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OKAY. OH, ARE WE ON? OKAY, GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON.
[CALL TO ORDER]
THIS MEETING IS NOW CONVENED.I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT EVERYONE, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.
QUORUM OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT IN THE BOARD AUDITORIUM.
AND THEY ARE FOR MY RIGHT HERE ON THE PLATFORM.
JEANETTE GARZA LINDNER MYSELF, AUDREY MOMANAEE PAULA MENDOZA AND ADAM RIVON.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE EITHER JOINING US OR WILL BE JOINING US VIA ZOOM, AND I SEE MR. CAMPO IS JOINING US VIA ZOOM.
HI, RIC. IS ANYBODY ELSE ON RIGHT NOW VIA ZOOM? OKAY. VERY GOOD. OKAY.
IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THE AUDIENCE THIS AFTERNOON, PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
SEE ANYBODY QUITE YET? OKAY, GREAT. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO HEAR FROM OUR REGISTERED SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED IN TODAY.
[SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS]
ALTHOUGH WE WILL PRIORITIZE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND STUDENTS, PUBLIC COMMENT DURING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK PRIOR TO THE MEETING TIME. PER CURRENT PROTOCOL, VERBAL AND OTHER DISRUPTIONS BY PERSONS DURING THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE, AS THEY INHIBIT THE BOARD'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO OBSERVE THOSE PROCESSES.BUT YOU MAY NAME YOUR OWN CHILD.
I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RESPECT OUR PROCEDURES AND THE OTHER SPEAKERS AND END YOUR COMMENTS PROMPTLY.
WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED AND THE TIMER RINGS.
WE WILL START WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS, I BELIEVE STATE SENATOR MOLLY COOK SIGNED UP TO SPEAK VIA ZOOM.
IS SHE ON ZOOM? OKAY. VERY GOOD.
STATE SENATOR COOK, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HI, THIS IS STATE SENATOR MOLLY COOK.
REPRESENTING THE 15TH DISTRICT IN TEXAS.
AND I'M JUST TUNING IN TO SAY THAT THE PUBLIC'S TRUST HAS STILL NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THIS BOND.
WE ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF A BOND UNTIL WE CAN BUILD TRUST WITH THIS BOARD.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT FOLKS DO UNDERSTAND THAT SCHOOL COMBINATION PLAYS OUT EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS SCHOOL CLOSURE, AND WE ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF SCHOOL CLOSURES. I DON'T KNOW A SINGLE PERSON IN MY DISTRICT THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.
I HAVE NEXT ON THE LIST TRUSTEE SAVANT MOORE, BUT I DON'T SEE HIM HERE QUITE YET.
AND THEN I ALSO HAVE JUDITH CRUZ.
OUR FIRST STUDENT IS ADIDA SAGE BITTNER.
OKAY. GO AHEAD. HI, MY NAME IS ADIDAS BITTNER AND I'M A FIFTH GRADER AT QUANTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE.
YOU'VE TAKEN OUR FUN AND OUR LIBRARIES, TOO.
KIDS ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOL.
HE IS ALSO DISRESPECTFUL OF TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS.
THIS HAS MADE OUR SCHOOLS LESS FUN AND LESS SAFE.
IF YOU APPROVE THIS BOND, IT MEANS GIVING MORE MONEY TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T USE IT WISELY.
WE DON'T HAVE TRUST IN OUR LEADERS.
OUR NEXT STUDENT SPEAKER IS LUCA CANDIDA.
IS THERE A TRANSLATOR? SURE. OH.
CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S TWO MINUTES? OKAY. GO AHEAD, SWEETIE. [SPANISH]
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. SO WHEN MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT MONEY FROM TEXAS WENT TO COLORADO, I TOLD HER WE NEED TO CALL 911 BECAUSE MR. MILES IS A THIEF.SO, MR. MILES IS ALSO A BULLY, AND MANY GOOD TEACHERS HAVE GONE TO OTHER DISTRICTS THANKS TO HIM AGAIN. [SPANISH].
SO WHO WILL MY TEACHER BE IN SECOND GRADE? WILL THEY BE CERTIFIED? [SPANISH]. SO, MR. MILES ISN'T CERTIFIED, AND HE'S NOT QUALIFIED TO BE A SUPERINTENDENT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TRACY LAZOWSKI.
THE PROCESS FOR REGULATION CT2 REQUIRES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PRIOR TO THE CLOSING OF THE SCHOOL.
NOTABLY ABSENT FROM CT2 ARE CO-LOCATIONS AND CONSOLIDATIONS.
SUPERINTENDENT MILES, I HUMBLY ASK THAT YOU AMEND CT2 TO INCLUDE CO-LOCATIONS AND CONSOLIDATIONS, AS THESE DECISIONS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT OUR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS THE EQUITABLE THING TO DO.
MANAGERS, I DO NOT EXPECT CT2 TO BE AMENDED AS REQUESTED.
THEREFORE, I ASK THAT AS PART OF YOUR VOTE ON AUGUST 8TH THAT YOU REQUIRE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TRUE ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH IMPACTED CAMPUS TO TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO DECISIONS BEING MADE. YOU HAVE ONE CHANCE TO GET THIS RIGHT AS THE ENTIRE HISD COMMUNITY NOW UNDERSTANDS.
WHAT AFFECTS ONE SCHOOL WILL AFFECT ALL SCHOOLS AND WE ARE ALL PAYING ATTENTION.
THANK YOU. MISS SMITH, I CANNOT ACCESS THE FILE. CAN YOU JUST CALL OUT THE NEXT SPEAKER? ALL RIGHT. YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON.
TODAY, THERE ARE OVER 1242 TEACHING VACANCIES, WITH LESS THAN A MONTH BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.
TEAM CENTERS DO NOT ADEQUATELY SERVE UNDERSERVED AND UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS.
HOW CAN HISD PREPARE STUDENTS FOR YOUR MISSION? MR. MILES 2035 IF THEY REMOVE THE MOST ESSENTIAL RESOURCE IN SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DR.
HOFFMAN LOCKE. I BET YOU ALL ARE TIRED.
THIS HAS BEEN A DOOZY THIS HAS BEEN A ROUGH WEEK.
WE DIDN'T HAVE POWER UNTIL LAST NIGHT.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CRAZINESS, MY PARENTS, WHO ARE 81 AND BOTH HAVE ALZHEIMER'S.
THE GENERATOR AT THEIR PLACE WENT OUT.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH NO ONE IN THE FAMILY HAD ELECTRICITY, WE STILL HAD TO GO GET THEM.
SO AT LEAST SOMEBODY WAS MAKING SURE THEY WEREN'T DYING.
AND CENTERPOINT IS GETTING A LOT OF TROUBLE FOR THIS, BECAUSE THEY SHOULD HAVE SEEN AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARED AND THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, AND PEOPLE DIED. AND Y'ALL ARE ABOUT TO BE IN THAT SAME SITUATION BECAUSE IT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT THIS MAN IS NOT HONEST.
AND IF YOU READ THE TEXAS OBSERVER'S ARTICLE TODAY, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT HIS THIRD FUTURES SYSTEM HAS BEEN BREAKING THE LAW IN TEXAS.
AND SO Y'ALL NOW CANNOT CLAIM PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY.
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AND YOU HAVE A FIDUCIARY AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT GIVING HIM MORE MONEY.OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTY BREWSTER.
GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M CHRISTIE MICHELE BREWSTER, RETIRED SCHOOL NURSE, 35 YEARS OF SERVICE.
THE F MIKE MOORE LOVES THE HOSPITAL MODEL CONCEPT.
THIS MANAGEMENT REGIME FOR HOUSTON ISD IS LIKE A PAINFUL KIDNEY STONE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WHY? IT SHOWS COMPLETE INCOMPETENCE.
STILL HAVING THE OVERSEER STYLE OBSERVATION OF THE TEACHERS, THE POORLY DONE CURRICULUMS. AND NOW YOU'RE SENDING STUDENTS TO THE SCHOOLS WITH HEAT, WITHOUT HEAT, WITHOUT AIR.
WHY SHOULD YOU TELL THE STAKEHOLDER ANYTHING? FINANCIAL DESPAIR.
JUST SPENDING OUR MONEY HAND OVER FIST.
BUT WE THE PEOPLE GOT A TREATMENT FOR THIS KIDNEY STONE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD.
IT'S CALLED LITHOTRIPSY SHOCK WAVES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO WHEN WE STAND UP.
THANK YOU. AND IN NOVEMBER, YOU KNOW, TRUST.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIA BENSON.
HELLO. MY NAME IS MARIA BENSON.
TODAY, THE TEXAS OBSERVER'S ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTED HOW MR. MILES HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A SERIES OF CONTROVERSIAL ACTIONS.
FIRST, RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SQUANDERED.
WHETHER IT'S A $400,000 MUSICAL PRODUCTION AT NRG, BUYING ADULT SIZED SPIN BIKES FOR KIDS, PAYING CENTRAL ADMINISTRATOR SALARIES OVER $200,000, THE PATTERN OF FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT IS UNDENIABLE.
HOW CAN WE IN GOOD CONSCIENCE APPROVE A BOND WHEN WE HAVE SEEN SUCH A BLATANT DISREGARD FOR THE CAREFUL STEWARDSHIP OF FUNDS? TRUST IS THE CORNERSTONE OF ANY ORGANIZATION, ANY THRIVING ORGANIZATION.
WITHOUT IT, WE ARE BUILDING ON A FOUNDATION OF SAND.
HOW CAN WE PLACE OUR TRUST IN LEADERSHIP THAT IS REPEATEDLY SHOWN ITSELF TO BE UNWORTHY? I URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY.
REMEMBER, NO TRUST, NO THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DENISE WILBURN.
FRIENDS KNOW I'M A REPEAT OFFENDER AT THESE BOARD MEETINGS.
THEY ARE ETHICAL, MORAL PEOPLE ACTIVE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES, INCLUDING PUBLIC EDUCATION AND TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR ACCOUNTABILITY.
THEY ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROPOSED BOND.
AND I'M GOING TO START SHARING TODAY'S HEADLINES WITH THEM FROM THE TEXAS STANDARD REPORT.
AN OBSERVER INVESTIGATION HAS FOUND IRREGULARITIES IN HOW THE HOUSTON ISD SUPERINTENDENTS COLORADO CHARTER SCHOOL NONPROFIT DID THIS RIGHT HERE IN TEXAS.
I WONDER WHAT OTHER IRREGULARITIES THEY ARE.
CAN Y'ALL BE TRUSTED WITH TAXPAYERS' MONEY? THANK YOU, MA'AM. NO. TRUST.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DIANA CANDIDA.
SPEAKING ABOUT THE BOND BOARD OF MANAGERS, IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE TO PUT THE BOND ON THE BALLOT.
MR. MILES CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH OUR MONEY.
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THIS UNDEMOCRATIC TAKEOVER AND IMPLANTING MIKE MILES IN OUR DISTRICT.TEA INVESTIGATING MIKE MILES IS LIKE THE FOX GUARDING THE HENHOUSE.
OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION IS AT STAKE.
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE.
NOT ONLY SHOULD YOU BLOCK MR. MILES'S ATTEMPTS TO GET THE BOND ON THE BALLOT, BUT IF IT DOES MAKE IT THERE, YOU NEED TO VOTE NO.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MELISSA YARBOROUGH.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT NO TRUST MEANS WHEN WE SAY NO TRUST, NO BOND.
YOU SAY THAT YOU SUPPORT FAMILIES, BUT YOU HAVE ELIMINATED EFFECTIVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, AND YOU HAVE ANY SCHOOLS REFUSING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND YOU PROHIBIT PRINCIPALS FROM COMMUNICATING AC PROBLEMS WITH, EXCUSE ME, PARENTS, YOU SAY YOU'RE IMPROVING INSTRUCTION, BUT YOU HAVE REMOVED QUALIFIED TEACHERS AND REPLACED THEM WITH UNQUALIFIED ONES, AND YOU ARE REPLACING RELEVANT, RIGOROUS CURRICULA WITH STAR PREP. YOU SAY YOU'RE CREATING EQUITY, BUT IN THE MOST UNDER-RESOURCED SCHOOLS, YOU HAVE ELIMINATED LIBRARIES AND YOU ARE WASTING FUNDS ON UNWANTED SPIN BIKES. AND YOU ARE INCREASING HOURS THAT STUDENTS SPEND WITH UNQUALIFIED, UNCERTIFIED INDIVIDUALS.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JONI FINCHAM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD OF MANAGERS.
IF THE BOND GOES ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, THE QUESTION FOR VOTERS ISN'T WHETHER HISD NEEDS A BOND.
SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU, BOARD OF MANAGERS, IS WHAT WILL YOU DO TO EARN THE TRUST OF VOTERS BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER? WILL YOU PERSONALLY ENGAGE WITH THE FAMILIES WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED CO-LOCATION OF SCHOOLS? WILL YOU ACTUALLY ANSWER THEIR EMAILS AND TAKE THEIR PHONE CALLS? WILL YOU PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH A COMPLETE ACCOUNTING ON HOW THE PROPOSED BOND ADDRESSES HISD'S DECLINING ENROLLMENT, BECAUSE THE INFORMATION NOW DOESN'T MAKE SENSE? WILL YOU BRING BACK OUR LIBRARIES? WILL YOU MAKE SURE WE HAVE CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOMS? ALL THESE THINGS COULD GO A LONG WAY IN BUILDING TRUST, BECAUSE SO FAR, THE ACTIONS AND DECISIONS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD HAVE SHOWN YOU CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO OVERSEE $4.4 BILLION OF TAXPAYER FUNDS.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BROOKE LONGORIA.
AND THE SHIRT THAT I'M WEARING TONIGHT TO THIS AFTERNOON WAS CHOSEN BY MY DAUGHTER.
AND SHE SAID THAT IT WOULD MAYBE HELP ME BE HEARD AND SEEN BY YOU ALL.
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO STOP THE PROCESS, TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY, TO HIT PAUSE AND KNOW THAT THIS CAN COME LATER. THIS CAN COME AT A DIFFERENT DATE.
THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T WANT.
THEY DON'T WANT THIS FOUNDATION.
THEY DON'T WANT THIS BEGINNING.
THEY WANT US TO WAIT AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS COREY FLORES.
WE DON'T TRUST MR. MILES BECAUSE HE'S A SNEAKY, CHERRY PICKING DATA LOVER AND LOOPHOLE FINDER.
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AND YOU ARE ALL COMPLICIT WHEN YOU DON'T STAND UP TO HIM.THERE ARE NO SURPRISES ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW HE WILL REBUILD SCHOOLS WITH NO LIBRARIES IN THEM.
YOU KNOW HE WILL REBUILD SCHOOLS WITH 50 PERSON CLASSROOMS TO AVOID THAT PESKY FIRE CODE RULE AND USE HIS NEW FAILING APPRENTICE SYSTEM.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN WHAT HE DOES WITH MONEY.
$1 MILLION IN SPIN BIKES, CLASSROOMS WITH MULTIPLE SMART BOARDS, WHILE OTHERS HAVE NONE.
REPAINTING ENTIRE CAMPUSES INSTEAD OF REPLACING THEIR BADLY BROKEN HVAC SYSTEMS. I LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM MRS. FLOWERS ESTEEMED SCHOOL, AND ONE BLOCK BY ONE BLOCK THERE ARE EIGHT STUDENTS.
WHEN OUR STUDENTS PLAY TOGETHER, THEY ARE ALL THE SAME.
AND WHILE I DON'T EXPECT MY PUBLIC EDUCATION STUDENTS TO HAVE EXTRAVAGANT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS OR METICULOUSLY GROOMED CAMPUSES, I EXPECT THEM TO HAVE WHAT I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW IS NECESSARY FOR A QUALITY EDUCATION.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. A LIBRARY MA'AM.
THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THIS, MA'AM.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CALVIN MILLER.
IF WE THE PEOPLE NO LONGER HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE OUR OWN ELECTED EMPLOYEES IN AND OUT, WHY WOULD WE THE PEOPLE GIVE DICTATORSHIP OF THE TO ANOTHER BLANK CHECK KNOWN AS A BUN? THE TO TAKE EVERYTHING AWAY DOESN'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE CONSTITUENTS OR GET THEIR INPUT ABOUT ANYTHING, INCLUDING HOW THEY SPEND THEIR TAX DOLLARS.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOW IN PLACE TO CHARTER THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
WHEN AND IF THEY DECIDE TO DO SO, THEY HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE STATE, A STATE APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENT, A BOARD OF MANAGERS, OUR MONEY, OUR PROPERTY TAX, BUILDINGS AND DICTATORSHIP. PREVIOUS BONDS HAVE PASSED EVERY 4 TO 6 YEARS.
THE LAST 26 YEARS IN 98 670,000,678 MILLION AND OH TWO, 808 MILLION AND OH SEVEN 805,000,020 12 1.9 BILLION.
TOTAL 4.3 BILLION IN 14 YEARS.
HOWEVER, A BOND PASSING DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE SCHOOLS WAS BUILT OR CONSTRUCTED IN A TIMELY FASHION.
SOME OF THE SAME SCHOOLS WAS BUILT OR CONSTRUCTED OR HAS EVEN CLOSED.
THEY MAY BE A DIFFERENT BOND WITH A MUCH BIGGER PRICE TAG, BUT THIS PARTICULAR ONE HAS THE LEGISLATION OF THE STATE APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENT A BOARD OF MANAGERS THAT HAS NO POWER TO DO WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE TO DO WITHOUT WE THE PEOPLE'S APPROVAL.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RUTH KRAVITZ.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR COMMITMENT.
TODAY'S TEXAS OBSERVER REPORT SHOULD SERVE AS A WARNING TO ALL THE BOARD OF MANAGERS HERE.
THE TEXAS BOARD, LIKE THE HISD BOARD, ARE JUST FIGUREHEADS.
IF YOU DON'T DO YOUR JOBS WHILE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO OVERSEE THE PUBLIC DOLLARS ENTRUSTED TO THEM, THE TEXAS THIRD FUTURE SCHOOL BOARD DID NOTHING.
ECTOR AND MIDLAND COUNTY ISD SENT ALL STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS THEY RECEIVED TO COLORADO, WHERE MILES AND HIS FRIENDS DECIDED WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THE MONEY, NOT THE TEXAS BOARD THAT WAS LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO OVERSEE IT.
SIMILARLY, HISD'S BOARD OF MANAGERS HAS FAILED ITS FIDUCIARY DUTY TO ENSURE THAT HOUSTON PUBLIC FUNDS BE SPENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF HOUSTON ISD SCHOOL CHILDREN.
IF MILES REPLICATES HIS ACTIONS FROM MIDLAND COUNTY, ECTOR COUNTY AND AUSTIN ISD.
THE BOARD OF MANAGERS HERE WILL BE LEGALLY CULPABLE FOR THE OUTCOME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRANDY DOWD.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BRANDY DODD, AND I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CONCERNING THE BOND.
MRS. CRUZ ARNOLD, MISS BRANDY, MR. MARTINEZ AND MR. RIVON.
YOU HAVE SEEN MR. MILES THIS PAST YEAR DESTROY HISD, GETTING RID OF LIBRARIES, DRIVING OUT QUALIFIED TEACHERS, EXPERIENCED TEACHERS, CERTIFIED TEACHERS, GETTING WRAPAROUND SERVICES, JANITORIAL SERVICES.
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OUR SCHOOLS ARE IN SHAMBLES AFTER THIS HURRICANE AND THE DERECHO.AND STILL HE CONTINUES ASKING FOR MORE, MORE, MORE.
IN WHAT UNIVERSE? IN YOUR RIGHT MIND DO YOU THINK THAT WE WOULD EVER VOTE FOR A BOND? SO I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE WORDS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND VOTE NO.
THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL OF THE SPEAKERS THAT I HAVE THAT HAVE UP HERE PRESENT.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS WHO REGISTERED VIA ZOOM.
YES, MISS SMITH. OKAY, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
OH, I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO TURN OFF MY SOUND FOR A SECOND.
WHAT? OKAY, HOLD ON JUST A SECOND.
OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD.
OKAY. THE COST OF THE BOND IS OBSCENE.
PLEASE DO SOME RESEARCH INTO HOW MUCH THINGS ACTUALLY COST.
I LOOKED AT ACTUAL PURCHASES MADE BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS OVER THE PAST YEAR.
I WAS SHOCKED BY HOW CHEAP EVERYTHING ACTUALLY IS WHEN PLACED IN THE LIGHT OF 470 MILLION.
LAS VEGAS PD SPENT 1 MILLION ON A SWAT MOBILE COMMAND CENTER.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS SPENDING 50 MILLION ON AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER.
ADD THOSE TOGETHER WITH PERIMETER FENCING, SECURE VESTIBULES AND SECURE DOORS FOR EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS, AND AN ENCRYPTED RADIOS AND TESLA PATROL VEHICLES FOR EVERY SINGLE POLICE OFFICER.
YOU COULD EVEN ADD A DOUBLED POLICE FORCE FOR TEN YEARS AND STILL FALL 70 MILLION SHY.
GOOD EVENING. I FIND THAT JUST HAVING THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW IS ANOTHER REASON NOT TO TRUST THIS BOARD OF MANAGERS OR MIKE MILES. THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS IN A DISASTER MODE, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE HAPPY. NOBODY'S THERE IN THE NUMBERS THAT SHOULD BE THERE, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE MEETING.
YOU HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO CANCEL IT AND RESCHEDULE IT AT ANOTHER TIME.
BUT THAT'S JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF WHY NO TRUST, NO BOND.
THE THINGS YOU WANT ARE NOT THE THINGS THAT WE WANT.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US THAT HE DOESN'T THINK THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
LIBRARIES WRAP AROUND SERVICES.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.
AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS YOU STILL HAVE CERTIFIED TEACHERS.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE SHOULD HAVE THE BONDS.
ANITA WADHWANI. YOU MAY BEGIN.
I, LIKE MANY PEOPLE, ARE PRETTY TIRED.
WE'RE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, AND I OFTEN FEEL LIKE WHAT I TELL YOU IS NOT HEARD.
SO IN THE SPIRIT OF GALVANIZING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE SPACE AND ALSO REPRESENTING PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HERE IN THE MID-JULY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REPEAT, AND IF ANYONE WANTS TO JOIN ME, NO TRUST, NO BOND, NO TRUST, NO BOND, NO TRUST, NO BOND, NO TRUST, NO BOND, NO TRUST, NO BOND, NO TRUST, NO BOND, NO TRUST, NO BOND, NO TRUST, NO BOND.
NO BOND, NO TRUST, NO BOND, NO TRUST, NO BOND.
NO BOND. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, AMANDA PARISH.
HELLO. AMANDA PARISH, HISD PARENT.
AND I HAVE A LOT OF PERSONAL COMMENTS.
I PERSONALLY THINK THAT YOU SHOULD VOTE NO ON AUGUST 8TH ON THIS BOND, BUT TO LEAN INTO SOME OF MY STRENGTHS AS AN ENNEAGRAM NINE, I WANT TO PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS COMPLETELY REASONABLE AND SOMETHING THAT FORT BEND ISD DID LAST YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THEIR BOND.
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ESTIMATE TOTAL SAFE AND SCHOOLS AND THEN FUTURE READY CTE AND RESTORING SCHOOLS.THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE VOTING ON.
PLEASE CONSIDER THIS VERY REASONABLE REQUEST.
THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAVE AN EAGLETON. MISS EAGLETON, ARE YOU ON? YES, I AM.
OKAY. CAN YOU PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA? OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
YES. I AM REPRESENTING THE TAXPAYER INTEREST HERE.
GIVEN THE ALLEGATIONS FROM TODAY'S TEXAS OBSERVER ARTICLE, I THINK WE NEED TO PAUSE THE BOND.
I THINK THAT AN INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE CONDUCTED BEFORE SO WE CAN DETERMINE IF WE ARE WORKING WITH HONORABLE PEOPLE ON A $4.4 BILLION BOND.
I WOULD I KNOW IN THE PAST; MR. MILES HAS SAID THAT HIS THIRD FUTURE SCHOOLS HAVE ALL HAD CLEAN AUDITS.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT ENRON HAD CLEAN AUDITS.
IT DID NOT MAKE THEM HONEST, AND IT DID NOT MAKE THEM HONORABLE.
THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ZOOM SPEAKERS.
OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ZOOM SPEAKERS.
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL IN PERSON SPEAKERS SHOWN UP? I DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT OKAY.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HOLDING THIS MEETING TODAY.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
AND FOR THE BOARD, WE HAVE A COPY, I BELIEVE, OF WHAT MR. MILES IS GOING TO BE SHARING WITH US THIS EVENING.
AND THEN ALSO, I THINK ELECTRONICALLY.
MY NAME IS MICHELLE WILLIAMS. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
AND TODAY I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EVALUATION SYSTEM.
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SAN ANTONIO ISD HAS RECENTLY STOPPED USING MAP TESTING BECAUSE IT SHOWED THAT IT DID NOT SHOW THE DEFICITS IN STAAR.THOSE ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT TESTS.
YOU ALL ARE INTELLIGENT PEOPLE.
EDUCATE YOURSELF ON NORM REFERENCED VERSUS CRITERION REFERENCE TEST.
THEY'RE SMART KIDS IN THOSE SCHOOLS.
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE USING STAAR FOR OUR EVALUATION.
WE SHOULD NOT BE USING MAP TESTING.
STAAR HAS ITS OWN STAAR PROGRESS GROWTH MEASURE.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, MR. MILES, FOR THAT, GRACE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MADAM PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS.
[WORKSHOP TOPIC: PROPOSED 2024 BOND PACKAGE]
AND THERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE BOND AND TO GET A DEEPER DIVE INTO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE THAT COULD BE CONCERNING, BUT ALSO THAT ARE OF FOUNDATIONAL VALUE FOR THIS BOND.SO TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THREE THINGS JUST BY WAY OF PREAMBLE.
AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
ONE OF THE BIG AREAS ACTUALLY THREE AREAS OF INTEREST THAT THE BOARD HAD, AS REVEALED THROUGH THE QUESTIONING OF LAST TIME AND THROUGH THE WRITTEN QUESTIONS.
HOW DID WE GET TO 4.4 BILLION? WHAT WAS HOW DID WE DETERMINE THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF THE BOND PROPOSAL? SO I WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
A SECOND BODY OF QUESTIONS SURROUND CAREER TECH ED.
AND WHY IS THAT? THE APPROACH? IF WE CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAIL AND RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS THAT INFORM THE CTE INVESTMENT.
WHAT SORT OF OVERSIGHT? COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING AND EXECUTION WILL THERE BE FOR THE BOND BOTH BEFORE THE BOND IS PASSED AND AFTER, SHOULD IT PASS? SO LET ME TALK ABOUT THOSE THREE AREAS.
I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL BOND.
USUALLY OR OFTEN YOU HAVE A SERIES OF BUILDINGS OR RENOVATIONS, AND YOU TAKE THE BUILDINGS THAT THAT HAVE THE MOST NEED. THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A BOND SINCE 2012 AND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAD NOT BEEN ENTERTAINED AS FAR AS FACILITIES SINCE 2007.
SO YOU'RE THINKING YOU HAVE TO THINK 17 YEARS BEFORE WE REALLY HAD A SERIOUS INVESTMENT.
AND ALL THE WHILE THE NEEDS HAVE BEEN GROWING.
IT'S ACTUALLY OVER $10 BILLION.
WE HAVE $10 BILLION OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T DO THAT.
SO THIS BOND IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
LIKE MANY BONDS OUT THERE, I DO IF YOU DO EVERY FIVE YEARS.
SO SECURITY INVOLVES THINGS LIKE FENCING, SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY, A VESTIBULE.
WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A REAL NEED IN THIS DISTRICT, BUT ALSO IN MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THAT'S BEEN THE STATE OF THE OF THE ART FOR SAFETY IS A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY.
AND IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO REALIZE THIS TIME OF YEAR AND AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE HEAT, HOW MANY, HOW WE HOW WE GO AROUND AND TRY TO KEEP OUR BUILDINGS COOL.
WE HAVE AN AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
A STORM DOESN'T HELP, OF COURSE, AND WE'VE HAD TWO IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
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SO I THINK EVERYBODY CAN REALIZE.THE SECOND AREA FOR US WAS FUTURE READY BECAUSE A BOND IS AN INVESTMENT NOT JUST IN BUILDINGS, BUT IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. SO IF WE WANT TO HELP OUR KIDS LONG TERM, AND IT'S BEEN 17 YEARS SINCE WE HAD THIS HUGE INVESTMENT IN ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE, WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THEIR EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR EXAMPLE, PRE-K VERY CLEARLY WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS.
YOU CAN'T JUST START AT SECOND GRADE OR EVEN FIRST GRADE THESE DAYS.
PRE-K IS SOMETHING THAT OUR KIDS NEED TO MOVE NOT ONLY TO THE STATE AVERAGE, BUT BEYOND THE STATE AVERAGE AND BEYOND THE NATIONAL AVERAGE TO GET THEM READY FOR LIFE AND WORK OR COLLEGE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THE OTHER BOOKEND IS ALSO CLEAR.
THE OTHER END IS OUR CAREER TECH ED, OUR CCMR PROGRAM FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
SO PRE-K AND HIGH SCHOOL, WE KNOW THAT WE NEED AN INVESTMENT ON THEIR CAREER TECH ED ACCESS AND ALSO THE SORTS OF UPGRADES TO THEIR SKILLS.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MINUTE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG BUCKETS FIRST.
AND THEN THE THIRD BUCKET, OF COURSE, IS REBUILDING SCHOOLS.
THAT'S THE ONE WE'RE MOST FAMILIAR WITH.
WHEN WE PULL BRING FORTH A BOND AND WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF NEED THERE.
LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARLY ABOUT HOW MUCH.
HOW MUCH MONEY CAN WE SPEND OR SHOULD WE SPEND WITHOUT RAISING TAXES? THAT'S WE ALWAYS FIGURED.
AND SO WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THAT, AND WE ARRIVED AT 4.4 BILLION.
WHAT IS THE LIMITING AMOUNT LIMITING AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND IT RANGED FROM 4 TO 4.4 OR 4.5 TO 5 BILLION.
AND WE THOUGHT A GOOD NUMBER THEN.
AND THE FINANCIAL ADVISORS THOUGHT A GOOD NUMBER WOULD BE $4.4 BILLION.
THAT WOULD KEEP US SAFE TO WHERE WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO RAISE ANY TAXES.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THE VERY NEXT THING WAS, OKAY, SO HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO SPEND ON SAFETY, BOTH SECURITY WISE AND HEALTH WISE? HOW MUCH LEAD ABATEMENT? HOW MANY AIR CONDITIONING UNITS OR WHAT? WHAT WAS THE EXTENT OF THAT PROBLEM? WHAT'S THE EXTENT OF THE SINGLE VESTIBULE PROBLEM? AND FENCING, WHEN YOU HAVE DOORS THAT OPEN TO THE OUTSIDE, ET CETERA.
ALL THAT IN A PRETTY RIGOROUS STUDY.
AND THEN WE UPGRADED THAT WORK THROUGH RICE AND GARDNER.
SO WE HAD EXPERTS DOING THIS, AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH AN AMOUNT OF 1.1 BILLION.
YOU'VE SEEN THE LIST FOR EVERY SCHOOL.
AND THAT'S WHERE THAT DOLLAR FIGURE COMES FROM.
BUT THIS ADMINISTRATION MADE A DETERMINATION OF IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 4.4 BILLION, THE FIRST MONEYS HAVE TO BE SPENT ON SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR SCHOOLS. IF NOTHING ELSE, LET'S DO THAT.
SO THAT WAS THE FIRST FIRST BUCKET.
AND THEN WE WENT TO WHAT I TALKED ABOUT PRE-K AND CAREER TECH.
ED, THIS WORLD IS CHANGING FAST.
TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN CHANGING QUICKLY OVER THE LAST DECADE, ACTUALLY, THE LAST COUPLE DECADES.
AND OUR KIDS DESERVE UPGRADED CAREER TECH ED COURSES WITH HIGHER SKILLS.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH MANY OF THE WITH THE COURSES THAT WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT, EXCEPT THAT WE NEED AND WE NEED COURSES THAT ARE UPGRADED, THAT ARE HIGH WAGE, HIGH SKILL, HIGH DEMAND FOR OUR STUDENTS BEFORE THEY GET EVEN FURTHER BEHIND AND ARE LESS MARKETABLE.
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOTH AND HERE, AND I'LL SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THAT.AND THEN FINALLY AND WE TARGETED THAT FOR 1.1 BILLION, LEAVING HALF OF THE INVESTMENT TO SCHOOLS, MEANING NEW SCHOOLS REBUILD OR RENOVATIONS OR EXPANSIONS.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE THREE AREAS.
THAT'S THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE WORKED.
AND TO SPEND THAT $2.2 BILLION, THERE WAS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS LOOKING AT FCI, LOOKING AT PAST DATA FOR DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES, LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT, LOOKING AT UTILIZATION, LOOKING AT WHERE BUILDINGS ARE, WHETHER IT'S ON A FLOODPLAIN OR NON FLOODPLAIN LOOKING AT ALL THE SAFETY AND SECURITY, THE WHOLE ITERATIVE PROCESS TO SAY THESE ARE THE 43 PROJECTS THAT WE CAN DO, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE 43 PROJECTS WHERE THE SCHOOLS HAVE THE MOST NEED FACILITY WISE.
AND THAT'S THAT WAS THE PROCESS.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
THIS SLIDE HERE JUST SHOWS THAT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A BOND, WE HAVEN'T INCREASED OUR INDEBTEDNESS TREMENDOUSLY OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE ORANGE ARE OUR DEBT.
AMOUNT IS GOING DOWN PRETTY CONSIDERABLY NEXT YEAR.
THAT ALLOWS US TO GO OUT FOR BOND.
THAT'S WHERE THE BLUE LINE IS.
IF WE IF WE GO FOR 4.4 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S BELOW THE, THE TAX LEVY LINE, THE INS TAX LEVY.
AND THEN OVER TIME, OF COURSE WE [INAUDIBLE] THE BONDS WE PAY OFF THE BOND.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT EVENTUALLY SHRINKING.
BUT THIS JUST SHOWS THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM HERE TO GO FOR $4.4 BILLION BOND.
ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE YOU KNOW, IT'S WITH ALL THE NEED AND WITH ALL THE INTEREST THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, IT IS HARD TO PRIORITIZE ANY BOND, EVEN IF IT WAS A REGULAR BOND AND YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, A DISTRICT THIS SIZE AND YOU NEED TO HAVE 50, 60 BUILDINGS RENOVATED OR RENEWED OR REBUILT.
IT WOULD STILL BE A HARD TASK.
MAYBE EVEN MORE SO SINCE WE HAVE A GREAT NEED ON MANY, MANY THINGS.
SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS WE COULD AND SHOULD SPEND MONEY ON.
WE PRIORITIZE THE, THE CHECKS AT THE TOP AND DIDN'T AND DEPRIORITIZE THE ONES ON THE BOTTOM.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T NEED THOSE THINGS.
I MEAN, I LOOK AT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE THAT POPS OUT MOST TO ME IS THE BUS BARNS.
I'VE VISITED THE BUS BARNS AND NOW WE HAVE SATELLITE.
BARNES. SO, WE STILL HAVE OUR FOUR MAIN ONES.
WE HAVE FOUR SATELLITE TERMINALS.
IN ADDITION, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUS, BARNES, YOU GO THERE.
YOU KNOW THAT WE NEED NEW BUILDINGS THERE NOW.
BUT WE ACTUALLY NEED NEW BUILDINGS THERE.
WE PRIORITIZE THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A CHOICE AND THAT'S A PRIORITY.
BUT I MEAN, PEOPLE THERE CAN MAKE A CASE FOR PUTTING THEM FIRST.
RIGHT? AND THAT GOES FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT NEED ON, ON THE TOP SIDE OF THAT CHART.
SO IN THE END OF THE DAY THIS WAS THIS IS THE WAY WE PRIORITIZED THE FUNDING.
WE KNOW THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE LEFT UNDONE.
BUT THIS IS THE MOST WE CAN SPEND AT THIS TIME.
AND IT'S THE FIRST INVESTMENT.
LET'S NOT DO WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS DONE THE LAST 12 YEARS.
SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS IS, OKAY, SO YOU HAVE THE 2.2 BILLION.
HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU PROPOSE AND PRIORITIZE THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A LOT OF NEED?
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THERE ARE MANY, MANY SCHOOLS.SO HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE? AND THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE THAT I HOPE WILL ILLUSTRATE HOW WE MADE CHOICES. AGAIN, WE ONLY HAVE 2.2 BILLION.
WE LOOKED AT SO MANY DIFFERENT INDICATORS, ONLY A FEW ARE LISTED HERE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF CHOICES.
IT'S NOT JUST A CHOICE OF BUILD OR NOT BUILD.
IT'S NOT JUST A CHOICE OF RENOVATE OR NOT RENOVATE.
WE COULD DO THAT, BUT WE FIGURED THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO SERVE MORE SCHOOLS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN SCHOOL A THESE ARE HIGH FACILITIES INDEX FACILITY CONDITION INDEX, FCI OF 82. THAT'S REALLY HIGH.
THAT'S A BUILDING THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OR REBUILT.
AND WE KNOW THAT IN A FLOODPLAIN, YOU, YOU OFTEN HAVE SHIFTING GROUND AND OBVIOUSLY IT FLOODS WHEN IT, WHEN IT RAINS HEAVILY LIKE IT HAS IN A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND IN THIS CASE THERE'S PIPE PROBLEMS WITH THE PIPES, THE ROOFS, THE HVAC.
I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS A BUILDING FALLING APART, BUT IT'S 77% UTILIZED.
THAT MEANS THERE ARE KIDS THERE AND ENOUGH KIDS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DISPERSE.
WE DON'T WANT TO CLOSE THIS BUILDING.
THIS IS BUILDING A NEW BUILDING ON THE SAME SITE.
AND THEN DEMOLISHING THE OLD BUILDING.
THAT'S SCHOOL A, SCHOOL B SIMILAR STATISTICS.
RIGHT. DATA? 79%, BUT IT'S NOT ON A FLOODPLAIN.
AND IT HAS ISSUES WITH THE ROOF AND THE HVAC.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THERE TOO.
SO IN THIS CASE, COULD WE REBUILD? YES, WE COULD REBUILD.
SO THAT'S A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR A RENOVATION INSTEAD OF REBUILD.
AND THAT'S A THAT'S ANOTHER CHOICE THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE LOOKING AT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.
ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF DATA COME INTO PLAY.
WE JUST DIDN'T PUT IT ALL DOWN HERE.
BUT WE HAVE MANY SCHOOLS IN THE 70S OR 80S.
SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE.
BUT THIS IS NOT IN A FLOODPLAIN.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE HVAC SYSTEM IS THE LARGEST PROBLEM HERE.
IT'S NEAR FAILURE, HASN'T FAILED.
IT'S NEAR FAILURE 77% UTILIZATION RATE.
COULD WE DO A MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT? SURE. BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE NEED TO.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THE AIR CONDITIONING WORKS WELL.
SO THIS IS A PROPOSED SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN HEATING AND AIR OR HVAC AND ALSO SAFETY.
THAT IS A SAFETY HEALTH AND SAFETY.
AND THEN FINALLY HERE'S A SCHOOL D THAT'S GOT A HIGH FCI.
AND WE KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL SCHOOLS LIKE THIS SMALL UTILIZATION 54%.
IT'S NOT IN A FLOODPLAIN, BUT IT ALSO HAS ROOF ISSUES, HVAC ISSUES AND EXTERIOR ISSUES.
THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE A CANDIDATE FOR CLOSURE.
BUT WE MADE A COMMITMENT NOT TO CLOSE THE SCHOOLS.
ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE KIDS IN THE AREA.
AND SO THE INSTEAD OF CLOSURE, WE CAN STILL SERVE THE KIDS WITH A CONSOLIDATION OR CO-LOCATION.
SO AGAIN THIS SLIDE I HOPE, SHOWS THAT IT'S NOT JUST A BUILD OR NOT BUILD.
IT'S NOT JUST A RENOVATION OR NOT RENOVATION.
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AND SO WITH THAT AND THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, THIS ITERATIVE PROCESS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY SITE, BY THE WAY I MEAN, WE ALSO LOOKED AT WHERE THEY SIT.IF THERE'S A HIGHWAY NEXT TO THEM, IT'S HARD TO IT'S HARD TO MOVE KIDS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
IT'S HARD TO CO-LOCATE, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THERE'S A HIGHWAY IN BETWEEN OR IF THERE'S NO LAND ON THE PROPERTY, IT'S HARD TO BUILD IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO BUILD IT.
SO WITH THAT ITERATIVE PROCESS, WE CAME UP WITH THE 43 PROPOSED ACTIONS THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU DATA ON 15 FULL REBUILDS ONE CAMPUS REBUILD WHERE YOU HAD THREE SCHOOLS, TWO ELEMENTARY AND ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL THREE CO-LOCATION FULL REBUILDS, WHICH IS SIX CAMPUSES.
ALTOGETHER WE HAVE SEVEN CO-LOCATIONS FOR 15 SCHOOLS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE RENOVATIONS AND OR EXPANSIONS THERE.
AND YOU HAVE DATA ON EACH OF THESE 43 PROPOSED ACTIONS.
AND I'LL AWAIT YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL TRY TO FINISH QUICKLY.
AND THEN I'LL BRING ON CHIEF OF STAFF.
SO FIRST, THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE WITH CAREER TECH ED? THIS CHART RIGHT HERE WOULD BE CONCERNING.
I KNOW IT'S CONCERNING TO YOU.
YOU CAN SEE THAT HALF DO NOT ATTEND COLLEGE.
WORSE THAN THAT, THOUGH, IS 36% DO ATTEND COLLEGE AND DROP OUT.
ANOTHER 14% ATTEND COLLEGE AND GRADUATE, BUT 36% ATTEND COLLEGE AND DROP OUT.
THEY DO NOT FINISH COLLEGE EITHER IN FOUR YEARS.
IT PROBABLY MEANS THAT OUR KIDS DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS IN MANY CASES OR THE ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY TO, TO FINISH COLLEGE.
ONLY 12% OF OUR STUDENTS RIGHT NOW ARE COMPLETING CAREER TECH ED COURSES AND THEN OBTAINING AN IBC.
IN OTHER WORDS, ONLY 12% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING AN IBC.
SO MANY ARE ATTENDING COLLEGE.
36% DROP OUT 50% AND ATTENDING COLLEGE 36% DROP OUT.
AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT ATTENDING COLLEGE, ONLY 12% ARE GETTING AN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION THAT IS REALLY LOW. THAT'S REALLY LOW.
SO THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE IS THREEFOLD.
NUMBER ONE, WE DO WANT TO IMPROVE STUDENTS GOING TO COLLEGE AND FINISHING COLLEGE.
THAT'S A THAT'S SOMETHING WE STILL NEED TO DO.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUTTING SO MUCH EMPHASIS ON EARLY GRADES, READING AND MATH AND SCIENCE, THE FOUNDATIONAL COURSES.
THAT'S WHY THE NINTH AND 10TH GRADE HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME ON FOR IN THE NEZ ORBIT, ON MATH AND ON SCIENCE AND ON LANGUAGE ARTS.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR TEA SCORES UP OR ACT AND SAT FOR ALL KIDS.
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ABOUT CHOOSING CAREER VERSUS COLLEGE.
SO ONE PROBLEM IS, YES, WE GOT TO GROW COLLEGE ACCESS AND COMPLETING COLLEGE.
AND IF THEY THEN CHOOSE TO GO TO COLLEGE INSTEAD OF PURSUING THEIR SKILL PATHWAY, THAT'S FINE.
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THAT'S GOOD. OR THEY MAY CHOOSE EVEN IF THEY'RE COLLEGE READY TO TAKE THE JOB IN THEIR CAREER PATHWAY.BUT THE POINT HERE IS, CAN WE DESIGN OR CAN WE HELP OUR STUDENTS HAVE BOTH, NOT ONE OR THE OTHER.
IT'S OKAY TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO AND NOT GO TO COLLEGE.
IT'S NOT OKAY TO FORCE THEM INTO ONE CHOICE.
IF WE CAN DO BOTH, IF WE CAN PREPARE THEM FOR BOTH COLLEGE AND RAISE THEIR SKILLS.
AND THAT, WE BELIEVE, IS THE PROBLEM.
WHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN IS JUST PART OF THE RESEARCH.
I ACTUALLY DID ONE WITH THE NEW PRINCIPALS YESTERDAY.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT YEAR 2035 COMPETENCIES AND WHAT THE MARKETPLACE IS DOING.
THESE STUDIES ABOUT SKILL REQUIREMENTS OVERTAKING DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.
AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULDN'T TRY TO GET KIDS INTO COLLEGE.
WHAT IT DOES MEAN IS AT THE SAME TIME, YOU SHOULD TRY TO GET KIDS DIFFERENT SKILLS.
THERE ARE MANY COMPANIES THAT ARE NOW LOOKING AT SKILLS VERSUS DIPLOMAS.
GOOGLE STARTED DOING THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND MANY OTHER BIG COMPANIES HAVE STARTED.
AND THEY'RE ALSO OFFERING JOBS TO GRADUATES WITHOUT COLLEGE DEGREES, HIGH PAYING JOBS.
BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME SKILL RELATED TO THAT.
THE MCKINSEY GLOBAL INSTITUTE DOES A LOT OF WORK ON THIS.
THEY PUT OUT REPORTS EVERY SIX MONTHS OR SO.
AND THEY ARE SAYING THE SAME THINGS.
BUSINESSES WILL NEED A MAJOR SKILLS UPGRADE THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THINKING, CRITICAL THINKING, CREATIVITY, TEACHING AND TRAINING SKILLS.
THAT'S WHAT BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING FOR.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT OCCUPATIONS WITH LOWER WAGES ARE LIKELY TO SEE REDUCTIONS IN DEMAND.
SO IF I THINK WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO HELP OUR STUDENTS BE IN THE BEST POSITION POSSIBLE ONCE THEY GRADUATE, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO COLLEGE, THAT'S GREAT, OR IF THEY DON'T GO TO COLLEGE, WHETHER THEY PURSUE THE MARKETPLACE WITH HIGHER SKILLS, HIGHER DEMAND, HIGHER WAGE JOBS.
THAT IS THE THAT IS THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW ABOUT CAREER TECH ED, THIS IS MORE OF THE RESEARCH.
THIS COMES FROM A 2019 US DEPARTMENT OF, OF ED DATA STUDY ON CAREER TECH ED.
AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE THAT STUDENTS WHO HAVE CAREER TECH EDITOR CONCENTRATION OR PROGRAM OF STUDY AND COMPLETE A PROGRAM OF STUDY, EIGHT PERCENTAGE POINTS MORE LIKELY TO GRADUATE.
THIS IS A DEPARTMENT OF ED STUDY, TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS MORE LIKELY TO ENROLL IN POST-SECONDARY PROGRAM, FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS MORE LIKELY TO BE EMPLOYED FULL TIME EIGHT YEARS AFTER GRADUATION, AND 20 PERCENTAGE POINTS AHEAD OF THE MEDIAN ANNUAL INCOME EIGHT YEARS AFTER GRADUATION. SO THE RESEARCH IS PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF CAREER TECH EDITOR AND THE OUTCOMES THAT WILL RESULT FROM A GOOD CAREER TECH ED PROGRAM.
FINALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME THE PROBLEM, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS ACCESS.
AND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU HAVE 12 OF THE PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT TEA SUPPORT.
BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MORE RELATED TO 2030 ENVIRONMENT AND CURRENT JOB DEMAND.
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TO BARBARA JORDAN FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. SO YOU CAN SEE IN YELLOW THE ONES THAT ARE OVER 20% ACCESS, 20% OF THE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE PROGRAMS OF STUDY.OVERALL, THE POINT OF THIS SLIDE IS WE HAVE LOW ACCESS TO A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. AND THIS SLIDE ALSO AND I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE HERE, BUT THERE'S SOME INEQUITY THERE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE 12 TO 15 PROGRAMS OF STUDY.
AND THEN THERE ARE SEVERAL HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ONLY HAVE A HANDFUL OF CTE PROGRAMS. SO WE NEED TO EXPAND OUR QUALITY PROGRAMS. AGAIN, WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE AWAY FROM ANY HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S OUR OR BARBARA JORDAN THAT'S ALREADY DOING THIS CAREER TECH PROGRAM LIKE COSMETOLOGY, CULINARY ARTS, WHATEVER PROGRAM THEY'RE DOING, THAT'S FINE.
I DO THINK WE NEED A HUGE UPGRADE.
AND WHEN WE UPGRADE, WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT HIGH WAGE, HIGH SKILL, HIGH DEMAND PROGRAMS OR JOBS THAT THE PROGRAMS WILL HELP.
ALSO, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF AI.
THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH TO THAT.
STUDENTS ARE PROGRAMS THAT USE AI.
SO THAT'S A PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE.
THERE ARE CHALLENGES, OF COURSE, TO US TRYING TO RAISE OUR CTE PROFILE.
I MEAN, THERE'S MANY HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ONLY HAVE A HANDFUL OF PROGRAMS. PART OF IT IS THEY DON'T HAVE THE SPACE FOR THE PROGRAMS, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE SPACE FOR SOME OF THE LARGER CAREER TECH PROGRAMS, LIKE CONSTRUCTION IN SOME CASES, OR FLIGHT AVIONICS THINGS LIKE THAT, OR THEY DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT FOR IT.
THE OTHER CHALLENGE, OF COURSE, IS TIME.
WE HAVE AND HAVE HCC AND OTHER UNIVERSITIES WE CAN PARTNER WITH.
BECAUSE THE KIDS WILL COME FROM ALL OVER AND THEY HAVE TO GO LARGE DISTANCES.
SO, YOU CAN'T SPEND ALL, ALL YOUR DAY AT A CTE SITE.
TIA HAS SLOWLY BEEN TRYING TO GET MORE RIGOROUS INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS, AND IS REQUIRING US IN ORDER TO GET OUR CREDIT FOR IT.
WE HAVE TO DO MORE COURSES SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE.
LAST YEAR OR A YEAR AGO, THERE WERE NO COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS PASS AN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION AND YOU GET YOUR CMR POINT OR YOUR ACCOUNTABILITY POINT FOR THE STATE.
THIS LAST YEAR, STUDENTS HAD TO PASS A LEVEL TWO COURSE, AND THAT COURSE HAD TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE IBC OR THE IBC ALIGNED WITH THAT COURSE. AND SO WE DID A LOT OF WORK ON THIS NEXT YEAR, THIS COMING YEAR, 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.
KIDS, THE STUDENTS HAVE TO DO AT LEAST TWO COURSES.
MORE APPROPRIATELY, THEY HAVE TO DO TWO CREDITS.
AND SOMETIMES THAT MEANS THREE COURSES AND THEN DO AN ONLINE IBC.
AND THEN FINALLY IN THE 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR, THEY WILL BE TO WILL ONLY GIVE US CREDIT FOR COMPLETERS, MEANING THEY HAVE FOUR CREDITS AND AN ALIGNED IBC, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE CHOICES FOR KIDS.
BECAUSE IN SOME OF OUR SMALLER HIGH SCHOOLS KIDS WILL ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF CHOICES TO FOLLOW A PATHWAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE FOR FOUR YEARS OR THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COMPLETE.
THERE'S THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENT.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU, YOU SEE US PUSHING FOR A SOLUTION WHERE WE HAVE CTE
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CENTERS. BECAUSE WITH THIS SOLUTION, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS A SOUTH DIVISION.SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THREE CTE CENTERS, ONE IN EACH DIVISION EXCEPT THE NORTH HAS BARBARA JORDAN.
AND WE WOULD JUST KIND OF UPGRADE BARBARA JORDAN.
BUT THE SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH, THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH WOULD HAVE ACCESS.
ANY HIGH SCHOOL AND ANY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE WEST WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR HIGH, THEIR CENTER.
SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 10 TO 12 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OF STUDY.
HIGH WAGE, HIGH SKILL, HIGH DEMAND.
AND THEY CAN DO IT AND STILL GET ALL THEIR OTHER CREDITS BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH.
THE FURTHEST ONE HERE IS SIX MILES.
AND SO THEY CAN GET THEIR CREDITS LIKE THE NORMAL STUDENT OR COLLEGE BOUND STUDENT AND STILL GO EVERY OTHER DAY FOR HALF A DAY TO THE CAREER TECH CENTER.
FINALLY, I KNOW THE BOARD IS INTERESTED.
AND SO WHAT'S THE OUTCOME? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? WHAT? WHAT GOOD IS THIS? AND I THINK THERE'S TWO BIG THINGS, TWO BIG GOALS OF CAREER TECH ED.
ONE IS TO PROVIDE 100% OF OUR STUDENTS ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS, 100%.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THERE'S A TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCEMENT AND MOVEMENT WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF EQUITY. IF WE IF WE DON'T, WE HAVE WE STAND THE CHANCE OF MORE AND MORE KIDS WHO ARE ALREADY BEHIND OR ALREADY NOT AS MARKETABLE OR ALREADY NOT COLLEGE BOUND.
AND THIS PROPOSAL IS TO ENSURE THAT 100% OF OUR KIDS GET ACCESS.
AND THEN THE SECOND BIG GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IMPROVE OUR PROGRAMS, OUR PROGRAM QUALITY.
AGAIN, WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE AWAY WHAT WE NEED IS AN AND AND HIGH WAGE, HIGH SKILL, HIGH DEMAND JOBS AND PROGRAMS OF STUDY TIED TO THAT.
AND FINALLY, WHAT THAT WILL DO THEN IS IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS, BUT THAT'S A REAL THAT'S A REAL GOOD SKILL TO HAVE WHEN YOU WALK ACROSS THE STAGE AND YOU HAVE AN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION, WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO COLLEGE OR NOT, IT'S A GOOD THING TO HAVE FOR OUR KIDS THAT MAKES THEM WAY MORE MARKETABLE AND ENCOURAGES THEM TO DO MORE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.
BY THE WAY, THAT HELPS WITH TEA ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT'S NOT THE MAIN THING WE NEED.
THE MAIN THING IS WE NEED KIDS TO GET JOBS AND HAVE SKILLS.
BUT IT DOES HELP WITH T ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE ALSO WILL GET A CMR BONUS IF WE DO BOTH THOSE BOTH CIRCLES.
SO YOU ONLY GET THE CMR BONUS.
BUT WE GET THAT BONUS IF THE STUDENT PASSES THE TSIA OR THE ACT OR THE SAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, NOT PUSHING THE ONE TRACK OR THE OTHER.
ALSO, IT WILL EXPAND OUR DUAL ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN OUR PARTNERSHIPS, AND WE IN FACT CHIEF HALL HAD A MEETING WITH HCC TODAY ABOUT GROWING OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND DUAL CREDIT AND ALSO OUR, OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THEM ON CMR. AND THEN FINALLY, FINALLY YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A DATA WE GET CREDIT FOR.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE GIG ECONOMY IF THAT'S WHAT A STUDENT CHOOSES.
BUT HOW ABOUT WE PREPARE THEM FOR GETTING HIGHER WAGE JOBS? AND I THINK THAT'S THE REAL GOAL OF EDUCATION.
I KNOW I'VE GONE LONG TIME, BUT I GOT TO FINISH HERE.
THESE ARE PROGRAMS ALIGNED TO GULF AREA CAREERS.
THIS IS THIS IS FROM THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION.
AND THESE ARE THE SORTS OF JOBS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
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SO, IF THE COMMUNITY WERE TO PASS THIS BOND, IF THE BOARD WERE TO AGREE FOR US TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND THE COMMUNITY PASSES IT WE WOULD GET INPUT FROM COMMUNITY HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS, BUSINESS PARTNERS TO REALLY REFINE THIS LIST.BUT THIS IS ONE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN VETTED, AT LEAST BY THE WORKFORCE COMMISSION.
AND THESE THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY HIGH WAGE, HIGH SKILLED.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS JUST AN ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION.
SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS IF THEY HAVE SKILLS.
AND AGAIN THESE WE WANT TO STATE UP FRONT.
THE CAREER TECH PROGRAM GETS KIDS SKILLS OR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION.
BUT IN MOST CASES THEY STILL NEED FURTHER POST-SECONDARY TRAINING OR EDUCATION.
THEY NEED FURTHER CERTIFICATIONS.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF CERTIFICATIONS IN HVAC.
YOU CAN GET THE BASIC ONES, AND THEN YOU NEED SOME MORE SPECIALIZED ONE TO GET EVEN HIGHER PAY.
WE WILL WORK WITH BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS.
BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS CAN DO A GREAT DEAL.
YOU KNOW, IN ANOTHER LARGE DISTRICT IN TEXAS, DALLAS HAS THREE CAREER TECH CENTERS.
THE FOURTH ONE WILL COME ONLINE IN AUGUST.
THEY HAVE 200 BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS WHERE THE BUSINESSES PROVIDE MUCH OF THE EQUIPMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF A STUDENT IS GETTING HVAC CERTIFICATION, TRAIN THE HVAC COMPANY PROVIDES HVAC SYSTEM AND EQUIPMENT FOR FREE TO THE DISTRICT SO THAT STUDENTS CAN WORK ON REPAIRING AND HOOKING UP YOU KNOW, HVAC SYSTEM, BUT THEY'RE USING TRAIN, SO WHEN THEY GET THEIR CERTIFICATION, MANY OF THEM GO RIGHT INTO ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS FOR TRANE.
AND SAME WITH CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.
SAME WITH WELDING EQUIPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S WHAT PARTNERSHIPS CAN DO.
AND THEN I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT OUR UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES WORKING WITH US.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO, FOR US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 14 HCC SITES, WHICH HAVE GOOD PROGRAMS, BUT THEY'RE SINGULAR PROGRAMS AND THEY DESIGN IT BY PROGRAM, NOT GEOGRAPHY. SO THESE 14 SITES ARE SPREAD OUT ALL OVER.
AND SO TO GET STUDENTS FROM HIGH SCHOOLS TO THOSE SITES IS JUST A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE.
AND IT'S LOGISTICALLY PROHIBITIVE.
AND THE SAME THING WITH LONE STAR AND SAN JACINTO.
WE WOULD STILL WORK WITH THEM FOR DUAL CREDIT, OF COURSE.
BUT NOT TO RUN OUR PROGRAMS OF STUDY.
WE NEED OUR OWN FACILITIES TO DO THAT.
AND WE KNOW THAT IF WE HAVE A CAREER TECH CENTER AND EVEN IF WE DON'T, WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ON CMR. SO CTE PROGRAMING, COLLEGE COURSEWORK, P TECH STUDENT COUNSELING ADVISORY ADVISING.
AND WE NEED TO GET AN ADVISORY GROUP TOGETHER.
WE HAVE PLANS TO DO THAT TO HELP US WITH THE WHOLE CCMR PLANNING AND CAREER TECH PLANNING, AND WE HOPE TO DO THAT THIS FALL, ESPECIALLY IF THE BOND IS PASSED.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LENGTH, BUT I AM NOW GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF OF STAFF KERRY BROOKS.
DO WE WANT TO DO QUESTIONS OR SUPERINTENDENT MILES, DO YOU WANT TO HANG OUT? AND THEN WE'LL DO QUESTIONS IF PEOPLE HAVE TO WAIT.
WHATEVER'S YOUR PLEASURE? WELL, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU. BOARD, CHAIR AND BOARD.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU THIS EVENING.
SHOULD IT BE APPROVED BOTH BY YOU FIRST AND THEN THE COMMUNITY? THIS HAS BEEN A HARD WEEK.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE THINKING THROUGH AS WE IMAGINE THIS, YOU KNOW, $4.4 BILLION, MULTIYEAR LOTS OF PROJECT.THING IS, HOW CAN WE ENSURE SUCCESSFUL AND TRANSPARENT EXECUTION OF THIS BOND? WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU. IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR TEAM.
SO THREE KIND OF MAJOR THEMES I'M GOING TO TALK YOU THROUGH TODAY TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME OF OUR EARLY THINKING ABOUT FROM NOW TO NOVEMBER AND THEN NOVEMBER AFTER NOVEMBER. SO OVERSIGHT I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO YOUR ROLE.
SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
DASHBOARD AUDITS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, AND TALK ABOUT ENGAGEMENT, HOW WE'RE PLANNING FOR PROJECT ADVISORY TEAMS. THE SUPERINTENDENT JUST MENTIONED THE CMR ADVISORY GROUP, OTHER COMMUNICATION THINGS, AND THEN OUR IMPLEMENTATION WORK WHERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, TAKING ALL OF THIS IN AND HOPEFULLY IMPLEMENTING SUCCESSFULLY, BOTH WITH OUR INTERNAL TEAM AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS.
SO THAT IN MIND, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR ROLE.
THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU HAVE A LEGAL AUTHORITY IN THIS WORK KIND OF THREE MAIN THINGS.
SO THAT'S THE AUGUST PLAN, WHERE WE WILL COME TO YOU AND SAY, HERE'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO BORROW THROUGH THIS BOND, THE SCOPE OF IT, THE PROJECTS IN IT, SHOULD YOU PASS IT AND SHOULD THE VOTERS APPROVE IT, IT BECOMES A CONTRACT WITH THE VOTER.
SO WE ARE KIND OF SAYING UP FRONT, LIKE, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE PLAN TO DO.
AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE A VERY KEY ROLE IN APPROVING THAT ELECTION ORDER.
AFTER THAT, YOUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE WITH EACH TIME THAT WE GO OUT FOR A BOND TRANCHE LIKE AND WE ANTICIPATE FOUR OF THEM, YOU WOULD ADOPT A BOND ORDER TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE, ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF THOSE BONDS AND ALL THE OTHER ELEMENTS WITHIN IT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WENT OUT LIKE WE ANTICIPATE AND HOPEFULLY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO AND KIND OF LATE QUARTER ONE WITH OUR FIRST BOND ORDER, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE AUTHORIZING YOU TO BORROW THIS MUCH MONEY FOR THESE PROJECTS, AND WE HAVE TO SPEND THAT MONEY WITHIN THREE YEARS.
THIRD KIND OF KEY AUTHORIZATION POINT YOU HAVE IS ON THE AMOUNTS OF FUNDS TO BE USED FOR THE BOND.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ISSUE LESS THAN WHAT THE VOTERS HAVE AUTHORIZED.
SHOULD YOU DETERMINE THAT WE DON'T NEED ALL THE 4.4 BILLION? HYPOTHETICALLY, LET'S SAY THE STATE PROVIDED A LOT MORE MONEY TO DO SAFETY WORK IN SCHOOLS.
MAYBE WE DON'T NEED ALL THAT MONEY FOR SAFETY THAT WE WERE PLANNING TO BORROW.
YOU COULD SAY, OKAY, WE DON'T NEED ALL 470 MILLION OF IT.
LET'S RETHINK THAT OR LET'S DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND THEN SPECIAL OCCASIONS THE BOARD CAN AUTHORIZE CHANGES TO THE ELECTION ORDER.
SO THOSE ARE THREE OF YOUR MAIN LEGAL ROLES IN OVERSEEING THIS BOND.
THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE.
WE THE DISTRICT HAD 1 IN 2012.
SO WE'RE HOPING THESE PEOPLE ARE KIND OF OUT AND ABOUT SAYING, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WE WOULD SELECT UP TO NINE VOTING MEMBERS, APPOINT THEM TO THE STAGGERED TERMS OF LIKE TWO AND THREE YEAR TERMS. LIKELY WE WOULD LET THEM LIKE REPEAT SO THEY WOULDN'T JUST BE ON THERE FOR TWO YEARS.
THEY COULD RE-UP FOR A SECOND FOR A SECOND TERM.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE VOTING MEMBERS.
ONE OF THEIR ROLES WOULD BE TO VISIT BOND SITES AND REVIEW PROGRESS REPORTS.
ONE WORK WE WE'RE GOING TO DO PROBABLY A LOT OF SAFETY WORK IN THIS YEAR.
ONE. SO WE'LL BE KIND OF OUT, YOU KNOW, TELLING YOU LIKE HERE'S HOW IT'S GOING.
TELLING THAT COMMITTEE HOW IT'S HOW IT'S GOING.
WE WOULD HAVE THEM REVIEW FINANCIAL REPORTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING EFFICIENT AND COMPLIANT WITH THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS, AND THEN THEY'RE JUST A SOUNDING BOARD AS WELL, LIKE PROVIDING COUNSEL TO US AS WE'RE MAKING THESE PLANS.
OUR GOAL WE HAVE A DRAFT OF THE CHARTER.
I THINK WE'VE SHARED IT WITH YOU.
I KNOW WE SHARED IT WITH THE CAC.
OUR PLAN IS TO FINALIZE IT BEFORE THE AUGUST 8TH MEETING.
SO YOU'VE KIND OF GOT THAT IN MIND.
LIKE AND HERE'S WHAT WE PLAN TO DO WITH THIS COMMITTEE.
AND LET ME SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TYPES OF PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE.
THE MEMBERS WILL AND NOT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE ALL FOUR OF THESE THINGS.
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RIGHT. THIS IS DIFFERENT PEOPLE BRING DIFFERENT SKILLS TO BEAR.WE WANT, YOU KNOW, ONE OR MORE TO BE ACTIVE IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WITHIN THE HOUSTON AREA.
I'D LOVE FOR THEM TO BE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF HISD STUDENTS.
IT WILL BE LIKE COMMUNITY AT LARGE PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S SOME OF OUR THINKING WITH THAT.
SO SEPTEMBER WE WOULD OPEN THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
AS APPLICATIONS COME IN, THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM WOULD BE REVIEWING THOSE SELECTING MEMBERS, FINALIZE THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS BY OCTOBER SO THAT WE COULD NAME THEM AHEAD OF THE BOARD VOTE. AGAIN, KIND OF TO HELP THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THAT, LIKE, WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE, HERE'S WHO'S GOING TO BE ON IT.
WE'LL WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER.
AND THEN SHOULD THE BOND PASS, WE WILL ONBOARD THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN DECEMBER KIND OF MEET AND GREET, GIVE THEM A BRIEFING ON THE BOND, GET THEM UP TO SPEED ON STUFF, AND THEN START THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES IN QUARTER ONE OF 2025.
WE'VE SHOWED YOU A COUPLE OF SCREENSHOTS FROM CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG'S DASHBOARD.
POWER BI HAS GOT ALL THEIR PROJECTS IN THERE.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF GO DOWN IF YOU'RE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN ONE PROJECT.
YOU'RE LIKE, I WANT TO SEE THE DETAILS HERE.
YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND GET MORE INFORMATION.
SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND THEY'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, HOW CAN WE REALLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE MORE COMMUNICATION AROUND THIS WORK? SO I WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS.
AND EVEN WITH THESE IN MIND, WE'RE STILL KIND OF DOING RESEARCH ON WHAT OUR BEST PRACTICES AROUND THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF HOW PEOPLE ARE ENGAGING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING INFORMATION.
CELEBRATE SUCCESSES, RECEIVE FEEDBACK, JUST REALLY TRY TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'LL PUT JUST CONTINUALLY UPDATE THAT WITH INFORMATION THAT ANYBODY CAN ACCESS AGAIN, ON DEMAND KIND OF THINKING THROUGH SOME FEEDBACK TOOLS LIKE, YOU KNOW, CAN WE RUN SOME SURVEYS. LET'S HAVE A DEDICATED EMAIL ADDRESS FOR SOMEONE COULD WRITE IN WITH QUESTIONS AND WE WOULD PROVIDE TIMELY RESPONSES.
DO WE WANT TO DO SOME FOCUS GROUPS OR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF LIKE THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT, BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO BE GETTING LIKE REAL LIFE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON HOW THIS IS GOING AND THEN PROJECT SPECIFIC ENGAGEMENT.
SO SUPERINTENDENT TALKED ABOUT THE CMR ADVISORY GROUP.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE'D LIKE TO START AS SOON AS IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE THE BOARD, THE BOND VOTE IN AUGUST WOULD BE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS, WITH THE PARENTS AND STAFF, WITH THE CO-LOCATION SCHOOLS.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT MODEL.
WE'VE, YOU KNOW, EXPLAINED IT MANY TIMES, BUT I'M STILL SURE THAT THE PARENTS AND STAFF AND KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, LEADERS AT THAT COMMUNITY ARE LIKE, WHAT DOES THIS REALLY MEAN FOR ME? AND SO WE WANT TO DO SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR THEM AHEAD OF LIKE KIND OF IN BETWEEN YOUR VOTE AND THE NOVEMBER VOTE.
AND THEN WE WILL BE CONSTANTLY, YOU KNOW, THINKING OF NEW WAYS TO ENGAGE.
I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH TODAY, AND THE 2012 BOND WAS LIKE INSTAGRAM STARTED IN 2010.
SO NOW I'VE GOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE EVEN BY THEN IT WAS STILL PRETTY NEW THING.
WHO KNOWS WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE STARTING NEXT YEAR? THIS PROJECT SPECIFIC THINGS, THE PROJECT ADVISORY TEAMS, THIS WAS AN ACTIVITY THAT THE 2012 ADMINISTRATION USE.
THE DISTRICT ANTICIPATES HELPING STAFF IT.
WE DON'T I THINK IN 2012 THEY HAD PRINCIPALS LEAD IT.
I'M NOT SO SURE THAT WE WANT OUR PRINCIPALS TO BE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS.
SO WE MAY HAVE THE DISTRICT SORT OF SUPPORT THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT.
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EVEN WE'LL HAVE THE PRINCIPAL INVOLVED, BUT WE'LL HANDLE THAT BACK OFFICE STUFF FOR THEM.A COUPLE MAIN THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE THEM DO PROVIDE INPUT ON PROJECT DESIGN.
HOW DO WE PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL OR HOW DO WE REALLY BRING TO LIFE SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THIS, THIS COMMUNITY FROM THE PAST TEN YEARS, SO THEY COULD HELP PROVIDE INPUT ON THAT DESIGN? THIS TEAM WOULD REFLECT FAMILY, STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY INTERESTS AND VALUES.
THE PROJECT ADVISORY TEAM WOULD BE DRAWN FROM THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
WE WANT THEM TO HELP SUPPORT BROADER SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THESE TEAMS WILL MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS.
IT WILL LET YOU GO OFF IF YOU NEED A BREAK, BUT THIS WILL BE A WAY TO ENGAGE THESE LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE INPUT IN A REALLY DIRECT WAY, AND THEN THEIR FEEDBACK WILL LOOP BACK TO OUR TEAM AND THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT TO HELP DESIGN THINGS.
I JUST MENTIONED THIS, THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT, A REALLY CRITICAL RESOURCE THAT THE TEAM IS RIGHT NOW EVALUATING AND TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHO DO WE SELECT, WHO WILL BE A GREAT PARTNER FOR US IN THIS WORK.
SO IT'LL BE A TEAM OF INDUSTRY EXPERTS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF THIS PROJECT, AND HOW THE WORK CAN KIND OF OPERATE ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY AND MARKET FACTORS. AGAIN, I KIND OF MENTIONED THAT LIKE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT YEAR PROJECT.
THERE MIGHT BE 300 INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 273 SCHOOLS HAVING SOME VERSION OF SAFETY AND HEALTH THINGS, AND THEN THE 43 GETTING REBUILT AND THEN THE TECHNOLOGY. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS HAPPENING HERE THAT WE NEED THEIR HELP TO COME UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON TIMELINE, SEQUENCES AND MILESTONES, AGAIN, THAT WILL FILTER INTO THE PUBLIC DASHBOARD.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE PM AND THE INTERNAL EXPERTISE.
YEAH. AND THEN OUR TEAM, THEY HAVE A BIG JOB.
I STARTED WORKING ON THIS SLIDE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
I WAS LIKE, WOW. I MEAN, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK, AND SO YOU JUST KIND OF SEE, LIKE, ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE OPERATIONS DOING CONSTRUCTION, A BOND MANAGEMENT, LABOR COMPLIANCE, FINANCE.
LIKE THINK ABOUT THE PROCUREMENT INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.
JUST TRACKING THE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING, ENSURING OUR MOVES GET A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE.
COMMS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE.
IT LEGAL ACADEMICS, MY TEAM KIND OF A COORDINATING ROLE.
SO ALL OF US WILL BE REALLY HAVE A MAJOR PART IN THIS WORK.
AGAIN, SHOULD THE BOND TO BE PASSED.
AND JUST SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT THE MWBE WORK.
SO THE TEAM HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE SET UP ALL OF THOSE VENDORS, ALL OF THOSE CONTRACTORS, ALL OF THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES UP FOR SUCCESS THIS SUMMER? WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT SCHEDULING EVENTS, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES, TO HELP INFORM THEM AND GET THEM UP TO SPEED ON, LIKE, HEY, HERE'S GOING TO BE SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR COMPANY TO ENGAGE IN HELPING US PAINT OR HELPING US BUILD OR WHATEVER.
THE THING IS, WE WILL BE BRINGING THOSE FOLKS IN AND PROVIDING A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.
THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A SIMPLER PROCUREMENT SYSTEM.
INCREASED PARTICIPATION OF OUR MWBES PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND ALSO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MAKING OUR COMMITMENT REAL TO UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS.
AND SO TIMELINES, LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE TIMELINES.
IT LOOKS SO EASY. THERE'S ONLY A FEW THINGS HAPPENING IN EACH MONTH.
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AND THEN FROM THERE TO NOVEMBER, WE ARE WORKING ON SELECTING THE PMC.WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE PROJECT ADVISORY TEAMS LIKE WHAT THAT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE LAUNCHING THE MWBE WORK, STARTING TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN A NAME THE MEMBERS TO THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, ONCE THE PMC IS ON BOARD, THEY WILL REALLY START TO DIVE IN TO PLANNING AND START TO CREATE THOSE, LIKE, OKAY, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MONTHS, QUARTERS AND YEARS.
I'VE GOT THE PROSPECTIVE BOND VOTE ON THE FIFTH.
WE'LL WAKE UP ON THE SIXTH AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
AND SHOULD IT PASS, WE GO TO DECEMBER WHERE WE WOULD ONBOARD THE THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, START FINALIZING OUR STAFFING NEEDS AND START TO RECRUIT THOSE FOLKS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PILOT BUILDING SOME OF THE SECURE VESTIBULES OVER THAT WINTER BREAK SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE A VISION OF LIKE WHAT THAT SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY COULD LOOK LIKE. AND THEN BEGINNING IN QUARTER ONE IS WHEN WE REALLY GET SERIOUS, RIGHT? WE'RE BRINGING IN THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
OUR PROJECT TEAMS ARE MEETING.
START ISSUING SOLICITATIONS SO THAT WE CAN EXECUTE ON THESE HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY PROJECTS.
AND THEN QUARTER TWO MEETING AGAIN.
THROUGHOUT, I WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE THAT THE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR OPERATIONS TEAM AND THE PMC WILL BE REALLY CRITICAL, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE OUR PLANNING ARM. LET'S SEE.
AND THEN LASTLY, JUST KIND OF WANT TO LOOP BACK TO WHERE I STARTED.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE BANDWIDTH WITH THE PMC WILL BE HELPFUL.
BUT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO THINK ABOUT LIKE, OKAY, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? HOW CAN WE ENSURE WE EXECUTE ON THIS SUCCESSFULLY? OVERSIGHT, ENGAGEMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, ALL THREE OF THESE THINGS BEING REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKING SURE THAT IT WORKS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO WITH THAT, Q AND A, GREAT.
VERY HELPFUL. BOTH OF YOU REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I'LL TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES STARTING ON THIS END.
ANY QUESTIONS? MR. RIVON, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK? NO. JUST MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US.
AND SO IT HELPS NOT ONLY US, BUT THE FULL COMMUNITY TO REALLY GET A GRASP OF KIND OF HOW TO CONNECT ALL THE DOTS AND CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THOSE, ON THOSE THINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KIND OF BRING BACK TO THE FORE IS SORT OF THE, THE TIMING OF WHEN THE BOARD WOULD APPROVE THE FIRST TRANCHE AND WHEN AND HOW MUCH TIME IT WOULD TAKE BEFORE THE FIRST RELEASE OF FUNDS BASED ON KIND OF FINANCIAL PLANNING MODELS.
AND THE REASON I MENTIONED THIS IS BECAUSE THE QUESTION I'VE GOT IS WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DIDN'T RELEASE THE BOND THIS YEAR AND HAD TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR? AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FROM AN ADJUSTMENT STANDPOINT? JIM, I'M GOING TO ASK DOCTOR TERRY TO COME UP.
BASICALLY WE HAVE FOUR TRANCHES FOR THE $4.4 MILLION BOND IF IT PASSES, AND THAT WOULD BE OVER FOUR YEARS. AND SO JIM CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN'T ASK FOR ONE OF THOSE. YEAH.
I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM IN TERMS OF HAVING THE MONEY READY TO PAY AS SOON AS THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOND IN TERMS OF THE FACILITIES ARE CREATED.
THE BOARD WILL WILL IF THE VOTERS APPROVE A BOND IN NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 4TH.
WE WOULD THEN START PUTTING TOGETHER, WHICH IS CALLED A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENTS, AND IT IT TAKES ABOUT SIX WEEKS. IT HAS TO GET RATED AGAIN BY ONE OF THE RATING AGENCIES USUALLY GET TWO RATING AGENCIES.
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WE'LL GET INSURANCE THROUGH THE STATE.IF INSURANCE MONEY IS AVAILABLE, SOMETIMES IT DRIES UP A LITTLE BIT.
AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE'LL HAVE A TRIPLE A RATING AND WE WILL.
THEN WE WILL SELECT A SENIOR INVESTMENT BANKER TO TAKE AND THEY'LL HAVE A CO SENIORS.
ONE WILL BE LEADING, PROBABLY TWO OTHERS WON'T.
AND THEY'LL THEN HIT THE MARKET.
BUT ALSO REMEMBER THAT YOU DID A REIMBURSING RESOLUTION SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DIP INTO OUR FUND BALANCE AND PAY FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW, HAPPENED BEFORE THE MONEY WAS RELEASED.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT TWO MONTHS PERIOD.
AND THEN ONCE THE MONEY WAS SOLD, MEANING THE BONDS WERE SOLD, WE COULD THEN REIMBURSE THE THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE. SO.
GOT IT. MONEY'S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
OKAY. AND THEN KIND OF A SUBSEQUENT TIMELINE ISSUE IS JUST WHEN WOULD WHEN WOULD WE EXPECT SHOVELS TO BE IN THE GROUND AND PROJECTS TO ACTUALLY START.
I'M SURE IT'LL BE REALLY QUICK.
I KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO START ON SECURITIES ISSUES RIGHT AWAY AND HEALTH ISSUES RIGHT AWAY.
SO THE DESIGN AND WE'LL ACTUALLY WE'LL START THE DESIGN OF, OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS IN REALLY QUICKLY AS SOON AS THE BOND BOND HAPPENS.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTING A PROJECT MANAGER, PROGRAM MANAGER, A FIRM.
WE WENT THROUGH INTERVIEWS TODAY FOR OR GO THROUGH FOR TOMORROW.
THEN WE'LL SELECT ONE OF THOSE AND WE WILL THEN TAKE AND BRING TO THE BOARD A PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR ALL OF THOSE ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED, SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATIONS, AND THEY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS AND THEY WILL THEN IF YOU ALL APPROVE THEM, THEN WHEN THE PROGRAM MANAGER, THE BOND IS FUNDED, THEN THEY WILL SELECT THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS AND ENGINEERING FIRMS TO BEGIN RIGHT AWAY.
SO WE SHOULD BE OUT OF THE GATE.
GOT IT. AND THE FIRST TRANCHE WAS 1.5 BILLION.
YEAH, I SHOULD KNOW IT RIGHT AWAY, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK AT 1.5 BILLION AND THEN IT'S 1 BILLION, 1 BILLION AND 900 MILLION.
GOT IT. AND THAT'S OVER FOUR YEAR PERIOD OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD.
OKAY. SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GOING FOR $4.4 BILLION IN IN RECEIPTS, ESSENTIALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPREADING THAT OUT OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR YEARS AS FAR AS THE TRANCHES GO.
YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TO TO BUILD ACTUALLY TO DESIGN AND BUILD, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS, IT IT TAKES A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AT LEAST A GOOD TWO YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOLS TAKE AS MANY AS 3 TO 4 YEARS.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE WHOLE PROJECT, THE WAY WE'VE GOT IT LAID OUT NOW, WILL BE DONE BY FIVE YEARS. THE MONEY WILL BE THERE, AND I THINK THAT WILL THEN BE READY TO GO FOR THE NEXT IMPROVEMENT TO ALL OF OUR FACILITIES THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.
THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT JUST HELPS IT CONCEPTUALLY.
SOMETIMES IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO BEGIN TO THINK LIKE IF SOMETHING WERE TO OCCUR IN THE VOTERS DECIDED NOT TO SUPPORT A BOND OR IF WHAT HAVE YOU LIKE WE'RE SHIFTING CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF TIME AND MONEY AND ENERGY BACKWARDS.
AND I THINK I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO THAT.
PEOPLE CAN HAVE THE WHOLE PICTURE AND SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK IN THE BACKGROUND.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE AND THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
MISS MENDOZA, ANYTHING? YES. THANK YOU.
I WANT TO JUMP TO THE MWB PORTION.
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SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE PROCESS OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING TO DO OUTREACH FOR THE SUBCONTRACTORS AND THAT THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY YOU KNOW, WE CAN START GETTING THEM READY NOW AND GETTING THEM READY IN OUR SYSTEMS. AND IF THEY'RE DOING WORK FOR US, AND LET'S MAKE SURE WE DO THAT.I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WHEN IT'S OUT FOR BID AND THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, THAT THERE'S SOME FORM OF THE CHECKLIST OR THE SCORECARD OR HOWEVER YOU'RE DOING IT FROM A PROCUREMENT STANDPOINT, THAT THERE'S SOME MWBE INVOLVEMENT.
AND ALSO, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHEN YOU'RE CHOOSING A PRIME CONTRACTOR THAT OR A GC THAT YOU ALSO LOOK AT THEIR RECORD OF PAYING OUR SUBCONTRACTORS.
THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS HAVE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SUBCONTRACTORS NOT GETTING PAID.
AND THEN I'M HOPEFUL THAT ON THE CHANGING TO THE LOAN, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE HAVING ARE LOOKING AT WITH LONE STAR AND HCC AND, AND SANJAK, AGAIN, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME GREAT PARTNERS AND THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED THAT WE'VE SAID IT A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT THEM BEING KIND OF OUTSIDE OF OUR BOUNDARIES.
AND I GET THE TIME, I GET IT THAT OUR KIDS HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, BUSSED DIFFERENT PLACES.
BUT LET'S NOT FORGET TO ASK OUR PARTNERS IF THEY HAVE ANY OPTIONS RIGHT WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES OR PROPERTIES THAT THEY MAY SHARE WITH US OR BRING UP BEFORE WE JUST DISCARD THE THE LOCATION OF IT.
SO BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE READY TO HELP AND THEY'RE THERE AND, AND THERE'S OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE THE PROGRAMS LIKE WELDING AND, AND PLUMBING AND HVAC AND THAT SO THAT WE REACH OUT TO THOSE TWO.
THANK YOU. MR. CAMPO. ANYTHING FROM YOU OR DO YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK? I'M FINE. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO.
I WANTED TO TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO A FEW PEOPLE.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THANK THEM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DID WITH THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ESPECIALLY THE CO-CHAIRS, JUDITH CRUZ, GARNET COLEMAN, AND SCOTT MCCLELLAN.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY.
AND I DO WANT TO THANK OUR ADMINISTRATION, MY, YOU KNOW, JIM AND YOUR TEAM FOR FOR PUTTING TOGETHER REALLY A WELL THOUGHT OUT PRESENTATION AND PACKAGE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS THAT THAT BOARD MEMBERS HAD.
I MEAN, I KNOW THERE WERE OVER 100 QUESTIONS, AND I THOUGHT THE DETAILED ANSWERS WERE VERY GOOD.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, THOUGH, THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DESIGN THE BUILDINGS IN THIS PROCESS.
RIGHT? SO A LOT OF THE ANALYSIS AND I WENT THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF, OF HOW WERE THE ESTIMATES MADE, WHAT WERE THE CONTINGENCIES THAT WERE PUT IN THE ESTIMATES, WHAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RATES OF INFLATION WERE USED.
AND AND I THINK THOSE NUMBERS THAT, THAT FORM THE BASE OR THE, THE, THE, THE BONDS WERE REASONABLE.
SO THERE'S NO HARD, HARD LINES ON ON THESE, ON THESE MONIES, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO DESIGN THE BUILDINGS AND WE HAVE TO DESIGN THE SECURITY SYSTEMS AND THE CTE CENTERS AND ALL THAT AND, AND, AND THAT PROCESS WILL WILL FORMALIZE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE AND THEN ULTIMATELY BE BE, BE FIT INTO THE EQUATION.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THAT.
I THINK IT'S WELL THOUGHT OUT PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, AND WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF THIS, I DON'T THINK OUR KIDS COULD CAN WAIT, I THINK TO TO TO ADAM'S DISCUSSION YOU KNOW, IF WE WAIT, GUESS WHAT? YOU'RE GOING TO WAIT YEARS FROM NOW.
AND THE PROBLEM IS, IS WE HAVE HVAC SYSTEMS AND SECURITY SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY VULNERABILITIES TODAY THAT ARE JUST APPS WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE UNACCEPTABLE IN A, IN A REASONABLE CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT OR ANY OTHER REASONABLE ENTITY THAT HAD THAT HAD RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTAINING HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE EVERY DAY.
THANKS. THANK YOU, MISS LINDNER.
I'LL ECHO MR. CAMPO'S COMMENTS AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE IN THE ROOM TODAY ATTENDING AND SUPPORTING THE WORK.
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NEEDED TO IMPROVE OUR BUILDINGS IS IT'S OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE OUR KIDS IN SAFE AND COMFORTABLE SCHOOLS, BUT IT ALSO IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE COMFORT LEVEL AND THE TRACTABILITY OF THESE SCHOOLS TO THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT TO THE DISTRICT AS WELL.AND SO I CAN'T SAY THAT ENOUGH.
GIVEN THE BACK TO BACK STORMS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS EXPERIENCED, ONE THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT'S VERY FRONT OF MIND FOR ME IS TO THE TO THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOTED AS BEING IN A FLOODPLAIN.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS, I THINK THOSE FLOODPLAIN MAPS ARE BEING REVISITED BY HARRIS COUNTY AND HOW AGGRESSIVE WE'RE BEING AROUND, CONSIDERING WHETHER THOSE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE REBUILT OR MOVED.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT CAN BE ANSWERED TODAY, BUT THAT'S A WONDERING I HAVE, ESPECIALLY BASED ON YOU KNOW, FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE NEED FOR OUR AREA TO JUST BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN WHERE WE BUILD AND WHERE WE SHOULD PROBABLY MOVE BUILDINGS THAT SHOULDN'T BE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AROUND AROUND JUST THE COMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM.
AGAIN, REALLY GREAT TO TO KNOW THAT THAT TEAM IS IN PLACE.
AND MAYBE THE COMMITTEE HEARD THIS AROUND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 2012 BOND THAT ARE BEING APPLIED.
ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT, I THINK, IN, IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I AM MORE FAMILIAR WITH, THERE WERE DEFINITELY NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT LOW QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION OR THINGS NOT BEING BUILT TO, TO SPEC OR TO EXPECTATIONS.
I DON'T AROUND WHAT WHAT KIND OF SKIN IN THE GAME DO OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS HAVE? IF WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING AROUND THAT, WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE COMMITMENT? THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE SIGNING UP FOR, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO STICK AROUND? AND OBVIOUSLY, I THINK PART OF IT IS THAT OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS ARE INTERESTED IN BUILDING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT TO HIRE.
AND AGAIN, I'LL ECHO MISS MENDOZA'S, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS AROUND, I REALLY DO FEEL THAT THERE'S MORE THAT CAN BE EXPLORED OR UNDERSTOOD AROUND ORGANIZATIONS WANTING TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT AND OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN FILL THESE NEEDS FOR CTE.
BEYOND THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, CARRYING, LET'S SAY, THE BURDEN.
WHAT OTHER WAYS CAN WE SHARE THAT BURDEN ACROSS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY? SO I THINK THAT WAS THAT WAS THE KEY ONE THERE.
WE DO NEED TO FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR COLLEGE ATTENDANCE.
I THINK ONE THING I'D LOVE TO SEE IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALLUDE THAT YOU TALK ABOUT, I THINK, IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WHAT DATA CAN WE START GATHERING AND COLLECTING AROUND? WHAT WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE HOW MUCH ARE OUR STUDENTS MAKING 6 TO 8 YEARS LATER IN THESE JOBS? RIGHT. IT'S IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT WE WANT THEM TO ATTAIN HIGH WAGE JOBS.
IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO START SEEING, WELL, HOW MUCH ARE THEY MAKING RIGHT NOW.
SO IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET DATA AROUND THAT, I THINK IT MIGHT MAKE MORE REAL.
THE THE URGENCY AROUND THE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS, IS, IS GOING TO ACCESS THE ACCESS, THE HIGH WAGE JOBS THAT WE WANT THEM TO TO BE ELIGIBLE TO, TO COMPETE FOR.
THANK YOU. MISS AUZENNE BANDY.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION.
AND JUST LIKE MY COLLEAGUES COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, YOU GUYS DID ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING FOR US.
SO I, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND THE CTE FACILITIES.
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AGAIN, STILL TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THE NEED FOR FOR FACILITIES.I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RATIONALE THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US.
ONE THING I AM WONDERING IF IT WAS CONSIDERED WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE UPSKILLED FOR THE FUTURE.
AND I'M KIND OF TO JEANETTE'S POINT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE BEARING THE BURDEN OF MAINTAINING A STATE OF THE ART CTE FACILITY TIMES FOUR.
SO, FOR INSTANCE YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE ALWAYS ONE TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH AWAY FROM BEING COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, OUT OF DATE WITH TECHNOLOGY.
AND I'M WONDERING WHAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT WITH THE, YOU KNOW, IDEAS AROUND HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THESE FACILITIES TO ENSURE THEY'RE STATE OF THE ART? WE TALK A LOT ABOUT BUSINESS PARTNERS AND THE INDUSTRIES THAT THEY LEAD.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ON IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY ARE FOR PROFIT ENTITIES.
THEY HAVE TO BE AT THE CUTTING EDGE.
THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO STAY COMPETITIVE.
HOW ARE WE AS AN ISD GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE TRAIN UP OUR STUDENTS TO MEET THOSE, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS OR BREAKTHROUGHS THAT COULD COME.
DO YOU WANT ME TO RESPOND, PLEASE? SO THAT THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO WITH DOING THE RESEARCH AND GETTING A CMR COMMITTEE OR A CTE COMMITTEE THAT CONTINUALLY LOOKS AT IT, AND OUR OWN TEAM CONTINUALLY LOOKING AT THE PROGRAMS OF STUDY.
AND SO WE WE NEED TO TAG TEAM WITH THEM ON GETTING THE PROGRAMS OF STUDY.
THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD LAST MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS.
YOU NEED FOUR CREDITS TO BE A COMPLETER.
SO IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS AT A MINIMUM TO RETIRE PROGRAM.
BUT WE ALSO WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. I MEAN, THERE MAY BE SOME TECHNOLOGY IN AI THAT ARE OUR STUDENTS SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE DEVELOP A PROGRAM OF STUDY FOR THAT.
SO IN CHARLOTTE, THEY HAVE A CAREER TECH CENTER CALLED PHILIP BERRY.
AND THAT WAS THAT BUILDING WAS DESIGNED TO INNOVATE AND TO REPLACE PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT ARE NO LONGER VIABLE TO NEWER ONES AND AND PHYSICALLY DESIGNED SO THAT THE WALL MANY OF THE WALLS MOVE CAN BE EASILY MOVED SO THAT IF YOU NEED NOW AVIONICS OR AGRONOMICS WITH DRONES AND YOU NEED BIGGER SPACE INSTEAD OF THE WELDING WHICH IS A SMALLER SPACE, THEY CAN EASILY DO THAT.
THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, JUST BRINGING UP FOR, YOU KNOW, TO ENSURE AWARENESS.
ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS KIND OF ALONG THOSE SAME LINES IS, HAVE WE LOOKED AT SCHOOL CHOICE AS A WAY TO SOLVE FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CTE PROGRAMS, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, IF I'M IF WE DIDN'T DUPLICATE FOR CENTERS, FOR INSTANCE, AND HAVE THE SAME PROGRAMS IN, SAY, SOUTH DIVISION HAD ECS WOULD IT BE REASONABLE FOR MYSELF AS A ENTERING NINTH GRADER AND MY PARENTS TO DECIDE, HEY, IN ORDER TO ACCESS THAT PROGRAM AT THE SOUTH DIVISION CTE, I WILL NEED TO
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APPLY FOR A HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH DIVISION TO SOLVE FOR SCHEDULE TRANSPORTATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.HAVE WE DISCUSSED SCHOOL CHOICE AS AN OPTION THERE? YES. AND FOR SOME PARENTS THEY ARE CHOOSING IN THAT FASHION.
THERE'S ONLY YOU KNOW, A DOZEN HIGH, NOT A DOZEN HIGH SCHOOLS, A HANDFUL OF HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A DOZEN OR MORE CAREER TECH CHOICES. MOST OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE A HANDFUL, AND SO WE WOULD RUN OUT OF SPACE FAIRLY QUICKLY.
AND MOST OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A DOZEN DON'T HAVE THE FACILITIES TO OFFER EVEN MORE MODERN SORTS OF PROGRAMING, AND IT'S COST PROHIBITIVE TO DO ONE TEACHER.
SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM OF ACCESS IF WE JUST DID CHOICE, IN THE IN THE DISTRICT.
WHICH IS AN EXISTING ISSUE FOR US THOUGH, RIGHT.
CONSIDERING WAITLISTS FOR SOME PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT.
OKAY. AND I THINK THAT THAT KIND OF ANSWERS MY QUESTION.
I WAS JUST VERY INTERESTED IN CTE.
SO THANK YOU. MISS MENDOZA, I HAD A FOLLOW UP.
SO I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP AGAIN AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT CASSANDRA WAS TALKING ABOUT.
HOW DO WE KEEP THESE SCHOOLS RELEVANT OR THESE THESE CENTERS RELEVANT? HOW DO WE HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT IT THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT AND THAT I DO KNOW, RIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS OUT THERE THAT WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK TO FOR THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. I DO, FOR INSTANCE, I DO A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORK IN THE EAST END AND THE MARITIME PROGRAM THERE.
I MEAN, IT'S INCREDIBLE WITH ALL THE COMPANIES AND THE CORPORATIONS.
RIGHT. AS YOU WERE SAYING, THEY WANT TO HIRE THESE FOLKS.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THEM, HAVING THEM PROVIDE SOME OF THE FUNDS FOR THESE CENTERS, I THINK IS KEY BECAUSE IT'S THERE AND THEN ALWAYS GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING IF WE CAN GET IT. I THINK PARTNERSHIPS TO ME IS WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THEN GOING BACK TO CASSANDRA'S POINT, IT KEEPS US RELEVANT.
IT KEEPS THAT CENTER RELEVANT TO WHETHER IT'S NASA OR THE MARITIME OR THE OIL AND GAS.
SO I CAN'T JUST STRESS THAT ENOUGH.
AND I THINK WE'VE ALL SAID IT IS THAT PARTNERSHIPS ARE KEY.
AND HOW DO WE REALLY GET THEM ENGAGED IN IN THESE PROGRAMS AND THE NEXT STEPS.
RIGHT. AND THEN WHEN THIS ONE'S MAYBE ALREADY FADING OUT, THEN WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? AND LET THE MARITIME TELL US, OR LET THE OIL AND GAS TELL US SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE.
SETTING OF PROGRAMS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT PROCESS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE WERE ALL INTRODUCED TO SOME INFORMATION AROUND LIKE THE MICROSOFT SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION.
YOU KNOW, THAT HAS BEEN SUNSETTED BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM THE INDUSTRY.
HEY, THAT'S NOT REALLY RELEVANT FOR A JOB.
IT'S A GOOD SKILL JUST TO HAVE WHAT IS THAT PROCESS FOR SUNSETTING AND DOES THAT START WITH T.
AND KRISTEN IF YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION PLEASE HELP.
BUT IN THE CASE OF THE MICROSOFT IT NO LONGER IT WAS RETIRED BY TIA AS A PROGRAM OF STUDY THAT WOULD GET YOU AN IBC OR A CMR CREDIT.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT PROGRAM WAS STUDIED.
BUT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THESE PROGRAMS NOW AND THEY HAVE THE AUTONOMY.
AND OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY HAVE A MAJOR CHANGE TO A PROGRAM, THEY HAVE TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD.
BUT IF A PROGRAM IS NO LONGER VIABLE IN A SCHOOL, THEY CAN SUNSET THAT PROGRAM.
AND JUST NOT OFFER IT TO NINTH GRADERS AND OR 10TH GRADERS IF IT'S JUST A TWO YEAR PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S THE PROCESS OF SUNSETTING.
OKAY. I FIRST OF ALL, I THINK I'VE ALREADY SAID IT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.
CARRIE, I'VE GOT JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU.
AND SUPERINTENDENT MILES AS WELL.
AND THROUGH THE COMMITTEE WORK THAT YOU'RE LAYING OUT.
I JUST I'M KIND OF REPEATING BACK WHAT I HEARD, WHICH IS THAT THERE WILL BE A CMR ADVISORY GROUP PROJECT ADVISORY TEAMS ON EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.
THAT IS FOR THE 43 SCHOOLS THAT ARE BEING HEAVILY INVESTED IN.
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BOND. IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. IN ADDITION TO WHAT I ALSO HEARD, WHICH WAS COMMUNITY OUTREACH, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CO-LOCATED OR CONTEMPLATED TO BE CO-LOCATED AND OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE OTHERWISE AFFECTED.SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THERE'S A ROBUST PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PLACE THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN BE INVOLVED IN, AND WE, AS THE BOARD CAN BE INVOLVED IN TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS AS THINGS CHANGE AND LIFE CHANGES, THERE WILL BE SOME IMPACT THERE.
ON THE THE CMR ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR GROUP THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE HEARD FROM THE THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH AGAIN, WE'LL ALL BE VERY THANKFUL FOR, FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE, BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE SET US UP HERE FOR SUCCESS WITH A LOT OF REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW CAME TO YOU ALL AND HELPED US AS WELL.
AS WELL AS GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING FEEDBACK.
BUT ON THAT ADVISORY GROUP, WHAT IS THE TIMING THAT YOU'RE ANTICIPATING FOR THAT ROLLOUT IN THIS OVERALL PROCESS, AND HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE ULTIMATE DECISION MAKING AROUND WHAT THESE CTE CENTERS LOOK LIKE, ASSUMING THE BOND GOES FORWARD? KRISTEN, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO RESPOND.
THANK YOU. SO THERE'S ONE SLIDE THAT MR. MITCHELL SHARED THAT DID SHARE WHAT OUR DATA IS SHOWING AS PROGRAMS THAT ARE HIGH WAGE, HIGH SKILL, HIGH DEMAND.
AND IN PART OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE WOULD WANT TO PULL IN OUR OUR PARTNERS.
HE MENTIONED WE ALREADY WERE TALKING TO HCC, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PROGRAMS HAVE STRONG PATHWAYS TO ALIGN WITH DUAL CREDIT, TO ALIGN WITH POST SECONDARY CONTINUATION, SO THAT WE CAN BE SELECTING FROM THE HIGH WAGE, HIGH CAREER PROGRAMS THAT ALIGN TO WHAT POST SECONDARY HAS TO OFFER.
I THINK AT THAT POINT, WE ALSO WOULD BE GETTING ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITIES IN THAT AREA TO SAY, WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS IN THAT PARTICULAR DIVISION THAT MAKES SENSE, AND PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOLS ALREADY HAVE IN THOSE IN THAT DIVISION, AS WELL AS WHAT HCC SITES ALREADY HAVE IN THAT DIVISION.
SO I THINK WE SHOWED AN EXAMPLE OF ON THE FAR EAST SIDE, THERE'S AN ENERGY BUILDING.
SO THAT MIGHT MAKE US MAKE A DIFFERENT DECISION ON THE EAST SIDE FOR WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH ENERGY.
SO, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD REALLY HELP ON THAT.
AND WE CAN BRING MULTIPLE BUSINESS PARTNERS IN FOR THAT PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE'D MAKE SURE WE PUT THE PROGRAM IN EACH OF THE FOUR DIVISIONS IN THE RIGHT WAY.
OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH ACC AND POTENTIALLY SANJAK AND LONE STAR, THEY NEED TO BE ADVISING COLLECTIVELY ON ALL OF THE PROGRAMS BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM NEEDS POST-SECONDARY PATHWAY AND IDENTIFICATION.
SO THEY WOULD BE REALLY INVOLVED WITH US.
IS THAT LIKE A FALL OF THIS YEAR.
KIND OF OKAY GETTING STARTED RIGHT AWAY.
SO YES, WE WOULD START THAT PRETTY SOON THIS YEAR SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME FEEDBACK EARLY.
OKAY. AND I MEAN, I WOULD EXPECT JUST LIKE WE HAVE A DRAFT OF THE OVERSIGHT BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CHARTER, THERE WOULD BE A SIMILAR I'M NOT SAYING IT'S THE SAME BUT A SIMILAR CHARTER AS TO WHAT THEIR JOB IS, ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHATNOT.
THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE.
ANYBODY ELSE? MISS LINDNER? GO AHEAD. I MISSED ONE QUESTION THAT I HAD NOTED, WHICH IS ON SLIDE 20.
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I THINK, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGE THAT STUDENTS HAVE LIMITED TIME.AND, AND WE WANT TO MINIMIZE TRAVEL.
MY QUESTION THERE IS WHAT FLEXIBILITY DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE TO BE CREATIVE AROUND SCHEDULING TO ALLOW FOR DIFFERENT TRAVEL TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE TRAVEL LIMITATIONS THAT WE HAVE? I SEE THE EXAMPLE SCHEDULE HERE, AND WHAT I WONDER IS WHAT CREATIVE SOLUTIONS COULD WE APPLY TO NOT MAKE THAT SUCH A LIMITING FACTOR? SO, WE'LL LOOK MORE AT CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST DOING CAREER TECH ED, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO GET KIDS INTO COLLEGE.
AND SO ALL THE OTHER COURSES THAT ARE ONE REQUIRED BUT FOR GRADUATION NEED TO BE MET AS WELL.
THINGS LIKE THAT MIGHT HELP, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW TIGHT IT IS IF WE IF WE SPEND EVEN A HALF HOUR ONE WAY, THAT'S AN HOUR TOTAL TO A STUDENT'S SCHEDULE, AND THAT HOUR HAS TO BE MADE UP EITHER BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS COULD, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ONES THAT HAVE DEFINED AUTONOMY, COULD ACTUALLY SEEK THOSE SORTS OF INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS.
MR. RIVON AND I'D LIKE TO AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I'LL BE THE LAST QUESTION.
THERE MAY BE SOME OTHERS, BUT AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE PIECE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME HAVING A BACKGROUND IN CONSTRUCTION, IN HEALTH CARE.
I VISITED A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS, AND I'VE SEEN THE STATE OF THE FACILITIES.
AND AS IF MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS AND ALL OF THIS CITY AND THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT, I'VE SEEN DETERIORATING FACILITIES.
YOU SHOW PICTURES BEFORE OF MOLD AND MILDEW? THESE ARE CRITICAL ISSUES THAT THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AGAIN.
WHY NOW, WHY THIS BOND IS NEEDED AND KIND OF BRINGING US BACK TO THE CENTER, IF YOU WILL. YEAH.
I THINK YOUR INFORMATION AND BOARD MEMBER CAMPOS COMMENTS IS THAT OUR KIDS CAN'T WAIT.
WE DO HAVE SOME SERIOUS SAFETY AND HEALTH NEEDS TODAY.
AND IF THE BOND PASSES, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS WE CAN WORK ON RIGHT AWAY.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THE SCHOOLS.
I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN OVER 120 SCHOOLS.
THEY'RE JUST DOING THEIR THING.
AND TEACHERS TOO ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, RESILIENT AND DOING, YOU KNOW, JUST DOING THE GOOD WORK.
AND REALLY, WE OWE THEM BETTER WITH REGARD TO FACILITIES.
AND SO THAT'S WHY BRINGING IT NOW.
IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS, YOU KNOW, 17 YEARS FOR ELEMENTARY MIDDLE.
THAT'S A LONG THAT'S ALMOST TWO DECADES.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THIS EVENING.
UNLESS YOU OR ANYBODY FROM YOUR STAFF HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE.
MISS MENDOZA. OH, MR. MOORE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
DID YOU. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? OKAY. GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
ANYTHING FURTHER FROM YOU, MR. MILES? NO. OKAY.
AND NOTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS MENDOZA.
THANK YOU, MR. MILES AND MR. MOORE. OKAY.
THANK YOU. MR. MENDOZA, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S STILL IN NORTHEAST IN MY DISTRICT, WHERE AT DAY NINE, WITH NO POWER, 100 DEGREES.
I ONLY HAD TWO THINGS TO BRING UP.
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MR. MILES, I'VE GONE THROUGH EVERY SCHOOL.THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOLS THAT HAVE UNCUT GRASS, HAVE TREES FALLING DOWN.
CAN YOU PLEASE, WITHIN TWO WEEKS, ADDRESS THESE ISSUES BECAUSE SOME OF THE ISSUES WAS FROM THE RETRO AND PEOPLE ARE WE'RE NOT USING SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE SINCE NO ONE WANTS TO LISTEN TO US, WE'RE JUST GOING TO SHOW IT ON VIDEO.
SO I'M ASKING YOU, IT'S A STEP TOWARDS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THE OTHER THING, THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE WITH THIS BOND IS THE CO-LOCATIONS.
THOSE 15 SCHOOLS NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS BOND PROPOSAL.
I'M LETTING YOU KNOW NOW IF THEY REMAIN ON THE BOND, AT A MINIMUM, 70,000 PEOPLE WILL VOTE NO.
YOU CAN SPEND ANOTHER $750,000.
YOU WILL LOSE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT IN THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN I LEAVE FROM HERE, WHAT AM I GOING TO BE DOING ALL NIGHT? HELPING TO FEED PEOPLE THROUGHOUT MY COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE CUTTING UP TREES.
LIKE, THIS ISN'T A GAME, LIKE THIS IS REAL LIFE.
SO IF YOU WANT THIS BOND TO PASS, TAKE THOSE CO-LOCATIONS.
BECAUSE I CAN'T IN MY RIGHT MIND.
I CAN'T ALLOW THOSE SCHOOLS TO CLOSE BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
DEVELOPERS GOING TO COME IN, THERE'LL BE EMINENT DOMAIN.
AND ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT WORK SO HARD TO BECOME HOMEOWNERS WILL NO LONGER BE HOMEOWNERS.
AND YOU'LL STILL BE ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST MEN IN THE ROOM.
YOU'LL BE REMEMBERED AS A WHOLE TRANSFORMATION.
IF YOU WANT TO DO WHOLE TRANSFORMATION, YOU WANT THIS BOND TO PASS.
DO NOT PUT CO-LOCATIONS BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S A PROMISE.
I WILL KNOCK ON EVERY DOOR IN THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST.
I WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO CLOSE BECAUSE THIS STORM HAS REVEALED SO MUCH TO ME.
I'M TIRED OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE BEING DONE WRONG.
I WAS RIGHT, I LEFT CITY HALL.
THE MAYOR. HE DISREGARDED A LADY THAT FLOODED AND HE TOLD HER TWO WEEKS AGO, HEY, I GOT THIS ISSUE.
HIS DAUGHTER WAS A CENTER POINT LOBBYIST.
I TOLD HIM NORTHEAST IS ALWAYS LAST.
I'VE GONE THROUGH MY EMERGENCY FUND.
WE'RE FILLING UP 18 WHEELERS, GIVING OUT STUFF EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT FOR MORE.
SO I'M JUST TELLING YOU, PLEASE.
IT'S A TREE DOWN RIGHT NOW ON THE FENCE.
OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE SEND IT TO US.
YOU FIRE MAINTENANCE AND ALL THAT.
JUST OUTSOURCE IT AND TAKE THE 15 SCHOOLS.
BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU, IT WILL NOT PASS.
I KNOW THAT WE NEED IT, BUT I CAN'T DO THAT TO MY COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU LEAVE AND YOU RETIRE AND YOU GO BACK TO COLORADO, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE HERE.
PLEASE. I ONLY I GOT TWO MORE YEARS TO TRY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
I'M RUNNING FOR STATE REP NEXT FOR MY DISTRICT, SO IT'S.
NO, IT'S NO LONGER JUST ABOUT HISD.
YOU FORCED US TO BECOME POLITICIANS.
THAT'S WHY SIBLINGS AND MOLLY COULD WON.
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WANT TO LISTEN TO US AS COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT LIVE HERE.
[INAUDIBLE]. I HAD SOME MR. MOORE. GO TO ANOTHER STATE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM TO GO TO CARNEGIE.
AND THEN YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG TO MY CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THEM.
YOU TOOK AWAY THE MAGNET PROGRAM.
MY CHILDREN ARE GIFTED, YOU SAID.
IF YOU DON'T RESPECT ANYONE, YOU DON'T MEET THEM.
MR. MOORE, PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS.
SIR. PLEASE. I HAVE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE IF HE DOESN'T LISTEN.
MR. MOORE. I'M SORRY, MR. MOORE. YOU HAVE A PRIVATE.
YOU HAVE MR. MILES'S EMAIL ADDRESS.
I HAVE TALKED TO YOU MANY TIMES, SIR.
PLEASE RESPECT OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO CONDUCT THIS EVENING.
OUR MEETING IS CONCLUDED AT 6:27.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.