Aug 19, 2024 Board of Trustees

TRUSTEES PRESENT.

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[2. Closed Session under Texas Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E (Part 1 of 2)]

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

[3. Reconvene in Open Meeting]

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

WE HAD A VERY LONG CLOSED AGENDA LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE NEEDED TO COVER.

AND SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.

AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.

IT IS CURRENTLY 7 P.M.

[4. Pledge of Allegiance ]

MRS. MCCUNE. THANK YOU.

TONIGHT WE HAVE BOY SCOUT TROOP NUMBER 77 HERE TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND TEXAS PLEDGE.

SO. THERE YOU GO.

AUDIENCE. PLEASE RISE.

SCOUT, SALUTE THOSE NOT IN UNIFORM.

PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

TWO. AUDIENCE, PLEASE BE SEATED.

[5. Board Report]

SO MAYBE A FEW MONTHS AGO, MAYBE IN JUNE, I THINK IT WAS.

ALL OF THE TRUSTEES ATTENDED THE ANNUAL SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FOR TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, ALL OF THE TRUSTEES ATTENDED.

THE CONFERENCE WAS HELD JOINTLY EITHER HERE OR IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND IS IT ESSENTIALLY A COUPLE DAY TRAINING, LIKE CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR THOSE THAT DO IT IN OUR DIFFERENT FIELDS OF WORK? AND SO, WE WELCOMED BOTH MR. MADDOX AND MISS SALAS TO THE GROUP.

WE HAVE THIS KIND OF GROUP TRAINING EVERY FOR LIKE A LONG WEEKEND, ESSENTIALLY.

A COUPLE LONG DAYS, BUT I KNOW, I KNOW, STEPHANIE AND I WERE IN SEVERAL SESSIONS TOGETHER AND VERY INFORMATIVE ON A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES FROM POLICY TO EDUCATION, FINANCE TO, YOU NAME IT.

AND SO JUST HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ALL OF US ATTENDED BETWEEN HERE AND THE SAN ANTONIO ONES AND GOT TO MAKE GOT TO, GOT TO MAKE SOME GOOD RELATIONSHIPS ALONG THE WAY AND REPRESENT FISD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. HILL. WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM OUR LTASB MASTER TRUSTEE ABOUT HIS GRADUATION.

BUT BEFORE WE DO, TRUSTEES, IF YOU ALL CAN, WE HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT WE HAVE THAT WE WANT TO DO TO SALUTE OUR MASTER TRUSTEE. OKAY.

NO PICTURES, PLEASE.

TAKE AS MANY AS YOU LIKE.

MR. PONANGI.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, LAST ONE YEAR, I WAS IN A ONE-YEAR LTASB PROGRAM.

LEADERSHIP TASB TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS.

AS YOU ALL MAY BE AWARE, THERE ARE ABOUT MORE THAN 1000 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH MEANS THERE ARE ABOUT MORE THAN 7000 SCHOOL TRUSTEES. SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES.

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AND THEN I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF THAT CLASS.

AND THEN WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT CORPUS CHRISTI, EL PASO, HOUSTON, FORT WORTH, AND THEN AS PART OF THAT, WE VISITED THE NOT ONLY THE LOCATIONS, BUT ALSO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT TO EL PASO, WE VISITED CANUTILLO.

AND THEN WHEN WE WENT TO HOUSTON, WE VISITED KATY AND THEN FORT BEND.

SO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE STATE OF EDUCATION, NOT JUST FROM THE LENS OF FRISCO ISD, BUT FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THERE WERE A LOT OF INTERACTIONS WITH VARIOUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE HAD ABOUT 136 HOURS IN LEARNING AND IN UNDERSTANDING, AND THEN THERE WERE ABOUT SIX MASTER CLASSES.

I MEAN, SO MANY INTERACTIONS.

THAT HAS GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MUCH MORE ABOUT THE STATE OF EDUCATION, NOT JUST FROM THE LENS OF FRISCO ISD, BUT FROM WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STATE. SO I'M VERY GLAD THAT I HAVE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW I CAN BE OF HELP TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THE LEARNINGS THAT I HAVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO OUR MASTER TRUSTEE.

GOPAL IS THE ONLY MASTER TRUSTEE THAT WE HAVE ON OUR CURRENT SCHOOL BOARD, AND SO WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT TOO.

I HAVE A LITTLE GIRL IN KINDERGARTEN THAT I HAVE HAD TO WRESTLE THIS HAT AWAY FROM FOR THE LAST MONTH OR TWO TO GET TO THIS POINT.

SO ALL KIDDING ASIDE.

WHAT'S THAT? SHE CAN HAVE MINE.

SHE'LL TAKE IT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WE CARE, WE CARE ABOUT YOU GOPAL.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING A AMBASSADOR AND REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR DISTRICT IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY.

AND FOR THAT, WE'LL WEAR LIGHT UP HATS FOR YOU.

SO THANK YOU. AND WE RECEIVED.

OH, SORRY, I DIDN'T ME TO INTERRUPT.

WE RECEIVED THE HATS AT THE DINNER HONORING ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO GRADUATED FROM THE TRUSTEE PROGRAM.

SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO WEAR THEM AT THIS MEETING.

AND WE'VE ALL HAD THEM SITTING IN OUR HOUSES AND CARS FOR TWO MONTHS.

YEAH, ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK SOME OF OUR TRUSTEES, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY ALL THE TRUSTEES WHO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND.

I THINK WE MISSED MARVIN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE HAT, TOO.

SO AND SPECIAL THANKS TO DEBBIE GILLESPIE, WHO IS THE PAST PRESIDENT OF LTASB, SORRY, TASB AND THEN SHE WAS THE PAST TRUSTEE.

SO, SHE IS THE ONE WHO INTRODUCED ME TO THIS PROGRAM.

AND SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO JOHN WHO CAME.

JOHN CLASSE WHO CAME ALL THE WAY FROM FRISCO TO FORT WORTH JUST TO BE PART OF THE GRADUATION CEREMONIES.

SO I THINK IT WAS A VERY GOOD DAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

WE'LL MOVE NEXT ON THE BOARD REPORT TO HEAR FROM OUR POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR.

SO JUST FOR AS A LITTLE FYI EACH MEETING WE WILL GIVE DURING OUR BOARD REPORT UPDATES FROM OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT TEAM.

AND SO EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WITHIN FRISCO ISD ARE COVERED WITH SUBCOMMITTEES THAT CONSIST OF THREE TRUSTEES. AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER FEEDBACK AND INPUT, AS WELL AS HEAR PLANS BEFORE THEY INITIALLY ROLL OUT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

AND SO TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD ONE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR.

AND THAT IS THE POLICY COMMITTEE.

AND SO KEITH MADDOX ONE OF OUR NEWEST TRUSTEES WHO CHAIRS THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, WILL GIVE US A SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THAT POLICY MEETING.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

AND I HAD TO TAKE MY HAT OFF SINCE IT'S POLICY.

SO, TO ENSURE THE DISTRICT BEGINS THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR WITH POLICIES THAT ARE UP TO DATE AND IN LINE WITH CURRENT LAW.

THE BOARD POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE MET ON AUGUST 7TH, 2024 TO REVIEW POTENTIAL UPDATES TO 13 LOCAL POLICIES.

THESE POLICIES UPDATE COVER TOPICS INCLUDING ADDITIONAL BOARD TRAINING, SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY USE FOR STUDENTS, EMPLOYEE MEDICAL LEAVE, AND ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

AFTER CAREFUL REVIEW OF PROPOSED POLICY UPDATES AND RECEIVING INPUT FROM DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND LEGAL COUNSEL.

THE POLICY BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE JOINS ADMINISTRATION IN RECOMMENDING THE FULL BOARD ADOPTS THE UPDATED POLICY AS PROPOSED.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF OPERATE UNDER THE POLICIES THAT ARE BOTH LAWFUL AND DESIGNED TO COMPASSIONATELY MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR FRISCO ISD COMMUNITY.

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ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUMMARY, MR. MADDOX. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE TRUSTEES THAT WOULD LOVE TO CHIME IN.

AND SO IF THERE ARE ANY TRUSTEES THAT WOULD LIKE TO REPORT OUT ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND THEIR EXPERIENCES, PLEASE DO SO AT THIS TIME.

MR. MADDOX. WELL, I HAD A GREAT TIME.

I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT GUN STREAM, WHICH IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

KIDS WENT THERE. I GOT TO GO TO LAWLOR AND CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.

SO AGAIN, CENTENNIAL WAS GREAT.

SO ENJOYED MEETING THE STAFF THERE.

EVERYONE WAS REAL RECEPTIVE AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING HOW I FORGOT HOW EXCITED KIDS ARE ON ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

OF COURSE, THE HIGH SCHOOLERS DIDN'T WANT TO TALK, BUT THERE WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY.

BUT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND TOTALLY ENJOYED IT.

THANK YOU. I'LL JUST BE REAL QUICK.

AS I MENTIONED, MY DAUGHTER ACTUALLY STARTED THE FISD TRACK THIS YEAR.

BEGINS HER KINDERGARTEN JOURNEY AND WE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE.

SHE'S GOING TO ASHLEY ELEMENTARY ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN AND VERY HAPPY WITH THE SCHOOL.

HAPPY WITH THE PROCESS.

MISS HER ALREADY, BUT SHE'S LOVING IT.

AND YOU KNOW, CAN'T WAIT FOR THE YEAR.

SO. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

MR. PONANGI. YEAH.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK AROUND THE ROACH MIDDLE SCHOOL AREA, AND THEN I THINK IT WAS VERY LIVELY, OF COURSE.

AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE ACTIVITY, RAMPING UP ALL THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, CROSSING THE ROADS, YOU KNOW, WALKING THE BIKES, WHILE THEY WERE CROSSING THE ROAD, ALL THE STUFF, YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE THE LIVELY ACTION BACK THERE.

THANK YOU. AND SO I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT TWO CAMPUSES.

ONE OF MY OWN KIDDO, FOWLER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND JUST SEEING THE JOY ON THE FACES OF OUR STUDENTS AS THEY, YOU KNOW PREPARE TO ENTER THE BUILDING.

MY RISING SEVENTH GRADER SHARED SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK SHE SAID SINCE SHE WAS AT ECS THE NIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED, SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, I'M ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED TO START SCHOOL TOMORROW AND I WAS VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT.

AND SHE'S COME IN EVERY DAY WITH THAT SAME EXCITEMENT.

AND SO I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY ABOUT HOW HER SCHOOL YEAR STARTED.

AND THEN I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT ROBERTSON ELEMENTARY, AND WHAT A JOY IT WAS TO VISIT THE CLASSROOMS AS WELL AS SERVE LUNCH TO OUR KINDER KIDDOS.

AND I AM LIKE DOCTOR WALDRIP NOW AS FAR AS KINDER KIDDOS ARE CONCERNED I WIPED A LOT OF SNOTTY NOSES AND I DODGED A LOT OF SNEEZES.

AND I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK WHENEVER THEY NEED ME, JUST NOT DURING LUNCH TIME.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

AND THANK YOU FOR TO OUR IST MEMBERS AND DOCTOR WALDRIP AND DOCTOR FOUCHE FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW UP FOR STUDENTS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE MOST BECAUSE IT'S OUR FIRST DAY, TOO.

AND SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO GET ON THOSE CAMPUSES AND SEE THE KIDDOS ON THEIR FIRST DAY.

[6. Recognitions]

MS. [INAUDIBLE] SORRY DYNETTE.

WHOEVER SAID NO PICTURES.

ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT WE ARE RECOGNIZING BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE MEDICAL CENTER AT CENTENNIAL.

SO WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THESE PARTNERS.

WHILE I'M GETTING THEM READY, MISS DAVIS AND DOCTOR WALDRIP, WOULD YOU JOIN US DOWN HERE, PLEASE? WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE WITH MY HAT.

GO AHEAD. ABSOLUTELY.

WHY NOT MAKE SURE IT'S LIT UP? YOU KNOW. NOW, DOCTOR WALDRIP HAS A HAT.

I MIGHT NEED HIM TO HAVE THAT.

JUST KIDDING. SO WE RECOGNIZE THIS PARTNER BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH US FOR SO LONG.

WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

THIS LATEST PARTNERSHIP RECOGNITION WE WANTED TO BRING IN, BECAUSE THEY RECENTLY MADE A SIGNIFICANT DONATION TO OUR HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM AT THE CAREER AND TECH CENTER CTE CENTER, RIGHT OVER HERE.

WITH THAT DONATION, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN A LOT MORE HEALTH NURSING SUPPLIES, ACTUALLY.

AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS POSSIBLY LOOKING AT DUMMIES, THE IV DUMMIES FOR OUR NURSING STUDENTS.

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SO THANK YOU, AND, RACHEL, YOU GOT A PICTURE.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S RECOGNIZE THEM.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, ASHLEY. THANKS.

THANK YOU.

SURE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU AGAIN MISS SIGN.

AND TO YOUR STAFF AS WELL.

I WENT TO SHAKE HER HAND BECAUSE I THOUGHT SHE WAS A PART OF BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE.

BUT THANK YOU. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR FEF TEAM.

[7. Invocation]

AND I AM SO LUCKY THAT I GET TO OFFER INVOCATION TODAY.

YOU PROBABLY YOU MAY SEE ME ONE MORE TIME THIS YEAR, BUT LET ME GO AHEAD AND ASK EVERYONE TO BOW THEIR HEADS AND JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN RECOGNITION OF EVERY FAITH THAT IS REPRESENTED IN FRISCO ISD.

FATHER, THANK YOU FOR EVERY SEAT THAT HAS BEEN FILLED HERE TODAY.

FOR EACH MIND AND HEART THAT FILLS THE PRESENCE OF THIS ROOM, WE THANK YOU.

ONLY YOU TRULY KNOW WHAT WE ARE SETTING OUT TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY.

WE HAVE AN IDEA, A VISION, HINTS, AND DAILY INSTRUCTIONS.

WE HAVE TALENTS, ABILITIES, AND TIME TO WORK.

HOWEVER, ONLY YOU CAN SEE IN PERFECT DETAIL THE END OF EVERY BEGINNING, EVERY PROJECT, EVERY SEASON AND EVERY LIFE.

NOTHING IS EVER IN VAIN, FOR EVEN MISTAKES AND MISSTEPS ARE USED FOR GOOD.

STRENGTHEN OUR CONFIDENCE IN WHO YOU HAVE MADE US TO BE.

BLESS THIS MEETING TODAY, ALL THOSE PRESENT, AS WELL AS THE LIVES OF THOSE WE WILL ENCOUNTER AFTERWARD, READY US TO MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT.

AMEN. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM

[8. Discussion regarding Efficiency Audit Report]

MRS. SMITH. THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO INVITE JOHN DE BURROW, WHO IS OUR AUDIT PARTNER WITH WEAVER, TO SHARE THE RESULTS OF THIS EFFICIENCY AUDIT WITH YOU BEFORE HE BEGINS.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE ASKED TO VOTE ON THE 2024 TAX RATE LATER THIS EVENING.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE RATIFIED BY VOTERS IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF HAVING A VENDOR OR A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION IS TO HAVE AN EFFICIENCY AUDIT DONE BY AN EXTERNAL AUDITOR AND POST THOSE RESULTS AND DISCUSS THOSE RESULTS PUBLICLY AT LEAST 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ELECTION.

WE WERE LUCKY THAT WEAVER WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS AUDIT FOR US LAST WEEK, AND SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RESULTS OF THAT PRIOR TO YOUR VOTE ON THE TAX RATE.

AND PRIOR TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.

SO WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND BE ABLE TO PUT THIS INFORMATION UP FRONT BEFORE YOU GUYS VOTE ON THE TAX RATE.

ONE JUST QUICK COMMENT.

THE EFFICIENCY AUDIT REPORT THAT IS IN BOARD BOOK AND THAT WILL GO UP ON OUR WEBSITE, DOES SAY THE DISTRICT IS HAVING A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT WAS JUST WRITTEN IN ANTICIPATION OF IT, OF US MOVING FORWARD AND THAT BEING REPORT HAVING TO BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.

BUT IT WAS IN NO WAY INTENDED TO GET AHEAD OF THE VOTE TONIGHT.

SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JOHN.

THANKS, KIMBERLY. THANK YOU.

AND GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO MEET WITH YOU THIS EVENING TO GO OVER THE RESULTS OF THE EFFICIENCY AUDIT.

AS KIMBERLY MENTIONED BEFORE, HAVING A VATRA THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE AN EFFICIENCY AUDIT UNDER HOUSE BILL TWO. THAT'S BEEN PUT TOGETHER BY THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD.

THEY'VE ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES ON THE EFFICIENCY AUDIT PROCEDURES.

AND THE DATA THAT WE USE IN THIS AUDIT ARE FROM FISCAL YEAR 2022-23.

THAT'S THE MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR AVAILABLE.

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BEFORE VATRA AND UNDER THE GUIDELINES, WE'RE CHARGED, FIRST OF ALL, BY SELECTING PEER DISTRICTS, USING SEVERAL DIFFERENT POSSIBLE TECHNIQUES.

AND WE UTILIZED FOR THE PEER DISTRICTS, THE ONES THAT MOST CLOSELY RESEMBLED THE FRISCO ISD AS FAR AS THE SIZE OF THE ENROLLMENT, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE CRITERIA UNDER THE GUIDELINES, AND THAT WAS BASED ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT OF 50,000 PLUS STUDENTS FOR 2022.

THIS SLIDE LISTS OUT THE TEN OF THE 17 PEER DISTRICTS UNDER THAT CRITERIA THAT WE USED IN OUR STUDY.

THEY INCLUDE NORTHEAST ISD, CYPRESS, FAIRBANKS, GARLAND, FORT BEND, ALDINE, KATY, KLEIN, CONROE, ARLINGTON, AND AUSTIN.

AND UNDER THE GUIDELINES, WE'RE CHARGED WITH PERFORMING A NUMBER OF PROCEDURES, LOOKING AT VARIOUS DATA FROM DATA SOURCES THROUGH TEA AND OTHER MEANS THE FIRST OF WHICH IS TO LOOK AT PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

AND THESE ARE BASED ON STUDENT ASSESSMENT RESULTS AND OTHER CRITERIA WHERE FRISCO ISD SCORED A 95, WHICH WAS AN A, THE PEER DISTRICT'S AVERAGE SCORE WAS AN 87, WHICH WAS A B, AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS OR THE FIRST RATING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.

FRISCO ISD RECEIVED AN A, WHICH IS SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT.

GOING BACK TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY RATING, JUST FOR A MOMENT, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE 72 CAMPUSES THAT COMPRISE FRISCO ISD, 52 RECEIVED AN A RATING, 19 RECEIVED A B RATING, AND ONE WAS NOT RATED.

WE'RE ALSO CHARGED WITH LOOKING AT VARIOUS STUDENT COUNTS AND CHARACTERISTICS.

THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWING YOU THAT FRISCO'S ENROLLMENT AS OF FISCAL YEAR 2023 WAS 66,916 COMPARED TO THE PEER DISTRICTS, WHICH WAS 71,623.

FOR AN AVERAGE. BUT THAT RANGE RANGED FROM JUST OVER 52,000 IN 1 OF THE DISTRICTS TO OVER 118,000 IN ANOTHER.

SO, WE'RE REQUIRED TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN A NUMBER OF CATEGORIES THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED ENGLISH LEARNERS, SPECIAL EDUCATION, BILINGUAL AND ESL EDUCATION, AS WELL AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL.

AND YOU CAN SEE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS THAT THE PEER DISTRICTS HAD A MUCH HIGHER NUMBER OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, THE ENGLISH LEARNERS AND THE BILINGUAL ESL EDUCATION.

THE NUMBERS IN THEIR POPULATIONS WERE MUCH, MUCH HIGHER.

WHERE THE ENGLISH LEARNERS I'M SORRY, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL FOR FRISCO IST WAS A LOT CLOSER TO ITS PEERS.

AND IF WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, IT BREAKS IT DOWN INTO PERCENTAGES SO THAT YOU CAN SEE OBVIOUSLY THE OTHER PEER DISTRICTS HAVE A LOT HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED ENGLISH LEARNERS AND BILINGUAL ESL EDUCATION, WHERE THE PERCENTAGES FOR FRISCO ISD ARE MUCH CLOSER ON SPECIAL EDUCATION AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE ATTENDANCE RATES OF FRISCO ISD COMPARED TO ITS PEERS.

FRISCO'S ATTENDANCE RATE WAS 94.4%, WHICH WAS EXCELLENT.

IT WAS HIGHER THAN BOTH THE PEERS AND THE STATE.

THE PEERS ATTENDANCE RATE WAS 92.3% AND THE STATE'S WAS 92.2.

NEXT, WE'RE CHARGED WITH LOOKING AT BOTH REVENUE PER STUDENT AS WELL AS EXPENDITURES PER STUDENT.

AND LOOKING AT THE GRAPH, YOU CAN SEE THAT FRISCO ISD'S REVENUE PER STUDENT WAS $10,673.

THAT'S $1,272 LESS REVENUE PER STUDENT COMPARED TO ITS PEERS, AND $2,150 LESS THAN THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE. AND THERE ARE CERTAIN FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE FACT THAT THE DISTRICT HAD LOWER STATE AND FEDERAL REVENUE.

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AND THERE WERE ALSO OTHER DIFFERENCES IN THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE STUDENTS IN THOSE DISTRICTS, ON THE OTHER HAND.

SIMILARLY, LOOKING AT THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES PER STUDENT, FRISCO SPENT $10,359 PER STUDENT, COMPARED TO THE PEER DISTRICT AVERAGE OF 11,678 AND THE STATE AVERAGE OF 12,386.

AND SO THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, HAVING LESS REVENUE, WAS ABLE TO SPEND $1,319 LESS THAN ITS PEERS AND 2027 LESS THAN THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE.

AND IF WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPOSITION OF THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE DISTRICT VERSUS ITS PEERS IN THE STATE. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE DISTRICT IS ABLE TO SPEND LESS PER STUDENT THE CONCENTRATION ON INSTRUCTION AND RELATED SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT IS MUCH HIGHER THAN BOTH THE PEER DISTRICTS AND THE STATE AVERAGE.

THE FRISCO SPENT 64.5% OF ITS EXPENDITURES ON INSTRUCTION AND RELATED SERVICES, COMPARED TO 61.8% FOR THE PEERS AND 58.8 FOR THE STATE AVERAGE, SHOWING THAT THE DISTRICT IS UTILIZING ITS RESOURCES BETTER IN IN EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION THAN BOTH ITS PEERS AND THE STATE.

THE NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES SOME PAYROLL AND STAFFING DATA THAT WE COMPILED.

FRISCO PAYROLL COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL COSTS WAS 84.83%, COMPARED TO THE PEER DISTRICT AVERAGE OF 82.92 AND THE STATE AVERAGE OF 77.83.

AGAIN SHOWING THE CONCENTRATION IN PAYROLL AND TEACHING.

THE AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY IN FRISCO HIGHER THAN BOTH THE PEER DISTRICT AND THE STATE AVERAGE.

SHOWING THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTION HERE.

TEACHER STAFF AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL STAFF WAS 57.2% FOR FRISCO, COMPARED TO 45 POINT, I'M SORRY, 48.5% FOR PEER DISTRICTS AND 48.6 FOR THE STATE AVERAGE.

STUDENTS PER TEACHING STAFF.

LOWER FRISCO SHOWING A LOWER STUDENT PER TEACHING STAFF RATIO OF 14.8, COMPARED TO THE PEER DISTRICTS OF 15.4.

ANOTHER NUMBER TO LOOK AT IS TEACHER TURNOVER RATE HERE IN FRISCO ISD IS LOWER THAN BOTH YOUR PEER DISTRICTS AS WELL AS THE STATE.

THE TURNOVER RATE WAS 20.1% IN 23, COMPARED TO 21.7% FOR THE PEERS AND 21.4 OVERALL FOR THE STATE.

SO AGAIN, THE PAYROLL COSTS FOR THE DISTRICT HIGHER THAN BOTH THE PEERS AND THE STATE AVERAGE.

THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE AND LOOKING AT THE DETAIL SHOWED THAT THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE WAS SPENDING MORE ON FOOD SERVICE AND PLANT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, WHERE A LOT OF THE FRISCO SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE MUCH YOUNGER AND REQUIRE LESS MAINTENANCE.

NEXT, WE WERE REQUIRED TO LOOK AT FUND BALANCE OF THE GENERAL FUND, THE MAIN OPERATING FUND OF THE DISTRICT FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

YOU CAN SEE THE TREND HERE AND OVERALL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.

THE DISTRICT'S UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE WAS $3,405 PER STUDENT, WHICH WAS $218 LESS PER STUDENT THAN THE PEER DISTRICTS.

BUT ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE DISTRICT ALSO MAINTAINS A SIGNIFICANT WHAT'S CALLED UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS ASSIGNED FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICT'S ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE WAS ASSIGNED FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND SPECIFICALLY FOR RETENTION INCENTIVES AND CLASSROOM SUPPLY INCENTIVES.

SO WHEN YOU FACTOR THAT IN, THEY'RE REALLY AT OR ABOVE THE AVERAGE FOR THE PEER DISTRICTS.

AND IF WE ALSO LOOK AT UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF THREE-MONTH OPERATING EXPENDITURES HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT GENERALLY THE DISTRICT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAS BEEN AT OR ABOVE THAT OF THE PEER DISTRICTS.

IN 2023 THE PEER DISTRICT'S PERCENTAGE WAS MUCH HIGHER.

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THERE WERE TWO DISTRICTS THAT HAD OVER 300%.

WHEN WE WHEN WE TAKE OUT THOSE TWO OUTLIERS, I'LL CALL THEM.

IT BRINGS IT DOWN TO 125% FOR THE PEER DISTRICTS.

SO AGAIN OUTLIERS CAN SOMETIMES SKEW THE DATA.

JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I JUST WANT TO MENTION REAL QUICKLY IS ON STAFFING LEVELS, THE FISD TEACHING STAFF MAKES UP 57.2% OF THE OVERALL STAFF COMPARED TO THE PEER DISTRICTS, WHICH WAS ONLY 48.5 AND 48.6 FOR THE STATE.

AND WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE REPORT, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT TOO IS IN SECTION TWO, IT'S ENTITLED KEY INFO ON THE ON THE DISTRICT.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION HERE THAT'S PROVIDED BY MANAGEMENT THAT SHOWS THE EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE ON THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER'S TAX BILL.

IT SHOWS WHAT THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE IS AS A RESULT OF THE TAX RATE, AND ALSO PROVIDES INFORMATION ON WHAT THE DISTRICT INTENDS TO USE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR.

I THINK OVERALL THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES IN THAT THE DISTRICT DEMONSTRATES EXCELLENT FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND USES ITS RESOURCES EFFICIENTLY IN PROVIDING A SUPERIOR EDUCATION TO ITS STUDENTS.

WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

BOARD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I HAVE A QUICK ONE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN YOUR METHODOLOGY FOR THE TEN YOU SELECTED? I'M SORRY. EXPLAIN WHAT YOUR METHODOLOGY FOR THE TEN.

YEAR. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING THE METHODOLOGY FOR THE TEN-YEAR DISTRICTS.

THE METHODOLOGY WAS THAT THEY GIVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CRITERIA.

THE CRITERIA USED TO SELECT THE DISTRICTS WAS REALLY THE ENROLLMENT OF 50,000 OR MORE.

AND WE JUST LOOKED AT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS JUST AS SEE IF THEY WERE CLOSE IN SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AS, AS FRISCO.

BUT REALLY IT WAS MOSTLY BASED ON THE POPULATION OR THE ENROLLMENT POPULATION OF 50,000, 50,000 OR MORE STUDENTS.

I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING TOWARD THERE WERE 17 IN THE IN THE UNIVERSE, BUT YOU PICKED TEN.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE TEN THAT YOU SELECTED.

I'D REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EXACT DATA THAT THAT WE LOOKED AT.

IN SELECTING THOSE, WE TRIED TO PICK ONES THAT SEEMED REPRESENTATIVE OF CLOSELY REPRESENTATIVE OF FRISCO. BUT WHEN YOU GET TO SOME OF THE LARGE DISTRICTS, YOU HAVE JUST SUCH A LARGE VARIATION IN THE DEMOGRAPHICS, THAT MAKES IT HARD. SO, I CAN'T SAY THAT THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR THING THAT WE, WE PLACED IN, IN SELECTING THOSE TEN OUT OF THE 17.

AND JUST THE LAST QUESTION, BECAUSE THE POPULATION, THE UNIVERSITY WAS SO SMALL, ANY REASON JUST I KNOW LEGALLY YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO TEN, BUT WHY NOT JUST GO AND DO THE 17? YEAH. NO, NO, I'M ASKING A QUESTION.

WHY NOT DO THE 17? I'M SORRY.

I HAD A I APOLOGIZE FOR MY HEARING PROBLEM TONIGHT.

I HAD A FLIGHT TWO WEEKS AGO AND THERE WAS A MAJOR PRESSURE DROP ON THE FLIGHT AND.

NO PROBLEM. WAS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE COULDN'T JUST GO AHEAD AND DO THE 17? WAS THERE ANY REASON WHY? WE DIDN'T DO THE 17? I KNOW LEGALLY YOU ONLY HAD TO DO TEN.

IT USUALLY SAID IT USUALLY ADVISES TO SELECT BETWEEN 7 AND 10 DISTRICTS AND NOT ALL OF THE NOT ALL OF THE PEER DISTRICTS IN THAT PARTICULAR SELECTION USING THE REPORTS.

THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE HOUSE BILL GUIDELINES.

OKAY. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE? EXCUSE ME.

CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE TEN STUDENT OR THE TEN SCHOOLS LISTED? CAN YOU PROVIDE THAT SLIDE? WHICH ONE? THE ONE THAT HAS THE TEN SCHOOLS ON THE LIST.

THE SLIDE. CAN I, CAN WE SEE THAT AGAIN? YES. OKAY, THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION KIMBERLY CAN ANSWER.

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I BELIEVE CYPRESS FAIRBANKS IS ONE.

THEY'RE A FAST GROWING DISTRICT.

THOSE ARE THE THREE, I BELIEVE.

CONROE IS ALSO A FAST GROWING DISTRICT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

BOARD. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

BOARD. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING OUR 2024 TAX RATE.

[9. Public Hearing regarding 2024 tax rate]

AND SO I'LL HAND IT OFF TO MRS. SMITH, AND THEN WE WILL CALL ON THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 2024 TAX RATE.

OKAY. WELL, WE'LL FIX THAT IN A MINUTE.

THERE WE GO. TONIGHT, LATER TONIGHT, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE ASKED TO VOTE ON THE 2024 PROPOSED TAX RATE.

I'VE PUT A SLIDE ON THE SCREEN THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT LATER WHEN YOU GET TO THE VOTE.

BUT ESSENTIALLY, WE ARE RECOMMENDING RAISING THE TOTAL TAX RATE BY JUST UNDER $0.03.

IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR TO YOUR VOTE.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PORTION OF THE EVENING IS FOR.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO AS I SHARED BEFORE, MRS. SMITH, WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE 2024 TAX RATE.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS SABRINA LAMONTE, AND THE SECOND SPEAKER WILL BE STEPHANIE BRONCANO.

SABRINA LAMONT IS UP FIRST AND AFTER SABRINA LAMONT WILL HAVE STEPHANIE BRONCANO.

HELLO. MY NAME IS SABRINA LAMONTE.

8936 FROST REED ROAD FRISCO.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SAY THAT THE 9.3% TAX INCREASE AND BOND MEASURE MUST BE VOTED DOWN.

SO MANY FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.

MANAGING A FAMILY BUDGET IS A STRUGGLE FOR MANY AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY WITH HIGH INFLATION, HIGH PROPERTY AND SCHOOL TAXES, AND EXPENSIVE HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE.

THE GENERAL COST OF LIVING HAS ALMOST DOUBLED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

FAMILIES CANNOT AFFORD BASIC ESSENTIALS SUCH AS GROCERIES AND GAS.

MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH WORK, AND WE STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND TO AFFORD LIFE HERE IN FRISCO WITH THEIR TWO TEENAGE DAUGHTERS.

I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS WHO ARE FORCED TO LEAVE FRISCO BECAUSE THEY JUST COULDN'T MAKE IT.

AS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, LIKE MANY OTHER FAMILIES HAVE HAD TO DO, WE'VE TIGHTEN OUR BELTS DRASTICALLY.

NO EATING OUT, NO VACATIONS, NO EXTRAS JUST TO GET BY TO PROPOSE THIS TAX INCREASE AND BOND SEEMS EXTREMELY TONE DEAF TO THE NEEDS AND STRUGGLES OF OUR COMMUNITY. I GET THAT SCHOOLS AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEED MAINTAINING, BUT WHAT I DON'T GET IS WHY YOU WOULD APPROVE A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR COMMUNITY THEATER AND GIVE RAISES TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, AMONG OTHER INFLATED EXPENDITURES, KNOWING THAT SCHOOLS NEED REPAIRS.

YOU ALREADY ACQUIRE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF FUNDS AND YOU STILL CAN'T MAKE IT.

YOU STILL CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE THOSE FUNDS WORK.

WHY CAN'T THIS DISTRICT BUDGET ITSELF AND CUT THE FAT? LIKE SO MANY AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO DO, INCLUDING FRISCO RESIDENTS.

REGARDING THE BOND, LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS SUPPORTERS AND CONTRACTORS WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THE WINDFALL OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

WE ARE ALREADY SO OVERTAXED AND THE WASTE IS UNACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE TIMES OF SUCH HIGH INFLATION THAT'S CAUSED BY OUR GOVERNMENT'S OVERSPENDING.

FRISCO ISD HAS PROVEN TO BE A MICROCOSM OF OUR BLOATED GOVERNMENT.

PLEASE DO NOT IMPOSE ANOTHER TAX HIKE ON US AND PUT US FURTHER IN DEBT.

YOU ARE SQUEEZING US DRY AND WILL BE FORCED TO LEAVE.

I IMPLORE YOU TO PRACTICE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT DERELICTION OF YOUR DUTY TO THE TAXPAYERS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

STEPHANIE BRONCANO.

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RAISING TAXES IS A VERY POOR CHOICE IN THIS CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE.

THERE ARE FINANCIAL EXPERTS WHO SAY WE MAY BE ON THE VERGE OF A RECESSION.

AND YET YOU WANT TO ASK THE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO TO COUGH UP MORE MONEY.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOUR RAINY DAY FUND.

WE SIT IN THIS GLEAMING BUILDING WHICH I KNOW NONE OF YOU WERE INVOLVED IN BUILDING.

IT'S BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, BUT YOU'RE ASKING FOR MORE.

MORE MONEY FOR BUILDINGS.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU HAD A COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS.

BUT IT SEEMS TO ME AS AN OBSERVER THAT OFTEN THE BOARD HAS THEIR GO TO PEOPLE WHO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT AND CHEERLEAD FOR THE DISTRICT AND ARE NOT REALLY REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY OF TAXPAYERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AS FOR AGING BUILDINGS, I COME FROM THE NORTHEAST WHERE NOTHING IS OLD TILL IT'S AT LEAST 100 YEARS OLD.

THAT'S KIND OF A JOKE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THINGS BECOME RUNDOWN.

WE WANT TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF OUR STRUCTURES.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S ABOUT 20 BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN NEED OF REPAIR.

AND THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD, WHICH IS NOT VERY OLD AT ALL.

SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE BE VERY RESPONSIBLE IN THE DECISIONS TO UPGRADE SCHOOLS.

TEXAS SCHOOLS IN GENERAL RANK 42ND OUT OF 50 STATES.

THAT'S VERY LOW.

AND JUST AN OBSERVATION THAT I'VE MADE IS THAT WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO GLEAMING BUILDINGS.

BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH EDUCATION? PERHAPS WE SHOULD STOP TRYING TO HAVE THE FANCIEST BOUGIEST BUILDINGS AND FOCUS ON EDUCATION AND WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS.

AND I DON'T THINK REINFORCING MATERIAL THINGS IS WHERE IT'S AT FOR THESE KIDS.

IF YOU WANT TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY, USE IT TO PAY FOR TEACHER SALARIES IN GENERAL.

TEACHERS ARE UNDERPAID.

I'M NOT SAYING FISD COMPARED TO THE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT, BUT IN GENERAL, IT'S AN UNDERPAID PROFESSION.

ACROSS THIS NATION, TAXPAYERS HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT SCHOOLS NEED MORE MONEY FOR DECADES, DECADE AFTER DECADE.

JUST GIVE US MORE MONEY AND WE'LL FIX EVERYTHING.

MORE MONEY DOESN'T EVER REALLY ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BOARD WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM TEN, WHICH IS COMMUNICATIONS TO AND FROM THE BOARD, INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[10. Communication to and from the Board including public comments]

WE NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA.

THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS THIS EVENING, WHICH ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE OPEN MEETING AND ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER SPEAKERS.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE INFORMATION SHARED IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE INFORMATION SHARED BY THE PRESENTER AND SOLELY PROVIDES THE OPINION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER, NOT THE DISTRICT, DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ONLY, NOT OTHER ATTENDEES, AND ONLY MADE ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO SPEAK.

TO ENSURE THAT ALL SPEAKERS ARE TREATED EQUALLY AND HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, THE PODIUM MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TIME FOR EVERY SPEAKER.

PLEASE KEEP ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS.

IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC CONCERN RELATED TO AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT OR A SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUE, YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO UTILIZE THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES PROVIDED IN BOARD POLICIES DGBA LOCAL, FNG LOCAL AND GF LOCAL.

EACH GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ALLOWS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO REDRESS GRIEVANCES WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE ARE FIVE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE SAME TOPIC, YOU MAY CHOOSE TO APPOINT AN INDIVIDUAL TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY POSTED ON THE AGENDA.

IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS MEETING'S AGENDA, PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT, WHICH IS NEXT MONTH, SEPTEMBER 30TH.

THE FIRST PORTION OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION IS STAKEHOLDER TESTIMONY.

WHEN THE WHEN THE BOARD WILL HEAR FROM PARENTS OF FISD STUDENTS, FRISCO ISD EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS, AND OTHER FRISCO ISD RESIDENTS.

ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A FULL NAME AND HOME ADDRESS WHEN SIGNING UP TO SPEAK.

IF WE WERE UNABLE TO VERIFY AN INDIVIDUAL'S STATUS AS A STAKEHOLDER BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY.

THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE THREE SPEAKERS TODAY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL IS SARAH LAMONT OR LAMONT SARAH LAMONT, AND THE

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SARAH, DID I PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME CORRECTLY? IT'S LALLEMONT.

LALLEMONT. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

HELLO, I'M SHEA GERAGOS, AND I'M FRISCO LONE STAR FFA PRESIDENT.

MY NAME IS SARAH LALLEMONT, AND I AM THE FRISCO LONE STAR FFA SECRETARY AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR CHAPTER.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING OUR MEMBERS FOR INCLUDING US IN THE UPCOMING FRISCO ISD BOND.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FFA ON OUR STUDENTS.

FFA IS MORE THAN JUST THE LARGEST STUDENT LED ORGANIZATION.

IT IS A TRANSFORMATIVE FORCE IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.

FFA EMBODIES THE CONCEPT OF STUDENTS BECOMING FUTURE READY LEARNERS.

THIS PROGRAM PREPARES STUDENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN A LIFETIME OF LEADERSHIP THROUGH FFA.

STUDENTS THROUGH FFA.

I'M SO SORRY. STUDENTS DEVELOP CRUCIAL LIFE SKILLS SUCH AS RESPONSIBILITY, TEAMWORK, COMMUNICATION, AND PROBLEM SOLVING.

WHETHER THEY PURSUE CAREERS IN AGRICULTURE OR VENTURE INTO OTHER FIELDS, THE SKILLS THEY GAIN IN FFA SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS IN ANY ENDEAVOR.

FFA MEMBERS ARE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO EXPLORE A WIDE RANGE OF AGRICULTURAL DISCIPLINES, FROM FLORICULTURE AND ANIMAL SCIENCE TO AGRIBUSINESS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. THIS HANDS ON EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING EXTENDS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, GIVING STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN REAL WORLD PROJECTS AND COMPETITIONS THAT BUILD THEIR TECHNICAL SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE.

FFA MOTTO IS LEARNING TO DO, DOING TO LEARN, EARNING TO LIVE, AND LIVING TO SERVE.

OUR MEMBERS ARE HERE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND BETTER THE ENVIRONMENT WE LIVE IN.

WE DO THIS BY PARTICIPATING IN SERVICE PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, FOSTERING A SENSE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, AND INSTILLING THE VALUES OF GIVING BACK AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE. MOREOVER, FFA CREATES A SENSE OF BELONGING AND PURPOSE.

STUDENTS FIND A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN EXPLORE THEIR PASSIONS AND DEVELOP LEADERSHIP ABILITIES.

WITHIN THE PAST THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN IN THIS ORGANIZATION.

I HAVE MET MY BEST FRIENDS AND A FAMILY.

I AM SO GRATEFUL TO CALL FRISCO LONE STAR FFA.

THIS SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT ENCOURAGES STUDENTS LIKE MYSELF TO STEP OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONES, TAKE ON LEADERSHIP ROLES, AND GROW INTO WELL-ROUNDED INDIVIDUALS READY TO TACKLE THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE.

IN SUMMARY, FFA EQUIPS OUR STUDENTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND CHARACTER NEEDED TO THRIVE IN THEIR FUTURE CAREERS AND AS CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. WE NEED YOU TO INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS' FUTURES AND IN THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE FFA AND POSITIVE IMPACT IT HAS HAD ON OUR LIVES AND OUR STUDENTS.

I URGE THE BOARD TO VOTE YES ON THE BOND.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ISABEL ISAACS.

AFTER ISABEL ISAACS WE HAVE LENNAE HARTUNIAN.

ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD.

I AM A PROUD FRISCO ISD TEACHER AT STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

OUR CURRENT BUILDING IS A BELOVED HISTORICAL LANDMARK IN FRISCO ISD HISTORY.

HOWEVER, IN TERMS OF PROVIDING A SAFE AND RELIABLE CAMPUS FOR OUR SECONDARY TITLE ONE STUDENTS, IT IS RECEIVING A FAILING GRADE IN MY BOOK.

LET'S SEE. THIS IS DUE TO OUR FREQUENT AGE RELATED MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT ARISE AND INTERFERE AND INTERRUPT WITH OUR STUDENT INSTRUCTION AND EDUCATION.

THIS IS WHY IT IS CRITICAL THAT THIS BOARD SUPPORT THE FUNDING TO OH, I'M SO SORRY TO REBUILD A NEW STALEY.

OUR STUDENTS ARE PROUD TO ATTEND SCHOOL IN FRISCO ISD.

SO WHY CAN'T WE GIVE THEM A CAMPUS THAT THEY CAN BE PROUD OF AS WELL.

FURTHERMORE, AFTER TODAY'S EXPERIENCE AT STALEY, I WOULD PERSONALLY BE INCLINED TO SAY THAT IT IS CRITICAL FOR US TO HAVE A POLICY ISSUE IN PLACE FOR EMERGENCIES LIKE TODAY'S AC MALFUNCTION AND FAILURE, WHICH RESULTED IN COMPLETE HALTING AND DISRUPTION OF INSTRUCTION FOR OUR STUDENTS FOR OVER 1.5 HOURS, INCLUDING A HALF HOUR PERIOD WHEN WE WERE IN A HOLD IN PLACE IN 87 DEGREE CLASSROOMS WHERE OUR KIDS COULDN'T GO OUT AND GET

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

LANEA HARTUNIAN.

HI. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M LANEA HARTUNIAN, AND I'M ADDRESSING THE BOND PROPOSAL FOR THE THREE BONDS.

I BELIEVE IT IS.

SO, I START WITH THE GOVERNMENT GIVETH, THE GOVERNMENT TAKETH AWAY.

SO APPARENTLY IN THE 88TH LEGISLATURE, WE WERE GIVEN A LITTLE REPRIEVE ON OUR TAXES.

THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS.

BUT NOW FRISCO WANTS TO TAP INTO THAT.

AND BECAUSE THERE IS A BUDGET DEFICIT AND WE CAN'T AFFORD, APPARENTLY REPAIRS, REMODELING.

THE LADY WHO JUST SPOKE.

STALEY, I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT THEY NEED AIR CONDITIONING, BUT APPARENTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR RAINY-DAY FUND WENT OR WHAT KIND OF FINANCES WE'RE DOING OR BUDGETING WE'RE DOING.

WHY ARE WE BUILDING A $43 MILLION PERFORMING ARTS CENTER? WE HAVE MANY PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

I'LL NAME THEM STONEBRIAR MALL, RIDERS FIELDS, TOYOTA STADIUM, COMERICA CENTER, STAR PGA.

I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY WITH THE CITY.

FRISCO JUST PASSED FOUR CITY BONDS AND NOW WE HAVE THREE MORE FROM FRISCO ISD.

I ALSO REITERATE WHAT THE LADIES TALKED ABOUT WITH THE RECESSION.

IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN, IT'S GROCERIES ARE OFF THE CHARTS.

TEACHERS CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ALREADY.

PAY THEM WHAT THEY ARE WORTH.

WE NEED TO STOP WASTING OUR TAXPAYER MONEY ON USELESS, FRIVOLOUS PROGRAMS, VENDORS, ADMINISTRATION.

I THINK WE CAN GO AND DIVE INTO WHAT IS IT WE CAN DO INTERNALLY WITH OUR BUDGET AND NOT HAVE TO DO THIS BOND INITIATIVE? HOW DID YOU NOT SEE THIS COMING? HAVE YOU SOME OF YOU OR SOMEBODY HERE HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD STEWARD WITH OUR TAXPAYER MONEY? WE JUST HEARD FRISCO HAS YOUNGER BUILDINGS.

I MEAN, STALEY, I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED.

MAYBE STALEY DOES.

SO THAT'S OFF.

NOT INCLUDED IN THIS.

I THINK WE NEED A FORENSIC AUDIT, NOT MORE BONDS.

BONDS ARE BOND BONDAGE, AND I REJECT THE IDEA OF PROPOSING MORE BONDS FOR FRISCO ISD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BOARD. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 11, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO

[11.A. Consider and act on approval of minutes from June 10th Workshop, June 10th Regular Meeting, June 17th Special Meeting, June 27th Special Meeting, July 18th Special Meeting, July 29th Workshop, July 29th Special Meeting, July 31st Transfer Appeal Hearing, August 5th Workshop and August 5th Regular Meeting. ]

AND WHAT I AM ASKING FOR US TO DO REGARDING AGENDA ITEM A, WHICH IS CONSIDER AN ACT ON THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM JUNE 10TH, THE JUNE 10TH WORKSHOP, THE JUNE 10TH REGULAR MEETING, THE JUNE 17TH SPECIAL MEETING, THE JUNE 27TH SPECIAL MEETING, JULY 18TH SPECIAL MEETING, JULY 29TH WORKSHOP.

JULY 29TH SPECIAL MEETING JULY 31ST TRANSFER APPEAL HEARING AND AUGUST 5TH WORKSHOP AND AUGUST 5TH REGULAR MEETING.

I AM GOING TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD THAT WE TABLE AGENDA ITEM 11 A UNTIL THE ITEMS ARE PLACED IN BOARD BOOK.

SO WE ARE GOING TO TABLE AGENDA ITEM 11 A UNTIL THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.

DO YOU NEED A SECOND ON THAT OR DO YOU JUST.

DO YOU NEED A MOTION OR DO I NEED A MOTION? I LOOK FORWARD, I LOOK FOR A MOTION.

OKAY. I MOVE TO TABLE.

ITEM. ACTION ITEM 11 A UNTIL NEXT MEETING.

SECOND. MOTION BY MRS. ELAD. SECOND BY MR. HILL. BOARD.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.

MR. MADDOX, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I DO NOT. I'M SORRY.

I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

DO WE NEED TO DO A VOICE VOTE SINCE THIS IS TO APPROVE? YES WE DO. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I'LL CHANGE THE TITLE. YOU CAN VOTE AND YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT.

OKAY, SO WE CAN ABSOLUTELY VOTE ON OUR TABLETS.

WE CAN VOTE ON THE TABLET.

SHE'S GOING TO CHANGE THE VERBIAGE.

MOTION PASSES SIX ONE.

OH, THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

OKAY, CAN WE DO THAT AGAIN?

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YEAH. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. BOARD WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 11 B, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT ON FISD REPRESENTATION

[11.B. Consider and act on FISD Board representation at the 2024 TASB Delegate Assembly]

THIS WILL BE DONE IN TWO PARTS.

WE WILL FIRST MAKE A MOTION.

I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR THE DELEGATE AS WELL.

AND THEN SECOND, THE ALTERNATE DELEGATE FOR THE TASB 2004 ASSEMBLY.

I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MISS ELAD FOR THE FISD BOARD AS A BOARD, FISD BOARD REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE TASB DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. SECOND MOTION BY MR. PONANGI. SECOND BY MRS. SALAS. BOARD IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT WE WILL, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR OUR TASB DELEGATE ALTERNATE FOR THE ASSEMBLY.

I NOMINATE CHERI SALAS TO BE THE ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO THE TASB ASSEMBLY.

SECOND. MOTION BY MRS. ELAD. SECOND BY MR. PONANGI. BOARD.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

IF YOU'LL DO THAT ONE BY HAND.

I DON'T HAVE THAT ON THERE.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE DURING THE 2024 CONVENTION.

BOARD WILL LOOK TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 11 C, WHERE WE WILL CONSIDER AND ACT ON THE FISD BOARD

[11.C. Consider and act on FISD Board FEDC Nomination]

JUST FOR INDIVIDUALS HERE WITH US AND THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING IN.

THIS SEAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE FRISCO EDC.

EVERY THREE YEARS WE ARE TO VOTE TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM FRISCO ISD TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS. LAST YEAR WE DID VOTE.

YOU MAY REMEMBER SOME OF YOU THAT WERE HERE.

WE DID VOTE TO ALLOW MR. PONANGI TO COME IN AND FULFILL THE EXPIRED TERM OF FORMER TRUSTEE DEBBIE GILLESPIE.

THE TERM EXPIRES IN SEPTEMBER, AND SO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE WILL CONSIDER TODAY WILL BEGIN SERVING IN SEPTEMBER FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.

BOARD, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. HILL AS A FISD REPRESENTATIVE AT FRISCO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

SECOND. MOTION BY MR. PONANGI. SECOND BY MRS. ELAD. BOARD, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 11 D.

[11.D. Consider and act on nomination for Board of Trustee Parliamentarian]

PARLIAMENTARIAN. BOARD, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO NOMINATE KEITH MADDOX AS A BOARD OF TRUSTEE.

PARLIAMENTARIAN. SECOND.

OH. SORRY MARVIN.

MOTION BY MR. HILL. SECOND BY MR. LOWE. BOARD IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS? I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

I WANT TO ALSO BACK UP AND CONGRATULATE MR. HILL FOR HIS NOMINATION.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOW YOU WILL SERVE FOR WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS IN FRISCO ISD.

ON THE EDC FOR THE CITY OF FRISCO.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, TRUSTEE MADDOX, ON YOUR APPOINTMENT AS OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN.

WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 11 E, WHERE WE'LL CONSIDER AND ACT ON THE NOMINATION OF A TRUSTEE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR

[11.E. Consider and act on nomination of a Board of Trustee representative to the Board of Directors for the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) Number One]

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YEARS AGO.

MRS. SMITH INFORMED US THAT WE HAD REPRESENTATION FROM OUR BOARD TO SERVE ON THE BOARD, AND IT DISSOLVED.

AND THIS YEAR WE ARE REINSTATING THAT.

AND SO I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO NOT.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NOMINATION OF MARVIN LOWE AS REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE.

SECOND. MOTION BY MR. HILL. SECOND BY MR. PONANGI. BOARD.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

BOARD. WE'RE MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM 11 F, WHERE WE'RE CONSIDER AND ACT ON A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD TO SET UP

[11.F. Consider and act on a resolution of the Board to set the 2024 tax rate]

I'LL LOOK FOR A MOMENT.

I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM.

WE MOVE.

WHERE ARE WE AT? HERE? IF I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $1 0.0569, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 9.13% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. THANK YOU.

MOTION BY MR. HILL. SECOND BY MR. PONANGI BOARD.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? MRS. ELAD.

OH, DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST HAD A STATEMENT PREPARED REGARDING MY VOTE FOR TONIGHT.

SO IF SOMEONE HAS QUESTIONS FIRST, THEY CAN DO IT.

OTHERWISE I'LL GO.

OKAY. SO I DID PREPARE A STATEMENT ON THIS MATTER FOR THIS EVENING.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MY EMPLOYER WAS FACING A CASH SHORTFALL DUE TO SOME INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS, SOME OF WHICH WERE OUTSIDE OF THE COMPANY'S CONTROL.

WHEN I WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A SERIOUS BELT TIGHTENING FOR 6 TO 12 MONTHS, AND THEN WE SHOULD BE BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL. I WAS TOLD TO CONTACT EVERY VENDOR THAT I ENGAGED WITH AND TELL THEM THAT WE NEEDED A 10% REDUCTION IN CHARGES FOR SIX MONTHS MINIMUM.

EVERY OTHER BUDGET OWNER WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO THE SAME.

A FEW DAYS LATER, I ASKED MY BOSS IF I SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH THE COMPANY'S ABILITY TO REMAIN IN BUSINESS.

HE SAID, IF WE CAN'T DO THIS, THEN YES, IF WE CAN, THEN NO.

TO SAY THAT THIS PROCESS WAS PAINFUL AND UNCOMFORTABLE WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

BUT WE DID IT AND WEATHERED THE STORM.

AT NO TIME DID ANYONE SUGGEST A PRICE INCREASE ON OUR CUSTOMERS.

IT WAS OUR PROBLEM TO SOLVE AND WE HAD TO SOLVE IT.

THE STAKES WERE VERY HIGH.

LAST SPRING I VOTED YES ON THE BUDGET.

VOTING FOR A DEFICIT BUDGET AT THAT TIME WAS THE ONLY WAY THAT OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF WOULD RECEIVE A RAISE.

A RAISE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF WAS DESPERATELY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS FOR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WAS INCREASED, IN MANY CASES WIPING OUT THE PROPOSED RAISE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PROPOSED VATRE TAX INCREASE DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF.

I REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT ITEMS THAT I MENTIONED DURING THE BUDGETING PROCESS.

OUR ENROLLMENT IS FLAT WHILE NEW HOUSING CONTINUES TO BE BUILT AROUND FRISCO.

I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER HOW OUR ENROLLMENT WILL BE IMPACTED IF SCHOOL CHOICE VOUCHERS IS ADOPTED BY THE LEGISLATURE NEXT YEAR.

I HOPE THAT THE DISTRICT IS SERIOUSLY LOOKING INTO WHY SOME FAMILIES CHOOSE HOME, PRIVATE OR CHARTER SCHOOL OVER FRISCO ISD, ESPECIALLY THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE WITHDRAWN THEIR STUDENTS FOR ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS OVER THE PAST 2 TO 3 YEARS.

IF WE DON'T FIX THOSE ISSUES, THEN OUR REVENUES WILL BE LESS THAN ANTICIPATED AND THAT WILL FURTHER COMPOUND OUR FINANCIAL CHALLENGES.

IT MAY BE HARD TO IMAGINE NOW, BUT FRISCO ISD WILL LIKELY REACH A POINT WHERE WE ARE A SHRINKING DISTRICT.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT WILL.

JUST LOOK AT PLANO, MCKINNEY AND ALLEN, WHO ARE ALL DEALING WITH CLOSING CAMPUSES AS OF LATE, JUST TO NAME A FEW.

I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP THESE FACTORS IN MIND WHEN WE ASK OUR COMMUNITY TO GIVE MORE.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE IT, AS ONE COMMUNITY MEMBER SHARED WITH ME, THIS ISN'T THE TIME.

MAYBE IN A FEW YEARS IF WE ARE IN A BETTER ECONOMIC POSITION.

TO THAT END, I SENT AN EMAIL LAST WEEK TO MY MAILING LIST REQUESTING FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED BONDS AND VATRE.

MY MESSAGE WAS BRIEF AND LINKED TO THE RESOURCES ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.

I DIDN'T INDICATE WHICH WAY I WAS LEANING BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, I HADN'T DECIDED, AND BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAD ANYONE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

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IN THE PAST, I RECEIVED EMAILS TO MY FRISCO ISD EMAIL, AS WELL AS TO THE EMAIL WHERE I SEND MY NEWSLETTERS FROM TEXTS, PHONE CALLS, AND FACEBOOK MESSAGES. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO REACH OUT TO ME.

I DIDN'T RESPOND, BUT I READ EACH OF YOUR MESSAGES AND THE ANSWER WAS OVERWHELMINGLY NO.

95% TO BE EXACT.

I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT.

SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHARED WITH ME HOW THEIR CAR INSURANCE, HOME INSURANCE, FOOD COSTS, AND GAS COSTS HAD GONE UP IN THE PAST FEW YEARS AND THEY JUST CAN'T GIVE ANY MORE.

AND MOST OF THE RESPONSES I HEARD THE PAIN AND FRUSTRATION ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET IN TODAY'S ECONOMY.

MANY MENTIONED THAT THEY CAN BARELY AFFORD THEIR PROPERTY TAXES NOW.

ONE TEACHER WHO I HEARD FROM SAID, I'M NOT JUST AN EMPLOYEE, I'M ALSO A FRISCO RESIDENT AND TAXPAYER.

AS MUCH AS I'D LOVE MORE MONEY, WE HAVE TO SEND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF ANY TAX INCREASE LEVIED ON OUR RESIDENTS TO AUSTIN, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF DEBT THAT WE HAVE. EXCUSE ME.

PLEASE EXHAUST ALL OTHER OPTIONS BEFORE CONSIDERING THIS.

WE DON'T NEED TRENDY TEACHING MODALITIES, AND WE DON'T NEED NEW FURNITURE JUST BECAUSE WE REFRESH A CAMPUS.

WHAT WE NEED IS ZERO BASED BUDGETING AND A SERIOUS LOOK AT CAMPUS RESOURCE ALLOCATION.

AGAIN, THIS CAME FROM A CURRENT FRISCO ISD TEACHER.

FOR THESE REASONS, I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS TAX INCREASE.

IF THIS MEASURE PASSES TONIGHT, IT WILL BE ULTIMATELY UP TO THE VOTERS TO DECIDE, REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE ARE ON NOVEMBER 6TH.

IT IS MY HOPE THAT THIS DISTRICT CONTINUES TO LOOK AT MEASURES TO REDUCE SPENDING, GET TO A BALANCED BUDGET AND LOWER THE TAX BURDEN ON OUR COMMUNITY.

I WILL CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH LEGISLATORS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE FRISCO ISD DELEGATION AND OTHERS REGARDING THE STUDENT ALLOTMENT, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN INCREASED SINCE 2019. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MR. LOWE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

I AM PERSONALLY, I JUST REFLEXIVELY AM AGAINST TAXES.

I THINK IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE SHOULD JUST ALWAYS CONSIDER AS A LAST RESORT.

THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED INSIDE OF FRISCO ISD THAT HAS GIVEN ME PAUSE TO EVEN CONSIDER THIS AS A LAST RESORT.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE EXHAUSTED ALL OF OUR OTHER OPTIONS.

AND IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE IST THEY ARE LOOKING INTO SOME OTHER THINGS, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WILL HELP INCREASE REVENUE OR LOWER COSTS, WHICH WILL HELP WITH OUR CURRENT BUDGET DEFICIT.

HOWEVER, RAISING TAXES IS JUST NOT EVEN ON THE TABLE FOR ME.

NOW, ONE THING ABOUT IT WE'RE NOT VOTING HERE TODAY TO RAISE TAXES.

WE'RE VOTING TO GIVE THE PEOPLE OF FRISCO THE CHOICE TO HAVE THEIR TAXES RAISED.

I'M EVEN AGAINST THAT.

I JUST DON'T EVEN THINK IT SHOULD GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE DO NOT NEED TO CONSIDER AT THIS TIME.

I THINK WE SHOULD DO SOME MORE BELT TIGHTENING, AND BEFORE WE CONSIDER ANYTHING LIKE RAISING THE TAXES ON THE COMMUNITY, THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SUPPOSEDLY A WEALTHY COMMUNITY, MOST PEOPLE ARE LIVING AT THEIR MEANS AND MOST PEOPLE ARE GETTING HURT BY THE CURRENT ECONOMY.

THERE ARE ARGUMENTS THAT IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE $158 PER HOUSEHOLD.

THAT PERHAPS IS TRUE, BUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT IS, I JUST DON'T BELIEVE IN PRINCIPLE IN RAISING TAXES WITHOUT EXHAUSTING EVERY OTHER RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO US. THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY BUGS ME IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO RAISE OUR TAXES AND WE'LL RAISE ABOUT $19 MILLION, BUT WE'LL ONLY GET 11.5 MILLION BECAUSE OF ROBIN HOOD.

SO WE'RE GETTING ALL THIS MONEY FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT'S HURTING, AND PART OF IT IS GOING TO AUSTIN.

I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

SO, I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST HAVING THIS TAX GO FORWARD.

THANK YOU.

MADAM PRESIDENT. I GUESS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.

I HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE IT'S BEING VIEWED AS A TAX INCREASE AS OPPOSED TO THE BENEFIT THAT IT HAS TO OUR STUDENTS.

I ENJOYED AND LOVE FRISCO ISD.

IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO MY FAMILY, GREAT TO MY KIDS, AND I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IT PRESENTS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR COMMUNITY WOULDN'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT FRISCO ISD.

THE ENJOYMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS ALL COMES BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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I HAVE YET TO SEE ANYONE MOVE INTO A FAILING SCHOOL DISTRICT AND INVEST ECONOMICALLY.

IT'S ALWAYS AROUND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT'S ALWAYS WHETHER IT'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THAT'S THE FIRST THING PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHEN THEY'RE MOVING TO THE AREA.

WELL, WHAT'S THE SCHOOLS LIKE? YOU DON'T GET THAT BY HAPPENSTANCE.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME AND PUT THE MONEY IN.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO GET THE RIGHT TEACHERS, THE RIGHT ADMINISTRATORS AND ALL THAT COMES, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE NOTHING IS FREE.

AND SO THE THINGS THAT WE ENJOY HERE IN FRISCO, IT ALL REVOLVES AROUND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND THE MINUTE WE START LETTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GO, THOSE THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED ARE GOING TO BE GONE.

I KNOW NOBODY LIKES THE TAX RATE.

I'M A VERY CONSERVATIVE PERSON AND WILL COUNT EVERY PENNY.

HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE IN INVESTING IN EDUCATION.

THERE ARE JUST SO MANY BENEFITS.

THERE ARE SO MANY TANGIBLE ITEMS THAT WE ACHIEVE BY SUPPORTING THIS.

AND I CAN JUST GUARANTEE YOU THERE ARE A MILLION PEOPLE WHO WOULD TRADE PLACES WITH YOU TO BE IN FRISCO ISD.

IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, JUST OPEN UP THE DOORS AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, DO YOU WANT TO COME HERE? THEY WOULD JUST COME RUNNING AND THEY'RE NOT COMING HERE JUST BECAUSE GENERAL PURPOSE, THEY KNOW WHAT WE HAVE.

BUT MY QUESTION AND CONCERN IS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE AND IT'S NOT A TAX ISSUE.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE PAY FOR THAT WE DON'T THINK TWICE ABOUT.

AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I DRIVE PAST THE MALL EVERY SATURDAY AND YOU CAN'T GET IN THERE, YOU CAN'T GET INTO THE STAR, YOU CAN'T GET INTO OTHER PLACES THAT ARE AROUND THE CITY.

SO, I FULLY SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR KIDS BETTER.

IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE ADMINISTRATION BETTER.

THAT'S GOING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO CONTINUE TO MAKE US A TOP DISTRICT.

SO. AND AGAIN, IF THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT, THEN THAT'S ANOTHER DAY FOR ANOTHER SUBJECT, BUT I FULLY SUPPORT IT.

SO THANK YOU.

MRS. SALAS.

OKAY, SO I CAN'T HELP MYSELF TO WANT TO EDUCATE PEOPLE.

SO WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP, ONE OF MY MAJOR CONCERNS WAS PUTTING IT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

AND SO I REACHED OUT AND I WAS LIKE, WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? TO WHICH KIMBERLY GAVE ME THE CORRECT ANSWER.

JUST FYI, A VATRE HAS TO BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE IN CASE IF I HAD THAT QUESTION, I FELT LIKE OTHERS WOULD.

I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SAY, WHICH I'M SURE WILL SHOCK SOME PEOPLE, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS I'VE ALWAYS APPROACHED TAXES LIKE THIS, AND IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, Y'ALL.

A DOLLAR IS A DOLLAR IS A DOLLAR.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOUR ISD IS TAKING IT WANTING ASKING FOR IT.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOUR CITY IS WANTING, TAKING, ASKING FOR IT OR YOUR STATE.

AND SO I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ISD'S ACROSS OUR STATE ARE DEALING WITH THIS SITUATION.

YOU KNOW, WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING AND HOW ARE THEY SERVING.

AND I YOU KNOW, FOR ME PERSONALLY, AS A VOTER, A TAX PAYER AND A PARENT TO TWO FISD GRADUATES, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE USING OUR DOLLARS.

AND I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE.

I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS VOTE TONIGHT, MOSTLY BECAUSE I DID REACH OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND MY ROLODEX OF CONNECTIONS ARE ALL OVER THE SPECTRUM FROM PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE AGAINST OR FOR, AND, AND THE ANSWERS WERE KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE.

I DIDN'T GET THE 95% THAT MS. ELAD GOT. SO FOR THAT REASON, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE.

MR. PONANGI.

APART FROM BEING A TRUSTEE, I'M ALSO A PARENT AND I'M ALSO A TAXPAYER.

SO ANY TAX RAISE IS DEFINITELY A BIG NO FOR ME BECAUSE IT IMPACTS MY BOTTOM LINE.

IT IMPACTS MY ABILITY TO DO TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH MY FAMILY AND ALL.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M SURE THAT MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY IS ALREADY AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING, THE FORMULA THAT IS BEING UTILIZED RIGHT NOW IS THE ONE THAT WAS IN 2019.

AND THEN SINCE THEN, YOU KNOW, THE INFLATION HAS GONE OFF THE ROOFS, BUT WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO WORK BASED ON THE 2019.

IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, HAVING A 2019 SALARY AND THEN SPENDING BASED ON THE EXPENSES THAT ARE IN 2024.

SO THAT IS THE SITUATION THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FACING.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, FROM THE TAX RATE STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE.

IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND THEN SEE SINCE 2013 OR 2012, THE TAX RATE HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH FLAT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND THEN SINCE 2018, THE TAX RATE HAS BEEN REDUCING ON A YEAR AFTER YEAR BASIS.

IN FACT, LAST YEAR WE HAVE REDUCED MORE THAN $0.15 FROM THE STANDPOINT.

AND THEN BY DOING THIS AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, THIS TAX RATE, WE ARE NOT DEFINITELY VOTING FOR THE TAX RATE.

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AND THEN AGAIN, ANOTHER REASON WHY I AM ALSO IN SUPPORT FOR THIS IS BECAUSE THIS IS IN SPITE OF HAVING THE 2019 FORMULA AND THEN WORKING ON THE 2024 EXPENSES.

WE ARE NOT REDUCING ANY PROGRAMING FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXECUTE THE SAME LEVEL.

SO CONSIDERING THAT, YOU KNOW, STRENGTHENING OUR FUND BALANCE AND ALL IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

SO FOR WHICH I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS VOTE.

MR. HILL. I SHARE, I THINK, THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM OF THIS BOARD AND NOT REALLY BEING SUPPORTIVE OF TAX INCREASES IN GENERAL.

I WILL TELL YOU, I ALSO HAVE HAD MIXED REACTIONS.

IN IN FEEDBACK TO ME, AND I KNOW WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT INPUTS.

THE BIGGEST NEGATIVE TO ME IS THE ONE THAT MR. LOWE POINTED OUT AND THAT IS THE RECAPTURE OR THE LOSS TO AUSTIN.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN CONTROL.

AND SO THE QUESTION IS, DO WE PUNISH THE DISTRICT BECAUSE AUSTIN HAS NOT FIXED THAT PROBLEM.

WE DON'T CONTROL THAT.

I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, IN THIS AUDIENCE KNOWS WHO DOES.

AND SO IT IS TRUE.

AND IT IS FAIR THAT THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS SHOULD THE VOTERS APPROVE IT, THAT WILL GO AWAY FROM US.

I KNOW IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY THAT CAN GET FIXED OR AT LEAST MITIGATED TO SOME DEGREE.

I DO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE AND COMMENT THAT MANY TIMES WE HEAR THE CONFLATION OF ITEMS, WHETHER IT'S BONDS OR TAXES AND THE COMPLICATED NATURE THAT IS SCHOOL FINANCE.

TONIGHT, EVEN, I WANTED MISS I THINK IT WAS LAMONTE AND PARTICULARLY MISS HARTUNIAN TO KNOW THAT I HEAR YOUR POSITIONS WHEREVER YOU ALL ARE AT.

I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT I AND MY ONE YEAR ON THE BOARD HAVE DONE TO TRY TO HELP BRING TRANSPARENCY TO THAT PROCESS.

I, TOO HAVE A BUDGET TO RUN, AND I CAN TELL YOU OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE, LIKE, NO TIME.

MY UNDERSTANDING ON THIS BOARD BEFORE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, HAVING A HANDFUL OF WORKSHOPS, HAVING A HANDFUL OF MEANINGFUL CUTS MADE ALONG THAT PROCESS.

WHETHER WE WANT TO CALL THAT BELT TIGHTENING OR BEING SMARTER, BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT, THAT HAS RESULTED IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET BEING SAVED.

THAT HAS RESULTED IN US BECOMING A MUCH A AN EVEN SMARTER AND EVEN MORE FISCALLY PRUDENT DISTRICT.

AND THAT BEARS ITSELF OUT IN A LOT OF METRICS, ONE OF WHICH ONE OF WHICH WAS HEARD TONIGHT FROM AN OUTSIDE AUDITOR.

WHEN I HEAR METRICS LIKE 85% GOES TO PAYROLL.

WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THIS FUNDS WHEN THESE FUNDS, IF THEY'RE APPROVED, WHERE THAT'S GOING.

WE ALSO HEARD THAT FISD HAS A DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH AMOUNT THAT GOES TO THE EDUCATORS IN THAT PAYROLL, NOT TO ADMINISTRATION RELATIVE TO OUR PEERS.

WE ARE NOT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THAT EQUATION.

YOU NEED TO DO A LITTLE DILIGENCE AND LOOK INTO THAT.

NOT THAT WE CAN'T HAVE IMPROVEMENT.

WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE IMPROVEMENT.

WE DID THAT ALL LAST YEAR.

WE HAD WORKSHOPS FOR EVERYBODY TO COME IN AND EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT.

AND GUESS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO? WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL.

BUT THE, THE, THE RELATIVE MATH DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT.

WE ARE NOT USING THIS FUNDS TOWARDS PAYROLL AND TOWARDS EDUCATORS AT A RATE HIGHER THAN OUR PEERS.

THAT'S COMPELLING TO ME.

THE OTHER THING THAT'S COMPELLING TO ME IS THIS IS $158, WHICH IS NOT NOMINAL, BUT THE METRICS IS IT'S ONE FOURTH OR ONE FIFTH OF WHAT ANY TYPE OF. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE WORKSHOP.

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WHERE'S THE OTHER 80% COMING FROM? ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS MENTIONED THE COMPRESSION OF THE TAX RATE.

WELL, PROPERTY VALUES ARE STILL GOING UP.

AGAIN, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT.

SO IF THERE IS IF THERE IS FRUSTRATION WITH THIS, THEN THAT SHOULD BE THREE AND FOUR X FRUSTRATION WITH WHERE THAT OTHER IS COMING FROM.

I HOPE IT IS.

WELL, ALL OF THAT TO BE SAID I BELIEVE IT WARRANTS GOING TO THE VOTERS AND DECIDING ON THIS ISSUE, AND THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON IT.

BOARD, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AT THIS TIME? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

OH, IT DID. THAT'S RIGHT.

BOARD. I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE-TWO.

BOARD WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 11 G.

[11.G. Consider and act on an order calling a tax ratification election to be held by the Frisco Independent School District, making provision for the conduct of the election, and resolving other matters related to that election]

I LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT BOARD, ADOPT AN ORDER CALLING A TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024, AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. MOTION BY MR. PONANGI. SECOND BY MR. MADDOX. BOARD ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? MRS. SALAS? OKAY. I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS ONE.

[INAUDIBLE] ASK KIMBERLY.

OKAY. SO A LITTLE STORY I'LL NEVER FORGET.

PROBABLY CIRCA 2016 OR 17.

WE I SIT ON MY HOA BOARD.

I'VE BEEN THERE FOREVER, AND OUR BOARD WAS GETTING READY TO ADOPT A RESERVE FUND LIKE WE WERE.

WE'RE A NEW COMMUNITY AT THE TIME, AND WE HAD A RESERVE STUDY DONE.

AND I'LL NEVER FORGET I WAS HERE FOR SOMETHING.

I WAS PROBABLY AT A BOARD MEETING AND I WAS LEAVING AND I STOPPED AND I ASKED STAFF, I'M LIKE, WHAT IS IN PLACE TO PREPARE WHEN WE HAVE TO REPAIR 20 DIFFERENT ROOFS? BECAUSE I REMEMBER AT THE TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR HOA ASSETS NEEDING ROOFS, AND I REMEMBER THAT WAS WHEN BONDS WERE EXPLAINED TO ME FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A FISCAL TOOL.

SO, KIMBERLY, CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND? BECAUSE I KNOW THE COMMUNITY, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT HOW WE PAY FOR THINGS IN THE ISD, AND WE WANT TO APPLY THE SAME TOOLS WE HAVE IN OUR HOUSEHOLD.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, DAVE, DAVE RAMSEY, YOU KNOW, LET'S PAY CASH.

I MEAN, JUST LIKE IN MY HOUSE, I HAVE TO EITHER TAKE OUT A LOAN TO BUY A NEW CAR OR I SAVED A I SAVE UP CASH TO BUY A CAR WITH CASH.

SO, CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY BONDS ARE THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE APPROACH? AND I WANT TO ADD AT TASB I LEARNED SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T KNOW, BONDS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SAID SO IT WAS MENTIONED.

I'M SORRY. NO, GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE.

IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD USE THE RAINY DAY FUND AND THIS AND THAT FOR THAT, WHEN WE BRING IN FUNDS, NO MATTER WHAT WE BRING IN FROM OUR TAX RATE, IT IS SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.

SO EVEN IF WE TAKE THOSE FUNDS TO SAVE UP, TO PAY FOR SOMETHING, YOU'RE THEN PAYING FOR IT WITH FUNDS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE, WHEREAS YOU HAVE THIS OTHER OPTION.

KIMBERLY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

YOU HAVE THIS OTHER OPTION WHERE WE ASK FOR A BOND AND THEN THERE YOU GO.

OKAY, SO I CAN DEFINITELY ANSWER THAT QUESTION, EXCEPT DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT NOW? BECAUSE THIS VOTE, I THINK, IS FOR THE TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION, NOT THE BOND ELECTION.

JUST, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

WE CAN.

CAN WE TABLE IT UNTIL THE NEXT.

YES. THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO PUT THE TAX RATE THAT YOU GUYS JUST ADOPTED ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

SO THE TAX RATE IS REALLY A TWO PART PIECE.

BUT I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER I APOLOGIZE.

YOU'RE RIGHT. WE'RE AT G.

I THOUGHT WE WERE AT THE NEXT ONE.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

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BOARD WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 11 H.

[11.H. Consider and act on an order calling a bond election to be held by the Frisco Independent School District, making provision for the conduct of the election, and resolving other matters related to that election]

I WAS GOING TO SAY, HEY, KIMBERLY, CAN YOU HELP ME? WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, THOUGH.

AND I AM GOING TO FIRST LOOK FOR A MOTION.

AND THANK YOU, MR. LOWE. I KNOW HE WAS REALLY TRYING TO REDIRECT.

BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GAVE MRS. SALAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS HERSELF.

SO, I LOOK FOR A MOTION.

WE MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT AN ORDER CALLING THE TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2024, AS PRESENTED.

DID THAT ALREADY? WE DID. WE'RE ON H NOW.

STAY WITH US, EVERYBODY.

I'M SORRY. MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT AN ORDER CALLING A BOND ELECTION ON NOVEMBER THE 5TH, 2024 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. MOTION BY MR. MADDOX. SECOND BY MR. PONANGI. OR MR. LOWE, ONE OF THE TWO.

BOARD I WILL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

MR. LOWE. I SAID EARLIER HOW I TAXES ARE JUST ANATHEMA TO ME AND ARE ONLY A NECESSARY EVIL.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOND, I KIND OF LOOK AT IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, AND THROUGH MY DISCUSSIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE IST AND JUST KIND OF FAMILIARIZING MYSELF WITH WHAT THE BOND IS AND WHAT IT PAYS FOR, I KIND OF UNDERSTOOD A LITTLE MORE.

I ASKED THE QUESTION THAT MISS SALAS WAS KIND OF REFERRED TO.

COULD WE SAVE MONEY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN PAY FOR THIS STUFF? AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT ANSWER, BUT IT WAS, NO, IT DOESN'T REALLY WORK THAT WAY.

AND SO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW ARE WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE DO HAVE BUILDINGS THAT NEED TO BE REFRESHED.

WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.

AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE DON'T QUITE NEED, LIKE THE ATHLETIC THINGS YOU CAN KIND OF SAY, HEY, DO WE REALLY NEED A TENNIS COURT? AND THIS IS WHAT MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE ASKED ME, DO WE REALLY NEED ALL THIS STUFF? AND MR. MADDOX SAID SOMETHING EARLIER THAT WAS JUST REALLY KIND OF RESONATED WITH ME.

THESE THINGS ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT MAKE FRISCO FRISCO.

I MEAN, WE DO HAVE NICE THINGS, AND WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT APPRECIATES THE NICE THINGS THAT WE HAVE.

AND IF WE CAN DO IT IN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY, I'M VERY OPEN TO IT.

AND WHAT DO I MEAN WHEN I SAY A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY.

EVERY PERSON I TALK TO, TO A POINT, ALL THE CONSTITUENTS I SPOKE TO WERE AGAINST THIS.

EVERYBODY WAS AGAINST IT.

THEY DIDN'T WANT THEIR TAXES TO GO UP.

BUT I WANT MY CONSTITUENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR TAXES AREN'T GOING TO GO UP BASED ON THE BOND.

NOW, AN ARGUMENT COULD BE MADE THAT OUR TAXES WOULD GO DOWN IF WE DID NOT APPROVE THE BOND, AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT.

BUT SINCE THAT THAT TAX RATE IS BASED IS BAKED IN ALREADY, AND WE DO NEED SCHOOL.

I MEAN, WE HAD A TEACHER FROM STALEY.

SHE'S STILL HERE.

A TEACHER FROM STALEY.

IF YOU'VE EVER VISITED STALEY, IT IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER SCHOOL IN FRISCO.

IT REALLY IS.

AND IT REALLY DOES NEED UPDATING, BUT RATHER THAN UPDATING, I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION MADE A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO JUST BUILD A TOTALLY NEW SCHOOL.

IF YOU SAW IT, YOU'D PROBABLY UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.

THE TENNIS COURTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I WAS TALKING TO COREY.

I THINK YOU TOLD ME.

WHAT DID THE TENNIS COURTS BRING IN LAST YEAR? DO YOU REMEMBER THAT NUMBER 300,000.

SO, WE HAD TENNIS COURTS THAT ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN REVENUE.

AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IF WE GET THIS NEW TENNIS COURTS, IT WILL PAY FOR ITSELF EVENTUALLY.

BUT EVEN IF IT DIDN'T, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN USE.

[01:30:02]

AND AGAIN, OUR TAXES WILL NOT GO UP.

THE BOND PAYMENT IS REALLY BASED ON OUR RISING, ARISING HOME PRICES AND PROPERTY VALUES.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE PAID FOR OUT OF THAT.

MATTER OF FACT, AND KIMBERLEY, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK WE HAVE TO, PROPERTY HAS TO APPRECIATE AT ABOUT 3% PER YEAR FOR THIS FOR OUR TAXES NOT TO GO UP.

IT WAS SOME NUMBER LIKE THAT, AM I CORRECT? I THINK THAT SOUNDS RIGHT.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT PERCENTAGE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT'S ABOUT $2.5 BILLION A YEAR IN DISTRICT PROPERTY VALUE.

SO THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.

SO, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IF WE IF OUR PROPERTY APPRECIATED 3%, WHICH HISTORICALLY I THINK IT'S DONE BETTER THAN THAT OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, I MEAN, IT'S NOT GOING TO COST US.

IT'S NOT GOING TO COST OUR TAX RATE TO INCREASE.

IT'S REALLY CONTROVERSIAL, AND IT'S NOT ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD NECESSARILY JUST THINK HAS TO HAPPEN.

BUT I DO THINK THIS DESERVES TO GO AND BE BROUGHT TO A VOTE IN FRONT OF OUR CITIZENS.

AND THEREFORE, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BOND MEASURE, PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.

THANK YOU. MRS. SALAS. I JUST WANTED TO CATCH BACK UP WITH BACK CIRCLE BACK AROUND.

HERE WE ARE, KIMBERLY.

OKAY. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THAT YOU WERE ASKING A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT HOW SCHOOL FINANCE WORKS, ESSENTIALLY, AND HOW WHY WE WOULD PAY FOR BOND PROGRAMS BY ISSUING DEBT INSTEAD OF JUST SAVING UP OVER TIME TO PAY FOR THESE THINGS.

ESSENTIALLY, SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF YOU AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.

SCHOOL. SCHOOL DISTRICT FINANCE IS BROKEN UP INTO TWO PIECES.

THE OPERATING SIDE AND THE DEBT SIDE.

OUR TAX RATE IS BROKEN UP INTO TWO PIECES THE OPERATING TAX RATE AND THE DEBT TAX RATE.

THE OPERATING TAX RATE IS INTENDED TO PAY FOR THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE STATE'S FUNDING FORMULA TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION HOW MUCH MONEY WE CAN RAISE IN OPERATING TAXES BEFORE THEY PROVIDE US WITH THE STATE AID NECESSARY TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN IN FRISCO ISD.

WE COULD FOREGO SOME OPERATING COSTS AND TRY TO SAVE UP MONEY ON THE SIDE, BUT WE WOULD BE GIVING UP SOMETHING IN TERMS OF OPERATING OUR SCHOOLS.

AND WITH 85% OF OUR BUDGET BEING PAYROLL, ESSENTIALLY, WE WOULD BE GIVING UP SOME AMOUNT OF STAFF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR A LONG ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO THEN PAY CASH FOR WHATEVER PROJECT.

SO, THE SYSTEM, ESSENTIALLY LIKE MR. LOWE WAS REFERRING TO, HAS BEEN SET UP WITH THE INTENTION THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD ISSUE GOVERNMENT BONDS ESSENTIALLY IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THESE MAJOR PROJECTS. WE HAVE A PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE THAT'S DEDICATED TO IT.

YOU'RE CORRECT THAT THAT PORTION OF THE TAX RATE IS NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.

AND THAT TAX RATE IS SET EVERY YEAR BASED ON WHAT OUR ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENT IS.

SO UNLIKE ON THE OPERATING SIDE WHERE WHEN PROPERTY VALUES APPRECIATE, WE DON'T ACTUALLY GET ANY EXTRA MONEY TO OPERATE OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE THE STATE JUST TAKES AWAY STATE AID IN A RELATIVELY EQUAL AMOUNT.

ON THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE, WE ABSOLUTELY GET TO KEEP 100% OF THAT REVENUE IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THE DEBT TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS.

AND WHEN PROPERTY VALUES GO UP, IF OUR TAX RATE STAYS THE SAME AND PEOPLE'S TAXES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER FOR THAT PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE TAX RATE, WE'RE ABLE TO FINANCE MORE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO, THE PROPOSAL, THE BOND PROPOSAL THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW, THAT PORTION OF THE TAX RATE IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE WITH THIS BOND PROPOSAL. SO THE ONLY TAX RATE INCREASE IS COMING ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING SIDE, WHICH WOULD THEN GO TO HELP PAY FOR THE RAISES THAT WERE ADOPTED IN THE BUDGET AND TO ESSENTIALLY NOT NOT REDUCE OR ELIMINATE STUDENT PROGRAMING ANY EARLIER THAN WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

OKAY. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME?

[01:35:08]

FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE DSC TEAM WHO HAVE PUT TONS AND TONS OF HOURS IN THIS BOND PROGRAM.

I SEE CINDY AND AMANDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR EFFORT.

YOU COULD HAVE BEEN DOING SO MANY OTHER THINGS, BUT YOU SAT THROUGH THE DSC MEETINGS, AND THEY WERE NOT 1 OR 2, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SPREAD OVER SEVERAL WEEKS.

SO, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND EVERYBODY WHO WERE PART OF THAT TO PUT THIS BOND TOGETHER.

I WAS PART OF THE 2018 PROGRAM, AND THEN I UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OF THE PERSONAL TIME IT TAKES AND THEN HOW MUCH OF KNOWLEDGE.

ALSO, IT INCREASES ABOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND THEN THIS PARTICULAR BOND, ESPECIALLY FROM THE 25-YEAR REFRESH STANDPOINT, WE ARE COVERING IN FIVE PHASES, ABOUT 20 SCHOOLS.

AND THEN I HAD A GOOD FORTUNE OF VISITING SOME SCHOOLS LIKE SHAWNEE TRAIL OR GUNSTREAM, ROACH.

SO THESE SCHOOLS DEFINITELY NEED SOME HELP.

YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WE TAKE CARE OF THE OLD CARPET, YOU KNOW, ONCE IN EVERY FEW YEARS.

AND OF COURSE, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS HERE.

THANKS FOR ASKING, SAYING ABOUT FAA AND THEN MENTIONING ABOUT THE BOND.

YOU KNOW, ADVOCACY IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

AND THEN YOU'VE TAKEN UP AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.

SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR DOING THAT.

COMING BACK TO THE ANALOGY I WAS GIVING, JUST LIKE WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS AT OUR HOME, WE HAVE TO ALSO TAKE CARE OF THE OF OUR SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, ARE ONE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS PEOPLE.

THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE SPENDING MOST OF THEIR TIME THERE.

MOST OF THEIR ACTIVE TIME IN THE SCHOOL.

SO IT IS UPON US TO ENSURE THAT THEY GET THE BEST WHEN THEY GO TO THE SCHOOL.

AND THEN THESE SCHOOLS, DEFINITELY, IF THEY'RE SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY NOT SOME, EVERYONE OF THEM.

ALL THE SCHOOLS ARE AT 25-YEAR-OLD.

SO THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW THEY GET INTO THIS ONE.

OF COURSE, WE ALSO HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY AND ATHLETICS BOND PLUGGED INTO THIS.

SO I STRONGLY FEEL.

AND THEN ANOTHER THING I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION WAS THAT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS NOT PART OF THIS BOND.

THAT WAS PART OF THE 2018 BOND FOR WHICH THE CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING NOW.

SO THAT IS COMPLETELY A DIFFERENT ONE.

BUT COMING BACK TO THIS BOND, I THINK IT'S TIMELY THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

AND OF COURSE, THE STALEY TWO, YOU KNOW, WE ALL VISITED LAST YEAR.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

SO THAT'S WHY I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BOND.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. PONANGI. MRS ELAD.

SO THIS ONE WAS TOUGHER FOR ME.

THE SAME FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED ON THE VATRE WAS ALSO PRETTY MUCH THE SAME FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED ON THE BONDS FROM THE FOLKS THAT REACHED OUT TO ME.

I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT MYSELF BECAUSE I JUST MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE VATRE, SO IF ANYONE'S WATCHING, THEY CAN REVIEW THAT.

BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF THE BOND AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT TAKING ON ADDITIONAL DEBT IN THIS CLIMATE. SO EVEN AFTER ALL THAT FEEDBACK, QUITE HONESTLY, I WAS STILL STRONGLY CONSIDERING VOTING FOR THE BOND TO REPAIR THE SCHOOLS AND REBUILD STALEY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT OUR CAMPUSES NEED ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY STALEY.

I'VE BEEN TO STALEY, I'VE BEEN TO MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES.

I TRAVELED WITH MR. WERSTLER LAST YEAR, AND HE SHOWED ME A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE BOND PROGRAM WOULD, WOULD COVER, AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

AT OUR LAST MEETING OR ONE OF OUR MEETINGS ABOUT THIS TOPIC, AS WELL AS IN A CLOSED MEETING, I DID REQUEST THAT THE CAMPUS REFRESH AND THE REBUILD OF STALEY BE SEPARATED OUT FROM THE REST OF THE ITEMS IN THE BOND WHICH I BELIEVE IS BOND B.

THAT REQUEST APPARENTLY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT.

SO THE INITIAL PROPOSAL IS WHERE WE'RE AT, AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE US TONIGHT.

IF THAT REQUEST HAD BEEN GRANTED, MEANING THAT THE BOND WOULD JUST BE FOR THE REPAIRS TO OUR CAMPUSES AND STALEY, THEN MY VOTE WOULD LIKELY BE DIFFERENT. BUT AGAIN, THE AMOUNT OF THIS BOND IS HUGE, AND I THINK IT DOES INCLUDE THINGS THAT ARE PROBABLY NOT CRITICAL AT THIS TIME AND COULD MAYBE WAIT FOR ANOTHER TIME WHEN OUR ECONOMIC SITUATION IN OUR COUNTRY, AS WELL AS IN TEXAS, AS WELL AS IN FRISCO, IS DIFFERENT.

THIS IS ADDITIONAL DEBT FOR OUR DISTRICT.

IT MAY NOT BE A TAX INCREASE, BUT IT IS ADDITIONAL DEBT THAT THIS DISTRICT WILL HAVE TO REPAY.

[01:40:01]

I BELIEVE THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE ASKED TO DO, AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT STAFF WHO ANSWERED MY NUMEROUS QUESTIONS.

I KNOW I HAD A LOT, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME SPENT ANSWERING THEM AND MEETING WITH ME.

AND AGAIN, I DO WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO TOOK THEIR TIME TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS WITH ME.

I DID HEAR YOU, SO THANK YOU.

FOR THOSE REASONS THOUGH, I WILL BE VOTING NO TO ADVANCE THIS PARTICULAR BOND PACKAGE TO THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

MY MY DECISIONS TONIGHT WERE NOT MADE LIGHTLY OR EASILY.

IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE A LOT OF AGONIZING AND STAYING UP LATE WONDERING WHAT I SHOULD DO.

THESE DECISIONS ARE HARD BECAUSE I CERTAINLY SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME NEEDS FOR SOME FUNDS IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT I COULDN'T ULTIMATELY GET BEHIND THIS PARTICULAR BOND PACKAGE.

THANK YOU.

MR. LODWICK, WHAT AMENDMENTS DID YOU.

I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY.

IF WE CAN.

TRUSTEE MADDOX, ARE WE ABLE TO DISCUSS AMONG OURSELVES, OR ARE WE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS? NO. THE QUESTIONS SHOULD COME TO THE CHAIR.

WHICH WOULD BE YOU, NOT TO THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBER.

OKAY. SO, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ASK ME, I CAN REDIRECT.

OKAY. I KNOW, YES, THAT'S NO PROBLEM AT ALL.

I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, AND I UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT MISS SALAS' DESIRE TO I GUESS SPECIFY WITHIN THE DIFFERENT PACKAGES.

AND MY QUESTION WAS OF THE.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A WHICH OF THE PROP A REVISIONS OR REMOVALS WAS SHE PROPOSING SPECIFICALLY SO THAT I COULD KIND OF UNDERSTAND. SO, I THINK NOW I CAN.

NOW YOU CAN DEFER AND ASK ME TO HELP YOU ON THE EXPLANATION.

THANK YOU. MRS. ELAD CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH US AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT MR. HILL'S QUESTION IS REFERRING TO? SURE. YES. I WAS WHEN I MADE THE REQUEST, WHICH I DID IN ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE, BUT I DID DO IT PUBLICLY.

I WAS REQUESTING A BOND.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TWO ITEMS IN THE BOND BE SEPARATED OUT SO THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD DECIDE.

SO, IT WAS THE CAMPUS REFRESH PIECE AS WELL AS THE STALEY PIECE THAT THOSE BE SEPARATED OUT INTO A STAND ALONE BOND SO THE COMMUNITY COULD VOTE ON THAT.

AND THEN, AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS, AS PART OF WHAT I THINK WE'RE NOW REFERRING TO AS BOND B, BECAUSE THE VATRE IS BOND A, IS THAT CORRECT? SO THOSE OTHER ITEMS, WHICH INCLUDED, I BELIEVE, LANDSCAPING AND THERE WAS ALSO FURNITURE AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, TURF AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I WAS ASKING FOR THOSE TO BE SEPARATED OUT.

I WASN'T REQUESTING A SPECIFIC BOND FOR EACH ITEM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE BULKY FOR THE TAXPAYER AND HARD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.

BUT I WAS REQUESTING THAT THE CAMPUS REFRESH PIECES, INCLUDING STALEY, BE A SEPARATE BOND.

THANK YOU, BOARD.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? I'LL JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.

I TO THANK THE DAC FOR ITS WORK ON THIS ON THIS PROJECT.

THE DAC IS COMPRISED OF AND WE HAD A COUPLE WORKSHOPS ON THIS, WHICH I FOUND TO BE VERY HELPFUL.

I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A I CERTAINLY DIDN'T PICK THE DAC, BUT I THOUGHT I FOUND THEM TO BE I FOUND THEIR PRESENTATIONS TO BE VERY WELL THOUGHT THROUGH.

I KNOW THEY ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH A VETTING PROCESS ON THEIR OWN.

I WOULD NOTE THAT IN JUST TO SUMMARIZE, MOST PEOPLE KNOW THIS, BUT THE DAC WAS COMPRISED OF OR THIS COMMITTEE WITHIN THE DAC WAS COMPRISED OF 34 PARENTS, 18 STAFF AND NINE STUDENTS.

SO, I LOVED I HONESTLY FOUND THAT KIND OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN PARENTS, STAFF WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND THEN STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT TO BE VERY HELPFUL IN IDENTIFYING WHAT WAS WHAT WAS NEEDED OR WHAT WAS BEING DESIRED.

THE OTHER POINT WAS THAT OF THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT.

IT'S TOUCHING ON 20 CAMPUSES AT THE 25 YEAR MARK, I BELIEVE, RIGHT MR. WERSTLER? AND SO, WHICH I FOUND TO BE NOT JUST I FOUND THAT TO BE RATHER OLD.

[01:45:09]

SO, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT 15 YEARS, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE REFRESH HERE IS HITTING AT THE 25 YEAR MARK.

AND THEN I JUST I JUST PIGGYBACK THAT THOUGHT WITH THE FACT THAT SOMETHING MR. MADDOX MENTIONED EARLIER, PEOPLE COME HERE.

PEOPLE MOVE HERE BECAUSE OF OUR SCHOOLS.

AND I BELIEVE GOING THROUGH THIS DAC PROCESS, THIS REFRESH BEING SUCH A BROAD SCOPE AND IT REFRESHING SUCH A LARGE PART OF THIS DISTRICT, 25% OR SO OF THE CAMPUSES I FOUND TO BE A COMPELLING ARGUMENT.

AND SO I WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE BOARD ADOPTING AN ORDER CALLING A BOND ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

THANK YOU.

MRS. ALICE.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS MAKING AND I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD EVEN BRING THIS UP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW. I AM CONCERNED THAT THAT FIRST PROP MIGHT BE IN A LITTLE TROUBLE BECAUSE THERE'S SOME STUFF ATTACHED TO IT, LIKE WHAT MISS ELAD ALLUDES TO.

DO I NEED TO ASK YOU TO ASK HER? SO WHAT? WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? YOU HAVE OPTIONS TO ADD ANOTHER PROP IS WHAT I'M ASKING BECAUSE THERE'S SOME WANTS AND NEEDS IN THAT FIRST PROP.

WHAT IS THE OPTIONS? NO, NONE.

MRS. SMITH.

IF THE BOARD WANTS TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE BOND ORDER AS IT'S BEEN PRESENTED.

I HAVE A FILL IN THE BLANK VERSION THAT WE CAN FILL IN AFTER YOUR DISCUSSION.

SO THE ANSWER IS YES.

THE BOARD CAN AMEND THE BOND ORDER AS WE'VE RECOMMENDED IT.

AND SO I SHOULD SAY FOR THE RECORD, THAT WE DEFINITELY HAD THIS DISCUSSION DURING OUR LAST WORKSHOP.

AND THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD WAS TO MAINTAIN THE PROPS AS THEY WERE.

AND I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT IS ON THE RECORD, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT A REQUEST WAS MADE AND STAFF DIDN'T FULFILL IT.

THAT'S FINE. I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE CONCERN.

HONESTLY. THAT'S FINE IF Y'ALL AND I MISSED THE SECOND WORKSHOP, BUT I DID LISTEN TO MOST OF IT, SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK.

THANKS, BOARD.

IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

IF IT'S AN OPTION TO SEPARATE THEM OUT, THEN WE'VE ALREADY INITIATED THE VOTE, SO CAN'T DO IT BEFORE WE CAN'T DO IT NOW.

MR. MADDOX. NO YOU CAN'T.

YOU STARTED VOTING PURPOSES.

MOTION PASSES SIX ONE.

OR WE'RE GOING TO MOVE A FEW ITEMS AROUND.

[11.J. Consider and act on a resolution for the 2024-2025 classroom and teaching supply stipends]

BOARD I LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE 24-25 TEACHING SUPPLY STIPEND.

MOTION BY MRS. ELAD, SECOND BY MR. PONANGI. BOARD ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

KIMBERLY, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THOSE STIPENDS WERE BUILT INTO THE BUDGET THAT YOU ALREADY APPROVED, RIGHT? NO, THEY WERE NOT.

SO EVERY YEAR WE BRING.

WELL, EVERY YEAR SINCE 2018, WE'VE BROUGHT THIS RESOLUTION TO PAY CLASSROOM SUPPLY STIPENDS.

IT'S $250 FOR EACH TEACHER, TEACHER FACILITATOR, LIBRARIAN OR SPEECH THERAPIST.

IT IS NOT BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.

IT IS PAID FOR USING SOME FUND BALANCE, SOME MONEY THAT WE SET ASIDE BACK IN 2018 AFTER THE LAST TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE BRING THE RESOLUTION TO PAY THAT SUPPLY STIPEND.

AND THEN YOUR NEXT ITEM THAT YOU'LL VOTE ON IS THE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT.

[01:50:06]

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

[11.I. Consider and act on budget transfers and amendments for the 2024 – 2025 General Fund and Child Nutrition Fund budget]

WHAT I LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS FOR THE 2024 2025 GENERAL FUND AND CHILD NUTRITION FUND BUDGET.

SECOND MOTION BY MRS. ELAD. SECOND BY MR. MADDOX. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

[11.K. Consider and act on approval of construction contract templates for future projects and delegation of authority to Administration to modify the contracts as needed for specific projects with advice from legal counsel]

BOARD I LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. WE STRIKE THE SECOND PORTION OF THE PROPOSAL.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION TO MODIFY THE CONTRACT.

NEED FOR SPECIFIC JOB.

DELEGATING AUTHORITY ACTUALLY TO ADMINISTRATION TO MODIFY THE CONTRACT NEEDED FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS WITH ADVICE FROM LEGAL COUNSEL.

I LIKE THAT, REALLY TO READ THAT THAT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, WE MODIFY THAT, THAT IT WOULD NEED TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR DECISION.

DO YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN THE REASON FOR THAT REALLY QUICKLY, MRS. SMITH? OKAY, SO.

OH WAIT A MINUTE.

OH. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

RIGHT. SO WE NEED A SECOND.

OKAY. SECOND.

MOTION BY.

WE STILL HAVE IT ON THE FLOOR.

WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND FOR IT BEFORE WE CAN OPEN UP FOR ANY TYPE OF DISCUSSION.

IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT IS ACCURATE. SO NOW YOU CAN GO TO MISS KIMBERLY.

KIMBERLY. SO THIS ITEM WE STARTED THIS A YEAR OR TWO AGO.

WHAT WE FOUND WAS WITH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, EACH MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WAS COMING TO THE BOARD THREE SEPARATE TIMES, ESSENTIALLY.

FIRST TO APPROVE WHOEVER THE CONTRACTOR IS.

SO IF IF WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH AN ARCHITECT OR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OR WHATEVER.

SO SOMETIMES IT COMES MORE THAN ONCE BECAUSE WE'LL CONTRACT WITH AN ARCHITECT.

AND THEN WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.

AND THEN A SECOND TIME, THE PROJECT COMES TO THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE PRICE AND THE SCOPE OF THE WORK.

SO BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY COME TO YOU GUYS TWICE WHEN IT COMES TO ENTERING INTO THE ACTUAL CONTRACT WITH THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE PRICE.

OUR BOARD POLICY REQUIRES US TO BRING ANY CONTRACTS OVER $100,000 TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY SIGN THOSE CONTRACTS.

THAT WAS DRAGGING OUT ESSENTIALLY THAT CONTRACTING PROCESS OVER AT LEAST A THREE-MONTH PERIOD FOR THOSE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.

SO, A FEW YEARS AGO, WHAT WE STARTED DOING WAS HAVING THE BOARD APPROVE A SUITE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, BECAUSE WE USE STANDARD TEMPLATES FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE CONTRACTS WITH THOSE ARCHITECTS AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS.

AND AS LONG AS THERE'S NO MATERIAL DEVIATION WITHIN THOSE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS TO TERMS, THAT WOULD SUBSTANTIVELY CHANGE THE AGREEMENT. SO PRICE VENDOR, THAT KIND OF THING.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE MINOR MODIFICATIONS WITH ADVICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL, BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.

SOMETIMES IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHICH ARCHITECT OR CONTRACTOR WHERE USING THEY MAY HAVE SOME SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT VERBIAGE THAT THEY WANT TO INCLUDE IN THOSE TEMPLATES.

AND SO THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

IT MAKES THE PROCESS SMOOTHER FOR CONTRACTING AND GETTING THOSE PROJECTS OFF THE GROUND.

IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE BOARD FROM APPROVING THE PROJECT STILL MULTIPLE TIMES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

[01:55:02]

SO ALL OF THE MAIN TERMS OF THAT CONTRACT WILL STILL COME TO THE BOARD IN SEPARATE VOTES.

IT'S JUST THE ACTUAL EXECUTION OF THAT CONTRACT.

WE'VE TYPICALLY ASKED YOU GUYS TO JUST APPROVE A SUITE THAT WE THEN USE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

NO, MY CONCERN IS THAT.

YOU GOT TO TURN BACK ON MR. MADDOX. I'M SORRY.

I'M JUST A LITTLE LEERY ABOUT THE DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTRATION TO MODIFY THE CONTRACTS NEEDED FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE.

IT'S JUST SEEMED VAGUE TO ME AND THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN.

I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE EFFICIENCY AND CUTTING DOWN ON THE COMING BACK AND FORTH, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO ABDICATE AND JUST GIVE OVER THAT AUTHORITY COMPLETELY FOR SOME CONTRACT AND GET ASKED BY A CONSTITUENT, WELL, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS? AND SAID, WELL, IT GOT APPROVED AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

HOW DID IT GET APPROVED? HE SAID, WELL, YOU REMEMBER YOU VOTED ON THE BOARD BACK IN AUGUST TO DELEGATE THIS AUTHORITY.

SO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT COMING BACK.

IT JUST TO ME, IT SEEMS I MEAN, WE CAN WORK OUT A WAY TO GET IT MORE EFFICIENT, BUT THAT JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE WE WOULD NOT BE DOING OUR PART AS A BOARD TO JUST TOTALLY TURN THAT OVER AND TOTALLY RESPECT WHAT HAD HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY BEFORE, BUT IT JUST KIND OF FROM A JUST A COMPLIANCE AND JUST OVERSIGHT POSITION.

I JUST HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT AREAS LIKE THAT.

MRS. ELAD.

SO ARE WE VOTING ON THE EXACT CONTRACT THAT WE WERE PROVIDED WITH IN BOARD BOOK, OR HAVE THERE BEEN ANY ADJUSTMENTS MADE? BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A MINOR ADJUSTMENT MADE TO THE LANGUAGE.

NOT IN THIS ONE.

SO, THIS IS A SUITE OF CONTRACTS.

SO, IT'S ESSENTIALLY CONTRACT TEMPLATES THAT WE USE WHEN WE ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH AN ARCHITECT OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.

SO WE USE THE SAME TEMPLATE ANYTIME WE INITIATE A PROJECT.

SO ONCE THE BOARD APPROVES THE CONTRACTOR AND THEN THE PRICE, WE JUST ESSENTIALLY FILL IN THE BLANKS TO THAT TEMPLATE.

SO THE TEMPLATES HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN BOARD BOOK.

TWO OF THE TEMPLATES HAVE BEEN MODIFIED SLIGHTLY BY OUR LEGAL COUNSEL FROM WHAT WAS APPROVED THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

AND SO IF THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE TEMPLATES THAT ARE IN BOARD BOOK, BECAUSE COUNCIL WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS SAW THAT IT WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WORDING THAN WHAT WE HAD IN LAST YEAR'S TEMPLATES, BUT WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY CHANGES SINCE WE UPLOADED THEM TO BOARD BOOK EARLIER THIS WEEK.

OKAY. AND THAT'S AS FAR AS THE SUITES ARE CONCERNED.

RIGHT, KIMBERLY? RIGHT.

OKAY. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS TO KIND OF ADD TO WHAT MR. MADDOX IS EXPRESSING WITH THE AUTHORITY BEING HANDED OVER TO ADMINISTRATION WHAT TYPE OF MODIFICATIONS? JUST HUMOR ME.

WOULD NEED TO BE MADE OUTSIDE OF THOSE THREE INSTANCES WHERE YOU WOULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD.

I THINK BASICALLY ANYTIME WE CHOSE TO MAKE A MODIFICATION TO A CONTRACT, WE WOULD HAVE TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING TO GET THAT CONTRACT APPROVED AND THOSE MODIFICATIONS BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

REALLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO, IT'S GOING TO DELAY.

IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DELAY PROJECTS.

LET ME JUST SAY LIKE FOR AN EXAMPLE THE STANDARD LANGUAGE IN THE CONTRACTS FOR A LOT OF THESE, IT'S REALLY FOR, LET'S SAY, A NEW BUILD, LET'S SAY AN $80 MILLION NEW BUILD.

SO WE MAY IN A $2 MILLION PROJECT, THE CONTRACTOR MAY GO THROUGH AND KIND OF CHANGE THE TERMS OF THE INSURANCE FOR THAT PROJECT, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO REDUCE BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE IS SO, SO MUCH LESS.

SO THAT WOULD BE A DEAL THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH.

THEY WOULD CHANGE THE LANGUAGE WITH OUR COUNCIL ATTORNEY AS WELL WITH WALSH GALLEGOS AND OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES.

THEY GO THROUGH THESE EVERY YEAR FOR EVERY PROJECT THEY GO THROUGH.

SO IN THAT MODIFICATION, WE STILL HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL OF THE PRICE OF THAT PROJECT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE'RE ASKING SOMETIMES TO JUST MODIFY THE LANGUAGE OF A PARAGRAPH OR TWO THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH AN IN PRICE THAT YOU ALL SEE.

THAT MODIFICATION IS HAPPENING BEFORE WE BRING A FINAL PRICE TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS OR NOT.

SO, WOULD THERE BE A CAP ON THE MODIFICATIONS FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT THAT YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO? SO THERE WE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO MODIFY IT FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT.

SO IF YOU GUYS APPROVE A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR A PROJECT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO PUT INTO THAT CONTRACT TEMPLATE.

[02:00:01]

THE MODIFICATIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE LANGUAGE.

LIKE SCOTT WAS MENTIONING, IF WE HAVE A STANDARD TEMPLATE AND IT WORKS FOR A PROJECT FROM A BRAND-NEW BUILDING TO SOME MUCH MORE MINOR PROJECT AT A SCHOOL.

AND SO, IF WE NEED TO MODIFY, SAY, INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT VENDOR BECAUSE THE SCOPE IS SO MUCH SMALLER.

THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE WOULD BE DOING, BUT ONLY ON ADVICE FROM LEGAL COUNSEL.

AND IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE DONE THIS, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL SORRY, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL WOULD SAY THIS CHANGE IS SO, SO SUBSTANTIVE THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE IT BACK TO YOUR BOARD OR THIS CHANGE IS NOT SUBSTANTIVE.

SO IT CAN YOU CAN PROCEED WITH IT.

SO, WE SEEK ADVICE FROM LEGAL COUNSEL IF SOMETHING IS SUBSTANTIVE ENOUGH TO, TO BRING BACK TO YOU, BUT WE WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO MODIFY PRICE OR WHICH VENDOR WE'RE USING SO THAT THE TWO MAJOR TERMS IN THOSE AGREEMENTS.

SO I'M WILLING TO WITHDRAW MY AMENDMENT.

IF WE CAN REWORD THIS AND TABLE THIS, I JUST STILL DON'T HAVE THAT WARM FEELING ABOUT THE WAY THE WORDING.

I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DELEGATION IN THIS CONTEXT BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY SPECIFIC.

I UNDERSTAND GOING BACK TO LEGAL.

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT ALWAYS, BUT IT JUST SEEMS TOO VAGUE IN MY OPINION.

THAT'S MY ONLY ISSUE WITH IT.

THANK YOU.

I WILL SAY JUST AND THAT'S GREAT.

WE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN DO THIS HOWEVER YOU ALL WANT TO DO IT.

WE SWITCHED TO THIS METHOD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD, BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE APPROVING THE SAME PROJECT THREE TIMES. AND THIS GOT IT TO IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE APPROVING IT TWO TIMES.

BUT WE CAN GO THROUGH DEFINITELY.

WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT WAY.

WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY.

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE RISKS COULD BE BEING LATE ON THINGS, BUT WE CAN ALSO MANAGE FOR THAT TOO.

WE CAN START IT EARLIER, RIGHT? SO WE CAN DO IT HOWEVER YOU ALL WANT.

AND WE CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU.

WE WANT YOU TO FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT IT, TO FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU, DR.

FOUCHE. MRS. ELAD. FORGIVE ME IF YOU ALREADY SAID THIS.

IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, BUT DID WE VOTE TO DO THE SAME THING LAST YEAR? WE DID. OKAY. YOU DID? YES. I THOUGHT I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. OKAY.

OKAY. I'M FINE WITH IT THEN AS WRITTEN.

OKAY. BUT HAPPY TO. ALSO, IF OTHER TRUSTEES WANT FURTHER DISCUSSION, THAT'S FINE TOO.

MR. MADDOX.

NO. I WAS GOING TO WONDER IF YOU HAD A POINT OF ORDER FOR YOU.

SO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

I WITHDRAW MY MOTION PENDING THIS BEING TABLED.

BUT IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO TABLE IT AND WE NEED TO, WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN I WOULD STAND WITH MY AMENDMENT.

SO IF WE'RE OKAY WITH TABLING IT AND LIKE DOCTOR SCOTT SAID, DOCTOR TODD I'M SORRY SAID, THEN I WITHDRAW MY MOTION.

OKAY. SO BASICALLY THE MOTION IS TO TABLE IT.

YES. SECOND MOTION BY MR. MADDOX. SECOND BY MR. HILL. ALL IN FAVOR? I LOOK FOR A VOTE.

MAY I ASK SOMETHING BEFORE WE VOTE? IF YOU'LL VOTE BY YOUR HANDS.

I DON'T HAVE THAT ONE ALREADY.

PRE DONE. SORRY.

ALL WE DID ON THE.

NOT ON THE TABLE. OH, WE.

SO WE CAN OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION ON THE TABLE.

MR. PONANGI. SO MY THING IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF MOVING IT FOR A LATER DAY? AND IF THERE IS AN IMPACT, THEN IF WE HAVE TO TAKE A RECESS, CAN WE DISCUSS AND THEN COME BACK AND THEN WORD IT PROPERLY AND THEN PRESENT IT? I THINK AND CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.

MR. MADDOX IS ASKING THAT THE WORDING BE MODIFIED.

THAT IS CORRECT.

SO WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION, MR. PONANGI? MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF DELAYING THIS VOTE WHEN WE ARE MODIFYING THE WORDING? WHAT IS THE IMPACT? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT IS PENDING THAT WILL I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY CONTRACTS IN THE QUEUE

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THEY'RE ALL USING LAST YEAR'S TEMPLATES.

SO THE IMPACT WOULD BE ANY CONTRACT THAT COMES UP BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT MONTH.

IF WE CAN'T USE THE NEW TEMPLATES, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO WAIT ON THAT CONTRACT UNTIL THE AFTER THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING.

I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE QUEUE.

I WOULD ASK THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO REWORD IT, THAT THIS LANGUAGE CAME FROM OUR LEGAL COUNSEL.

SO I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO OUR EXTERNAL LEGAL COUNSEL WHO HELPS US WITH THIS RATHER THAN RECESSING AND TRYING TO WRITE SOMETHING UP WITHOUT THEM BEING HERE.

THAT'S FINE WITH ME. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO THANK YOU.

BOARD. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? OKAY, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

CAN I ASK FOR CLARIFICATION? ABSOLUTELY. LIKE AS WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL.

OH, SORRY. WE HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE.

OKAY. SORRY.

BY A SHOW OF HANDS. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

MR. WERSTLER.

SO, I GUESS FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, I'M UNCLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR LEGAL COUNSEL TO CHANGE, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WHAT WE'RE WANTING CHANGED IS TO JUST STRIKE THE LANGUAGE WHERE ADMINISTRATION HAS APPROVAL.

SO ARE WE WANTING TO JUST NEGATE THAT PARAGRAPH AND GO BACK TO WHAT DOCTOR FOUTS SAID, WHICH IS WE'RE GOING TO BRING A THIRD MEASURE TO YOU ALL TO VOTE ON.

LIKE, I'M JUST UNCLEAR ON WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO GO TO COUNSEL AND ASK FOR.

SO I THINK THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO STRIKE THE SECOND PIECE OF IT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS TO AMEND.

I APOLOGIZE.

THE SECOND IS TO DETERMINE BETTER LANGUAGE OR MODIFY THE LANGUAGE BASED.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? LIKE WHAT LANGUAGE ARE YOU LOOKING TO SEE? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK WITH LEGAL COUNSEL CONCERNING.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

CAN I THINK WHAT HE'S ASKING IS WHAT IS HE GOING TO GO TO? I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU, MR. WERSTLER, BUT WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO GET FROM COUNCIL.

WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO GO TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO DO THIS, AND IS THAT GOING TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE BOARD? AND I THINK THAT MR. MADDOX BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT.

I AGREE WITH HIM, BUT MAYBE HE CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

NO. SO MY BIGGEST CONCERN, AGAIN, AS I READ THIS AND IT SAYS CONSIDER AN ACT ON APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TEMPLATES FOR FUTURE PROJECTS AND DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTRATION TO MODIFY THE CONTRACTS NEEDED FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS WITH ADVICE FROM LEGAL COUNSEL.

SO TO MODIFY MEANS TO CHANGE.

THERE IS NO GUIDELINES.

I HAVE HEARD NOTHING TO SAY.

WELL, AND THERE MIGHT BE, I'M SURE, BUT MODIFY COULD BE ANYTHING.

SO I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE I'VE AGREED TO DELEGATE MY RESPONSIBILITY TO SOMEONE.

I DON'T MIND TAKING THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH VOTE, WHATEVER IT IS.

BUT WHEN WE SAY MODIFY SPECIFIC PROJECTS, WHAT ARE THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS? AND THEN ADVICE FROM LEGAL COUNSEL, THAT MEANS WE'RE TOTALLY OUTSIDE OF THAT DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE'VE SAID WE'RE GOING TO JUST TURN THIS OVER TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND WE'LL LET THEM TAKE CARE OF IT.

NOW, I KNOW THEY WILL DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT AGAIN, I JUST FEEL SOME KIND OF WAY OF NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE AND DOING WHAT I WAS ELECTED TO DO, WHICH IS HAVING SOME TYPE OF OVERSIGHT, SOME INVOLVEMENT AND SOME KNOWLEDGE OF IT.

THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR BETTER, BETTER KNOWLEDGE AND MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE MODIFYING AND WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE SAYING? OKAY, BEFORE I DELEGATE BECAUSE ONCE IT'S DELEGATED, IT'S GONE, RIGHT? YEP. SO I GUESS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE CONTRACTS, ALL OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WERE IN BOOK TONIGHT, IT'S HUNDREDS OF PAGES.

SO ANY OF THOSE PARAGRAPHS COULD BE MODIFIED AS WE GO THROUGH A PROJECT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR, THOUGH, THAT THOSE MODIFICATIONS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN WITH GIVING US AUTHORITY BEFORE WE BRING YOU A FINAL PRICE.

SO WHEN WE BRING YOU THE FINAL PRICE WITHIN WITH A IF WE HAVE TO MODIFY A CONTRACT, THAT MODIFICATION ISN'T HAPPENING AFTER YOU APPROVE A PRICE FOR THAT PROJECT.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THERE'S IT'S NOT AS THOUGH WE CAN CHANGE SOMETHING AFTER APPROVAL HAS BEEN DONE ON A PRICE OF A PROJECT.

IT SEEMS AS THOUGH, I GUESS WHEN YOU SAY IT WAS DONE 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO, IT WAS DONE ON THE BASIS OF TRYING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT OR SPEEDING UP THE PROCESS, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF ANOTHER UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

MAYBE THE BOARD MEETING WAS RUNNING EXTREMELY LONG AND SOME THIS WAS PICKED OUT SO WELL, MAYBE WE CAN CUT DOWN ON THE CONTRACTS BY CUTTING THE TIME AGAIN.

NOTWITHSTANDING THAT, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY THE REASON WHY.

I'M JUST SPEAKING FROM MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT TO DELEGATE THAT AUTHORITY AND TO REMOVE MYSELF FROM THE PROCESS, AND HAVING NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY MODIFICATIONS, THAT WOULD

[02:10:06]

THE MOTION WAS TEMPLATE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS AND DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTRATION TO MODIFY THE CONTRACTS NEEDED FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT WITH ADVICE FROM LEGAL COUNSEL. I DON'T SEE WHERE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

WHEN THE DELEGATION IS DONE.

SO, IF I COULD MAKE A SUGGESTION THE THIS WAS ORIGINALLY DONE, JUST TO BE CLEAR, NOT TO NECESSARILY CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS THAT THE BOARD WAS APPROVING, BUT BECAUSE WE THERE'S A WHOLE MONTH BETWEEN BOARD MEETINGS.

SO, WE WERE HAVING TO WAIT A WHOLE MONTH AFTER THE BOARD APPROVED A PROJECT, ESSENTIALLY IN ORDER TO SIGN THE CONTRACT.

BUT IF I CAN MAKE A SUGGESTION, WE CAN GO BACK TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL ASK FOR SOME SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH WE MIGHT BE MAKING MODIFICATIONS, LIKE SOME EXAMPLES OF TIMES THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO THAT IN THE PAST.

OKAY. WE COULD PUT THAT IN HOME BASE, AND THEN WE CAN MEET WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS SUBCOMMITTEE SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, JUST TO DISCUSS THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL SO THAT WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK IN SEPTEMBER YOU GUYS EITHER FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT OR WE GO BACK TO THE OLD WAY. IF THAT SOUNDS OKAY.

NO, IT SOUNDS GREAT TO ME.

I JUST NEED A FRAMEWORK TO WORK FROM TO, TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT EXACTLY DID I DELEGATE OR REMOVE MYSELF FROM THE PROCESS? OKAY. AND SO THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU, MRS. SMITH.

WE HAVE TECHNICALLY GONE OUTSIDE OF THE VOTE, AND SO I AM GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 11.

OH, ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE OR AM I? YES. YES, I'M GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AGENDA ITEM 11 I.

AND WE'LL PLACE IT AFTER AGENDA ITEM 12, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND SO I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 12 WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[12. Consent Agenda]

MOTION BY MR. HILL. SECOND BY MR. PONANGI BOARD.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ITEMS 12 B THROUGH X? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO AGENDA ITEM 12 A AND

[12.A. Act on 2024-2025 FISD Student Code of Conduct]

SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR QUESTION. DO I NEED ANOTHER MOTION FOR A? YES? I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS IT.

YES. OKAY.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 12 A ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

FRISCO ISD STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

SECOND. MOTION BY MRS. ELAD. SECOND BY MR. HILL. BOARD.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? SO THE REASON WHY I PULLED THIS ONE IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAD A SLIGHT LANGUAGE CHANGE IN IT TODAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, EXCUSE ME, THAT THAT LANGUAGE CHANGE WAS IN THIS DISCUSSION AS PART OF THE RECORD.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I PULLED IT.

YES. MR. MCCLENDON AND I MADE A DECISION JUST TO STRIKE THROUGH SOME OF THE LANGUAGE ON ONE OF THE ITEMS, JUST TO MAKE IT CLEARER.

AND I EMAILED THE BOARD THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT STRIKING THROUGH JUST THAT PORTION.

THANK YOU. WAS THAT PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY, THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT? THE DRAFT HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY.

ONCE IT'S FINALIZED, THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

IF IT HAD, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY IT.

IF IT HASN'T, THEN, THEN I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WHAT IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.

DO WE NEED TO DO A SHOW OF HANDS FOR THIS ONE? CHERYL? OKAY.

[02:15:03]

[2. Closed Session under Texas Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E (Part 2 of 2)]

SO, WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED AT THIS TIME.

[3. Reconvene in Open Meeting (Part 2 of 2)]

I AM GOING TO LOOK FOR A MOTION AS IT RELATES TO THE APPEAL.

I MOVED TO ACT ON THE EXPULSION APPEAL FILING SUBMITTED BY PARENTS ML AND RJ PURSUANT TO BOARD POLICY 4D AND STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. SECOND.

CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR MOTION, MR. PONANGI? I MOVED TO ACT ON THE EXPULSION APPEAL FILING SUBMITTED BY PARENTS ML AND RJ PURSUANT TO BOARD POLICY 4D AND STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

I WILL NEED YOU TO.

WE'RE ACTING ON IT.

WE WILL NEED YOU TO MAKE A MOTION TO EITHER APPROVE OR DENY THE DISTRICT'S DECISION OF EXPULSION.

ALL RIGHT. I MODIFIED MINE.

I MOVED TO UPHOLD THE DECISION MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT DISTRICT PURSUANT TO BOARD POLICY 4D AND STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

THANK YOU, MR. PONANGI, FOR THE MOTION.

SECOND BY MR. LOWE. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? IF THERE ARE NONE, I LOOK FOR A VOTE.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

BOARD. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO PATIENT WITH ME THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING SROS.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AND JUST AS WE THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING OUT AT 8:45, BUT HERE WE ARE AT 9:52.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, MR. MADDOX HAS Y'ALL'S LUNCH FOR TOMORROW.

YEAH. OKAY.

THANK YOU ALL. WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU, MICHELLE.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR FOUCHE, FOR BEING HERE WITH US.

THANK YOU, CHERYL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.