERE WAS $49 MILLION WOULD BE DESIGNATED TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RENOVATIONS AT BOTH BUSH AND POLK. AND $38 MILLION WOULD GO TOWARD THE PRE-K ADDITIONS AT THOMPSON AND LAS COLINAS. WHEN WE LEFT THE OCTOBER MEETING, THERE WAS $44.5 MILLION THAT WAS UNALLOCATED. THAT'S THE PORTION THAT WE TOOK TO THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, AND THAT IS OUR NOVEMBER RECOMMENDATION. THE TOP TWO DID NOT CHANGE AT THE SAME FUNDING, BUT THAT $44.5 MILLION, AFTER LOOKING THROUGH AND TALKING WITH THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, $8 MILLION WOULD WOULD BE GENERATED TO THE GRIMES SALAZAR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ALLOW FOR A TRUE REPLACEMENT INSTEAD OF MAJOR RENOVATION. $12.5 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO BOTH CARROLLTON AND FARMERS BRANCH. THAT WAS CONSTRUCTION ESCALATION. THAT WAS IN INFLATION, RATHER, AND WE HAD EARMARKED THOSE TWO AMOUNTS TO BE COVERED FROM BOND INTEREST.

BUT IF WE TAKE IT FROM THAT BOND INTEREST AND PUT IT IN THIS TRUE ALLOCATION, THAT THAT GOES BACK AND KEEPS THE ELEMENTARY WITH ELEMENTARY AND TWO OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE DESIGNATED WITH THE BOND FOR FOR TOTAL REBUILDS. AND IT ALLOWS A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH THE BOND INTEREST FUNDS SHOULD SOMETHING ELSE COME UP. AND THEN $11.5 MILLION FOR ELEMENTARY FENCING UPGRADES. I BELIEVE THERE ARE 13 DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES THAT NEED FENCING UPGRADES, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO PUT FENCES IN IN THE STANDARDS THAT WE'VE PUT, THAT WE'VE BEGUN IN OUR FARMERS BRANCH AND OUR URBAN CAMPUSES.

AND SO WITH THAT, WE WERE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. BOARD MEMBERS QUESTIONS, MISS GARZA ROJAS. SO HELP ME, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. I JUST KIND OF WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS ONE MORE TIME. SO YOU SAID $8 MILLION TO ALLOW REPLACEMENT

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THE AMOUNT ALLOWS FOR 2500FT OF FENCE PER CAMPUS, WHICH SHOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH. AND THAT'S ON AVERAGE, OUR CAMPUS IS VERY WIDELY. SOME OF THEM WON'T NEED NEAR THAT MUCH OTHER, AND SOME ARE A SINGLE ENCLOSURE. SOME HAVE THREE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE HAVE TO ENCLOSE. SO EVERY CAMPUS IS DIFFERENT. BUT THIS ALLOWS US THIS IS A GENEROUS ALLOWANCE PER CAMPUS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN COVER ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARIES. AND THEN THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A PRISON. SO THAT'S BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WITH FENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND.

AND YES, IT'S A SIMILAR FENCE TO WHAT YOU SEE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS. IT'S THE FENCES. IT'S EVERY FENCE THAT'S IN OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR FARMERS BRANCH CAMPUSES. THAT'S THE STYLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. IT'S A BLACK IRON FENCE. IT'S GOT AN EGRESS BAR ON THE INSIDE.

STARK HAS ONE IN ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. THAT'S ALSO TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH NON-SCALABLE FENCING, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY LAW NOW. YES, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT'S A BIG PART OF THE NEW STANDARD IS MAKING SURE WE'RE MAKING THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT WAY. I KNOW YOU HAVE A QUESTION. ANY OTHERS? OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE. WHERE DID MY NOTES GO? MY BRAIN.

OKAY. ON THE 12.5 MILLION FOR CARROLLTON AND FARMERS BRANCH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THE THE SIZE

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THAT IS TO MAINTAIN THE CAPACITY THAT WE WANTED THIS BUILDING TO BE INITIALLY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND THEN FOR GRIMES, SALAZAR, THOSE ARE CURRENTLY TWO SEPARATE CAMPUSES. RIGHT.

SO THIS IS A NEW BUILDING THAT ALSO CONSOLIDATES IT INTO ONE FACILITY. YES. AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN, MISS GARZA, YOU HAD A QUESTION? NO.

YOU FORGOT. SORRY. SHE FORGOT. OH, I REMEMBER OKAY, TO CLARIFY ON MISS BENAVIDEZ'S QUESTION, I THINK I KNOW WHAT WE'RE WHAT SHE AND I WERE TRYING TO GET TO. IT'S, I GUESS, THE REASSURANCE THAT THERE MAYBE REASSURANCE IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING, THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT AT THE END OF COMPLETION, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU CALLED IT, G G SOMETHING G G GUARANTEED MAXIMUM GMP. YES. SO WE'RE NOT YET AT GMP. IS THAT CORRECT? AND SO CORRECT. WOULD THIS ALLOCATE ENOUGH TO GET THERE.

LIKE TO WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET THERE. AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE ESTIMATES THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS TO TRY AND MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING ALIGNED WITH THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. AND WE'VE DONE THAT. AND WE'RE CONFIDENT BASED ON THAT PROCESS THAT THIS WILL BE ENOUGH. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION ON THE CONTINGENCY BUDGET. SO THE BOND ITSELF HAD A CONTINGENCY LINE BUILT INTO IT. SO MY QUESTION IS WHY ARE WE TAPPING INTO THESE FUNDS VERSUS THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS.

THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH TO COVER BOTH OF THOSE CAMPUSES TOGETHER. AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLANNING. AND IT ALLOWS US THE FLEXIBILITY TO.

USE THE INTEREST FUNDS AND THE AND THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE TO SERVE OUR DISTRICT, AS WELL AS.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THREE REALLY SIGNIFICANT RENOVATIONS TO SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED ON TO OVER LONG PERIODS OF TIME, THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAT WE CONTINUE TO FIND AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE RENOVATION. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE CONTINGENCY FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS ANYTHING THAT COMES ALONG THAT HASN'T BEEN FORESEEN FOR THOSE MAJOR RENOVATIONS. WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS SO FAR. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE GOOD, BUT I PREFER TO BE CONSERVATIVE WHEN WE'VE GOT THOSE TYPES OF RENOVATION PROJECTS GOING.

THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MISS BRADY, I JUST I WAS ON I JUST MAKE A COMMENT THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T USE THIS MONEY TO OFFSET THE MONEY THAT MISS SETTLE JUST TALKED ABOUT. WE THIS HAS TO GO TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION. SO WE CANNOT LIKE YOU KNOW ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL. THAT IS NOT HOW THIS WORKS. SO THIS HAS TO GO FOR CONSTRUCTION. IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN PAY SOMEBODY ELSE WITH IT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, BECAUSE PEOPLE SEEM TO GET VERY, VERY CONFUSED ABOUT THAT. VERY NICE JOB, MISS BRADY. THIS IS THE INS FUNDS, NOT THE FUNDS. AND WHAT MISS SETTLE WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS FUND. THIS IS ALL A DIFFERENT POT OF MONEY THAT CANNOT BE CROSS-CONTAMINATED. GREAT JOB, MISS BRADY. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MISS BARNES, I SOMETIMES WANT TO CALL YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME AND I'M TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE ADDITIONAL COMMENT. SO CARROLLTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN FARMERS BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAW MORE STUDENTS COMING INTO THEIR SCHOOLS WITH THE CONSOLIDATION. CORRECT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON. SO REDUCING CAPACITY OF THOSE BUILDINGS IS ALSO NOT AN OPTION LIKE THE THE BUDGET THAT YOU GUYS NEED IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE SIZE THAT THEY'VE PROPOSED. WELL, AND IN ESSENCE IT IS HELPING THE STUDENTS IT WAS ORIGINALLY MEANT FOR. YEAH. GOOD POINT. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OKAY. SO WITH THAT THIS IS ITEM SEVEN. SEE BOARD MEMBERS. DO I HAVE A MOTION. THIS. MISS BRADY I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM SEVEN C AS WRITTEN I HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS BRADY TO HAVE A SECOND. HAVE A SECOND FOR MISS GARZA ROJAS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED BY A VOTE OF SEVEN IN FAVOR? ZERO OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. DOCTOR ALDRIDGE, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT SINCE THE FOCUS OF THIS WAS ON THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT, THE 12.5, COULD YOU PLEASE PUT IN THE BOARD MEMO THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT PLUS THE 12.5, SO THAT WE HAVE THAT IN THE BOARD MEMO, SO THAT WHEN WE COME BACK FOR THE GMP, WE'RE ABLE TO DO A COMPARISON. IF WE HAD THAT QUESTION. THANK

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SO WHEN YOU ADD ON TO A CAMPUS AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ADDITIONS ARE CORRECT, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO USE ARCHITECT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS ALL GUIDELINES.

AND IT'S FOR WHAT WE WANT. SO THIS IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR OUR FOR OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD ADDITIONS. SO MR. BLACKBURN, IF YOU WILL GO THROUGH THAT, THIS IS TO SUPPORT THE SECOND BULLET UP THERE THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED. THIS IS, AS DOCTOR ALDRIDGE MENTIONED, ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR THOSE TWO PROJECTS, TWO ADDITIONS AT TWO CAMPUSES.

THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. THIS ITEM IS MARKED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. DOES THE BOARD WISH TO TAKE ACTION? MISS BRADY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM SEVEN D ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD ADDITIONS. HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS BRADY. I HAVE A SECOND FOR MR. GILMORE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED BY A VOTE OF SEVEN. IN FAVOR? ZERO OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES THE NEXT ITEM. SEVEN E IS ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RENOVATIONS. SO IF YOU WILL LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE SLIDE FOR BUSH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND POLK, THIS IS ALSO FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR THOSE ADDITIONS. MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES, RENOVATIONS. SO MR. BLACKBURN, I PROBABLY TOOK YOUR SLIDE. BUT ANYWAY, BY THE SAME TOKEN, THIS IS TO SUPPORT THE RENOVATIONS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT BUSH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND POLK MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES ONLY. ALL RIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION. MISS BRADY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM SEVEN E THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL RENOVATIONS. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS BRADY, AND I HAVE A SECOND FOR MISS GARZA ROJAS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR POSE. SEVEN IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU GUYS HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL WORK TO DO. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP FOCUSING ON KIDS AND

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CLOSED MEETING AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTIONS 551 .071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY 551 .074 PERSONNEL MATTERS 551 .076.

SECURITY DEVICES 551 .082. SCHOOL CHILDREN, DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, DISCIPLINARY MATTER OR COMPLAINT AND THE ITEM EIGHT A IS DISCUSS INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT FINDINGS REPORT AND WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION. THE TIME IS 921. YOU ARE WELCOME TO REMAIN IN THE THE

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