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Katy ISD Regular Board Meeting, April 24, 2023
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- 0:08 to 5:07 1. Call to Order
- 5:07 to 10:06 3. Recognitions
- 10:06 to 40:27 4. Public Comment/Citizen Participation
- 40:27 to 40:45 5. Closed Meeting
- 40:45 to 43:26 6. Reconvene from Closed Meeting
- 43:26 to 49:58 7.1 Discuss and consider renaming Keiko Davidson Elementary to James and Keiko Davidson Elementary.
- 49:58 to 1:07:42 8.1 Strategic Design 1.3 Elementary Literacy Update
- 1:07:42 to 1:16:59 8.2 Student Safety Survey Report
- 1:16:59 to 1:17:29 8.3 Board Member Required Continuing Education Report
- 1:17:29 to 1:22:52 9.1 Discuss and consider Board approval of new instructional materials and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) certification for the 2023-2024 school year.
- 1:22:52 to 1:23:57 9.2 Discuss and consider Board approval of Amendment One to the Drymalla Construction Company, LLC contract related to the renovation at McDonald Junior High School.
- 1:23:57 to 1:34:43 9.3 Discuss and consider Board approval of the design associated with the addition and kitchen/cafeteria expansion to West Memorial Elementary School.
- 1:34:43 to 1:35:39 9.4 Discuss and consider Board approval of Amendment One to the Anslow-Bryant Construction, LTD contract related to the addition and kitchen/cafeteria expansion to West Memorial Elementary School.
- 1:35:39 to 1:38:03 9.5 Discuss and consider Board Operating Procedures.
- 1:38:03 to 1:39:23 10.1 Discuss future Board adoption of Policy Update 120.
- 1:39:23 to 1:41:14 11. Consent
- 1:41:14 to 1:41:20 12.1 Quarterly Investment Report
- 1:41:20 to 1:41:23 12.2 Donated Items to Katy Independent School District
- 1:41:23 to 1:43:25 12.3 Recap of Board member requests for information.
- 1:43:25 to 1:43:28 13. Future Meetings
- 1:43:28 to 1:44:00 14. Closed Meeting
- 1:44:00 to 1:45:05 15. Reconvene from Closed Meeting – The Board will reconvene from Closed Meeting.
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1. Call to Order
We're going to go ahead and get started.
Noting that a quorum is present,
I hereby call this regular meeting of the
Board of Trustees of the Katy
Independent School District to order.
Today is Monday, April 24th, 2023,
and the time is 5 PM.
Doctor Gorski,
will you verify that we're in compliance
with the provisions of the Texas Open
Meetings Act with regards to notice for
this meeting? Mr.
Elty, I do confirm we are in compliance
with the provisions of the Texas
this open meeting act for our meeting tonight thank you we will open tonight's meeting with
the pledges of allegiance dr gorska will you please introduce our pledge leaders this evening
absolutely we got a special guest i'm going to go ahead and invite him right up to the microphone
there but i'm going to say a few words before i turn that over to uh aaron darlmus a fifth
grader wolf elementary principal uh miss hinohosa parents uh elki and sarah darlmus and he has a
sister out there too, Isla, a third grader. Student special interest. Aaron enjoys basketball,
baseball, soccer, and cooking, baking challenges with his sister and friends. He also loves trying
recipes where he gets to add a bunch of fresh herbs and spices. He can now beat his mom at chess
and she doesn't let him win and is the strategic competitor during tacos and burritos on game
nights. Erin's favorite subject is science. Physics and chemistry have been
the most fun so far and that said learning about the tropical climate in
Antarctica during the Jurassic area on the fifth grade field trip was also a
big eye-opener into geology. From Mrs. McDaniel, fifth grade ELA teacher, Erin's
a great leader at Wolfe Elementary. He is always ready to step up for a challenge.
As a fifth grader he ran and won the positive, the position of house leader
for our schoolhouse system he is the is a bendy house leader he volunteered for
the dunk tank at our school carnival and entertain people his entire time in the
tank Aaron looks out for his friends and enjoys making those around him laugh
from Miss Evans fifth grade teacher Aaron's a very likable student he helps
students when they need it and is kind to everyone and from Miss Gonzales fifth
grade math teacher Aaron makes wolf's fifth grade a better place to be he's a
role model for others he can always put a smile on someone's face he works hard
to make good grades in school so welcome step up to the mic and lead us in that
pledge
I pledge
of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God
and invisible with liberty and justice for all.
Honor the Texas flag.
I pledge allegiance to the Texas,
one state under God, one and only,
Good evening, President Schultz,
board members, and Superintendent Gagorski.
My name is Aaron Darlemaz.
Wolf has always been a great school and I will definitely miss it.
One of my favorite things are the yearly day of awesomeness and the field trips.
I love it when teachers go out and make learning better by making it fun.
Wolf will always hold a special place in my heart.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Mr. President, may I please say something?
Yes.
Erin, congratulations, but I also want to say, you know, you have the principal, the
the elementary principal of the year too, Ms. Hinojosa.
Just thought I'd mention that since you're in our presence.
Awesome.
Do we have any scouts in the audience tonight?
I didn't see any.
OK, can you come up to the podium?
Or do you want to come up to the podium?
No?
OK.
OK.
We'll now proceed on the recognition portion
3. Recognitions
of the meeting.
Dr. Gagorski.
uh this time i'd like to introduce maria depeta general manager of media relations
for the recognitions portion of our meeting today
good evening president schulte trustees and superintendent gregorski
we begin tonight with the seven lakes high school boys soccer team who just ended their 2023 season
and they earned a well-deserved 6A state title. This is the first boys soccer
state championship won by a school in Katy ISD and the 26th overall Katy ISD
team state championship. United soccer coaches also awarded the team the number
one spot in the nation. The Spartans broke just about every record in the
books this season and produced the best district record ever with 15-0 and 1.
Their overall record was 28-1-1 with a career high of 18 shutouts and scoring 111 goals while only allowing 18.
Hunter Merritt was selected as state tournament MVP scoring two goals in the semis and two goals in the final.
Hunter Merritt, Aiden Morrison, Gabe Gonzalez, and Ben Avilesvera were selected for the all-state tournament team.
Will the Seven Lakes High School soccer team, the coaching staff of head coach Jimmy Krueger, assistant coach Jay Kolkman, and assistant coach Daryl Metcalf, along with campus athletic coordinator Jimmy Heyman, Seven Lakes High School principal Carrie Finneson, assistant athletic director Lance Carter, and the executive director of athletics Debbie Decker, please come forward in recognition of this achievement.
Now, additionally, the Seven Lakes High School soccer team would like to present the superintendent
and the board of trustees with their own state championship medal.
Congratulations to the Spartans.
All right.
Here we go.
And three, two, one.
And three, two, one.
One more.
And four, two, one.
Let's give them a round of applause.
Applause
This concludes the recognitions portion of this evening's meeting.
All right.
As our state champions make their way out the exit, thank you all for coming.
I appreciate that.
What a fantastic game it was.
I really enjoyed it there.
I want to go ahead and recognize our new principal for Stockdig Junior High.
She's already been over there, but this is our first opportunity to recognize her at a board meeting.
so I'd like Tanya Correo please go ahead and stand and be recognized a state
champion principal too right yeah all right so Tanya I see you got some folks
with you if you'd introduce those folks please
Yes, tonight I have with me my husband, Chris Ferreiro, my mother, Gerna Jones, and my son, Paul Ferreiro.
I leave my daughter and we all do.
Awesome.
All right.
Well, thank you for coming out tonight.
I appreciate it.
At this time, the word of trustees will give members of the public an opportunity to speak in accordance with KDISD Board Policy BED Local.
4. Public Comment/Citizen Participation
local. As defined by board policy, speakers who signed up by 2 p.m. on Monday, April 24,
2023, provided their first and last name and signed up at least 15 minutes prior to the
start of the meeting will be allowed to address the board this evening. The public participation
section has been recently modified to include two categories. Category one is for speakers
signed up to speak on posted agenda items, and category two is for speakers who signed
up to speak on non-posted agenda items. Speakers who sign up to speak on posted
agenda items will be allowed three minutes to speak. For speakers who signed up to
speak on non-posted agenda items, a maximum of 30 minutes has been allocated
with the time divided equally amongst those who have signed up. However, the
maximum amount of time for any one speaker is three minutes. If a speaker is
not finished speaking at the end of your three minutes, the audio will turn off. If
the speaker wishes to share written material with the board, must provide 10
10 copies to the Secretary for Board Services before the meeting begins for board members,
the superintendent, the chief communications officer, and permanent record.
If the speaker 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 551074 and 5510821, the board will
not permit the presentation of personally identifiable information regarding a student
and will not discuss the appointment employment evaluation reassignment duties discipline or
dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear a complaint or charge against an officer
or employee should a speaker wish to address one of these issues they must do so through
the appropriate local grievance policies fng local ggpa local cke local and gf local our
Our speakers will be called forward in the order they sign up to speak.
First, we will call up speakers that have signed up to speak on posted agenda items.
Each speaker in this category will have three minutes to speak.
We only have one speaker in this category.
It's Ms. Caroline Bauer-Schlag.
I was close.
Good evening.
Sorry about that.
Hello, KDISD Board of Trustees and Dr. Gagorski.
I've had the pleasure of meeting many of you over the years and I may be a stranger to a few of you
I'm Carolyn Bauer Schlag the daughter of James and Keiko Davidson
And I've had the benefit of both growing up in Katy ISD and returning to plant our roots to raise our son
Who will also someday enroll I'm requesting your consideration to amend the name of Keiko Davidson Elementary to James and Keiko
Davidson Elementary my dad served as a teacher coach and administrator in education for over 35 years
years, 28 of which were dedicated to KDISD.
He coached soccer, football, and swimming, and taught AP English and history, and moved
into administration as an assistant principal for over 20 years at Katy Junior High and
Memorial Parkway Junior High.
He said public education was the great equalizer.
It was the place that leveled the playing field of opportunity.
He loved the power of potential and believed in incremental change.
He loved and connected with the kids, and he said that he understood them as he was
a kid at heart.
Dad championed my mom through her career. He helped her write grants for funding from state agencies on behalf of Hutzel Elementary, supported her through the challenges of leading hundreds of staff and thousands of students, and celebrated her successes at Hutzel Elementary as it received national recognition for its academic achievements.
Dad held a lower profile within the district and worked tirelessly to help raise me and my brother, all while mentoring his own staff as an assistant principal.
I recognize that as his daughter my opinions carry bias.
The words of third parties may more adequately describe the person that dad was as a peer, mentor, and leader.
I would ask that you consider the testimonials written on dad's behalf
from his contemporaries, including the notes that I've attached from beloved namesakes Bonnie Holland, Odie Tompkins,
Fred and Patty Schaefer, Jay and Ramey Wollman,
Susan Creech Stormer, Sharon Tise, and Tom Wilson.
By now you have received more than 50 letters from Dad's peers and co-workers from his time at Katy Junior High and
Memorial Parkway Junior High. The outpouring of love and support we have received in the wake of Dad's passing has been deeply moving.
To hear the effect that he had on so many lives is a testament to the legacy that he leaves within the community and
within Katy ISD.
Gathering letters of support from Dad's peers for this request has given me another chance to be proud of the man that he was.
Thank you for your consideration.
Thank you very much.
Now we'll call up the speakers who signed up to speak on non-posted agenda items.
By policy, a maximum of 30 minutes has been allocated with the time divided equally amongst those who have signed up.
There's 10 speakers tonight, so each speaker will be allowed three minutes to speak.
The first speaker tonight is Philip Padad.
The second speaker tonight is Stacy Holmberg.
Good evening.
Good evening.
Thank you for allowing me to speak with you tonight.
I know that it won't be long and you'll be considering a bond issue regarding the Robert Shaw, the RSC coming up.
And I just want to share with you the last few weeks that I've experienced, I've been blessed to be a mentor to one of the robotics teams out there.
So I see it on a weekly basis, sometimes for a whole week at a time.
And recently with the World Robotics Tournament being downtown Houston, we've been blessed to have teams from Australia and from Japan to visit the RSC.
from Japan and from Australia they brought the robot over and used the
field over there and it was really an amazing experience to watch the kids gel
together learn each other's culture and learn from each other's robots is amazing
our good friends at Tompkins High School recently invited us a week ago Sunday to
host Israeli team the Israeli team came over without the robot the coach Israeli
team told me that he was at the robotics world robotics about I don't know five
years ago I don't exactly when it was and he came to the RSC with just his
mentors whatever and was so impressed with it this time he decided to bring
all 45 students with him so at the RSC a week ago Sunday we had all the Israeli
team there the robotics team just mingling with all the Tompkins students
and with all the Morton Ranch high school students the irony of it all is
they walked in with purple hair and I'm like, wait a moment, that's Morton Ranch colors.
It happens to be their colors as well. This team from Israel is from a suburb of Tel Aviv,
20 minutes outside of Tel Aviv, and five schools go to one robotics team, and they have to use an
office building or someplace. They have to bring everything with them, take everything back every
single day. They don't have a place. And the gentleman told me, he says, this is the most
beautiful facility I've ever seen you're so lucky to have this it's unbelievable
so we going to dream of this in Israel so that was FRC team 5635 from outside
Tel Aviv I'm sure I'm going to mispronounce it but their team name is
Demacia D-E-M-A-C-I-A and it was a wonderful experience finally for those
of you who are thinking about robotics and what is I was at the tournament this
weekend volunteering and I saw a sign and the sign said this is from first
or the kind of governing body of robotics, if you will.
The sign says, we are not using kids to build robots.
We are using robots to build kids.
And I encourage you to please support the next bond issue when it comes to your attention.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
The next speaker is Stacey Holmberg, and the speaker after that is Ligang Li.
Good evening.
Good evening. My name is Stacy Holmberg. I've taught in Katy for 23 years, and both my sons attended Katy schools and graduated from Katy High School.
On May 11, 2022, my oldest son died from fentanyl poisoning.
me. When our son began doing drugs and subsequently died from drugs, my husband and I felt like we
were the only ones going through this. Prior to May 11th, when I thought of a person being a drug
addict and dying from drugs, from a drug overdose, I imagined a poor homeless person lying in the
streets. I have since learned kids are dying in their beds or in front of their friends after
taking one pill. Taking one pill that is laced with fentanyl is considered a drug overdose.
You're probably asking yourself what does this have to do with us?
Since my son's death I have become aware of other Katy kids that have also died from
fentanyl poisoning unfortunately in the last year i've met so many other mothers grieving the loss
of their precious children all our stories may begin differently but ultimately end the same
with our child taking a pill thinking it's an adderall oxycodone percocet or xanax
and that one pill being laced with fentanyl and that one pill killing them this is the leading
cause of death in people from ages 18 to 45. We've got to start educating our
children and parents about the dangers of drugs. I know we spend every week in
October doing Red Ribbon Week but we need to be doing much more. I know how
our district handled the COVID epidemic and how our district has taken all the
precautions they can to keep our school safe from an armed intruder. We
need to be taking the fentanyl epidemic just as serious. When you were growing
Growing up, you may have tried marijuana, other drugs, or new kids that did,
but you didn't die from it or hear of anyone that did.
We have got to get the word out that it's not safe to experiment with drugs.
Drugs are being laced with fentanyl, and they are deadly.
We were allowed to make mistakes in our youth and learn from them, not die from them.
Naloxone, I'm sorry, some of these kids are dying as young as 13 years old.
Many of these mothers have said that their kids began using drugs in junior high or high
school and we need to educate our students and parents on the dangers of fentanyl and
the ease at which the kids can get these drugs.
We also need to make sure that we have naloxone.
The next speaker tonight is Ligang Lei and the speaker after that is Soha Joswant.
Good evening.
I apologize if I mispronounced your name.
Soha Joswant Jasswan Jasswan, M.D.: It's okay.
Hi, good evening.
Today I would like to recommend a Bindingernet book to our school library and it will be
be helpful for students to learn second language.
A few months ago, I gave a similar speeches,
but I did not get an update.
After I meet this in January,
I thought I should continue giving more speech
on this project.
China, the Chinese is the most popular language in the world
as more than 2 million people can speak Chinese.
In Houston area, more than 60% of our population
can speak Spanish.
So we are encouraged to learn another language.
KTISD requires every high school student to learn a second language, which is about 30,000
students in our community.
As a second language learner for 30 years, I'm sure I have more experience about it.
I started to learn English as my second language when I was in grade seven, as my native language
is Chinese.
I am a hardworking student, and my IQ should be above average.
but I found English is very hard for me to know.
Even after 30 years, the contest is always
the most challenging part.
Although I can remember the vocabulary,
I was always looking for reference book
which can give me translation word by word,
sentence by sentence, so I can catch the contest easily.
There are many books published in both Chinese
and English versions, but they are not combined
into one book and it is time consuming
to read two books at the same time.
Until recently I found this bilinear Bible
in it is a perfect format for me
because on one side it was written in English
and on the other side of the same page
it is written in Chinese.
So I can read the book side by side
and I can help me to remember, learn English.
Whenever I have difficulty reading English
I can easily find the context in a Chinese way. It is a very efficient and accurate. I would
Recommend the visuals this book in our library. Mr. Mr.
Superintendent if you have a difficulty making a final decision about this book
I would like to recommend to you to read this book first. I'm sure it will give you instructions. Thank you
Thank you
The next speaker tonight is Soha Joshua and the speaker after that is Miss Courtney Doyle
Good evening.
Good evening, honorable board members.
Let me begin by introducing myself.
My name is Soha Joshwan, and I am a senior at Tompkins High
School in Katy, Texas, as well as the founder
of a local youth mental health initiative
called Swear to Care, which has recently
been recognized and commended by the Texas House
of Representatives.
Seeing as how recently there has been a dramatic increase
in the youth mental health challenges of our community,
a near 27% increase of depression and anxiety in Texas, actually,
I believe a key factor is missing in our community,
concrete solutions for the students, the major stakeholders in this issue.
The percentage I mentioned just now includes youth from ages 3 to 18 years old.
This means that childhood mental health challenges are far more common than we believe them to be.
Two years ago, when I spoke on a panel discussion for student health and safety, I first-hand
witnessed a child as old as six or seven years old suffer from a severe panic attack.
When I searched for mental health resources for young children, I couldn't find very much
at all.
Flashback to third grade at our own Kilpatrick Elementary School, when I had won the very
first literary competition held by our precinct commissioner, Andy Myers, my principal, Principal
principal Rodriguez, expressed that one day, perhaps they'd have a book with my own name
on it within their own library.
And now here I am today, having written and published this book, Hope Wings Greatest Challenge.
It is a superhero story that is meant to support young children struggling with anxiety.
Today I request you to consider this publication for the sake of the children of Katy ISD.
Having grown up in KDISD for my entire student life, I believe this book would greatly benefit the youth of our community,
making them confident and safe individuals as they grow up in this great community.
While I'm aware that we need 10 copies here to present, I have only one copy with me today intentionally.
This book is available on Amazon, and I've ensured that the entire profit goes to a local nonprofit community health center called Access Health.
Thank you and I hope you will allow Hope Wing to help all of our district's
little superheroes from within their own libraries. Thank you.
The next speaker tonight is Courtney Doyle and the speaker after that is Dave
Romero. Good evening. Thank you. Good evening President Schulte, Dr. Grzegorski
and board members. 15 years ago our family moved to Texas and within the
the first year I became the PTA president of a brand new school Stan and
Patsy Stanley Elementary as you all know opening a new school and organizing
their volunteer programs is no simple task but because Katie ISD is such an
advocate for success of volunteers and schools I was assigned a mentor someone
who would guide me answer my questions bounce ideas with me literally be at my
school as much if not more than at her own school. Little did I know at the time that
a few years later I would make a call to this mentor and say I'm running for school board
and she too would be putting her name on the ballot. Together we joined this board and
we have witnessed growth that no one expected, hurricanes that no one wants to relive, stadium
Stadium buildings that, well, we're not going to talk about those now, are we?
Three superintendents, new school after new school, and namesakes that we now call family.
Countless hours of service, leaving our husbands at home.
Though not the same Scott, contrary to what some believed, we each have our own Scott.
Our families sacrificed, and we served.
After six and a half years, my time was up, but my resilient, dedicated friend continued to pursue and give of herself to make Katy ISD the best it could be.
So I'm here to publicly say thank you, Ashley, for your guidance, your mentorship, your brilliant mind, for remembering names for me when I couldn't, for supporting me as a servant leader, and more importantly, for being my friend.
You have done an incredible job, and I pray this next season of your life brings you much joy and rest.
As you travel with your Scott, not mine, attend every concert you can possibly attend and enjoy your adult children.
I am and will always be honored to be mistaken, as Ashley, available for midnight texts or chats via phone.
I will forever be grateful that this school district brought me one of my dearest mentors and friends. So thank you
Thank you the next speaker tonight is Dave Romero the speaker after that is Rebecca Tron good evening
Good evening
Good evening. My name is Dave Romero. I am the president of One Creek West, a 401D community organization located in the Maid Creek community.
My goal today is to make you aware of the significant safety issues faced by school children who walk to and from the Maid Creek schools along Greenhouse and Psalms Road.
Over the past 10 years, traffic has exploded in this area, and the average daily traffic
on Greenhouse Road is now more than five times higher than the median traffic density of
comparable schools in KISD.
This traffic puts these kids at tremendous risk, especially those middle school
high school students who are not eligible for bus transportation.
There are almost 3,000 single-family residential homes
and eight apartment complexes within a one-mile radius
of Maid Creek Elementary, Maid Creek Junior High, and Maid Creek High School.
and there are more to come. We also want to make you aware that we know of three
programs that will allow Harris County or the state of Texas to fund and build
sidewalks, all which require local partners. We have been working with four
four MUDs and one ESD whose constituents have kids that attend the Maid Creek Schools and are not eligible for bus service.
Most of these entities have expressed interest in partnering with Harris County or the Texas Department of Transportation.
We contacted the Executive Director of Katy Independent School District's Facilities Planning and Construction Department only last week.
We spoke today and she is in strong support of this project. We will be
briefing Director Kassam and her staff on where we are in planning process and
look forward to tapping KDISD's expertise in planning the routes and
best what best protects its kids. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to
to address you today and for helping move this project
forward.
Thank you.
The next speaker tonight is Rebecca Trahan,
and the speaker after that is Jason Asnar.
Good evening.
Good evening.
As to the previous speaker, I can actually help you
with the sidewalks afterwards.
My name is Rebecca Trahan, and I grew up
in Katy ISD in the early 80s and the early 90s.
And so I can say what it's like to be a student here and just how amazed I am at the tremendous growth that all of you have contributed to.
Had you ever told me that that would be possible back in the 80s when it was just rice fields out here, I would have never imagined the beautiful area that Katy is today.
So thank you to all of you for transforming it into what it is today.
The reason why I'm here, I'll make it quick, is I did grow up in this area.
and then spent time away from Katy for about 20 years and whenever I came back
I moved to the Raintree Village area and I spent from 2019 until today as a lone
soldier seeing crime in my neighborhood seeing fields seeing no sidewalks and I
spent my time and my expertise as a former Commissioner to work with
Commissioners work with local authorities to get things like get
sidewalks get school lights in front of friends elementary and other things and
the reason why I'm coming you today is because I'm going to be working with the
new commissioners and the commissioners court to actually see and that there is
no street parking on Raintree Village Drive from Franz Road to at least Beach
and I'm coming here to ask for your support the reason why I'm asking for no
street parking on that stretch of land is because it is a tremendous safety hazard for our children
because of the cars that are parking in the streets right now i'm seeing on a daily basis
buses full of children having to cross over into oncoming traffic just to be able to get through
and it's just a tremendous safety hazard in the past few weeks we've had several traffic
accidents in that area. Most recently there were two teenagers who thought it
would be a good idea to race down Raintree Village Drive. They
lost control of their vehicles while they were on their lunch break. There is
a police report and I do have pictures. It was so bad the car that caused it
spun around, landed in my neighbor's front yard, took out the curb which the
county is now having to fix. So we need more space on that road. We don't need
any cars there right now we need to have the full road available to our buses so
I'm just asking for your support so that I can take your support to the
commissioners and we can make it happen like we have in the past thank you very
much if you have any questions let me know I have pictures and chief Goss said
that I could tell you that he supports what we're doing and that he's looking
into it as well chief gone I have been working together thank you very much
thank you the next the next the next week tonight Jason as Nora and speak
Last speaker tonight is Jennifer Knight.
Good evening.
Good afternoon.
My name is Jason Asnar, and I'm a student at Morton Ranch High School.
Before I speak tonight, I would like to extend my gratitude to the greater KDIC board and community
for the continuous support and resources towards the current KDIC programs,
in addition to the recent support towards the Robert R. Shaw Center.
Tonight, I come before the board to ask for a universal program budget for all KDIC robotics teams.
I understand that this is a great ask.
As such, I aim to provide context as to why the robotics teams in KDSD deserve district funding.
This year, for example, the Morton Ridge High School robotics team has given over 800 hours back to the community,
assisting with STEM camps, providing resources with local STEM programs to the community, and helping found a junior high robotics team.
Another example is the Tompkins High School robotics team, which has been able to make a change in our community and on an international scale.
scale. For example, they have provided STEM education to children in South America. They
have ran and donated over 80,000 Legos to children in impoverished communities and helped
spread the word of STEM education in impoverished communities all around Asia and Africa.
With that being said, this requires a lot of funding to do. This is not very cheap and
as such, our team's community endeavors require a lot of financial backing. And that's why
I ask our programs receive funding as our KDISD programs are true embodiments of the
philosophy of KDISD 1.
The idea that we as a small community can make an international impact when supporting
one another.
Additionally, I'd like to stress that due to legal limitations in relation to the creation
of a 501 for many teams, it is difficult to receive court backing, thus increasing the
need to have a baseline level of district financial support for our programs.
Lastly, I'd like to extend an invitation to the board staff.
staff. On May 4th at 630, a majority of our teams will be scrimmaging at the Robert R.
Shaw Center. I believe the experience, and it's my personal belief, that the board
finds this experience engaging and educational. We'd love to see any board members that
can make it and show them what we do on a daily basis and how we do things to make the
community a stronger place. Once again, for those on the board interested, our scrimmage
is at May 4th at 630 at the Robert R. Shaw Center. Thank you for your time and continued
positive communication and support for our programs. Have a good night and thank you.
thank you and the last speaker tonight is jennifer knight good evening
hi good evening i am here today because of a book that was assigned to my son he is in ninth grade
english one class it's part of a book club assignment that his english teacher gave him
i did bring detailed information for each of you to look through the quotes in the book
i thought about reading that out loud but it's just so vulgar i i just couldn't do it
the book is called the hate you give as an adult it was uncomfortable for me to read but i'm here
because i think other parents need to know that their kids are being re are reading this in school
right now and are having group discussions on it this was not found in a library it was assigned
signed by a teacher and I was told that it was approved by the district for 14 and 15 year olds.
Sorry, it's in the book. There is discussions on sexual acts, drugs, rioting by burning businesses
and destroying cars, throwing Molotov cocktails into crowds. It explicitly says F the full word,
the police multiple times. There are numerous times that the writer refers to people condescendingly,
calling them white people and black people doing certain things those groups do.
Profanity is used 488 times in that one book. I don't know how we would expect our students to
come in and respect themselves, their teachers, and the adults around them when the school is
encouraging them to read books with these ideas in them. Would we fill our children's mind with
shapes who they will become in the future.
And I don't believe that assigning books like this
meets the KDISD standard of being a leader
with educational excellence
and preparing and inspiring each student
to live an honorable, fulfilling life.
The racial divisiveness and vulgarity in this book
should not be pushed on our kids.
As a parent, I want my kids to have friends
and learn from people of many different backgrounds.
I do not want them to read about activities
and be sorted by skin color, as this author does.
I don't send my kid to school to learn about sex, drugs, and criminal acts from the classroom either.
As a mom, I want all kids in this district to be given positive and uplifting content
that encourages them to grow, contribute, and share in our community.
I want our books and curriculum to have content that develops good character in all of our kids.
I'm a mom asking for this book and this type of negative content to be taken out of our curriculum
and replaced with content that lifts our students up rather than tearing people down.
Thank you for your consideration.
Thank you.
This concludes the open forum portion of the meeting.
The board will now convene a closed meeting as authorized under Section 551001 of the Texas Government Code for the following purposes.
5. Closed Meeting
Texas Government Code 551071, 551129, and 551074.
Thank you.
6. Reconvene from Closed Meeting
Good evening, everyone.
The board will now reconvene in open meeting.
Today is Monday, April 24, 2023.
The time is 645 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, April 21, 2023.
2023 the board will receive information and recommendations from staff
Administration and the superintendent on these agenda items at tonight's meeting
Board members should 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 5 5 1 of the Texas government code
Any action arising from discussions in a closed meeting must be taken an open meeting
Well now to proceed to data item six point one just consider a board approval for employees who are being recommended to receive
one-year employee probationary contracts
Yes, I know that the Board of Trustees approves employees who are being recommended to receive one-year employee probationary contracts
One-year employee dual assignment probationary contracts one-year employee term contracts one-year employee dual assignment
Term contracts in two-year employee
dual assignment term contracts for the 2023-2024 school year.
Second.
We have a motion by Mr. Redmond, a second by Mrs. Vann.
We'll now proceed to vote.
Please record your vote on the screen on your keypad.
The motion passes 7-0.
We'll now proceed to agenda item 6.2,
Consider board approval to give notice of proposed non-renewal of employee term contracts.
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move the Board of Trustees approves to give notice of the proposed non-renewal of the employee term contract of Lakeisha Jones at the end of the 2022-2023 contract period.
Second.
We have a motion by Mrs. Vann, a second by Ms. Wilson.
We'll now proceed to vote.
Board members, please record your vote on the screen via your keypad.
The motion passes 7-0.
We'll now proceed to agenda item 6.3, consider board approval of the termination of probationary employee contracts.
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves of the termination of the probationary employee contracts of Pamela Belcher, Marilyn Juan, Tanya Reddick, and Michael Roberts at the end of the 2022-2023 contract period.
We have a motion by Ms. Wilson, a second by Mrs. Vann.
We'll now proceed to vote.
Board members, please record your vote.
The motion passes 7-0.
7.1 Discuss and consider renaming Keiko Davidson Elementary to James and Keiko Davidson Elementary.
We'll now proceed to agenda item 7.1, discuss and consider renaming Keiko Davidson Elementary to James and Keiko Davidson Elementary.
Presented tonight is Board Member Ms. Rebecca Fox.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Well, it's my great pleasure to bring to the board a consideration tonight to rename Keiko Davidson Elementary to James and Keiko Davidson Elementary.
As we heard earlier this evening from his daughter, Carolyn Bowerschlag, her dad, Jim Davidson, was an educator for 35 years and 28 of those in KDICD.
We all know him from his junior high days at Katy Junior High and at Memorial Parkway Junior High.
And I know the stories that Jim would tell about junior high students.
And I'm sorry, but I always think that people who love junior high students deserve an extra star in their crown.
Because, you know, that's tough.
But he loved junior high students.
AND HE WAS AN ASSOCIATE, I MEAN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL,
BECAUSE HE LOVED THE INTERACTION WITH STUDENTS.
BEING A PRINCIPAL AND TAKING ON THE ROLE OF PRINCIPAL
IS VERY DIFFICULT, BUT HE LOVED THE INTERACTION WITH STUDENTS
AND HE WANTED TO BE RIGHT THERE.
AND STORY AFTER STORY AFTER STORY,
WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER 50 LETTERS,
JUST IN A QUICK TURNAROUND,
OF THE IMPACT HE HAD ON MENTORING OTHER TEACHERS,
with other principals, other leaders.
He supported his wife, Keiko Davidson,
as she supported Hutzel Elementary students and staff,
and they became national award winners in a Title I campus.
Just the incredible success that happens in the Davidson family,
and hearing all of his stories during his passing
was such an encouragement to everyone.
And it's like, I want to be Jim Davidson.
And even the funny stories of his daughter being on drill team and he would be like,
well, what life-changing decisions did you make today?
Which color bow to wear with your outfit?
Just the humor he had to connect with people and how he would challenge those junior high children
and ask them, well, who do you want to be?
What do you want to be known for?
and I've just heard dozens of stories and they're all here and I won't copy
them all and I can't at all be as eloquent as Carolyn when when she spoke
about him but when you look at this room and you see all of these namesakes here
supporting this decision tonight and not all of them could be here and the
the principal of Davidson Elementary.
Mrs. Miller is here and thrilled with the idea
of the addition, the honor to give to James Davidson
because of his support of students and your family.
It's an honor for us and thank you
for the consideration to the board.
I'll entertain a motion.
I move, Mr. President, I move the Board of Trustees
approves renaming Keiko Davidson Elementary to James and Keiko Davidson Elementary.
Second.
We have a motion by Mrs. Fox, a second by Mrs. Champagne.
We will now proceed to vote.
Board members, please record your vote on the screen via your keypad.
7-0. Congratulations.
Congratulations.
Mr. President, I would like to ask if the board could take a picture with the Davidson family and Mrs. Miller.
And as they're coming forward, could we ask everyone who's a namesake to stand to be recognized?
You namesakes are never good at this.
Stand up and let us say hello to you.
They're so humble.
Thank you.
I want up here with you.
This is perfect.
Yes, sir.
You can only boss me around.
Yeah, some of them.
No, it probably wasn't on his list of required things.
8.1 Strategic Design 1.3 Elementary Literacy Update
Okay, we'll now proceed to agenda item 8.1, Strategic Design Update Elementary Literacy.
The presenters tonight is Dr. Sinebel.
Good evening.
Good evening, President Schulte, board members, Dr. Gagorski.
I am here for our monthly installment of elementary literacy.
Before we begin into the big crux of what I want to talk about tonight,
I want to kind of give you an overview of a couple of activities that have occurred
during the month of April.
We are in the process of reviewing intervention resources that are aligned with the science of reading to ensure students are receiving
accelerated learning or targeted intervention to improve reading skills. If you recall one of the pieces that we'll be removing is the LLI kits and
so with that we have to find a new intervention resource. So the interventions team is working with that
to ensure that what we select is following the science of reading.
We're currently also revamping our assessment plan as well.
So those are two big tasks that we've been working on really since the end of March,
all of April, and will continue into the month of May.
So those are things that I just wanted to put that on your mind before I tell you it's Christmas Day.
I think we've been waiting for the list to come out since November and December, January, February, March.
and it did eventually come out March 29th.
Just to review for the board, House Bill 3 directs all Texas school districts to provide phonics curriculum that uses systematic,
direct instruction in kindergarten through third grade.
To assist districts in complying with the statute, TEA developed English and Spanish K-3 rubrics
and facilitated the review of commonly used materials through the Texas Resource Review
to determine which materials met the outlined rule.
I just want to highlight these are the rules that a phonics curriculum must adhere to.
It must be in both English and Spanish and align with the developing and sustaining foundational language skills.
skills. It needs to align with current and confirmed research in reading and cognitive
science. Provide concise, direct, explicit and systematic phonics instruction with cumulative
review. Also provide specific daily instructional sequences and routines along with corrective
feedback. It must include ongoing practice opportunities in isolation and in connected
CONTROLLED TEXT THAT FOLLOWS THE INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS,
INCLUDE ASSESSMENTS TO MEASURE AND MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS,
AND PROVIDE SPECIFIC GUIDANCE AFTER MONITORING PROGRESS TO
SUPPORT STUDENTS IN REACHING MASTERY OF A CONCEPT OR TO
ACCELERATE INSTRUCTION AS NEEDED.
SO THOSE ARE THE RULES OUTLINED BY THE TAC.
IT CANNOT TEACH WORD RECOGNITION THROUGH VISUAL MEMORY,
GUESSING THE SHAPE OF A WORD OR USING PICTURES OR CONTEXT CLIP
It cannot not follow the rules of phonics and it must not be used solely for intervention
purposes.
It must be part of the core instruction.
The review process consisted of 29 phonics programs.
22 of those programs reviewed were in English and seven were in Spanish.
The posted list of compliant phonics programs includes seven English and two Spanish programs.
So of the 29 that were reviewed, seven of the English programs were compliant and two of the Spanish programs were compliant.
Only three English programs and two Spanish programs are listed as compliant in all grade levels.
And so what that means is there is a, on the TEA website, there's a visual that's all green, or maybe some greens and yellows.
If there's something that's red, it 100% across the board is what I'm referencing when I say compliant in all grade levels.
HMH, Into Reading Texas, and Ariba La Lectura, which are the phonics programs included in the KDISD.
new literacy adoption are both compliant in all grade levels.
The Into Reading Phonics Program was published in 2019,
and although it complies with the TAC currently as it is,
there are areas that HMH has strengthened to align with current reading research
and to ensure the program follows a structured literacy approach.
So during the waiting period for the commissioner's list,
HMH consulted with Dr. Thea Woodruff, and she's here tonight, to gather her feedback on structured literacy foundational skills.
There's a program enhancement that they're working on, that they have been working on, that will be ready for launch in the 23-24 school year.
This product development is part of HMH's evidence-informed iteration approach,
which gives the publisher the opportunity to adjust based on research and customer feedback.
On April 3rd, district staff, along with HMH and Dr. Woodruff, met to review the Structured Literacy Foundational Skills Scope and Sequence
and a Structured Literacy Lesson Sampler, which included printable teacher's guides, lesson slides, teacher lesson resources, and student resources.
We also learned about some of the enhancements that HMH has made to the 2019 product that met compliance on the commissioners list.
Some of the things that they've been working on includes an early literacy assessment that's administered online at least three times a year.
This is really important for progress monitoring.
Daily lesson slides to support teacher and lesson delivery.
Digital blending board for word building.
There have been some new and revised instructional routines that are more explicit, and anchor
charts for phonics and spelling rules.
Their Into Reading Structured Literacy supplement was, this is where Dr. Woodruff was able to
give them some feedback into the supplement to ensure that the changes that they're making
are tightly aligned to the reading academies. It's also very explicit for teachers. This was
incorporated prior to our meeting and during our April 3rd meeting we had some additional feedback
from HMH. So I'm going to let Dr. Woodruff come up and speak to some of the work that she's done
consulting with HMH on this product.
it. All right. Good evening. Okay. So I have gone through the scope and sequence for K through two
that they have put together so far. I've also looked at some of the instructional routines,
and I'm just going to list for you sort of some of the reasons that it makes sense to go with this
as they're working on it. So first two are sort of broad general things. One is they're working
working with the KDISD folks and taking their feedback and incorporating it into the scope
and sequence.
They also have taken the feedback I've already given them and made quite a few changes related
to what they had before.
So pretty significant changes in my opinion.
I'll talk about some of those in a second.
And the big thing too is they're doing this for free.
So they're not going to charge you all any more.
If you were to go and get another product, you would have to pay more money on top of
it to get another K-2 program.
And so they're going to do all this for free, which they should, because this should have, in my opinion, these things should have been done a long time ago, because these are all things that we've known that are research-based.
This isn't like new stuff that's come out.
The science of reading isn't like just come out in the last couple of years.
It's been going on for the last 50 years.
So some big changes that they've made is the biggest one is they've stopped referring to words that are irregular or that are high-frequency words as heart words.
The problem with the term heart words is it makes you think that it makes teachers and
it makes students think that you just look at a word and you have to like visually memorize
it, which is not how reading works.
We actually map sounds to print and we do that with a level of automaticity that allows
us to orthographically map a word and turn it into a sight word.
So they've completely removed that term from the scope and sequence that I can see.
They're using words like irregular words and high frequency words and decodable words now.
now. They're actually using decodable text that is decodable, that doesn't have a lot
of these heart words in it that children have to guess based on looking at a picture, guess
based on context. They're also using some of these evidence-based practices that we
know. I'm going to say some things. These are kind of maybe too technical, but things
like word chaining where you look at how you change a phoneme in a word and change the
spelling of that phoneme to make new words. That teaches children really the importance
of sounds and words and how we can change a sound in a word and it becomes a new word.
So that's a really effective technique. They're also using some really effective
encoding techniques, which is just a fancy word for spelling. So using
Elkonin boxes to sort of take sounds and map print to those
sounds. Also dictation, which is a really well researched method for teaching
spelling. They have instructional routines now that they've created. They sent me
some of those that are really explicit related to phonics and spelling.
Then the other thing that's really good is they actually do have TPRI built into their
assessment system for K-2.
One of the things we talked about on April 3rd was them creating lessons around the TPRI
and showing teachers how to take that data and actually differentiate instruction for
students in small group.
The nice thing with that is there's not a lot of publishers who, there's not any publishers
really that I've seen that do a good job of showing teachers how to take that data and
then how to create small group lessons based on that data.
So they've moved away from using leveling, right?
That was what they had used before was like get the kids level and that's how you create
the small groups.
And now we talked about instead of doing that really talking, using the TPRI data and showing
teachers how to use that data to differentiate instruction across K, first and second grade.
So those are all reasons that I would say to go with using this product.
I don't know.
Is that good?
Thank you.
Okay.
So it's important to note districts are required to use a product that is compliant with the law and rule.
It is the recommendation of the district that we utilize the updated HMH structure literacy foundational skills supplement
that will be ready for use at the start of the school year.
This requires no additional cost to the district.
The modules will be released to the district in three phases, June, August, and October.
This will also give teachers the opportunity to receive training on the resource prior to the start of the school year.
Additionally, HMH can make product updates as feedback is given.
This will ensure that the product continues to be evaluated and adjusted as needed.
I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have at this time.
Mr. President.
Dr. Bell, I have a question, but I would like to say, wow.
And can I say to Dr. Woodruff that we all could listen to you all night,
and when I see all these reading specialists out there just nodding encouragingly
and, like, so excited and teachers are excited about what's coming
and your involvement gives us a great level of confidence, and Dr. Bell.
So I just wanted to recognize that.
And a lot of the things she said, I was like, I don't really know what that means,
but they're all nodding enthusiastically so I'm really confident this is a great thing thank you
any other questions Mr. President yes okay Dr. Bell as you know I'm not an educator
I've never really taught anyone how to read other than reading with my children and I know that I
I completely trust you.
But what I would like to see is a comparison of how this is better,
you know, a chart or something that says this is what it used to be
and this is what it is.
Okay.
So, and I can certainly provide that.
Just so I can, you know, because I know it's better,
but I don't know really why it's better because I'm not an educator.
So I just, I listen to you all and I believe you in all that.
And you know we've had so many different presentations so different information is given at different
times and you know in my mind trying to put it all together it would be easier for me
or even you know I don't know even something we could put on the website or whatever you
know this is what we had and now this is what we have going forward.
And it could just be like a one page thing.
So you mean in comparison to what we currently have right now to what we will be using at the start of the 23-24 school year?
They're in contrast.
Okay.
Thank you. That's all.
Mr. Perez?
I kind of assumed that what we, this is great, by the way, really excited about it.
I assumed that what we have is some of the things that we cannot do anymore, which is visual memory, guessing, use of pictures, that kind of thing.
That's the basic shift, right?
When the phonics are not using, not guessing and using pictures and all that.
But maybe, maybe this is obvious, but I thought I'd ask on the Spanish.
Arriba la lectura?
Yes.
We're teaching, and maybe everybody knows this and I'm the only one that doesn't.
We're teaching Spanish speakers to read English, correct?
Yes, they actually receive instruction in both.
So for our students who are in the bilingual program, they receive Spanish, or they receive instruction in Spanish, and they also receive instruction in English.
At the same time?
I mean.
Yes.
Okay.
All right.
That's all I have.
Any other questions?
I just want to say, so this is my last board meeting as a trustee, and I was just asked recently, hey, what's your thing you're most proud of as your time on the board?
and I didn't have to think about it.
This has been a huge hill, and, you know, I think it highlighted,
we were at a meeting with the commissioner a few weeks ago,
and he highlighted out of all the districts out of the KDIC is really leading the pack in literacy,
and I know Dr. Kasky and Dr. Bell and certainly Dr. Woodruff and the whole team,
this has been a huge mountain to climb.
I know it's still got a long way to go, but it's great stuff.
It's exciting, and I think it's changing the game,
And I can't tell you how many board members from surrounding districts are calling me say how did you guys do that?
How did you make that happen? So good work. I hope you hope I'll be there at the finish line
I won't be a board member, but I'll be cheering you guys on and it's been a great effort. Thank you for all your commitment
Thank you. Thank you
Any other questions
Mr. President. Yes. I mean, I really just want to
recognize the literacy ladies who
who have been so diligent in talking to each of us
and to bringing this to our attention
and giving us so much background information.
And even back when I was campaigning
and considering running for the board again,
trying to understand what all of the learning styles are
and how, you know, just bringing me up to speed
because like Mrs. Champagne, I am not a teacher either.
but so I appreciate Amy trainer and Alicia Calvis for really and and others
for helping us understand what that's like in the fight like we were in Austin
this week and they were there testifying about the literacy program that the
state is considering and I think we'd also so thank you to them deep deep
gratitude to them and the Commissioner of Education at the Chamber of Commerce
lunch last week gave a huge kudos to KDISD for the steps we are taking and he
had a slide in his presentation to the entire community business leaders and
other school districts in the room and called and gave a great compliment to us
the strategic design goal that we have and and he talked about reading like the
whole day that was his thing and then he ended with great admiration for the work
that we're doing and and the direction we're going to make sure that boys and girls can read
according to what they're also laying out right with the science of reading so just all around
and thank you mr president for for leading this and for um and mrs wilson mrs wilson thank you
very much for your leadership in this because you're the one who brought it to my attention
and introduced me to people to help me understand it and all of us i think you've done it for all
of us but um and dr gregorski thank you and your staff for for this not that's not easy this is a
huge change and for all the teachers and the instructional coaches that will be working
working working through the summer to get this done it's a huge feat and it's going to be great
for boys and girls and their foundation good stuff thank you very much thank you we'll now proceed to
8.2 Student Safety Survey Report
to agenda item 8.2, student safety survey report.
The presenter tonight is Mr. Eddie White, coordinator
of school leadership and support.
I'm sorry I said that wrong.
OK, no worries.
I am sorry.
It's been a long day.
My parents really wanted a boy.
I get called Eddie almost every day.
Just joking.
All right, good evening, board president, Mr. Schulte, Dr.
Gorgorski, and board members.
I'm here tonight to share with you information
about the student safety survey.
Senate Bill 2050 was passed in the 87th legislative session and went into effect as of 2021.
A few of those required mandates include establishing a committee that focuses on bullying prevention and health and wellness initiatives.
We must provide periodic instruction for every grade level on bullying and building relationships.
The district is also required to have an anonymous reporting system and emphasize student reporting by increasing awareness on those reporting procedures.
And we must survey our students on an annual basis on bullying and in turn create action plans to address those student concerns.
KDISD is again partnering with K-12 Insight to administer the online survey.
Through this partnership, data integrity and confidentiality is maintained.
K-12 Insight manages surveys for districts across the nation and safeguards the confidentiality
of participant responses and will not share information related to participant, sorry,
will not provide KDIC or any outside party with data that connects a participant to his
or her survey responses.
responses. The next few slides I will share some of the results from the 2021-2022 student safety
survey. We had over 36,000 students participate in last year's survey. Students were asked about
the prevalence of bullying and their perceptions of safety on campus. Of those respondents, 28%
of our elementary students and 12% of our secondary students reported that they experienced bullying.
Based on that data, we know that students experience some form of unwelcome behavior,
and some of those incidents may have been categorized as bullying if reported and investigated by our campus administrators.
Students were asked about the various forms of bullying, such as verbal, written, physical, and cyberbullying, and their frequency on campuses.
Both our elementary and our secondary students reported that verbal bullying, such as name-calling, teasing, and taunting, occurred the most on their campus.
And one of the number one reasons cited was based off of physical appearance.
Ninety-four percent of our participating students reported feeling safe on campus.
Those students were also asked about the various locations and their perceptions of safety.
Our elementary students reported feeling somewhat unsafe or unsafe in the restroom at recess and on the school bus.
In the top locations, secondary students reported feeling unsafe or somewhat unsafe,
included parking lot, the bus, restrooms, and hallways.
As mentioned previously, Senate Bill 2050 also requires us to take action on those student concerns.
concerns. This data provided by our students was very valuable for our campuses as they met this
summer to evaluate those student responses. It allowed our campuses to create planned and
proactive measures to increase the student sense of safety on campus for this current school year.
Some of the example strategies that our campuses implemented this school year include the
implementation of e-hall pass increased numbers of lessons on bullying and kindness my favorite
the establishment of kindness crews and really focusing on building that culture of kindness
we know that the antidote to bullying is kindness so that's my personal favorite and then a greatest
a greater emphasis on speak up in that reporting mechanism this slide highlights some of the
details for the upcoming 22-23 student safety survey that our 4th through 12th grade students
will be invited to participate in during the month of may our parents may choose to opt their child
out of participation and our campuses will communicate with their families the timeline
in which the required survey will be implemented and the procedures to opt their their student out
if they so choose and all of that will happen prior to the opening of the survey on may 3rd
As we're in that continual cycle of improvement, our campus teams will evaluate their data again this summer, comparing their 21-22 survey results to this year's survey results, and determine if those strategies were effective, and then in turn create their 2023-2024 action plans.
That is all I have for you. I'd be happy to answer any questions that you may have.
Are there any questions, board members?
Mr. President?
I'm sorry.
Are all the surveys the same in terms of the grades?
No, sir.
There's two versions.
So there's an elementary for our fourth and fifth grade students, and then the secondary version is the same for our sixth through twelfth grade students.
And is there anything in particular about the sixth through twelfth surveys that are for that age group because of some questions or something that needs to be more age appropriate versus what you give in the elementary?
The wording is a little bit different in the secondary survey in comparison to the elementary.
We made the elementary more kid-friendly in the explanation of bullying and some of the explanation of the questions,
such as the enforcement of rules, explaining what that meant to students at the elementary level
based off of feedback that we received last year from campuses.
some of those questions were a little bit complex for our younger kids to understand.
But the gist of the survey is...
The reason I ask is I know in the past there have been some concerns about a couple of questions being asked of, say, a sixth grader that maybe shouldn't have been in a survey.
We made adjustments to this year's survey based off of feedback that we received.
Okay, great.
Mr. President, I love this and I'm so happy that you're doing this, Mrs. White.
But do the schools get this per school or is it just an overall, this is how the 94% pertains overall
or is it each school is a little different from the other school?
And if that's true, do the principals get that feedback?
you know because some schools may be better or worse or something in certain categories
absolutely so every campus receives their specific data for their student students and it's at an
aggregate level so we don't get individual responses but they're compiled together such
as the fourth grade responded this way to this question right and we can desegregate that a
little bit by gender and by special pops just to dive a little bit deeper into that data but yes
Yes, every campus gets their own data and then they're able to action plan specific to their data.
So, for instance, I had a campus reach out to me when they got their results and wanted to pick my brain a little bit about students reporting some concerns around recess or in the restroom.
And so we discussed some possible strategies that they might implement to target those specific areas that their kiddos express concern around.
their neighboring campus may not have those same concerns.
And then we get them as kind of the campus level at the elementary, junior high, and high school.
So we're able to look at that as a district as well.
I think it's so important that y'all are doing this because the student is really the ultimate customer
and want to make sure that they're all being served well.
And I really appreciate that.
Absolutely.
Student voice is huge.
They're the experts on their campus, right?
It helps us provide that safe and supportive learning environment that they need.
Any other questions?
I just had a comment.
It looks like nothing's changed in the last decades because all the scary areas were always the parking lot, the restroom, the bike rack, the bus, et cetera.
Same.
That's from a long time ago.
Nothing's changed.
Well, if you think about it, those are those unstructured areas, right?
right? So it's in the classroom where they have adults with them at all times, right? When they're
out in the parking lot, they're free to get to their car. So we have cameras. Those are great,
right? We have adults out there supervising, but it's definitely a little bit more challenging.
Thank you. We'll now proceed to agenda item 8.3, which is update on board member required
8.3 Board Member Required Continuing Education Report
continuing education. State law requires the district to report continuing education hours
for sitting trustees annually.
Completing the required continuing education
is a basic obligation and expectation
of any sitting board member under the rules set forth
by the State Board of Education.
To that end, I can confirm Greg Schulte, Lance Redman,
Ashley Vann, Dawn Champagne, Leah Wilson, Rebecca Fox,
and Victor Perez have all exceeded the required hours
for continuing education.
9.1 Discuss and consider Board approval of new instructional materials and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) certification for the 2023-2024 school year.
We'll now proceed to agenda item 9.1,
discuss and consider board approval
of the new instructional materials
and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Certification for the 2023-2024 school year.
Presenters tonight are Dr. Christine Kasky, Chief Academic Officer,
and Nakia Coy, Director of Federal Programs and External Funding.
Good evening.
Good evening.
Good evening, President Schulte, board members, and Dr. Kudorski.
I'm here this evening to provide you with an update on the instructional materials and technology allotment
and request your approval of the annual TEKS certification.
The instructional materials and technology allotment provides flexibility to school districts
in the selection of instructional materials, textbooks, and software.
Our IMTA is based on a per pupil amount and is funded every two years.
Our next biennium starts this fall in September.
It's also important to consider that the KDISD curriculum is not driven solely by textbooks.
In fact, we use multiple resources including online resources, literature libraries, and
other hands-on learning tools.
This slide depicts our timeline for the selection of materials.
We began the process in November by establishing review teams.
The teams work to review materials, make recommendations based on need and alignment to the courses.
In March, we collected feedback and prepared final recommendations.
While there is no proclamation issue this year, there are several new CTE courses needing
instructional materials, and these courses are listed here along with the instructional
materials selected.
The 21-23 allotment was substantially lower than it has been in previous years, so there's
very little left in the current allotment, and the next allotment will not be announced
until this summer.
But this chart outlines the expenditures planned over the next few months.
The total expenditures will be about $6 million, which will be recouped when funding is available in September.
Every school district must certify annually to the State Board of Education and the Commissioner that students have access to instructional materials covering all Texas essential knowledge and skills, or TEKS, for all required subjects.
IN YOUR PACKET IS A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATION DOCUMENT INDICATING HOW THE DISTRICT MEETS
THIS REQUIREMENT.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE UPCOMING PROCLAMATIONS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND THE NEXT LARGE
ADOPTION WILL BE IN 2024 FOR K-12 SCIENCE.
AND THIS CONCLUDES THE ANNUAL IMTA UPDATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
MR.
PRESIDENT.
YES.
THIS QUESTION IS FOR DR.
GRIGORSKI.
Aren't there some legislative pieces or some, maybe not, maybe it's changes coming to the
IMA provisions by the state, which means a reduction by the state for some of our instructional
materials.
Is that what I remember?
Like a decrease in funding?
There was a decrease in funding already.
And to that tune, and Mr. Smith, correct me if I'm wrong, we lost $5 million last year
off IMTA.
Okay.
Yes, sir. It was a 60% reduction or $5 million.
Yep. And now they're actually looking at restoring IMTA to the previous amounts.
Is that what you're remembering, Chris? That's what I do.
That is what I remember. I was not able to find that when I looked for it today,
but that has been discussed, and I do believe they are going to restore it.
Any other questions?
Well, that brings up, so the previous amount was $15 million, wasn't it?
Or is that, am I looking at the wrong years in the slides?
For some reason, I'm remembering, yeah, 14?
15, yes, for 19 to 21.
So is that where we might end up, somewhere in there?
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir. For the two-year period, assuming it is restored during this legislative session,
yes, you could expect a return to those levels.
Right now, there wasn't a proclamation, and the general fund has had to kick in to get the things that we need.
Not to that level, but it has had to kick in.
Our growth in attendance helps, doesn't it? I mean, enrollment?
enrollment. Not not for this or no, sir. Okay, no, sir.
Thank you. Any other questions about I'll entertain a motion.
Mr. President. Is there any questions? No. Okay, thank you.
I move that the board of trustees approves recommended instructional materials
purchased through the instructional materials and technology allotment.
I M T A and the Texas essential knowledge and skills that takes
certification for 2023-2024 school year. Second. We have a motion by Ms. Wilson, a second by Mrs.
Vann. We'll now proceed to vote. Board members, please record your vote on the screen via your
keypad. The motion passes 7-0. Thank you. We'll now proceed to agenda item 9.2, discuss to consider
9.2 Discuss and consider Board approval of Amendment One to the Drymalla Construction Company, LLC contract related to the renovation at McDonald Junior High School.
an amendment to the renovation contract at McDonald Junior High. The presenter tonight,
Ms. Lisa Kastman, Executive Director of Facilities Planning and Construction. Good evening.
Good evening, President Schulte, Trustees, and Dr. Gagorski.
Tonight I have three items for your consideration.
The first item is for the guaranteed maximum price for the McDonald Junior High renovation and addition.
This would approve the contract to Jamala Construction, including the total project cost.
The design development for this project was approved by the Board in November 2022.
Thank you. Are there any questions?
If not, I'll entertain a motion.
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move the Board of Trustees approves the amendment 1 to the Dremala Construction Company LLC contract related to the renovation of McDonald Junior High School for the guaranteed maximum price of $17,814,367.
Second.
We have a motion by Mrs. Vann, a second by Ms. Wilson.
We'll now proceed to vote.
Board members, please record your vote via the keypad.
The motion passes 7-0.
9.3 Discuss and consider Board approval of the design associated with the addition and kitchen/cafeteria expansion to West Memorial Elementary School.
Jenna, item 9.3 discussed to consider board approval design associated with the addition of kitchen and cafeteria expansion in West Memorial Elementary School.
Okay, these next two items pertain to this West Memorial Elementary project.
We'll first present the design for the project.
Presenting with me this evening is Principal Becky Marone and Jennifer Wagner from HKS Architects.
Also in the audience are the KDISD project managers, Trey Barnett and Megan Irvin, as well as Anton Gorlick from Ansel Bryant Construction.
With that, I'm going to turn it over to Becky, followed by Jennifer.
Good evening.
My name is Becky Marone.
I'm the principal at West Memorial Elementary School.
I have been involved in the preliminary project for the renovation for our campus for the new addition
and have been meeting regularly with both the construction team for our district and with the architecture company as well.
I'm happy to answer any questions that you have.
Mr. Preston?
Yes, sorry, go ahead.
I just want to say, Principal Marrone, I'm so happy for you all.
I looked at the presentation and all the things, and you're smiling so big.
And I love this for the students there, and I'm so excited.
I really don't have any questions.
I'm just happy for you.
Wonderful.
We're very, very, very excited.
I'm really excited to get those portables off my campus
and get those kiddos in classrooms,
and it's just going to be great.
It's going to be wonderful, and the plans look beautiful.
More playground area, right?
Yeah.
Any other questions or comments?
If I'll entertain a motion.
No, Jennifer's going to show the president.
Okay, I thought you guys were going to,
but that went off so fast.
I thought you guys generally went through the slides.
Good evening, President Schulte,
Board members and Superintendent Dr. Gorkowski, thank you for having us this evening.
So we're very excited to participate in this.
A couple project goals.
We are working to expand and renovate the kitchen for increased efficiency and service improvement.
We are looking to remove seven portables that currently have 14 classrooms for the fourth and fifth grade curriculum.
curriculum. We will opt to move portables one time to try and make this efficient and
meet the school district requirements of schedule. This is currently the oversight of the junior
high with the existing elementary school on the east. You can see highlighted in yellow
is the addition of the classrooms and the renovation of the kitchen. The existing curriculum
curriculum campus program with the fourth and fifth grade portables shown.
So we're looking to the new addition to do a two-story addition that will house 14 classrooms
and administrative space and expanding the kitchen to allow for better efficiency, storage
and service of the cafeteria this is the first floor showing the addition of the
seven classrooms and administrative space second floor with fifth grade
seven classrooms and additional administrative space
Thank you.
This is showing the expansion of the existing kitchen to, as we said, to make it a more
efficient serving line and allow for the additional cooking space and refrigeration and storage.
The addition showing the materials we're looking at using a smooth-flaced block with textured
block and metal panel to integrate into the existing campus.
An elevation showing, again, the materials.
A perspective to give you an idea of kind of how that all integrates.
You can see that a two-story space is slightly higher, but integrates well into the existing
building.
So we appreciate your time this evening.
Are there any questions?
Any questions?
Mr. President?
Maybe ask the principal some questions.
What's your current enrollment, and how many is your school built for?
We are at about 860 right now for current enrollment.
I don't know what the functional capacity is off of the top of my head for our campus.
Maybe somebody else can help me out.
Do you have special programs there that takes up some?
We do have two life skills classrooms and one ECSE classroom.
Okay.
And what would be – Dr. Gorski, I'll ask you because I'll let you direct who else answers this.
So what is the projection for enrollment in that area?
I'm assuming it's going to be very consistent because that's an area where there are lots of young families with lots of children.
But do you know what the pasta projection is for that when we're building additional classrooms will will it be an investment that will?
Consistently be full
Yeah, mr. Villing. Do you have those numbers by chance with you?
No, unfortunately, I don't have those off top my head. I can certainly get those to the board
One thing about West Memorial Elementary that is is unique is they do have some programs that they help us out with and then the
99 corridor there
there is kind of becoming apartment row by Costco and all that.
So we're pretty confident.
that the building addition will suit us for the long term, for sure.
But I can certainly get you those numbers if you'd like.
I can tell you that I believe on my projected growth for next school year,
it was only up by about six students, so it's pretty consistent.
We have about 17 apartment complexes zoned to us and continuing to build more.
So, 17.
17. So I imagine that the numbers will stay pretty consistent, if not increase.
Excuse me, continuing this line of questioning, if it's okay, Mr. President. So how many outdoor
portables do you have? How many classrooms outside do you have? There are 14 classrooms.
There are eight portables total that we have on campus. That's 16 classrooms, but of those 16
16 classrooms, 14 of them are used for instruction.
Awesome.
Well, that's the need then.
There they are on the second floor.
Isn't that nice?
Yep, that's right.
And the updates to the kitchen and all that.
Very good.
Thank you, Brie.
Fabulous.
Thank you.
Mr. President?
Yes.
I just have a quick question.
I'm just curious about this because I know that between certain of our newer junior highs
and high schools, there's kind of a, you know, when they're on the same property, there's
kind of like an open fence or something where a gate where they can kind of go
back and forth you know what I thought about right mr. Verling like at a high
school on junior high like a Jordan and Adams right and they can kind of go back
and notice that the chain link fence that are here shared by West Memorial
junior high in the elementary school and so sometimes you know kids can do things
with younger kids and older kids and teeth you know maybe like the fine arts
people can come over and you know encourage fifth graders to be in their
programs or whatnot I mean is there a gate there for that to happen or so
there is a gate between our campus and West Memorial junior high the portables
kind of back right up to each other along that chain link fence that's there
there's really no interaction over on the portable side of the building between the junior high kids
and the elementary school kids although they are very close to each other when they're in passing
we do sometimes have students that will communicate with each other on the track out there if you
remember some time ago the track was kind of expanded into the west memorial elementary kind
of area and so sometimes when there are junior high kids out on the track and my kiddos out at
recess they will sometimes communicate with each other but we our teachers do a really good job of
supervising at recess and ensuring that those interactions are minimal and are swiftly redirected
but to answer your question i think on a more positive note i think that's what you were going
for we we can certainly do all those things and and the principles of those schools if they choose
to do that there's always options to do it normally though we would we would sort of want to
keep the kiddos separate well i understand that but like you know on a monitored basis not that
they just have free for all but i do like that concept you know when i visited adams and jordan
and they both talked about the intermingling you know adult supervised intermingling and the
positive effects that it can have both on the younger student and the older student and all that
and so anyway i just was wondering if that could be a possibility since you're just right there
Yeah, I think I misunderstood the question a little bit, but we do have moments when we have our field day and when we have different activities, there is an opening in the gate for us to be able to go on to the junior high track.
And we work with the junior high occasionally throughout the school year to have events where they are able to use the track and kind of communicate with each other.
We were at Jordan High School today, and a good example of how we kind of share spaces is the junior high dance kiddos come over and they do the class at Jordan High School.
So it keeps us from having to build an additional gym. They use that space at the high school. So those are all great ideas
Any other questions that's not I'll entertain a motion
Mr. President I
Move the Board of Trustees approves the design associated with the addition and kitchen cafeteria
Expansion to West Memorial Elementary School as depicted in the design presentation prepared by HKS incorporated dated April 24th
2023 second we have a motion by mrs vann second by mrs fox will now proceed to vote
the motion passes 7-0 congratulations now we need to build it 9.4 miss castman yes the final item
9.4 Discuss and consider Board approval of Amendment One to the Anslow-Bryant Construction, LTD contract related to the addition and kitchen/cafeteria expansion to West Memorial Elementary School.
a half of your consideration is the approval of amendment number one to anzal o'brien to commence
procurement of long lead items hvac steel um as noted in the board item any questions
Not only is there a motion.
Mr. President.
Yes.
I move the Board of Trustees approves Amendment 1 to the Ansel O'Brien Constructors Limited contract related to the addition kitchen.
Sorry.
Related to the kitchen and.
Third time.
Come on.
The addition and kitchen cafeteria expansion to West Memorial Elementary School for the guaranteed maximum price of $2,095,983.
Second.
We have a motion by Mrs. Fox.
Second by Mrs. Champagne.
We'll now proceed to vote.
The motion passes 7-0.
9.5 Discuss and consider Board Operating Procedures.
Thank you.
Agenda item 9.5, discuss and consider board operating procedures.
So you guys know we've updated the board operating procedures several times the last couple years.
This update really primarily was driven by the recent superintendent evaluation.
And during that evaluation, we found some things that we thought needed to be clarified.
I formed a subcommittee, which was myself, Lance, and Ms. Fox, and we made some changes to the board operating procedure specifically around the timing and the sequence of the superintendent evaluation to push it more to the end of the year from January.
All those proposed changes were redlined and provided to all trustees, and so if there's no questions, that's really the primary update is specifically around superintendent evaluation protocols.
I had a question.
Yes.
We added 23.23E, you know, which was, says the instrument to evaluate the annual sum of the evaluation and the feedback provided by the trustees on the annual evaluation shall be based and on limited to.
And then we listed several things.
So I'm just curious why we felt the need for that addition.
I think we talked about that in close.
I don't know if we can talk about that here why those things were were
Requested it was discussed in closed and then the committee agreed with that recommendation
I think by statute that those are by contract in statute
Those are the things that are supposed to be on the summative evaluation
So it's it's trying to limit that to what the law and the policy says should be on there
Okay, and if anybody's on the committee disagrees, but I think that's that's what I remember
I don't know that we discussed these specific things, but it was part of the presentation that I gave
During the during the closed forum when we thought it was I had a slide and we basically just copied it from the slide
That was in the presentation presentation I gave before we did the evaluation
If there's no other questions, I'll entertain a motion. I appreciate everybody's feedback on getting those updated. Mr. President
Yes, I move that the Board of Trustees approves of the 2022 2023 board operating procedures
Second.
We have a motion by Mr. Redman, a second by Mrs. Vann.
We'll now proceed to vote.
The motion passes 7-0.
10.1 Discuss future Board adoption of Policy Update 120.
Agenda item 10.1, discuss future board adoption of policy update 120.
It's that time already.
Good evening.
Presenter today is Ms. Sherry Ashhorn, charge and discipline administrator.
It's that time again.
You're right.
This is update 120.
And so, again, as a reminder, board policy does say that you get two readings before adoption.
So we'll be asking for your adoption in May and our changes are basically legislative and regulatory in nature plus five
local district administration recommended policies that involve the superintendent qualifications and duties
other revenues investments and food and nutrition management
Are there any questions
Questions?
Boy, that was easy.
This is not for action.
It will be action next month.
And sad as it might be to say, we'll have three new board members taking action.
So will they get a pre-read on this before they take action on something this extensive that they've never seen?
Yeah, we can certainly do so.
Yeah, for that.
It's a perfect read to cure insomnia, just saying.
Just in case you're in trouble sleeping.
11. Consent
Thank you.
We'll now proceed to the consent agenda.
Mr. President, I have a question about the consent agenda.
Yes.
Are we to have minutes for this special meeting approved tonight?
the night minutes for the special meeting you want April 6th I don't know
the answer that do we do minutes for that there was no action or we did
minutes yeah so I guess is that part of the yeah so we don't we don't need to
approve them here okay so it's gonna be on the May I was just wondering because
Because it just seems like this is the next meeting after that meeting that it would have been on here.
I'm looking through the agenda here.
So, trustees, I would just say it takes us a while to get – it takes Ms. Davies a while to go through and say who seconded and go through the whole thing.
So you will eventually have to approve it.
I'm anticipating you'll find it in May.
Or Ms. Davies would.
Yeah, it's not on.
It's only for March.
It's only the March.
Yes, we're talking about this.
Okay, thank you, Ms. Davies.
Did I answer your question, Ms. Champagne?
Okay.
Any other questions?
Mr. President?
Yes.
I move the Board of Trustees approves the consent agenda for items 11.1 through 11.5.
Second.
We have a motion by Mrs. Vann, a second by Mr. Redman.
We'll now proceed to vote.
Board members, please record your vote.
vote. The consent agenda passes 7-0. Agenda item 12.1, quarterly investment report was
12.1 Quarterly Investment Report
presented, the board was presented with the quarterly investment report. 12.2, the board
12.2 Donated Items to Katy Independent School District
received donated items report. 12.3, recap of board members' requests for information.
12.3 Recap of Board member requests for information.
Mrs. Vann? I have three, so let me know if I missed any. On 8.1, the request for a comparison
of past literacy practices to what we will now be using for the 2023-2024 school year,
basically compare and contrast. Dr. Bell was asked of that. 9.3, pass the projection numbers
on the enrollment at West Memorial Elementary. Mr. Bierling said that he would provide...
You're so efficient. What are you, a former principal or something?
Just an unprepared COO.
You're never unprepared. 10.1, Ms. Fox requested, and it was a great idea to get a pre-read
to the three new board members who will be sworn in after the May 6 election,
and so they can be prepared to adopt Policy Update 120, because as she said,
it'll be a lot to digest.
That's it. Thank you.
Mr. President, if we could just add to that. I remember when you all came, when you and Mrs.
Wilson came in, and maybe Mr. Perez, whatever we're going to have that night, whatever is allowed to
be a pre-read, I think prepared you all very well. Absolutely.
Because you took action that night. So maybe not just that update, but all the other things.
And if I might, I don't know, stop me if I can't say this here, but the other thing is that there
There will be board training on June 14 to 17, and maybe that all candidates should maybe
already have that on their calendars, depending on the outcome of the election.
They'll need to be preparing for it.
Wasn't it in the candidate packet?
I don't think so.
They don't seem to be aware of it.
You're talking about the TASB training?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, that's probably an action to notify all trustees at that potential training date.
Right.
Yeah.
Thank you, Ms. Fox.
That could come from the district, maybe, to just let them know June 14 to 17 is...
I thought it was in the packet, but maybe this year it wasn't.
I don't think they're aware of it.
No?
No.
Take care.
Thank you.
Okay.
Any other questions?
13. Future Meetings
There will be a regular board meeting on Monday, May 15, 2023.
14. Closed Meeting
The board will now convene in closed meeting as authorized under Section 551001 of the Texas Government Code for the following purposes.
Texas Government Code 551071, 551129, 5510821, and 551074.
It is necessary for everyone to please clear the boardroom as we'll convene and close meeting in this room.
Trustees, we're going to take a five-minute break, and then we will reconvene and close.
Good evening, everyone.
15. Reconvene from Closed Meeting – The Board will reconvene from Closed Meeting.
The board will now reconvene in open meeting.
Today is Monday, April 24, 2023, and the time is 8.14 p.m.
The board heard a level 3 FNG grievance, 22-018,
pursuant to KDISD independent school district policy, FNG legal and FNG local,
regarding parent-student grievances in closed meeting. According to chapter 551
of the Texas Government Code, any action regarding this matter must be taken in
open meeting. Do I have a motion on the level 3 FNG grievance? Mr. President? Yes.
I move that the Board of Trustees denies the level 3 FNG grievance and FNG 2218,
thereby upholding the decision of the level 1 and level 2 hearing officer.
Second.
I have a motion by Mr. Redmond and a second by Mrs. Vann.
We'll now proceed to vote.
Board members, please record your vote.
The motion passes 7-0.
There being no further business before the board, this meeting is adjourned.
The time is 8.15 p.m.
Official documents
Motions and votes
Recorded actions
MOTION 001 · AGENDA 6.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve employees who are being recommended to receive one-year employee probationary contracts, one-year employee dual assignment probationary contracts, one-year employee term contracts, one-year employee dual assignment term contracts, and two-year employee dual assignment term contracts for the 2023 - 2024 school year.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 002 · AGENDA 6.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve to give notice of the proposed non-renewal of the employee term contract of Lakisha Jones at the end of the 2022 - 2023 contract period.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 003 · AGENDA 6.3
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve of termination of probationary employee contracts of Pamela Belcher, Marilyn Huon, Tana Riddick and Michael Roberts at the end of the 2022 - 2023 contract period.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 004 · AGENDA 7.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees rename Keiko Davidson Elementary to James and Keiko Davidson Elementary.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 005 · AGENDA 9.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves recommended instructional materials purchased through the Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment (IMTA) and Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) certification for the 2023-2024 school year.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 006 · AGENDA 9.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves Amendment One to the Drymalla Construction Company, LLC. contract related to the renovation at McDonald Junior High School for the Guaranteed Maximum Price of $17,814,367.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 007 · AGENDA 9.3
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the design associated with the addition and kitchen/cafeteria expansion to West Memorial Elementary School as depicted in the design presentation prepared by HKS, Inc. dated April 24, 2023.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 008 · AGENDA 9.4
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves Amendment One to the Anslow-Bryant Construction, LTD. contract related to the addition and kitchen/cafeteria expansion to West Memorial Elementary School for the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) of $2,095,983.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 009 · AGENDA 9.5
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the 2022-2023 Board Operating Procedures.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 010 · AGENDA 11.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the District's April 2023 budget amendments.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 011 · AGENDA 11.3
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the contract for the connections of portable classroom buildings at Franz Elementary, Pattison Elementary, Faldyn Elementary, Adams Junior High, Cinco Ranch High School, Seven Lakes High School, Paetow High School and repurposing classrooms at Mayde Creek High School to Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC utilizing Ominia JOC Contract No. R200102 for a cost of $2,266,782.00 and approves the total project cost not to exceed $2,411,580.46.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 012 · AGENDA 11.4
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the contract for the replacement of scoreboards at Katy High, Cinco Ranch High and Morton Ranch High Schools to Nevco Sports, LLC utilizing BuyBoard No. 665-22 in the amount of $264,297.76 and the replacement of sports lighting at Katy High and Cinco Ranch High Schools to LECS Electrical Contractors utilizing Choice Partners No. 18-036MC-05 in the amount of $2,250,851.26 with the total project cost not to exceed $2,605,747.71.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 013 · AGENDA 11.5
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the minutes for the March Board Meetings.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 014 · AGENDA 15.1
PassedIt is moved that the Board of Trustees denies the Level Three FNG grievance in FNG 22-018, thereby upholding the decision of the Level One and Level Two hearing officer.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| greg-schulte | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |