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Noting that a quorum is present, I hereby call this regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Katy Independent School District to order.
Today is Monday, January 24, 2022, and the time is 5.01 p.m.
Dr. Kogorski, will you verify that we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meeting Act with regard to the 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.
Thank you. We will open tonight's meeting with the Pledges of Allegiance. Dr. Gagorski, will you please introduce our pledge leader tonight?
Thank you, Mr. Schulte. We have a guest who's going to come up in just one moment, and that is Kennedy Cruikshank, a fifth grader at Randolph Elementary.
Elementary. Principal there is Michelle Gaskamp. Her parents, I see are sitting out there. Rob and
Amber Cruikshank, and looks like little brother Case, first grade. Student special interest sports,
especially softball, fishing, and baking, and she makes amazing brownies, I hear. So favorite subject
is math, one of my favorites as well. From the math teacher, Mrs. Somerford, Kennedy embodies
the core examples of a Randolph student. She consistently works to achieve academic excellence,
pursues leadership responsibilities, and she shows kindness to both her peers and teachers.
I am so honored to teach Kennedy and have her represent students at JRE.
And from the reading, writing, social studies teacher, Mrs. Carmichael, Kennedy
is the perfect mix of a hardworking, respectful student who is full of joy and kindness.
Her expert timing to be silly and fun living is an added bonus. She's a teacher's dream.
And from science teacher Mrs. Fowler, Kennedy is an amazing young lady. We are so lucky to have her in our classes at Randolph. She's an excellent role model who always leads by example. She's hardworking, respectful, and caring. Kennedy is incredibly kind and helpful to all of her peers. She comes in every day with a smile on her face and eager to learn. Kennedy is a wonderful representation of amazing students at KDISD.
So welcome, Kennedy. Thank you for coming. And if you'll come on up to the podium and go ahead and lead us in the pledge.
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, liberty and justice for all.
Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
Good evening, President Schulte, board members, and Superintendent Krakowski.
My name is Kennedy Cookshank. I started at Randolph in third grade with Miss Sika.
Some of my favorite things about being a Randolph Retriever are making new friends, having amazing teachers, and being involved in all the fun school activities such as choir, safety patrol, and morning announcements.
Some memorable moments at Randolph are when I received a creativity award my first year at the school.
My friend and I stood at the door and decided to send all the other students
off with a smile or wave to help spread joy in our class and we were recognized
on the announcements. I also received the responsibility award for my fourth grade
teacher Mrs. Lawson. I was recognized on the announcements again. Mrs. Lawson said
that I display all of the purposeful people traits on a regular basis but
that I did a really good job of knowing when it was time to be social and when
it was time to get work done things i will miss about being rand about on randolph is that being
the big kid on campus having house rallies knowing all the teachers at my school and being captain on
safety patrol best thing about being a randolph retriever is to be part of a school that is so
welcoming and fun.
I've met you before, I'm Mrs. Champagne. So you get to be one of our special students who
receives a special certificate because you came and gave the pledge and you
also get to have one of these. I don't even have one of these. This is awesome that you get this.
And I'm so proud of you and I just want to tell you I know you have an awesome
from a principal and awesome school,
but your next school will be just as great,
and you will do great.
And I'm your number one cheerleader now.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Can you do one more with the family?
Thank you.
Appreciate that.
Thank you.
Appreciate it.
Great job, Kennedy.
Thank you very much.
Do we have any scouts present in the audience tonight?
Okay, if there's no scouts present, we'll move on to the recognitions portion of the agenda.
Dr. Graworski?
Thank you, Mr. Schulte.
And I'd like to introduce Maria DePetta, Manager of Media Relations, for the recognitions portion of our meeting.
Welcome back, Maria. Good to see you.
Thank you very much. It's good to be back.
Good evening, President Schulte, Trustees, and Superintendent Grigorski.
Tonight, we are proud to add yet another state title to the list of accomplishments by our student-athletes whose drive and determination have led to victory.
At this time, I'd like to introduce Ms. Debbie Decker, Executive Director of Athletics.
Good evening, President Schulte, Board of Trustees, and Superintendent Grogorski.
The Pato High School football program defeated College Station High School in the UIL 5A Division I state championship game,
becoming the first Pato High School team in any sport to win a state championship
and the second football team from any Katy ISD school to achieve such an accomplishment.
The 2021 Panther football team is also the 25th team in KDISD to win an athletic state championship.
And here in one moment, Cindy will bring out the picture that will actually be proudly displayed at Legacy Stadium in our Hall of Champions.
And so they will be the 25th t-shirt and team plaque.
Here it is.
As a reminder, this is Pato High School's fifth year in existence and fourth year to participate as a UIL varsity team sport.
This team of dedicated athletes and coaches worked for 11 months to obtain this goal one year to the day
when the previous team and group of seniors had their season canceled due to COVID.
The Pato football team motto is the standard is excellence.
However, our players felt that there was really some unfinished business to take care of, and take care of it they did.
This championship was a collective effort by a number of wonderful support groups who worked alongside of our players and our coaches to make this season special for the Pato High School community.
Tonight, the Pato High School football team is represented by the following individuals, so when I call your name, please come on up to the front.
Team captains, James Bailey, C.J. Dumas, Alex Kilgore, Control Webb, and then the state championship MVPs, Jacob Brown, offensive MVP, and Control Webb, defensive MVP.
Our state championship coaching staff here with us include our defensive coordinator, Jason Hinkelman,
offensive coordinator, Lane O'Connor, special teams coordinator, Joaquin Garcia,
and our head football coach, who also just received or was awarded with the Houston Texan Coach of the Year, BJ Gott,
along with a very proud and beaming principal, Mindy Dickerson.
Please give them a round of applause.
We're very proud of this team and all that they've been able to achieve.
And at this time, Mr. Superintendent, as well as the board, we're so thankful for all of your support throughout this journey.
And so the team would like to award the board and superintendent with their state medal.
So, guys, go ahead.
Okay, guys, if y'all would just...
And board members?
Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Decker.
And I will ask that our Pato Panthers and trustees please remain at the diocese for the next two recognitions.
But let's give them a round of applause.
They deserve it.
Thank you.
Please join me in welcoming Texas State Representative Mike Schofield with a special presentation.
Representative Schofield?
Thank you, President Schulte, members of the board, and Superintendent Gagorski, if you're back there.
I can see why they won. These guys are enormous.
It is my great honor and privilege today to present a resolution honoring the Pato High School football team
on behalf of the Texas House of Representatives.
And I will not read the resolution in its entirety because you'd all like to get home before midnight
But I will say something that I told mrs. Dickerson at the at the celebration at the football stadium
There are towns in this state that live and breathe high school football
That talk about that that one time we went to the semifinals
In your fourth year as a program to win a state championship is an achievement
you won't even understand for years until your kids are in school and you
realize how difficult it is to get back this is an amazing accomplishment and
what you have built here is something that will be remembered as long as pay
to high school exists no matter how many championships this school wins no one
else can ever say they won the first one for that and coach got its you built an
amazing program in an amazingly short amount of time and I can tell you the
other 149 members of the Statehouse are jealous of me for having you all in my
district I will read the concluding paragraphs of our resolution whereas
winning the title in just their fourth season of varsity competition the
members of the pedo panther football team fulfilled their goal of setting a
new standard of excellence for the program and their accomplishments will
will be remembered and appreciated for years to come.
Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Texas House
of Representatives honors the Payto High School Football
Program, be congratulated on winning the 2021 UIL 5A
Division I State Championship, and that the team's players,
coaches, and staff be extended sincere best wishes
for continued success.
And I do want to point out that no matter
how many more championships are won there,
there, no one will ever win another 5A championship at Beta.
Congratulations.
Thank you, Representative Schofield, for that special honor.
For our next recognition, please welcome Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey
to present a special resolution in recognition of the Panthers' historic win.
This is exciting.
I can tell you that your fine team and coach and principal came down to Commissioner's
Court.
We had a lot of fun that day.
we don't normally have fun at Commissioner's Court but this was fun
in terms of Katie Pato coming downtown. I grew up in
Crockett, Texas and there's nothing that I remember
more than my high school football. In fact my
high school coach was Monty Jack Driscoll and I got to take a
picture with that trophy and Monty Jack's still living
he's in the Hall of Fame and I'm going to send him a picture of that because see
we didn't ever get past the region so to do what y'all did I'll echo the state
reps comments on that to do what y'all did in a period of time that you did it
Wow great commitment great job Katie ISD should be proud I know you're mr.
president school board thank you for your leadership because I think this is
what leadership results in so I'll read you briefly I won't read the whole thing
thing as said earlier, but let me, I like a good story.
Whereas 60 minutes of heated competitions, the team were evenly matched.
College Station took the lead in overtime, but then running back,
Jacob Brown bowled two yards forward, found the end zone,
and gave the Panthers their first title.
Whereas Brown was awarded offensive MVP for his efforts,
on the other side of the ball, the Panthers' senior defensive back,
Ken Trail Webb, one defensive MVP, honors at finishing game with nine tackles and a game-deciding interception.
With the efforts of these two men and the team around them, excellence is, in fact, your standard.
Now, therefore, be it resolved that Harris County Commissioner's Court celebrates the Pato Panthers
on the Texas Class 5A Division I State Championship.
And let me tell you this, I give this on behalf of Precinct 3.
y'all were in precinct three when you won your state championship you are now
in precinct four that's just interesting that's that's all I'll just say and we
do have precinct four represented here tonight but just know all of County all
of Harris County particularly precinct three and four is very proud of y'all
and appreciate what you do thank you
Thank you very much.
Commissioner Ramsey for joining us tonight and for the recognition to our
Pato high school Panthers congratulations again Panthers on this
momentous win let's give them one more round of applause
applause.
Mr. President,
Mr. President,
may I have a moment of personal privilege?
Gentlemen, before you leave,
Plato, people, Plato folks,
Mrs. Plato
was my child's elementary principal and one of my dearest friends she would be
so proud the whole state is proud of you and knows your name
next governor Greg Abbott has issued a proclamation citing January 2022 as
as School Board Recognition Month.
School boards play an important role
in public education, governance, and policy.
They continue to be instrumental
as they face new challenges for Texas public schools,
and they serve the ever-evolving needs of our students.
The City of Katy has presented our trustees
with a proclamation in honor
of School Board Recognition Month.
I'd like to introduce Chris Harris,
Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Katy,
for a special video presentation.
Thank you. On behalf of the City of Katy, I'm so honored to be here tonight. The City of Katy could
not be a destination city without our great Katy ISD. I'm Chris Harris, Mayor Pro Tem of the City
of Katy, and on behalf of Bill Hastings, Mayor of the City of Katy, do hereby present this
proclamation for the School Board Recognition Month, January 2022. Whereas the mission of the
public schools is to meet this diverse educational needs of all children and to empower them to
become competent productive contributors to a democratic society in an ever-changing world
and local school board members are committed to children and believe that all children can be
successful learners and that the best education is tailored to the individual needs of the child
and local school board members work closely with parents, educational
professionals, and other community members to create the educational vision
we want for our students and local school board members are responsible for
ensuring the structure that provides a solid foundation for our school system
and local school board members are strong advocates for public education
and are responsible for communicating the needs of the school district to the public
and the public's expectation to the district.
Now, therefore, I, Mayor Pro Tem Chris Harris, on behalf of Bill Hastings, Mayor of the City of Katy,
do hereby declare my appreciation to the members of the Katy ISD School Board
and proclaim the month of January 2022 as School Board Recognition Month in the City of Katy.
I urge all citizens to join me in recognizing the dedication and hard work of local school
board members and in working with them to mold an educational system that meets the needs of
both today's and tomorrow's children. In witness thereof, I place my hand
and cause the seal of the city of Katy, Texas to be affixed this 24th day of January 2022.
Let's take this opportunity to give our Board of Trustee members a good round of applause.
now it's my pleasure to introduce miss Georgia Strickland and Shelly Keaton
with the Katy Council of PTAs for a special presentation so good to see you guys again hi
So Shelly and I are from CATA Council.
We're here on behalf of Kathleen Pittman, who sends her regards.
She wishes she could have been with us,
but she was unable to make it.
As you're aware, we do a presentation every January
for the school board.
We have some amazing books.
We're going to expect some book reports.
But anyway, we have some great books for you guys
on behalf of the PTAs.
So if the PTAs representatives will join us up front.
And if you wouldn't mind coming down from the dais,
with that would be great.
And then Ray is probably gonna take a photo.
Thank you.
Let's make two lines.
All right.
Thank you to Ms. Strickland and Ms. Keeton, as well as to our wonderful parents who invested
in our students by partnering with campuses and the district to support
educational excellence trustees we are grateful for your time talent and
dedication on behalf of Katy ISD students and staff this concludes a
recognition portion of this evening's meeting
you very much very much appreciate it when I move on to agenda item number
four which was supposed to be squaring in a peace officer he's unfortunately is
unable to make it tonight but we'd like to thank dr. dr. officer Gregory you're
a Danetta for signing up for the KDS Police Department and welcome him to the
kitty ISD so thank you very much we're now going to move on to agenda item 5
which is the public comment section of the agenda I did want to clarify that
there's been some changes to the speaking policy that were adopted in December, and
it was really at the request of feedback that I've gotten from many of the speakers.
And what was happening is we were having 20 to 30 speakers sign up, but very few were
showing up.
And what we were doing is we were reducing the amount of time the speakers had based
on who showed up, signed up, not who showed up.
So we changed the policy that you have to sign up and you have to show up 15 minutes
beforehand to register that you're here.
And then we divide the time among those people are here so that the people that actually sign up and show up get the maximum
amount of time
So tonight there are several people that signed up
And they showed up, but they did not show up in 15 minutes ahead of time to sign the the thing that said they're here
But out of respect that we're in a kind of a transition plan right going from the new process
To from the old process to new possible everybody that that signed up speak tonight
We are going to allocate the time based on who's actually here, so it'll be a little less time
So anyway apologize for that
But next next week you have to sign up ahead of time and you have to show up 15 minutes ahead of time and sign
In and the time is going to be allotted
Based on who signs up and shows up and your if you don't sign up ahead of time
You're not going to be allowed to speak and if you got any questions on that you can look at the revised
I think it's BED local policy that should be online. Okay, so with that we'll move on to the
THE COMMENTS HERE. 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 SPEAKERS WHO SIGNED UP BY 2 PM ON MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2022, AND HAVE PROVIDED THEIR
FIRST AND LAST NAME WILL BE ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES HAS BEEN ALLOCATED
FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS WITH THE TIME DIVIDED EQUALLY AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP. HOWEVER, THE
The maximum amount of time for any one speaker is three minutes.
If you are not finished speaking at the end of your three minutes, your audio will turn off.
If speakers wish to share written material with the board,
you must provide 10 copies to the Secretary for Board Services before the meeting begins.
The Superintendent, the Chief Communications Officer, and Permanent Record.
If a speaker has not attempted to solve a matter administratively through proper channels,
as stated in board policy, the presiding officer's designee shall advise the speaker
to seek resolution through the appropriate policy. Finally, pursuant to
Texas Government Code section 551.074 and 551.0821, the Board will not permit the
presentation of personally identifiable information regarding a student and will
not discuss the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties,
discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee or hear a complaint
complaint or charge against an officer or employee. Should a speaker wish to address one of these issues, they must do so through the appropriate local grievance policies, FNG local, DGBA local, CKE local, or GF local. Our speakers will be called forward in the order they signed up to speak.
speak.
So the first speaker tonight is Kent Klingerman and the second speaker tonight is Cameron
Samuels.
Welcome.
Thank you.
I'm Kent Klingerman from Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle's office.
President Schulte, Dr. Grigorski and members of the board, thank you for the opportunity
to address you tonight on behalf of Commissioner Cagle.
he sends his kindness regards and appreciation to you all for your service
to the district and has prepared a certificate of appreciation for each of
you and I'd like to read it on his behalf it states the Honorable Harris
County precinct for Commissioner our Jack Cagle hereby recognizes the
trustees of the Katy Independent School District as precinct for Commissioner of
Harris County Texas and on behalf of the constituent
of harris county it is our honor to recognize you and to offer our sincerest gratitude for the
compassion guidance and outstanding leadership you provide you've provided to kd independent school
district your hard work and dedication have made a significant impact on the lives of the students
families and educators in our community therefore i hereby proclaim the month of january 2022 is
school board recognition month signed r jack cagle harris county precinct 4 commissioner thank you
Thank you very much, appreciate that.
The next speaker is Cameron Samuels and the speaker after that is Regina Johnson.
Good evening.
Board members and administrators, I am pleased to announce that in response to our efforts,
KDISD has unblocked PFLAG, GLSEN, the Human Rights Campaign, and the local Montrose Center.
These websites are vital resources for students, but so is the Trevor Project, a
website that remains blocked. The following statements are the voices of
KDISD students who support unblocking this site but are unable to speak
publicly. It means the world that youth can have a safe space to turn to in
crisis. The Trevor Project is hope during those dark times and someone to talk to
about LGBTQ issues when no one else is available in my life.
It means having something that makes me feel heard, validated, and understood.
There's not many other queer or trans people like me I can immediately reach out to.
It's helped me be more accepting to myself and my identity.
I can't talk to people at school, especially counselors, because they don't really care
about my LGBTQ-related problems.
Despite telling them not to consult my unsupportive parents, most choose to call them anyways and completely disregard my need for privacy.
When going through severe depressive episodes and periods of self-harm, their resources were of tremendous help to me.
The Trevor Project can save valuable human lives by providing a safe space for us.
These internet prohibitions are not representative of the KDISD student body.
body. Everything needs to be done to ensure that we are guaranteed equal rights and protection
from discrimination. Being able to learn in an environment where I feel welcomed and safe
would mean the world to me. These 12 quotes are representative of the many LGBTQ students
in KDISD. Access to the Trevor Project and other LGBTQ resources are vital to the well-being
of students and they must be unblocked from this undoubtedly discriminatory internet filter.
An administrator told me if KDISD says they do not discriminate on the basis of sexuality,
then put it in writing.
I implore you to unblock the Trevor Project and add an agenda item for next month's board
meeting to update the non-discrimination policy to include protections for the LGBTQ community.
Students need to be prioritized if we're to build a generation of excellence.
Discrimination and censorship is not our legacy.
Thank you.
Thank you.
The next speaker is Regina Johnson, and the speaker after that is Vasilakshi Magnum.
Hello, my name is Regina Johnson and I appreciate the opportunity to speak this evening.
I wanted to start by thanking the small number of board members who are willing to even talk
to me.
i'm here to speak about the school district's attempt to hide behind the state and allowing
the new segregation plagued into our schools our children's lives as we've seen impact millions
across the globe and in our country and before i go further i am not anti-vax mandate segregate
subjugate welcome to 2022. the safe to school return plan has a new line item apparently in
response to omicron that allows a student who is deemed a close contact to voluntarily provide
provide their vaccination status to remain on schedule while the unvaccinated is met with
restrictions in return, which also incentivizes the vaccine. It's important to note that neighboring
ISDs do not have this requirement in their operation plan. In the past two weeks, at least
five elementary school classrooms were sent home for mitigation, leaving parents to navigate this
new requirement. Omicron is destroying the narrative of the vaccines. They are not effective.
The CDC stated this online, in the media, in Congress testimony two weeks ago.
Many countries globally, like the UK, as well as the CEO of Pfizer, are now echoing the same fact.
The vaccines do not prevent Omicron, viral replication, or spread to others.
Vaccinated with masks are also contracting the virus.
yet KDISD's emergency response is aimed to directly harm our students by
removing their ability to return to school in person without meeting without
having to meet restrictive protocols it is my job my right as a parent to
protect my child it is not the inverse medical freedom has been hijacked across
the globe and right here in this district when decisions are made with a
conceited sense of immunity from the consequences you ignore the true crisis
in this school district which is drug use we've got mental health we've got
measured IQ change academic excellence is dropped in your comms department told
the media that your intermittent school home program is failing students it
failed my kid the fourth day in August unfortunately a significant portion of
our population including parents and staff in this district are increasingly
simply obsessed with keeping our communities safe at the cost of keeping
us free these measures are gross violations of our constitutional rights
please remove this discriminatory thank you
the next feature speaker is this a loxi Magnum no speaker after that is Donna
McElmurray and the speaker after that is Art Hernandez good afternoon my name is
Donna McElmurray number one masks have proven to not work in fact they cause
problems for example the speech and learning Institute in North Palm Beach
Beach, Florida reported last week that mask mandates have caused a 364% surge
in childhood speech delays in their clinic. Two requiring students to show
papers as to whether they are vaccinated or not is wrong. I'm opposed to vaccine
passports.
Three K. I. S. D. Should exit the Texas Association of School Boards
Or KISD should exit the American Library Association among others. There is still
grave concern about the filthy books in our school libraries. I read from one of
these books in November and will probably not read from one again. I
cannot get the images out of my head of ninth graders premarital sex which is
one of the problems with these books. Once one reads or sees something it
It cannot be removed from the brain.
And to add insult to injury, it was a very poorly written book.
One of my high school English teachers, Joella Exley, for whom KISD School is named,
would give this book a big fat F.
Once a person has a taste for classic literature, there's no substitute.
Please, let's get back to providing classic books for our students to read.
and I did have further comments but time doesn't allow for me to speak about
those at this time I'll speak at another meeting thank you thank you very much
the next speaker is art Hernandez and the speaker after that is Victor Perez
Good evening, Board.
I am Arcanondes.
I'm running for House District 85, which is the newly redrawn district that now includes
Cane Island, the Falls, Willow Creek Farms.
And the reason I'm running is because we need to rein in the TEA.
We need a TEA that listens to the parents.
parents, we need an education system that listens to the parents and does not dictate
to the parents. I yield my time. Thank you.
Thank you. The next speaker is Victor Perez and the speaker
after that is Janet Godfrey. Good evening.
Thank you. Thank you for your time. I appreciate the opportunity I've had to speak
I spoke here previously as a parent who raised three children in KISD for 15 years and now
I have two grandchildren in KISD with two more coming.
Several of us have spoken many times about the inappropriate pornographic books in the
libraries.
We have talked about critical race theory, a radical political ideology, a Marxist ideology
that divides our kids and also causes resentment.
I appreciate the work you have begun to address the problem of sexualized vulgar books getting in our schools.
It's a really good step.
I want to encourage you to be relentless in your follow-up to get these pornographic books out of the schools and
that the process for the approval of books go through a restructured process
including parental participation, a process that should be transparent to all of us. I think we all have to be bold in this effort.
Let's make sure we're not just going through the process, not just going through the motions.
This district should take the lead now to be proactive.
Let us all get really behind this together, parents and you.
This is about protecting our children and our future.
Let's recognize that the world is lined up against us.
There is pressure.
We you will be called book banners or accused of censorship.
censorship. There are certain forces, certain political activist organizations that are
attempting to groom our children and to impose certain ideologies. This is about a war on
children to sexualize our children at an early age and glamorize transgenderism. Parents
are the ones who have a preeminent right to have sex discussions with their children and
and introduce the topic about sexual orientations.
We have to protect the young from every form of seduction.
Let's protect the young minds.
Let's raise the bar.
Let's not have such a low bar for our kids.
Let's not be conformed to the world.
Parents need to be confident their young impressionistic
children are not being sexualized
and that they're not becoming race-obsessed,
America-hating whiners.
As parents, we want to have more curriculum transparency to know what our children are learning.
Thank you.
The next speaker is Janet Godfrey.
And the speaker after that is Kathy Carpenter.
Good evening.
Hello, members of the board and our community.
I am Janet Godfrey, a KDISD resident and faculty member.
I am representing the Association of Texas Professional Educators, ATPE, in Katy.
Ours is an association of over 100,000 public school employees in Texas.
As president of the Katy Local, I am representing 1,554 members from Katy ISD.
We are the largest local unit in Region 4.
On behalf of our members, I would like to show appreciation to our school board with a small token, which was left for you.
And thank you for all that you do to support the education of our children in KDISD, as well as our faculty and staff.
Thank you.
Thank you.
The next speaker is Kathy Carpenter.
And the speaker after that is Jerry Monroe.
Thank you for allowing me to speak today.
Equality is a deceptive term because by nature we are all different.
A few years back, I wondered why America and the homosexual movement are having so many problems.
Research taught me that I was supposed to follow the agenda.
I need to preface this by saying I am not here to incite or encourage anger towards gays since I am of the same orientation.
I am here to expose the hidden dangers that continue to be protected, defended, and supported.
I am here to sound the alarm about the complacency in the education and the government system.
The agenda is laid out in a simple stair-step fashion.
Step one, talk about gays and gayness as loudly and as often as possible.
step 2 portray gays as victims not as
aggressive challengers step 3 give
protectors a just cause step 4 make gays
look good and step 5 make the victimizers
look bad our gay community must go along
to get along with the straight community
when when they demand equality then give
equality. When they demand diversity, then be diverse. When they demand tolerance,
then stop being intolerant. The mass amount of Americans have accepted the
gay community while massive amounts of gay community demand more. They claim
bigotry but they never look in the mirror. I am here today to stand with the
straight community and agree that homosexual content of any kind should never belong in
our schools, even through the internet.
Thank you.
The next speaker is Jerry Monroe and the speaker after that is Amy Ray.
Let's set the ground rules first.
First, this is a limited public forum as defined by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans when I sued HISD.
What that means is that you will sit there and you will listen to everything I have to say.
If you don't like the volume in which I say it, according to them, you can't say anything.
If you don't like the fact of what I'm saying, you can't say anything.
So the only way you can get me is if I threaten you or if I curse you out, which I do not plan on doing.
So, Mr. Officers, stand down.
It cost HISD $300,000.
Tonight you're going to listen to me because I want you to embody something that came from the Civil Rights era.
What I mean by that is Dr. King was always invited to the White House because he was the calm, rational guy.
Malcolm was not invited.
See, I'm a citizen of the United States of America,
and I have a problem with what I just heard when you started your meeting
with your policies on how we can speak.
According to the Fifth Circuit, you don't have a problem with me applauding you
and saying nice things about you,
but you have a problem if I decide to criticize you.
That costs HISD $300,000.
So, here's my thing. I don't want to come to your house anymore. I need you to talk to all these Martins out here.
Every single one of them for every issue that you have. If not, I am the Central Region Minister of Politics for the new Black Panther Party.
So you already know how we roll. That means I will protest you at your house.
I will protest you at your church. I will catch you at your favorite restaurant.
If you don't listen to these Martins on any issue that they have, you don't want me to come back to your district.
I normally bring federal company with me when I come. I've already done my research.
I know where the problems is with the money. I will expose it to the highest degree.
And trust me, every time I say something, it comes true.
Please talk to these Martins and solve their issues and do something with this CRT because I don't like it either.
The last speaker tonight is, no, two more speakers.
Amy Rae is next, I'm sorry, and after that is Bonnie Anderson.
Anderson. Good evening. My name is Amy Ray. I was a student here K through 12 and I taught here for
five years as well. Now I'm a mother to three kids including a kindergartner. I enjoyed all my years
in KDISD but lately it has been a very different experience. The current close contact policy
recently caught my eye. A child who comes into close contact with a positive case must either
test, quarantine, or show their papers. If a child is vaccinated they don't have to test or quarantine.
This policy is not backed in science.
Per the CDC, you can become infected and transmit COVID whether you are vaccinated or unvaccinated.
So why is my unvaccinated child being treated differently?
Surrounding districts are not implementing this discriminatory policy.
It is shameful to treat students differently based on their medical status.
This policy is harmful to students and staff who have to expend more resources with at-home learning as our children's educations are disrupted.
If my children are healthy, they will be in school.
We will not participate in your harmful games.
testing healthy asymptomatic students and staff so they can return to school
is nonsensical the tests are unreliable the CDC admitted you can test positive
for up to 12 weeks and we have a sub shortage already so we sent healthy
teachers home to quarantine and the already drowning staff has pushed over
their ratio and their abilities when healthy kids are sent home for 10 days
their in-person education is disrupted and by the way if we're going to send
healthy kids home why isn't it five days like the staff this does not benefit
You say you're working to close the learning gap we've experienced, but your policies are making it much worse.
Almost every teacher I know in your district is overwhelmed and your policies are pushing them to their breaking point.
Executive Order GA 38 states that public schools cannot require masks, yet when I volunteer in my daughter's school, I have to mask, which violates my rights.
What is best for all students is to remove the ridiculous testing protocols and remove the district mask recommendation.
Although it is no longer required, the mask recommendation being strongly encouraged is causing many students and staff to continue harmful masking.
It should have been obvious before the damage was done, but the evidence is now very clear that masks, specifically cloth masks, do not work.
What masks do is cause mental, physical, emotional, and developmental harm.
Surely I do not need to go into the details, as anyone who has adequate knowledge of childhood development would understand this.
By removing your mask recommendation and being transparent with the risks of masking, maybe
a lot of people would regain the courage to take the masks off and live again and close
the learning deficit gaps.
Of course, many will still mask, but at least it won't be on the hands of the district.
Maybe you're held liable if you do not encourage masks, but who's held liable for the damage
they cause?
We have to learn to .
Thank you very much.
The last speaker tonight is Bonnie Anderson.
Hi guys.
I wanted to ask you tonight, what are you doing?
I know that you're volunteers, you're not, but that the rest of you are volunteers.
But the moms and dads and grandparents here, we're volunteers also.
So we have better things to do with our time.
We don't really want to be here.
Asking you to remember why you were elected.
You weren't elected to accept corrupt money
from the federal or the state government
without even asking a question what strings were attached.
You weren't elected to try to track airborne particles.
You seem to think you're capable of doing that somehow.
And it's certainly not your responsibility
responsibility to ensure access to LGBTQ sites for students. So I'll remind you of why you were elected. To ensure every student's constitutional right of equal access to public education. Like the last speaker talked about, you're sending healthy kids home and refuse to allow them access to school until they either submit to an experimental test or an experimental vaccine.
vaccine. Ten days quarantine for students, five for teachers. If you've convinced yourselves that
this is any different than the segregation policies prior to 1954, you're lying to yourselves. For all
the parents out there who don't want to comply with this, my son was sent home for 10 days
because of a close contact, so I unenrolled him. Don't give them the money. If your children are
are sent home unenroll them don't let them have the money re-enroll them when it's time for them
to come back if we all start hitting them where they actually care in the pocketbook they will
stop with this nonsense thank you i think that gets the end of the public comment since most of
the comments tonight centered around some of the protocols we're doing made a couple of notes while
i was listening i just want to share a few thoughts on that with everybody and please know this up
front when you guys email us and you give us information we do read that information when
you come here and speak we take that information and the stuff we've heard tonight we'll consider
that as well as we try to navigate this you know i mean we're in the middle we're two years into this
pandemic and I agree it's been tough on everybody it's tough on the families
it's tough on our teachers and our kids and everybody else but we're trying to
get through it together but what we've always said since the beginning of this
is that we have followed in KDISD what comes down from the state whether we
agree with it or not I understand what you're saying I do but we if you would
please let me finish we're not gonna have any outbursts from the crowd I'm
I'm going to give you a couple of words and I will encourage you to do this as well.
Anybody who wants to reach out to me personally certainly can and we will reach out to you.
And I've said this before, we do have a COVID hotline and we've got a COVID number that we take anybody's feedback on that.
And somebody on my staff reaches out to folks via email or via phone call and talks to all of you.
So if you have some feedback, please do share it and we want to share our feedback too. I understand it's frustrating
So let me get back to what I was talking about there
What
Mr. President, yeah
Yes. Yes, we're gonna have if you want to hear I want to hear dr.
Gorski speak can we allow them to speak if we don't then then we're then we're just gonna close we're gonna close open forum
Okay.
Yeah.
Go ahead and remove her.
Close it, right?
No, you can remove her if you'd like to from Mr. Gofford.
Ask Mr. Gofford to remove her for instruction.
Yes.
We need to get order in the room.
Can we have her removed, please?
Can you please stop so we can hear what Dr. Gorski has to say?
For those who would like to remain and listen, I appreciate that because I think I do have some words that are worth at least hearing.
And it goes along with this, like I said.
if anyone reaches out to me i reach back and my folks reach out to people and talk to people and
that's the honest truth and there are people in this room that know that because they've heard
from us okay the other part of that is as you had heard some of the outbursts in there is when
something is not on a posted agenda item the the board of trustees cannot speak to that but when
there is a public agenda a public forum superintendent is allowed to offer some
some factual responses, which I was trying to get to as those factual responses, to try and help
people understand a little bit and once again open up that line of communication. Sure, we can shout
each other down and we can yell and we can scream and we can do that, but I offer another solution,
which is reach out to us and sit down and try to understand where we're coming from so we can clear
up misconceptions, hear from our public, and then possibly make some new rules or guidance that
that helps. As I had mentioned, everything we get and we analyze comes from the state of Texas.
Okay. We had heard just a short bit ago about masks. And when the governor said to wear masks,
we wore masks. When the governor's executive order said there were no more masks, we don't
wear any masks here. Someone spoke tonight about the quarantine rule on a tender of five day.
Okay. I understand the CDC says five days and that's what we do for our employees because we
we can, but the state of Texas, and I'll read to you from the state of Texas rule, and this is from
your Department of State Health and Services. This isn't my rule. This isn't KDISD coming up with the
rule on quarantine. School administrators shall exclude from attendance any child having or
suspected of having COVID-19. If symptomatic, exclude until at least 10 days have passed since
since symptom onset and fever free and other symptoms have improved. Children who test
positive for COVID-19 but do not have any symptoms must stay home until at least 10 days after the
day they were tested. So that's directly from the Department of Health and Human Services at the
state level. That's what they tell public school districts to follow. That's not our rule. Now we
WE COULD SIT AND ARGUE WHETHER I AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE RULE, OKAY, AND THAT'S
ANOTHER CONVERSATION, BUT I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE LIBERTY TO VIOLATE THE RULE THAT
COMES DOWN FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
NOW I HEARD AN OUTBURST OUT THERE, SOMEONE SAID, WELL, OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO DIFFERENT
THINGS.
THAT IS TRUE.
AND I CAN'T COMMENT ON WHAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING OR HOW THEY INTERPRET A RULE.
I CAN ONLY SHARE THE RULE WITH YOU.
I'D ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS TOGETHER AS PARTNERS ON ANYTHING, IF
If there's anything that you can find in the TEA guidance or in the State Department of Health guidance,
and you think we've interpreted it differently or maybe we didn't understand the rule, I'm willing to listen to that.
If you can show it to me what it is, then let's talk about that issue and see if we can get that one figured out together.
The other thing that some folks talked about was the vaccine.
We've been very clear in KDISD.
We don't have a vaccine mandate.
Nobody has a vaccine mandate.
We don't make people show papers or do anything like that.
But there is a rule in the TEA guidance.
Our goal is to get kids, especially asymptomatic kids, back in instruction as quickly as possible.
One of the levers we get to pull when we do that, and I'll read it once again, this is from TEA specifically that states,
As a reference, close contact determinations are generally based on guidance outlined by the CDC.
which notes that individuals who are fully vaccinated may not need to follow a stay-at-home
period. Okay, that's from the TEA, word for word that I've read you. Once again, we could argue
the merits of whether or not I disagree with that coming down from our Texas Education Agency,
but if I can get a kid back in and a parent chooses, once again, this is about choice. So
there are some times we have some kids that we think are possibly have COVID, like I read the
DSHS rule in there and if I can pull some levers and that's what we have in
our guidance to get kids who are asymptomatic back in instruction as
quickly as possible we want to do that so we do have some things in our
protocols that I would call choices others might call it discrimination or
others might want to call it favoring one group over another and that's
debatable and I'm willing to listen to those
arguments on that, look at that, and see how we can analyze that. But the goal, once again,
get our kids back into instruction as quickly as possible when they're not sick with COVID.
That's the overall goal. It has been for a while. So some of those things, like I said, they come up.
We try to mitigate it. We try to follow everything. Some of you may disagree with what I'm saying
here, and that's okay, you know what I mean? Because once again, I think we've navigated the
pandemic pretty darn good in kdisd we've fought this battle pretty hard we've had school we've
had our schools open consistently for two years when many around our state or around the nation
have not we've had activities we've had kids competing in all sorts of activities and you
saw that today from from our football team being here we think that's important it's it's not just
a privilege but it's a right that we have kids in school I agree with that
and we have kids participating in being kids and that's important to us and
we've tried really hard to do that over the last couple of years I'll be the
first to admit we're not perfect do we have every rule and every protocol
perfect and it's everything wonderful that we can all agree to know are there
some things that our hands are tied by the rules set by the state yes they are
there are some things that maybe we could do a little bit different or
better and for those of you who have those criticisms you can reach out to me
for those of you who don't believe that I'm not sure what I can do other than
offer that hand in terms of partnership to move this district forward we want to
hear from our folks okay and I mean that sincerely when I say it if you would
like to be our partner talk to us and and have some dialogue about these
things that's much better than getting angry and fighting about things or
yelling or or storming off because you don't care what your school superintendent has to say
i think for the most part you mean those of you get to know me will know that i'm genuine
when i say those things and if you ask people about it i give you an honest opinion on anything
i do and i'm being honest with you tonight if you want to work through things together
let's work through them together let's get through this pandemic together as a community
I'm willing to do that. So appreciate the time tonight. Thank you
Thank You doctor Gorski this concludes the open forum portion of the meeting the board will now convene in closed meeting as authorized under section
five five one zero zero one of the Texas government code
for the following purposes Texas government code five five one zero seven one five five one one two nine
five five one zero seven six five five one zero seven two and five five one zero
Thank you.
The board will now reconvene and open meeting.
Today is Monday, January 24, 2022, and the time is 712 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, January 21, 2022.
The Board will receive information and recommendations from staff, administration, and the superintendent on these agenda items at tonight's meeting.
Board members will be able to ask questions, receive answers, and should be prepared to take action.
The Board has just reconvened from closed meeting.
In accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, any action arising from discussions in closed meeting must be taken in open meeting.
Before we jump in the agenda, I would like to take a moment to recognize the Secretary of Board Services, Michelle Ross.
who is leaving us. Today's her last day.
Michelle, stand up.
Yeah, stand up, Michelle.
Leave Michelle.
Yeah.
And speaking for myself, kind of certainly a rookie board member and a rookie president,
Michelle, the service that she provides to all of the trustees in getting these meetings organized,
the agenda's organized, making sure we have everything we need, all the information,
the amount of coordination that she does to keep the machine running is just couldn't be done without her.
And we're certainly going to miss you, sincerely miss you.
And it's been great getting to know you.
And we wish you best of luck on your next adventure.
So thank you for all your service.
Thank you very much.
And with that, when somebody leaves, somebody comes in.
When one door closes, another one opens.
So we have Debbie Davis, who's going to be taking her position.
So welcome.
Thank you.
Thank you. We'll now jump on to the agenda. 7.1, consider board approval of a naming of a principal for Sundown Elementary School.
Mr. President? Yes. I move that the board of trustees names Dr. Torres as the principal for Sundown Elementary School as recommended by the superintendent in closed meeting.
Second. We have a motion by Mr. Redmond, a second by Mrs. Vann. 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 well now proceed to agenda item 7.2 mr.
up to if I could absolutely let me just jump it in like I'm sorry to do I do
apologize sorry I can't hesitate sometimes to say a few things but dr.
Torres is here if you would please stand and be recognized thank you
dr. Torre has been with us for a while here in Katy ISD she's got 28 years in
education we're excited about her getting into this position for the first time as a school
principal we're excited the fact that you finished that doctorate so we're just going to keep on
calling you dr torres because we're excited like you are on that one uh you brought some folks with
you here today in support who you got with you
Awesome. And I see you got Mrs. Brought there here. Who's been hitting you the whole time or
what? Telling you don't take it? You bet. Well, welcome and thank you for coming out tonight.
I APPRECIATE IT.
NEW SPEAKER 1.
CONGRATULATIONS.
MY SINCERE APOLOGIES FOR RUSHING THROUGH THAT.
NEW SPEAKER 1.
THAT'S OKAY.
WE'RE EXCITED.
NEW SPEAKER 1.
I'M VERY TASK FOCUSED, BUT THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
CONGRATULATIONS.
NEW SPEAKER 1.
I'LL SLOW DOWN.
OKAY.
AGENDA ITEM 7.2, CONSIDER BOARD APPROVAL OF THE NAMING OF THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING.
NEW SPEAKER 1.
MR.
PRESIDENT.
NEW SPEAKER 1.
YES.
NEW SPEAKER 1.
the Board of Trustees names Kayla Smith as the Director of Accounting as
recommended by the Superintendent in closed meeting. Second. We have a motion by
Mrs. Vann, a second by Mrs. Champagne. We'll now proceed to vote. All those in
favor, rise your right hand and say aye. Aye. The motion carries 7-0. And Mr.
President, Kayla is here if she would be standing to be recognized. There you are.
Okay. And I'll also share, Kayla's been with us for a while working in our
accounting department we're excited to get her this promotion she does a great
job and she is no relation to Christmas CFO but same last name but she's been
our senior accountant for a while so we're excited to have her Kaylee do you
have anyone with you you'd like to introduce lucky you then all right
thank you congratulations agenda item 7.3 consider board approval of the
naming of the director of communications mr president yes i move that the board of trustees
names lindsay sanders as the director of communications as recommended by the superintendent
in closed meeting second i have a motion by mr redmond and a second by mr keller will now proceed
to vote all those in favor is right hand say aye aye the motion carries seven zero and uh lindsay
is here with us tonight where you at lindsay there you are on the other side of the room
Did you bring anyone out with you?
Okay.
Well, lucky you again.
But Lindsey used to work for us a while back and is returning to KDISD.
We're excited to have you back, and thank you for coming back to KDISD.
We'll now proceed to Agenda Item 8.1,
consider board approval of the naming of Elementary School No. 44
as recommended by the Naming Advisory Committee.
Mr. President.
Yes, I move that the Board of Trustees names elementary school number 44 located at 7400 innovative Drive
Steve and Elaine Robertson elementary school as recommended by the naming advisory committee
We have a motion by mrs. Fox 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 7-0 congratulations
Congratulations.
And of course
Steve and Elaine are with us. Please do stand up and be recognized. I appreciate that. That's awesome.
Once again, another round of applause for Steve and Elaine.
Congratulations. They've got a lot of people with them, a lot of support. You bet.
Move on? Move on. All yours. Thank you. Awesome. Agenda item 8.2, consider board approval of the
minutes of the December 2021 board meeting. Mr. President? Yes. I move the board of trustees
approves the minutes of the board meeting held in December 2021. Second. We have a motion by
Mrs. 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
we'll now proceed to agenda item 9.1 presentation of the 2020-2021 end report to include the texas
academic performance report miss natalie martinez executive director of school improvement will give
a brief presentation on the 2020-2021 end report to include the texas academic performance report
Afterwards, the Board of Trustees will receive public input regarding this topic.
Good evening.
Good evening, School Board.
Dr. Gorgorski.
Tonight I am here to guide you through the annual performance report and to hold a public hearing.
Although this may seem a bit outdated, the annual report is regarding the 2020-2021 school year.
There are eight major components of this report, with the largest being the taper or the Texas academic performance report.
The timing of this APR is driven by the release of taper, which was this month in January.
Many of these requirements are brought to you in updates throughout the year, including updates on STAR, EOC, accountability ratings, financial reports, House Bill 3 progress measures.
So because you've seen updated information in prior board presentations, we will not
go back in time to review all that data.
You're a woman after my own heart.
But I will be available for questions.
So I really am taking you through the layout of this report.
The full report can be found in your board notes and it is also on the KDISD website
site under accountability towards the bottom of the page.
Section 1 is the taper report which is compiled by TEA for each campus and district in the
state of Texas.
This document includes data from the PEMS and reports on accountability, student group
performance, staff and programs.
The cover of section 1 also includes the district rating, special education determination status
status and distinctions. And as you are aware, all campuses and districts were rated not
rated, declared state of disaster. No distinctions were awarded by the state. And also our special
education determination status was meets requirement. The data in the TABOR references 2021 and
2019, if you just remember that we did not test in 2020. So that's why you'll see that
those years different. Section 2 is our financial standard report and with
frequent updates from our finance department you are aware that KDISD
earned a first rating of A which is superior achievement. Section 3 is the
district accreditation status and because student performance is a key
key indicator in the accreditation system,
TEA suspended the assignment of accreditation statuses
for the 2021 school year.
Our last status was in 1920 and we were accredited.
Section four is our campus performance objectives.
These plans are approved by the board each year
and our latest presentation was in September
for this school year.
Campuses monitor their progress on a quarterly basis
and plans are posted on the campus websites.
Our special education determination status
is meets requirement, which was shown earlier in Section 1,
but it repeats in Section 5.
Section 6 holds information on criminal or violent incidents
by campus and section 9 holds the prevention and intervention policies used to protect students. The incident reports are
representing level 4 and level 5 in our system and numbers are masked for instances with 10 or few students at a particular campus.
Section 7 includes data on students performance once they leave KDISD and enroll in higher ed.
This includes two-year and four-year schools in Texas, and it also shows their GPAs and number of graduates by
Katy high school campus
And finally section 8 references our board adopted House bill 3 goals which references reading math and CCM are
the board adopted these goals in July of
of 2020, and we report progress to you twice a year in January and July for reading and
math and in July for CCMR.
So again, the full report can be found on the KDISD web or in your board docs.
On the web it is under the research, accountability and assessment section.
At this time I'm ready for any questions that you may have before we do our public hearing.
Are there any questions, board members?
I have one question.
On Section 8, the reading, math, and CCMR that we approved, the goals for reading, where does that start?
Is that like once for the years that are tested or?
No.
Those goals in reading, do they start kindergarten all the way through or is it just testing years?
Those the goals are measured for third grade, but the progress measures go back to primary
So the progress measures when we look at our FMP data, that's what you'll see in two year in the January and July
But the goals actually reference and
Meets level at third grade at third grade. The whole idea is to get kids ready by the time they're in third grade
They should be on grade level. Thank you
Mr. President, do we do we know when the state will start releasing letter grades again?
Does that, have they announced that's not going to happen this year or it's happening?
I guess I should say undetermined.
We do anticipate grades coming back.
They just, they change their minds sometimes.
So, yes, we do anticipate it's coming.
Any other questions, board members?
Thank you very much.
We're now, 9.2 was supposed to be a public hearing on this topic, but no one from the public signed up for the public hearing.
So that closes this section of the agenda.
We'll now move on to agenda item 10.1, which is a 2022-2023 budget update for Mr. Chris Smith, Chief Financial Officer.
Good evening.
Good evening, President Schulte and Dr. Gorgorski and board.
I'm going to give you a quick update and really just kind of set the stage for the 2022-2023 budget process.
It's hard to say.
It seems so distant at 2022-2023.
But, of course, our objective is to begin now and to have a balanced budget.
We want to continue to have competitive compensation.
We want to continue our health plan to have our own health insurance fund.
And I'll tell you, that's been a tough six months for the health fund.
It's been hemorrhaging, if you will, because of the environment that we're in.
And so we want to try to maintain that moving forward, and I think we will.
High priority on student and staff safety. We want to plan for opening
elementary Steve and Elaine Robertson Elementary School and then of course the
12th grade at Jordan High School. State funding, this will be the fourth year
that we'll be building a budget around $6,160. That's the basic allotment. That
and the tier 2 allotment which is tied to that has remained static since
since they adopted that in June of 2019.
So this will be the fourth year.
And unfortunately, that is the thing
that drives school finance based on that amount
of money per student.
And that's in average daily attendance, not enrollment,
but average daily attendance.
And then ESSER, how does ESSER play into this and the impact
that it's making both inside the classroom
and with the finances of the district?
The assumptions we're going to use below average value growth when it comes to taxable values,
that doesn't mean as much on the maintenance and operations fund or the general fund as it used to,
but it doesn't mean a lot on our debt service fund.
Enrollment projection, we're projecting an average enrollment increase.
We're looking at an enrollment of 91,872 students.
That would be 2,378 students above where we are today.
Today we were at, at the close of the day, we were at 89,494 students.
Campus staffing units and growth, that will be developed now that we've got the enrollment
number per campus and HR will begin working on that with the campuses.
Of course, we're always going to try to be competitive with the salary increase or cost
of living increase and the tax rates.
So we've actually drawn the tax rate down and I'll show that in a couple of slides
88 percent of our budget or 87.8 percent in salary and benefits. So the staffing plan drives a lot of that
We're a very labor-intensive business. So very little
After you take out utilities and staffing goes into things like paper and and fuel and that kind of stuff
Those are two big expenditures is
payroll and
utilities. Of course our tax rates gone down about 19 cents over the last couple
of years that's been driven down by House Bill 3 which again was adopted or
passed in June of 2019 and its purpose is to take to take property increases
across the state and drive down that tax rate cost the state more money but it
does it does provide local relief to the tax rates and so those tax rates at the
bottom one the gray one vary from district to district based on the property value growth
that they may or may not have but that is what's driving it and house bill 3 is paying for that
state and local unknowns uh covet 19 and what it's going to do on the state budget right now
as i understand it the state budget has a surplus even though they're they're paying for that big
drive down of the tax rate but they're having a surplus uh the fast growth allotment the new
instructional facilities a lot more than just two of my concerns those are the
big two there's probably over 30 million dollars represented there and that could
be since there's not a lot of districts that participate in those two programs
in my opinion that could be something that could be a target one day if they
wouldn't go to reduce expenses from the state level but there's about 30 million
dollars for the KTISD in those two items there's other things that can that that
are of concern proration or saying we're gonna pay you this amount but we're
We're going to only give it out to this level, and that proration is affecting both the fast-growth allotment and the new instructional facilities allotment.
In other words, we have more student enrollment growth as a fast-growth district than the state budget has, so we won't get the full amount.
ESSER funds have done very purposefully to keep that away from the general fund budget, especially when we're talking indirect costs, because we don't want to create a general fund funding cliff.
But nonetheless, we're creating a funding cliff.
The ESSER funds statewide are creating an indirect funding cliff because they're allowing districts across the state to staff up to luxurious levels or to levels that we normally couldn't afford under that basic allotment, and that's going to go away in three years.
And so there may be funding cliffs that districts do that are still going to experience when it comes to staffing.
Local uncertainty, of course, I mentioned COVID already.
Enrollment, is that enrollment going to happen?
Are we going to like last year the year that we're currently in we're significantly over we're
Significantly over the amount of students that we budget we had a lot more growth than we expected
or
The year before we fell short
And then local local property value I've already talked about but we're as always we're going to closely monitor expenditures throughout the rest of this year
Building up to next year so we can have a better budget
We're going to prepare for growth for the new campus that we just named,
staffing and operations of our programs. I've already talked about enrollment
growth and that's, you know, really it's not in the number of enrollment, it's the
average daily attendance of those students that are enrolled that come to
school. That's how we're funded and I think that's one of the issues across
the state is even though we're having high enrollment growth, our enrollment
attendance rate or attendance rate is pretty pretty poor compared to the
normal years because of what we're living through that's a statewide thing
everybody's attendance rate it's not good and that's what we're paid off of
of course property value drives that mostly the debt service budget and then
economic uncertainty I've already mentioned so that's the kind of the
setting the stage for the 22 23 budget year next month mr. rock or Jeff Roberts
is going to be here from Hilltop Securities to talk about our debt plan and to talk about our
bond issuance plans to support the 2021 bond authorization and the bond sale that we'll have
to pay for those projects. And with that, I'll be glad to answer any questions,
but I appreciate your time. Are there any questions, board members?
Mr. President? Yes. Thank you, Mr. Smith, as always, for your presentation. But
but we got to see some of the enrollment,
not the enrollment numbers,
but the attendance numbers this week,
and I'm just wondering,
have you seen the hit of that yet,
like the lower attendance,
and you factored that in for the possibility of that
for next year, I'm sure?
No, I'm not.
We're going to budget like we normally would,
and we'll amend it however that works out.
I think doing that, I don't want to panic anybody.
you know we have everything normal we operate very efficiently as a district
and there's no reason to panic because we're gonna because I'm gonna project 90
percent attendance average attendance rate that wouldn't be fair for kids and
and the learning process in Katy so we're gonna budget like normal and
adjust as necessary so when they're on the intermittent school they're still
considered in attendance for a certain number of days yes there I think it's 20
20 days is what they are able to get attendance for.
Problem is there's a lot of children that are just absent and they're counting against it.
We run normally about 96, 97% daily attendance rate.
And we're significantly below that right now statewide.
Is the intermittent school only for COVID?
No, it's for any illness.
Let me clarify that, Chris.
Not just any illness, but it's got to be a communicable disease.
Okay.
i'm sorry yeah but that's but there there are other ways to get the intermittent other than
covet but not just anything any other questions thank you
right move on to agenda item 11.1 discuss and consider board approval of the annual
financial audit and uh of course i guess you'll continue and introduce our speakers tonight
All right, I believe you have the presentation that we're fixing to go through in front of
you from the Whitley-Penn, our auditors with me are sitting just to my left is Lupe Garcia.
He's our partner for Whitley, he is a partner for Whitley-Penn and the partner on this project.
And then Laura Lynch over there, just waved, is the senior manager on the audit.
it and of course um uh y'all know y'all just hired kayla smith to be the director of accounting but
the former director of accounting or will be in a week uh liz haven is uh uh there in the
green has done a lot for uh for the for the district and and we're gonna miss her uh she's
moving on to uh another another district but uh that gives an opportunity for kaylee we're gonna
do do great uh the accounting department has about six accountants in it there's about four or five
CPAs in that group, so it's a talented group, and they work very closely with Whitley Penn
pretty much all year, but especially during the early summer months and these last couple of
months. So with Mr. Garcia, I'm going to turn it over to you and let you give them your report.
Thank you, Mr. Smith, for that introduction. Mr. President, members of the board,
Superintendent Rogorski, good evening. My name is Lupe Garcia. I was the audit partner on your
FISCAL YEAR 2021 FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT AND FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT. I HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH TONIGHT TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE AUDIT PROCESS, THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT.
I'LL COVER SOME FINANCIAL STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT
AND THEN I'LL END WITH SOME REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS THAT AS YOUR EXTERNAL AUDITOR I HAVE TO MAKE
TO YOU AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MEMBERS OF THE ENGAGEMENT TEAMS, LAURA LYNCH
was the senior manager on the engagement. Tom Peterson was the concurring partner on the
engagement. His level in the project was one of quality control. He reviewed the annual comprehensive
financial report, the federal single lotter report, and key work papers in our audit file.
He's the second level partner review. He has over 40 years of experience, so a very critical team
member. Joey Killian was the senior associate on the project. Joey is a product of KDISD. He
He graduated from Katy High School.
He was actually a member of one of the championship teams one year.
He was a soccer player slash kicker for one of the teams.
So he's always very excited to come back and audit the school district and see things from the other side of the table.
And Laura Quintero and Karen Henry were the two associates working through all the detailed testing, transaction level testing, both at interim and year end.
The audit process itself takes several months to complete.
Mr. Smith mentioned earlier that we are out on site for two weeks during the summer months. During that phase of the audit, we're testing internal controls. We identify the major programs that we're going to test in the federal single audit, which I'll talk about a little later.
and then so we perform that compliance testing at that time so we're and we
also perform a lot of walkthroughs or interviews with various individuals and
those areas that impact the district's financial statements payroll human
resources accounts payable purchasing information technology child nutrition
and and the list goes on and on so that that's during that phase of the audit
the district really feels that the audit is occurring because we're talking and
interacting with many departments in the district during the summer once the
the fiscal year has ended, the district's made closing entries, we return for final field work.
At that point in time, we're focusing on the information that's going to be presented in the
annual comprehensive financial report, your year-end balances, your transactions. We're
confirming information with your third-party service providers, your financial institutions,
your financial advisors to make sure that the balances that we see in the general ledger that
the district is given a support for also agrees with their records. That's the strongest form of
audit evidence we can obtain as external auditors is that third-party verification to make sure the
information cooperates we're performing various analytical procedures pulling down information
from the texas education agency's website and making sure it all agrees to the district's
records over all these months we're obtaining audit evidence to support the opinion that we
express on the financial statements because ultimately that is the goal of this process
is to express an opinion that way when this report is made public the users of the financial
statements can look at our opinion know that it's unmodified and rely on the
information that's being presented as being accurate materially correct and
presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. So I'm
happy to report that our opinion on the district's financial statements for
fiscal year 2021 is an unmodified opinion, also known as a clean opinion on
the financial statements. So in the district's annual comprehensive
financial report there will be a letter on the firm's letterhead with the firm's
signature that includes that unmodified opinion. So a good result there. We also
issue a report on the district's internal controls over financial
financial reporting and compliance that's material to the financial statements. We didn't identify
any material weaknesses or any significant deficiencies in internal control over financial
reporting, nor did we identify any material non-compliance to the financial statements.
And then the third and final report we issue is on the district's single audit, the audit that's
over your federal programs. Each year we go through a process to identify those federal programs and
And for fiscal year 2021, the two major programs were the special education cluster and then your ESSER programs, the elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds.
Our testing of those two major programs did not identify any question costs or any noncompliance, nor did we identify any deficiencies or weaknesses in your internal controls over those federal awards.
THIS PROCESS IS VERY CRITICAL BECAUSE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS
REPORT BEING ISSUED, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT AND CERTIFY A DATA
COLLECTION FORM TO THE FEDERAL AUDIT CLEARINGHOUSE.
WE'LL CERTIFY THE SUBMISSION, THE DISTRICT WILL CERTIFY THAT
SUBMISSION, AND THAT'S HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEARNS HOW THE
DISTRICT PERFORMED IN THE FEDERAL AUDIT AND THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENT AUDIT, AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THE TEXAS EDUCATION
AGENCY WILL FIND OUT HOW THE DISTRICT PERFORMED IN BOTH OF
ITS AUDITS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY
take into account in their risk assessment process and their oversight of the district and managing
and spending those federal awards looking at some of your financial statements the statement in that
position for the district which is included in your report reported total assets and deferred
outflows of resources of 2.9 billion dollars so this is a statement that's a snapshot in time
these are the balances that existed on august 31st 2021 of that amount that's primarily comprised of
two things. Your cash and investments totaled $469.4 million, and then your capital assets,
which are the land, the buildings, the vehicles, furniture, and equipment, net of depreciation
were $2.2 billion. Your liabilities and deferred inflows of resources totaled $2.8 billion.
$2 billion of that are your outstanding bonds and unamortized premiums, and then you report
two liabilities related to retiree benefits with the Texas Retirement System of Texas.
your net pension liability is 240 million, your net other post-employment benefit liability is 232.8 million.
Those liabilities are calculated each and every year by the plans, auditors, and actuaries, and you have to report those in your financial statements.
They represent KDISD's proportionate share of the overall plan liability.
You are absolutely contributing to that plan exactly like you're supposed to.
The pension plan is a well-funded plan in the pension world. It's well-funded. No worries there.
There's always going to be a liability like this. The key thing with these two liabilities is
how are they trending up or down over a period of time? And that'll indicate to the state,
to the plan, as to whether or not contributions have to increase in order to keep those liabilities
in a manageable range, or does there need to be a change to the benefits that are being provided?
THE NET OPEB LIABILITIES RELATED TO RETIREE HEALTH CARE.
HEALTH CARE IS VERY VOLATILE AND THIS PLAN IS ALSO A PAY AS
YOU GO PLAN. THERE ISN'T A TRUST THAT'S BEEN
CREATED WITH CASH AND INVESTMENTS THAT'S EARNING
INTEREST TO PAY THOSE BENEFITS. IT'S THE CONTRIBUTIONS GOING IN
EACH AND EVERY YEAR GO RIGHT BACK OUT AND PAYING FOR THOSE
BENEFITS. SO THAT PLAN IS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT FROM THE PENSION PLAN BECAUSE IT'S A PAY AS YOU GO
AND WE'RE DEALING WITH HEALTH CARE AND SO THAT'S WHY THE
LIABILITY IS WHAT IT IS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR
assets and your liabilities and your outflows and your inflows as your net position or the
net worth of the district as of the end of the fiscal year, and that was $83.1 million.
Looking at your general fund for fiscal year 2021, that's your main operating account.
Total revenues in this fund were $832.6 million. That was an increase from the prior year when it
was $823.9 million. Over 90% of your revenue comes from two sources in the general fund.
property taxes represents 53% of your general fund revenue and state funding
represents 39% of your general fund revenue the other 8% of your general
fund revenue comes from miscellaneous state funding sources mainly TRS on
behalf federal revenue sources and other miscellaneous local sources your
expenditures in the general fund totaled 818 million for fiscal year 2021 66% of
of that impacts the classroom directly.
Those function 11, 12, and 13,
instruction and instruction-related services of 66%.
13% and 11% represent student support services
that are student-based and non-student based.
You have 7% for instruction and school leadership.
You have 2% for your administrative expenditures,
which is a low percentage of your overall
total general fund expenditures.
and then intergovernmental expenditures of $9.7 million, which represents 1%,
and other expenditures of $3 million, which is less than 1%.
As far as your budgetary schedule for the general fund,
actual revenues exceeded budgeted amounts by $20.7 million.
Your expenditures were less than budgeted amounts by $12.8 million.
Overall, your revenues and other sources exceeded expenditures and other uses,
so you had an increase in your general fund balance of 12.4 million for the year ending
fund balance in the general fund was 307.8 million which breaks down into a few different categories
you have non-spendable 3 million committed fund balance of 20 million assigned fund balance of
60.1 million and unassigned fund balance of 20 to 224.7 million dollars if we keep that 224.7 million
dollars in mind that represents 27 and a half percent of your general fund
expenditures that's above the goal that the district has set and it's board
policy of maintaining at least 15 percent of its general fund expenditures
and an unassigned fund balance you're at 27 and a half percent and over the last
five years you've been above 20 percent each of the last five years and the last
three you've been over 27 percent each of the last three years so the general
fund unassigned fund balance is in a good position you do have a debt service
fund and a child nutrition and food service fund budgetary comparison
schedule in your report the debt service fund ended the year with sixty two point
nine million dollars and ending fund balance that was an increase from the
prior year of two point three million and then you nutrition and food service
fund had an increase in fund balance of two point three million ended the year
with a fund balance of 10.4 million. And then the last thing I'll have in my
presentation, required communications. As part of the audit we do review the
district's accounting policies. The district is following all applicable
pronouncements and following all the accounting principles it should. During
the year there was a minor implementation related to the report. The
name changed officially from the comprehensive annual financial report or
or the CAFR to the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
or the ACFR.
So that's gonna take a few years for us to all get used to,
but the acronym CAFR was offensive
in other parts of the world.
So the governmental accounting standard board
wanted to make sure to correct that.
The district will implement two new pronouncements
this year and next year.
Gatsby statement number 87 related to leases
will be implemented in fiscal year 22.
And then in fiscal year 23 will be agreements,
software licensing agreements will need to be accounted and reported differently
beginning in fiscal year 2023. The report contains estimates. Some of the more
significant estimates include anything related to state funding or your
allowances for uncollectible receivables and then the largest estimate in your
financial statements is related to pension and other post-employment
benefits. Those estimates have been reported properly and we had no issues
with those. As far as performing the audit goes, we didn't have any difficult
and working with the district, obtaining the information we needed or meeting with anyone, getting our questions answered.
So I do want to thank Mr. Smith and the district, Ms. Haven, Mrs. Smith, no relation, for their cooperation
throughout the entire audit process, for their assistance and patience in getting the audit completed
and presenting it to you today on time.
Our audit procedures didn't identify any material misstatements that we had to propose or present to management.
management, no disagreements with management when it came to the application of any accounting
principles or accounting estimates.
We do obtain a letter at the end of the audit related to representations.
That letter states to us that the district's given us everything we've asked for.
They haven't withheld any information that would materially impact these financial statements
or disclosures.
As far as we're aware, the district's not consulting with any other accountants or auditors
on any matters.
And then the last thing I wanted to mention is during the year, we do serve as a resource
for the district.
WE DO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE, BUT AT NO TIME DO WE FEEL THE WAY WE ANSWER A QUESTION OR THE POSITION WE TAKE ON ANY MATTER IS A CONDITION AS TO OUR RETENTION AS THE DISTRICT'S EXTERNAL AUDITORS.
SO THAT COMPLETES MY PREPARED REMARKS. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AUDIT PROCESS OR AUDIT REPORTS OR THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT OR THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT REPORT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS?
mr president yes i move that the board of trustees approves the 2020
2021 annual financial audit report we have a motion by mrs champaign a second by mr redmond
we'll now proceed to vote all those in favor raise your right hand say aye
aye the motion passes 7-0 thank you guys very much thank you
we're now proceed to agenda item 11.2 discuss and consider board approval of the november 2021
21 financial reports uh you have the financial reports uh through november presented before you
it's uh standard as as we always have um one by a function uh one by a function and an object
of course the tax report uh through november where we were in collecting our taxes and also a summary
of the check register and a summary of the construction report so if you have any questions
about that I'll be glad to answer with this time any questions I'll entertain a
motion mr. president yes I move that the Board of Trustees approves the district's
November 2029 financial statements we have a motion by mr. champagne and a
second by mrs. van will now proceed to vote all those in favor raise your right
hand say aye aye the motion passes 7-0 thank you very much mr. Smith will now
proceed to agenda item 11.3 discuss and consider board approval of the january 2022 budget
amendments presenter miss sherry butterfield director of budget treasury good evening good
evening thank you president schulte trustees dr grogorski the general operating fund tonight has
expenditure amendments that are all direct offsets between different functions so approval of these
These nine general operating fund amendments will result in no change to the general operating fund balance.
The food service fund amendment increases revenue estimates $8,468,466, and this is due in part to two things, a supplement from USDA due to the pandemic and increased participation.
patients. This amendment also increases food service expenditures, increased food cost,
and approval of this amendment will result in a net increase of $5,577,999 to the food service fund.
fund. One amendment in the tourist fund expenditure amendment for $215,450 and this establishes
some funding for rebuilding chillers here at the ESC.
Any questions? Mr. President? Yes. I move the Board of Trustees approves the District's
November 2021 financial statements.
Second.
We have a motion by Mrs. Vann and a second by Mr. Redman.
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 11.4, discuss and consider board approval of the proposal for property insurance.
Presenting Mr. Lance Nallman, Director of Risk Management.
Good evening.
Good evening, President Schulte.
Dr. Krakorski and Board of Trustees. Recently the Risk Management Department
sought proposals for the renewal of property insurance program through an
RFP process. As part of the RFP process, four potential brokers made interest in
submitting proposals with the incumbent, USI, actually presenting a final proposal
to review. The renewal of the property insurance program does not anticipate
changes from the expiring term. Coverage is extended for the following buildings,
structures and their contents, physical damage to buses and autos, electronic
data processing equipment, mobile equipment, musical instruments, boilers
and machinery. Major perils include fire, flood, earthquake, windstorm, named
windstorm and wind-driven rain. Currently the total insured value for the
the district stands at $2.529 billion from an expiring value of $2.489 billion.
The expiring rate for coverage presently stands at $0.152 with renewal proposal at $0.169.
During the recent policy term, recent risk management evaluated building values, added
new buildings from recently completed 2017 bond projects, and reviewed insured assets
such as contents.
Building values were adjusted to reflect current inflationary trends in construction and those technology enhancements which were added.
The renewal presented by Berkshire Hathaway was evaluated by risk management department
considering the adequacy of coverage, assessment of risk, and availability of services and costs.
The proposal also saw consideration for the continued growth experienced by the district. From the expiring term, the market
Market conditions have been influenced by the following factors.
One, reduced capital capacity.
Two, layered limits, record weather losses across the nation and world, COVID-19, and reduction of available markets to write this program.
Risk management is of the opinion that Berkshire Hathaway proposal represents the best value and offers, one, coverage limits that exceed the maximum expected loss,
renewal data outside of hurricane season, contemplated coverage for increased flood
risk for both named storm and non-named storm events, standalone flood coverage for Creech
Elementary, and additional renewal options agreeable to both parties for 2023 and 2024.
This action impacts the 2021-2022 General Operating Fund for property insurance premiums
by an estimated annual premium of $4,416,905.
This action is in compliance with CH Legal, CH Local, and CRB Legal.
It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the proposal for property insurance
as presented by USI for 2022, along with options agreeable to both parties for 2023 and 2024.
If you have any questions at this time, I'll be happy to answer them for you.
Any questions?
Mr. President?
Yes.
I have some questions.
Thank you for your presentation.
I know I asked you this last year, but I don't need to ask it, but I see Creech is a standalone.
So a couple of questions about that.
So in the flood that's $50 million, that's what we're covered for or whatever.
Is that Creech doesn't count in the $50 million?
So in other words, if we have another, God forbid, Harvey, so that would be $50 million plus Creech would have $10 million.
Correct.
Let me give you a little historical perspective that would not answer all of your questions.
Following Harvey, because of the location of Creech, the carriers basically carved out Creech Elementary in the terms of the total limits available for flood.
So we had to go out to the market to get a standalone policy so that Creech would have adequate flood coverage based on what we think is expect total loss.
And it's because of its location.
It's very much a unique duck.
And it's separate.
So, in other words, we'd have $50 million plus $10 million if we needed it for Creech.
So counting Creech, it's really $60 million potentially.
In total, in the aggregate, yes.
Yes, but Creech could not take any of the $50 million.
Right, okay.
It's a standalone island, if you will.
And just, you know, this is probably an impossible question to answer,
but 200 years from now, will Creech be out?
Like, we never have another flood.
You know, how long?
Is it a 100-year flood?
I don't know.
You know, I think Harvey was, there are so many descriptions about Harvey that,
you know, this building was not supposed to flood.
and it did. They called it the 500 year flood. They've called it the hundred year
flood. It's built where it is and we have to ensure it as it is. That's the
challenge that faces us and the big challenge is is not one carrier will
write this whole program or any program like this. We have to build it in layers
to get to those big limits that we need to protect all the assets of the
district in the event of a big big storm flood event that may or may not happen
and just one more thing i think it's actually um quite amazing that we only went up about three
hundred thousand dollars in our in our premium even though we added all the buildings for that
so i really commend you and your um staff for for helping us like that well thank you keeping our
cost down like that. I really admire that. On that note, President Schulte and Ms. Champagne,
we are preparing a budget amendment. This is slightly over budget, so next month we'll have
a trailing budget amendment. Although the premium did not go as much like you just mentioned,
it did exceed our budget, so we're going to tighten that up a little bit next month.
I have one question. When you're looking at the deductibles, how sensitive is the cost of the
deductibles and do you look at hey let's raise the deductibles a little bit we're a big district we
got a pretty plentiful uh general operating fund let's raise the deductible to get the expenses
down make sure there's some optimum amount there you guys look at that we do we run the models
against total expected losses and where we would fit in that but i would i would caution you to say
insurance companies want money and uh you know you can say well we take a million dollar deductible
for this, they still want some premium dollars to cover that risk.
Well, it's not linear in what you're saying.
Exactly.
We're pretty much at the max that we can push that limit, and they would like some premium.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Mr. President.
Any other questions?
Mr. President.
Yes.
I actually want to rewind a little bit.
I read the wrong amendment for 11.3.
I hadn't turned the page, so I think we should re-vote for 11.3.
Oh, I apologize.
I have a question about this before we do that.
Before you take the motion on the next one, however you want to do it.
I'm sorry.
It's my fault for not turning the page.
Okay, go ahead.
I have a question.
Yes, Ms. Falk.
So Creech has increased insurance, but not this building.
This building flooded.
Correct.
This building was, when you look at the flood zones,
and flood zones are based on elevation.
and when this building flooded quite frankly mr. Smith called me and said have you looked at the
news and I said yes it's raining a lot he said the ESC is on your water I said no way and that
wasn't expected Creech because it's in the reservoir basically has a lower elevation
and insurance companies decided to laser that location out of for flood.
So that dictates I have to go out and find the limits that will support that
in the event of a flooding event there again.
We hope that it doesn't.
Okay.
Because the city of Katy has flooded multiple times.
I mean, some houses in this area.
So I was just wondering why this building, I mean,
Creech had never flooded before, but came this close.
Thank goodness it didn't flood or we'd be paying this times two campuses.
So I just was curious about how this building was excluded, but I hope they're not listening. I just honestly
I think that there's really no way to explain it. I mean you can you can come to all sorts of
conclusions, but I think it was just as
Tremendous amount of rain at one particular time
When we moved here
We bought flood insurance on our house because we lived next to the reservoir kind of thing and it was $100 a year for flood
insurance nothing now it's 450 still still not that much considering the amount of coverage it
provides but it's that's what happened to every homeowner you know who had their house flooded and
live in that reservoir near vicinity so yeah it's you know and it goes up every year goes up a
little bit every year it does thank you any other questions i'd say let's close agenda item 11.4 and
Thank you for bringing that to my attention.
Any other questions?
If not, I'll entertain a motion.
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the proposal for the property insurance as presented by USI for 2022,
along with the options agreeable to both parties for 2023 and 2024.
Second.
We have a motion by Mrs. Champagne and a second by Mrs. Vann.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
The motion passes 7-0.
I don't know what the protocol here is, Justin.
We go back to 11.3.
Do we have to amend it, or can we just re-vote on it since it was an error?
We can take a new motion.
Okay, thank you.
Take a new motion for Agenda Item 11.3.
I move the Board of Trustees approves the District's January 2022 budget amendments.
Second.
We have a motion by Mrs. Vann, a second by Mr. Redmond.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
The motion passes 7-0.
Thank you.
We'll now proceed to agenda item 11.5, discuss and consider board approval of the innovative course application submission for occupational therapy 1 and 2 and lab.
Presenter is Dr. Sarah Martin, Director of Career and Technical Education. Good evening.
Good evening. President Schulte, Board of Trustees, and Superintendent Grigorski.
I'm here this evening to request the Board of Trustees endorse the approval of the innovative course application submission to the Texas Education Agency for three innovative courses.
occupational therapy one occupational therapy two and medical therapy lab the
Texas Education Agency conducted an evaluation of labor market data of
occupations in Texas along with a skills gap analysis to align those skills and
those occupations with the existing career and technical education Texas
essential knowledge and skills the process yielded a list of courses to be
created to provide students with the skills necessary to be prepared for
transition into the occupation or continued post-secondary education to attain advanced
skills in that career field.
Occupational Therapy I, Occupational Therapy II, and Medical Therapy Lab are three of those
several health science courses identified by TEA in which TEEX were needed to be developed.
Ms. Archer, who supports our health science programs, applied and was accepted to the
TEEX Writing Committee for these courses.
She was the sole secondary education career and technical education on the committee and
and served as a committee lead.
Ms. Archer researched not only the competencies needed
for success in the industry,
but also instructional materials which support
the delivery and assessment of those competencies.
Under Ms. Archer's leadership,
the committee comprised of licensed occupational therapists
and post-secondary education instructors of OT
developed the three courses
which are included in your board packet.
Committee leads have an additional responsibility
of obtaining the approval of their local school board
in support of secondary educator participating
participating in the innovative course application process.
The required approval from local school board does not indicate
that the local school district commits to offering those courses.
However, the approval is an acknowledgment that school board
is aware of the activities the committee lead in completing the innovation course application
for the identified courses.
So with board approval, the three innovative courses will list KDISD
as the submitting school district.
And with me this evening is Kristy Archer, and we're happy to answer any of your questions
you may have about the process or those courses.
Thank you very much.
Any questions?
Yes, Mr. President.
I have some questions, well actually some statements.
First of all, I am so excited about this because so many young people are wanting to go into
this building.
I know it's very, very competitive.
I know tons of young people who can't get in, and I think, you know, I was reading through
this and they can actually graduate and be a patient care technician or a certified medical
assistant and then what I'm imagining is maybe they can be doing that while simultaneously
trying to earn their degree or whatever it is.
And I think just having that edge, you know, a little bit of an edge to be able to add
that to the resume or just trying to get into the school, not, you know, much less trying
trying to become an occupational therapist.
But just getting into the school is so hard.
And I think that this, you know, I haven't looked,
but I'm hoping that we're the leader in this.
And are we the leader in this?
I don't know.
Are we the only school district offering this?
I hope so.
For right now, I would love it for everyone,
but I'd like to be the leader of it.
I really appreciate this, and I know that a lot of students
are gonna be interested in this,
and especially where we live with the medical field
right here, the medical center and all that.
that. And a lot of people, a lot of students have parents that are in the medical field and they
probably want to follow in their footsteps and things like that. So kudos to you. I love it.
Any other questions or comments? Mr. President. Thank you so much. Me too. Me too. Everything
Mrs. Champagne said. We're in the medical field. This is thrilling. Look, no one is surprised that
I get excited when I see an agenda item where we're talking about opportunities for students
and the advancement of that.
And these are, as it says, high-demand and high-wage careers.
Love it.
Where will it be taught?
Well, actually, we're just asking for the approval to submit them to TEA
under the name of KDISD.
But they're going to say yes then.
Then you'll come back and tell us all where it's going to be.
Is this a Miller career kind of thing or every school, every high school?
So that's yet to be determined as we are entering the course proposal process in August.
So, okay hoping to offer it. Okay, let me move to my second question. I appreciate appreciate that
we
This is a TEA grant
No, it's not a grant
So what TEA does every every so often as they look at our programs of study and as you know
We went from pathways to programs of study. So they're a little more concentrated and they are all geared in high-skill high-wage demand courses
They found some things that were missing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and
some others were identified.
We submitted Kristi Archer's name to be a part of that committee, and so she was the
lead on that and developed those three courses.
So we are hoping that you all will approve them to be submitted to TEA, and they will
be out for the rest of the state to pick up in 22-23.
Okay. Are we also looking for other opportunities like that, like more of this? It's on your
radar, I'm sure. Okay. So someone sent me a message today, said that there's a TEA grant
for an autism grant for students age 3 to 21. Do you know anything about that from TEA?
Okay. Thank you very much.
Any other questions?
I'll entertain a motion.
Mr. President?
Yes.
This motion does not...
have medical therapy lab on it should I add it since we're applying for three
three applications yes it was missing okay I move that the Board of Trustees
approves the innovative course applications for occupational therapy
one occupational therapy two and medical therapy lab have a motion by mrs. Fox a
second by mr. Keller will now proceed to vote all those in favor raise your right
hand and say aye aye the motion passes 7-0 thank you thank you for touching
in that spot now proceed to 11.6 discuss and consider board approval of a professional
development waiver for the 2023-2024 instructional calendar the presenters miss sherry ash horn
charles and discipline administrator good evening good evening president schulte dr gorski members
of the board we have a little bit of housekeeping from the approval of this calendar in december
and this is approval of those staff development minutes um within the calendar that gives us
2100 minutes we can put back to our total amount and as you remember that gives us flexibility for
school closures like bad weather days so we'll need your approval to go ahead and submit that
to tea when they open the process it has already been reviewed and approved by kick any questions
mr president yes i move that the board of trustees approves a professional development
waiver for the 2023 2024 instructional calendar okay we have a motion by mr redmond a second by
by Mrs. Vann.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
Motion passes.
Did I get it wrong?
I'm sorry, was it Ms. Champaign or Ms. Wilson?
OK.
OK, sorry.
Mrs. Wilson, I'm sorry.
Motion passes 7-0.
We'll now proceed to agenda item 11.7,
discuss and consider board adoption
of the local innovation plan as required by Texas Education
Code chapter 12A in order to obtain designation
as a district of innovation.
The presenters, Ms. Sherry Ashhorn.
Is this, we going live this time or this is a?
This is it.
There's no more updates, huh?
No, no more updates.
No more you are here.
We've made it through the process that we started back in September, which feels like a lifetime ago maybe for some of us.
But I'm very pleased to present the final local innovation plan.
You'll see five, I'm sorry, six final exemptions.
Three are very familiar.
They're from our plan from five years ago, renewed and improved.
That's our school start date.
our campus behavior coordinator,
and our teacher certification.
And three new exemptions were reviewed
and approved by the committee,
which include the out of school suspension,
giving us the opportunity to suspend on a very limited,
very strategic basis, students who are in intense situations
or maybe we need to investigate a little bit more.
It also gives us the opportunity to continue
with attendance for credit, class credit or final grade.
That's about that 90% rule that says if you are absent
for more than 10% of a course,
you have to complete a principal's plan.
We know we have a lot of students who have absences
for good reasons or extracurriculars,
so we didn't want there to be that extra hoop
that's available.
And then the third new one is excused absences
as it relates to excused absences
for visiting institutions of higher learning.
But we'd also expand that to technical school
school and military visits. Do you have any questions about the plan at this time?
Any questions? Mr. President, so thank you for the presentation. I want to know, I see that we're
supposed to get renewed, right? So what's the process of being, I mean, I see all the exemptions
and all that, but how do we get renewed for another five years? Sure, so I use the word renewed since
we had three of them five years ago, but since five years is the maximum limit, we were forced
to go through the whole process again so with today's approval with all of your approval we'll
submit it to tea posted online and start working on those internal procedures to make these things
happen and reviewing our board policies to see maybe which of our policies need updating so you
would see that in the future too but today's the day and so just one last follow-up so after today
and we vote on it we don't need to do this again for five more years nope not unless there's
something new we want to add or something we want to change we could go through the process again
It's not set in stone forever, but our plan in front of you today would be effective for five years
Any other questions
Or attend a motion mr. President. I have one you see any significant challenges with any of these
Have you compared to other school districts what they have? I'm just wondering I know I know some of the
Lawmakers who have some strong feelings about a couple of these do you think there will be challenges?
I don't anticipate any challenges. We did do extensive research on what other districts have also chosen to exempt from in the past five years that it's been, you know, a more popular program.
I think that our school district is very conservative and thoughtful in those administrative procedures in the background to put in safety nets, you know, such as teacher certification, right?
We're not just going to put anybody in a classroom, right?
we have those procedures here in Katy or the student suspension you might have remembered
reading in the plan there'll be a central office committee reviewing that so I think the choices
we've made are going to benefit students teachers staff and I think that if we continue to follow
our process internal procedures we're going to be really successful I agree I think all of these
make us stronger and give us more local control and local input because when you talk about the
student suspension we want children in school we have lots of plans to not let
them you know fall through any cracks and so I just wondered I know someone
who's very focused on that one specifically but I think these are all
good and they're meant for our students to be successful I really like it thank
you very much any other questions mr. president yes I move the Board of
Trustees adopts a local innovation plan as required by Texas Education Code
Chapter 12 a in order to obtain designation as a district of innovation
We have a motion by mrs. Van the second by mr. Redmond
Will now proceed to vote all those in favor raise your right hand and say aye aye
The motions pass passes 7-0. Thank you for guiding us through. That's great. Thank you
11.8 discuss and consider board approval of the contract for the re-roofing of Cimarron Elementary
Beck Jr. High and Cinco Ranch Jr. High. The presenter is Mr. Nathan Fuchs, Executive Director
of Maintenance and Operations. Good evening. Good evening, President Schulte, Board Members,
and Dr. Gorski. Tonight I have five items for your consideration. The first item for your
consideration tonight are the roofs at Cimarron Elementary, Beck Jr. High, and Cinco Ranch Jr.
High, which are part of the 2021 bond component replacement. This work will be performed by
roofing contractors who have done previous and similar work throughout the district.
This project will be completed by August of 2022.
Mr. President?
Yes.
What kind of life does this have on it?
Does it have a guarantee for length of life on a roof?
It's similar to our new roofs.
We get the same 20-year warranty, so it'll have the same warranty as a roof on a new building.
Thank you.
Yes, ma'am.
I have one question.
Are you seeing the I know you guys had kind of braced us for increase in pricing with the
Co vided and supply chain shoulders and all that are you seeing the bids coming in higher than what the estimates were for the bond
Are we still within within range right now? We're doing okay
there the estimates that we have or
Pretty hitting pretty close, but we're doing a lot of research and doing a lot of investigative work just to make sure that we're
Squeezing as tight as we can to make sure these numbers come in, right? Thank you. Yes, sir. Any other questions not I'll entertain a motion
Mr. President? Yes. I move that the Board of Trustees approves the contracts for
the re-roofing projects at Beck Junior High and Cimarron Elementary to Atlas
Universal Roofing Incorporated utilizing HCDE Choice Partners contract number
18060JN-01 in the amount of $2,484,681
and at Cinco Ranch Junior High to Reliable Commercial Roofing Services
Incorporated utilizing the HCD choice partners contract number 18 0 6 0 J in
dash 14 in the amount of 1 million eight hundred and twenty one thousand dollars
in a total not to exceed project costs of four million eight hundred and thirty
two thousand one hundred six dollars okay the motion by mr. Redmond a second
by mrs. van will now proceed to vote all those in favor raise your right hand and
say aye aye motion passes 7-0 11.9 consider discussing consider board approval of the
proposal for portable classroom buildings for multiple campuses the second item for your
consideration tonight is for the purchase of 12 new portable buildings from palomar modular
buildings these buildings will be installed on multiple campuses to cover growth needs for the
2022-2023 school year included in this package are the monies identified for technology and furniture
I recommendation for connection services for these portables were presented at the February board meeting
Thank you any questions board members
Mr.. President yes
So how many classrooms fit in a portable building to per portable building and?
Do we do we reuse portable buildings
Yes, ma'am, and okay, so this is obviously in addition to that, but okay. I
life expectancy of a portable building?
We've got some pretty old portable buildings.
When they can't be reused anymore, we actually bring them over to our facility
and we kind of rebuild them and get to, we've got buildings that are probably
40 years old right now.
Wow.
So they last pretty good while with a little maintenance.
That's a good investment then.
Thank you so much.
Yes, ma'am.
Mr. President.
Yes.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the proposal for the purchase of 12 portable classroom buildings for the 2022-2023 school year at multiple campuses, Palomar modular buildings, in the amount of $972,432, utilizing the by-board contract number 637-21, as well as technology and furniture for the 12 portable buildings, with the total project cost not to exceed $1,515,552.
Second.
I can have a motion by Mrs. Vann and a second by Mrs. Champagne.
I'll proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
The motion passes 7-0.
11-10, discuss and consider board approval of the proposal for building modifications at multiple campuses.
The third item for your consideration tonight is for collaboration space renovations and the conversion of computer labs at various campuses.
Meetings were held with campus and district administration to discuss options in lieu
of purchasing additional portable buildings and to offer greater flexibility within the
school building itself.
This work will begin in the spring of 2022 and will be completed prior to the start of
the 2022-2023 school year.
Thank you.
Any questions?
Yes, Mr. President.
Yes.
Okay.
So I see that this is going to cost about $400,000 and these are all relatively new
new buildings that had the collaborative space.
What I'm wondering is, in the future, when we build the buildings, can we make it so
that those, I'm not saying not to have collaborative spaces, but can we make it so that it's less
costly to convert them into classrooms?
Ms. Champaign, if I may, so we spent a lot of time looking at these, and you just approved
12 new portable buildings. I know that we don't love portable buildings. We don't love them
in our world. And I know that parents and principals and teachers struggle with those
as well. And so part of the reason that we're looking at enclosing these collaborative spaces
is that it allows us, in this case, to save about two and a half million extra dollars
on top of what we would have spent, right?
So we saved about $2.5 million had we purchased portables.
The other thing is that it keeps kiddos inside the building.
And the beauty of it is it still allows the campuses to use those spaces as collaborative spaces.
I think when the design was done originally,
the idea was that the kids could flow in and out of that classroom
or in and out of that area into their classrooms.
And I think as we've grown into those buildings, we've kind of seen that there's less of that.
They certainly use them as collaborative spaces, no question.
But in these campuses and the ones you'll see that are on the list, these campuses that are high growth campuses like Campbell Elementary, for instance, that has relatively no more room for portables.
We sort of use this along with the computer lab idea to really save money and save space and keep kids in the building.
So to answer your question, long term, Elementary 44 right now, as you guys know, we were a little tight on budget on Elementary 44.
So we're going to hold off on doing that there.
But in the future, we're going to try to work that into the design.
So it gives the principal and the teachers and the kids a flexibility of having that collaborative space, but also having it enclosed
So if you need it for classrooms because you're in a high growth area you can do that
So I apologize for the long answer, but I felt like I needed to frame that whole no
I appreciate that and I think you were I think you answered my question, but in summary
Had those collaborative spaces been
BEEN INITIALLY BUILT SO THAT OR PLANNED OR OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT A BUILDER BUT DESIGNED
OR WHATEVER TO BE ABLE TO BE CONVERTED.
I THINK IF I'M HEARING YOUR QUESTION RIGHT, YOU'RE ASKING ME IF IT WOULD BE MORE ECONOMICAL
TO DO IT WHEN THE BUILDING IS BUILT INITIALLY AND I WOULD SAY YES.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO WITH THAT DESIGN MOVING FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
YES, MA'AM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
MR.
PRESIDENT.
YES.
So I'm just going to tag in here too because I agree.
How much do they use the collaborative spaces?
I'm in campuses pretty often.
I've never seen anybody.
And are the collaborative spaces the ones that are just kind of open and on the design?
It's the one with the little stools?
Or is it the ones with the stairs?
All those stairs that were meant for open classrooms like Bethke and Campbell?
Do we use those spaces?
Is that the spaces we're talking about?
We're talking about two different spaces.
So the collaborative spaces that we're going to enclose are the six at the Bethke
At the Bethke design school right so there's I think two per
Area or something like that anyway, there's six total
You know in each school. Yes, ma'am six in each school, right?
So you get six classrooms where you would have purchased three portables
You know my experience. I was never an elementary school principal, but I know that every principal you utilizes their building a little differently
I think those spaces are used and talking to the principals that we spoke with about enclosing these spaces
They feel pretty comfortable that they'll still be able to do the things that they want to do. I would defer to dr
Washington dr. Carlson if they want to they want to weigh in on that
I'm wondering if principals are screaming because we're taking them away or saying, you know
We don't really let children go in and out and all that.
They really don't have a lot of freedom to go in and out.
They still will have lots of flexibility with that space, even though it's closed in.
They still can pull small groups there.
They still can do small presentations.
So they have actually additional flexibility with it closed in
because some of our teachers that do not have regular classrooms,
classrooms like academic support, ESL that don't necessarily have a homeroom but pull small groups,
they will be able to pull kids into those areas and it's closed off a little more so it's away
from the hallway traffic but they can still do small groups and things like that. I thought these
were going to be made into classrooms so I thank you for the clarification on that. Okay. Closed
in so that children can be in there but not so open that everybody has access. Correct and they
They could be classrooms.
They could be classrooms of smaller groups of kids or larger groups of kids.
Again, it's all about the flexibility.
And the privacy.
Yes, ma'am.
Okay, and on the junior high ones, we're, well, on the, also at Bethke and Campbell and Leonard, we're going to take some computer labs.
I'm guessing.
Yes.
I'm filling in my own blanks with the fact that we have one-to-one come into a classroom.
Do people really go to a computer lab anymore?
more in your you're absolutely tracking so when we started looking at some of
these schools that were really full May Creek junior high was one of them we
started looking at some of these schools and we said well are we really utilizing
that computer lab space as efficiently as we could right we know that just in
the last two or three years the the the use of Chromebooks and the flexibility
of bringing computers to teachers classrooms has made not not made the
computer lab obsolete but it gives us an opportunity to utilize that space in a
really crowded building that we might not be able to do otherwise and again if
a school has two computer labs that's two more classes of kids that are in the
building and in the same premise really at May Creek junior high was that was
very similar to Campbell in that we're we're pretty close to being out of room
over there so we needed to be creative and find some spaces so overall I think
I think it's a good plan.
Again, if a portable building, a brand-new portable building,
if we drop that at May Creek Elementary, $250,000.
If we can convert a computer lab, we'll have laptops, Chromebooks for the kids.
We can convert a computer lab for $20,000.
So it all makes sense from a space and money standpoint.
While I'm here, may I have one more, Mr. President?
So what about the stairs?
You know, that really looks pretty with the wood and all of that.
but what valuable space and I don't see children there very often either like it
came both you know the you know the big wide stairs that meant to be like a
classroom or yeah I think if miss Dickerson was here still or miss
brought would have stayed around I think I think what you'll find is entries but
elementary I think is the same way I mean we've been in elementary's where
where the kids have been on them I think it's a great place to group your kids
and do some work it's just like any other space though collaborative space I
I think it's one of those things where, you know, is it used as much as you'd like it to?
Maybe not.
Is it used as much as the classroom?
Definitely not.
Creatively, I agree with it.
Economically and for how crowded our schools are, I get.
And I think everybody here will agree that we get a lot of comments and calls about overcrowding of Campbell Elementary.
And will they ever have any relief?
So of the others, I can, Bethke and Leonard, they'll get some relief.
But Campbell?
And we've got some plans for Campbell as well.
We will probably bring it back to you at some point.
Okay, good.
I'll have them call you.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the contract for collaboration space renovations at Bethke Elementary,
Campbell Elementary, Leonard Elementary, and McIlwain Elementary to Brown and Root Industrial Services, LLC,
LLC in the amount of $387,728, utilizing the Aamina JOC contract number R200102.
It is also recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the conversion of computer labs at
Campbell Elementary, Bethke Elementary, Leonard Elementary, Schmalz Elementary, Woodcreek
Elementary, McDonald Junior High, Maid Creek Junior High, and Woodcreek Junior High.
The total project cost is not to exceed $1,023,493.
We have a motion by Ms. Wilson, a second by Mrs. Vann.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
The motion passes 7-0.
Round two, agenda item 11.11, discuss and consider board approval of the proposal for replacement of the emergency generator at Cinco Ranch High School.
The fourth item for your consideration tonight is for the emergency generator at Cinco Ranch High School that has failed and is extremely cost prohibitive to repair due to its age.
We currently have a rental generator on site providing service for all life safety systems until a new generator can be installed.
The generator will be sized appropriately to handle any future needs.
Work will be performed by LACS, a company that has completed numerous projects in our district in the past.
Thank you. Any questions?
I have one question, Mr. President.
Was the generator damaged during the fire that happened the year before last?
No, sir.
No.
Did you say Cinco Junior?
Oh, my bad.
Sorry.
I missed the junior word in there.
How long has it been since they've had one, the generator?
How old is this one?
That's original to the school.
Well, okay.
Just from a financial perspective, we're going to cover that in his budget,
but I am going to bring a budget amendment next month to replenish that budget
because a $450,000 hit for something like this is not expected and we're
gonna try to replenish it through a budget amendment next month. Any other
questions? If not I'll entertain a motion. Mr. President, I move that the Board of
Trustees approve the contract for the replacement of the emergency generator
at Cinco Ranch High School to LECS in the amount of $439,778.18
utilizing the Choice Partners Contract Number 18-036MC-R1
and the total project cost not to exceed $451,278.18.
Second.
We have a motion by Mrs. Champagne and a second by Mrs. Vann.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
The motion passes 7-0.
Agenda item 11.12, discuss and consider board approval of the proposal
for the building management control system replacement at multiple campuses.
The final item for your consideration tonight is for the replacement of building management control systems
at Cimarron Elementary, Memorial Parkway Elementary, Shaw Center, and Beck Junior High.
The upgraded systems will allow for increased energy savings
and allow for optimal management of our building operations.
Both recommended contractors have completed similar projects in size and scope in our district in the past.
This is part of the 2020-21 bond component replacement program.
Work will be completed by July of 2022.
Thank you.
Any questions?
Mr. President, can you expand on what a BMCS does?
So it's kind of like the brains of the facility from the operational standpoint on the HVAC side.
It controls all the HVAC equipment, lighting controls, stuff like that.
So it's the brains of the building more or less.
Yes, ma'am.
Mr. President?
MR.
Yes.
MS.
I move the Board of Trustees approves the contracts for the Building Management
Control System, BMCS, replacements at Cimarron Elementary, Memorial Parkway Elementary,
the Shaw Center, and Beck Junior High to Climatech LLC in the amount of $928,000, and at Beck
Junior High to Unify Energy Solutions LLC in the amount of $654,000, and a total not
not to exceed the project cost of $1,799,351.
We have a motion by Mrs. Vann and a second by Mr. Redmond.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
The motion passes 7-0.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
We'll now proceed to agenda item 1113, discuss and consider board approval of the plat for Katie Elementary School.
Presenter tonight is Mrs. Lisa Kastman, Executive Director of Facilities and Planning and Construction.
Good evening.
Good evening, President Schulte, Trustees, Dr. Zagorski.
I have only one item this evening for your consideration, but wait until next month.
This item is consideration for the approval of the plat for Katy Elementary.
The plat for this 6.98 acre site has been prepared by Westfield Surveying,
and upon approval by Katy ISD, we return to the City of Katy for final signature and recording.
The construction plans cannot be submitted for review for a permit until this plat has been recorded.
Any questions?
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the plot for Katie Elementary School.
Second.
We have a motion by Mr. Redmond, a second by Mrs. Champagne.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
The motion passes 7-0.
Thank you.
Agenda item 1114, discuss and consider board approval of a contract for lift dark fiber services
to meet the immediate and long-term fiber infrastructure
for elementary number 44, 45, and 46.
The presenter is Mr. Joe Christopherson,
Director of Technology and Operations.
Good evening.
Good evening, President Schulte,
Board members, and Superintendent Dr. Grigorski.
It is recommended that the Board of Trustees
approve the contract for dark fiber services
to meet the connectivity needs for elementary 44, 45, and 46
to PS Lightwave Incorporated.
The contract value for construction of the fiber
is 307 625 with an annual recurring cost of 3 822.58 total value for two initial two years
is 315 270.16 funding source is general operating fund and the 2021 bond funds
any questions
mr president yes i move the board of trustees approves the contract for
for lit dark fiber services to meet the immediate and long-term fiber infrastructure for elementary
schools 44, 45, and 46.
Second.
Okay, we have a motion by Mrs. Vann and a second by Mrs. Wilson.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
Aye, the motion passes 7-0.
Agenda item 1115, discuss and consider board adoption of the order calling for a regular
ELECTION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO BE HELD ON MAY 7, 2022, AND AUTHORIZATION OF THE
ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE OFFICIAL NOTICE OF THE ELECTION AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.
THE PRESENTER TONIGHT IS MR. JUSTIN GRAHAM, GENERAL COUNSEL AND ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR.
GOOD EVENING. TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT SHULTEY, DR. GRIGORSKI, HARD TO BELIEVE WE'RE HERE AGAIN AT
at election time or during election.
This is our standard May trustee election
that the district actually holds.
We're one of the few unique school districts
in the state of Texas.
We're in three different counties,
and so it kind of makes it an impossibility
during May elections to contract with the three counties
to hold them.
Now, when we are required to hold elections in November,
we are required to use the counties.
those are special provisions in your Texas elections code.
But we also know that the last time that we held elections with the counties,
it came at great expense to us, and we can do it cheaper and hopefully provide a little better service
and a little more clear messaging with what we're doing here at KDISD.
So what you have in front of you, and I think everybody in this board is familiar with May elections,
elections, pretty standard order of election. I do want to bring two things to your attention.
First of all, if you see Katy ISD Precinct number three, that is kind of your city, at
least part of your city of Katy voting. You'll see Katy City Hall, but it's actually right
underneath there it says Civic Center. So for those of you who are familiar with downtown
downtown Katy, we have traditionally held voting,
election day voting, with the city of Katy
in the city council room, right?
And you go to one room, or you go to one area,
and you vote for the city of Katy,
you go to the other room and vote for Katy ASD.
Well, last year during the May election,
the city of Katy actually moved their voting out
to the Civic Center, which is just across the street.
It's in the same complex.
It's a newer building.
It's a more accessible space for this kind of thing, a little better parking.
And so they've asked that we do the same.
They've asked that we do the same so that our citizens who live within the city can
vote hopefully in the same spot for the mayor election and also the school board election.
I'm going to pigtail on that and I'm going to give you a little bit of a historical
perspective when we look at Katy Precinct 12.
Katie Precinct 12 is, when you think about our district, it is the south, the
furthest southwest corner of the district. It is Cross Creek Ranch and it
actually extends across 1463 a little bit there, but any any voters that are in
the city of Fulcher that also reside in Katie, I see you're in that precinct. Well
we, I was actually approached and I'm gonna give kudos to Miss Wilson, this is
her brainchild when she first got elected to the board she said hey um you know i live in
the city or i have a lot of friends that live in the city of full sure and would it be possible
for us to have a voting location that is in kdisd in the city of full sure
that our residents that live there that they could go vote in the same location just like
i talked about the civic center for the city of Katy and the revision we just made there
so i started that that process well over a year ago because we have to communicate with
uh Fort Bend County who runs the city of full sure city of full sure is located all the way in Fort
Bend County so they actually run that election the elections administrator in Fort Bend and i he
he is great he has always been great to KDISD and so we started that process you know like I
say over a year ago when we decided okay we're gonna move is it Stanley is Stanley Elementary
School is that the one that's right there that where the boating used to be Schaefer see I get
Stanley and Schaefer confused right so Fred and Patty Schaefer so it's right across 1463 what we
did is now since we had that high school there and high schools traditionally make a little better of
voting site they had more parking out there so we've moved that for that precinct 12 we moved
it to jordan high school which is located in the city of fullsher at the same time i i got
confirmation from mr oldham about 10 days ago and he said look we're we're going to work to do that
at the same time the same period so they're going to put their their fort ben county voting locations
also located on Election Day at Jordan High School, which means again our
citizens that live in the city of Fulcher. So great idea there and I'm
happy we were able to work with the county to get that done. Those are the
only two minor changes I can tell you if you've been paying attention to the the
last Texas legislative session and those laws about elections that went in place
on September 1st. The expansion of early voting times, the the designation of a
the central early voting location.
We've always had that done here at KDISD,
and that harkens before my time here,
so I can't take credit for it.
But we have always had really extended voting hours
from 7 to 7, and we've always given our constituents
an opportunity to vote on at least one weekend,
Saturday and Sunday.
And so those new provisions of expanded early voting access,
KDISD has been ahead of the curve on that,
and so those rules we were already following.
That being said, I'm happy to take any questions that this board may have.
Any questions?
Mr. President?
Yes.
So, great job, Mr. Graham, on the Jordan High School, because that was what I was going to bring up is what about Fulcher.
So, great decision on that, especially if they can vote in the same place and not have to, like, it's not like in Katy where you go here over here.
It's really different, I think, Mrs. Wilson, right?
like you have to go into the city of full sure and all the way over to seven lakes or something
so my question is going to be about the early voting sites we have the same five we've always
had which work very well but now that our community has stretched to payto to jordan
people at payto there's nothing here close to payto high school or any of those people places
over there so i think we're missing a lot of an opportunity not providing an opportunity for
for them and maybe Jordan, I mean,
is Seven Lakes the closest one to Jordan?
And it's not really, I think we're just missing
a lot of opportunity in that area.
So has there been any consideration
of adding some early voting sites?
Well, I'd say the closest location over there
is probably Morton Ranch.
I think when my sister lived up there,
I think that that's where she and her husband went.
As far as consideration to adding early voting locations,
that's something that we certainly can consider
that are moving forward, especially as we grow as a district, right? We have, you know, several
hundred thousand registered voters. We're growing. We're going to enroll our 90,000 student here
pretty quickly. And so as we grow, but certainly not opposed to that, that's going to require
additional staff and additional machines. And so a little bit of additional planning.
And again, I will remind this board, one of the things that we did, because we were taking a look
at our elections and the need to have a paper audit trail so y'all actually took the step
last year to late last year to go ahead and purchase new voting equipment which i can tell
you that my elections folks are very excited about it's going to be for those of you who live in
fort ben county it's going to be more akin to what you if you remember when you filled out your
tablet you filled out your form and then you took your paper voting slip it printed something out
And then you went and put it in a box to have an audit
It's gonna look something more like that
So I took that is a long answer to your question to say we're looking at continuing as we grow as a district to meet
the needs of our voters
And so I don't think that that's something that we're necessarily opposed to we had to
Consider the cost of it and maybe we want to move one of the sites that we had now just where our constituents
As a follow-up to that
during early voting
none of these sites will be at the same if you're voting in a full sure election you don't vote for
that election during early voting at Jordan high school same as you don't vote for a Katie is D
election at the Civic Center right during early voting it's these five locations only right so
for example I live in the city key if I want to go vote at the Merrill Center that's here I can
vote here for Katie is the election but then I would have to go to the Civic Center we don't
have as far as early voting goes we we don't have it with any of our cities um have the same day
locations for those any other questions may i first just a moment uh so i want to thank you
because you're right after i was elected i did come to you and dr gregor's and say hold up time
time out as a person who lives in Fulcher as well as I think we have something like
3600 students that live in Fulcher who go to our KDISD school.
So I just want to thank you and your team for working to do that and I look forward
to the continuation of that as we keep expanding this district into more cities and getting
bigger so thank you.
Yes ma'am.
Thank you.
Any other questions?
If not I'll entertain a motion.
Mr. President.
Mr. President, I move that the Board of Trustees adopts the order calling for a regular election of school board trustees to be held on May 7, 2022, and authorize the administration to provide official notice of the election as required by the Texas Election Code.
Second.
We have a motion by Mrs. Fox and 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.
We'll now proceed to agenda item 1116, discuss and consider board approval of the invitation to participate in the Raise Your Hand Texas Trustee Advocates Program.
Dr. Gorski?
Thank you, Mr. Schulte.
So this is a new program that came out by Raise Your Hand Texas about their Trustee Advocacy Program.
It's in alignment with some of the information we've been talking about as a team as we've done our team building and done some different workshop things and including our strategic planning things that we want to accomplish as a board.
So when this came open, you might recall you and I had talked about that and Mr. Redmond had talked about that.
Appreciate Mr. Redmond serving along with with me to do the interview with the Raise Your Hand Texas.
It was a competitive process. They had 27 school districts apply.
Originally they had they were going to select eight and then they went with nine added one more in there
So we were one of nine school districts across the state of Texas
Selected for this program. I've shared information with the board. You guys know what that is
I don't need to really go over that but I'm excited about it
I think it has a lot of potential for KDISD and the work we do as a board and superintendent and
It'll move this district forward. So bring that forward for your consideration if you guys want to go ahead and join
any questions I'll entertain a motion president yes I move that the Board of
Trustees approves to participate in the raise your hand Texas trustee advocates
program we have a motion by mr. Redmond a second by mrs. Fox will now proceed to
vote all those in favor is your hands say aye aye the motion passes 7-0 that's
THAT'S AWESOME.
GOOD.
EXCITED.
GOOD NEWS.
AGENDA ITEM 12.1, THE BOARD WAS PROVIDED A COPY OF THE
NONATED ITEMS TO KDISD.
AGENDA ITEM 12.2, THE BOARD WAS PROVIDED A COPY OF THE QUARTERLY
INVESTMENT REPORT.
AGENDA ITEM 12.3, RECAP OF BOARD MEMBERS' REQUESTS FOR
INFORMATION.
CHAMPAGNE.
I DIDN'T CAPTURE ANYTHING.
OKAY.
AGENDA ITEM 13.1, THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING HELD ON
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3.
AGENDA ITEM 13.2, THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
workshop with outside facilitator held on monday february 7 2022 agenda item 13.3 the next regular
board meeting will be held on monday february 28 2022 this there being no further business
before the board this meeting is adjourned the time is 8 48 p.m thanks everybody for coming
Official documents
Motions and votes
Recorded actions
MOTION 001 · AGENDA 7.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees names Dr. Kari Torres as the principal for Sundown Elementary School as recommended by the superintendent in Closed Meeting.
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 7.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees names Kayla Smith as the Director of Accounting as recommended by the Superintendent in Closed Meeting.
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 7.3
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees names Lindsey Sanders as the Director of Communications as recommended by the Superintendent in Closed Meeting.
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 8.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees names Elementary School #44, located at 7400 Innovative Drive, Steve & Elaine Robertson Elementary School as recommended by the Naming Advisory Committee.
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 8.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meeting held in December 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 11.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the 2020-2021 annual financial audit report.
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 11.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the District's November 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 008 · AGENDA 11.3
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the District's January 2022 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 009 · AGENDA 11.4
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the proposal for Property Insurance as presented by USI for 2022 along with options agreeable to both parties for 2023 and 2024.
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 11.5
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Innovative Course Applications for Occupational Therapy I, Therapy II and medical therapy lab.
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 11.6
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves a Professional Development Waiver for the 2023-2024 instructional calendar.
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 11.7
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees adopts the Local Innovation Plan, as required by Texas Education Code Chapter 12A, in order to obtain designation as a District of Innovation.
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 11.8
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the contracts for the re-roofing projects at Beck Junior High and Cimarron Elementary to Atlas Universal Roofing, Inc. utilizing HCDE/Choice Partners Contract No. 18/060JN-01 in the amount of $2,484,681; and at Cinco Ranch Junior High to Reliable Commercial Roofing Services, Inc. utilizing the HCDE/Choice Partners Contract No. 18/060JN-14 in the amount of $1,821,000; and a total not to exceed project cost of $4,832,106.
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 11.9
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the proposal for the purchase of twelve (12) portable classroom buildings for the 2022-2023 school year at multiple campuses to Palomar Modular Buildings, in the amount of $972,432, utilizing the Buyboard contract #637-21; as well as technology and furniture for the twelve (12) portable buildings, with a total project cost not to exceed $1,515,552.
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 11.10
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the contract for collaboration space renovations at Bethke Elementary, Campbell Elementary, Leonard Elementary and McElwain Elementary to Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC in the amount of $387,728 utilizing the Omnia JOC Contract No. R200102. It is also recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the conversion of computer labs at Campbell Elementary, Bethke Elementary, Leonard Elementary, Schmalz Elementary, WoodCreek Elementary, McDonald Junior High, Mayde Creek Junior High, and WoodCreek Junior High. The total project cost is not to exceed $1,023,493.
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 11.11
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the contract for the replacement of the emergency generator at Cinco Ranch High School to LECS in the amount of $439,778.18 utilizing the Choice Partners Contract No. 18-036MC-R1 and the total project cost not to exceed $451,278.18.
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 11.12
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the contracts for the Building Management Control System (BMCS) replacements at Cimarron Elementary, Memorial Parkway Elementary, and the Shaw Center to Climatec, LLC in the amount of $928,000; and at Beck Junior High to Unify Energy Solutions, LLC in the amount of $654,000 and a total not to exceed project cost of $1,799,351.
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 11.13
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the plat for Katy Elementary 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 019 · AGENDA 11.14
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the contract for Lit/Dark Fiber services to meet the immediate and long term fiber infrastructure for Elementary 44, 45 and 46.
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 020 · AGENDA 11.15
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees adopts the Order Calling for a regular election of School Board Trustees to be held on May 7, 2022 and authorize the Administration to provide official notice of the election as required by the Texas Election Code.
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 021 · AGENDA 11.16
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves to participate in the Raise Your Hand Texas Trustee Advocates Program.
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 |