Aug 26, 2025 Regular Board Meeting

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH, 2025. THIS MEETING OF THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT AND PARTICIPATING.

SUSAN JONES, VICE PRESIDENT. BRENDA ADAMS, SECRETARY MARVIN RAINWATER, BOARD MEMBER OLIVER MINTZ, BOARD MEMBER. AND ME, BRANT WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER. ABSENT NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS MEETING, BOARD MEMBERS TINA CAPITO AND RODNEY GILCHRIST. FOR THE RECORD, A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND IS PRESENT. WE ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME OUR COLONEL MARK MCCLELLAN, OUR FORT HOOD GARRISON COMMANDER, AND CHRISTINE CAPARCO, OUR FORT HOOD SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICER. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. AS A REMINDER, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC FORUM MUST SUBMIT THEIR SIGN UP SHEET AT THIS TIME. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING TO COMMENT ON THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE MUST SUBMIT THEIR SIGN UP SHEET BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AGENDA ITEM SIX D. IT HAS BEEN THE BOARD'S PRACTICE BEFORE EACH REGULAR MEETING TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES. FLAG IN TEXAS. FLAG. TONIGHT, THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY TRUSTEE MARVIN RAINWATER, AND THE PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY STUDENTS JOSEPHINE ORTIZ AND KIANA YOUNG FROM ALICE W DALLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. PLEASE STAND. MAY WE PRAY. OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. WE'RE THANKFUL, FATHER, FOR THE PARENTS AND THE GRANDPARENTS AND THE AUNTS AND THE UNCLES AND THE NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE ALL COME TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS OF THEIR STUDENTS IN KISD. WE JUST ASK, FATHER, THAT AS WE BEGIN A VERY BUSY AND VERY HECTIC AND SOMETIMES A VERY DANGEROUS SCHOOL YEAR, THAT YOUR LOVING ARMS WILL ALWAYS BE WRAPPED AROUND KISD AND PROTECT US AND GUIDE US. WE JUST NEED THE STRENGTH OF YOUR LOVE AND OF YOUR PASSION. THESE THINGS WE ASK IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE MADNESS. AND THIS IS STILL ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE. YOU DID IT.

GOOD JOB. A RECORDING OF THIS MEETING IS BEING MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT A LATER DATE. WE'RE ALSO STREAMING THIS MEETING ON OUR CABLE CHANNEL 17 AND ON THE

[1. Honors and Recognition ]

PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME THE VISUAL ARTS LEADERSHIP TEAM. WE HAVE ANGELA CADDELL, JORDAN LOVE, MIRANDA MEYER, AND STEPHANIE WILSON. THANK YOU. WE ALSO HAVE MORGAN DAVIES, AMY BENNETT, AND DEBORAH BARRICK.

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MR. YEAH, THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU VERY. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE SOME OUTSTANDING STUDENTS FROM THE KILLEEN ISD CAREER CENTER FFA CHAPTER WHO EARNED THE LONE STAR FFA DEGREE AT THE 2025 TEXAS FFA CONVENTION. THIS IS THE HIGHEST HONOR AWARDED TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MEMBERS OF TEXAS FFA ASSOCIATION, AND IT REFLECTS THE LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION, AND EXCELLENCE THEY POSSESS IN AGRICULTURE EDUCATION. SO TO QUALIFY, STUDENTS COMPETE, COMPLETE MORE THAN 1000 HOURS IN SUPERVISED AGRICULTURE EXPERIENCE. THEY COMPLETE OVER 25 HOURS IN COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND THEY PARTICIPATE IN TEN OR MORE ACTIVITIES BEYOND THE LOCAL LEVEL. AND THEY DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THEIR TIME IN FFA. KILLEEN ISD HAD 15 STUDENTS EARN THIS RECOGNITION, AND WE HAVE FIVE OF THEM WHO ARE JOINING US HERE TONIGHT. WE HAVE GABRIELA RIVERA, AIDEN ROSE, KHALID BURKE, AND ACTUALLY THREE HERE TONIGHT. SO PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME THEM.

AND STAY THERE. CAN I GET IN THE MIDDLE? SORRY, I'M. SORRY. NO. YOU'RE GOOD. HANG TIGHT. WE GOT SOME MORE. OH, NOPE. BUT ONE MORE. AND FINALLY, WE ARE SO PROUD TO CELEBRATE A RECORD BREAKING ACHIEVEMENT FOR OUR ADVANCED ACADEMICS PROGRAM. KILLEEN ISD HAD 135 STUDENTS EARN AP SCHOLAR DISTINCTIONS, THE HIGHEST IN DISTRICT HISTORY, AND A 79% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THIS INCREDIBLE MILESTONE REFLECTS THE DEDICATION OF OUR STUDENTS, THE EXPERTISE OF OUR TEACHERS, AND THE STRENGTH OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT ACROSS ALL SIX KISD HIGH SCHOOLS, EACH OF WHICH SAW AN INCREASE IN AWARDS. PLEASE JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING THE

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WITH CATS. ALL RIGHT, GOOD JOB. FROM THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE YANLIS. YANLIS DESANTIS, LAURA GRAY, JEFFREY KELLY, ELIJAH ROBLES AND MARILYN ARENA.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS GROUP.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? NOTHING. OH. OKAY. YOU GUYS GO BACK TO I WANT TO SAY.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT JOB. NEXT UP WE HAVE FROM ELLISON HIGH SCHOOL, BRIANNA BROWER, HUNTER EMBLEN GARLAND POTVIN, ABIGAIL THOMPSON, AND RABIA WARRICK.

THERE.

PERFECT. GO, EAGLES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A FEW MORE. THEY KEEP COMING FROM HARKER HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE ANDREA, ALICIA, JALEN BENNETT, MADISON CHO, EVELYN COUNIHAN, ALEXANDER KIM, HANNAH THOMPSON TO. TO VIDA BOYANOVA, GABRIELLA WATKINS, BRODNAX RACHEL YANCEY AND GLORIA E.

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ZOE ATKINSON, NICHOLAS SESMA AND KAYLEE WOOD. GOOD JOB. SOSO.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO DOUBLE THIS NUMBER. SO GET READY. THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS. THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING WITH US.

[2. Public Forum ]

PER BOARD POLICY. EACH PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. I'LL ASK THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ANY PUBLIC OUTBURSTS AND TO MAINTAIN DECORUM. PARENTS, EMPLOYEES AND CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO UTILIZE THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCESS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. RELATED POLICIES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE OR UPON REQUEST. FOR THE RECORD, WE ASK THAT ALL PUBLIC FORUM PARTICIPANTS BEGIN BY STATING THEIR NAME AND THE CITY IN WHICH THEY RESIDE. ONCE COMPLETE, YOUR THREE MINUTES WILL BEGIN. FIRST INDIVIDUAL I HAVE IS REBECCA FAY. WELCOME. THAT LIGHT SHOULD TURN GREEN AND THEN YOU SHOULD BE GOOD. THANK YOU. ONE MOMENT PLEASE. MY NAME IS REBECCA FAY. I LIVE IN KILLEEN, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR DAVIS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND TO CLARIFY THE PURPOSE BEHIND RECENT ADVOCACY FROM LEAD LIBRARIANS REGARDING THE OPTIONAL STUDENT SCHOOL LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OR SLACK.

FIRST, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK GROWING UP? MAYBE A BOOK THAT BROADENED YOUR WORLDVIEW, ALLOWED YOUR IMAGINATION TO TAKE YOU PLACES YOU COULD NEVER VISIT IN REAL LIFE, OR MAYBE PROVIDED AN ESCAPE FROM IT? AND WHERE DID YOU GET THAT BOOK? A SCHOOL LIBRARY? NOW GO BACK TO YOUR YOUNGER SELF. WHAT IF THAT SAME BOOK WAS NOT ON THE

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PARENTS ALREADY HAVE THEIR SAY ABOUT WHAT THEIR KIDS CAN READ. THERE'S ALSO A WAY, IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR KID TO READ A BOOK, FOR YOU TO STOP YOUR KID FROM READING THAT BOOK. THE BOOKS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE TEAKS APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THAT PROCESS ALREADY INVOLVES PARENTS IN CREATING THOSE TEAKS. CREATING A SLACK AND PUTTING PARENTS IN AT THIS LAST MOMENT WOULD BE MUCH LIKE A PARENT WAITING UNTIL THEIR CHILD WENT TO DAP TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. WHICH ONE OF YOU SO ELOQUENTLY TALKED ABOUT JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SEE HAPPEN, AND NOW YOU'RE ADVOCATING TO THE EXACT THING WITH THE CREATION OF A SLACK? WE NEED TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION. YOU ARE THE TRUSTEES OF THE KILLEEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, A PUBLIC EDUCATION INSTITUTION.

YOU HAVE TRAINED PROFESSIONALS WITH MASTER'S DEGREES WHO ARE MAKING THESE DECISIONS CORRECTLY. YOU DO NOT NEED TO GET A GROUP OF. OVEREXCITED PARENTS TO DOUBLE CHECK THEIR WORK. BUT IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A SLACK, YOU CAN DO THAT BECAUSE YOU GOT ELECTED. BUT WHEN YOU DO THAT, I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO YOU TALKING TO ME ABOUT BEING YOUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T NEED A DOCTORATE. WE DON'T NEED A CERTIFICATE OF SUPERINTENDENT. YOU JUST NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S EXCITED, PASSIONATE AND VOCAL ABOUT EDUCATION. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING YOUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT. IF YOU BUILD THIS, IF YOU PUT A SLACK IN PLACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ARLA CLARKE.

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LIBRARIANS ARE ADVOCATING FOR THE NONREADER WHO, WHILE IN THE LIBRARY, SAW A BOOK SERIES HE HADN'T READ AND IS NOW IN THE LIBRARY EACH MORNING READING THE MOST RECENT BOOKS IN THE SERIES. LIBRARIANS ARE ADVOCATING FOR THE ASPIRING COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO NEED ACCESS TO UP TO DATE SAT STUDY GUIDES. LIBRARIANS ARE ADVOCATING FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND AN ADVOCACY COUNCIL WILL BE PROVIDED STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS TO CONSIDER WHEN RECOMMENDING LIBRARY BOOKS. BUT YOUR LIBRARIANS KNOW THEIR STUDENTS. YOUR LIBRARIANS ARE ABLE TO PUT FACES WITH THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE RYAN PALM, DID I PRONOUNCE THAT? WELCOME. RYAN PALM I'M FROM COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO START OFF BY THANKING THE BOARD AND EVERYONE TODAY FOR ALL THE THOUGHT AND CONSIDERATION YOU HAVE PUT IN TO SB 13 AND THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON OUR STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT FACTORS TO CONSIDER AND NO EASY ANSWERS. LAST WEEK, MYSELF AND THE OTHER LEAD SPOKE ON SB 13. IN THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF THINGS TONIGHT I'M STEPPING AWAY FROM THAT TO SPEAK. ON A MORE PERSONAL SIDE, I KNOW THAT THERE IS MUCH ABOUT THE ROLE OF A LIBRARIAN THAT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND, AND TO BE FAIR, IT IS TO BE EXPECTED. WE HAVE SUCH A UNIQUE ROLE ON CAMPUS AND UNLESS YOU ARE IN IT, IT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND ALL THAT GOES INTO IT. I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES THAT COME WITH BEING A SUPERINTENDENT, A PRINCIPAL, A COUNSELOR, OR EVEN A TEACHER.

NOWADAYS, DESPITE HAVING TAUGHT BEFORE. IF THERE WERE TWO THINGS I WOULD WANT EVERYONE HERE TO KNOW ABOUT LIBRARIANS, IT WOULD BE THIS ONE. WE ARE NOT IN THE LIBRARY TO CONTROL BOOKS OR TO INFLUENCE ANYONE WITH OUR PERSONAL BELIEFS. MOST OF US IN THE LIBRARY ARE THERE TO SHARE A LOVE OF LEARNING AND READING. OFTEN WE HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY A LIBRARIAN FROM OUR PAST. A COMMON THING IN ALL OF OUR LIBRARY CLASSES IS THAT THE LIBRARY IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFE AND WELCOMING PLACE FOR ALL WHO ENTER. ALL PATRONS, YOUNG AND OLD, SHOULD SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN THE STORIES ON THE SHELVES. OUR PERSONAL BELIEFS DO NOT COME INTO PLAY WHEN WE DO CHOOSE OUR BOOKS. I AM TERRIFIED OF SNAKES, BUT YET EVERY YEAR I ORDER SNAKE BOOKS BECAUSE MY CHILDREN LOVE THEM. A TRIVIAL EXAMPLE, I REALIZE, BUT AN IMPORTANT ONE NONETHELESS. THE SECOND THING I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW IS THAT IT ISN'T LIBRARIANS VERSUS THE

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AT THE HEART OF LAST TUESDAY'S BOARD MEETING IS A SHARED COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS. WE HAVE SHARED VALUE IN MAKING SURE STUDENTS HAVE TIMELY ACCESS TO DIVERSE, AGE APPROPRIATE, HIGH QUALITY BOOKS THAT SUPPORT THEIR INTERESTS, GROWTH, AND LEARNING. I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I SEE EVERY SINGLE DAY IN OUR LIBRARY. DURING THE FIRST WEEK AND A HALF OF SCHOOL, WHEN CLASSES CAME IN, I INTRODUCED OUR STUDENTS TO THE BRAND NEW BOOKS WE HAD AT THE START OF THE YEAR. THE GASP, THE ECSTATIC YELLS, THE PURE EXCITEMENT THAT FILLED THE LIBRARY IS HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS. THAT JOY IS WHAT LIBRARIES ARE ALL ABOUT. AND YET, DURING THE WEEK AND A HALF, EVERY TIME A STUDENT ASKS FOR A NEW BOOK OR CHECKED ONE OUT, I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN UNDER SB 13, SPECIFICALLY OPTION TWO. THAT MOMENT OF EXCITEMENT WOULD NOT EXIST. THIS IS WHAT OPTION TWO IS TAKING AWAY FROM OUR STUDENTS.

INSTEAD OF SEEING SHELVES FILLED WITH NEW TITLES, OUR STUDENTS WOULD FACE EMPTY SPACES AND LONG WAITS. IF IT EVER COMES, PARENTS WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE FINAL AUTHORITY OVER WHAT THEIR CHILD CAN OR CANNOT READ. THAT HAS NOT CHANGED, AND IT NEVER WILL. BUT AS LIBRARIANS, OUR ROLE IS TO SERVE EVERY STUDENT BY PROMOTING THE LOVE OF READING AND ENSURING THEY HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY, DIVERSE AND AGE APPROPRIATE BOOKS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS ABOUT OUR STUDENTS. STUDENTS WHO DESERVE TO WALK INTO THEIR LIBRARY AND DISCOVER NEW STORIES WAITING FOR THEM. PLEASE CONSIDER THEIR VOICES AND THEIR JOY AS YOU MAKE THIS DECISION. AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, CONSIDERATION AND COMMITMENT AS YOU REVIEW SB 13. I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE CAREFUL ATTENTION YOU ARE GIVING TO THIS IMPORTANT MATTER. RECOGNIZING THE RESPONSIBILITY IT CARRIES FOR SUPPORTING STUDENT LEARNING, HONORING PARENT CHOICE, AND ENSURING THAT OUR LIBRARIANS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY RESOURCES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AS WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC FORUM, WE'RE CLOSING PUBLIC

[3. Superintendent's Report ]

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GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. FIRST, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE CHAPARRAL SIDEWALK PROJECT.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK SIDEWALK FOR GRANTED THAT IT'S NOT A BIG THING. I THINK ADAM AND HIS TEAM WILL TELL YOU THAT GETTING THAT PROJECT DONE, YOU KNOW, TOOK A LOT OF WORK. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'RE INVESTING IN SCHOOL SAFETY, PROVIDING A SAFE ALTERNATIVE FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO PASS FROM THOSE TWO SCHOOLS. EVERYONE WHO HAS DRIVEN THAT ROAD UNDERSTANDS THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, THE LACK OF A SHOULDER, YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR THAT AND THE EFFORT THAT THEY PUT TO TO BUILD THAT SIDEWALK AND LINK THOSE TWO SCHOOLS IN THAT COMMUNITY IS A GREAT STEP TO START THE YEAR. LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT THE KITCHEN RENOVATIONS. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW A PICTURE OF, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM THAT THE FACILITIES TEAM AND THE SCHOOL NUTRITION TEAM DID FOR THOSE TEN CAMPUSES TO UPGRADE, IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY,

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[4. Consent Agenda ]

CONTRACT AND CONSIDERATION OF FRANKLIN AND EMILY PRATT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP CENTER RENOVATION PROJECT ARCHITECT. CONTRACT TRUSTEES. YOU HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO ACCEPT ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS WRITTEN. LISTED

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[6. Action Items for Consideration (part 1 of 2)]

YOU CAN BATCH SEARCH, BUT YOU CANNOT BATCH TURN THEM ALL OFF. I GUESS IS THE BEST WAY OF SAYING BUT YOU CAN BATCH SEARCH. SEARCH. THE EXAMPLE WAS HUMAN SEXUALITY. YOU COULD SEARCH BY THAT TERM AND THEN IT SHOWS ALL THE BOOKS, AND THEN YOU WOULD JUST GO IN AND TOGGLE EACH OF THOSE OFF. SO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FROM BEFORE, IF YOU REMEMBER FROM LAST WEEK, SENATE BILL REQUIRES UPDATES TO OUR LOCAL POLICY EFB. AND THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED BY THE LEGISLATURE. ESSENTIALLY, THAT ONE, UPDATING POLICY WITHOUT A SCHOOL LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ONE WITH THE SCHOOL LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. CERTAINLY HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND OR ASK FRIENDS TO HELP ME ANSWER QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES, MR. RAINWATER. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE ANOTHER REMARK I'D LIKE TO MAKE IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, I'M SORRY. MR. I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD.

YOU SAID AT THE END I WAS ABOUT TO ASK, I THINK, SUSAN OKAY, I'M TRACKING RIGHT THERE. MY APOLOGIES, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. MR. HARPER, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE PROCESS OF HOW THESE BOOKS ARE PURCHASED? THE THE LIST THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS, IS IT THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF THAT COMES UP WITH IT? IS IT THE LIBRARIANS WHO COME UP WITH THE LIST OF BOOKS? WHO COMES UP WITH THE LIST OF BOOKS THAT WE WILL BE BE BUYING THAT IS AGE APPROPRIATE, HIGH QUALITY AND TEAKS AND EAT MEAT TEAK STANDARDS. WHO COMES UP WITH THESE BOOKS? SO OUR LIBRARIAN PROFESSIONALS ARE CRAFTING THAT AND THEN BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO ADMINISTRATION WHO WILL THEN POST IT. THE NEW LAW REQUIRES THAT IT BE POSTED 30 DAYS BEFORE THE BOARD ACCEPTS THOSE OR REJECTS THEM, AND SO THEY WILL BE POSTED FOR 30 DAYS BEFORE THE BOARD THEN WOULD NEED TO APPROVE OR STRIKE. SO THE LIBRARIANS DO THIS. DO THE PRINCIPALS, DOES THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT THE HERE AT THE ADMIN BUILDING LOOK AT THAT LIST. DOES ANYBODY ELSE LOOK AT THAT LIST? I BELIEVE DOCTOR CREIGHTON, YOU'RE ABOUT TO ADDRESS THAT. OH, MAYBE I'M NOT WRITING. YES YOU ARE. GOOD EVENING. SO THE LIBRARIANS TAKE STUDENT REQUESTS INTO CONSIDERATION, PARENT REQUESTS, TEACHER REQUESTS INTO CONSIDERATION. THEY COMPILE THE LIST, AND CURRENTLY THEY SUBMIT THE ORDER. AND THEN CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION APPROVES THE PURCHASE. OKAY, SO THE REASON I ASK THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE I PERSONALLY LOVE LIBRARIES. I PERSONALLY BUY BOOKS THAT SIT ON MY SHELF WAITING FOR ME TO READ, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY IS OFFERING BOOKS FOR STUDENTS, AND THOSE STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, AND THEY SHOULD ALIGN WITH TEAKS, AND THEY SHOULD BE AGE APPROPRIATE.

AND I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THIS SINCE WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION LAST WEEK, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO ADD LAYERS OF BUREAUCRACY TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WHEN WE'RE ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH A LOT OF OTHER REGULATIONS, BUT I DON'T WANT CHILDREN TO HAVE ACCESS TO

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THE NOTION THAT WE SHOULD REMOVE PARENTS AND WE SHOULD REMOVE OUR COMMUNITY FROM THIS DECISION MAKING CYCLE IS OFFENSIVE. OUR PARENTS ARE NOT. WHAT WAS THE WORD OVER OVEREXCITED, RIGHT? OUR PARENTS ARE INTELLIGENT, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE EDUCATED, AND THEY'RE CAPABLE OF MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS. THIS IS NOT SOME ATTEMPT TO BAN BOOKS. THAT NOTION IS LUDICROUS. WE ARE NOT BANNING BOOKS. WE ARE ESTABLISHING A BASELINE OF DECENCY AS AS IS APPROPRIATE IN THIS COMMUNITY. PARENTS, IF YOU WANT TO GO BY A SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BOOK FOR YOUR CHILD BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IT, DEVELOPS THEM AND PREPARES THEM FOR COLLEGE, THEN BY GOD, GO BUY IT. THERE'S PLENTY OF PLACES TO BUY IT. HECK, YOU CAN GET ALL THAT STUFF FREE ON THE INTERNET THESE DAYS. ALL WE'RE SAYING HERE IS THAT PARENTS ARE COMMUNITY WHO ARE EDUCATED, WHO ARE SMART, SHOULD HAVE INPUT IN THIS PROCESS. SOMEBODY I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARIES IS, BUT IT'S PROBABLY WELL OVER 100,000 IF WE'RE ORDERING 45,000 NEW ONES A YEAR. THAT TELLS ME THERE'S A HECK OF A LOT OF BOOKS HERE. WE HAVE 50 PLUS CAMPUSES. WE HAVE 47,000 STUDENTS, 45,000 STUDENTS. THERE'S A LOT OF BOOKS. THE NOTION THAT WE ARE SOMEHOW STUNTING OUR CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT BY SLOWING THE ADDITION OF SINGLE DIGIT PERCENTAGES OF BOOKS, IS JUST NONSENSICAL. WE SHOULD BRING OUR PARENTS IN. WE SHOULD BRING OUR COMMUNITY IN. IT'S MY BET THAT THE PEOPLE WE WOULD PUT ON A SLACK WOULD BE PRETTY ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS, AND THEY WOULD NOT UNDULY DELAY ANY ENTRY OF BOOKS INTO OUR SYSTEM. I AM IN

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YOU ALL WOULD APPOINT A CHAIR OF THAT GROUP, ESSENTIALLY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? MR. RAINWATER? I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. READY. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED REVISION TO BOARD POLICY. EFB LOCAL OPTION ONE IS A RECOMMENDED BY TASB POLICY SERVICES. THAT WAS PRETTY QUICK, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE YOU SAID NUMBER NUMBER ONE. PLEASE. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. RAINWATER. WE HAVE A SECOND BY SECRETARY ADAMS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY TRUSTEES THERE BEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS. WE HAVE THREE IN FAVOR. THOSE OPPOSED. WE HAVE THREE IN FAVOR. WE HAVE TWO OPPOSED. AND VICE PRESIDENT JONES AND TRUSTEE MINTZ PASSES BY 3 TO 2 VOTE, TWO ABSENT AND NOT PARTICIPATING IN TRUSTEE TINA CAPITO AND TRUSTEE RODNEY GILCHRIST. THANK YOU, MR.

[5. Information Items for Discussion]

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT WILLIAMS, DOCTOR DAVIS, I AM PRESENTING TONIGHT ON OUR 2425 A THROUGH F ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS. THAT WILL BE OUR PRIMARY FOCUS. BUT I WILL BE COVERING QUITE A FEW OTHER THINGS JUST TO SET THE STAGE FOR THIS PRESENTATION. THIS IS PART TWO OF TWO PRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. THE FIRST ONE TOOK PLACE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, IN WHICH WE TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA BASED ON GRADE LEVEL, BASED ON CONTENT AREA, AND BASED ON PERFORMANCE LEVELS. WHETHER IT WAS DID NOT MEET APPROACHES, MEETS OR MASTERS. THIS IS THE CULMINATING PRESENTATION OF THAT INFORMATION. SO I THINK TO SET THE STAGE FIRST, THINK OF ALL OF THOSE SCORES POURING INTO THE ACCOUNTABILITY RATING SYSTEM. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WE WILL BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT. SO JUST TO SET THE STAGE WITH OUR TABLE OF CONTENTS, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT A THROUGH F RATINGS, I AM GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A TEACH EXPLANATION, NOT ONLY FOR THE BOARD, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE THIS IS NEW INFORMATION. I WILL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR KILLEEN ISD A-F RATINGS. WE WILL REALLY DRILL DOWN ON THE LAST THREE BULLETS YOU SEE UP THERE, OUR

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ONE FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, WE ALSO MEASURE GRADUATION RATE AND OUR COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS. THAT WOULD BE ANYTHING RELATED TO ADVANCED ACADEMICS OR OUR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS. ALL OF THAT DATA POURS INTO DOMAIN ONE. DOMAIN TWO IS SCHOOL PROGRESS AND IT IS TWO A AND TWO B. TWO A IS SPECIFIC TO TERRY OSBORNE SCORE FROM FOURTH TO FIFTH GRADE. IN MATH OR READING, IT IS APPLICABLE WHEN A STUDENT TAKES A SUBSEQUENT GRADE LEVEL TEST. DID I DO BETTER? DID I DO WORSE? DID I REGRESS? DID I MAKE LEAPS AND BOUNDS OF PROGRESS? IN ONE YEAR? THAT WOULD BE DOMAIN TWO A. DOMAIN TWO B IS SPECIFIC TO THE SCHOOL'S PERFORMANCE RELATIVE TO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED HAVE A SIMILAR POPULATION IN THAT AREA. SO IF OUR SCHOOL IS IDENTIFIED AS 80% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, THE SCHOOL RELATIVE PERFORMANCE WOULD BE COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOL SCHOOLS THAT ARE LIKE THAT DEMOGRAPHIC SET IN DOMAIN TWO, YOU CAN BE RATED ON THE HIGHER OF STUDENT BY STUDENT OR SCHOOL RELATIVE PERFORMANCE. SO WE'RE PUTTING INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DATA IN THERE OR INDIVIDUAL STUDENT DATA IN THE DOMAIN TWO, DOMAIN THREE CALLED CLOSING THE GAPS.

THIS IS OUR FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY RATING. BUT IT ALSO TALKS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW STUDENTS ARE DOING IN OUR SPECIFIC SUBPOPULATIONS, WHETHER THEY ARE MEETING THE TARGET ON GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE. IT'S ESSENTIALLY A REMIX OF DOMAIN ONE AND DOMAIN TWO, BUT THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE IS WE LOOK AT WHETHER KIDS ARE MEETING GRADE LEVEL AND ABOVE, WHERE YOU WOULD GET CREDIT IN DOMAIN ONE FOR APPROACHES, LOW APPROACHES OR HIGH THAT IS DIFFERENT IN DOMAIN THREE. SO JUST THAT QUICK OVERVIEW. SO LET'S GET A QUICK EXAMPLE. SO WE HAVE A EXAMPLE CAMPUS HERE WHERE YOU SEE ON THE FAR LEFT SIDE I'M GOING TO WORK THROUGH THAT. THIS CAMPUS IN DOMAIN ONE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT GOT AN A 93. IN DOMAIN TWO SCHOOL PROGRESS GOT A B 85 AND DOMAIN THREE CLOSING THE GAPS RECEIVED A C 78. REMEMBER ALL OF THAT STUDENT DATA IS POURING INTO THE CALCULATION OF THAT DOMAIN GRADE. SO WHEN WE GET READY TO MOVE ACROSS TO YOUR BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR OVERALL RATING, YOU'RE WORKING WITH THOSE INDIVIDUAL DOMAINS TO COME UP WITH THAT CALCULATION. SO IF WE LOOK AT DOMAIN ONE AND TWO, IN ORDER TO MOVE TOWARDS YOUR OVERALL RATING, YOU TAKE 70% OF THE HIGHER OF DOMAIN ONE OR DOMAIN TWO. AND I HAVE THAT REPRESENTED IN THE GRAPHIC ON THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER IN THIS SITUATION, THIS CASE OF THIS SCHOOL DOMAIN ONE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT WAS HIGHER. SO WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE GRAPH AND THE TABLE BELOW, THAT'S WHERE THE 70% WEIGHT COMES FROM AND NOT FROM DOMAIN TWO. ALTHOUGH THE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT RATING IN THAT AREA, IT IS NOT CALCULATED INTO THE OVERALL FOR DOMAIN THREE.

CLOSING THE GAPS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE SPECIFIC SCHOOL EXCUSE ME, SPECIFIC STUDENT POPULATIONS MEETING GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE, THAT ALWAYS GETS AWAY TO 30%. SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE TABLE 93 TIMES 70%, THEY GOT A WEIGHTED SCORE OF 65.1, AND THEN THAT 78

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SO OUR CUT SCORES FOR THOSE CALCULATIONS IN EACH DOMAIN CHANGED. NOT ONLY DID THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM CHANGE AND THE CUT SCORES, THE NATURE OF THE TEST CHANGED AS WELL. WE WENT FROM WHAT YOU WOULD RECALL AS A STANDARD MULTI-CHOICE A, B, C, D TO WHAT WE CALL STAR 2.0, WHERE THERE ARE DRAG AND DROP MULTI-SELECT CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES. BOTH OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED IN THE YEAR OF 2023, WHICH PROMPTED DISTRICTS TO SAY, HEY, T, WHAT ABOUT US? AND THAT ALSO PREVENTED FURTHER ISSUING OF RATINGS. IN 2324, YOU'LL SEE THE TESTS WERE TAKEN IN SPRING OF 24. THOSE WERE RELEASED TWO WEEKS AGO ON AUGUST 15TH. SIMILARLY, LAST SCHOOL YEAR'S RATINGS CAME OUT TWO WEEKS AGO ON AUGUST 15TH. SO I'LL WALK THROUGH IT. BUT I THINK FOR OUR PUBLIC, IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, WELL, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN AND WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE OR SEEM LIKE YOU'RE HEARING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME? THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT TALKED A THROUGH F RATINGS IN QUITE SOME TIME, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY RELEASED IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS. GOING BACK TO APRIL, WE GOT 22, 23, AND THEN WE GOT 2324 AND 2425. IN THIS BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. NOW, DESPITE US NOT GETTING OFFICIAL RATINGS, I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC, THE BOARD, ANY PERSON LISTENING, THAT IS A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND INVESTED IN KILLEEN ISD, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD NOT RECEIVED RATINGS, THAT DID NOT MEAN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. WE WERE NOT RESPONDING TO STUDENT DATA. WE WERE GETTING PERFORMANCE LEVELS OR PERCENT COMPLETE OR ACCURATE ON TEST.

WE GOT BACK INFORMATION THAT ALLOWED US TO INTERVENE AND MAKE CURRICULAR OR LEADERSHIP DECISIONS RELATED TO ASSESSMENTS. SO LET'S TALK NOW THAT WE'VE SET A FOUNDATION

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TWO YEARS AGO, HOPPED UP JUST ABOUT THREE POINTS TO A 75 AND THEN IN THIS LAST YEAR HAD A DECREASE OF ONE POINT IN OUR OVERALL SCORE. BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT ONE POINT DECREASE IS POURING. LOTS OF TESTS, LOTS OF DATA. GRADUATION RATE, INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS.

SCHOOL PROGRESS. COMPARE. COMPARISON TO RELATIVE PERFORMANCE OF OTHER SCHOOLS.

SO IT'S ONE POINT, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF NUANCED DATA PIECES THAT CREATE THAT ONE POINT. WHAT WE WOULD SAY IN THIS LAST YEAR IS THAT WE WERE ESSENTIALLY FLAT, BUT HONORING THE NOTION THAT WE DID GO DOWN, AND FOR US, THAT IS NOT OKAY. SO LOOKING AT THE DATA, MORE SPECIFICALLY A, B, C, D, AND F, THESE ARE OUR LETTER GRADES BY CAMPUS THAT ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THAT OVERALL C OF 74 FOR THE YEAR. SO I'M GOING TO WORK FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ON THIS. IT SHOWS YOU THREE YEARS OF DATA AS WELL. WE HAVE GONE DOWN BY ONE IN OUR A'S CAMPUSES THAT RECEIVED AN OVERALL SCORE OF AN A. WE'VE REMAINED FLAT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO TO LAST YEAR IN CAMPUSES THAT RECEIVED A B AND THEN GO OVER WITH ME TO THE FAR LEFT SIDE AND LOOK AT F'S. WE WENT DOWN FROM FOUR F'S TO JUST THREE, AND THEN NINE, NINE D'S TO SIX.

I WENT THE OTHER DIRECTION BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE GOING DOWN IN NDFD, YOU'RE TYPICALLY GOING UP. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THE C COLUMN. WE WENT UP IN THE C RANGE, BUT THAT WAS THE MOVEMENT OF D F'S TO ACCEPTABLY SCORED SCORED CAMPUSES. SO TRIMMING THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT AND TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW WERE OUR CAMPUSES THAT DO RECEIVE RATINGS RATED INDEPENDENTLY, HOW DID THEY DO WITH THEIR OVERALL SCORES. SO LAST YEAR, 2425, FOUR OF OUR CAMPUSES RECEIVED AN A, 13 OF OUR CAMPUSES RECEIVED A B, 24 OF OUR CAMPUSES RECEIVED A C AND SIX RECEIVED A D AND THREE RECEIVED AN F. I PULLED THIS ONE OUT SEPARATELY BECAUSE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WE LOOK AT THIS AND WE SAY THIS LOOKS QUITE A BIT LIKE A BELL CURVE. NORMAL DISTRIBUTION OF DATA. NOW THIS IS NOT THE BELL CURVE THAT WE WANT. SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEKING TO DESCRIBE, BUT I DO WANT TO COMPARE OUR GRADE LEVELS WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD. SO JUST KEEP THE IDEA OF OUR TOTAL DISTRICT RATINGS FOR OUR INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES. NORMAL DISTRIBUTION LOOKS LIKE A BELL CURVE. AND THEN OF COURSE, OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THOSE ENCOMPASS THE THE 74. SO THE QUESTION MIGHT BE, WELL, WHY EVEN SPEND ANY TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT WENT WELL? LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE STUDENT SCORES.

THIS IS WORK AND EFFORT FOR OUR CAMPUSES, FOR OUR TEACHERS, FOR OUR AIDES, FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS, FOR THE OPERATIONAL TEAMS THAT HOLD THE SYSTEM UP. SO WE I THINK IT IS WORTH, LIKE YOU SAID, MR. MINTZ, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE BINARY. THEY CAN THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. SO I WANT TO JUST PAUSE FOR A POINT AND HONOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DID GO WELL. BUT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY. AMONG THOSE 49 CAMPUSES THAT GOT A RATING, 22 DID INCREASE IN THEIR OVERALL SCORE. WE HAD SOME EXCEPTIONAL IMPROVEMENT IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. 50% OF OUR 12 MIDDLE SCHOOLS DID INCREASE THEIR SCORE IN HIGHLIGHTING TWO OF THOSE THAT WERE HIGH NEEDS. THEY ARE STILL NOT PERFORMING WHERE WE WOULD WANT THEM TO BE, BUT THEY DID SEE A FOUR OR MORE POINT INCREASE IN THEIR OVERALL SCORE. TEN OF OUR TEN OUT OF OUR 31 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IMPROVED THEIR OVERALL SCORE. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AND PROBABLY THE BIG, BIG DEAL HERE IS THAT 21 OF OUR CAMPUSES HAD AT LEAST ONE DISTINCTION.

AND THAT DISTINCTION MEANS IN THEIR CAMPUS GROUP, THEY'RE LIKE CAMPUSES ACROSS THE STATE.

THERE'S 40 OF THEM. WE WERE IN THE TOP 25%. SO THAT ACTUALLY TOTALS 48 DISTINCTIONS FOR 21 CAMPUSES. SO THERE'S WORK THERE TO BE PROUD OF. BUT I DON'T WANT TO STAY THERE TOO LONG BECAUSE WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO DIFFERENT. SO TO SET THE STAGE FOR TALKING ABOUT HOW WE MOVE DIFFERENTLY IN THE FUTURE, I WANT TO BRING YOU BACK TO THAT IDEA OF THE BELL CURVE. GO BACK TWO SLIDES. BOOM, THERE IT IS. THAT'S NORMAL DISTRIBUTION FOR

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THAT DOES NOT NEGATE THE WORK OF ELEMENTARY. THAT DOES NOT NEGATE OUR EFFORT TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READY. BUT WE KNOW THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL IS WHERE WE HAVE GREAT CHALLENGES, AND THAT IS EVIDENCED BY THE NEGATIVELY SKEWED BELL CURVE, WHERE WE HAVE NO F'S. IN ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE NO A'S OR B'S IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE WE HAVE NO F'S. IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE SIX D'S AND F'S IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT IS A REALITY FOR US AND WE WILL ADDRESS IT. MISS JONES, AS YOU WOULD SAY, THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME ARE LEANED IN IN THE FOXHOLE, SO WE RECOGNIZE WHERE WE HAVE TO GO WITH THIS THING. SO JUST A FEW TAKEAWAYS FROM OUR A THROUGH F DATA 2025 AND PREVIOUS. THERE ARE SOME AREAS WORTH CELEBRATING. HIGH SCHOOLS.

THE TWO HIGH NEED MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT IMPROVE THOSE 48 DESIGNATED DISTINCTIONS. BIG DEAL. KEY TAKEAWAY BELL CURVE. IT PAINED ME, PRESIDENT WILLIAMS, TO WRITE, TYPE, PRINT, PUBLISH A MAJORITY OF AVERAGE. AND I'M SURE IT PAINS YOU SIMILARLY TO SEE THAT BECAUSE YOU CALL YOURSELF AND I CALL MYSELF A WINNER. THAT IS HARD TO WRITE. SO IT'S A TAKEAWAY AND IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE FOR US. THE ONE THAT'S EVEN MORE UNCOMFORTABLE IS THE FAR RIGHT SIDE. MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE STRUGGLING. WHEN WE LOOK AT SIX, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE READING MATH COMPARED TO ALL OTHER GRADES, READING AND MATH, WE ARE PERFORMING BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF THE OF OTHER GRADE LEVELS. SO THOSE ARE SOME MAJOR TAKEAWAYS FOR OUR DATA AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE ARE DRILLING DOWN ON OUR D AND F RATED CAMPUSES WHILE KEEPING IN MIND WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO SLIP BACK. SO THE C'S ARE IN OUR CORNER OF OUR EYE. THEY'RE ON THE PERIPHERY, BUT WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE D AND F RATED CAMPUSES. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK THREE YEARS HERE AND WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT 2223 D AND F RATED CAMPUSES. AND AGAIN, THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR REALLY POST PANDEMIC. AT THAT POINT WE HAD 14 TOTAL CAMPUSES THAT WERE D OR F RATED. AND AT THIS POINT YOU CAN ALSO SEE WE HAVE D AND F RATED CAMPUSES AT EVERY SCHOOL TYPE HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOING INTO 2324. WE SEE A DECREASE IN D AND F RATED CAMPUSES, NOT BY MANY, JUST 113, 14 TO 13. BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE IN WHERE HIGH SCHOOLS BEGAN TO PERFORM. WHEN WE LOOK AT 2324. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, WHILE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS WERE NO LONGER ON THE LIST, MORE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND MORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE ON THE LIST. I KNOW DOCTOR CREIGHTON WOULD WANT ME TO SAY, THIS IS ABOUT THE TIME THAT WE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT CURRICULUM, AND THIS PREDATED MY TIME HERE. BUT IN CONVERSATION WITH CURRICULUM, OUR PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT, THIS WAS WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE. WE MUST STANDARDIZE OUR CURRICULUM. WE MUST MOVE TO HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND PULL BACK THE NATURE OF AUTONOMY. SO THERE WAS A RESPONSE AT THIS POINT TO WHAT WE WERE SEEING WITH THE DATA, SPECIFICALLY AT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN COMING INTO LAST YEAR, OR DATA THAT WE RECEIVED FROM LAST YEAR, 2425, WE'VE REDUCED FROM 13 D OR F CAMPUSES DOWN TO NINE D OR F CAMPUSES. AGAIN, I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF POINTING OUT IN THE YEAR PRIOR, EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THIS PREVIOUS YEAR, THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. BUT WHAT HAS NOT CHANGED IS THAT TREND WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL SO PRESSING IN ON THAT EXACT SAME CHALLENGE THAT WE KNOW EXIST. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS WHEN YOU DO HAVE LONG TERM UNDERPERFORMANCE OR WHAT WE WOULD IDENTIFY AS UNACCEPTABLY RATED SCHOOLS? WE'VE IDENTIFIED SEVEN SCHOOLS THAT HAVE YEAR OVER YEAR UNACCEPTABLE RATINGS. THEY ARE

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AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT FORCE FAILURE OF 59. THEY DID SEE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT A FOUR POINT INCREASE. AND THAT'S WHAT I DID HIGHLIGHT IS HIGH NEED SCHOOL STILL NOT WHERE WE NEED IT TO BE. WE ARE LEANED IN, BUT THERE WAS A FOUR POINT OVERALL INCREASE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THAT POURS INTO THAT OVERALL INCREASE. MAINER 59 TO 52. WE SEE A FORCED FAILURE 59 I DO WANT TO NOTE AT THIS POINT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR A FORCE FAILURE? THE SYSTEM IS NOT ACTUALLY AS SIMPLE AS THE 70% 30%. AND THEN YOU GET A CALCULATION. IT IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS WHAT WE WOULD THINK ABOUT FOR SCHOOL. WE WOULD TALK ABOUT WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. IF YOU GET A 59 AT THE FIRST SEMESTER, YOU GOT TO BUST IT. IF YOU CAN GET AN 85 OR SO IN THE NEXT SEMESTER, YOU CAN AVERAGE THE PASS. THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT PERMIT AVERAGING TO PASS, QUOTE UNQUOTE. IF YOU HAVE SCORES THAT ARE TOO LOW IN SPECIFIC DOMAINS. SO WITH THE CASE OF MAYNARD MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT FORCE FAILURE RULE CAME INTO PLAY WHERE THEY JUMPED FROM AN EIGHT POINT INCREASE. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HOW THE CALCULATIONS JUST WORK POINT BLANK TO A 60, BUT YOU CAN'T AVERAGE THE PASS IF YOU'RE NOT HIGH ENOUGH IN MOST AREAS. AND THAT FORCE FAILURE RESULTS IN A 59. YOU SEE THAT AS WELL FOR PALO ALTO. AND THEN YOU SEE IT A COUPLE OF PLACES ACROSS THE BOARD AT OTHER CAMPUSES. WHAT THAT SAYS TO US IS YOU CAN'T BE GREAT IN ONE AREA AND NOT BE GREAT IN ALL. AND WE RECOGNIZE AND KNOW THAT TO BE TRUE. EASTERN HILLS ONE POINT INCREASE. PALO ALTO FLAT. WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING AND LEANING IN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TREND DATA FOR LIVE OAK RIDGE, WHERE WE SEE 7469 FORCE FAILURE, AND THEN 61 THAT IS FRONT AND CENTER FOR US, ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT FALL IN THE THREE FOUR YEAR UNACCEPTABLE RATINGS. THAT IS A DROP. THAT IS NOT THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR US AND WE RECOGNIZE IT. HEY, BRANCH 55 TO 68, 68 TO 61. SIMILAR SET LSW DOW 73 TO 70 I'M SORRY, 73 TO 67 67 TO 64. SO THOSE THREE SCHOOLS LISTED AT THE BOTTOM, THEY ARE FRONT AND CENTER FOR US. AND ADDRESSING AND IDENTIFYING WELL WHAT'S GOING ON. WHAT HAPPENED THERE. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT A CAMPUS THAT HAS HAD YEAR OVER YEAR UNACCEPTABLE RATINGS, T LAYS OUT A VERY CLEAR BLUEPRINT FOR US. THIS IS NOT AN AREA THAT THEY PLAY AROUND WITH AND THEY DON'T HOLD THE INFORMATION BACK. IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE A SURPRISE. WHAT MIGHT BE SURPRISING ABOUT IT IS BECAUSE WE GOT THREE YEARS OF DATA PRACTICALLY AT THE SAME TIME, BUT THE RULES OF THE GAME HAVE NOT CHANGED. YEAR ONE OF AN F RATING. WE IMPLEMENT A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN. YEAR TWO YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR TURNAROUND PLAN. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

BUT THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT. YEAR THREE. THIS IS WHERE WE SEE OURSELVES WITH ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES OR I'M SORRY, TWO OF OUR CAMPUSES, MAYNOR AND PALO ALTO, DESIGNATED IN THE SAME COLORS TO ALIGN WITH WHAT YOU SEE HERE. BASED ON THE RATINGS THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY, RECENTLY RECEIVED, WE MUST IMPLEMENT AND DESIGN SIMULTANEOUSLY A TURNAROUND PLAN THAT IS ALSO THE CASE FOR OTHER CAMPUS EASTERN HILLS, WHICH WILL BE DOING BECAUSE IT HAS TWO YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE F'S. WHERE WE NEVER WANT TO SEE OURSELVES. IS YEAR FOUR IMPLEMENTING A TURNAROUND PLAN, OR YEAR FIVE WHERE YOU CAN READ THAT INFORMATION? THAT IS DAUNTING, THAT IS APPALLING, THAT IS EMBARRASSING, THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR COMMUNITIES AND WE DO NOT WANT IT FOR KILLEEN ISD, WE SEE THE NEWS ABOUT DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN THAT SCENARIO, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT IS NOT WHERE WE INTEND TO GO, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS STATED THAT WE RECEIVE THE THIRD F, BUT WE ARE IN YEAR FOUR. YEAR FOUR MEANS IF WE GET AN F OR A D IN THIS YEAR, WE ARE DESIGNATED YEAR FOUR FOR OUR TWO CAMPUSES THAT HAVE JUST GOTTEN YEAR THREE RATINGS. SO WE'RE TEETERING ON THE CUSP AND WE WE DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY AT ALL. SO A QUICK RECAP. RECOGNIZING THAT WE CANNOT STAY WHERE WE ARE, WE MUST ACT

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WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER MULTIPLE YEARS MEANS THAT WE MUST SUBMIT A TURNAROUND PLAN. SO TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS, THE COMPONENTS OF A TURNAROUND PLAN I HAVE LISTED HERE. IT IS DIFFERENT FROM COMING TO THE BOARD AND TALKING ABOUT THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH YOU'RE ACCUSTOMED TO HEARING, BECAUSE A TURNAROUND PLAN REQUIRES STRATEGIC AND INTENTIONAL ACTION WITH THE SCHOOL'S INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S NOT JUST THE STRATEGIES FOR CURRICULUM. THAT'S HOW YOU RUN THE ENTIRETY OF THE SCHOOL BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS THAT IS DIFFERENT AND SEPARATE THAN A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN. IT IS ELEVATED IN SERIOUSNESS, AND IT IS A BIG DEAL. WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE ACTION THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE. SO I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THAT FOR BOTH THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY. THE FIRST IS A RESTART, AND THAT IS A CAMPUS RESTRUCTURED SO THAT YOU CAN ADDRESS THE ACCOUNTABILITY CHALLENGES, ISSUES, PROBLEMS, RESTART. VERSION A WOULD BE A RESTART RUN BY OUR DISTRICT THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO APPLY FOR A GRANT. THE GRANT PROGRAM IS CALLED LASSO. ONE OF THE LASSO GRANTS IS CALLED ACE ACCELERATING CAMPUS EXCELLENCE.

IT'S BEEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN QUITE A FEW DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE, BUT THE PURPOSE OF THAT GRANT IS TO BRING USE THOSE GRANT FUNDS TO BRING HIGHER PERFORMING STAFF TO THAT STRUGGLING CAMPUS THROUGH INCENTIVES, THROUGH STIPENDS, THROUGH ELEVATED SALARY.

IMPORTANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS VERSION OF RESTART. IT DOES NOT STOP THE ACCOUNTABILITY CLOCK.

SO IF WE START A RESTART, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE COULD NOT INITIATE THAT. WE CAN APPLY FOR THE GRANT THIS SEMESTER. THE GRANT OPENS OCTOBER 1ST, BUT IT WOULD BE INTENDED FOR THE RESTART TO INITIATE AUGUST OF 2026. SO BEST THING TO SAY TO THE GROUP, TO THE GROUP, TO THE GROUP. WE'RE ON OUR OWN. WE GOT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IN 2526. HOWEVER, WE COULD INITIATE A RESTART, BUT IT WON'T PAUSE THE ACCOUNTABILITY CLOCK. SO WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW ABSOLUTELY MATTERS. THE SECOND VERSION OF YES, SIR NO IS FABULOUS JOB OF EXPLAINING IT. IF YOU COULD JUST GO A LITTLE DEEPER AS IT RELATES TO THE ACE, AS IT RELATES TO REQUIREMENT OF AT LEAST 50% OR MORE OF THOSE TEACHERS HAVING TO BE TIA. RIGHT? SO THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO INCENTIVIZE BECAUSE YOU NEED ARE MORE HIGH PERFORMING TEACHERS INCENTIVIZING WITH PAY THROUGH THE ACE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT 50% OF THAT STAFF OR MORE WOULD HAVE TO BE AS FAR AS TEACHING IN THE CORE CONTENT AREAS WOULD NEED TO BE TIA. YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. THE ABSOLUTE INTENT OF THAT PROGRAM, THAT GRANT PROGRAM, IS TO GET THE HIGHEST PERFORMING TEACHERS, WHEREVER THEY ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT, AS LONG AS THEY'RE CERTIFIED TO GO TO THE NEXT PLACE IN ALIGNMENT WITH CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, THEY NEED TO BE EXCELLENT, PROFICIENT, ACCOMPLISHED, DISTINGUISHED ABOVE, COME TO WORK EVERY DAY, MEET THE STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONALISM. IT IS NOT A SYSTEM OR A PLAN THAT GIVES TEN, 15, $20,000 TO THE TEACHER. THAT'S AVERAGE. HOPEFULLY I SAID THAT POLITELY RESTART BE IS NOT A DISTRICT RUN RESTART. IT'S IDENTIFIED AS AN 1882 PARTNERSHIP. IT COMES FROM SENATE BILL 1882, WITH WHICH AUTHORIZES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PARTNER WITH A CHARTER ENTITY TO RUN THE FULL OPERATIONS OF THAT CAMPUS. IT GOES THROUGH A FULL CONTRACT PROCESS, WHERE A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THAT ENTITY NEGOTIATE WILL HOW ARE HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RUN? HOW ARE WE GOING TO RUN? WHAT'S OUR PART? WHAT'S YOUR PART? DO WE DO THE GROUNDS AND YOU DO ALL THE TEACHING? DO WE HIRE THE PRINCIPAL? DO YOU HIRE THE PRINCIPAL? DO YOU HIRE ALL THE STAFF? IT IS A FULL CONTRACT PROCESS FOR EVERY ELEMENT OF SCHOOL OPERATIONS. AND THEN YOU END IN A CONTRACTED AGREEMENT THAT SHIFTS ALL OF THE

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DOCTOR DAVIS, BEFORE I MOVE ON. PERFECT. SO THAT IS ONE OPTION OF THE RESTRUCTURE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES A TURNAROUND PLAN DIFFERENT THAN A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THE SECOND OPTION IS A REASSIGN. THAT IS THE FANCY T LANGUAGE FOR CLOSE OR CONSOLIDATE THE SCHOOL AND MOVE THEM TO A HIGHER PERFORMING CAMPUS. T OUTLINES THAT IN BEST PRACTICE THOSE SCHOOLS, THOSE STUDENTS WOULD GO TO AN A OR B CAMPUS. T OUTLINES THAT YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED AND HAVE DISAGGREGATED. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT CAMPUS WHEN THE KIDS FROM A FAILING SCHOOL GO THERE? SO IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A WAY TO CIRCUMVENT THE SYSTEM. THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS ON HOW YOU APPROACH YOUR CLOSURE OR CLOSURE OR CONSOLIDATION WHEN YOU'RE MOVING THOSE STUDENTS TO A HIGHER PERFORMING SCHOOL.

WOULD YOU GO AHEAD? I KNOW YOU PLAN TO GO A BIT DEEPER ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE WITH OUR OPTIMIZATION PLAN, BUT I THINK SINCE WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE ENGAGED IN THIS, IN THIS PRESENTATION, I WOULD SAY GO AHEAD AND GET INTO THE POTENTIAL REJECTION OF OUR TAP BECAUSE GET INTO THAT. YES, SIR. SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK OVER ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT NOT ONLY HAVE DOES THE WRITTEN PLAN HAVE TO GO, DOES IT HAVE TO HAVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. THIS TAP PLAN IS NOT SOMETHING WE GET TO WRITE AND THEN CALL IT STAMPED AND APPROVED. TAP PLANS OR TURNAROUND PLANS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A TURNAROUND PLAN FOR OUR THREE CAMPUSES MANNER, EASTERN HILLS AND PALO ALTO. AND SHOULD WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A OPTIMIZATION PROCESS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE VISION OF THE COMMISSIONER, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMISSIONER TO REJECT THAT. REJECT THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IN THE COMMISSIONER, THE REASON THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DISTRICTS THAT PLAY A GAME, IF YOU WILL, THE REALITY IS THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING TO THE BOARD, ONCE YOU HEAR THAT OPTIMIZATION PLAN, TO NOT STILL GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND POTENTIALLY LOOK AT CLOSING SOME CAMPUSES, BUT THE COMMISSIONER CAN REJECT A TAP PLAN IF WE SO CHOOSE TO CLOSE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY FAILED, BECAUSE THE THOUGHT OF THAT IS NOW THE CAMPUS IS BEING CLOSED BECAUSE OF FAILING, AND SYSTEMIC ISSUES HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN ADDRESSED.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO PLAY THIS GAME. WHAT HE PERCEIVED AS HIS GAME OF SUDDENLY, OH, TO JUST RESTART THE CLOCK. LET'S JUST CLOSE THOSE CAMPUSES, REDISTRIBUTE THOSE CHILDREN TO OTHER CAMPUSES. AND HIS EYES AND HIS VIEW. NO, YOU STILL HAVE A SYSTEMIC ISSUES. YOU HAVEN'T DEALT WITH THE REAL ISSUE AT HAND AND CHANGING THE SYSTEM.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT POTENTIALLY MAY NOT BE AN OPTION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A AND B CAMPUS MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO REDISTRIBUTE THOSE CHILDREN TO.

SO IN ESSENCE, HE HIGHLY LIKELY WILL REJECT THE CLOSING OF THOSE CAMPUSES. THANK YOU FOR THOSE ADDITIONS, SIR. I WOULD WRAP THIS SLIDE UP BY MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT IN THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL IF WE DON'T PERFORM, TO BE RATED UNACCEPTABLE FOR A FOURTH YEAR. ALL OF THE OPTIONS THAT EXIST HERE, WHETHER IT'S RESTART, DISTRICT RUN, RESTART, 1882, REASSIGN ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE FOR AUGUST OF 2026. SO THAT

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AND WITH THAT IN MIND, WE HAVE ACTED WITH AGGRESSIVE INTENTION IN SEVERAL AREAS. AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, THAT BEING COMMUNICATION. WE STARTED WITH THE BOARD LAST WEEK. IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, WE PROCEEDED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE DISCUSS WITH ALL OF OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERS, THE 30 PLUS EDITORS AND ABOVE, SO THAT IN EVERY DEPARTMENT AND ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, PEOPLE KNOW WHERE WE STAND AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR SCHOOLS. TOO MUCH IS AT STAKE. WE MOVE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERS TO MEETING WITH PRINCIPALS ON FRIDAY. OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, WE'VE MET WITH ADDITIONAL SCHOOL LEADERS THAT AREN'T EVEN IMPACTED BECAUSE THEY NEED TO KNOW ALSO. AND HERE WE ARE ON TUESDAY, AUGUST THE 26TH, NOT ONLY SHARING MORE INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD, BUT MAKING SURE THE PUBLIC IS UPDATED. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE TAKEN STEPS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. WE HAVE SOME CONSULTANTS WE'VE INVITED IN AND WE'LL START THAT PROCESS ON FRIDAY. TALKING TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE THIS KIND OF WORK WITH OUR TYPE OF DEMOGRAPHIC. DOCTOR DAVIS AND MYSELF INTEND TO VISIT SOME SCHOOLS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS TO MAKE SURE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN OUR PLAN IS NOT GOOD, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS. WE THINK IT IS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S PERFECT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T BE BETTER. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE MOVING TO IMPLEMENT IS A SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TASK FORCE, WHERE WE BRING IN KEY PEOPLE, NOT JUST FROM THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE STRUGGLING, BUT ALSO FROM THE DEPARTMENTS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. FINANCE MAKES A DIFFERENCE. HR MAKES A DIFFERENCE. SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE SURE THAT ON A WEEKLY BASIS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DATA AND WE'RE EXPEDITING AND DRIVING RAPID SOLUTIONS FOR BARRIERS THAT EXIST FOR CAMPUSES. THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED AND WORKED THROUGH IN THE LAST TEN DAYS. I DO THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, IN RESPONSE TO THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA, WE'VE BEEN MAKING MOVES. I HAVE POSTED ON THIS BUDGET ITEM. ON THIS BOARD BOOK ITEM, AN EXTRA. AND BRENDA, IF YOU DON'T MIND BRINGING THAT UP, TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT AT ALL. BUT THIS ATTACHMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR OUR PUBLIC, AND IT PUTS OUT THERE IN A WAY THAT NO OTHER DISTRICT HAS DONE TO THIS POINT. ALL THE SECRET SAUCE OF THE LAST 12 MONTHS AND WORK. OUR TURNAROUND PLAN HAS TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS FRAMEWORK. SO FOR EVERY LEVER WE'VE OUTLINED IN THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN AND YOU CAN JUST SCROLL DOWN. BRENDA, WE'RE NOT GOING TO READ IT.

IT'S FOR THE PEOPLE. YOU'RE OKAY. IN EVERY LEVER OF THE EFFECTIVE SCHOOL FRAMEWORK, ALL OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN, NOT JUST IN THE LEARNING SERVICES DIVISION, BUT WHAT HAS BEEN THE WORK IN HR FOR COMPENSATION, WHAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORK IN HR FOR TEACHER PIPELINES? WHAT HAS BEEN THE WORK IN OUR OTHER AREAS OF THE DISTRICT THAT PLAY INTO THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS FRAMEWORK? YOU DON'T HAVE TO. IT'S OKAY, NO BIG DEAL. GO BACK TO THE SLIDE. MY POINT IN SAYING THESE THINGS IS WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE DIDN'T START MOVING WHEN WE GOT DATA TEN DAYS AGO. WE HAVE BEEN ON THE MOVE OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS IN EACH OF THE AREAS THAT ARE HIGH LEVERAGE FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, AND THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE. JUST REAL QUICK BEFORE WE DOCTOR OSBORNE WRAPS THIS AND KIND OF DOVETAILS IT INTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. WHAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A LEARNING SERVICES PROBLEM. THIS IS A KILLEEN ISD PROBLEM. AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO WORK ON IT. SOLUTION TOGETHER. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US ACROSS THE DISTRICT. AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO VERY BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THIS ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

FIRST THING IS WE GOT TO HAVE SAFE SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW, WHEN KIDS ARE SAFE, THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN BETTER. THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE FOCUSED ON THE EDUCATION. THAT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST. IT'S NUMBER ONE TRANSPORTATION. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. WE KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING TO SHORTEN THOSE BUS RIDES EVERY DAY, TO REDUCE THE TIME SPENT ON BUSSES, TO MAXIMIZE THE TIME IN THE CLASSROOM. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE EVERY RESOURCE TO SHAVE THAT TIME DOWN. SCHOOL NUTRITION I THINK WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THAT OVER THE LAST

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THEY'RE FOCUSED ON LEARNING. THEY'RE IN THE OPTIMAL CONDITION TO LEARN AND IMPROVE.

WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO STAFF. WE KNOW WE HAVE CHALLENGES. WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON IT.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO STOP THE WORK TO HIRE QUALITY EDUCATORS, TO BE IN THOSE CLASSROOMS, TO HELP LIFT UP ALL THESE CAMPUSES AND THEN FINALLY OPTIMIZE FACILITIES. WE'VE GOT TO PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING, MAXIMIZE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE, PUT KIDS IN THE BEST PLACE AND THE BEST FACILITY WHERE THEY CAN LEARN. AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US. AND LEARNING SERVICES HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE REST OF THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO THE END STATE THAT WE NEED TO DO. THANK YOU SIR. SO LIKE SCOTT SAID, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. WE HAVE TAKEN SOME ACTION IN THE PAST. WE HAVE TAKEN URGENT ACTION IN THE FUTURE, AND WE'RE ALSO POSITIONED TO TAKE ADDITIONAL ACTION AS IT RELATES TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED TO MEET THE MEASURE OF A TURNAROUND PLAN THAT IS DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION. AND I BY NO MEANS WANT TO STEAL THE THUNDER OF THE CSG GROUP. BUT I DO THINK FOR THE PUBLIC, UNDERSTANDING HOW THE TWO ITEMS CONNECT IS IMPORTANT. WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION SIX MONTHS AGO, WE WERE FOCUSED ON A PARTICULAR THING THE LOSS OF IMPACT AID $31 MILLION HERE. PRETTY SOON, $50 MILLION OVER TIME, MAXIMIZING OUR RESOURCES. WE HAVE BUILDINGS THAT ARE 70% UTILIZED, HALF AS MANY KIDS AS WHAT WE INTENDED TO BE IN THAT BUILDING. WE ALSO HAVE BUILDINGS THAT NEED MAJOR REPAIR, AND WE STILL EXPERIENCE A TRICKLE DOWN OF OUR ENROLLMENT. AND THAT IS WHAT WE WENT INTO OPTIMIZATION REALLY THINKING ABOUT. HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE OPTIMIZE OUR PHYSICAL AND FISCAL RESOURCES. AND THROUGH THE PROCESS OF OPTIMIZATION, BRINGING IN OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS, OUR BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OUR PRINCIPALS, THE BOARD, WE IDENTIFIED FIVE PRIORITIES TO EVALUATE SCHOOLS AGAINST ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, HIGH QUALITY FACILITIES, CULTURE FOR THE CAMPUS, CULTURE RELATED TO FAMILIES AND STUDENTS, AND THEN RESOURCES FOR READINESS. AND WE REALLY SAW THOSE THINGS AS EQUAL. WE TALKED ABOUT ALL ALL FIVE, ONE FIFTH, ONE FIFTH, ONE FIFTH, ONE FIFTH. WHEN IT COMES TO ACCOUNTABILITY, WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHERE THAT BIG STAR IS, ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AND HOW OPTIMIZATION IS A BEST NEXT STEP OR A POSSIBLE STEP FOR MAKING SURE WE MEET THE URGENCY OF A THROUGH F. SO WE'VE SEEN IT PREVIOUSLY. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ENROLLMENT AND RESOURCES. BUT I'M INVITING THE PUBLIC AS WE CONTINUE TO WALK THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO SEE OPTIMIZATION AS WELL AS A BEST IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION FOR THE ACTION THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION IMPLICATIONS THROUGH A THROUGH F, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE GOT RATINGS TEN DAYS AGO AND WE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH IN ONE YEAR. BUT BECAUSE KIDS DESERVE IT AND SO DOES THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES. MR. MINTZ. SO, DOCTOR OSBORNE, AS I LOOK AT IT, JUST A FEW VERY BRIEF COMMENTS. IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT WE'RE TAKING WE'RE PUSHING THE WE'RE PUSHING FOLKS, SOME OF THE D'S AND F'S INTO THE C'S. NOW, IT SO HAPPENS THAT A LOT OF THOSE C'S SIT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I WOULD WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT, THE WAY I SAW THAT WAS WE NEED TO AND HEAR ME TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME AS EXPECTATIONS. WE FOCUSED SO MUCH ON THE EDGES THAT WE'RE ACCEPTING. WE'RE SAYING, WELL, C'S OKAY FOR NOW. IT'S NOT OKAY FOR NOW, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO LET'S KIND OF, I THINK START TO KIND OF CHANGE, CHANGE THAT MINDSET.

THAT'S THAT'S HOW I SAW THAT WHEN I, WHEN I SAW THAT WHEN YOU PUSH D'S AND F'S INTO C'S, I'M LIKE, WELL, WHY AREN'T THE C'S POPPING UP TO B'S? THAT MAKES SENSE. YES, SIR. AS AS A MINDSET. ABSOLUTELY. A B I WOULD SAY THIS PRESENTATION WAS VERY GOOD. WE CONTINUE TO GET BETTER AT THIS BECAUSE IT HELPS OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST. SO I'M SURE I KNOW THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OR DID A GOOD JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER? BECAUSE THIS IS VERY HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY. I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO RECOGNIZE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, SPECIFICALLY THE LEARNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHO HELP PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER ABOUT THE ACTIONS WE'RE TAKING, SPECIFICALLY THE LEARNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. DON SILLS IS TYPICALLY UP HERE PRESENTING THE DATA. DON AND HER TEAM, SHE'S GOT A SMALL BUT MIGHTY CREW. I HAVE TO THANK THE BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS GROUP, NOT JUST FOR THE THINGS THAT WERE SAID. WE GET IN THIS ROOM

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FOOT VIEW. EVENTUALLY, I NEED TO HEAR DEFINITELY NOT TONIGHT, BUT I NEED TO HEAR WHAT IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL APPROACH. SO AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL, FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, ALL OF THOSE THAT JUST STOOD A MOMENT AGO, I HAVE WALKED IN YOUR SHOES AND I AM CARRYING YOU. ON MY BACK.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS TOGETHER. I KNOW EVERYONE'S WORKING HARD. OUR HEARTS, OUR HANDS ARE TO THE TASK, BUT I REALLY NEED TO SEE THE MEAT OF IT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. WHAT'S CHANGING? WE HAVE SIX SCHOOLS THAT ARE RATED C CAMPUSES, THREE D'S AND THREE FS, SO WE NEED A VERY INTENSIVE CARE. PROGNOSIS. WHAT ARE WE DOING? HOW ARE WE CHANGING? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE TEACHERS? THE STUDENTS? ARE WE DOING BLOCK SCHEDULING? ARE WE GIVING MORE TIME IN MATH? ARE WE GIVING MORE TIME IN READING SMALL GROUPS? AND I KNOW THAT MAY BE MORE MEAT THAN I NEED TO SEE, SO I CAN SIT AND TALK WITH SOMEONE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING IT TO THE WHOLE BOARD, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT, AND I WANT TO BE THERE TO CELEBRATE THOSE SUCCESSES. SO THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT OUR EDUCATORS.

THIS INVOLVES PARENTS AS WELL. AND THE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE NO A'S AND B'S. WE HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF C'S. AND SO WE NEED TO MOVE THOSE C'S INTO A'S AND B'S. AND AS MR. METZ SAID, WE NEED TO BE MOVING THOSE ALL OVER TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE. SO I'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE PARENTS OUT THERE, PLEASE ENGAGE WITH YOUR STUDENTS. PLEASE HELP THEM WITH THOSE BOOK REPORTS, HELP THEM STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. HAVE THEM WORK ON THE WEEKENDS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A PROFESSIONAL WORLD OUT THERE, AND WHEN PROFESSIONALS LEAVE THEIR JOB AT 5:00 OR 6:00, THEY GO HOME AND FEED THEIR FAMILY, AND THEN THEY USUALLY WORK A COUPLE MORE HOURS ON THEIR PROFESSIONAL JOB BEFORE THEY GO TO BED. SO THE KIDS THAT DON'T WANT TO DO HOMEWORK AFTER THEY WENT HOME, I'M SORRY, GET USED TO IT, BECAUSE THAT'S SOCIETY.

AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO REEMPHASIZE WITH DOCTOR DAVIS SAID, WAS THAT WE CAN'T MOVE. WE CAN'T JUST CLOSE THOSE SCHOOLS DOWN AND MOVE THOSE KIDS TO AN AB CAMPUS, BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN AN AB CAMPUS. SO IT IS WHAT WE HAVE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR PIE AND WE HAVE TO EAT IT AND WE HAVE TO WORK HARD ON IT. AND SO THANK YOU TO THE STAFF OUT THERE THAT'S LEANING FORWARD IN THAT FOXHOLE TO HELP MAKE THIS ALL HAPPEN. AND BUT AGAIN, PARENTS, I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE PARENTS. AND I THINK, DOCTOR OSBORN, YOU HAD EMPHASIZED TO ME THAT IT'S SEVENTH GRADE PARTICULAR. THAT'S PARTICULARLY THAT'S STRUGGLING THE MOST. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S CORRECT. SO THAT I'M ASSUMING IS GOING TO BE WHERE WE'LL PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS. I PERSONALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SIXTH GRADE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY SEVENTH GRADE. SO IN FACT ALL THOSE SEVENTH GRADE. SO ALL THOSE PARENTS OUT THERE HAVE SEVENTH GRADERS. PLEASE, PLEASE FOLLOW UP ON YOUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU, MR.

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MISTER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THIS EVENING WE ARE JOINED BY CIVIC SOLUTIONS GROUP. IF Y'ALL WANT TO COME ON UP, MISTER PARKER AND MISTER JUSTIN, AS YOU KNOW, KILLEEN ISD HAS BEEN WORKING WITH CSG TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF CAMPUS PROGRAMS ALIGNED TO THE PRIORITIES YOU PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND DOCTOR OSBORNE REFERENCED IN HER LAST SLIDE, WHICH IS ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, HIGH QUALITY FACILITIES, STRONG LEADERSHIP AND STAFFING, FAMILY AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, AND RESOURCES FOR STUDENT READINESS. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A FULL YEAR. LAST YEAR WE DID THIS WORKING WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HERE IN THIS ROOM WITH MULTIPLE CAMPUSES TO CREATE THOSE CAMPUS PROFILES THAT YOU'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON. IT WASN'T BY CHANCE THAT MISS OUR DOCTOR OSBORNE WENT AHEAD OF US, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TIES IN TOGETHER. SO TONIGHT, MR. PARKER AND MR. TAYAC WILL PRESENT SEVERAL DRAFT DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION SCENARIOS. AND WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THESE SCENARIOS ARE NOT RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY ARE SIMPLY OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION BASED ON THE DATA THAT HAS BEEN COLLECTED TO CREATE THE CAMPUS PROFILES. NO DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE THIS EVENING. AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, WE ARE HOSTING TOWN HALL MEETINGS OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO SHARE THESE SCENARIOS BROADLY WITH PARENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GATHER FEEDBACK AND THE AGENDA ITEM FOLLOWING THIS WILL BE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR OUR THREE TOWN HALL MEETINGS. ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL LAUNCH A SURVEY AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO PROVIDE

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BUT THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. WE'LL START WITH A REVIEW OF THE PRIORITIES VERY, VERY QUICK. AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TO GET US TO THIS POINT. THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SITUATION, THE LANDSCAPE THAT THE DISTRICT IS FACING AND THE COURSE THAT THE BOARD WILL BE CHARTING MOVING FORWARD. AFTER THAT, WE'LL SPEND THE BULK OF OUR TIME IN SECTIONS THREE AND FOUR.

SECTION THREE ARE THE DRAFT SCENARIOS FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND SECTION FOUR ARE THE DRAFT SCENARIOS FOR OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. THEN WE'LL DO SORT OF AN OVERALL SUMMARY OF ALL THE SCENARIOS, AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND NEXT STEPS FOR THE BOARD AS WELL. SO JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF THE PRIORITIES. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT. THIS PROCESS WAS ESTABLISHED BECAUSE THIS BOARD WANTS TO BETTER UTILIZE ITS RESOURCES TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM WANTS. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR MOST OF THIS EVENING. I'M GOING TO SIMPLIFY THIS EVEN MORE.

DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION IS ABOUT THESE TWO THINGS ONE, PUTTING AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE IN HIGHER PERFORMING CAMPUSES AND PUTTING AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE IN YOUR HIGHER QUALITY FACILITIES. YOU HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE. YOU SAW THIS AT THE MAY BOARD MEETING, BUT FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE JUST TUNING IN NOW, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION MEANS. A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE HEAR DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION AND THEY THINK, OH, THEY MUST BE CLOSING SCHOOLS. IN RESPONSE TO DECLINING ENROLLMENT. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. SCHOOL CLOSURE AND CONSOLIDATION IS ONE PART OF DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION, BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER PARTS TO IT. AND ALMOST ALL OF THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE DRAFT SCENARIOS THIS EVENING. SO THAT COULD BE EXPANDING POPULAR PROGRAMING AGAIN, IF A POPULAR IF A PROGRAM IS POPULAR WITH YOUR FAMILIES, YOU WANT TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THAT PROGRAM. IF YOU NEED TO REZONE STUDENTS TO GET MORE STUDENTS IN AN EMPTY BUT BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, YOU SHOULD DO THAT IF YOU WANT TO REDESIGN A CAMPUS, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AT THAT CAMPUS IS NOT WORKING. THAT IS PART OF DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL ELEMENTS OF DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION. AND YOU WILL SEE THEM REFLECTED IN THE IN THE DRAFT SCENARIOS THAT YOU SEE TONIGHT. I WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT HAS HAPPENED THUS FAR. UP IN THE TOP TOP LEFT OF THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE SLIDES FROM SOME BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT HAPPENED BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY. STARTING IN FEBRUARY, WE MET WITH BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AND MOVING FORWARD FROM THOSE MEETINGS, WE'VE MET WITH DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS. WE'VE MET WITH TEACHERS, WE'VE MET WITH DISTRICT STAFF. WE'VE HAD INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH BOARD MEMBERS. AND REALLY, WE WANTED TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY. WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES OF THIS COMMUNITY? WE USE THAT TO NOT ONLY IDENTIFY THE FIVE DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION PRIORITIES, BUT IDENTIFY WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO DO TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT AID, THE DECREASE IN IMPACT AID THAT THE DISTRICT IS SEEING. AND SO WE GATHER THAT INFORMATION. WE HEARD THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY AND THAT HAS INFORMED THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, THESE DRAFT SCENARIOS THAT YOU SEE TONIGHT, THE SORT OF HIGHER QUALITY PHOTOS THAT YOU SEE HERE WERE TAKEN BY YOUR DISTRICTS. FANTASTIC PHOTOGRAPHERS. THESE ARE FROM THE LONG RANGE

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THAT IS ABOUT FINANCES. AND WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK A WE TOOK AN OBJECTIVE LENS TO EVERY CAMPUS AND LOOKED AT THE THE PER CHILD EXPENDITURES TO ENSURE THAT THE THAT SCHOOLS WERE BEING FUNDED EQUITABLY AND THAT THOSE AND THAT THOSE SCHOOLS THAT WERE OUTLIERS EITHER BECAUSE THERE WAS A REALLY HIGH COST PER STUDENT NUMBER OR A REALLY LOW COST PER STUDENT NUMBER THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE SHINE A LIGHT ON THOSE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS.

MAYBE THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. MAYBE IT IS NOT. SO THESE FIVE PRIORITIES HAVE PROVIDED THIS BOARD AND THIS COMMUNITY WITH AN OBJECTIVE LENS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF EACH OF ITS CAMPUSES, ACCORDING TO WHAT THIS COMMUNITY VIEWS TO BE A THRIVING SCHOOL. THIS TABLE IS A REFLECTION OF WHERE EVERY SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH FITS ON THE SORT OF PRIORITY MATRIX. HOW MANY OF THEM ARE MEETING ZERO PRIORITIES? HOW MANY OF THEM ARE MEETING ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE? OBVIOUSLY, YOU WANT AS MANY SCHOOLS AS POSSIBLE TO BE ON THIS SIDE. AND NOW THAT THESE PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN SET, AND NOW THAT THERE ARE METRICS THERE, SCHOOLS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET THOSE PRIORITIES. WHAT YOU SEE HERE, EVERY SCHOOL THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IS REFLECTED IN SOME WAY IN A DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION DRAFT SCENARIO. SO ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS WILL SHOW UP TONIGHT, WHETHER IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE RECEIVING STUDENTS, THEY ARE RECEIVING NEW PROGRAMING. THEY ARE PART OF A CONSOLIDATION. THEY'RE PART OF A CLOSURE. ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED WILL SHOW UP IN THE SLIDES THIS EVENING. OKAY. SO CHARTING A COURSE FOR THE DISTRICT. THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WAS SHOWN AT THE FIRST BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING IN FEBRUARY. YOU'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE LOSS OF IMPACT AID. JUST TO EMPHASIZE ONE MORE TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY, THERE IS A $31 MILLION BUDGET REDUCTION NEEDED OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, AND THAT TOTAL IS $50 MILLION. ONCE ALL HOLD HARMLESS, ARE EXPIRED, HAVE EXPIRED. THE DRAFT SCENARIOS THAT YOU HEAR TONIGHT WILL MORE THAN MAKE UP FOR THIS 31 MILLION OR $50 MILLION REDUCTION. YOU WILL SEE THAT THE GOAL IS NOT ONLY TO MEET THE CHALLENGE THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT ALSO TO USE THE FUNDS THAT ARE FREED UP THROUGH DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION TO POUR INTO YOUR SCHOOLS, TO POUR INTO YOUR STUDENTS, TO POUR INTO YOUR TEACHERS, TO MAKE SURE THAT DOLLARS ARE GOING TO CHILDREN, TO MAKE SURE

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NOW, 800 STUDENTS IS A LOT OF STUDENTS, AND IT'S EVEN MORE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, JUST BEING IN ONE GRADE LEVEL. SO IT'S 800 FEWER KINDERGARTNERS IN 2028, BUT THE NEXT YEAR IT IS VERY LIKELY 800 FEWER KINDERGARTNERS AND 800 FEWER FIRST GRADERS, AND THEN 800 FEWER KINDERGARTNERS, FIRST GRADERS AND SECOND GRADERS. AND ON AND ON AND ON. SO THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT PROBLEM WILL HIT YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FIRST. THIS IS A REVIEW OF CAPACITY IN YOUR DISTRICT. TYPICALLY, DISTRICTS STRIVE TO BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 75% FULL TO 90% FULL. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW EFFICIENT YOU WANT YOUR CAMPUSES TO BE. GENERALLY, IF THE DISTRICT IS AT 100% CAPACITY, THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING BECAUSE THERE'S NO ROOM TO ABSORB STUDENTS, THERE'S NO ROOM TO HANDLE WHEN THERE'S A NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. SO YOU WANT TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CAPACITY RIGHT NOW AS THE THE BLUE LINE REPRESENTS HIGH SCHOOL CAPACITY. YOU SEE THE BUILDING UTILIZATION RATE HERE ON THE LEFT, THE BLACK LINE REPRESENTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPACITY. AND THE ATHLETIC GOLD LINE REPRESENTS MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPACITY. AND THESE LINES TELL A STORY. SO WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IS DECLINING ENROLLMENT IS GOING TO HIT YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FIRST. RIGHT NOW YOU SEE YOUR ELEMENTARY AT ALMOST EXACTLY 80% CAPACITY. I THINK IT'S TWO STUDENTS AWAY FROM EXACTLY 80% CAPACITY. BUT BECAUSE OF THOSE SMALLER BIRTH COHORTS WORKING THROUGH THE SYSTEM, YOU PRETTY QUICKLY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WILL HAVE 1800 ADDITIONAL EXCESS SEATS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL ALONE. YOU CAN SEE, FOLLOWING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TREND, IT STAYS RELATIVELY STABLE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND THEN TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, YOU'RE EXPECTED TO HAVE 500 FEWER MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL CAPACITY BECAUSE YOU HAVE LARGER COHORTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. ACCORDING TO THE DEMOGRAPHER THAT CAME TO THE BOARD IN MAY, YOUR HIGH SCHOOL CAPACITY IS ACTUALLY EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS THOSE LARGER COHORTS WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM. BEFORE WE GET TO THE DRAFT SCENARIO TONIGHT, I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE THING VERY CLEAR BASED ON THE DRAFT SCENARIOS THAT YOU WILL SEE, WE ANTICIPATE THAT EVERY HIGH QUALITY TEACHER THAT IS IN KILLEEN ISD WILL HAVE A HOME NEXT YEAR. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE DRAFT SCENARIOS, BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING SCHOOLS MORE EFFICIENT, BECAUSE WE ARE PUTTING MORE STUDENTS IN OUR HIGHEST QUALITY AND HIGHEST PERFORMING SCHOOLS. WHEN YOU GET MORE STUDENTS, SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO CREATE MORE TEACHING POSITIONS. AND SO ALL OF THE SCENARIOS THAT YOU SEE TONIGHT WILL CREATE 189 ADDITIONAL TEACHING POSITIONS

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NOW, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS IN JANUARY BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT, BECAUSE OF THE REALITIES OF IMPACT AID FUNDING. AND I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THESE DRAFT SCENARIOS WILL MORE THAN MAKE UP FOR IT. BASED ON THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH YOUR FINANCE TEAM, WE'VE BEEN DIGGING DEEPLY INTO THE DATA. NOT ONLY WHAT ARE THE PROJECTED SAVINGS, BUT WHAT ARE THE ADDED COSTS OF SOME OF THESE SCENARIOS AND THE ONE YEAR IMPACT OF THE OF ALL THE SCENARIOS THAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT, IF THEY WERE ALL IMPLEMENTED, THAT WOULD REPRESENT A $29.7 MILLION SAVINGS OR REDUCTION IN COSTS FOR THE DISTRICT. IF YOU EXTRAPOLATE THAT OVER FIVE YEARS WE ARE, WE WOULD SEE A $118 MILLION REDUCTION IN COSTS FOR THE DISTRICT. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FINANCIAL MODELING RELATED TO ACE OR 1882 PARTNERSHIPS. THERE WILL THERE MAY BE SOME COSTS ASSOCIATED TO THE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DISTRICT, BUT WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE CHALLENGE OF THE REDUCTION IMPACT AID WILL BE MET BY THE DRAFT SCENARIOS THAT YOU SEE EVEN ONCE THE 1882 AND ACE FINANCIAL MODELING IS COMPLETE. NOT ONLY DO THE DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'LL HEAR TONIGHT, THE DRAFT SCENARIOS THAT YOU'LL HEAR TONIGHT, NOT ONLY DO THEY SAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE BOARD, BUT THEY ALSO GETTING BACK TO OUR TWO KEY PURPOSES OF DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION REPRESENT ALMOST 2700 STUDENTS MOVING TO HIGHER PERFORMING CAMPUSES, AND ALMOST 3200 STUDENTS MOVING TO HIGHER QUALITY FACILITIES. I'M NOW GOING TO GET TO WHAT I SAID WAS THE MEAT OF THE PRESENTATION, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DRAFT SCENARIOS. THESE ARE SCENARIOS THAT, AGAIN, ARE FOR YOU TO RECEIVE TONIGHT, AND WE BELIEVE THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THEM IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS MEETING, BOTH ONLINE AND STARTING NEXT WEEK IN IN-PERSON COMMUNITY MEETINGS. OUR FIRST DRAFT SCENARIO INVOLVES THE PROPOSED CLOSURE OF PEEBLES ELEMENTARY, AND STUDENTS THAT CURRENTLY ATTEND PEEBLES WOULD BE REZONED TO BROOKHAVEN, CLIFTON PARK AND KILLEEN ELEMENTARY. I WANT TO ORIENT EVERYBODY TO THE SLIDES THAT YOU'LL SEE. SO IN THESE BLACK AND GRAY BOXES, YOU'LL SEE THE RATIONALE FOR EVERY DRAFT SCENARIO. I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERY BULLET POINT, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE RATIONALE. AND THOSE BOARD MEMBERS OR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO ENGAGE MORE DEEPLY WITH THESE SCENARIOS, WILL BE ABLE TO READ THEM AFTER THE PRESENTATION. YOU WILL ALSO SEE A MAP SHOWING PROPOSED ZONES FOR THE IMPACTED CAMPUSES. YOU WILL SEE IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME FORMATTING ISSUES WITH OUR SLIDES. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT YOU WILL SEE HOW EACH SCHOOL COMPARES TO THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE SET BY THE COMMUNITY AND APPROVED BY THIS BOARD. AND THEN IN THE BLUE BOX YOU WILL SEE THE PROJECTED BUDGET REDUCTION OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS. YOU WILL ALSO SEE A SECOND SLIDE THAT HAS MORE DETAILED DATA ABOUT HOW EACH SCHOOL PERFORMS ON THE PRIORITIES. YOU WILL SEE HOW EACH SCHOOL IS IMPACTED IN TERMS OF ITS ENROLLMENT AND ITS UTILIZATION. AND LASTLY, IF THE DATA IS AVAILABLE, YOU'LL SEE THE PROJECTED FIVE YEAR SAVINGS. SO GOING BACK TO THE RECOMMENDATION, THE DRAFT SCENARIO THAT WE HAVE AT HAND, THIS IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A FACILITIES BASED RECOMMENDATION. PEEBLES IS THE OLDEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT. IT IS ONE OF THE LOWEST QUALITY IN TERMS OF BUILDING QUALITY. HOWEVER, GIVEN THAT PEEBLES RECEIVED A B LETTER GRADE IN THE MOST RECENT ACCOUNTABILITY, WHAT WE ARE

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SO SOME STUDENTS THAT CURRENTLY ATTEND HAY BRANCH, IF THIS DRAFT SCENARIO MOVED FORWARD, WOULD BE ZONED TO BROOKHAVEN. SOME STUDENTS A SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN SECTION 148 HERE WOULD BE ZONED TO THE ALMOST NEW KILLEEN ELEMENTARY, AND THEN THE BULK OF THE STUDENTS THAT LIVE IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE HAY BRANCH CAMPUS WOULD BE ZONED TO CAVAZOS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS A LONGER DRIVE FOR THOSE STUDENTS, AND THAT IS A DECISION FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS BOARD TO MAKE. IS IS THERE VALUE IN KEEPING STUDENTS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO GO TO SCHOOL? ABSOLUTELY. IS THERE VALUE IN KEEPING AND SENDING AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE TO AN A-RATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS THESE ARE DECISIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD WILL WEIGH IN ON OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

I THINK ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE ABOUT THIS DRAFT SCENARIO IS, YOU SEE, IT PROVIDES A SIGNIFICANT BUDGET REDUCTION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO THE TUNE OF $46 MILLION. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT HERE, CAVAZOS RIGHT NOW IS AN A-RATED CAMPUS. IT IS CURRENTLY 55, ALMOST 56%

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I DO ALSO WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT. IT COMES UP FROM TIME TO TIME IN THESE DRAFT SCENARIOS. WE ARE LOOKING NOT ONLY AT LETTER GRADE, BUT ALSO AT THE MEETS MASTER'S PERCENTAGE OF EACH SCHOOL. SO IN THIS CASE, HAY BRANCH HAS A MEETS MASTER'S PERCENTAGE OF 27%. AND MOST OF THOSE STUDENTS MOVING TO CAVAZOS MOVES THEM FROM A 25 EXCUSE ME, 27% MEETS MASTERS TO A CAMPUS WITH 64% MEETS MASTERS. ADDITIONALLY, EVERY WHETHER YOU'RE A HAY BRANCH STUDENT MOVING TO THOSE RECEIVING CAMPUSES OR A STUDENT MOVING TO THOSE RECEIVING CAMPUSES, IN EVERY CASE, YOU'RE MOVING TO A SCHOOL WHERE EVEN IF IT HAS THE SAME LETTER GRADE, IT HAS A HIGHER MEETS MASTERS PERCENTAGE. THE NEXT SCENARIO INVOLVES THE CONSOLIDATION OF CEDAR VALLEY AND TIMBER RIDGE. CEDAR VALLEY IS IN THIS SORT OF YELLOWISH GREEN HERE. TIMBER RIDGE IS IN BLUE, AND THE DRAFT SCENARIO HERE TAKES CEDAR VALLEY OFFLINE AND CONSOLIDATES IT WITH TIMBER RIDGE. TIMBER RIDGE IS A NEWER FACILITY. IT'S 12 YEARS NEWER, YOUNGER THAN CEDAR VALLEY, SO IT IS A HIGHER QUALITY FACILITY. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TIMBER RIDGE DOES NOT CURRENTLY MEET THE HIGH QUALITY FACILITIES PRIORITY. THAT IS BASICALLY BECAUSE IT IS IN THAT STRANGE SPACE WHERE IT IS NOT NEW, BUT IT'S NEW ENOUGH THAT IT HASN'T HAD SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. ALSO, IN THIS SCENARIO, THESE STUDENTS IN SECTIONS 241 AND 242 WOULD BE REZONED TO MOD MORE WOOD, WHICH NOT ONLY IS THIS LINE A MORE NATURAL BARRIER, A MORE NATURAL BOUNDARY, EXCUSE ME MOD MORE WOOD IS ALSO A NEWER CAMPUS, A HIGHER QUALITY FACILITY AND A HIGHER PERFORMING CAMPUS. SO IN THIS SCENARIO, YOU ONCE AGAIN ARE MOVING EVERY SINGLE STUDENT TO A HIGHER QUALITY FACILITY AND A HIGHER OR EQUALLY PERFORMING CAMPUS. SIMILARLY, IN THIS RECOMMENDATION, I KNOW THE THE ACCOUNTABILITY SCORES HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN THE LAST WEEK, BUT IN THIS SCENARIO, IT ALSO OPENS UP THE POSSIBILITY OF A CEDAR VALLEY AT TIMBER RIDGE. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS AND SOME OR ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATORS WOULD FOLLOW THE STUDENTS FROM CEDAR VALLEY TO TIMBER RIDGE. THIS DRAFT SCENARIO NOT ONLY FILLS UP YOUR CAMPUSES, IT ALSO PROVIDES AN ESTIMATED $17.7 MILLION IN SAVINGS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SCENARIO THREE INVOLVES CAMPUSES THAT ARE ON POST OR BORDERING FORT HOOD. THIS DRAFT SCENARIO INVOLVES THE CLOSURE OF VENABLE VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED TO VENABLE VILLAGE WOULD BE SENT TO IDUMA, MANNSDALE AND MEADOWS. IF YOU LOOK, VENABLE VILLAGE IS A UNIQUE ENROLLMENT ZONE. THIS IS THIS YELLOW S SHAPE RIGHT HERE. VENABLE VILLAGE IS THE ONLY CAMPUS IN THE DISTRICT THAT HAS STUDENTS THAT BOTH RESIDE ON POST AND RESIDE OFF POST. SO EVERY DAY STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM KILLEEN PROPER AND GOING ON TO BASE TO ATTEND SCHOOL. IN THIS DRAFT SCENARIO, ALL OF THE VENABLE VILLAGE STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THAT CURRENTLY LIVE ON POST WOULD BE ZONED TO A SCHOOL THAT IS ON POST, AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT LIVE OFF POST WOULD BE ZONED TO A SCHOOL THAT IS OFF POST. THIS CAME UP IN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THUS FAR AS SOMETHING SORT OF A PECULIAR QUIRK OF THE SCHOOL, AND GENERALLY WE HEARD IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO KEEP STUDENTS THAT RESIDE ON FORT HOOD ATTENDING FORT HOOD SCHOOLS, WE WANT TO DO THAT AND VICE VERSA FOR THOSE SCHOOLS THAT LIVE OFF POST, THIS ACTION WOULD REQUIRE A SMALL BOUNDARY UPDATE FOR THOSE CAMPUSES THAT ARE ON POST, BUT IT ALSO HELPS TO FILL UP SOME OF YOUR HIGHER PERFORMING CAMPUSES. WE KNOW MEADOWS IS A VERY POPULAR SCHOOL BASED ON ENROLLMENT DEMANDS, AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT CLARK IS AN A-RATED CAMPUS. AND SO THIS DRAFT SCENARIO DOES FILL UP BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE HERE IT MOVES STUDENTS, MOVES 100% OF STUDENTS TO HIGHER PERFORMING CAMPUSES. IT BRINGS THE UTILIZATION OF THESE CAMPUSES THAT ARE ON POST CLOSER TO 100%. STILL HAVING SOME WIGGLE ROOM. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THIS HOBBY YOU SEE HERE. THE PROJECTED UTILIZATION IS 100 AND ALMOST 112%. AS PART OF THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE AS PART OF THIS SCENARIO, WE WOULD

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CHARTER PARTNER. AGAIN, BOTH OF THESE INTERVENTIONS SATISFY T ACCOUNTABILITY CONCERNS IF THEY ARE PART OF THE T APPROVED TURNAROUND PLAN. ADDITIONALLY, BOTH OF THESE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SCHOOL ACTION FUND DOLLARS FROM TIA. SO YOU WILL SEE IN SOME OF THE MODELING AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL INCORPORATE ESTIMATED GRANT FUNDING FROM TIA. IF THE BOARD MOVES FORWARD WITH EITHER OF THESE OPTIONS. I WANT TO DO TWO QUICK CASE STUDIES ABOUT BOTH OF THESE MODELS. SO THE FIRST I'LL START WITH ACE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ALDEAN WORSHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ALDEAN IS A SIMILARLY SIZED DISTRICT OUTSIDE OF HOUSTON IN ALDEAN.

WORSHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS A CHRONICALLY UNDERPERFORMING CAMPUS. 95% OF ITS STUDENTS WERE CONSIDERED ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. 60% OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE WERE CONSIDERED EMERGING BILINGUAL, AND IT HAD A HISTORY OF D AND F RATINGS. ACE WAS IMPLEMENTED IN THE FIRST YEAR OF COVID, SO POOR TIMING, BUT THE DISTRICT VERY QUICKLY SAW RESULTS. SO IT WAS A CHRONIC F OR D RATED SCHOOL IN 2018 AND 2019. BY 2023, WORSHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS AN A RATED CAMPUS. NOT ONLY WAS IT AN A RATED CAMPUS, BUT ALDINE ISD, THROUGH THEIR DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION PROCESS, ACTUALLY CHOSE TO SEND MORE STUDENTS TO WORSHAM, WHICH PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN A CHRONICALLY UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOL, AND BECAUSE OF CONSISTENT INVESTMENT FROM THE DISTRICT IN THE ACE MODEL, THE SCHOOL CONTINUES TO BE B RATED IN 24 AND 25, A VERY HIGH B RATING. AN 1882 MODEL. THIS IS COLLEGE PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ECTOR COUNTY. ISD IS A SMALLER ISD, BUT IT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SUCCESS OF THE 1882 MODEL AS WELL. SO ECTOR COLLEGE PREP. PRIOR TO THE INTERVENTION, 76% OF ITS STUDENTS WERE CONSIDERED ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. A THIRD OF ITS STUDENTS WERE EMERGING BILINGUAL. LIKE WORSHAM ELEMENTARY, IT HAD CHRONIC UNDERPERFORMANCE F AND D RATINGS. IN 2018 AND 2019. THE 1882 PARTNERSHIP WAS IMPLEMENTED IN THE FIRST YEAR FOLLOWING COVID AND SAW, LIKE WITH ACE, QUICKLY SAW SUCCESS. SO ECTOR COLLEGE PREP MOVED FROM A CHRONIC F OR CHRONIC D TO AN OVERALL B RATING IN 2022, 2023 AND 2024. THE ECTOR COUNTY ISD BOARD ENDED THAT PARTNERSHIP IN THE SPRING OF 2024, SO LAST YEAR, THE SCHOOL RETURNED TO DISTRICT CONTROL AND THE SCHOOL ONCE AGAIN RECEIVED A D RATING. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE IN BOTH OF THESE CASES, WHETHER IT IS ACE OR 1882, THERE WAS RAPID SUCCESS. AND WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE DISTRICT CHOOSES, IS THAT YOU MAKE A

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PALO ALTO IS HERE IN GRAY. THE BULK OF PALO ALTO STUDENTS WOULD MOVE SOUTH TO THE PATTERSON CAMPUS. A SMALL NUMBER OF PALO ALTO STUDENTS WOULD MOVE TO THE CLOSE TO NEW ROY J. SMITH CAMPUS. SOME OF THESE STUDENTS ON THE SORT OF NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE PALO ALTO DISTRICT WOULD BE MOVING TO LIVE OAK RIDGE. AND THEN WHAT THIS DRAFT SCENARIO ALSO DOES IS FILL UP YOUR BRAND NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT FILLS UP DOCTOR JIMMY AYCOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL, BECAUSE IT IS A NEWER CAMPUS THAT RIGHT NOW IS VERY UNDER ENROLLED AND BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHER THAT CAME AND SPOKE TO THIS BOARD IN MAY, JIMMIE DON AYCOCK IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT LEAST 500 SEATS BELOW ITS PLANNING CAPACITY FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MOVING STUDENTS TO HIGHER PERFORMING CAMPUSES AND HIGHER QUALITY FACILITIES, THIS DRAFT

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THE OTHER OPTION, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT TONIGHT IS THE 1882 MODEL. SO IT IS A ALMOST MIRROR RECOMMENDATION YOU COULD USE. AGAIN, YOU COULD USE ACE AT THESE CAMPUSES. YOU COULD USE 1882 AT THESE CAMPUSES, OR YOU COULD USE BOTH. YOU COULD INCORPORATE BOTH INTO YOUR TURNAROUND PLAN IN AGAIN IN THIS MODEL YOU WOULD MANAGE THE FACILITY. YOU WOULD WORK OUT A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH A TURNAROUND OPERATOR. AND THAT TURNAROUND OPERATOR WOULD HAVE AUTONOMY OVER THE STAFFING, CURRICULUM, BUDGET AND SCHOOL CALENDAR. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IF THIS MODEL WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE ZONED TO A PALO ALTO OR TO A MAYNOR OR TO AN EASTERN HILLS, IF YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH 1882, THOSE STUDENTS WOULD STILL BE ZONED TO THOSE SCHOOLS. SO AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE THE SLIDE THAT YOU'VE SEEN, THE THREE DRAFT SCENARIOS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU FOR EASTERN HILLS INVOLVE EITHER A CLOSURE AND THE POTENTIAL CONVERSION TO HARKER HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, THE ACE MODEL, OR THE 1882 MODEL FOR PALO ALTO. THE DRAFT SCENARIOS ARE A CLOSURE AND THE POTENTIAL CONVERSION TO A NEW DAP FACILITY, THE ACE MODEL OR THE 1882 MODEL. AND FOR MAYNOR, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE PECULIARITIES OF WHERE STUDENTS LIVE, WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE BUILT AND WHERE THE ENROLLMENT ZONES LIE, THE DRAFT SCENARIOS THAT YOU SEE DO NOT INVOLVE CLOSURE, BUT INVOLVE THE ACE MODEL OR THE 1882 MODEL. HERE YOU SEE THE SAME SORT OF SUMMARY SLIDE. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE PUBLIC THAT IS WATCHING, THEY HAD ALL OF THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THEIR PERFORMANCE ON THE ACCORDING TO THE PRIORITIES THAT THIS BOARD PASSED. AND THEN THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT HERE IS BASED OFF OF THE ENROLLMENT PROVIDED BY YOUR DEMOGRAPHER IN MAY. THE LAST SCENARIO THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT INVOLVES THIS BOARD TAKING AN AFFIRMATIVE DECISION ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMING AND SORT OF REIMAGINING WHAT HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMING LOOKS LIKE IN THE DISTRICT TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CAREER AND TECHNICAL

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THEY WILL BE ENGAGING IN SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS WITH EXPERTS FROM KILLEEN ISD. I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT THE DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION WEBSITE ALSO HAS ALL OF THE SCHOOL PROFILES THAT THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A LOT OF TRACTION FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHICH, AGAIN, ARE A REFLECTION OF HOW EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS PERFORMS ACCORDING TO THAT OBJECTIVE LENS THAT WAS DETERMINED BY THE COMMUNITY AND APPROVED BY THIS BOARD IN MAY. HERE YOU SEE A LINK TO THE SURVEY. THIS WILL BE PUBLICIZED WIDELY. AGAIN, IT WILL BE OPEN FOR ROUGHLY SIX WEEKS, AND WE WANT IT TO BE AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE. AND PARTICIPANTS CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON ONE SCENARIO. IF THEY JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMING, THEY CAN TALK ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMING AND THEN GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS, OR THEY CAN COMMENT ON EVERY SINGLE SCENARIO OR THEY CAN COMMENT ON THREE SCENARIOS. IT IS A CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE TYPE SCENARIO, AND WE WILL BE SURE IT IS A CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE TYPE SURVEY, AND WE WILL BE SURE TO DO SOME DETAILED DATA ANALYSIS AND BRING THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO THIS BOARD OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS, THOSE TOWN HALL MEETINGS. THIS IS A PROPOSED SCHEDULE. IT IS AN ITEM FOR ACTION FROM THIS BOARD. TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE RIGHT NOW THE THE SCHEDULE. THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE INVOLVES THREE MEETINGS, ONE AT KILLEEN HIGH SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, ONE AT HARKER HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, AND ONE AT ELLISON HIGH SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER THE 11TH. LASTLY, BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS THE TIMELINE THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE AT BOARD MEETINGS. WE ARE CURRENTLY. PUBLICIZING THESE DRAFT SCENARIOS, AND THE SURVEY WILL LAUNCH THIS EVENING. OVER THE NEXT MONTH, WE WILL HAVE THOSE TOWN HALL MEETINGS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETINGS. AND WE WILL WE WILL REVISE THESE DRAFT SCENARIOS BASED ON BOARD AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WHEN WE COME BACK TO THIS BOARD IN OCTOBER, THE SCENARIOS WILL NOT BE IDENTICAL. THIS IS A THIS IS TRUE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WILL BE HAPPENING. AND IF THE SCENARIOS ARE IDENTICAL IN OCTOBER, THAT MEANS WE PROBABLY WEREN'T DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF LISTENING. SO YOU WILL SEE SOME CHANGES BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER. YOU WILL YOUR YOUR FEEDBACK WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THOSE CHANGES. WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO ATTEND A COMMUNITY MEETING OR IN AN ADDITIONAL ONE ON ONE CONVERSATION THAT YOU HAVE, YOUR FEEDBACK WILL BE HEARD AND INCORPORATED. AND THEN LASTLY, WE WILL BRING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS BOARD. IN OCTOBER. THEY WILL BECOME PART OF THE TURNAROUND PLAN, PART OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT KILLEEN ISD SUBMITS TO TI. SO THIS WAS A PROCESS THAT STARTED BECAUSE OF IMPACT AID. IT DID NOT START BECAUSE OF A RESPONSE TO TI ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT IS VERY FLEXIBLE AND CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE TURNAROUND PLAN THAT IS DEVELOPED. AND THEN LASTLY, ONCE THE BOARD VOTES, ONCE THE

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I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO IT. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE KILLEEN COMMUNITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROCESS. MY COLLEAGUE, MR. TYACK AND I, WE HAVE BEEN WE HAVE DONE THIS IN A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS, NOT ONLY ACROSS THE STATE, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND THE KILLEEN ISD COMMUNITY HAS BEEN MORE ENGAGED THAN BASICALLY ANY COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE BEEN A PART OF. AND IT IS ENGAGEMENT FROM STAFF, FROM PARENTS, FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ENGAGEMENT ACROSS ALL AGES AND ACROSS ALL RACES. AND I THINK WE WILL HAVE BECAUSE OF THAT DETAILED ENGAGEMENT, I EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE. I THINK WE WILL HAVE A MUCH STRONGER SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAN MOST COMMUNITIES BENEFIT FROM BECAUSE OF THE ENGAGEMENT FROM THIS COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN TONIGHT. AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE DISTRICT TEAM TO TAKE US THROUGH OUR NEXT ITEM. BEFORE WE LET YOU, MAYBE WE'LL LET YOU JUST GO OFF WITH NO QUESTIONS AS WE TRY TO BE A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT. BUT I MEAN BAD JOKE QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES. MR. MINTZ, JUST ONE ONE BRIEF QUESTION. AND THIS IS JUST MAY BE ANOTHER LAYER TO THIS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE FEEDER PROGRAMS OR HOW THE HOW THE SCHOOLS FEED INTO ONE ANOTHER. I DIDN'T HEAR IT ADDRESSED, BUT I JUST WOULD ASK THAT WE IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS CHANGE, LET'S LET'S MAKE THE CHANGE KIND OF LET'S JUST TAKE A BATH AND DO IT ALL AT ONCE. BECAUSE IN TERMS OF AND AGAIN, I'M TO USE A, AN EDUCATOR TERM, SPIRALING THE CURRICULUMS AND THOSE THINGS I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. BUT I KNOW THEY'RE IMPORTANT. SO LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF OVERLAY THAT INTO THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEE EVENTS. THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF OUR CONVERSATIONS, BOTH UP UNTIL THIS POINT AND MOVING FORWARD.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE DRAWING PERFECT FEEDER PATTERNS IS COUNTER COUNTERACTS THE DESIRE TO PUT STUDENTS IN HIGHER QUALITY FACILITIES OR HIGHER PERFORMING CAMPUSES. THAT'S NOT UNIVERSAL. BUT IN CASES WHERE THAT DOES COME UP, THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING BOTH WITH DISTRICT STAFF AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? I APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND I'M KIND OF ON MR. MENZIES. AND SO HOW IT DOES IMPACT I WANT OUR OUR TEAM TO BE MAKE NO JOKE ABOUT IT, SNAPSHOT DAY THAT WE HAVE OUR STUFF TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT WE'RE TRACKING. AND THEN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I WOULD JUST SAY IS DOCTOR DAVIS, OUR TEAM. IT WOULD BE MY DESIRE THAT THIS PRESENTATION GETS DROPPED IN EVERY PRINCIPAL EMAIL. I'D REALLY LIKE IT TONIGHT BECAUSE, SEE, THIS IS THIS IS THEIR WORLD. THIS IS YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE HAVE SOME PRETTY EMOTIONAL FEELINGS GOING AROUND. AND THEN IF WE CAN GET OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO SNIP THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION, AND I WANT TO DROP THAT TO THEM AS WELL. SO I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO LOOK FOR ANYTHING. I WANT IT TO BE RIGHT THERE FOR THEM SO THEY CAN HEAR IT AND DIGEST IT. COME WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE, BE AS PREPARED AS THEY NEED TO BE FOR THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND JUST THEIR ENGAGEMENT. BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF WHO MOVES AROUND AND WHAT SEATS THEY GET IN, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS PLAN ANYTHING IF IT DOES BECOME ANYTHING. AND SO I JUST DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO LOOK FOR THE MATERIAL. I DON'T WANT THESE FOLKS TO HAVE TO LEAVE AND START CALLING PEOPLE AND SAY, DID YOU SEE THE MEETING? OH MY GOODNESS. YOU KNOW, INSTEAD, I WANT THEM TO SAY IT'S IN MY INBOX. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I GOT IT, I CAN SEE THE PRESENTATION, I CAN SEE THE VIDEO. AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S NOT TOO BIG OF AN ASK FOR FOR OUR TEAM ON THAT. SO THANKS, PRESIDENT WILLIAMS. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DEEPLY WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. THERE IS A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. WE'LL BE SURE. ESSENTIALLY BY THE TIME WE GET TO OCTOBER, IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY AND YOU WANT TO ENGAGE ABOUT DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION, YOU WILL HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT IN SOME CAPACITY, WHETHER THAT IS FROM AN EMAIL, FROM A COMMUNITY MEETING, FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, FROM TRADITIONAL MEDIA. WE WE VERY MUCH INTEND TO SATURATE THE SPACE SO THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO ENGAGE NOT ONLY WITH THE SLIDES THAT YOU SEE HERE, BUT THE DETAILED DATA BEHIND THE SLIDES, THEY WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY. THAT WAS AN INFORMATION ITEM. DOCTOR DAVIS, BEFORE WE

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ANYTHING, DOCTOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO FIVE B, WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF DISTRICT OPTIMIZATION SCENARIOS FOR FUTURE. NO I'M SORRY SIX I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. WE'LL

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ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SHOW OF HANDS. FIVE IN FAVOR.

NONE IN OPPOSITION TO ABSENT AND NOT PARTICIPATING IN TRUSTEE TINA CAPITO AND TRUSTEE RODNEY GILCHRIST, 502. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOCTOR BUCKLEY. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND WHAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO SIX C AS WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN UP SIX B, SIX C, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH REGION 18 EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER FOR TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT SERVICES. WELCOME, MR. BAKER. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WILLIAMS. DOCTOR DAVIS, BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR PROPOSED CONTINUING PARTNERSHIP WITH REGION 18, AND SPECIFICALLY THE TEXAS CENTER FOR EDUCATOR EXCELLENCE, WHICH IS A SATELLITE OFFICE OF REGION 18 THAT'S ACTUALLY HOUSED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE ON THE TIA. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ABOUT 471 DESIGNATED TEACHERS, AND TIA STANDS FOR THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT. WE HAVE 471 OF THOSE TEACHERS, AND WE PAY OUT ABOUT $4.4 MILLION IN BONUSES THAT THEY HAVE EARNED THROUGH THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT PROGRAM. AS WE KNOW, THROUGH THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THE COMMISSIONER IS LOOKING AT EXPANDING THE TIA PROGRAM. THEY'RE GOING TO ADD IN AN EXTRA DESIGNATION, SO WE CAN EXPECT A LOT MORE GROWTH AND HOPEFULLY A LOT MORE BONUSES HEADED OUR WAY. FOR OUR TEACHERS WHO WORK SO HARD. WE KNOW, THOUGH, IN KISD AND AS SO ELOQUENTLY STATED BY ONE OF OUR TEACHERS IN A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING AT OPEN COMMENT AT A PUBLIC FORUM, NOT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ARE CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE FOR THIS BONUS, AND WE NEED TO WORK TO WHERE EVERY TEACHER IN OUR DISTRICT IS ELIGIBLE FOR THAT BONUS. SO WE KNOW IF THAT IF WE DO EXPAND THAT TIA

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THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE DATA TO HOUSE AND ANALYZE. AND IF YOU YOU THINK ABOUT IT, EVERY TEACHER WHO HAS A CLASS, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT CLASS. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW IT'S CONSTITUTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A MEASUREMENT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT CLASS THROUGH THE YEAR. AND AS YOU KNOW, KIDS COME AND GO THROUGH THE YEAR. AND SO AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN YOU DO THAT FOLLOW UP TEST, YOU GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHICH OF THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO COUNT FOR THIS TEACHER. AND THAT THAT CAN BECOME VERY COMPLICATED WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A DISTRICT AS BIG AS KILLEEN IS. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH REGION 18, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEY HAVE A TOOL SPECIFICALLY THAT WILL HELP YOU MANAGE THAT DATA AND HELP YOU ANALYZE THAT DATA. AND THEY HAVE EXPERTS. THEY HAVE A TEAM OF EXPERTS THAT WILL HELP US ROSTER THOSE STUDENTS. LOOK AT THAT DATA OVER TIME AND TELL US, HEY, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SUBMIT THIS TO TO TIA. AND SPECIFICALLY THEY USE TEXAS TECH WHEN YOU SUBMIT THAT DATA, IF YOU DO IT IN THIS WAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE MORE LIKELY TO BE APPROVED AND GET YOUR TEACHERS THAT BONUS.

WE HAVE TO HAVE CONSISTENT DATA, THOUGH, AND WE HAVE TO BE CONFIDENT IN WHAT THAT DATA IS SHOWING. SO THIS AGREEMENT AND SLOW ME DOWN IF I'M TALKING TOO FAST, THIS THIS AGREEMENT WILL GET US ACCESS TO THAT REGION. 18. AND THEY ARE THEY ARE DESIGNATED BY TO TIA AS THE DATA HUB FOR THE STATE. SO IF WE HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, WE'LL GET ACCESS TO DATA VERY QUICKLY. AND WE'LL ALSO GET ANALYSIS OF THAT DATA WHERE THEY CAN COME AND TELL US, HEY, SET YOUR CUT RATE FOR THIS TEST FOR THESE TEACHERS AT THIS SPOT AND THIS SPOT THAT WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF YOU BEING APPROVED BY THE STATE. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ANALYZE OUR STUDENT GROWTH OVER TIME LIKE I SPOKE TO BEFORE. THEY'LL HELP US CALCULATE THE DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS. THEY'LL HELP US WITH THE VERIFICATION OF DATA AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO TURN INTO THE STATE, AND THEY'LL ALSO GIVE US A REALLY SOLID DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT OUR PRINCIPALS CAN USE AND OUR TEACHERS CAN USE TO TRACK THEIR PROGRESS. SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO THIS LOCAL AGREEMENT. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. MADAM SECRETARY. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH REGION 18 EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER FOR TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT SERVICES. AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY ADAMS. I HAVE A SECOND BY MR. RAINWATER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY TRUSTEES THERE BEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS. WE HAVE FIVE IN FAVOR. NONE IN OPPOSITION TO ABSENT AND NOT PARTICIPATING IN TRUSTEE TINA CAPITO AND TRUSTEE RODNEY GILCHRIST. 502. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO D, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 ADOPTED BUDGET. WELCOME, MISS VADEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD EVENING. THIS WILL BE, AS YOU SAID, OUR FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET. SO THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE ARE IN. I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS WE TOOK. AND THIS, I BELIEVE, WAS AS OF AUGUST THE 11TH, LOOKED AT TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR THROUGH THAT DATE, THEN MADE A PROJECTION AS FAR AS WHAT REMAINING PAYROLL WOULD TAKE TO GET US THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST FOR THOSE DAYS THIS YEAR, AND THEN LOOKED AT THE PURCHASE ORDERS THAT WERE STILL OUTSTANDING AND AND MADE A PROJECTION ON WHICH ONES OF THOSE WILL BE RECEIVED. THE ITEMS OR THE ORDER WILL BE RECEIVED BY AUGUST 31ST. AND SO THAT'S INCLUDED. AND SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST TWO PIECES USED IN COMING UP WITH THESE FINAL NUMBERS. AND SO IF YOU ACTUALLY IN YOUR PACKET, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A FEW OF THE BIGGER ITEMS. MOST OF THE ITEMS WE LOOKED AT ARE RELATED TO UNSPENT PAYROLL. THAT BEING IN THE AREA OF INSTRUCTION. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE PROFESSIONAL SALARIES AS WELL AS PARAPROFESSIONAL SALARIES, AIDES, ETC. THAT ARE IN THAT CATEGORY. INSTRUCTION IS ALMOST ENTIRELY MADE UP OF OF UNSPENT

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THE NEXT BIGGEST CHANGE AS FAR AS THE AMENDMENT IS 34, WHICH IS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

THAT'S AN INCREASE OF JUST OVER $1 MILLION. THAT'S GOING TO BE RELATED TO OVERTIME AND EXTRA PAYMENTS, PARTICULARLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHEN WE HAD MANY BUS DRIVERS THAT WERE OUT OR UNFILLED POSITIONS. AND SO THERE WERE OFFICE STAFF, MECHANIC STAFF THAT WERE HAVING TO DRIVE AS WELL. AND SO THEN TO DO THEIR REGULAR JOB, THAT WOULD REQUIRE OVERTIME. AND THEN THE NEXT LARGEST CHANGE WOULD BE IN THE AREA OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

PLANT MAINTENANCE 51 AS ABOUT A $2 MILLION DECREASE. AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE PRIMARILY UNSPENT SALARIES. THE BIGGEST CHANGE ON THIS AMENDMENT IS THE SECURITY AND MONITORING, WHICH IS UNDER FUNCTION 52. YOU SEE AN $11 MILLION INCREASE THERE MADE UP OF SOME OF THIS IS CONTRACTED SECURITY. JUST UNDER $1 MILLION OF THIS WAS CONTRACTED SECURITY AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR RELATED TO TO THE SAFETY AND POLICE FUNCTION. THERE IS ABOUT IN TOTAL, THERE'S ABOUT AN $818 MILLION CHANGE RELATED TO THE WHOLE WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL POLICE STAFF FALL UNDER SECURITY AND MONITORING. AND THEN POLICE VEHICLES AS WELL. I BELIEVE WE BOUGHT, I BELIEVE, SEVEN ADDITIONAL VEHICLES THIS YEAR AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE LARGEST INCREASE. THAT'S THAT'S RECOMMENDED. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER ONE YOU'LL NOTICE 71 WHICH IS DEBT SERVICES. THERE IS AN INCREASE THAT WAS NOT BUDGETED OF 3.8 MILLION. THIS IS RELATED TO A REQUIRED AUDIT JOURNAL ENTRY CLOSING ENTRY FOR THE YEAR RELATED TO SCHOOL BASED INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY ARRANGEMENTS. AND SO THIS WILL BE THIS HAS FUNDING THERE THEN SO THAT WHEN THAT JOURNAL ENTRY IS RECORDED WE HAVE A BUDGET.

SO WITH THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR FINAL AMENDMENT, LOOKING AT A TOTAL PROJECTED CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE OF 9.7 MILLION. IN RELATED TO THE FIRST, THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND THEN THE FIRST AMENDMENT THAT WAS APPROVED. SO A PLANNING PROPOSED CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR OF 2.6 MILLION. QUESTIONS, 2.6 TO THE GOOD. SO YES, ALSO INCLUDED YOU WILL SEE JUST A SMALL SCHOOL NUTRITION. AND THEN THERE'S A DEBT SERVICE AMENDMENT AS WELL.

THE SCHOOL NUTRITION PIECE IS ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE KITCHEN EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT. AND THEN THE DEBT SERVICE PIECES ON REVENUES. AND IT'S JUST BASICALLY A CHANGE BETWEEN LOCAL REVENUES AND STATE REVENUES TO ACCOUNT FOR HOW THE FUNDING HAS COME IN AND THE 321 DISCOUNT. QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES. TELL ME WHEN YOU'RE DONE, MISS. I'M DONE IF YOU ALL ARE. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. MR. MINTZ. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 ADOPTED BUDGET AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. MINTZ. A SECOND BY MR. RAINWATER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY TRUSTEES THERE BEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SHOW OF HANDS WITH FIVE IN FAVOR. NONE IN OPPOSITION, TWO ABSENT IN NOT PARTICIPATING IN TRUSTEE TINA CAPITO AND TRUSTEE RODNEY GILCHRIST. 502. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW GO TO E, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. AS A REMINDER, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR SIGN UP SHEET. AT THIS TIME. ALL COMMENTS MUST BE MUST BE RELATED TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET AND TAX RATE. MISS BARTON OKAY, THIS PRESENTATION, YOU'VE SEEN MOST OF IT BEFORE.. I HAVE REMOVED SEVERAL SLIDES, BUT MANY AGAIN ARE REPEATS JUST TO KEEP THE OVERALL PICTURE. THE OVERALL INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS. AND AS WE GET TO NEW SLIDES AGAIN, LIKE I HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, I WILL POINT THOSE OUT AND GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE

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AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER GAP DURING THOSE YEARS. ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THIS MOST RECENT YEAR, YOU DO SEE THAT THERE IS A LARGER DECREASE IN THE ENROLLMENT THAN THE ADA. AND THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MOST RECENT SCHOOL YEAR, THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD PUSH, AND OUR ENROLLMENT WAS IN THE 93% RANGE. AND SO THAT ALLOWED OUR ADA TO NOT DECREASE AS SIGNIFICANTLY AS OUR ENROLLMENT. THESE ARE THE HISTORICAL TAX RATES FOR KILLEEN ISD. AND YOU SEE THE VISUAL THERE AT THE BOTTOM, THE MAIN PIECE OF INFORMATION TO GET OUT OF THIS IS THE SIGNIFICANT TRENDING DOWNWARD OR DECREASE OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. AND SO EVEN GOING INTO FISCAL YEAR 26, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING OVERALL A .2.002 INCREASE, THAT OVERALL IT'S STILL A VERY, VERY LOW TAX RATE AND AGAIN SMALLER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN MANY YEARS. THIS WAS PART OF OUR REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTICE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE OF RESIDENCES THERE. YOU COMPARE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR LAST YEAR THE BREAK WAS THE VALUE WAS 152,000. THIS CURRENT YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE 126,000. THAT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO US BY BELL COUNTY. THE MIDDLE ROW. YOU SEE THEIR PROPOSED TAX RATES. AND AGAIN, THE 0.002 PROPOSED INCREASE. BUT DUE TO THE AVERAGE VALUE AND THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT GETS APPLIED TO THAT WILL ACTUALLY OVERALL HAVE A DECREASE FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS OF $219. THIS IS THE PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR THOSE DISTRICTS THAT ARE AROUND US.

YOU WILL SEE, OTHER THAN COPPERAS COVE, WE HAVE THE LOWEST OVERALL RATE OF ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS. AND AS FAR AS BOTH THE DEBT RATE AND IN TOTAL, WE ARE WELL BELOW THE AVERAGE FOR ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS. THE OTHER THING, THERE ARE SEVERAL DISTRICTS YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP THAT HAVE HAVE ASTERISKS. THAT'S KIND OF SMALL, BUT THESE ARE DISTRICTS THAT ARE HAVING BOND ELECTIONS COMING UP IN NOVEMBER. SO IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT AT SOME OF THESE THAT THE

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THIS IS GENERAL FUND BUDGET COMPARISON. AND THE REVENUES ACROSS THE TOP. COMPARE LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. AND THEN THE INCREASE OR DECREASE RELATED TO THAT REVENUE INCREASE EXPECTED IS OVERALL $29 MILLION. THE EXPENDITURES THERE ARE LISTED BY OBJECT CODE WHAT WE CALL OBJECT CODE AND TELLS YOU WHAT YOU WERE PURCHASING. AND SO OBVIOUSLY FOR THE EXPENDITURES, YOU AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, THE PAYROLL AND THE BENEFITS ARE THE LARGEST PIECE OF THE GENERAL FUND. AND THEN TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND ARE 520.5 MILLION. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. WE ARE RECOMMENDING A DEFICIT BUDGET OF $404.2 MILLION. ABSOLUTELY INTENTIONAL BASED TO COME FROM PRIOR YEAR FUND BALANCE RELATED TO OUR STATE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION FUNDING.

THIS IS THIS IS NEW AND IT COMBINES, I GUESS, THE INFORMATION FROM BEFORE WITH THE FUNCTION CODES ON THE LEFT AND AND THE OBJECT CODES ON THE RIGHT. SO WITHIN EACH OF THESE AREAS YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE LARGEST DOLLAR AMOUNTS FALL. I'M GOING TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THESE AGAIN AS YOU GO ACROSS THE VERY FIRST ROW. THE INSTRUCTION AS YOU WOULD EXPECT.

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AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE PAYROLL COSTS MAKE UP 84% OF OUR BUDGET, 84%, 84.1% FOR OUR PAYROLL COST, WHICH IS INCREASED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AS SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE HAD TO GET MORE EFFICIENT, EFFICIENT, AND THEN ALSO PARTLY RELATED TO THE INCREASE FROM HOUSE BILL TWO, THE RAISES THAT WERE REQUIRED. A COUPLE OF THE OTHER CHANGES I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ABOUT THE MIDDLE ROW WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE. YOU DO SEE, THERE'S A CAPITAL OUTLAY PIECE OF 725,000. SO THAT'S INTENDED TO BUY ADDITIONAL VEHICLES. THE OTHER THING WANTED TO POINT OUT RELATED TO THE PLANT MAINTENANCE, YOU WILL SEE AGAIN THE PRIMARY PIECE TO THAT IS GOING TO BE THE SALARIES, WHICH IS THE FIRST COLUMN, BUT THEN ALSO WITHIN THE CONTRACTED SERVICES. THAT'S GOING TO BE THINGS SUCH AS UTILITIES. I THINK INSURANCE FALLS IN THAT CATEGORY, ETC. ANY KINDS OF REPAIRS THAT WE'D HAVE TO CONTRACT OUT. SO OVERALL, JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE THAT DIFFERENTIATION, IF YOU WILL, OF HOW THE GENERAL FUND IS BUDGETED AS FAR AS EXPENDITURES. SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. THE MAIN THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT FREE LUNCH PROGRAM AT 37 OF OUR CAMPUSES, AND THEN THE CHILD AND ADULT FOOD CARE PROGRAM, THE SUPPER PROGRAM THAT OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS WILL BE STAGGERED AND WILL THEN BE AT 47 OF OUR CAMPUSES.

SCHOOL NUTRITION BUDGET. AGAIN, THIS IS THE COMPARISON BY OBJECT CODE, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT ON ON THE EXPENDITURE PIECE, THE PAYROLL MAKES UP THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT PROPOSED BUDGET OF 12.4 FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT ALSO SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS VERY MUCH A FUNCTION OF THIS, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAM RELATED TO FOOD AND NON-FOOD ITEMS. AND THERE IS AN INCREASE THERE RELATED TO THAT EVENING OR THAT SUPPER PROGRAM OVERALL RECOMMENDING A SLIGHT INCREASE TO THE SCHOOL NUTRITION BUDGET OF 277,000. THIS IS NEW. THIS IS THAT SAME COMPARISON. I DON'T THINK IT GIVES YOU MUCH INFORMATION BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY TWO FUNCTIONS WITHIN SCHOOL NUTRITION. SO IT JUST SUPPORTS, AGAIN, I GUESS THAT SAME IDEA THAT IF YOU LOOK ACROSS FUNCTION 35, WHICH IS THE FOOD SERVICES PIECE, IT'S ALMOST OR KIND OF IN THE HALF AND HALF RANGE BETWEEN PAYROLL AND THEN THE SUPPLIES AND AND FOOD. DEBT SERVICE FUND. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS LOOKING AT THE IRS TAX RATE, PROPOSING A 0.002 INCREASE TO THAT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PROPERTY TAX IS COLLECTED, PLUS ANY STATE AID THAT'S ANTICIPATED IS SUFFICIENT TO MEET OUR CURRENT YEAR DEBT PAYMENTS. AND THEN ALSO PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CASH FLOW. OFTENTIMES MOST WELL, MOST OF YOUR TAXES COME IN AT THE END OF JANUARY OR RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, WHICH IS ALSO WHEN OUR PAYMENTS ARE DUE. AND SO PART OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE CASH FLOW AS WELL. VERY SIMILARLY, HERE ARE THE REVENUES AND THE EXPENDITURES. THE REVENUES AGAIN ARE FROM TWO SOURCES, EITHER PROPERTY TAXES OR OUR STATE FACILITIES ASSISTANCE. AND THEN THE EXPENDITURES OF 27 MILLION ARE THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS, AGAIN RECOMMENDING A SLIGHT INCREASE OF 361,000 TO FUND BALANCE. THIS WE LOOKED AT LAST TIME. I'M NOT GOING TO GO

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OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY PIECE, LOTS OF ADDITIONAL DOLLARS PUT INTO OBVIOUSLY EQUIPMENT, BUT PERSONNEL AS WELL, IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER THAT BE AGAIN, STAFF, VEHICLES, WEAPONS, ETCETERA, SIGNIFICANT PAY INCREASES ACROSS ALL OF OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT AND THOSE MANDATED BY HOUSE BILL TWO. IN ADDITION, THE $25 INCREASE TO THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION FOR HEALTH INSURANCE TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL TIER ONE AND TIER TWO INSTRUCTION. ADVANCES. THE, I THINK, SIGNIFICANT THE 27 FTES THAT ARE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH AND READING PLCS LOOKED AT SPECIAL EDUCATION AND TRYING TO GET THOSE STUDENTS MORE OF THEM TO ATTEND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD CAMPUS STAFFING FOR GROUNDSKEEPING TO UPKEEP OUR BUILDING APPEARANCES. AND THEN AGAIN, THAT STRATEGIC USE OF OUR OUR PRIOR YEAR FUND BALANCE TO SUPPORT STAFFING AND MAINTAIN THOSE ROLES. AND THEN THE CHANGES AT SCHOOL NUTRITION. AND SO WITH THAT, THIS WILL BE THE PROPOSED BUDGETS AGAIN FOR THE GENERAL FUND. LOOKING AT THE 4.2 DEFICIT, IN TOTAL, THE 277,000 INCREASE FOR SCHOOL NUTRITION AND THE 361 FOR DEBT SERVICE. AND THAT'S IT. AND I'LL TAKE WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS RELATED TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET AND TAX RATE. FIRST SIGNED UP TO SPEAK STAN GALLIMORE. WELCOME. STAN HARKER HEIGHTS. SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO NOT ADOPT THE .2096 IS TAX RATE. I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO THE .2076 THAT PREVIOUSLY WAS FOR LAST YEAR. THE DIFFERENCE IS ABOUT $225,000 IN REVENUE. AND I WOULD POINT OUT THAT IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR 2025 THAT YOU JUST APPROVED, THERE'S $2 MILLION IN SURPLUS IN THE INS FUND. YOU CAN PULL THE CHART BACK UP AFTER I GET DONE TALKING IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.

BUT YOU HAVE THE MONEY. WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN YOU THE MONEY BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE TAXPAYER. WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN YOU THE MONEY TO ENSURE THAT AT A .2076 INS TAX RATE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE OUR $27 MILLION BOND PAYMENT. THERE'S NO NEED TO RAISE MY TAXES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S MINOR. THE PRINCIPALS THERE, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT YOU ALL WOULD DEMONSTRATE THE INTEGRITY THAT I KNOW YOU HAVE TO NOT REACH INTO THE TAXPAYER'S POCKET UNNECESSARILY, BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO ME AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MONEY OUT OF MY POCKET, PROBABLY FOR A BOND. AND WHEN YOU LITERALLY NICKEL AND DIME ME THIS WAY, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT A BOND, OKAY? AND I NEED YOU NOT TO TAKE ANY MONEY THAT THE LEGISLATURE PROMISED ME THROUGH TAX RELIEF, BECAUSE MY CITY COUNCIL IS TRYING TO TAKE HALF OF IT ALREADY, AND I'M TALKING TO THEM. YOU GUYS AREN'T NEARLY AS BAD AS THEY ARE. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS TAX RELIEF WAS VOTED FOR. I DON'T NEED YOU TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE. YOU HAVE THE MONEY AND IT'S NOT GOING TO COST YOU A DIME, AND YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK GREAT TO THE PUBLIC. SO I WOULD ASK YOU .206. YOU DON'T NEED .296. THAT'S A CRAZY TAX INCREASE. TAX RATE INCREASE $225,000. COME ON. YOU GOT 2 MILLION LEFT OVER FROM LAST YEAR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AS

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AND SO KSD COMPLIES WITH THIS BY BUDGETING $100,000 TOWARDS STUDENTS WHO DID NOT PASS THEIR END OF COURSE TESTS. AND SO I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. MADAM SECRETARY, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGETING $100,000 IN COMPENSATORY EDUCATION FUNDS AS A BUDGET LINE ITEM WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO PROVIDE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS WHO DID NOT MEET END OF COURSE REQUIREMENTS. I HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY ADAMS. I'M ABOUT TO GIVE ME A SECOND IN HERE TODAY. WE HAVE A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT JONES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY TRUSTEES THERE BEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS. WE HAVE FIVE IN FAVOR. NONE IN OPPOSITION TO ABSENT AND NOT PARTICIPATING IN TRUSTEE TINA CAPITO AND TRUSTEE RODNEY GILCHRIST. 502. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO G, WHICH IS A CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF FISCAL YEAR 2026 DISTRICT BUDGETS, ONE. GENERAL FUND BUDGET TWO SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND BUDGET THREE.

DEBT SERVICE FUND BUDGET. MISS VADEN JUST WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE BUDGETS. AS WE JUST REVIEWED THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PRESENTATION. TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD BE FOR REVENUES 578 MILLION FOR ALL THREE FUNDS, 581, AND EXPENSES FOR ALL THREE FUNDS. OTHER USES OF 75,000, FOR A TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET. CHANGE TO FUND BALANCE OF $3.5 MILLION. QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES. MR. MINTZ, MISS VADEN, BASED ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT WE JUST HEARD BEFORE WE ADOPT BUDGETS, COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT RISK WE WOULD ASSUME? I MEAN, IT'S A VERY SMALL DIFFERENCE, BUT CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE RISK WOULD BE TO ADOPT THE LOWER BUDGET? I'M SORRY, LOW A LOWER TAX RATE. I WANT TO MAKE TWO COMMENTS ONE. WE DON'T HAVE $2 MILLION AT THIS POINT.

THAT IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT. SO WE WILL SEE WHERE WE ACTUALLY COME IN AT YEAR END. SO THAT'S THE FIRST COMMENT. THE SECOND COMMENT RELATES TO WHAT I SAID DURING THE PRESENTATION. PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH CASH FLOW AS WELL AS THE FUND BALANCE. AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, LAST YEAR AT THE END OF OUR AUDIT, WE HAD JUST OVER $33,000 IN FUND BALANCE FOR INS.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, MR. RAINWATER. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 GENERAL FUND, SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND, AND DEBT SERVICE FUND BUDGETS. AS PRESENTED. THE MOTION BY MR. RAINWATER, SECOND BY MR. MINTZ.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY TRUSTEES THERE BEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS.

I HAVE FIVE IN FAVOR. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE HAVE FIVE IN FAVOR. NONE IN OPPOSITION TO ABSENT AND NOT PARTICIPATING IN TRUSTEE TINA CAPITO AND TRUSTEE RODNEY GILCHRIST. THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED. MISS. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM ON A JOB WELL DONE AND TO EVERYBODY. AND IT WAS A TEAM. ABSOLUTELY. THE AIR TEAM, THE BUDGET TEAM, FINANCE TEAM A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED SENIOR LEADERSHIP AS WELL. SO APPRECIATE APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT. MR. PRESIDENT CAN WE I MEAN THERE'S ABSOLUTELY THERE'S TEAMS OR PEOPLE WHO YOU WANT. I'D LIKE TO I MEAN THERE'S SOME SOME ACTUAL HUMANS THAT DO THE WORK YOU WANT TO I REALLY DON'T BECAUSE I'M SCARED I'D LEAVE PEOPLE OUT. OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL NOW GO TO H, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE OF 0.668 $0.02 AND DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE OF 0.209 $0.06, FOR A TOTAL TAX RATE, FOR A

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AND SO AS REFLECTIVE OF OUR ENROLLMENT DECREASE. QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES. MR. CATHERINE, WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER, AND I'M HARD HEADED, BUT IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL 11.98% INCREASE OF THE TOTAL BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE, I'M GOING TO SAY, NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND OUR ENROLLMENT DECREASE. IT'S REALLY BASED ON THE PER STUDENT BASIS. AND SO IT'S AN INCREASE BASED ON A PER STUDENT BASIS. IT'S NOT AN INCREASE OVERALL. BUT AGAIN THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT'S REQUIRED. IS IT. IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THE TAXPAYER IS NOT GOING TO GET NOT GOING TO SEE THE 11.8% INCREASE IN THEIR TAXES? THEY I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO EACH INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER. AGAIN, WE'VE LOOKED AT AT AVERAGE RESIDENCE VALUES. MISS, BEING THAT THE RATE IS A VERY, VERY MINIMAL INCREASE. I WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT. BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD POTENTIALLY DEPEND ON THE INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER CIRCUMSTANCES. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT IS IT'S BECAUSE IT'S GENERATING ADDITIONAL THE SAME TAX RATE THAT WOULD HAVE GENERATED THE SAME REVENUE FROM LAST YEAR WOULD HAVE BEEN LOWER. BUT WE'RE STAYING WHERE WE WERE. VALUES HAVE GONE UP. SO IT IT RESULTS IN MORE FUNDS THAT ARE COLLECTED. AND THAT'S WHERE THAT PERCENTAGE COMES FROM. AND THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT ADDITIONAL. IT'S ADDITIONAL TAXES VERSUS THE NO NEW RATE WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE YOU BACKWARDS. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT. YES YOU DID. DID THAT HELP YOU OUT, MR. RAINWATER? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. MR. RAINWATER. THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.8778, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY AN 11.98% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. AND TO ADOPT THE RELATED RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED A MOTION BY MR. RAINWATER. I HAVE A SECOND BY SECRETARY ADAMS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY TRUSTEES THERE BEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS. WE HAVE FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, TWO ABSENT AND NOT PARTICIPATING. AND TRUSTEE TINA CAPUTO AND TRUSTEE RODNEY GILCHRIST PASSES BY 502 VOTE. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU, MISS VADEN, FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR

[7. Discussion of Future Board Meeting Agendas and Trustee Remarks ]

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE UPCOMING AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH? WHICH IS AN AMAZING THING BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING NEXT TUESDAY, MR. RAINWATER. I THINK HARPER WOULD BE SO GLAD THAT I MADE THIS COMMENT, BUT I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LEVEL THREE PARENT GRIEVANCE FILED BY MISS HITCHCOCK. I SHE HAS MULTIPLE GRIEVANCES. YOU MIGHT BE GIVING US SOME TROUBLE THERE, I SEE. I DON'T KNOW, I JUST SAW JOEY'S HEAD WHIP AROUND. I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED MISS. BUT JUST TELL HIM SO. I KNOW HE WANTS. SO IF HE CAN KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING. BUT. WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE HE WANTS TO VENTURE INTO A SPECIFIC AGENDA DISCUSSION AND THAT'S NOT POSTED ON THIS AGENDA I DON'T BELIEVE. OKAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU. YOUR COUNSEL, I JUST WANT I SAW YOU HAD MOVED AROUND AND SO I SAID LET ME YEAH I MR. RAINWATER, WERE YOU GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT A GRIEVANCE THAT'S NOT ON THIS AGENDA TONIGHT? I WAS GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THREE RULES, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S GOING TO

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AND I THINK I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE LEVEL OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THAT AND HOW IMPORTANT A HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, AND B, HOW IMPORTANT THEIR FEEDBACK IS. IT IS GOING TO FUNDAMENTALLY RESHAPE THIS DISTRICT IN A WAY THAT'S BETTER FOR OUR STUDENTS, IN A WAY THAT'S BETTER FOR THE FINANCIAL HEALTH, LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM OF THIS DISTRICT. SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GET INVOLVED. DON'T COME BY AFTER THE FACT SAYING YOU DID ALL THESE THINGS WITHOUT TALKING TO ME. THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT WAYS FOR FOLKS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND LET THEIR VOICES BE HEARD, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO SO. THANK YOU, SECRETARY ADAMS. THANK YOU, MR. RAINWATER. I'M GOOD. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE KIND OF AT A TURNING POINT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND TO MAKE THAT SUCCESSFUL, IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR STAFFS AND OUR KIDS. BUT IT'S SO CRITICAL THAT WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND THAT WE DO THEM IN SUCH A WAY THAT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STAFF'S PROFIT FROM THEM. BECAUSE I THINK THE THE REALITY IS THE SITUATION. IT IN A SENSE, WE'RE LOSING MONEY EVERY DAY THAT WE DON'T MAKE THESE CHANGES. AND THE LAST THING THAT I EVER WANT TO IS A BOARD MEMBER. AND JUST AS A GUY WHO'S BEEN AROUND A MINUTE, BUT I NEVER WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE THE AGENCY COMES DOWN AND TAKES OVER A KID OR TAKES OVER A SCHOOL, BECAUSE IF YOU READ ABOUT THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN HOUSTON, I MEAN, THEY WERE RADICAL, RADICAL DECISIONS MADE BY THE COMMISSIONER WHO APPOINTED A MAN WHO HAD NO EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AT ALL, WHO WAS A CORPORATE GUY. AND IT WAS A MESS. I MEAN, HE STRAIGHTENED THE SCHOOLS OUT, BUT IT WAS A HIGH PRICE TO EVERYBODY TO PAY. AND I'D RATHER GET THESE THINGS IN PLACE AND NOT PUT OUR STAFFS AND OUR PEOPLE IN THOSE SITUATIONS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK. THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. NOT A LOT. JUST I THINK IT'S AMAZING WE GOT A CONDENSED AGENDA AND WE GOT THROUGH THIS EVENING AND IT'S ONLY 953 RIGHT NOW. AND WE STILL HAVE A FEW OTHER ITEMS, I THINK, HERE TO TALK ABOUT. BUT KUDOS TO EVERYBODY AND THE STAFF AND THANK YOU ALL FOR PRESENTING IT TO US. APPRECIATE YOU. I ALWAYS LOVE CALLAN'S PRESENTATIONS. I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT MR. MINTZ SAID TALKED ABOUT PROVIDING FEEDBACK FOR THIS OPTIMIZATION PLAN. THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WALKING IN TO LOOK AT A PLAN AND GOING, WHAT MIGHT BE. I MEAN, IT IS A PRETTY DETAILED PLAN FOR YOU TO COME IN AND CLEARLY SAY, HEY, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, OR, HEY, I LIKE THAT. IT'S NOT A HEY, WE'RE CONSIDERING DOING SOME THINGS. IT'S LIKE, LOOK, HERE'S THE PROPOSAL. AND I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET FEEDBACK. SO I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO THAT. AND THEN TO OUR ENTIRE CASSIDY TEAM, IN THE WORDS OF DRAYTON MCLANE, I'D JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP CHARGING. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, ANYTHING YOU GOT. NO THANK YOU FOR FOR THIS SHORTENED MEETING AS WELL. THAT'S ALL I SAY. WE'RE NOT DONE YET, SO WE'LL WE'LL GO TO

[8. Closed Session ]

THE TIME IS NOW 9:54 P.M. AND WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION AND IF

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.