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of Katy Independent School District to order. Today is Monday, November 15, 2021,
and the time is 5.01 p.m. Dr. Gagorski, will you verify that we are in compliance
with provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act with regard to notice for this meeting?
Mr. Schulte, I do confirm we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meeting Act
for our meeting this evening. We'll open tonight's meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. Dr.
Dr. Gworski, will you please introduce the pledge leader?
It would be my pleasure, Mr. Schulte.
I'm going to go ahead and welcome up to the mic Briley Maxvelt,
fifth grader from Nottingham Country Elementary.
Principal there is Tracy Stroud.
Parents with us here tonight, Jennifer and Brian Maxvelt.
Siblings, Blaine, Blake, and Morgan.
Students' special interests, animals, spending time with family,
and reading, and favorite subjects, reading and science.
Briley, you can go ahead and step up to the mic.
I'm going to keep reading a little bit.
From Jennifer Guy's fifth grade ELA teacher, Briley is a model student that I could not be prouder of to represent NCE.
She is extremely polite, kind, hardworking, and thoughtful young lady.
She is a skillful writer and storyteller.
She is the type of classmate that all want to be around, and watching Briley accept everyone warms her teacher's heart.
I am looking forward to watching Briley continue to be successful on her academic journey through KDISD.
And from Wayne Pierce, fifth grade math and science teacher,
Briley is a wonderful student and she leads her fellow students by being an excellent role model to follow.
She works hard to ensure academic success while being considerate of others.
She works well in team based assignments and helps others learn.
I'm confident that Briley will continue to excel and represent KDIC well at Nottingham Country Elementary and beyond as she moves into junior high school.
It has been my pleasure to have her in my fifth grade math and science class.
So with that said, Riley, welcome and thank you for joining us and we'll turn over to you for the pledge.
Okay.
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 the Texas one state under God one and indivisible
good evening president Schulte board members and superintendent Greg Orski my name is Riley
Maxwell and I am a fifth grader and Nottingham Country Elementary I was asked to write a little
something on what I like best about Nottingham that would be impossible
because I can never narrow it down to just one thing I would definitely start
with all the teachers and staff I've had the best educators a student could ask
for despite what kovat is thrown our way it seems the teachers have never let
that interfere with our education I have always said that NCE is like a big
loving family I've always been so eager and excited to go to school with that
atmosphere I know it will transfer on to junior high and will help mold me into
the adult I want to be I want to thank you all for allowing me to be a part of
this meeting it is one more positive memory I get to experience through Katie
ISD thank you
Thank you very much, Briley.
Great job.
We'll now proceed into item three, which is the swearing in of peace officers.
And the presenter is Deputy Chief Tabor.
We're going to do this a little bit different tonight than we normally do.
We have a tradition in law enforcement.
Whenever you join your first law enforcement agency, you get your badge pinned.
it's especially meaningful if someone in your family comes from law enforcement
tonight we have such two such issues first thing I want to do is I'm gonna
read you the bios on each one of the officers officer Eric wanted Ventura
graduated from Fort Bend County's Gus George Law Enforcement Academy in 2012
prior to joining Katie is Dean he spent the previous nine years at various law
enforcement agencies in Fort Bend County. Eric served in different capacities such as detention
deputy and patrol deputy. Officer Buenaventura held various leadership roles such as field
training officer, TCO police instructor, and as a patrol sergeant. In addition to his servant
leadership, he is licensed through the Federal Aviation Administration as a remote pilot unmanned
aircraft drone operator as a police bicycle patrol certified which he uses
to service community by annually holding an elementary school bicycle safety
program he is a recipient of the FBI lead a trilogy award and holds an
intermediate peace officer certification from Tico officer Buenaventura is a
member of the Texas Municipal Police Officers Association Gulf Coast regional
regional SUAS task force, and Volunteers with Impact a Hero,
armed forces nonprofit organization.
That's Officer Eric Buena Ventura.
Officer Lauren Galvan was born in Houston, Texas,
to her parents, Rebecca Rios and Glenn Galvan.
She is the oldest of three.
Officer Galvan was raised in Rosenberg and attended B.F. Terry High School.
After graduation, Lauren started working at Texana Behavior Improvement Center
with children and adults diagnosed with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities.
While employed, Officer Galvan took an interest in law enforcement and attended the Wharton County
Junior College Police Academy part-time. Once she graduated the academy, she took the detention
deputy position with Fort Bend County Jail for three years. After gaining this experience with
kids in law enforcement, Officer Galvan wanted to combine the two and decided to apply for KDISD.
She began her career with KDISD Police Department in April of 2021.
In her free time, Lauren enjoys hanging out with family and friends.
Officer Galvan is extremely grateful for the opportunity she was given to be working for the KDISD Police Department.
Officer Jesus Briones was born in Houston, Texas to his parents, Mourinho and Beatrice Briones.
He attended and graduated from A. Lee Hastings High School.
After high school, Officer Briones enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, where he
served in the combat tour in Iraq.
He is married to his high school sweetheart, Liza.
They have three daughters, Adriana, Alicia, and Janelle.
Officer Briones attended and graduated from the Wharton County Junior College Police Academy.
He is beginning his law enforcement career with KDISD.
And last but not least, Officer Brittany Lara is a native Houstonian raised in southeast Houston.
Growing up, she attended school in Pasadena ISD and furthered her education at San Jacinto College South Campus,
where she was pursuing a career in nursing.
Officer Lara decided to fulfill a dream by pursuing a career in law enforcement following in her father's footsteps.
steps. She shared this dream with her son Jeremiah and with his blessing she
joined the Harris County Sheriff's Office of Detention Officer in 2017. She
then enrolled at the University of Houston Downtown Police Academy where
she earned her basic peace officer certification in 2019. Officer-Large
joined the Missouri City Police Department Patrol Division in 2020. She
then pursued other opportunities with KDISD Police Department where she now
continues to live her dream in law enforcement.
If I could, if I could get Officer Lara to come up here.
And Ms. Briones.
Can you hear it?
All right, guys.
Raise your right hand.
Repeat after me.
I, state your name, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the duties of the
Office of Peace Officer of Katy Independent School District of the State of Texas and
And will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this state.
So help me God.
Congratulations.
All yours.
Congratulations, everybody.
Now proceed into the recognitions portion of the agenda.
Is that correct?
That is correct.
Thank you all.
Thanks.
Appreciate it.
Now go ahead and introduce Dr. Andrea Grooms, Chief Communications Officer for the recognitions
portion of our meeting.
Good evening, President Schulte, Trustees, and Superintendent Gregorski.
Tonight, we are extremely proud to recognize students who have achieved outstanding accomplishments while at KDISD.
I would like to ask Debbie Decker, Executive Director of Athletics, to share information about our first honoree.
Thank you, Dr. Grims.
Good evening, President Schulte, board members, and Dr. Gagorski.
This evening, we are recognizing the accomplishments of Morton Ranch High School alumnus Tamira Mensah-Stock.
Tamira and her sister, Turquia, joined the Maverick wrestling team under head coach Mark Balzer.
In 2011, both athletes became UIL state wrestling champs in their respective weight class
and continued their wrestling career for Wayland Baptist University.
While at Wayland, Tamira was the Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association National Champion in 2014 and 2017.
Her other accomplishments include, and there are many, so these are a few,
the 2019 Pan American Championships Champion, two-time U.S. Open Champion,
three-time Ivan Yargin Grand Prix Champion, first in U.S. history,
the 2016 Olympic team trials champion, the two-time final X champion, and the 2019 world wrestling champion.
And then in August, she became the second American woman to earn a gold medal in women's freestyle wrestling
after defeating Nigeria's Blessing Oborudun during the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.
And just a week ago, both Tamira and her sister Turquia were inducted into the KDISD Athletic Hall of Honor Class of 2021.
Joining us this evening, we have Morton Ranch High School wrestling coach Mark Balzer and Principal Julie Hinson to accept this honor on Tamira's behalf.
We thank Tamera for her dedication to the students of KDIC and congratulations on this
outstanding accomplishment.
Please give them a round of applause.
Mr. President, if I may say something.
Coach Decker, when she and her sister were here for the Hall of Honor recognitions and all of that,
she was as joyful and as happy to be here as we see her in every interview,
as we saw her when she accepted her gold medal and her twin sister, too.
and they came to Morton Ranch and they did a community pep rally.
They just, to watch the number of people who are so excited to see her
and for her to show them the Olympic medal, all of those things,
and she never tired of smiling and taking pictures
and just talking about the success she had with Coach Balzer.
She talked about you many times.
And she was at Morton Ranch and she did some stunt with a cheerleader
and put it on her Instagram.
like she loves being from Katy she loves being from the USA and just grateful
that when our when our students go on to be so successful that they'll come home
and you know from their route so it was just delightful to meet her and she's so
proud that's what you all did great inspiration yes absolutely great
inspiration thank you
Thank you, Mrs. Decker, Coach Balzer, and Principal Henson.
Taylor High School FFA students recently placed among the top five during the National FFA Convention held in Indianapolis, Indiana.
This is the first year that the Taylor chapter has brought home both state and national honors for poultry judging.
students when I call your name please come forward along with mr. David Laird
Taylor high school FFA advisor Madeline Fitch
Catherine Kaki Karish, Kristen Gestillen. We also have Chloe Labarde who is unable
to join us this evening.
Congratulations to each of you.
Congratulations.
And this concludes the recognition portion of tonight's meeting.
Thank you, Dr. Grooms.
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 Board Policy, the first 20 speakers who signed up by 2 p.m. on Monday, November 15, 2021,
and have provided their first and last name will be allowed to address the Board.
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 speaker is three minutes if you're 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 provide 10 copies to the secretary for board services before the
meeting begins for board members the superintendent the chief communications officer and permanent
record if the speaker is not attempted to solve a matter administratively through the proper
channels as stated in board policy the presiding officers designee shall advise
the speaker to seek resolution through the appropriate policy finally pursue it
the Texas government code section five five one zero seven four and five five
one oh eight two one 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 the officer
or employee should a speaker wish to address any of these issues they must do so through the
appropriate local grievance policies fng local dgba local cke local or gf local our speakers
will be called forward in the order they signed up to speak the first speaker is claudia turcott
The second speaker is Mary Ellen Cuzela.
I was going, I did hear that some speakers are going to use vulgar language tonight to,
in their presentation of the materials on the books.
There is some students in here still, I would ask that you refrain from doing that, but
I can't forbid you from doing that.
So if you have a parent with children in the room and you think they may get offended,
I just wanted to prepare your mind.
There may be some vulgar language.
You may want to step outside with your child.
Thank you.
So Claudia Turcotte is first. She's not here? Okay. So Mary Ellen Fuzella, welcome.
Thank you. Thank you again for the time to speak with you. I first want to say I support Bubba.
We need your help and an immediate plan of action to clean up the obscene, vulgar,
and pornographic books that are currently in KDISD libraries. The book I'm about to read should never
have been put on the shelf in our libraries. I want to know how this book got approved and who
approved it. The process is broken and it needs to be fixed. Please work with the
parents to fix it now. I state again that if you are filtering a student's
internet access for any of the filth you're about to hear, why are we not
filtering the library? The book I'll read is Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by
Jesse Andrews. This book is currently in all 11 KDSD high school libraries. What
What I'm about to say isn't suitable for any child of any age.
And you have copies of this.
I'm sorry, man, I have to hang out with this girl from synagogue.
What? Yeah, are you going to eat her pussy?
Earl can be sort of profane sometimes.
He's actually mellowed out a lot since his middle school days.
Believe it or not, it goes on.
Yeah, Earl, I'm going to eat her pussy.
Hey, yeah.
Do you even know how to eat pussy?
Not really.
Papa Gaines never sat you down said son one day you're gonna have to eat the pussy no but he did
teach me how to eat a butthole when Earl is in full-on gross-out mode you have to play along
or you'll feel stupid god bless that man yep I would teach you some pussy eating technique but
it's a little complicated that's a shame I would need some diagrams and whatnot well tonight maybe
you can draw some up son I don't have time for that I got like 20 pussies over here that I need
to eat. Is that right? I'm on pussy deadline. You've got 20 vaginas all lined up in a row.
Oh, what the hell? What the hell? No one's even talking about vaginas. God, Greg, what the hell
is wrong with you? I have one more selection. Nah, shut the fuck up. You care so fucking much
about what other people think. You got to be secretive as shit. Got to go around sucking
everybody's dick, pretending like they are your friend because you care so much about what they
think let me fucking tell you nobody gives a shit about you you ain't got
nobody who give a fucking shit about you fucking nobody it goes on man just shut
the fuck up because it can't be hearing no more of this yeah I fucking told
Rachel about the films it goes on stop your fucking crying bitch ass that is
just two pages from multiple pages out of this book that are obscene and
disgusting and vulgar and this is just one book there are multiple hundreds of
books that we need to audit out of our libraries right now the current
processes that we have in place are not sufficient please refer to Texas
representative crosses list he's done work for us and let's use it thank you
Thank you.
The next speaker is Luis Salinas.
And the speaker after that is Victor Perez.
Hello, board members.
I'm Luis Salinas.
I'm the father of Bubba.
As some of you probably already know, we have been fighting the school and school district to get Bubba equal rights to a class that he's being denied based on his mental inabilities.
What I'd like to get out of this or what I'd like to at least share is there's so much more to music and band and art than meeting grade level expectations and tapping on a drum to beat.
Bubba has been in band since sixth grade. It's been on his schedule and now we are being refused the actual band participant.
participant. He goes to the class, he goes to the class just like every one of his peers. He participates in every rehearsal, every
show and I urge any one of you to go out there and see him and
at least let me know how he does not meet
the grade level expectations that everybody wants him to meet when he is teaching himself the choreography,
he's taught himself how to drum according to his peers. Nobody's being, nobody's teaching him anything.
There's nothing on his IEP about it because he's being refused the class itself.
So instead it says study hall.
So this is where we've been going round and round.
It's been blamed over on TEA.
TEA, yes, they have TEKS for every class, but every class is modifiable.
Ben, especially.
Ben can be easily modified.
We can set a goal and we can work towards that goal and he can be graded based off that
goal.
But instead, we keep getting, it's not going to happen.
Somebody at this level is refusing it.
Everybody on the faculty was all about it until they were told to shut their mouths
and go with what was being decided.
Our band director, and I won't mention any names,
but our band director was all about it at first until he was told to say otherwise.
And now it's been an uphill battle.
But we have a petition, I'm sure some of you have already seen it, with over 25,000 signatures in support of Bubba.
Just so that he can get the equal opportunity. It says on the policy itself, KDISD states that they will not discriminate based on, especially disability,
but it goes on with age and color and race and sexuality,
but the big one being disabilities.
He should not be denied a class based on his inabilities.
Judge him based on his abilities and what he's actually getting out of it.
The social aspect has been tremendous for him.
He gained friends. He gained a team.
And that speaks more than any other educational benefits
that he's getting from band.
Thank you.
Thank you.
The next speaker is Victor Perez.
The speaker after that is Cameron Samuels.
I support Bubba as well.
I want to talk to you today again about critical race theory.
And I have passed out, and I'm presenting to you, a model school board language to prohibit critical race theory.
This is a template that you can follow.
It's just a few pages long.
You can follow it.
if you want to be serious about prohibiting critical race theory and KISD.
Now where I got that is from this book that I mentioned last time, Black Eye for America,
How Critical Race Theory is Burning Down the House by Dr. Carol Swain.
And she is a black professor, former tenured professor at Princeton and Vanderbilt, and
also Dr. Christopher Shore.
I urge you to get this book and read it and study it.
And I'm presenting to you a model or a template you can follow.
We all know that CRT is a fundamentally racist worldview predicated on the claim that racism is the DNA of American institutions and society as well as the DNA of white Americans.
In place of equal opportunity, CRT demands equity.
CRT demands discrimination in favor of some groups and against others.
CRT demands racial discrimination on their terms.
Now, in schools K through 12, CRT rarely presents itself as CRT.
It's not called CRT.
We don't say, hey kids, today we're going to talk about CRT.
You don't see it that way.
Rather, it's permeated, it can permeate and be melted into curriculums.
And I'm sure you've asked Dr. Gagorski, do we have CRT in our schools?
And he will say no.
Sincerely, he will say no.
but it permeates curriculum and it's it's and it's basically comes in under
the radar in my belief it hides behind euphemistic labels like anti-racism
educational equity and cultural competency children are taught to view
racism as a cornerstone of American society there are other terms that are
tip-off to CRT if it's being taught or if you're training your teachers about
CRT. For example, action civics, social emotional learning, diversity, equity, and
inclusion, culturally responsive teaching, anti-bias training, anti-blackness,
collective guilt, equity, institutional bias, structural bias, systemic racism,
white fragility, white privilege, and so on. Just to be clear, opposing CRT and
getting it out of the schools does not mean we prohibit discussions of
slavery, Jim Crow, or other examples of where the U.S. has failed to live up to its ideas.
But CRT is not about facts, it's about a narrative, one that is explicitly hostile to American
identity and values.
It's even against Martin Luther King's colorblindness, right?
In other words, that's considered colorblind racism.
In other words, you cannot view people as sharing a category like, you know, we're all
Americans, we are children of God, et cetera.
No, everything has to be color conscious in CRT.
I urge you to take action and adopt some specific .
Thank you.
Thank you.
The next speaker is Cameron Samuels.
And the speaker after that is Donna McElmurray.
Good evening.
Good evening. As a student at Seven Lakes, I want to echo the community members who have spoken against the removal of Jerry Craft's graphic novels from school libraries.
It is imperative that the freedom of speech and press be protected as students venture through a time where information is being encroached upon by those who seek to close off perspectives they do not agree with,
and instead favor misguided narratives that harm marginalized communities.
communities. On that note of open access to information, I want to bring to light a disturbing
discovery that several students and I have found. KTISD has an internet filter policy
based on SEPA and district acceptable use policies. This filter prohibits students from
accessing websites that fit particular categories such as weapons, drugs, etc. One of these
categories had been alternative sexual lifestyles in parentheses GLBT. The
Trevor Project, a suicide prevention lifeline for LGBT youth, is not
accessible on KTISD internet. Unfortunately, I can name so many of us
who have used this lifeline to battle suicide and if it were not for this
vital resource, some would not be here today. Many students do not live in
hospitable homes for being part of this community that kdisd considers an alternative lifestyle
for many school is the only safe place to learn about queer identity and access a suicide lifeline
like the trevor project i'm ashamed that kdisd a district that strives to be the legacy
has made LGBT content a category for their internet filter
and is prohibiting students from accessing content
simply because it is about queer individuals like myself.
I have read the district policies in SEPA
and neither include any guidelines in relation to LGBT content.
Somehow this filter was intentionally created by the district beyond their reach
and it is inexplicable.
Upon presumable reaction to our concerns,
the category was recently changed to human sexuality but it continues to
block the same sites. The LGBT human rights campaign and career oriented
sites like the LGBT Bar Association are blocked while Texas gun shows and info
wars are somehow not. I and several students whose names will not be
disclosed demand that all LGBT websites that are otherwise school appropriate be
be accessible on KDISD internet.
And we implore the district to adopt a non-discrimination
policy that protects students on the basis
of sexual orientation and gender identity,
because the current policy does not.
Thank you.
Thank you.
The next speaker is Donna McElmurray,
and the speaker after that is Regina Johnson.
I'm reading from Forever for a Year by BT Godfrey.
It's found in Jordan, Maid Creek, Paytow, Taylor, Morton Ranch, and Tompkins High Schools.
It is a book about two ninth graders who begin dating.
Number one, she doesn't quite get it, even though I've told her, like, every day,
but every dude with a penis, even the gay ones, are going to stare at her, want to talk to her,
ask her out and kiss her just so they can reach up her shirt. Two, speaking
about a sex ed class, they just banged and almost never kissed. The shapes and
all the penises and vaginas were definitely super weird. Three, when we
were kissing I decided to tell Kendra his penis got a heart on and pressed
against my leg. That means he likes you she said. Really I said but I already
knew this but don't have sex with him yet. Four, he touched my boobs and I
rubbed his thing. So you gave him a hand job? Peggy asked. Have you touched it or
not? Have you touched it or not, Carrie? I've touched it through his jeans. You
haven't touched his dick? Five. I touched the top. Weird. Feels weird. It was smooth,
wet, maybe sticky. Oh my god. Did he pee? No, maybe he went already. Six. I knew from
what I'd read on the internet that most boys my age were masturbating a lot by
by now. At least they were saying they were. And yes, I had looked at porn a bunch. Seven,
he was thrusting faster and faster. I started to get a little scared, but he couldn't control it
and I couldn't control him and I almost let go. But then I was worried about letting go, so I just
held on and didn't do anything but grip it tighter and tighter as he moved faster and faster until he
grunted really loud and then gushed, oh my gosh, it went into his underwear, but also on my hand.
It was hot and really gross.
Eight, I could feel my penis slip inside so I couldn't talk.
More than just the tip.
It was like my whole body was inside her and she was this warm lake and I was swimming.
Nine, it felt so good.
So fucking good.
I don't know how people do anything but have sex if they are adults and don't have school or parents.
It was literally like I was transported into another world where your whole body can fly through a beautiful, soft, tingling cloud.
out. 10. Trevor stopped, turned, found me, and walked right toward me. It was like a movie star
that was walking toward me, and those eyes. It was so sexy. I was so excited, you know, excited down
there. That had never happened when I had my clothes on. Oh my gosh, this is love. 11. I didn't
have a hard-on anymore. That might sound weird to say. It's all so fucking complicated and tragic,
and life sucks. Just want to mention I've never said the F word ever in my life
before until just now. So anyway thank you for the time. I appreciate it.
Thank you. The next speaker is Regina Johnson. Regina Johnson. Next speaker is Jennifer
Adler. And the speaker after that is Anita Nelson.
Good evening, board members.
My name is Jennifer Adler, and I'm a mother to five children,
ages 13 to 3 years old, with four of them attending schools in KDISD.
I also attended KDISD schools, including graduating from Taylor High School.
As a parent, I know one of my biggest challenges is raising kids in a digital world,
and I'm constantly trying to stay educated and keep open communication with my children.
I know by a click of a mouse they could be exposed to issues including sexual and pornographic content.
I didn't realize this would also apply to books in my kids schools.
I hope you will be as outraged and disgusted as me with this type of content and feel an immediate call to action.
I'm reading from the book Jack of Hearts by Elsie Rosen, which is currently in Jordan High School.
This Burke has the main character Jack writing a teen sex advice column for an online site.
I wonder how he does it. Who? Jack. How he gets all that D.
A 4G and Hannah Ling's hot tub? It's like his life is a porno.
Is it like that for all gay guys? Like when he got fucked by the coach from Highbrook in the locker room during the homecoming game.
home wasn't the only thing that was coming page 24 now before this I'd suck
my share of dicks and had gotten plenty of blow jobs hand jobs every kind of job
but the only butt sex I'd had was with this junior who was in love with my cock
and he just hopped aboard and he taking control then anyway so this senior and I
are having fun kissing and sucking and 69ing and what have you and then he says
says to me, I want to fuck that pretty little ass of yours.
Page 82.
And now, since you've made it through talking and erections,
finally some blow job tips.
Number one, use your lungs to suck, not your lips to pull.
You're not trying to yank that dick off with your mouth.
You're trying to make it feel good.
Two, use your tongue.
Lots of different ways.
Ask him what works as you're trying them.
Three, use your hands.
Stroke the shaft.
if it's too big to swallow or grip the balls or touch his taint or finger his
ass don't forget you have hands number four each dick is different and sometimes
the dick is different day to day so always try new things suck the head lick
the shaft or vice versa it is completely unacceptable to have books of sexual and
pornographic content materials in our school I cannot even imagine how I would
would feel if my child came home with this type of book.
We cannot unread this type of content,
and I would like to protect my kids' hearts and minds
from this.
I have never read such vulgar, explicit material until now,
and I expect immediate action, including
an audit of our libraries.
Thank you.
The next speaker is Anita Nelson.
The speaker after that is Karen Perez.
Good evening and thank you for having me here.
In continuing with this theme of pornographic materials for our students in our schools,
I will read from the following book called All Boys Aren't.
Come on, Matt, taste it.
This is what boys like to do when we like each other.
I finally listened to him.
The whole time I knew it was wrong not because I was having sexual intercourse with a guy
But that you were my family and only did about 45 seconds before you had me stop
Then you got down your knees and told me to close my eyes and that's when you began oral sex on me as well
It was the strangest
feeling
I'm sorry. I lost my place. I didn't want to buy this book
I want to spend my money on this filth and it's in our libraries
Then you got down on your knees, told me to close my eyes, and then you began oral on
sex.
It was the strangest feeling.
I didn't have a handbook to learn sexually as a queer boy.
My crash course was happening right in front of me, and despite the guilt I was feeling,
there was also euphoria.
Things were happening to me I couldn't explain, feelings and emotions I had not known or listened.
After a minute or so, you stopped, you then laid me on the ground and got on top of me,
and you began humping me."
And it goes on and on and on.
So I don't need to say further, just bringing this to your attention and hope that you all do something about it. Thank you.
Karen Perez.
I support Bubba as well.
Well, I raised three kids in KISD schools, and I have eight grandkids.
Two of them are in KISD schools now.
Two more are in the wings.
I can't even recognize this district.
I was shocked by a headline that I read from a study that was published in Newsweek magazine.
30% of Millennials, those are people who are 25 to 40 years old, identify as LGBTQ.
39% of Gen Z, those are 18 to 24 year olds, they identify as LGBTQ.
This same study in 2018, 8.4%.
The same study in 2012, 5.8%.
I'm asking you, board, what has changed?
How does this happen?
Look at our libraries, propaganda works on impressionable minds.
This book that I'm going to be reading today was banned by the Spring Independent School District.
It is The Breakaways by Kathy Johnson.
The characters in this book are fifth through eighth graders.
Black Lives Matter appears in the book, as does Bleed the Pigs.
So that's how critical race theory indoctrinates our children.
So I'm reading. Two boys are spending the night.
Two girls, rather. Excuse me.
I think it's time to wrap up it, kids.
Yes, mom. Yes, Mrs. Nunez. Brush, brush. They're brushing their teeth. We used to call these comic books. They're graphic novels now. Hey, Sammy, they're in bed together. Yes. Thanks for letting me come here after school. It's great. I like hanging out with you. I like you too.
too. Okay, so they're kissing, they're looking at each other, they're touching each other's hands.
Fifth graders, did I do something wrong? You're my best friend. Can I tell you something? Yeah,
I think I'm a boy. Ha ha, I'm sorry I said that. I didn't really mean that. I'm kidding. No, no,
don't say that. I'm sorry, I'm just surprised. I know, I just know I'm a boy. You're totally right,
you're a boy thanks for telling me you're crying I'm crying too I like you
a lot Sammy I feel better I'm glad you trust me so then they end up kissing
this is in seven of our junior high schools we want answers how do these
books get into our libraries we need accountability from you as a board we're
tired of coming up here and talking to you and not getting any answers not
getting any answers to our phone calls or our emails we need parents on these
library committees to vet these books why are we sexualizing our precious
children why are our library I think we had one speaker that was not here at the
beginning Claudia Turcotte
I'm going to read from a book called The Nerdy and the Dirty, and this is honestly super uncomfortable for me.
I don't like this kind of stuff.
I came.
Four seconds.
How embarrassing.
It took 40 minutes in the bathroom yesterday, took all the hot water, took all the lotion.
But today, when even four minutes would have been acceptable, it took four seconds.
But the touch of her hand against my bare penis was too magnificent.
So would this make you have an orgasm? Benedict, no. Then you should tell me how to do it so I can
make you have an orgasm like you made me have an orgasm. I've never orgasmed with a boy before,
so I don't know if I can't. Can I try giving you cunnilingus? What? I mean, it just won't taste
good. Paul refused to ever try because he said he hated the smell so much. Then he put his fingers,
the fingers that had been rubbing me into his mouth.
I love that you just put your fingers in your mouth. I really do.
I'll probably masturbate thinking about you doing it tonight.
Then he said, so you've never had a boy lick your vagina before?
I honestly could keep reading this. There's a lot more.
That type of thing was not just one passage in the book.
It was pervasive throughout that whole book, the nerdy and the dirty.
And I asked myself why a married man with children
would be writing this type of a book aimed at teenagers. This could have been
a good story about two kids that were kind of lost, one kid on the spectrum, one
girl that could never be her true self and was betraying who she was to be
popular. It could have been a good story and they could have even had sex and it
could have even been a little bit titillating for teenagers. This though is
straight-up porn and I want to ask you why our kids? This culture is devouring
our children. Why are you not standing in the gap for our children? Why? We are, our
kids are the lucky ones. We talk about sex at our house. We're
teaching our kids what's right and wrong. A lot of kids are thrown to the wolves.
They don't have anybody to guide them. Y'all need to stand in the gap. I mean
this is awful. I'm gonna tell you I'm shocked that this is in our library.
Y'all need to do better.
We can't do this, we parents cannot do this alone.
We need you.
This is your responsibility.
How did this get into KDISD?
I want y'all to know something.
We know as parents our kids are going to be exposed to porn.
We know that.
That's a given.
But let me tell y'all something.
Woe to those to whom they are exposed to porn by.
Please remember that.
Y'all have a responsibility.
Please do better for us.
Thank you.
This concludes the open forum portion of our meeting.
The board will now convene in closed meeting as authorized under section 551001 of the Texas Government Code for the following purposes.
Texas Government Code 551071, 551129, and 551076.
Thank you.
Good evening, everyone.
The Board will now reconvene in open meeting.
Today is Monday, November 15, 2021, and the time is 626 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 Friday,
November 12, 2021.
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
to take action. 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 open meeting. We'll now proceed to agenda item 8.1. Consider board approval of
the termination of a post-closing agreement and release of memoranda associated with the three
Ventana Lake school sites. Mr. President? Yes. I move the board of trustees approve the termination
of the post-closing agreement and release of memorandum associated with the three Ventana
Lake school sites. Second. I have a motion by Ms. Vann, a second by Mr. Redman. We'll now proceed
to vote. All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. All those opposed? The motion
carries 7-0. Agenda item 8.2. Consider board approval of an amendment one with Harris County
County Municipal Utility District number 465 for water and sanitary sewer service.
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move the Board of Trustees approves the Amendment 1 with Harris County Municipal Utility District number 465
for water and sanitary sewer service associated with the future school site as described in the attached document.
Okay.
Second.
I have a motion by Ms. Vann, a second by Ms. Wilson.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
The motion carries 7-0.
Agenda item 8.3, board will consider approval of the minutes of the October 2021 board meeting.
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move that the board of trustees approves the minutes of the board meetings held in October 2021.
Second.
Second.
We have a motion by Mr. Redman, a second by Mr. Keller.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
Aye.
The motion carries 7-0.
We'll now proceed into agenda item 8.9, presentation of the elementary school and secondary school
EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND, ESSER II AND ESSER III.
THE PRESENTER WILL BE DR.
CHRISTINE KASKEY, CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, AND MS.
NIKIA KOI, DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
THEY'LL GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF
FUND.
AFTERWARDS, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS TOPIC.
GOOD EVENING.
MS.
Good evening, President Schulze, Board Members, and Dr. Gorkoski.
I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THE KDISD ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY
RELIEF FUND REFERRED TO AS ESSER III.
THIS HAS BEEN A JOINT DISTRICT EFFORT ACROSS MANY DEPARTMENTS AND OUR CAMPUSES AND I'LL
BE PROVIDING YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAKEHOLDERS TO PROVIDE
FEEDBACK THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING.
THIS SLIDE PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF THE ESSER FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE DISTRICT.
TONIGHT WE'LL REVIEW PLANS WHICH ARE REQUIRED SPECIFICALLY FOR ESSER III.
THERE ARE THREE MAIN CATEGORIES WHERE FUNDS CAN BE SPENT.
activities to assist in the safe return to school activities to address
learning loss and activities to address the well-being of students we're
required to spend a minimum of 20% of the total grant on those last two
categories there are several assurances that must be met these include
consultation with district stakeholder groups such as parents students
community members campus staff and district leadership that represent
various subgroups of students as well as comms are back up community members
CAMPUS STAFF AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP THAT REPRESENT VARIOUS SUBGROUPS OF STUDENTS, AS
WELL AS INFORMING YOU, OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THAT THESE ARE ONE-TIME FUNDS WITH NO ASSUMPTION
THAT THESE FUNDS WILL BE REPLACED AFTER THE GRANTS HAVE ENDED.
AS PART OF THE PROCESS, WE CONDUCTED A DISTRICTWIDE SURVEY THIS PAST SPRING TO GET INPUT ON HOW
TO DISBURSE THE FUNDS.
IN ADDITION TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING,
STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE SURVEYED AGAIN NEXT SPRING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND YEAR OF THE GRANT.
THIS SLIDE INCLUDES THE TOP AREAS OF FOCUS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE SURVEY.
AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IS ADDRESSING LEARNING LOSS AMONG STUDENTS.
NEXT PRIORITIES INCLUDE IMPLEMENTING ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION,
SAFE AND HEALTHY STUDENTS, AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHICH STRATEGIES SHOULD BE USED TO ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS,
academic intervention staff, tutorials, and professional development were at the top of the list.
Additional instructional resources, summer enrichment, and behavioral intervention staff were also in a similar range.
The next couple of slides outline the grant activities implemented to date as a result of that stakeholder input.
These include additional campus and program staff, extra duty pay for tutorials, additional instructional resources, and technology.
THE GRANT ALSO INCLUDES SEVERAL INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
NEEDS, PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, AS WELL AS ACTIVITIES
TO SUPPORT ENGLISH LEARNERS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
THERE ARE TWO PLANS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THIS GRANT PROGRAM.
THE USE OF FUNDS PLAN DESCRIBES THE ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ACROSS THE DISTRICT
AND THE SAFE RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICES PLAN DESCRIBES
the actions that we have taken to ensure the safety of our students.
These plans are posted on the district website in both English and Spanish, and there is
also a mechanism on our website for continuous feedback from our stakeholder groups.
These plans will continue to be reviewed and revised in light of the stakeholder input
and presented to the board on a semi-annual basis.
The district ESSER website contains copies of the use of funds plan and the safe return
return to school plan, the results of the stakeholder surveys, and previous board presentations
and agendas.
Stakeholders who were not able to be present this evening to comment will still be able
to provide feedback through our website.
Our next steps include gathering, continuing to gather this feedback, monitoring the progress
from campuses and departments, and then we'll actually be back with the board in December
next month to present to you where we are as far as our progress goes. So tonight is just to provide
the stakeholders an opportunity to provide that public input, and then we'll be back next month
where we will give you a more in-depth update as to the activities and how those activities
are impacting our students. And we're here to respond to any questions that you may have.
Any questions from the board members?
Mr. President?
Yes.
Thank you for the presentation.
It was quick.
I appreciate that.
So the purpose tonight is?
Public hearing.
Public hearing.
To take input if people want to speak.
So, okay.
They didn't come tonight.
How are you getting this information to them?
Actually, this has been published for some time.
We've published it in several media outlets about the public hearing this evening.
But did they get a survey?
How are you going to get the input from people?
So the website is one way that we get input from folks.
The public hearing is another way that we get input from folks.
And prior to this, we had focus groups, and we had a survey that went out in the spring.
So there's several different mechanisms.
I met with Dr. Grogorski's student leadership group.
I've met with the teacher groups.
with the teacher groups.
So we've gathered input in the spring.
We created the plan.
We're in the middle of implementing plan,
and we are required to come back semi-annually to the board
to provide you with an update.
So that's going to happen in December.
Every six months, we're required to review and revise the plan.
So if we have reviewed the plan and we're all fine with it,
we're going to look at the progress monitoring
by the campuses.
We've given them the opportunity to either continue
an activity or maybe discontinue it
IF THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THE GROWTH THAT THEY EXPECTED,
THAT KIND OF THING.
IT'S VERY EARLY ON.
WE STILL HAVE A THREE-YEAR GRANT,
SO THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME IMPLEMENTATION TIME,
BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRED THAT WE REVISE IT,
BUT JUST IN CASE THERE IS ANY INPUT ON CHANGES TO THE PLAN
OR THAT KIND OF THING IS KIND OF WHY WE GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR FEEDBACK.
AND THEN ANNUALLY IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HAVING
A MORE IN-DEPTH SURVEY AS FAR AS KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT
what we had last spring.
OK, thank you.
So I really appreciate when we have presentations here,
lots and lots of people.
I don't know what the numbers are that watch the meeting,
but after presentations or conversations,
we hear from teachers and community members afterwards.
And so I'm glad to have this there.
Will this presentation be available online tomorrow?
Yeah, I believe it is.
I believe they're all posted.
And we also have our website.
So there's a mechanism on our website.
if anybody who's watching this is even.
Our website is difficult to navigate sometimes.
If you're looking for like your campus
or your bus schedule or something like that,
but I don't know that, right, you know,
just our citizens are going to go to the website
to look for this.
Can we push it to them or can we make people?
I do believe the press release had the link as well.
The press release goes where and to who
and how do the community get it?
Send out to the communications department.
Maybe Dr. Grimson, when we send a press release.
Sorry, I'm not trying to be inquisitive.
I just want to make sure that people weigh in because there are some things on there that I'm like, hmm, that wouldn't be something I would choose.
But you have information from other people.
Go ahead, Dr. Grimson.
I'll finish.
Sure.
I can speak to the press release that was mentioned.
That was sent out to all local media outlets, both print and television, last week.
Okay.
Thank you.
Thank you.
So a couple more questions.
You're taking feedback from people.
Can we see the feedback?
Kind of how they're weighing in?
Do you have that available to give to board members?
I'm just wondering.
Do you go and take notes?
How do you get input from...
It's going to our campuses, right?
And it's going to students.
One of the things that it says is the minimum 20% spend on learning loss and student well-being.
Go to that slide if you would.
and let me just give you a just one takeaway okay minimum 20 cent 20 well is it going to be 20
seems like that would be the lion's share is it actually it's more than 20 when you break down
the grant we're spending more than 20 in those two areas another thing is on that website you
may find it hard to difficult to navigate but the results of the survey are on our website are all
the comments on there too not the comments but if you would like a copy of the survey that we sent
last spring with all of the comments and the information we'll be glad to get the more to
copy of that forgive me because you've probably already sent it to us but if you'd send that to
us again as we're getting ready for the december meeting i'd appreciate i would appreciate that
if that's okay mr president okay okay so it's more than 20 but you probably closer to 50 as
As far as budgeted, you know, we have...
That makes me feel better. Okay.
Yeah. And like I said, when we come back in December,
we'll give an outline of the types of staff members
that are on campuses,
examples of activities that they've done,
how much was budgeted in a certain area,
how much has been spent in that area,
as far as any comments as far as impact on the campus,
as far as with the department.
So that survey is with campuses right now,
It's so it's slated to come back this Friday. So
Kind of sounds great. Thank you
Yeah, I just want to say the purpose of tonight is to receive feedback not to give all the feedback
That's going to be in December
I just want to make sure that
Pretty clear that we'll get to get all the details in December, correct when you just said that that's exactly what I'm looking for
So I look forward to yes, there will be that with a lot more detail. I love that
It'll be a lot longer than three minutes. Yes. Thank you very much
I appreciate anything that you can think of that you might want to know please feel free to send it along and
Awesome, thank you so much.
And as I understand, Mr. Grin, there was nobody signed up for the public forum tonight, is that correct?
So agenda item 9.2, we're not going to have to do that because it didn't get anyone that signed up today.
Okay, well now we move on to agenda item 10.0, which is reports.
Agenda item 10.1, we're going to get Katy Independent School District 2021 demographic update.
PRESENTER IS DR. PAT GUSMAN, POPULATION AND SURVEY ANALYST,
AND MS. CHRIS POOLE, POPULATION SURVEY ANALYST WITH PASSA.
MR. PRESIDENT, I'M JUST JUMPING IN FOR INTRODUCTIONS.
PASSA HAS BEEN A LONGTIME PARTNER OF KDISD SINCE THE MID-90S.
IN FACT, DR. GUSMAN WAS SAYING THIS MORNING THAT WHEN THEY GAVE THEIR FIRST ASSESSMENT OF KDISD,
We had about 25,000 kiddos, and so we have far more than that tonight.
So they're going to bring you the demographic update, and ladies, step on up.
We appreciate being here this evening, and as always, Katie is very unique in regard to demographic trends.
It's always exciting to be able to present this information,
And the first slide I think is particularly important because it shows through 2020 a
five-year increase in student enrollment for this Houston region.
And at the same time, KDISD had the highest numeric increase in student population over
that
same five-year period we don't have the 2021 data officially for the other districts so we can't use
that data we have to go through 2020 but katie had the highest numeric increase in the state
so the when you think about the challenges faced by this district in that five-year period
in meeting the needs of these additional students year after year and it's it's also interesting
in regard to this high growth that in the last four years Katie has not been
first in the region in housing starts and yet it's been first in regard to
students each year so that's also fascinating it means that this is a very
family oriented district with a higher ratio of students per house and students
per apartment than the other school districts.
So keep that in mind that it's been second, third, and fourth in housing starts, whereas
it used to be first, but as it builds out, has fallen back, not in terms of demand, but
in terms of starts relative to other districts.
districts. So the annual growth rates have been somewhat consistent and of course there
were only perhaps two large districts that did not decline in enrollment last year and
Katy and Frisco were those two. So it showed an increase, small one, but an increase. And
the characteristics that are pulls to the district demographers talk about
pushes away from a district and pulls toward a district and one interesting
characteristic about Katy is that to be such a large district the fifth largest
in the in the state according to dr. Gorski it has a 34% free and reduced
lunch or in this case economically disadvantaged percent which is a low
percent for such a large district. As districts get larger, they become more diverse. So this
district has been very unique in that regard. Now in looking at the economy and what will
be happening in the next few years for Katy, we know that overall in the metro area, those
jobs lost have not been returned at the rate that would be desired with right now about
about 39% of those jobs not having been replaced or returned.
And at the same time, the mortgage rates and characteristics in terms of housing demand
have been very strong in Katy and in the metro area as a whole.
And then, of course, one of the challenges that remains is the energy jobs that were lost
and what kind of substitutes will occur.
Those jobs pay tremendous salaries,
and the jobs that are replacing those $80-an-hour jobs
are more service-oriented, paying less.
So it is a challenge for the region.
Now, housing trends are especially important
because we study on a block-by-block basis
what's happening with the developing subdivisions.
So we sometimes know better than do the developers of a big subdivision or master plan community.
How many homes are occupied?
How many are under construction?
How many developed lots are available and so forth.
But we do know that for the Houston area as a whole, that home closings really increased during the pandemic.
Of course, it's just been a fascinating phenomenon, but it's been important to look at what's
happened with Katy and it's had over a thousand starts, at least in the last quarter.
So that's a real increase relative to the year before.
And the large scale development of these master plan communities of a thousand acres or more
has to slow in Katy because of availability of these properties.
So we know that for Katy it's going to be more challenging to start new master plan communities
that will have such a massive impact.
There's still two or three that are in the wings that are plausibly to occur,
her, but it's a much more challenging undertaking, partially in the top part of the district
due to the five years or so that it may take to make sure that you have the Corps of Engineer
permits for outfall so that not a drop of water leaves that parcel.
And then even in the west, the brownfields where there's been industrial use and where
where there are active oil and gas pipelines, make it a challenge.
So what is easily developed has been developed.
Now, here are a list of the top subdivisions, at least in terms of the next 10 years,
and I'm sure you're familiar with those and realize that they each are having a big impact
with Sunterra directly west and the others here all to the north with the exception of Tamaron.
Now here again, geographically, you can see where these largest subdivisions are
and see how they are so oriented to the northwest.
west and then the apartments are interesting because there's been a lag in plans for new
apartments due to the pandemic but about nine complexes are still being occupied that are new
so they have anywhere from say 15 units occupied to 200 but they're still occupying these new
facilities and at the same time there are another seven or so that are are underway but not
completed so there's a still a process of building and the process takes about 36 months from
planning to getting financing until someone moves in the first unit and that process was affected
greatly by the pandemic. Now we do expect that by 2024 there will be anywhere from
1,100 to 1,800 units added in the district annually and so that does have
a big impact and right now if we count these newest apartments that in the last
few months are started to add students then about 12% of all the students are
are living in apartments.
So it's not 11, it's 12, counting these that are just
barely occupied.
They're not fully occupied.
And sometimes we separate those lists out.
And then interestingly, 27.5% of all future housing
will be multifamily units that we now are aware of.
And there can be many more because those are small entities on small parcels and they can be
developed rapidly over time and we're trying to look out to the future but past five years
It's very difficult to know except for reserves where all the apartments may be located and each one is
Georeferenced so that we're counting those students and we have to make sure there's a strong probability that they will occur
because we've referenced them not only to a geographic area but to schools.
So we would be planning for needed capacity for schools
when if the multifamily complex isn't built, we would be misleading the district.
We have 39,243 projected units at this time,
and so we know of course that single-family housing is the the primary
demand and need in the district and interestingly at this point 78% of all
the students live in not these single-family developments that are
underway are planned but in existing built-out subdivisions so 78% of all
All the students live in subdivisions that have been built out.
And one of the big issues in looking at our student population is every year,
what will happen in those built-out subdivisions?
Will the students age out and not be replaced by young families?
Will they be replaced by baby boomers or others that have the same age cohort
as those that are living in that older neighborhood?
or will they be replaced by younger families?
So right now, throughout the district, in aged single-family units, in brand-new ones,
those of diverse types, there are 0.72 students, less than one student per home that's occupied, 0.72.
And, of course, that's higher than most of the districts with which we work.
And then, but of course, you know, builders and developers always assume there should be two children per house.
It just never works that way.
And then multifamily .35, that's over a third of a student for every unit in these very costly apartments that we see in KDISD.
So really a big demand among families.
And we project for next year well over 90,000 students, almost 91,000 will be enrolled by the PEIM snapshot date.
And I guess it's safe enough, 979 safe enough to celebrate the 90,000th child next fall.
and then 104,000 in 2031 is the most likely or moderate growth scenario.
And what we show for the high growth is 110,000 and the low growth 101,000.
So I will turn now the program over to Chris Poole,
who's going to talk about long-range plans.
Good evening, everyone.
I know that there's an awful lot of information in those giant binders and reports that we
have for you guys, and so normally there's a slide here that talks about this, but what
we do with all of that data is we take the data, all of the economic situation, the housing,
the ratios of students per home, where those students are geocoded, how they're aging through
the district and we take that and create projections of geocoded students by
grade group for each year of the 10 years of the projection period by land
use zone and so the district I'm sure at this point you are well aware that we've
divided the district into what we call a new sentence they're small areas of the
district and they're sort of puzzle pieces and so we can use those for
planning we can put them in your current attendance zones and so that is our more
or less our organizational scheme that we've used throughout the report and so everything gets rolled
into that and so then that's where i pick up with the data and we start talking about what that
means for you all for when it comes to facilities and what you're going to be doing with those
students so we project based on the geocoded student population where we think those kids
are going to live now that doesn't mean that that's where they're going to go to school
and so what we're starting with here we're just going to look grade grade group by grade group
at the attendance zones your current kids that you've got and what we're going to do is is these
these maps and at the elementary level there's so many schools we've taken it by quadrant
of the district.
And so we've got capacity, we've got your current portable count, we've got your enrollment,
and then we've got projections here.
And so it's very important, I think, when you're trying to assess sort of the status
of the district to understand all of those pieces of data because you've also got bilingual
programs here.
The one the district the attendance zones that have little white stars, those are bilingual
programs and some of those bilingual programs are self-contained like sundown.
They have bilingual program for their own kids.
And so that doesn't change their enrollment versus their geocoded students all that much.
But when you look, say, at Bear Creek and Wolf, Wolf has an enrollment of about 400,
but a geocoded student population about 580.
And so they move their kids into Bear Creek.
And so you can see the difference there, too.
So those are different pieces that you have to look at to try to understand the situation
on the ground here.
And so when I look at the northeastern quadrant of the district, I am immediately drawn, say,
to Schmalz and to Galbo, we see growth in those that we're projecting, and we have been projecting
for a while, and we're looking at capacities that are smaller than that growth, and so that's
pressure. We need to figure out what to do with those. Schmalz with a capacity of 1,030 is going
to be getting an addition, and so that will help out a lot. We're showing 1,437 students that'll
be projected there by 2026, so that helps a lot, and they do have a lot of portable buildings on
the ground. Galbo is an older school. It has a little bit smaller capacity there at 867,
And so it's right at its capacity right now, and we're projecting growth to occur in the
future.
So we're going to have to look at maybe some zoning in the area.
The reason that the portable counts are on here is because there are some areas you might
think, you know, gosh, we've got space at Rhodes, for example, at 700 and some odd students,
with it built to be 1,000, but you've got an awful lot of portables that are being used
right now.
They're for various programs where there may only be two or three or four students in a
program in a classroom.
And so that impacts your capacity.
And so we just can't look at the enrollment and capacity and say, let's put some more
kids in there.
We have to look at the whole situation on the ground.
And so that's why the data is shown here, and I want to be sure and explain that here.
It won't take nearly as long on the next three slides.
So in the southeastern portion of the district, same sort of thing.
We've got similar sort of data.
And so we've got the three bilingual programs here.
We've got Memorial Parkway.
We've got Fielder, and we've got Williams having those bilingual students.
students. What I notice when I look on the southeastern section of the district is that
we do see a little pressure at Pattison. We do see a little pressure at West Memorial.
So in the situation of Pattison, it's got an enrollment right now of 1135, the capacity of
1051. That makes it hover right around 120 percent, sometimes a little over, sometimes a
little under throughout the projection period there. And 120 percent a lot of times is where
we see districts start saying, let's do something about this. But when you're looking at just the
the geocoded students, that's the situation, but they lose, I think it's 137, 138 students net out
of Patterson, so that takes the top off of the enrollment there. They transfer someplace else.
So then also West Memorial, you know, we can see lots and lots of growth, a capacity of 684 kids.
We're looking at enrollment right now over 800, 1100 in the future. We have some apartments and
things building in that area, but they are getting an addition, and they lose, they net out 374
students. So when you see some of these things and you raise a red flag, then you have to go back
and do a little more investigation. Memorial Parkway, for example, looks like it has a very
low geocoded student population, but they are adding 411 students into their four bilingual
program mainly. So in the southwestern portion of the district, we've talked for a long time about
how full the schools are, but we expect them to go up to level out and to eventually drop off a bit.
And so we've got a couple of bilingual programs here, and we've been talking about that potential impending drop-off coming.
And so there are a couple of attendance zones this year that we are seeing a really marked lower number of kindergarten students in those zones this year.
And so as we carry that forward, that's what we're talking about, that we're expecting to see those numbers flatten out a little bit.
So we are seeing some pressure at Campbell and some pressure at Woodcreek.
Campbell, for example, has, when we sort the ratios of students per home for the entire district,
the highest ones are right here in the southwest in Campbell and Randolph. And so that's why those
numbers are high. There's one subdivision in particular I think was a 2.08. And so we talk
about there are never two kids in a house in that particular one at this particular moment in time,
it's 2.08. So we don't, the district doesn't have any other place to build in this area. And so we,
you know, we're going to continue to watch it as we see some things drop off. We may have to do
some some movement moving around a little bit uh districts a lot of times when they i think they're
finished building schools they say yay no more zoning and that ends up not quite being the case
sometimes we got to do a little tweaks along the way to continue to use the facilities really well
then in the northwest of course this is the bright red everywhere all of the time and so this does
go ahead and show elementary 44 since we have the new zone for that we're currently with its
enrollment of zero but this is for the fall of 22 and 26. but macklewain of course is the big winner
We had somebody when we presented earlier today say, wow, with 3,488 kids projected there in 2026.
And that makes sense that it's the entire northern section of the KDISD.
Bethke and Leonard, we could also peel about 800 kids off of each one of those.
And so here in the next couple of years, McElwain needs pretty immediate relief.
Bethke and Leonard will need to pull some off there.
And the district has bond funds available for two more elementary schools after elementary 44.
for but you can see if you do the math that we're going to be needing additional facilities right on
on the heels of those two that you've got money available for so this is just a bit of a summary
red meaning hot blue meaning sort of flattened out maybe dropping off a little bit and it's just
sort of a visual representation in one little snapshot without having to think very hard about
what's going on here in the district this is added kids between 22 and 2031. so just as a summary
We're needing numerous additional schools later in the northwest and maybe a little
bit of tweaks in zoning.
You know, don't be surprised if we come to you at some point doing a little bit of zoning
here and there.
Relief for McIlwain and then bond funds available for two more elementaries after 44.
Then for the junior highs, just a little bit here.
Luckily everything fits on one map.
And so it's a similar sort of data here.
Most of the element of the junior highs have been built for about 1,400 students in the
recent time period.
And just as an easy thing to look at, more or less the eastern side of the district, everybody's sort of kind of near their capacity.
They're a little low and they grow a little or they're a little high and they drop off a little.
But there's not as much on the eastern side of the district that really raises the red flag.
We do have pressure at Adams with those high ratios.
We do have pressure at Wood Creek.
But you can see we are projecting as those younger cohorts that we think are there now start to age forward,
forward, maybe a little bit of decline in some of those other areas, and we can change
some things around if we have to.
The district has built a lot of junior highs here recently.
It seems like we've zoned for junior high a lot, and it's really helped out.
And so what we're looking at really is Haskett and Stockdick, and you can see needing 800
students' worth of capacity for Haskett, and 2,100, we need to peel off about 700 students
from Stockdick.
Put those together, and you've got a junior high's worth.
And so the district has bond funds for one junior high that would be right there in the
the north and would take both of those, would relieve both of those in the future.
So again, the colored map, it's very, very similar to the elementary zones.
We've, you know, summed it to the junior high.
We'll sum it to the high school here in just a minute.
And just as a summary, building in the northwest, watching the southwest, do we need to do some
things with it?
You know, seeing a few of those sort of decline here and there.
And then at the high school level, similar sort of thing.
I do want to point out that these are geocoded students.
We know we made that change between Pato and Morton Ranch.
And so this is just geocoded students.
It doesn't include the grandfathering.
So the Pato and Morton actual enrollment counts are going to be a little bit different, just
sort of a summary, because what we're really interested in is the 2026 figure here.
And so when I look at 2026, I see 3,000 kids more or less everywhere except Pato and Katie,
with 3,000 being the capacity of the facilities.
And so I think really kind of in good shape long term.
you know keep expecting things to ever flow a little bit and it really seems to be
following what we what we keep thinking is is going to happen except of course at payto
by 2026 we're looking at needing space for another 2200 kids and at katie maybe another thousand but
if you put those together you've got a 3 000 student high school and the district has that
availability in the tip top far north there's a tiny tiny little sliver of pink that you can see
where the new high school will be built that can relieve katie and payto
And so again, you know, red in the northwest, that lighter blue and so forth, or darker blue in the south, as we're expecting some of those to go ahead and flatten off.
And then our summary slide seems to be gone.
So do you all have any questions?
Board members, any questions?
Amazing set of data.
how you guys get all that down in so few slides.
We tried to drill it down to just a little bit.
But it's really so useful to be able to see it the way you guys present it.
So thank you very much.
Mr. President, I just have one tidbit question.
Dr. Guzman, when you said that we're .72 and .35,
is that pretty much where we've been all these years?
Or has it inched up a bit?
.72 per house and .35?
.83, I think.
We've got that historically, yeah.
I think I remember .82.
After we promised Dr. Merrill, it could not possibly go above .79.
Okay, but it kind of is where we've been.
Interestingly, the millennials this year, born in 1981 through 96, are 25 through 40,
and they've gotten very interested in buying homes.
Some of these homes do not have students in them yet but will have,
and so that's reduced the ratio a bit okay good it's so good to see you thank
you so much for being here dr. Guzman you know just known you for a very long
time it's good to see you thank you Chris thank you very much we'll move on
to agenda item 11.1 discuss and consider board approval of the design associated
with the comprehensive renovations in addition to Katy elementary school the
presenters tonight will be miss Lisa Kastman executive director of facilities
planning and construction and she's going to introduce I guess I'll let her
introduce the people that are going to be speaking tonight from the
architectural firm all right thank you good evening our president Schulte
trustees and dr. Gagorski I have four items for this evening the first is
consideration for the approval of the design associated with the renovations
at Katy Elementary with me this evening is principal Beth Grimmett Katie isd
project manager Ryan Wojtyla and representatives some Kirksey architects
and Satterfield and Ponticus Construction. I will ask Principal Grimmett to share some comments,
then I'll turn it over to Kirksey. Thank you. Good evening, Mr. President,
members of the board, and Dr. Gorgorski. I've had the privilege to work at Katy Elementary for 26
years as a teacher and an administrator, and it has become like a second home to myself and to
to our staff, and to many in our community.
We currently have students who are sixth generation descendants
of the students who attended the one room
schoolhouse on our property.
So what an honor it is to be here tonight to share a design.
We have been so fortunate, my leadership team,
to be involved with the district and the architect team
to create a design that we believe preserves the unique features of our
building including the bell that was on the two-story 1909 building while also
providing us the updates and the space as we just saw with the numbers that are
coming to take us into the future
Mr. President, trustees, Dr. Grogorski, we're excited today first for allowing us to talk
to you and also for allowing us to work on Katy Elementary School.
It has been a great experience for us and a very collaborative experience working with
the district as well as the principal and the entire staff at Katy Elementary and really
developing a school here that's, you know, for us, Katy Elementary has a long history
as you just heard, and the multiple generations that have studied here.
And so it has been very exciting for us to really look at this and
understand how do we learn from that history and
preserve those things that are important.
But at the same time, take it into the future and make it something that will be
viable and be an exceptional school in five, ten, 20, 25 years as we go forward.
And so that's been the challenge that we've worked with through this whole
process.
At the same time, this is one of those typical schools that's been added onto
to over time and so when you go out there today you can see that architecture's changed brick
colors change all of those things and so a part of our challenge too was to make it become a school
again that has a front door and it really works together as one piece and so you have a few images
up on the screen here of the existing school and one thing you'll notice is there's a lot of
beautiful trees on the site that we've really worked hard to maintain and in some cases hopefully
incorporate those better into the design and at the same time as you heard the
principal speak maintaining the Bell and bringing that back into the new design
is something that's special and beginning to kind of develop that and so
what you see on the screen here is the new site plan and so this is looking at
above the site I mean have George Bush Drive at the bottom Avenue a on the
right Avenue C on the left side there and so what what you'll see here is us
maintaining the kind of the main buildings at the bottom the building up
at the top left but one thing you'll notice is that there are no portable
buildings on this site right so these have now been incorporated into the
design and we're building a new addition which is kind of up in the northeast
corner there to house all those spaces that were in the in the in the portable
buildings as well as all those new spaces we need for a 21st century
education that happens along the way as you'll see we've you see all the
existing trees that have been maintained on the east side on the north along the street there
george bush we've added some additional parking along avenue c there on the on the left side as
well as new parking kind of up in the northeast corner and so if you're familiar with the site
currently on the east side of the gym is where there's a lot of mechanical systems all of that
supplies the building and so that all in this renovation will be moving to the east side of
the new addition which will allow people in the gym and the cafeteria to go out and visit
the trees and really incorporate that part of the site much more than currently happens
on the site.
This is the current floor plan and so you can see how this has evolved over time.
You have the 1965 part of the building that's kind of in the southwest corner here.
You have an 80s addition that was done on the right with the gym and the cafeteria.
And then in the 90s you have kind of the L-shaped building and then you have the little portables
that are further to the north.
We've worked really hard to go through this entire building and understand what's working,
what's not working, how do we modernize this to really do the things we need a school to
do today.
That includes replacing all the mechanical systems, electrical systems, all those things
throughout the building, removing walls, lots of different things as we go through that.
So here you can see that new plan that's developed.
You see the addition in the top right-hand corner.
This is a two-story addition.
So the rest of the school is one story, but that is a two-story addition happening there.
What you can see is kind of a lot of the spaces have been maintained in general areas.
We still have a brand new kitchen.
It's a brand new kitchen.
It's in the same area as the current kitchen.
The cafeteria has been expanded a little.
We have the gym, the main entry.
All the blue areas are classrooms, the light blue collaboration areas that move around
the space.
And so the entry for the modernized school will be in the same place that it is currently,
but it's been really updated to make it a safe entry, a welcoming entry, getting all
the relationships together between where the offices are, all the check-in areas that are
needed and make that to be much more functioning according to how schools operate today.
day. Collaboration spaces, as you know, are huge in current design and 21st century design. So,
you can see all the different highlighted areas on the screen there of where those
collaboration areas are. If you're familiar with the school, there's a
couple of open courtyard areas in the middle of the part of the building and
those have been enclosed but it becomes collaboration areas for the whole school
to use as you go through it. We have special programs that are spread kind of
throughout the campus, some in the different editions as well as in the new
building as we go through there, as well as different restroom facilities. This is
important so we've really worked and came to get those in relation to the gym,
the cafeteria and all the different classroom levels as we go through around
the building to get those functioning in the way that was most appropriate for
school the current library is staying basically in the same position that it
was in the building it's been enlarged some but it's we found that's position
to be great it's at the heart of the school it's at the entry it's kind of
reflective of how a library should really function today here's some quick
perspectives here this is looking at the entry library lobby so this is kind of
as you walked into the building close to library you turn around and the entry is kind of where
the glass is in the background there and so we have um acoustical kind of light fixtures hanging
in the ceiling this is a higher area we've raised the roof in this area to give us a little bit more
brightness in there a little more volume for entry looking at what kind of graphics could
happen there what type of furniture that would become a great student space in this lobby
This is zoomed in looking at the admin area and so this you can see where the
entries coming in we have the volunteer room we have the clinic up at the front
with the restrooms and then we have the offices associated with that as well as
the security vestibules for entering into the building to make sure you have
safe you know safety and security as you go through the building. This is taking a
little bit of an aerial looking at the campus and so this is the two
two collaboration areas that are in the building that was built in the 60s.
And so this is in the area where the two exterior courtyards used to exist.
And so we've enclosed those and kind of expanded that, opened up a couple of areas that used
to be classrooms to create these great learning environments for teachers to go with students
outside the classroom and learn together.
And this is a view of that, one of those areas.
And so you can see we've kind of taken where the old courtyard is and popped that roof
up and added some light some windows up there to bring natural light into the
middle of this building we all know that natural lighting is really important to
helping students learn and so this was a great way to bring natural light right
into the middle of the space but then they have flexible furniture working
areas and all of that in the middle of the school this is the area of the
library and so as I mentioned this is still or currently is right at the heart
of the school and the bottom right hand corner is the entry vestibule coming in
into that main library space and so this works out really well we have some glass
around it making it part of the area around in this is a quick shot looking
in that library and so we're standing looking back you can see the lobby in
the background through the glass the entry and then you start to see kind of
the flexible furniture the computers different things happening in the
ceiling to really make it become a motivating space for students in here
one thing that was really important when we when we visited the school the very
first time and from working with the school and hearing everybody was that
if there's an existing mural in the library that was really important it's a
library it's a train mural that's along the wall kind of as you notice that
they're in the top left-hand corner and so we are maintaining that those walls
are staying and that mural will be part of this that's one thing that we thought
was really important to the history of the school to really be able to carry
that into the future so we're replacing all the other walls around it doing lots
of new things but that part of the building will stay as is to maintain
that history and that story about Katie.
This is the proposed plan for the new addition and so this is looking at level
two and so this is all classrooms here with the so it's all students based
mostly fourth and fifth graders with the idea that as you move out here and you
get older you move up in the building and kind of above all the other grade
levels in the school. But on the corners is where we have the collaboration areas
And so this is where people can go out of the classrooms.
We pick the corners because they have a lot of natural light coming in.
One thing about building this addition is we've created a great courtyard between the
existing buildings and this new addition so that one classroom kind of in the south or
the collaboration area in the southwest corner really gets to look out over that courtyard
and be connected to it.
And the other one looks out toward the east and some trees that we're planting and all
of that on that side.
And then, you know, a big part of this was really looking at how do we really push not
only the interior of the school, but also the exterior.
How do we take that into the future, update it into a very future looking school, but
also unite the whole campus.
As I mentioned, there's a number of different architectures there from very modernist styles,
the flat roofs to the gable roofs that came in in the 1980s, different colors of bricks
and all of those.
And so we worked really hard to create one image that would be inviting and be exciting for Katy Elementary
And so this is kind of the current view as you know
And so this is a view looking at what it would be
as we move forward and so you can see that we've really kind of
Pulled some of those architectures together of the of the gable roofs of the gymnasium the flat roof
Of the existing buildings the the main entry is kind of right there to the left where the canopies are coming out
We have a monumental kind of tower that has the bell hanging in it that people can see from a distance.
And it really says, hey, this is Katie Elementary.
This is a symbol of our history.
The building now is looking to be a little bit different.
We have gray brick that's become brought into it with accents of wood that are happening around it to kind of look back at that past of the, you know, the small schoolhouse that was there and how does that go forward.
Accents of red to kind of highlight, hey, this is Katie Elementary.
entry not overly but really as you walk around the school you'll see those
highlights popping up as you go through but then also kind of continuing that
idea bring in natural light into it so you start to see some glass it's up
higher so that brings beautiful natural light into the dining area into the main
entry area all of that as we go through this is the corner of the campus so this
is kind of a George Bush and Avenue C and this was actually one of the
original entries when it was built in the 60s on this corner and so this one
we've been replacing all the brick we're doing lots of different work in this area on the skin
but this is what the new school would look like from this corner here and so you can see
we have the new entry down up on the far right hand side of the page we've brought it out we've
had we've been large windows bringing them down to bring more natural light in views to the exterior
but really created kind of a nice um consistent campus going around those beautiful amazing trees
on the corner have been maintained they're there for to kind of continue living in that area
but really creating a unified school happening
this is our schedule and so we are right in the middle of that schedule there on november 15th but
the schedule all leads for us to complete construction in august of 2023 if all goes as
planned with that I will say open up for any questions you may have or anything
that you'd like to discuss any questions board members amazing design looks
really good mr. president yes I'm sure you have a plan for where to put kids
and how to move them all around and and this is Grimm it will help you with all
of that as the construction happens you know that's never easy but it's worth the end result
how will you work around those giant trees because they're such a if you're working on the front of
that building there just have a good plan we have been working all through the phasing and working
with our contractor to really plan out how to preserve all those trees and really go through
safety of the students as construction is happening all of that if i may there were some
non-negotiables and and those trees were or top on the list right there with the
bell they were one in 1a and 1 1 B and the mural in the line in the mural in
the line people in cars I love that
I'll entertain a motion there's no more questions mr. president yes I move board
board of trustees approves the design associated with the comprehensive renovations in addition
to kd elementary school as depicted in the design presentation prepared by kirksey architecture
dated november 15 2021 second i have a motion by miss vann second but mrs fox will now proceed to
vote all those in favor raise your right hand and say aye aye motion passes 7-0 congratulations
Congratulations. Exciting.
We'll now proceed to agenda item 11.2, discuss and consider board approval of the design associated with the renovations to the Middle Career and Technology Center.
To present her again is Mrs. Lisa Kassman, Executive Director of Planning Construction.
Thank you.
Last month we provided you with a design update, and we're pleased to make this design development presentation this evening.
With me this evening is Principal Kelly Carrillo, KDISD Project Manager Trey Barnett, and representatives from Stantec Architects.
I'll ask Principal Carrillo to share some comments and then turn it over to Stantec.
Good evening. I'm going to keep it short and sweet since I had the honor of presenting last board meeting to you about the renovations that you're going to see in the designs.
It's been a really great process for my staff and I to work with the architects and the department on each of these renovations.
I think what you're going to see is kind of what we talked about last board meeting, is providing really a better instructional experience for our students in each of these spaces.
Thank you very much.
Good evening, Dr. Grigorski, board president and respected board members.
I'm grateful to be here today to formally present the renovations to Miller Career Technology Center.
and I would like to acknowledge, just use this one,
I would like to acknowledge the whole design team,
the Miller Carrier Technology Center team,
the CTE Center leadership, and everybody at the facilities
and construction to make this happen.
It's a simple project but complicated in terms of
how we renovate the existing spaces to expand
their current programs.
The renovation includes culinary, wet med, cosmetology, construction trade, health science, EMT, and dental.
And the scope also includes minor access control revisions throughout the building.
Last month, KDISD accepted Brookstone Construction as their CM at risk for the project.
In terms of schedule, we are looking at construction document phase right now to get them done by end of January and have a GMP presentation to the board in March of next year.
Quickly going over the program, we are looking at approximately 18,000 square feet of renovations, first and second floor.
Majority of that is in the culinary, wet mud, and health science areas.
We all know the context, it's right across in the complex where we are working on the
Reigns Academy across the street and by the Rhodes Stadium.
First floor plan shows the renovations that include on the first floor we have culinary,
cosmetology, construction, trade and wet med on the first floor.
And on the second floor health science, EMT and a minor renovation in the dental lab.
going into the bistro culinary renovations.
This plan shows the existing space where we are looking at renovating,
converting two classrooms each into two larger culinary teaching labs
and renovating upgrades to the kitchen and the bistro areas.
Here's the updated floor plan that shows the two teaching labs,
each having six stations and the updated equipment in the main kitchen
and the updated kind of finishes in the bistro area.
Here is just another like an enlarged plan showing the layout of the culinary lab.
Here is a view of the proposed lab.
And here's another view of the renovations to the bistro area to kind of freshen the space up.
Wet mit on the first floor, similar scope.
We did the renovation to the labs in the last bond,
and this bond we are looking at converting two classrooms, existing classrooms to a second lab.
Here is the proposed layout with the larger lab with the folding panel partition in between for flexible seating arrangements.
And we are also adding a new kennel for expanded needs for the school program.
Here's a view of the new wet-med area.
area.
Construction trades and labs, we are working closely with Brookstone Construction to convert
the existing space that the KD Flex is currently housed out of and converting the space to
be more flexible, more open to serve mechanical plumbing and electrical as it relates to construction
program.
Here's what Kelly went over last time on the their curriculum requirements for this train.
In cosmeticology, it's a very minor scope. We are working on adding a reception for direct access from outside for customers.
And the scope is to add two more cosmeticology booths to allow for their expanded growth in that program.
Here is the updated view, a reception with an exterior controlled access from the outside,
and two booths on the south side.
And we are actually currently working with the teachers right now to find maybe other
ways to maybe get what they want and be more efficient with the layout.
Second floor, Health Science Lab.
With the expanded growth, these two spaces that we worked on in the last bond now convert
work together to become one big health science space and the EMT moves out. We
are adding two phlebotomy stations and two exam tables in this space to make it
more flexible and open and we did decide to leave the door in so that they can
use both spaces simultaneously if they needed. Here's a view of the updated
expanded health science lab and across the hallway we are converting to four
four existing classrooms into the EMT.
So the EMT programs move over.
The two central classrooms combine to become the EMT lab
with access to the two classrooms across either side.
Here's the updated layout.
We are adding some casework and storage for the EMT
and the ambulance from, the mock ambulance
from the existing space moves over to this location.
Here's another view of the EMT.
and then in the dental station in the last bond program we had already worked on providing
rough-ins and everything for future growth which is now upon so we are adding a dental
station and some casework associated with that fourth dental station in the dental program
and that's it any questions thank you very much any questions board members
Mr. President? Yes. I have one question. On the nurses, I mean, I'm sorry, on the cosmetology
area where they have access from the outside, will they be raptured? Yes. Okay. So it will be the
same system we used when we did the outside access at the wet meds. So there, they have a security
radio buzzing system so they have they call in and then you get buzzed it allowed in after hours
okay thank you any other questions I'll entertain a motion Mr president yes I move that the board
of Trustees approved the design associated with the renovations to Miller Career and Technology
Center as depicted in the design presentation prepared by staying Tech architecture dated
at november 15 2021. okay i have a motion by mrs fox second by mrs wilson will now proceed to vote
all those in favor raise your right hand and say aye aye congratulations thank you
agenda item 11.3 discuss and consider board approval of an amendment one to the brookstone
lp contract related to renovations at rear i'm sorry miller career technology center yeah due
Due to the current material delays, kitchen equipment is taking at least seven months right now.
So by giving them this First Amendment, it will allow them to order that equipment
and provide for any mechanical, electrical, and plumbing infrastructure items.
Thank you. Any questions?
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move that the Board of Trustees approve Amendment 1 to the Brookstone LP contract
related to the renovations at Miller-Coran Technology Center
for the guaranteed maximum price of $1,250,000
and approves the total project cost of $1,500,000.
So I have a motion by Mrs. Fox, a second by Mr. Keller.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
The motion carries 7-0.
Agenda item 11.4, discuss and consider board approval of the conveyance of a right-of-way deed
to Fort Bend County associated with Seven Lakes High School.
So Fort Bend County will be constructing a right-hand turn lane onto Katie Gaston Road
from southbound Fry in front of Seven Lakes High School.
We're giving them the right-of-way to do this road.
They're going to pick up all costs,
and we're going to be working with the county to coordinate that construction.
Thank you. Any questions?
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the conveyance of a right-of-way deed
to Fort Bend County associated with Seven Lakes High School.
We have a motion by Mr. Redman, a second by Mrs. Vann.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
aye motion carry 7-0 thank you thank you agenda item 11.5 discuss and consider board approval of
the september 2021 financial reports the presenters miss anne feitinger executive
director of finance good evening
Good evening, President Schulte, Dr. Pogorski, and Board.
Item 11.5 is to consider approval of the District's September 21 financial statements.
The four reports include our financial statements, which are presented in two parts,
with revenues and expenditures for our budgeted funds, our general fund, our debt service fund, and our food service fund.
Expenditures are further broken down by function and high level object for the first month of operations for the 2021 fiscal year.
September being our first month represents just over 8% of our way through the year and you will see most of the costs are indicating that we are running at or below that percent of budget.
You'll also notice that this report is indicating negative local revenue in the general and debt service funds for this month.
This is due to payments of tax refunds based on protests and lawsuits.
lawsuits.
Starting last fall, we saw that due to many hearings being held virtually, the hearing
process is taking longer and we're seeing these refunds recorded in September and October.
In November, we should see statements being issued for the 21-22 year and current tax
revenues will begin to come in.
The construction report is our second report and presents project costs through September
for projects funded with the 21, 17, and 14 authorizations,
also our E-rate funding and our TERS funds.
The tax report summarizes property tax revenues,
and you'll see that large refund that I was talking about.
You'll see those refunds indicated on there.
And finally, our check register shows all of the vendor payments made for the month of September.
Thank you very much.
Any questions?
Mr. President?
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the District's September 2021 financial statements.
Second.
We have a motion by Mr. Redmond and second by Mrs. Vann.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
Motion carries 7-0.
Good timing, Rebecca.
We'll now proceed to Agenda Item 11.6,
Discuss and Consider Board Approval of the Annual Review of Investment Policies and Strategies.
The presenter is Ms. Sherry Butterfield, Director of Budget and Treasury.
Good evening.
Good evening, President Schulte, Trustees, Dr. Grigorski.
This is an annual requirement that we have to review the strategies and policies within CDA Local.
So tonight I'm speaking on behalf of the three investment officers,
so that's Chris Smith, CFO, and Ann Feitinger, Executive Director of Financial Services,
and myself, and we have two broad objectives to accomplish to meet the requirements of the Public Fund Investment Act.
The first is that we review the investment strategies by fund type,
and the second is that we approve brokers, investment pools, and training resources.
sources. So although CDA legal describes all PFA, PFIA authorized investments, our CDA local
refines that list to include U.S. government agency bills, notes and bonds, CDs, repurchase
agreements, commercial paper, and no-load money market mutual funds, as well as investment pools.
You receive a quarterly report every quarter detailing the investments in the portfolio,
and these reports meet all requirements as directed by CDA local policy.
Our policies and strategies by fund types may seem very similar.
They are all consistent with prudent, non-speculative investments and focus on safety, preservation of principal and liquidity.
The four fund types for investments are GOF, obviously, special revenue or agency funds, debt service funds, and capital project funds.
And all four of these have a three-year maximum not to exceed maturity.
However, we must plan for sufficient liquidity within each fund group to meet annual cash flows.
And for the general operating fund, that cash flow requirement is extended to 24 months.
So it's the nature of the difference of cash flows between the various funds that kind of makes a nuanced difference between the four types.
The general operating fund, preservation of safety and principal and liquidity for the 24-month cash flow, not to exceed three years in maturity.
This focus provides enough liquidity for things like our weekly check runs to our vendors and, of course, our employee payrolls.
Agency funds, special revenue funds also have maturity sufficient to meet anticipated cash flows more on an annualized basis.
But debt service, sufficient investment liquidity to meet our debt service payments is a little bit different because we have a larger debt service requirement in February than we do in August.
And bonds are typically paid or serviced with debt service payments in February and in August.
That, just to show you the difference between the two, is about an $80 million payment in February and about a $40 million payment in August.
So we want to make sure that we have cash sufficient to meet those debt obligations.
And then the fourth fund is capital projects.
Sufficient investment liquidity to meet capital project obligations.
So think about cash flows related to construction.
So if we're opening a new facility, you might have a lot of cash need up front, and it progresses as vendors are paid.
So moving on to slide four, there's only two minor wording changes recommended to investment strategies, and these are not changing the nature of these strategies.
They're just making the terminology simple and more in line with PFIA.
The second objective tonight, then, is for you to review the list of brokers.
There's 11 presented here.
This is sufficient to meet our investment needs.
Brokers receive our CDA local and they certify that they've read it, they understand it.
We pull central registration depository reports on each of these brokers to make sure they're in good standing with the financial industry regulation authority.
And we receive good market information from all of these.
There are four local government investment pools, and you see them listed.
And then there are 11 recommended sources for training.
This is also a PFIA requirement that investment officers receive eight hours of current investment training every two years.
And so this provides a sufficient amount of resources for us to meet that required training.
Your final slide is just a simple summary of the quarterly reports that have been presented over the year.
And that review meets the requirements of PFIA, and I'm happy to answer any questions if you have such.
Thank you, Ms. Butterfield.
Any other questions from the board members?
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move the Board of Trustees approves the district's investment policies and strategies.
Second.
Second, we have a motion by Mrs.
Mann, a second by Mr.
Redmond will now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
The motion carries seven zero.
We'll now proceed to agenda item 11.7.
Discuss and consider board approval of the November 2021 budget amendments.
Okay.
Thank you.
The general operating fund has a large amendment tonight.
So we are amending the budget for the additional 1% lump sum.
and we have another amendment for $130,000 that's going to provide for some additional teacher recruiting efforts.
The remainder of the general operating fund expenditure amendments are direct offsets of existing budget between different functions.
So approval of these GOF amendments will result in a $6,361,777 decrease to the general operating funds fund balance.
And likewise, the food service fund is amended for that 1% lump sum.
Approval of that amendment will result in a $141,057 decrease to the food service fund balance.
Thank you. Any questions? Mr. President? Yes. I move the Board of Trustees approve the District's November 2021 budget amendments.
Second. Motion by Mrs. Vance, second by Mr. Redmond. We'll now proceed to vote. All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye. Aye.
Aye.
Motion carries 7-0.
Thank you.
Agenda item 11.8, discuss and consider board adoption of a resolution to cast KDICD Independent School District votes for the Fort Bend Central Appraisal District Board of Directors.
Mr. Chris Smith, Chief Financial Officer.
Good evening.
Good evening, Mr. Schulte and Superintendent Grigorski and trustees.
You have an item 11.1 before you, the resolution for the Fort Bend County Appraisal District.
Based on the size of our levy, we have 560 votes to cast in any combination for those
five folks running for only five positions.
So all of these folks are going to get elected to the Appraisal District Board and you are
are asked to submit a vote on behalf of KISD.
Thank you.
Any questions?
If not, I'll entertain a motion.
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move that the Board of Trustees adopts the resolution casting the districts
allotted votes for the fort bend central appraisal districts board of directors as follows 280 votes
for paul stomatis and 280 votes for darren flint second second oh miss melchior miss wilson thank
you we have a motion by mr redmond second by ms wilson we'll now proceed to vote all those in
favor raise your right hand and say aye aye motion carries 7-0 11.9 discuss to consider board adoption
Adoption of a resolution to cast Katie independent school district votes for Waller County appraisal district board of directors.
Okay, just like
Fort Bend County, we are allotted a certain number of votes based on the size of our levy and we
As Katie ISD we get 925 votes out of 5,000 votes
There are five candidates and again all five candidates will be presumably
elected to the board of effective January 1, 2022
Thank you any questions, Mr. President. Yes
I move the Board of Trustees adopts a resolution to cast Katy Independent School District's votes for Waller County Appraisal District Board of Directors as follows.
185 votes for Paulette Barnett.
185 votes for Jamie Davis.
185 votes for William Parks.
185 votes for Royce Rape.
And 185 votes for Rick Welch.
Second.
We have a motion by Mrs. Vann, a second by Mr. Redman.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
Motion carries 7-0. Okay and finally Harris County is a little different and
we only get one to cast one vote. All school districts within Harris County
are able to submit one vote for for a candidate. There is only one candidate on
the ballot that represents schools that you have in front of you. Thank you. I'll
entertain a motion. Mr. President I move that the Board of Trustees adopts the
resolution casting the district's allotted vote for the harris county appraisal districts board
of directors from martina lamon dixon again we have a motion by mr redmond second by mrs van
we'll now proceed to vote all those in favor raise your right hand say aye aye the motion carries 7-0
we'll now proceed to agenda item 11-11 discuss and consider board approval of the annual course
editions presenter is dr sine bell executive director of secondary teaching and learning
Good evening. Good evening President Schulte, Dr. Gregorski, and board members.
I am here this evening to present new courses for the 2022-2023 school year.
Each year the Division of Teaching and Learning facilitates the process of
course review including soliciting input from central and campus staff regarding
course additions and deletions for the following school year. As requests are
received the division assesses each request considering the following
criteria. Content of the course, availability of the curriculum, highly
qualified staff, student interest, alignment to the TEKS, technology and
facility needs, impact on other programs, sustainability of the course over time,
and relevance to the district strategic plan. We also continue to take into
consideration the state's expectations on the development of programs of study
for our career and technical education courses. Teachers and administrators have
have the opportunity to recommend new courses for review.
In addition to gathering input from campus staff on course
additions and deletions, input from district-level staff who
also support the implementation of courses
was also taken into consideration
before finalizing this recommendation.
Based on input from multiple stakeholders,
the administration is recommending 24 new courses,
seven secondary curriculum and instruction courses,
eight dual credit courses, and nine career and technical
technical education courses. The complete list of proposed courses is included in your board packet.
The first course included on the secondary CNI list is AP Comparative Government and Politics.
This elective course is available to students in grades 11 and 12. As with all AP courses, students will have the opportunity to take the AP Government and Comparative Government and
and politics exam during the spring 2023 semester.
The next six secondary CNI courses are new courses
required by the state to replace the current
high school physical education courses.
These courses will address the new physical education TEKS
that have been adopted by the state.
Nine career and technical education courses are being added
to increase the number of course offerings
to provide students more opportunity
to engage in additional programs of study.
study. Three of the nine courses being recommended support the new construction trades program
that's going to be offered at Miller. There are also eight dual credit courses that are
being recommended for approval. HCC conducted a curriculum crosswalk for all proposed courses
to ensure that the dual credit curriculum will cover all of the TEKS students are expected
to master. The expansion of dual credit courses is in alignment with our district strategic
strategic plan and also adds additional opportunities for students to become college, career, and
military ready before graduating high school.
So as you can see, we're adding a number of new and exciting courses for our students.
These new courses will provide our students with a number of post-secondary opportunities,
choices, and pathways to help prepare them for life after high school.
I'll be happy to respond to any questions that you have.
Thank you.
Any questions, board members?
Mr. President, Dr. Bell, I have some questions.
about the lifetime recreation, outdoor pursuits, and those.
So will the students be able to choose which one of those?
Because it looks like there's three different choices.
Yes, so there are three courses.
There are three different courses, six total, boys
and then girls.
This is just currently going to take place
of what we currently offer for physical education
because there are new TEKS that have been designed by the state.
So just as with all courses, students
get to choose the course that they want to take.
Okay, and it's still just going to be the one year requirement?
Yes.
Okay.
And then also down in the, oh, where did I see it, the dual credit, what is the instructional
practices?
That is part of our CTE program and it's for students who are interested in the teaching
field.
Okay.
And so we currently have that as just a regular course.
This dual credit course obviously gives students more exposure and more opportunity to earn
some college course, college credit while they're in high school.
Well, I really love to see that, but I'm just was curious. I see it's a dual credit, but why was it in this category rather than the career and technical? I guess that doesn't really matter.
Well, dual credit also has, they have CTE dual credit courses, so it's just listed as all the dual credit courses together because they stand separate and apart from our regular courses that we offer students.
I'm really excited about all the new classes.
It's very exciting.
Mr. President.
Yes.
Question back to the CTE. You had mentioned that some of these new courses being added are in
alignment with what's happening at Miller. Are these prerequisites to go to Miller or courses
at Miller or a little bit of both? It's a little bit of both. Some of the courses are also offered
at home campus as well. Not all of them are offered at Miller. There are some that are rounding out
programs of study that we already have at Miller. And so in order for students to become completers,
they have to take more than three courses in our CTE program.
So we currently offer 14 clusters and 29 programs of study,
but those are not fully rounded out and complete.
So each year we try to look to see what innovative courses TEA has put forth,
and we continue to add our program of studies,
add courses to our program of studies,
so that we're giving students more opportunities.
Thank you so much, Dr. Bell.
Any other questions?
Mr. President?
Yes.
Hi, Dr. Bell.
Thank you so much.
So do these courses align in that?
It's not called a pathway. What's it called?
Program of study. Is it called program of study? That's the way it's called. Okay, and are there still like four or five of those?
So there are 16 so you're you're referring to when it used to be pathways in CTE. So now we have programs of study. We have 14
clusters and then we have 29 programs of studies that fit into those 14 clusters.
I love that. That means lots of opportunities for students. So I love course selection night,
so give me just a minute. So do we have minimum student requirements for these classes to make?
Yes, just as with all courses, you have to have a number of students in order for it to make on
a campus. And that is, every campus is different and has different unique needs. And so depending
on the number of students who select the courses will determine if that course makes.
Okay. I love an opportunity for students, but it's not fair if someone classes eight or ten students and some have 35 and 40. Right. So you have a minimum standard set at campuses based on their desire. I like that.
How will the staff shortage impact the availability to have educators for these?
So that's one of the considerations that we take into account when we're offering new courses, which is why we include multiple stakeholders when having these conversations.
Most of these courses can be taught by our current staff, with the exception of, obviously, we're offering the new construction trades program that's going to require a unit to come and teach that particular course.
Our dual credit courses, we are able to utilize dual credit teachers from HTC if we do not have our own KDISD embedded teachers.
That is an activity that we are working on through some ESSER funding to increase our job embedded KDISD teachers.
So we do take into account the staffing piece because it's great to have wonderful courses, but if we don't have teachers to teach them, then it's all for naught.
You answered one of my questions there. So can we talk about Unity Game development? What is that?
So Unity Game is the program and it is a 2D, 3D dimensional game design where students can,
it's a big, it's huge. They love that. They love the gaming. And so this is where they're creating
and collaborating using the Unity Game profile or platform for the development.
I don't really know what that is, but I know the direction that you mean.
So thank you.
Of course, I'm going to be redundant here, which will make some people crazy, but I can't
stop saying how much I love the principles of construction, construction trades, all
of those things.
So excited.
My last thing, Mr. President, is what lifetime recreation, lifetime fitness, skills-based
lifetime activities, can you help me?
That's replacing health?
Is that what you said, or PE?
The current PE courses that we have.
So there are new TEKS, new physical education TEKS, along with some new health TEKS.
There hasn't been really an update to those things for quite some time.
And so with the new TEKS, they are now abandoning the courses that we currently have, and we
now have these new courses that the state is requiring.
So this is just a replacement and a different way of delivering what we all know to be physical
education with the emphasis on the things that are outlined in those
particular course more lifetime wellness as opposed to whole group gains and
things of that nature so the the redesign of the course and the teaks
cause for us to add these new courses in replacement of the ones that we
currently offer okay one last follow-up I hesitate to go here but let me just
make sure when we're talking through the health kinds of things does that come
with it with an instruction book that has the new sex ed or human sexuality
curriculum is that coming down from the state to us or is that not so we do have
our parents know about we have our shack committee and we will be I think HC is
is going to present a resolution today.
And part of that is ensuring that we have input
from our community about the instructional materials
that we're using for our health courses.
Thank you very much.
Any other questions?
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move that the Board of Trustees
approves the course additions.
Second.
I have a motion by Mrs. Fox, a second by Mr. Redmond.
We'll now proceed to vote.
although raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. Did I say something wrong? Oh sorry Duke.
Okay I'll get you next time. Sorry about that. We'll now proceed to agenda item 1112 discuss and
consider board approval of the 2022-2023 honors KD advanced program CAP courses identified as
exempt from no pass no play. Me again. So each year the committee also reviews honors courses
IN THE CORE SUBJECT AREAS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS,
MATHEMATICS, SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, AND LANGUAGES
OTHER THAN ENGLISH FOR THE PURPOSE OF
EXTRACURRICULAR ELIGIBILITY.
HONORS COURSES THAT ARE AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDED,
EXEMPT, INCLUDE OUR COLLEGE BOARD ADVANCED PLACEMENT
COURSES, DUAL CREDIT COURSES, AND PRE-CALCULUS.
IN ADDITION TO THE EXEMPT COURSES ALREADY MENTIONED,
DISTRICTS MAY IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL COURSES IN THE
the core areas and in the languages of other than English.
A committee of high school principals, counselors, directors, and curriculum coordinators reviewed
the current list of No Pass, No Play.
And then based on this committee discussion and further review, the No Pass, No Play courses
being recommended tonight include all CAP core courses and also in our courses that
are languages other than English.
unless there are any additional core cap or low courses added to the course
catalog in the future this list will remain the same and will not be
presented annually unless there are new cap courses in the core areas added the
no class no play honors course for the upcoming school year are listed in your
board packet and are being submitted for your approval I'll be happy to answer
any questions. Thank you. Any questions? Mr. President? Yes. I have a question about this.
So is this the complete list of the no pass, no play? Yes. So it includes all of our college
board courses, AP courses, and dual credit courses and pre-calculus. The list that you see in front
of you are all of our CAP courses that fall into the core areas or the languages other than English.
So this isn't the total inclusive list or it is the total inclusive list?
The list that you see, the chart, those are our CAP courses.
I did not list out all of our college AP courses, our dual credit courses because it's all inclusive,
but I did lift out our current CAP core courses for approval because that is where the district
is allowed to identify additional courses.
All right, thank you.
Any questions?
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move the Board of Trustees approve the 2022-2023 Honors CAP forces identified as exempt from no pass, no play.
I have a motion by Mrs. Vann, a second by Mr. Keller.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
The motion carries 7-0.
Thank you very much.
Agenda item 1113, discuss and consider the Board of Trustees adopting a resolution regarding
the District School Health Advisory Council to recommend curriculum materials for human
sexuality instruction as required by House Bill 1525.
The presenter is Ms. H. C. Grimmett, Curriculum Coordinator, Health and Physical Education.
Mr. President, Superintendent Gagorski, members of the board, as a requirement of the 87th
legislative session. House Bill 1525 requires school boards to approve a
resolution convening the local school health advisory council otherwise known
as SHAC for the purpose of making recommendations regarding curriculum
materials. You have that resolution in front of you and I'm here to answer any
Any questions you might have?
Any questions, board members?
Mr. President, Mr. Grimmett, talk to us about what the curriculum is.
How is it, like, I know the big hot topic is sex ed, human sexuality, those kinds of things.
Is the curriculum changing a great deal, or is this the opportunity for parents to know what their parents want?
We have always followed the TEKS of what the state recommends, and we're going to continue to do so.
And this is just an opportunity for us to go through what we call a new Proposition 2022,
basically where we get to choose a new curriculum textbook.
And so we are currently reviewing that.
that and like Dr. Bell said, we have not had new TEKS and have not had new textbooks for,
like TEKS it's been 24 years and textbooks it's been, you know, roughly about 20 years. So this
is our opportunity to go through and review and we use the School Health Advisory Council
as our gauge of what the community values and what they deem appropriate for KDISD.
Okay, so you will hold two public meetings on curriculum materials.
So this is the opportunity for parents to come and give their input on what things that we are considering adopting.
Yes, ma'am.
Thank you.
Thank you. Any other questions?
I'll entertain a motion.
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move that the Board of Trustees adopts a resolution regarding the district school health Advisory Council
Shack to recommend curriculum materials for human sexuality instruction as required by House bill 1525
And a motion by mr. Redmond a second by mrs. Van
You have to read this resolution into the record before we booked all the things that say whereas and be it resolved
I have to be read into the record. I believe that's true
So that's a fallacy that at some point in time we a long-standing practice that we have but resolutions
They're posted to the board agenda do not have to be read into the record
But they can be so that our parents so that our public knows what we're voting on
For transparency sake certainly that's a book that's the board's option if they if they want to read it in or they could direct people
to the website
Yeah, I said we just direct people to the website that okay with everybody
Anybody?
No.
But.
No, no.
Okay, I guess we'll read the resolution then.
Oh, that's okay.
Okay.
Whereas section, I'll go ahead and read it.
I think we'll address this going forward.
If not, we need to do this or not.
Whereas section 28004E1-1 of the Texas Education Code
requires the Board of Trustees to adopt resolution
convening the local school health advisory council,
SHAC, for the purpose of making recommendations
regarding curriculum materials
for the school district human sexuality instruction.
Therefore, it be resolved that the Board of Trustees
of Katy Independent School District hereby cause
for the convening of the district's act
to one, hold at least two public meetings
on the curriculum materials before adopting recommendations
to present to the board, recommend the curriculum materials
that comply with instructional content requirement in law
or suitable for the subject and grade level
for which the materials are intended
and are reviewed by academic experts in the subject
and grade level for which the materials are intended,
and three, present Shaq's recommendation to the board at a public meeting by May 2022.
Signed and sealed this 15th day of November 2021 by the president of the Board of Trustees
and the secretary of the Board of Trustees.
Any other questions?
Thank you, Mr. President.
You're welcome.
I think now I can entertain a motion.
I did.
You have the motion.
I got a motion.
Yeah, I got a motion by Mr. Redman and a second by Mrs. Vann.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
aye the motion carries 7-0 11-14 discuss and consider board authorization for the superintendent
to form a committee for the purpose of proposing a name for elementary school number 40 number 44
per board policy cw local the presenter is mr ken gregorski dr gorski thank you greg so uh as you
all aware we we've done the attendance boundary for elementary 44 you saw some maps today from
from PASA, which showed that construction is going along
and we anticipate that building being open next August
on time and on schedule.
So now as part of our process where we go ahead
and if the board recommends that we start putting forward
the committee, then we would do so.
And we have a timeline for that,
so if the board would authorize me to go do so,
we'll follow our standard practice
of putting together the committee.
I think, Mr. Shelton, you've already given us
couple of names from the board of trustees who would serve on that that's correct i think miss
wilson and mr keller mr keller and mrs wilson would serve on that committee and we'll just
move forward thank you any questions if not i'll entertain a motion mr president i move that the
board of trustees authorizes the superintendent to form a committee for the purpose of proposing
a name for elementary school number 44 per board policy CW local I have a
motion by mr. Redmond the second by mrs. Fox will now proceed to vote all those
in favor raise your right hand and say aye aye the motion carries 7-0 now
proceed to agenda item 12 discuss and consider board adoption of policy update
118 miss sherry Ash Warren Sharrs and discipline administrator good evening
Good evening, President Schulte, Dr. Gorgorski, members of the board.
Update 118 includes changes from the 87th legislative session.
We should be looking in mid-2022 for those changes from the second called session, but today we're here for the ones that were completed initially.
We have seven additional local changes recommended by administration.
And as a reminder, board policy BF requires that you have the first reading today before we ask for your vote at the next board meeting in December.
Any questions?
Okay.
We'll now proceed to agenda item.
Thank you.
Agenda item 13.1, the board was provided a copy of the donated items to KDISD.
Agenda item 13.2, recap of board members' requests for information.
Ms. Champagne, do we have any today?
Yes, I have a few.
Ms. Fox wanted the ESSER funds presentation to be published, and she asked for, could
we have the feedback given to the board members from the survey?
And also, you just addressed maybe, you know, how you're going to handle the reading of
the declarations.
Yes, going forward.
And that's all I have.
Thank you.
you if I might mr. Schulte just so I'm clarified on the reading the resolution
what exactly would the board like me to do with that I think it's we just need
to line on if we don't have to do it I guess I make I think I'm gonna make a
decision on whether or not we do it going forward or not I think that's all
it is if it's not required which is to confirm it's not required then make a
decision yes I can have mr. Graham provide a legal update to the board on
that okay thank you um agenda item 14.1 the next regular board meeting will be held monday december
13 2021 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 551071 and 551129
Thank you.
The board will now reconvene in open meeting.
Today is Monday, November 15, 2021, and the time is 9.11 p.m.
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 open meeting.
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move that the Board of Trustees engage Underwood Law Firm as special counsel for the purposes discussed in closed session.
Second.
Second.
We have a motion by Mr. Redman, a second by Mr. Schulte.
We'll now proceed to vote.
Are there any questions?
I'm sorry, any questions?
Any discussion?
Okay, so I would just like to say what could possibly be the end result to an investigation
if it doesn't lead to any changes, then the expense of it is coming from the taxpayer's money.
and I just wanted to to say that the girl probably next to this thank you any
other questions mr. president I'm never one to like to do legal things and spend
money meant for children on legal things the other thing is I'm not prepared to
make a decision I need more time to consider the information given to me I
made a decision a few years ago with information given to me in an hour 45
45 minutes later, I'm asked to make a decision, and I am.
So my decision, my vote will reflect the fact that I'm not ready to make a positive decision.
Thank you.
Any other questions?
Okay, we have a motion by Mr. Redman, a second by Mr. Schulte.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
Aye.
That's one, two, three, four, five.
All those opposed?
No.
Okay.
The motion carries five to two.
There being no further business before the board, this meeting is adjourned.
The time is 9.13 p.m.
Official documents
Motions and votes
Recorded actions
MOTION 001 · AGENDA 8.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Termination of the Post-Closing Agreement and Release of Memoranda associated with the three Ventana Lakes school sites.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 002 · AGENDA 8.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves Amendment One with Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 465 for water and sanitary sewer service associated with a future school site as described in the attached document.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 003 · AGENDA 8.3
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in October 2021.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 004 · AGENDA 11.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the design associated with the comprehensive renovations and addition to Katy Elementary School as depicted in the design presentation prepared by Kirksey Architecture dated November 15, 2021.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 005 · AGENDA 11.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the design associated with the renovations to Miller Career and Technology Center as depicted in the design presentation prepared by Stantec Architecture dated November 15, 2021.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 006 · AGENDA 11.3
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves Amendment One to the Brookstone, LP contract related to the renovations at Miller Career and Technology Center for the Guaranteed Maximum Price of $1,250,000 and approves the total project cost of $1,500,000.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 007 · AGENDA 11.4
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the conveyance of a right of way deed to Fort Bend County associated with Seven Lakes High School.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 008 · AGENDA 11.5
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the District's September 2021 financial statements.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 009 · AGENDA 11.6
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the District's investment policies and strategies.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 010 · AGENDA 11.7
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the District's November 2021 budget amendments.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 011 · AGENDA 11.8
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees adopts the Resolution casting the District's allotted votes for the Fort Bend Central Appraisal District's Board of Directors.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 012 · AGENDA 11.9
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees adopts the Resolution casting the District's allotted votes for the Waller County Appraisal District's Board of Directors.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 013 · AGENDA 11.10
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees adopts the Resolution casting the District's allotted votes for the Harris County Appraisal District's Board of Directors.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 014 · AGENDA 11.11
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the course additions.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 015 · AGENDA 11.12
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the 2022-2023 Honors (KAP) courses identified as exempt from No-Pass, No-Play.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 016 · AGENDA 11.13
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees adopts a resolution regarding the District’s School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) to Recommend Curriculum Materials for Human Sexuality Instruction as required by HB1525.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 017 · AGENDA 11.14
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees authorizes the superintendent to form a committee for the purpose of proposing a name for Elementary School #44 per Board Policy CW(LOCAL.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 018 · AGENDA 16.1
PassedMoved by Lance Redmon seconded by Greg Schulte that the Board of Trustees engages Underwood Law Firm as Special Counsel for the purposes discussed in Closed Meeting.
5 Yes · 2 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | No |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | No |