[V.A. Consider Issuing a School District Teaching Permit for Emilee Valdez to Teach Career and Technical Education Courses, Certified by the Superintendent]

DR. ROLLO. YES.

SO AMY BAKER, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CTE, HAS RECOMMENDED EMILY VALDEZ AS A BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE CAREER READINESS INSTRUCTOR FOR LUBBOCK ISD.

SHE IS AN ESTACADO GRADUATE.

SHE WAS SALUTATORIAN.

SHE ALSO IS A GRADUATE OF TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY.

SHE HAS A DEGREE IN CREATIVE MEDIA INDUSTRIES AND WORKS AS A FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER AND VIDEOGRAPHER.

SHE HAS SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS WORKING FOR [INAUDIBLE] REPAIRS, WHERE SHE PERFORMED BILLING AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

SHE IS PROFICIENT IN MICROSOFT OFFICE, QUICKBOOKS AND CANVA.

SHE HAS SERVED AS A MENTOR, TECH PACK LEADER AND RECEIVED THE YWA WOMAN OF EXCELLENCE AWARD.

SO WE ARE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE EMILY VALDEZ AS A CTE TEACHER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME.

MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.

[VI. Executive Closed Session]

IT IS 7:48 A.M., AND WE SHALL ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION.

WE ARE RECONVENED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS FOLLOWING THE EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION? YES, SIR. I MOVE THAT WE VOID THE ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACT AS PRESENTED IN CLOSED SESSION FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

EXCUSE ME. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME. MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.

WE NOW GET READY FOR OUR WORKSHOP.

WE ARE READY FOR THE WORKSHOP PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO RICK RODRIGUEZ FOR OUR ESSER CLOSEOUT REPORT.

[VIII.A. ESSER Closeout]

GOOD MORNING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

GOOD MORNING. SO WE ARE AT THE END.

MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD US TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THESE ESSER FUNDS AND THAT THEY WERE ONE TIME MONEY, THAT THIS MONEY WAS EVENTUALLY GOING TO GO AWAY, AND SO AS WE GET TO THAT TIME, SEPTEMBER 2024.

WE DECIDED IT WAS GOOD FOR US TO GO BACK AND JUST SORT OF GIVE AT A VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL, WHAT HAVE WE DONE.

BASICALLY ROUGHLY $110 MILLION THAT WAS PROVIDED THROUGH FEDERAL THROUGH TEA GRANTS THAT WE CALLED ESSER.

SO WHAT DOES ESSER STAND FOR? ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF IS WHAT ESSER STANDS FOR, AND SO I WANT TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET STARTED INTO THE PRESENTATION TO REALLY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS INFUSION OF FUNDS ALLOWED US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REALLY COMBINE BOTH SIDES OF OUR HOUSE.

SO THE ACADEMIC SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GOING TO, THAT WE WERE MAKING A GOOD, SOLID PLAN FOR HOW WE

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WERE GOING TO SPEND THESE FUNDS, AND SO WHAT WAS BIRTHED FROM THAT EFFORT WAS WHAT WE CALLED AN ESSER COMMITTEE, AND SO WE HAD MEMBERS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE HOUSES THAT WERE COMING IN EVERY WEEK THAT WE MET.

SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS COMMITTEE SHAY JENNINGS, AMANDA BOHLEN, ROB NANZ, MELINDA PUGA, STEPHEN MARTINEZ, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY ADDED DR.

WILKINS AND MYSELF, AND SO WHAT WE DID IS EVERY WEEK WE WOULD COME TOGETHER AND SAY, OKAY, HERE'S SOME SOME MORE PROJECTS, SOME MORE REQUESTS.

DOES THIS MEET THE LETTER OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS? AND WE WOULD TALK THROUGH IT.

WHAT'S THE RETURN.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO, BECAUSE THERE ARE DEADLINES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FUNDS, AND IF WE DIDN'T MEET THOSE DEADLINES THEN THEN WE HAD TO PAY THAT MONEY BACK OUT OF OUR OWN POCKET OUT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S BUDGET AND SO WE WERE VERY CAREFUL, BUT IT REALLY ALLOWED US TO COALESCE OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE IF WE HAD FUNDS AND THESE WERE ONE TIME FUNDS, THEN WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST USE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IMPACTING STUDENT LEARNING? KEEPING IN MIND THE MAIN PURPOSE WAS TO HAVE INTENTIONAL EDUCATIONAL SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS NOT PERFORMING SATISFACTORILY.

SO WHAT KINDS OF THINGS CAN WE DO, COULD WE DO WITH THIS ONE TIME MONEY? SO THIS COMMITTEE HELPED US DO THAT.

SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND THANK THEM PUBLICLY FOR THEIR EFFORTS.

WE ALSO KEPT, AS WE WENT THROUGH THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE SERVED ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE WOULD GIVE PERIODIC REPORTS ON A VERY DETAILED, DOWN, GRANULAR USE OF THOSE FUNDS.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT TODAY.

THAT IS NOT WHAT OUR PURPOSE TODAY IS TO REALLY JUST TALK ABOUT BIG BUCKETS.

OKAY. SO LET US GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

SO GOOD CALL.

FIRST START ABOUT THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS OR GO THROUGH THIS TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT THE BUCKETS OF ESSER ONE, TWO AND THREE.

THERE ARE OTHER OFFICIAL NAMES, BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO KEEP IT SIMPLE SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND.

SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT IS YOU SEE ALL THREE GRANTS STARTED MARCH 13TH OF 2020, OKAY, BUT EACH ONE OF THEM ENDS IN A DIFFERENT YEAR.

YOU SEE THERE'S OVERLAP.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THAT SOMETIMES WE PAID WITH ESSER TWO FUNDS DURING A YEAR, AND SOMETIMES WE PUSHED UP TO ESSER THREE FUNDS DURING 2022 OR YEAH, 2022-2023 BECAUSE WE COULD WE HAD THAT OPTION.

SO WE JUST TRIED TO MANAGE THAT FROM THE FINANCE SIDE TO MAKE SURE WE WERE MAKING BEST USE AND THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE GOING TO TAKE LONGER.

WE USED THE ESSER THREE FUNDS BECAUSE WE HAD A LONGER RUNWAY TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS.

OKAY. SO GETTING STARTED THEN ESSER ONE THIS BUCKET BASICALLY, IF YOU RECALL, THIS WAS MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN TO US OR PROVIDED TO US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO YOU, IF YOU REMEMBER, BACK DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE BEING HELD HARMLESS.

WE USE THAT TERM A LOT, BEING HELD HARMLESS.

SO REMEMBER THAT FUNDING COMES THROUGH THE STATE FOR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, AND OBVIOUSLY DURING THE PANDEMIC, IT WAS HARD FOR US TO TRACK WHEN ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE SHUT DOWN, IT WAS HARD FOR US TO TRACK ATTENDANCE, AND SO THE STATE HELD US HARMLESS BY PROVIDING THIS MONEY.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH, THAT WHEN THIS MONEY CAME BY HOW THIS MONEY WAS PROVIDED TO US, OUR FUNDING WAS ALSO REDUCED.

SO THIS THIS MONEY WAS NOT TRULY AN INCREASE OF FUNDS.

SO THIS WAS NOT ADDITIONAL FUNDS, BUT RATHER THE FUNDS CAME FROM ONE BUCKET AND THEN THEY WERE REDUCED FROM ANOTHER BUCKET.

SO WE WERE JUST TRULY HELD HARMLESS, NOT ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE HAD TO USE ON TOP OF OUR FUNDING OF ADA.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CRYSTAL CLEAR.

YOU WILL SEE HERE ON THIS FIRST BUCKET ESSER ONE, THE EQUITABLE SERVICES FOR PMPS OR PRIVATE NONPROFIT SCHOOLS.

WE WERE REQUIRED TO WORK DURING THIS BUCKET MONEY WITH THOSE PRIVATE NONPROFITS.

EVENTUALLY TEA CHANGED THAT IN ESSER TWO AND ESSER THREE, WHERE THE PRIVATE NONPROFITS HAD TO WORK DIRECTLY THROUGH TEA, NOT THROUGH US.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL THAT'S THIS LINE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR ON THIS LINE.

THEN AS WE MOVE TO ESSER TWO, THIS BOARD AND DR.

ROLLO CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE AND REWARD OUR STAFF THROUGH PERFORMANCE PAY, AND SO WE INITIALLY STARTED, AS YOU ALL RECALL, A PERFORMANCE PAY OF 1000, 2000, 3000.

SO WE STARTED IT AS ONE, TWO, THREE, AND THEN WE SAW FIT THAT THE NEEDS WERE NOT CHANGING.

ACTUALLY, THEY WERE INCREASING OF OUR STAFF, AND SO THIS, THIS BOARD AND DR.

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ROLLO SAW FIT TO INCREASE THE SECOND PAYMENT TO 3000.

SO IF YOU'RE A RETURNING EMPLOYEE, 1500 IN THE FIRST PAYMENT AND THEN 1500 IN THE SECOND PAYMENT, AND SO THEN WE'RE POISED.

NOW WE'VE DONE THE FIRST PAYMENT FOR THIS YEAR OF 1500, AND WE'RE POISED TO DO THE SECOND PAYMENT HERE IN THIS MONTH ACTUALLY IN MAY, YOU SEE THE REDUCTION IN STATE FUNDING.

AGAIN, WE WERE HELD HARMLESS IN THOSE FUNDS IN THE GENERAL FUND RELIEF.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAD ELIGIBLE POSITIONS THAT WE COULD THEN FLIP AND USE ESSER FUNDS TO PAY FOR THOSE TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THE, THE GENERAL FUND.

SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY THAT ALLOWED US TO GROW OUR FUND BALANCE TO GROW OUR COFFER, IF YOU WILL, SO THAT THEN WE COULD DO OTHER THINGS WITH THOSE FUNDS AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE WE DID THAT. WE ALSO HAD HOUSE BILL 4545 REQUIREMENTS TO MEET, AND SO WE USED THOSE FUNDS THERE TO PROVIDE INTERVENTION STIPENDS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS DURING THE 21-22 AND THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEN AT OUR FACILITY AT REACH, WE DID SOME UPGRADES THAT ALLOWED FOR US TO CREATE SOME SPACES FOR SKILLS FOR LIVING TYPES OF SPACES WHERE STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH FOOD SAFE CERTIFICATIONS THAT THEN WILL HELP IN POST-GRADUATION EMPLOYMENT TYPE SITUATIONS.

ANOTHER WAY THAT WE WERE USING THESE FUNDS IN ESSER TWO WAS TO SUPPORT CAMPUSES BY DOING OTHER PROJECTS.

SO THIS IS WHERE THIS COMMITTEE BECAME VERY CRITICAL BECAUSE AT THE ONSET OF THIS, WE HAD JUST A LOT OF MONEY, AND SO, HEY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT? WE'RE GOING TO USE ESSER FUNDS.

OKAY. SO THEN WE TALKED TO OTHER FOLKS ABOUT OTHER--OH YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO USE ESSER FUNDS, AND I STARTED TO GET NERVOUS THAT WE WERE JUST SPENDING ALL OF THE MONEY AND WE WERE DOUBLE SPENDING POTENTIALLY.

SO THAT WAS WHY WE PUT THIS COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO REALLY ORGANIZE OURSELVES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE MAKING BEST USE OF THESE ONE TIME FUNDS, AND THEN YOU SEE THERE ABOUT $2.4 MILLION IN UNRESTRICTED INDIRECT COSTS, THAT THOSE ARE INDIRECT COSTS THAT COME TO US THROUGH GRANTS BASICALLY ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, IF YOU WILL, OR COSTS THAT WE HAVE TO MANAGE THE GRANTS THAT WE CAN USE IN ANY WAY WE WANT, AND SO BY VIRTUE OF THESE GOING AWAY, THESE GRANTS AND THESE NEW MONIES, ONE TIME MONIES GOING AWAY, WE ARE ALSO LOSING THAT REVENUE OF $2.4 MILLION OVER THE OVER THE LIFE OF ESSER TWO.

THEN AS WE MOVE INTO ESSER THREE I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS.

THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY, REMEMBER, THE GRANT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2024, AND SO WE SOME OF THESE ARE ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES, AND SO WE ARE, AGAIN, AS I SAID BEFORE, THE GOSH, I CAN'T SAY THAT FAST.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF $23.8 MILLION THAT WE WILL PUT TOWARDS THAT, THE 1-3-3 PAYMENT AND THEN $8.1 MILLION FOR OPERATIONS.

AGAIN, THAT'S TAKING ELIGIBLE POSITIONS AND FUNDING THEM THROUGH ESSER FUNDS TO SPEND DOWN THOSE FUNDS AND PROVIDE SOME RELIEF TO THE GENERAL FUND.

WE DID SOME HVAC AND SAFETY UPGRADES AND THEN SOME ADDITIONS TO OUR TRANSPORTATION FLEET IN ORDER DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD TO SPREAD KIDS OUT, WHICH MEANT WE HAD TO HAVE MORE ROUTES, WHICH MEANT WE NEEDED MORE BUSSES, AND SO WE SPENT SOME MONEY IN PURCHASING SIX BUSSES AND THEN TWO OF ADDITIONAL VANS THAT WE USE TO PROVIDE SOCIAL DISTANCING SPACES DURING THE PANDEMIC.

SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS COSTS THAT WE SPENT OUT OF THAT, IF YOU ALL RECALL, DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE STRUGGLING GETTING SUBS, AND SO YOU KNOW, YOU ALL AUTHORIZED US TO INCREASE THE SUB PAY BY $30 A DAY, REGARDLESS OF THE LEVEL.

WE JUST INCREASED THAT SUB PAY IN ORDER TO TRY TO ENTICE MORE SUBS TO COME IN AND FILL OUR POSITIONS, AND SO $627,000 TOWARDS THAT, AND THEN WE HAD NURSE STIPENDS FOR ALL OF THE EXTRA WORK THAT NURSES WERE ASKED TO STEP UP AND DO.

WE PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR THEM DURING THAT, THAT WAS ALLOWABLE, AND THEN THE GOING INTO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING BUCKET ABOUT $8.8 MILLION TOWARDS TUTORING AND INTERVENTION AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT.

SO THAT MEANS THAT AS TEACHERS STAYED AFTER SCHOOL OR WE CREATED SPACE FOR THEM TO TUTOR, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPENSATE THEM FOR THAT TIME, WE ALSO HAD SOME ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ABOUT $2.3 MILLION DURING READING, FOR READING ACADEMIES FOR COACHES AND TRAINING THERE

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FOR AMPLIFY TRAINING AND MATERIALS THAT WE DID FOR I-STATION AND EDGENUITY AND THEN WE SPENT ABOUT $115,000 FOR PARENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT.

THAT WAS FOR PURCHASING A PARENT UNIVERSITY APP TO GIVE PARENTS MORE DIRECT COMMUNICATION FROM US.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS.

RICK, WOULD YOU GO BACK TO I'M SORRY, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE TECHNOLOGY? YES, WE SKIPPED OVER THAT.

THAT IS A RATHER LARGE LINE ITEM.

IT IS ON THE I THINK IT IS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THE 15 MILLION ON TECHNOLOGY.

SKIPPED OVER THAT ONE. YEAH RIGHT THERE.

15.3. SO JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT.

I MEAN THAT WASN'T OH THAT WAS YEAH.

SORRY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

SO WE DID PURCHASE COMPUTERS.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAD OUR TRE THAT WE HAD PASSED AND THESE FUNDS ALLOWED US TO PURCHASE THOSE TYPES OF TECHNOLOGIES.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO USE THESE FUNDS TO PURCHASE THE TYPICAL I THINK IT'S FIFTH EIGHTH AND NINTH GRADE COMPUTERS SO THAT WE WERE REFRESHING THOSE COMPUTERS, THE CHROMEBOOKS FOR KIDS TO USE AS WE TRANSITIONED IMMEDIATELY DURING THE PANDEMIC TO A 1 TO 1, AND SO THAT ALLOWED US TO PURCHASE THOSE TYPES OF DEVICES AND DEFER USING THE TRE MONIES FOR THAT, BUT THAT'S USUALLY AN ANNUAL EXPENSE. ABSOLUTELY, THAT WE ROTATE THROUGH EVERY YEAR.

CORRECT. THAT WASN'T THAT WASN'T NEW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO REPLENISH THAT IS AN ONGOING THAT WILL BE AN ONGOING EXPENSE.

SO VERY GOOD POINT MISS BRIDGES, SO FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, SOME OF THESE WHEN I USE THE WORD DEFER, WHAT THAT MEANT IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO USE ESSER FUNDS TO PAY FOR THAT BILL--WE'LL CALL IT A BILL--AND THAT'S GREAT.

SO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF AT THE TIME, BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS AT SOME POINT WE'VE GOT TO PUT THAT MONEY BACK INTO OUR BUDGET.

SO THAT'S THE PAIN POINTS THAT WE'RE FEELING RIGHT NOW AS DR.

WILKINS AND SHAY ARE WORKING ON, THE BUDGET IS WE'RE HAVING TO PUT SOME OF THESE THINGS BACK IN, AND THAT'S WHY THIS COMMITTEE WAS SO CRITICAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BEING ASKED FOR, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE THINGS I THINK IS IN A FUTURE SLIDE HERE THAT WE PAID FOR ONE OF THE THINGS OUR COUNSELING CLERKS AND THAT WAS HELPING COUNSELORS BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE HAVE GREATER NEEDS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY.

IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO TRY TO DO.

AS WE'VE HEARD FUNDING FOR US HAS BEEN HELD UP, AND SO UNTIL UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME RELIEF, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE FUNDS AT THIS POINT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF POSITIONS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AS WE PULL THOSE BILLS BACK INTO OUR BUDGET AND PUT THOSE BACK.

THAT'S THOSE ARE THE HARD CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO HAVE AS A TEAM.

OKAY. THEN HERE ON THIS SLIDE WE, WE SEE THAT WE DID PURCHASE SOME HEALTH SOFTWARE AGAIN FOR THE NURSES TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE TRACKING AND SOME OF THE PAPERWORK THAT WAS PUT ON THEM DURING THIS TIME.

AGAIN, HAVING HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IS THAT SOFTWARE WE WERE DOING MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WERE THAT THIS SOFTWARE HELPED WITH.

IT JUST MADE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER, AND THEN NOW THE TOUGH CONVERSATION IS, DO WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS OR IS THIS A WAS THIS A LUXURY, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD.

THE $1.3 MILLION THERE? YOU SEE, FOR STUDENT BEHAVIOR SUPPORT, THAT'S REALLY ALONG THE LINES OF STAFF THAT WE HIRED TO HELP WITH BEHAVIOR SUPPORT SYSTEMS. WE ARE LOOKING AT AT KEEPING SOME OF THESE BY SHIFTING AND WE HAVE BEEN, AGAIN, SHIFTING, WHETHER IT'S OTHER, OTHER TYPES OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, TITLE FUNDS, OTHER GRANTS SEEKING TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE POSITIONS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REALLY PUSHING ON.

DR. [INAUDIBLE] TO HELP US LOOKING FOR GRANTS, AND AS A TEAM, WE'RE ALL LOOKING.

WE HAVE OUR EARS PEELED FOR LOOKING FOR WHAT ARE SOME OTHER WAYS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THESE THAT WE CAN FIND TO SPEND OR TO HELP KEEP SOME OF THESE RESOURCES THAT WE'VE HAD TO PUT IN PLACE THAT WE SEE HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE AND THEN SOME REACH SUPPLIES AGAIN IN TRAINING OUT OF ESSER THREE.

THIS IS SPECIFIC TRAINING THAT WE ALLOWED OUR TEAM TO GO THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO WORKING WITH CHILDREN WITH UNIQUE CHALLENGES, AND SO THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR OUR STAFF.

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YOU SEE, SOME 114,000 THAT WE SPENT MIGRANT SUPPORTS, BASICALLY TUTORING SUPPLIES AND SOME TRAVEL FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN SOME EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENT SUPPORT, ABOUT $700,000 THERE.

THIS WAS SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT NEWCOMER CLASSES, DUAL LANGUAGE CLASSES AND SOME SUPPLIES, AND WE DID HIRE SOME STAFF INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALISTS OUT OF WITH THAT WITH THOSE FUNDS THERE.

ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, WE AGAIN CONTINUING WITH THE SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES, WE HAD SOME DYSLEXIA TRAINING AND SUPPLIES FOR ABOUT $290,000.

310,000 FOR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS, PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AND SO THIS IS THE BUCKET AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE COUNSELING SUPPORT, THESE WERE COUNSELING CLERKS, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO REMEMBER THAT ESSER ONE AND ESSER TWO EACH STARTED A YEAR EARLIER THAN ESSER THREE.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK AND SWITCH SOME FUNDS AND BE ABLE TO PAY FOR CLERKS IN TWO OTHER YEARS, BUT FOR ESSER THREE, WE USED ABOUT $1 MILLION THERE FOR THESE FOR THE CAMPUS COUNSELING, SUPPORT FOR THE CLERKS AND SOME TESTING MATERIALS THAT WE PURCHASED.

OKAY, AND THEN CONTINUING ON IN THE CAMPUS AND DISTRICT SUPPORT SUPPORT ABOUT $3.7 MILLION THAT WE USED FOR CAMPUSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO.

AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME FURNITURE UPGRADES, SOME INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOME SUPPLIES YOU SEE THERE WHAT WE USE THAT MONEY FOR.

WE DID SOLUTION TREE WITH THIS MONEY OUT OF THAT 3.7 AVID SOME AP INSTITUTES CONTENT SPECIFIC TRAININGS LEAD FORWARD AND THEN SOME LISD CONFERENCE, LISD TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE THAT WE HOST EVERY YEAR.

SO AS WE AGAIN THOSE ARE THE THREE BUCKETS, RIGHT, AND SO MAYBE YOU MIGHT BE SAYING OKAY SO, YOU WENT THROUGH A LOT OF SPENDING OF MONEY.

SO WHAT IS THEN THE OVERALL IMPACT, RIGHT.

SO SHIFTING AWAY FROM TALKING ABOUT BUCKETS OF MONEY AND NOW TALKING ABOUT JUST THE OVERALL IMPACT OF WHAT THIS MONEY HAS DONE FOR US.

SO THE FIRST BUCKET I'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IS THE IMPACT TO STAFF OKAY.

SO WHAT IS THE IMPACT STAFF.

SO $28 MILLION BASICALLY WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR THIS 133.

AGAIN AS I SAID WE'RE POISED TO HIT THAT MARK, AND THEN ABOUT $4.9 MILLION IN EXTRA DUTY PAY THAT STAFF HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS, AND THEN WE HIRED SOME TEMP EMPLOYEES TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT 4.4 MILLION.

SO $37.9 MILLION THAT HAD ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR EMPLOYEES TO THAT WE PUT IN THEIR POCKETS, AND THAT TO ME, SPEAKS HIGHLY FOR US AS A DISTRICT FOR YOU ALL, AS A BOARD FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE AND SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE THIS PRESENTATION FOR JUST A SECOND BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME, SOME BREAKING NEWS THAT I'M GOING TO LET DR.

ROLLO SHARE WITH THE GROUP.

SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE TOLD OUR STAFF THAT THE ONE, THREE, THREE, WE WERE GOING TO WAIT AND GIVE THE SECOND PAYMENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR SO THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SWEEP ALL REMAINING ESSER DOLLARS AND POSSIBLY BE ABLE TO GIVE MORE THAN $1,500 TO OUR RETURNING EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR SECOND PAYMENT, AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO SHARE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR SECOND PAYMENT AT $3,000 INSTEAD OF $1,500, AND THAT GOES TO ALL EMPLOYEES, PARAPROFESSIONALS, TEACHERS.

IT GOES TO EVERYONE.

SO THEY ARE RETURNING EMPLOYEES WILL GET $3,000 IN THEIR MAY PAYCHECK, AND OUR FIRST YEAR EMPLOYEES WILL GET $1,500 OR NO, $1,000.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO DOUBLE WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO AND THEIR MAY PAYCHECK.

AWESOME. THAT'S GREAT, BUT THAT'S IN ADDITION TO IN SEPTEMBER THEY GOT.

YES. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, IN SEPTEMBER THEY GOT $1,500, AND THEN IN MAY THEY'LL GET $3,000 RETURNING EMPLOYEES. THAT IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR $4,500 THAT WE KNOW WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GIVE A RAISE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE OUR STAFF.

WE KNOW IT WAS NOT A RAISE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING THIS MONEY TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND NOT SENDING IT BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SO I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND AND JUST REALLY COMB THAT OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR THE PURPOSES.

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YES, SIR. CAN I MAKE ONE COMMENT? YES, SIR. FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO ALLOW DR.

ROLLO TO BREAK THAT NEWS AND NOT TO TAKE CREDIT AND POST IT ON FACEBOOK OR EMAIL OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE LEADER OF OUR DISTRICT TO SEND THAT MESSAGE OUT.

WE'RE GOING TO RECORD A VIDEO AS SOON AS THE MEETING IS OVER AND SEND THAT OUT TO EMPLOYEES SO THAT THEY KNOW, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

WE KNOW TIMES ARE HARD MOVING FORWARD, BUT THIS IS ONE WAY THAT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE COULD NOT DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT OUR PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS, THOSE WHO ARE WORKING WITH OUR KIDS EVERY DAY.

SO MR. CURRY, I THINK YOU ALLUDED TO IT BEING TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.

WHAT A GREAT WAY FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM DURING THIS TIME AND TO DR.

ROLLO'S POINT, THIS IS MONEY THAT'S GOING TO EVERY STAFF MEMBER, REGARDLESS OF WHAT LEVEL OF PAY GRADE THAT YOU'RE IN BUT I DO WANT TO I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TRY TO PUT PERSPECTIVE TO WHAT THIS MEANS IN TERMS OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WE GET LOST IN THE WORD PAY RAISE AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO I WANT TO JUST BRING SOME PERSPECTIVE ON AVERAGE A 2% TEACHER.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY'RE SET ON A STEP SCHEDULE, AND SO ON AVERAGE, A 2% PAY RAISE FOR A TEACHER IS ABOUT $1,100 OVER THE YEAR AND SO WHEN, WHEN THIS BOARD APPROVES A 2% PAY INCREASE, OUR TASB SYSTEMS HAVE TOLD US THAT'S ON AVERAGE OF ABOUT $1,100 PER YEAR. SO THIS YEAR, I JUST WANT TO RECAP WHAT THIS BOARD AND DR.

ROLLO HAS DONE FOR OUR STAFF SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT TEACHERS HERE.

SO THIS YEAR, WE GAVE RETURNING TEACHERS IN SEPTEMBER $1,500 THROUGH THIS ESSER PERFORMANCE PAY, AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, THIS BOARD CHOSE TO DESIGNATE FUND BALANCE TO GIVE TEACHERS $1,100 ONE TIME PAYMENT IN NOVEMBER, AND THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT, AS I SAID, OF ABOUT A 2% PAY INCREASE, AND NOW WITH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL $3,000 THAT OUR STAFF IS GOING TO GET, AND SO THAT'S $5,600.

I CHECKED MY MATH WITH OUR, OUR CFO TO MAKE SURE, BUT THAT'S SLIGHTLY OVER A 10% DIFFERENCE IN WHAT A TEACHER WOULD HAVE GOT IN AN $1,100 DOLLAR PAY INCREASE VERSUS WHAT THIS BOARD AND DR.

ROLLO HAS CHOSEN TO DO WITH THE FUNDS THAT WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO US.

SO I JUST WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MAKE SURE TO GIVE PERSPECTIVE TO THAT SO THAT EVERYBODY WHO'S LISTENING WILL CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS BOARD AND DR.

ROLLO HAS DONE ON BEHALF OF TRYING TO HELP OUR STAFF IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE, WHEN WE HAVE THE RESOURCES, THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP STAFF. SO I'LL GET OFF MY SOAPBOX, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR PEOPLE AND TAKING CARE OF THEM.

ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT BUCKET WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS IMPACT TO STUDENTS.

SO AN INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT JUST THAT BUCKET ABOUT $18.9 MILLION, AND THEN IN CAMPUS ENHANCEMENTS, AND I'LL JUST USE THAT IN AIR QUOTES BECAUSE THAT HAD A MYRIAD OF OF THINGS OUTDOOR LEARNING SPACES, MARQUEES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

$3.6 MILLION FOR TO THE TUNE OF OR TO THE TOTAL OF $22.5 MILLION THAT WE SPENT IN IMPACT TO STUDENTS AND THEN IMPACT TO GENERAL FUND.

SO SALARIES WELL, AGAIN, WE WERE ABLE TO DEFRAY $19.6 MILLION IN SALARIES.

THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, $15.3 MILLION, ABOUT $2.4 MILLION IN FACILITIES AND FLEETS.

THAT'S THE FACILITY UPGRADES, AS WELL AS THE BUSSES THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THEN WE HAD ABOUT $8.3 MILLION IN INDIRECT COST TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $45.5 MILLION IN IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THAT'S GREAT, RIGHT? THOSE ARE SOME PRETTY HARDCORE THINGS.

NOW WHAT ABOUT STUDENTS? SO REMEMBER YOU ALL SET GOALS, AND SO I WANTED TO JUST AND I'M GOING TO WADE INTO SOME TERRITORY.

THAT'S KIND OF STRANGE FOR ME BECAUSE THIS IS THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE, BUT I'VE CHECKED THIS STUFF, BUT FOR YOUR BOARD GOALS IN 2022, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THE THREE THOSE THREE GOALS THERE THAT YOU ALL HAD SET IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGES OF THIRD GRADERS MEETING AND EXPECTATIONS, MEETING EXPECTATIONS AND READING FOR MEETING EXPECTATIONS IN MATH AND MEETING EXPECTATIONS IN READING FOR EIGHTH GRADE, BOTH YEARS 2022-2023.

NOW, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE 2024 SCORES YET.

WE'LL GET THOSE IN JUNE.

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WE ARE ANTICIPATING SOME POSITIVE THINGS HERE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO I DIDN'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF OR GET AHEAD OF US AND TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT THOSE, ALL OF THOSE GOALS WERE MET, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE HERE IN THIS NEXT SLIDE, THE EIGHTH GRADE MATHEMATICS IN 2022, WE MET YOU ALL'S GOAL.

WE MET THE GOAL OF THE DISTRICT 2023.

WE DID NOT, AND JUST IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, WE DIDN'T MEET THAT GOAL, BUT IN THE OTHER TWO WE DID, AND AS YOU ALL RECALL, ONE OF THE BIGGEST GOALS, I THINK THAT I WOULD SAY THAT WE'RE PROUD OF IS HAVING OUR STUDENTS IN A OR B CAMPUSES AND AS YOU ALL RECALL, IN 2023 WE HIT THAT MARK NOT 54%, BUT 75% OF OUR STUDENTS WERE IN A AND B CAMPUSES, AND AGAIN, YOU ALL KNOW THAT ACCOUNTABILITY IS STILL IN QUESTION.

SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING AGAIN SOME POSITIVE THINGS, BUT WE WON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION UNTIL LATER ON IN JUNE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO SHOWED THE IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE OF OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT OUR STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO AS A RESULT, AND I WOULD SAY TIED TO THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH OUR ESSER FUNDS.

SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER.

I'VE GOT A FLEET OF FOLKS HERE THAT ARE OR THEY WERE HERE.

I THINK I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABANDONED, BUT THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US ANSWER QUESTIONS.

I WOULD ADD THAT THE INTERIM CHARGES FOR THE HOUSE IN THIS SESSION, THIS INTERIM SESSION IS TO LOOK AND MONITOR HOW ESSER FUNDS WERE SPENT AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE SPENT APPROPRIATELY, AND I THINK THE FACT THAT LUBBOCK ISD STUDENTS MADE PROGRESS IN ALL OF OUR GOALS, BUT ONE, I THINK TRULY STATES THAT WE USED THIS MONEY IN A WAY THAT KEPT OUR STUDENTS MOVING FORWARD, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO OUR TEAM FOR FOR BEING SO DILIGENT IN TAKING THIS ONE TIME MONEY AND USING IT WISELY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.

I WOULD, AND MR. GILL, THIS ISN'T, I GUESS, SOMEWHAT DIRECTED AT YOU, BUT YOU KNOW, WE MAY DISAGREE ON SOME THINGS.

I THINK WE ALSO AGREE ON SOME THINGS, AND I WANT TO TELL YOU, I RESPECT THAT YOU WERE HERE FOR ADVOCACY FOR TEACHERS, AND SO I GET THAT 'S A ROLE IN ITS OWN, AND THAT COMES WITH CERTAIN THINGS THAT WHETHER I LIKE OR DON'T, THAT'S PART OF THE GIG, BUT I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU, YOU ALL ARE VERY QUICK TO COMPARE US TO OTHER DISTRICTS IN A LOT OF AREAS.

I THINK WE HAVE BLOWN OTHER DISTRICTS OUT OF THE WATER, AND I HAVE NOT SEEN VERY MUCH SUPPORT PUBLICLY ON THAT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND WITH THIS, I MEAN, I BELIEVE IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE GAVE TEACHERS OVER THE THREE YEARS.

WHILE, AGAIN, IT'S NOT A PERMANENT RAISE, AND I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE.

I KNOW A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, MONEY TODAY IS BETTER THAN MONEY TOMORROW, AND SO AND WE CAN'T FIX THE FUNDING ISSUE HERE IN THIS DISTRICT BY OURSELVES, BUT WHAT WE DID DO WITH THE MONEY IS WE PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, AND WE PAID THE PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW MAKE THIS SHIP GO STRAIGHT, AND SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU GUYS BE AS LOUD ON THIS AS YOU HAVE BEEN ON SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF, AND I RESPECT WHERE YOU WHERE YOU COME FROM ON THE OTHER STUFF AND I THANK DR.

ROLLO FOR MAKING THIS A MISSION.

I THINK I'D BE HARD PRESSED TO, TO KNOW OF ANY DISTRICT IN TEXAS THAT HAS DONE WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE ESSER FUNDS, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO ADDITIONAL PAY FOR STAFFING.

THANK YOU.

MR. RODRIGUEZ, I WOULD ASK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT SAME COIN, NOW THAT ESSER IS FINISHED WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON TEACHER COUNT OR EMPLOYEE COUNT THAT WE ARE NOW LEFT, I GUESS, WITHOUT OR AS WE HAVE TO MANAGE OUR NEW BUDGET WITHOUT THE ESSER, WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE COUNT THAT THIS IS? SURE. SO OBVIOUSLY OUR DECLINING ENROLLMENT HAS HAS NOT CHANGED.

I THINK IT'S FURTHER BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC, AND SO CONTINUING, WE OPERATED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PANDEMIC IN THE HOPES THAT WE WOULD GET OUR KIDS BACK AND WE'D BE BACK UP TO PRE-PANDEMIC NUMBERS AND MAYBE EVEN PLATEAU.

BIRTH RATES INDICATE THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE, AND AGAIN, THE PANDEMIC FURTHER EXACERBATED THAT DECLINE, AND SO BY VIRTUE OF THAT, FEWER STUDENTS, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT FEWER STAFF IN ORDER TO STAY WITHIN OUR BUDGETS, AND SO THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING TO EMPLOYEE COUNTS.

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WE'RE HAVING TO REDUCE, AND RIGHTSIZE STILL TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MEET THE NEEDS.

GIVEN THE GIVEN THE LIMITED, AND I USE THAT WORD IN AIR QUOTES, LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WERE PROVIDED TO US THIS YEAR. SO I THINK IT'S KIND OF A TRIPLE EDGED SWORD, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ESSER FUNDS ARE GONE.

THERE'S NO NEW FUNDING FROM THE STATE AND DECLINING ENROLLMENTS.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT TASK TO EVEN DO TEACHER COUNTS AT SCHOOLS AND YES, EVERYTHING.

SO I APPRECIATE WHAT WE DID AND ALSO APPRECIATE THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT OKAY.

THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, AND

[VIII.B. Budget]

CONTINUING ON WITH THE THEME OF DOLLARS AND CENTS.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE DR.

DEWAYNE WILKINS, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TO THE PODIUM FOR OUR BUDGET.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

HERE WE ARE IN MAY AT OUR FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP, AND WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE ESSER FUNDS THAT WAS AN INFUSION OF A LOT OF MONEY THAT HELPED US OUT TREMENDOUSLY, AND NOW WE GET TO HEAR ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ATTACK THAT ON THE BACK END.

IF YOU'LL LOOK. FEW BUDGET CALENDAR KEY DATES.

WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSING OUT ON THE 23RD OR THE 20TH, OUR 23-24 BUDGET.

SO WE'LL BE WRAPPING THAT UP IN THAT MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL BE GETTING THE APPROVAL ON THE 20TH OF OUR 24-25 BUDGET, AND THEN WE'LL BE GETTING OUR ACTUAL TAX RATE ON THE 22ND.

SO WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HERE IS SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.

WE WON'T HAVE OUR EXACT TAX RATE UNTIL THEN.

SO THESE ARE SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.

SO SOME KEY ELEMENTS AND ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE'RE CREATING THE BUDGET.

IN 23-24, WE HAVE OUR CERTIFIED VALUES COMPARED TO OUR PRELIMINARY VALUES, AND THERE IS A 7% INCREASE ON AVERAGE.

THAT'S USUALLY ABOUT A 5 TO 6% INCREASE.

WE HAD A 7% INCREASE THIS YEAR.

IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE COMPTROLLER'S PROPERTY TAX VALUES, WE HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE THERE.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, THE TOP ONE IS YOUR LOCAL FUNDING, AND THE BOTTOM WITH YOUR CONTROLLER IS HOW THEY CALCULATE OUR STATE FUNDING.

SO AND THEN YOU GO DOWN AND WE ESTIMATED OUR 400 COUNT REDUCTION IN ADA.

SO THAT WOULD PUT US AT $22,045 IS OUR ESTIMATE.

SO THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT ELEMENTS THAT WE LOOK AT IS OUR M&O TAX RATE AND OUR I&S TAX RATE, AND OUR ESTIMATION RIGHT NOW AT THIS TIME IS AN 89.1 CENT TAX RATE.

WE STARTED OUR CALCULATIONS THIS YEAR.

AS SOME OF YOU ALL KNOW, AT 74.88 CENTS.

WE'RE NOW AT 71.69 WITH COMPRESSION, AND WE'LL KNOW MORE HOW EXACT THAT IS WHEN WE GET OUR EXACT TAX RATE IN AUGUST.

HERE'S A BRIEF CHART OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS OF OUR TAX RATE.

SO IF YOU LOOK, WE'VE REMAINED STEADY ON OUR I&S FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE STATE HAS DONE PROPERTY TAX COMPRESSION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND HOW MUCH THAT HAS COMPRESSED US DOWN.

IT KEEPS GETTING LOWER AND LOWER.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE KEEP DOING MORE WITH LESS.

OUR GENERAL OPERATING REVENUES, THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN, IT'S $4.3 MILLION LESS THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR, AND MR. RODRIGUEZ REFERRED TO SOME INDIRECT COSTS.

THAT'S PLAYS INTO THAT.

ALSO SHARS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

SO IF YOU LOOK ON THIS SLIDE HERE, OUR GENERAL OPERATING REVENUES, YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP LINE ON OUR TAXES IT IS $19 MILLION LESS, BUT IF YOU DROP DOWN A COUPLE OF LINES TO OUR FOUNDATION SCHOOL FUND, THAT'S WHERE THE STATE MADE US WHOLE.

WITH THAT TAX COMPRESSION, WE HAVE OUR AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND, WHICH DROPPED OFF A LITTLE BIT DUE TO ADA, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FOUNDATION SCHOOL FUND DROPPED A LITTLE BIT DUE TO THE 1882 MONIES GOING AWAY, AND THEN ALSO OUR GENERAL AT THE BOTTOM LINE, YOU CAN SEE $3.6 MILLION.

THAT'S SHARS AND THE INDIRECT COSTS THAT ARE AFFECTING THAT LINE ITEM RIGHT THERE.

SO WE HAVE A DECREASE OF $4.3 MILLION.

I'LL ADD THAT YOU'LL HEAR SOME NARRATIVE FROM THE STATE THAT THERE IS A LOT MORE MONEY GOING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT THEY'RE COUNTING THAT

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DECREASE IN OUR TAXES IN OUR TAX RATE COMPRESSION.

THEY'RE MAKING US WHOLE WITH THAT, BUT THEY'RE SAYING THAT IS NEW MONEY COMING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST MAKING US WHOLE WITH TAX COMPRESSION.

SO OUR GENERAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WERE UP $1.45 MILLION AND THAT IS DUE TO BRINGING IN SOME OF THOSE ESSER POSITIONS THAT WE ROLLED OVER TO GIVE RELIEF TO THE GENERAL FUND.

WE'VE ROLLED SOME OF THOSE BACK AND THAT HAS CAUSED AN INCREASE.

ALSO, THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE BUDGET FOR EACH YEAR RAISES THAT A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR THOSE AND THAT'S $1 MILLION.

SO THAT'S WHERE THAT INCREASE COMES IN.

IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THERE, WE HAVE GIVEN YOU SOME NUMBERS ON A 1%, 2% AND 3% PAY RAISE, HOW MUCH THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY COST THE DISTRICT.

SO LOOKING AT THAT, WE HAVE MORE I HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON HOW THAT AFFECTS THE NET TOTAL FURTHER IN THE PRESENTATION.

OUR GENERAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES, THIS IS MORE OF AN IN-DEPTH BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

OUR TOTAL PAYROLL EXPENSES IS UP TO 2.3.

THAT'S DUE TO THE POLICE OFFICERS, AND YOU SEE THE ASTERISKS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, ESSER AND THE POLICE OFFICERS.

SO ROLLING SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS BACK OVER AND BUDGETING FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS, EVERYTHING, EVERY OTHER LINE ITEM WE HAVE DECREASED IN, WHICH EQUATES TO A $1.4 MILLION INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES.

LOOKING AT OUR MAJOR DIFFERENCES FROM PREVIOUS YEAR.

IT'S THE PROFESSIONAL SALARIES.

THE CLASSIFIED SALARIES, WHICH IS OUR POLICE OFFICERS SOFTWARE RENEWALS COMING BACK COPIERS.

WE'VE WENT DOWN IN GENERAL SUPPLIES WE'VE DECREASED AND VEHICLES WE'VE DECREASED.

SO A COMPARISON OF PRELIMINARY REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO, WE'RE CURRENTLY SITTING AT A $5.7 MILLION DEFICIT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAY RAISES, YOU CAN SEE NOW HOW THEY'LL AFFECT THE NET OUTCOME, AND WHAT WE WILL BE SETTING AT DEPENDING ON WHAT IS LOOKED AT.

I WANT TO COMMEND OUR TEAM FOR A MOMENT, BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED THIS BUDGET PROCESS, WE WERE AT A $16 MILLION DEFICIT BEFORE ANY TALK ABOUT COMPENSATION.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE ARE BRINGING SOME OF THE SALARIES BACK INTO OUR GENERAL FUND FROM ESSER , WE HAVE CUT 86 POSITIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO SIGNIFICANT WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN STAFFING.

SO MANY, MANY THANKS TO MISTY AND MAX AND REALLY ALL OF OUR TEAM FOR I MEAN, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS, BUT TRYING TO RIGHTSIZE STAFFING WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND THEN REALLY LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE POSITION, IS THIS NECESSARY? WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS SINCE WHERE WE STARTED.

MAY I ASK REAL QUICK.

THOSE DECISIONS WERE MADE WITH WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THOSE DECISIONS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

WAS IT JUST MADE HERE, OR HOW DID WE DECIDE WHO WHAT WAS GOING TO? IN MULTIPLE WAYS, WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY TIGHT WITH ELEMENTARY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF ALL OF THIS, AND SO ELEMENTARY WAS PRETTY MUCH ALREADY SQUEEZED AS MUCH AS THEY COULD BE SQUEEZED.

SO REALLY, THE CONVERSATION WAS HAD WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND LOOKING AT THEIR STAFFING MODELS.

WE DID INCREASE CLASS SIZES AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WERE INVOLVED IN THE DECISIONS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH THEM.

WE LOOKED AT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT WITH SOME OF THE PRACTICES THAT WE HAD IN PLACE AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE TRULY HAVING AN IMPACT ON STUDENT OUTCOMES, AND SOME DECISIONS WERE MADE THAT THIS IS NOT NOT HELPING US, FOR EXAMPLE, DOUBLE BLOCKING MATH.

SO THAT ALLOWED US TO FREE UP SOME POSITIONS THERE.

MISTY, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE THERE? I WOULD SAY THANK YOU. OKAY.

I THINK JUST FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC YOU SAID 86 POSITIONS WERE ELIMINATED, BUT ANYONE WHO HAS A JOB WITH LISD AND WANTED TO STAY WITH LISD STILL HAS A JOB WITH LISD.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE ALL OF THIS THROUGH ATTRITION, SO NO ONE HAS LOST A JOB.

IT'S ALL BEEN DONE THROUGH ATTRITION.

I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE REDUCED CENTRAL OFFICE BY 30% OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS.

YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SAY THAT A LITTLE LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK.

[CHUCKLING] WE HAVE REDUCED CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF BY 30% OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS.

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MOVING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE REALIGNED OUR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT IS NOW TEACHING AND LEARNING, AND THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO SAVE ABOUT $400,000.

WHILE WE BELIEVE BETTER SUPPORTING WHAT WE'RE DOING AS WE HAVE MOVED INTO USING HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, WE NO LONGER NEED AS MANY PEOPLE TO WRITE CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENTS AND SO WE'RE DOING SOME THINGS TO STREAMLINE THE POLICE OFFICERS HAVING A POLICE OFFICER ON EVERY CAMPUS CAME OUT OF THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO SHOW THAT WE ARE WORKING IN GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE IN OUR BUDGET.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO FILL ALL OF THOSE BECAUSE WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING QUALITY CANDIDATES, AND THAT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD COMPLYING WITH THAT.

WE'RE LEAN AND MEAN; WE REALLY ARE.

EVERY POSITION THAT COMES OPEN FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE TO REPLACE THAT OR IF WE CAN HANDLE THE WORK BEING A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE BY BRINGING IN SOMEBODY PART TIME TO DO SOMETHING OR OTHER WAYS, BUT WE REALIZE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A DEFICIT BUDGET.

WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THAT.

IN FACT, I DON'T KNOW OF A DISTRICT RIGHT NOW THAT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADOPT A BALANCED BUDGET MOVING INTO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

I THINK WE'RE IN A MUCH BETTER SPOT THAN MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE IN DISTRICTS OUR SIZE AND ABOVE, AND EVEN SOME WHO ARE SMALLER THAN US.

SO, COMING IN, IN MARCH, I CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU THAT THE TEAM HAS WORKED VERY HARD.

THE TEAM BEING EVERYBODY AND NO STONE HAS GONE UNTURNED.

WE HAVE TURNED OVER EVERY STONE, LOOKING FOR EVERY SAVINGS WHERE WE CAN AND SPEAKING WITH MANY OTHER CFOS, THAT IS CORRECT. EVERYONE NEARLY IS PASSING A DEFICIT BUDGET.

IT'S DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

SO, MOVING FORWARD, SOME BUDGET ISSUES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE FINAL COST OF SALARIES AND WHERE THAT'S GOING TO LAND, AND THEN OUR ONGOING REVIEW OF NON-PAYROLL BUDGETS, AND THEN WE GOT YESTERDAY THE DEBT SERVICE BUDGET.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, AND THEN THE FOOD SERVICE BUDGET WILL BE COMING IN AND WE'LL WORK ON THAT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS? I WOULD FIRST COMMEND YOU FOR STARTING WITH THE 3% INCREASE FOR TEACHERS IN THE BUDGET, AND THEN URGE YOU, AS YOU CONTINUE ON, TO MAKE THAT THE VERY, VERY LAST BUDGET OR THE VERY LAST LINE ITEM AS WE GO THROUGH AND CONTINUE TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES. LET'S LEAVE THAT.

YES, SIR. I WANT TO SAY THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE AND VERY TALENTED AND WELL PUT TOGETHER AND THOUGHTFUL AND PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK.

I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LOST ON ON THIS GROUP AND ON THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.

WHEN WE HAVE A DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

YOU NOTICE THE NUMBER THERE THAT SAID ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOWN ABOUT 400 STUDENTS.

WELL, THAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF ONE OF OUR LARGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

SO IF THIS TREND CONTINUES LOGICALLY, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A REDUCTION IN STAFF.

THIS ADMINISTRATION, DR.

ROLLO, MISTY, RICK AND HER CABINET HAVE BEEN SO DILIGENT IN TRYING NOT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THEY CAN RATHER THAN SAY, OKAY, WE GOT TO LET SOME TEACHERS GO BUT AGAIN, AND I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD IF THERE IS NOT VISIBLE VOCAL ADVOCACY FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE RELEASE OF FUNDS, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN, AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO HAVE A JOB AT THE NEXT FUNDING PERIOD.

400 STUDENTS, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND, WON'T BE IN LUBBOCK ISD AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STAFF THAT IT TAKES TO RUN A BUILDING, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYONE THAT'S AN EMPLOYER, EVERYONE THAT RUNS AN ORGANIZATION IN THE REAL WORLD THAT JUST DOESN'T ADD UP.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH CHOICES.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR DOING THE HARD WORK.

I'VE SAID IT BEFORE.

HARD WORK IS HEART WORK.

HARD WORK IS HEART WORK, AND SO YOU'RE DOING IT FROM THE HEART AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

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DR. WILKINS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DID A GREAT JOB ON YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU SIR. YEAH, IT WASN'T SHAY, BUT IT WAS CLOSE.

[CHUCKLING] BIG SHOES TO FOLLOW, RIGHT? SHAY, YOU'VE TRAINED HIM WELL.

LAST ITEM ON THE WORKSHOP AGENDA IS THE LEADERSHIP PIPELINE.

[VIII.C. Lubbock ISD Leadership Pipeline]

DR. ROLLO. WE WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TODAY DURING WORKSHOP TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR LEADERSHIP PIPELINE WORK AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH HOLDSWORTH AND SHARE SOME EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE STARTING TO SPEED UP IN A HURRY RIGHT NOW.

SO I'M EXCITED TO SHARE SOMETHING THAT ISN'T BUDGET BUT IS ACTUALLY A PART OF A GRANT.

WE WERE NAMED AS PART OF A GRANT WITH THE HOLDSWORTH FOUNDATION THAT IS SPONSORED BY CHARLES BUTT WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLY GENEROUS GRANT THAT ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THE LUBBOCK ISD LEADERSHIP PIPELINE.

SO IN THE WORLD THAT WE'RE IN AND THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST HEARD DESCRIBED, LOOKING AT HELPING TO DEVELOP BOTH PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THAT ARE POWERFUL, INCREDIBLE, STRONG LEADERS IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS, AND WE KNOW THAT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, IT'S GOING TO GIVE US SOME REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CAMPUSES.

SO WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A YEAR, ONE UPDATE OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR, AND THEN WHAT IS COMING IN THE YEARS TO COME.

SO WE BEGAN THIS YEAR LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT REALITY.

SO WE DID A DEEP DIVE LOOKING AT HOW MANY PRINCIPALS DO WE LOSE? HOW MANY ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS DO WE LOSE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT IS OUR REALITY? WHAT IS OUR MAKEUP OF ADMINISTRATION LOOK LIKE AND WHAT DO WE WANT THAT TO BE VISION, TO SEE IN THE FUTURE? WHAT IS COMING? WHAT DO WE HOPE FOR? WHAT DO WE DREAM ABOUT, AND WHAT COULD THAT LOOK LIKE TO HAVE MORE INCREDIBLE LEADERS IN OUR FUTURE? WE ALREADY HAVE INCREDIBLE LEADERS, BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME ON THE HORIZON AS WELL AND THEN WE BEGAN WORKING ON A MULTI-YEAR PLAN.

THIS IS A FOUR-YEAR GRANT AND GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP PROJECTS EACH YEAR, AND THEN I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CAMPUSES TO WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING COMPONENTS OF THE GRANT.

WE CREATED PROJECT PLANS.

I'LL SHOW YOU THOSE IN DEPTH A LITTLE BIT.

WE WORKED ON WHAT IT MEANS TO STRUCTURE OUR TEAMS SO THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT SPOT DOING THE RIGHT WORK, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO LAUNCH PEOPLE IN A PROGRESSIVE PATH SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND LEARN TOGETHER, AND EVERYONE GETS TO PARTICIPATE, AND THEN WE, AS DR.

ROLLO MENTIONED, THE WORK IS ABOUT TO RAMP UP AND GET REALLY EXTREME, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT MOST OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT PARTNERSHIP, WE BEGAN WITH THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM DEFINING THE CHANGE.

SO WE HAD TO LOOK AT THAT ASSESSMENT, LOOK AT THE VISION, BEGIN THE PLAN, AND THEN START ON THAT LAUNCH AS PART OF OUR LAUNCH, THE WORK THAT WE DID THIS YEAR WAS TO CREATE OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION.

OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION IS GROUNDED IN OUR THREE CORE VALUES THAT YOU HAVE SEEN US USE TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE LAUNCH OF OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION AT CONVOCATION NEXT AUGUST, AS WE SHARE THAT WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF AND THEN THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WILL BEGIN ON WHAT IS CALLED THE VACANCY PLANNING CYCLE, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN OUR WORK.

SO WHEN WE CELEBRATED, WE HAD A YEAR ONE SUCCESS CELEBRATION.

BETH WAS ABLE TO JOIN US AND WE HAD AN EVENING OF FUN AND FELLOWSHIP AT THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER TO CELEBRATE THAT EVERYONE IN OUR COHORT, WE WORK ALONGSIDE OTHER DISTRICTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, AND EVERYONE IN OUR COHORT COMPLETED THEIR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION.

OURS IS, WE ARE LUBBOCK ISD.

I THINK YOU ALL HAVE STICKERS, MAYBE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THAT SHOW THAT LEADERSHIP DEFINITION, AND WE HAVE LOTS OF COMMUNICATION PLANS IN OUR FUTURE TO SHARE THAT. WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, THIS IS OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM TEAM.

THIS IS THE TEAM THAT FOR THAT FIRST YEAR HAS ATTENDED HOLDSWORTH IN THAT FOUNDATION, AND WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IS THIS TEAM IS ABOUT TO EXPAND GROW EVEN LARGER.

SO AS WE LOOK AT OUR YEAR TWO PROJECTS, OUR CABINET TEAM WORKS AS OUR LEADERSHIP PIPELINE TEAM, AND THEY ARE THE DECISION MAKING TEAM FOR WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE HOLDSWORTH, BUT WE ALSO ARE ABOUT TO LAUNCH SOME LARGER PROJECTS.

SO I'LL TALK TO YOU IN A MINUTE ABOUT OUR LEADERSHIP LEVELS THAT BETH AND I HAVE ALMOST COMPLETED, BUT VACANCY PLANNING AND HIGH POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT TO LAUNCH. THOSE WILL BE MAX AND AMY, AND THEN BETH AND DAMON WILL WORK ON THOSE.

THEY'LL HAVE TEAMS OF PRINCIPALS THAT WORK WITH THEM, AND TEAMS OF OTHER LEADERS THAT WILL SUPPORT THEM IN THAT PROCESS.

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YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF DIFFERENT LEADS AS WE GET FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, BUT WHAT'S BEEN GREAT ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE PROJECT TEAMS, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION INCLUDED EVERY SINGLE PRINCIPAL IN LUBBOCK ISD AND EVERY SINGLE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN LUBBOCK ISD.

SO WE ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR TEAMS INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE CAMPUS LEADERS HAVING A VOICE AND GUIDING THAT CONVERSATION AND THAT WORK SO THAT NOT ONLY IS THERE BUY IN, BUT WE'RE CREATING SOMETHING THAT FITS THEIR WORK AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND WE'RE RELYING ON THEIR EXPERTISE TO GET THERE.

THE ROLE OF THE PEOPLE YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS THEY SERVE AS FACILITATOR.

SO THAT MEANS THEY SET UP THE TIME AND THE PLACE AND THE COMMENT AND THE QUESTIONS, BUT THE PEOPLE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS AND DOING THE WORK ARE OUR PRINCIPALS.

SO AS WE LAUNCH PROJECTS, YOU'LL SEE WE'RE RIGHT HERE IN MARCH, AND WE'RE GETTING READY FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECT LEADS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. WILL BEGIN THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH HOLDSWORTH STAFF.

HOLDSWORTH STAFF HELP YOU ON EACH PROJECT.

THEY PROVIDE ALL OF THE FACILITATION.

THEY PROVIDE ALL THE DOCUMENTS.

I'LL SHOW YOU SOME EXAMPLES IN A MINUTE, BUT THEY HELP YOU LAUNCH THE PROJECT SO THAT YOU'RE READY TO GO.

THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK WILL HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT NINE MONTHS.

IT WILL BE INTENSIVE IN THAT PROJECT TIME, SO THAT WE HAVE THINGS READY FOR THAT FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR TO MOVE FORWARD.

THERE'S ALWAYS AN ASSESSMENT TO EVALUATE THAT.

IS IT WORKING AS IT SHOULD, AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE ON PROJECTS FOR THAT FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR.

SO IN THIS YEAR TWO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FACULTY LEADERSHIP.

WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER.

THE WAY I LIKE TO SAY IT IS, IF YOU'VE EVER READ A BOOK IN EDUCATION ABOUT BEING A BETTER LEADER, THEY BRING IN THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK.

SO INSTEAD OF JUST READING THE BOOK, WE ACTUALLY SIT AND CONVERSE WITH THE AUTHOR AND HAVE LEARNING ALONGSIDE THE AUTHOR.

OUR CAMPUSES ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT SAME GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

AS PART OF THE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A ASSORTMENT OF FACILITATORS FROM HOLDSWORTH THAT HELP US, AND SO THEY COACH, GUIDE AND LEAD.

THEY EACH HAVE EXPERTISE, AND SO THEY WORK WITH US IN THEIR EXPERTISE TO HELP US IN EACH ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, AND THEY ACTUALLY COME HERE, YES, MA'AM, TO WORK WITH OUR TEAMS, WHICH IS REALLY NICE.

YEAH, IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

SO THE PROJECT WE'RE CURRENTLY WRAPPING UP RIGHT NOW, WE FINISHED LEADERSHIP DEFINITION.

WE ARE LAUNCHING COMMUNICATION AROUND THAT AND NOW WE ARE WRAPPING UP LEADERSHIP LEVELS.

SO THE PURPOSE OF LEADERSHIP LEVELS IS IN THESE OBJECTIVES.

WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MOVE UP THE PIPELINE FROM A TEACHER LEADER TO AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TO A PRINCIPAL, AND IN THAT MOVE UP THE PIPELINE, WHAT ARE AREAS THAT IN OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE PATTERNS THAT WE NEED GREATER TRAINING AROUND.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO SUPPORT THAT PROCESS? RIGHT NOW, ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE MET WITH US.

THIS NEXT WEEK WILL BE OUR THIRD ROUND, AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY DRAFTING THE LEADERSHIP LEVELS.

NOT ONLY ARE THEY DRAFTING, THEY ARE ALSO DEFINING WHERE WE HAVE STRENGTH AND WHERE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY, AND THEN WE'RE USING THAT TO BUILD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO OUT OF THAT PROJECT WE WILL HAVE OUR READINESS CRITERIA.

WHAT'S A HAS IT NEEDS IT DOCUMENT WHICH MEANS WE HAVE EVERYONE GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE COACHED.

SO EVERYONE WHO'S A LEADER IN LUBBOCK ISD GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT ARE AREAS WHERE YOU ARE ALREADY.

YOU HAVE STRENGTH.

WHAT ARE AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY, AND HOW CAN WE SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER ALONG THE WAY TO GROW AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND SOUND LIKE AND SO IT'S CREATING A CULTURE OF BEING A GROWTH MINDSET DISTRICT FOR ALL OF OUR LEADERS.

AS WE LOOK AT PEOPLE HAVING OPPORTUNITY, WHETHER YOU'RE READY OR YOU'RE JUST NOT YET READY, BUT YOU WILL BE READY IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO GROW AND GET PEOPLE THERE? THE NEXT BIG PROJECT IS CALLED THE VACANCY PLANNING CYCLE LAUNCH.

THE PURPOSE AROUND VACANCY PLANNING IS THAT WE WANT AND BELIEVE THAT FOR EVERY OPENING IN LEADERSHIP IN LUBBOCK ISD, WE CAN HAVE A 2 TO 1 RATIO OF READY LEADERS WHO ARE PREPARED AND CAN STEP INTO THAT POSITION.

THE PURPOSE BEHIND HAVING THAT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FORECAST IN THE FUTURE, WHERE WILL YOU HAVE HOLES IN THE FUTURE IN LEADERSHIP, AND THEN WHO IS ON DECK IN THAT GROWING EXPERIENCE AND READY TO RISE? AND WHO NEEDS WHAT WE CALL STRETCH OPPORTUNITIES TO BE READY TO DO THAT NEXT THING.

SO IF WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN A LEADER AND WE KNOW WHERE PEOPLE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW, WE CAN COACH THEM WITH STRETCH OPPORTUNITIES SO

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THAT THEY CAN BE READY TO STEP INTO THAT LEADERSHIP ROLE WHEN WE HAVE THAT VACANCY IN THE FUTURE.

WHAT I'M SAYING SOUNDS REALLY SIMPLE, BUT IN ACTUALITY, IT'S REALLY COMPLICATED.

IT TAKES NOT ONLY A VACANCY PLANNING CYCLE TASK FORCE THAT WILL BE LED BY MAX AND AMY, BUT IT ALSO REQUIRES ON THE JOB STRETCH OPPORTUNITIES. IT REQUIRES SOME FORM OF HIGH POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE DEVELOP THOSE FUTURE LEADERS.

IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN INTERVIEW PROCESS THAT IS TRANSPARENT AND OPEN AND MATCHES THOSE SAME CRITERIA THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO THIS NEXT YEAR, THIS IS THE BIGGEST LIFT IN OUR PROJECTS WITH LOTS OF WORK.

IT WILL REQUIRE LOTS OF WORK FROM THE TEAM THAT YOU JUST SAW ON THE BOARD, BUT IT ALSO WILL REQUIRE LOTS OF PRINCIPAL LEADERS, BOTH VETERAN AND NEW, TO HELP US GET THERE TO BUILD THAT DREAM, WITH THE GOAL BEING THAT WHEN WE COME OUT OF THE GRANT AT THE END OF THE FOUR YEARS ARE 2 TO 1 READY.

BENCH IS READY FOR EVERY POSITION AND EVERY SPOT.

I'M GOING TO STOP FOR IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING.

THE NEXT PART I AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PART.

THIS IS WHAT OUR CAMPUS LEADERS GET TO DO.

SO THIS IS PRINCIPAL TEAMS THAT WILL PARTICIPATE AT THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER AND WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE STRETCHED AND GROW.

THOSE CAMPUS TEAMS WILL DEVELOP A PROBLEM OF PRACTICE.

SO THEY'LL EVALUATE THEIR CAMPUS.

THEY'LL DETERMINE SOMETHING IN THEIR SCHOOL THAT THEY NEED TO GROW AND WORK ON, AND TOGETHER THEY WILL WORK ON THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO ADVANCE THAT.

THE GREAT THING IS YOU WILL NOTICE WE HAVE THREE COHORTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING.

SO THAT MEANS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WE WILL END UP WITH 21 CAMPUS TEAMS THAT ALL GET TO PARTICIPATE. THIS FIRST YEAR WE WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO SEND SIX.

YOU DO A RAMP UP.

THE NEXT YEAR WE WILL SEND SEVEN, AND THE NEXT YEAR WE WILL SEND EIGHT.

SO LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.

THE CRITERIA TO PARTICIPATE.

THIS COMES FROM HOLDSWORTH.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN A PRINCIPAL IN THAT SCHOOL FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR.

SO THE IDEA BEHIND THAT IS THAT THEY WANT YOU TO BE STABLE IN THE SPOT THAT YOU'RE AT, AND YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO YOUR CAMPUS FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS.

SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A YEAR AND THEN COMMIT THAT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, YOU WON'T GO ANYWHERE OR SEEK A NEW OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GO THROUGH THE FULL PROGRAM IN THAT SAME SEATED POSITION.

YOU HAVE TO BE WELL RESPECTED AND DESIRE TO GROW, WHICH ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS ARE, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO COMMIT WITH YOUR TEAM TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE TRAINING. THAT IS 21 DAYS OF TRAINING OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

SO YOU HAVE TO BE A CAMPUS THAT IS POISED TO MAKE A BIG GAIN.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE FACULTY AND STAFF BUY-IN, AND YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS, AN INTERVIEW PROCESS THAT SHOWED THAT YOU HAVE ALL OF THOSE PIECES, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKE ON THE WORK.

SO SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HOLDSWORTH IS THAT YOU'RE NOT IN ANOTHER MAJOR INITIATIVE OR CHANGE, SO YOU'RE NOT PART OF ANOTHER BIG GRANT PROCESS, OR YOU'RE NOT PART OF SOMETHING NEW THAT IS ABOUT TO COME OUT IN YOUR CAMPUS, OR YOU'RE NOT PARTICIPATING OR ENDING IN SOMETHING ELSE, AND YOU'RE NOT IN A CRISIS OR AN URGENT TURNAROUND SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU ARE GETTING OTHER GRANT FUNDING AND OTHER SUPPORT WRAPAROUND SYSTEMS THAT LOOK DIFFERENT AND THEY DON'T EVER WANT THIS SYSTEM TO CONTRADICT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

SO FOR THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, OUR CAMPUSES THAT APPLIED MET ALL THAT CRITERIA AND WENT THROUGH THE INTERVIEW WITH THE HOLDSWORTH TEAM.

WE ARE SENDING YOU CAN SEE CORONADO, HUTCH, EVANS, MCWHORTER, WILLIAMS AND SMITH FOR THE FIRST COHORT.

WE WILL HAVE MULTIPLE COHORTS, AND WE'VE HAD MANY PRINCIPALS SAY WE WANTED TO SEE HOW THE FIRST COHORT WENT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR NAME IN FOR THE SECOND COHORT, AND WE LOVE AND RESPECT THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT ARE EITHER IN TRANSITION OR ARE PART OF SIGNIFICANT GRANTS THAT HAD TO WAIT TO BE A PART OF ANOTHER COHORT WHEN THEY ARE FINISHED WITH OTHER WORK THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR MANY CAMPUSES, BUT THIS EXPERIENCE, I THINK, IS GOING TO BE LIFE CHANGING FOR OUR PRINCIPALS AND THEIR TEAMS AND IS ALSO GOING TO MAKE A HUGE, INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCE INSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT.

SO WHEN WE TALK, MAY I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

YES, EVERY PRINCIPAL KNEW ABOUT THIS.

EVERY CAMPUS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT THIS AND APPLY.

YES, ACTUALLY, WE HAD A ONE OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETINGS.

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WE BROUGHT IN HOLDSWORTH FACULTY TO VISIT ABOUT WHAT YOU DO TO APPLY, WHAT THE PROCESS IS, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THEY WERE THERE.

THEY HAD PICTURES OF THE EXPERIENCE AND THEN CAN ALSO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE YET, SO WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT.

SO WE SHARED THAT OUT.

WE ALSO SHARED IN MEMO, WE ALSO SHARED IN TUNE-IN, TUNE UP AND A FEW OTHER AVENUES, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP NOTE OF IS THAT THERE ARE MANY CAMPUSES THAT HAD INTEREST, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CRITERIA THAT HOLDSWORTH PROVIDES, THEY KNOW THAT THEIR OPPORTUNITY IS PROBABLY GOING TO COME IN COHORT TWO OR COHORT THREE, WHICH IS GREAT. YEAH.

GIVES US ALL. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AGAIN THAT IT'S HOLDSWORTH THAT SET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.

THEY DID NOT LUBBOCK ISD THEY DID, AND THE REASON THEY SET THAT CRITERIA, WHAT THEY EXPLAINED TO THE PRINCIPALS IS WE'RE NOT THEIR FIRST TIME THAT THEY'VE DONE THIS. THEY'VE DONE THIS QUITE A FEW TIMES IN MANY, MANY YEARS AND DOZENS AND DOZENS OF DISTRICTS, AND THAT CRITERIA ALLOWS FOR SUCCESS IN THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A PRINCIPAL SHIFT AND THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES IF YOU HAVE A PRINCIPAL SHIFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COHORT TRAINING, IT DERAILS THE TEAM OR IF THE PRINCIPAL COMES TO THAT PROGRAM AND THE DISTRICT IS PULLING SO HARD ON THEM WITH SOMETHING ELSE IN A GRANT OR A TURNAROUND OR SOMETHING ELSE, THEY CAN'T REALLY GIVE IT THE TIME AND ATTENTION THAT THEY NEED AND IT'S NOT REALLY FAIR TO THE LEADER BECAUSE IT SETS THEM UP TO NOT BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS THEY COULD.

ABSOLUTELY. I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT COHORT TWO AND THREE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HAPPENING AT THE SAME DURING THE SAME TWO YEAR PERIOD, BUT THEY WILL NOT GO AT THE SAME TIME TO HOLDSWORTH.

THEY WANT TO KEEP THE GROUP SMALL ENOUGH THAT THEY CAN HAVE LOTS OF INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES WITH THE OTHER SIX DISTRICTS WHO ARE PART OF THIS PROGRAM WITH US.

SO THEY'LL GO IN TWO SHIFTS, BUT DURING THE SAME TWO YEAR TIME PERIOD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF MOVING PARTS.

IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY EXCITING AT ONCE, REALLY.

YES.

WE'LL HAVE 15 SCHOOLS GOING YEAR AFTER NEXT IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

YEAH WELL ACTUALLY THE MIDDLE YEAR WILL HAVE ALL OF THEM.

YES, ABSOLUTELY, AND THE GOAL IS THAT YOU HAVE A LARGE ENOUGH PERCENTAGE THAT IT'S A TIPPING POINT IN YOUR DISTRICT.

IT'S A LARGE ENOUGH PERCENTAGE THAT THEY LEARN THE PROTOCOLS AND THE PRACTICES THAT THEY CAN COME BACK AND THEN SHARE WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES, AND THEN YOU HAVE ENOUGH CAMPUSES THAT IT TIPS THAT CULTURE AND THINKING INSIDE YOUR DISTRICT.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DID, YES.

SO HOW MANY CAMPUSES APPLIED THAT WERE NOT SELECTED IN COHORT ONE? I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT MY DOCUMENT.

FOR YEAR ONE WE HAD SIX CAMPUSES APPLY AND SIX CAMPUSES WERE SELECTED.

YES, BUT MANY MORE WHO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE NEXT ONE OR THE OTHER TWO COHORTS.

YEAH. OKAY, SO PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.

THIS SOUNDS LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF WORK, RIGHT? SO LOTS OF PEOPLE DOING A LOT OF THINGS.

WHAT'S INCREDIBLE ABOUT HOLDSWORTH IS THAT FOR EACH COMPONENT THAT WE WORK ON, EACH PROJECT HAS A CHARTER.

IT'S A ONE PAGE DOCUMENT THAT TELLS YOU THE PURPOSE, THE OUTCOME AND THE MEASURES WE WILL USE TO EVALUATE OUR SUCCESS.

WE HAVE A PROJECT PLAN THAT IS MANNED BY HOLDSWORTH THAT HELPS US KNOW WHAT IS TAKEN CARE OF.

THINK OF LIKE A GOOGLE SPREADSHEET THAT'S COLOR-CODED.

THAT'S AMAZING, AND THEN THEY CREATE A GOOGLE SITE THAT WILL HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES THAT NOT ONLY WERE WILL OUR HOLDSWORTH TEAM, BUT OUR PRINCIPALS WILL ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO.

SO THEY SET US UP TO LAUNCH FOR SUCCESS.

SO WHEN THE GRANT IS OVER, WE STILL HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THOSE PIECES AND ALL OF THAT SUPPORT.

SO THAT PROJECT CHARTER IS THAT ONE PAGE, AND AS WE HAVE THOSE, WE'LL SHARE THOSE WITH YOU ALSO BECAUSE THOSE ARE PUBLIC THINGS TO SEE, HOW DO WE KNOW IF THIS IS WORKING OR NOT.

THE PROJECT PLAN JUST LETS US KNOW, EVENT BY EVENT, ARE WE MAKING THINGS HAPPEN, AND THEN THE GOOGLE SITE WILL BE INTERNAL RESOURCES THAT EVERYONE CAN ACCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT PRINCIPALS HAVE ACCESS, AND WE HAVE ACCESS WHEN THIS PARTNERSHIP ENDS, THAT WE STILL ARE READY TO LAUNCH AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WORK.

SO THAT IS A RECAP OF YEAR ONE.

LOTS HAPPENING, AND I THINK WHEN WE RECAP FOR YEAR TWO, WE'LL HAVE EVEN MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE.

WE KNOW THAT THIS PART HAS BEEN TO UNDERSTAND LEARN HAS BEEN THE GOAL AROUND YEAR ONE AND AROUND YEAR TWO, IT'S WORK.

IT IS GETTING MUCH MORE WORK DONE TO BE READY TO LAUNCH, TO HIT ALL OF THOSE MEASURES AND HAVE A TWO FOR ONE BENCH.

SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISTY.

I WANT TO SHARE THAT THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT HAS BEEN GOING TO HOLDSWORTH, THE SIX OF US HOLDSWORTH IS PAYING FOR US TO GO TO CHICAGO IN

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JUNE TO LEARN FROM CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SOME OF THE SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES THAT THEY HAVE, AND THEN IN THE FALL, THEY ARE PAYING TO SEND US TO TORONTO, CANADA, TO LOOK AT THEIR SYSTEMS AS WELL.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE SOME OUTSIDE OF TEXAS PERSPECTIVE ON WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES.

I'M EXCITED.

ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, WE'VE HAD A GREAT DAY AND A GREAT WORKSHOP WITH RECOGNITIONS AND THIS GREAT INFORMATION, AND TO TOP IT OFF WITH THE FUTURE OF THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER, THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THIS BOARD.

SO WE'VE COME TO THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, ADJOURNMENT.

IT'S 9:06 A.M., AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

I. Call to Order

V.A. Consider Issuing a School District Teaching Permit for Emilee Valdez to Teach Career and Technical Education Courses, Certified by the Superintendent

May 09, 2024 Board Meeting & Workshop

I. Call to Order

V.A. Consider Issuing a School District Teaching Permit for Emilee Valdez to Teach Career and Technical Education Courses, Certified by the Superintendent

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