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AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT,
[I. CALL TO ORDER AND OPENING STATEMENT]
I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PRESENT, THAT THE MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED AND NOTICE THAT THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE TIME AND IN THE MANNER [NOISE] THAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME EACH OF YOU TO THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BOARD HEALTH AND PUBLIC, AND NOT A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC.
ACCORDINGLY, YOU ARE WELCOMED TO OBSERVE AND LISTEN TO OUR MEETING.
THE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE WILL BE CONFINED TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF THE MEETING.
PLEASE BE SURE THAT ALL CELL PHONES ARE TURNED OFF OR TURNED TO SILENT OR VIBRATE MODE.
AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD AT THE WORK SESSION.
ACCORDINGLY, MANY OF THESE ITEMS MAY HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED AND VOTED UPON BY THE BOARD WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, SINCE MOST OF OUR QUESTIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED DURING THOSE WORK SESSIONS.
AGAIN, WE WELCOME YOU TO THIS MEETING AND THANK YOU.
WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN STAND FOR THE PRESENTATION AS A COMPANY.
PRESENT ARMS. PLEASE FOLLOW ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> YES, INTRODUCE THEMSELVES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. WE HAVE-.
>> FIRST-CLASS [INAUDIBLE] NEWLY ARRIVED.
>> WE GOT LIEUTENANT COLONEL JACOB WARNERS.
>> GOOD CAPTAIN GENERAL WILLIAMS.
>> WE GOT SECOND LIEUTENANT [INAUDIBLE]
[APPLAUSE] YOU WILL REMAIN STANDING.
MR. LUKERT WILL OFFER AN INVOCATION,.
>> SHALL WE PRAY. FATHER GOD WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS EVENING, LORD.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR EACH PERSON THAT'S IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT, WE JUST PRAY LORD THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO BE WITH OUR DISTRICT, TO BE WITH OUR STUDENTS, OUR FACULTY, THE PARENTS, EVERYONE THAT'S INVOLVED IN HELPING US DO THE BEST JOB THAT WE CAN TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS AT WICHITA FALLS ISD.
LORD WE JUST ASK THAT YOU'LL BE WITH US IN THIS MEETING, WHICH WILL JUST HELP US TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR THE KIDS AND HELP US MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR YOU.
BUT LET ME JUST AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENCE WITH US TONIGHT.
IT'S IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY. AMEN.
>> RIDER HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTATION.
[IV. PRESENTATIONS]
DR GRIFFIN, I BELIEVE YOU ARE UP WITH THE PRESENTATION.WE JUST WANT TO DO SOME PRESENTATIONS HERE.
FIRST ONE IS ABOUT THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS, STUDENTS FROM THE CAREER EDUCATION CENTER WHERE ACHIEVEMENT AT THE TEACH TOMORROW SUMMIT AND EDUCATORS RISING COMPETITION.
INTRODUCE THESE TWO ROCK STAR STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.
MY NAME IS ERIN DILLER AND I AM THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING TEACHER AT THE CEC.
I HAVE TWO AMAZING STUDENTS WITH ME HERE TODAY.
SO BACK IN MARCH, WE ATTENDED THAT TEACH TOMORROW'S ON IT, WHICH WOULD BE THE STATE LEVEL COMPETITION FOR TAFFY, WHICH LIKE DOCTOR SAID, IS THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS.
OVER NINE STUDENTS WHO COMPETED, TWO OF THEM MADE TO NATIONALS, WHICH IS PRETTY AWESOME.
SO THESE TWO STUDENTS MADE IT TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION,
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EDUCATORS RISING CONFERENCE THAT WAS HELD IN ORLANDO THIS PAST JULY.SO I HAVE WITNEY RAYAN [INAUDIBLE] NEXT STUDENT EMILY KINTANAR.
SHE ADVANCED WITH HER CHILDREN'S BOOK.
SHE WROTE AND ILLUSTRATED THIS BOOK TOTALLY ON HER OWN.
AND SO I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF HER.
[APPLAUSE] DO YOU WANT TO TELL THEM WHAT YOUR BOOK WAS ABOUT?
>> SO WITH THE TEACH TOMORROW SUMMIT, THE GOAL OF THE BOOKS IS TO TEACH A LESSON THAT CAN BE USED IN EDUCATIONAL SETTING.
MY BOOK WAS GEARED TOWARD PRE-K, AND IT WAS ABOUT A TEA PARTY.
THE GIRL IS SO EXCITED, BUT SHE ACCIDENTALLY SPILLS ON THE COOKIES AND MAKES A GIANT MESS.
SO SHE THINKS, I CAN NEVER HAVE A TEA PARTY AGAIN.
BUT HER MOM'S LIKE, NO, IT'S OKAY.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY PAIR HERE THAT YOU'D WANT TO INTERVIEW?
>> THE SECOND WRITER STUDENT WHO ADVANCED WAS LEYLA DILLARD? SHE ADVANCED IN PUBLIC SPEAKING.
SHE GAVE A SPEECH ABOUT THE TEACHER SHORTAGE.
LEYLA PLACE NINTH IN THE NATION AND THE JV CATEGORY AND IT WAS ALSO HER SECOND APPEARANCE AT THE EDUCATORS RISING NATIONAL COMPETITION.
>> SO SHE PLACED TOP 10 BOTH YEARS. [APPLAUSE]
>> I DID PUBLIC SPEAKING AND THEY GAVE US TOPIC EACH YEAR.
OUR TOPIC WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT THE TEACHER SHORTAGE CRISIS.
SO I JUST GIVE A SHORT SIX-MINUTE SPEECH ABOUT THAT CRISIS.
HOW IT'S AFFECTING OUR CLASSROOMS, HOW ITS AFFECTING OUR STUDENTS, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP SOLVE THAT CRISIS IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY COURAGE PERIOD? [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE].
>> THERE WERE OVER 2000 PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THE STATE TEACH TOMORROW SUMMIT.
ITS JUST REALLY PROUD OF THESE GIRLS [INAUDIBLE].
>> OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS TO RIDER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ACHIEVING A LEVEL SERIES CERTIFICATION AND HORIZONTAL HIGHER LIABILITY SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE DR. BLAIR HERE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT. THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
THEY WILL MAKE UP THIS LEVELS PREVIOUSLY, AT THE VERY BEGINNING HOUSE LEVEL 2. AND IT TOOK A LONG WORK.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO DO ALL THIS. IT'S NOT JUST ONE TIME.
THEY GO THROUGH THE PAPERWORK, THE PEOPLE DO OBSERVATION, THEY GET TO TURNING LOTS OF DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW THAT THEY DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED THAT.
YEAH, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
BEEN TAKING A LITTLE TIME TO RECOGNIZE REALLY THE HARD WORK OF PART OF OUR TEAM THAT'S BACK HERE TONIGHT.
WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT EDUCATORS ON OUR HIGH RELIABILITY SCHOOLS LEADERSHIP TEAM.
THIS WASN'T A BUNCH OF BOXES THAT WE HADN'T CHECKED.
THIS WAS MORE ABOUT FOR OUR SCHOOL.
IT'S REALLY HARD WORKS AND REALLY DEDICATED FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR OUR TEACHERS AND MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR OUR KIDS AS FAR AS LEARNING GOES AND BILLING SYSTEMS AND A FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD KEEP US ON TRACK.
SO WE RECEIVED A LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
ACTUALLY PRE-COVID, WE WERE STARTING WELL TOO WHEN COVID HAPPENED.
WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM THAT, WE CONTINUE THAT WORK.
WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE NEGLECTED.
WE TRIED TO CONTINUE THAT WORK TO KEEP OUR EYE ON, REALLY KEEP STUDENTS IN LEARNING FIRST LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AND SO THIS TEAM HAS WORKED REALLY HARD.
I'M GOING TO ASK THEM TO COME UP WHEN I CALL THEIR NAMES.
WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OF OUR TEXTS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS THAT ARE UP HERE.
WE HAVE FELICIA WOOD, WHO WAS ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE TROY FARIS, ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS LAST YEAR.
SHE WAS A COUNSELOR LAST YEAR, BUT ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS LAST YEAR.
WE HAD BRASS ANDERSON, WHO WAS THE CAMPUS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER FOR SCIENCE, NOW HE'S A DISTRICT CURRICULUM SPECIALISTS.
JERRY JONES IS OUR MATH INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER, AND ZARRY ZENER IS ONE OF OUR LEAD TEACHERS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
SO THIS REPORT IS REALLY HARD.
PUT IN A LOT OF TIME LIKE DR GRIFFIN SAID, COLLECTING THE EVIDENCE.
BUT I JUST CAN'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT THIS GROUP AND HOW THEY READ, OR TEACHERS, HOW THEY DO WORK FOR KIDS.
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THEY ARE JUST TOO INCREDIBLE.>> NOW WE'RE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR MEETING
[V. PUBLIC COMMENT]
AND WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM MELISSA.I'M SURE ABOUT THAT'S WHY IT'S WISEONE.
>> I'M CLOSE. IT'S COMING THROUGH. WE DO HAVE A LIMIT ON THIS.
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION OF THE MEETING PROVIDE CITIZENS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT ITEMS WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE ON THE AGENDA.
SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED NO MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.
IF THERE ARE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, IT CAN BE ADJUSTED, BUT TONIGHT IT IS SET FOR THREE MINUTES AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN COMING TO SPEAK TO US.
>> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU-ALL FOR SERVING OUR SCHOOLS AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU GET NOTHING BACK EXCEPT FOR THE APPRECIATION THAT WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE TIME IN WHICH WE CAN NEVER GIVE YOU ENOUGH.
MY NAME IS MELISSA SASHA, AND I AM CURRENTLY A SIXTH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER AT MCNEIL MIDDLE-SCHOOL.
GOING TO PARK THAT WFISD FOR FIVE YEARS STARTING THIS YEAR.
I KNOW THE ACTIVE ROLE IN THE FACE THAT I CARRIED FOR WFISD EVERY DAY.
AND THE ROLE THAT I GET TO PLAY IN OUR STUDENTS LIVES.
THIS EVENING, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IN REGARDS TO THE TEACHER DRESS CODE, SPECIFICALLY, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE TATTOO PORTION.
I KNOW YOU'VE HAD THAT SPOKEN TO YOU BEFORE.
I'M AWARE OF THE CONCERN TO THE APPROPRIATENESS OF SHOWING TATTOOS AND TEACHER'S SHOWING THAT DURING CONTRACT HOURS AROUND STUDENTS AND AROUND PARENTS.
I FEEL THAT THE TEACHER DRESS CODE CAN GET HERE TO WITHOUT THE NEED TO COVER TATTOOS.
FOR INSTANCE, THIS PARTICULAR OUTPUT IS WHATEVER YOUR SCHOOL TODAY, EXCEPT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CARDIGAN TO COVER MY ARMS. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT IT COULD BE DISTRACTING IN THE CLASSROOM FOR STUDENTS, AND OF COURSE, BUT SOME PEOPLE MAY FEEL THAT THEY ARE INAPPROPRIATE ON TEACHERS AND LEADERS.
AS A TEACHER WHO HAS SEVERAL TATTOOS, I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT IT HAS NEVER BEEN A DISTRACTION IN MY CLASSROOM.
IN FACT, THE ONLY TIME IT IS A DISTRACTION IS WHEN I ACTIVELY COVER THEM.
THAT'S WHEN STUDENTS WILL ASK ME OVER AND OVER, "WHY ARE YOU WEARING THAT? WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE THAT?" IF YOU GUYS AREN'T AWARE, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE CLASSROOM LATELY, OUR STUDENTS ARE TERRIBLY OBSERVANT WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGES IN HOW THEIR TEACHERS APPEARED.
FOR INSTANCE, TODAY, I WAS TOLD MANY TIMES THAT I LOOK WEIRD BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON AND I LOOKED NICE.
AS A PARENT, I DO HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND THEY ARE USED TO HAVING PIECES OF ART ON THEIR MOTHER'S BODY, AND SEVERAL OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE AS WELL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AS THEIR PARENTS ALSO, THE ART ON THEIR BODY.
TATTOOS AND RECOMBINANT ADULTS THAN PREVIOUS GENERATIONS, AND IF YOU WERE TO SEE ALL OF MY TATTOOS, YOU WOULD SIMPLY SEE THAT I AM A MOTHER, I AM RELIGIOUS, AND I HAPPEN TO BE A LOVER OF HARRY POTTER AND DISNEY.
I DO NOT SEE THESE IMAGES THAT THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED INAPPROPRIATE FOR TEACHERS TO DISPLAY, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THEY HAPPEN TO BE ON MY SKIN.
ANOTHER REASON THAT I WOULD LIKE TO USE TO BE AWARE OF IN REGARDS TO THE REMOVAL OF THIS PART OF THE DRESS CODE IS A SMALL REGION, BUT IT'S FOR WHETHER REASONS.
TEXAS IS OVERBEARING AND HOT SOMETIMES, AND ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR FROM SPRING BREAK UNTIL THE END, AS WELL AS BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR UNTIL ABOUT MID-OCTOBER.
WHEN I DO HAVE TO DRESS TO COVER MY TATTOOS, IT DOES GET EXCRUCIATING WITH HOT, THEN I CAN ONLY EXPECT SO MUCH FROM THE AIR CONDITIONERS IN OUR SCHOOL.
TATTOOS ARE NOT FOR EVERYONE AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT EVERYONE HAS ALLOWED THAT OPINION.
BUT AS LONG AS TATTOOS ARE NOT DEEMED AS LASHLEY APPROPRIATE OR VULGAR, I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER AS RECENT AS PART OF THE DRESS CODE.
>> IS THERE ONLY FOR TONIGHT, SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. DR. LEE.
[VI. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]
>> THANK YOU. PRESIDENT. I GOT A FEW THINGS.
THIS MONTH FROM OUR LAST TWO MONTH.
THIS IS WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT LOOKS LIKE, 12,931 AND SO YOU CAN SEE THIS INCHING UP, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WHERE WE STARTED THE YEAR I WE STARTED THE YEAR ABOUT 12,250,
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AND A LOT OF THOSE KIDS JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, AFTER LABOR DAY IS WHEN THEY NEED TO START SAYING DID AN EXTRA WEEK.WE ENDED THE URINE AT 13,000, AND SO OUR GOAL WAS TO BE RIGHT AT ABOUT THERE AND THERE WE ARE, AND SO STILL TRICKLING IN A LITTLE BY LITTLE BITS AND VERY IMPORTANT NUMBER, WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT THE TEA DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HOLD THE RANKINGS, THE RATINGS, THE A THROUGH F, THEY'RE GOING TO DELAY IT ANOTHER MONTH.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE AND A LOT OF STORIES REGARDING HOW MANY DISTRICTS HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FILE A LAWSUIT AND SUE THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
I GOT TO REALLY LOOK AT IT, SOME OF THIS AND TALKING WITH OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS AND WE DISCOVERED THAT THE TEA MANDATES THAT WE FOLLOW STATUE, AND IF WE DON'T, THEY'LL THREATEN FUNDING, THREATENED SANCTIONS.
BUT THEY'VE VIOLATED FOR STATUES.
JUST IN THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF ALONE, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BOARD WAS AWARE OF THIS IN THE PUBLIC WAS AWARE OF THIS AS WELL.
NOW, I WROTE A LOT OF THINGS DOWN AND MAKE SURE I GOT THIS RIGHT.
THEY VIOLATED SECTION 39.054, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY HAVE EXPLANATORY MATERIALS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY RATING SYSTEM.
EACH YEAR THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT DOCUMENT THAT'S IN SIMPLE TERMS. WELL, WHAT THEY RELEASED BEFORE WAS 176 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT IS ANYTHING BUT SIMPLE.
IT'S VERY COMPLEX, YOU NEED A DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING AND WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE MATH.
YOU ALL GOT A LITTLE TASTE OF THAT.
THEY DID NOT EVEN HAVE FOLLOWED THEIR OWN STATUE THAT IT SAYS IT WOULD BE IN SIMPLE ASSESSABLE FORM.
39.054, IT SAYS THAT THE COMMISSIONER SELL IT SHOWED THAT THE METHOD USED TO EVALUATE PERFORMANCE IS IMPLEMENTED IN A MANNER THAT PROVIDES THE MATHEMATICAL POSSIBILITY THAT EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT CAN GET AN A.
WELL, YOU CAN'T GET AN A, IF YOU CHANGE THE RULES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, AND SO THAT STATUTE VIOLATED.
0541, SAYS THAT DURING THE COMMISSIONERS MAY ADOPT INDICATORS AND STANDARDS UNDER THIS SUB-CHAPTER AT ANYTIME DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT FOR THE EVALUATION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR CANVAS, AND SO THIS IS CLEARLY OUT OF STATUTE BECAUSE THE SCHOOL YEAR HAS ALREADY STARTED.
WE'RE FIVE MONTHS IN FIVE MONTHS AFTER STAR TEST, AND IN HERE WE ALWAYS STILL DON'T HAVE THAT.
THEN HERE'S THE LAST ONE, NOT LATER THAN AUGUST 15 OF EACH YEAR.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MUST BE MADE PUBLIC.
ONE, THE PERFORMANCE RATING FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> AUGUST 15TH. IF APPLICABLE, THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF UNACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE.
IT'S AUGUST 15TH, THEY WERE PASSED THAT THEY SAID IT WOULD BE END OF SEPTEMBER.
NOW THEY POSTPONED IT AGAIN AND IT'S GOING TO BE IN OCTOBER.
IN OCTOBER WE HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION THAT'S GOING TO HAVE THINGS LIKE BOUCHER'S TIDES. DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD THAT.
AND SO THERE'S ALL OF THESE STATUES HAVE BEEN VIOLATED BY THE TEA.
THEY'RE THEIR OWN STATUTES, SO OUR PLEDGES IS THAT WE FOLLOW THE STATUTES, WE FOLLOW THE RULES, BUT THE RULES KEEP CHANGING AND IT'S HARD TO HIT A MOVING TARGET.
IT REALLY IS. WE'RE AGAINST THAT WERE AGAINST ALL OF THESE MEASURES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE POLITICAL IN NATURE, DESIGNED TO MAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WOULD LOOK BAD.
DESIGN THAT WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING BETTER THAN WHAT WE DID BEFORE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET A LETTER GRADE LOWER BY THEIR OWN RULES AND WE'RE AGAINST THAT.
>> CAN I ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT?
>> WELL, WAIT TOO LATE TO JOIN IN WITH THE OTHER.
I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL MANUFACTURER CALLED LIBERTY HILLS.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO JOIN SOME ART.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING.
IF YOU JOIN IT, THE LEGISLATION WHERE THE YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT OUT OF THE LAWSUIT, SO WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? WHAT DO THEY WANT? WELL, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DELAY IT.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE RATING OR YOUR SCORE.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IF THERE'S AN INJUNCTION FOR SCORES, IT WOULD GO BACK TO THE 22 SCHOOL YEAR.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO WEIGH AS WELL.
WE JUST WANT IT TO BE FAIR, WE WANT TO KNOW THE RULES BEFORE THEY START.
SOMETHING THAT COMMISSIONER MARIAH DID SAY IN REGARDS TO THE DELAY IN HE MAY AVERAGE THINGS FROM 2019 ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2020, THREE-THIRDS I SAW.
[INAUDIBLE] YOU DID THE RATINGS WEREN'T RELEASED BUT YOU DID GET A NUMBER.
>> IDEALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO USE THE NUMBER WE DID THIS YEAR AS WE THOUGHT WE WERE PLAYING.
I SET OF RULES, THEY MAY BE CHANGING.
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>> WE WANT TO LIVE WITH WHAT WE HAVE. THAT'S RIGHT.
>> MORE INFORMATION ON THAT TOO.
BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE UP TO 60 SCHOOL DISTRICT TO YOUR 60.
>> SIXTY. YES. THAT ARE SAYING YES.
EQUALIZING OF, SECOND, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THIS SINCE LAST WEEK.
ONCE WE GET PAST LABOR DAY, YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOUR ENROLLMENT IS AS YOU SAW IN ENROLLMENT, HOW DRASTICALLY IT WILL SHIFT.
SOME CAMPUSES THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF KIDS AT A PARTICULAR CAMPUS, SOME THINK THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE TOO MANY.
[INAUDIBLE] BEING ONE OF THEM, DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE NEAR AS MANY KIDS AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY HAVE 556 STUDENTS AND SO THEY'RE BOOMING IN THERE.
THAT'S WHY WE WAIT ON STAFFING AND SO THAT WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY OVERSTAFFED AND ONE CAMPUS UNDER STAFFED ON ANOTHER.
NOW, WHAT IS THE DOWNFALL OF THAT? YOU HAVE TO MOVE STAFF AFTER THEY START THE YEAR.
BUT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TO DO IT UNFORTUNATELY, AND IT USUALLY FALLS ON THE NEWER TEACHERS.
THEY'RE THE LOWER ONES ON IT. SORRY, YOU'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR AND WE'RE NOT MOVING THE VETERANS.
>> ACROSS THE STATE GUIDELINES FOR [INAUDIBLE].
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. IT'S ONLY 30 KIDS IN A CLASS, CAN'T HAVE IT.
THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO PULL KIDS OVER, GET IT BACK DOWN TO THE LEVEL THAT MR. LUKERT WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SPECIAL ED, OF COURSE, DRIVES THE SCHEDULE STAFFING.
MY GOODNESS, WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS MOVE IN AND WE'D LOVE ALL KIDS AND SAYING WE'RE JUST GETTING A LOT OF KIDS MOVE IN AND THEY ALL HAVE REALLY UNIQUE NEEDS THAT REQUIRE MORE STAFF.
A FEW OF THEM HAVE ONE-TO-ONE, LIKE ONE KID, ONE STAFF, WHICH IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE WAY TO OPERATE BUT YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE IT, ESPECIALLY IF AN ARD COMMITTEE DETERMINES THAT THAT IS WHAT [OVERLAPPING]
>> HAVE YOU SEEN THE NUMBERS BECAUSE YOU READ IN THE NEWS NUMBERS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN COMING INTO DISTRICTS FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE MAYBE THEY'D COME ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
YOU READ LIKE NEW YORK CITY HAS 1,000 MORE KIDS THAN THEY WERE EXPECTING.
ARE WE SEEING THAT IN OUR MARKET?
>> SPECIFICALLY, ARE WE GETTING ANY STUDENTS FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER?
>> WELL, OR HAS IT IMPACTED OUR NUMBERS?
>> THAT'S HARD FOR ME TO KNOW HOW MANY KIDS CAN COME ACROSS THE BORDER, BUT WE ARE GETTING SOME, BECAUSE I WENT TO A CLASSROOM, IT WAS SUNDAY AND LAST WEEK AND THE TEACHER POINTED TWO KIDS OUT THAT JUST GOT THERE FROM HONDURAS.
WE'RE GETTING SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS ABSOLUTELY.
OF COURSE, THEY COME ACROSS, NO ENGLISH, WE PUT THEM IN OUR BILINGUAL CLASSES AND WE START THEM EARLY.
WE'RE GETTING THOSE CHALLENGES AS WELL.
WE HAD THIS QUESTION COME UP TO [NOISE] BOARD MEMBERS AT THE LAST MEETING IN REGARDS TO TEACHER AND STUDENTS DRESS CODE AND TATTOO.
I HAD ASKED MS. THOMAS TO SEND THIS OUT TO THE STAFF LAST WEEK, AND SHE DID THAT.
WE GOT THE RESULTS BACK OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS.
SHOULD WFISD ALLOW STUDENTS AND STAFF TO VISIBLY DISPLAY TATTOOS? AND 75% SAID YES AND 25% SAID NO.
SHOULD WFISD ALLOW TEACHERS TO WEAR JEANS? I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE 100%.
THEN OF COURSE WE'VE DONE THE CELL PHONES, 59% SAID THEY'VE NOTICED THE REDUCTION IN CELL PHONE USE AND THE NOS AND THEN WE GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS BACK AND THEY SAID THE REASON I SAID NO, IS THEY TAKE THEM TO THE BATHROOM AND START USING THEM.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO FIND A WAY [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S WHAT WE TRIED TO SAY, WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> IF YOU BANNED THEM TOTALLY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING THEM IN THE BATHROOM.
>> NOT IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEM ON THEIR PERSONAL BEAM? WHAT IF THEY'RE LOCKED UP IN THE BOX SOMEWHERE, IN AN OFFICE?
>> I'D SAY IT'S IMPROVEMENT THOUGH, BECAUSE AT LEAST IT'S NOT DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IN OUR LEARNING.
>> WE'VE MADE A STEP, THAT'S RIGHT.
>> MAYBE WE COULD AT SOME POINT ASK, HAVE YOU NOTICED A REDUCTION OF STUDENTS CELL PHONE USE DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME? SEE IF THAT NUMBER MOVES OR, IF THERE'S STILL ONE MORE, 40%, WE'D SAY NO, THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM.
>> MAYBE WE COULD FIND OUT IF THAT NUMBER IS REALLY THE SAME.
>> QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO THE JEANS, TATTOOS, ANY OF THAT? ANY DIRECTION YOU WANT ME TO HEAD AND LOOK INTO?
>> THINK WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE LETTING IT COME BACK TO ANOTHER MEETING, NEXT MONTH OR SO.
>> NOW THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE STAFF AND STUDENTS HAVING VISIBLE DISPLAYED TATTOOS.
NOW, STUDENTS CANNOT HAVE A TATTOO OR HAVE STUDENTS HAVE A TATTOO UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
IT'S JUST OUR 18-YEAR-OLDS, RIGHT?
>> WELL, UNLESS THEY HAVE PARENTAL CONSENT.
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EMAILS IN REGARDS TO THAT WHEN THEY SAID THE NUMBER WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER ON ONE, IF WE WOULD HAVE SPLIT THAT QUESTION AND JUST ASK JUST FOR STUDENTS AND THEN JUST FOR TEACHERS.>> BECAUSE TEACHERS DON'T WANT ONE MORE THING TO HAVE TO PLACE THE KIDS TATTOO, SO THAT'S WITH THE INFORMATION I GOT.
>> SO WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO SHOW THEIRS JUST BECAUSE WE ALLOW THE STAFF.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. SO THAT WAS AN ERROR ON MY PART.
I SHOULD SPLIT THAT QUESTION AND THAT WAY WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN.
BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE WITH THE PERCENTAGES.
WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD.
I'LL SPLIT UP THE TWO TOPICS AND LET Y'ALL TALK ABOUT IT SOME MORE. YOU ALL GOOD WITH THAT?
>> THESE ARE 21ST CENTURY EDUCATIONAL DILEMMAS, AREN'T THEY? IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.
>> HAD CAMPUS VISITS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET.
THESE ARE THE CAMPUSES THAT WE'VE BEEN AT.
THEN JUST GOING IN AND CHECKING WITH THE PRINCIPALS, ASKING THEM QUESTIONS REGARDING HOW ARE YOU DOING.
USUALLY, IF IT'S NOT PURPOSEFUL, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU USUALLY GET IS, HOW ARE THINGS? HOW ARE YOU DOING? WHAT'S ALWAYS THE ANSWER? FINE. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT HOW ARE YOU DOING AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT FINE LOOKS LIKE.
WE GO IN AND WE SPEND AN HOUR WITH EACH OF THE PRINCIPALS AND THEN THEY TAKE ME TO THREE OF THEIR TEACHERS THAT THEY CHOOSE.
IT'S A CATCH THEM DOING SOMETHING GOOD AND TOUGH SITUATION, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A PICTURE OF ONE AND KIDS ARE DRESSED UP AS CHEFS AND THEY'RE HAVING A WONDERFUL LESSON.
THAT WAS A READING LESSON, ACTUALLY.
THEY TIED THAT ALL LEAD TO READING AND THEN IF THEY GOT THE ANSWER RIGHT, THEY GOT A WHIP CREAM IN THE FACE.
[LAUGHTER] THAT'S REALLY AN ENGAGING LESSON.
GREAT LESSON AND THE KIDS LOVED IT AND ALL OF THAT.
JUST WANTED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS IN FOR YOUR INFORMATION, JUST WANTED YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS FOR THE NEXT MEETING OR THE MEETING AFTER THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE FIXING TO START GETTING THE ACTUAL CASH VALUE OF DENVER THAT IT WAS DESTROYED.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.
OPTION 1 IS OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN REBUILD IT.
OR OPTION 2 IS YOU CAN DEMOLISH IT.
NOW, IF WE REBUILD IT, WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ACTUAL CASH VALUE OF THE BUILDING IS.
IN THIS HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION, IT'S ESTIMATED RUN OUT 4.9 MILLION.
>> CORRECT. THAT ISN'T EXACT BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A FEW OTHER THINGS.
BUT IF THAT'S WHAT IT COST AND THEN THE ACTUAL CASH VALUE WAS SAY, THREE MILLION DOLLARS, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND 1.9 MILLION MORE THAN THE BUILDING'S WORTH.
SO WE NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
WE SHOULD HAVE THAT BY THE NEXT MEETING.
DEMOLISHING IT, IT GETS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AT 1.4 MILLION.
AGAIN, ACTUAL CASH VALUES AND THE WHOLE NUMBER IS THREE MILLION.
WELL, THEN YOU COULD USE THAT MONEY TO PAY FOR YOUR DEMOLITION, PAY FOR THE ASBESTOS, THE ABATEMENT AND THEN USE THE REST OF THE MONEY ON OTHER NEEDS THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE.
>> WHERE'S YOUR THREE MILLION COMING FROM? AND YOU'RE REFERRING TO?
>> THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ACTUAL CASH VALUE OF THE FACILITY.
>> SO YOU'RE SAYING WITH TAX VALUES?
>> WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DOLLARS?
>> NO. WE DON'T KNOW ALL THESE NUMBERS EXACTLY.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COME TO US JUST YET.
>> WELL, I THINK THE ACTUAL CASH VALUE IS USUALLY A DIFFERENT NUMBER ON SCHOOL BUILDINGS THAN THE REAL VALUE THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SELL IT FOR.
BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT TURN HAPPEN IN ANY SCHOOL BUILDINGS WE'VE SOLD THAT WE PUT USING, WE'RE SOLVING FOR FAR LESS.
THE ONLY THING IS, IS IF WE NEEDED THE BUILDING 4.9 TO BUILD A BUILDING OF THAT SIZE WOULD BE A BARGAIN COMPARED TO HAVING TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT TO USE WOULD BE.
>> THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THEY WERE ASKING US.
WHAT DO WE PLAN TO USE THAT BUILDING FOR?
>> IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO USE IT, WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER BUILDING SITTING THERE IN THE PICTURE.
>> BUT WE HAVE FOUND THAT MAYBE GETTING RID OF ALL, I'M FOR GETTING RID OF PROPERTIES WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE, BUT WE NEEDED FERROUS WHEN THIS WAS HERE AND SO HAVING A SAFETY NET IN SOME STRATEGIC WAY MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
>> DEPENDS ON WHO'S PAYING THAT 4.9 MILLION.
>> WHAT THE ACTUAL CASH VALUE COMES IN AT.
WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE THAT'S OUR DEDUCTIBLE.
THEN WE'VE GOT A BUSY WEEK THIS WEEK.
I JUST WANTED TO FILL YOU IN ON LEADERSHIP CAPACITY BUILDING.
STARTING TOMORROW, WE HAVE THE TASA INTO LEARNING.
THAT'S HOW WE BUILD OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS UP TO HELP THEM PREPARE FOR THE PRINCIPAL-SHIP.
THEY'LL BE AT KERRIGAN TOMORROW.
THEN OUR LEADERSHIP COHORT, THOSE ARE OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ASPIRING TO BE LEADERS,
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THEY'LL BE RIGHT HERE WORKING TUESDAY A LOT OF THE MORNING.THEN THURSDAY IS WHAT ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS WILL BE IN THIS ROOM RIGHT HERE WITH JOHN WINK, AND THEN IT'LL BE PRINCIPAL TRAINING.
IT'S ALL GEARED AROUND CURRICULUM.
IT'S NOT A MANAGERIAL CHECKBOX.
THEY'RE REALLY DIGGING INTO SOME CURRICULUM.
THEN OF COURSE, FRIDAY IS NO STUDENTS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE STAFF PD, THINGS LIKE AMPLIFIED BOOTS TRAINING, ALL THOSE TYPES OF SPECIFIC CAMPUS TRAINING SCHOOL WILL TAKE PLACE FRIDAY.
THAT'S WHAT I GOT. THEN SHE GOT SICK, THAT WAS THE BEST CHANCE.
>> SHE WAS THE WINNER OF THAT. [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU, DR. LEE. NEXT ON,
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]
THE AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.THESE ITEMS WERE DISCUSSED DURING OUR WORK SESSION AND WE ALL AGREED THAT THEY WOULD GO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THINGS LIKE OUR MINUTES, SOME PURCHASES OF MATERIALS AND TRADE GOODS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF THERE'S A MOTION, I WOULD ENTERTAIN IT.
>> I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU, MRS. [INAUDIBLE].
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
NEXT STEP WILL BE, LET'S SEE HERE,
[VIII. FINANCIAL SERVICES]
MR. HOWARD, THANK YOU.>> MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, LIVERPOOL, RAISE THIS FOR NOW.
I HAD TO WRITE MY STATEMENT TONIGHT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET EVERYTHING 100% ACCURATE FOR THIS IS BIG NIGHT.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION REGARDING THE OUTDOOR ATHLETIC AND FINE ARTS FACILITIES AT MEMORIAL LEGACY IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS PROJECT HAS EXPERIENCED SOME TWISTS AND TURNS, BUT WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PATIENTS, HARD WORK, AND COOPERATION AMONG SEVERAL KEY GROUPS.
WE ARE READY TO SHARE WITH YOU A PLAN FOR COMPLETING A MORE LACY HIGH SCHOOL.
IN THE CURRENT SCOPE OF WORK, BARTLETT COCKE CONTRACTED WITH HELLAS CONSTRUCTION TO BUILD THE TURF FIELDS AND THE TRACK AT MEMORIAL LACY.
OUR PROPOSAL TONIGHT IS FOR HELLAS TO EXPAND ON THEIR CURRENT SCOPE OF WORK AND COMPLETE THE FACILITIES THAT OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTED IN THE MAY 2021 BOND ELECTION.
I'VE GOT A TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS WITH ME AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE ALL OF THEM.
THEY HAVE BEEN INTEGRAL TO PULLING THIS TOGETHER, BRINGING TO YOU.
I WANT TO START WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL CELEBRITIES.
WE'VE GOTTEN DIG BUNDY AND STEVE WOOD FROM BYSP.
STEVE AS THE CHIEF ARCHITECT TO DESIGN OUR ORIGINAL OUTDOOR ATHLETIC FACILITIES.
HE HAS VOLUNTEERED MANY HOURS OF HIS TIME TO DESIGN MEETINGS WITH HELLAS CONSTRUCTION AND WFISD.
I ASKED STEVE TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE COMPARING THE ORIGINAL DESIGN TO WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE.
FROM HELLAS CONSTRUCTION, I'VE GOT SYDNEY STAHLBAUM, THE DIRECTOR OF SALES.
I HAVE TYLER PUFAHL, THE CHIEF ESTIMATOR FOR HELLAS CONSTRUCTION.
SYDNEY AND TYLER HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THE PRICING OF THIS PROJECT.
DAVID FISHER, THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
DAVID IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE WITH HELLAS, CURRENTLY IN WFISD.
HELLAS HAS COMPLETED FIVE TURF FIELDS, FOUR TRACKS, AND RESURFACED 27 TENNIS COURTS.
WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THOSE FACILITIES, DAVID IS WHO I CALL.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I HAVE MARK BALL THAT WE INVITED.
HE IS A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR HELLAS ALSO.
MARK DOES NOT REPRESENT THIS AREA FOR HELLAS CONSTRUCTION, BUT HE IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF RIDER HIGH SCHOOL.
[BACKGROUND] MARK RETIRED AS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF LUBBOCK ISD IN 2010 AND HAS WORKED FOR HELLAS SINCE.
I INVITED MARK BECAUSE THIS IS HIS HOMETOWN AND HE AND I HAVE SPENT MANY HOURS ON THE PHONE, NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, BUT BEING AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IN WICHITA FALLS AND WITH HIS 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ATHLETICS, AND NOW ATHLETIC CONSTRUCTION, I ASKED HIM TO SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE FACILITIES AND HOW THEY MIGHT COMPARE TO OTHER ONES THAT ARE BEING BUILT AROUND THE STATE.
MARK, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO COME UP WITH DAVID AND TURN THIS OVER TO YOU GUYS.
>> MR. ATHLETE. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
I CAN REMEMBER LITTLE JIM DOWN THEIR JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL AGAINST REAGAN WHEN I WAS AT BAR WAS GREAT WAY REASON.
>> YOU DON'T LOOK BACK. [BACKGROUND].
BUT DR. LEE, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD, SO GOOD TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
I'VE SAID IT MANY TIMES, I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN.
WITHOUT THE TEACHERS, COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS, BOARD MEMBERS,
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COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT IMPACTED MY LIFE, I WOULDN'T BE WHERE I AM TODAY.I DRAWBACK FROM THOSE EXPERIENCES ALL THE TIME AND I'M SO PROUD OF THOSE EXPERIENCES, AND WHAT I LEARNED.
EDUCATION IS NOT JUST LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM.
THE LESSONS AND THE EDUCATION THAT WENT ON IN THE GYMNASIUM, PRACTICE FIELDS, FINE ARTS, WHATEVER'S GOING ON, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT TOO, AND I GAINED A LOT FROM THAT.
MAYBE ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY A [INAUDIBLE] IN MY LIFE WAS REALLY DIVERSITY AND I'LL LEARN THAT HERE.
IT HELPED ME WHEN I WENT TO COLLEGE AND HELPED ME IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE AS STILL HELPS ME TODAY.
I'M PROUD TO BE HERE WITH MY TEAM FROM HELLAS.
THESE ARE THREE GREAT EXPERIENCED PEOPLE.
I PROMISE YOU, THEY GET YOUR BEST EFFORT, AND THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACT THE LIVES OF STUDENTS HERE IN WICHITA FALLS ISD.
BUT NOT ONLY GIVING THEM QUANTITY, THAT GIVING THEM QUALITY AND THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE AND THAT HELPS.
WE ARE ALSO VERY INVOLVED WITH OUR PARTNERS.
WE LIKE TO GET INVOLVED WITH OUR PARTNERS AND HELP SUPPORT ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
AS YOU ALLUDED TO, THIS ROLE OF BEING A BOARD MEMBER, IS SO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO.
I APPRECIATE YOU AND I RESPECT YOU.
I'M NOT GOING TO STAY UP HERE ALL NIGHT, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS THING OVER.
I KNOW TIME IS OF ESSENCE, BUT I THANK MR. ATHLETE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A WORD OR TWO.
I ALSO THANK MY TEAM FOR ESTIMATED COME WITH THEM TONIGHT.
I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE BY THE SAME, THOSE GREAT WORDS FROM THE GREAT PHILOSOPHER, KENNY CHESNEY, [LAUGHTER] BACK WHERE I COME FROM, THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE WHEN IT'S SAID AND DONE.
>> THANK YOU, MARK. THANK YOU FISHER WITH HELLAS CONSTRUCTION AND THANK YOU-ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME ON YOUR AGENDA.
I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT WAS HALFLY SAID.
IT'S BEEN SUCH A COLLABORATION OF WICHITA FALLS ISD, THE UISP [INAUDIBLE], HELLAS, ALL OF US HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY OVER THE LAST PROBABLY SIX MONTHS TO TRY TO GET TO THE POINT THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE TODAY.
IF I CAN CLICK THIS RIGHT, THERE WE GO.
WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH OUR SLIDES HERE IS WE'VE TRIED TO GIVE YOU ALMOST LIKE YOU WERE COMING TO THE FACILITY YOURSELF.
WE HAVE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD LONG RECEIVE TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A RE-IMAGE DESIGN CAN STILL WORK IN YOUR BUDGET.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE REALLY WORKED HARD ON THE ENTRY TO MAKE IT SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
WE'VE DONE THAT PRETTY MUCH THROUGHOUT.
WE TRIED TO MAKE EVERYTHING YOUR TAXPAYERS ORIGINALLY EXPECTED TO RECEIVE AND YOU'RE SHOOTING IN ATHLETES, YOUR STAKEHOLDERS, TO GIVE YOU THAT AND WE THINK WE'VE GOT THERE, BUT THIS IS A NEW IMAGE OF THE ENTRY THERE AND MATCHES VERY SIMILAR WITH WHAT SOME OF YOUR SCHOOL ENTRIES LOOK LIKE AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET DONE.
ANOTHER ANGLE OF THAT FROM THE BACKSIDE YOU CAN SEE CONCESSIONS COVERED.
YOU'VE GOT RESTROOM, YOU'VE GOT LOCKER ROOMS, YOU'VE GOT STORAGE, YOU'VE GOT OFFICIALS DRESSING ROOMS, YOU'VE GOT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN YOUR ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
WHAT WE TRIED TO DO WAS FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE ECONOMICAL BY PUTTING IT IN ONE BUILDING INSTEAD OF HAVING BUILDINGS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX.
THIS IS THE OPPOSITE END OF THE BUILDING.
HUGE STORAGE AREA THERE SHARED BY YOUR FINE ARTS AND YOUR ATHLETICS 40 BY 40, HUGE ENCLOSED AREA THERE SECURED WITH GARAGE DOORS AND MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO GET THEIR STUFF IN AND OUT.
THIS AN OVERALL SHOT AS YOU ENTER THE FACILITIES AND AS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE MIRROR IMAGES OF EACH OTHER.
[INAUDIBLE], BASICALLY, EVERY ONE OF THEM IS A MIRROR IMAGE OF THE OTHER.
THIS IS AN OVERALL VIEW AND YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING FROM THE 742 SEATS.
WE HAVE IN THE BLEACHERS TO THE PRESS BOX.
YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE PRESS BOX HAS A CROW'S NEST.
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THE FINE ARTS WITH THE BAND REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN GET ON TOP OF THE PRESS BOX TO FILM AND DIRECT AND DO IT AND THAT'S INCLUDED.IT'S JUST A GREAT LOOKING FACILITY AND OF COURSE WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THE TURF AND TRACK AS WE SPEAK.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR SCOREBOARDS, YOU'VE GOT YOUR LED SPORTS LIGHTING, EVERYTHING IS STATE-OF-THE-ART AND FIRST-CLASS.
THEN ANOTHER OVERALL SHOT OF THE FOOTBALL SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING THERE, AGAIN, THAT COMES WITH THAT.
THEN ANOTHER SHOT AGAIN, SHOWS THE PRESS BOX.
YOU'VE GOT A FULLY FUNCTIONAL PRESS BOX.
YOU'VE GOT A PA SYSTEM WITH A TWO-CHANNEL THAT THE FINE ARTS IS INTERESTED IN, WIRELESS MIC ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WE PUT THESE PAS, ALTHOUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS ALL THE TIME.
THEN IT MOVES OVER TO SOFTBALL.
THERE'S YOUR SOFTBALL FACILITY.
THERE'S 300 SEATS THERE FOR YOUR PATRONS.
THERE'S GOLD PINS AND YOU CAN SEE THE BATTING CAGE BUILDING, THAT WAS ACTUALLY IN YOUR ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, THE FOOTPRINT IS THE SAME.
YOU HAD AN ALTERNATE TO DO A PAVILION STYLE, WHICH WE DID BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE MORE ECONOMICAL THAN A FULLY ENCLOSED.
BUT EVERYTHING IS STILL, YOU'RE SAFE IN THE ELEMENTS AND IT'S STILL A HUGE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL.
EACH SIDE IS SEPARATE, ONE IN BASEBALL, ONE IN SOFTBALL, AND THE STORAGE IS IN THE MIDDLE.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE SCOREBOARD, THE LED LIGHTING, PRESS BOX, EVERYTHING YOU WOULD NEED.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THESE FACILITIES ARE WHAT WE CALL COMPETITION READY.
YOU CAN HAVE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, FOOTBALL, SOCCER, ANYTHING YOU WANT ON YOUR CAMPUS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO YOUR OTHER SIDES UNLESS YOU CHOOSE TO.
>> OVERTIME, IF THEY WANTED TO PUT SIDES ON THE BATTING CAGES, THEY COULD GO BACK AND ADD THAT.
>> SURE. THIS MAKE WAS BASICALLY THAT'S A PAVILION STYLE THAT'S JUST MISSING THE SIDES. THAT IS CORRECT.
THEN THIS MOVES OVER TOWARDS BASEBALL.
VERY SIMILAR LOOK, YOU SEE THE SAME THING.
YOU HAVE SIX POLE SETUP, LED LIGHTING, AND BASEBALL HAS A FOURFOLD SETUP.
IN SOFTBALL, AGAIN, EVERYTHING'S EQUAL FOR FIVE-NINTHS.
WE HAVE 300 SEATS THERE, PRESS BOX, DUGOUTS, OLD PANS, AND THE BATTING CAGE.
YOU CAN STILL SEE OVER THERE ON THE FAR RIGHT THAT'S SHARED; THE SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL TOGETHER.
AGAIN, STATE-OF-THE-ART PA SYSTEM.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HAVE A COMPETITION GAME ON THAT SIDE.
ANOTHER ANGLE, YOU CAN SEE THE BASEBALL AND THE SOFTBALL THERE IN THE FAR VIEW.
AGAIN, YOU SEE ON-ICE AND CMU BLOCK DUGOUTS.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THIS WAS RE-IMAGINED TO WHERE IT LOOKS CHEAP.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS THAT DOESN'T LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU ORIGINALLY PUT OUT.
>> THOSE DUGOUTS, WILL THEY HAVE SOME PROTECTION IN THE FRONT? WE USED TO NOT MAKE, I THINK BASED ON THAT.
>> YES, ACTUALLY WE GOT STRINGS ON THE FRONT.
>> YES, THE SOFTBALL HAS USUALLY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE-FOOT TALL RAILING WITH AN ADDED PRIVATE AND BASEBALL HAS 36-42 INCHES, JUST A LITTLE BIT LOWER. IS LIKE [INAUDIBLE]
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE GOOD AND SAFE.
THEY ALSO MOVE THEM QUITE IN WAYS DOWN THE BATTLE LINE TO TRY TO GET AWAY FROM HOME PLAYING.
THAT HELPS NOT ONLY WITH VIEWING BUT SAFETY OF THE FOUL BALLS.
THEN THERE'S ANOTHER KIND OF AERIAL SHOT BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL.
AGAIN, EVERYTHING YOU'RE TALKING; THE STATE-OF-THE-ART, LED SPORTS LIGHTING, SCOREBOARDS, DUGOUTS, BOTH HANDS, EVERYTHING THEY WOULD CHILL ENTITY TO HAVE A COMPETITION BEING GIVEN.
THIS IS AN OVERALL, WE'D GET THE ENTIRE SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE TOP CENTER THERE, THERE'S THE ENTRANCE WITH THE RESTROOM, CONCESSION, LOCKER ROOMS, TICKET KIOSK, EVERYTHING.
THERE'S A FOOTBALL VENUE, AND THEN THAT'S ACTUALLY YOUR TENNIS COURTS IN THE MIDDLE AND WE'RE ACTUALLY EVEN LIGHTING THOSE.
WE'VE GOT [NOISE] 10 SPORTS ACTUALLY IN OUR STORE AND THOSE ARE BEING LED AS WELL, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE BATTING CAGE THERE THAT YOU CAN SEE WITH ALL THE STORAGE FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL INSIDE THERE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FULL BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL COMPETITION VENUES AS WELL.
AGAIN, WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS KEEP EVERYTHING AS CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL VISION THAT YOU HAD WHEN YOU DESIGNED THIS BACK YEARS AGO AND TO TRY TO KEEP EVERYTHING AS CLOSE TO THAT FOOTPRINT, SQUARE FOOTAGE, EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE WHAT YOUR TAXPAYERS VOTED FOR.
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
I'M A 31-YEAR EDUCATOR MYSELF, A FOOTBALL COACH AD IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA, AND I KNOW WHEN YOU PUT THE VOTE OUT, YOU WANT THE PUBLIC TO GET WHAT THEY VOTED FOR, AND WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT IN OUR LINE OF WORK AT ELLIS.
WE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD WITH STEVE AND THE UASB TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING HERE GIVES YOU BACK WHAT YOU EXPECTED WHEN YOU STARTED.
>> WHAT QUESTIONS CAN WE ANSWER FROM YOU GUYS? I KNOW YOU WANTED TO TALK THIS NOW.
>> ACTUALLY. SOMETHING ABOUT GRASS AND SEE THE EIGHT-YEAR MANUFACTURER WARRANTY.
>> WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT DAY OR WEEKS?
>> OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE HAPPY WITH GRASS,
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SO WHAT HISTORY YOU HAVE OF THEM AND WHAT ARE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES IN MAINTAINING THAT TURF GOING FORWARD?>> WELL, SO UNDERSTAND ALL TURFS THAT WE USE WE MANUFACTURE OURSELVES.
WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH IT BECAUSE WE MAKE IT.
[LAUGHTER] WE'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST OR LARGEST SPORTS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN NORTH AMERICA, AND SO MAINTENANCE IS MINIMAL ON SYNTHETIC TURF.
YOU HAVE A GROOMER THAT WE GIVE YOU A MAINTENANCE SEMINAR AND UNLIKE NATURAL GRASS OR CLAY WHERE YOU'RE SPENDING HOURS ON END, YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF IT AND WATER, THOSE ARE GREEN FOR LIFE.
YOU PULLED THE GROOMER ACROSS THERE ABOUT EVERY OTHER WEEK AND A MAINTENANCE SEMINAR THAT WE GIVE YOU AND SHOW YOUR MAINTENANCE STAFF AND COACHES THAT OPERATE IT.
IN REALITY, THAT IS MAINTENANCE.
THERE IS NO WATER, NO FERTILIZER AND OVERSEEDING, NO PAINTING. EVERYTHING IS PERMANENT.
IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL 24/7, 365 AND THOSE PRODUCTS ARE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART PRODUCTS THAT WE USE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> ANY SPECIAL EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN IT AS IT COULD AND THEN THAT PRODUCTS.
>> WE HAVE A GROOMER AND PROBABLY WE ACTUALLY ALWAYS INCLUDE A GROOMER WITH OUR PRODUCTS AND IT WILL GIVE YOUR STAFF A FULL SEMINAR ALONG WITH A MAINTENANCE MANUAL AND THEN WE'RE AT YOUR BACK AND CALL IF THEY NEED ANYTHING.
I JUST CALLED HIM. HE CAN'T RUN AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF HOW OUR COMPANY WORKS.
LIKE, MARK, FOR INSTANCE, HAS MIDLAND AND LOBBY AND I HAVE AN UMBRELLA IN WICHITA FALLS.
WE HAVE EIGHT SALESMEN JUST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO HAVE SPEED DIAL.
IF HE NEEDS SOMETHING HE CALLS US, TYPICALLY WITHIN 72 HOURS, WE DISPATCH A WARRANTY CREW.
GENTLEMEN SHOW UP, THAT HAD BEEN BACKGROUND CHECK ON YOUR CAMPUS, HARD HAT, SAFETY GLASSES, OSHA CERTIFICATION, VEST, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE.
WE DON'T SERVE ANYTHING OUT ELLIS, WE SELF-PERFORM EVERYTHING OURSELVES BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN CONTROL THE QUALITY; WHETHER IT'S MAKING OUR OWN PRODUCT OR USING OUR OWN SKILLED LABOR.
>> I'M ASSUMING THERE'S A SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
>> YEAH. WHEN YOU DO SYNTHETIC TURF, IT WILL FOLLOW A GEOTECHNICAL REPORT THAT TELLS US HOW TO STABILIZE YOUR SUBGRADE, THEN WE'LL PUT A HEAVY-DUTY LINE ON TOP OF THAT TO PROTECT IT, THEN WE'LL PUT ABOUT 5-6 INCHES OF DRAIN STONE WHICH ACTS AS A RESERVOIR, BUT ALSO HAS A DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
IN THE END, FIELDS AREN'T CROWNED ANYMORE LIKE THE OLD DAYS.
LIKE YOUR FOOTBALL FIELD WILL NO LONGER HAVE A THREE-FOOT GRASS CROWN.
HAS ABOUT HALF PERCENT OF THE CROWN, SO ALMOST FLAT.
THEN THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM WORKS FROM WITHIN THE SYNTHETIC TURF ITSELF.
EVERYTHING IS PUSHED TO THE OUTFLOWS AND WILL TIE INTO THE DRAINING SYSTEM THAT WAS BUILT ON YOUR CAMPUS.
BUT YEAH. WE DO ALL THAT OURSELVES.
WE DON'T WANT TO SERVE THAT OUT TO SOMEONE.
I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT CONTRACTORS IN WICHITA FALLS, BUT THEY'RE NOT PERFECT EXPERTS.
OUR EXPERTISE IS TURF TRACK TENNIS COURTS AND SPORTS-LIKE.
ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS ALL DONE BY OUR SKILLED LABOR.
A LOT OF MY COMPETITION DOESN'T EVEN WARRANTY THEIR OWN PRODUCTS.
WE MAKE IT OURSELVES SO WE WANT A WARRANTY AND WE WANT TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THIS WHOLE JOB.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY OF THAT.
WELL, WE'RE HAVING AN ISSUE, WELL, THAT WAS THE GUY THAT DID THE SITE WORK.
NO, THAT WAS THE CONCRETE GUY.
NO, IT'S ALL US AND IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, WE JUST FIX IT. [LAUGHTER]
>> WILL YOU RESTATE THE WARRANTY PERIOD THROUGH YOUR [OVERLAPPING]
>> YEAH. FOR SYNTHETIC TURF INDUSTRY STANDARD IS EIGHT YEARS AND WE LEAVE THE INDUSTRY THAT WITH A FULL EIGHT-YEAR WARRANTY.
SYNTHETIC TRACKS ARE FIVE YEARS, THAT'S THE INDUSTRY STANDARD.
WE LEAVE THE MARKET AND THAT HAD A FIVE-YEAR WARRANTY.
SO YOUR TRACK IS FIVE YEAR AND ALL YOUR TURF IS EIGHT.
>> ON A TURF FIELD, HOW LONG CAN IT? THAT MEANS IT LASTS LONGER THAN EIGHT? [OVERLAPPING]
>> YEAH. I'VE GOT A FOOTBALL FIELD AT SPRING DALE, ARKANSAS, THAT'S A 6H SCHOOL.
THE FOOTBALL SOCCER YOUTH RAMBLES ROTC PE EVERYDAY.
IT'S 13 YEARS OLD IN A 6H SCHOOL AND STILL GOING.
NOW, AGAIN IT'S MY JUDGMENT, I'VE TOLD THEM TO REPLACE THEM [LAUGHTER] AND THEY'RE GOING TO SQUEEZE ONE MORE YEAR OUT.
WE ALWAYS UNDERSTAND BUDGETING, BUT IT'S 13 YEARS OLD AND STILL G-MAPS ARE VERY SAFE.
I KNOW WE HAVE ONE IN KANSAS, I THINK IT'S ALSO 13 YEARS OLD WITH A 6H SCHOOL IN WICHITA, AND HG MAX IS ABOUT 180 RECENTLY.
WE ALWAYS SAY BUDGET YOUR MONEY FOR 10 YEARS AND MANY TIMES OUR FIELDS WILL GO 10 PLUS.
THE OTHER THING WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT REPLACEMENT IS ABOUT 50% LESS THAN ORIGINAL INSTALL BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE DRAIN STONE AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE CONCRETE CURB, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE SIDEWALK, SO FALLING OUT A ROUND NUMBER, YOU DO A MILLION-DOLLAR FOOTBALL FIELD NOW, YOU CAN PROBABLY REPLACE IT FOR AROUND $500,000 DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT COMES TIME.
>> MAY I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION?
>> [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] AREA BETWEEN THE FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL, THAT'S THE TENNIS COURT?
>> THAT'S THE TENNIS COMPLEX AND THE REASON WE PUT THAT IN THERE IS THOSE FOUR LIGHT POLES WERE GOING TO LIGHT THAT AREA.
ANOTHER COMPANY IS ACTUALLY BUILDING THE TENNIS COURTS THROUGH YOUR ORIGINAL BID,
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BUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE LED SPORTS LIGHTING.>> BUT THERE WILL BE LIGHTING AND BLEACHERS.
>> YES, WE HAVE BLEACHERS AS WELL.
>> ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T SHOW FINISH THERE FOR TENNIS FAMILIES SO IT WILL BE FINISHED.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. WE ALWAYS GO BELOW.
WE HAVE BLEACHERS AND LIGHTS AND THEN YOUR OTHER COMPANY HAS WINDSCREEN FENCING AND THE COURTS THEMSELVES, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HOST A REGIONAL UIL TENNIS MATCH.
>> THE ORIGINAL SCOPE WAS REDUCED TO EIGHT COURTS AND STILL THIS WORK, WE'VE ADDED A NINTH AND 10TH COURT.
>> TO BE SPECIFIC, FOUR INTERIOR COURTS, BOTH SIDES WILL BE LIT.
THE MATCHES THAT RUN LATE WE WILL HAVE LIGHTS.
WE WON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TO WEEKS OR HAMILTON UNLESS YOU FINISH THOSE MATCHES.
>> OKAY. I KNOW THAT WE ALL WORKED REALLY HARD TO COME UP WITH DESIGNS LIKE REMOVING THE WALLS ON THE BATTING CAGE TO MAKE IT MORE ECONOMICAL COURSE, BUT STILL TOP RIGHT.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE ARE MISSING FROM WHAT WE HAD HOPED OTHER THAN MAYBE SOME BRICK ON THE SIDE?
>> [INAUDIBLE] I DON'T THINK WE'RE MISSING ANYTHING FROM YOUR ORIGINAL PLANS OTHER THAN SOMETHING AESTHETICALLY LIKE THIS.
>> IN SHORT THE TRADE THAT WE MADE HERE IN THE LAST STAGE; IS TO GET THE INSURANCE TO MIRROR THE ORIGINAL DESIGN AND LOOK LIKE A SCHOOL'S ATHLETIC INTERESTS WAS TO REDUCE THE RECTILINEAR DOWN TO LIKE A PONY WALL HEIGHT, AND TO USE CMU BLOCK IN THE RESTROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS, BUT NOT THE CONCESSION AREA.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE MADE MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'VE LOST ANY APPEAL TO THE LOOK OF THE BUILDING.
>> CONCESSIONS WILL BE SHEET ROCKED TO SET UP CMU?
>> WE FELT LIKE THE TRADE-OFF THERE, YOU'VE GOT ADULTS WORKING THAT CONCESSION.
YOU'VE GOT ADULTS IN THE LOCKER ROOM AREA, CMU, AND YOU'VE GOT STUDENT-ATHLETES IN THE RESTROOM.
WE TRIED TO PUT THE CMU BLOCK WHERE WE THOUGHT THE MOST YOUNG KIDS WOULD BE.
THE REST OF THE SHEETROCK, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU? ANYBODY? WELL.
>> ONE MORE QUESTION. DON'T LAUGH, BUT WE'VE BEEN DEMONSTRATED.
IS THE TOILET SELF-FLASHING OR MANUALLY? [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE NOW GO THROUGH THIS MIDDLE PROCESS OR WE SIT DOWN WITH YOU GUYS, THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTS.
GO THROUGH EVERYTHING AS FAR AS WHAT THEY HAD IN THE ORIGINAL BIG PROCESS.
THEY WILL APPROVE BASED ON WHAT YOU GUYS HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED. WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT [INAUDIBLE]
>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE HE DOESN'T KNOW. [LAUGHTER]
>> [NOISE] LET ME ADDRESS ONE MORE THING.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE ASKING, SO GRASSO'S ARE TURF THAT DOES NOT HAVE INFILL IN IT.
WHEN YOU NOTICE THE WORD GRASSO THAT'S IN THE BATTING CAGES.
>> ACTUALLY, HAVE ANY OF YOU BEEN TO THE STAR IN FRISCO? WHEN YOU WALK UP TO THE STAR IN FRISCO, THE FORD CENTER, THAT LITTLE MINIATURE FOOTBALL FIELD, THAT IS OUR GRASSO PROJECT.
THE REASON WE USE THAT AS IN THE BATTING CAGE AREA AND YOU DON'T NEED THE RUBBER PELLETS, WHICH IS A GMAX SAFETY FOR BEING HIT IN THE GROUND AND A BATTING CAGE ALSO HIT THE GROUNDS OF BALLS, SO TO MAKE THAT LONGEVITY EVEN BETTER THERE WE PUT OUR GRASSO INSIDE YOUR BATTING CAGES.
ON YOUR COMPETITION FIELDS, WE HAVE A TALL POWER HIGH WITH RUBBER INFILL.
THE GRASSO WAS ACTUALLY OUR NON-INFILL PRODUCT [OVERLAPPING].
>> WHEN IT COMES TO TESTING THE TURF FOR MODALITY AS FAR AS PLAYING FIELD AND ALL GOING DO THAT OR WE CAN EVEN TEACH US HOW TO DO IT?
>> WE CAN DO IT IF YOU'D LIKE.
A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE CONTRACT WITH US FOR MAINTENANCE AS WELL AND WE COME IN ON THOSE SHOTS EVERY YEAR.
>> IN OUR CURRENT SCOPE OF WORK WITH HELLAS, THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE TEST EVERY YEAR.
YOU DON'T WANT HELLAS TO TEST THEIR OWN FIELDS, SO WE USE A THIRD PARTY AND HE'S CHAMPION TRACK AND SERVE OUT OF THE METROPLEX.
THEY COME UP AND GROOM AND DISINFECT OUR FIELDS AND THEN PERFORM THE GMAX TEST IN SUMMER.
WE WOULD WANT TO CONTINUE THAT SAME PROCESS IN THESE FIELDS SECTION.
>> THAT'S EASILY DONE AND THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO PROTECT THE HISTORY AND THE BOAR.
EVEN SCOTT KEITH GOES ON FILE, OF COURSE NOW WHEN THE GRANT STOP.
BUT AS A FORMER DISTRICT AV, YOU KEEP THOSE ON FILE SO YOU CAN SHOW THE SAFETY OF YOUR FIELDS.
>> WE FEEL LIKE OUR PRODUCTS ARE THE SAFEST AND YOU USE IT ANYWAY AND IT'S VERY SMART TO TEST THEM EVERY YEAR.
>> MR. FREEMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ARE WE GOOD?
>> YEAH, GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE.
>> [INAUDIBLE] SIMS PARTY WOULD YOU ALL HAVE ANY COMMENTS? WE APPRECIATE YOUR DESIGN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> I WOULD JUST ECHO WHAT THE GROUP SAID.
IT'S BEEN A GOOD COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND IT'S BEEN FUN TO SEE THIS FINALLY COME TO FRUITION.
IT WAS A BIT A LOT OF HARD WORK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS A FATHER WHO'S GOING TO ADD A COUPLE OF YOUNGSTER GROWING AROUND THESE FIELDS IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, IT'S EXCITING, SO VERY PERSONAL.
>> WELL, I COULDN'T SPEAK MORE HIGHLY TO SIM AND HIS COLLABORATION.
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WE SPENT MANY HOURS IN HIS CONFERENCE ROOM, EVEN FLYING IN SOME OF OUR PEOPLE FROM COLORADO AND HAVING MR. HATHAWAY SITTING IN THERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE GET THIS THING TO WHERE YOU GUYS CAN STILL FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GIVING THE STUDENT ATHLETES AND THE TAXPAYERS EVERYTHING YOU PROMISED THEM, BUT YET STILL MAKE IT IN THE ECONOMY.EVERYONE WAS SAYING, YOU CAN'T GET BLOOD FROM A TERM.
WE HEATED TO WORK HARD TO GET HERE.
[OVERLAPPING] WE COULDN'T BE PROUDER AND WE THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY PROUD OF THESE FACILITIES AND WE APPRECIATE [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE, TALK TO THE TEAM AND BUT I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND MR. HATHAWAY AND DR. LEE, THAT YOU ALL JUST STAYED ON THIS TILL YOU COULD GET IT DONE.
LEE, IT WAS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE AND YOU NEVER GOT IT OFF YOUR BUNKERS.
[LAUGHTER] WE ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE, I THINK TONIGHT.
>> SCOTT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS DRIVING FORCE HERE AND SCOTT, I REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH HIM AND HE'S DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH THIS.
>> THE FINANCE TEAM DID A GREAT JOB.
>> LET US KNOW ABOUT THE TOTAL.
>> SORRY, DO YOU LIKE THEM SELF-FLUSHING OR YOU DON'T? WHAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE?
>> I'LL TAKE THE SELF-FLUSHING. [INAUDIBLE]
[OVERLAPPING] WE FEEL BLESSED ALREADY BEING YOUR PARTNERS.
WE'VE DONE ALL OF YOUR OTHER CAMPUSES AND NOW THE NEW ONES AND THE TURF AND TRACK IS ALREADY WRONG SIDE WITH.
WE FEEL BLESSED TO BE YOUR PARTNER AND WE HOPE WE CONTINUE THAT AND WE'LL TAKE A BREAK HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND NOW I BELIEVE THIS IS [INAUDIBLE].
>> SYDNEY HAD ASKED ME ABOUT THAT AND I SAID SYDNEY TYPICALLY YOU GO AHEAD AND LEAVE AFTER OUR PART.
[LAUGHTER] I'M TRYING TO GET RID OF HIM.
>> WE MIGHT WANT TO HANG ON FOR THIS ONE MORE THING.
>> OKAY. YEAH, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A VOTE.
>> WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO RECOMMEND THAT THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE AWARD OF HELLAS CONSTRUCTION FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,493,435 FOR COMPLETION OF THE ATHLETIC FACILITIES AT THE TWO NEW HIGH SCHOOLS AS SUBMITTED BY LEAH HORTON, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND RECOMMENDED BY DR. DONNY LEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
HELLAS CONSTRUCTION, IN COOPERATION WITH STEVE WOOD OF BYSP, DEVELOPED A PLAN FOR COMPLETING THE CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH PROPOSITION B APPROVED BY VOTERS BACK ON MAY 1, 2021.
THE ATTACHED HELLAS PROPOSAL FOR ASSUMING THE REMAINING CONSTRUCTION OF ATHLETIC FACILITIES AT LEGACY AND MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLS UTILIZES TEXBUY COOPERATIVE CONTRACT NUMBER 023-086, JOB ORDER CONTRACT PRICING.
WITH THE UTILIZATION OF THIS CONTRACT, WFISD WILL RECEIVE A TEXBUY REBATE OF APPROXIMATELY $59,800.
THE REBATE AMOUNT RECEIVED WILL BE REDISTRIBUTED TO ORIGINAL FUNDING SOURCES.
THIS PURCHASED WILL UTILIZE TEXBUY CONTRACT NUMBER 023-086 JOB ORDER CONTRACT AND EXPENDITURE WILL BE MADE WITH INTERESTS GENERATED FROM THE BOND FUND INVESTMENTS AND GENERAL FUNDS.
PURCHASES OVER $100,000 REQUIRED BOARD TRUSTEES APPROVAL PER POLICY CH LOCAL.
>> BEFORE I TALK OR MOTION, I FORGOT TO MENTION YOUR REFUND OF YOU AND YOUR GROUP HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO COMPLEX OUR FINANCE [OVERLAPPING].
FROM OUR SIDE OF VIEW, DR. LEE, MR. HATHAWAY, THIS IS HORTON'S GROUP, WE APPRECIATE IT.
BUT IS THERE A MOTION [OVERLAPPING]?
>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT APPROVED THE AWARD OF HELLAS CONSTRUCTION FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,493,435 FOR COMPLETION OF THE ATHLETICS FACILITIES AT THE NEW HIGH SCHOOLS AS SUBMITTED LEAH HORTON, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND AS RECOMMENDED BY DR. DONNY LEE, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
>> THANK YOU MRS. [INAUDIBLE].
>> AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. [OVERLAPPING]
[OVERLAPPING] THERE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
>> THANK YOU ALL. MRS. HORTON, YOU'RE STILL UP.
>> IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF TWO SEMI-TRAILERS FROM CLUBHOUSE TRAILER COMPANY OF EDMOND, OKLAHOMA, IN THE AMOUNT OF $299,331.38, AS SUBMITTED BY LEAH HORTON,
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CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND RECOMMENDED BY DR. DONNY LEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.THE ATTACHED CLUBHOUSE TRAILER QUOTE 231193B PROVIDES FOR TWO TXDOT-CERTIFIED REFURBISHED, SEMI-TRAILERS OUTFITTED AS OUTLINED, INCLUDING FULL COLOR GRAPHICS, STAIRS AND RAMP, SECOND FLOOR ABOVE THE MAIN DECK.
INTERIOR WILL BE BUILT OUT WITH INSTRUMENT SHELVES, DRUM WALL, GUARD, DRAWERS, FANS, AS WELL AS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING FOR $149,665.69 PER TRAILER.
MEMORIAL AND LEGACY WILL BE ASSIGNED ONE TRAILER EACH AND THE TRAILER GRAPHICS WE SUPPORT EACH OF THEIR BAND PROGRAMS. THIS PURCHASE WILL UTILIZE BELTON ISD RFP 2109-775-261 AND WILL BE PAID WITH FINE ARTS DESIGNATED FFE BOND FUNDS, PURCHASES OVER $100,00 REQUIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVAL PER POLICY.
>> THIS ALSO REQUIRES ACTION TONIGHT.
YOU'LL SEE SOME PICTURES OF WHAT WE HAVE.
NOT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT HAS HAD THIS IN THE PAST.
THIS WILL BE GREAT FOR BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS AND WE WILL HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME THING.
I HATE TO BE SILLY, BUT DO THEY COME WITH THE TRUCK PART OF THE TRAILER OR DO WE HAVE TO ADD THAT?
>> NO. THIS IS JUST THE TRAILER PORTION. YOU DON'T GET THE SEMI-TRUCK.
>> WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT?
>> BUT YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT WITH A NEW CONTRACTOR.
>> SIR, THIS YEAR, WE'VE DONE SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT THANKFULLY, SINCE COVID AND THAT WHOLE TRANSPORTATION SNAFU THAT EVERYONE WHO'S ENGAGED AND HAS EASED UP A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS EVEN WHAT IT'S ALLOWING US TO GET THESE TRAILERS.
THE CLUBHOUSE COULDN'T GET TRAILERS FOR AWHILE AS WELL.
SO THE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS YOU'RE RE-CONTRACTING WITH TEXTS ON THE RIGHT AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED A TRUCK CURRENTLY ONLY RIDER HAS A TRAILER AND SAID THAT TRUCK IS PARKED IN WICHITA FALLS AND REGULAR DRIVER WHO HAS A CDL TO DRIVE THAT FOR US.
>> IN MY AREA THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE CALLED FOR MOTION BEFORE I ASKED THE QUESTION.
[LAUGHTER] IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING MRS. HORTON'S PRESENTATION?
>> IT'S DESCRIBING THE WHOLE THING.
[OVERLAPPING] TWO VANS AND SEMI-TRAILERS.
>> NOW, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
IF WE GET THEM FOR EACH OF THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS, WILL WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO SEMI-STANDING IN THE CITY TO WHERE THAT WE CAN GET.
>> YES, WE WILL. IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT THEY'LL BE USING THEM.
>> YES, GOING DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
>> OR IS IT STILL OUR PLAN TO HAVE VOLUNTEER CDL DRIVERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VANS OR WILL WE HIRE A DRIVER?
>> THAT'S DEFINITELY OUR HOPE THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE ALREADY HAVE ONE, OF COURSE, AND THEN WE DO HAVE OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE DRIVEN IN THE PAST THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO UTILIZE AS WELL.
>> OTHER QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.
YOU'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TONIGHT, MRS. HORTON [BACKGROUND].
[IX. HUMAN RESOURCES]
MRS. HATHAWAY PLEASE COME ON UP.>> GOOD EVENING. IT IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE WICHITA FALLS [INAUDIBLE] THESE PROPOSE ESTIMATE BY DATE [INAUDIBLE] AND IS RECOMMENDED BY DR. ANTHONY, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THIS?
>> AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MISS HATHAWAY, PLEASE? NO QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ACCEPTING THE APPLICANT POOL, SAY AYE.
>> I SUPPOSE SAME TIME PASS IS 6-0.
[X. BOARD MATTERS]
>> YEAH I WAS WONDERING, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT IS GOING BE BEFORE THE BOARD TONIGHT AND SHE WOULD EXPLAIN THAT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS TO THE BOARD, I'VE GOT THE CHIEF APPRAISER WITH THEM WHICH TAUGHT APPRAISAL DISTRICT LISA [INAUDIBLE] WILL YOU COME ON UP, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
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>> I WENT TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT TODAY. I'M GOOD THANKS.
THIS RESOLUTION IS REALLY THE RESULT OF SENATE BILL 2 THAT WE'VE PASSED IN THE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION OF THE 88 LEGISLATURE IN JULY.
WHAT IT DOES IS IT AFFECTS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT IN 1982, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAD BEEN APPOINTED UNDER SECTION 6.031 AT THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE, WHICH ACTUALLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT THE DISTRICT HAD UP TO NINE AND THEY ARE APPOINTED ON AN AGREED ALLOCATION.
THAT WAS AGREED UPON A LONG TIME AGO, AND IT'S WORKED BEAUTIFULLY SINCE THEN BUT SENATE BILL 2 IS A PROPERTY TAX RELIEF BILL.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY HAS TO BE THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
I KNOW IT'S SUMMERTIME, SO HE'S GOING TO TELL YOU THIS.
BUT SENATE BILL 2 IS REQUIRING JURISDICTIONS, IN COUNTIES WITH POPULATIONS OVER 75,000 TO 0.5 MEMBERS TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT WARD AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 6.3 OF THE TAX CODE, WHICH IS WHAT MOST APPRAISAL DISTRICTS I HAVE FOUND UTILIZE THAT METHOD HAD FOR YEARS.
THE REASON THIS DISTRICT HISTORICALLY I BELIEVE IS THE REASON IS THEY WANTED TO GET A SMALL JURISDICTIONS OF VOICE.
THIS MYTHICAL CAN TAKE THEM AWAY, BUT THAT VOICE REALLY IS NOT AFFECTED BECAUSE AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW, BEING ON A BOARD VOTE BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT A PARTICULAR DISTRICT AND NOR DO ART BOARD MEMBERS AND VOTE BECAUSE THEY'RE FROM ELECTRIC, TEXAS, THEY FORGOT OPERATION THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
ADDITIONALLY, THREE MEMBERS WILL BE ELECTED AT LARGE IN MAY 2024, ELECTION TO SERVE ON THE BOARD EFFECTIVE JULY 2024.
THE TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS AN EX-OFFICIAL MEMBER.
HOWEVER, IT IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF BELIEF OF LEGAL MINDS GREATER THAN MINE, THAT BELIEVE THAT THAT TAX ASSESSOR RECORDER WILL NOW BE A VOTING MEMBER BECAUSE THERE WILL BE FIVE APPOINTED THREE ELECTED IN SIGNING TO BEAT THE TIME.
THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS FOR BRINGING THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT IN THE COMPLIANCE.
IN SECTIONS EXCEPT THROUGH THE TAX CODE, THE FIRST OPTION REQUIRED THAT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE A RESOLUTION THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
I HOPE THAT YOU'RE FREE THIS EVENING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS TO FIVE AND THEY DID THAT ON SEPTEMBER 14TH LAST THURSDAY AND THAT ALLOWS JURISDICTIONS SUCH AS YOURSELF TO ADOPT A SIMILAR RESOLUTION.
BOARD MEMBERS CAN BE APPOINTED AS REQUIRED UNDER 6.3 AND BE IN PLACE JANUARY 1, 2024.
THE SECOND OPTION WOULD BE FOR THE ART BOARD TO TAKE NO ACTION, JURISDICTIONS TO TAKE NO ACTION AND THEY JUST APPOINT FOUR MEMBERS AS THEY HAVE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
HOWEVER, IF THAT WERE TO BE THE CASE ON JULY 1 OF 2024, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NINE APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS, AND FOUR OF THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE ELIMINATED BY SOME METHOD TO BE DETERMINED.
IT COULD ACTUALLY BE PULLING NUMBERS OUT OF A JAR.
THEN THE JURISDICTIONS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE AND APPOINTMENT OR MEMBERS WOULDN'T REALLY HAVE THEIR SAY.
IT WOULD BE DONE BY SOME STRANGE METHOD.
I CAN'T TAKE THEM OUT OF TIME.
I'VE SPENT WE'VE HAD A LEGAL OPINION THAT WE HAD TO RECEIVE.
THIS LEGISLATION REALLY DOESN'T GIVE DIRECTION TO HAVE THEM MAKE THIS MOVE AND WE BELIEVE AS DOES OUR ATTORNEY, THAT THIS IS THE BEST CLEANEST WAY TO DO THIS.
WE'RE ALSO THIS IS KIND OF WE'RE TAKING THE LEAD OF THE LEGISLATURE AND WE ARE MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT [INAUDIBLE], WHICH WILL BE PROPOSITION FOR ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT WILL PASS, WHICH BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING US CALCULATE ALL OF THE TAXABLE VALUES BASED ON 100,000 DOLLARS AND SHE'S SUDDENLY BELIEVE IT WILL PASS OF ALSO.
WE'RE JUST ASKING THIS BOARD IF THEY WOULD PASS THAT RESOLUTION SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE THIS COURT IN TRANSITION.
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CAN I MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE, CONSIDERATION FOR THE TAX ASSESSOR.
>> TAX APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR THE METHOD BY APPOINTMENT.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS, I LIKE TO READ THE RESOLUTION.
>> THAT WAS WRITTEN BY AN ATTORNEY THAT I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY.
I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY, BUT IT'S STARTING TO.
ASK SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT'S.
>> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> WE WILL NOT PASS READING THE RESOLUTION.
YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT YOU MET WITH THE COMMISSIONERS TODAY.
DID THEY ALSO EXTEND IT TO THE REST OF THE RESOLUTION AS A WHOLE IN THE SAME BOAT TOGETHER? [BACKGROUND].
ALL THOSE WHO AGREED TO ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION SAY AYE.
PASS IS 6-0. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THE BOARD WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DELIBERATE THE FOLLOWING MATTERS.
ONE, PERSONNEL MATTERS INCLUDING THE APPOINTMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT, DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL, AND OR COMPENSATION OF INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.074.
TWO, DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.076.
FINAL BURNET'S, IF ANY, WILL BE HELD IN OPEN SESSION.
THE TIME NOW IS 7:12 AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNING TO CLOSE SESSION AND THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.