July 25, 2016

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Good evening. The board will now convene an open meeting. Today is Monday, July 25, 2016, and the time is 6.32 p.m. The KDISD Board of Trustees met last week in a work-study meeting to hear information from staff where we received recommendations from administration and the superintendent. Board members were able to ask questions and receive answers from administration. We should be prepared with responses and ready for action tonight. Mr. Gannell, would you please verify that we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act with regard to notice for this meeting?

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Madam President, we are in compliance.

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The Board met earlier this evening in a closed meeting. By law, any action arising from discussions in a closed meeting must be taken in a subsequent open meeting. 3.1 has been pulled from the agenda. 3.2, Mr. Gannell, would you tell us about?

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Thank you, Madam President. I am pleased to announce that Melinda Stone has been named as the principal of Wood Creek Junior High School. She has worked in the field of education for 18 years, all of it in Katy. Served initially as a teacher at Maid Creek High School, subsequently as an assistant principal at Maid Creek Junior High, Hopkins High School, and most recently associate principal at Katy High School. And she is pursuing a doctorate in educational leadership through the University of Houston.

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Congratulations Mrs. Stone. And now 3.3, the chair will entertain a motion to approve accepting professional staff resignations and hiring personnel.

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Madam President. Mr. Moholsky. I move that the Board of Trustees approves the personnel report as recommended by the superintendent in closed meeting. Second.

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Second.

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I have a motion by Mr. Moholsky, a second by Mr. DeBrell that the Board of Trustees approves the personnel reported as recommended by Acting Superintendent, Mr. Gannell, in closed meeting. Any discussion? Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.

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Aye.

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The motion passes 6-0. Mrs. Vann is not able to be here this evening. This time we will proceed with the pledge. tonight we have a very special very special guest to lead us in our pledges troop 1103 the honor guard troop 1103 is in honor of Stan Stanley whose birthday is November 3rd so his troop is 1103 and it's our honor to have the honor guard from troop 1103 the assistant Scout master is Paul Paul Rassico. And gentlemen, proceed.

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Close the colors.

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The flag of the United States of America, and the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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honor the Texas flag. Congratulations to the city of Texas, one state and one indivisible.

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all out of battle place authorities audience at ease troop 1103 thank you so much for joining us you make us all very proud and the stanley family will be very proud of your troop thank you You know, this is the portion of our meeting where we always ask any scouts in attendance to introduce themselves, your troop and the badge you might be working on. So I don't know if you have your communications badge, but this might be one of those times you get to do it. Please stand, say your name, your troop number.

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Hi, I'm Tyler Fowler, Troop 1103, and I'm the Honor Guard Commander.

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Hello, I'm Austin from Troop 1103, and then I'm also working on communication and citizenship in the community. Hello, I'm Kyle Hedrick, and I am from Troop 1103.

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Hi, my name is Luke, and I'm from Troop 1103.

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three hello my name is Paul Rasico I'm the assistant Scout master in charge of the Honor Guard and I just thank you for the warm and cordial invitation to this

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meeting thank you very much we have another Scout that's them I'm up here in

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the microphone in hello my name is Matthew and I'm working on my eagle

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mayor badge this is the part of the meeting where mr. Fraley used to always say we'll be out of here by about midnight so just relax mr. Fraley is not

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here and I'm not quite as quick on the uptake so it's going to be about 1 in the morning next on our agenda I would like to introduce ms. Maria Corrales manager of media relations in our multimedia for the recognitions portion of our meeting this evening

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good evening madam president board members and mr. Ganel it's an honor to be here this afternoon with you guys we're gonna first start out with the Katy Independent School District Police Department which was established in 1989 we see a lot of men in badges and these honorable suits here in our audience this afternoon their presence assists to provide a safe and secure learning environment for all of our students and staff members our district and our community benefit from the department's core values or their core values of integrity first service before self and excellence and all police officers pledged to serve and to protect even at the cost of their own life recently in other communities police officers have been the target of senseless and deadly acts of violence these men and women remain courageous in the face of potentially dangerous situations they make daily sacrifices in the execution of their duties and they continue to enforce the law with compassion and empathy mrs. Rebecca Fox board president will present a resolution that will be approved later on in this meeting this afternoon at this time it would like to recognize and honor Katy ISD Police Department and the officers who are here with us tonight that represent the members of a proud and committed team of peace officers of Katy Independent School District will you please come forward

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much for your service to our district. One last round of applause for these men wearing the badge.

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We will be presenting a resolution about you and we'll all talk about you in just a couple of minutes.

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Thank you.

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The Leonard Merrill Center was one of 12 facilities that received the Facility of Merit Award at the 2016 National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security Conference. The Facility of Merit Award is given to honor outstanding facilities that have gone above and beyond for their sports safety and security. These contributions involve enhancing safety and security at their venue beyond what is normally required and setting an example for other facilities to follow. Will the recipients accepting this award on behalf of KDISD please come forward when I call your name. John Bremer, Emergency Management Coordinator. Ben Rawlins, General Manager of Special Events, Reservations and Marketing for the Merrill Center. And Captain Kevin Tabor, KDISD Police Department Operations Bureau. Congratulations to you gentlemen.

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Congratulations. Congratulations. The Center for Digital Education, in collaboration with the International Society for Technology and Education, announced their Digital Content and Curriculum Achievement Awards in Denver on June 29th of this year. High performing school districts from all over the country were honored for taking the practice of education to new heights that show great promise to other districts to follow. Katie ISD was honored as a K through 12 large district school for connecting learners to create unparalleled learning experiences tonight accepting this award on behalf of Katie ISD are dr. John allowing which is chief information officer officer. Dr. Christine Caskey, chief academic officer. Rhonda Ward, assistant superintendent for student support services dr. Kim Lawson executive director for elementary curriculum and instruction Karen Mueller director of elementary curriculum and instruction Aline Lindley director of secondary curriculum and instruction GT advanced academics Darlene Rankin director of instructional technology Susan Richards e-learning and application manager Jay Sonnenberg a digital learning manager Jeremy Frazier, Elementary Instructional Technology Manager. Liz Booth, Secondary Instructional Technology Manager. And Erica Oliveira, Online Textbook and Digital Resource Coordinator.

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Mm-hmm.

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Congratulations on this achievement. And this concludes the recognition portion of our meeting this afternoon.

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Okay, Board Members, I'll direct you to the report section of our evening. Our first report is from Mr. Peter McElwain, and he's going to talk to us about how our projects are going and where we are getting ready to open school in just a few weeks.

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Good evening, Mr. McElwain. Good evening, President Fox, Board Members, Mr. Gannell. Four weeks, 28 days, 672 hours. Needless to say, the opening of school is just right around the corner. I'm here this evening to just give you a brief update with respect to the projects that are that are completing the major projects for this school year namely the three new schools and the four major renovation projects. Before I get on to these specific projects I need to mention that obviously there's a tremendous amount of other work going on around the district and an interesting fact and I was speaking with the business office a week or so ago and as you know we work closely with the business office and they indicated to me that in the month of June there was approximately 32 million dollars of bond expenditures processed which equates to larger than 1.1 million dollars per day of work that's happening around the district well beyond just these projects that need to open open for the start of school. Like I said I just wanted to give you a brief update. I thought this slide was interesting. This is actually a shot of Patterson Road out by Highway 6 and Attucks Reservoir. Not from this past spring when we received all the rain. It was from last spring where we received like the spring of 2015 when we received that amount of rain. So it goes without those saying that would that the team has been confronted with a tremendous number of challenges the weather just being one with the amount of you know historic rainfall that we received which has really challenged the teams with respect to schedules on projects also there's a extreme labor shortage at the sub trade level within the city of Houston there's a tremendous amount of work going on bond elections a number of districts have major bond election work that's currently underway as well as a tremendous amount of commercial industrial development in the City of Houston. So there's a limited number of sub-trades competing for all that amount of work. Also the compressed schedule that we've had. If you can recall after the bond was approved with respect to Maydale Jenks Elementary School, the board opted to put a ESL program in that particular campus which resulted in a large footprint by approximately 12 additional classrooms. So that that extended and compressed the schedule to a certain degree. An analogy popped in my mind over the weekend with respect to with respect to all of these challenges that we have before you before us and not just a horse race but a steeplechase and as you know a steeplechase is a horse race but the horses are actually hurtling over hedges and barriers and moats and that pretty well captures what we've been what we've been tackling this year. Now the good news is is as a district knows we we're extremely fortunate. I've been with the district this is my 19th year it's hard to believe and I must say that this without a doubt has been my most challenging year from a project scheduling perspective and a workload perspective but one thing that the district should be extremely proud of is the collective team that we have working on these bond projects not just the the staff within my department the project managers the associate the associated consultants but also the support staff in the organization with respect to the various supports departments that are under mr. Gunnell food services purchasing maintenance and then also the technology department under Dr. Alauni. Many of these folks have we've all worked together we've all worked together on on various tight schedule projects in the past namely I'll use for example West Memorial Junior High and May Creek Junior High. So without further ado I'm going to quickly move through some of the projects that need to complete and I brought some images along to show where we're at on the particular projects and And I should mention, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention, that an integral part of the team on these particular projects, the four renovations, the four renovations and the three new schools are the principals. Carrie Lowry is here this evening. As you know, she's the principal of Bethke, Catherine Bethke Elementary School. Without their support and patience on these projects, the sick they won't be as successful as as we we definitely are planning so the first project is Jenks elementary school as you know this particular school is located within the Cinco Ranch Northwest subdivision within Fort Bend County this particular project we are scheduling to have inspections by the fire marshal this week that you'll see this comment on the on the various projects because until we can actually occupy the building actually physically occupy we can move furniture in we can do some setup work we cannot move staff in until we have what's what's called a certificate of occupancy from the fire marshal now it's not unusual for us in the first pass not to receive that oftentimes because when they're looking at it at a school that has hundreds possibly thousands of components there may be some detectors that are not functioning accurately so we have to have the fire marshal back again. So the fire marshal is anticipated to visit Jenks Elementary this week. Furniture deliveries began as I mentioned on July 19th. We've been receiving the furniture into the cafeterias. The staff is set to move in next week pending approval of the certificate of occupancy or receiving certificate of occupancy. When I say the staff move in is set that's essentially the administration is moving into the school. What you're seeing on these particular photographs is the the front of the school in that upper left photo. You have a typical classroom in the in the middle photograph and that's the entrance hall into the down from the entrance into the into the school. Bethke Elementary which is a sister school to Jenks Elementary School as you know is adjacent to the Ventana Lakes subdivision up in the northern sector of the district. County inspections once again are scheduled this week. Fire Marshal and Health Service, the Health Department actually also has to approve various aspects of of the building and so that's a integral part of the inspections as well. Furniture deliveries once again began on July 19th and also similarly the staff is scheduled to move in August 1st which is next week pending occupancy permits so that may have to fluctuate somewhat but we'll position ourselves to if the fire marshal does identify some work that needs to be completed to move on that as quickly as possible all of these projects both the new schools and the renovation projects have seen work happening seven days a week long hours long hours and in these particular photographs the lower left is the media center slash library. The upper right is the front of the school and the lower right photograph if you can recall in the design we have collaborative large group collaborative areas in each of the classroom wings so that view is down one of the classroom wings with the collaborative area with that checkerboard carpet on on on the right of the photograph. Tye's junior high High School actually has received certificate of occupancy and health inspection. Furniture and technology deliveries are still in progress and the administration has moved in. So Chris Mitzner and her staff are actually located in the school as we speak. Teachers are scheduled to move in towards the end of next week. You can see in the photograph, the photograph on the left is the Main Street. You can see the architecture of vernacular associated this school is similar to Tompkins insofar as many of these students will graduate out of Ties Junior High and move on to Tompkins so there'll be a thread of continuity there. You see on the upper right hand photograph the the front of the school with the sign it's James and Sharon Ties Junior High and in the lower right hand photograph is the cafeteria. You can see the the cardboard protection is still on the floor it will be lifted this week it's as I mentioned we're when we're receiving furniture it typically is delivered into the cafeterias mr. McIlwain yes thank you for bringing us

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three very different pictures of each school which are really great just because I like a reference the do you know the mascots so Jaguars jinx

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jaguars is that right and bethke bison what's ties titans titans titans i like it thank you and we were we are working now that the now that that uh that the mascots have been identified like with respect to uh ty's junior high as you know in that footprint in the rotunda there's an opportunity so we in the in the interim we have carpet in that location but our hope is to get that in as soon as possible. And I mentioned the renovation. So those are the three new school projects. Okay the renovation projects at the four campuses are extremely aggressive schedules. You know we've been there before. The various support departments are aware of what we're confronted with. Obviously when the public drives by these schools and they look at the calendar and they say look there's only a limited number of days left, they need to realize that there's a tremendous amount of work happening in these campuses because my project managers, myself, we're out on the weekends at these particular campuses. We see the efforts that are being expended there. So we're talking on a typical renovation, we're looking at seven days a week probably from about seven in the morning till probably nine or ten o'clock at night there'll be subterrains in those particular schools also with respect to Cimarron Elementary which is a comprehensive renovation of an elementary school we really can only do it in one summer it's not cost effective and it's really not really feasible to come back in a second summer to do that so we have limited time and as you know these projects what we tend to do is by jumpstart in it that's great so once again I have to recognize the creation of the other schools schools back to it so we're in elementary as a bell actually was it you You know, we work with Sinead through most of the project. And Yashana Hunt is the new principal at Cimarron. So we'll be working with her as we complete these particular projects. These photographs, if it's not out of time, these photographs were just taken back in the last week. But if you drive by Cimarron now, you will see the signing on the front of Cimarron now to give a sense of identity to the campus. Lower left, the classroom, you can get all the case of cabinetry in the classrooms. You can see one of the main hallways within the campus. campus. County inspections are scheduled for the first week next week with staff set to move in August 15th. We're on a very tight window, not we've been there before, we've been there before. It's an extremely tight window. If you can recall the various other projects that we've done, elementaries, May Creek, Sundown, those projects where we've gone in and done comprehensive renovations. There's, when you look at it, there's probably only about 10 working weeks within the summer to complete these projects. So once again we're going to be working closely with the campuses. Will everything be done on all these projects? No, no. There's always, if you've built a house you know there's a punch list. In these particular cases because of the challenges that we've had is that there'll be areas of work that we'll need to complete after school starts but we'll be doing it after hours. We'll be working with the campus to minimize any disruption with the goal being at the end of the day these space these schools are transformational in nature with respect to the end result. Memorial Parkway Elementary, so Cimarron Elementary is all one summer completed this year or in the fall once we finish all of the punch list. Memorial Parkway Elementary completes next summer. this is the first phase this summer. So this summer we're talking about the gym, the cafeteria, the kitchen, there's some art rooms and what's happening out there now is we're actually doing the building pad work for the building addition which will happen during the course of the year. So in the photographs the lower left is the soon-to-be kitchen area of the campus. That picture was taken about a week and a half ago. The central plant in the upper right photograph in the art room in the lower right hand corner. And once again move-in is set to begin August 10th pending occupancy permits. So you can see my hair's already gone about as gray as it can go so but obviously without the team honestly you know I I think that I'm convinced that we. got the best team to complete these bond programs like honestly honestly. Memorial Parkway junior high I'm sure many of you have driven by Memorial Parkway junior high another transformational renovation because when the students and the staff go back and I have to you know recognize Emily because Emily Craig's been been there for the duration of this particular project she She has been tremendously passionate about the project. She's been very transparent. She's been taking photographs, progress photographs, posting it on their school Facebook, assuring the community and the parents that, yes, we are going to get there and that this is going to be truly a great facility. So county inspections are scheduled for the second week in August. Furniture technology staff move in set to begin August 15th. So it's a very tight window and I knew that it would be. And once again, without the support of the principals, the success will not be there. Lower left-hand photograph, as you know, there's a building addition along Highland Knolls. So where on the old footprint you had those dead-end classroom wing corridors, now there's a classroom additional on the backside that includes art rooms. and on the lower left photograph that's the Family and Consumer Science Lab. Okay and the lower photograph that's one of the art rooms that looks out to the exterior that door there opens into the courtyard into the art courtyard and the upper photograph is the front elevation of the of the school. So those those windows those new windows along that area is the reconfigured administration area. You can see the front entry it's starting to take on a sense of identity. So when we're complete this summer then we're going to have a sense of identity at the front of the school. Also we're doing work in the library. It's not shown in these photographs. We're doing work in the library this summer and the athletic area is being completed. The work in the athletic area is being completed this summer as well. Next summer when we during the year we actually stage into into some of the classroom areas. And also next summer, we actually get into the cafeteria. If you can recall, we reversed the stage orientation on this particular campus. Miller Career Center, lower left photograph. This project completes in its entirety in December. As you know, we've got the second floor shell space it's being constructed and will be completed in December but there's a tremendous amount of work that's happening on the first floor that needs to complete by the start of school. You can see in this photograph that when we did the original Miller addition back in 2008 we actually structurally planned above the ceiling for a new stairway off of Main Street. So you can see in the left photograph that the beginning stages of that new that new stairway off of Main Street. Also on the lower photograph, if you can recall that there was sheetrock up there. There wasn't open down. So when we finish the project it'll be similar to some of our high school projects where you have a gallery you can actually look down onto Main Street and it captures some natural light into the second floor and some of those spaces. The photograph in the upper right is right behind the staircase which is the expanded Commons area because Miller never had a Commons or a gathering area for collaboration and this is a this is the expanded collaboration area and beyond that are some administrative offices which are being reconfigured and also this summer the veterinary science classrooms are being completed this summer as well so that was a quick journey down down give you an idea of the Odyssey that we've we've been living with respect to the three new schools and the building addition work. Not to mention, as I indicated earlier, all of the other work going on. But our focus now obviously is getting these projects completed. Catherine Bethke had the opportunity last week to tour through, two through with Carrie and some of her team leaders through that campus and she was extremely pleased with what she saw. It's truly, and I think, I don't want to speak for Kim Lawson, but Kim was actively involved at the elementary level in the development of these new learning environments. And I know that we finish these projects and we actually leave. I'm sure that they'll be sad to see us go, but when we actually leave these particular campuses, these will be facilities that truly the district can be proud of. So I'd be happy to answer any questions that you may have.

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Madam President. Mr. Griffin? Mr. McElwain, thank you. I think you used the word team like 10,000 times. I apologize. No, no, thank you. I would imagine it would be a lot easier if you just took the project yourself and completed them and you didn't take anybody else's input. But thank you for choosing the hard road and the work that you do is awesome. Thank you.

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I appreciate that. Thank you, Mr. Griffin.

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Thank you for bringing the presentation. I just talked to Mr. Gunnell about it last week, like, who gets ready? Could we kind of see how things are going? So it's great for you to bring us these pictures and give us an update on, I know, how hard you work.

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And I'm excited, and I appreciate that, Ms. Fox, and I'm excited for the, looking forward to the dedications of the three new schools, because by that point in time, we'll hopefully have all the parts and pieces. I know that with respect to this summer we haven't done any favors to what I consider what I consider the back end folks on the project like the technology folks and I've apologized to them on many occasions and the purchasing folks because there's limited time to move in but I'm really excited to sort of see the expression on the kids faces and the parents faces when we get into these particular facilities.

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of these you're exactly right and you're you're right we've been here before we know what it's gonna look like everybody rolls her sleeves up you know the last

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week and and after 19 years I'm surprised I have any hair line I was

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just thinking how calm you are and and reassuring that we've done this before and while I know teachers are anxious to get in those spaces August well and it's

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important because I know I try my best to be out there motivate because for instance out it that the working can do I mentioned the hours but the working conditions you know at some of the renovation projects it's the air conditionings not turned on yet and they're in there in a very tough situation so I have to acknowledge the work of the of all of the sub trades

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they're working long hours in there well they're beautiful spaces and it's fun to watch on social media as teachers get in and see their new spaces for the first time and I know dr. Craig and mrs. Lowry all of them they're just really excited And we all are and we can't wait to see him well and Troy as well

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I didn't mention Troy camp Detroit, you know Troy and Kerry obviously are in a couple of that epicenters as far as a project that are really part of the steeplechase so to speak

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It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity though, and they're happy to have it. Thanks so much. Appreciate them input. Okay, Dr. Grims, we're very excited about hearing from you the outcomes from the survey we did about stadium naming options. Good evening. We're glad you're here. I see you have Mr. Rollins with you. Good evening, Mr. Rollins.

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Good evening. I do. Good evening, Madam President, Board of Trustees, and Mr. Gunnell. I'm here this evening to report on the final outcomes of the stadium naming rights survey and Mr. Rollins is also here to answer any questions you might have regarding next steps. As you know this survey was developed by K-12 insight and they are an outside survey research firm. It was designed to gather feedback from community members on whether the naming rights for the second stadium and the student activity facility complex should be sold or named after an attribute characteristic or group in which the KD community values. The survey was administered by email and it was sent as a unique link to 67,000 email addresses that the district has on file. Now these are addresses that individuals have submitted to us voluntarily and the survey was also available on the website via an open link. The survey was promoted through social media and also e-news as as well as a feature story that ran on channel 26. So participation rate for this survey was 5,637 individuals who took this survey. And again, the primary purpose of the survey was to gauge the public sentiment and allow community members the opportunity to weigh in on this matter as the Board of Trustees moves forward with their decision-making process for for this second state stadium naming yeah so out of those who participated 42% represented the southwest quadrant of the district and those are individuals who look who live below I 10 south of I I-10 and west of the Grand Parkway. About 33% represent the southeast quadrant, again, below I-10 and east of the Grand Parkway. 15% represent the northwest quadrant, which is north of I-10 and west of the Parkway. And finally, 10% represented those who reside in the northeast quadrant of the district. And as you can see in this chart, almost a third of the participants have lived in the district for 8 to 15 years. And then in terms of length of residency, the other bulk of participants are scattered between 4 to 7 years and 16 or more years in the school district. One of the first questions asked in the survey was, do you believe Katy ISD should consider selling the naming rights for the second stadium or name it after a meaningful attribute, characteristic or group that reflects Katie's values and as you can see in this chart 57% of the participants indicated that they would like to see Katie ISD sell the naming rights the other 43% expressed that they would like Katie ISD to name the second stadium after a meaningful attribute or characteristic we also looked at how individuals responded to this question based on the quadrant in which they live as you can see the outcome for the Southwest Southeast and Northeast quadrants are all very similar and that most survey Participants in these three areas prefer for the district to sell the naming rights Only in the northwest quadrant of the district do we see more survey? Participants indicating that they would be interested in the district naming this the stadium after an attribute or characteristic However, it should be noted that while it's only 600 individuals who participated in that quadrant of the district that is proportionate to the number of individuals who actually reside in the Northwest quadrant. So this survey branched off into different questions based on how the participant answered the first question. If the participant indicated that the second stadium naming rights should be sold, the individual was directed to this question which asked, do you believe there is a minimum dollar amount that should be met by an entity interested in purchasing naming rights for the second stadium for a 10-year period and as you can see 88% said yes. Those individuals were then asked what does that dollar amount look like and again as you can see in the chart about 38% of participants felt that the minimum dollar amount should be two million dollars. About 23% said 2.5 million and finally 16% said 1.5 million. There were about 297 individuals who selected other and they offered alternate dollar amounts they believe that the stadium rights should be sold for. And those dollar amounts ranged from $4 million to $100 million. However I will say that most of those dollar amounts did hover around $5 million. Not an offer yet. We'll work on that next. So for those survey participants who expressed they would like to see the second stadium named after an attribute or characteristic, 1,388 participants submitted potential names. And what you'll see in this chart is a list of the top 10 names that were submitted with the greatest frequency. And these top 10 names include Mike Johnston Stadium, Katie Stadium, Heritage Stadium, Gary Joseph Stadium, Veterans Stadium, Legacy Stadium, MKT Stadium, Alton Fraley Champion Stadium, and Katy Heritage Stadium. We also asked participants to tell us whether they think the naming rights for the Student Activity Facility Complex should be sold. As you know, that complex comprises the STEAM Center, the the Miller Career and Technology Center, the Raines High School Opportunity Awareness Career Center, sorry, Opportunity Awareness Center, rather, the Rhodes Stadium, and of course, the second stadium. And 59% of participants said no. The naming rights for the complex as a whole should not be sold based on their opinion. And when broken down by quadrants, most residents in all quadrants who participated in this survey agreed that the naming rights for the complex should not be sold. Finally, participants were allowed to provide open comments at the end of the survey. 3,071 participants added comments. I'm going to speak to these comments categorically. A sampling of these comments were sorted into four categories to allow us to identify common themes. One theme that came across poignantly was that many believed that the stadium naming rights should be sold. Forty-two percent were in that category. And the recurrent theme in those comments addressed the need to redirect those funds to programs and facilities and activities that directly impact students. students. About 12% of the comments suggested naming the stadium after a legacy person. Again, this would follow the tradition of naming schools after individuals in the community who have made major contributions to Katy. About 25% indicated that the stadium should be named after an attribute, which of course is different from naming it after a legacy person and then finally about 20% provided a comment that we put in a category we labeled as other because it didn't speak to selling the naming rights or naming the stadium after attribute rather many of these comments tended to reflect some some of the comments that we heard during the bond initiative for individuals who were not necessarily happy with the bond common themes that came out of those comments include location mobility and cost and I believe I skipped a slide early on so I just want to say that this survey was not scientific in nature it was not a random sampling it was simply designed to gather feedback from individuals who wanted to provide input on the decision-making process concerning the naming rights for the second stadium if If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer those.

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Dr. Grooms, the slide that talks about, I believe the question that talks about naming the complex? Yes. Based on feedback I got from some of the people who took it, I'm not quite sure that they understood what we were thinking. Many people believed that if we named the complex, we would do away with all the names that are there and everything would be called the same thing, which they were not in favor of changing Miller Career Center or Raines High School or the Shaw Center. I don't think they understood that we meant put a big sign over the top of the entire area and say go to the Shaw Center at the XYZ complex. So I think that maybe the question didn't yield, because I was quite surprised by this, but the feedback given, so at some point in the future if we decide to do something else or if the computer. We can provide some clarification. Something we could provide some clarification, but that's what people told me is don't change the names that are already there Not interested in that but they're happy with anything. So I just wanted to give you that feedback given to me. Thank you

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And president mr. DeBrell Don't name names, but do we have anyone interested in Naming rights is this time anyone to ever express the interest? Yes, I believe

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there has been some expressed interest and perhaps mr. Rollins can speak to

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that good evening there's been some very preliminary discussions in the past but since the June board meeting when there's been talk of putting together the committee and honestly waiting for the board's direction on which way to go there haven't been any discussions that I've been involved in no sir

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Thank you for your presentation. Thank you for helping us get the information from our community. We appreciate it very much.

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Thank you.

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Okay, board members, at this time I'll direct you to some voting items. Number seven.

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Madam President.

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Mr. Griffin.

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I move that the Board of Trustees approves the consent agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.15.

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Second. I have a motion by Mr. Griffin, a second by Mrs. Doyle. The Board of Trustees approves the consent agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.15. All in favor, raise your hand. Aye. Motion passes 6-0. At this time we'll move to 8.1, discuss and consider Board approval of a resolution honoring the Katy Independent School District Police Department. I'll entertain a motion and then I'll read the resolution. 8.1.

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COMMISSIONER MAY, Madam President.

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COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, Mr. Mahulski.

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COMMISSIONER MAY, I move the Board of Trustees approves a resolution honoring the Katy Independent School District Police Department.

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I have a motion by Mr. Moholsky, a second by Mrs. Doyle. The Board of Trustees approves a resolution honoring the Katy Independent School District Police Department, and the resolution reads as such. Whereas the Katy ISD Police Department was established in January 1989 to effectively and efficiently provide for the protection of our lives and property, Preserve the public peace and with the highest level of professionalism and ethical standards provide the central and campus administration specialized services, strengthening their ability to prepare students for the changes and challenges of the future. And whereas the Katy ISD Police Department along with other local agencies lead the community in providing a safe and secure learning environment free of crime and the fear of crime. Whereas KDISD police officers pledged to protect and serve even at the cost of their life. And whereas KDISD police officers face daily and potentially deadly dangers in the execution of their duty. And whereas since the first recorded death in 1791, over 20,000 law enforcement officers in the United States made the ultimate sacrifice and been killed in the line of duty. And whereas Whereas nearly 60,000 assaults against law enforcement officers are reported each year, resulting in over 15,000 injuries. And whereas police officers have recently been specifically targeted by acts of deadly violence. And whereas the KDISD Board of Trustees recognizes the daily sacrifices of law enforcement officers. officers. Therefore, the KDISD Board of Trustees formally designates August 28th through September 3rd as KDISD Police Week and publicly salutes the service of law enforcement officers in our community. Signed this 25th day of July 2016, Rebecca Fox, President, Board of Trustees.

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Any discussion? Madam President. Mr. Dubrow. I've been here now for going on six years. and every year I learn more about this this group of men and women the training the time they put in the care they give to our not only the property but the young people of this district is phenomenal recently I had the privilege of serving on a grand jury in Forbin County and became aware of some of their activities that we don't talk about a whole lot but where some outstanding work has been done this is probably one of the most professional forces I've ever come into contact with I mean I see them in the neighborhoods how they interact with people nothing but the most professional stance at every point in time so I just want to thank all of you guys I know the hours you put in I mean I know sometime I'm driving home at well one o'clock at night and they're out there patrolling and I just appreciate the care that you give to the young people as well as this entire community you guys are probably one of the biggest forces on on this side of town probably bigger than Katy for sure all those other small towns so just appreciate your work and let we want to let you know that that we have your back and we're standing behind you that we We support you 100% in everything that you do.

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Madam President, Mrs. Doyle.

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I just want to say, as the daughter-in-law of a man who served 35 years for the Sheriff's Department in Louisiana and also have a brother-in-law that served until he became very ill and can't serve anymore, but just the level of respect that I have for you guys and the work that you do. and also what I love is every school that you have been in that my children attend, y'all are some of my children's favorite people. They always talk about the officers on campus because y'all don't just stand there, though you're guarding the children and the administration and everybody that walks in and out of that building, you're also becoming friends with those kids, and you're letting them know that you are there to protect them, and they feel that. Even in schools like Seven Lakes High School and Tompkins, where there's thousands of students, they feel your presence and they feel your warmth and that you do truly care about their safety. And as a mother, I thank you. And as a daughter-in-law of a law enforcement officer, I greatly respect you and pray for you and the job that you do for us. I appreciate it.

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I just want to say thank you for being people that our children can look up to. What Mrs. Dorrell was saying, she kind of stole my thunder a little bit. But what I remember as a child was when you saw a police officer in uniform, form it was it was something you saw as safe and something you you looked up to and and you guys emulate that on our campuses every day and just thank you for loving our children thank you for keeping them safe and thank you for being role models for them so appreciate you madam president

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i echo those comments but i want to say this too because i often tell people this story you guys A lot of the kids just love them because you guys are just so nice I mean and I have parents all the time to say how wonderful your officers are But I go on to tell them how much you train for incidences that we've never had like a active shooter Are you cross trained with the other agencies that serve our community? So no matter who shows up you're ready to go and The sense of security that gives me not only as a trustee but a father They know that god forbid something like that would happen one of our campuses The amount of time you guys take to put in to be ready for something like that This community needs to know about and needs to be applauded Because you know always tell them you don't want to come to Katie if you want to pull something like that Because our guys are the best and the best trained out there. So I Appreciate that as well. I appreciate that as well

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Madam President. Mr. Griffin. I just want to say thanks.

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So I have a hundred stories and I don't know which one to tell. Mr. Howard was at Begg Junior High with my kids. They, you know, just what Mrs. Doyle and everybody's saying, saying, you know, our children just think the world of you. Our daughter had a bender bender and who happens on the scene, but, you know, Officer Gray. And just, you know, there he was. And she was like, my goodness, Officer Gray. And so it just calmed her until I could get there. And, you know, they are Martinez. Just, you know, all of you guys, Nelson. y'all i just have a story about each one of you somebody tried to give me a ticket one time that i deserved i needed that too it's just um what and we're still really good friends you know because you know if i'm wrong i'm wrong how it happens so we um and we have people sitting right there who do jobs that we never know about and you keep our kids safe There are people on the internet who intend to harm our children. And you have people in your department who protect them and catch the bad guys that no one ever knows. But we know. Mr. DeBrell's right. You protect us before we ever need it. But we know who you are. And we know what you do. and we don't take you for granted and we want only good fabulous things to happen for you and we're grateful that you're a part of our community because you're the best and you make us the best so on social media last week I saw a picture of with all that with all the comments going on now about police across our nation it's nice to see those great comments and there was a picture of someone whose car was broken down and a KDISD police car following behind and one of the officers pushing the car and the other officer following behind in the in the squad car to make sure that nothing happened and they were helping the gentleman push his car his disabled car off the street and it's like see what our KDISD police are doing and you know this had nothing to do with the campus or a student or anything it was just the right thing to do and we catch you doing those kinds of things all the time and tonight we're all wearing some blue because we've got your back and we appreciate you anyone else okay so So we should vote. All right, we've read it. We have a motion by Mr. Michalski and a second by Mrs. Doyle. I read the resolution. And all in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.

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Aye.

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Motion passes 6-0. And Mrs. Vann said she's sorry she couldn't be here tonight to show her support.

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Madam President.

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Mr. Griffin.

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I move that the Board of Trustees approves the renewal of the one-year extension of the contract for the collection of delinquent taxes between Katy Independent School District and the law firm Lyon Barger Goggin Blair and Samson LLP.

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Second. I have a motion by Mr. Griffin. I second by Mr. Mahalski that the Board of Trustees approves the renewal and one-year extension of the contract for the collection of delinquent taxes between Katie Independent School District and the law firm of Lineberger, Bogan, Blair, and Sampson, LOP. Any discussion?

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Madam President.

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Mr. Scott.

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I'd like to take about 90 seconds to put my position on this because if this were going to be a split vote and my vote were decisive, I would vote to extend the contract. It would be irrational not to extend the contract under these circumstances. This issue was debated several years ago, and it was debated on all the wrong issues, and it made it appear that the board was somehow responsible for what had happened in the state of Texas and the delinquent tax industry. I'm going to vote no, but the reason I'm going to vote no is because the problem is not at this board, and it's not at most local governments. This is an industry that has grown up since the 1980s and it has been fueled by state government that has created an incredible, unlevel playing field between governments and the private sector. It has grown to a point from the mid-1980s when the tax collection of government was still in tremendous transition from the Peavito bill forward. It made a lot of sense to privatize the industry at that point in time. My position is this. I got three years on this board and I'm going to try to make this an issue, but not an issue that divides the school board. My position is basically this. If the state of Texas would create a level playing field, the penalties and the interest that now go to one predominant law firm in the state of Texas would go to the people that that money belongs to and that's the taxpayers who pay their taxes on time so I will vote no to on this tonight I don't like the system but there is not an ounce of difference between me and the other members of the board ask what the rational thing to do on this contract is so I appreciate you're taking it off the concern agenda. We'll proceed to vote. All in favor, raise

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your right hand to say aye. Aye. Opposed? No. Motion passes 5 to 1. 8.3 discuss and consider the board approval of a charter for a committee to explore and evaluate strategic alternatives for naming the Student Activity Center Second Stadium.

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Mr. DeBrell. I move that the Board of Trustees approves a charter for a committee to explore and evaluate strategic alternatives for naming the Student Activity Center Second Stadium.

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I have a motion by Mr. DeBrell, a second by Mrs. Doyle that the Board of Trustees approves the charter for a committee to explore and evaluate strategic alternatives for naming the Student Activity Center Second Stadium. Any discussion? Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All in favor raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. Is that everybody? Hmm? Motion passes six to zero. Okay, look at this, 735 and we are two donated items on your board documents and the quarterly investment report also attached for your review. Our future board meetings, the work study Monday Sunday, August 15, 2016, our regular board meeting, August 23, 2016. MR.

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Madam President.

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MS.

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Mr. Griffin. MR.

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Is there a reason that the 29th didn't show up, our special meeting, or has that one been changed? So we are going to have a special meeting on the 29th.

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We'll have a special board meeting on August 29th. MR. Okay. MS. Yes, the same night that we have summer graduation. Absolutely. Absolutely. So, and Dr. Hint's first day will be next Monday, August 1st. He will join us here. And anything else? It is exciting. Yes. There being no further business, the meeting is adjourned. 7.36 p.m. Ding, ding, ding.