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BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT IN THE BOARD BOARD AUDITORIUM ARE.
PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES.
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO HEAR FROM SPEAKERS TO SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS. HOWEVER, NO ONE HAS REGISTERED TO SPEAK TODAY.
TRUSTEE BLUEFORD-DANIELS HAS ALSO JOINED US IN THE BOARDROOM.
AND SO WE WILL PROCEED WITH OUR THIRD BUDGET WORKSHOP.
[WORKSHOP TOPIC: BUDGET WORKSHOP #3]
SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND WELCOME, TRUSTEES.
GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE.
MADAM PRESIDENT, TRUSTEES OF THE BOARD.
GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
IN TERMS OF AN AGENDA TODAY, I THOUGHT WE WOULD COVER FIVE THINGS.
SECONDLY, DO A QUICK REVIEW OF CONCEPTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN PREVIOUS BUDGET SESSIONS.
AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO REVIEW WITH WITH YOU ALL SOME OF THE COMP AND AND LEVEL SET US TOGETHER TO THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS MADE IN ITS ITS PEOPLE, CERTAINLY LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR AND IN THE COMING YEARS.
SO WITH THAT, LET ME JUMP IN RIGHT INTO THE TIMELINE WHERE WE SIT TODAY AS AS YOU KNOW, LAST THE APRIL BOARD MEETING, WE REVERSED COURSE WITH RESPECT TO THE SCHOOL LEVEL CUTS.
THE PRINCIPALS THEN WENT BACK OUT AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SCHOOLS OFFICE AND THE BUDGET OFFICE REWORKED THEIR THEIR INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS, PUT THOSE CUTS THAT WE THAT WERE IN THERE BACK INTO THEIR BUDGETS AND THEN REFINED THEM, REWORK THEM, AND THEN SUBMITTED THEM TO THE BUDGET OFFICE LAST FRIDAY.
CURRENTLY, THE BUDGET OFFICE RIGHT NOW IS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF OF FINANCIAL RECONCILIATION AND UPDATING THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THE VARIOUS PROCEDURAL ITEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO PASS THE BUDGET ARE PUT IN PLACE THIS MONTH.
THAT'S TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY, MAY 18TH, IN WHICH CASE WE'LL DO A FINAL REVIEW OF THE BUDGET ONE MORE TIME BEFORE THE JUNE APPROVAL PROCESS TAKES EFFECT. SO THAT'S JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH RESPECT TO THE TIMELINE.
WHERE DO THE MONIES THAT THE DISTRICT COME, WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? AS WE SEE ON THIS CHART, THE THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND DOLLARS ARE ABOUT $2.2 BILLION.
THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THOSE COME FROM LOCAL SOURCES.
THOSE LOCAL SOURCES ARE PROPERTY TAXES.
BUT ALSO, KEEP IN MIND BY LEGISLATION, THOSE REVENUES ARE EFFECTIVELY CAPPED AND AND AN ADJUSTED AMOUNT PER STUDENT. ANY INCREASES IN PROPERTY TAXES, AS YOU KNOW, ARE LARGELY RECAPTURED.
FLIPPING THEN TO THE COST SIDE OF THE EQUATION, THE EXPENDITURES.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, $2.3 BILLION WITH ABOUT 70%, APPROXIMATELY 7% OF THOSE DOLLARS EITHER GOING DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOLS OR SUPPORTING PROGRAMS AT CENTRAL OFFICE THAT SUPPORT SCHOOLS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER CONCEPT.
WE TALK ABOUT ENROLLMENT, WHERE WE'RE COMING OUT WITH THE LATEST ENROLLMENT TREND.
AS YOU CAN SEE, SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2017, THE DISTRICT HAS LOST NEARLY 31,000 STUDENTS.
NEXT YEAR'S ENROLLMENT IS FORECASTED TO BE ABOUT JUST OVER 184,000 STUDENTS, OR ABOUT 2.7% DECLINE FROM THIS YEAR. AS WE'VE SEEN ENROLLMENT DECLINE OR AS WE ARE PROJECTING ENROLLMENT TO DECLINE.
ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND, RIGHT, AS ENROLLMENT DECLINES, THAT'S AN IMPACT TO OUR REVENUES.
THAT'S LESS MONEY COMING IN THAN WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND.
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS, YOUR.YOUR REVENUES ARE NOT NECESSARILY MATCHED UP TO YOUR EXPENDITURES.
IN FACT, YOU'RE SPENDING PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN YOU'RE BRINGING IN.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN PRIOR WORKSHOPS.
WHAT ARE SOME LEVERS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ITS DISPOSAL? WE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL OF THESE IN PRIOR BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
ON THE TOPIC OF CENTRAL OFFICE CUTS, LET'S JUST REVIEW THOSE.
THIS WAS FROM THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW EACH ONE OF THE CHIEFS WENT THROUGH THEIR BUDGETS AND IN AN IN BY CLOSING SOME VACANCIES, REDUCING SOME NON SOME SOME EXPENDITURES AND SOME NON SALARY FALLOUT.
WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT A $15.3 MILLION REDUCTION TO CENTRAL OFFICE EXPENDITURES FOR NEXT YEAR.
IN TERMS OF IMPACT TO STUDENTS.
THE FOCUS AGAIN, WAS TO TRY AND KEEP THESE AWAY FROM STUDENTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
YOU'LL NOTICE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THERE WERE THERE WERE CERTAIN OFFICES THAT WERE HELD HARMLESS FROM BUDGET CUTS, COO, CFO, AUDIT, POLICE, GENERAL COUNSEL, THOSE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE RIGHT NOW COO, WE HAD A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT JUST RECENTLY TO THAT CFO. THEY THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING FOLKS TO FILL A LOT OF THOSE SPOTS.
POLICE CERTAINLY WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS, WE ELECTED NOT TO MAKE ANY CUTS.
THE SUPERINTENDENT ELECTED NOT TO MAKE ANY CUTS IN THAT GROUP.
AND THEN CERTAINLY IN THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE, AGAIN, SIMILAR TO THE CFOS OFFICE, HAVING TO OUTSOURCE SOME WORK AND JUST NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE IN HOUSE TO TO DEAL WITH THE WORKLOAD OR TO ACCOMPLISH THE WORKLOAD.
SO IN TERMS OF WHERE ALL THAT LEAVES US, THE REVENUES, THE EXPENDITURES, THE THE CENTRAL OFFICE CUTS, THE ROLLBACK OF THE CUTS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
BUT FIRST, LET'S COVER A FEW JUST SOME HIGH LEVEL GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24, WE'RE ASSUMING A MODEST INCREASE IN THE STATE FOREIGN REVENUE OR I'M SORRY, STATE REVENUES PRIMARILY AROUND GOLD AND PENNIES.
I THINK WE'RE GOING FROM FIVE GOLDEN PENNIES TO SIX.
THAT'S AN IMPACT OF ABOUT $30 MILLION INCREASE.
PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH IS AT 5%.
BUT AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS INCREASE IS IS RECAPTURE LARGELY FELT AND RECAPTURE THE ENROLLMENT DECLINE, THE THE LOSS OF GOING FROM ABOUT 189,000 STUDENTS TO 184,000 STUDENTS HAS AN IMPACT ON THE REVENUES WE HAVE.
WE'VE HAD ASSUMED THE $15 MILLION IN CENTRAL OFFICE CUTS IN THIS BUDGET.
THAT'S BEEN NOW PUT BACK INTO EXPENDITURES, IF YOU WILL, FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 FALLOUT.
WE'VE DONE SOME SOME WORK ON FALLOUT NEXT YEAR.
WE ARE ASSUMING THAT IT'S AT $70 MILLION.
THERE'S ABOUT $52 MILLION OF SALARIES THIS YEAR THAT WAS FUNDED BY ESSER THAT THEN RETURNS TO THE GENERAL FUND NEXT YEAR WITH NO MORE WITH THE ESSER DOLLARS NOT COVERING THOSE SALARIES. AND SO WITH ALL THAT, THAT BRINGS US TO SLIDE 14, WHICH LAYS OUT FOR YOU WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF INCOMING REVENUES, OUTGOING EXPENDITURES OR APPROPRIATIONS, AND WHERE THAT IMPACTS OUR DEFICITS AND SURPLUSES IN THE FUTURE YEARS.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON ON THIS SLIDE, SO WHY DON'T I JUST TAKE IT SLOW.
WE'LL START WITH THE FAR LEFT COLUMN, THE ONE ENTITLED ADOPTED.
THAT WAS SHOWING A ANTICIPATED A DEFICIT OF $31 MILLION.
AS I MOVE LEFT TO RIGHT THE NEXT COLUMN ADJUSTMENTS.
THESE ARE ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED OR MADE OVER TIME BY THIS BY THIS BOARD TO GET US TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY OR WHERE WE WERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WHICH IS THAT LATEST THINKING FORECAST, THE ONE THAT HAS A BOX AS I CONTINUE TO MOVE LEFT AND RIGHT.
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WHAT WERE SOME OF THOSE ADJUSTMENTS YOU'RE ASKING YOURSELF? THAT'S WHERE WE PUT IN A LITTLE, I GUESS, BRACKETED BOX THERE WITH THE ITEM ONE.IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF WHAT THOSE ADJUSTMENTS ENCOMPASS, LARGELY A CHANGE IN GOLDEN PENNIES, SOME RECAPTURE UPDATES TO ENROLLMENT CARRYOVER, UPDATED FALLOUT PROJECTIONS.
THAT GETS US TO THE LATEST THINKING THAT I SAID RIGHT NOW AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WHERE WE SIT.
WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO END THIS YEAR'S BUDGET INSTEAD OF A 30 MILLION, $31 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.
LOOKS LIKE WE'LL END UP BREAK EVENISH AROUND A 4 MILLION SHOWING A $4 MILLION DEFICIT RIGHT NOW.
SO THEN YOUR NEXT QUESTION IS SO THEN HOW DOES THAT GET ME TO THE FORECAST FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, WHICH IF YOU GO TO AS WE GO LEFT TO RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE 23-24, YOU GO DOWN TO THE SURPLUS AND DEFICIT.
YOU'LL SEE RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING A ANTICIPATED DEFICIT OF $118 MILLION.
HOW DOES THAT RECONCILE? YOU'LL SEE AGAIN, GOING TO OUR BRACKETED BOXES, BOX TWO AND BOX THREE.
WHAT THOSE ARE WHAT IS ENCOMPASSED IN THOSE CHANGES.
AND ULTIMATELY THEN WE'VE PROJECTED OUT THE NEXT TWO YEARS AFTER 23-24.
WE'VE DONE 24 AND 25 AND 25 AND 26.
UH, JUST ONE BEFORE I MOVE ON.
WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU LAST, I GUESS, IN MARCH WHEN WE HAD ANTICIPATED DOING THE SCHOOL CUTS, WE YOU HAD A DEFICIT OF $81 MILLION, WHICH, AGAIN, IS THAT THAT COLUMN? THAT'S THE MOST LEFT COLUMN THERE THE LATEST THINKING AS OF MARCH OF 2023.
WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE IMPACT OF THOSE CUTS BEING REMOVED.
THAT'S THE $38 MILLION ROUGHLY.
THAT IS INCREASED TO AN APPROPRIATION, IF YOU WILL.
AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE END UP RECONCILING TO THE $118 MILLION THAT I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY GO BACK TO TO LOOK AT PAGE 25 FROM YOUR MARCH BUDGET WORKSHOP. AND THIS IS JUST A QUICK RECONCILIATION OF THAT OF THOSE NUMBERS.
SO WHILE WE DO HAVE THE DEFICITS, ON THE ONE HAND, WE DO HAVE SOME FUND BALANCE.
WHEN I THINK OF FUND BALANCE AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH YOU ALL PREVIOUSLY, THIS IS I THINK OF LIKE OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT THE DISTRICT HAS DONE HAS DONE WORK OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN BUILDING UP A RESERVE OF FUNDS.
AND HERE'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THAT'S THAT NUMBER. THAT'S THIRD FROM THE BOTTOM IN THAT COLUMN THAT'S ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT 673.
AND THAT WAS A COMBINATION OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL STABILIZATION FUND, WHICH AGAIN, WAS THAT FUND THAT WAS SET ASIDE BY BY THE CFO AND THE SUPERINTENDENT FROM HARVEY FUNDS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT 147 REPRESENTS.
THE WE HAD A $31 BILLION DEFICIT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
SO THAT YOU END UP WITH A YOU END UP GOING INTO THE YEAR THEORETICALLY WITH $117 MILLION OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL STABILIZATION FUND, A RAINY DAY FUND, PLUS YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER $556 MILLION OF UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, JUST GENERAL UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
SO YOU'RE ASKING YOURSELF, WELL, GOSH, WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE. REVENUES LAST YEAR, THE MONEY THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVED OUTSIDE OF ITS EXPENDITURES WAS HIGHER THAN WHAT IT HAD ANTICIPATED.
SECONDLY, THERE WERE SOME FUNDS THAT WERE SET ASIDE TO COVER EXPENDITURES WHEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE EXPENDITURES WEREN'T AS HIGH AS WE ESTIMATED.
SO WHAT FREED UP SOME DOLLARS TO COME BACK INTO THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
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THE WAY I THINK ABOUT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU IF YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE, RIGHT, AND OR IF YOU HAVE AN INSURANCE AND YOU SAVE MONEY FOR AN INSURANCE PAYMENT, THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOUR INSURANCE PREMIUM EITHER WENT UP OR DOWN.THIS IS A CASE WHERE MAYBE THE INSURANCE PREMIUM WENT DOWN AND YOU FOUND SOME DOLLARS, RIGHT.
AND YOU KIND OF YOU DON'T HAVE TO YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PUT THOSE DOLLARS TODAY.
SO YOU'RE JUST GOING TO JUST SCROLL IT AWAY AND JUST YOUR GENERAL CASH RESERVES.
AND SO THEN WE START WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE NOW I'M LOOKING AT THE $924 MILLION, WHICH IS THE THIRD FROM THE BOTTOM IN THE COLUMN. THAT IS TWO FROM THE LEFT, THE LATEST THINKING FORECAST, THAT'S THE RESERVE OR THOSE ARE THE DOLLARS THAT THE DISTRICT NOW HAS AT ITS DISPOSAL TO START ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE DEFICITS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF ITS FUTURE YEARS.
YOU'VE GOT INSTRUCTIONAL STABILIZATION FUND DOLLARS OF ABOUT $260 MILLION THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD USE THOSE DOLLARS FIRST AGAINST EXHAUST THOSE DOLLARS TO TACKLE SOME OF THE DEFICIT IN ADDITION TO SOME SOME OF THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
SO THIS IS JUST THIS IS JUST A LONG WINDED WAY OF SHOWING YOU.
YES. YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT DEFICITS THAT YOU MUST DEAL WITH IN THE FUTURE, BUT YOU'VE GOT SOME SAVINGS AND SOME RAINY DAY FUNDS THAT YOU CAN USE TO TO OFFER YOU SOME TIME TO COME UP WITH OPTIONS AND CONTROL OVER HOW THOSE OPTIONS GET ROLLED OUT ON HOW TO ATTACK THE DEFICIT.
AND FOR THE RECORD, TRUSTEE SANTOS HAS JOINED US IN THE BOARDROOM.
WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE ONE OF THE STRATEGIC PILLARS OR FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT STRATEGIC PLAN WAS ATTRACTING AND RETAINING HIGH QUALITY AND WORLD CLASS TALENT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AT ALL LEVELS.
AS PART OF THAT LAST YEAR, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, THIS BOARD APPROVED ABOUT A HALF A HALF $1 BILLION IN TERMS OF COMPENSATION INCREASES TO ITS IT'S FOLKS MAKING INVESTMENTS IN ITS TEACHERS AND ITS FOLKS IN IN THE DISTRICT.
LAST MAY, YOU MAY RECALL THAT THE BOARD OPTED TO ACCELERATE THOSE INCREASES.
THE INCREASES THAT WERE SET ASIDE FOR 23 TO 24 TO ACCELERATE THOSE INTO 2223.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER THAT THAT $52 MILLION PLUS SOME STEP INCREASES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 2324 IS WHAT'S SHOWN IN ITEM TO THAT BOX TWO THERE THAT THAT BRACKETED BOX.
AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER $52 MILLION IN STEP INCREASES INCLUDED IN THE PROJECTED FORECASTED IN 23 AND 2425, RATHER.
AND THEN FINALLY, JUST JUST ANOTHER ITEM TO KEEP IN MIND ON SLIDE 21.
THIS IS JUST A REPRESENTATION OR JUST SHOWING YOU WHEN IT COMES TO STIPENDS AND SPECIFICALLY RETENTION STIPENDS, THE THE MONIES THAT WERE COMMITTED TO INVESTING IN FOLKS TO TO NOT ONLY TO TO TO WORK WITH HISD, BUT TO STAY THROUGH AND WORK WITH HISD THROUGH THE 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT BACK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT DOES CONCLUDE THE INSIDE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE WORKSHOP.
WE WELCOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
WE'RE NOW READY FOR OUR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES.
PLEASE INDICATE YOUR INTEREST IN THE QUEUE.
WE WILL DO TWO ROUNDS OF TWO MINUTES EACH.
IF AN ADDITIONAL ROUND IS DESIRED, THAT CAN BE DONE WITH A MOTION SECOND AND BOARD VOTE.
SO IF YOU CLICK ON MY COMPUTER, YOU SHOULD GO BACK TO BE ABLE TO ENTER YOUR NAME INTO THE QUEUE.
THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE AND CHIEF REED AND MR. GRADY. OKAY.
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FUND. WHAT WAS THE INTENT WITH THAT MONEY? IF WE RECEIVED THAT FROM THE STATE AND IT HAS THE NAME HARVEY ON IT.SURE, CHIEF REED. THOSE DOLLARS ACTUALLY HAD NO NO STRINGS ATTACHED TO THEM.
IT WAS JUST AN AMOUNT SENT TO THE DISTRICT.
SO AT THAT TIME, A DECISION WAS MADE TO JUST PUT THAT THOSE DOLLARS ASIDE AS A YOU KNOW, IF WE COME ACROSS A BIENNIUM WHERE WE HAVE STATE CUTS OR, YOU KNOW, ENROLLMENT DECLINES, THAT WE HAD SOME DOLLARS SET ASIDE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT TO TO DO THOSE KINDS OF REDUCTIONS OR ADDRESS THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE STRATEGICALLY VERSUS ALL OF A SUDDEN A SESSION, A BUDGET.
I MEAN, A LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDS AND WE'RE HAVING TO CUT $100 MILLION OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
RIGHT. JUST LIKE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN 2011 AND 12.
RIGHT. WAS TO BE ABLE TO BE AHEAD OF THAT.
AND WHO APPROVED THOSE THAT PUTTING THAT INTO THAT BUCKET THAT WAS DONE PRIOR TO ME BEING CFO.
OKAY. SO OKAY, THAT'S HELPFUL.
UM. SO LOOKING AT SLIDE 11, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE OFFICES WITH NO REDUCTIONS, THOSE ARE THE SAME OFFICES, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT DIDN'T GET CUT LAST YEAR EITHER.
BUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST PLACE WE GO TO IS, IS SCHOOLS.
WE'RE CUTTING WHAT AFFECTS INSTRUCTION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THAT FLAG.
IN LOOKING AT SLIDE 14 AND I GUESS 15.
ACTUALLY, MAYBE IT'S THE ONE BEFORE.
OKAY. SO YOU EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT OF WHERE SOME OF THESE ADJUSTMENTS LIKE 17.
OH, SHOOT. I JUST CURIOUS, WHAT ARE WE USING TO FORECAST? YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME CHANGE AND SOME DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? WE CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR EVERYTHING.
WE GET MORE REVENUE THAN WE EXPECT.
BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE OUR FORECASTING IS VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE ACTUALLY END UP WITH.
SO YOUR QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE UTILIZING? HOW ARE WE FORECASTING? CHIEF REED. SO WE WE USE THE EXPENDITURE, THE BUDGET AND ACTUALS IN OUR SYSTEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND JUST MAYBE LOOKING AT SOME PRIOR YEARS, WHICH RIGHT NOW, PRIOR YEARS ARE SO UNRELIABLE BECAUSE OF COVID. BUT WE USE THE SYSTEM AND WE GO THROUGH AND WE LOOK OKAY, WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE WE WHAT DO WE SPEND FOR EVERY PERIOD SINCE JULY? HOW MUCH DO WE THINK WE MIGHT HAVE UNSPENT? THERE'S NO REAL EXACT SCIENCE TO IT.
MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN I JUST ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION? I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
JUST FYI. SO WHEN YOU SAY YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU CAN'T CONTROL, IS THAT BECAUSE OF SCHOOL'S BUDGET? WELL, EVEN EVEN, YOU KNOW, EVERY EVERYWHERE, PRETTY MUCH.
BUT THE SCHOOL'S BUDGETS ARE THE LARGEST THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT.
NOW, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ALVAREZ AND MARCEL.
IN FACT, WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A TEMPLATE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS YEAR REALLY AS A WAY OF MAYBE TRYING TO GET MORE ACCURATE USING DIFFERENT FORMULAS AND ESTIMATES AND PRIOR HISTORY.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET THAT BETTER.
TRUSTEE. DEIGAARD. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT.
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SO WHAT I WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT, OF COURSE, ABOUT 70% OF THE DOLLARS THAT THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET ARE SPENT, OF COURSE, OR AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.AND SO THE SCHOOLS, OF COURSE, HAVE A PROCESS AT EACH ONE OF THEIR SITES WHERE THEY'RE DEVELOPING EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ENSURE THAT THE ALIGNMENT OF WHAT IT IS IN THEIR BUILDING IS IMPROVED UPON THOSE PARTICULAR PLANS.
SO IT'S RELATIVE TO EACH SCHOOL.
SO WE DO OUR BEST AT THIS LEVEL.
HOW MUCH OF THAT IS ALLOCATED THROUGH THE PWA FUNDING MODEL AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS CONTROLLED BY CENTRAL OFFICE? CHIEF REED. THAT IN THE NOTES DOWN THERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, CAMPUSES DO NOT BUDGET THEMSELVES FOR ALL THEIR SPECIAL ED TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY THE SPECIAL ED TEACHERS ARE IN THAT..
ABOUT 20% OF IT, ABOUT 20% OF THAT 70% IS NOT ACTUALLY ALLOCATED DIRECTLY TO ARE NOT DOLLARS THAT CAMPUSES CAN ACTUALLY SPEND.
RIGHT. THAT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY CONTROL.
YEAH. BUS DRIVERS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE IN THAT THREE 347 TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS.
SO YOU'RE SPENDING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE I THINK I, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, IS YOU'RE SPENDING IT ON STUDENT LEARNING, BUT ONLY. THAT ENTIRE 70% IS NOT AT THE DISCRETION OF PRINCIPALS AND HOW THEY SPEND IT.
SO WHAT I THOUGHT. SO WHAT DOES THE BUDGET SUPPORT LOOK LIKE TO PRINCIPALS TO HELP THEM ALIGN THEIR BUDGETS TO THE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS FOR THEIR CAMPUSES? AND CHIEF, YOU WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF WHAT THAT'S LOOKED LIKE OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY? SURE. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE THIS EVERY YEAR, BUT IT IS GREATLY IMPROVED IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF IS OUR WE HAVE OUR BUDGET ANALYSTS, PRINCIPALS, SSOS, HR.
AND THE QUESTIONS ARE THEIR QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT WHAT DOLLARS ARE YOU PUTTING TOWARDS GOALS OR TOWARDS THE NEEDS THAT YOU HAVE SPECIFIC TO YOUR CAMPUS FROM YOUR OWN CAMPUS PERFORMANCE? SO THE BUDGET CONFERENCES ARE WHERE THOSE CONVERSATIONS OCCUR AND THERE'S THOSE STAFF ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL.
THOSE BUDGET OFFICE PEOPLE ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ON INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES TO HELP SUPPORT THE PRINCIPLE OF LIKE IN THEIR CHOICES THAT THEY'RE MAKING OF THIS IS GOING TO GIVE THEM A BETTER ROI TOWARDS READING THAN THIS MIGHT.
THAT'S MORE OF THE SCHOOLS OFFICE.
THEY'RE SUPPORTING ANYTHING THAT'S THE ACADEMIC PORTION OF IT.
ARE THOSE CONVERSATIONS SILOED? NO, THEY ARE. THEY ARE IN THE SAME ROOM.
THEY ARE ALL IN THE SAME ROOM. UM, BY WHAT PERCENTAGE HAVE THE RETENTION STIPENDS ACHIEVED THE DESIRED RESULTS? CHIEF REED.
THAT I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ON.
[INAUDIBLE] IS IT WORKING? WE'D HAVE..
FOR THE RECORD, TRUSTEE BAKER HAS JOINED US OVER ZOOM.
WE'D HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU IN REFERENCE TO THAT SPECIFIC DATA.
AND YOU MENTIONED SHOPPING CARTS.
ARE WE SEEING THIS YEAR THAT PRINCIPALS ARE PUTTING MORE THINGS? THERE'S A HIGHER ACTIVITY THAN IN PAST YEARS OR LOWER ACTIVITY OR ABOUT THE SAME? I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME, BUT WE CAN EASILY LOOK AT THAT.
OKAY. SO IT HAS NOT BEEN PROJECTED OUT YET.
WE DON'T NORMALLY PROJECT THE NUMBER OF SHOPPING CARTS.
OBVIOUSLY THE VALUE OF SHOPPING CARTS CAN ALSO BE DIFFERENT.
BUT WE ARE SPENDING MORE THIS YEAR THAN WE HAVE IN PRIOR YEARS.
OKAY. WE HAVE ALMOST $1 BILLION IN FUND BALANCE.
WAS THAT A STRATEGIC DECISION? SO SOME. THERE WE GO.
SO THIS IS.. AND THE STRATEGY BEHIND THAT.
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WHY THAT WAS AN INTENTION.SO THIS GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO TO 19-20, RIGHT WHEN WHEN THE PANDEMIC STARTED.
WE WE 21-22 AND 2020, WE WE DID INTENTIONALLY TRY TO CONTROL EXPENDITURES BECAUSE WE FIRST OF ALL, WE STARTED OFF NOT KNOWING WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ANY KIND OF HOLD HARMLESS.
THERE WAS NO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ANY ESSER DOLLARS OR CARES ACT DOLLARS.
SO WE DID STRATEGICALLY INTEND TO PUT DOLLARS ASIDE TO ADDRESS THOSE COSTS.
THEN WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER THAT WAS, YES, WE STARTED TO GET HOLD HARMLESS.
WE DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL 2021 ABOUT ESSER, BUT WE STARTED LOSING KIDS VERY QUICKLY.
SO WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL IN SETTING THOSE DOLLARS ASIDE AND INCREASING THE STRUCTURAL STABILIZATION FUND, AS WELL AS LETTING DOLLARS FALL TO FUND BALANCE SO THAT WE COULD ADDRESS THOSE REDUCTIONS IN ENROLLMENT OVER MULTIPLE YEARS VERSUS HAVING TO DEAL WITH IT ALL IN ONE YEAR.
OKAY. I THINK I'M OUT OF TIME.
RIGHT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WADE.
DO YOU THINK ON THE SHOPPING CART ISSUE.
I ALWAYS AM INTERESTED IN THE SHOPPING CART WHEN WE'RE IN MAY.
AND I REALIZE I NEED TO GET INTO SCHOOL ITEMS PURCHASED, BUT THAT ALWAYS THROWS ME THAT WE HAVE THESE BIG SHOPPING CARTS LEFT UNTIL THE END OF SCHOOL.
MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU FEEL LIKE WHEN WE DECIDED TO PULL BACK ON THE, THAT'S JUST A QUESTION ON THE TAKE THE REMOVING THE FUNDING FROM THE SCHOOLS AND GIVE IT BACK TO THE SCHOOLS.
DO YOU THINK THE SHOPPING CART CHANGED? DO YOU THINK THEY WERE SPENDING MORE AHEAD KNOWING THEIR BUDGET CUTS FOR NEXT YEAR? I THINK THAT'D BE A QUESTION. I DON'T THINK THAT'S PRETTY.
RIGHT. TO JUST IN ESSER DOLLARS ALONE.
SO THAT'S A HARD THAT'S A HARD ANSWER TO A QUESTION.
TO ANSWER TO ANSWER. YEAH. OKAY.
IT JUST AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO THAT MAY EXPENDITURE THAT JUST NEVER.
MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A QUESTION.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THIS BUDGET IS AFFECTING SPECIAL EDUCATION? FOR THAT I KNOW OF.
THERE ARE NO NO NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO SPECIAL EDUCATION, NO CUTS TO SPED AT ALL.
THERE WERE REDUCTIONS FROM VACANT POSITIONS THAT THEY THEY HAD NOT THEY HAD NOT FILLED.
BUT WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY KIND OF REDUCTION IN TEACHERS OR OR ANYTHING ELSE.
THERE ARE NO REDUCTIONS IN PROGRAMS. NOT THAT I AM AWARE OF.
OKAY. SO SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY SPED PROGRAMS ARE BEING CUT, SPECIFICALLY BSC CLASSES IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS.
I'D BE GLAD TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC SCHOOLS THAT YOU'RE REFLECTING ON AT THIS TIME.
I'M NOT AWARE OF OF WHICH ONES YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT.
I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW OR WHY AND HOW THAT'S THIS BUDGET IS AFFECTING THAT OR HOW DOES THIS BUDGET REFLECT THOSE CUTS? NO, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THERE THERE ARE SHIFTS IN PROGRAMS WHERE PROGRAMS MAY BE LEAVING ONE SCHOOL, GOING TO ANOTHER SCHOOL.
BUT IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC CUTS OF PROGRAMS I'M NOT AWARE OF, BUT WE'LL HAVE THAT.
AND IF I CAN ASK AN ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UP FOR WHEN WE GET THAT RESPONSE, HOW DO YOU ASSESS THOSE CUTS? HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHAT SCHOOLS GET MORE AND WHAT SCHOOLS GET LESS AND WHY? AGAIN, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY IN THAT RESPONSE.
COULD YOU INCLUDE THAT FOR ME, PLEASE, WHEN YOU RESPOND? OKAY. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS GOING TO BE OUR PRINCIPAL.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO ALLOCATE MORE MONEY FOR APS TO PRINCIPALS TO ALLEVIATE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON THEM FOR THE TEST? I'VE RECEIVED TONS OF FEEDBACK THAT T TEST IS OUR PRINCIPALS ARE DROWNING IN.
THE TOOL, THE RESOURCE THAT THEY'RE BEING USED TO.
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FILL OUT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE T TEST FOR TEACHERS OR THE PRINCIPALS BEING COMPENSATED FOR THEIR TIME.TYPICALLY COMPENSATED FOR THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WRITTEN IN THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE UNNECESSARY TOOL THAT THEIR BEING THAT THEY ARE UTILIZING.
THAT'S TAKING THEM IN EXCESS OF LIKE 12 HOURS PER TEACHER TO EVALUATE WITH NO TEMPLATE LIKE THE WAY WE HAD IT FOR TABS BEFORE.
SO IT'S TAKING AN UNNECESSARY AMOUNT OF TIME TO EVALUATE EMPLOYEES.
SO MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THIS BUDGET.
IS THERE A WAY TO EITHER ASSIGN MORE APPS AND OR GET A BETTER RESOURCE FOR PRINCIPALS TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS THEIR TEACHERS? I THINK I WOULD CAUTION US TO LOOK AT THE IDEA OF DOING ADDITIONAL SPENDING IN THIS BUDGET, GIVEN THAT WE'VE PULLED BACK WILL OF THE BOARD TO PULL BACK ON THE $60 MILLION THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO PUSH FORWARD WITH.
SO I WOULD JUST I WOULD JUST CAUTION US.
AND THE TEMPLATES THAT ARE NOT THERE FOR THE PRINCIPALS, IS THERE A WAY TO CREATE THEM WHERE THERE IS NO COST? SO WE HAVE CENTRAL OFFICE, THOSE THAT ARE INSTRUCTING AND OR TRAINING THOSE ON T TESTS.
IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE THEM TAKE SOME OF THAT WORK AND ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE DUTIES? NOT NECESSARILY DUTIES, BUT CREATE BETTER TEMPLATES FOR TEACHERS, FOR PRINCIPALS? WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT TEMPLATES AND AND KIND OF SEE EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE SOME OF THE THE BIGGER ISSUES ARE.
THANK YOU. AND THAT'S IT FOR NOW.
I THINK IT WAS PACKAGE PAGE ON PAGE NINE.
OKAY. WE TALKED IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE BUDGET CUTS TO CENTRAL OFFICE.
AND RIGHT HERE IS WHAT I WANT TO GO 11 THANK YOU.
SO ON PACKAGE PAGE 11, IT SHOWS THE THE VARIOUS CUTS.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS, BEFORE WE TALKED ABOUT ONE TIME FUNDING PAYMENTS THAT WERE MADE AND MADE AND RECEIVED MULTIPLE TIMES, 2 OR 3 TIMES DURING IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN JUST ONE TIME AND THEY WERE RECEIVED FOR THREE YEARS.
Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION.
THE MAGNET MONEY. THE MAGNET MONEY.
AND THEY RECEIVED IT FOR THREE YEARS.
I REMEMBER WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT WAS ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
I DO. AND WE GOT THAT INFORMATION.
I DO VAGUELY REMEMBER WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
OKAY. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PREPARING FOR THIS BUDGET RIGHT NOW, HOW DOES HOW WOULD IT WORK IF THOSE CAMPUSES RETURNED THAT FUNDING, SINCE THEY WERE ONLY SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE IT FOR ONE TIME ONLY ANYWAY? THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY IMPROVE OUR BUDGET SITUATION, BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE CAMPUSES THAT RECEIVE DEBT, THEIR CAMPUSES, OBVIOUSLY MAGNET FUNDING, CAMPUSES LIKE DEBAKEY, KINDER, ROGERS, CARNEGIE, VANGUARD, WEST BIERI, HAMILTON OAK FOREST, JONES ACADEMY, FER ET CETERA.
ET CETERA. SO WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY RECEIVED AND IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, THEN HOW COULD WE ASK THEM TO RETURN THAT MONEY? OR COULD WE ASK THEM TO RETURN THAT MONEY AND REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS SOMEWHERE ELSE? HASN'T BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WE'VE CALCULATED OR REFLECTED ON AT ALL.
I AGREE. BUT I'M SAYING THAT IF, I'VE GOT $10,000 IN A BANK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOOK UP AND I'VE GOT AN ADDITIONAL 5000 THAT'S GIVEN TO ME, THEN I'M GOING TO QUESTION WHERE THAT MONEY'S COMING FROM.
AND IN SOME CASES, I MAY HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK BECAUSE IT DOESN'T BELONG TO ME.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT PART OF MY BALANCE.
SO I NEED TO FIND OUT WHERE ONE, I'M SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY GOT IT.
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SO HOW COULD THEY RETURN IT AND IMPROVE THIS OVERALL BUDGET? I THINK MY RECOMMENDATION, IF THEY WERE GIVEN THE DOLLARS, I'D BE VERY HESITANT ABOUT TAKING DOLLARS BACK THAT WERE GIVEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, NOT JUST ONE YEAR, BUT DEFINITELY HEAR WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRIED TO DO IN THIS IN SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAD BEFORE WAS TO TO DO JUST THAT WAS TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
BUT OF COURSE, WE ROLLED THAT BACK AND THAT WAS, AGAIN, THE THE WILL OF THE BOARD.
AND IT'S IT IS WHAT IT IS AT THIS JUNCTURE.
BUT I'M SAYING, TOO, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING AND THE QUESTION HAS HAS COME UP REOCCURRING THAT THE SCHOOLS LOSING MONEY, WHETHER IN SOME INSTANCES, SOME OF THE BUDGET THAT THEY MAY LOSE IS MONEY THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT.
TRUSTEE ALLEN. I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT TRUSTEE BLUEFORD-DANIELS WAS SAYING BEING IN THE PAST A PRINCIPAL OF MAGNET SCHOOL AND RECEIVING ONE TIME FUNDING, I DON'T THINK THAT MY QUESTION WOULD BE NOT ABOUT TAKING THE FUNDING BACK FROM THE SCHOOLS, BUT IF THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GET THOSE FUNDINGS LIKE I DID, I GOT IT ONE TIME AND THAT'S ALL I WAS ENTITLED TO, WAS THE ONE TIME. WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WITH THE, THOSE SAME FUNDINGS FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE DON'T SEE THAT IN HERE BECAUSE THEY HAD IF THEY GOT THOSE, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GET THEM ONE TIME, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GET THEM NEXT 2023-2024. SO WOULD THOSE FUNDS BE INCORPORATED INTO THE NEW FUNDS? WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IF THOSE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN ONE TIME FUNDS AND THEY'VE BEEN GETTING I THINK THEY SAID SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN GETTING THEM FOR TEN YEARS, FOR ONE TIME, ONE TIME, ONE TIME, THEN THAT ONE TIME SHOULD HAVE ENDED.
YOU'RE NOT TAKING AWAY THE FUNDS FROM THE SCHOOLS.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THOSE ONE TIME FUNDS NOW? ARE WE GOING TO ALLOCATE THOSE TO SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THEMES AND NO MONEY? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THOSE ONE? THE MONEY FROM THOSE ONE TIME FUNDS FOR 2023-24 NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM WHAT THEY GOT THIS YEAR, BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BE GETTING THEM NEXT YEAR IF THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GET THEM FOR ONE TIME.
CHIEF REED. SO THE DOLLARS THAT FUND THAT SCHOOLS ARE GETTING RIGHT RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK YOU MENTIONED [INAUDIBLE] OR HSVA, ONE OF THEM. THOSE ARE DOLLARS THEY'VE JUST RECEIVED EVERY YEAR.
SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY ONE TIME DOLLARS ONE TIME.
I KNOW BECAUSE I GOT IT ONE TIME AND I PAID MY WITHOUT GOING BACK AND ONE TIME.
SO THAT ONE TIME WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN ONE TIME.
BUT BY SOME HOOK OR BY CROOK, IT KIND OF LIKE GOT STUCK AT THE PLACES WHERE THEY WERE.
YEAH. AND TO THAT, TO THAT SPECIFIC THING, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.
I THINK IT'S MORE OF A SUGGESTION.
AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE WITH THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE I THINK THE TOP SCHOOL THAT SHE CALLED HAS ALMOST ENOUGH FUNDS TO GIVE LIKE 5 OR 6 OTHER SCHOOLS START IN THAT THING.
AND IN FACT, I THINK IT WAS I DON'T REMEMBER IT WAS THE FIRST WORKSHOP OR IT HAD BEEN THE FIRST WORKSHOP WHERE WE DID TALK ABOUT MAGNET THAT WE WERE NOT MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS YEAR. BUT DR.
WATT'S TEAM HAS BEEN LOOKING AT MAGNET ALONG WITH DR.
BYRD'S TEAM. AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN BRINGING BACK A RECOMMENDATION FOR CHANGING MAGNET OVERALL.
SO SO THERE WILL BE SOMETHING IN THE NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE FUNDS? NO, NOT IN THE NEXT WORKSHOP, NOT THIS YEAR.
SO THOSE ONE TIME FUNDS WILL NOT BE ALLOCATED TO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT COULD NEED THOSE ONE TIME FUNDS FOR MAGNET? AT THIS POINT, THAT'S NOT THE RECOMMENDATION.
BECAUSE WHO WOULD MAKE THAT DECISION? WHO MAKES THAT DECISION OF WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE MAGNET FUNDS? THE BUDGET THE MAGNET OFFICE IS THE ONE THAT PROVIDES TO US THOSE ALLOCATIONS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS DURING THIS FIRST ROUND? NOT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND TRUSTEE GUIDRY IS NOT HERE, SO I WILL GO.
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I DO REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MAGNET AND THE INEQUITABLE FUNDING TOWARDS IT.I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE FUNDS CONTINUING THE WAY THEY ARE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING PRESENTED.
I DO REMEMBER THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT NOTHING BEING CHANGING FOR THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT OKAY BECAUSE IT'S VERY INEQUITABLE.
BUT ON PAGE FIVE OF THIS PRESENTATION, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT DEPARTMENTS MEAN AND THEN DISTRICT WIDE SERVICES JUST SO THAT I HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THOSE TWO THINGS ARE? CHIEF. YEAH. SO FOR ONE ONE THING, THE DISTRICT WIDE SERVICES THAT HAS IN IT, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR HAS SOME UTILITY COSTS, IT HAS OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE, AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE, ELECTION COSTS.
TRYING TO THINK OF SOME OF THE OTHER OTHER LARGE ITEMS. OUR HCAD FEE THAT WE PAY TO HCAD FOR FOR DOING OUR OUR TAX TAXES OR OUR APPRAISALS.
THOSE ARE THE MAIN THINGS IN DISTRICT WIDE SERVICES.
OKAY. SO WHAT IS DEPARTMENTS? DEPARTMENTS ARE THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.
THE YEAH, THAT CENTRAL OFFICE.
AND YOU MENTIONED THAT TRANSPORTATION IS IN THE UNDER SCHOOLS BUDGET.
BUT THERE'S ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN DEPARTMENTS UNDER TRANSPORTATION.
SO WE DON'T PUT THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW WE TRY TO BREAK IT OUT.
CAN THE BOARD SEE A UM, BUT MAYBE IT'S NOT 19.
THE SALARY SCHEDULE IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD CAN SEE BEFOREHAND JUST SO THAT IT MIGHT BE 20? YEAH. THE PAY SCALE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD CAN RECEIVE BEFOREHAND, JUST SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SEE IT? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S JUST A SALARY, A STEP INCREASE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE AS AN EMPLOYEE OF HCRC IS THAT THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE CHANGED AS WELL, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS JUST A STEP INCREASE.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT BEFOREHAND.
YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET IS THIS IS STEP MOVEMENT.
SO THE SALARY SCHEDULES THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW ARE UNCHANGED.
THEY JUST THEY JUST MOVE FROM 12 YEAR, 12 TO YEAR 13.
SO THE NUMBER, THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE AT THIS POINT.
SO THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE? NOT AT THIS POINT, NO. OKAY.
SO IT'S THE SALARY SCHEDULE IS GOING TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME FROM LAST YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT WE THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
TRUSTEE BLUEFORD-DANIELS FOR ROUND TWO, BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE FINISHED.
IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT. I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE COMPARISON, I GUESS, BECAUSE IT'S JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY CAMPUSES WITHOUT MAGNET PROGRAMS. AND THEN THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE VARIOUS ONES CONTINUOUSLY, IT TELLS ME THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITY OR THERE WAS OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE MAGNET DESERT SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME SUPPORT, FINANCIAL RESOURCE SUPPORT FOR MAGNET PROGRAMS. SO I REALLY HOPE THAT WE TAKE A REAL CLOSE LOOK AT THOSE CAMPUSES THAT RECEIVE THAT ONE TIME FUNDING REPEATEDLY AND LIKE TRUSTEE ALLEN SUGGESTED, SO THAT THEY WON'T BE RECEIVING IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
AND LET THAT NOT BE PART OF ANY CAMPUS CUT DON'T INCLUDE I MEAN, DON'T INCLUDE THAT BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE IF THERE'S A CAMPUS CUT, IT SHOULD BE WHATEVER THE CAMPUS CUT IS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, ONE TIME FUNDING THAT'S BEEN RECEIVED REPEATEDLY.
SO I REALLY HOPE THAT WE TAKE A REAL CLOSE LOOK AT THAT.
LET'S NOT ASSUME THAT THAT IT'S A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WITH THAT BECAUSE THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECAPTURE SOME OF THE DOLLARS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN UNNECESSARILY SPENT.
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ONE, TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR CURRENT MAGNETS AND TAKING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A RUBRIC THAT, YOU KNOW, EXPLAINS EXACTLY WHETHER THOSE MAGNETS ARE EFFECTIVE OR NOT.AND WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT, I THINK, THREE, THREE YEARS IN A ROW.
SO THAT WAS A PART OF THE PLAN IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE KIND OF REPRESENTATION FROM FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MAGNETS.
ARE THEY GETTING $1 MILLION? ARE THEY GETTING A MILLION, $1 MILLION? AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN MY CONCERN FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
ARE THESE SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY MAGNET PROGRAMS WHATSOEVER, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL? AND THEN THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT COULD HAVE MAGNET PROGRAMS INCORPORATED THERE, THAT'S GOING TO BE TAILORED, EXCUSE ME, TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST BE HAVE IT DETERMINED BY EIGHTH GRADE THAT A KID SAYS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN EDUCATION, AND THEN WE HAVE AN EDUCATION PROGRAM TO DO A BETTER SURVEY OF THE CAMPUSES AND THE PARENTS TO DETERMINE WHAT THOSE MAGNET PROGRAMS SHOULD BE.
SO THAT'S WHY I BRING THAT UP, JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECAPTURE.
THANK YOU. SO THERE WAS A BOARD REFERRAL RESPONSE.
WE GOT ABOUT A QUESTION ON SCHOOL TARGETS AND THE RESPONSE WAS THERE ARE NO SCHOOL TARGETS ALIGNED TO GOAL FOUR, WHICH IS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION READING GOAL.
AND I SUBMITTED A REFERRAL A MONTH AGO ON CMR, ACTUALLY SUBMITTED IT ON THE Q AND A IN NOVEMBER HAVE STILL NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE.
UM, SO THIS WEEK I ASKED A QUESTION AND IT'S SIMILAR TO THE RESPONSE I'VE GOTTEN BEFORE ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING ON CCMR, WHICH IS GOAL THREE OF OUR GOALS GENERAL FUND.
WE SPENT 15.6 MILLION, WHICH IS LESS THAN 1% OF OUR BUDGET OR ABOUT 1%.
AND THEN OF ESSER, WE'RE SPENDING 15.3 MILLION.
AND I THINK THAT'S NOT EVEN HALF A PERCENTAGE.
WHAT IS THE WHAT ARE WE SPENDING NEXT YEAR ON CCMR? CHIEF REED, DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAPPEN TO KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? NO, I DO NOT YET.
PRINCIPALS AND EVERYONE FINISHED THEIR BUDGETS ON FRIDAY, LAST FRIDAY.
SO WE ARE PULLING ALL THAT DOWN, RECONCILING.
SO WE WILL BE INCORPORATING THAT WHEN WE BRING THE MAY 18TH WORKSHOP.
BUT I DON'T HAVE IT. I DON'T HAVE IT YET.
WHAT ABOUT CENTRAL OFFICE? SINCE THE MAJORITY I THINK OF CCMR FROM WHERE I SIT, IT SEEMS LIKE ADVISORS AVID, ALL THOSE PROGRAMS ARE CENTRALLY FUNDED.
SO HOW MUCH ARE WE CUTTING NEXT YEAR FROM CCMR? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE CUTTING FROM CCMR. BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT THAT EVALUATION AND THINKING OF HOW DO WE INCREASE THAT REVENUE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE REACHING THEIR POTENTIAL. AND ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THE CMR ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY REFRESH IS GOING TO CHANGE NEXT YEAR.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, JUST OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES.
IF WE'RE CUTTING FROM THAT, IT MAKES IT REALLY HARD TO REACH THE GOALS.
TRUSTEE SANTOS THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CRUZ.
SO, SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE ASSOCIATE TEACHERS ARE INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT TO ATTRACT TO HISD SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS ARE HAVING A REALLY TOUGH TIME FINDING SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. IT'S BECOMING A SAFETY ISSUE.
HOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HAVE COMPETITIVE ASSOCIATE TEACHER PAY AND OR JUST A BASIC LIVING WAGE FOR OUR ASSOCIATE TEACHERS? IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION.
YOU KNOW, AS CHIEF GRANT SKINNER AND I TALKED ABOUT IT JUST JUST THIS PAST WEEK.
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SPOKEN OUT QUITE A BIT AND WE'VE HEARD FROM THEM.SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS JUNCTURE.
OKAY. DO YOU KNOW WHEN ABOUT IF AT ALL, YOU'LL HAVE SOME TYPE OF SOLUTION FOR THAT? WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING A SOLUTION WITHIN THE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
OKAY. AND IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN PROBABLY LOOP A STABILITY STIPEND IN FOR OUR BUS DRIVERS OR PARAPROFESSIONALS THAT ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME RIGHT NOW? LIKE THAT'S THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
BUT THE ASSOCIATE TEACHERS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ALLEN SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE.
IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GO BACK WITH THE MAGNET CHIEF OF WHOEVER'S OVER THE MAGNET DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN REACTIVATE THOSE ONE TIME FUNDS AGAIN INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM BEING STAGNANT AT THE PLACE AND HAVE THEM BETWEEN, UH, SHARED BETWEEN THE OTHER SCHOOLS LIKE IT ORIGINALLY WAS PLANNED FOR.
IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO DO THAT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR? SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND, INSTEAD OF THEM BEING SHARED AT PARTICULAR SCHOOLS? NO INSTEAD OF THEM BEING STAGNANT, THEY'VE BEEN STUCK AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY THE ONE TIME FUNDS THAT THEY USED TO SHARE, YOU GET SOME ONE TIME FUNDS, YOU GET SOME ONE TIME FUNDS.
I THINK WHEN I GOT MY ONE TIME FUNDS, WE REFURBISHED ALL OF OUR MUSICAL EQUIPMENT.
EVERYBODY GOT A CHANCE AT ONE TIME FUNDS.
BUT IS THERE A WAY TO START HAVING THOSE ONE TIME FUNDS SHARED OUT AGAIN INSTEAD OF BEING STUCK WHERE THEY ARE? SOMEBODY CAME IN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS NO SHARING OF THE ONE TIME FUNDS.
IS THERE A WAY FOR THE MAGNET PERSON SINCE CHIEF REED SAID THAT THE MAGNET PERSON DID THIS, TO GO BACK AND START THOSE ONE TIME FUNDS BACK ON THEIR TRACK OF HELPING EACH OTHER, SHARING BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS? WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND TAKE A BETTER LOOK AT THE HISTORY.
I MAY NOT HAVE, OF COURSE, BEEN AROUND WHEN..
WHEN THAT KICKED OFF. SO I NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF..
BUT I WAS AROUND OF KIND OF WHAT IT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN IT STARTED.
IT WOULDN'T BE A MAJOR CHANGE BECAUSE THESE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN TEMPORARY FUNDS.
SO EACH ONE OF THOSE TIMES, EACH SCHOOL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE FUNDS FOR ONE TIME TO GO BACK AND REFURBISH UP TO WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANTED TO DO. EXCEPT NOW BETWEEN SOME KIND OF PERSONNEL CHANGES, THE ONE TIME FUNDS GOT STUCK WHERE THEY WERE AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN OVER HAVE NOT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SHARED BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS.
WE'LL GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AND YOU CAN GIVE ME A YES OR NO WHETHER WE CAN COME BACK WITH A PLAN BEFORE THE 18TH.
WELL, I NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY.
AND IF THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE, IT WOULD BE MADE AT THAT JUNCTURE.
BUT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
SO CAN YOU SHOOT ME AN EMAIL WHEN THEY WHEN THAT RECOMMENDATION IS POSSIBLE OR NOT? OKAY. THANK YOU.
HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD BE IN 100.
LET'S SEE. DEBAKEY, HSPVA, WHAT WERE THE OTHER ONES? YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY THEIR MONEY.
WHICH ONES? PAUSE MY TIME, WHILE SHE ANSWERS PLEASE.
I DIDN'T SAY ABOUT TAKING IT AWAY.
LET'S BE CLEAR. JUST NAME THE SCHOOLS.
SO DON'T ASK THAT QUESTION LOADED LIKE THAT.
YOU GOT THE SAME LIST THAT I GOT.
REMIND ME THAT YOU'RE READING.
OKAY. I'LL JUST SPEAK TO DEBAKEY AND HSPVA.
I AM IN 100% SUPPORT OF TAKING AWAY EVERY SINGLE MAGNET DOLLAR THOSE TWO SCHOOLS HAVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 UNDER ONE CONDITION THAT THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD BEGIN THE PROCESS FOR THEM TO BE IN 1882 PARTNERED CAMPUS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.
BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. THANK YOU.
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A QUESTION, SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE OF THE DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FOR ESSER WHAT HOW MANY DOLLARS ARE RECURRING EXPENSES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CARVE OUT OF THE BUDGET AFTER THE FISCAL ESSER DOLLARS END? DO YOU HAVE THAT, CHIEF REED DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? NOT YET. BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS.SO WE ARE TRYING WE ARE TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
OKAY. UM, IN THE BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS.
SO I THINK WE GET A LITTLE CONFUSED THAT A DECENTRALIZED OR WEIGHTED STUDENT FUNDING MODEL DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE ANY AUTHORITY OVER WHAT SCHOOLS DO, WHICH IS EMPIRICALLY UNTRUE.
SO WHEN DOES THE PLANNING PROCESS BEGIN FOR CAMPUSES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, HOW THEY'RE ALIGNING THEIR BUDGETS TO LIKE, WHICH OF OUR FOUR GOALS ARE YOU ON TRACK TO MEET FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR? REMIND ME.
CHIEF WATTS, DO YOU MIND SHARING KIND OF THE TIMING AND THE PROCESS IN REFERENCE TO THAT INSIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. SO THE PROCESS FOR PLANNING FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR BUDGET STARTS AROUND JANUARY WHERE WE START ASKING SCHOOLS TO ASSESS. LET'S STEP BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.
HOW DOES THAT INFORM THE REST OF THE YEAR? AND THEN ULTIMATELY, HOW DOES THAT INFORM NEXT YEAR'S PLANNING? AND WE TALK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF TIME, PEOPLE AND MONEY.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE TOGETHER.
AND I'M I WAS A LITTLE DISTURBED THAT YOU TRUSTEE CRUZ THAT YOU RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THE SCHOOL GOALS ARE NOT TIED TO BOARD DISTRICT GOALS.
I WILL SEND YOU A DOCUMENT, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SAT SIDE BY SIDE, KNEE TO KNEE WITH EACH PRINCIPAL DURING SCHOOL VISITS FROM JANUARY UNTIL APRIL, MAKING SURE THAT HOW THEY ALIGN THEIR BUDGET IS CLOSELY ALIGNED TO THE DISTRICT GOALS.
OKAY. IT'S A IT'S A FOUR MONTH PROCESS.
OKAY. SO I THINK WHERE I'M STRUGGLING IS THAT SOUNDS AWESOME.
I APPRECIATE IT. TRUSTEE WADE.
SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE, SO IS THERE A REASON THAT THE OVERALL MAGNET DEEP DIVE THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING, WILL HAS TAKEN SO LONG TO GET THAT DATA? I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT NUMEROUS TIMES AND I HEAR YOU SAY IT'LL TAKE UNTIL 2025 TO HAVE A HOLISTIC DATA SET ABOUT MAGNET. I HAVE IT.
WE'VE DONE IT. SO YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT SINCE FOR A WHILE.
ABSOLUTELY. SO I THINK IF I AM RECONCILING THE DISCUSSIONS UP TO DATE, WE MADE INITIAL DECISIONS AROUND INITIALLY CUTTING HIGH SCHOOL ALLOCATION, SMALL SCHOOL SUBSIDY, AND I FORGET THE THIRD BUCKET SINCE OUR INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TO MAKE CUTS IN THOSE THREE AREAS, WE DECIDED TO WAIT A YEAR BEFORE WE DID ANYTHING WITH THE MAGNET BUDGETS BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN.. TOO MUCH.
TOO MUCH FOR SCHOOLS TO CONSUME.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS, WE REVERSE THOSE INITIAL DECISIONS AND JUST DID NOT HAVE THE FORESIGHT AT THAT POINT TO CIRCLE BACK TO MAGNET.
FAIR ENOUGH. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT MAKES SENSE. I JUST WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY THE WHY WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A STICKING POINT WITH SO MANY.
AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, SO I'M NOT TRYING TO BE.
I JUST WANTED TO BETTER GO BACK IN HISTORY TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
WE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO OVERLOAD SCHOOLS WITH TOO MANY CUTS.
AND SO WE WERE GOING TO REVISIT THAT NEXT YEAR.
OKAY. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING TO TAKE UNTIL THE 25 SCHOOL YEAR TO IMPLEMENT.
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AND THAT WOULD BE. YOU'RE PLANNING NOW, BUT THANK YOU.TRUSTEE SANTOS. I SEE THAT YOU STILL HAVE SOME TIME LEFT AND YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE.
SO TRUSTEE BLUEFORD-DANIELS, DR.
SO MANY THINGS GET SHUFFLED IN TRANSITION.
THERE'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH HISTORICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT'S LOST.
WHEN WE LOSE OUR ADMINISTRATION AND WE LOSE OUR BOARD.
AND I HEAR AND I FEEL Y'ALL BOTH TRUSTEE BLUEFORD-DANIELS AND DR.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THEIR FIRST SERVING, YOU'RE ASKING THAT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THREE D PRINTERS AND AMPHITHEATERS AND NEW TECHNOLOGY AND EXCESS OF THEATER TEACHERS AND SO FORTH, TOOLS AND RESOURCES IN A PARKING GARAGE THAT HAVE ALL THESE RESOURCES CONTINUOUSLY.
I'M HONORED AND I'M PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THESE RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO OUR KIDS.
I DON'T WANT TO REVISIT A PLAN.
I WANT A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE CAN PLACE IMMEDIATELY FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS THAT ALIGN WITH SERVING OUR MOST UNDERSERVED SCHOOLS FIRST SO THAT, LIKE DR.
ALLEN SAID, WE CAN SHARE THOSE RESOURCES NOW.
WE CAN'T. YES, WE'VE HAD CARRANZA, WE'VE HAD DR.
LATHAN, WE'VE HAD NOW WE'RE HAVING THE TEA COME IN AND COME OVER.
WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE SHUFFLED AROUND.
THE BOARD OF MANAGERS IS NOT GOING TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE.
WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND SHARE THIS KNOWLEDGE FOR THE NEXT PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVING OUR STUDENTS.
SO I'M WITH YOU AND WHATEVER IT TAKES, I'M HERE TO SERVE UNTIL YOU DON'T HAVE ME ANYMORE.
SO I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THAT.
I'M NOT MAD THAT WE HAVE THESE WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL SCHOOLS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET FIRST.
TRUSTEE BAKER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ROUND TWO? PRESIDENT HERNANDEZ KNOW ALL MY ANSWERS WERE ADDRESSED WITH MY COLLEAGUES QUESTIONS.
THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T MIND ME ANSWERING THE QUESTION BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T NEED THOSE RESOURCES.
SO LAST YEAR WHEN WE RECEIVED THIS SALARY SCHEDULE, WE RECEIVED THE SALARY SCHEDULE IN COMPARISON TO THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, I MEAN, TO THE OTHER HOUSTON SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO IF WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT PROVIDED THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
UM, AND THEN I SEE THAT THERE'S A $15 MILLION CUT FROM CENTRAL OFFICE.
SO WHERE IS WHERE ARE THOSE $5 MILLION THAT DIDN'T GET CUT? SIEGFRIED. IF I IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, THOSE DOLLARS WERE PUT BACK IN BECAUSE WE MADE DECISIONS NOT TO NOT TO REDUCE FILLED POSITIONS.
CORRECT. SO ALL THE $5 MILLION ARE JUST POSITIONS? YES. OKAY.
POSITIONS. CENTRAL OFFICE POSITIONS.
AND THEN I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE POLICE BUDGET NOT BEING CUT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS.
SO CAN YOU JUST WALK ME THROUGH THAT THINKING? I THINK WHILE WE HAVE LESS STUDENTS, WE DON'T HAVE LESS SCHOOLS.
SO UNTIL, YOU KNOW, A MODIFICATION IS MADE FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
AND WE DID RECEIVE, I THINK, AN INFUSION OF ABOUT SEVEN, 7.9 MILLION.
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BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK CAN BE LOOKED AT IN THE FUTURE.UM, IN TERMS OF, OH, I FORGOT MY QUESTION.
UM, I SUBMITTED A QUESTION ON POLICE OVERTIME BUDGETS.
I DON'T BELIEVE I RECEIVED AN ANSWER TO THAT.
DO YOU HAVE THAT FOR US? WE PROVIDED THE RESPONSE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS A REFERRAL OR A Q AND A, I THINK.
ON THE NEXT NEIGHBOR. YEAH, WE'VE ALREADY.
WE'VE ALREADY RESPONDED. DO YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD ABOUT HOW MUCH IT WAS? I DON'T. OKAY.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT COMPARISON FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
IF THERE'S SOME TYPE OF POLICY OR PROCEDURES THAT ARE FOLLOWED.
UM, AND THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT NOW.
UM. SO DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE FOR A THIRD ROUND.
ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
MAKE A MOTION FOR ROUND THREE.
I SEE. I DON'T KNOW I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE SANTOS TO HAVE A THIRD ROUND AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE BLUEFORD-DANIELS. PLEASE VOTE.
VOTING IS CLOSING. MOTION PASSED.
I WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE SANTOS FOR SUMMARIZING THE CONCERN THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED FOR A WHILE.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO SEE THE SAME PASSION FOR THESE FOOD.
DESERT, DESERT, I'M SORRY, FOOD, DESERT AND ACTUALLY MAGNET DESERTS FROM TRUSTEE DEIGAARD AS SHE HAS FOR TALKING ABOUT PARTICULAR SCHOOLS.
WE NEED THAT SAME PASSION FOR ALL THE CHILDREN.
AND PEOPLE SAY WE'RE ABOUT ALL THE CHILDREN.
WELL, LET'S DIRECT THAT ATTENTION ON THOSE THAT NEED IT MOST.
SO ON SLIDE 19, THOSE TWO COMPARISONS OF THE CHARTS.
SO WHAT WAS PROPOSED BY ISD LEADERSHIP? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
IT WOULD NOT HAVE USED ESSER MONEY.
AM I UNDERSTANDING THE CHARTS CORRECTLY ON SLIDE 19, GRADY? YEAH. NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT.
THE ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED WHAT WAS ON THE CHART ON THE LEFT, AND THEN THERE WAS YOU ALL TOOK THAT AND SAID, HEY, WHY DON'T WE ACCELERATE THE 24 INCREASE AND LET'S USE ESSER DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THAT? AND SO NOW, BECAUSE THAT'S A RECURRING COST, IT'S GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
YEAH, NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. PRETTY SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT A YEAR AGO, BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO DO THIS.
WE WANT TO REMIND OURSELVES OF WHAT WE DO.
AND I FEEL LIKE THE PROJECTIONS ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE ACTUALLY END UP WITH.
AND I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE THE REASONING BEHIND THAT.
AND I AM CONCERNED ON THE RESPONSE ABOUT LIKE NOT FULLY UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE ONE OF
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MY COLLEAGUES MADE A COMMENT LIKE, DECENTRALIZATION DOES NOT MEAN LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY.AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHERE WE CONTINUE TO LIVE AND I KEEP WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO CHANGE AROUND THAT BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE PRINCIPLES SHOULD HAVE AUTONOMY, BUT THERE NEED TO BE GUARDRAILS.
OTHERWISE, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE DEPARTMENTS TOO.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE ACTUALLY HAVE AND HOW MUCH WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING, WHICH IS CONCERNING BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE SPENDING THE MONEY TO GET THE OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THAT THAT'S WHY WE EXIST, RIGHT? WE WANT THEM TO GET THE OUTCOMES.
AND IF WE'RE NOT SPENDING THE MONEY AND PUTTING OUR RESOURCES THERE, THAT'S REALLY CONCERNING TO ME.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, I KEEP HEARING SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD IS GOING TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THIS BOARD HAS ALSO NOT BEEN PRESENTED WITH A LONG TERM STRATEGIC BUDGETARY PLAN.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE? OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. HOUSE. THANK YOU, MR. GRADY AND MR. REID. THAT CONCLUDES OUR WORKSHOP DISCUSSION.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD IS ADJOURNED.
BUENAS TARDES.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.