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meeting? Madam President, I do confirm we're in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meeting Act in regard to this meeting tonight. At this time, the Board of Trustees will give
members of the public an opportunity to speak in accordance with kdisd board policy bed local as defined by this policy the first 10 speakers who signed up by 2 p.m on monday june 22nd 2020 and have provided their first and last name will be called individually on the phone number they provided and allowed to address the board through audio only a maximum of 30 minutes has been allocated with the time divided equally among those who have signed up however the maximum amount of time for any one speaker is three minutes. If you are not finished speaking at the end of your three minutes, your audio will turn off. If speakers wish to share written material with the board, you must email a copy to the Secretary for Board Services, for board members, the superintendent, the chief communications officer, and permanent record. If a speaker has not attempted to solve a matter administratively through proper channels as stated in board policy, the presiding officers designee shall advise the speaker to seek resolution through the appropriate policy. Finally, pursuant to Texas Government Code sections 551.074 and 551.0821. The Board will not permit the presentation of personally identifiable information regarding a student and will not discuss the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear a complaint or charge against an officer or employee. Should a speaker wish to address one of these issues, they must do so through the appropriate local grievance policies agencies, FNG local, DGBA local, and GF local. Our speakers will be called in the order they signed up to speak.
All right, Madam President, members of the public, those paying attention online, you may see that we are gathered here today for the first time since the pandemic started as a board with members of our senior staff. We're paying close attention to the social distancing guidelines and regulations set forth by our state local officials in the CDC. Having said that, we are still allowing members of our public to participate in the public forum and we're doing so by call-in. What we've asked them to do is to, if you want to speak, to send us an email and give us your phone number. We've got ten people signed up tonight so I'm gonna call them. I'm gonna call them at least twice. I'm gonna call them each twice and if they answer then they will get their three minutes to speak. The first speaker tonight is Mr. Sean Rooney.
Mr. Rooney. Mr. Rooney.
Is this Mr. Rooney? Mr. Rooney, this is Justin Graham. I'm going to put you on the speakerphone and then you'll be live in front of our Board of Trustees. You'll have three minutes, sir. go ahead
uh i'm on the board now yes sir how are you guys my name is sean ernie i'm uh glad you guys took time to listen to public comments on this subject i know that you guys are in a very inevitable or uh position of having to deal with um the issue of figuring out what to do about going back to school I know the TEA is coming out with some guidance in the next few days and hopefully that will give us some clearance or clarification on what the state says is going to go on. But I just wanted to give a parent's perspective to this group. I've got four kids in Patterson Elementary. We're soon we'll have four kids this year. And I know from a working parent's perspective, having talked to quite a few different parents in the neighborhood and in their area, that there's a real need for some clarification and for some guidance on what's going to happen. But at the same time, I think it's important that this board gives themselves some flexibility. ability what they decide today doesn't have to be the decision or what's decided in the next couple weeks doesn't have to be the same decision that we deal with when we go back to school in the spring semester so that's one thing i would implore to this board is to make sure that you are obviously going to make a rational and good decision but to give yourself an out give give yourself the ability to revisit this as the situation changes over the next few weeks or months and possibly if it needs to be adjusted that you have that ability. That's all I've got. Thank you guys for all the work you're doing. I can tell you I've been involved with boards and organizations that's having to deal with it on a smaller scale than the 80,000 students in KDISD so I understand and appreciate the position you guys are in and thank you for your time.
Thank you, sir.
Mr. Graham, can I have you hold for one second? I think we're having some technical difficulties. Okay. I'm going to check with Daniel. Daniel, you need a minute to see what you can do there? Yes, please. Okay.
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All right. Members of the board, can everybody in the room hear me? I think we've been having some technical difficulties, another byproduct of the unusual circumstances we find us in. Do we want to check the mics from the die? Dr. Grigorski?
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All right. It appears we've solved that issue. Thank you for everyone's participation. I'm going to call our second speaker of the night, Ms. Jennifer Skelton. Is this Ms. Skelton? Ms. Skelton, my name is Justin Graham. I'm here with KDISD. I'm going to put you on speaker, and then you'll have three minutes. You'll be live in front of our Board of Trustees, okay? Okay, go ahead.
Hi, my name is Jennifer Skelton. I have a six-year-old son who's going to be attending McElwain Elementary this fall. So I know you guys have a really big decision on the upcoming school year, and I just wanted to give you some thoughts of an elementary school parent. I think we can all agree this is a world where we never thought we'd be living in. My son cries at least once a week because he misses his friends. He hasn't been on any other kids since before spring break. He has allergies and asthma, and we have immune compromised people in our home, so we've been really super cautious. but he needs his school and I'm really worried that if we don't take the proper precautions we're going to spend most of school year at home under more quarantine so 40 percent of the people with coronavirus have no symptoms and that's people that we're working with we're going to school with who have this virus and that are giving it to other people so I'm really concerned about the employees the 10,000 employees who are adults that can become seriously ill and I know as a parent I would be completely devastated if my child gave this to an adult and made them sick. So I wanted to say that I want my kid to go to school but I think if we don't take the precautions they're not going to really see a school year. So just some suggestions that I have that I think would work for my child is maybe a half a day school year or half a day school, school five days a week with kids and kids and teachers wearing masks, hand sanitizer, no shared school supplies and snack in the classroom. And with this model for elementary school kids, we wouldn't have to worry about lunches, them all sitting in a cafeteria or recess where they're all playing together. And I know it sounds horrible. My child is not having a good time, but he also needs his education. He also has special services. So while it worked okay for two months I don't think it's going to continue to work so I really appreciate everything you guys do I know it's a really hard decision and it's gonna be an up-and-down school year but we do know that you have our kids best interests at heart and we'll do what you think is
best for all of us thank you all right thank you for your time okay I'm gonna I'm going to call the next speaker, Ms. Anna Carpenter. Is this Ms. Carpenter? Ms. Carpenter, this is Justin Graham with KDISD. I'm going to put you on speakerphone, and you'll be live with our Board of Trustees.
You have three minutes. Go ahead. Hello. Go ahead. Okay. Well, my name is Anna Carpenter. I am a parent in the KDIC district for Schaefer Elementary. I've had my son went there until fifth grade, and now he's going to be going to Southern Lakes, and now my little one is going to be going to kindergarten. garden and I also serve on a citywide effort to remove implicit bias in schools it's a work group throughout the whole city so we've done about a year of work and we built a comprehensive and intentional school-wide discipline reform strategy by taking a collective impact to the work so our goal is to try to remove implicit bias in schools and reduce the number of students that enter juvenile justice system and we wanted we know that in Houston students that tend to go to the juvenile justice system tend to be black male students and overwhelmingly students of color Hispanics as well so in our research we landed on nine recommendations one of the recommendations that I want I wish to speak about today is about the counselor to student ratio in our independent school district so we know that COVID has really impacted our students and the way they're receiving their education we know that students are very likely to return to school with not only an educational deficit due to the lack of structured schooling over the spring but also with a lot of emotional challenges students will have been impacted by the stress the lockdown has brought for the fears for their health their loved ones they've seen their caregivers their parents sick maybe or losing their jobs but in every case they've seen their parents uncertain about the future and i know firsthand that that has affected you know my kids at least so we know that for a student to thrive academically they also need to have emotional support and stability so with that in mind I'm asking the board to please consider a recommendation that supports students well-being by improving the counselor to student ratio I'm sorry in our schools the recommended best practices ratio is 250 students per counselor according to the American School Counselor Association. I don't know what it is for the whole district, but I do know that Schaefer last year was one counselor to 1,174 students. So I would imagine that that's the ISD average. And I feel like we could really improve that. And it's not only an opportunity, but it's actually something that we should do as an educator. I feel very, a former educator, I feel very, very strongly about that. So we believe that increasing the number of counselors can lead to a reduction in the number of school-age youth requiring disciplinary interventions and ultimately those referred to the criminal justice system and of course ultimately help our students become successful in school and future productive members of society so i really thank you for your time and we're counting on you our leaders in schools to support our students in the next school year when they'll really need us the most I appreciate you listening and taking your time.
Yes, ma'am. Thank you for your time.
Thank you.
All right, our next public speaker is Natalie Hart. I got a not in service. I'm going to try that number one more time. It appears that number is not working. We're going to move to our next speaker of the evening, Ms. Georgia Strickland. Is this Ms. Strickland? Ms. Strickland, this is Justin Graham. I'm going to put you on speakerphone, then you'll be live with our Board of Trustees. You have three minutes. Go ahead.
Hi, guys. It's me again, Ms. Strickland. I just wanted to share a couple things that happened in the past two weeks. We just now signed Peter McElwain Elementary PTA two weeks ago, and Jordan High School PTSA. They are now part of our umbrella. We now have 64 PTAs in Katy. Both of these campuses joined with over 60 members in one Zoom call. So that was amazing to get that many folks to purchase their membership in a Zoom call. It was pretty fun. And the last thing, I've been holding on for a while. I've been wanting to share this, but we wanted a proper public display in person, and that's not going to happen anytime soon, but we wanted to let you guys know that on February 21st, we purchased a life membership award for Dr. Gorgorski, and so we are honoring him with a life membership from the Katy ISD Council of PTAs. It's been tough to keep that secret since February, but I just wanted to let you guys know So we appreciate everything he does for our district, especially during this time of unprecedented challenges. And it's amazing to see all the hard work you guys are putting into everything that's going on, especially the graduation. So that's my favorite part right now. But thank you so much for your time, and have a great night.
Thank you, Ms. Frickman. Well, thank you all very much. Appreciate that, Georgia. We'll see you soon.
Our next speaker is Erica Alvarez. Hello, may I speak with Ms. Alvarez? Ms. Alvarez, my name is Justin Graham. I'm with KDISD. I'm going to put you on speaker phone and then you'll have three minutes. You'll be live in front of our Board of Trustees, okay? Okay. Go ahead.
Hello, my name is Erica Alvarez and I'm a rising senior at Cinque Ranch High School. I'm calling to ask the KDISD Board of Directors remove police officers from all campuses. They have been proven to negatively and disproportionately affect black and Latino students, contribute to the school to prison pipeline, and the salaries paid to these officers could be much better invested into programs for students, counselors, and the likes. Thank you.
Okay. Thank you for your time, Ms. Alvarez. Thank you. Bye-bye. All right, trustees. Our next speaker is going to be Mr. Ben Peters. Can I speak with Mr. Peters, please? Mr. Peters, this is Justin Graham with KDISD. I'm going to put you on speakerphone, and you'll be live with our Board of Trustees. You'll have three minutes, okay? Go ahead, sir.
Hi. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Ben Peters. I'm an alumnus of Seven Lakes High School and May Creek Junior High. I was calling to echo some of the thoughts of some of the other callers that have called into this meeting. In light of recent weeks and calls from organizations like Black Lives Matter, matter. I'm calling to Ursa district to look at alternatives to our current focus on policing within KDISD. Today I sent an issue brief that was authored by PhD researchers at the University of Minnesota's Department of curriculum that outline research-based work that would invest in developing different programs to supplant and replace police departments. We know that the presence of police officers in schools doesn't actually help student safety. They don't prevent mass shootings. and specifically we could just use these funds in better ways and I think that it would behoove the district in general to take time to research some of these options I'll make sure that everybody on the board gets a copy of this particular issue brief and I hope this is just the beginning of a larger conversation we
have on this uh thanks thank you mr peters all right our next speaker is going to be miss natalie wang
All right, that one went to voicemail. We'll try that number one more time.
All right, that was the second attempt with no answer. We will move on to our next speaker, Sophia Pham. Can I speak with Ms. Pham, please? Sophia? Hey, Sophia. My name is Justin Graham. I'm with KDISD. I'm going to put you on speakerphone, and then you'll be live with our Board of Trustees for three minutes, okay? You may begin.
Hi. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak to you today. I'm a rising senior at Seven Lakes High School. I'm asking that KDIC remove officers from school campuses. A lot of reasons contribute to this, but specifically officers aren't necessary as their presence at schools hasn't been proven to prevent school shootings or be effective in securing school safety. Officers are trained for arresting criminals, not teenagers, and research has proven that they disproportionately target students of color, which contributes to the school-to-prison and pipeline and disadvantages minority groups in the education system. Having officers at schools enforces a power complex that teaches those at a disadvantage to the system to fear it from a young age. And I'm not specifically targeting the individual characters of district officers, but it's difficult to deny that they contribute to an inherently corrupt system. I'd suggest that KDISD divest funds from officers and reallocate it to job programs or mental health and recovery programs to work toward preventing and addressing school shootings at the root of the problem and I'm not referring to just you know putting posters up with slogans about our GPA doesn't matter or seminars telling us to manage or test anxiety I mean a hands-on approach to mental health with more programs that directly address depression and student anxiety I just think that that in general would benefit students better than using force or unnecessary measures to discipline students instead of addressing the reason that they lash out. Yeah, thank you for your time.
Thank you for your time. All right, our next speaker is Chloe. I just have one name, Chloe.
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May I speak with Chloe, please? Hey, Chloe. Yes, ma'am. My name is Justin Graham. I'm with Katy Independent School District. I'm going to put you on speakerphone, and you'll have three minutes to address our board, okay? You're live. Go ahead.
head. So I'm calling to ask the board of directors, remote police officers from all campuses because they have been seem to disproportionately affect our Latino and black population of students. And the salaries that can be paid towards our offices can be put towards much better programs that can help our students instead of detrimentally, like, instead of basically, instead of putting our students in in bad places, we can put the money towards things that will help them to spend their time on more positive activities and spend their time on better things that can actually help our community. And another thing I would like to say is that...
Chloe, can you give me just one minute, please? I'm sorry. I think my microphone died. Okay, go ahead.
Okay, so also the OAC system, in my opinion, like, it's like, it's fine to like, put, like, I guess it's like, I, well, from what I see, it's like, basically, it's like punishment instead of nurturing, or like, you can, I feel like it'd be more, more positive if we can put that, like, put it towards rehab instead of like, punishing students for like, having babes, having weed. on them instead of that we can just like put it more like we used to have dare when we were younger but all of a sudden it's been like we used to have dare when we were younger in elementary school but all of a sudden as high schoolers when i feel like we need it most programs like that where it focuses on like don't do drugs like um stay away from um like um stay away from alcohol stay away from drugs like all of a sudden programs like that have like literally disappeared and i And I feel like it's more important to, while OAC may be a good thing, I think that we should also put money towards programs that can have kids stray away from drugs and alcohol and nicotine products. And especially for nicotine. 20 seconds left. Okay. Okay. Nicotine, I see it more as a problem even in middle school, so I hope that we can put these programs even towards middle school and elementary students instead of just focusing on high school students. I finished my time. Thank you.
Thank you for your time. Trustees, that concludes our public comment portion of the meeting.
Thank you, Mr. Graham. The board will now convene in closed meeting as authorized under section 551.001 of the Texas Government Code for the following purposes. Texas Government Code 551.071 and 551.129. The board will now reconvene in open meeting. Today is Monday, June 22, 2020, and the time is 635 p.m. On behalf of my colleagues, I welcome everyone to this evening's regular board meeting. Each board member received the agenda and documentation for this meeting on Thursday, June 18, 2020. The board will receive information and recommendations from staff, administration, and the superintendent on these agenda items at tonight's meeting. Board members will be able to ask questions, receive answers, and should be prepared to take action this evening. The board has just reconvened from closed meeting. In accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, any action arising from discussions in a closed meeting must be taken in an open meeting. I would like to welcome Sergeant Howard of the KDIC Police Department to lead us in the pledges of allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. honor the texas flag i pledge allegiance to thee texas one state under god one and individual
thank you sergeant howard next on our agenda 6.1 mr ted beerling katie independent school district june 2020 demographic update welcome mr veerling
Good evening, President DeWolf, Board members, Dr. Grigorski. I'm here tonight to provide a mid-year demographic update as it relates to COVID-19. We felt that it was important to take a look at least at some preliminary data data in terms of the economic slowdown and possible housing slowdown and then how that relates to our kiddos coming and how many we're expecting to come in the fall. So we reached out to population and survey analyst, PASA, who you're familiar with. They usually do a demographic report sometime between October and December every year. We reached out to them and they had some preliminary data for us. Nothing terribly concrete. As you all know right now, everything is in flux, but they did have some data for us, and I'll present that to you tonight. They took a look at the economic impact due to the oil prices and downturn in oil prices. They looked at single-family housing development in the area, multifamily housing development as well, and then finally student projections at each level, elementary, junior high, and high school, and we've got some maps for you, which I'm sure you've seen. I know that several of you on the board are familiar with the oil industry and as well as the home sales around the area. So we welcome any comments or questions you have at the end. And if I'm not able to answer those for you, we'll certainly get that information from from PASA. So PASA did say that the Houston area, the economy in Houston area was cooling prior to the onset of COVID-19. They believe that the smaller oil companies in the San Antonio, Fort Worth, and Midland area would be hurt the worst, and some of the bigger oil companies in Houston would be okay. However, as some of you know, those layoffs don't begin in the bigger oil companies until later on in the year. So we don't have that information right now. But from a preliminary standpoint, that's a little detail on the oil industry. Some historical data here. they took a look at several downturns over the past few years and looked at the 2014-15 school year as well as 15-16 resulted in a 19% versus a 29% decrease in housing starts. PASSA believes this will look more like a 19% decrease rather than the 29% but again we're still getting more information and we'll continue to get more information in the coming months depending on what what what occurs with the oil industry as well as the economy as a whole. So single family development, we were actually outpacing what PASA projected in the northwest. I think you'll see when we pull up these maps, you'll see that the northwest and the west is still growing, and we have not really seen a slowdown there. The plats there in the northwest quadrant show an increased demand for housing and have continued and will continue to do so, we believe. They do see millennials purchasing some of those houses, but for the most part, we're seeing folks moving into KDIC in those areas with school-age children. All right. Another interesting piece that they presented to us was the 372 built-out neighborhoods. These are neighborhoods with no new homes. We netted 817 kids from the fall of 2018 to 2019. That's a huge stat because what that does is that shows that your existing neighborhoods are regenerating, are regrowing, and I know we've talked a lot about that in previous board meetings. meetings. So they do believe there'll be an increase in demand. For those of you that are on the board that are familiar with the real estate industry, you know that sometimes when times are tough, people don't make the move that they normally would. They're either afraid to sell their home or afraid to move and get into something new. So Passa believes that the demand for new homes will still be strong. And that's, again, that northwest quadrant. quadrant and then we start looking at who that affects and that's Pato High School Stockton Bethke McIlwain and to a certain extent Bryant out there as well they did look at some multi-housing development and you know when you drive around the area there are dozens of apartment complexes throughout the area so the three that they address in here are just three that were kind of off schedule so of the of the many apartment complexes that are in the area they didn't see a whole lot of change in terms of in terms of finishing early or finishing late we do know that these apartment complexes have a huge impact and we use the example may creek elementary but they have a huge impact on our schools and the number of kids in our schools so we do want to watch those very closely throughout the area in terms of our student projections, well the next three slides you'll kind of see where PASA has made adjustments to what they believe to be the fall enrollment. Overall you don't see a huge change, certainly not a negative change, but we'll show you these slides and if you have any questions there at the end we'll talk about it. So the the slides are the areas in red, the school zones in red, are the areas is that we're expecting more growth than may have been thought originally. So McIlwain, you'll see 70 students extra. Bryant, 40 students extra. McIlwain is not a huge concern. We open those schools with fewer kids. They're not full when they open, so we do believe we can absorb those kiddos. Bryant is a number that we need to take a look at closely and make sure that we're prepared for that. 40 kids in an elementary is a considerable number. 40 kids in a high school is not. So we want to make sure we take a look at that. You can also see the there's some in tan with a small increase predicted increase, but not significant. And then some of the blue shaded areas are numbers that are going down. But again, May Creek Elementary is the most is the biggest number going down at 25. Again, that's that's not a hugely significant number. and the other ones aren't either. And everything in white is a fluctuation of one or two kiddos. So junior high again you can see the northwest still growing strong. East is tapering off a little bit and even Adams predicts it at having a few less kids. But again at the junior high level 29 kiddos at Stockdick or 15 at Katy, that's a manageable number and then you but again you can see not not a huge pull off of what was expected and then at the high school again we expect pedo to be growing or continue to grow and then Katie that Katie high school that accepts that area as part of the northwest in the West growing as well you see 28 less at May Creek high school and then you know it varies between 22 and in 14 at the other schools so no significant changes there at the high school in terms of what we're looking at right now. For the first time, KDISD is offering an online kind of a pre-enrollment process, which I think is great for parents. Ultimately, it's going to save a whole lot of time sitting in line, and some of you have done that before, and it can be painful. And so we're getting some preliminary data on that. As of early June, we had 3,700 kids in the queue getting ready to get registered in KDISD. Now, a lot of those kiddos are early enrollment kids. Those are early early grade kiddos, kinder and first and that sort of thing. But what it does show is that they're backfilling our fifth graders and all that are moving on. But again, a lot of data still yet to be seen and we'll get more as the months go on. But in terms of what we believe and what PASA believes, I think we're still in pretty good shape for the fall. And if you have any questions.
Board of Trustees Meeting, Page 6 of 9 Madam President, Ms. Champaign. Hello, thank you very much for your presentation.
Yes, ma'am.
I'm wondering, normally, I'm sure a demographer can't really know this, but I'm just wondering if you know this. The number of kids, how does that translate into the number of students? I mean, it's not 100% of the number of kids will equal number of students.
No, ma'am, it varies. Mr. Schuss, you might want to weigh in on that. Anytime you have, I'll let Mr. Schuss kind of weigh in on a number of kids versus the staffing. But again, at an elementary level, if you're talking about 40 more kids, that's a pretty significant number because you know there's only 20 some odd kids per class. But Mr. Schuss?
We would review that in the fall as far as staffing concerns when it comes to additional students and and we would balance we balance enrollment in the fall as it is and so that's something that we're gonna have to keep our eye on
and take into consideration okay but excuse me that that's not really what I meant oh I apologize that's okay so there's a number of students kids that you know or school-aged kids but how how does that translate into students not necessarily so do you know the percentage of those school-aged kids who actually attend a public school that that's what I'm. Oh OK, I
see what you're saying. I think that I think that these kids are accounted for in in our numbers. I don't know. I don't know if we could, you know, as population grows as an area in an area. I think they kind of have a round number that PASI uses in terms of numbers of kids. There are percentages of kids that are going to private school versus public. I don't remember that number off top of my head, but I think that there There was a pretty high number of kiddos that attend public school.
All right, thank you. I was just curious about that.
Madam President.
Mr. Lacey.
Mr. Verling, it looks like I'm looking at the high school maps, and those are the ones that I know that we're filling up, Katie and Peyto, and I appreciate the numbers that are here where we're seeing some of the decline of some of the others. Net, how did we end up when we started the year last year to when we ended the year this past spring? And with these numbers that are in here, where do you think that we may end up at the end of next year? Do you have some sort of an idea? This is where we're starting in the fall of 2020, right?
These numbers, yes, sir. Yes, sir. Fall of 2020. Yeah. Right. So where will we end up at the end? You know, it's hard to say. The predictions that PASA is making is based on information that we have right this minute, which in the grand scheme of things is not a lot of information. So, you know, I think as we get into the demographic update that we'll bring to you guys later in the fall, I think we'll have a better idea of the long-term effects and where we're going to end at the end of the year. Based on everything that they say, though, if things continue as they are currently, I do think that we're still going to be in pretty good shape and that we'll still see growth in that northwest area, which is what we've been talking about for quite a while. don't don't really see that tapering off yeah any other questions okay thank you
mr. thank you all right report 6.2 Simon youth Academy optional flexible school school day program. Ms. DeVries.
Welcome. Welcome.
Good evening, Madam President, board members and Dr. Gorgorski. I'll be here tonight talking to you about the optional flexible school day program that we use for attendance accounting at the Simon Youth Academy to garner your approval or ask for your approval to utilize that again for this upcoming 2020-2021 school year the optional flexible school day program has eligibility criteria put forth by the tea under number one the student meets one of the following conditions the first bullet is the criteria that we utilize in kdisd that the student is at risk of dropping out of school The other bullets are utilized in other programs, but not in the district. For Criteria 2, if a student is under the age of 18 and not emancipated, we must seek parental permission or from the parent standing in relation to the student, in writing that they have permission to participate in this particular school day program. program. Our primary goal of the program at Simon Youth Academy at Katy Mills is to enroll and recover qualified students who are current code 98s or those who have significant absences that warrant a withdrawal for non-attendance. Some of these students may have already reported as dropouts or they are most at risk of reporting as dropouts to the TEA. The program provides a small personalized learning environment focused on increasing high school graduates in the district and this goal aligns to the expectations of the OFSDP and utilized for the last two school years our scheduling options at Simon youth include three different schedules for students to select from students may choose to attend school from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. from 10 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. and And we've added this third option over the last year or so, an 8 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. school day for students who want to come to school all day with us. Each four-hour session allows students to enroll and complete two-hour blocked courses and an all-day schedule for three courses scheduled. Within that time frame, students work on original credit courses and credit recovery. with original credit courses taking up about 40 to 50 hours of time and credit recovery courses taking 30 to 40 hours. If a student is in attendance daily, they can complete these courses between three and five weeks. However, it is common for students to attend fewer than two hours at a time or times other than when they are scheduled, and this is often a result of so many life challenges that are going on for the student, whether it could be transportation issues, child care issues, work schedule changes, family or personal illness, and mental health challenges. So the benefits of the OFSDP and KDISD are to ensure that we are garnering attendance funding for all times in which students receive instruction. instruction. The attendance accrual begins 45 minutes after the student has been in attendance 45 minutes at the academy. It ensures that we can offer a flexible school day for our most at-risk student population and provides flexibility in the number of hours a student may attend each day and the number of days a student may attend each week. Our 19-20 enrollment data, we had about 123 students that we serve throughout the school year. Although it says 19 there, we just had our 20th grad last week. So that number is fluid throughout the summer. We actually do still have 71 students enrolled because we recovered someone the last week of school who's working on his last couple of credits. So we're real excited in that regard. And we have about 33 students who tried the program throughout the school year and didn't find success. But we will still continue to reach out to those students to encourage them to re-enroll or find another academic option. And the Dropout Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery program in the district also assists in that regard. The district team works year-round to recover student dropouts in grades 7 through 12 and serve referred students, overage and undercredit students, potential for dropping out students, and they recover those students who have already dropped out, which I just mentioned on the previous slide. They provide continuous outreach to assist with re-enrollment in KDISD, other viable educational options, or even a high school equivalency. They provide support and resources for students' life needs to ensure successful re-enrollment, and their continuous communication with campus staff to garner addition information regarding student whereabouts and needs is critical in the dropout recovery process. Thank you. I'll take any questions.
Board members, do you have any questions?
Madam President?
Ms. Champagne?
Yes. Hi, thank you, Principal DeVries. How are the students? I know that there's a dropout prevention task force or whatever looking for these kids, but could they also refer themselves to the program?
Sure. We receive referrals from any number of entities in the community. Oftentimes, our current students are our best promoters, even if the student doesn't qualify. So yes, we definitely take any time a student reaches out to the Academy. We have a face-to-face conversation or a phone conversation just to gauge their true interests, have them understand what the program is, and then determine that eligibility criteria.
Okay. And also, excuse me, I was also wondering, what is the cost of the program? Do you know?
So the cost is really related to staffing. Okay. We have six teachers. I'm the administrator on site. We have a paraprofessional who does all of our enrollment, registrar duties, secretarial. So I think we moved a little staffing out and we lessened the hourlies, the stipend last year, I believe. So I don't know the exact number for total funding. When we originally started, it was like $600,000. It's gone down from that number. Okay, great. Thank you. Sure.
Are there any other questions? Madam President. I'm sorry, Ms. Vann. I'm not married to him. Thank you, Mr. Brees. I have seen Simon Youth firsthand, as you know, and it's great. The kids there are just, they love it. and the way your staff knows them and stays on top of them and it's it's such a hands-on setting and your passion for these kids and making things possible i really want to thank you for that i just have one quick question you mentioned the third time slot the all day do you find that most
though do just the four hours it's harder to sure the majority of our students are doing a modified school day I would say 3 4ths of our students are working full-time so that for our morning or midday is the optimal option okay and I know also from
spending time there that some of your students work at the mall they do come in in the morning and they do the the dark 30 hours that you know and get the mall open and do things and then come and show up for school and they go home and take care of families have you found that with the mall being closed and then with remote learning that you've you've struggled with some of these kids opportunities 100 um we did have
um a number of students who were furloughed um working in the mall and so they've kind of started to reintegrate into the workforce and then we had students who you know lost their jobs right away but they've been hired by kroger or heb and so there's been some employment opportunities for our young adults so that they can continue working and helping because for a number of our students who are self-sufficient or an integral part of their families financial stability they've really had to to look you know at other places to garner that wage earning well still having 20 graduate
when we had to go virtual and you didn't have because i know how hands-on and how you gauge when you're when one of your students walks in the door kind of because you know their story and you get to know you kind of and you i'm sure that piece was missing a little bit going virtual but it sounds like even having 20 graduate and many more on track is awesome so thank you we did
we just maintained communication huge i know you did thank you thank you any other questions
Ms. Rees- Madam President? Ms. Rees- Yes. Ms. Ms. Rees, quick question. So 19 plus maybe 10 more, so it's about 30. Is that what you're expecting for the year?
Ms. That was our goal at the beginning of the year was to break 30 because when you really talk about high school dropouts and giving students, that's a pretty good number for a yearly graduation opportunity.
Ms. That was going to be my question. just how to i mean that's about 0.5 percent sure of our total graduates and i just wonder do you have any statistics on how we stack up against other you know sci-fi or other big districts
well our dropout rate for the district um is 0.6 percent as of last year's accountability so with the dropout prevention intervention recovery team which is where i came from for 10 years when we open simon we were at about 1.8 to 2 percent so even with the growth uh that recovery piece and that personalization of service that happens from this building with the two coordinators and there are dropout prevention facilitators on five of our campuses and then now that we have a program that in essence just we bring them right in there's no lag time if you will All of that helps us reach that 0.6% dropout rate, and we have 95% graduation rate. So that's a huge plus for what we're doing. Awesome. Thank you so much. You're welcome.
Any other questions? Okay, great. Next, we'll move to 7.1, discuss and consider board approval of the Simon Youth Academy optional flexible school day program. Ms. DeVries, do you have any more for us? That's all. Thank you for your time. I'll entertain a motion.
motion. Madam President Mr Lacey. I move that the Board of Trustees approves the application for optional flexible school day program OFSDP for the 2020-2021 school year. Second. I have a motion
by Mr Lacey is second by Ms. Vann that the Board of Trustees approves the application for the optional flexible school day program OFSDP for the 2020-2021 school year. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Grace. Thank you. Agenda item 7.2, discuss and consider board approval of the April 2020 financial reports. Mrs. Feitinger.
Good evening, President Doyle, Dr. Gagorski and Board. Item 7.2 is to consider approval of the April 2020 financial reports. Each month we present financial statements, the first of which is a statement of revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balances for all budgeted funds, followed by an analysis of expenditures by function and object. The expenditures due April represent eight months, or approximately eight twelfths. just under 67% of expenditures for the year. The current pandemic obviously has a little bit of an effect on those numbers and those percentages. However, payroll is running close to that percent as we continue to pay staff according to their contracts or work schedules. A construction report summarizes the district's ongoing capital projects. A report of tax collection, tax revenue collections, and a check register are also included in the financial statements.
i'm here to answer any questions thank you board members do you have any questions
madam president miss van i move the board of trustees approves the april 2020 financial reports
i have a motion by miss van a second by mr redmond that the board of trustees approves the april 2020 financial reports we will now proceed to vote all those in favor please raise your right hand and say aye aye all those opposed motion passes thank you so much 7.3 discuss and consider board approval of the june 2020 budget amendments mrs butterfield
good evening president doyle trustees and dr grigorski tonight we have just a few amendments to call to your attention $122,686 for, I think I said that wrong, $122,686 to recognize revenue and offsetting expenditure budgets related to the center point rebate and a correction on the dual credit teacher pay. Additionally, we're amending the expenditure budget by $673,075, and this is for additional COVID-19 PPE for staff. The remainder of the general fund amendments are direct offsets between different functions and approval of these amendments will result in a $673,075 decrease to the general funds fund balance. Construction fund expenditure amendment for $837,157 establishes additional funding for baseball and softball renovations at Cinco Ranch, Morton Ranch, and Seven Lakes High Schools, and this amendment will be funded from 2017 bond authorization project savings, resulting in no change to construction fund fund balance.
Thank you, Ms. Butterfield. Board members, are there any questions? Madam President? Ms. Champagne? Yes, Ms. Feitinger, can you, I know you talked, you mentioned it just a minute ago, but can you go over again the number 32, the social work services and relating, that's the $75,000 for COVID? Is that what you said?
No, those are two separate things. So the 75,000 that's labeled for social workers, that is moving a portion of Function 11 budget into Function 32. 32. we're opening function 32 as described by tea which is the proper accounting for social work and since we have increased staff in that department for fiscal 2021 we're going to maintain function 32 as a new function in the district's GL moving forward okay and then where
Where was the 70?
Did you say $75,000 for COVID? Did you say something about that? No, the PPE is $600 and change. Okay, okay.
Yes. That is my mistake. Thank you. Any other questions?
Madam President.
Mr. Lacey.
Let's see. I move that the Board of Trustees approves the June 2020 budget amendments.
Second. I have a motion by Mr. Lacey, a second by Ms. Vann, that the Board of Trustees approves the June 2020 budget amendments. We will now proceed to vote. all those in favor please raise your right hand and say aye aye all those opposed the motion passes thank you miss butterfield next 7.4 discuss and consider board approval of the proposal for the health plan renewal for plan year 2021 mr nauman
good evening president doyle dr gregorski board of trustees and it's good to see you in person again. When the district moved to a self-funded health care plan in 2004, the main objective was to reduce long-term impact of medical inflation while providing quality health care options to employees. Since the inception, the year-over-year average of inflation has ranged from 4 to 6 percent, while during the same period the national average has seen inflation rates from 9 to 12 During this period as well, KDISD along with Aldine ISD and Houston ISD created an interlocal agreement to leverage the purchasing power of the group. The interlocal agreement went into sunset in April of 2017 with each district seeking options specifically suited to their changing needs. From this interlocal agreement, KDISD selected Aetna to act as plan administrator, providing providing claim management, staff support, and network options for KDISD health plan. The agreement was set to expire at the end of plan year 2020. It was incumbent upon the Risk Management Department to evaluate current market conditions with the assistance of Arthur J. Gallagher, KDISD's benefit consulting firm, a new contract to provide administrative services. During the April 2020 Board meeting, Risk Management presented an annual update which which included plan year 2019 results and the expected activity for plan year 2021. As outlined in the report, the Risk Management Department has completed a comprehensive RFP analysis with three respondents submitting proposals for consideration. Entering into the RFP process, the district had the following objectives. One, create plans which reflected the individual risks taking practices of staff. 2. Reduce or eliminate the interruption of provider networks in the event of change. 3. Offer plans which were clearly defined. If at all possible, maintain premium and deductible levels. Provide an HSA, a health savings account, option so staff would have more control over their pre-tax medical dollars while providing portability. Keep the self-insured status of the district in place so as to avoid TRS active care and the unpredictability of premiums and potential membership issues. The outcomes of the stated objectives for plan year 2021 are as follows. The historical four-plan model will be replaced with a new three-plan offering. First, open access. The open access will replace the consumer plus choice allowing staff open access and choice of providers and hospitals. Two, Memorial Hermann ACO. The Memorial Hermann ACO allows staff to select care within the Memorial Hermann custom network, much like the current plan offerings of Consumer Basic Limited, Consumer Basic Choice, and Consumer Plus Limited. Three, a high deductible plan. employees will have access to a narrow Memorial Hermann network with a high deductible permitting employees to open a health savings account. There is no anticipated network interruptions to the staff in selection of any of the new plan offerings. Three, each plan represents clearly defined features allowing staff to make selections based on their own level of risk. The premiums and deductibles for plan year 21 do not increase or change except for the high deductible plan where the individual deductible will be $5,000. Employees who elect the high deductible plan will have the opportunity to open a health savings account to pay for medical expenses on a pre-tax basis with portability and control of the staff member. HSA administration will be provided by Gulf Coast Teachers Credit Union at no expense to the district or plan members. The proposed plan offerings continue to further place at the long-term sustainability for self-insured status of the district. The proposed projections for the three plan model will allow for a projected underwriting gain of seven hundred thirty seven thousand five hundred thirty eight dollars compared to a projected underwriting loss of two million two hundred thirty six thousand $1008 for the expiring four-year plan model. Seven, virtual medicine services will continue to be offered free of charge to plan participants with member-only responsible for pharmacy charges. With the creation of the new three plan model, those employees who have remaining balances in their HRA accounts will continue to have access to those funds. After a complete analysis of the proposals and consultation with district administration, the risk management department believes a continued partnership with Aetna to provide program administration and support for plan year 2021 through plan year 2025. This selection represents the best value for the district as well as providing comprehensive care for staff and their dependents. It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves Aetna to provide plan administrative services for a KDIC self-insured plan for plan year 2021 to plan year 2025, as well as Gulf Coast Teachers Credit Union for Health Savings Account Administration for plan year 2021 to plan year 2025.
Board members, are there any questions? Hearing none, we'll proceed with a motion.
Madam President.
Mr. Redman.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves Aetna to provide plan administration services for the KDISD self-insured health plan for 2021 through 2025, as well as Gulf Coast Teachers Credit Union for health savings account administration for 2021 through 2025. Second.
I have a motion by Mr. Redmond, a second by Mr. Lacey, that the Board of Trustees approves Aetna to provide plan administrative services for the Katy ISD self-insured health plan for 2021 through 2025, as well as Gulf Coast Teachers Credit Union for Health Savings Account Administration for 2021 through 2025. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you so much. next 7.5 discuss discuss and consider board approval of the katie independent school district compensation plan for the 2020-2021 school year mr shuss
good evening president dual members of the board dr gregorski First I want to say I've got Ms. Connie Davis with me here tonight. She manages our compensation team, does a terrific job, and her team is instrumental in putting this plan together. So appreciate the hard work. Tonight we'll be asking for approval of the 2020-2021 compensation plan. The next agenda item discusses compensation increases, and since these two kind of go hand in hand, very closely related, I'm going to talk about both a little bit if that's okay, and then we can also revisit the increase in the next agenda item as well. And so to kind of start there, what we're going to be requesting as far as compensation increases is going to be a 1% annual increase to all district employees and a 1% lump sum in December as we have done in years past. While we wish we could do more, as the conversations progress and budget development and then kind of the time that we're in considering that, also information is kind of swirling around about potential budget cuts to education in the future. So taking all of that into consideration, that's why we're going to be recommending the 1% annual and the 1% lump sum in 2020-2021. And so when we get to the compensation plan, one thing that is at the very beginning of the compensation plan is our teacher hiring schedule. The teacher hiring schedule that is in this plan has incorporated that increase. What that is going to be for a teacher, it will be $660 for every teacher. That's going to be the annual increase. And then there will be a $660 1% in December for a total of $1,320 for all of our teachers. And, of course, all other employees will receive the 1% and the 1% as well. So the compensation plan does reflect that. As you know, last year we implemented a completely new compensation plan, and it was sweeping changes, and it was great. It was a great change. Included in goal five of our strategic design is to develop, implement a sustainable, equitable, and market competitive compensation plan. And I think moving into year two, I think I can say that the plan does just that. And of course, our ultimate goal of attracting and retaining the most highly qualified individuals for KDISD. There have been a few changes to the plan. Again, teacher salary schedule. schedule. There have been some changes in the job classifications and you know that those happen for several different reasons. You can repurpose a position, you can reclassify a position and also we've added new positions to the district and so all of that is included in the plan that you have this evening. A couple other changes I want to point out. This year was a year for our academic stipends review and Ms. Davis did a market review in regard to stipends. and some of those we were below market and so we have adjusted those accordingly so so we make sure that we are competitive moving forward also good news it has been it's been a few years since we've given an increase to our substitutes and this year we are requesting a $5 increase into the substitute daily rates we've always been competitive in the substitute market but since it has been a few years we are recommending an increase to subs and we
will take any questions board members do you have any questions madam president miss champaign okay mr shess and miss davis thank you for all of your work on this i noticed um in comparison to last year i know that you're saying everyone got a 60 60 raise but sometimes that resulted in one of of like a five-year, for example, teacher, not really a pay decrease for them because I know the four-year teacher is moving into five-year. But from last year to this year, it was a decrease. I mean, that's just one example. Do you follow what I'm saying?
I'm sorry. Yes, ma'am. So it's a great question. And, you know, it's used to teacher salary scales were considered step schedules. And so if that schedule was not adjusted, you know, you would know that you're just going to kind of move up that step and you would be guaranteed that step. If it was $500 in between six and seven or if it was $1,500 between six and seven, that was going to be the increase that you receive. Well, a few years ago, districts started moving to hiring schedules. And so this is one snapshot in time. So last year's hiring schedule was just for last year. So a four-year teacher earned a certain amount. And even though there's an amount for the five-year teacher there that you're right would be more than the $660, that's not an indication of that's how much money you will make in the fifth year. year. And so in moving toward a hiring schedule and noting that the board does review this each and every year and does approve a new hiring schedule each and every year, that's why the 1% is the 660 across the board. But I definitely understand your concern. Thank you.
Any other questions? Madam President, Ms. Gessle. Can you all hear me? It's because I'm talking into my mic on the wrong side no one you can't hear me uh quick question so sorry i know i'm dimensionally challenged uh you obviously do a lot of market research i just wonder you know last year was an unprecedented year trying to get the teacher salaries corrected based on house full three but what are the other districts doing i sound like a broken record but what's going on across houston
in with some of our comparable districts. Sure. And I can, and Ms. Davis can help me out with that too and correct me if I'm wrong, but Connie did do some market research on other districts and it's anywhere from zero, so no increase, up to a two percent increase is what we're seeing with
our competitors. Okay, good. And that 660, is that based on the 20-year midpoint? Yes, ma'am. Like And the substitute teachers, did I read that right, that a certified, someone with a teacher certification makes $105 a day? Yes, ma'am. And people with just a degree, a degree in anything, make $100?
Yes. Okay.
All right. Thank you so much. Thank you.
Any other questions?
Okay. I'll entertain a motion. Madam President. Ms. Vann. I move the Board of Trustees approves Acadia Independent School District Compensation Plan for the 2020-2021 school year.
Second.
I have a motion by Ms. Vann, a second by Mr. Lacey, that the Board of Trustees approves the Katy Independent School District's compensation plan for the 2020-2021 school year. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Mr. Schuss, you have 7.6, but you said you were going to be speaking to both. Do you have any more information on this agenda item?
Just if any questions. Okay.
Any questions pertaining to this?
Madam President. Mr. Lacey. So how much of the funds, and I'm going to kind of go back a little bit. I know that in this past year with the COVID thing, with the way that the TEA is reimbursing us for state funds as opposed to federal funds, how much of that has been covered and how much of that is built into the cost of the education of our teachers? Not the education, I'm sorry, the the salaries and such of the teachers as we're coming up. Does that make sense? Not really? I see this perplexed look. Yes, I apologize. So I know, so is this the right item? Oh, okay. I'm just trying to make sure. So I know that for a lot of the costs that we've incurred for COVID, that we're being reimbursed and we're being made whole. And so our budget is going to be affected next year. This year we've been made whole, but next year it looks like we've got a 5% decrease in our funds. Is that what's driving the restricted amount of the increase in the teacher salaries?
Sure. Okay. So I apologize. No, I understand. And Mr. Smith can help me out with this too. But yes, those were the conversations that were had. You know, obviously as the budget is developed with Mr. Smith, what can the budget hold? We want to do everything we can for our employees, you know. But then, you know, with the uncertain times that we're in and hearing that we're looking at potential budget cuts next year, yes, that is what started driving the conversation.
Have you all heard any amounts at all yet as to what may be coming down the pipe with budget cuts?
I don't think there's anything official, but Mr. Smith, do you want to?
First of all, the biennium that we're working in currently is the 1920 school year and the 2021 school year. So we're still in the first year of the biennium. House Bill 3 fully funds the biennium. So although some state agencies have been told to reduce their budgets or look at reducing their budgets by 5% for next year, House Bill 3, as it's written, is in effect for next year. So that didn't say that school districts needed to reflect a 5% reduction in their budgets next year. Now, what the legislature could do when they meet in January with the funding for school districts is up in the air, and I think that won't be known until how long this lasts. I know this comptroller later this summer is going to be readjusting his revenue estimates, but we also have to remember that, and I mentioned this last month, that House Bill 3 has been a little bit less expensive than the state had budgeted for. The property values rose higher than the state, which saved the state a little bit of money this last year, and then they use the federal funds to help make us whole. In essence, if Dr. Gregorski was the state of Texas and Mr. Schuss was the federal government and he was going to pay me $6 to fund public education for KDISD, the state has used that federal dollars, and the state's now going to pay me four. The federal is going to go and pay me two. I'm still going to get the six that House Bill 3 delivered. But the state is going to save some money. And that's good news because hopefully they'll put that money aside and say that indeed House Bill 3 has been that much cheaper again. And so when we're looking at the potential pitfall that may be ahead of us, maybe then they'll have some savings that they can use to help offset any reduction that they may do to House Bill 3 or the funding levels that are currently supported by House Bill 3. And again, we all know that as the basic allotment and the golden penny yield.
So as a follow-up, I think it's more to both of y'all, the House Bill 3 funding of the teacher's increase in pay that's been included last year, and then were we using it? Did we not use all of it up last year? Are we finishing and getting them up to speed, getting them up to where House Bill 3 wanted the teacher to pay? Does that make sense?
House Bill 3 required us to pay in a teacher's compensation, teachers, counselors, librarians, and nurses, a certain percentage of our gain was required to go towards compensation for teachers, counselors, librarians, and nurses, and also other staff with the exception of administrators. administrators. We delivered far above that minimum gain last year, this board did, far above that minimum gain. I think that minimum gain was supposed to be we needed to give $20 million in salary and compensation increases, $15 million to teachers, counselors, and librarians and nurses, and $5 million to everybody else but administrators. We far exceeded the $15 million to teachers, counselors, librarians, and nurses, and far exceeded the $5 million for all other staff but administrators. So this board was very aggressive with the salary increases that they gave in the wake of House Bill 3.
Excellent. Mr. Smith, thank you very much. Mr. Seuss, thank you. And one more. Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead.
Go ahead, Brian. Just one quick thing to, about Mrs. Gesshoff's question on what are other districts doing. And I just want to be clear that, you know, these are conversations that we have with our peers that, you know, some of this may have not been officially approved yet. But between zero and two is what we're hearing. That certainly could change as people get up to their approval deadline. But that's what we're hearing.
We'll go ahead and add in there just a few quick comments on this. And it's been a good discussion and it's an important discussion. last year with House Bill 3 and we thank our state legislature for House Bill 3. We were able to put forward one of the largest increases we've ever done in recent history in KDISD and that was great. This year with the economy and some of the things as Brian has mentioned and Chris have talked about, our budget is a little bit more conservative with just the 1% raise that we're recommending and a 1% lump sum. Some districts, as Brian had mentioned, won't be able to do any raise just because of the state of the economy right now. But I just want our community and our staff and know how much I appreciate them our commitment to them is as soon as this Economy turns back around and things are good again And if we don't see future reductions to the budget because as it was mentioned in there a five five percent reduction to some budgets Across the state of Texas that would be pretty devastating to Katie ISD if we had to take a five percent reduction in future dollars Chris can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that equates to about thirty four million dollars in Katie ISD That would be a 5% cut. So we're watching our money very carefully right now. We're watching our future budgets carefully. But it is our commitment to this staff to take care of our employees. We love them. They do a great job. And in future years, as soon as this economy turns back around, we'll be able to do a little bit more for our folks.
Madam President. Ms. Champagne. Okay. I have a couple of other questions now that they've called attention to it. But the 5% potential reduction in the budget, could that be offset, I guess this is a Mr. Smith question, by the savings in the electricity bills and gas bills and all of that? I mean, is that a place where maybe we could have the offset?
Again, at this point, we have not been, our public education budgets have not been reduced. even for the 1920 or the 2020-21 school year. It's not known what the economy will do when the legislature meets again, but at this point we're operating on the same basic allotment and the same golden penny yield that we had for the 1920 school year. Those same numbers will be in effect in the 2021 school year. So we've not had a reduction in funding to this point. Again, the legislature could meet if 5% is what other agencies that the state were doing as a foreshadow, then maybe we could. But again, that's going to depend on how long this COVID-19 window is open. The comptroller's revenue estimate that he's going to give later this summer and the fact that House Bill 3 has been a little less expensive when you include that property values have risen a little higher than was budgeted. and we had this federal or the state had the federal funds assistance, that means that public education is not going to spend as much money in this biennium. And maybe if they earmark that, that'll help where we won't have to take a 5% reduction in funding. But who knows? That's the question of the day. We just don't know.
Okay, and one more question about the compensation plan. You know, when I was alluding to earlier, is that ever going to even out to where we don't have to keep adjusting? So, for example, the five-year teacher last year was $57,940. This year it's $57,345. I understand that that was adjusted so that the person with the four-year teacher that becomes a five-year teacher is going to get a $660 raise rather than like a $1,000 raise or whatever. But is that ever going to even out to where we don't have to keep adjusting those numbers?
Well, so they're just adjusted year to year, at least up to this point, based on raises. Now, last year, you know, there was an adjustment with the implementation of the new comp plan to avoid some compression within that hiring schedule. But moving forward, unless we run into an issue where we get some compression or expansion within the hiring scale, it should just be adjusted by raise amounts moving forward.
It's just that I'm seeing it as a downward adjustment just for the year, not that they're not going to get their $660.
Right, right.
But just to take the year five as an example.
Yes, ma'am, I understand. And, again, I totally understand your concern. I do. It's just a function of the 1% raise. So as Dr. Gagorski said, if we are able to in future years when we get out of this thing and we're able to take care of our employees with maybe more than a 1% and a 1%, then that would obviously reverse what happened in the year five this year because it will just continue to move up the scale.
Any other questions?
Madam President? So if I'm going back to the, what, 7.6, the compensation increase, if we're looking at that, just blanket, we take each pay grade, look at the 20-year mark, the 1% increase across the board for that 20-year. So for the example of teachers, that's the, they could expect a $660 increase.
Yes, sir.
And then the same thing for the 1% lump sum is going to be based on that 20 or more, the mid-pay grade.
620, 660. It'll be the same amount.
Same amount.
Because we're using the midpoint of the pay range.
Well, I remember last year, percentages got a little confusing as it made its way out of the boardroom, right? People grabbed on to numbers. And so if I'm looking at it, and I was working in the district somewhere, I would want to grab what's my pay grade, what's that 20-year mark, and it's 1% based off that.
Yes, and the other pay grades are all on a minimum, midpoint, and maximum schedule, so it's that midpoint. That 1% will be based off of the midpoint of their pay grade.
Last year we were using the old pay ranges and the old pay grades, and we based the 1% on the old midpoints this year. Every job has moved to TASB to our new pay ranges. So, yeah, I think it's going to be a lot easier and a lot easier to understand.
Perfect. Thank you. Thank you.
Any other questions? Ms. Bann. Ms. Bann. Ms. Bann. I move the Board of Trustees approves a compensation increase for teachers and for non-teacher pay groups for the 2020-2021 school year.
Second.
Ms. Bann.
I have a motion by Ms. Bann, a second by Mr. Redmond, that the Board of Trustees approves a compensation increase for teachers and for non-teacher pay groups for the 2020-2021 school year. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. says 7.7 discuss and consider board approval of the 2020 2021 texas teacher evaluation and support system t-test second appraisers mr shess yes ma'am this will be for uh for next school year we bring
this to you every year these are our second appraisers if if a second appraisal is requested by a teacher and uh it is just all principals and all assistant principals within the school district are listed as second appraisers. Are there any questions? Madam President, Ms. Phan,
I move the Board of Trustees approve the 2020-2021 Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System T-Test
second appraisers. Second. I have a motion by Ms. Phan, a second by Mr. Lacey, that the Board of Trustees approves the 2020-2021 Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System T-Test second Second, appraisers. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you so much. Thank you. Next on our agenda, 7.8, discuss and consider board approval of the interlocal agreement with Harris County Department of Education for specialized services at the Academic Behavior School West. Mr. I'm sorry, Dr. Malachuk. My apologies. No problem. Good evening, President Doyle, Superintendent Dr. Gagorski and board members. Item 7.8 is the Harris County Department of Education
specializes services contract that we provided at ABS West and requesting the use of three slots at the facility for the students who need to specialize supports for the 2021 school year. Can I answer any questions about the contract?
Are there any questions board members? Madam President. Mr. Lacey. I'd like to
move that the Board of Trustees approves interlocal agreement with Harris County Department of Education, HCDE, for specialized services for academic at the the Academic Behavior School West. Second. I have a motion by Mr. Lacey, a second by Mr. Keller,
that the Board of Trustees approves the interlocal agreement with the Harris County Department of Education, HCDE, for specialized services at the Academic Behavior School West. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. Motion passes. Dr. Malachick, go ahead with 7.9. Sorry. 7.9 is the Harris County Department of Education
for occupational, physical, and music therapy services for the 2021 school year. Can I answer any questions about that contract for you?
Any questions, board members?
Madam President.
Mr. Lacey.
I move that the Board of Trustees approve the interlocal agreement with Harris County Department of Education for the provision of occupational, physical, and music therapy for the period of September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2021. Second.
I have a motion by Mr. Lacey, a second by Mr. Redmond, that the Board of Trustees approves the interlocal agreement with Harris County Department of Education for the provision of occupational, physical, and music therapy for the period of September 1st, 2020 through August 31st, 2021. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. Motion passes. Thank you so much, Dr. Malachuk. 7.10 discuss and consider board approval of the instructional materials inventory waiver. Ms. Ashburn, welcome.
Good evening, members of the board and Dr. Gregorski. I present before you tonight another closure-related waiver. School districts are required to conduct an annual physical inventory of currently adopted instructional materials. materials. Historically, KDISD completes this inventory at the end of the school year. The Commissioner of Education is recommending that school districts who are unable to complete the inventory prior to closures in March apply for a waiver for the yearly inventory requirement. This waiver was reviewed by appropriate district departments, presented to our KD Improvement Council, as we do with all waivers, and was received with no objection.
Are there any questions?
Madam President?
Mr. Redmond?
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the Instructional Materials Inventory Waiver. Second.
I have a motion by Mr. Redmond, a second by Mr. Lacey, that the Board of Trustees approves the Instructional Materials Inventory Waiver. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your hand in sign. All those opposed? Motion passes. 7.11.
Go ahead. Thank you. Thank you. Key changes to the discipline plan are presented for the years 2020-21, and key changes are reflected in the sections for privacy codes, bullying and harassment, prohibited items, picking up students, changes to the discipline level charts, and the student responsibility use guidelines for technology. technology. Significant changes that you might have noted were in our disciplinary alternative education program. These significant changes include the reduction of assigned days to the DAP for first-time offenders for secondary students, the opportunity for all students to earn the option of early release unless authorized by a district-level committee, increasing the maximum length of placement for elementary students from 10 days to 20 days and most significantly the elementary placement at the opportunity awareness center separate from secondary students for fourth and fifth grade students who commit mandatory removable offenses these changes have been in consultation with the kd improvement council elementary and secondary administrators central office administrators and legal counsel are there
any questions i'm president miss van um for the change with the fourth and fifth going to the oac in a separate situation could you give an example of a mandatory removal offense not you don't have to do the gamut just so we kind of understand the justification for the change so it might be
important to point out that in the past five years we've had anywhere from three to eight students who would be impacted these are fourth or fifth grade students so it's not a large number But some of those examples would be possession of a BB gun, which is a local rule for KDISD. It would include maybe assault with bodily injury, any kind of drug or alcohol-related possession offense. And those are kind of the most important ones that I'm seeing in terroristic threat occasionally, if that's classified.
And in the facility at the OAC, is it typically, since it's fourth and fifth, is it a fourth grade teacher and a fifth grade teacher? How does that instruction look? Is it a combined fourth and fifth grade unit with like two or three teachers that rotate?
Right, so we wouldn't anticipate more than one or two students at a time based on historical trends. We would be using information from the home campus teacher to kind of get us started. And OAC has a staff member that's certified in elementary to assist as needed. And HR has been very involved and helpful in making sure we have all the staffing requirements.
All of this I knew, I just wanted to hear you say it. Thank you.
Madam President? Ms. Champagne. Okay. So, first of all, on the fourth and fifth graders, is there an age requirement? I mean, is there a difference between a nine-year-old and a ten-year-old, or is it just straight fourth and fifth grade?
The only age-related law comes to expulsion. Students below age 10 may not be expelled. Here at KDISD, we don't expel elementary students. We would send them to the DAP instead. instead. So if they committed an offense like arson, that would be an expelable offense, but we wouldn't send them to our JJAEP per our discipline management plan. But no, those are not age related. It would just be fourth and fifth grade students as presented.
And also I read the changes in the book and can you explain to me what elopement means or what y'all are talking about?
Elopement, yes. So this would be, this was a request from our elementary campus administrators who are currently assistant principals, and that would be for students who are actively running away or leaving, you know, not remaining in class, but purposefully leaving, maybe repeatedly, and so that was a targeted behavior that administrators wanted to be able to document more specifically. A lot of times, whenever we see a need, we add something to the level chart, because, you know, just noncompliance doesn't really allow us to collect information on the student to really identify what that key behavior is that maybe is repeated or that we need to look at. So a lot of times whenever campuses are struggling, that's how you see those additions to the lines because grouping it in something generic doesn't really serve a purpose. Okay, and one last question. It was said over a
few times in the discipline management, the stay away agreement and safety plan for bullying, Can you tell us what that is?
Sure, I can share a little bit about that. In consultation with our bullying coordinator, Edie White, the stay away agreement is pretty much a standard process or agreement that's put in place whenever bullying harassment occurs. But it could also be used in other opportunities where there's maybe inappropriate physical contact, something that would preface an issue getting something a little bigger. So by listing the stay away agreement as one of our disciplinary options, that wouldn't necessarily be the only thing. Maybe it would be a parent phone call or that behavior conference or in-school suspension. But by adding that line in, we're able to collect information so that when an assistant principal looks at that discipline for that student, they're able to see the student's already been issued a stay away agreement. And it helps kind of marry the two processes together.
Any other questions? Madam President. Ms. Gasol. So just reflecting on the major changes, I like the psychology behind reduction for first offenders and an opportunity to you know be released early for good behavior, but the increased time period for elementary students from 10 to 20, what's the psychology
behind that? So we are fortunate to have some some assistant superintendents who have some some outside experience outside of the district. And then looking at what some of our neighbors do and looking at other practices from outside districts, we found that 10 days wasn't always, we were definitely the lowest of our neighbors and it wasn't always an opportunity to truly provide interventions and to provide support to that student because the overall goal is not to have them return secondary, right? And so there's going to be just like at secondary transition plans, opportunities for whatever specifically targeted interventions are needed. And as we looked at increasing that time, we changed it to up to 20 days. And you'll notice that secondary, we say a minimum of. And so we wanted that flexibility depending on when the offense occurs during the school year, during the grading period, and wanted maybe a little bit of flexibility on the seriousness of the offense. Maybe was it victim related? Was a weapon involved? And so I know both Dr. Carlson-Skrags and Dr. Washington are going to be highly involved in monitoring all of these students that come through and being involved with those campus decisions so that we can kind of identify those students and overall as the goal make sure that they don't end up back there for 75 days or 45 days at the secondary level.
Right, very logical, especially younger kids. It takes them a longer time to transition and get used to a new environment.
And our current plans do involve transition meetings with the counselor, having weekly check-ins from the home campus. So know that that student isn't going to just be abandoned at the OAC, but it's going to be a very collaborative process with OAC and home campus staff.
Okay, thank you so much. Any other questions?
Madam President, Ms. Vann. I move the Board of Trustees approves the Discipline Management Plan and Student Code of Conduct for the 2020-2021 school year.
Second.
I have a motion by Ms. Vann, a second by Mr. Lacey, that the Board of Trustees approves the Discipline Management Plan for the Student Code of Conduct for the 2020-2021 school year. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you so much. Next, 7.12, discuss and consider board approval of the proposal for the building management control system replacement at multiple campuses. Mr. T.
Good evening, President Doyle, Dr. Gagorti, and board members. Members, it's recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the proposals for the Building Management Control System replacement at Wolfe Elementary and Memorial Parkway Junior High to Hunt and Train in the amount of $705,250 and West Memorial Junior High to Climatech LLC in the amount of $519,500. And a total project cost not to exceed $1,537,630. Project funding sources of 2017 bond component replacement. These contracts have been reviewed by district legal counsel and approved as to form. Approval of this recommendation will provide reduced operational costs, improved safety, and improved staff and public comfort.
Are there any questions?
Madam President.
Mr. Lacey.
Mr. Teed, I know that we've been working through a lot of this for the last three years that I've been on the board. Are we eventually going to get to where we're all caught up and then we start all over again with just technology? Or do you think that we'll eventually get to where we don't have to upgrade as much?
Yes, sir. We're about three years at our current spend rate, about three years away from getting all of the outdated systems replaced. So in three years, we'll be to where we can just start upgrading. And as we're designing these new systems, we are putting systems in that will give us the ability to make that upgrade. We won't have to completely replace. We're going to a different open BACnet type system.
any other questions madam president mr. Lacey I move that the Board of Trustees
approves the proposals for the building maintenance excuse me building management control systems BMCS replacement at Wolf Elementary Memorial Parkway junior high to hunt and train and West Memorial junior high to climate tech LLC is recommended by the administration second I have a motion by
mr. Lacey is second by mr. Redmond that the Board of Trustees approves the proposals for the building management control system BMCS replacement at Wolf Wolf Elementary and Memorial Parkway Junior High to Hunt and Train and West Memorial Junior High to Climatech LLC as recommended by administration. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Go ahead, Mr. T.
I'm bringing to your recommendation that the Board of Trustees approves the use of 2017 bond savings for the replacement of driveway and entrance gates at multiple campuses and the amount not to exceed $450,000. The swing style driveway gates at these campuses are being replaced with the rolling cantilever style, again to create a better safety and design, and also in line with our current district standards. The project funding source is the 2017 bond savings, and approval of this recommendation will provide safer driving conditions, improved traffic control, and security at our district campuses.
Are there any questions? Madam President? Yes, Mr. Teet. Can you explain to me what the,
where these will be, the, these gates? These are gates are across the driveways at, typically at our high schools and junior high campuses to control the flow of traffic during the school day. If once the students come into the parking lot, they'll close off different parts of of the parking lot so that maybe the fire lanes are still open, but then the students can't leave the parking lots. That's where these gates are located. Some of them are in the back of a campus, like Seven Lakes. So the kids can't go from the back of the campus to the front of the campus. There's some gates that allow that to happen.
So they would be closed at the end of the day, not during the day?
No, they're closed during the day, ma'am.
Because of the kids who are leaving for early release and things like that?
Each campus does it their own particular way and how their traffic flow is. But for the majority of them, they are closed during the regular school day. And then staff goes out and opens them to allow the students to leave, either if they're on a schedule to go at lunch, some that may go to Miller Career, for example, or to a different campus, those kids are parking in a different parking lot.
So the $450,000 is for all of the high schools?
District-wide, yes, ma'am.
Okay. All right. Thank you.
And it's not just high schools. There are some gates on our elementary and junior highs as well.
Oh, okay. Thanks. Any other questions? I'll entertain a motion. Madam President. Ms. Vann, sorry. You found it determined to be you. Somebody's different tonight. My apologies.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the use of the 2017 bond savings for the replacement of driveway and entrance gates at multiple campuses as recommended by administration.
Second.
Was that you, Lane?
Okay.
Sorry, I'm having a hard time hearing you over there. I have a motion by Ms. Vann, a second by Mr. Redmond, that the Board of Trustees approves the use of the 2017 bond savings for the replacement of driveway and entrance gates at multiple campuses as recommended by administration. We will now proceed to vote. all those in favor please raise your right hand and say aye aye all those opposed motion passes
thank you so much madam president i think maybe um we got the wrong you reread the wrong motion there can we go back to the item and and reread the motion that was presented 7.13 yes ma'am
that's the motion i just read was 7.13. are you sure yes sir okay would you like for me to do it
again no if you're confident I just there's there's several here that have a similar title so maybe and maybe I caught the wrong one yeah okay okay
welcome miss Cassman 7.14 discuss and consider board approval of the conveyance of a road easement for the installation of a traffic signal to Harris County out of the Taylor High School campus site in Harris County. Go ahead please.
Good evening President Doyle, Trustees, Dr. Degorski. This evening I have three items for your consideration. The first one is the item to consider approval of the conveyance of a road easement for the installation of a traffic signal to Harris County out of the Taylor High School campus at Southwest Corner. The easement will not have any adverse effects on the campus and the county is offering compensation in the amount of three thousand sixteen dollars for this portion
of property are there any questions yes madam president miss uh champagne hi miss cassman
can't see you but hello hello um okay so i've looked at this map to see where the easement's going to be um maybe i'm not looking at it right and i you know i i'm not a professional I'm not a professional reader of these kind of things, but I believe there's a light there at the West Green and Kingsland.
Yes, it is. So they're expanding the area. We have got an easement with them now for the signal, but now they're expanding the size of that easement. So that's what this easement is about, to make it larger for another signal or upgraded signal. Oh, okay. Thanks.
Any other questions, board members?
Madam President.
Mr. Lacey.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the conveyance of a road easement for the installation of a traffic signal to Harris County out of the Taylor High School campus site located in Harris County.
I have a motion by Mr. Lacey, a second by Ms. Vann. The Board of Trustees approves the conveyance of a road easement for the installation of a traffic signal to Harris County out of the Taylor High School campus site located in Harris County. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
Go ahead, Ms. Cassman. The second item is the approval of a blanket electrical easement associated with the construction of Junior High 17. Once the permanent power is established, CenterPoint will create a standard meets and bounds survey to record the deed for the easement. Are there any questions?
Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion.
Madam President.
Mr. Redman.
I move that the Board of Trustees approve Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, a blanket electrical easement associated with the construction of Junior High number 17, as depicted in the easement document.
Second. I have a motion by Mr. Redman, a second by Ms. Vann, that the Board of Trustees approve Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, a blanket electrical easement associated with the construction of Junior High School number 17, as depicted in the easement document. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
Again, Ms. Castor. The final item is to consider approval of a proposal for the installation of shade structures at Jordan High School. These shade structures are standard for the bleachers at baseball, softball, and tennis. Do we have any questions?
Madam President. Ms. Vann. I move the Board of Trustees approves a proposal for the shade structure installation at Jordan High School as recommended by administration.
Second.
I have a motion by Ms. Vann, a second by Mr. Lacey, that the Board of Trustees approves the proposal for the shade structure installation at Jordan High School as recommended by administration. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. All those opposed, motion passes. Thank you, Ms. Caspin. Thank you very much. Next, Agenda Item 7.17, discuss and consider board approval of the minutes of the May 2020 board meeting.
Madam President? Yes, ma'am.
Mr. Lacey.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the board meeting held in May 2020. Second.
I have a motion by Mr. Lacey, a second by Mr. Redmond, that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the board meeting held in May 2020. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
All those opposed, motion passes. 8.1, the board was provided a copy of donated items to KDISD. our future meetings. The next regular board meeting will be held on Monday, July 27, 2020. There being no further business before the board. Absolutely. Yeah, you can always have a couple minutes. Dr. Grigorski.
Sorry for interrupting there, Ms. Doyle, but I did want to take a couple of minutes. There were a few speakers tonight that talked about next school year, so I thought I'd take a few minutes to update the board a little bit and to update our community about some of the things that we're doing and let them know what's happening and as always we're going to continue communicating with our community we're going to put information out we're going to let our staff know what's going on there are quite a few questions we're getting and those were good questions we had tonight during the open forum part and we'll continue to get good questions about how we're going to transition from this pandemic to trying to open up our schools here coming up into august so i want to talk a little bit about that and it wasn't until just recently so you might you might forget you I mean, it's been several months, if you can't believe it or not, since March when we had to close our doors. And then you might recall that the governor had closed schools for the rest of the school year for in-person instruction. And at that point, we transitioned to an online learning model to finish the school year. So then that puts us to the present day, where just a few days ago on Thursday, Governor Abbott made an announcement that schools could resume for in-person instruction. And that's the first time we heard that we are able to do so. So in doing so we quickly scrambled and we put out a video and if our community has not seen that yet Please go to our website take a look at that and I have some thoughts on that that I shared with our community but most importantly we also put out a survey today that went out to all our community members and Well, I do want to encourage all of our community to go ahead and fill that survey out It's gonna be open from today till Thursday. I know that's a little bit of a short window We usually keep them open a little bit longer but we do need that data back rather quickly to go ahead and start planning for further instruction. So let's talk a little bit about that. We've got more than 84,000 kids who will be returning to us in August, and what does that look like for instruction for those 84,000 kids? And if you wanted to say trying to come up with a plan during a pandemic and the challenges that present itself with that is a hard task, that's a bit of an understatement. It's an extremely difficult task. But I am confident that we're putting plans and laying that groundwork right now. And I like the fact that we are going to be able to give our community, based on the limited information we have, we're going to get a little bit more information from the TEA this week about what we can do in August for instruction. But with the limited information we have, we are going to be able to provide a choice for our parents next school year, a choice to resume in-person instruction and send your children back to schools, or we're going to be able to provide an online option, okay? So once we get the survey out there and we get a little bit more feedback, and remember, you're just giving us your feedback right now. What are your feelings, your thoughts, your perceptions? As you will see in the survey, it talks about your comfort levels. And once we have that data, then we can start moving forward with a little bit more information. And I just want to remind our community, you're not making a hard-pressed idea today day of what type of instruction you would like in August for your child and your family. What works best. But uh, once we have our programs lined out, once we know what in person instruction will look like with all of our enhanced safety protocols, we can share that with the community. Once we know what our online or virtual instruction looks like, we can share that with the community because as you would think, what it looks like for our early year education folks, uh, pre K K's and one's going to be a whole lot different than it looks like for junior high or even high school so we need to put those plans together and then we want to share those plans with our community and say these are what the models look like when we return instruction in august we've got about two months to get that in place before the kids come but i think by july we're going to have a good idea of what that looks like and we're going to be able to share that with our folks and then they will be able to make a more informed decision as we move forward. I know some of the questions come up of why didn't we send out a staff survey yet. We're not quite there yet, but we do want input from our staff. These are the folks that are going to work with these kids every day in the schools, but we're doing a little bit different of a model with that. Principals will find out during their principal meeting this week that we're going to have them collect some information for us. They're going to work with their teacher teams on the campus and bringing that feedback to us us as a whole will help guide and give us more of an informed survey that we can now reach out to our folks once we have a little bit more information. But we want to be very careful. We want to be strategic as we put out information. The last thing we want to do is put out misinformation or put out information of things that we are not quite able to do or something we're not able to deliver or something that does not fall under TEA guidance. So we want to be very specific, but please know that sometimes we can't move forward until we get the information from our state and from our education agency but that's just a little bit of an update about what we're we're doing over the next um few weeks and as soon as we have those results we'll be able to communicate just a little bit more with our community so i wanted to wrap that up a little bit and kind of get some of that information out there so i appreciate the time
tonight thank you of course thank you dr kukorski there being no further business before the board This meeting is adjourned. The time is 8.03 p.m.
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Motions and votes
Recorded actions
MOTION 001 · AGENDA 7.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the application for Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP) for the 2020-2021 school year.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 002 · AGENDA 7.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the District's April 2020 Financial Reports.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 003 · AGENDA 7.3
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the District's June 2020 budget amendments.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 004 · AGENDA 7.4
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves AETNA to provide plan administrative services for the Katy ISD self-insured health plan for Plan Year 2021 through Plan Year 2025 as well as Gulf Coast Teachers Credit Union for Health Savings Account Administration for Plan Year 2021 through Plan Year 2025.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 005 · AGENDA 7.5
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Katy Independent School District compensation plan for the 2020 - 2021 school year.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 006 · AGENDA 7.6
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves a compensation increase for teachers and for non-teacher pay groups for the 2020 - 2021 school year.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 007 · AGENDA 7.7
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the 2020 - 2021 Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS) Second Appraisers.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 008 · AGENDA 7.8
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Interlocal Agreement with the Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) for specialized services at the Academic Behavior School West. Not Present at Vote: Ashley Vann
6 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 009 · AGENDA 7.9
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Interlocal Agreement with Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) for the provision of occupational, physical and music therapy for the period of September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2021. Not Present at Vote: Ashley Vann
6 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 010 · AGENDA 7.10
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the the Instructional Materials Inventory Waiver.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 011 · AGENDA 7.11
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Discipline Management Plan and Student Code of Conduct for the 2020-2021 school year.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 012 · AGENDA 7.12
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the proposals for the Building Management Control System (BMCS) replacement at Wolfe Elementary and Memorial Parkway Junior High to Hunton Trane in the amount of $705,250 and West Memorial Junior High to Climatec, LLC in the amount of $519,500 and a total project cost not to exceed $1,537,630.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 013 · AGENDA 7.13
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the use of 2017 Bond Savings for the replacement of driveway and entrance gates at multiple campuses in the amount not to exceed $450,000.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 014 · AGENDA 7.14
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the conveyance of a road easement for the installation of a traffic signal to Harris County out of the Taylor High School campus site located in Harris County.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 015 · AGENDA 7.15
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees awards CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC a blanket electrical easement associated with the construction of Junior High School #17 as depicted in the attached easement document.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 016 · AGENDA 7.16
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the proposal for the shade structure installation at Jordan High School in the amount not to exceed $305,468.30 utilizing the Job Order Contract through Cooperative Purchasing as the method of procurement.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| susan-gesoff | Yes |
MOTION 017 · AGENDA 7.17
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meeting held in May 2020.