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>> WE'RE NOW RECONVENING INTO OPEN SESSION AT THIS TIME.
[C. Reconvene from Closed Session]
YOU GOT ENOUGH COFFEE THINK YOU CAN LEAVE SOME THE INDICATION OR EXCUSE ME, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE? I CAN DO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE INVICATION WITH MR. ROGERS.[E. Pledge of Allegiance]
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE GOD OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE LAND FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK CHIEF. PLEAS ROGERS [INAUDIBLE] PRAY WITH ME PLEASE.
[D. Invocation]
[INAUDIBLE] WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THIS DISTRICT.
THANK YOU, FATHER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, STAFF, AND THE STUDENTS, AND THE FAMILIES WHO MAKE THIS DISC THE GREAT DISTRICT THAT IT IS, LORD.
WE JUST PRAY THAT IN ALL THE DECISIONS WE MAKE THAT WE WILL PUT YOU FIRST AND LET YOU GUIDE US AS WE GO DOWN THOSE ROADS, FATHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE START TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
PRAY THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO BE WITH EACH BUILDING WITH EACH CAMPUS AND JUST WATCH OVER THEM AS THEY MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THIS YEAR.
WE THANK YOU LORD FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US EACH AND EVERY DAY.
IT'S IN YOUR HOLY NAME, WE PRAY.
MAN. MISS LAY WILL HAVE ANYBODY OUT FOR PUBLIC FORM. PUBLIC FORM. THANK YOU.
[F. Public Forum]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS G CALLED FOR PUBLIC HEARING.[G. CALLED PUBLIC HEARING]
CALLED PUBLIC HEARING EXCUSE ME.PART OF THE REASON WILL BE CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PUBLISHED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET, AND THE PUBLISHED PROPOSED TAX RATE.
WE ARE COMING TO CONCLUSION OF THE 23 24 SCHOOL YEAR AND BUDGET.
I SAID SCHOOL YEAR IS DONE THE BUDGET YEAR AND PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THE 24 25 BUDGET YEAR.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS INFORMATION OF PUBLIC HEARING, WE WILL START OUT WITH A 24 25 UPDATE.
WE'LL LOOK AT CLOSING OUT OUR 23 AND 24 SCHOOL YEAR BUDGET WITH THE END OF YEAR PROJECTIONS.
AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE ORIGINALLY ADOPTED A BUDGET BASED ON POPULATION AND ENROLLMENT THERE AT 10,452 STUDENTS AS FAR AS 88.
WE COMPLETED THE YEAR AT 10,634 STUDENTS 88.
ALL IT AMOUNTS TO IS OUR TOTAL REVENUE WHEN WE ADOPTED A BUDGET IN AUGUST OF 2023, WE ADOPTED $105,191,232 BUDGET.
TONIGHT, WE'RE COMING OUT WITH THE CLOSING OF THE BUDGET FOR THE 23 24 SCHOOL YEAR AT $116,299,679.
THAT DOES INCLUDE $8.7 MILLION THAT WAS UTILIZED FROM FUND BALANCE FOR BOND PROJECTS TO HELP WITH THE LEVERAGES OF THE BOND PROJECTS THAT WE'VE INCURRED.
AND THEN SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR OVERALL REVENUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BASED ON OUR INCREASED STUDENT POPULATION AND ADA.
YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THE FOOD SERVICE FUND.
WE HAD AN EXCESS DEBT CASH RESOURCE SPIN DOWN PROBLEM THAT WE HAD TO WORK ON.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR REVENUES CAME IN AS PROJECTED, BUT WE HAVE ALSO HAD TO BUY TDA AND UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S DIRECTION, HAD TO SPIN DOWN SOME OF OUR EXCESS FUND BALANCE.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT DEFICIT THERE WHERE THE 3.3 MILLION DOLLAR WHICH SHOULD GIVE US ABOUT ON TRADE WHERE WE SHOULD BE.
DEBT SERVICE, YOU ALSO SEE THERE HOW OUR DEBT SERVICE CAME IN THAT WE FINISHED UP THE YEAR 29,910, AND WE SEE THE OVERALL ONCE AGAIN, A BALANCED BUDGET WITH THAT AS WELL.
CAN I LEAD REQUIREMENTS ARE AS PRESENTED THERE.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THOSE TO YOU UNLESS YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO, BUT YOU SEE THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
THOSE THINGS ARE POSTED HERE AS WELL.
AND ONE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT WE HAD TO POST THIS MEETING IN ADVANCE.
AND SO ON AUGUST 1ST OF 2024 IN LUBBOCK AVALANCHE JOURNAL, AND ALSO ON THE FRIENDSHIP INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE FOR FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY, WE HAD THE CALLED NOTES FOR THIS MEETING.
THE CONTINUED LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AS PRESENTED.
THERE ARE FOUR PAGES OF THAT, AND SO THAT WAS THE WRAP UP OF THOSE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
AS WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION,
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WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE VARIABLES.THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT IMPACT WHERE OUR REVENUES COME FROM AND OUR EXPENSES.
THE FIRST OF THOSE IS THE ENROLLMENT.
AS WE LOOKED AT THE 2023/24 SASHOP ENROLLMENT, IT WAS 11,562 STUDENTS.
WE BUILT THAT BUDGET ON 11,321 STUDENTS, SO OBVIOUSLY QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN IT WAS PROJECTED.FOR 24/25, WE ARE ONCE AGAIN PROJECTING AN ENROLLMENT OF 11,792 STUDENTS.
THAT IS AN INCREASE OF 230 STUDENTS OR A 1.95% INCREASE IN THE STUDENT POPULATION 23 24 TO 245.
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, THE SECOND OF THOSE FACTORS THAT WE LOOK AT.
THIS IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PHASES OF ATTENDANCE AND THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE SERVED IN.
YOU'LL SEE ONLY A STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE CAN GENERATE FUNDING.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH OUR ENROLLMENT WAS 11,562, YOU'LL SEE HERE THE STUDENT ATTENDANCE BASED ON THEIR DAILY ATTENDANCE AND THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY GENERATE IN WAS 10,634.13.
AS STATED, YOU'LL SEE THE ESTABLISHED BUDGET FOR 23 24 WAS A 10,254.168, AND SO WE DID HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OUR OVERALL AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
FOR 24 25, WE WERE PROJECTING AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE OF 10,841.496 STUDENTS.
THAT'S A PROJECTED INCREASE OF 207.366 AD OR 1.91% INCREASE.
AND THAT IS FACTORED AT A 94.5% TANS RATE.
WE LOOK AT THE ATTENDANCE RATE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, THAT HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE ADA.
THIRD ELEMENT IS THE PROPERTY VALUE.
WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUES.
YOU'LL SEE THERE AT 20:23, THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUES WAS 3.6 I HAVE $6.32 BILLION.
F 24, WE'RE PROJECTING AND OUR 35 VALUES CAME IN AT $7.149 BILLION $7.5 BILLION OF ROUNDED DO.
WE LOOK AT OUR NEW PROPERTIES FOR OUR DISTRICT FOR 23 24 TRANSITION.
WE HAVE $400,000,000, $400,318,099 TO BE EXACT IN NEW PROPERTY TO OUR DISTRICT THIS YEAR.
SEE THIS REPRESENTATIVE IN DIFFERENT GRAPHS HERE.
SO I HAVE A THREE YEAR COMPARISON 22 TO 24.
YOU'LL SEE THE NET TAXABLE VALUE EXCLUDING VALUE THAT WAS UNDER PROTEST AT $7.085 BILLION.
YOU SEE THE TAXABLE VALUE OF ALL PROPERTY COMING IN AT 7.149, ALMOST 1.57 $0.150 BILLION.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND YOU'LL SEE THAT STEADY INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES OVER THE HERE LIST OF THE FIVE YEAR HISTORY, BUT THAT HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT TRANSFER.
ABOUT TWO DECADES. CONTINUE THAT TAXABLE VALUE OF NEW PROPERTY.
ONCE AGAIN, WE STILL SAW ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF NEW PROPERTY THIS YEAR AS WE DID LAST YEAR, WHICH YOU CONSIDER THE ECONOMY AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
$400,000,000 IS STILL PRETTY GOOD CLIP.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE OUR PROPERTY VALUES, GROWTH IN OUR DISTRICT, CONTINUE TO BE VERY STRONG.
THEN OUR EXISTING PROPERTY VALUES, ONCE AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THAT CONTINUES TO CLIMB AS WELL.
AND SO THE VALUES OF OUR HOMES ARE GOING UP, WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF OUR REVENUES.
IF WE LOOK AT THOSE THREE ELEMENTS, THE ENROLLMENT, THE ATTENDANCE OF PROPERTY VALUES, WE SEE STEADY GROWTH FOR OUR DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE ARE BRINGING TONIGHT AFTER THIS HEARING, WE'RE LOOKING AT OPERATING IN 24 25 EXPENDITURES THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO HAVE CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE DISTRICT.
THAT DOES INCLUDE OUR COMPENSATION PACKAGES.
THAT INCLUDES OUR THIRD YEAR OF OUR DURHAM CONTRACT THAT HAS THE ADDITIONAL NEW FLEET TO THE FLEET.
THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 15 NEW BUSES THIS YEAR OVER LAST YEAR.
OUR START UP COSTS FOR MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
SO OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE START SCHOOL IN 2025 MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, WE WILL ACTUALLY BEGIN THE SALARIES AND PAYMENT OUT OF THIS BUDGET FOR THE 25/26 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SO THAT'S YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE OVERLAP COSTS HERE.
AN ADDITION OF RIDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE OPENED UP RIDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SUCCESSFULLY LAST WEEK, A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS AND OPERATING LIKE IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.
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SO TIMING HERE, YOU'LL SEE A PROPOSED BALANCED BUDGET OF $127,068,563.THAT IS AN 8.482% INCREASE FROM THE 23/2024 BUDGET AS FAR AS OVERALL REVENUES.
THE BIGGEST TARGETS IN THAT ARE TRANSPORTATION, PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE AND UTILITIES.
THERE'S SOME OF THE BIGGEST TAX IN THE MAINTENANCE OPERATION.
OF COURSE, YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS IN FRONT OF YOU IN YOUR PRESENTATION THERE AS WELL.
THIS SHOWS YOU THE BREAKDOWN BY A FUND FOR EACH OF THE AREAS OF $127 MILLION AND HOW THAT IS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE PLEDGET.
OTHER TWO AREAS ARE FOOD SERVICE.
FOOD SERVICE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 5.57 $8,000,000 BUDGET FOR FOOD SERVICE.
ONCE AGAIN, IT IS A BALANCED BUDGET, AND SO WE'LL SEE THOSE EXPENDITURES MATCHING THOSE EXPENSES AS WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH.
AND IN DEBT SERVICE AS WELL, DEBT SERVICE WILL SHOW A BIT OF A SURPLUS.
THAT SURPLUS WILL BE ABSORBED THROUGH THE POSSIBLE BOND ACTIONS THAT WE SEE AS FAR AS THE EXPENDITURES IN THE BOND AND SOME OF THE DEANS OR REFUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN SEE THIS YEAR AS WELL.
WHERE'S THE GENERAL FUND COMING FROM? GENERAL FUND REVENUES OF $127 MILLION.
YOU'D SEE MOST OF THAT IS COMING FROM THE STATE AT 72 ALMOST $73 MILLION.
YOU'LL SEE THE LOCAL PORTION OF 42% AND 53.7 MILLION DOLLAR.
AND THEN A VERY SMALL PIECE OF THE FEDERAL PORTION OF THE BUDGET WILL COME FROM FEDERAL FUNDS.
I'LL JUST REMIND YOU THAT THE FEDERAL FUNDS WERE IMPACTED GREATLY BECAUSE OF THE SARS, THAT'S OUR MEDICAL HEALTH HUMAN SERVICES REIMBURSEMENT.
AND SO THAT THAT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY DECLINED IN THE BUDGET AND IT'S SO REPRESENTED HERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE WITH THIS BUDGET IS THIS PAST YEAR 23/24, WE WERE SPENDING AN AVERAGE OF $9,610 PER STUDENT.
THIS NEW BUDGET THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU LATER IS PROPOSING THAT $10,990 SPEND PER STUDENT FROM THIS REVENUE.
OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE THE GOLD LINE REPRESENTS THE REVENUE FROM THE STATE, AND THE BLUE LINE IS WHAT PORTION IS CONTRIBUTED FROM OUR LOCAL TAXPAYERS?
>> I DON'T WANT TO GET YOU ALL THE TRACK HERE, BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT AS YOU CAN AS YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE GRAPH, THE YELLOW LINE IS THE STATE PORTION.
AND THE BLUE LINE IS THE LOCAL PORTION.
SO AT FIRST GLANCE, IT APPEARS AS IF LOOK HOW MUCH THE STATE HAS KICKED IN ADDITIONALLY.
AND THAT IS NOT REALLY A TRUE PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THE BLUE LINE IS TRENDING DOWN.
I MEAN, A LITTLE BIT UP THIS YEAR, BUT THE BLUE LINE WAS TRENDING DOWN, BUT IT'S BENEATH THE YELLOW LINE BECAUSE THE STATE REQUIRED US TO COMPRESS OUR TAX RATE.
AND SO THE YELLOW LINE THAT'S THE STATE FUNDING, THEY DID INCREASE OUR FUNDING THIS YEAR.
BUT THAT IS NOT THROUGH A FORMULA OR ANYTHING.
THAT WAS THROUGH THE EXCESS MONIES THAT THEY HAD IN THE COFFERS BECAUSE THE ECONOMY WAS DOING WELL.
BUT SO MOVING FORWARD, LET'S SEE IN THE NEXT BENIUM, IF THE ECONOMY DOESN'T DO WELL, AND THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH MONEY IN THEIR COFFERS.
YOU WILL SEE THAT GO DOWN, AND A DISTRICT SINCE THE LEGISLATURE COMPRESSED OUR TAX RATE, WE HAVE NO MEANS OF GETTING BACK TO WHERE WE WERE PREVIOUSLY UNLESS WE GO TO OUR VOTERS.
SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE STATE INCREASED FUNDING, BUT IT JUST IS COMING FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE.
IT USED TO BE LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES.
AND NOW WE'RE STILL GETTING ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY PER KID, ALMOST EXACTLY.
BUT THE TAX RATE WAS COMPRESSED AND THEY'RE USING EXCESS MONIES TO BUY DOWN THE TAX RATE.
BUT IF THERE'S NO MONEY IN THE COFFERS IN THE NEXT B&M, THEN OUR PROPERTY TAXES WILL STILL BE LOW, BUT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.
WHATEVER THAT, JUST I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I JUST SAID. YES.
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>> ALONG WITH THAT MAJOR CATEGORY FOR EXPENDITURES, AS YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE IN THE INSTRUCTION BUSINESS.
YOU'LL SEE THE LARGE PORTION OF THIS GRAPH IS THE BLUE AREA THAT IS DIRECT INSTRUCTION.
ALSO THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT THAT COMES FROM 25 MILLION THERE IN THE GOLD.
75% OF THE BUDGET IS GEARED DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE INSTRUCTION OF OUR STUDENTS.
OTHER AREA, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, DISTRICT OPERATIONS, YOU SEE THOSE THINGS AS WELL INDICATED THERE.
>> MAJOR OBJECTS. SO AS ANY BUDGET IN ANY ORGANIZATION, THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF A BUDGET IS THE PAY ROLL.
OUR BUDGET PERCENTAGE OF 103,393,000, THAT'S 81% OF OUR BUDGET IN THIS PROPOSAL WILL GO DIRECTLY TOWARDS OUR EMPLOYEES.
THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR HISTORY.
WE'VE RANGED ANYWHERE 80-82% OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
HERE WE SEE THE PROGRAM IN KENT, UNDISTRIBUTED BASICALLY MEANS WE DON'T TARGET A SPECIFIC PROGRAM LIKE SPECIAL ED OR GIFTED ACCOUNT.
THESE MONIES GO ACROSS THE BOARD AND KIND OF REFLECT WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN THE GENERAL FUND AS FAR AS INSTRUCTION.
IT'S EVERYTHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE A SPECIFIC TARGETED PURPOSE, BUT YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR PERSONNEL, YOUR PAYROLL EXPENSES, ALL THAT.
YOU'LL SEE THAT LINE UP WITH YOUR UNDISTRIBUTED, AND OF COURSE, YOUR BASIC INSTRUCTION, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S THE MAIN PURPOSE OR HERE.
BUT THOSE ARE YOUR LARGEST PORTIONS OF YOUR BUDGET.
THE THIRD AREA OF THE STRAW TENSION TO DO SPECIAL EDUCATION.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL EDUCATION IS ALMOST $10,000,000 IN THAT ALLOCATION.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT GROW IN OUR DISTRICT ALONG WITH THE POPULATION.
THAT BRINGS US A CHILD NUTRITION. CHILD NUTRITION.
WE DO CONTRACT YOUR SERVICES OUT WITH EARMARK FOR FOOD CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM.
WE JUST COMPLETED THE RP PROCESS THIS SUMMER AND WE ARE BEGINNING A NEW FIVE YEAR PROGRAM.
WE'RE GOING FROM A COST REIMBURSABLE PROGRAM TO A FIXED RATE MEAL.
THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAD NO CHOICES IN IT.
WE HAVE NO FAULTS OR PROBLEMS WITH THE WAY IT'S BEEN DONE, BUT TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THE IMPACT OF REVENUE SOURCES.
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE IT'S GOING TO HAVE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THIS.
IT'S JUST A WAY WE HAVE TO DO BUSINESS NOW WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
WITH THAT IN MIND, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 5.578 MILLION DOLLARS BUDGET FOR FOOD SERVICE ONCE AGAIN, IT WOULD BE A BALANCED BUDGET.
DEBT SERVICE. OF COURSE, THIS IS HOW WE PAY FOR THE BUILDINGS MATERIALS.
THIS DOES INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED BOND THAT WILL BE COMING LATER TONIGHT, THE 199.5 MILLION DOLLAR BOND, THE TWO PROPOSITIONS 1895, 10 MILLION.
AND SO THIS DOES INCLUDE THAT IN SETTING THE TAX RATE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A GENERAL REVENUE SOURCE OF 29,000,916, $752.
AND I SAID WE'LL ALSO BE ADDRESSING THE OPTION OF DEFEASANCE LATER ON THIS YEAR IF NECESSARY AND ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OF RECALLABLE.
WE DO HAVE A CALLING AVAILABLE THIS YEAR TO HELP BE VERY RESPECTFUL AND RESPONSIBLE OF THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT WE'RE IN CHARGE OF.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE.
ALL THIS INFORMATION IS BASED ON A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE.
WE ARE GOING AND TALKING ABOUT A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE THAT IS EXCESSIVE TO WHERE WE HAVE BEEN.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS, YOU JUST HEARD THROUGH OTHER MEETINGS.
OUR TAX RATE, OVERALL TAX RATE, THE 1.15670 PER $100,000, IS ACTUALLY 0.023 CENTS LESS THAN THE EXISTING TAX RATE.
FRIENDSHIP IC, WE CAN HAVE A HISTORICAL RATE WHERE WE CONSTANTLY ORDER TAXES.
WE'LL SEE THAT THROUGH SOME INFORMATION HERE.
WE'LL SEE THAT WE'VE LOWERED OUR TAXES EACH THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH ACTIONS OF OUR OWN OR AS [INAUDIBLE] HAS ALREADY MENTIONED, THE TAX COMPRESSION, TAX COMPRESSION DIRECTLY IMPACTS YOUR M&O RATE, AND SO THAT'S YOUR YELLOW BAR.
THIS YEAR, THROUGH THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE WOULD ASK THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, AND THIS IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION IS TO ADDRESS THE M&O RATE BY INCREASING
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THAT TAX RATE TO 0.756706 UP FROM THE CURRENT 0.6790 CENTS.SO WE'LL SEE THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION.
TRUE THE TAXATION, THERE ARE SEVERAL ELEMENTS WE LOOK AT.
NO NEW REVENUE RATE, OUR NO NEW REVENUE RATE AS ESTABLISHED BY THE LUBBOCK COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS $1.10058 CENTS IS WHAT OUR NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS.
SO ANYTHING ABOVE THAT WOULD CALL FOR A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION.
AND SO AS WE ARE COMING TO YOU WITH TONIGHT'S PROPOSAL OF THE DOLLAR 1567, THAT IS THE PURPOSE FOR THE ATRE.
OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE OF $1.1567 PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE VERSUS OUR CURRENT TAX RATE OF $1.15900 TAXABLE VALUE.
YOU CAN SEE THERE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE 0.0598 ADDITIONAL GOLDEN PENNIES.
BY GOING THROUGH THIS TAX RATE, WE WOULD ASK THAT WE RECEIVE ALL EIGHT GOLDEN PENNIES ALONG WITH SIX COPPER PENNIES IN ACHIEVING THIS TAX RATE.
WITH THAT I HAVE CONCLUDED INFORMATION FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING, QUESTIONS?
>> DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK? I SAY THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OVER, BUT ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT I JUST ADDITIONAL COMMENT.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THIS DISTRICT IN YOUR DEPARTMENT OF CARLE AND ALL THE STAFF HAS BEEN GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY.
I'M PROUD OF THAT FACT BECAUSE WE'RE IN MY OPINION, THE ONLY LARGE DISTRICT IN LUBBOCK COUNTY THAT IS NOT ADOPTING A DEFICIT BUDGET.
AND I THINK THAT SAYS VOLUMES.
>> THANK YOU. TAKE GREAT PRIDE, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT TO BEING.
>> FOR GAIN TO ITEM ON THE AGENDA,
[2.A. Consent Agenda]
WE WILL MOVE TO 2A.YOU HAVE MANY THINGS IN YOUR PACKET WHICH DO MAKE UP THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS NOT ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SEEN WITHOUT ENTERTAIN A MOTION IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COLE ROGERSON.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
LET'S MOVE. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[2.B.1. Adopt the 2024-2025 professional hiring schedule and employee pay grades]
WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM, B1 IS TO ADOPT THE 2024, 2025 PROFESSIONAL HIRING SCHEDULE AND EMPLOYEE PAY GRADES THE READS.>> I BELIEVE YOU HAVE ACTUALLY ITEMS 1-4.
>> I'M HERE FOR WHILE. HOPEFULLY NOT A LONG WHILE.
>> WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE TOO FOR A WHILE.
>> I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
SO TONIGHT IN PREPARATION FOR THE 24, 25 BUDGET, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DO IS WE LOOK AT AND LOOK AT THE ADJUSTMENTS NECESSARY FOR SALARIES.
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE ARE BRINGING FORTH A MOTION LATER FOR THE VOTER APPROVED TAX ELECTION.
BECAUSE OF THAT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BUDGET IS BASED ON THAT PASS, AND THAT IS BECAUSE THAT IS APPROACH YOU HAVE TO TAKE IN BY LAW.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH HERE, THERE ARE FOUR PARTS THAT WE WANT PULL AND DRAW ATTENTION TO IN THE SALARY SCHEDULES.
TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, LIBRARIANS, AND NURSES.
THIS IS THE STEPS THAT WE HIRE AND PROVIDE OUR PAY FOR OUR TEACHERS.
CURRENT FULL TIME TEACHERS, COUNSEL, LIBRARIANS, NURSES WILL RECEIVE AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF $1,131 WITH THIS PROPOSED SALARY SCHEDULE.
TEACHERS RAISE WILL RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 1.4 TO 3% TO 3.19% BASED ON THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED SCHEDULE.
THOSE THAT ARE NEW TO THE DISTRICT BASED ON THEIR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WILL FALL ON THAT SCALE, AND THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINE WHAT THEIR SALARIES ARE THEIR PAY WILL BE.
BEGINNING TEACHER SALARY, WE'RE PROUD TO SAY EVEN WITH THE TIGHTER BUDGET, WE ARE ABLE TO INCREASE IN BEGINNING TEACHER SALARY FROM
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$46,500- $47,000 WITH THIS PROPOSAL.SCHEDULE B ALSO COMES IN, AND THIS IS HOW WE PAY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND HOURLY EMPLOYEES.
SCHEDULE B WOULD SHOW ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE HOUR OF EMPLOYEES THE DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE AN AVERAGE OF 2.2% OF OF MIDPOINT FOR SALARY INCREASES.
ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT'S 2% OVER MIDPOINT AVERAGE.
SCHEDULE C IS WHAT I NEED TO MAKE SURE I DRAW ATTENTION TO.
YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'RE ADOPTING A BUDGET WITH THE POTENTIAL OF ATRE AND EXPECTING IN SUCCESS.
WITH THAT, WE ALSO ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST THE SALARIES WITH A SUCCESSFUL PASSING OF THE ATRE.
WITH THAT IS A RESOLUTION THAT IS SCHEDULE C IN YOUR PACKAGE.
NOW THE RESOLUTION WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY ONCE THAT HAS PASSED THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO RETRO BACK TO DAY 1 OF THE CONTRACTED SALARY AND PAY THE EMPLOYEE FOR THOSE PREVIOUS DAYS WORKED ON THIS CONTRACT.
THEN IN DECEMBER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR NEW SALARY FOR THE REST OF THEIR CONTRACT YEAR.
AND SO THAT'S WHY SCHEDULE C IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US TONIGHT, THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETRO BACK AND PAY THEM AS IF THEY WERE BEING PAID THE ENTIRE YEAR AT THAT SALARY.
AND THEN SCHEDULE D IS A SUBSTITUTE EXTRA PAY SCALE, AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE?
>> YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR?
>> YES, SIR, I DO. THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE 24, 25 PROFESSIONAL SALARY SCHEDULE AND EMPLOYEE PAY GRADES.
THIS IS THE SCHEDULES A THROUGH B AS PRESENTED.
>> THE MOTION BY MR. DAVID ORMILL FOR APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION PUT BY CARLIE REEVES.
I HAVE A SECOND ARE YOU DOING, ANDREW? I HAVE A SECOND BY MR. ANDREW COX.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION NEED? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> TO OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES YOUR HANDS.
ACTION ITEM NUMBER 2 IS ADOPT AN ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION BUDGET FOR THE 2024,
[2.B.2. Adopt an accelerated instruction budget for the 2024-2025 school year]
2025 SCHOOL YEAR. MR. REEVES.>> BEFORE I SLIP TOO FAR AWAY, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SERENA WOOD IN DEALING WITH HER SCHOLAR SCHEDULES.
HER UNWAVERED AMOUNT OF WORK, IT GOES INTO IDENTIFYING AND WORKING ON REJECTIONS, EVERYTHING.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO GIVE HER ATTENTION BECAUSE SHE'S THE BACKBONE THAT PROVIDES ME THE INFORMATION.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO GIVE HER THAT ATTENTION.
>> WHAT DOES SENTER DO? [INAUDIBLE]
>> THE SIX ACTION IT HAS ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION BUDGET.
A DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION PRIOR TO ANY OTHER BUDGET ADOPTIONS.
WE SHALL SEPARATELY BUDGET SUFFICIENT FUNDS, INCLUDING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE THAT A DISTRICT WELL, LET'S JUST GO HERE.
A DISTRICT MAY NOT BUDGET FUNDS RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 42.152 FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE UNTIL THE DISTRICT ADOPTS A BUDGET TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION.
THIS ISN'T LEGALLY NECESSARY SALE LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE SPEND AND ALLOCATE A LOT MORE THAN THIS AMOUNT HERE.
THIS IS A $20,000 BUDGET TITLE TO THE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION.
WE PROVIDE MUCH MORE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR OTHER PROGRAMS THAN $20,000.
BUT JUST BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, WE'RE CHECKING THE R BOX.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE A $20,000 BUDGET AVAILABLE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.
>> SO YOU JUST SAID WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MORE THAN 20,000.
SO WHEN WE DO A REVISED BUDGET IT'LL SHOW WHERE WE'RE AT?
>> NOT ON THIS PARTICULAR BECAUSE THAT IS ISOLATED IN OTHER PARTS OF OUR BUDGET.
>> SO WE GO THROUGH BASIC INSTRUCTION, IT'S IN BASIC INSTRUCTION.
WE LOOK AT COMPED, IT'S IN COMPED.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET AND DEALS WITH INSTRUCTION.
>> THIS IS JUST SORT OF IN TEXAS EDUCATION CODE AND IT'S NEVER BEEN CHANGED.
>> AND SO IT REQUIRES AN AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE SET ASIDE FOR TUTORIALS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE BEFORE YOU ADOPT YOUR BUDGET.
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AND THEN WE SPEND MUCH MORE THAN $20,000 IN ADDITION TO THIS. BUT THIS IS>> YES. AND WHY IT HAS TO BE SEPARATED OUT.
IT'S A TEXAS EDUCATION CODE THING THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND I THINK IT COMES FROM DAYS I MEAN, PROBABLY MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, AND IT'S RELATED TO THE STATE ASSESSMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU PROVIDE REMEDIATION FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DOLLARS WE SPEND ON NOT NECESSARILY TEACHING KIDS ABOUT QUESTIONS THEY MISSED ON THE TEST, BUT ENSURING THAT KIDS UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS THAT ARE BEING TAUGHT IN THE REQUIRED CURRICULUM, THE TEXTS EDUCATION AND COLLEGE SKILLS ONLY.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT JUST BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE THING.
>> BECAUSE IT ONLY REQUIRED IN THE COURSE EXAM.
>> I DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION.
>> IT IS A RECOMMENDATION OF ADMINISTRATION THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE AND ADOPTED IN THE COURT'S ACCELERATED DESTRUCTION BUDGET FOR 24,25.
>> WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR MISS REEVES, ANY MOTIONS? THANK YOU.
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN. I HAVE A MOTIONS APPROVED AS PRESENTED BY MISS JAMIE PHILLIPS AND THE SECOND BY MR. CAL ROGERS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGN FILE BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED TO THE MOTION CARRIES THEIR HANDS.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, MR. TRUSS ADOPTED DISTRICT BUDGET FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
[2.B.3. Adopt the district budget for the 2024-2025 school year]
>> THIS TIME, I WILL RECOGNIZE HUNTER CASO.
HE IS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
AND HUNTER HAS BEEN IN HIS SEAT SINCE JULY 1ST, TO JULY 4TH, THAT IS HIS ACTUAL START DATE.
HE HAD JUMPED INTO THE FIRE AS FAR AS THE PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST TIME TO JUMP INTO HIS POSITION WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF BUILDING BUDGET AND WORKING WITH ME DOING IT.
I KNOW I'M BIT HARD TO WORK WITH.
BUT HUNTER HE'S A I CALL HIM GOLDEN BOY.
WE'RE VERY HONORED TO HAVE HIM.
AND HE HAS DONE SO AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH HELPING DEPART.
THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT A BUDGET TO COVER ALL EXPENDITURES FOR THE SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR AT THE MEETING CALLED FOR THAT PURPOSE AND BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE FOR THE TAX YEAR IN WHICH THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED AND BY THE BUDGET BEGINS.
BUDGETS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE FOOD SERVICE FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL DISTRICT BUDGET.
THESE BUDGETS ARE PREPARED AND APPROVED AND AT LEAST AT THE FUND AND FUNCTION LEVELS TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE'S LEGAL LEVEL OF CONTROL MANDATES.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS ONCE.
HERE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE 24, 25 EXPENDITURES AND THE BUDGET.
WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU A BUDGET OF $127,068,563, AND IT WILL BE A BALANCED BUDGET.
INCLUDED IN THAT BALANCED BUDGET, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COMPENSATION PACKAGES PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AURA CONTRACT AND EXPANSION OF OUR BUS FLEET AND ROUTE SERVICES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COST REQUIRED FOR THE START OF A MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL INCLUDING STAFFING AND FUTURE STAFFING AND THE OPENING OF RIDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY, WHICH ONCE AGAIN WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL OPERATION PURSE.
YOU SEE THERE, WE DID IT BY A REVENUE SOURCE, A MAJOR CATEGORY, MAJOR OBJECT, AND WE HAVE PROVIDED THE PUBLIC STATUTORY NOTICES AS REQUIRED.
AND THEN ALSO FURTHER GOING TO THIS IS THE SECOND PARTS THE CHILD NUTRITION BUDGET, A BALANCED BUDGET OF $5,578,578.
>> THAT DOES INCLUDE ALL UTILITIES REQUIRED FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM AND THE MAINTENANCE OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM ITSELF, EMPLOYEES AND SERVING HER STUDENTS, HIGH QUALITY NUTRITIONAL VALUE MISS EACH AND EVERY DAY.
THEN THE LAST PIECE WAS A $29,910,752 DEBT SERVICE BUDGET.
THIS ADDRESSES A 40 CENT IMS TAX RATE.
THAT IS EIGHT CENT DECREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THIS ALSO IS PROVIDED REVENUE BY THE SOURCE, WHERE WE LOOK AT THE THREE LEVELS, THE STATE, THE LOCAL AND THEN ALSO THE INTEREST IS INCLUDED.
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ONE THING IS THE 2024 BOND PROPOSAL OF $199,500,000 IS INCLUDED IN THIS AS WELL.THOSE ARE THE THREE ELEMENTS OF THE BUDGET THAT WE BRING TO YOU AS STATED AS A BALANCED BUDGET. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> MR. BARLEY, DO YOU KNOW A RECOMMENDATION?
THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FRIENDSHIP ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE 24/25 BUDGET FOR THE FOLLOWING FUNDS PER TEA RESOURCE GUIDE 2.62.
>> YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION AND A MOTION TO APPROVE SUCH BY MR. DAVID OR MILLER?
>> SECONDED BY MS. JAMIE PHILLIPS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNAL BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ADOPT AN ORDINANCE SETTING THE 2024,
[2.B.4. Adopt an ordinance setting the 2024 no-new-revenue tax rate]
NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE THAT SERVES READS.>> THE BOARD MUST ADOPT A TAX RATE BEFORE THE LATTER OF SEPTEMBER 30TH OR THE 60TH DAY AFTER THE DATE, THE CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ROW IS RECEIVED BY THE DISTRICT.
EXCEPT THAT THE BOARD MUST ADOPT A TAX RATE THAT EXCEEDS THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE NOT LATER THAN THE 71ST DAY BEFORE THE NEXT UNIFORM ELECTION DATE THAT OCCURS IN NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR.
[INAUDIBLE] IS THAT NOT? THE TAX RATE CONSISTS OF TWO COMPONENTS.
EACH OF THEM ARE APPROVED SEPARATELY.
THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND, TAX RATE OF $0.40.
AND THE TAX RATE IF APPLIED TO THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE, THAT WE IMPOSE THE AMOUNT OF TAXES NEEDED TO FUND MAINTENANCE OPERATION EXPENDITURES OF THE DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR RATE.
THE REVENUE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE CALCULATED BY LUBBOCK COUNTY'S CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS $1.1 00578.
THE DISTRICT IS RECOMMENDING A TOTAL TAX RATE FOR 2024 AS OF $1.5670 WHICH IS 5.1%.
MORE THAN A NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.
THIS RECOMMENDATION LOWERS THE INTEREST AND SINKING RATE AT $0.40.
IT INCREASES THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION RATE FROM 6790 CENTS TO 0.75670 CENTS.
THE TOTAL RATE WILL BE $1.15670 OF A HUNDREDS OF THE TAXABLE VALUE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TAX SAME NUMBER.
IF NOT. I DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION.
>> ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF RECOMMENDS BOARD APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX RATE OF 0.75670 CENTS AND THE INTEREST AND SINKING TAX RATE 0.40 CENTS FOR THE BUDGET YEAR 2024.
THE ADOPTED MOTION WILL BE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $1.15670, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 11.44% INCREASE IN TAX RATE.
>> WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY MR. REEVES.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE [INAUDIBLE].
I HAVE A MOTION SET FORTH BY MR. SEAN BENSON.
SECOND. SECOND BY MISS CHELSEA SALAZAR.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES.
>> NOW THAT ZIFELD HAS LOST HIS FOLIE HERE.
[2.B.5. Consider an order calling a special election for November 5, 2024]
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONSIDER AN ORDER CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER 5, 2024, AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. LANE SHEETS.AND I MAY NOTE, THAT IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN YOU WITHOUT STARCH JEANS.
>> IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE AND TO BE ABLE TO GO OVER THIS AGENDA ITEM, AND AS I GET STARTED, I'D FIRST LIKE TO JUST BEGIN BY TALKING ABOUT THE GROWTH THAT FRIENDSHIP HAS EXPERIENCED RECENTLY AND ENJOYED.
BUT WHEN I SAY GROWTH, I'M TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS, AND CURRENTLY IT'S 2-5% INCREASE EACH YEAR.
YOU SEE RIDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY OPENING THIS YEAR AND OFF TO GREAT START.
ALCO TRAILS DIDN'T OPEN THIS YEAR, BUT JUST A YEAR OLD AND DOING GREAT, THAT, OF COURSE, FRIENDSHIP MEMORIAL, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, THAT'LL BE OFF AND RUNNING.
I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THIS MANY FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY WANT TO BRING THEIR KIDS TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED.
BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED FOR THAT GROWTH.
AS WE LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IN DOING THIS, AND I KNOW KEITH PATRICK WENT OVER THIS.
I BELIEVE IS IN JUNE, I REVIEWED THIS.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN GUIDES A LOT OF OUR STEPS AND IT'S MADE UP OF WELL, A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS, ADMINISTRATION, STAFF, STUDENTS, BUSINESS LEADERS THAT HELPS US GUIDE THE DISTRICT.
YOU REALLY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO LOOK FARTHER THAN THIS FIRST GOAL.
I GIVE CREDIT TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT AT ONE POINT CREATED THIS BECAUSE IT IS CERTAINLY APPLICABLE TODAY WITH WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THERE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT CAPITALIZING ON THE RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE OF THE COMMUNITY, THE EQUITABLE EXPANSION OF DISTRICT FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. REALLY WHEN YOU COMBINE OUR GROWTH AND STAY CONSISTENT WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS WHERE WE GET TO WHAT BRINGS US TO THIS AGENDA ITEM.
WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT FUTURE FUTURE GROWTH.
WE'RE ASKING THE SCHOOL BOARD TO CONSIDER CALLING FOR AN ELECTION TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THREE PROPOSITIONS, THIS ELECTION ORDER CALLS FOR THREE PROPOSITIONS.
THE FIRST ONE, A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION, WHICH WILL JUST CONTINUE TO ALLOW US TO PROVIDE THE THINGS WE NEED FOR OUR DISTRICT, FOR OUR STAFF, FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THE NEXT ONE ARE BOND, 189.5 MILLION DOLLAR TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW US TO PROVIDE OUR CURRENT FACILITIES, AND THEN ALSO FOR FUTURE FACILITIES.
YOU SEE TECHNOLOGY, STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY FOR $10,000,000, AND I'LL JUST POINT OUT TO YOU ON THAT, THAT WILL BE PAID OFF WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
LET ME GO BACK ON AS FAR AS THE BOND, ONE THING I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS WE TAKE WE GET A LOT OF INPUT, ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS IS FROM A DEMOGRAPHER THAT WE HIRE THAT REALLY GIVES US A LOT OF EXTENSIVE DATA ON WHERE THE GROWTH IS AND WHERE THE BEST PLACE IS TO BUILD NEW FACILITIES AS WE NEED TO.
I ALSO WANT TO MENTION, I KNOW HE'S HERE EARLIER, MR. JEFF GOLBUS.
WE RELY ON HIM, RELY ON OUR BOND COUNSEL, MCCALL, PARKHURST AND HORTON, AND AS THEY HELPED US NAVIGATE THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS OF THIS PROCESS.
SAID A FEW THINGS THERE REALLY WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT IS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR OUR KIDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HERE AND THE ONES THAT CONTINUE TO COME HERE EVERY YEAR.
WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GREAT FACILITIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND MAINTAIN AND NEW FACILITIES WHEN WE NEED TO.
SO I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AND NOT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM ADMINISTRATION.
>> QUESTIONS FOR MR. SHEETS? MR. SHEETS WHAT IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM ADMINISTRATION?
>> THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD, APPROVES ATTACHED ORDER AUTHORIZING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD WITHIN THE DISTRICT ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024.
>> ROOM FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY [INAUDIBLE] MILLER AND A SECOND BY MR. CAL ROGERS AS PRESENTED BY MR. SHEETS, MOVING FORTH FOR APPROVING CALLING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024.
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ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION NEED?ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY THE SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU, MR. SHEETS. SHE NEEDS TO LET YOU TALK MORE.
YOU DID QUITE WELL, SIR. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE DO HAVE OTHER BOARD OF BUSINESS.
[3.A. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings]
WE HAVE A TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR THE UPCOMING MEETINGS.I HAVE ONE PLAN ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2024, WHICH IS A WORKSHOP.
>> WANT TO FOUND UPON THAT AND TOOK A BREATH.
>> WE ARE GOING TO GET TRAINING ON ADVOCACY.
YOU HAVE, I THINK YOU WILL BE DELIGHTED WITH THE SPEAKER.
HE IS RECENTLY RETIRED SUPERINTENDENT FROM NORTHSIDE ISP.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS HAD ABOUT 100,000 STUDENTS, BUT HE'S ALSO A VERY ASTUTE POLITICAL SCIENTIST AND STAYS ABREAST OF THINGS HAPPENING IN THE LEGISLATIVE WORLD THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN RECENT YEARS AND THAT WE MIGHT SEE IN JANUARY, AND JUST HELPING US KNOW THE BEST WAY TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR KIDS.
NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO OUR UPCOMING ELECTION, BUT ADVOCACY IN GENERAL FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
>> YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON THAT.
THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS SEPTEMBER 16, 2024, WE HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP IN REGULAR MEETING.
AS MR. MILLER ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON ON THAT DAY?
>> WELL, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEMOGRAPHER COME AND GIVE US A DETAILED VIEW OF THE PROJECTIONS FOR STUDENT ENROLLMENT FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENTS AROUND OUR AREA.
WHERE THAT GROWTH MIGHT BE, AND AGAIN, IT IS UNCANNY, HOW ACCURATE THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BOARD ALLOWING US TO SET ASIDE RESOURCES FOR THAT.
IT IS AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT, HOWEVER, BUILDING SCHOOLS AND HIRING STAFF IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
IT HELPS US MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WHEN IT COMES TO GROWTH AND NOT ONLY THE PERCENTAGE GROWTH WE'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO KNOW WHAT GRADE LEVELS.
DO WE THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL AND WHERE TO PUT A SCHOOL AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UTILIZE ALL OF THE AVAILABLE DATA BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS THAT ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE.
I FIND THAT THING VERY INTERESTING.
YOU'RE FROM A DEMOGRAPHER, AND IT'S GOING TO BE, AND I'M NOT KIDDING.
IT IS. YOU MAY NOT PICK IT AS MUCH AS I DO?
>> I THINK WITH THE GROWTH IS ABSOLUTELY A NECESSITY.
>> 3B, WE HAVE THE UPCOMING EVENTS.
[3.B. Upcoming Events]
WE HAVE THE RIDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY RIBBON CUTTING ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2024.MY NOTE IN HERE IS IT'S AT 10:00 A.M.
IN LIEU OF 10:30. I'M I CORRECT ON THAT? WE HAVE THE TASB/TASA CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 27, 29TH, 2024 IN THE BEAUTIFUL SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE GOING, WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR WHICH WE HAVE ASSED OR NEED TO BE DISCUSSED.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE NOW STANDS ADJORNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU BARLEY.
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