[CALL TO ORDER]
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>> [FOREIGN] GOOD MORNING. THIS MEETING IS NOW CONVENED.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT IN THE BOARD AUDITORIUM ARE TRUSTEE ALLEN, TRUSTEE GUIDRY, TRUSTEE HERNANDEZ, TRUSTEE WADE, AND TRUSTEE DEIGAARD.
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO HEAR FROM SPEAKERS TO SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS. HOWEVER, NO ONE HAS REGISTERED TO SPEAK.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF
[CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 16, 2023]
THE SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 16, 2023? > SALUTE.>> MS. AGUILAR? DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE WADE AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE GUIDRY PLEASE VOTE.
WE HAVE FIVE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, ZERO ABSTENTIONS, MOTION PASSES.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE HEARING PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
[HEARINGS]
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO CONSIDER THE DISPUTE FILED BY MELISSA STEVENS, PARENT AT BARBARA BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.STUDENT HEARINGS ARE HELD IN CLOSED SESSION UNLESS BOTH PARTIES REQUESTED TO BE CONDUCTED IN OPEN SESSION.
IN ADDITION, HEARINGS INVOLVING COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ARE HELD IN CLOSED SESSION UNLESS THE EMPLOYEE WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE HEARING REQUESTS AN OPEN HEARING.
IN THE EVENT THAT BOTH YOU AND THE EMPLOYEE REQUESTS AN OPEN SESSION DURING THE COURSE OF THIS HEARING, THE BOARD MAY GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY UNDER THE TERMS OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTIONS 551.071.
IF ANY BOARD MEMBER WISHES TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL, PLEASE MAKE THIS REQUEST KNOWN TO ME.
FOR THE RECORD, MELISSA STEVENS IS PRESENT.
MILES BRADSHAW WITH BRADSHAW LOG REPRESENTING THE ADMINISTRATION, IS PRESENT.
NATASHA WOODS, GENERAL COUNSEL IS PRESENT AND LISA MCBRIDE FROM AFFIRMATIVE THOMPSON AND HURT HORTON, LLP, IS PRESENT TO ADVICE THE BOARD.
THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION UNDER CHAPTER 551.
>> MS. STEVENS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A HEARING IN CLOSED SESSION?
>> THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION IN CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SUBSECTIONS 551.004, 551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.076, 551.082, 551.081, 551.083, 551.084, AND 551.089.
SHOULD BOARD FINAL ACTION BOARD OR DECISION ON ANY MATTER CONSIDERED IN CLOSED SESSION BE REQUIRED SUCH FINAL ACTION BOARD OR DECISION SHALL BE TAKEN AT THE OPEN MEETING COVERED BY THIS NOTICE UPON THE RECOMBINING OTHER'S PUBLIC MEETING OR AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING OF THE BOARD UPON NOTICE THEREOF.
THE BOARD HAS ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION AT 04:18 AM ON MARCH 23RD, 2023.
CONVENED IN OPEN SESSION THE TIME IS 10:15 AM.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? TRUSTEE WADE? FOR THE RECORD,
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LET IT BE SHOWN THAT TRUSTEE BLUEFORD DANIELS'S HAS JOINED OUR MEETING.>> I MOVE THAT WE DETERMINED THAT WE HAVE STOPPED, LOOKED, AND LISTENED, AND THAT WE'VE TAKEN NO FURTHER ACTION ON THIS MATTER.
>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE WADE AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE BLUEFORD DANIELS'S.
ANY DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE GUIDRY.
>> I ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE TRULY DOES STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN AT THIS ONE AND WHAT WE DO AT ALL OF THEM BUT SPECIFICALLY THIS ONE, AND WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION, I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR PARENTS KNOW IN SOME FORM OF THE TIMELINESS AND HOW TO FILE GRIEVANCES.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN THE PARENTS HANDBOOK, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM SO THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF WHEN AND HOW TO MAKE THOSE GRIEVANCES.
THEN SECONDLY, JUST WANT TO ASK THE ADMINISTRATION TO PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS, SPECIFICALLY OF ALL OF THE STUDENTS AS IN COMPLIANCE BUT THE GT STUDENTS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COMPLIANCE AND POLICY IS MONITORED. THANK YOU.
[FOREIGN] VOTING IS CLOSING MOTION PATH. WE HAVE FIVE IN FAVORS, WHO WERE OPPOSED, AND ONE ABSTENTION.
THE BOARD HAS VOTED FIVE FOR AND ZERO AGAINST, TO STOP, LOOK, AND LISTEN AND TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION ON THIS MATTER.
A LETTER NOTIFYING BOTH PARTIES OF THE ACTION OF THE BOARD SHALL BE PREPARED AND SIGNED BY THE MANAGER OF BOARD SERVICES AS SOON AS IS PRACTICAL.
THIS HEARING IS CONCLUDED AT 10:19 AM.
>> THE QUESTION WITH THE RULING THAT YOU JUST.
>> THE BOARDS LETTERS ON GRIEVANCES ARE ALWAYS SIGNED BY BOARD SERVICES, REFLECTING WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY.
THE BOARD CONCLUDED THAT IT STOPPED, LOOKED, AND LISTENED.
THAT HAS THE EFFECT OF UPHOLDING THE LEVEL 2 DECISION.
>> I HAVE FILED A GRIEVANCE WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE OFFICES OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
THEY'VE GIVEN 60 DAYS [INAUDIBLE] IN WHICH I CAN RECEIVE A SATISFACTORY.
I HAVE FILED A GRIEVANCE AGAIN OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE WILL INVESTIGATE THE FINAL INVESTIGATION.
THIS IS THE SANCTION BY THE TEA.
THE REASON THAT THEY GAVE ME 60 DAYS.
IS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SEE WHAT ACTIONS THAT THE TEA WOULD BE TAKING IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS.
WHAT'S GOING ON. IN LIGHT OF THE TAKEOVER, WHO IS HERE IN THIS MEETING REPRESENTING THE TEA?
>> THERE'S NOBODY AT THIS MEETING REPRESENTING TEA.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT THIS.
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I'M SURE OUR LEGAL COUNSEL WOULD BE HAPPY TO GET BACK WITH YOU ONCE THEY HAVE MORE ANSWERS BUT RIGHT NOW, THE BOARD HAS VOTED AND LEGAL COUNSEL CAN DEFINITELY BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU AT A LATER POINT.>> I DON'T THINK THAT'LL BE NECESSARY.
I THINK I CAN ALREADY FILE THE INFORMATION OF THE TEA.
THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR A YEAR.
THE TEA IS THE REASON THAT THIS MEETING IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING TODAY.
IT IS NOT BECAUSE ANYBODY IN THE DISTRICT ACTUALLY FOLLOW THE PROPER PROCEDURES, THE TEA IS THE ONE WHO INSTIGATED THIS MEETING.
AS A RESULT I DON'T KNOW IF THE TEA IS AWARE OF THIS RULING OR EVEN AWARE OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON BUT DISCRIMINATION DUE TO A DISABILITY IS ACTUALLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
THE TEA IS AWARE OF IT AND SO IS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
>> IF I CAN SAY AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST THAT I'LL SPEAK ON THE SUBJECT BECAUSE THERE'S THIS HEARING HAS CONCLUDED, WE ARE UNABLE TODAY TO RESPOND TO ANY ISSUE WHERE YOU'RE REFERRING TO SOME COMMUNICATION YOU'VE HAD WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THAT WE'RE NOT PRIVY TO.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WHAT COMPLAINT YOU FILE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR WHAT THEY'VE INSTRUCTED YOU TO DO, SO WE'RE UNABLE TO RESPOND BASED ON YOUR REPRESENTATIONS OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SAID.
NOW, THE PROCEEDING THAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY WAS A LEVEL 3 PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO THIS BOARDS POLICIES THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO APPEAL TO LEVEL 3.
THE BOARD CONDUCTED THAT HEARING AND APPRISED YOU OF THAT RULING AND YOU'LL RECEIVE A WRITTEN REFLECTION OF THAT RULING IN A MATTER OF DAYS FROM BOARD SERVICES AND THAT CONCLUDES THESE PROCEDURES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP.
[WORKSHOP TOPIC: BUDGET WORKSHOP #2]
SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, OF COURSE, JIM GRADY AND THE REST OF MY FINANCIAL TEAM TO THE PODIUM AS THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING PREPARED.
OF COURSE, MR. GRADY IS OUR CONTRACTED PARTNER FROM A&M AND HE'LL BE LEAVING THE MAJORITY OF TODAY'S WORKSHOP IN TERMS OF THE PRESENTATION. MR. GRADY?
>> [NOISE] LET ME START THIS AGAIN. SUPERINTENDENT IN THE HOUSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
VERY NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN THIS MORNING.
THIS IS OUR SECOND BOARD OR SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP RATHER.
TODAY I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH THIS AGENDA REAL FAST WITH YOU.
BUT I THINK TODAY REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON, WE WANT TO REVIEW SOME OF THE CONCEPTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN FEBRUARY.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE STAND WITH RESPECT TO ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTION WORK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS HAS BEEN WORKING ON.
THEN OF COURSE, TOWARDS THE END, WE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATED VIEW WHEN WE PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER, WHAT OUR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF REVENUES AS AN EXPENDITURES.
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, THOUGH, BEFORE WE START IN AND ALL THAT LET'S JUST QUICKLY REVIEW OUR TIMELINE AND WHERE WE'RE AT.
TODAY IS MARCH 23RD AS YOU SEE IN THE BOX, ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT AND MARCH, SCHOOLS WERE PROVIDED JUST A FLASH VIEW OF THEIR BUDGETS RIGHT BEFORE THEY WENT ON SPRING BREAK.
THIS WEEK, PRINCIPLES ARE WORKING ON INPUTTING THEIR STRATEGIC GOALS WITH FOLKS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.
NEXT WEEK THEN BEGINS THE ACTUAL BUDGET CONFERENCES WHERE PRINCIPALS WILL WORK WITH THE BUDGET TEAM IN TERMS OF WORKING THROUGH THEIR BUDGETS ALL WITH THE GOAL OF REFINING AND SUBMITTING THOSE INTO THE SYSTEM BY AROUND APRIL 19TH.
WE THEN HAVE OUR NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 20TH.
THEN AS YOU CAN SEE IN JUNE, THAT IS SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW TO APPROVE THE BUDGET.
JUST A RECAP OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.
HAVING ALL DONE THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT ENROLLMENT NEXT.
THERE'S A LOT HERE GOING ON. THERE'S A LOT OF GRAPHS.
REALLY WHAT I WANT TO DIRECT YOUR EYES TO USE THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.
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YOU'LL SEE THAT BASED ON THE LATEST PROJECTIONS FROM PRINCIPLES WHICH WERE INPUTTED UP UNTIL FRIDAY BEFORE SPRING BREAK.WE'RE LOOKING AT ESTIMATED ENROLLMENT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR OF ABOUT 184,000 STUDENTS.
THAT'S DOWN ABOUT 2.7% FROM OUR ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR OF 189,000.
OVERALL, WHEN YOU LOOK FROM 2017, THAT'S A DECREASE OF ABOUT 31,000 STUDENTS OR ABOUT 14.5%.
HAVING SAID ALL THAT AND HAVING LOOKED AT THAT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THAT PUTS US FROM A FISCAL STANDPOINT.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE IS, WE WANT TO TAKE THAT ENROLLMENT INFORMATION, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO PLUG THIS INTO.
YOU REMEMBER THIS SCHEDULE FROM THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP.
THIS IS THE DO NOTHING FORECAST.
AGAIN, I'M JUST GOING TO DRAW YOUR EYES DOWN TO THE RED CIRCLE DOWN TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE ABOUT $280,000,000 NEGATIVE, THAT'S WHERE THE DISTRICT IS FORECASTING IN 24, 25, 26, AND IF THEY DO NOTHING WE WILL HAVE MORE EXPENDITURES THAN REVENUES THAT WE'RE TAKING IN.
WE HAVE MORE MONEY GOING OUT THAN MONEY WE HAVE COMING IN TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $280 MILLION.
HOWEVER, THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS WITH THAT.
DUE TO THE BUILDUP IN FUND BALANCE OVER THE YEARS, THE DISTRICT HAS ACCUMULATED A RAINY DAY FUND TO PROVIDE IT SOME RUNWAY, ALBEIT TEMPORARY AND VERY LIMITED, BUT SOME RUNWAY TO IMPLEMENT SOME CHANGE AND ADDRESS THOSE IMBALANCES IN THOSE OUT YEARS.
REALLY WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IN THIS SCHEDULE, I WANT AGAIN, I'M GOING TO POINT YOU TO THAT LOWER-RIGHT CORNER IN THE BOX, YOU'LL SEE A RED 263.
WHAT THIS IS ESSENTIALLY SAYING IS THAT IN OUR DO NOTHING SCENARIO, IF WE WERE JUST TO EXHAUST RAINY DAY FUNDS, WE WOULD BY FISCAL YEAR 2026, YOU THEN RUN INTO THE BOARD POLICY OF FUND BALANCE BY ABOUT $263 MILLION.
YOU'LL RECALL THE BOARD HAS THE THREE-MONTH OF EXPENDITURES THAT IT LIKES TO KEEP AWAY AND KEEP RESERVES AGAINST IF THAT UNDERNEATH, THIS IS SAYING THAT YOU WON'T EVER TRIP THAT THREE-MONTH PERIOD UNTIL 2026 IF YOU DID NOTHING AND YOU JUST REALLY HANDLED ALL OF THAT SPENDING IN BALANCE BY USING YOUR RAINY DAY FUND, YOUR FUND BALANCE.
NOW THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED THE CLASS IMBALANCE AND WE'VE GOT A RAINY DAY FUND, AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, THERE ARE SOME IDEAS RELATIVE TO HELPING THE DISTRICT LOOK AT HOW TO ADDRESS THAT.
YOU'LL RECALL THE SUPERINTENDENT LAST MONTH REVIEWED THIS LIST OF TOOLS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ITS DISPOSAL FOR ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE SPENDING IMBALANCES.
WE'VE GOT ON THE REVENUE SIDE, THERE'S INCREASING THE TAX REVENUE IS STABILIZING, INCREASING ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE.
THEN ON THE COST SIDE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CENTRAL OFFICE CUTS, ADJUSTING SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING, REDUCING PEA, PUFA, CONSOLIDATING EMERGING SCHOOLS AND THEN SUN, SUN SETTING THE ADA HOLD HARMLESS.
THIS IS A SLIDE THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH YOU SAW LAST FEBRUARY LAST MONTH.
AGAIN, ALONG THOSE SAME LINES AS SHARED WITH YOU LAST TIME, THIS IS MORE OF A VISUAL REPRESENTATION.
REALLY THE POINT HERE IS THAT, THERE'S NOT ONE MAGIC BULLET THAT'S GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
THAT IT'S GOING TO BASICALLY BE A COMBINATION OF SOME OF THESE TOOLS AND MAYBE SOME OTHERS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN THOUGHT ABOUT, THAT WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS DEFICIT.
BEFORE I JUMP OFF THIS PAGE, THE LAST TIME YOU WILL RECALL, WE TALKED ABOUT THE TWO IN THE MIDDLE THERE, THE ADJUSTING THE SUPPLEMENTAL SCHOOL FUNDING, AND THE ADA HOLD HARMLESS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME.
THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CENTRAL OFFICE CUTS.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, JUST AS A REVIEW OR A REFRESH BACK TO THOSE SCHOOLS SPECIFIC CUTS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE SMALL SCHOOL SUBSIDY.
THIS IS REDUCING THE ALLOCATION FROM $2,100 TO $1,500 PER UNIT.
THAT'S ABOUT A SAVINGS OF ABOUT $8 MILLION.
THE HIGH-SCHOOL ALLOTMENTS, THIS IS GOING FROM THE $170 PER STUDENT TO $85 PER STUDENT.
AGAIN, ABOUT $5 MILLION SAVINGS.
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THEN WE'VE GOT THE ADA HOLD HARMLESS, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $29 MILLION.THOSE WERE THE CONCEPTS AND THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AT LAST MONTH'S BUDGET WORKSHOP.
JUST ONE THING BEFORE WE JUMP INTO CENTRAL OFFICE CUTS WITH THINGS THAT AREN'T CHANGING, MAGNET FUNDING WILL BE REMAIN THE SAME FOR NEXT YEAR.
THE PER UNIT ALLOCATIONS WILL NOT BE DECREASED NEXT YEAR EITHER, SO JUST A COUPLE OF WHILE ON THE ONE HAND WE'VE GOT SOME OF THESE CUTS AT THE SCHOOLS AT ONE LEVEL, ON THE OTHER LEVEL, THESE ARE ITEMS THAT AREN'T BEING DECREASED OR TOUCHED.
LET'S TALK ABOUT CENTRAL OFFICE CUTS AND THEN REDUCTIONS IN CENTRAL OFFICE.
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THE CHIEFS HAVE USED A PROGRAM-BASED PROCESS TO LOOK AT THEIR '23, '24 BUDGETS.
ESSENTIALLY, THEY LOOKED AT WHAT PROGRAMS THEY HAD IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS, RANK THOSE PROGRAMS IN TERMS OF MOST CRITICAL TO LEASE CRITICAL AS BEST THEY COULD.
THEN FROM THERE, IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SERVICE LEVEL IMPACTS IF THEY WERE TO REMOVE A PROGRAM OR IF THEY WERE TO CUT A PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS TO SCHOOLS, WHAT'S IMPACTS TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW CERTAIN OF THESE CUTS.
WHILE SOME OF THEM WILL IMPACT SCHOOLS, WE'VE GOT A SUMMARY CHART ON THAT.
THEY'VE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE KEEPING THESE AWAY FROM STUDENTS AS BEST THEY CAN.
BASICALLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CENTRAL OFFICE CUTS RIGHT NOW, A TOTAL REDUCTION IN THE BOX DOWN AT THE BOTTOM YOU SEE IS ABOUT 15.3 MILLION. WHAT DOES THAT MADE UP OF? THAT IS LARGELY MADE UP OF CLOSING OUT SOME VACANCIES OF POSITIONS THEY'VE BEEN UNABLE TO HAVE, CLOSING SOME NON SALARY EXPENDITURES AND THEN SOME EXPENSE REDUCTIONS, ALL TOTALING TO ABOUT $15 MILLION IN CENTRAL OFFICE CUTS.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, THIS IS MORE OF A GRAPHIC SUMMARY OF WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
I'M GOING TO GO LEFT TO RIGHT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT, THOSE ARE THE BOXES IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE MAKING REDUCTIONS, GO IN ONE COLUMN OVER TO THE RIGHT, THE CENTRAL OFFICE IMPACT.
THIS IS WHERE WE SEE IMPACTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN CENTRAL OFFICE.
GO IN ONE MORE COLUMN TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE SCHOOL.
IF THERE'S ANY IMPACT ON SCHOOLS, WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT IMPACT ON SCHOOLS? THEN THE LAST THREE COLUMNS ARE JUST A SUMMARY OF THE FISCAL YEAR '23 ADOPTED BUDGET FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, THE REDUCTION THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR NEXT YEAR, AND JUST A PERCENTAGE OF THAT REDUCTION ON THE TOLL.
FIRST UP WILL BE ACADEMICS AND EACH ONE OF THESE ARE LOOKING SIMILAR.
YOU'LL LOOK AT THE SUB DEPARTMENT ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT ON CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, FOR EXAMPLE.
IF I GO TO THE RIGHT, THE CENTRAL OFFICE IMPACT CLOSING UNFILLED POSITIONS, IT'S ABOUT 30 FTES.
THESE ARE POSITIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FILLED.
IMPACT ON THE SCHOOLS WOULD BE CURRENTLY VACANT, GENERAL FUND POSITIONS WOULD BE CLOSED, AND THEN A REDUCTION IN THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE AT SOME LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION SUPPORT TO CAMPUSES.
EACH ONE OF THOSE CCMR, THERE'S THE IMPACT ON THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND THEN JUST SOME OTHER MISCELLANEOUS AS FAR AS ACADEMICS IS CONCERNED.
THE NEXT IS THE SCHOOL'S OFFICE BUDGET.
THIS IS ABOUT $400,000 DECREASES.
AGAIN, THIS IS LARGELY JUST CLOSING OUT SOME UNFILLED POSITIONS AND SOME NON SALARY EXPENDITURES AS WELL.
>> LET ME INTERRUPT YOU REALLY QUICKLY, MR. GRADY.
>> I'M JUST TRYING TO ANNOUNCE THAT TRUSTEE CRUZ HAS JOINED US AT THE MEETING ONLINE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. CHILD OFFICE IS WE DO PERFORMANCE.
I JUST WANTED TO SCHOOL WITH YET WE'RE TAUGHT SCHOOL'S TALENT.
AGAIN, SIMILAR THE IMPACT ON CENTRAL OFFICE.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE IMPACT ON CENTRAL OFFICE IN SCHOOLS AS WELL AND ANY ENGAGEMENT OFFICE.
MINIMAL CAMPUS IMPACT HERE, CLOSING SOME UNFILLED POSITIONS.
THAT'S LARGELY THE SUMMARY OF THE CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTIONS.
RIGHT NOW, I'D LIKE TO JUST RUN INTO, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE SCHOOL CUTS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE CENTRAL OFFICE CUTS.
IF WE WERE TO ADOPT THOSE CUTS IN THIS BUDGET, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BUDGET AND GOING INTO THE FUTURE YEARS.
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BEFORE I DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO REVISIT THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE HAD LAST TIME.WE TALKED ABOUT THE GOLDEN PENNIES, THE PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S REALLY NEW HERE IS ENROLLMENT.
WE'VE GOTTEN AN ENROLLMENT UPDATE NOW.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER GOING FROM 189,000-184,000.
IN THE PROJECTIONS THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE, THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION FOR AN ENROLLMENT DECLINE IN FISCAL YEAR '25.
THAT'S ANOTHER ABOUT A 3% DECLINE RIGHT NOW TO ABOUT 177,000 OR 178,000 STUDENTS.
IN THESE PROJECTIONS, YOU'LL SEE WE ACCOUNT FOR THE SUNSET INTO THE ADA, THE DEPARTMENTAL CUTS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, THE HIGH-SCHOOL ALLOTMENTS, SMALL SCHOOL SUBSIDY.
ONE OTHER THING, JUST TO NOTE, THIS DOES INCLUDE $52 MILLION OF SALARIES THAT ARE COMING INTO THE GENERAL FUND IN FISCAL YEAR '24, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY COVERED UNDER ESSER MONEY.
HERE YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, THIS IS COMPARING, I'M GOING TO DRAW YOU.
I LOVE THE BOTTOM-RIGHT CORNER FOR SOME REASON TODAY.
GO TO THAT AREA THERE, YOU'LL SEE THE RED CIRCLE THAT YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT IN THE DO NOTHING SCENARIO, THAT NUMBER WAS ABOUT $279, $280 MILLION.
WITH THESE CUTS AND THESE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE PRIOR PAGE, WE'RE LOOKING AT REVENUES.
MONEY IS GOING OUT THE DOOR VERSUS MONEY'S COMING IN THE DOOR TO ABOUT $222 MILLION IN THOSE OUT YEARS, IN '24, '25.
THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR RAINY DAY FUND AND I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THIS IS THE IMPACT AGAIN OF WHAT HAPPENS IF WE USE THE RAINY DAY FUND TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE.
IN THIS SITUATION, IF YOU WERE TO ADOPT A BUDGET THAT INCLUDED THE CUTS AND WITH THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT TWO PAGES AGO, YOU'LL SEE THAT LOWER BOTTOM-RIGHT CORNER OR THAT NUMBER, I THINK IT WAS 236 OR 263 BEFORE HAS NOW BEEN REDUCED TO A NEGATIVE 90.
PERHAPS MANAGEABLE FROM A MINIMUM FUND BALANCE PERSPECTIVE.
WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN? I GUESS JUST THE KEY SUMMARY HERE FOR YOU ALL QUICKLY.
WE'VE GOT PRINCIPLE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT NUMBERS IN FISCAL YEAR 24 SHOW A DECLINE OF ABOUT 5,200 STUDENTS WE TALKED ABOUT IN ORDER TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ENROLLMENT DECLINE IN THE LONGSTANDING STRUCTURAL INEFFICIENCIES, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PROPOSED CHANGES TO BOTH CENTRAL OFFICE AND SCHOOLS GENERAL FUNDS ALLOCATIONS.
THESE CHANGES AMOUNT TO ABOUT $57 MILLION IN SAVINGS COMPRISED OF THE SMALL SCHOOL SUBSIDY, THE CUTTING OF THE HIGH-SCHOOL ALLOTMENTS IN HALF, THE REMOVAL OF THE ADA HOLD HARMLESS AND THE CENTRAL OFFICE CUTS.
THE CURRENT FINANCIAL FORECASTS, EVEN THOUGH INDICATES TO INTRODUCING THESE COST SAVINGS A LITTLE WILL ALLOW HIST TO REMAIN ABOVE RESERVE REQUIREMENTS THROUGH MOST OF 2026.
ADDITIONAL COST-SAVING OPPORTUNITIES MUST BE IDENTIFIED TO MITIGATE THE DEFICIT GOING FORWARD.
IN THE COMING MONTHS, AND ACTUALLY REALLY IN THE COMING WEEKS PRINCIPLES WILL BE WORKING ON COMPLETING THEIR 24 BUDGETS AS THESE NUMBERS GETS SUBMITTED AND THE ADMINISTRATION GOES THROUGH THESE NUMBERS, THERE MAY BE FURTHER CHANGES TO THAT AS WE MEET IN OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR THE 20TH OF APRIL.
>> THANK YOU. JUST LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT TRUSTEE SANTOS HAS JOINED US TODAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. GRADY. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION AS WELL, AND I THINK WE'VE INDICATED THIS ON A FEW DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY TRIED TO DO AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS IS ENGAGE PRINCIPLES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO WE'VE TAKEN TIME IN EACH ONE OF OUR PRINCIPLES MEETINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDED THEM WITH INSIGHT, NOT JUST INSIGHT, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE US WITH CONCERNS, OPPORTUNITY TO PROCESS.
THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS OVERALL PROCESS IN THIS BUDGET CONVERSATION.
I SEE TODAY WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OUR PRINCIPLES HERE.
>> THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE.
WE ARE NOW READY FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES.
PLEASE INDICATE YOUR INTEREST IN THE QUEUE.
FOR EACH ITEM OF DISCUSSION, WE WILL DO TWO ROUNDS OF TWO MINUTES.
IF AN ADDITIONAL ROUND IS DESIRED, THAT CAN BE DONE WITH A MOTION, SECOND, AND BOARD VOTE.
I NEED SOME TECHNICAL HELP OVER HERE.
NOW I SEE MY CLICKER IS NOT WORKING.
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STILL IS NOT WORKING?>> I SEE TRUSTEE GUIDRY IN THE QUEUE, SO TRUSTEE DUIDRY.
>> YES, EVERYBODY IS FRANKLY, DON'T WORRY.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, SUPERINTENDENT, HOUSE AND STAFF.
I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BECAUSE I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND A COUPLE OF THINGS ON SLIDE.
I DON'T HAVE THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF ME NOW BECAUSE MY SCREEN WENT DOWN.
SLIDE 18, I THINK IT WAS NOT BACK FILLING SOME OF THOSE VACANT POSITIONS.
SOME OF THOSE VACANT POSITIONS ARE NUMBER ONE, REQUIRED PURSUANT TO YOUR LAST PLAN, AND THEY ARE NOT FILLED BECAUSE THE PRINCIPALS CAN'T FILL THEM.
THEY DON'T HAVE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THOSE POSITIONS.
IF THEY'RE REQUIRED POSITIONS SUCH AS THE COUNSELOR, THE LIBRARIAN, THOSE THAT WE IDENTIFY AS A BOARD, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE VACANT RIGHT NOW, DOES NOT MEAN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE FULFILLED IN THE FUTURE, CORRECT?
>> YOUR ASSUMPTION IS CORRECT.
>> THEN RECAPTURE. FIRST, LET'S HOW DOES THE HOMEOWNER'S TAX REDUCTION AFFECT THIS PLAN, IF ANY?
>> IF TAXES GO DOWN BECAUSE OF LOWER RATES.
>> RIGHT, SO IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE HOUSE AND THEN ASK, OF COURSE THEN, YOU'LL BE SIGNED UP BY THE GOVERNOR, SO YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
BUT IF THAT DOES FULLY PASS THAN IT DOES LOWER TAX BILLS, BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS, IT JUST LOWERS OUR RECAPTURE, IT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AS FAR AS INCREASING REVENUES.
IT JUST LOWERS THE AMOUNT OF RECAPTURE WE PAY TO THE STATE.
>> WHAT IS THE RECAPTURE NUMBER RIGHT NOW THAT WE OWE?
>> WE'RE JUST UNDER 300 MILLION.
>> THREE HUNDRED MILLION THAT WE OWE TO THE STATE.
>> THAT THE STATE CAN RELEASE, RIGHT?
>> IF THEY CHOSE TO, THE STATE, CAN RELEASE $300 MILLION BACK TO HISD?
>> I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH OPTION THEY HAVE BECAUSE THE FORMULA IS IN STATUE.
UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE CHANGES THAT, THEN THEY AREN'T ABLE TO CHANGE HOW THEY DO RECAPTURE.
>> AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT'S CORRECT.
>> I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU.
>> I THOUGHT BRIDGET WAS NEXT SORRY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY.
THE CENTRAL OFFICE CUTS IS A REDUCTION OF $4.4 MILLION IN ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.
THE 15 MILLION IS THE TOTAL VACANCIES FALLOUT, BUT IT'S REALLY ONLY 4.4 MILLION YOU'RE REDUCING FROM CENTRAL OFFICE. CORRECT?
>> JIM, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE ANOTHER DESCRIPTION?
>> ITS 15.3 MILLION MADE UP OF 5.8 OF VACANCY CLOSURES, 5.1 MILLION OF NON SALARY SPEND FALL OUT, AND THEN EXPENSE REDUCTION.
>> EXPENDITURES REPORT. SUPERINTENDENT IN THE HOUSE WHEN YOU DID THE SMALL GROUP VISITS, THEY HAVE INITIALLY BEEN A PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONAL CUTS TO CENTRAL OFFICE?
>> WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR DIALING THIS BACK?
>> THOSE ADDITIONAL CUTS WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A RIFF, AND LAYING INDIVIDUALS OFF THAT WERE IN CURRENT POSITIONS.
WE CHOSE ESPECIALLY WITH THE IMPENDING TEA INTERVENTION, WE CHOSE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A RIFF.
>> THEN ON CAMPUSES YOU'RE PROPOSING A $46 MILLION REDUCTION FROM SCHOOLS.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT $46 MILLION IS GOING TO BE REDUCTION IN FORCE? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF IT IS VACANT POSITIONS AND FALLOUT?
>> BUT THE PRINCIPLES RIGHT NOW WILL NOT ACTUALLY BE GOING IN AND DOING THEIR BUDGETS UNTIL MARCH 27TH, SO WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL THEY COMPLETE THEIR BUDGETS.
>> WHAT I'M HEARING IS YOU DON'T WANT TO RIFF ANYBODY AT CENTRAL OFFICE, BUT YOU MAY BE RIFFING PEOPLE ON CAMPUSES.
>> THERE COULD BE SOME POSITIONS AT CAMPUSES.
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>> WHAT IS THE LOGIC FOR ALLOWING FOR CAMPUS LEVEL RIFFS, BUT NOT CENTRAL OFFICE RIFFS BECAUSE OF THE REASONS CITED?
>> THAT WE CHOSE TO TAKE THE ROUTE OF, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE FALLOUT VACANCIES OR THE VACANCIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE VERY WELL COULD HAVE HAD POSITIONS IN.
THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
WE CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS THE EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS.
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ADDITIONAL JUST UNDER FIVE MILLION DOLLAR IF WE WOULD HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH A RIFF.
BUT I BELIEVE THE 15.3 IS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION TOWARDS OUR OVERALL GOAL IN COMBINATION OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR AS WELL WITH WHICH WAS AN ADDITIONAL 60 MILLION.
>> BUT GIVEN THE LOGIC OF NOT WANTING TO RIFF ANYBODY, GIVEN THIS PENDING TRANSITION TO TEA, WHY ARE YOU STILL RECOMMENDING THAT CAMPUS LEVEL BUDGETS ARE BEING CUT ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE LEVEL OF OUR FUND BALANCE? IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME RUNWAY BEFORE, WE'RE IN A REALLY BAD PLACE.
THAT'S WHY I NEED TO KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT 46 MILLION IS FALLOUT AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS ACTUAL EXPENDITURE CUTS BEFORE I CAN CONSIDER THESE PROPOSALS.
YOU'VE GIVEN US GREAT DETAIL ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CENTRAL OFFICE.
[NOISE] YOU'RE CUTTING THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE KIDS AND I'M STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND WHY.
>> SCHOOLS THAT WILL NEED TO CUT FROM STAFF LIKELY PUT STAFFING POSITIONS AND ONETIME SR OR ONETIME TITLE ONE FUNDS, WHICH WAS EXPLAINED INITIALLY LAST YEAR THAT THOSE WERE ONETIME FUNDS.
WE TRIED TO ENCOURAGE PRINCIPLES NOT TO PUT PEOPLE INTO THOSE POSITIONS KNOWING THAT THEY WOULD JUST BE ONETIME FUNDED POSITIONS.
>> THIS 46 MILLION IS BEING CUT.
>> IT'S GENERAL FUND, BUT ITS PRINCIPAL DISCRETION AROUND WHETHER THEY COULD OR NOT.
I'LL ADD IT AND I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON JEREMY GRANT SKINNER'S TOES.
BUT A RIFF WOULD NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT A TEACHER WOULD LOSE A JOB IN THE DISTRICT.
THEY WOULD JUST LIKELY BE MOVED TO ANOTHER ONE.
>> THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT CUTTING MONEY CLOSED TO KIDS, BUT MY TIME IS UP.
>> LET ME START WITH MY CONSTANT.
[NOISE] I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS ON PAGE 11 SAYS STABILIZING AND INCREASING ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE.
I STILL SEE THE ATTENDANCE BUS IN THE PARKING LOT WHEN I PULL IN.
[LAUGHTER] BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SO I SEE THE PRINCIPALS HERE AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AS THEY STRATEGIZE THEIR GOALS AND SPEAK TO YOU, I'M SORRY, MR. HOUSE.
AS THEY STRATEGIZE THEIR GOALS, DO WE USE OUR DISTRICT GOALS AND VALUES WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AS THE APPROPRIATE SCHOOL LEVEL.
ARE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THOSE TO DETERMINE SOME OF THEIR GOALS?
>> I MIGHT HAVE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT'S TRUE, THE DISTRICT HAS GOALS.
>> SET GOALS. I'M JUST ASKING IF THE PRINCIPALS, WHEN THEY'RE STRATEGIZING THEIR GOALS FOR THEIR SCHOOLS, DO THEY HAVE TO ALSO CONSIDER THE GOALS THAT ARE BY THE THE DISTRICT, BY THE BOARD IN THEIR DECISION-MAKING AS IT APPLIES TO THEIR CAMPUS LEVEL OR THEIR GRADE LEVEL?
>> YES. THAT IS A STARTING POINT.
>> THAT'S A STARTING POINT. THANK YOU.
THEN I SEE THERE'S A DECREASE IN THE CCMR SUPPORT.
I KNOW THOSE ARE PART OF OUR VALUES.
IN THE FUND BALANCES, THAT BEING ONE OF OUR CRITERIA FOR SUPPORT OR CRITERIAS FOR THE BOARD, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN USE SOME OF THESE FUND BALANCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING REVENUE AWAY FROM THOSE VERY IMPORTANT AREAS THAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO AS A BOARD AND OUR GOALS AND VALUES.
>> YOU'RE ASKING WHETHER WE CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDED CHANGE HERE?
>> I THINK EVERYTHING IS SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION.
THESE ARE SIMPLY THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CONSIDER HOW WE USE SOME OF
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THESE FUND BALANCES TO PROTECT THE IMPORTANT AREAS THAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO [NOISE] AS A DISTRICT. THANK YOU.>> TRUSTEE, KATHY BLUEFORD DANIELS.
>> THANK YOU. PAGE 13, YOU WOULD GO TO THE PAGE 13 PLEASE.
IT'S IDENTIFIED AS SMALL SCHOOL SUBSIDIES.
MY CONCERN WITH THESE SMALL SCHOOLS SUBSIDIES IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING THAT AMOUNT.
WHAT ARE WE IDENTIFYING AS SMALL SCHOOLS, IS IT A SMALL SCHOOL OR A SMALL, SMALL SCHOOL.
>> IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND DR. WATTS OR DR. CRUZ, ELEMENTARY IS HOW MANY STUDENTS?
>> 500 STUDENTS, 700 FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. HOW MANY FOR HIGH SCHOOL?
>> THAT WILL IMPACT OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY-
>> TRUSTEE BLUEFORD DANIELS IF I MAY, IT WOULDN'T IMPACT ALL THE SMALL SCHOOLS.
IT WOULD ONLY IMPACT THE LARGER OF THE SMALLER SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO TIERS OF SMALL SCHOOLS.
THE SMALLEST SCHOOLS ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING $1,500 PER STUDENT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE RECEIVING, THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
IT'S THE LARGER THAT ARE ACTUALLY RECEIVING MORE.
WHICH ACTUALLY ON ANALYSIS DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OVER RELATIVELY SMALLER ONES.
WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS JUST TO EQUALIZE IT SO THAT ALL OF THE SMALL SCHOOLS GET THE SAME.
[OVERLAPPING] THE LARGE AND THE SMALL DR. CRUZ WAS RECEIVING $2100.
>> SMALL SCHOOLS, MEANING MORE THAN 300.
FOR THAT $2,100 OR MORE THAN 500 STUDENTS?
>> IN ELEMENTARY FOR EXAMPLE IT'S 500.
EVERYONE WHO'S UNDER 500 IS CONSIDERED A SMALL SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.
BUT UNDERNEATH 500 THERE'S TWO TIERS.
[OVERLAPPING] THERE'S 300, I THINK IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND THEY'RE GETTING 1,500 RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET 1,500.
THAT OTHER TIER, THE HIGHER, THE LARGER, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE SMALL SCHOOL, THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO 1,500 JUST LIKE THE SMALLER ONES TOO.
>> THAT'S STILL CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE SO MANY SMALL SCHOOLS.
THE PROJECTION IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE MORE STUDENTS NEXT YEAR.
THAT NUMBER WILL BE IMPACTED EVEN MORE SO AS FAR AS THOSE SMALL SCHOOLS ARE CONSIDERED, HOW THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE DETERMINED TO BE SMALL SCHOOLS.
THAT'S REALLY CONCERNING TO ME.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE ESTIMATION WAS LIKE 5,200 DECLINE NEXT YEAR AND THIS YEAR AND IN 19 AND 22, THE BIGGEST IMPACT FOR DECLINE WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IS THAT STILL THE SAME PROJECTION?
>> AGAIN, THE SMALL SCHOOL LESS THAN 500, AND THOSE THAT ARE LESS THAN 300 WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED.
I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE 1,500 ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT THEY WON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO MAKE IT UP BECAUSE THEY WON'T HAVE THE STUDENTS THAT WILL BE ATTENDING THAT IS GOING TO SUPPORT THAT CAMPUS.
THAT'S EXTREMELY CONCERNING FOR ME.
IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE NO INCREASE TO REVENUE.
I'M CONCERNED THAT ANY DEFICITS WHEN WE LOSE STUDENTS, THAT'S GOING TO BE A DECREASE TO REVENUE OVERALL.
IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT CENTRAL OFFICE CUTS.
ANY OF THOSE CUTS, ANY OF THOSE POSITIONS BE TRANSFERRED TO WHAT'S CURRENTLY AN SR FUND POSITION NOW THAT WILL BE [NOISE] WE'LL LOOSE NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S MY QUESTION. AS THE FUNDS AROUND.
>> CAN YOU RESTATE THE QUESTION?
>> IF ANY OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE GOING TO BE MOVED TO THE CONTINUOUS WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH THE SR FUNDS.
IF THOSE POSITIONS ARE GOT TO BE MOVED OVER THERE AND AFTER THAT FUNDING RUNS OUT IN 24 THEN WILL THOSE POSITIONS BE CUT AND RIPPED?
>> THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY TO SHIFT DIFFERENT POSITIONS, TWO DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS. EVEN THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS, EVEN AT THE SITE LEVEL, THE SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DR. WATSON INDICATED IS WE TRY TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ENSURING THAT PRINCIPALS UNDERSTAND WHAT TEMPORARY MONEY IS, WHEN TEMPORARY MONEY IS GOING AWAY, AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN FOR PARTICULAR POSITIONS THAT WOULD BE FUNDED WITH THOSE TEMPORARY DOLLARS.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT AND I KNOW MY TIME IS UP, BUT THOSE SMALL SCHOOLS IS CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE SCHOOLS ARE LOW-PERFORMING CAMPUSES.
>> THANK YOU. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TRUSTEE CRUZ ON ZOOM THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I'M HEARING A LOT ABOUT CUTTING TO THE SCHOOL.
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I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THIS BUDGET SUPPORTS THE DISTRICT BOARD PRIORITIES, RIGHT.WE HAVE FOUR SPECIAL EDUCATION, SIX MR, THEY'RE GREAT NOW.
>> WE TOOK THE BOARD PRIORITIES INTO CONSIDERATION WITH EVERY CHIEF AS THEY WENT THROUGH THE GRUELING PROCESSES I'LL SAY OF MAKING THESE REDUCTION.
WHAT I WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY IS THAT WE WOULD MUCH RATHER PREFER NOT TO MAKE THESE KINDS OF CUTS, BUT THIS DEFICIT IS SOMETHING IN LARGE PART THAT WE INHERITED.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US, WHAT'S BEHIND US WE KNEW WE HAD TO MAKE SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS.
THAT IS HOW WE LANDED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US.
BUT YES, TRUSTEE CRUZ, WE TOOK THE PRIORITIES INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE STARTED HERE.
>> YES, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT US STRATEGICALLY HOW TO ADDRESS THIS DEFICIT.
MY CONCERN IS IF THEY'RE CUTTING MONEY THAT IS CLOSEST TO THE CHILDREN, HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY MEET OUR GOALS.
IF YOU CAN SHARE SOME EVIDENCE AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT NOW, IF YOU CAN SHARE IT AS A FOLLOW-UP OF HOW OUR GOALS WILL ACTUALLY BE REACHED BY THE CUTS, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON TRUSTEE BLUEFORD DANIELS QUESTION ABOUT THE SMALL SCHOOL SUBSIDIES.
I AM CONCERNED AS WELL, AND I HAVE EXPRESSED THAT TO YOUR SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE ABOUT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
THE SMALL SCHOOL SUBSIDIES IS A HUGE CHUNK OF MONEY.
HOWEVER, DOING THAT INDEPENDENTLY OF NOT ADJUSTING, NOT CONSOLIDATING THESE UNDER ENROLLMENT CAMPUSES OR HAVING ANY KIND OF OTHER STRATEGY AROUND IT.
I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GETTING PULLED UP TO THEM BY TAKING MORE FUNDS FROM THEM.
I ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE ESSER MENTIONED.
MY INTEREST IF IT'S THREE-YEAR MONEY, WHERE CAMPUSES OR DEPARTMENTS GIVEN JUST AFTER MONEY FROM ONE YEAR? BECAUSE IF FOLKS HAVE PLANNED THREE-YEAR, [NOISE] HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO ONLY GETTING FUNDS FOR ONE?
>> BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH DR. WATTS WHAT HAS BEEN SHARED SPECIFICALLY WITH PRINCIPLES IN REFERENCE TO THE PHASE 1, 2, AND 3 OF ESSER AND HOW THE ROLL OUT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED.
>> ESSER, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS DECREASED AND IT WILL DECREASE NEXT YEAR WITH ONLY THE EXISTING ONE POT OF MONEY VERSUS THE TWO POTS OF MONEY THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH.
SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO GET SOME SUPPORT FROM ESSER FUNDING BUT ONE PART OF THAT MONEY GOES AWAY.
THAT IS THE FUNDING THAT SCHOOLS WILL NO LONGER GET.
BUT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTED BY ESSER FUNDS.
>> JUST TO ECHO WHAT DR. WATTS MENTIONED, WE HAVE TO OF COURSE, WIND DOWN JUST LIKE WE DO WITH ANY GRANT.
THIS IS A MULTI-YEAR GRANT, BUT SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ALONG THE WAY SO THERE WERE NO SURPRISES.
THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT IN YEAR 1 YOU'RE GETTING THIS, IN YEAR 2 YOU'RE GETTING THIS IN YEAR 3 YOU'RE GETTING THIS.
DR. WATTS AND HER TEAM ACTUALLY SPENT MAJORITY OF A FULL DAY GOING THROUGH THAT INFORMATION, REVISITING WITH PRINCIPALS AND HELPING THEM STRATEGIZE AROUND HOW THEY CAN ADJUST, NOT JUST FOR THIS COMING YEAR, BUT EVEN THINKING BEYOND THIS COMING YEAR WHEN ESSER GOES ENTIRELY AWAY, HOW ARE WE REALLY ADJUSTING AND FIGURING OUT WHAT'S WORKING FOR KIDS AND KEEP THAT ALIVE AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT STUDENT OUTCOMES.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HERNANDEZ SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU TO THE PRINCIPLES. I KNOW IT'S A HARD TIME TO BE HERE.
YOU HAVE STAR THAT YOU SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON, THE COMPETITIONS, AND THE FATIGUE OF THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
CAN'T IMAGINE THE STRESS THAT YOU'RE GOING UNDER BEING HERE.
BUT I WILL SAY MY QUESTION, SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE IS HOW MUCH TOTAL DO WE SPEND ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ANNUALLY?
>> [INAUDIBLE] I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT CURRENTLY, BUT WE CAN MAKE CERTAIN TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION [OVERLAPPING] IN OUR FOLLOW-UP.
I'M NOT CERTAIN, BUT WE'LL GET YOU AN ACCURATE ANSWER IN THE FOLLOW-UP Q&A.
>> I GUESS I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION.
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WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO SWITCH TO IN-HOUSE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS A WAY TO SAVE MONEY?>> WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
A PORTION OF WHAT WE DID WAS I WAS IN-HOUSE AND WE ALSO RECEIVED SOME SUPPORT FROM OUTSIDE FUNDS PHILANTHROPICALLY AS WELL.
BUT WE'LL GET A TOTAL ACCOUNTING OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE VALUE SO WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE ENTIRE BOARD.
>> SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE, THE STATES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIKE THE READING ACADEMIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE AT THE STATE, REQUIRES US TO TAKE, ARE THOSE FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE OR THROUGH HIST?
>> LIKE THE READING ACADEMIES AND THE BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THOSE ARE ALL FUNDED BY THE STATE?
>> [INAUDIBLE] THREE OTHER I DON'T KNOW ABOUT BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS, BUT SOME OF THEM [OVERLAPPING] THE REQUIRED, YES, THAT IS.
BUT THAT FUNDING IS COMING TO A CLOSE.
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE NEW TEACHERS THAT ARE IN COLLEGE RIGHT NOW, THEY'LL GET IT AS PART OF THEIR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I DO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES SENTIMENT ABOUT NOT REDUCING MONEY AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU CAN REDUCE CUT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THAT BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION.
HOW WOULD HOUSE BILL 100, THE ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING BILL THAT'S BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE AFFECT THIS BUDGET IF AT ALL?
>> ANTIQUATED ATTENDANCE BASED SYSTEM MEANS STATES SCHOOL DISTRICTS MISS OUT ON FUNDING FOR OVER 200-300,000 STUDENTS A YEAR.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING SINCE MY FIRST MONTH ON THE BOARD ABOUT SWITCHING TO ENROLLMENT-BASED FUNDING AS OPPOSED TO ADA.
HAVE YOU TAKEN CONSIDERATION IN DOING THIS?
BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE AN ACCOUNTING OF WHAT IT COULD MEAN IF THIS LEGISLATION MOVES FORWARD.
>> IT'S THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE FAILING THAT'S ACTUALLY INTRODUCED THE BILL.
I'M VERY CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE HERE AT HIST.
I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS ON SCREEN 24, THE NOTE THAT'S AT THE BOTTOM.
I NEED A LITTLE CLARIFICATION, BUT IT SAYS THAT THOSE SR FUNDS ARE GOING TO END.
IT SAYS THEY ARE GOING TO RETURN TO THE GENERAL FUND.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF AN EMPLOYEE IS BEING PAID THROUGH ESSER THAT THEY WOULD BE PUT IN GENERAL FUNDS VERSUS BEING RIFT?
>> NO. IF YOU REMEMBER LAST SPRING WHEN WE DID THAT, WE WOULD DECIDE TO GO AHEAD AND ACCELERATE THAT COMPENSATION PACKAGE FROM YEAR 2 AND THE YEAR 1, WE PAID FOR 52 MILLION OF THAT OUT OF ESSER.
JUST AN EXPENDITURE. NOT NECESSARILY PEOPLE BUT JUST ON EXPENDITURE THAT WAS ONLY FOR ONE YEAR.
THAT EXPENDITURE THAT WE PAID FOR OUT OF ESSER IN '22, '23, WE HAVE TO BRING THOSE COSTS BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
IT'S A BUDGET INCREASE TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR '23, '24.
>> DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF YOU ARE AN ESSER, IF YOU'RE PAID OUT OF ESSER FUNDS NOW, WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THAT WE WILL HAVE LIKE ESSER POSITIONS? IS THAT THE END OF THIS YEAR OR THE END OF NEXT YEAR OR POSSIBLY BOTH?
>> I KNOW YOU SAID THEY TALKED TO PRINCIPLES, BUT HAVE THEY TALKED TO THESE EMPLOYEES TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE EMPLOYEES KNOW THAT THEIR ESSER MONEY THEIR POSITION WOULD END AT THE END OF THIS YEAR?
>> OR DO YOU DO IT AT THE 40 DAY NOTICE?
>> EMPLOYEES ARE NOTIFIED GENERALLY AND MR. GRANT SKINNER CAN BACK THIS UP GENERALLY ON THE FRONT END, THEY ARE NOTIFIED THAT THIS IS A POSITION THAT IS FUNDED WITH X AND IF IT'S A POSITION THAT'S FUNDED THAT WE KNOW WILL NOT BE THERE AT THE END OF ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS, WE MAKE SURE THEY HAVE NOTIFICATION ON THE FRONT END OF THEM COMING INTO THAT POSITION TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.
>> DO THEY SIGN OFF THEIR FATE NOW THAT THIS POSITION IS GOING TO END?
>> OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ARE LIKE IF THEY ARE LOSING THESE POSITIONS,
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ARE THEY ABLE TO FILL SOME OF THOSE ESSENTIAL POSITIONS THAT WE WERE NOT FILLED, BUT POSITIONS ARE NOT GOING TO BE CLOSED?>> IF THEY HAVE THE CERTIFICATION TO FILL THAT POSITION, YES.
>> MY NEXT QUESTION IS, WHEN CAN WE DIP INTO RAINY DAY FUND? WHEN DO WE CONSIDER IT RAINING AND WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT MONEY BESIDES [LAUGHTER] OVER HERE?
>> WHAT SIDE IS AT 20? WHICH ONE IT IS. THERE YOU GO.
WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE DIPPING INTO THE RAINY DAY FUND AND 23, 24 RIGHT NOW BY ABOUT $81 MILLION SO THAT'S THE $260 MILLION IS WHAT WE EXPECT IT TO BE AS WE GO INTO 23, 24, WE WOULD USE 81.
WE ARE PLANNING ON USING SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS NEXT YEAR.
>> IS THERE A TIME LIMIT ON WHEN YOU HAVE TO PUT THAT MONEY BACK?
JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ON THIS TOPIC RIGHT NOW.
THREE MONTHS FOR THE RAINY DAY FUND IS HOW MUCH?
>> WE HAVE IT THERE AT 491 FOR THIS YEAR AND 480 FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE, OF COURSE, AS YOU REDUCE EXPENDITURES WE REDUCE BUDGETS THAT REQUIREMENT GOES DOWN.
>> LET ME GO BACK TO THE ENROLLMENT BECAUSE THAT IS CONCERNING.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A BUS OUTSIDE.
MR. SUPERINTENDENT, IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON HOW THAT INITIATIVE HAS PERFORMED?
>> I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE WHAT, THE HOW, AND THE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S BEEN UTILIZED.
>> THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS ON MAGNET.
I KNOW THAT MAGNET FUNDING IS NOT CHANGING.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT MAGNET FUNDING IS INHERENTLY INEQUITABLE AND HIST.
I KEEP ON HEARING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE CHANGES TO MAGNET OR THEIR CHANGES AND THEN THE FUNDING IS JUST OVERALL FUNDING TO MAGNET IS NOT CHANGING SO CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT?
>> BECAUSE GLAD TO DO SO, DR. WATSON'S WORKED VERY CLOSELY AS CREATED A PROCESS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO EXAMINE ALL OF OUR MAGNET PROGRAMS, AND DR. WATTS, IF YOU WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT IN, A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MATRIX AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF THE MAGNET.
>> WE SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME THIS YEAR LOOKING AT THE QUALITY OF OUR MAGNET SCHOOLS, THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, THE USE OF FUNDING.
WE HAVE NOW A RATING FOR EACH SCHOOL AND WHERE THEY LAND ON THAT RATING AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS OFFICE AND THE MAGNET OFFICE, WHAT ARE INTERVENTIONS ARE FOR ANY SCHOOL THAT'S UNDER-ENROLLED AND UNDERPERFORMING IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF THE MAGNET AND ITS ABILITY TO DRAW IN STUDENTS.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE COST OF MAGNETS THIS YEAR, GIVEN ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING, WE SIMPLY CHOSE NOT TO PROJECT SOME OTHER CHANGE TO THE FUNDING STRATEGY BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER COMPLICATED THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT IN THE FUTURE.
ALL OF IT IS THERE, THE EVALUATION, THE FUNDING MODEL, THE IMPACT.
ALL OF IT IS THERE THIS YEAR, WE JUST CHOSE NOT TO ACT ON IT.
>> IS THAT A REPORT OR, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT? YOU'RE CHOOSING NOT TO ACT ON THAT BECAUSE.
>> WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS?
>> YES, AND GIVEN ALL OF THE OTHER POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO SCHOOLS, THAT WOULD HAVE ADDED ANOTHER LAYER OF COMPLICATED WORK. [LAUGHTER]
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT ALSO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S INHERENT INEQUITIES THAT WE STILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, ESPECIALLY WITH MAGNET.
>> I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT CUTTING OF FUNDS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO CHILDREN SO THERE ARE SOME DECISIONS THAT WILL BE DRIFTED ON CAMPUSES, BUT THEY WON'T NECESSARILY BE TEACHER POSITIONS.
>> IT REALLY LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, AND IT WOULD BE ABOUT PRINCIPLE DISCRETION IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE DIFFERENT POSITIONS LOOK LIKE.
>> IS THERE A DEADLINE FOR PRINCIPLES TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS?
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>> THE BUDGET MEETINGS START WHICH IS WHAT? APRIL.
>> HAVE BUDGET MEETINGS WITH BUDGET ANALYSTS AND THEN I THINK BY THE IN APRIL 19TH, SCHOOLS DEVELOP, REFINE AND SUBMIT BUDGETS BY APRIL 19TH.
>> THAT'S CONCERNING I'M ALSO ON THIS SLIDE IT SAYS BUDGET BUILDS ON BOND, MAY 11TH.
>> THAT WAS FROM PROBABLY AN EARLIER VERSION.
>> THAT WAS MY FIRST THING ON HERE AND THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED, BUT OKAY.
>> WE ARE NOW IN ROUND TWO SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN AROUND TO PLEASE SIGN UP TRUSTEE GUIDRY.
>> IF WE COULD GO TO SLIDE 11, PLEASE AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT WAS.
AN UNDER COST, IT HAS REDUCED THE PUA.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE CONSIDERING DOING? BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE PUA NEEDS TO BE INCREASED, AND NOT DECREASED.
WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE REDUCING OF THE PUA?
>> THANKS PUA THIS YEAR AND IN FACT, IT DOES INCREASE THIS YEAR, BUT THAT IS TO HANDLE THE INCREASED COMPENSATION FOR TEACHERS FOR NEXT YEAR.
[NOISE] THERE IS NO CHANGE IN TERMS OF A REDUCTION TO THE PUA.
>> THESE ARE JUST THE DIFFERENT LEVERS THE OPTION. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I UNDERSTAND, BUT THERE IS UP THERE AS AN OPTION AND SO THESE OPTIONS ARE CONCERNING ME.
LET ME JUST SAY THAT, BUT I KNOW WE NEED OPTIONS, BUT IF THERE ARE OPTIONS AND REDUCING THE PUA IN MY MIND SHOULD BE THE LEASE STUFF.
NOW THE RATING OF THE MAGNET WAS INADEQUATE FUNDING TO SOME MAGNET PROGRAMS CONSIDERED IN YOUR METRIC.
BECAUSE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT MAGNETS, THAT SUCCEEDING AND MAGNETS NOT SUCCEEDING, ONE COULD BE EXCEEDING BECAUSE IT HAS GREAT FUNDING, WHEREAS OTHERS OVER HERE ARE STRUGGLING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET THE FUNDING AND SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WAS THE METRIC IN YOUR RATINGS SO THAT WE KNOW THAT IT WAS EQUITABLE ACROSS THE BOARD?
>> I'LL JUST SAY THE MAGNET SCHOOLS AREN'T NECESSARILY FUNDED BY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL THERE FUNDED BY THE TYPE OF MAGNET SO FINE ARTS MAGNETS RECEIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
STEM MAGNETS RECEIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF SCHOOLS THAT DID RECEIVE SUPPOSEDLY ONE-TIME FUNDING AND THAT FUNDING HAS CONTINUED AND WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHY THE FUNDING HAS CONTINUED.
IT'S A HANDFUL OF SCHOOLS IS NOT A LOT OF SCHOOLS AND SO BEGINNING NEXT YEAR, THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THERE TO BE A LEVELING OFF OF THAT AND A PULLBACK FROM THAT.
>> AS THE LEVELING AND A PULL BACK, BUT NOT A DISTRIBUTION.
>> WELL, HOW WE WOULD CHOOSE TO REDISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS TO OTHER SCHOOLS WOULD BE A DISTRICT DECISION.
>> BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT CONSIDERING ADDING TO MAGNET, IN FACT, YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT TAKING AWAY FROM SOME OF THE MAGNETS AND SO THIS IS FUNDING, LET'S BE REAL.
THIS IS MONEY CORRECT? WE ALREADY ALLOCATED. WE COULD REALLOCATE THE ONE-TIME FUNDING TO THOSE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE GOTTEN IT FOR WHATEVER REASON, TO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT MAY NEED MORE FUNDING IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
>> YOU COULD, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE NOT DECIDED TO DO THAT.
>> WE KNOW MAGNETS OFF THE TABLE FOR DISCUSSION THIS YEAR.
>> HOW CAN WE TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE CONTINUING ONE-TIME CONTRIBUTION, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WITH MAGNET?
>> BUT I THINK WHAT THE STARTING POINT I NEEDED TO BE AND HAD TO BE WAS JUST REALLY TAKEN A CLOSE LOOK AT IT CREATING A MATRIX THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO KNOW WHICH ONES ARE EFFECTIVE AND WHICH ONES ARE NOT EFFECTIVE SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK AND MAKE THE CONSCIOUS DECISION.
>> I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THAT COULD BE DONE WITHOUT [NOISE] SOME CONSIDERATIONS OF THE FUNDING AND SPREADING THAT FUNDING AROUND AND IF YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT FUNDING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING THIS YEAR.
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I'M JUST TRYING TO GET TO SEE HOW IS IT AFFECTED.BECAUSE WE HAVE SCHOOLS WAS SUFFERING MAGNET WISE AND WE DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE FUNDING AND THEN WE HAVE OTHERS WHO ARE YES, THEY'RE STARS BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING A ONETIME ALLOCATION FOR TEN YEARS.
>> I'M OKAY WITH, KATHY. WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MAGNET FUNDING, THAT WAS MY QUESTION TOO ON PAGE 14.
TRUSTEE GUIDRY, OBVIOUSLY, SHOWED THE PASSION THAT A LOT OF US ARE CONCERNED WITH.
THE ONE-TIME FUNDING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND IT BEING CONTINUOUS, IS THERE A WAY, CAN WE IDENTIFY THOSE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE GOTTEN THEIR CONTINUOUS FUNDING FOR TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS, ETC? AT LEAST THREE YEARS.
IF WE IDENTIFY THEM, CAN YOU ALL PROVIDE US A COPY OF THAT AND CAN I HAVE THAT ADDRESS AS THE REFERRALS SO WE CAN SEE THOSE CAMPUSES, PLEASE?
>> FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M SURE IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU ALL, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHEN IT STARTED AND HOW LONG IT'S CONTINUED.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, AS TRUSTEE GUIDRY SAID, MAGNET PROGRAMS FOR A WHILE, HB5.
WE'RE NOT EVEN LOOKING AT HB5.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE ENDORSEMENTS.
THERE'S A CONCERN FOR THE MAGNET PROGRAMS. WE'VE CONTINUOUSLY SAID, AND WE KNOW WHAT THE MAGNET DESERTS ARE IN THE FAR NORTHEAST.
>> WE WENT A LOT OVER, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST BECAUSE NONE OF THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS, ONE OUT OF FOUR IS DESIGNATED AS A MAGNET CAMPUS OR SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING.
I'M GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE.
THREE OF THOSE SCHOOLS ARE NOT EVEN DESIGNATED AS A MAGNET PROGRAM.
HALF THE JOBS IN AMERICA REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF TRAINING AND WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF KIDS IN SOME OF THE CAMPUSES ARE NOT GOING CONTINUING ON TO TWO AND FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE DEGREES.
MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE GET A LIST OF THOSE SCHOOLS? I GOT THAT.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHERE THERE ARE NO MAGNET PROGRAMS AND RE-DISSEMINATE THAT MONEY THERE BECAUSE IT IS A DESERT.
THEY'RE DESERTS AND SO WE CAN'T IMPROVED CAPACITY UNTIL WE IMPROVE, [NOISE], WHICH, OF COURSE, WOULD IMPROVE THE OVERALL ABILITY FOR THOSE CAMPUSES TO SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON ON THEIR CAMPUSES, INCLUDING HIRING MORE TEACHERS, ETC.
>> TRUSTEE BLUEFORD DANIELS, I MIGHT REMIND YOU, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT MONTH IT WAS, BUT WE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD THE PLAN FOR MAGNET EXPANSION AND AS THE BOARD APPROVED AS WELL, I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE BEEN SEVEN OR NINE SCHOOLS.
A BIG PORTION OF THAT CONSIDERATION WAS AROUND WHERE WE CONSIDER THE DESERT AND WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE MAGNET PROGRAMS. THE PLAN WAS TO CONTINUE THAT AND EXPAND BY AN ADDITIONAL 7, 9 ANNUALLY UNTIL WE REALLY FILL THE GAP.
OF COURSE, OUR FOCUS IN DOING THIS WAS STARTING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
WE HAVE PRESENTED THAT, BUT WE CAN DO A REFRESHER AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AGAIN.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. WE CAN'T STIFFEN THAT.
WE'VE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
>> THANK YOU. [NOISE] BACK TO THE ESSER QUESTION.
WERE THERE ESSER'S FUNDS THAT WERE PROMISED THAT ARE NOW BEING TAKEN AWAY?
>> WERE THERE ESSER FUNDS THAT WERE PROMISED TO SCHOOLS AND NOW BEING TAKEN AWAY? I THINK ANYTHING THAT WAS PROVIDED IN TERMS OF ESSER, SCHOOLS RECEIVED.
I THINK SCHOOLS KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS AT ESSER FUNDS WERE NOT GOING TO BE ANNUAL RESIDUAL FUNDS THAT WILL BE RECEIVED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BEYOND THE EXPLORATION OF THOSE FUNDS, SO I WOULD HAVE TO SAY NO QUITE FRANKLY BECAUSE THE IDEA IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION WAS TO KNOW UP FRONT THAT THESE ARE TEMPORARY FUNDS AND THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY GO AWAY.
>> BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF THEY ARE TEMPORARY, STILL HAVE ESSER FUNDS NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU, CHIEF WATTS FOR CLARIFYING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT MY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION TO THAT IS, WE HAD A BUCKET OF MONEY THIS YEAR.
WERE THERE FUNDS THAT THEY WERE PLANNING TO HAVE THAT WERE COMMITTED TO THEM NEXT YEAR, BUT NOW THEY ARE NOT GETTING? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
>> NO. AGAIN, WE'VE COMMUNICATED VERY CLEARLY WHICH SPECIFIC BUCKET WOULD BE
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SUNSET AND WHAT YEARS FROM START TO FINISH THAT THEY WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO UTILIZE AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.>> THANK YOU. JUST ECHOING A CONCERN ABOUT PRINCIPLE HOLDS, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THEIR BUDGETS AND THIS IS REALLY TECHNICALLY OUR FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP AND WE WON'T VOTE ON THIS UNTIL AFTER THOSE BUDGETS AND QUITE A FEW CONCERNS FROM EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES.
JUST HOPING THAT WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY [INAUDIBLE] AND FOR A FOLLOW-UP Q&A AS WELL.
IN THE PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION, I FEEL I HAVE CLARITY ON WHAT THE DEFICIT IS GOING TO BE YEAR OVER YEAR LONG TERM, ESPECIALLY IF WE DON'T ADDRESS IT, BUT I DON'T HAVE CLARITY ON WHAT STRATEGY IS.
I SEE THAT SLIDE WITH SOLUTIONS, BUT I WOULD FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IF THERE'S A LONG-TERM PLAN, 3 TO 5 YEARS, 2 TO 3 YEARS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE FISCALLY SOLVENT.
NOT JUST WHAT IN YOU GET, BUT IN THE LONG TERM AS WELL.
BECAUSE WE CAN PUT SOME IDEAS OUT THERE AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WE'VE HAD SOME INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS, BUT AS FAR AS THE BOARD OR AT LEAST I CAN SPEAK FOR [NOISE] MYSELF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU ANSWER, SUPERINTENDENT IN-HOUSE TRUSTEE BAKER HAS JOINED US VIRTUALLY. THANK YOU.
>> WE CAN, OF COURSE, MAKE SOME OVERALL RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT LEVERS THAT WE PLAN TO PULL, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT MOVING FORWARD, KNOWING THAT A DIFFERENT BOARD, DIFFERENT SUPERINTENDENT WILL BE LIKELY BE IN PLACE, WE KNOW THAT THAT CAN BE LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT, BUT WE'D BE GLAD TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INSIGHT AS RECOMMENDED POSSIBILITIES FOR THE FUTURE.
>> JUST TO ADD, I KNOW I'M OUT OF TIME, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WILL LIKELY BE OTHER FOLKS [INAUDIBLE], BUT IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GRASP AT OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED WITHOUT SUFFICIENT INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THAT ALL FITS IN. THANK YOU.
>> YES. THANK YOU. BACK TO THE MAGNET FUNDING, AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT WHERE ARE THESE SUPPOSED EXTRA FUNDS COMING FROM? DO WE KNOW?
>> YOU MEAN THE ONETIME FUNDING?
>> YES. IS JUST GENERAL FUNDS OR THERE'S SOME, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY? WHERE IN GENERAL FUNDS IS THAT POOL COMING FROM? [OVERLAPPING] IS IT JUST A MAGIC PLACE THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
>> IT'S JUST FUNDING THAT WAS ROLLED OVER FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
WHO'S DECIDING IN THAT GENERAL FUND?
>> FRANKLY, PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP JUST KEPT IT GOING AND WHEN WE DISCOVERED IT, THAT'S WHY DR. WATTS IS WORKING ON A TRYING TO DRESS THAT, BUT IT WAS JUST FOR THE PRACTICE.
>> I'M STILL VEXED BY THAT ONE.
ONE OF THE REDUCTION IMPACTS I SEE IS THAT CAMPUSES WILL NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL FUTURE PURCHASES OF TECHNOLOGY DEVICES FOR STUDENTS UNTIL THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST WITH BOND FUNDS.
WE KNOW THE BOND IS IN JEOPARDY.
TO THAT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THAT? BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THE STAR IS GOING TO BE ONLINE.
THAT'S A CRITICAL ELEMENT FOR PRINCIPLES TO HAVE TO MANAGE.
ARE WE DOING SOMETHING WITH TO MITIGATE THE RISK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKING IN THAT WITH INSURANCE POLICIES? THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME WAY WE CAN HELP THOSE CAMPUSES AND NOT HAVE TO ENDURE THOSE COST OF THINGS THEY CANNOT CONTROL, WHICH IS THESE DEVICES.
>> CURRENTLY, WE HAVE DONE SOME OF THAT.
OUR CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER CAN COME UP AND SHARE SOME OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WE DO FEEL PREPARED TO GET STARTED WITH TESTING.
WE HAD SOME PARTNERSHIPS AT A FEW DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED JUSTICE.
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THE VERIZON PARTNERSHIP IS ONE THAT COMES TO MIND THAT HAS REALLY ALLOWED FOR US TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY ON OUR CAMPUSES, BUT MR. GOHOUSE, AND IF YOU DON'T MIND SHARING SOME ADDITIONAL INSIGHT HERE, I'D APPRECIATE IT.>> SURE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE MADE LARGE AMOUNT OF PURCHASES.
WE'VE PURCHASED FOR OVER 120,000 COMPUTING DEVICES INSIDE THE DISTRICT.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ALLOCATE THOSE OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND THOSE DEVICES ARE CURRENTLY WORKING OUT THERE TODAY.
WE'VE ALSO STARTED, OVER THIS PAST YEAR, IDENTIFYING CAMPUSES PREDOMINANTLY IN OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, AT THE GRADES 3 TO 5 GRADE LEVEL TRYING TO IDENTIFY AS MANY STUDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE DEVICES IN ORDER TO MEET OR GET CLOSE TO TO THAT ONE-TO-ONE INTERVAL.
WE STILL HAVE SOME DEVICES THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO CARRY THEM THROUGH FOR THE NEXT YEAR-AND-A-HALF TO TWO YEARS BEFORE WE CAN GET A BOND PROGRAM IN PLACE.
>> BUT MY I GUESS TO MY QUESTION THOUGH IS GOING FORWARD BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AS YOU'VE SAID, THE VERIZON DEAL.
HOW ARE PRINCIPLES THOUGH AT THE LOCAL CAMPUSES WHEN NOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT ADDED COSTS? HOW WE CAN HELP THEM DIRECTLY ON CAMPUSES, ONE, MANAGE THAT.
I KNOW YOU JUST SAID, BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO BE MORE CREATIVE TO HELP THEM OUT.
>> YES. AS PART OF THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS I FORGOT TO MENTION IS THAT WE HAVE ESSER FUNDING, SO WE ARE HANDLING THOSE REPAIRS WITH UTILIZING ESSER FUNDING FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
WE HAVE FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR THAT TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE REPAIRS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL.
WE JUST GOT THIS WONDERFUL SPREADSHEET.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
WHAT I'M HEARING IS THERE ARE OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE GIVEN TO CAMPUSES, WHETHER MAGNET OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT AREN'T REFLECTED IN THIS?
>> THERE ARE SOME EXTRA FUNDS THAT ARE BEING USED- [OVERLAPPING]
>> ANY GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO CAMPUSES THAT ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE DOCUMENT YOU ALL GAVE US.
>> NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW TO ANSWER THAT BECAUSE DEPARTMENTS HAVE DOLLARS A DAY DO SPENT ON CAMPUSES FOR VARIOUS THINGS.
WHAT'S ANYTHING THAT'S IN ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT THAT THEY'RE SPENDING DIRECTLY ON CAMPUS AS WELL.
I THINK THE LAST WORKSHOP WE HAD A SLIDE THAT SHOWED PUPIL SERVICES.
THOSE ARE DOLLARS THAT ARE IN CAMPUS DEPARTMENT BUDGETS, BUT THEY ARE SPENT RIGHT AT SCHOOLS.
>> THIS IS WHY I LOVE FORMULA FUNDING AND ONLY FORMULA FUNDING BECAUSE YOU CAN TRACK EVERY DOLLAR DOWN TO THE CAMPUS, I FIND THAT PROBLEMATIC.
A YEAR AGO, WE HAD A WONDERFUL SLIDE DECK ON THE FISCAL TRANSFORMATION PLAN.
WE HAVE YET TO SEE WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AND WE'RE HEARING THESE LITTLE PIECES, I FEEL SOME OF THE THINGS IN THAT ARE BEING CHERRY-PICKED AND GIVEN TO US THIS YEAR WITHOUT A COMPREHENSIVE CONTEXT OF THE FULL FISCAL TRANSFORMATION PLAN TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET, WHEN WILL WE BE RECEIVING THAT?
>> WHAT I CAN SAY IS BEFORE WE WILL COMMIT TO DO IS TO TAKE THE LEVERS IN SLIDE 12 AND WE CAN PROVIDE A RECOMMENDED WAY FORWARD IN REFERENCE TO WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE.
>> NO, WHAT I'D LIKE IS AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IN THAT PLAN LAST YEAR.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AT THIS TIME WHERE ARE YOU AT IN THAT PROCESS.
>> THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT THIS IS, BUT WE'D BE GLAD TO UPDATE IT AND PROVIDE A WAY FORWARD RECOMMENDATION PLAN.
>> SO FAR, THE FISCAL TRANSFORMATION PLAN REALLY ONLY INCLUDES CUTTING $46 MILLION TO CAMPUSES THIS YEAR?
>> IT ALSO INCLUDED THE $60 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR 60 MILLION AND THIS YEAR ABOUT 55 MILLION SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 115 MILLION TOTAL SO FAR.
>> IT'S NOT TRANSFORMING HOW WE DO OUR WORK, IT 'S JUST CUTTING MONEY?
>> YE WOULD HAVE MUCH PREFERRED NOT TO HAVE TO CUT MONEY.
>> I KNOW, BUT IS IT TRANSFORMING HOW WE DO OUR WORKERS OR JUST CUTTING MONEY?
>> I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
>> I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. I WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW THIS.
CUTTING HIGH SCHOOL ALLOTMENT, CUTTING SMALL SCHOOL SUBSIDY HAS THE SAME IMPACT ON OUR CAMPUS, AS CUTTING THE POA.
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ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDED TO ANY OF THE CAMPUSES ON WHICH YOU'RE TAKING AWAY MONEY?>> I DON'T THINK SO BUT YOU'VE READ TO YOU.
>> ARE THEY ALL BEING KEPT AT 5% CUTS?
>> ARE ANY CAMPUSES GETTING A CUT GREATER THAN FIVE PERCENT FROM GENERAL FUND?
>> [NOISE] NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT HERNANDEZ.
SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE, HOW ARE YOU DETERMINING WHAT METRIC ARE YOU USING TO DETERMINE WHICH NON CAMPUS POSITIONS WILL BE CUT?
>> THAT'S REALLY THE DETERMINATION OF THE CAMPUS WITH THAT.
>> THE NON-CAMPUS WITH HERE AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE.
>> THE NON-CAMPUS. WE ALLOW TO EACH CHIEF TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
DR. CRUZ, WILL YOU SHARE SOME ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS.
>> I THINK I AM TO WALK THROUGH.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE TRUSTEE SANTOS, THE CENTRAL OFFICE POSITIONS WERE ACTUALLY NOT CUTTING ANY EXISTING PERSONNEL SO AS A SUPERINTENDENT, I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE NOT RIPPING ANYONE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN A POSITION.
IT'S REALLY VACANCIES SO THE CHIEFS LOOKED AT THEIR VACANCIES, THEY MAP THOSE TO THE BOARD GOALS, THEY LOOKED AT THE IMPACT AND REDUNDANCIES, ET CETERA, AND THEY MADE DETERMINATIONS AROUND VACANCIES THAT THEY THOUGHT WERE GOING TO HAVE A MINIMAL IMPACT.
BUT THERE IS NO REDUCTION OF CURRENT.
>> WHAT METRIC OR RUBRIC ARE YOU USING TO DETERMINE WHAT POSITIONS MOST DIRECTLY AFFECT STUDENTS ON CAMPUSES? HOW DO YOU DETERMINE? CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER SHE SUPPORTS THE CURRICULUM THAT DIRECTLY, SHE SUPPORTS SUCH AND SUCH, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
>> SURE. CHIEF TOOK A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH WHEN-
>> THERE'S NO METRIC OR RUBRIC, THERE'S NO PHYSICAL SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC OR THE BOARD CAN LOOK AT AND SAY WE ARE KEEPING [OVERLAPPING]
>> HOW MANY TEMPORARY EXTRA POSITIONS WERE CREATED?
>> WE'D HAVE TO GET THAT COUNT FOR YOU.
>> HOW MANY TEMPORARY EXTRA POSITIONS WERE CREATED? HOW MUCH OF THOSE TEMPORARY POSITIONS WERE FILLED AND HOW MUCH DOES THAT EQUATE TO IN DOLLARS? PRINCIPALS ARE WORRIED ABOUT OPERATING THEIR SCHOOLS WITH LOW FUNDS AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO WITHOUT.
WE'VE ASKED THEM WHAT THEY CAN CUT.
HAVE WE ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WOULD ADD TO RESTORE JOY AND AUTHENTIC LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM?
>> I THINK THAT'S A PART OF WHAT PRINCIPALS ARE DOING.
WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT PRINCIPALS HAVE PROVIDED SOME GREAT INSIGHTS, BUT THEY ARE FOR THE MOST PART ON BOARD AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US AND WHAT HAS BEEN BEHIND US AND BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
>> SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE, IF THERE'S A WAY TO GAUGE HOW THIS WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT WHAT TEACHERS ARE DOING NOW IN THE CLASSROOM WITH THE CUTS THAT ARE OUT HERE, I WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT AS A BOARD MEMBER ALSO, I WANT A DOLLAR ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
WHAT IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT PRINCIPALS NEED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS OR TO MAXIMIZE THEIR LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES MOVING INTO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR? IF YOU HAD A MAGIC WAND AND WE ASKED PRINCIPAL DIE GUARD, WHAT IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO MAXIMIZE THE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS IN YOUR SCHOOL? WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE? OF COURSE, WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.
WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT WHAT PRINCIPALS CAN CUT, WHAT CAN'T THEY CUT, WHAT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING.
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE BAKER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
WELL, I LIKE TO CIRCLE BACK TO THE QUESTION THAT TRUSTEE WEIGHED ACTS, COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE THE LINE IN THE BUDGET NUMBER UNTIL WE CAN FIND OUT WHERE THAT PARTICULAR MONEY IS COMING FROM.
THAT SHOULD BE SIMPLE FOR MR. REED.
>> WE'D BE GLAD TO HAVE CHIEF REED TO FOLLOW UP AND PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH AND YOU'RE SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY IN REFERENCE TO MILLARD?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. BECAUSE, PRESSING THE WAY THAT I ACTUALLY KNOW, WE SHOULD AT LEAST KNOW WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND SEE WHERE'S THE LINE, WHERE'S IT COMING FROM TO SATISFY OUR INQUIRY ON THAT AND ADDITION TO THAT,
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PART OF MY TARDINESS THIS MORNING, I HAVE 30 TOMORROW AND I GOT TO GO TO SOME PRE-OP STUFF BUT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU, MR. HOUSE, I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB AND LEARN TO JUST TRUST THAT THE FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN WORK ITSELF OUT OR YOU HAVE A DREAM TEAM THERE AND ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO 19 MONTHS, JUST A LITTLE WHILE LONGER THAN ME.ALL THE REST OF MY ACQUAINTANCE, I HAVE BEEN SATISFIED WHAT I'VE SEEN THUS FAR.
BUT JUST THAT ONE QUESTION JUST TO TAG ONTO TRUSTEE WEIGHED IS MY ONLY INQUIRY FOR NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ASKING, PRESIDENT.
>> WILL FOLLOW UP AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
I SEE ON SLIDE 25 THAT THE DEFICIT FOR THE DISTRICT WILL BE REDUCED FROM 239 PROPOSAL TO 222.
IS THAT 222? CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT NUMBER, IF YOU ALL THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE NUMBER.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON THE 222?
>> TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO FOR 24/25.
THAT IS IS AGAIN, BASED OFF OF PROJECTIONS WE'VE GOT ON ENROLLMENT, REDUCING ANOTHER BY ANOTHER 4,000 KIDS.
BEYOND THAT, WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH MORE BUILT-IN AS FAR AS INCREASING COSTS SO TO ASSUMES THAT OTHER COSTS DON'T GO UP, PROPERTY INSURANCE OR GASOLINE OR OTHER THINGS.
THAT'S JUST WHERE WE'RE AT IT WILL OBVIOUSLY CHANGE.
>> BUT THAT'S THE WITH USING RAINY DAY FUNDS, CORRECT?
>> THE 222 IS STRICTLY REVENUES VERSUS EXPENDITURES.
I'M SORRY. THIS ONE IS WITH THE CHANGES.
[LAUGHTER] JUST MAKING SURE I'M ON THE RIGHT SLIDE.
THE 222 IS IF WE DID THE PROPOSED CUTS FROM THIS YEAR, WE WOULD STILL USE $222 MILLION OF OUR RAINY DAY FUND.
>> I HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THAT.
I THINK EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUDGET.
WE'RE ALL REQUESTING SOME MORE INFORMATION, SO I WILL WAIT TO GET THAT INFORMATION IN LEARNING TASK MORE SPECIFIED QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. I KNOW TRUSTEE BLUEFORD DANIELS'S IS IN THE QUEUE.
>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE MOTION FOR ROUND 3 ON THERE.
>> I SEE. WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE BLUEFORD DANIELS'S AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE WEIGHED.
I'LL WAIT FOR MS. AGUILAR I GUESS. VOTING IS CLOSING.
MOTION PASS, SO WE HAVE NINE IN FAVOR ZERO OPPOSED TO YOUR OWN PRETENSIONS.
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, CHIEF WATTS, BECAUSE WE ALL JUST GOT THAT INFORMATION, AS I'M REVIEWING IT IS IMPACTFUL AS I SUSPECTED.
AS FAR AS THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE CHALLENGED THE MOST WITH STUDENT OUTCOMES RECEIVED THE LEAST, AND HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO CONTINUE WITH SUBSIDIES, THAT IS VERIFIED IN THE INFORMATION I JUST PROVIDED.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND PROVIDING IT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE SMALL SCHOOLS, THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE CONSIDERED SMALL SCHOOLS THAT WILL BE IMPACTFUL TO ALL THOSE SCHOOLS IN THE MAGNET DESERTS, AND WHO WILL MAKE THE DECISION FOR THE CONTINUOUS PAVEMENT THAT HAS BEEN PAID TO SOME OF THESE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAME INTO THIS, BUT WHO'S SIGNING OFF ON THESE CONTINUOUS PAYMENTS SO THESE SCHOOLS THAT ARE CONTINUOUSLY RECEIVING IT.
>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S JUST SIMPLY ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S BEEN FUNDED IN THAT MANNER AND IT'S CONTINUED, BUT WE'RE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT IT NOW.
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OTHERWISE, IT MAY HAVE JUST CONTINUED SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT IT DEFINITELY COULD BE AN INACCURATE AND WE WANT TO UTILIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECTIFY IT.>> IT'S ALARMING, AND THAT'S MONEY THAT OBVIOUSLY COULD GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUNDING OR THAT COULD HELP WITH THIS DEFICIT THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW TODAY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN CONTINUOUS FOR SO LONG SO THANK YOU ALL FOR CATCHING THAT GOOD EYE.
IT'S IMPORTANT AND SOMEONE MENTIONED ABOUT CUTTING SUBSIDIES HAS THE SAME IMPACT OF PUA.
THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME ABOUT THAT IMPACT TO THE PUA.
BECAUSE, AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THOSE SMALL SCHOOLS. I'M JUST CONCERNED WITH THAT.
I KNOW WE'RE SAYING THAT IF IT'S A CERTAIN NUMBER IS NOT GOING TO, BUT I'M REALLY CONCERNED WITH THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE CCMR CUTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED EARLIER AND IF WE'RE NOT SHOWING GAINS IN AREAS OF CCMR AND RESULTS COMING FROM THAT FOR STUDENTS THAT GRADUATE AND STUDENTS ARE GOING OUT INTO THE WORLD, THAT'S OUR JOB, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE GAINING STUDENTS IN THE FUTURE THAT ARE EVEN GOING TO START IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND CONTINUING THROUGH HISD.
AS I BELIEVE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUTURE HAS THE ABILITY TO KEEP US IN THE RED.
OR IT'S GOING TO KEEP IF WE DON'T DO IT, IT'S GOING TO KEEP US IN THE RED.
WE WANT TO STAY IN THE BLACK, SORRY, WRONG COLOR.
BUT MY POINT IS, WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR GOALS.
BACK TO THAT, OUR BOARD GOALS AND WHAT WE KNOW IS ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO COME INTO THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
IF WE DON'T SUPPORT ONE, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE OTHER.
THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S STATED ONE MORE TIME. THANK YOU.
>> SORRY. I COULDN'T UNMUTE FAST ENOUGH.
I HAD SUBMITTED SOME WRITTEN QUESTIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH AND I HEAR A LOT OF QUESTIONS TODAY AND JUST WANTED TO KNOW, CAN WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE DOCUMENT?
>> YES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RUNNING Q&A DOCUMENT AFTER TODAY AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT SO WE SHOULD SET THAT KICKING OFF AFTER TODAY'S WORKSHOP.
>> YOU'LL SEND US A TIMELINE OF WHEN TO THE QUESTION, THEN WE CAN ANTICIPATE [INAUDIBLE].
>> YOU'LL SEND US A TIMELINE OF WHEN TO DEADLINE TO [INAUDIBLE] WE CAN ANTICIPATE RECEIVING ANSWERS.
>> MOTION FOR ORDER, TRUSTEE CRUZ, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON WITH YOUR AUDIO THAT IS ECHOED A WHOLE LOT ALL OF A SUDDEN.
>> I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT A TIMELINE SPECIFICALLY THAT WOULD GIVE YOU INSIGHT AND REFERENCE TO WHEN YOU WOULD GET THOSE THINGS AND WHEN CERTAIN THINGS WE'LL DO WE'LL HAVE YOU TO SHOOT THAT TO ME IN AN EMAIL AND WE'LL TRY TO ASK US.
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE DEIGAARD.
>> SMALL SCHOOLS SUBSIDIES, BUDGET DEFICIT.
WE'RE STILL OPERATING IN SYSTEM OF SCHOOLS FOR 215,000 STUDENTS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE 187,000 STUDENTS AND WE'RE PROJECTED AT 5,000 FEWER. AM I CORRECT? WE ARE STARVING OUR CAMPUSES.
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO OUR BEST WORK FOR ANY KIDS IF WE KEEP TAKING AWAY JUST DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS OUR SMALLEST CAMPUSES.
WE'RE NOT DOING WELL FOR ANYBODY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HARDER TIME ATTRACTING STUDENTS IF WE'RE STARVING SCHOOLS AND ALWAYS GOING TO WANT TO GO TO A SCHOOL THAT HAS NOTHING IN IT BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
CT2 REGULATION FACILITIES PLANNING.
AN ANNUAL BASIS EACH CHIEF SCHOOL OFFICER AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT OFFICER IS SUPPOSED TO GIVE AN EVALUATION ON ALL OF THIS. THAT EXISTS.
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>> IF THE REGULATION EXISTS, THE PRACTICE HAS NOT BEEN HAPPENING.
>> THIS PRACTICE HAS NOT HAPPENED AS PART OF THE FISCAL TRANSFORMATION PLAN YOU HAVE NOT DONE THIS PER CT?
>> SO THIS YEAR, SINCE WE ARE A PART OF THE SES PROCESS, WE DID BEGIN TO LOOK AT ENROLLMENT, PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOLS, MET WITH A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL GROUP OF PEOPLE TO BEGIN TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT THAT REGULATION, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, HAS NOT BEEN IN PRACTICE FOR MANY YEARS SO SOME OF THE WORK THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS YEAR IS HOW TO BRING THAT BACK TO LIFE AND MY INTENT WAS TO BEGAN THIS SPRING WITH THAT ANALYSIS PROCESS THAT IS MENTIONED HERE SO THAT IN NOVEMBER WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING TO THIS BOARD ANY RECOMMENDATIONS WE WOULD HAVE FOR ANY CHANGES IN SCHOOLS.
>> WE NEED TO BE BUILDING NEW.
WE NEED TO BE BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER TO BUILD NEW, BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.
AT THE RATE THAT WE ARE GOING WITH STARVING OUR CAMPUSES, LOSING ENROLLMENT, WE ARE GOING TO SPIRAL AND BE KANSAS CITY OR DETROIT.
WE HAVE ALMOST $3 BILLION IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
HOW IS THE DISTRICT ENDURE YOUR BUDGET, IF IT CAN AT ALL ADDRESSED WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR FACILITIES?
>> WELL, THIS PAST YEAR WE SIMPLY ADDRESSED THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT.
MOVING FORWARD, KNOWING THAT THERE IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION FOR A NOVEMBER BOND THAT COME TO THE TABLE, WE WOULD LIKELY DO SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR THE FUTURE UNTIL WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION WITH THE RIGHT TIMING OF A BOND.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER WAYS TO, I KNOW WE CAN'T GO OUT FOR A BOND, BUT MAYBE REVENUE BONDS OR TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN ORDER TO HELP REMEDY SOME OF THE HAPPENING THAT ARE OUR SCHOOLS?
I THINK THE BOND IS THE MOST PROMISING POSSIBILITY, BUT IT'S ABOUT TIMING AND CONDITIONS.
WHAT WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE CURRENT TIMING AND CONDITIONS IS THAT THEY'RE NOT OPTIMAL.
>> RIGHT AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BOND THAT'S PASSED WITH AN APPOINTED BOARD OF MANAGERS EVER IN THE EXISTENCE OF THAT HAPPENING.
FOR THE BORDERS OF HOUSTON, WE DESPERATELY NEED A FIX AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY CREATIVE SOLUTIONS MAY BE TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT BESIDES THE BOND THAT WE COULD MAYBE LEAN IN TO.
>> IN ACCORDANCE TO THE CURRENT NEED BECAUSE WE VERY EASILY COULD UTILIZE ANYWHERE 4 TO 6 BILLION TO REALLY BE ABLE TO DIVE IN AND DO SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE DONE.
WE WOULD REALLY NEED PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF A BOND TRE TO GET THERE.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT TIMING AND CONDITIONS AND WHETHER IT'S BOND OR TRE, NEITHER ONE OF THOSE ARE OPTIMAL AT THE CURRENT MOMENT.
>> AND SUPERINTENDED HOUSE, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A HEATED CONVERSATION, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN THE ADMINISTRATION'S WORK.
IT'S ALWAYS PERSONAL WHEN IT'S DEALING WITH CHILDREN.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, HOUSE.
>> TRUSTEE DAIGER, ARE YOU BACK IN THE QUEUE? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD TIME LEFT.
>> TWO QUICK QUESTIONS, WHEN WILL THE CAMPUS CUTS BE IMPLEMENTED?
>> THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR BUDGETS IN BY APRIL 19TH BUT ANY CHANGES THEY'VE MADE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE ON JULY 1.
>> IF THEY'RE ELIMINATING POSITIONS, WHEN WILL THOSE POSITIONS BE ELIMINATED?
>> JULY 1 IS OUR BEGINNING OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
ANYTHING THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW STAYS THROUGH JUNE 30TH.
>> BUT THEY'RE TELLING THE PEOPLE NOW THAT THEY'RE GOING.
THEY'RE GOING TO TELL THEM NOW THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A POSITION AND AFTER JULY 1ST, RIGHT?
>> [OVERLAPPING] EFFECTIVELY THEY'RE MAKING THE DECISIONS RIGHT NOW?
>> THE EMPLOYEES WOULD STAY IN THEIR POSITION THROUGH THEIR DUTY SCHEDULE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WHEN ARE THEY HAVING TO MAKE THEIR DECISION?
>> APRIL 19TH. WHEN IS OUR NEXT [NOISE] PROJECT ITEM?
>> I AM FUNDAMENTALLY OPPOSED TO US CUTTING MONEY TO
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CAMPUSES FOR THE SAME REASON THAT WE'RE NOT CUTTING ADDITIONAL MONEY TO CENTRAL OFFICE.>> I SEE TRUSTEE BLUEFORD DANIELS AND THE QUEUE.
>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT, CUTTING MONEY TO CAMPUSES, THAT'S BEEN MY CONCERN ALL ALONG, ESPECIALLY TO THESE SMALL CAMPUSES.
BUT I'M ALSO FUNDAMENTALLY OPPOSED TO CONTINUING TO PAY OUT THESE ONE-TIME PAYMENTS.
THAT [NOISE] IN ITSELF WOULD PROVIDE US SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
YOU ALL BETTER LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE IT'S THE CAMPUSES AS GETTING IT ARE NO SURPRISE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH PRESIDENT HERNANDEZ.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
LET ME ASK THE QUESTION JUST TO TAKE A WALK BACK IN HISTORY JUST FOR A MOMENT, IF YOU WILL ALLOW.
WITH THE DE-CENTRALIZED VERSION OF YOUR FIRST PROPOSAL, HOW WOULD THAT WOULD'VE AFFECTED THESE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED REGARDING THE DECENTRALIZED VERSION THAT WE FIRST PROPOSED.
HOW THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTED SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE NOW HAD WE VOTED FOR YOUR CENTRALIZED VERSION ON YOUR FIRST LAYOUT OF YOUR FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PROGRAM? THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.
>> TRUSTEE BAKER, WE'D BE GLAD I THINK YOU MIGHT BE REFERRING TO THE HYBRID VERSION THAT WE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE LAST YEAR.
WE'D BE GLAD TO PROVIDE SOME INSIGHTS OR REFRESHER IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL EFFECTS BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE TO GET THAT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD.
>> BECAUSE I BEGIN TO WONDER NOW AS THE QUESTION CAME UP FROM MY COLLEAGUE ABOUT THE CAPITAL MORE BUDGETING AND STARVING CAMPUSES, HAD IT BEEN CENTRALIZED COMING OUT AHEAD IN MAY, WE HAVE HAD A MORE OF A BIRD'S EYE VIEW ON THE SITUATION AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE TO MAKE SOME OF THE DECISIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT FROM THE CENTRALIZED POINT OF VIEW BUT I KNOW THEY'VE GONE BACKWARDS IT I WANT TO GO FOR IT.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR WORKSHOP DISCUSSION.
THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION UNDER
[ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTIONS 551.004, 551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.076, 551.082, 551.0821, 551.083, 551.084, AND 551.089 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE PURPOSES LISTED IN THIS NOTICE]
CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SUBSECTIONS 551.004, 551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 51.076, 551.082, 551.0821, 551.083, 551.084, AND 551.089 SHOULD BOARD FINAL ACTION VOTE ON DECISION OR ANY MATTER CONSIDERED IN CLOSING SECTION BE REQUIRED, SUCH FINAL ACTION OR DECISION SHALL BE TAKEN AT THE OPEN MEETING COVERED BY THIS NOTICE UPON THE RECONVENING OF THIS PUBLIC MEETING OR THE SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC MEETING OF THE BOARD UPON NOTICE THEREOF.THE BOARD HAS ADJOURNED TO A CLOSE SESSION AT 11:54 AM.
THESE MEETING IS NOW RECONVENED, THE TIME IS NOW 1:41 PM.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS THE MEETING OF THE BOARD IS ADJOURNED.
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