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>> OKAY, IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT FOR THIS MEETING,
[1A. Call to Order]
IT'S BEEN DOING CALL THEMSELVES, THE SPENDING HAS BEEN POSTPONED [INAUDIBLE] THE REQUIRED BY LAW, THEREFORE [INAUDIBLE] I CALL THIS MEETING TRUSTEES TO ORDER.MR. RODGERS WOULD YOU MIND SAYING LEADING WITH A WORD OF PRAYER.
[1D. Invocation]
>> I WILL BE PLEASE. HEAVENLY FATHER WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS TIME THAT WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER TO DO THE BUSINESS TO THIS DISTRICT.
WE THANK YOU FOR LORD, FOR OUR STAFF, FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR PARENTS, FOR OUR TEACHERS.
LORD WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WILL KEEP THEM HEALTHY, AND LORD WE CONTINUE TO PRAY THAT THIS VIRUS WILL RUN ITS COURSE AND THAT WE WILL BE HEALTHY IN THE END.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PRAY TO YOU THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR SCHOOLS CLEAN, AND WHETHER WE KEEP EVERYBODY HEALTHY, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE LIVE, AND FOR THE WONDERFUL SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE WILL GET TO HONOR TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY AND KEEP US SAFE, TO THE HOLY NAME WE PRAY.
[1E. Pledge of Allegiance]
>> THANK YOU, YOU MAYBE SEATED.
>> IN 1970, WERE WE ABLE TO GET THE COMPANY SIGN THE FORM? ENDLESS RULE. OBVIOUSLY, RECOGNITIONS LONG-TERM UNFOLDED MISLEADINGLY RELEASE.
[1G. Recognition]
>> THANK YOU MR. [INAUDIBLE] , AND THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOLWORK EACH I'LL HEAR ME OKAY WITH MY THANKS.
KICKING US OFF TONIGHT, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY PARTNER WHO HAS SUPPORTED FRIENDSHIP IP FOR MANY YEARS AND IN MANY WAYS.
IF YOU ARE FROM THE UNITED FAMILY LEAVE, PLEASE JOIN ME OR JUST STAY WHERE YOU ARE.
ESPECIALLY DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC THE UNITED FAMILY HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE PARTNER TO FRIENDSHIP.
THEY'VE PROVIDED HAND SANITIZER IN MANY OF OUR ADVANCED, INCLUDING OUR GRADUATION CEREMONY, AND CONGREGATION.
IN AUGUST, THEY DONATED $3,600 IN GIFT CARDS FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES.
THEY'VE ALSO DONATED PLASTIC BAGS FOR FOOD RELIEF.
THIS IS JUST A FEW OF OTHER WAYS, THEY HAVE SUPPORTED US, [NOISE] NAVIGATING THE PANDEMIC YOURSELVES.
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL AND WE'RE CELEBRATE OVER ALL THE WAYS YOU'VE SUPPORTED OUR STAFF, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS DURING THIS TIME.
JOINING US TONIGHT IS UNITED CEO MR. ROBERT TAYLOR, PRESIDENT OF UNITED AND A FRIENDSHIP ALARM MR. SYDNEY HOPPER, UNITED COO MR. CHRIS JAMES, AND UNITED'S MANAGER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, MISS NANCY SHARP.
I HAVE CERTIFICATES FOR EACH ONE OF YOU, AND WE ARE GOING TO POSE FOR A PHOTO ON THE RIGHT, AND THOSE ARE SUITABLE FOR FRAMING [LAUGHTER].
WILL YOU ALL PLEASE HELP ME AS I SAY THANK YOU TO OUR NEW MANAGER.
[APPLAUSE] MR. DRIVER OR ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING PLEASE DO.
>> UNITED TO [OVERLAPPING] INTEGRATE THE MEMBER OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND NOT LIKE THERE'S BEEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REST OF YOU GOOD UP.
THAT WAS MY VERY FIRST JOB WHERE I WORKED AS A SOCCER, OVER ON UNIVERSITY AND LIVE TO 89, AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.
THREE, I REMEMBER CORRECTLY I'M [OVERLAPPING] [OVERLAPPING] REALLY PERSONALLY HISTORY THERE.
>> PROBABLY NEEDS MORE HELP. [LAUGHTER]
>> I WOULD THINK AFTER MY 18TH BIRTHDAY, MY FATHER TOOK ME DOWN TO SEE COUNTY JUDGE, AND THEY GOT LITTLE WORK PERMITS.
I WAS ALL EXCITED FOR MY BIRTHDAY AND I HAD NO CLUE.
WE WENT TO ROUGHLY [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER].
>> AFTER THE BLANK TIME BY ANY CHANCE [LAUGHTER].
I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT WE ALL WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR, TO MAKE SURE KIDS STAY IN SCHOOL AND THE WORK YOU DID THIS YEAR, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ALL GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
WE COMMEND YOU FOR ALL YOUR DOING SO THANK YOU.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT PARTNER WITH ME.
APPRECIATE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
>> CAN I SAY SOMETHING HONESTLY?
>> I HAVE KNOWN THESE THREE GUYS FOR A LONG TIME, THROUGH BUSINESS AND THROUGH ANOTHER CHARITY I'M INVOLVED WITH,
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BUT I JUST AND I ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY, UNITED IS THE BEST, BECAUSE YOU GO TO HIM, THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE, THEY CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE IN.IT'S NOT JUST LUBBOCK, WOLF EARTH, WHEREVER THEY CARE ABOUT IT.
THEY WERE COMMUNITY THAT THERE YET.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PLEASURE, TO WORK WITH THESE GUYS AND HANG AROUND WITH THEM WHEN WE GET THE CHANCE, APPRECIATE IT GUYS.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH [OVERLAPPING]
>> A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, WHEN I GRADUATED.
>>WHEN WE'RE NOT IN A PANDEMIC, YOUR PHOTO AND EVERY GRADUATE OF FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, HAS THEIR PHOTO IN THE HALLWAY, DON'T THEY MR. HERNANDEZ? THIS IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR. HERNANDEZ.
WHEN WE'RE NOT IN A PANDEMIC, WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IS YOU, AND YOU CAN SEE YOURSELF ON THE WALL OF FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.
>> NOBODY WILL SEE, [LAUGHTER] [NOISE].
>> I BET WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO AND SEND IT TO NANCY [NOISE] [OVERLAPPING]
>> GREATEST ON THE SPOT. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU WORKED IN THE UNITED GROUP?
>> BECAUSE, I'VE GOT A NUMBER IN SCHOOL WHO WORK FOR THE UNITED GROUP.
>> YOUR GOOD. [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]
>> WE WILL COME BACK NEXT TIME.
>> WE'RE HAVING OUR MERCHANDISE [OVERLAPPING] , SO THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
>> OKAY, NEXT, WE ARE GOING EXTEND A HUGE THANK YOU TO LOVING NATIONAL BANK FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE BELOVED COMMUNITY AND FOR THEIR GENEROSITY TO FRIENDSHIP DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
TONIGHT MR. PATRICK, OUR DIRECTOR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION, IS HERE TO HELP US RECOGNIZE LOVING NATIONAL BANK IN ATTENDANCE IS PRESIDENT ANDY SCHULTZ AND VICE-PRESIDENT, RODGERS [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, BOARD. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE FOLKS THAT ARE SUPPORTING FRIENDSHIP IST, AND SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS MANY DO, ANDY AND RODGERS CAME TO US OVER THE SUMMER AND SAW THE NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY RELATED TO COVID 19 AND PARTICULARLY THE DURING THE SHUT DOWN.
NOT JUST FRIENDSHIP, BUT ALSO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND A COMMUNITY WHILE THEY STEPPED UP WITH $200,000 IN SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP WHO WAS A RECIPIENT OF $5,000 OF THAT.
WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO THEM FOR HELPING US WITH ALL THE THINGS WE DID UNRELATED TO FEEDING OUR KIDS, 289,000 MEALS SERVED FOR FRIENDSHIP AND THEY WERE PART OF THAT.
THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR KIDS AND TO THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED AT THAT TIME. YOU WANT TO HAVE [OVERLAPPING].
>> IT IS CERTAINLY A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE ENJOY BEING ABLE TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY, WE'VE BEEN BLESSED AS A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
WE'VE BEEN HERE OVER A 100 YEARS, SO IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO GET BACK.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU.
>> SUITABLE FOR [INAUDIBLE] [NOISE]
>> OF COURSE. WE'RE SMILING UNILATERALLY SMILE.[LAUGHTER] [NOISE] [NOISE] [OVERLAPPING] [APPLAUSE].
>> NEXT ON OUR LIST OF RECOGNITION ARE SEVERAL FRENCH AND CLASSICAL STUDENTS FROM THE CLASSES OF 2020 AND 2021.
THE STUDENTS ARE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCHOLAR PROGRAM, THE NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM, AND THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
MANY OF THESE RECOGNITIONS OVERLAP, AND TO ALLOW FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING, WE'RE GOING TO BRING THEM IN ONE STUDENT AT A TIME WITH THEIR PARENTS FOR A PHOTO.
HERE TONIGHT TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS IS MRS. JULIE PRATT.
>> THANK YOU. HELLO. TO EXPLAIN, EACH OF THE AWARDS OF THE STUDENTS ARE GETTING,
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THE AP SCHOLARS, IT'S BASED ON THEIR AP EXAMS. IF THEY TAKE IN MAY, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU CAN SCORE BETWEEN A ONE AND A FIVE, A FIVE IS THE BEST.OUR AP SCHOLARS ARE STUDENTS WHO SCORED A THREE OR BETTER ON AT LEAST THREE OR MORE EXAMS. THEN WE HAVE AP SCHOLARS WITH HONOR, AND THOSE STUDENTS HAVE AN AVERAGE, SO ALL THEIR AP SCORES TOGETHER, THERE AVERAGE IS A 3.25, AND THEY SCORED AT LEAST A THREE OR HIGHER ON FOUR OR MORE EXAMS. THEN WE HAVE OUR AP SCHOLARS WITH DISTINCTION, AND THOSE STUDENTS HAD AN OVERALL AVERAGE AP EXAM SCORE OF A 3.5, AND A THREE OR A BETTER SCORE ON AT LEAST FIVE OR MORE EXAMS. THESE STUDENTS ARE VERY SMART.
THEN I'LL SAVE THE OTHER TWO FOR WHEN WE GET OUR LAST ONE.
[NOISE] OUR FIRST STUDENT WE'RE HONORING TONIGHT IS CHRISTOPHER MARKOSKI.
HE IS AN AP SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION.
HE WAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT HAD THE OVERALL AVERAGE OF A 3.5 WITHIN THREE OR BETTER ON FIVE OR MORE EXAMS. CHRISTOPHER, CAN YOU TELL US WHO YOU BROUGHT WITH US TONIGHT, AND WHAT MAYBE YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?
>> WELL, THIS IS MY MOM DONNA, AND THIS IS MY DAD STEVE.
I WANT TO BE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, AND I WANT TO MAYBE HAVE A BIAS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US.
>> THANK YOU ALL. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU.
>> OUR NEXT STUDENT IS ARTON CAPILI.
HE IS AN AP SCHOLAR WITH HONOR.
WILL YOU TELL US WHO YOUR SPECIAL GUEST IS TONIGHT, AND THEN LET THE BOARD KNOW WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?
>> THIS IS MY FATHER, ARNOLD CAPILI.
MY FUTURE IS TO GO TO TECH AND GRADUATE IN BACHELOR'S IN COLLEGE COMPUTER ENGINEERING.
>>THIS IS JULIAN HOWARD, SHE IS AN AP SCHOLAR.
JULIAN, IF YOU WILL TELL US WHO YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU TONIGHT AND KNOW WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?
>> THIS IS MY DAD, AND THIS IS MY MOM, JAMIE.
MY PLAN IS TO GO TO UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, MEDICAL SCHOOL.
[INAUDIBLE] WE'LL GET YOUR PICTURE TOGETHER.
>> WE'RE GOING TO CLAP FOR EACH.
I WISH WE COULD SHAKE YOUR HANDS.
>> OUR NEXT STUDENT IS A CAITLIN FRAZIER AND SHE HAS AN AP SCHOLAR.
CAITLIN, CAN YOU TELL US WHO YOU'RE SPECIAL GUEST IS AND WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?
>> I HAVE MY MOM, MARY HERE AND MY PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL IS TO GO TO TEXAS CAREGIVERS, ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING.
>> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE YOUR PICTURE IN CLASS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [LAUGHTER].
>> THIS IS LINDSEY FRICK AND SHE IS ALSO AN AP SCHOLAR.
LINDSEY, IF YOU'LL TELL US WHO YOU'RE SPECIAL GUEST ARE AND WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
>> OKAY. THIS IS MY MOM, KIM FRED, AND THIS WAS MY DAD, GLEN FLED.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I PLAN ON ATTENDING
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A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY IN STUDYING [INAUDIBLE] IN BIOLOGY.>> WOW. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> CAN I TAKE A PICTURE WITH FRED?
>> THIS IS MIKA HERE AGAIN, AND SHE IS ALSO AN AP SCHOLAR.
MIKA IF YOU'LL TELL US WHO YOUR SPECIAL GUEST IS AND WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?
>> THIS IS MY MOM. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT I WANTED TO DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I'M FIGURING IT OUT.
[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] [NOISE].
THIS IS HOLMAN LOUIS AND HE IS ALSO AN AP SCHOLAR.
HOLMAN, IF YOU WILL TELL US WHO YOU'RE SPECIAL GUEST ARE AND WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?
MY MOM, JULIE. I'M GOING TO ATTEND A TECH.
>> WE CAN'T SHAKE YOUR HAND, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.
THIS IS KAREN LINEUS, AND SHE IS ALSO AN AP SCHOLAR.
KAREN, IF YOU'LL TELLS US WHO YOUR SPECIAL GUEST ARE AND YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?
>> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS MY DEAR RITA AND HER BOYFRIEND, ALEX.
I PLAN TO ATTEND RISING UNIVERSITY.
THAT'S MY DREAM SCHOOL, BUT IT'S NOT [INAUDIBLE]
>> CAN YOU GUYS STILL STAY STANDING WITH THEIR OUT HERE.
THIS IS KIMBERLY RASMUSSEN, SHE'S AN AP SCHOLAR AS WELL.
KIMBERLY, CAN YOU TELL US WHO YOUR SPECIAL GUEST ARE AND WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?
>> THESE ARE MY PARENTS, MY DAD AND MY MOM AND I GUESS MY PLANS AFTER HIGH-SCHOOL, I'M GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE AND MAJOR IN ENGLISH EDUCATION.
>> [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] [OVERLAPPING]
>> HELLO. THIS IS NICHOLAS CARROLL.
HE IS AN AP SCHOLAR, WITH HONOR.
NICHOLAS, IF YOU'LL TELL US WHO YOUR SPECIAL GUESTS ARE AND TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR LAP RIGHT NOW?
>> THESE ARE MY PARENTS, JENNIFER AND ERICK CARROLL AND THEN JUST GO INTO TECH IN THE AG DEPARTMENT AND THE AG COMMUNICATIONS.
[APPLAUSE] THANKS FOR COMING BACK SO WE CAN HONOR YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE] [NOISE] COME ON IN.
>> [NOISE] YES YOU CAN STAY STANDING.
THIS IS ALEJANDRO THIS YEAR'S [INAUDIBLE]
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AND HE HAS SEVERAL HONORS THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT.HE IS AN AP SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF AP SCORES, HE'S ALSO RECEIVING THE NATIONAL HISPANIC SCHOLAR, WHICH MEANS THAT HE'S FOURTH IN THE TOP 2.5 PERCENT OF ALL TEST-TAKERS WHO IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC AMERICANS, AND THEN HE HAS ALSO, HE IS OUR SEMIFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP AND CORPORATION AND SO ALEJANDRO JUST COMPLETED A VERY DETAILED APPLICATION, A LONG ESSAY.
HE GOT THAT SUBMITTED EARLY OCTOBER, AND WE WILL FIND OUT IF HE IS A FINALIST IN FEBRUARY.
IF HE BECOMES A FINALIST, THAT'S A LOT OF SCHOLARSHIP MONEY FOR COLLEGE.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU ALEJANDRO.
>> CAN YOU TELL US WHO YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU, WHO YOUR SPECIAL GUESTS ARE AND THEN TELL THEM WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
>> THIS IS MY DAD, WALTER, AND MY MOTHER, EURICA.
MY PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I PLAN TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS TECH AND MAJOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE.
I'D LIKE TO BE AN APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER AS AN ADULT AND GO FULL TIME.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]
>> COME STAND IN FRONT OF THE AUDIENCE.
>> WERE GOING TO TAKE YOU PICTURE.
>> YES AND SHE'S GOING TO GET YOUR PICTURE.
>> IT'S SUCH A BIG DEAL, TO SEE YOU AS A FINALIST IS A VERY BIG DEAL AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU [OVERLAPPING] HAVEN'T HAD A SEMIFINALIST IN A LONG TIME [OVERLAPPING].
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY.
>> [INAUDIBLE] IN THE MAKING THEIR WAY IN HERE, COME ON IN [OVERLAPPING].
>> [BACKGROUND] WE ARE ALL COMING HERE?
>> IN RECOGNITION WITH TWO AMAZING EDUCATORS AT FRIENDSHIP AND THIS ONE A LONG TIME COMING UP INCLUDING POSTPONEMENTS MAYBE TWO OR THREE TIMES NOW.
WE'RE FINALLY GETTING TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE OUR FRIENDSHIP ISP TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.
WE HAVE HALEY KIRK, WHO IS A 5TH GRADE TEACHER AT WEST POINT ELEMENTARY.
SHE WAS THE FRIENDSHIP IST ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
THEN THIS IS IRIS NARROWS WHO TEACHES ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ARTS AND, READING AT FRIENDSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SHE WAS THE DISTRICT SECONDARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
THEIR INTERESTING FRIENDSHIP, THEY BOTH WENT ON TO BECOME THE 2021 FRENCH, EXCUSE ME, REGIONS 17 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.
LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE].
THEN FROM THE REGIONAL RECOGNITION, ADAH WENT ON TO BEING NAMED ONE OF THREE STATEWIDE FINALISTS FOR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, TEXAS' SECONDARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
SO JOINING US TONIGHT, ARE THEIR PRINCIPLES MS BRANDY COPELAND OF WEST POINT AND CASEY LOVEMAN OF FRIENDSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THESE TEACHERS.
>> GOOD EVENING, I'M LINKED TO FRIENDSHIP AND WEST POINT AS YOU KNOW.
I THINKING, "WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY ABOUT A TEACHER THAT I ONLY SPENT JUST A FEW WEEKS WITH".
LAST WEEK GAVE ME ALL I REALLY NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT A FABULOUS TEACHER THAT ASCAR IS AND THE REASON THAT I BELIEVE THAT SHE WON THIS WITH MANY OTHER REASONS.
I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE A QUICK LITTLE STORY.
WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO'S QUITE DIFFICULT IN SOME VERY TROUBLED AND COMES CALLING SOME ISSUES IN A CLASSROOM AND SHE HAD CALLED FOR THE INCOME IN THE STUDENT CLASS.
THERE ARE JUST SOME TEACHERS WHEN THEY CALL, YOU'VE GOT TO GO BECAUSE THERE I'LL CALL OUT FOR NO REASON.
I GOT ON OUR MOOD STUDENTS AND VISIT WITH THEM FOR A BIT AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO CLASS AND I TELL THEM THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU GET TO GO BACK AS IF SHE AGREES THAT YOU GET TO COME BACK BECAUSE MOST TEACHERS WERE QUITE UNHAPPY WITH PROPERLY.
HE TALKED TO HER FOR A MOMENT AND SHE LIVED IN STRAIGHT AND I TOLD HER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO UPSET ME AND SHE WOULD CONSTRAIN THE ONSET, COME BACK IN.
I WANT YOU TO LEARN AND I WANT YOU TO EARN WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING BEFORE.
SO THAT'S WARMED MY HEART AND I KNEW THAT WAS A PERSON I WANT IN MY TEAM AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT SHE GOT THE SUPPORT.
I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT THE REGION 17 ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR TO MISS HALEY KIRK.
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PLAIN [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE] APPROPRIATE GRAPHICS.VERY PROUD OF YOU CONGRATULATIONS.
>> I'M TRULY HONORED TO RECOGNIZE EITHER THIS EVENING FOR BOTH OF HER AWARD THAT SHE RECEIVED.
IF YOU COULD COME IN AND WATCH HER EACH AND EVERY DAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH STUDENT IS IN HER ROOM.
SHE TEACHES ALL LEVELS OF OUR SIXTH GRADE READING AND WRITING AND JUST DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB BUT THE ONE THING THAT SETS OUT A PART IS JUST HER WILLINGNESS TO LEARN, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER SHE'S LEARNING FROM PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS, ALL THE WAY TO WHENEVER SHE HAD FULL OF NEW PEOPLE LAST YEAR, FIRST YEAR TEACHERS IN FACT.
SHE'S WILLING TO LISTEN TO THEIR IDEAS, JUST CONTINUALLY GROW WITH THE PROFESSION AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO BECOME A FINALS OF THE YEAR FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS IS BECAUSE SHE'S CONSTANTLY TRYING TO GROW AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE KIDS AND IT'S JUST TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH HER THIS EVENING BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE'S DONE FOR KIDS, IT'S NOT JUST [INAUDIBLE] BUT ACROSS THIS DISTRICT OVER THE YEARS AS WELL.
[INAUDIBLE] REGION 17 SECONDARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR, AND THE SECONDARY TEACHER THAT YOUR FONDEST AS WELL.
>> WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU CONGRATULATIONS.
[NOISE] WE APPRECIATE ONCE AGAIN[OVERLAPPING] THANKS FOR STAGE HELPING LOCATE EVERYTHING TO [INAUDIBLE] [NOISE] [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
>> NOT ONLY AGENDAS, PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD AND WE HAVE AN EFFECT ON THIS REPORT ON
[2A. Effectiveness Report on Health Services]
HEALTH SERVICES BEFORE RESEARCH.>> HEALTH SERVICES THIS AFFECTED HISTORY REPORT.
BASICALLY WE HAVE 15 NURSES SERVING OVER 10,000 KIDS AT 14 CAMPUSES.
THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY IN TOTAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TOTAL AS NURSES.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR YEARS EXPERIENCE AT FRIENDSHIP, AND JUST TO ADD OF THE 15 NURSES, 12 HAVE CRITICAL CARE IN PEDIATRIC EXPERIENCE, AND THE OTHER THREE HAD PEDIATRIC EXPERIENCE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CRITICAL CARE EXPERIENCE OUT THERE.
IT'S BEEN USED AT TIMES, STEP HAVING HEART ATTACKS AT SCHOOL AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
WE STILL PROVIDE ALL THE HEALTH SERVICES; EDUCATION, PROMOTE HEALTHY HABITS AND SUCH.
BUT THEN COVID HAS CHANGED A LOT OF WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT.
WE'VE HAD TO START TAKING CARE OF STUDENTS BOTH FACE-TO-FACE AND VIRTUALLY.
WE'VE HAD TO THE STATE TELL US WE DO OUR SCREENINGS AND OUR IMMUNIZATIONS REQUIRED FACE-TO-FACE.
THE STATE SAYS WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO KEEP UP WITH IMMUNIZATIONS AND SCREENINGS OF THOSE WHO ARE VIRTUAL MEMBERS.
WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT THAT PART YET, WE TRIED SOMETHING IN FRENCH AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I THINK ONE STUDENT SHOWED UP, IT WAS DURING AN OPEN HOUSE.
I HAD ONE VIRTUAL STUDENT SHOW UP FOR VISION AND HEARING SCREENING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TACKLE THAT PROBLEM AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THAT AND GET THEM SCREENED.
BROOK'S STILL GOING TO EDUCATE ON PREVENTION, AND HYGIENE AND CONTINUE WITH HEALTH SCREENINGS BOTH VIRTUALLY AND FACE-TO-FACE.
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ONE THING I DIDN'T WANT TO ADD, WHAT WE DO FOR COVID, WE'RE GETTING PHONE CALLS AND TRACING AND DOCUMENTING AND MAKING SURE THEIR DATA CORRECT AS FAR AS QUARANTINE OR ISOLATION.A LOT OF THE NURSES, WE'RE STILL DOING ON OTHER JOB TOO AND JUST LIKE THE TEACHERS, A LOT OF NURSES ARE REALLY LATE, TAKING WORK HOME OR DOING BOTH.
TRICKY PART BUT IT'S JUST THAT TIME WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON.
SOME OF THE NEW NORMAL FOR THE NURSES.
WE'RE WORKING WITH A SMILE ON OUR FACE EVEN UNDER THE MASK.
THE ELEMENTARY NURSES IF THEY'RE DOING CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE CHILD, THEY'LL PUT THE MASK AND A FACE SHIELD ON.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S AS MUCH HIDING GOING ON IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IS THEY'RE USED TO, IT'S SAD.
A LOT OF NURSES ARE USING THEIR OWN MONEY.
THE NURSE AT THE MIDDLE EVAN, NURSE ON THE LEFT IS MELISSA.
THE NURSE IN THE MIDDLE IS EVAN, SHE'S AT OAK RIDGE.
I'M HONESTLY NOT SURE IF SHE PAID FOR THAT CART WHAT SHE BOUGHT FROM HER HUSBAND, BUT THAT WAS NOT FROM OFFICE.
SHE COULD LOCK HER MEDICINES UP IN THERE.
SHE GOES TO THE CLASSROOMS THAT SHE IS CALLED.
THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, A FEW NURSES HAVE DONE THIS.
THEY'VE ENGAGED THEIR HUSBANDS HELP WITH PVC PIPE AND SHOWER CURTAINS, AND THEY'VE CREATED A LITTLE SPACE ISOLATED WAY TO GALLERIES FOR THE KIDS, SO THEY CAN CONSUME THEIR NURSES DON'T HAVE CLOSE ISOLATION ROOM THAT THEY CAN USE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE USING TO KEEP THE KIDS SEPARATED.
THEY'RE WORKING HARD, THEY'RE USING THEIR IMAGINATION AND THEY'RE COMING UP WITH THINGS THAT WORK THAT HELP THE KIDS OUT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS, WHETHER IT'S IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL.
WE CALL ALL THE PARENTS CHECKING ON THE KIDS AT HOME THAT ARE VIRTUAL.
WE'LL STILL DO GOOD HYGIENE, WE'LL PROBABLY COME UP WITH SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS WITH COVID.
IT'S OBVIOUS IT'S GOING TO LAST AND THAT IT WON'T LAST FOREVER.
JUST CONTINUE ALL THE WORK WE'VE DONE WITH HEALTH SCREENINGS IMMUNIZATIONS.
IN THE END, WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE HOW COMPLIANT AND HOW GOOD OUR METHODS WERE FOR GETTING THE IMMUNIZATIONS AND SCREENINGS FOR THE VIRTUAL LEARNERS.
AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, WE'LL HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK OVER THAT AND SEE IF WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR METHODS.
THERE'S HER MOBILE CARD WITH OPEN AFFAIR TOO. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> NOT A QUESTION JUST A COMMENT ON AND THANKING THE NURSES.
I'M JUST AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT YOU CAN [INAUDIBLE] HAVE TAKEN ON A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY WITH REGARD TO DIRECT EXPOSURE, QUARANTINE, RETURN TO WORK.
OF COURSE WE WORK DAILY WHEN OUR LIAISON FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
BUT A LOT OF THE HANDS AND FEET, IF YOU WILL, AND OF ALL OF THAT WORK [NOISE] IS NURSES.
WE ALSO HAVE DANNY MILLER WHO ALL OF YOU KNOW, HE COMES AND HELPS US AT ADMINISTRATION AND TO HELP MAKE SOME OF THOSE PHONE CALLS AND EVERYTHING.
BUT JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAS INFRINGED SHIP OF COURSE, THE NURSES HAVE JUST STEPPED UP AND DONE EVERYTHING THEY'VE BEEN ASKED AND MORE AND SO WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
>> I'VE MENTIONED DANNY AND MICHAEL AND RICHARD.
OR GO TO PEOPLE AND THEY HELP US OUT A LOT.
>> WE DO HAVE A DIRECT LINE FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WHEN I GET HOME, I'M GOING TO CALL A TEACHER AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS EXACTLY WHAT THEIR QUARANTINED STARTS.
[NOISE] [LAUGHTER] TEACHERS WANT TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL, PARENTS WANT THEIR KIDS TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE NO SYMPTOMS SO WHY CAN'T THEY?
>> WELL, WHEN SHE GOT TESTED, SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS BUT SHE WAS POSITIVE.
I GUESS YOUR GET YOUR CHILD HAS TO STAY HOME.
>> YES. WELL [OVERLAPPING] , YOU'LL CONVINCE HER.
[OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU KATHERINE
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [BACKGROUND].
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>> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSERVATIVE AGENDA,
[3A. Consent Agenda]
WHICH WAS IN YOUR PATCHES [NOISE].CONSIDERING A MOTION.>> MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> OF THE MOTION OF APPROVAL ON THIS POWER AUDIT STAY OUTSIDE.
MR CRAIG ROBINS, PART OF THAT DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE WHO FAVOR SEGMENT 5 BY SAYING I.
>> ANY OPPOSE? I SHOULD CARRY ON.
IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA IT'S THE EXTRA MODELS THAT HEALTH INSURANCE PRESENTATION AND I'M IN MIDDLE. MS. RHONDA MILLER.
[3B. Action Items]
>> [INAUDIBLE] REFLECT THAT HEATHER REYNOLDS TAKING OUT.
IT'S MY PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH HEATHER AS OUR BROKE BURST BARS FOR MARSH BROOKLYN AGENCY AND THEIR COMPANY OR THEIR BROKER THAT GOES OUT AND HELPS US BUILD OUR INSURANCE NOW OR HELPS US DETERMINE WHAT OUR BEST FITS BY OUR DISTRICT.
SHE'S GOING TO GIVE HER PRESENTATION, SO WELCOME HEATHER.
THANK YOU. LISA WAS MY TUTOR. SHE TAUGHT ME THAT.
[LAUGHTER] UNLIKE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN MASKS, I'M SO IMPRESSED I DON'T THINK I CAN DO IT, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE MINE OFF.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
I'M, AS RHONDA MENTIONED, HEATHER REYNOLDS WITH MARSHALL INSURANCE AGENCY.
WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE AND BLESSED TO WORK FOR THE DISTRICT THE PAST THREE FOUR YEARS NOW, GOING INTO OUR FOURTH YEAR.
THIS PRESENTATION, I WANT TO START WITH A LOOK BACK AT WHERE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AS A DISTRICT.
JUST TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A PERSPECTIVE ABOUT OUR INDUSTRY, IT'S A FAIRLY DIFFICULT INDUSTRY, BUT THIS CHART HERE SHOWS BACK TO 2015, WHAT THE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN AND RATES LOOK LIKE, JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW.
AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH OF THESE COLUMNS, YOU'LL SEE A PERCENTAGE AND THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY, A PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE COST THAT WAS ASSESSED TO THE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT.
MOVING FROM THE FIRST THREE COLUMNS, WHICH ARE 2015 ON TO 2016, THE DISTRICT OBTAINED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FROM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, KSS, A 34 PERCENT INCREASE, TO THE PLAN BEGINNING JANUARY 2016.
IN 2017, THEY ASSESSED ANOTHER 30 PERCENT INCREASE.
THE DISTRICT MADE SOME REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS TO INCREASE DEDUCTIBLES, TO TRY TO CUT OFF PART OF THAT INCREASE BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE ALL KNOW WHEN YOU INCREASE DEDUCTIBLES, THAT'S JUST SHIFTING COSTS TO THE EMPLOYEES.
IT'S A ROUGH TIME THERE FROM 2015-2017 FOR BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD.
OUR NEXT SLIDE HERE STARTS IN 2018, WHICH IS WHEN OUR FIRM MARSH AND MCLENNAN , BEGAN WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT.
THAT YEAR WE TOOK THE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN OUT TO MARKET AND DID THAT VERY AGGRESSIVELY.
WE USED OUR MARKET LEVERAGE AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS TO TRY TO GET SOME BETTER PRICING FOR THE DISTRICT.
ALL OF THAT COUPLED WITH A BETTER CLAIMS YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE, WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A 12 PERCENT PRICE DECREASE FOR THE PLAIN YEAR 2018, ALONG WITH DEDUCTIBLES THAT WERE ALMOST 50 PERCENT LOWER FOR EMPLOYEES.
THAT DEDUCTIBLE ON THE BASE PLAN THAT YEAR WAS 3,750.
WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THAT POSITIVE NEWS TO THE STAFF AND THAT'S WAS SOME NEWS [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
>> THAT WAS GOOD NEWS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> [OVERLAPPING] AND HEATHER DIDN'T INTRODUCE THE REST OF HERSELF.
SHE HAS CLOSE TIES TO THE DISTRICT.
>> COACH CHADRON, THAT'S HER SPOUSE, [OVERLAPPING] SHE'S A FRENSHIP PARENT [LAUGHTER] AND COACH JERRY REYNOLDS, IS HER FATHER-IN-LAW, SO YOU ALL MAY ALREADY KNOW THAT.
[OVERLAPPING] IT JUST FEELS WEIRD BEHIND THESE MASKS.
[OVERLAPPING] WE'RE ALL JUST LOOKING A
>> MY HUSBAND'S BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD AT A GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR THE BASEBALL. [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOUR WORKING HARD AND MY WORKING HARD DO NOT LOOK THE SAME [LAUGHTER].
>> I SAW HIM HIT THE BALL HE WAS WORKING HARD [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]
2019 CONTINUED TO BE A GREAT YEAR WE NEGOTIATED [INAUDIBLE] SO THERE WERE NO CHANGES FOR DISTRICT'S COSTS, FOR THE EMPLOYEES' COSTS.
2020 WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WE SAW AN INCREASE CLAIMS UTILIZATION, AND SO THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE PROPOSED BY FIRST CARE TO THE PLAIN COST,
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THE DISTRICT ACTUALLY LET THE EMPLOYEES, THE TEACHERS HAVE A VOICE, AND WOULD YOU RATHER PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT OF YOUR PAYCHECK OR WOULD YOU RATHER US INCREASED THE DEDUCTIBLES SLIGHTLY, AND KEEP WHAT'S COMING OUT OF YOUR PAYCHECK THE SAME AND THE DISTRICT VOTED TO DO THAT.YOU'LL SEE IN 2020 WE INCREASED DEDUCTIBLES A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE EMPLOYEE PAYROLL DEDUCTION STAYED EXACTLY THE SAME SO THERE WAS NO COST INCREASE.
IN ADDITION, WE ALL SAW THE WRITING ON THE WALL, AND SAW THAT CLAIMS AND UTILIZATION WAS INCREASING YEAR OVER YEAR, AND SO WE NEGOTIATED AN EIGHT PERCENT RATE CAP FOR 2021, WHEN WE NEGOTIATED 2020 'S RENEWALS.
WHEN YOU GO IN INTO THIS NEXT PLAIN YEAR, THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN WOULD BE AN EIGHT PERCENT RATE INCREASE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT MAKE THIS DIFFICULT.
THE COST OF MEDICAL CARE IS INCREASING YEAR OVER YEAR.
THERE'S NEW TREATMENTS, NEW TECHNOLOGY, AND JUST THE COST OF MEDICATIONS AND CARE IS MORE EXPENSIVE EVERY YEAR AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THE RISING COSTS OF PRESCRIPTIONS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN OUR INDUSTRY.
THERE'S VERY LITTLE OVERSIGHT AND REGULATION, IN THAT REGARD, AND WE'RE SEEING THE AVERAGE COST OF A PRESCRIPTION INCREASE 75 PERCENT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
WE'RE ALSO SEEING IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE MILLION, TWO MILLION, THREE MILLION DOLLAR DRUGS THAT HIT THE MARKET, AND THAT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE WITHIN THEIR PLAN AND KEEP THE PLAN AFFORDABLE.
SPECIFICALLY FOR 2020, WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT COVID.
WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NOT HAD THE CARE THAT THEY NEED, WHETHER IT'S MAINTENANCE CARE FOR AN ONGOING CONDITION, OR MAYBE THEY PUT OFF A KNEE REPLACEMENT, OR A HIP REPLACEMENT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT MUCH WORSE ONCE THEY DO FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING BACK TO THE FACILITY TO HAVE THOSE SURGERIES AND PROCEDURES THEN SO, WE DEFINITELY HAVE AN ETHICAL BATTLE, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO INCLUDE WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR FIRM, OUR TEAM, AND TO YOU GUYS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT DEPEND ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.
OVER ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE THAT COLUMN, THOSE ARE ACTUAL CLAIMS PAID ON INDIVIDUALS HERE AT THE DISTRICT.
WE'VE GOT INDIVIDUALS THAT ACCUMULATED $385 THOUSAND WORTH OF MEDICAL CHARGES, 267, 256.
SOME OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE ARE TREATING, UNDER THE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN ARE CANCER, SO CHEMO AND RADIATION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, HEART AND VASCULAR CONDITIONS.
WE'VE GOT CHILDREN OF STAFF MEMBERS WITH CONGENITAL ISSUES, FOLKS WITH KIDNEY FAILURE.
IT'S SOME REALLY SERIOUS STUFF THAT WE ARE PROTECTING FRENSHIP EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THOSE CONDITIONS, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT MAY NOT BE ON THAT LIST AND MAY NOT HAVE PLANS TO THAT EXTENT, BUT 54 PERCENT OF FRENSHIP EMPLOYEES HAVE HAD A MEDICAL INSURANCE CLAIM IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.
JUST SIX MONTHS IN, 54 PERCENT OF EMPLOYEES HAVE USED THE PLAN FOR MEDICAL SERVICES, AND THEN 64 PERCENT FOR PRESCRIPTIONS.
THIS CHART IS SOMETHING THAT WE REVIEW WITH MR. REEVES, RHONDA, THE HR TEAM, JUST TRYING TO KEEP OUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF EXACTLY WHAT THE TRENDS ARE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
THIS IS A FOUR-YEAR LOOK BACK, AND I WANTED TO INCLUDE IT FOR YOU GUYS BECAUSE, THE NUMBERS BELOW THAT CHART, YOU CAN SEE A TREND LINE THERE IN THAT CHART, WHERE OVER THE PAST 24 MONTHS, CLAIMS HAVE REALLY TRENDED UPWARDS.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY'LL TREND BACK DOWN.
HOW LIKE THEY DID IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS CHART AND COVID HAD SOME OF AN IMPACT THERE, BUT POST COVID WE'RE SEEING NEW PLANS START TO GO BACK UP AGAIN, BUT THE NUMBERS DOWN BELOW THE CHART, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOLD BLACK MEMBERS, THAT'S THE PAY CLAIMS COST YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
IN 2017, YOU'LL SEE $186 PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH.
2018, IT INCREASES TO $210, 2019 $260, 2020 $286.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THE INCREASING COST OF CARE IS NOT IN OUR FAVOR.
IT'S AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR SHARING SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO FIGHT AND STRUGGLE TO TRY TO MAINTAIN FOR THE DISTRICT GOING FORWARD UNLESS THERE'S SOME SWEEPING CHANGE IN HEALTHCARE OR HEALTHCARE REGULATION.
IF WE FOCUS ON JUST THIS YEAR, THIS IS A CHART THAT SHOWS CLAIMS VERSUS PREMIUMS PAID IN.
SO THE DARK BLUE IS CLAIMS PAID OUT.
THE LIGHT BLUE IS PREMIUM PAID TO FIRST-YEAR THE INSURANCE CARRIER, AND YOU'LL NOTICE APRIL IS THE ONLY MONTH WHERE CLAIMS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN PREMIUMS PAYMENTS.
TOTAL PREMIUMS PAID THROUGH JULY ARE $2.8 MILLION.
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TOTAL CLAIMS PAID OUT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION FOR A PAID LOSS RATIO OF A 107 PERCENT, AND THAT'S JUST CLAIMS PAID.THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY OVERHEAD AT THE INSURANCE CARRIER.
THE TAXES THAT THEY PAY DUE TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ON THE DISTRICT'S BEHALF AND DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR ANY SORT OF PROFIT MARGIN.
SO WE ADD IN AN ADDITIONAL 20 PERCENT FOR THOSE ITEMS TO FIGURE OUT YOUR TRUE LOSS RATIO.
SO THE DISTRICT'S RUNNING ABOUT A 127 PERCENT LOSS RATIO.
SO WE WOULD EXPECT TYPICALLY A 27 PERCENT INCREASE TO THE RATES AT RENEWAL.
SO BASED ON THAT INFORMATION AND THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD WITH FIRST-YEAR AND WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT BLUE CROSS AT THE UNITED HEALTHCARE, WE DETERMINED THAT THE BEST OPTION FOR THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR WAS TO SET THE 8 PERCENT RATE CAP.
WE KNEW THAT ANYTHING FROM BLUE CROSS AT THE NON-HEALTHCARE WAS GOING TO BE MUCH HIGHER THAN EIGHT PERCENT, AND IF WE SENT THE PLANS OUT TO MARKET, THEN FIRST CARE DID NOT HAVE TO HONOR THEIR EIGHT PERCENT RATE CAP ANY LONGER THEY COULD PRICE IT JUST AS THE MARKET WOULD.
WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT, AND AT THIS TIME.
THERE'S A LOT OF BLUE BITTY NUMBERS ON THIS PAGE.
BUT WHAT I'LL POINT OUT IS THAT THE EIGHT PERCENT INCREASE IS SHOWN HERE, THESE ARE THE TOTAL RATES, NOT WHAT THE EMPLOYEES PAY.
SO THIS IS SHOWING YOU WHAT THE DISTRICT PAYS PLUS WHAT THE EMPLOYEES PAY AND INTO THE PLAN.
WE STARTED IN AN 8 PERCENT INCREASE AND AFTER SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH RHONDA AND HER TEAM, WENT BACK AND ASKED FIRST CARE JUST BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULT SITUATION THIS YEAR WITH COVID AND THE STRESS THAT I THINK THAT HAS CAUSED ALL OF YOUR EMPLOYEES, WE ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD BE GRACIOUS SO THAT TO CONSIDER LOWERING THE DEDUCTIBLES.
THAT IF WE HAD TO GO TO THE STAFF WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A COST INCREASE, COULD WE AT LEAST TAKE THEM SOME GOOD NEWS AS WELL.
IT WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WE'RE ESTIMATING A $35,000 TO $50,000 COST DIFFERENTIAL, LOWERING THOSE DEDUCTIBLES IN FIRST YEAR SAID, YEAH, WE'LL DO THAT.
WE WILL TAKE ON THAT COST FOR THE TEACHERS.
WE BELIEVE IN YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR ASK AND SO THEY ACTUALLY LOWER THE DEDUCTIBLES ON EVERY PLAN BY $250 PER INDIVIDUAL AND $500 PER FAMILY.
WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS TO TAKE TO THE STAFF MEMBERS WHEN WE DO THOSE OPEN-ENROLLMENT MEETINGS.
THIS SHOWS WHAT THE EMPLOYEES AT FRIENDSHIP WERE PAYING FOR COVERAGE.
SO RIGHT NOW, THERE IS FREE PLAN.
THE FREE PLAN IS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE HERE OR WHAT IS OFFERED NOW AND IF YOUR EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE WELLNESS PROGRAM, RESTORE THE ROAR, AND THEY DO HAVE A FREE PLAN OPTION ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
THAT'S WHAT THE PLANS WILL LOOK LIKE BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2021 AS PROPOSED IN THAT PLAN, AND DOES HAVE A $22 PER MONTH FEE FOR THAT HMO PLAN.
WE GET ASKED A LOT BY EMPLOYEES, HOW DO OUR PLANS COMPARED TO TRS? SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON.
THESE TRS PLANS AND RATES ARE ACTUALLY FROM 2020.
THEY'VE ONLY INCREASED IN PRICE FOR 2021.
SO WHEN WE'RE COMPARING YOUR 2021 RATES, TO THEIR 2020 RATES.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE OF A DIFFERENTIAL HERE THAN WHAT WE'RE ILLUSTRATING.
BUT YOUR PLANS FOR AN EMPLOYEE ONLY TO HAVE COVERAGE IS ANYWHERE FROM $22 TO A $104 ON THE BIOT PLAN OPTION WITH TRS WE ARE LOOKING AT 67, TO ALMOST $500 FOR THEIR BIOT PLAN OPTION.
THE FAMILY COVERAGE RATES, THERE WAS A HUGE DIFFERENTIAL THERE ON THE BIOT PLAN OPTION HERE AT THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WOULD PAY A $134 A MONTH TO COVER THEIR WHOLE FAMILY, AND THAT TRS, IT'S ALMOST $2,000.
SO THE DISTRICT HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF CONTROLLING THIS COSTS IN A VERY DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT, AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO DO SO TO PRESERVE YOUR PLANS AND THE BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES, BUT IT IS VERY FAIR TO SAY THAT YOUR PLANS OUTPACE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT THEY NEED IMPROVING.
THAT WILL HELP YOU RETAIN EMPLOYEES HERE.
TRYING TO GET THERE REALLY QUICK.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RHONDA WILL COME BACK UP AND [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOU CAN SEE WHY I LOVE WORKING WITH HER.
SHE [INAUDIBLE] ELOQUENTLY AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD IS TO APPROVE THE RENEWAL FROM FIRST CARE FOR THE 2021 CALENDAR YEAR.
>> SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR ALL ADMINISTRATIONS.
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>> SO FORTH. MOTION FOR APPROVAL. [INAUDIBLE]
>> OKAY. THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] APPRECIATE IT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE FOR THE MOTION SAY HI!
>> IF I COULD JUST SAY AN EXTRA THANK YOU TO HEATHER AND HER TEAM SINCE THEY TOOK OVER FOR US, AND I KNOW ONE THING THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS GET GOOD NEWS, BUT WHAT I ALWAYS I'M CERTAIN OF IS THAT THEY HAVE OUR BEST INTEREST AT HEART AND THAT THEY WORKED REALLY HARD FOR US.
ALSO I APPRECIATE RHONDA AND BARLEY, IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT NOT BEING PART OF TRS CARE IS THAT IT IS A BENEFIT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES NO DOUBT.
BUT IT ADDS A WHOLE ANOTHER LAYER OF WORK EACH YEAR, THAT AND ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE PART OF TRS DON'T DO.
SO GO THROUGH THIS NEGOTIATION PROCESS, CRUNCH NUMBERS, ALL OF THAT.
SO JUST APPRECIATE THE WHOLE GROUP AND THE EXTRA WORK THAT THEY DID.
I KNOW EIGHT PERCENT IS NOT GREAT NEWS, BUT I STILL APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS.
>> THAT'S THE END OF OUR SESSION.
>> I APPRECIATE IT. [LAUGHTER] STARTING THOUGHT FROM THE PORT.
>> LET US HAVE ALL THE AGENDAS.
THE TENTATIVE AGENDAS FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS.
[4A. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings]
WE HAVE NOVEMBER 16TH, 2020 FOR REGULAR MEETING.ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD ON THAT DOCTRINE REPORT?
>> [LAUGHTER] I SAID " NO SIR" AND THEN I WAS GOING TO ADD SOME THING.
I WOULD JUST REMIND, I'M PROBABLY PREACHING TO THE CHOIR HERE.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE AN ELECTION, A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A BOARD ELECTION, AND I WOULD JUST REMIND EVERYONE TO VOTE IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED.
IN OUR DEMOCRACY, WE NEED EVERYONE TO LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD, AND SO PLEASE VOTE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL. [LAUGHTER].
>> ALL YOU CAN GIVE US IS THE FACTS, MA'AM. JUST THE FACTS
>> I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY BLESSED BY THIS COMMUNITY.
THE BOARD ADMINISTRATION IS ALWAYS DONE EVERYTHING THAT IT CAN TO BE PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND BE VERY FRUGAL, AND VERY CONSCIENTIOUS WITH ANY KIND OF BOARD MONEY OR BUT ARE SOME OF THE PHENOMENA WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
THIS TOTALLY IS REALLY KIND OF PUTTING A STRAIN ON US BEING ABLE TO GET THE WORD OUT AS EFFECTIVELY AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE NAYSAYERS THAN WHAT THERE HAS BEEN IN THE PREVIOUS BOARDS, BUT I THINK WE ALL HAVE TO STAY DILIGENT AND I'M ALWAYS A BIG FIRM BELIEVER IN LIFE, ALWAYS LAMPS.
SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL CARRY THROUGH AND THEN I'VE GOT A LOT OF FAITH IN OUR CITIZENS OUT THERE.
HOPEFULLY THEY'LL CARRY THIS THING TO CARE.
SO THAT BEING SAID IS THERE ANY OTHER THING TO BE DISCUSSED? MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.